WEBVTT 00:00:01.140 --> 00:00:03.080 Hello there, and thanks for tuning in to listen 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:06.480 to Friends of Morty, a new D &D actual play podcast. 00:00:06.780 --> 00:00:09.080 My name is Tony Rapperto, your DM here to guide 00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:11.080 you on this new adventure. We are releasing two 00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:13.699 episodes to start off. This is our session one, 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:16.100 which dives right into the action and drama of 00:00:16.100 --> 00:00:18.800 our world. We've also got session zero up that 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:20.899 has lots of world and character building. If 00:00:20.899 --> 00:00:22.239 you already listened to session zero, feel free 00:00:22.239 --> 00:00:24.260 to skip ahead about five minutes past the intro 00:00:24.260 --> 00:00:26.000 to the world. And if you're starting here with 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:27.719 session one to get right into the drama, well, 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:30.989 we're glad you're here and welcome. to the world 00:00:30.989 --> 00:00:34.049 of Harith, a world filled with magic, fantasy, 00:00:34.590 --> 00:00:37.409 talking horses, and a lot of really hot androgynous 00:00:37.409 --> 00:00:40.149 elves. Following the events of our previous campaign, 00:00:40.509 --> 00:00:42.130 our players found out that they were trapped 00:00:42.130 --> 00:00:44.390 in a world created for them by the big bad evil 00:00:44.390 --> 00:00:47.170 guy, Gano. The players then returned to their 00:00:47.170 --> 00:00:50.829 home world with one massive change. 50 years 00:00:50.829 --> 00:00:53.409 have passed since they were imprisoned. Whatever 00:00:53.409 --> 00:00:56.109 life they had or thought that they had is long 00:00:56.109 --> 00:00:59.049 gone. Moments after learning this, our players 00:00:59.049 --> 00:01:02.070 were urged into hiding by none other than Gano's 00:01:02.070 --> 00:01:04.590 estranged father, King of the city of Karim, 00:01:04.810 --> 00:01:07.730 King Frode. His advisor, Tenzin, helped secure 00:01:07.730 --> 00:01:10.250 passage for the newly formed party by ship, but 00:01:10.250 --> 00:01:12.930 not before informing them of the Maccabean Rebellion. 00:01:13.230 --> 00:01:16.049 An uprising growing forces against Gano, the 00:01:16.049 --> 00:01:18.689 same rebellion that party member Esther was part 00:01:18.689 --> 00:01:21.609 of long ago at its nascency, but for a very different 00:01:21.609 --> 00:01:23.989 reason. Other horrors have taken place during 00:01:23.989 --> 00:01:26.349 the last 50 years, like our own Volandros's home, 00:01:26.430 --> 00:01:29.030 of a carrion being covered in the desert sands, 00:01:29.310 --> 00:01:31.250 his noble families scattered to the winds, but 00:01:31.250 --> 00:01:34.730 you'll learn all about that and more. Now they've 00:01:34.730 --> 00:01:37.549 arrived in a new city, Chidagatse, on the small 00:01:37.549 --> 00:01:41.450 continent of Anima, the old home of our own Galleous, 00:01:41.769 --> 00:01:44.290 as they rediscover their world, wondering what 00:01:44.290 --> 00:01:46.370 else has changed in the past 50 years that they've 00:01:46.370 --> 00:01:48.599 been absent. why they were imprisoned by Gano 00:01:48.599 --> 00:01:51.200 in the first place, and why they were the first 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:55.140 ever to be sealed away. Let's introduce our adventurers, 00:01:55.260 --> 00:01:58.040 shall we? My name is Hagar and I play Esther 00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:02.640 Cohen, aka Esty. Esty is a war cleric from Puremount. 00:02:02.980 --> 00:02:05.219 She comes from a long line of Aasimar priests 00:02:05.219 --> 00:02:07.480 and has never really left the Temple of Velsir 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:11.379 until she was taken by Gano. So she is sheltered, 00:02:11.639 --> 00:02:15.280 her best friend is an owl, She is constantly 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:17.900 overwhelmed by the secular world, but give her 00:02:17.900 --> 00:02:21.139 an axe and her inner rage will take over. Estie 00:02:21.139 --> 00:02:23.819 has very fuzzy memories of who she was under 00:02:23.819 --> 00:02:26.699 Gano's mind prison. A lovable bard who was really 00:02:26.699 --> 00:02:30.780 into fame and women and weed. Seemingly the polar 00:02:30.780 --> 00:02:32.939 opposite of who Estie knows herself to be in 00:02:32.939 --> 00:02:36.000 this world, which is pretty disorienting. She 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:38.379 is determined to join the Mukkabees and defeat 00:02:38.379 --> 00:02:41.659 Gano, but also finally live her life on her terms. 00:02:42.039 --> 00:02:44.080 Estie wants to figure out who she is outside 00:02:44.080 --> 00:02:46.560 of the temple she was raised in, or some shitty 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:50.360 dude's mind prison. I'm Katie, and I play Volandros 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:53.780 Kediri, a noble warlock who has lost his nobility. 00:02:54.620 --> 00:02:57.659 Born Asimar in a human family, Volandros' parents 00:02:57.659 --> 00:03:00.860 believed him chosen by the gods and skipped him 00:03:00.860 --> 00:03:03.180 over his three brothers to be next in line for 00:03:03.180 --> 00:03:06.240 the lordship. as young Volandros was inducted 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:09.020 to the world of politics, war, and protecting 00:03:09.020 --> 00:03:11.960 the good Kadiri name at all costs. He found himself 00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:15.400 wishing for another life. Eventually, he snuck 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:18.439 away to travel, discovering a life of anonymity. 00:03:19.020 --> 00:03:21.800 However, his thirst for power and burgeoning 00:03:21.800 --> 00:03:24.599 interest in the occult led him down a dark path. 00:03:25.219 --> 00:03:27.719 He attempted to take on an archfey patron to 00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:30.039 grant him power, but it went horribly wrong when 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:33.000 the archfey revealed herself as a demon who tricked 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:37.039 him into trading his soul. Horrified and humiliated, 00:03:37.379 --> 00:03:39.580 Volandros was searching for a way to free himself 00:03:39.580 --> 00:03:42.689 when he was thrown into Ganol's prison. Inside 00:03:42.689 --> 00:03:46.389 that strange world, he remembers being, embarrassingly, 00:03:46.789 --> 00:03:49.650 a low -born tiefling thief. And now that he's 00:03:49.650 --> 00:03:52.090 back, he's determined to achieve his original 00:03:52.090 --> 00:03:56.569 goal of making the demon, and Gano, pay. My name 00:03:56.569 --> 00:03:59.150 is Brian, and I play Galleous Estris, a School 00:03:59.150 --> 00:04:02.210 of Illusion wizard. In his early childhood, Galleous 00:04:02.210 --> 00:04:03.990 was revealed to be a changeling to his human 00:04:03.990 --> 00:04:06.229 parents, who disowned him for fear that he was 00:04:06.229 --> 00:04:08.909 not their own child. Living first in an orphanage, 00:04:09.069 --> 00:04:11.250 then out onto the streets, Gallius first fell 00:04:11.250 --> 00:04:13.370 in with a thieves' guild, where his powers as 00:04:13.370 --> 00:04:15.449 a changeling were prized, eventually working 00:04:15.449 --> 00:04:17.629 undercover to gather information and a brothel 00:04:17.629 --> 00:04:20.629 under the assumed identity of the courtesan Primrose. 00:04:20.949 --> 00:04:23.550 Long fascinated by how appearances shape reality, 00:04:23.889 --> 00:04:25.629 he developed a fascination with illusion magic 00:04:25.629 --> 00:04:28.230 and decided to save his pay to enroll in a magical 00:04:28.230 --> 00:04:30.810 education. Cynical, rude, and possessing a bit 00:04:30.810 --> 00:04:33.290 of a superiority complex, controlling others' 00:04:33.389 --> 00:04:36.050 perceptions felt like Galleous' calling. Once 00:04:36.050 --> 00:04:38.209 he saved up enough gold, he stepped into a new 00:04:38.209 --> 00:04:40.790 identity as a school of illusion wizard. When 00:04:40.790 --> 00:04:42.910 he finally set out for his own journey, he was 00:04:42.910 --> 00:04:45.449 kidnapped and thrust into Gano's prison, living 00:04:45.449 --> 00:04:48.529 as a naive and innocent half -elf paladin. Newly 00:04:48.529 --> 00:04:51.339 escaped from his prison with his new peers, Gallius 00:04:51.339 --> 00:04:56.540 wants revenge. Shall we get started? Let's go! 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:14.019 Thanks for joining us, friends of Morty. Friends. 00:05:15.939 --> 00:05:19.560 Um... Tony! Hey. It's great to be here, Tony. 00:05:20.060 --> 00:05:26.579 Thanks. Thanks. Say hi, gays. Hi, gays. It's 00:05:26.579 --> 00:05:31.120 us. We're saying hi to each other. Last session, 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:34.160 you arrived in the city of Chitikaze, old home 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:36.360 of Galleous, who took Esther and the Landress 00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:38.680 along with him to visit some old stomping grounds, 00:05:38.959 --> 00:05:41.220 the Velvet Pillow, a brothel that he used to 00:05:41.220 --> 00:05:43.600 work at run by Madame Throne, who was equally 00:05:43.600 --> 00:05:46.139 happy and upset to see Galleous after so much 00:05:46.139 --> 00:05:48.930 time has passed. Esther met with an elder at 00:05:48.930 --> 00:05:51.490 a temple of Ael Seir, and between him and Madame 00:05:51.490 --> 00:05:53.430 Throne, the players learn that tensions have 00:05:53.430 --> 00:05:55.430 been rising between the continents of Mandalore 00:05:55.430 --> 00:05:57.870 and Puremount, with Anima, the continent they're 00:05:57.870 --> 00:06:00.209 currently on, smack in the middle of the other 00:06:00.209 --> 00:06:02.209 two. They learn that the people of Puremount 00:06:02.209 --> 00:06:04.370 believe the acts of Gano in the harvesting of 00:06:04.370 --> 00:06:06.949 the lands of Mandalore are atrocities, and the 00:06:06.949 --> 00:06:09.069 Maccabean Rebellion has been gaining force in 00:06:09.069 --> 00:06:11.250 the northern part of the continent. Looking to 00:06:11.250 --> 00:06:13.089 find some more information, the players enter 00:06:13.089 --> 00:06:15.589 themselves into the Giostra della Quintana, a 00:06:15.589 --> 00:06:17.649 yearly tournament in the city, with this year's 00:06:17.649 --> 00:06:19.990 prize being a courtship dinner with Emiliana 00:06:19.990 --> 00:06:23.009 Montefeltro, a noble family that Villandres recognizes, 00:06:23.490 --> 00:06:26.009 his goal now set to win the Giostra. Get that 00:06:26.009 --> 00:06:28.829 dinner and find out more information. You pass 00:06:28.829 --> 00:06:30.569 the night preparing the first round of the tournament 00:06:30.569 --> 00:06:33.129 and finish the session the next day outside the 00:06:33.129 --> 00:06:36.310 stadium, awaiting your first trial. And that's 00:06:36.310 --> 00:06:39.889 where we left off. You are all standing outside 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:43.240 of a large stadium that has been constructed. 00:06:43.560 --> 00:06:45.899 Any questions, comments, or things you'd like 00:06:45.899 --> 00:06:48.220 to discuss before we begin? The tournament is 00:06:48.220 --> 00:06:50.500 tomorrow, right? The tournament is today. Today? 00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:53.480 Oh my God. We're long rested and stuff, right? 00:06:53.680 --> 00:06:57.579 You are long rested. You are. You know, the first 00:06:57.579 --> 00:06:59.319 stage that is happening today is horse riding. 00:07:00.060 --> 00:07:03.800 And so you see a bunch of workers walking around, 00:07:04.220 --> 00:07:06.199 collecting people that are being participants 00:07:06.199 --> 00:07:09.730 in the first round. No one comes to collect you 00:07:09.730 --> 00:07:13.649 but some time passes and you see roughly 20 contestants 00:07:13.649 --> 00:07:17.730 in the stadium itself Line up in staggered positions 00:07:17.730 --> 00:07:20.750 towards the entry gate of the arena all facing 00:07:20.750 --> 00:07:23.829 the same way as Tensions rise in the stadium 00:07:23.829 --> 00:07:27.370 pure silence taking over after the chaos of cheers 00:07:27.370 --> 00:07:30.209 as the entrance made their ways made their way 00:07:30.209 --> 00:07:33.329 in As fellow contenders, you have an elevated 00:07:33.329 --> 00:07:35.670 stage that has been constructed as magically 00:07:35.670 --> 00:07:38.649 floating above the arena to watch as the games 00:07:38.649 --> 00:07:42.170 begin. In this first round, you see many people 00:07:42.170 --> 00:07:45.870 you do not recognize and the Fire Janasi Man, 00:07:46.209 --> 00:07:50.550 Giuseppino Mankuri and Luca Gonzaga as part of 00:07:50.550 --> 00:07:53.990 this round. Those are two of the people who got 00:07:53.990 --> 00:07:58.009 very heightened introductions. There's silence 00:07:58.009 --> 00:08:01.139 and a large bang. that causes you to catch your 00:08:01.139 --> 00:08:03.639 breath as the horses begin dashing, leaving tufts 00:08:03.639 --> 00:08:07.079 of dust in their wake. There are clear frontrunners, 00:08:07.339 --> 00:08:10.139 Gonzaga and Moncordy, battling for the first 00:08:10.139 --> 00:08:12.439 spot on their well -nourished, well -manicured 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:14.399 horses that they brought instead of using one 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:17.639 of the provided horses, theirs clad in full armor 00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:20.680 matching their own. Behind them, trail about 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:24.439 five people, nudging back and forth, and then 00:08:24.439 --> 00:08:26.980 the remainder behind them. The sound of hoofbeats 00:08:26.980 --> 00:08:29.139 slowly are overtaken by the sounds of cheers 00:08:29.139 --> 00:08:31.819 from the seats below. Luca Gonzaga pulls something 00:08:31.819 --> 00:08:33.899 out of his pocket, throws it backwards towards 00:08:33.899 --> 00:08:36.580 Boncuri, who veers his horse out of the way just 00:08:36.580 --> 00:08:38.519 in time enough for it to explode in hundreds 00:08:38.519 --> 00:08:40.799 of tiny sparks that then spooks a rider behind 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:42.779 him, causing the horse to dig its heels into 00:08:42.779 --> 00:08:45.720 the ground, stand on its hind legs, as a horse 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:48.620 from behind it crashes into it. Two horses and 00:08:48.620 --> 00:08:50.460 their riders collide to the ground as others 00:08:50.460 --> 00:08:52.559 try to steer around them, a few more catching 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:55.500 up. As the others file around them, Luca Gonzaga 00:08:55.500 --> 00:08:57.600 and Giuseppino Mancurri finish their first lap 00:08:57.600 --> 00:08:59.899 and begin their second. A group of three riders 00:08:59.899 --> 00:09:02.320 begin to come behind them, all of them linking 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:05.399 arms and forming a barrier as they kick their 00:09:05.399 --> 00:09:08.019 horses to move faster and faster. They seem to 00:09:08.019 --> 00:09:10.759 be supporting the middle rider, a tall, human 00:09:10.759 --> 00:09:13.379 woman in leather armor, who stands up on the 00:09:13.379 --> 00:09:16.100 back of her horse as she approaches right behind 00:09:16.100 --> 00:09:18.809 Gonzaga, attempting to jump on him from behind. 00:09:19.230 --> 00:09:21.590 Monkuri shouts something and then grabs something 00:09:21.590 --> 00:09:23.629 attached to his saddle and tosses it at the woman 00:09:23.629 --> 00:09:25.710 who gets thrown back midair with something that 00:09:25.710 --> 00:09:29.029 had immense force right before she lands on Gonzaga 00:09:29.029 --> 00:09:31.710 and onto the dirt floor as she looks up and you 00:09:31.710 --> 00:09:34.309 hear the beginning of a yell as horses trample 00:09:34.309 --> 00:09:39.470 over her. A horrible sight left after the horses 00:09:39.470 --> 00:09:43.129 pass by. The two nobles finish their second lap 00:09:43.129 --> 00:09:45.490 and be given their third and final lap, very 00:09:45.490 --> 00:09:48.049 far away from the others. for the first spot 00:09:48.049 --> 00:09:50.009 as the others behind them have realized their 00:09:50.009 --> 00:09:52.110 chances have gone from making the top 10 to the 00:09:52.110 --> 00:09:55.610 top 8. Messier tricks ensue as some riders attempt 00:09:55.610 --> 00:09:58.009 to steer their horses into other riders, some 00:09:58.009 --> 00:10:00.350 successfully knocking others off, others throwing 00:10:00.350 --> 00:10:02.490 themselves further into the distance. Cheers 00:10:02.490 --> 00:10:05.070 erupt from the stadium as Luca Gonzaga crosses 00:10:05.070 --> 00:10:07.889 the finish line first, Giuseppino Mancordi half 00:10:07.889 --> 00:10:10.259 a second behind him. Ten seconds later, another 00:10:10.259 --> 00:10:12.500 crosses the line, and then a fourth, a fifth, 00:10:12.639 --> 00:10:15.019 a sixth, a seventh, and then two riders are neck 00:10:15.019 --> 00:10:17.279 and neck as they approach the finish line. One 00:10:17.279 --> 00:10:19.659 of them, a halfling man, steps out of his saddle 00:10:19.659 --> 00:10:21.679 onto the back of his horse and begins running 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:24.419 up the horse's back, neck, and jumps off its 00:10:24.419 --> 00:10:26.559 heads, its horse thrusting him forward with the 00:10:26.559 --> 00:10:28.460 push of its snout, and he crosses the finish 00:10:28.460 --> 00:10:30.860 line just a millisecond before the other rider 00:10:30.860 --> 00:10:34.519 as the stadium erupts in roars. Arcane fireworks, 00:10:34.580 --> 00:10:36.980 shades of greens and yellows and purples fizzling 00:10:36.980 --> 00:10:39.100 in the air above as the audience pull strings 00:10:39.100 --> 00:10:40.879 on little devices and point them towards the 00:10:40.879 --> 00:10:43.480 air. Franco Sforza comes into view, floating 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:46.500 on a disc, his voice booming through the stadium. 00:10:47.139 --> 00:10:51.259 My, my, what a brave showing of the first round. 00:10:51.600 --> 00:10:55.200 Jan Fen's luck is with our contenders this year. 00:10:55.679 --> 00:10:58.440 Give it up for our top ten of round one moving 00:10:58.440 --> 00:11:01.200 forward. He begins to read the names in order 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:04.679 of completion. And then he turns again. Are you 00:11:04.679 --> 00:11:07.659 ready for another round, my fellow Gigatians? 00:11:08.320 --> 00:11:13.059 In just a few minutes, we begin round two. He 00:11:13.059 --> 00:11:15.399 floats away and the floating stage that you are 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:18.539 on descends to the ground with everyone on it. 00:11:19.039 --> 00:11:22.799 Members walk around with wooden clipboards, notifying 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:25.000 contestants that they are in the second round. 00:11:25.279 --> 00:11:27.700 Your heart beats a little faster every time a 00:11:27.700 --> 00:11:31.200 worker walks by. And then Esther. You feel a 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:32.940 hand on your shoulder with a light squeeze and 00:11:32.940 --> 00:11:35.759 hear a deep. Giovanna Motorel, come with me, 00:11:35.779 --> 00:11:41.899 please. I guess that's me. I'm going to cast 00:11:41.899 --> 00:11:46.820 Bless before I go with this feller. As you're 00:11:46.820 --> 00:11:49.919 walking towards the gate, you hear a... Did you 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:56.620 bring horse? No. No? Okay, come. We should have 00:11:56.620 --> 00:11:58.870 gone horse shopping. Had you not, maybe you would 00:11:58.870 --> 00:12:00.809 have found another horse dealer that would allow 00:12:00.809 --> 00:12:03.789 you free horses. I do have, if I roll from my 00:12:03.789 --> 00:12:06.730 bag of tricks and that small horse comes out, 00:12:06.850 --> 00:12:09.590 I could ride that really obnoxious one. It's 00:12:09.590 --> 00:12:11.950 possible. Esti, you are led to a few stables 00:12:11.950 --> 00:12:13.669 on the far side of the ring that have a line 00:12:13.669 --> 00:12:16.629 of horses to select from. Which you want. Pick 00:12:16.629 --> 00:12:19.279 fast before others. I'm going to drink from that 00:12:19.279 --> 00:12:21.360 charisma potion so I can convince this guy to 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:23.179 give me the best horse he has. All right. So 00:12:23.179 --> 00:12:25.059 you take a swig, you pop open, I forget what 00:12:25.059 --> 00:12:27.539 it's called. Potion of bewitching. You pop a 00:12:27.539 --> 00:12:30.539 potion of bewitching. And what do you say to 00:12:30.539 --> 00:12:33.659 him? Hey, friend. First of all, you look super 00:12:33.659 --> 00:12:36.860 handsome today. I would love it if you can hook 00:12:36.860 --> 00:12:39.440 me up with your favorite horse here. Like the 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:43.019 fastest, strongest horse you can come up with. 00:12:44.200 --> 00:12:49.389 Make a persuasion check with advantage. 19, thanks 00:12:49.389 --> 00:12:54.289 to this advantage. Very nice. He says, all right, 00:12:54.470 --> 00:12:57.129 well, thank you for flat three, come. He leads 00:12:57.129 --> 00:13:03.250 you to a dark brown horse with darker brown splotches 00:13:03.250 --> 00:13:06.889 around and a long white mane. It's got deep brown 00:13:06.889 --> 00:13:12.129 eyes and it is tall, not too tall, muscly, not 00:13:12.129 --> 00:13:14.929 too muscly. Very good, very built for speed. 00:13:15.509 --> 00:13:21.419 Nice. This is Beatrice. Beatrice? Yes. Oh, she's 00:13:21.419 --> 00:13:23.240 beautiful. Yes. Thank you so much. Of course. 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:26.919 Good luck. Thank you. And he helps you up the 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:29.059 stirrups onto the horse. You ride your horse 00:13:29.059 --> 00:13:31.740 to the entrance and you wait for the other contestants 00:13:31.740 --> 00:13:35.580 to join as Franco Sforza's voice booms again. 00:13:36.139 --> 00:13:39.340 Let us welcome the contestants of the next round. 00:13:39.740 --> 00:13:42.740 Shall we? The gates open and you hear Giovanna 00:13:42.740 --> 00:13:47.019 Mozzarell. The crowd goes wild. The crowd goes 00:13:47.019 --> 00:13:49.460 wild. You are the first to enter into this stadium. 00:13:50.179 --> 00:13:52.740 Esther, you are the first called. You lead your 00:13:52.740 --> 00:13:55.940 horse into this empty stadium. The crowd cheering 00:13:55.940 --> 00:13:59.600 for you on all sides. The voices melding into 00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:02.919 this beautiful symphony. You and Asimar, who 00:14:02.919 --> 00:14:05.580 has grown up in a sheltered temple for the majority 00:14:05.580 --> 00:14:09.039 of her life, are bombarded with the most attention 00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:12.210 that you've ever been given. You are uncomfortable 00:14:12.210 --> 00:14:15.169 and then you hear what sounds like a sound wave 00:14:15.169 --> 00:14:17.649 that has come to a screeching halt as the Sounds 00:14:17.649 --> 00:14:20.610 around you pause the sights around you suspend 00:14:20.610 --> 00:14:23.370 in a brief motion and you're hit with a vision 00:14:23.370 --> 00:14:27.490 You're standing in a stadium in a different world 00:14:27.490 --> 00:14:32.070 Tall red arches all around you the Sun beating 00:14:32.070 --> 00:14:36.529 down in a hot sky Two people by your sides and 00:14:36.529 --> 00:14:39.029 you hold your hands high in the sky as you soak 00:14:39.029 --> 00:14:42.649 in the cheers from beyond. You recall the memory 00:14:42.649 --> 00:14:45.490 of beginning the trials of the divided planes 00:14:45.490 --> 00:14:50.389 in Fintos. Not for what exactly, but you remember 00:14:50.389 --> 00:14:53.350 it being big and that you loved the attention. 00:14:53.730 --> 00:14:57.610 I got chills in my arms. And the sounds and sights 00:14:57.610 --> 00:15:01.049 around Esther flash back to life. And a small 00:15:01.049 --> 00:15:02.909 piece of that vision sticks with you, giving 00:15:02.909 --> 00:15:07.690 you just a whisper of, Oh, yes. I could kind 00:15:07.690 --> 00:15:11.289 of like this feeling of being cheered on. And 00:15:11.289 --> 00:15:13.870 then another name is called. A few more, and 00:15:13.870 --> 00:15:18.009 then you hear Fiorala Timonaki as the water genasi 00:15:18.009 --> 00:15:20.429 strides in, holding the reins of her horse in 00:15:20.429 --> 00:15:23.389 her hand, walking besides it as she mounts the 00:15:23.389 --> 00:15:25.309 horse in front of everyone with just a jump from 00:15:25.309 --> 00:15:27.809 the ground, not even touching the stirrups as 00:15:27.809 --> 00:15:31.549 the crowd goes wild. Another minute or two passes 00:15:31.549 --> 00:15:34.940 as Franco Sforzi. Oh, why did I say that? That's 00:15:34.940 --> 00:15:36.559 his name. Never mind. I thought I was announcing 00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:40.139 another, another minute or two passes. As Franco 00:15:40.139 --> 00:15:43.299 Sforzi finishes reading the names, he instructs 00:15:43.299 --> 00:15:46.019 all of the riders to take their place and says, 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:50.899 you may start. You hear the blast. Now let me 00:15:50.899 --> 00:15:54.019 explain how this will work. This is going to 00:15:54.019 --> 00:15:58.690 be what is called a skill challenge. Skill challenges 00:15:58.690 --> 00:16:01.750 are ways to describe things that are not combat, 00:16:01.990 --> 00:16:04.470 but are still like these montage scenes, things 00:16:04.470 --> 00:16:07.870 that you need to show your prowess in. Skill 00:16:07.870 --> 00:16:10.210 challenges typically have a number of successes 00:16:10.210 --> 00:16:13.289 that you need to reach before a number of failures. 00:16:13.850 --> 00:16:17.230 Three failures or three successes in this case, 00:16:17.450 --> 00:16:21.220 whichever comes first. You can use any of your 00:16:21.220 --> 00:16:24.279 skills during the race, but once you use one 00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:26.500 skill, you cannot use it again for the challenge. 00:16:26.899 --> 00:16:29.480 So you're going to roll using a skill. Here are 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:30.700 the generals that are going to that are going 00:16:30.700 --> 00:16:33.580 to help animal handling, athletics, intimidation, 00:16:33.820 --> 00:16:36.980 perception. Those are ones that you know are 00:16:36.980 --> 00:16:38.240 are, you know, animal handling for handling the 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:40.899 horse, athletics for like being athletic and 00:16:40.899 --> 00:16:43.080 moving, intimidation for maybe intimidating the 00:16:43.080 --> 00:16:45.919 other players, perception to see if anything's 00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:47.679 coming. And of course, if you want to try and 00:16:47.740 --> 00:16:50.580 make me a case for a different skill. Just tell 00:16:50.580 --> 00:16:53.200 me what you are describing. Great for history 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:56.700 right now. If you can make the case for it and 00:16:56.700 --> 00:16:59.879 it's great, I will absolutely allow it. So three 00:16:59.879 --> 00:17:02.879 successes and you pass and you were in the top 00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:05.400 10. Three failures and you are out of the tourney. 00:17:05.980 --> 00:17:10.839 So any questions? Yeah, because of the potion 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:13.039 of bewitching and the sick horse that I got. 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:16.059 Does it give me any kind of advantages? No, because 00:17:16.059 --> 00:17:17.799 for that you have to be within five feet of a 00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:19.539 person that you're trying to convince of something. 00:17:19.900 --> 00:17:23.200 What about the sick horse? I got a better horse 00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:25.500 because I was successful, so does it give me 00:17:25.500 --> 00:17:28.359 anything? I will tell you that with animal handling, 00:17:28.859 --> 00:17:31.380 I will allow you to roll with advantage. Yay! 00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:36.720 Nice. During the previous race, players were 00:17:36.720 --> 00:17:39.829 interfering with each other. The chance, in addition 00:17:39.829 --> 00:17:42.049 to making our skill check, to take actions in 00:17:42.049 --> 00:17:45.430 our turn. Here's what I will say. You noticed 00:17:45.430 --> 00:17:47.930 that within the ring, there were hijinks happening. 00:17:48.349 --> 00:17:50.890 They were not grand. They were... Subtle. They 00:17:50.890 --> 00:17:52.910 were subtle. You're not shooting fireballs at 00:17:52.910 --> 00:17:56.289 people. Correct. It didn't look very subtle to 00:17:56.289 --> 00:17:58.549 me, or did it sound subtle? The jumping from 00:17:58.549 --> 00:18:01.009 one horse onto another, the linking arms... Well, 00:18:01.049 --> 00:18:03.710 those are things, but I would say magical effects 00:18:03.710 --> 00:18:07.230 were very subtle. And give me a perception check. 00:18:08.349 --> 00:18:13.130 Seven for Dallas address 13 seven. All right. 00:18:13.130 --> 00:18:15.069 Yeah, you notice that the magical effects are 00:18:15.069 --> 00:18:19.630 very subtle If you want to talk to the people 00:18:19.630 --> 00:18:22.789 around you That there you're standing on a stage 00:18:22.789 --> 00:18:25.829 with like hundreds of people so you could just 00:18:25.829 --> 00:18:30.490 ask them these things Do the rules have any cause 00:18:30.490 --> 00:18:33.990 or thing about interference from You did not 00:18:33.990 --> 00:18:36.750 see any interference from the audience during 00:18:36.750 --> 00:18:39.880 last round Okay. Okay. This is going to be an 00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:41.960 initiative order situation. No. No. So I can 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:47.559 use guidance too. Yeah. I'm not going to say 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:54.220 no. Tony hates me. Galleous does want to turn 00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:58.359 and just like find, like take stock of who are 00:18:58.359 --> 00:19:00.839 the nearest competitors standing around him. 00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:03.000 You don't see any of the nobility, but you just 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:05.319 do see random folk. I just want to like, you 00:19:05.319 --> 00:19:08.079 know, Cozy on up to someone a little bit and 00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:10.240 be like hey like so, you know, what'd you make 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:12.579 of that first round? I was those violent like 00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:14.819 do people get in trouble for those like open 00:19:14.819 --> 00:19:17.480 like throwing stuff at each other like that I 00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:21.559 want you to make a persuasion check That I am 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:24.859 pretty good at can also give you guidance I kept 00:19:24.859 --> 00:19:27.400 going like I was like, uh, but wait, no, that's 00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:30.980 blast. No, wait You were not okay, so no guy 00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:38.329 no guidance persuasion? Within 11 you get a bit 00:19:38.329 --> 00:19:41.930 of like a I don't want to give a competitor like 00:19:41.930 --> 00:19:46.829 any kind of advantage but you get a well us that 00:19:46.829 --> 00:19:49.410 are aren't nobility don't get the same rules. 00:19:50.250 --> 00:19:53.990 What do you mean by that friend? I mean I'm always 00:19:53.990 --> 00:19:57.569 down with the bourgeoisie so you know. The referees 00:19:57.569 --> 00:20:02.029 tend to avert their eyes for certain contendence. 00:20:02.269 --> 00:20:04.450 Oh, so they're crooked as shit. They're assholes. 00:20:04.750 --> 00:20:07.369 They might be. Anyway, the race is about to start. 00:20:07.849 --> 00:20:11.849 And that's what you get. So as a recap, three 00:20:11.849 --> 00:20:13.710 successes or three failures, whichever comes 00:20:13.710 --> 00:20:15.890 first. You can use any of your skills during 00:20:15.890 --> 00:20:17.710 the race, but you know that animal handling, 00:20:17.890 --> 00:20:19.690 athletics, intimidation, perception are definitely 00:20:19.690 --> 00:20:21.630 going to help. You can make a case for any of 00:20:21.630 --> 00:20:23.190 them, however, and if it's a good case, I will 00:20:23.190 --> 00:20:25.470 allow it. Once you use one skill, you cannot 00:20:25.470 --> 00:20:28.410 use it again for the challenge. And are you ready? 00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:31.720 yes okay i was born ready baby you were born 00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:36.519 ready all right you all steal yourselves silence 00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:41.559 comes over and then a blast the the horses immediately 00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:45.339 start dashing what's your first check first check 00:20:45.339 --> 00:20:49.720 i guess animal handling should i go for that 00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:52.359 first to get my horse in tune to me like zelda 00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:54.279 style absolutely tell me what you do give me 00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:58.730 a description I want to bond with my horse. How 00:20:58.730 --> 00:21:02.269 do you do it? Pet the mane. Maybe I have a little 00:21:02.269 --> 00:21:05.289 snacky in my hand. Give it a little carrot just 00:21:05.289 --> 00:21:07.730 so whatever I command this horse, this horse 00:21:07.730 --> 00:21:10.650 will listen to me and trust me for the duration 00:21:10.650 --> 00:21:13.549 of this race. Okay, give me an animal handling 00:21:13.549 --> 00:21:18.750 check at advantage. The DC. I will tell you all 00:21:18.750 --> 00:21:22.269 the DC for all of these checks. 13. All right, 00:21:22.269 --> 00:21:24.250 I can do this. I have a plus five to begin with. 00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:28.359 15. Okay. Two away. That's what you get for testing 00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:32.519 fate. Listen, but I made it. You did make it. 00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:35.539 You did make it. Okay. As you know, I didn't 00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:37.579 roll with advantage. Oh yeah. Roll with advantage. 00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:39.559 See if you get a nat 20. And here's what I will 00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:41.579 say. Couple more. I will let you all tell me 00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:44.839 if you want this. Nat 20, two automatic successes. 00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:48.200 Nat one, two automatic failures. If you want 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:51.890 that. I'll let you all choose. I'm more risk 00:21:51.890 --> 00:21:55.109 -averse, but... I'm gonna take it for me. You 00:21:55.109 --> 00:21:56.990 all have to agree. Because I have inspiration, 00:21:57.130 --> 00:21:59.190 and I was like, well, I can inspiration out of 00:21:59.190 --> 00:22:02.509 a nat 1. We all do. So do we want to do that? 00:22:02.509 --> 00:22:04.829 Take the nat 20 odds. I'm also risk -averse, 00:22:04.829 --> 00:22:06.869 but, I mean, if we have to blow an inspiration, 00:22:07.369 --> 00:22:10.470 like... Yeah. The nat 20 two successes is nice. 00:22:11.250 --> 00:22:14.109 I mean, at the end of the day. 5 % chance in 00:22:14.109 --> 00:22:17.269 either direction. Yes, let's do it. Okay. Fuck 00:22:17.269 --> 00:22:19.950 it. Okay. So you've made your first roll. Before 00:22:19.950 --> 00:22:22.950 the... I'm like, I have a bad feeling about this. 00:22:22.990 --> 00:22:25.170 I will take responsibility if it goes forward. 00:22:25.410 --> 00:22:28.190 Right before the race begins, you place your 00:22:28.190 --> 00:22:30.009 hand on the side of the horse's head, and you're 00:22:30.009 --> 00:22:33.210 petting the side of it gently. You're nudging 00:22:33.210 --> 00:22:36.150 your head along its neck, just closing your eyes 00:22:36.150 --> 00:22:38.569 and connecting deep with the beast. You sit up 00:22:38.569 --> 00:22:41.609 tall, you grab the reins, the blast happens, 00:22:41.849 --> 00:22:43.750 and you take an immediate lead over everyone. 00:22:44.170 --> 00:22:46.369 Yay. All right. Give me your second check. You've 00:22:46.369 --> 00:22:50.730 got one success. I'm going to I want perception. 00:22:50.869 --> 00:22:52.549 I want to see if anyone's trying to sabotage 00:22:52.549 --> 00:22:55.789 me. Give me a perception check. Oh, I got a net. 00:22:56.750 --> 00:23:05.630 Oh, yeah. Beautiful. Beautiful. OK, he's in first 00:23:05.630 --> 00:23:08.910 place. Pastor, you have a shield, right? I do 00:23:08.910 --> 00:23:10.970 have a shield. This is screaming like, yeah. 00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:13.859 Totally losing his goal. So here's what happens. 00:23:14.380 --> 00:23:16.599 With a nat 20, you are automatically going to 00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:18.779 succeed because you needed three successes. So 00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:21.460 what happens? You take immediate lead over everyone. 00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:25.250 Funala Minaki behind you, pissed. She's an ability. 00:23:25.470 --> 00:23:27.650 She wants to be in first. You see her reach into 00:23:27.650 --> 00:23:32.029 her bag. She pulls out a slingshot from her bag, 00:23:32.369 --> 00:23:35.009 aiming it at you. Galleous, you see it from the 00:23:35.009 --> 00:23:37.410 stands. You send a message to Cantrip and tell 00:23:37.410 --> 00:23:40.289 Esther to be aware. She turns back. You hold 00:23:40.289 --> 00:23:43.190 up your shield. The slingshot lets loose this 00:23:43.190 --> 00:23:45.750 massive, massive, whatever's larger than a fucking 00:23:45.750 --> 00:23:48.609 pebble. Hits your shield, bounce off, hits another 00:23:48.609 --> 00:23:50.930 contestant. They go flying off their horse. You 00:23:50.930 --> 00:23:54.130 make it further. Your Fiannalla comes up. she's 00:23:54.130 --> 00:23:55.910 neck and neck with you. You finish your first 00:23:55.910 --> 00:23:58.450 lap. You finish your second lap. The entire time 00:23:58.450 --> 00:24:01.410 you and Fiannalla are neck and neck. You are 00:24:01.410 --> 00:24:04.390 one overtaking the other, the other coming back, 00:24:04.490 --> 00:24:06.470 the other coming back. She tries to nudge into 00:24:06.470 --> 00:24:09.170 you. She misses her horse trips and then stands 00:24:09.170 --> 00:24:11.609 back up and she's behind you by a few seconds. 00:24:11.769 --> 00:24:13.490 You finish the second lap. You're on your final 00:24:13.490 --> 00:24:16.109 lap. You're running around and you see Fiannalla 00:24:16.109 --> 00:24:20.089 immediately start to conjure something from her 00:24:20.089 --> 00:24:23.029 hands and you see a little arcane bolt form with 00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:24.680 with a little bit of a golden sheen. You recognize 00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:27.160 it as guiding bolt. You see it, you recognize 00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:30.519 it as a cleric and you see her cast it. And for 00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:32.700 some, you're, you're, you do that, that meme 00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:38.559 of the math, like going back exactly where that 00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:40.680 guiding bolt is going to hit. You veer out of 00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:42.740 the way and it shoots directly into the distance 00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:51.950 and you cross the finish line first ahead. I 00:24:51.950 --> 00:24:55.390 made Isabelle proud. You made Isabelle very proud. 00:24:56.750 --> 00:24:59.569 The crowd goes wild. At first, they're like a 00:24:59.569 --> 00:25:02.069 little shocked that a nobility, like someone 00:25:02.069 --> 00:25:04.490 of nobility has not come first. And they're a 00:25:04.490 --> 00:25:06.769 little shocked, but then they immediately roar 00:25:06.769 --> 00:25:08.690 into, into applause. Do you want to do anything 00:25:08.690 --> 00:25:11.430 as you, as you take in the, uh, the, the cheers? 00:25:12.089 --> 00:25:15.509 I'm going to use thaumaturgy. Have like a booming. 00:25:16.809 --> 00:25:20.529 Sound, and I'm gonna say, do you like me now? 00:25:22.430 --> 00:25:25.910 Performance check at advantage. At advantage. 00:25:26.650 --> 00:25:32.529 Oh. No! Collectively maybe seven or eight. I 00:25:32.529 --> 00:25:35.490 have another one. I have another D4 if I want 00:25:35.490 --> 00:25:37.029 to do guidance. I can guidance myself. Yes, you 00:25:37.029 --> 00:25:39.990 can guidance yourself. These guys are cursed. 00:25:40.150 --> 00:25:42.309 They won't even land on the table. Intentional 00:25:42.309 --> 00:25:45.509 roles only. So it's got a... Is it a one also? 00:25:46.569 --> 00:25:47.990 No, you got it. It's got to land on the table. 00:25:48.190 --> 00:25:49.589 Intentional rules. If it drops, if it falls, 00:25:49.589 --> 00:25:50.970 it doesn't count. All right. So it's going to 00:25:50.970 --> 00:25:53.869 be like maybe 11. Okay. You Thaumaturge yourself, 00:25:53.869 --> 00:25:56.349 but it doesn't reach the stadium because the 00:25:56.349 --> 00:25:58.529 sounds of the cheers are way too loud. So you 00:25:58.529 --> 00:26:01.529 say it and Fionnale hears it. She's like the 00:26:01.529 --> 00:26:03.509 only one that hears it. I don't care. That's 00:26:03.509 --> 00:26:05.829 what I'm aiming for. That echo baby. It lands 00:26:05.829 --> 00:26:07.430 enough for her to hear it, but the rest of the 00:26:07.430 --> 00:26:10.450 stadium does not. And she just gives you a... 00:26:10.450 --> 00:26:13.779 and trots away. That's just kind of... You know 00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:15.759 how Estie has some inner rage that comes out 00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:18.440 sometimes? She's starting to feel like she wants 00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:21.599 to humiliate that piece of shit. Yeah. Well, 00:26:21.619 --> 00:26:23.359 she's facing away from you walking towards the 00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:29.319 gate that is open. Pants her. On a horse. Pants 00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:32.079 her horse. I'm going to save it for the ring, 00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:33.759 you know what I mean? I feel like she's already 00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:37.420 humiliated by that crushing defeat. She almost 00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:42.230 definitely is. OK. So, Esther, a volunteer comes 00:26:42.230 --> 00:26:44.430 up, gives you a small brooch with a horse and 00:26:44.430 --> 00:26:46.990 rider to pin on your clothes. You're led out 00:26:46.990 --> 00:26:50.450 of the stadium, off your horse, and back to the 00:26:50.450 --> 00:26:52.930 stages where you find Volandris and Galleous. 00:26:54.029 --> 00:26:57.690 Esty! I didn't know you had it in you! I guess 00:26:57.690 --> 00:27:01.049 I do. That was fucking exhilarating. My gods, 00:27:01.109 --> 00:27:04.269 that was phenomenal! Well done. You've done us 00:27:04.269 --> 00:27:07.730 all proud. Do you have any writing tips for us? 00:27:07.829 --> 00:27:10.089 I'm not... I haven't been on a lot of horses. 00:27:10.430 --> 00:27:13.609 Oh, you know what I did first? The first thing 00:27:13.609 --> 00:27:16.670 I did before we started was bond with my horse. 00:27:17.049 --> 00:27:20.349 So the horse obeys me. Okay. Maybe that's a good 00:27:20.349 --> 00:27:22.390 thing to do to start. Bond with the horse, bond 00:27:22.390 --> 00:27:25.109 with the horse. Okay. He's just like reciting 00:27:25.109 --> 00:27:28.309 to himself. Also, these rich people are shady 00:27:28.309 --> 00:27:30.910 as fuck. So you have to watch out for what they 00:27:30.910 --> 00:27:32.589 do. They're going to try to sabotage you, especially 00:27:32.589 --> 00:27:35.650 if you're doing well. Yes. Man, I was talking 00:27:35.650 --> 00:27:40.529 to... Esti's a horse girl. that they are potentially 00:27:40.529 --> 00:27:43.109 only letting the nobility get away with shenanigans. 00:27:43.289 --> 00:27:45.750 They're turning a blind eye. Really? The refs 00:27:45.750 --> 00:27:47.690 aren't fair. Keep asking around. He wouldn't 00:27:47.690 --> 00:27:50.869 tell me much, but. Can I look around to see if 00:27:50.869 --> 00:27:53.829 I can, like who the refs are, like to pinpoint 00:27:53.829 --> 00:27:56.049 them just for. They're not around you. They're 00:27:56.049 --> 00:27:58.349 in the stadium or on the, you know, they have 00:27:58.349 --> 00:28:00.369 their own heightened view of the stadium. And 00:28:00.369 --> 00:28:01.950 we're all blessed still, right? I didn't get 00:28:01.950 --> 00:28:04.970 hit. I can still concentrate on that and give 00:28:04.970 --> 00:28:09.299 them bless. Yeah. Okay. But bless won't attack 00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:11.400 won't really affect much in this because bless 00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:13.700 has only attack roles in it and saving that if 00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:15.980 they get Hurt by something. Maybe they won't 00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:18.839 do some kind of a saving throw. Yeah, yeah, what's 00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:22.319 the range on guidance? Can you just like? Touch 00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:29.039 yeah, right So, you know how like I can cast 00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:35.640 spells from my familiar Can we have an owl fly 00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:38.980 around us and just like back us to guide like 00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:41.940 swooping to guide us Maybe we'll say for the 00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:44.700 first check. Okay, but as the you know thing 00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:48.539 progresses, but Yeah, it has to be within a hundred 00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:55.000 feet of you And it's a large horse track, okay, 00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:58.089 I looked up pictures of horse tracks yesterday, 00:28:58.130 --> 00:28:59.869 but I couldn't think of the word track search 00:28:59.869 --> 00:29:05.250 and I wrote horse rink. Horse rink. My horse 00:29:05.250 --> 00:29:09.130 is on skates. That's adorable. Horse rink. Thankfully 00:29:09.130 --> 00:29:12.670 Google knew what I knew. So are you chatting 00:29:12.670 --> 00:29:14.049 with any other contestants? You said you wanted 00:29:14.049 --> 00:29:15.990 to look around. I was looking to see if there 00:29:15.990 --> 00:29:18.170 was a referee that I could. No, not a referee, 00:29:18.410 --> 00:29:21.690 but give me a perception check. The two of you 00:29:21.690 --> 00:29:26.769 from watching the race. Nice was so impressed 00:29:26.769 --> 00:29:29.029 by SD. He really didn't watch anything else with 00:29:29.029 --> 00:29:32.690 his I got a ten. All right more than my passive 00:29:32.690 --> 00:29:37.049 Yeah, you uh, yeah you you didn't notice uh, 00:29:37.069 --> 00:29:39.750 just daydreaming his ass off today. He is not 00:29:39.750 --> 00:29:44.650 even present so Franco sports his voice booms 00:29:44.650 --> 00:29:47.710 again above as he's announcing the introduction 00:29:47.710 --> 00:29:51.029 of the second round a human male approaches meet 00:29:51.029 --> 00:29:55.500 eyes with galleys and says Geo sports Andy That's 00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:58.819 me. Come with me, please. As you're leaving, 00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:01.559 I just like pat you on the shoulder and I'm like, 00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:04.579 good luck, Galleus. Galleus looks back just like 00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:09.799 trying to look cool and visibly nervous. This 00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:12.640 is not his speed. Volandros is meeting him with 00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:15.539 this like face of just complete like cool practice 00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:18.880 confidence that he knows that Galleus is going 00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:22.119 to absolutely crush it. and he's yeah gallius 00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:25.299 your your outfit starts rippling with this like 00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:28.960 gray color just from your chest out there's like 00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:32.579 this just ripple uh as your your emotions start 00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:34.799 to change your outfit around you wait is it this 00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:36.859 sounds this does not sound gray doesn't sound 00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:39.900 very that's the color that i picked for nervous 00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:44.539 i'm gonna send big b to sit on your shoulder 00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:48.019 so he can help you for as long as range permits 00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:52.980 and also give you a little Morale boost Yeah, 00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:57.519 you are led to oh well as you're walking he says 00:30:57.519 --> 00:31:00.480 Sports Andy, are you related to signore Franco? 00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:05.160 No relation. No. Oh All right. He leads you to 00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:07.259 the same staples that Esther went to please choose 00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:09.400 a horse I'd probably recommend quickly some of 00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:12.180 them have already been taken. Do you have any? 00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:15.259 Particular and I try to put on my most charming 00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:19.039 smile recommendations for a horse that is, you 00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:21.180 know, been performing well. You can make a persuasion 00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:26.640 check. Why am I cursed today? Nope, nope, nope. 00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:30.440 What was it? Two. He says, which is a six in 00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:33.180 total. Yeah. He says, unfortunately, we're not 00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:36.400 supposed to help the contestants. And so you 00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:40.539 find a white horse with brown spots, large brown 00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:42.740 mane, and that one seems to be to be calling 00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:45.720 you. I want to just, you know, introduce myself, 00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:48.079 gently pet the horse, try to do everything, kind 00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:52.380 of befriend, get to know the horse. And all that 00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:53.980 fun stuff. Share secrets with the horse. Yeah, 00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:56.440 share secrets with the horse. Do braids. Horse 00:31:56.440 --> 00:32:01.700 whisperer. I'm a change light. I'm giving you 00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:08.740 a horse whispers back. Me too. Change secrets 00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:12.339 with the horse. So, you know. I'm presenting 00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:15.259 as human galleys, right? Yeah, it's up to you. 00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:17.220 Yeah, that's been the default that I did for 00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:19.039 signing up for the competition. This is my normal 00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:22.539 how I present. You hop up on the horse. You are 00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:24.720 led to the entry site where the other contestants 00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:27.079 are gathering. And in it, you can see a fight 00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:30.059 breaking out. Two men you don't recognize fighting 00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:32.500 each other from atop their horses, one with the 00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:34.420 bloody nose and the other with the bruised eyes. 00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:37.579 And then you hear, gentlemen, gentlemen, please 00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:40.980 save it for the dance floor. The voice of Prince 00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:44.980 Matias Roki floats in as he rides between them 00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:48.759 on his massive white horse clad in scale male 00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:52.119 armor. And then you hear, now now! The round 00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:54.259 hasn't even begun, my friends. A different yet 00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:56.799 equally full of bullshit's voice scampers through 00:32:56.799 --> 00:33:00.579 as you see Luka Gonzaga stride forward, long 00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:03.940 yellow hair trailing behind him. Luka, you've 00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:06.279 already completed your round. There's no need 00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:10.849 for you here. Oh, Mattias, get off your high 00:33:10.849 --> 00:33:14.809 horse. Literally. I was just coming to see what 00:33:14.809 --> 00:33:21.289 the tizzy was about. Luca. Get out of here. You 00:33:21.289 --> 00:33:23.349 don't want to be disqualified for being in the 00:33:23.349 --> 00:33:27.829 wrong place. All right, Mattias, give me a perception 00:33:27.829 --> 00:33:31.470 check at advantage because this is very interesting 00:33:31.470 --> 00:33:34.769 in public. I feel like they're fucking. Or they 00:33:34.769 --> 00:33:42.509 hate each other. Or both. Ryan. I don't like 00:33:42.509 --> 00:33:45.730 my odds today, guys. I got a five. At advantage? 00:33:46.250 --> 00:33:48.529 Oh, sorry. I rolled with a d4 instead of advantage. 00:33:48.710 --> 00:33:52.609 We also have, I got an 11. Okay. So here's what 00:33:52.609 --> 00:33:55.210 you notice. That was a really weird fucking interaction 00:33:55.210 --> 00:33:57.269 between the two of them. It was awkward. It was 00:33:57.269 --> 00:33:59.150 strange. And they were doing that thing where 00:33:59.150 --> 00:34:00.630 when you're talking to someone, you're like looking 00:34:00.630 --> 00:34:03.160 at their lips, but not to read them. I feel like 00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:05.619 it's the equivalent of, like, finance bros posturing. 00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:09.760 Like, peacocking their feathers and look like, 00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:13.239 look how many fucking stocks I got, bro. That's 00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:15.119 what they say. That's what they say. That's what 00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:17.159 finance bros say. They pull up their E -Trade 00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:18.980 app and they go, look how many stocks I've got, 00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:20.260 bro. That's all I hear all day, every day on 00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:23.800 the Five Train. Terribly, but it's the amount 00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:27.159 that counts. Yeah, yeah. The two men then continue 00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:29.400 to talk briefly. They nod to each other as Luca 00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:31.820 returns to the other contestants. then a few 00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:38.019 names are called. And then, Gio Sforzandi! And 00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:40.500 Galleous enters the ring to the sounds of cheers 00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:44.000 all around. Anything to do? This is not riding, 00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:45.960 just entering the ring. You're riding, you're 00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:47.800 not riding, you just enter, you are riding on 00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:49.280 the horse entering the ring, you're not competing 00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:54.579 yet. Yeah, um, uh, I just, I'm kind of like reserved. 00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:57.119 I'm not a draw a lot of attention to myself kind 00:34:57.119 --> 00:35:00.960 of guy. So I just like, put up a hand. And then 00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:04.139 I might I'm going to cast dancing lights, which 00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:07.559 did not work last time. And I'm going to do like 00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:10.039 a couple of orbs of like a purple light. So it's 00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:12.860 a little bit more visible in the sunlight. And 00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:14.739 I'm just going to like spin them around me and 00:35:14.739 --> 00:35:17.619 do like a cute like this looks. Yeah. You know, 00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:20.099 give me either a performance or arcana check. 00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:26.360 You got blessed. Okay, that one's a little bit 00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:29.239 better. 17. That one lands a little bit better. 00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:33.019 Um, which is, which is nice. You, you, you, uh, 00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:36.699 procure a nice magical effect and make a perception 00:35:36.699 --> 00:35:40.280 check for me. All of you. Oh boy. I got on that 00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:44.260 one. 14. Oh, dirty 20 for me with your dirty 00:35:44.260 --> 00:35:48.820 20. You see a referee notate something as galley 00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:52.960 is cast magic in front of everyone. Hmm. Oh, 00:35:53.070 --> 00:35:56.010 I bet he's noting down who can cast magic. Like 00:35:56.010 --> 00:35:57.929 he's getting ready to hold it against me. Okay. 00:35:58.090 --> 00:36:00.469 It's probably not a good... I will not be casting 00:36:00.469 --> 00:36:04.869 magic. Can I send... Yeah, absolutely. A message. 00:36:06.710 --> 00:36:10.429 Be very careful with magic. They're gonna fault 00:36:10.429 --> 00:36:14.469 you for it. As you get that, Franco Sforza's 00:36:14.469 --> 00:36:16.889 voice continues in the background. Introducing 00:36:16.889 --> 00:36:21.088 more people. Introducing Prince Matias Roki gets... 00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:26.000 a huge round of applause. You take your place. 00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:28.000 The rest of the riders take their place. Everyone 00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:30.360 prepares to begin silence, overcomes the arena, 00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:33.760 and a loud blast. And out of the corner of your 00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:36.219 eye, you see Matthias Roki kick one of the horse's 00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:39.059 neck to him in the head as he dashes forward. 00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:41.360 Everything around you becoming a blur as you 00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:43.440 kick your horse into gear and rush alongside 00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:46.239 the others. What's your first check? Okay, um, 00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:49.739 I while the crowd is still really thick and close 00:36:49.739 --> 00:36:52.219 together I'm gonna try to use intimidation And 00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:53.980 I'm gonna like muscle with my horse and like 00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:57.480 try to show off and be like a little big and 00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:59.420 scary Okay, and what do you what are you what 00:36:59.420 --> 00:37:00.880 are you doing to the other riders to intimidate 00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:03.840 them? Just like flexing your muscles Yeah, I 00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:05.960 don't know how it's one of the recommended roles 00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:08.619 and I don't know how I am going to do that necessarily 00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:10.900 Yeah, you could snarl at them. You could like 00:37:10.900 --> 00:37:17.219 shove your horse in there Very startling way. 00:37:17.219 --> 00:37:19.739 Uh, and you know, I'm hoping my horse growl at 00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:21.920 him. Yeah. Okay. Give me an intimidation check. 00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:24.179 Maybe help with this one. I will say because 00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:25.900 of the start, this is the only one that you will 00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:27.539 get guidance on because you are still close enough 00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:29.920 to the stages. But as soon as you leave, Bigby 00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:38.159 is going to fly away. Okay. Nat 20. Oh my gosh. 00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:44.360 Tony. Listen, no, I gave you all a choice and 00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:49.619 I'm so happy with it. Okay. Matthias, he kicked 00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:52.420 one of the horses in the head and you let out 00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:55.820 this guttural roar that you didn't even know 00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:59.440 that you could do as it happens. And you hit 00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:02.239 your horse's reins, you jostle them as much as 00:38:02.239 --> 00:38:05.059 you can. The horse dashes forward. Can I add 00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:08.599 something? Yeah. For the roar, I used my changing 00:38:08.599 --> 00:38:10.639 powers. I only changed my voice. local chords, 00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:16.079 and I just yell, I'm very coarse, you are. In 00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:21.920 Tina's voice. You do that, and you're also foaming 00:38:21.920 --> 00:38:26.619 at the mouth as you say it, and your horse feeds 00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:29.639 off of your energy and immediately starts chomping 00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:31.599 its mouth towards the other competitor as you 00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:34.500 rush back. You have two successes. What's your 00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:39.789 next check that you're gonna do? Um, I am going 00:38:39.789 --> 00:38:42.949 to all my really good checks, like don't apply 00:38:42.949 --> 00:38:46.650 at all. Listen, if you want to make a case for 00:38:46.650 --> 00:38:50.389 me, I will, I will allow it. I want to make a 00:38:50.389 --> 00:38:54.989 case as a substitute for animal handling, a nature 00:38:54.989 --> 00:38:59.489 check for my ability to just commune my intent 00:38:59.489 --> 00:39:02.110 with the horse's will. Here's what I'll say. 00:39:02.750 --> 00:39:04.809 I'll let you make a nature check but it's more 00:39:04.809 --> 00:39:06.829 about seeing the ground of the arena and keeping 00:39:06.829 --> 00:39:09.329 an eye out Seeing if there's anything yeah keeping 00:39:09.329 --> 00:39:11.849 an eye out for you know, the terrain. Yeah is 00:39:11.849 --> 00:39:14.469 the train flat? Am I seeing shit coming up as 00:39:14.469 --> 00:39:17.610 a result of players? Yeah, and I'm gonna make 00:39:17.610 --> 00:39:22.880 my nature check so with a nine I'm gonna palm 00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:26.639 my little coin of fate, and I'm gonna flip a 00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:30.400 coin. Okay. Wait, do I have a 9? Oh no, I lied. 00:39:30.699 --> 00:39:33.480 I forgot my plus. I have a 14 with plus 5. Oh 00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:36.300 yeah, you just make it. Fuck that coin. Fuck 00:39:36.300 --> 00:39:39.980 that coin. I'm just like, yeah, let's go! Okay, 00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:42.940 so with your nat 20, you dash and you keep up 00:39:42.940 --> 00:39:45.480 with Matiasroki for the entire first two laps. 00:39:45.900 --> 00:39:48.699 He is pissed. He does not like you. He doesn't 00:39:48.699 --> 00:39:51.809 even think anyone should be near him. And I am 00:39:51.809 --> 00:39:54.869 glowing with the proletariat's fury against the 00:39:54.869 --> 00:39:58.210 bourgeoisie. Slightly feral, maybe a little rabid, 00:39:58.489 --> 00:40:01.289 and you are keeping up with him. And you've got 00:40:01.289 --> 00:40:03.570 everyone else a few seconds behind you. And the 00:40:03.570 --> 00:40:06.090 two of you are leading this race together. Your 00:40:06.090 --> 00:40:09.210 intimidation, your barking at Matthias Rokey. 00:40:09.210 --> 00:40:13.389 What the fuck is wrong with it? Behind you. Should 00:40:13.389 --> 00:40:16.170 I bark words at him like, right behind you? And 00:40:16.170 --> 00:40:18.710 he's gonna be words. Yeah, absolutely. And then 00:40:18.710 --> 00:40:23.050 you see that Matthias uses some magical effects 00:40:23.050 --> 00:40:24.969 to try and create spikes that come out of the 00:40:24.969 --> 00:40:27.389 ground that are formed from rock. And you are 00:40:27.389 --> 00:40:29.880 keeping a good eye out. you're able to move your 00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:31.920 horse to the right, to the left, to jump, to 00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:35.059 dodge these different things. With all the distractions 00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:37.920 that Matthias has made, you cross the finish 00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:40.820 line after him. So he makes it first, and then 00:40:40.820 --> 00:40:43.500 right after him comes Galleous. And then a few 00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:45.679 seconds later, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, 00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:48.639 and eighth, cross the finish line, and the match 00:40:48.639 --> 00:40:54.960 is done. You have come in second. Okay, continue. 00:40:55.199 --> 00:40:56.860 Yeah, we get to, like, you know, address the 00:40:56.860 --> 00:40:58.320 crowd or whatever for a moment. Yeah, Matias 00:40:58.320 --> 00:41:04.599 Soroki hops over the, um, the, the fence that 00:41:04.599 --> 00:41:06.420 is around the arena into the middle, which is 00:41:06.420 --> 00:41:09.159 full of grass, and he does a victory lap just 00:41:09.159 --> 00:41:12.380 around the center with his arms up, taking in 00:41:12.380 --> 00:41:15.960 the crowd, you know. pompous ass self it's only 00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:18.679 cool when we do it yeah yeah what did you uh 00:41:18.679 --> 00:41:22.219 have an idea about that you i just want to like 00:41:22.219 --> 00:41:25.480 shout out really like as loud as i can and like 00:41:25.480 --> 00:41:28.599 make a big moment and it was like you know uh 00:41:28.599 --> 00:41:32.679 in the interest of a fair race because not all 00:41:32.679 --> 00:41:35.099 of us have all of the reach of the nobility i 00:41:35.099 --> 00:41:39.320 want to give a shout out to oscar's flame treasures 00:41:39.320 --> 00:41:45.280 uh for garmenting me in such athletic wear that 00:41:45.280 --> 00:41:48.559 is so appropriate. Hell yeah. Go commoners. I 00:41:48.559 --> 00:41:51.880 sent a message to say and Esti too. And my companion 00:41:51.880 --> 00:41:55.840 Esti who won. No, no, no, no. Shit. Well, my 00:41:55.840 --> 00:42:00.039 companion Giovanna who won the first race. You 00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:08.179 said it. Oscar knew your actual names, right? 00:42:08.260 --> 00:42:12.199 Didn't we? Did we not tell him? Yeah, uh, there's 00:42:12.199 --> 00:42:15.780 a lot of contestants sponsored by oscar in this 00:42:15.780 --> 00:42:20.800 race. Give me a performance check. Okay. Um, 00:42:21.219 --> 00:42:24.079 uh, performance. I am pretty soft. Where the 00:42:24.079 --> 00:42:27.059 fuck is it too? Uh, 13. Okay. You decent, decent 00:42:27.059 --> 00:42:31.380 amount. Uh, you do slip esty's name. Uh, corrected 00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:34.099 quickly to Juvana. Corrected quickly to Juvana. 00:42:34.260 --> 00:42:37.119 Muzarel. Muzarel. A very normal name that I'm 00:42:37.119 --> 00:42:40.949 sure no one will question. not at all fake. I 00:42:40.949 --> 00:42:42.510 want the two of you to make a perception check 00:42:42.510 --> 00:42:47.230 from up in the stands. 23. Okay with your 23 00:42:47.230 --> 00:42:51.429 you see Oscar in the audience and he gives like 00:42:51.429 --> 00:42:53.969 a little like he stands up as his name is is 00:42:53.969 --> 00:42:56.630 said which is which you are screaming it in the 00:42:56.630 --> 00:42:59.050 middle of a stadium that is cheering and so it's 00:42:59.050 --> 00:43:01.070 not heard very well but enough that you know 00:43:01.070 --> 00:43:05.769 he knew what was what was happening. Yeah well 00:43:05.769 --> 00:43:08.900 at least one of you hasn't. I was literally thinking 00:43:08.900 --> 00:43:10.579 it and then I'm like, is there a time where we 00:43:10.579 --> 00:43:12.159 get to address the crowd? Cause we didn't have 00:43:12.159 --> 00:43:15.760 any amplification. Amplified voices. Yeah. Yeah. 00:43:15.760 --> 00:43:18.179 I don't know how we, I didn't know how to announce 00:43:18.179 --> 00:43:20.519 it. Well, you thumbed hers. It was fine. And 00:43:20.519 --> 00:43:22.219 listen, Galleous just covered you. So you're 00:43:22.219 --> 00:43:26.320 good. I'm giving Galleous for all of us. All 00:43:26.320 --> 00:43:30.300 right. Galleous, you are approached given the 00:43:30.300 --> 00:43:33.619 same broach that has been given to Estie and 00:43:33.619 --> 00:43:37.449 you are returned to the stages. Uh, yep. And 00:43:37.449 --> 00:43:41.349 you returned to, uh, Volandrus and Estie. Galleous. 00:43:42.090 --> 00:43:45.570 You crushed it. That was kind of cool. Right? 00:43:46.210 --> 00:43:48.329 I guess, I get why people like riding horses. 00:43:48.429 --> 00:43:50.550 I've never done, I mean, I've like, everyone 00:43:50.550 --> 00:43:52.090 has had to do a little bit, right? But I've never 00:43:52.090 --> 00:43:54.289 like competitively ridden a horse like that. 00:43:54.449 --> 00:43:57.690 You look like a natural out there. Crazy. Galleous, 00:43:57.789 --> 00:44:00.389 you've earned this. Volandrus holds out his hand 00:44:00.389 --> 00:44:06.409 for a handshake. The Hollywood handshake! He 00:44:06.409 --> 00:44:08.789 just gives, he gives you a very good handshake. 00:44:09.150 --> 00:44:12.750 It's a really good handshake. Well done. All 00:44:12.750 --> 00:44:15.289 right, you're up next. You must be up next. So, 00:44:15.630 --> 00:44:17.530 members, gather up the contestants for the fourth 00:44:17.530 --> 00:44:19.809 round. Again, your heart kind of beats a little 00:44:19.809 --> 00:44:22.070 faster every time someone walks by. So true. 00:44:22.510 --> 00:44:25.349 No one comes to collect Volandros. The stage 00:44:25.349 --> 00:44:28.090 then floats back above the arena after some time 00:44:28.090 --> 00:44:30.650 and Franco Sforza's voice announcing the contestants 00:44:30.650 --> 00:44:34.590 among them. Adonai Nahari, riding on a simple 00:44:34.590 --> 00:44:37.210 horse, much less decorated than the other noble 00:44:37.210 --> 00:44:40.190 family horses, smiling warmly to the crowd and 00:44:40.190 --> 00:44:42.849 waving. The race begins. Adonai's horse darts 00:44:42.849 --> 00:44:45.650 forward beyond the pack insanely quickly, faster 00:44:45.650 --> 00:44:47.789 than any of the previous competitors, yourselves 00:44:47.789 --> 00:44:50.210 included. Within a few seconds, he's created 00:44:50.210 --> 00:44:53.170 a gap that looks impossible to cross. He turns 00:44:53.170 --> 00:44:55.690 his head back. pats his horse slightly to maintain 00:44:55.690 --> 00:44:57.889 the same distance instead of continuing to further 00:44:57.889 --> 00:45:00.530 the gap. Behind him, people fight for the remaining 00:45:00.530 --> 00:45:03.329 nine spots, some knocking each other off, some 00:45:03.329 --> 00:45:05.929 throwing items, a few letting loose a few magical 00:45:05.929 --> 00:45:09.050 effects, as subtly as possible if they can. One 00:45:09.050 --> 00:45:11.769 lap completes, then the second lap. And you see, 00:45:11.829 --> 00:45:14.849 as the third lap comes to completion, Adonai 00:45:14.849 --> 00:45:17.750 Nahari, meters from the finish line, maintaining 00:45:17.750 --> 00:45:21.250 his distance from the pack, a large bolt of arcane 00:45:21.250 --> 00:45:24.019 energy flies up from behind him, Nabbing the 00:45:24.019 --> 00:45:26.239 horse in the leg, throwing him forward as the 00:45:26.239 --> 00:45:29.960 horse crashes to the ground. He crashes to the 00:45:29.960 --> 00:45:32.139 ground, kicking up dust all around him, obscuring 00:45:32.139 --> 00:45:35.260 his body. The other horses approaching his location 00:45:35.260 --> 00:45:39.260 rapidly. Suddenly, from the cloud of dust, Adonai 00:45:39.260 --> 00:45:42.340 bolts forward, running on foot towards the finish 00:45:42.340 --> 00:45:45.059 line. Give me a perception check, all of you. 00:45:45.860 --> 00:45:52.539 10. 10. 13. Okay, he jumps. He jumps towards 00:45:52.539 --> 00:45:55.119 the end, sending himself forward in the air 5, 00:45:55.300 --> 00:46:01.360 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 feet as he lands on the finish 00:46:01.360 --> 00:46:03.500 line, slamming his hand to the ground as the 00:46:03.500 --> 00:46:07.219 other contestants run by. The crowd erupts into 00:46:07.219 --> 00:46:10.260 cheers, and you see Arnai immediately stand, 00:46:10.579 --> 00:46:12.639 run back towards his horse, kneeling on the ground 00:46:12.639 --> 00:46:14.719 beside it as its legs kick out in a twitching 00:46:14.719 --> 00:46:19.019 motion, clearly in severe pain. He shoots a scowling 00:46:19.019 --> 00:46:21.699 look at a half -elven woman in the arena with 00:46:21.699 --> 00:46:24.460 him, closes his eye, a symbol on his forehead 00:46:24.460 --> 00:46:27.039 glows with yellow energy as the horse's motions 00:46:27.039 --> 00:46:29.780 calm to rest, and he helps move the horse to 00:46:29.780 --> 00:46:32.380 stand and brushes his hand along its mane, touching 00:46:32.380 --> 00:46:35.260 its head to its head, and then stepping up the 00:46:35.260 --> 00:46:37.260 stirrups to Mounted Aken as the crowd cheers. 00:46:37.739 --> 00:46:40.980 As they're leaving, you see him wave over a worker, 00:46:41.320 --> 00:46:43.519 point at the woman, and the worker whispers something 00:46:43.519 --> 00:46:48.150 in his ear. The stages float back down to the 00:46:48.150 --> 00:46:52.210 ground as the contestants return. Some workers 00:46:52.210 --> 00:46:55.429 come to collect the final group. An Arakocra 00:46:55.429 --> 00:47:00.630 woman approaches. Val Cloaker. Yes? Come with 00:47:00.630 --> 00:47:06.530 me, please. Big B? You've got this. Thank you. 00:47:07.250 --> 00:47:10.730 All right. Val, you are led to the stables and 00:47:10.730 --> 00:47:14.309 instructed to choose a horse. And as you look, 00:47:14.550 --> 00:47:18.449 Val, All the way at the end of the row stands 00:47:18.449 --> 00:47:21.989 this beautiful horse. Dark brown with a few white 00:47:21.989 --> 00:47:25.670 splotches, a long white mane. Instead of my horse. 00:47:25.929 --> 00:47:29.309 And you feel a connection to this horse instantly. 00:47:30.449 --> 00:47:32.570 I feel an instant connection to that horse. You 00:47:32.570 --> 00:47:36.500 feel an instant connection to that horse. All 00:47:36.500 --> 00:47:38.880 right, well, I take it other people are also 00:47:38.880 --> 00:47:40.559 gathering their horses, so I'm about to make 00:47:40.559 --> 00:47:43.699 a beeline to that. All right. Roll to see if 00:47:43.699 --> 00:47:45.619 no one gets there first. Oh my God, knowing my 00:47:45.619 --> 00:47:49.460 luck, honestly. You run up to that horse. You 00:47:49.460 --> 00:47:52.139 put your hand to the side of its head. Immediate 00:47:52.139 --> 00:47:54.719 connection. It looks you directly in the eyes. 00:47:54.760 --> 00:48:00.199 I look back. It's intimate. Yikes. Aren't you 00:48:00.199 --> 00:48:03.719 a beautiful thing. It like nuzzles your head. 00:48:03.920 --> 00:48:05.880 I still have some dried fruit from the dog, so 00:48:05.880 --> 00:48:08.579 I'm gonna like take some out and feed it to the 00:48:08.579 --> 00:48:11.119 horse. Absolutely, absolutely. It eats it right 00:48:11.119 --> 00:48:13.119 from your hand and then licks you on the face. 00:48:13.619 --> 00:48:18.340 The horses do that? This one does. I was like, 00:48:18.340 --> 00:48:22.079 cool. That's a loving horse. Alright, so you 00:48:22.079 --> 00:48:24.940 mount the horse. You line up along the gate as 00:48:24.940 --> 00:48:27.119 the names are called. Stop mounting the horse. 00:48:27.159 --> 00:48:29.059 I don't know, like after that I might take the 00:48:29.059 --> 00:48:31.949 horse, like that just looks so wrong. As you're 00:48:31.949 --> 00:48:34.789 waiting, the nasalliest and most pompous voice 00:48:34.789 --> 00:48:38.170 pierces through. Out of the way, out of the way, 00:48:38.250 --> 00:48:40.889 Lucia Borgia is here to make way for me. Make 00:48:40.889 --> 00:48:44.210 way. As the half -elven woman with the bob haircut 00:48:44.210 --> 00:48:46.909 trots in front of everyone, she's the one who 00:48:46.909 --> 00:48:52.449 threw her satchel of gold to enter. And her name 00:48:52.449 --> 00:48:54.769 is immediately called, as she says that. She 00:48:54.769 --> 00:48:57.489 gallops into the stadium. Directly after that, 00:48:57.750 --> 00:49:04.480 you hear, Val Cloaker. Nudge my beautiful steed 00:49:04.480 --> 00:49:08.400 into motion, and we gracefully, I hope, canter 00:49:08.400 --> 00:49:12.659 in after that bitch. Absolutely. You enter the 00:49:12.659 --> 00:49:15.860 stadium, you take your place a few spaces away 00:49:15.860 --> 00:49:19.199 from Lucia Borja. Can I sidle up right next to 00:49:19.199 --> 00:49:23.000 her? Yeah. So I know I'm wearing a mask. So I 00:49:23.000 --> 00:49:25.519 mean, already she has no idea who I am, but with 00:49:25.519 --> 00:49:28.210 the mask, she really has no idea. Uh, and Val 00:49:28.210 --> 00:49:30.309 just kind of like looks at her from the side, 00:49:30.309 --> 00:49:33.329 you know, like from sideways and is like, best 00:49:33.329 --> 00:49:36.250 of luck to you, Lady Borgia. Do you want to make 00:49:36.250 --> 00:49:40.489 that intimidation check? Uh, sure. I mean, Bigby 00:49:40.489 --> 00:49:41.829 can give you guidance right now. I feel like 00:49:41.829 --> 00:49:44.130 I want to keep the guidance for - No, you can 00:49:44.130 --> 00:49:46.090 - You can use guidance. Again, just the first 00:49:46.090 --> 00:49:52.090 check. Scary ass Val Cloaker right now. Intimidation? 00:49:52.309 --> 00:49:56.570 Yeah. Oh yeah. 25. She turns to you and just 00:49:56.570 --> 00:49:58.750 like, she gives you a look that you've affected 00:49:58.750 --> 00:50:02.230 her, which is enough. So as this is happening, 00:50:02.449 --> 00:50:04.849 Franco Sforza's voice speaks from above and then 00:50:04.849 --> 00:50:09.269 silence as you wait for the bang. The race starts. 00:50:09.329 --> 00:50:12.730 You grab hold of the reins. And after a few seconds, 00:50:13.409 --> 00:50:17.570 the skin in two spots on the horse's head burst 00:50:17.570 --> 00:50:23.630 open as long, slim horns grow out of it, curling 00:50:23.630 --> 00:50:28.849 around. and around. The head turns backwards 00:50:28.849 --> 00:50:31.650 towards you as it's running, its eyes glowing 00:50:31.650 --> 00:50:35.670 with fire. A soothing, sultry voice comes from 00:50:35.670 --> 00:50:44.829 the horse as it speaks. Why hello, Lantris. It 00:50:44.829 --> 00:50:48.550 has been some time since I've seen you. Where 00:50:48.550 --> 00:50:51.650 did you go? It's now really the time. How did 00:50:51.650 --> 00:50:57.059 you escape my sights? Like, I don't even know 00:50:57.059 --> 00:51:02.639 what to do. Oh my god. Um, Volandros, like, is, 00:51:02.639 --> 00:51:08.760 uh, he is very overstimulating. So he is actually, 00:51:09.280 --> 00:51:12.280 like, having a fool on panic attack, he is looking 00:51:12.280 --> 00:51:14.920 around to see if anyone else is seeing this. 00:51:15.320 --> 00:51:18.079 Because there have been so many times that his 00:51:18.079 --> 00:51:20.460 patron has, like, fucked with him and it's imaginary. 00:51:20.699 --> 00:51:22.440 I want all of you to make a perception check. 00:51:23.389 --> 00:51:27.570 17. 22. The two of you do not see any horns coming 00:51:27.570 --> 00:51:31.469 from the horse. You are panicked. You can't tell 00:51:31.469 --> 00:51:34.989 what's going on. And you hear it speak again 00:51:34.989 --> 00:51:38.570 unless you want to respond. Turn your head back 00:51:38.570 --> 00:51:41.090 around. It doesn't, but it's still running. It's 00:51:41.090 --> 00:51:42.929 keeping up with all the other horses. You're 00:51:42.929 --> 00:51:44.630 pretty much in a straight line with about three 00:51:44.630 --> 00:51:49.750 other people. You seek answers to something I 00:51:49.750 --> 00:51:54.780 can tell. That's why you're here, isn't it? No. 00:51:55.500 --> 00:51:58.960 This isn't happening. Is this important to you? 00:51:59.860 --> 00:52:02.059 Yes, it's important. That's why you should go 00:52:02.059 --> 00:52:08.320 away. Would you like to win? That's what I'm 00:52:08.320 --> 00:52:12.679 trying to do! I can make that happen. I can deliver 00:52:12.679 --> 00:52:16.880 you right across this finish line. Impossibly 00:52:16.880 --> 00:52:20.909 fast. Surely. To make a statement, would you 00:52:20.909 --> 00:52:25.769 accept something like that? Oh, fuck. How is 00:52:25.769 --> 00:52:28.469 Volandros's position amongst the other racers? 00:52:28.670 --> 00:52:31.530 There are others pulling ahead. You're at the 00:52:31.530 --> 00:52:35.070 moment. So at the moment you're, you know, you 00:52:35.070 --> 00:52:37.010 could possibly make the top 10. You haven't made 00:52:37.010 --> 00:52:39.769 any rolls right now, but you are being promised 00:52:39.769 --> 00:52:43.750 something by a voice that you know well. Mm hmm. 00:52:44.889 --> 00:52:49.090 I'm sure you'd like to win. I'm sure I can win 00:52:49.090 --> 00:52:53.449 on my own merit. But it would be a guarantee. 00:52:54.630 --> 00:53:02.489 And a guarantee of insane success. So he's grappling 00:53:02.489 --> 00:53:07.550 with this. And he is like seeing that others 00:53:07.550 --> 00:53:11.809 are pulling ahead of him. He is with the successes 00:53:11.809 --> 00:53:15.500 of his companions. Volandros cannot stand. the 00:53:15.500 --> 00:53:18.099 idea of him being the only one that does not 00:53:18.099 --> 00:53:21.659 pass. So he is like, as he like nudges, you know, 00:53:21.760 --> 00:53:26.219 his heels into his demon horse, he just like 00:53:26.219 --> 00:53:29.780 sets his mouth into this like grim mask of like, 00:53:29.780 --> 00:53:32.079 you know, ambivalence, you cannot see how he 00:53:32.079 --> 00:53:36.400 feels, but he just gives this nod. Okay. And 00:53:36.400 --> 00:53:40.699 you hear, we will not speak for some time. They 00:53:40.699 --> 00:53:45.420 have many other things to attend to. I wanted 00:53:45.420 --> 00:53:50.780 to say hello after so much time has passed. Not 00:53:50.780 --> 00:53:54.420 just any mortal is able to thieve and swindle 00:53:54.420 --> 00:53:59.039 time herself. I will always be with you. Call 00:53:59.039 --> 00:54:02.739 upon me if you need me. And you don't need to 00:54:02.739 --> 00:54:07.280 make any rolls. Your horse immediately kicks 00:54:07.280 --> 00:54:12.280 up a huge puff of dust as it zips insanely fast 00:54:12.280 --> 00:54:14.920 past the other contestants. This entire conversation 00:54:14.920 --> 00:54:17.460 has happened within the first round of a lap 00:54:17.460 --> 00:54:21.059 happening. You are solidly in like ninth place. 00:54:21.320 --> 00:54:24.659 Your horse kicks up speed immediately, and by 00:54:24.659 --> 00:54:27.599 the end of the second lap, you are tied with 00:54:27.599 --> 00:54:31.920 first, along with Lucia Borja. You give her the 00:54:31.920 --> 00:54:37.340 snottiest look, as in the final lap, your horse 00:54:37.340 --> 00:54:40.780 dashes by her. easily it doesn't even look like 00:54:40.780 --> 00:54:45.559 your horse is trying it goes insanely fast around 00:54:45.559 --> 00:54:49.460 the ring and you cross the finish line 15 seconds 00:54:49.460 --> 00:54:53.559 before lucia borja 30 seconds before any of the 00:54:53.559 --> 00:54:56.300 other contestants as well oh my god the crowd 00:54:56.300 --> 00:55:01.500 is silent as you cross the line first and then 00:55:01.500 --> 00:55:07.539 they explode in cheers Give him a show. Anything 00:55:07.539 --> 00:55:10.840 you would like to do? Yeah, he stands up, like 00:55:10.840 --> 00:55:14.780 on the... What do you call them? Stirrups? Oh 00:55:14.780 --> 00:55:17.320 yeah, stirrups. Yeah. And just, you know, like 00:55:17.320 --> 00:55:21.579 yes, like very daintily kind of raises his hands 00:55:21.579 --> 00:55:26.179 in this like, you know, somewhat humble acknowledgement 00:55:26.179 --> 00:55:32.699 of his success. And takes a moment to raise his 00:55:32.699 --> 00:55:37.010 voice. And he shouts out, of course this victory 00:55:37.010 --> 00:55:40.809 would not have been possible without - There 00:55:40.809 --> 00:55:45.190 are such fucking shells. And he also kind of 00:55:45.190 --> 00:55:47.750 like turns and gives like a little smirk to Lady 00:55:47.750 --> 00:55:49.510 Borgia. Like a little bitchy smirk. Love it. 00:55:49.829 --> 00:55:53.690 Give me a performance check at advantage. Fucking 00:55:53.690 --> 00:55:56.949 product placement. This would not have been muscle 00:55:56.949 --> 00:56:01.699 without. uh performance that would be 23 beautiful 00:56:01.699 --> 00:56:04.820 you are soaking this in lady borja gives you 00:56:04.820 --> 00:56:09.099 the nastiest look i'm i think we're this is going 00:56:09.099 --> 00:56:15.579 to be enemies to lovers i'm Positive. And you 00:56:15.579 --> 00:56:19.519 do this loud enough that and the audience like 00:56:19.519 --> 00:56:22.159 quiets because what you just did is crazy. And 00:56:22.159 --> 00:56:24.559 so as you like make your way to announce the 00:56:24.559 --> 00:56:26.219 Stadium of Science itself so they hear the whole 00:56:26.219 --> 00:56:30.260 speech, Oscar stands and like moves his wings. 00:56:30.559 --> 00:56:34.679 Alondra's like points at him. Like an actor on 00:56:34.679 --> 00:56:36.199 a stage, you know, when they like get the audience 00:56:36.199 --> 00:56:39.340 to like applaud themselves like that. Yeah, you 00:56:39.340 --> 00:56:43.900 are given a broach as well as the other two contestants 00:56:43.900 --> 00:56:46.539 that you that you're participating with and you 00:56:46.539 --> 00:56:49.579 ride your horse back to the center of the arena 00:56:49.579 --> 00:56:52.059 and then out. When you finish your speech and 00:56:52.059 --> 00:56:54.739 sat back down on the horse, no more horns. you 00:56:54.739 --> 00:56:57.739 return to the staging area, your friends are 00:56:57.739 --> 00:57:01.420 there, you hear an announcement of Congratulations 00:57:01.420 --> 00:57:04.840 to the victors of round one! Let's hear it for 00:57:04.840 --> 00:57:12.099 them! What a fine day indeed! Tomorrow we will 00:57:12.099 --> 00:57:15.559 continue with the Giostra della Cantana with 00:57:15.559 --> 00:57:20.769 the Joust! May Jan Fenn guide your steps! and 00:57:20.769 --> 00:57:24.190 Gia and the announcer floats away. There are 00:57:24.190 --> 00:57:26.949 50 of you in total left for the second round, 00:57:27.010 --> 00:57:28.789 and you are all standing on the stages, some 00:57:28.789 --> 00:57:31.750 of them starting to depart. Run right up to Velandra's 00:57:31.750 --> 00:57:35.369 like, what the hell was that? Wow. How do you 00:57:35.369 --> 00:57:37.409 ride like that? That was great. That was insane. 00:57:37.989 --> 00:57:40.190 Well, I mean, it's just good riding, isn't it? 00:57:40.800 --> 00:57:43.219 It's gotta be, I guess, because you couldn't 00:57:43.219 --> 00:57:44.760 use magic. I was born and raised on a horse. 00:57:45.039 --> 00:57:48.000 Right. It shows. Yes. You killed it. Yes. Thank 00:57:48.000 --> 00:57:51.480 you. Vlyndras is kind of like twitchy as fuck. 00:57:51.960 --> 00:57:53.980 Vlyndra's teeth are his companions right now. 00:57:54.000 --> 00:57:56.519 Did you do meth back there? Why are you so twitchy? 00:57:58.239 --> 00:58:02.300 I don't know. The others were slow and ineffective. 00:58:03.070 --> 00:58:05.409 What can I say? There wasn't much competition. 00:58:06.210 --> 00:58:09.409 It was not even close! Yeah, you killed Lady 00:58:09.409 --> 00:58:13.389 Borgia, whatever her name is. Yes, I did. And 00:58:13.389 --> 00:58:16.969 you hear from you, as the three of you are talking, 00:58:17.070 --> 00:58:20.949 as you say that, as you hear a slight chuckle, 00:58:21.090 --> 00:58:26.630 as you turn and you see Adonai Nahari, the human 00:58:26.630 --> 00:58:31.110 man, curly brown hair, and he chuckles and goes... 00:58:32.210 --> 00:58:36.170 You surely did, and it was great to watch. The 00:58:36.170 --> 00:58:39.329 three of you did fantastic today. Hi, nice to 00:58:39.329 --> 00:58:41.449 meet you. I'm Adonai. And he puts out a hand 00:58:41.449 --> 00:58:43.030 to shake each of your hand. Character question. 00:58:43.849 --> 00:58:46.309 Was Adonai one of the noble people, or is he 00:58:46.309 --> 00:58:49.809 just - Yeah, Adonai was the one who is a noble. 00:58:50.369 --> 00:58:52.230 His horse was the one that got hit, and then 00:58:52.230 --> 00:58:57.710 he ran back to heal it afterwards. You did great 00:58:57.710 --> 00:59:00.289 over there. Oh, thank you. It was a little, you 00:59:00.289 --> 00:59:03.019 know. It was a little feisty towards the end, 00:59:03.340 --> 00:59:05.159 but I'm willing to put up a good fight. Do you 00:59:05.159 --> 00:59:08.440 need any healing help? No, thank you, but I appreciate 00:59:08.440 --> 00:59:11.380 the offer. Your horse okay. I saw you taking 00:59:11.380 --> 00:59:14.480 care of her. Oh, yes, Diana, she's fine. Glad 00:59:14.480 --> 00:59:17.800 to hear it. Good, that was some of the conduct 00:59:17.800 --> 00:59:22.159 on these contestants. Shameful. Yeah, well, people 00:59:22.159 --> 00:59:24.119 do what they can. There's a lot of people here 00:59:24.119 --> 00:59:26.760 that could really use the money, and I think 00:59:26.760 --> 00:59:29.280 they're willing to do what they can to make themselves 00:59:29.280 --> 00:59:33.219 known. And to, um, help themselves. So I can't 00:59:33.219 --> 00:59:36.400 blame them except for, you know, one of them, 00:59:36.699 --> 00:59:39.219 but Diana's all right. Good. Glad to hear it. 00:59:39.420 --> 00:59:42.039 Well, good luck in the next rounds. Um, if I 00:59:42.039 --> 00:59:46.159 could offer some advice. Sure. Just because I 00:59:46.159 --> 00:59:48.559 was appreciated, uh, by asking if my horse is 00:59:48.559 --> 00:59:50.960 okay. And I was impressed by the way that you 00:59:50.960 --> 00:59:54.099 all performed today. Tomorrow's a joust. So you 00:59:54.099 --> 00:59:56.559 can use the armor that is provided. There's plate 00:59:56.559 --> 00:59:58.460 armor that will be provided for everyone, but. 00:59:58.650 --> 01:00:01.550 It's kind of shitty. So if you have any money, 01:00:01.730 --> 01:00:03.949 I'd probably suggest to go buy some temporary 01:00:03.949 --> 01:00:06.170 or rent some temporary plate armor that's not 01:00:06.170 --> 01:00:09.929 bad. Thank you. I haven't seen the three of you 01:00:09.929 --> 01:00:12.309 before even compete, so I assume this might be 01:00:12.309 --> 01:00:15.389 your first time. We're a little low in funds, 01:00:15.690 --> 01:00:16.789 but we'll see what we can... Well, maybe you 01:00:16.789 --> 01:00:18.030 could rent one instead of buy one right out. 01:00:18.130 --> 01:00:20.349 Yeah, that's a good idea. We really appreciate 01:00:20.349 --> 01:00:23.389 your advice. Of course. Good luck. Thank you. 01:00:23.489 --> 01:00:26.889 Same to you. Thank you. And he walks on off. 01:00:27.199 --> 01:00:29.719 Alright, it looks like it's gonna be brutal tomorrow. 01:00:30.429 --> 01:00:32.489 As you continue to talk a little bit, Prince 01:00:32.489 --> 01:00:35.409 Mathias Roki and Luka Gonzaga are walking by 01:00:35.409 --> 01:00:37.570 and they look towards the three of you and give 01:00:37.570 --> 01:00:42.610 you like a little bit of a assessment. And then 01:00:42.610 --> 01:00:44.510 they give you a slight nod, but they're like 01:00:44.510 --> 01:00:46.389 very much keeping their posture tall as they 01:00:46.389 --> 01:00:49.530 do it to acknowledge, but not too much. I do 01:00:49.530 --> 01:00:51.989 the exact same thing back to them. Like I know 01:00:51.989 --> 01:00:53.750 exactly what you're talking about. So Volandros 01:00:53.750 --> 01:00:56.090 also like standing very tall, like with his head 01:00:56.090 --> 01:00:57.969 raised and just that slight nod of acknowledgement. 01:00:57.969 --> 01:01:01.210 Like I see you. You know, but that's I know we're 01:01:01.210 --> 01:01:03.329 we're of the same level. Yeah, I'm getting there, 01:01:03.329 --> 01:01:05.510 but I'm not going to give you more than that. 01:01:05.590 --> 01:01:07.949 Nice. Well, congratulations. You have all passed 01:01:07.949 --> 01:01:11.869 the first round. Take a quick break. All right. 01:01:12.329 --> 01:01:13.750 Would you like to do anything with the rest of 01:01:13.750 --> 01:01:16.809 your day? I guess we need to armor up, buddies. 01:01:18.590 --> 01:01:21.369 Yeah, I will have reservations that I cannot 01:01:21.369 --> 01:01:23.550 wear armor. And I'm wondering, is mage armor 01:01:23.550 --> 01:01:26.869 enough for a joust? Should I? just lose the ability 01:01:26.869 --> 01:01:29.269 to spell cast and be not proficient in everything, 01:01:29.469 --> 01:01:32.610 to wear the armor. Why don't we stop by Ozkar's 01:01:32.610 --> 01:01:34.829 and see if he can hook you up with something. 01:01:35.309 --> 01:01:36.889 If there's anyone that can do it. You know that 01:01:36.889 --> 01:01:40.030 Ozkar does not sell armor. Well, he doesn't sell 01:01:40.030 --> 01:01:42.150 like metal armor. He gave you padded leather. 01:01:42.530 --> 01:01:43.989 If he doesn't have anything that he can rent 01:01:43.989 --> 01:01:46.269 to us, that's... You can ask him, but he will 01:01:46.269 --> 01:01:47.590 probably point you in a different direction. 01:01:47.929 --> 01:01:50.050 Okay, so he can point us in the direction of 01:01:50.050 --> 01:01:52.449 someone. Yeah, I want to ask around about like... 01:01:53.739 --> 01:01:56.699 the rule set of that, you know. What was the 01:01:56.699 --> 01:01:59.719 name of the young fellow who was so kind as to 01:01:59.719 --> 01:02:05.300 give us that advice? Adonai. Nahad. E. N -A -H 01:02:05.300 --> 01:02:10.719 -A -R -I. Nahad means river. I know. Mmm, look 01:02:10.719 --> 01:02:14.320 at you. Look at you, my late Hebrew boy. I guess 01:02:14.320 --> 01:02:16.900 we start looking out some armor rental. Yep, 01:02:17.039 --> 01:02:19.429 yep, yep, yep. Okay. So you know that there is 01:02:19.429 --> 01:02:22.090 a general armorer that is in Janfin's steppe. 01:02:22.349 --> 01:02:24.929 You also know that there are blacksmiths and 01:02:24.929 --> 01:02:27.570 armorers and weaponsmiths in the crafter stages 01:02:27.570 --> 01:02:30.449 as well. So up to y 'all what you want to do. 01:02:31.349 --> 01:02:35.829 I think that us permanently enchanting or doing 01:02:35.829 --> 01:02:37.530 something or upgrading our armor would be too 01:02:37.530 --> 01:02:40.269 expensive. I don't think either of us can afford 01:02:40.269 --> 01:02:42.590 it. Once we win, we'll have plenty of money for 01:02:42.590 --> 01:02:44.349 that. Once we win. Yeah, I think maybe renting 01:02:44.349 --> 01:02:47.059 is the only... thing we can do but i don't know 01:02:47.059 --> 01:02:52.980 69 gold i have like a hundred and thirty three 01:02:52.980 --> 01:02:57.000 and a half although we get our 50 gold back for 01:02:57.000 --> 01:02:59.360 winning the first round don't we you do get your 01:02:59.360 --> 01:03:03.280 first round the first round uh was 50 gold and 01:03:03.280 --> 01:03:05.500 the second round is 150 if i remember correctly 01:03:05.500 --> 01:03:07.820 and then there's places for third all right that 01:03:07.820 --> 01:03:10.420 puts me at 119 that's a lot more workable okay 01:03:10.420 --> 01:03:11.980 yeah and then there's places for third second 01:03:11.980 --> 01:03:16.210 and first so You make your way, let's say, to 01:03:16.210 --> 01:03:20.590 Yonfin's step first, to a general armorer, the 01:03:20.590 --> 01:03:23.829 Chigatzian armorer. That's the name of the store. 01:03:24.570 --> 01:03:28.309 And there is a stone dwarf currently standing, 01:03:28.570 --> 01:03:31.730 hidden in an anvil, making a sword. No, he's 01:03:31.730 --> 01:03:33.670 not making a sword, he's an armorer. He's making 01:03:33.670 --> 01:03:39.050 some gauntlets. He's making some gauntlets. You 01:03:39.050 --> 01:03:40.869 step in, there's a few other people in there, 01:03:41.250 --> 01:03:44.659 looking around. Anything you'd like to do? I 01:03:44.659 --> 01:03:48.380 speak Dwarven, so why not contact and lay on 01:03:48.380 --> 01:03:52.099 the charm? Yeah, and I say, hello, brother. Hello. 01:03:53.699 --> 01:03:55.920 You're just making direct eye contact with me 01:03:55.920 --> 01:03:58.579 right now. I opened my mouth and said, oh, I 01:03:58.579 --> 01:04:00.039 know what voice is going to come out as I look 01:04:00.039 --> 01:04:06.360 at Katie. Hello. How can I help you? Well, brother, 01:04:06.420 --> 01:04:08.659 we're participating in the tournament and we 01:04:08.659 --> 01:04:10.420 actually... Ah, in the Giostra della Quintana! 01:04:10.880 --> 01:04:14.920 Giostra della Quintana! What can I get for ya? 01:04:15.420 --> 01:04:18.500 Well, hmm, we're doing the joust tomorrow. We're 01:04:18.500 --> 01:04:21.619 gonna need to be armored. Someone suggested maybe 01:04:21.619 --> 01:04:24.280 rent an armor just to make sure that we, you 01:04:24.280 --> 01:04:27.460 know, we can compete with all these rich nebulities. 01:04:27.719 --> 01:04:31.760 All right. Well, to buy some plate armor would 01:04:31.760 --> 01:04:36.440 be about 1500 gold pieces. Yeah, too rich for 01:04:36.440 --> 01:04:38.400 our blood right now. We're a little low in the 01:04:38.400 --> 01:04:40.960 pockets. How long you want to rent it for? Just 01:04:40.960 --> 01:04:44.239 for one day. All right. There will be insurance 01:04:44.239 --> 01:04:48.320 in case it is damaged. Yeah. Armor. I'm not part 01:04:48.320 --> 01:04:49.920 of this conversation because I don't speak Dwarven. 01:04:51.239 --> 01:04:54.699 But I'm imagining as you were speaking in Dwarven. 01:04:54.840 --> 01:04:58.000 Dwarfish? Dwarven. Dwarven. You were like, speaking, 01:04:58.179 --> 01:05:00.139 speaking, speaking. Napple baby, speaking, speaking. 01:05:01.519 --> 01:05:05.420 Napple baby. He says, I'll charge you 10 % of 01:05:05.420 --> 01:05:09.619 what a purchase would be. 1 ,500 gold pieces 01:05:09.619 --> 01:05:14.099 would be 150. gold to rent it for a day for a 01:05:14.099 --> 01:05:17.019 full plate armor it'll bring your ac up to 18 01:05:17.019 --> 01:05:21.460 however you could do splint armor which is 17 01:05:21.460 --> 01:05:26.199 costs 200 gold to buy it normally that'll cost 01:05:26.199 --> 01:05:30.599 you only 20 gold to rent for the day hang on 01:05:30.599 --> 01:05:31.920 sorry i just want to make sure i'm understanding 01:05:31.920 --> 01:05:36.239 it's 20 gold to get up to ac 17 and 150 to go 01:05:36.239 --> 01:05:40.679 up to 18 correct just please so Plate cost 1500 01:05:40.679 --> 01:05:43.920 gold, splint is 200, chainmail is 75, which brings 01:05:43.920 --> 01:05:48.260 you to 16. None of us are proficient in heavy 01:05:48.260 --> 01:05:50.440 armor. So here's the thing. You can wear heavy 01:05:50.440 --> 01:05:53.940 armor, can't cast spells. Yeah. So if you choose 01:05:53.940 --> 01:05:56.880 to, you know, wear the heavy armor, no spells. 01:05:57.159 --> 01:06:00.440 For any of us? You, whatever, you're proficient 01:06:00.440 --> 01:06:02.820 in heavy armor, so you're okay. But you as a 01:06:02.820 --> 01:06:05.079 warlock and wizard, if you choose the higher 01:06:05.079 --> 01:06:08.460 AC for this joust, no spells. But it's okay. 01:06:08.579 --> 01:06:10.500 So today we learned, I mean, at least for the 01:06:10.500 --> 01:06:12.820 first round of magic was deeply frowned upon. 01:06:13.380 --> 01:06:16.699 So it seems like it's going to be either, you 01:06:16.699 --> 01:06:20.199 know, that joust is one on one. So I want to, 01:06:20.199 --> 01:06:22.340 I want to find someone to ask about that. And 01:06:22.340 --> 01:06:24.719 like the combat situation, like joust is combat, 01:06:24.840 --> 01:06:29.400 right? Can I do a little joust magic or should 01:06:29.400 --> 01:06:32.460 I just lose spell casting for the day? You know, 01:06:33.639 --> 01:06:35.880 maybe there's someone we can talk to about it. 01:06:36.139 --> 01:06:37.800 I don't even have a high enough strength score 01:06:37.800 --> 01:06:40.559 to wear Chain Splendor plate armor. Is there 01:06:40.559 --> 01:06:43.539 anyone else in the shop right now that was maybe 01:06:43.539 --> 01:06:47.199 there today, and we can be like, hey? Maybe Gallis 01:06:47.199 --> 01:06:51.079 would know from his historical memory. Not with 01:06:51.079 --> 01:06:54.019 the nat 1 he just rolled on perception. I'll 01:06:54.019 --> 01:06:56.260 go with the heavy, with the plate, full plate. 01:06:56.820 --> 01:07:00.579 So it's going to be 150 smackeroonies. Yep. All 01:07:00.579 --> 01:07:02.039 right, I shall rent it for the day. But turn 01:07:02.039 --> 01:07:05.789 it to me tomorrow! Why so aggressive? Wow, you 01:07:05.789 --> 01:07:11.829 got it, brother. And the 150 is just to rent. 01:07:12.670 --> 01:07:15.449 I'll need extra for insurance. How much extra? 01:07:15.949 --> 01:07:18.050 A hundred. I don't have it. Is this being in 01:07:18.050 --> 01:07:21.230 a different language? Yeah, I don't have, I don't, 01:07:21.329 --> 01:07:23.590 I wouldn't have another hundred. How much do 01:07:23.590 --> 01:07:27.730 you have? I mean, in total I have a hundred and 01:07:27.730 --> 01:07:29.670 eighty three and a half gold and that is it. 01:07:29.750 --> 01:07:36.889 I don't have anything else. Alright, well... 01:07:36.889 --> 01:07:39.949 Brother! If it gets damaged, you'll bring it 01:07:39.949 --> 01:07:42.610 back to me, and you'll find a way to pay it off. 01:07:42.949 --> 01:07:46.329 Maybe you can become an armorer yourself! Wow, 01:07:46.429 --> 01:07:47.750 that's actually... I have no idea how to speak 01:07:47.750 --> 01:07:49.269 with this accent, so I'm just... It's really 01:07:49.269 --> 01:07:52.690 not that bad. You know, my father does some blacksmithing, 01:07:52.829 --> 01:07:57.309 and he made me this axe. Are you a crafter? No, 01:07:57.309 --> 01:07:59.309 I want to. I want to learn, actually. Do you 01:07:59.309 --> 01:08:02.340 want to be an armorer? I mean... I think I would 01:08:02.340 --> 01:08:04.400 love to be able to upgrade my own armor. Wouldn't 01:08:04.400 --> 01:08:07.699 that be really nice? That would. Do you want 01:08:07.699 --> 01:08:10.360 to learn? I would love to learn. What's going 01:08:10.360 --> 01:08:13.039 on here? Is this going to be like in Ghost? Where 01:08:13.039 --> 01:08:14.659 you're like crafting armor together and he's 01:08:14.659 --> 01:08:17.199 like putting his armor around you? Well, right 01:08:17.199 --> 01:08:19.319 now I'm at my shop selling things. But come to 01:08:19.319 --> 01:08:22.079 the crafter stages later after I'm done and we 01:08:22.079 --> 01:08:24.140 can talk. Oh, I would love that. Thank you so 01:08:24.140 --> 01:08:29.300 much. All right. See you little lassie. And then 01:08:29.300 --> 01:08:32.180 he says, not in Dormish in common, he turns the 01:08:32.180 --> 01:08:34.979 two of you and he says, would you like anything? 01:08:40.760 --> 01:08:44.279 You happen to know a little bit more about the 01:08:44.279 --> 01:08:48.180 competition. We were advised to wear armor for 01:08:48.180 --> 01:08:50.840 the joust, but I'm a bit of a spellcaster myself. 01:08:51.760 --> 01:08:54.680 Will I have my full range of talents permitted 01:08:54.680 --> 01:08:58.779 or? No, spellcasting is not allowed during the 01:08:58.779 --> 01:09:01.220 joust. Right, good to know. One -on -one combat. 01:09:02.100 --> 01:09:07.199 Well, horse combat. Joust combat. Horse combat. 01:09:09.279 --> 01:09:12.279 I, okay, I also have a guess, an out of character 01:09:12.279 --> 01:09:15.779 question regarding your ability to wear armor. 01:09:16.060 --> 01:09:18.500 Yeah. If you put armor on and you're not allowed 01:09:18.500 --> 01:09:20.500 to cast spells, you can just, I mean, you can 01:09:20.500 --> 01:09:22.539 just... You can still wear the armor, right? 01:09:22.720 --> 01:09:25.779 Correct. Yeah, I just can't wear spells at all 01:09:25.779 --> 01:09:28.420 and I get disadvantage on stealth. You can't 01:09:28.420 --> 01:09:31.180 cast spells at all. At all. What is your strength 01:09:31.180 --> 01:09:33.340 modifier? What is your total strength? No, it 01:09:33.340 --> 01:09:36.560 also gives disadvantage on any checks involving 01:09:36.560 --> 01:09:39.380 strength or decks. I will say, because it's a 01:09:39.380 --> 01:09:42.359 joust, and this is not a real, you know, combat 01:09:42.359 --> 01:09:44.840 thing, that I won't impose disadvantage on strength 01:09:44.840 --> 01:09:47.220 checks. Yes, on stealth, if you need to make 01:09:47.220 --> 01:09:49.239 stealth while wearing it. but that you just won't 01:09:49.239 --> 01:09:51.680 be able to cast spells and that what is your 01:09:51.680 --> 01:09:56.899 strength score Galleon send? Ten. Okay. So there's 01:09:56.899 --> 01:09:59.279 a requirement to wear chain, splint and plate, 01:09:59.479 --> 01:10:02.720 which is 13 and 15. So you could probably get 01:10:02.720 --> 01:10:06.560 either ring mail or you could do half plate, 01:10:06.859 --> 01:10:09.460 which is 15 plus your decks. I think half plate 01:10:09.460 --> 01:10:11.819 would get me higher. Or breastplate, which is 01:10:11.819 --> 01:10:14.760 14 plus your decks with a maximum of two. Although 01:10:14.760 --> 01:10:16.380 you're still not proficient in them, so you can't 01:10:16.380 --> 01:10:19.020 cast spells. Well, I just want whatever is going 01:10:19.020 --> 01:10:20.939 to be the highest. What's your strength score? 01:10:22.000 --> 01:10:26.680 10. 10. So, likely half plate, which is 15 plus 01:10:26.680 --> 01:10:30.079 your deck's modifier. Which is also low. But 01:10:30.079 --> 01:10:34.460 that's okay. Yeah. And pretty much the same for 01:10:34.460 --> 01:10:36.380 you, Galleous. And I don't know if 15 plus your 01:10:36.380 --> 01:10:38.319 deck's modifier is going to be higher than mage 01:10:38.319 --> 01:10:40.800 armor. Yeah, it is. Mage armor gets me to 40. 01:10:40.800 --> 01:10:42.579 Well, can I even use mage armor if I can't use 01:10:42.579 --> 01:10:45.310 magic? Well, I'm saying if you don't wear the 01:10:45.310 --> 01:10:47.670 armor and you just use mage armor. But I'm thinking 01:10:47.670 --> 01:10:50.529 is mage armor illegal altogether? Can you cast 01:10:50.529 --> 01:10:52.189 it before then put the armor on? Like if I cast 01:10:52.189 --> 01:10:53.989 it before, will they hold it against me that 01:10:53.989 --> 01:10:55.649 I'm wearing mage armor and making me dispel it? 01:10:55.970 --> 01:10:57.250 I need to go find someone that I can dispel it. 01:10:57.250 --> 01:11:00.090 Like you can't really cast a mix of spells before 01:11:00.090 --> 01:11:03.010 the joust either? You don't know. I want to go, 01:11:03.010 --> 01:11:05.529 I need to go find someone to ask around. I want 01:11:05.529 --> 01:11:07.909 to say, like, hold a thought. I want to, uh, 01:11:08.409 --> 01:11:10.310 I want to go figure out what my plan of action 01:11:10.310 --> 01:11:12.149 is going to be before I make any purchases, but 01:11:12.149 --> 01:11:14.170 I'll be back. And he says, do you have any anything 01:11:14.170 --> 01:11:18.029 that I can help with? I am just trying to figure 01:11:18.029 --> 01:11:21.289 out what would be an appropriate strategy for 01:11:21.289 --> 01:11:26.069 me to take in the joust, given my not especially 01:11:26.069 --> 01:11:28.750 strong physical. Well, you're a wizard, right? 01:11:28.810 --> 01:11:31.689 I can tell from the spell book on your side. 01:11:32.270 --> 01:11:34.430 You can cast mage armor if you want. They'll 01:11:34.430 --> 01:11:37.470 allow that. Defensive spells are one thing. Offensive 01:11:37.470 --> 01:11:39.510 spells are very different. However, as you know, 01:11:39.569 --> 01:11:40.770 as soon as you put on something that you're not 01:11:40.770 --> 01:11:44.680 proficient in, bye bye spells. So. I would do 01:11:44.680 --> 01:11:46.720 some math and see if you're going to be a little 01:11:46.720 --> 01:11:48.800 bit better with your normal mage armor or if 01:11:48.800 --> 01:11:50.560 maybe, you know, something like a half plate 01:11:50.560 --> 01:11:53.119 would would benefit you. Defensive spells are 01:11:53.119 --> 01:11:56.720 all right. Things like mage armor. Yeah. Or shield 01:11:56.720 --> 01:11:59.600 of faith. Or shield. What does that do? Plus 01:11:59.600 --> 01:12:03.420 two to my AC. We'll get into the rules of the 01:12:03.420 --> 01:12:07.220 joust and you'll get your answer on shield. OK. 01:12:07.920 --> 01:12:10.699 That is very important to my desire to purchase 01:12:10.699 --> 01:12:13.800 or not. Because being able to cast shield puts 01:12:13.800 --> 01:12:17.340 my AC way above what I can buy, but only a number 01:12:17.340 --> 01:12:21.779 of hits. Yeah. He says in general, dispensive 01:12:21.779 --> 01:12:27.140 spells are allowed to prepare, but in general, 01:12:27.520 --> 01:12:30.100 spells during the joust are not often allowed. 01:12:30.100 --> 01:12:32.279 That would be no shield, because that's a during. 01:12:32.439 --> 01:12:34.960 That's a reaction, yeah. It's a live cast in 01:12:34.960 --> 01:12:38.979 the moment. And he says, well, in common. Well. 01:12:39.639 --> 01:12:43.420 Half Plate is 750 gold, so 10 % of that is 75 01:12:43.420 --> 01:12:46.500 gold. Rent it for the day. Would you like to? 01:12:46.720 --> 01:12:49.779 Oh. I just need a moment before I make a decision. 01:12:49.800 --> 01:12:53.119 I'm gonna go outside. Alright. Well, Breast Plate 01:12:53.119 --> 01:12:55.899 and Scale Mail are also 14 plus your Dex Mod, 01:12:56.100 --> 01:12:59.460 and that's 50 gold for Scale Mail, and 400 gold 01:12:59.460 --> 01:13:04.159 for Breast Plate. I'll take whatever. Is it half 01:13:04.159 --> 01:13:09.909 scale? Half Plate, 75 gold, please. All right, 01:13:10.470 --> 01:13:13.210 here you go. I'm going to use my phone to take 01:13:13.210 --> 01:13:16.229 75 away from my gold because I cannot do it myself. 01:13:16.989 --> 01:13:20.529 All right. Galeus, if money is a concern, I can 01:13:20.529 --> 01:13:23.710 do this. I can afford the half. It would just 01:13:23.710 --> 01:13:26.289 be like, it would just empty us out. I understand. 01:13:26.489 --> 01:13:28.770 So I can just, I can loan you the rest. We have 01:13:28.770 --> 01:13:31.289 gems that we didn't sell yet. I don't have any 01:13:31.289 --> 01:13:32.550 gold left, but I have gems. Oh yeah, you have 01:13:32.550 --> 01:13:35.170 gems that you found in the thing. You can sell 01:13:35.170 --> 01:13:39.420 those. So we're not, I mean, I would say Prepare 01:13:39.420 --> 01:13:42.539 yourselves as best we can. At least winning is 01:13:42.539 --> 01:13:45.880 the goal. I'd like to rent a half -plit for a 01:13:45.880 --> 01:13:48.359 day. He says, all right, that'll be 75 gold. 01:13:48.720 --> 01:13:50.960 Then he turns to you and he says, in Dwarven, 01:13:51.340 --> 01:13:54.359 do you want a shield with that? Or are you going 01:13:54.359 --> 01:13:57.020 to use one of the provided ones? Or do you have 01:13:57.020 --> 01:13:59.220 your own? I have my own. Can I use my own? Yeah. 01:13:59.420 --> 01:14:01.020 All right, great. I'll just keep my own. All 01:14:01.020 --> 01:14:02.979 right. And then he turns to you in common. Would 01:14:02.979 --> 01:14:06.140 you guys like shields? code switching. Yeah. 01:14:06.380 --> 01:14:09.220 No, I think, I think we receive one. All right. 01:14:09.420 --> 01:14:12.100 That'll work. Such a beautiful language, Dwarven. 01:14:12.239 --> 01:14:14.020 I love listening to you. He says in Dwarven, 01:14:14.319 --> 01:14:17.779 thank ya! Wow. Absolutely gorgeous. I'll be using 01:14:17.779 --> 01:14:22.840 the provided shield. All right. Good luck. Thank 01:14:22.840 --> 01:14:28.899 you, brother. Off with ya! Okay. Oh my god. I'll 01:14:28.899 --> 01:14:31.399 be back after hours for my first lesson. All 01:14:31.399 --> 01:14:34.979 right. Meet me in the crafter stage's southern 01:14:34.979 --> 01:14:37.439 flank. You got it. I'm gonna have to keep doing 01:14:37.439 --> 01:14:41.300 this voice. Yeah, your choice. The way it be. 01:14:42.420 --> 01:14:45.199 It does, it is painful. Yeah, I will let you 01:14:45.199 --> 01:14:46.460 know it's painful. It hurts me as well whenever 01:14:46.460 --> 01:14:49.439 I speak. Well, emotionally, it hurts you. All 01:14:49.439 --> 01:14:53.579 right, that's all I can do. Well, it seems we 01:14:53.579 --> 01:14:56.140 have time to kill before, because the next round 01:14:56.140 --> 01:14:59.720 is tomorrow. Like, the joust is next day, so 01:14:59.720 --> 01:15:02.779 we have some time. I think we should eat dinner 01:15:02.779 --> 01:15:05.880 because, Tony, you haven't described any yum 01:15:05.880 --> 01:15:09.699 yums for us. Yeah, and I also think we should 01:15:09.699 --> 01:15:14.399 visit this after hours, um, craft zone. The crafter 01:15:14.399 --> 01:15:16.079 stages? Crafting stages? Yeah, because we're 01:15:16.079 --> 01:15:18.180 getting a lot of adverts for it, so I'm starting 01:15:18.180 --> 01:15:21.199 to think maybe we should stop by. I want to learn 01:15:21.199 --> 01:15:25.100 some smithin. Smither. Brother. Your brother. 01:15:25.260 --> 01:15:28.479 My brother. Your brother. Gonna have to change 01:15:28.479 --> 01:15:32.010 that. No. Alright, well if it comes from the 01:15:32.010 --> 01:15:37.029 Scott, then. Okay, so would you like to go to 01:15:37.029 --> 01:15:38.069 the tavern that you're staying or you want to 01:15:38.069 --> 01:15:39.970 go somewhere different? Let's go somewhere different. 01:15:40.229 --> 01:15:42.909 Yeah, with a new menu. New vibes. What kind of 01:15:42.909 --> 01:15:47.090 vibes are we looking for? Celebratory. Also, 01:15:47.170 --> 01:15:49.109 you know, we need some protein for tomorrow. 01:15:49.149 --> 01:15:52.069 We need to be fucking strong. Yeah, I'm a little 01:15:52.069 --> 01:15:55.069 worried about armor and weapons and all of that. 01:15:56.050 --> 01:15:59.399 Did you get armor? I did. You did, okay. Okay, 01:15:59.640 --> 01:16:02.600 you see this this beautifully decorated building 01:16:02.600 --> 01:16:05.439 as you're looking for a different restaurant 01:16:05.439 --> 01:16:09.460 to attend. And you see a sigil of a pegasus. 01:16:09.699 --> 01:16:11.899 And above it, you see the writing, the courageous 01:16:11.899 --> 01:16:15.479 pegasus. And it's they have openings to the outside 01:16:15.479 --> 01:16:17.760 for seating that have pergolas above it with 01:16:17.760 --> 01:16:20.899 these flowering wisterias above it. And then 01:16:20.899 --> 01:16:23.760 they also have inside seating as well. And they 01:16:23.760 --> 01:16:26.600 have a bunch of different flags above them showing 01:16:26.600 --> 01:16:29.659 a bunch of the different Royal Family competitor 01:16:29.659 --> 01:16:32.380 flags throughout the joust. Definitely looks 01:16:32.380 --> 01:16:35.720 like a place that people in the tournament are 01:16:35.720 --> 01:16:38.779 there celebrating. Well, how about this place? 01:16:38.920 --> 01:16:41.800 Yeah, let's, let's, you know. Are you still wearing 01:16:41.800 --> 01:16:45.180 your mask? Uh, I suppose I would have taken off 01:16:45.180 --> 01:16:47.340 at this point. Okay. But I am still Primrose. 01:16:47.439 --> 01:16:49.000 But you're all still wearing the outfits that 01:16:49.000 --> 01:16:51.800 you wore during the day. Yeah, we didn't go home 01:16:51.800 --> 01:16:54.609 after. It looks sluttier on Primrose. You're 01:16:54.609 --> 01:16:56.529 wearing, you changed to Primrose, but you're 01:16:56.529 --> 01:16:58.109 wearing the same outfit that Gally was wearing. 01:16:58.210 --> 01:16:59.930 Yeah, I didn't change my clothes. Okay. Maybe 01:16:59.930 --> 01:17:03.510 we should change your clothes. Yeah, all right. 01:17:03.909 --> 01:17:06.270 I could do that. Something more casual? Somewhere 01:17:06.270 --> 01:17:12.710 private. An alleyway nearby. Are we near our 01:17:12.710 --> 01:17:16.630 homo heraith? Can we just go and change real 01:17:16.630 --> 01:17:19.449 quick? I think Volandros would have the presence 01:17:19.449 --> 01:17:22.689 of mind to not wear this. Alright, yeah, you 01:17:22.689 --> 01:17:24.810 all go back to homo heraith. Change your outfits. 01:17:25.649 --> 01:17:27.350 Change it up, Mimi. I'm wearing one of my really 01:17:27.350 --> 01:17:28.949 cute outfits that I bought for promos that started 01:17:28.949 --> 01:17:30.869 revealing. Yeah, very nice. I'm going to have 01:17:30.869 --> 01:17:32.569 a dinner and drinks, you know. You change it 01:17:32.569 --> 01:17:35.289 up. You head back to the courageous Pegasus. 01:17:36.560 --> 01:17:40.300 May you brisk boobily reason just trees just 01:17:40.300 --> 01:17:43.840 having fun. Yeah And you make your way back to 01:17:43.840 --> 01:17:47.500 the courageous pegasus you enter in and make 01:17:47.500 --> 01:17:53.619 a perception check Pretty good for me 14 13 11 01:17:53.619 --> 01:17:57.020 okay, there people turn their heads a little 01:17:57.020 --> 01:17:58.979 bit as they as you walk in but nobody really 01:17:58.979 --> 01:18:02.060 clocks you at the at the moment the Ambience 01:18:02.060 --> 01:18:06.220 is loud. Sounds of chatter and clinking glassware 01:18:06.220 --> 01:18:10.359 immediately hits your ears as you walk in. The 01:18:10.359 --> 01:18:13.300 clatter of plates and silverware. The chatter 01:18:13.300 --> 01:18:17.100 of people talking very excitedly about today's 01:18:17.100 --> 01:18:19.779 activities. A half -elven woman approaches you 01:18:19.779 --> 01:18:24.960 and says, Hi. How many? Three. Inside or outside? 01:18:26.199 --> 01:18:28.800 How's the weather? Well, you just came in from 01:18:28.800 --> 01:18:32.920 outside. Oh, yeah, it's nice. It's calm. It's 01:18:32.920 --> 01:18:34.939 cool. It's collected outside. I wouldn't mind 01:18:34.939 --> 01:18:37.539 a little outside. Be nice to watch the streets. 01:18:38.159 --> 01:18:41.079 Yeah, right. She leads you outside to a table. 01:18:41.340 --> 01:18:43.960 Above you is this beautiful pink flowering wisteria 01:18:43.960 --> 01:18:47.180 with the pergola above and you are sitting at 01:18:47.180 --> 01:18:49.119 a table and next to you there are some other 01:18:49.119 --> 01:18:51.420 people that you do recognize. No one of notable 01:18:51.420 --> 01:18:54.039 presence but other competitors from the from 01:18:54.039 --> 01:18:57.300 the from the horse race today. You sit down and 01:18:57.300 --> 01:19:00.060 she says, all right, well, what can I get you 01:19:00.060 --> 01:19:03.079 to eat today? Why don't you describe the menu 01:19:03.079 --> 01:19:07.300 in great detail? Well, we at the Courageous Pegasus 01:19:07.300 --> 01:19:11.460 have many things, many things available. We've 01:19:11.460 --> 01:19:14.939 got warm meat noodles. We've got some classic 01:19:14.939 --> 01:19:19.300 porridge. Leek casserole. We've got some dumplings 01:19:19.300 --> 01:19:23.220 that are made from whales. We use the actual 01:19:23.220 --> 01:19:25.220 blubber to create the dumplings themselves and 01:19:25.220 --> 01:19:27.560 then fill them with the intestines of a whale. 01:19:27.579 --> 01:19:30.279 Yandy, and then you lost me. Yam bread. Bread 01:19:30.279 --> 01:19:33.960 made from yams. We've got some orange jam pie. 01:19:34.199 --> 01:19:38.079 Oh! So are we looking for desserts? Are we looking 01:19:38.079 --> 01:19:40.199 for dinner? We should be looking for dinner. 01:19:40.260 --> 01:19:44.960 That's just standard. Yeah. I've got some meat 01:19:44.960 --> 01:19:51.420 and rice. I've got some seaweed salad. It's delicious. 01:19:52.340 --> 01:19:58.180 And some meatloaf. And of course, Chigatse and 01:19:58.180 --> 01:20:00.760 Dalekasee that we have at most restaurants. Stuffed 01:20:00.760 --> 01:20:06.039 grasshoppers. I do like those. Yes. I guess what 01:20:06.039 --> 01:20:09.260 do we have? Vegetarian? Vegetarian -wise, we 01:20:09.260 --> 01:20:15.680 have water. We have leek casserole. We've got 01:20:15.680 --> 01:20:18.819 some very well -cooked onions that have been 01:20:18.819 --> 01:20:21.960 caramelized and then placed on top of steaks 01:20:21.960 --> 01:20:26.520 of broccoli. Very delicious. We also have stuffed 01:20:26.520 --> 01:20:29.399 peppers that have been stuffed with a range of 01:20:29.399 --> 01:20:33.319 different grains and vegetables. Stuffed peppers 01:20:33.319 --> 01:20:36.159 and a leek casserole. Coming right up. Thank 01:20:36.159 --> 01:20:39.100 you. And the two of you? Those dumplings sounded 01:20:39.100 --> 01:20:41.180 really appetizing. The whale dumplings? Yes. 01:20:41.239 --> 01:20:46.060 They're delicious. And for you? I'll do the casserole. 01:20:46.500 --> 01:20:49.420 Leek casserole? All right. You want to share? 01:20:49.720 --> 01:20:51.779 To drink? We've got our specialty drink today 01:20:51.779 --> 01:20:54.979 called the Mind Flayer. Ooh. Tell me more about 01:20:54.979 --> 01:20:56.359 that. I don't know why, but it makes me feel 01:20:56.359 --> 01:20:59.960 real uneasy. It's a very heavy alcoholic drink. 01:21:00.880 --> 01:21:05.699 I'll do. All right. Any red wine? Of course. 01:21:06.760 --> 01:21:10.180 I'll have a nice red. All right. I think I'll 01:21:10.180 --> 01:21:13.000 stick with Walter. Sounds good. I'll be back. 01:21:13.739 --> 01:21:16.779 She leaves. After she leaves, Volandros just 01:21:16.779 --> 01:21:20.420 like subtly takes his little horse pin and pins 01:21:20.420 --> 01:21:23.279 it on himself. Okay. So even though he's not 01:21:23.279 --> 01:21:26.000 still in costume, he's still like a winner. I'm 01:21:26.000 --> 01:21:29.140 a winner. I'm a winner, baby. Where they wear 01:21:29.140 --> 01:21:32.739 their badges to work for him. Just, you know. 01:21:33.569 --> 01:21:38.829 Two race beater badges. How do we think tomorrow's 01:21:38.829 --> 01:21:43.390 gonna go? Hmm. However, I mean, I know that you 01:21:43.390 --> 01:21:46.029 you fight with a weapon sometimes you have your 01:21:46.029 --> 01:21:48.069 Glaive, but what do you do? You feel a little 01:21:48.069 --> 01:21:51.649 I'm a little nervous. Yeah. All right. Well, 01:21:51.869 --> 01:21:56.649 I can how about this? in my younger years, I 01:21:56.649 --> 01:22:00.949 did participate in similar sporting events and 01:22:02.210 --> 01:22:06.369 Perhaps I can give you some pointers on how to 01:22:06.369 --> 01:22:09.050 joust. I'll take what I can get. I'm definitely 01:22:09.050 --> 01:22:11.210 not just going to make up off the top of my head 01:22:11.210 --> 01:22:16.430 right now. Yes, pointers. So, as I saw you ride 01:22:16.430 --> 01:22:21.130 today, you seem to have a very good posture and 01:22:21.130 --> 01:22:23.609 balance on your horse. The only thing to keep 01:22:23.609 --> 01:22:27.250 in mind is tomorrow you'll also be holding the... 01:22:33.739 --> 01:22:40.319 So think about your balance. You know, you'll 01:22:40.319 --> 01:22:43.020 be... That's why they hold them up before they... 01:22:43.020 --> 01:22:48.279 Correct. See, you understand, you understand. 01:22:49.180 --> 01:22:51.220 Yeah, so you want to wait until the last possible 01:22:51.220 --> 01:22:55.109 moment before lowering your lance. You're in 01:22:55.109 --> 01:22:57.890 the charge, you want the lands out, right? See? 01:22:58.210 --> 01:23:05.069 That was a trick. I feel more confident now. 01:23:05.210 --> 01:23:07.470 Yes, but at the end of the day, you just have 01:23:07.470 --> 01:23:10.890 to hit them. And hit them harder than they hit 01:23:10.890 --> 01:23:14.319 you. As you're discussing these three girls walk 01:23:14.319 --> 01:23:18.319 up they each have their hair in like big ponytails. 01:23:18.420 --> 01:23:21.079 They're each chewing gum They walk up each of 01:23:21.079 --> 01:23:41.710 them have a little horse That's our episode name. 01:23:42.649 --> 01:23:51.489 Bumgubbles. Bumgubbler. They walk up and one 01:23:51.489 --> 01:23:54.409 of them is like twisting their hair. Says, I 01:23:54.409 --> 01:23:56.550 saw you perform today. I guess you did pretty 01:23:56.550 --> 01:24:01.510 good. What's your name? My name? Yeah, I'm Bethany. 01:24:02.590 --> 01:24:04.909 Pleasure to meet you, Bethany. My name is Val. 01:24:06.130 --> 01:24:08.590 Val. Val. What's your last name? What's your 01:24:08.590 --> 01:24:13.560 last name? Beth. Bethany Beth. Yeah, do you have 01:24:13.560 --> 01:24:15.939 a problem with it? Who are you? Oh, I'm no one 01:24:15.939 --> 01:24:20.859 in particular. It looks like it. Anyway. Wow. 01:24:21.319 --> 01:24:24.439 Val, what's your last name? Why do you ask? Because 01:24:24.439 --> 01:24:27.920 I told you mine. No, you didn't. Beth. That's 01:24:27.920 --> 01:24:30.399 not your last name. Are you insulting me? I'm 01:24:30.399 --> 01:24:32.939 not insulting you. I don't believe you were invited 01:24:32.939 --> 01:24:34.899 to this table. So while I'm sure you're a big... 01:24:34.899 --> 01:24:36.739 I don't think you were invited to this restaurant. 01:24:36.819 --> 01:24:41.069 Well, while I'm sure you are a big Fan, the adults 01:24:41.069 --> 01:24:43.210 are having dinner. How can I help you? Do you 01:24:43.210 --> 01:24:45.890 know who I am? My father runs this establishment. 01:24:46.529 --> 01:24:51.510 Mr. Beth. Mr. Beth is right. Okay. Do you want 01:24:51.510 --> 01:24:53.689 me to get him? Sure. I'd love to meet him. He's 01:24:53.689 --> 01:24:55.689 working right now because he has a job. All right. 01:24:55.770 --> 01:24:57.970 Unlike you. What do you recommend in this place 01:24:57.970 --> 01:25:01.829 anyway? I recommend that you leave. Do you? Beth 01:25:01.829 --> 01:25:04.390 and me, what's going on? What's going on with 01:25:04.390 --> 01:25:07.069 you? What's your name? My name is Giovanna Muzarell. 01:25:07.189 --> 01:25:08.569 Are you sure? Because your friend said something 01:25:08.569 --> 01:25:13.729 different today. What? Yeah. That guy. The human. 01:25:14.109 --> 01:25:16.829 He doesn't know her that well. Geo. Yeah, Geo. 01:25:16.829 --> 01:25:20.930 But you know him. His name. Bethany, who hurt 01:25:20.930 --> 01:25:23.210 you? Bethany, does your father approve of you 01:25:23.210 --> 01:25:25.229 harassing customers? Make an insight check, all 01:25:25.229 --> 01:25:30.210 of you. Why is it with, like, just repulsive 01:25:30.210 --> 01:25:35.500 teenagers? They're adults. No, they're adults. 01:25:35.680 --> 01:25:41.979 They're other competitors. Okay, with your 21, 01:25:42.260 --> 01:25:44.899 you and in general with your collective insights, 01:25:45.279 --> 01:25:47.140 you get the sense that like their competitors, 01:25:47.279 --> 01:25:49.880 they're pissed that the two of you that they 01:25:49.880 --> 01:25:51.899 recognize are there that you've done so well. 01:25:52.720 --> 01:25:55.520 One of them is wearing one of the pins and the 01:25:55.520 --> 01:26:03.869 two of them behind them are not. Bethany. Are 01:26:03.869 --> 01:26:07.949 you wearing your pin? Yes. Bethany, your performance 01:26:07.949 --> 01:26:11.949 today was great, and I love your outfit. Thanks. 01:26:12.350 --> 01:26:15.930 I know. It cost a lot of money. My daddy bought 01:26:15.930 --> 01:26:18.689 it for me. Must be nice. It shows. Yeah, a lot 01:26:18.689 --> 01:26:21.729 of money. His money does show. Exactly. I'm glad 01:26:21.729 --> 01:26:24.250 you see it. Your daddy didn't buy you anything 01:26:24.250 --> 01:26:26.710 by the looks of it. Alright, that's quite enough. 01:26:27.310 --> 01:26:29.750 I agree. Yes. I don't need to waste my time here. 01:26:29.770 --> 01:26:32.210 It's okay. Let the girl be insecure. She can 01:26:32.210 --> 01:26:35.489 look and laugh and jibe all she wants. But we're 01:26:35.489 --> 01:26:38.470 having a lovely dinner, with or without Bethany. 01:26:39.750 --> 01:26:43.770 Well, good luck tomorrow. I hope you do amazing. 01:26:44.350 --> 01:26:46.470 And to you. Oh, I'll be rooting for you very 01:26:46.470 --> 01:26:49.829 hard. Break a leg and your horses. Bye -bye! 01:26:50.109 --> 01:26:52.170 She turns around and scampers out, and her two 01:26:52.170 --> 01:26:54.090 friends behind her flanking her just give you 01:26:54.090 --> 01:26:59.760 like a little... If they chew their gum. I want 01:26:59.760 --> 01:27:04.720 to... Kill her. I want to cast Fireball. No, 01:27:04.859 --> 01:27:07.819 I do want to cast... I can cast it using a Spell 01:27:07.819 --> 01:27:09.779 slot as an action. Oh, I didn't prepare that 01:27:09.779 --> 01:27:11.359 spell today, never mind. I was going to try to 01:27:11.359 --> 01:27:13.560 trip her with 10 stars floating disk. Just summon 01:27:13.560 --> 01:27:15.640 a floating disk at ankle level and just knock 01:27:15.640 --> 01:27:18.760 her down. But I didn't prepare it today. I can 01:27:18.760 --> 01:27:24.710 cast Witch Slap. Yeah, I'm just going to... very 01:27:24.710 --> 01:27:28.029 trying to discreetly send a mage hand to try 01:27:28.029 --> 01:27:30.409 to trip her up. Okay, give me an arcana check. 01:27:30.449 --> 01:27:32.229 Give me a sleight of hand check. His mage hand 01:27:32.229 --> 01:27:35.369 invisible. Okay, you send mage hand, you grab 01:27:35.369 --> 01:27:39.689 her ankle and she falls to the floor, smacks 01:27:39.689 --> 01:27:42.710 her head on the ground. And then I dismiss this 01:27:42.710 --> 01:27:44.350 hand right away so that there's no evidence. 01:27:44.569 --> 01:27:49.529 Yeah, and she's like, why didn't you look out 01:27:49.529 --> 01:27:51.189 for me? And she says to the two girls behind 01:27:51.189 --> 01:27:55.240 her and then she stands up and storms away. She 01:27:55.240 --> 01:27:57.520 really doesn't have it together. Girl can't even 01:27:57.520 --> 01:28:00.220 walk on her own two feet and she expects to win 01:28:00.220 --> 01:28:05.319 a joust. And I wink at my companions. And I just 01:28:05.319 --> 01:28:07.539 conjure a small mage hand floating above my own 01:28:07.539 --> 01:28:10.100 and back into my hand. In all seriousness, we 01:28:10.100 --> 01:28:15.140 need to end her life tomorrow. Right? I am fully 01:28:15.140 --> 01:28:17.600 prepared for one of us to get disqualified just 01:28:17.600 --> 01:28:20.060 to fuck up Bethany. And the other two move on. 01:28:20.060 --> 01:28:24.510 It's worth the money. Just right through the 01:28:24.510 --> 01:28:28.890 head. Right through the head. Just full on phantasmal 01:28:28.890 --> 01:28:30.750 force the bitch. If we could get her friends 01:28:30.750 --> 01:28:33.770 too in the same fell swoop, that would be amazing. 01:28:34.329 --> 01:28:36.949 You see on the street walking by, you see Adonai 01:28:36.949 --> 01:28:41.909 Nahari. He's not talking to you, you just see 01:28:41.909 --> 01:28:44.270 him walking by. I'm gonna nudge the others and 01:28:44.270 --> 01:28:46.529 point him out since he was very friendly to us. 01:28:47.590 --> 01:28:50.319 Ask him to join us. Adonai! hey brother oh he 01:28:50.319 --> 01:28:52.560 turns his head uh he's walking alone he turns 01:28:52.560 --> 01:28:54.479 his head and smiles and walks up to the side 01:28:54.479 --> 01:28:57.460 of the uh the the restaurant the railing you 01:28:57.460 --> 01:29:02.439 want to join us oh um that would uh are you are 01:29:02.439 --> 01:29:05.100 you sure yeah yeah if you're hungry we order 01:29:05.100 --> 01:29:09.060 you'd be very welcome yes all right um yeah sure 01:29:09.060 --> 01:29:11.119 i'll give me a second and he uh walks around 01:29:11.119 --> 01:29:13.899 in comes back outside uh pulls up a chair next 01:29:13.899 --> 01:29:16.869 to you Oh, so how's it going? What are you guys 01:29:16.869 --> 01:29:18.569 doing today? What are you doing for the rest 01:29:18.569 --> 01:29:20.949 of your day? You know, we just looked for armor. 01:29:21.029 --> 01:29:23.229 We took your advice and we rented some armor 01:29:23.229 --> 01:29:26.329 for tomorrow. Oh, good. Good. Very nice. What 01:29:26.329 --> 01:29:28.250 did you two get? Because I know, you know, spells 01:29:28.250 --> 01:29:34.869 and such. I got a half plate. Oh, OK. All right. 01:29:35.250 --> 01:29:38.310 I can't quite remember. Our friend Geo turned 01:29:38.310 --> 01:29:40.890 in early for the evening, but I think he also 01:29:40.890 --> 01:29:43.909 got it. Ah, yes, this is Primrose. It's a pleasure 01:29:43.909 --> 01:29:45.930 to make your acquaintance. Lovely to make your 01:29:45.930 --> 01:29:48.590 acquaintance, Primrose. I'm Adonai. I've heard 01:29:48.590 --> 01:29:52.210 so much about you. Oh! All right, well, yeah, 01:29:52.210 --> 01:29:54.090 that comes with the name. Just that you were, 01:29:54.210 --> 01:29:56.229 no, no, no, not even from the name, from my friends. 01:29:56.289 --> 01:29:59.090 Just that you were a kind gentleman who showed 01:29:59.090 --> 01:30:01.270 great care for his horse and gave them some helpful 01:30:01.270 --> 01:30:06.369 advice. Yes, I love Diana. So, yeah. Your name, 01:30:06.609 --> 01:30:09.350 though? Adonai, yes. Sounds like you might be 01:30:09.350 --> 01:30:16.319 part of the tribe. Oh, a long time ago, my family, 01:30:16.319 --> 01:30:19.060 you know, was part of the Twelve Tribes, but 01:30:19.060 --> 01:30:23.300 we don't. Not for a long time. All right. I mean, 01:30:23.779 --> 01:30:28.140 the city of Nishamah has lots of roots that go 01:30:28.140 --> 01:30:32.840 back to Pure Mount, but as of recently, we follow 01:30:32.840 --> 01:30:34.720 a different religion. You follow a different 01:30:34.720 --> 01:30:37.680 religion? Mm -hmm. If you ever feel like praying 01:30:37.680 --> 01:30:40.470 with someone, you know, for good old times. Don't 01:30:40.470 --> 01:30:43.930 come on too strong, Essie. Don't bother the man. 01:30:44.149 --> 01:30:47.930 We don't proselytize. That's not part of our 01:30:47.930 --> 01:30:52.630 thing. But just a friendly offer. Well, thank 01:30:52.630 --> 01:30:54.229 you. I appreciate that. Have you been attending 01:30:54.229 --> 01:30:59.229 the temples here? You know, we're just kind of 01:30:59.229 --> 01:31:01.369 focusing on the tournaments, so I didn't really 01:31:01.369 --> 01:31:03.409 have... You know, I pray at the end of the day, 01:31:03.529 --> 01:31:05.489 but... Well, hey, if you ever make your way over 01:31:05.489 --> 01:31:07.750 to Neshima, we have a temple for each of the 01:31:07.750 --> 01:31:10.760 different tribes. Really? Yeah. Yeah. Meshima 01:31:10.760 --> 01:31:13.619 used to be part of Puremount, but tectonic plates 01:31:13.619 --> 01:31:15.579 moved them across the centuries closer and closer 01:31:15.579 --> 01:31:18.220 to Anima. And so that's where our roots from 01:31:18.220 --> 01:31:20.859 Puremount really come from. But since for the 01:31:20.859 --> 01:31:22.420 last few hundred years, we've been a lot closer 01:31:22.420 --> 01:31:26.859 to Anima, we have kind of developed, you know, 01:31:27.000 --> 01:31:28.720 as times have progressed. I have a weird question 01:31:28.720 --> 01:31:31.979 to ask you. Yeah. There's a holiday that we celebrate. 01:31:32.039 --> 01:31:34.079 Actually, you helped kind of come up with the 01:31:34.079 --> 01:31:36.399 holiday, but I don't know if it traveled all 01:31:36.399 --> 01:31:38.680 the way to your... You ever hear of Hanukkah? 01:31:39.340 --> 01:31:41.819 Of course, I've heard of it. Oh, you guys celebrate 01:31:41.819 --> 01:31:44.380 it? No, we don't. I mean, there are people in 01:31:44.380 --> 01:31:46.119 the city that probably celebrate it, but it's 01:31:46.119 --> 01:31:49.619 not like a national holiday for us, no. I'm glad 01:31:49.619 --> 01:31:52.859 that it traveled because, yeah. Yeah, it came 01:31:52.859 --> 01:31:56.399 to popularity, I don't know, 40, 45 years ago. 01:31:56.619 --> 01:31:59.060 Mm -hmm. Yeah. That's amazing. Yeah, I came up 01:31:59.060 --> 01:32:00.500 with some of the... I don't want to show off. 01:32:00.500 --> 01:32:03.359 Really? Yeah. That's very interesting because 01:32:03.359 --> 01:32:08.319 you don't look that old, even for an ASMR. You 01:32:08.319 --> 01:32:12.899 know, it's those genes Family genes and Elsir, 01:32:13.020 --> 01:32:15.439 you know, yeah. Yeah, give me a deception check 01:32:15.439 --> 01:32:22.720 at advantage She just can't help herself ST is 01:32:22.720 --> 01:32:30.220 very different than Isabelle Okay 23 okay. He 01:32:30.220 --> 01:32:32.680 says oh, yeah. I mean, I guess you age a little 01:32:32.680 --> 01:32:36.279 bit slower than humans do So well, that's that's 01:32:36.279 --> 01:32:39.060 very cool. Anyway, which tribe are you part of? 01:32:39.979 --> 01:32:42.119 I'm gonna lie and come up with a different one 01:32:42.119 --> 01:32:50.279 Okay You say the dag tribe Yes, which God is 01:32:50.279 --> 01:32:53.739 one of the official 12 tribes But we'll say that 01:32:53.739 --> 01:32:56.479 one of the 12 that I've written down is dag. 01:32:57.119 --> 01:33:00.050 And so we'll use that one Does it? Oh, that's 01:33:00.050 --> 01:33:02.970 funny. That I did not know. This is really fishy. 01:33:03.609 --> 01:33:06.989 He really likes fish. So you say, Dagon, he says, 01:33:07.170 --> 01:33:10.609 ah, all right, very, very nice. Well, always 01:33:10.609 --> 01:33:12.930 tell us a little bit more about yourself. What 01:33:12.930 --> 01:33:16.890 brings you here competing in the race? Oh, well, 01:33:16.930 --> 01:33:19.390 you know, of course, whenever there's there's 01:33:19.390 --> 01:33:22.409 one of these tournaments, a lot of us nobles, 01:33:22.510 --> 01:33:25.149 I hate even using that term, participate in these 01:33:25.149 --> 01:33:29.399 in these trials. And You know, Lady Montefeltro 01:33:29.399 --> 01:33:31.520 is beautiful and would love a courtship dinner 01:33:31.520 --> 01:33:34.859 with her. And of course, my family would love 01:33:34.859 --> 01:33:37.380 some kind of marriage between the two of us, 01:33:37.380 --> 01:33:41.979 but... Is that what you would love? Eh, not necessarily, 01:33:41.979 --> 01:33:44.300 but I have a duty to provide to my family, and 01:33:44.300 --> 01:33:46.939 that's what I'm here for. And you know, if you 01:33:46.939 --> 01:33:50.060 had the freedom, what would you prefer? Because 01:33:50.060 --> 01:33:53.359 I know something of being torn between duty and 01:33:53.359 --> 01:33:58.020 desire. Make a persuasion check for me. Nine. 01:33:58.500 --> 01:34:00.260 Yeah. You get the sense that you've asked him 01:34:00.260 --> 01:34:01.779 a bit of an uncomfortable question for just having 01:34:01.779 --> 01:34:04.880 met him very recently. And he says, Oh, well, 01:34:04.979 --> 01:34:06.739 I will, of course, want whatever's best for my 01:34:06.739 --> 01:34:10.100 family. You know, the Nahari line is, is, um, 01:34:10.100 --> 01:34:12.000 you know, well -known, well -prominent, but of 01:34:12.000 --> 01:34:15.939 course nothing close to the Roki. Um, so anything 01:34:15.939 --> 01:34:18.960 that would help us is, is absolutely beneficial 01:34:18.960 --> 01:34:20.779 for me. And I'm happy to participate in the events 01:34:20.779 --> 01:34:23.960 here. It's a good way to exercise my skills, 01:34:24.000 --> 01:34:26.960 if anything. Well, we're happy to meet you. Yeah, 01:34:26.960 --> 01:34:29.779 and why have you all decided to join? I mean, 01:34:29.899 --> 01:34:33.600 we're adventurers, so we seek adventure, and 01:34:33.600 --> 01:34:35.880 we actually just stumble upon this tournament 01:34:35.880 --> 01:34:39.659 and decided to give it a try. Yeah, I mean, two 01:34:39.659 --> 01:34:43.079 Asimar and a human, that's, you know, an interesting, 01:34:43.779 --> 01:34:45.539 you know, two Asimar and a human walk into a 01:34:45.539 --> 01:34:48.579 bar. It's a very interesting combination, the 01:34:48.579 --> 01:34:51.159 three of you. I have to say that you're quite 01:34:51.159 --> 01:34:54.770 different. in a good way from all the other nobles 01:34:54.770 --> 01:34:59.090 yeah i i uh i'm not a dick let's just say i was 01:34:59.090 --> 01:35:02.569 trying to find a nice yeah no they're they're 01:35:02.569 --> 01:35:05.949 um they were born into the places they have whereas 01:35:05.949 --> 01:35:09.630 my line is relatively new to the nobility and 01:35:09.630 --> 01:35:11.869 uh we want to do what we can to keep that i was 01:35:11.869 --> 01:35:15.430 going to say i'm from mondolori originally oh 01:35:15.430 --> 01:35:18.779 apart The north, the northern part. Okay. Yes. 01:35:18.779 --> 01:35:20.739 And I was just, you know, thinking that I am 01:35:20.739 --> 01:35:23.579 quite familiar with many of the families from 01:35:23.579 --> 01:35:27.460 here. And yes, I was not familiar with your name, 01:35:27.460 --> 01:35:30.439 but it sounds like... Which line? You're familiar 01:35:30.439 --> 01:35:32.699 with the families, which line do you come from? 01:35:34.779 --> 01:35:38.979 Well, how about you go first? I'm from the Nahari 01:35:38.979 --> 01:35:42.380 line. No, sorry. I mean, tell me more about your 01:35:42.380 --> 01:35:46.640 family. Like, how did you... Sounds like Rose 01:35:46.640 --> 01:35:54.939 is going to enter the chat and say, oh, well, 01:35:55.000 --> 01:35:57.439 my friend here is actually saving that for a 01:35:57.439 --> 01:36:01.779 bit of a reveal. So you saw he was competing 01:36:01.779 --> 01:36:07.100 with a mask earlier. So he's hoping to keep things 01:36:07.100 --> 01:36:11.060 under wraps for a moment of. Ah, what's the word 01:36:11.060 --> 01:36:13.079 I'm looking for? Dramatic surprise. Yeah, we're 01:36:13.079 --> 01:36:16.079 very much into drama in our party. Spoil the 01:36:16.079 --> 01:36:19.039 surprise. From your performance today. Well, 01:36:19.600 --> 01:36:23.039 your secret's safe with me, Val. Thank you. Appreciate 01:36:23.039 --> 01:36:26.659 it. Well, this has been nice, but I'm probably 01:36:26.659 --> 01:36:28.579 not gonna stay for dinner. I ate kind of recently, 01:36:28.579 --> 01:36:32.699 and I do have to meet up with someone, so thanks 01:36:32.699 --> 01:36:34.399 for the quick little chat. It was nice to talk 01:36:34.399 --> 01:36:36.039 to you. Enjoy your evening. Good luck tomorrow. 01:36:36.260 --> 01:36:37.920 Absolute pleasure to make your acquaintance. 01:36:37.920 --> 01:36:40.319 Yes, well. Enjoy Primrose. Very nice meeting 01:36:40.319 --> 01:36:42.939 you. And to both of you, good luck and give your 01:36:42.939 --> 01:36:48.979 friend Geo my best wishes. Will do. Have a lovely 01:36:48.979 --> 01:36:52.229 night. You too. See you tomorrow. He gets up 01:36:52.229 --> 01:36:54.970 and leaves the waitress comes back with some 01:36:54.970 --> 01:36:57.409 food. She gives you your plate of stuffed grasshopper 01:36:57.409 --> 01:36:59.189 No, you didn't get to that. You got the blubber. 01:36:59.189 --> 01:37:04.850 Well, you got the whale dumplings You had grasshoppers 01:37:04.850 --> 01:37:08.590 this morning you get your plate of leek casserole 01:37:08.590 --> 01:37:11.310 and stuffed peppers and you get your bowl of 01:37:11.310 --> 01:37:15.090 leek casserole You all dig in delicious the whale 01:37:15.090 --> 01:37:18.329 dumplings are very difficult to bite through 01:37:18.329 --> 01:37:21.430 And then as you do they have this pie and then 01:37:21.430 --> 01:37:23.909 a warm liquid fills your mouth. No, you do not 01:37:23.909 --> 01:37:27.289 need to do that for us. We could just say we 01:37:27.289 --> 01:37:29.670 ate it. Val didn't have water or something vile. 01:37:29.949 --> 01:37:33.890 Now did he? It is strangely delicious. The texture, 01:37:33.970 --> 01:37:36.109 like you're having sensory overload for the texture, 01:37:36.489 --> 01:37:42.210 but it is delicious tasting. Like passing it 01:37:42.210 --> 01:37:44.689 around. Not kosher, not kosher, sorry. I totally 01:37:44.689 --> 01:37:47.630 would, but no. Your stuffed peppers are delicious, 01:37:47.850 --> 01:37:50.369 crisp on the outside and then on the inside filled 01:37:50.369 --> 01:37:55.010 with some mixture of like cheesy, grainy, maybe 01:37:55.010 --> 01:37:57.930 not cheese. Kosher is just not dairy. I can have 01:37:57.930 --> 01:38:02.100 dairy there. I mean, yeah, for sure. This restaurant 01:38:02.100 --> 01:38:04.260 doesn't have the kosher stamp on it. But you 01:38:04.260 --> 01:38:06.760 know, I'm gonna do what I can do. Yeah, yeah, 01:38:06.760 --> 01:38:10.319 I mean, yeah But it's a the stuffed peppers are 01:38:10.319 --> 01:38:13.739 a our lovely mix of grains and vegetables and 01:38:13.739 --> 01:38:16.380 cheese on the inside And then the lead casserole 01:38:16.380 --> 01:38:18.699 that you both have is beautifully creamy with 01:38:18.699 --> 01:38:20.899 nice little pleasant crunches of leak on the 01:38:20.899 --> 01:38:23.399 top that have been crisped and caramelized and 01:38:23.399 --> 01:38:30.930 You get the mind flayer drink Make a intelligence 01:38:30.930 --> 01:38:34.149 saving throw. Do you want a guidance for that 01:38:34.149 --> 01:38:41.989 brother? I got a 16. Okay. You're good. You can 01:38:41.989 --> 01:38:44.170 feel that something tried to like affect your 01:38:44.170 --> 01:38:48.770 mind a little bit from the shot. This is not 01:38:48.770 --> 01:38:52.550 a normal drink. No, it is not. No, I mean like 01:38:52.550 --> 01:38:55.699 not alcohol, like not just like, like the - There's 01:38:55.699 --> 01:38:57.380 more than alcohol in this drink. It tried to 01:38:57.380 --> 01:38:59.539 do something psychic. Brother, it's called a 01:38:59.539 --> 01:39:02.020 mind fling. I just thought that was thematic. 01:39:02.239 --> 01:39:06.600 Let me see that. It's empty. Oh, you took a shot? 01:39:06.899 --> 01:39:11.420 Yeah, it's a shot. Oh, I was like, damn. Yeah, 01:39:12.579 --> 01:39:15.840 that was kind of alarming. So it wasn't good. 01:39:17.100 --> 01:39:20.640 How did it taste? Oh, delicious. Delicious. You 01:39:20.640 --> 01:39:24.979 know that, that blue alcohol, what's it called? 01:39:26.119 --> 01:39:27.840 No, no, no, no, no, no. The one that comes in 01:39:27.840 --> 01:39:29.739 the swirly bottle. I had it a ton in college. 01:39:30.340 --> 01:39:33.920 Hypnotic. It tastes like hypnotic. Oh my God. 01:39:34.140 --> 01:39:36.159 I was fucking not addicted because that would 01:39:36.159 --> 01:39:38.739 be actually be bad, but I loved hypnotic. I would 01:39:38.739 --> 01:39:41.159 bring hypnotic to me in college, to like every 01:39:41.159 --> 01:39:45.439 party. It was every lecture it was so good never 01:39:45.439 --> 01:39:47.720 tried it. Oh, it's it's probably terrible I haven't 01:39:47.720 --> 01:39:50.640 had it in ten years, but it was it was it was 01:39:50.640 --> 01:39:52.960 the shit someone brought it to one party And 01:39:52.960 --> 01:39:55.359 then I drank it was amazing and then I yeah, 01:39:55.359 --> 01:40:00.380 that was it anyway You pass your dinner with 01:40:00.380 --> 01:40:02.439 lovely chatter the way just comes back and tells 01:40:02.439 --> 01:40:05.359 you that your total is about two gold the the 01:40:05.359 --> 01:40:07.960 you when you look at the the the bill you see 01:40:07.960 --> 01:40:11.100 that The one one gold of it was the mind flayer 01:40:11.100 --> 01:40:13.260 drink and one gold of it was everything else 01:40:13.260 --> 01:40:17.880 Drink included I can pay for that You pay and 01:40:17.880 --> 01:40:19.319 anything else you want to do during the night 01:40:19.319 --> 01:40:21.560 before tomorrow? I mean I should go and see my 01:40:23.060 --> 01:40:26.079 Dwarves to a brethren. All right. Tony's stealing 01:40:26.079 --> 01:40:28.859 himself. Get ready for that. Sweet, sweet. I'm 01:40:28.859 --> 01:40:30.279 going to come along and scope out because he 01:40:30.279 --> 01:40:32.800 said it's going to be like a square of other 01:40:32.800 --> 01:40:34.539 like tens. So like, you know, I want to check 01:40:34.539 --> 01:40:37.239 out. Yeah. An apprentice. I want to get into 01:40:37.239 --> 01:40:40.220 potion crafting. Yeah. You make your way north 01:40:40.220 --> 01:40:42.699 through Janfin's hand up to the crafter stages. 01:40:42.859 --> 01:40:46.359 Dusk has begun to hit. And you can see, actually, 01:40:46.500 --> 01:40:49.680 I want all of you to make a perception check. 01:40:51.140 --> 01:40:56.430 23. eight nine okay the two of you are are walking 01:40:56.430 --> 01:41:01.350 through you like the layout of this city feels 01:41:01.350 --> 01:41:06.569 like really familiar and you don't know why um 01:41:06.569 --> 01:41:11.569 but you get some weird kind of like almost nostalgic 01:41:11.569 --> 01:41:14.050 feeling as you're walking through the city that 01:41:14.050 --> 01:41:17.750 especially as you go north through jonathan's 01:41:17.750 --> 01:41:22.119 hand you pass by this large castle It looks so 01:41:22.119 --> 01:41:24.779 familiar to you. You can't place it. You don't 01:41:24.779 --> 01:41:27.239 know why. You've never been here before, but 01:41:27.239 --> 01:41:33.420 it looks very familiar. And then around it there 01:41:33.420 --> 01:41:37.500 are different areas set up. And on the western 01:41:37.500 --> 01:41:40.460 and northern flank of the castle, of which the 01:41:40.460 --> 01:41:43.220 castle has entrances on all four sides. Large 01:41:43.220 --> 01:41:46.479 grand staircases coming on all sides. It is lit 01:41:46.479 --> 01:41:49.399 up and you can see people carrying things, people 01:41:49.399 --> 01:41:51.359 carrying shopping bags, walking in and out of 01:41:51.359 --> 01:41:54.319 the castle. And then all around on the outskirts 01:41:54.319 --> 01:41:57.619 of the castle, you see a bunch of different shops 01:41:57.619 --> 01:42:00.340 set up. Smoke billowing out from a lot of the 01:42:00.340 --> 01:42:03.569 tops. of them as work seems to be happening inside. 01:42:04.050 --> 01:42:06.470 And as you walk into this area of the crafter 01:42:06.470 --> 01:42:09.829 stages, the chatter picks up. You hear the sounds 01:42:09.829 --> 01:42:12.090 of hammers hitting anvils. You hear the sounds 01:42:12.090 --> 01:42:14.189 of cauldron bubbling. You hear the sounds of 01:42:14.189 --> 01:42:16.770 a furnace blowing as a glass blower creates some 01:42:16.770 --> 01:42:19.489 vials. And you make your way and follow through 01:42:19.489 --> 01:42:23.729 to where the nice dwarven man told you to. You 01:42:23.729 --> 01:42:30.170 find him in a large... Open building that has 01:42:30.170 --> 01:42:33.489 four posts on all corners with a tall roof that 01:42:33.489 --> 01:42:37.130 is made of lattice metal material With a large 01:42:37.130 --> 01:42:40.409 forge in the center He is there lining up a few 01:42:40.409 --> 01:42:42.789 things along the forage sees you walk in and 01:42:42.789 --> 01:42:45.390 he says ah, I didn't know if I was gonna see 01:42:45.390 --> 01:42:48.590 ya Mm -hmm. I said I'd come right brother. Yes, 01:42:48.670 --> 01:42:51.430 so what can I help you with you want to be a 01:42:51.430 --> 01:42:54.430 crafter? What about he turns into common and 01:42:54.430 --> 01:42:58.069 what about your friends? Do you want to learn 01:42:58.069 --> 01:43:00.489 how to craft as well? I was actually hoping to 01:43:00.489 --> 01:43:03.369 meet an alchemist to begin some lessons in potion. 01:43:03.869 --> 01:43:07.109 Ah, an alchemist. You're looking for Agatha. 01:43:07.909 --> 01:43:11.029 Agatha? Yes. Where can I find her? She is in 01:43:11.029 --> 01:43:16.750 the south -western flank. Got it. And you'll 01:43:16.750 --> 01:43:19.390 find her with a shop, Agatha. All along. All 01:43:19.390 --> 01:43:23.890 along. On my way. Thank you. Any turns to you 01:43:23.890 --> 01:43:26.840 and you? I think I'm going to take a look around. 01:43:27.140 --> 01:43:28.399 All right. I might come back. Do you have any 01:43:28.399 --> 01:43:29.699 questions about what kind of things you could 01:43:29.699 --> 01:43:34.920 find here? Well, I'd hope to see by looking around. 01:43:35.020 --> 01:43:36.979 Okay, well that's totally fine too. And then 01:43:36.979 --> 01:43:43.819 he turns back into Dwarvish. So... Well, you 01:43:43.819 --> 01:43:45.819 want me to explain a bit about crafting in the 01:43:45.819 --> 01:43:47.539 first place so you can understand how it works? 01:43:47.720 --> 01:43:51.420 Sure. All right. We've got seven levels of being 01:43:51.420 --> 01:43:56.100 a crafter. Novice. Apprentice. journeyman, adept, 01:43:56.340 --> 01:44:01.060 artisan, master. And then a final above master 01:44:01.060 --> 01:44:02.880 that has to use a unique title for each profession. 01:44:03.260 --> 01:44:09.279 And for us as armors, we have the title Grand 01:44:09.279 --> 01:44:16.739 Armorsmith. Which I am. Wow. That is so cool. 01:44:17.859 --> 01:44:21.420 Took a long time. Took a very long time. But 01:44:21.420 --> 01:44:24.180 at each different level, you can learn to do 01:44:24.180 --> 01:44:26.479 different things. Now at novice, you can make 01:44:26.479 --> 01:44:29.479 base weapons or armors, base potions if you're 01:44:29.479 --> 01:44:31.260 trying to do that. And there's gold requirement, 01:44:31.439 --> 01:44:34.899 five gold to become a novice. To increase to 01:44:34.899 --> 01:44:38.640 the apprentice level, you have to make at least 01:44:38.640 --> 01:44:41.840 10 crafted items and spend at least 50 hours 01:44:41.840 --> 01:44:45.180 working on the craft. You wanna get started? 01:44:45.560 --> 01:44:48.380 Yeah, let's do this. All right, well. If you 01:44:48.380 --> 01:44:50.520 give me five gold, I'll outfit you with all the 01:44:50.520 --> 01:44:52.619 proper things that you need. And in order to 01:44:52.619 --> 01:44:54.220 work as an armor smith, you've got to find a 01:44:54.220 --> 01:44:58.100 place to work. And I will happily rent out my 01:44:58.100 --> 01:45:00.800 space for you to practice. Anytime you want to 01:45:00.800 --> 01:45:03.899 come, I'll charge you about 50 silver an hour. 01:45:04.579 --> 01:45:07.699 Okay. Sound good? Yes. All right. Things that 01:45:07.699 --> 01:45:10.720 you can make right now as a novice. Basic metallic 01:45:10.720 --> 01:45:13.899 armors, plate armor, splint armor, chain armor, 01:45:14.119 --> 01:45:16.680 breastplate, those kinds of things. And you can 01:45:16.680 --> 01:45:19.619 only make armor. You want to make weapons? That's 01:45:19.619 --> 01:45:23.140 a weaponsmith. Okay. Yeah. I mean, armor, I think, 01:45:24.060 --> 01:45:25.800 is something. I mean, I've always had a dream 01:45:25.800 --> 01:45:29.159 to work on. Yeah, your breastplate is beautiful. 01:45:29.380 --> 01:45:34.479 Thank you. Yeah, I never want to really change 01:45:34.479 --> 01:45:39.289 this. I can feel it in myself. Yeah, I love my 01:45:39.289 --> 01:45:42.869 armor. So I'd want to admit it. It's actually 01:45:42.869 --> 01:45:46.710 just a family heirloom. I have many, many more, 01:45:46.710 --> 01:45:49.449 you know, clerics before me wore this very breastplate. 01:45:50.529 --> 01:45:54.750 The jewels in it are inert. Sorry? The jewels 01:45:54.750 --> 01:46:01.369 in it, the gemstones, they're inert. Okay. I 01:46:01.369 --> 01:46:05.850 can tell. I mean, they look special to me, but 01:46:05.850 --> 01:46:08.899 they are very special. But they don't have power 01:46:08.899 --> 01:46:10.340 to coursing through them. It looks like they 01:46:10.340 --> 01:46:13.739 normally would Yeah, I don't know. Maybe it's 01:46:13.739 --> 01:46:16.359 where I'm at right now. It's not really my home. 01:46:16.840 --> 01:46:19.319 Yeah Well, I don't have the answer as to why 01:46:19.319 --> 01:46:21.140 I'm just telling you that they look in there. 01:46:21.279 --> 01:46:25.239 Mm -hmm Alright, he hands you a blacksmith in 01:46:25.239 --> 01:46:28.439 Armorsmith's hammer And he gives you a tool belt 01:46:28.439 --> 01:46:31.560 that you can wear and he starts instructing you 01:46:31.560 --> 01:46:37.149 look So hot. Cool. You roll up your sleeves, 01:46:37.329 --> 01:46:40.210 so you've got your muscles showing, and you start 01:46:40.210 --> 01:46:42.569 working away. What is the first thing that you 01:46:42.569 --> 01:46:45.149 would like to make? You can make any of the base 01:46:45.149 --> 01:46:48.149 armor items that come, so you can make a chain 01:46:48.149 --> 01:46:49.810 shirt, you can make breastplate, you can make 01:46:49.810 --> 01:46:51.810 half -plate, you can make a ringmail, chainmail, 01:46:52.029 --> 01:46:56.090 splint, or plate. I can make a full breastplate 01:46:56.090 --> 01:46:58.909 armor? Breastplate armor. It will take time to 01:46:58.909 --> 01:47:00.369 do so, but I'm not saying you're gonna be able 01:47:00.369 --> 01:47:02.680 to do it tonight. I'm going to say that you can 01:47:02.680 --> 01:47:07.060 start on making a breastplate. Okay. How long 01:47:07.060 --> 01:47:10.220 do you stay there? It's dusk. How long do you 01:47:10.220 --> 01:47:12.340 stay there working, learning? A couple hours. 01:47:12.399 --> 01:47:15.399 Does that make sense? Okay. We'll say how about 01:47:15.399 --> 01:47:18.159 four hours? Sounds good. Okay. Mark somewhere 01:47:18.159 --> 01:47:20.739 for crafting in general, a place to keep track 01:47:20.739 --> 01:47:22.619 of the amount of hours that you've put in and 01:47:22.619 --> 01:47:25.600 the amount of things that you've crafted. So 01:47:25.600 --> 01:47:28.420 you spend about four hours in those four hours. 01:47:28.699 --> 01:47:32.500 It's a lot of this man showing you how to work 01:47:32.500 --> 01:47:37.260 a forge how to work an anvil, how to melt different 01:47:37.260 --> 01:47:40.020 ores down to become solid pieces of metal that 01:47:40.020 --> 01:47:43.539 you can then use to craft things. So you don't 01:47:43.539 --> 01:47:46.260 really get a ton of work into creating the actual 01:47:46.260 --> 01:47:48.319 breastplate itself, and you are learning more 01:47:48.319 --> 01:47:50.779 about the techniques. However, you've got four 01:47:50.779 --> 01:47:53.539 hours into the crafted total and four hours into 01:47:53.539 --> 01:47:55.960 creating a breastplate. I will tell you when 01:47:55.960 --> 01:47:58.979 you complete the breastplate. What would the 01:47:58.979 --> 01:48:03.600 rest of you like to do? definitely head toward 01:48:03.600 --> 01:48:05.920 Agatha all along, but on my way I want to scope 01:48:05.920 --> 01:48:08.699 out like, what are all of the different crafting 01:48:08.699 --> 01:48:10.619 options? I guess I'm gonna walk with you while 01:48:10.619 --> 01:48:13.600 you do that. Okay, you walk through and you see 01:48:13.600 --> 01:48:16.979 a lot of typical blacksmiths. You left the armor 01:48:16.979 --> 01:48:20.159 station, Weaponsmith. You pass a tent that is 01:48:20.159 --> 01:48:22.479 filled with a bunch of different herbs that you 01:48:22.479 --> 01:48:25.199 get. There's an herbalist. Next to it, you see 01:48:25.199 --> 01:48:27.899 a tent. You see Agatha all along's tent with 01:48:27.899 --> 01:48:30.899 bubbling cauldron inside. A little bit further 01:48:30.899 --> 01:48:35.659 down, you see a bunch of different cogs outside 01:48:35.659 --> 01:48:37.640 of one of the buildings, and you see someone 01:48:37.640 --> 01:48:39.279 in there that looks like an engineer. You pass 01:48:39.279 --> 01:48:42.460 by a carpenter making wooden things. A mason 01:48:42.460 --> 01:48:45.619 that is an entire, that sticks out. as their 01:48:45.619 --> 01:48:49.579 entire shop is built out of a stone that seems 01:48:49.579 --> 01:48:52.380 slightly magically enchanted. You pass by someone 01:48:52.380 --> 01:48:56.520 that has tons of baskets of scrolls outside, 01:48:56.520 --> 01:49:00.239 and then you pass by a bookstore. You see a farmer 01:49:00.239 --> 01:49:03.220 stall that has someone selling a bunch of different 01:49:03.220 --> 01:49:06.279 just crops that they've grown. And the same thing 01:49:06.279 --> 01:49:08.220 with a fisherman's stall. I might check up on 01:49:08.220 --> 01:49:11.640 the scroll. Okay. So, do you keep walking? Mm 01:49:11.640 --> 01:49:15.010 -hmm. Okay. We'll say, you walk into the scroll 01:49:15.010 --> 01:49:20.250 shop. You step in. There is a heir genasi standing 01:49:20.250 --> 01:49:27.489 inside. And they turn to you and they say, hello, 01:49:28.369 --> 01:49:31.390 I'm Jenu. Pleasure to meet you, Jenu. My name 01:49:31.390 --> 01:49:34.250 is Primrose. The pleasure is mine. What can I 01:49:34.250 --> 01:49:35.789 help you with? Are you here to shop? Are you 01:49:35.789 --> 01:49:38.619 here to learn? Potentially a little bit of both. 01:49:38.619 --> 01:49:41.340 I want to learn a little bit more about what 01:49:41.340 --> 01:49:43.920 it is you would have to teach. Is this to create 01:49:43.920 --> 01:49:46.500 scrolls from one's own spell book, perhaps? Well, 01:49:46.500 --> 01:49:48.939 this is to create scrolls for different spells. 01:49:49.020 --> 01:49:50.640 And yes, typically to create a scroll, you need 01:49:50.640 --> 01:49:54.079 to know the spell that you are making. And we 01:49:54.079 --> 01:49:55.739 make different scrolls that people can use in 01:49:55.739 --> 01:49:57.779 their daily lives, whether or not they know the 01:49:57.779 --> 01:49:59.819 spell itself. If you want to create scrolls, 01:49:59.819 --> 01:50:01.640 whether that's something that you can use or 01:50:01.640 --> 01:50:03.260 whether it's something you want to sell for a 01:50:03.260 --> 01:50:06.260 high price, this is the place. I should be a 01:50:06.260 --> 01:50:08.739 good money maker. But I also want to learn how 01:50:08.739 --> 01:50:11.920 to make potions. Well, if you want to make potions, 01:50:12.039 --> 01:50:15.100 if you stall us down, is agapa? Potions would 01:50:15.100 --> 01:50:17.140 be pretty useful for us as a player. I think 01:50:17.140 --> 01:50:21.000 potions will be very useful to us, and I'm inclined 01:50:21.000 --> 01:50:23.539 to go there, because I'm making scrolls of spells 01:50:23.539 --> 01:50:26.840 that I know. It could be, I could sell them for 01:50:26.840 --> 01:50:28.439 money, but I could do that with potions too. 01:50:28.659 --> 01:50:31.000 Scrolls would probably make more money. because 01:50:31.000 --> 01:50:33.600 I can get a pretty wide variant, you know, selling 01:50:33.600 --> 01:50:38.199 scrolls of mirror image and, you know, like... 01:50:38.199 --> 01:50:41.560 Oh God, I'm just tempted. I think I want to learn 01:50:41.560 --> 01:50:44.699 how to make potions. What do you have for sale 01:50:44.699 --> 01:50:48.699 today? What are you looking for? Well, how much 01:50:48.699 --> 01:50:52.399 would a second level spell scroll cost? Well, 01:50:52.640 --> 01:50:55.399 I'm curious about picking up Misty Step. Misty 01:50:55.399 --> 01:51:02.270 Step, I would sell you four. 200 gold. Okay. 01:51:03.090 --> 01:51:09.050 How about 150? And why would I do that? Because 01:51:09.050 --> 01:51:14.149 you like me so much. Because I have such a striking 01:51:14.149 --> 01:51:17.090 smile. That you do. Make a persuasion check. 01:51:17.930 --> 01:51:19.149 I was like, shit, I don't have an answer for 01:51:19.149 --> 01:51:22.550 that. Come on, action persuasion. Because I'm 01:51:22.550 --> 01:51:26.569 tit for once. Titfully boobling. Persuasion? 01:51:26.949 --> 01:51:32.710 Nine. You do have a very nice smile, but I, a 01:51:32.710 --> 01:51:34.949 husband who has an even nicer smile back at home, 01:51:35.430 --> 01:51:38.569 nothing against you. But I spent a lot of time. 01:51:38.810 --> 01:51:40.649 And should you ever take up the craft, you'll 01:51:40.649 --> 01:51:42.729 understand how much time and energy it costs 01:51:42.729 --> 01:51:46.229 to make even a second level spell. So 200 it 01:51:46.229 --> 01:51:54.789 is. Not even say 180? All right. Because I like 01:51:54.789 --> 01:51:59.739 your attitude. 180. Oh, you are an absolute doll. 01:51:59.840 --> 01:52:04.640 Here you go. Thank you. So, would you like to 01:52:04.640 --> 01:52:05.920 continue there or you were gonna go to Agatha? 01:52:05.979 --> 01:52:09.000 I'm gonna go to Agatha. Okay. You continue walking 01:52:09.000 --> 01:52:12.939 and you see another stall, another building filled 01:52:12.939 --> 01:52:14.720 with a bunch of different ores, a bunch of mining 01:52:14.720 --> 01:52:16.619 picks around that you get as a miner. You see 01:52:16.619 --> 01:52:19.340 a place that it creates leather armor. You see 01:52:19.340 --> 01:52:23.359 a shoe store. You see then a line of food -based 01:52:23.359 --> 01:52:27.399 stalls and where you see a baker. A brewer and 01:52:27.399 --> 01:52:29.779 a cook? Then you continue to walk and you get 01:52:29.779 --> 01:52:31.739 towards the cloth section where you see both 01:52:31.739 --> 01:52:34.640 a tailor that is creating cloth armor and a weaver 01:52:34.640 --> 01:52:37.539 that is creating the threads and spools for the 01:52:37.539 --> 01:52:39.600 tailor to use. Then you get to the plant section 01:52:39.600 --> 01:52:42.460 and you see a large greenhouse with a potter 01:52:42.460 --> 01:52:46.840 inside. You pass by a glassblowers studio that's 01:52:46.840 --> 01:52:49.279 all open. A bunch of people standing around watching 01:52:49.279 --> 01:52:51.779 them create different vials, bottles, drinking 01:52:51.779 --> 01:52:54.119 glasses, general objects that can be made of 01:52:54.119 --> 01:52:57.800 glass. You pass buckets of gemstones. And you 01:52:57.800 --> 01:53:00.680 see a jeweler inside, crafting and cutting jewelers. 01:53:01.680 --> 01:53:04.720 to be sold or used. You pass a candle making 01:53:04.720 --> 01:53:07.939 studio, then you pass by a tent that has rows 01:53:07.939 --> 01:53:10.600 and rows of arrows, and you see a fletcher. You 01:53:10.600 --> 01:53:13.460 continue walking and you are very far away from 01:53:13.460 --> 01:53:15.800 the other two at this point, starting to loop 01:53:15.800 --> 01:53:18.520 back towards where the castle is, and towards 01:53:18.520 --> 01:53:22.260 the last few you see a line of wands sticking 01:53:22.260 --> 01:53:24.100 out from a bucket, and you see a wand crafter. 01:53:24.199 --> 01:53:28.079 You see a ship maker making large parts of a 01:53:28.079 --> 01:53:31.710 ship and some small canoes and such. You see 01:53:31.710 --> 01:53:35.789 a medic with different bandages and such weaving 01:53:35.789 --> 01:53:38.010 different bandages together, enchanting them. 01:53:38.649 --> 01:53:41.329 And then you see right next to it, an enchanter 01:53:41.329 --> 01:53:43.569 that is taking ordinary objects, imbuing them 01:53:43.569 --> 01:53:45.970 with magical energy, and finally a shield maker. 01:53:46.609 --> 01:53:50.050 Right. Having assessed everything that is available, 01:53:51.189 --> 01:53:55.189 I'm going to either continue or turn back, whichever 01:53:55.189 --> 01:53:58.619 way gets me to the bookstore fastest. Okay. It's 01:53:58.619 --> 01:54:01.819 probably to continue going back around, to which 01:54:01.819 --> 01:54:05.420 you turn, you continue back, you go to a bookstore, 01:54:05.960 --> 01:54:08.979 to the bookstore, and you see there's a woman, 01:54:09.100 --> 01:54:12.060 Yuan Ti, sitting at a desk writing in a book. 01:54:12.340 --> 01:54:17.239 She looks up. She says, are you looking to purchase? 01:54:18.079 --> 01:54:23.119 Are you looking to learn? Oh, I don't know. Well, 01:54:23.399 --> 01:54:26.859 what can I help you with? I've come to look for... 01:54:26.960 --> 01:54:33.579 books um books any specific type yes actually 01:54:33.579 --> 01:54:39.819 i do have a section on the occult a section i 01:54:39.819 --> 01:54:43.039 know what you're looking for i do not sell those 01:54:43.039 --> 01:54:47.300 kinds of things here do you know where i might 01:54:47.300 --> 01:54:51.659 procure some there is a library in town it's 01:54:51.659 --> 01:54:58.039 got a bit of a restricted section section But 01:54:58.039 --> 01:55:01.159 if you're interested in one of my books, I sell 01:55:01.159 --> 01:55:06.399 tomes. Tomes? Tomes. Books that help people increase 01:55:06.399 --> 01:55:11.680 their skills. Oh. Tell me more. Well, there are 01:55:11.680 --> 01:55:14.840 some books and tomes that help people increase 01:55:14.840 --> 01:55:18.960 all types of skills. Athletics, animal handling, 01:55:19.880 --> 01:55:22.779 stealth. And there are some tomes that help people 01:55:22.779 --> 01:55:25.239 increase... Some more powerful things like their 01:55:25.239 --> 01:55:29.560 general intelligence. Those kinds of things. 01:55:29.560 --> 01:55:33.880 I don't need that. I'm sure you don't. He needs 01:55:33.880 --> 01:55:37.859 nothing. He falls on his face. But I help write 01:55:37.859 --> 01:55:40.840 these tomes. They take a long time, but they 01:55:40.840 --> 01:55:44.680 are worth it. How long does it take? Well, it 01:55:44.680 --> 01:55:48.220 depends what you're trying to create. Tomes that 01:55:48.220 --> 01:55:51.170 give very... minor magical effects we're talking 01:55:51.170 --> 01:55:56.630 very very very minor increases to lesser skills 01:55:56.630 --> 01:56:00.550 like animal handling for me at this point after 01:56:00.550 --> 01:56:09.270 being a maester scripter would take me a few 01:56:09.270 --> 01:56:12.689 days at most but for someone just starting out 01:56:12.689 --> 01:56:19.560 could take quite a while i see um Out of curiosity, 01:56:19.960 --> 01:56:24.180 for example, the animal handling tome. Yes. What 01:56:24.180 --> 01:56:28.300 do those go for? Those? And animal handling, 01:56:28.300 --> 01:56:32.279 depending. Let's see, for the most minor of adjustments 01:56:32.279 --> 01:56:37.000 in the animal handling skill, it's about 500 01:56:37.000 --> 01:56:40.340 gold. You have to spend some time reading it. 01:56:41.199 --> 01:56:44.779 Right, of course. You can't buy a book and not 01:56:44.779 --> 01:56:46.640 read it. It's not instant. You have to... Exactly. 01:56:47.660 --> 01:56:51.659 You want cheap magic that increases your skill 01:56:51.659 --> 01:56:53.779 while you're wearing a ring or something? Great, 01:56:53.800 --> 01:56:56.260 go buy it. You want something that's permanent? 01:56:57.079 --> 01:57:03.899 Books will do that. I quite agree. Perhaps I'll 01:57:03.899 --> 01:57:07.539 think about this for a while. Sure thing. Thank 01:57:07.539 --> 01:57:09.500 you. And he's just going to go and kind of like 01:57:09.500 --> 01:57:12.819 browse around. Yeah, okay. You make your way 01:57:12.819 --> 01:57:15.439 up to, you spend the rest of your night hammering 01:57:15.439 --> 01:57:18.829 away. You make your way to Agatha. You walk into 01:57:18.829 --> 01:57:22.569 a humble stone shop, singular cauldron in the 01:57:22.569 --> 01:57:25.930 middle, walls lined with different vials filled 01:57:25.930 --> 01:57:28.590 with different liquids, shelves that are packed 01:57:28.590 --> 01:57:31.810 with different herbs, and you see a human woman 01:57:31.810 --> 01:57:35.770 with long black hair, curly, stirring large cauldron 01:57:35.770 --> 01:57:39.949 with a wooden spoon. She looks up and she says, 01:57:41.090 --> 01:57:45.810 welcome to Agatha all along. How can I help you, 01:57:45.869 --> 01:57:49.210 darling? I was interested in learning a little 01:57:49.210 --> 01:57:51.930 bit more about potion crafting. What exactly? 01:57:53.050 --> 01:57:57.569 You want to make potions? And maybe even some 01:57:57.569 --> 01:58:00.430 notions. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, I'm not like 01:58:00.430 --> 01:58:02.750 that filthy woman over there. I know exactly 01:58:02.750 --> 01:58:05.109 who you're referring to. Library! No, just potions. 01:58:05.229 --> 01:58:07.430 Just potions, no motions, lotions, or notions. 01:58:07.590 --> 01:58:10.909 Oh, none of those. None. Well, what kind of potions 01:58:10.909 --> 01:58:12.670 do you want to make? Are you looking to just 01:58:12.670 --> 01:58:14.529 do your basic healing potions, or are you looking 01:58:14.529 --> 01:58:18.029 to make something grand one day? Well, I am definitely 01:58:18.029 --> 01:58:20.489 willing to learn. I think killing is a great 01:58:20.489 --> 01:58:23.489 and versatile place to start, but why end there? 01:58:25.270 --> 01:58:29.289 Well, potion making. Potion seller, give me your 01:58:29.289 --> 01:58:31.770 potion. Strongest potions. Going into battle. 01:58:32.470 --> 01:58:35.770 And she says, well, potion making is a delicate, 01:58:35.909 --> 01:58:39.289 delicate thing. You have to be extremely precise. 01:58:39.569 --> 01:58:42.710 And so at the initial levels, you will be able 01:58:42.710 --> 01:58:46.010 to make just very basic standard potions of healing. 01:58:46.489 --> 01:58:48.350 And you'll have to practice that quite a lot 01:58:48.350 --> 01:58:51.149 until you can make more and more rare types of 01:58:51.149 --> 01:58:54.090 different potions as you go on. Able to imbue 01:58:54.090 --> 01:58:57.409 different types of magical effects as you progress. 01:58:58.029 --> 01:58:59.710 And she explains the same levels of crafting, 01:58:59.970 --> 01:59:02.750 novice, apprentice, journeyman, adept, artisan, 01:59:03.109 --> 01:59:07.350 master. And to get started, I'm... I'm not necessarily 01:59:07.350 --> 01:59:09.449 taking on new clients, but I could make an exception 01:59:09.449 --> 01:59:14.569 for someone as beautiful and busty as you. I 01:59:14.569 --> 01:59:22.210 mean, you're asking for it based on what you're 01:59:22.210 --> 01:59:30.729 wearing. She giggles and says, I'm just kidding, 01:59:30.970 --> 01:59:33.949 but it's five gold to gain the novice title. 01:59:35.120 --> 01:59:38.439 And in order to rise to apprentice, 50 hours 01:59:38.439 --> 01:59:40.819 spent working on the craft, and you have to make 01:59:40.819 --> 01:59:46.060 at least 10 potions. I'm in. Yes? Oh. Maybe one 01:59:46.060 --> 01:59:47.779 day you'll even get the title of cauldronier. 01:59:48.720 --> 01:59:52.520 All right. So. Five gold? Five gold. And let's 01:59:52.520 --> 01:59:54.520 say you spend the rest of the night, we'll say 01:59:54.520 --> 01:59:55.939 another four hours, because I think that's what 01:59:55.939 --> 01:59:59.359 Estie got. Learning about the basics of creating 01:59:59.359 --> 02:00:02.119 a potion. You can mark down four hours on the 02:00:02.119 --> 02:00:04.600 craft and four hours towards one potion of healing. 02:00:05.279 --> 02:00:08.119 And she shows you the ingredient list of making 02:00:08.119 --> 02:00:11.840 healing potions and also shows you some of the 02:00:11.840 --> 02:00:15.210 different ingredients. needed to do that that 02:00:15.210 --> 02:00:17.409 she explains that some people take a cheap way 02:00:17.409 --> 02:00:20.170 through potion of healing and Make them using 02:00:20.170 --> 02:00:22.310 casting spells into them But if you want true 02:00:22.310 --> 02:00:24.550 potency if you want true good potions of healing 02:00:24.550 --> 02:00:26.729 you have to use the right herbs and the right 02:00:26.729 --> 02:00:28.750 Different mixtures and she throws a little bit 02:00:28.750 --> 02:00:31.630 of dirt into it and the earth because that heals 02:00:31.630 --> 02:00:34.170 everything So they get four hours towards one 02:00:34.170 --> 02:00:36.689 potion, but that is that is not a complete potion 02:00:36.689 --> 02:00:38.470 That's correct. You're learning the basics right 02:00:38.470 --> 02:00:41.789 now of general potion making of general alchemy 02:00:42.410 --> 02:00:46.590 Vlandris? Yes. Where would you like to go? So 02:00:46.590 --> 02:00:48.630 what Vlandris would be interested in, so he doesn't 02:00:48.630 --> 02:00:51.050 like studying for a long time. Mm -hmm. Well, 02:00:51.250 --> 02:00:52.789 you put him to the wrong place. He thinks his 02:00:52.789 --> 02:00:55.489 brain hurt. The only thing that he would be interested 02:00:55.489 --> 02:00:57.670 in... His literal entire thing. He chose his 02:00:57.670 --> 02:01:00.409 whole path to magic on, keeping easy. In case 02:01:00.409 --> 02:01:03.529 he didn't see it before, he would be interested 02:01:03.529 --> 02:01:05.329 in finding someone who can train him to use his 02:01:05.329 --> 02:01:08.649 weapon better. That is weapon mastery, not crafting. 02:01:09.390 --> 02:01:12.000 Okay. Which is fine. It's just that is that is 02:01:12.000 --> 02:01:13.539 the only thing that he would really be interested 02:01:13.539 --> 02:01:16.220 in spending time on. Okay. So otherwise he's 02:01:16.220 --> 02:01:19.140 probably going to wander around looking for magic 02:01:19.140 --> 02:01:21.579 rings that he can put on to take a shortcut to 02:01:21.579 --> 02:01:24.640 animal handling or anything like that. Uh, and 02:01:24.640 --> 02:01:26.899 if that's not available, he's just going to probably 02:01:26.899 --> 02:01:29.260 window shop. Yeah. Okay. So you go to the, um, 02:01:29.319 --> 02:01:33.199 the enchanters tent, large massive book in the 02:01:33.199 --> 02:01:36.350 center. Huge. we're talking the size of a person 02:01:36.350 --> 02:01:39.989 book laid in the center of this giant purple 02:01:39.989 --> 02:01:43.090 tent arcane sigils floating in the air and you 02:01:43.090 --> 02:01:47.270 step in and you see this small little maphawk 02:01:47.270 --> 02:01:50.189 raccoon person uh and he's holding a smaller 02:01:50.189 --> 02:01:53.550 book and he turns and he says oh hello how can 02:01:53.550 --> 02:01:56.689 i help you i'm just curious with what you do 02:01:56.689 --> 02:02:00.479 here i enchant things great answer What kind 02:02:00.479 --> 02:02:02.640 of things are you looking for? Uh, I don't know. 02:02:02.779 --> 02:02:05.220 Just anything, really. Are you looking for enchanted 02:02:05.220 --> 02:02:07.899 toys? Are you looking for enchanted puppets? 02:02:08.060 --> 02:02:10.579 Are you looking for enchanted books? Enchanted 02:02:10.579 --> 02:02:13.579 rings? Enchanted stabs? Enchanted... I can enchant 02:02:13.579 --> 02:02:16.619 almost anything. Really? Yeah. What can you enchant 02:02:16.619 --> 02:02:21.039 them for? Well, I'm a master enchanter, so there's 02:02:21.039 --> 02:02:24.060 a lot of things that I can do. And I can imbue 02:02:24.060 --> 02:02:28.100 most items with pretty strong magical abilities. 02:02:28.510 --> 02:02:31.350 costs quite a lot of money to buy those, but 02:02:31.350 --> 02:02:34.310 I've spent a huge portion of my life learning 02:02:34.310 --> 02:02:36.729 the craft, so I can do quite a lot. Why, what 02:02:36.729 --> 02:02:38.590 do you want? You look like you want something. 02:02:39.069 --> 02:02:43.470 Well, I mean, enchanted items are quite tempting. 02:02:43.829 --> 02:02:47.029 Of course. I'm actually curious if, you know, 02:02:47.210 --> 02:02:51.789 enchanting is imbuing an item with a quality. 02:02:52.109 --> 02:02:58.840 Is there a way to unimbue? Disenchant? Sure. 02:02:59.119 --> 02:03:01.399 Yes, absolutely. Typically though disenchanting 02:03:01.399 --> 02:03:03.880 will destroy the object itself. Ah, never mind. 02:03:04.779 --> 02:03:08.060 Not always. But often. Why? Do you need something 02:03:08.060 --> 02:03:10.060 that needs disenchantment? Well, I was actually 02:03:10.060 --> 02:03:11.680 wondering if this is something that could be 02:03:11.680 --> 02:03:16.239 used to, say, break a curse or... Oh, that is 02:03:16.239 --> 02:03:19.659 a very... Curses are in completely different 02:03:19.659 --> 02:03:23.739 magical effects. Right. Um... Are you cursed? 02:03:24.420 --> 02:03:27.189 Who's asking? Me! You just talked about it in 02:03:27.189 --> 02:03:28.810 a really weird way that made it seem like you 02:03:28.810 --> 02:03:32.130 were cursed. Well, between you and I. All right, 02:03:32.449 --> 02:03:35.909 yes. Say I was. Okay. Well, to break a curse, 02:03:36.329 --> 02:03:40.930 I mean, every curse is different. I mean, where 02:03:40.930 --> 02:03:45.699 did it come from? Where did it go? Where did 02:03:45.699 --> 02:03:49.420 it come from, Kyanide Joe? Where did your curse 02:03:49.420 --> 02:03:53.920 come from? Is this a family lineage curse? Is 02:03:53.920 --> 02:03:57.420 this a spurned lover curse? Is this a I ate some 02:03:57.420 --> 02:04:00.020 really bad food curse? You know, they all have 02:04:00.020 --> 02:04:01.939 different, there could be a million different 02:04:01.939 --> 02:04:05.140 ways to break it. Right. Depends on who cast 02:04:05.140 --> 02:04:09.979 it in the first place. Say I signed a contract. 02:04:10.440 --> 02:04:13.460 Oh, well, I think you'd need to read that contract. 02:04:13.720 --> 02:04:16.359 I did read it, believe me. Okay, and does it 02:04:16.359 --> 02:04:18.720 say how to break it? Well, I don't have the contract 02:04:18.720 --> 02:04:20.159 anymore. Okay, well, then maybe you should go 02:04:20.159 --> 02:04:22.979 find it. All right. What did you say your name 02:04:22.979 --> 02:04:26.880 was? Ralph. Nice to meet you, Ralph. And you? 02:04:27.720 --> 02:04:32.319 My name is Val. Val? Well, Val, you seems like 02:04:32.319 --> 02:04:36.899 someone who is tempted by... the beautiful oddities 02:04:36.899 --> 02:04:40.800 of life and the magical fantasies of our world. 02:04:41.420 --> 02:04:45.939 If you ever want to learn how to imbue things, 02:04:46.819 --> 02:04:50.399 I would love to teach you. Hmm. Can I enchant 02:04:50.399 --> 02:04:52.600 this? And he just summons his glaive like straight 02:04:52.600 --> 02:04:55.039 into his hand. There's this like massive like 02:04:55.039 --> 02:04:57.520 ten foot pole of, you know. Well, here's the 02:04:57.520 --> 02:05:00.420 thing. Enchanters can enchant non -magical objects. 02:05:00.979 --> 02:05:06.109 That is magical. Hmm. Alright, he just banishes 02:05:06.109 --> 02:05:08.930 it to back to hell. But if you want one of these 02:05:08.930 --> 02:05:12.550 and he grabs an identical, like, pole arm, this 02:05:12.550 --> 02:05:15.430 thing right here, well, I could imbue this with, 02:05:15.449 --> 02:05:18.909 well, quite a lot of things. Really? Extra attack, 02:05:19.029 --> 02:05:23.829 attack effect. Extra attack? He like just summons 02:05:23.829 --> 02:05:26.170 his glaive again just for kicks and he's like, 02:05:26.810 --> 02:05:30.010 would yours be stronger than mine? I don't know. 02:05:30.329 --> 02:05:34.180 I don't know. Well, interesting. What about something 02:05:34.180 --> 02:05:40.180 like a ring of, you know, a basic... quake? Well, 02:05:40.239 --> 02:05:42.600 yeah, what kind of ring would you like? Well, 02:05:42.600 --> 02:05:46.560 I'm always looking for ways to be stronger. Stronger? 02:05:46.880 --> 02:05:49.739 Stronger than yesterday. How do you consider 02:05:49.739 --> 02:05:53.520 strength? Well, it's more if things hit me, I 02:05:53.520 --> 02:05:56.859 would like it to hurt less. Ah, a simple ring 02:05:56.859 --> 02:05:59.020 of protection. That would give you a plus one 02:05:59.020 --> 02:06:01.529 tier AC. That sounds great. Ah, well you want 02:06:01.529 --> 02:06:04.710 one of those? Let's see, and he rummages. He 02:06:04.710 --> 02:06:10.270 pulls open a drawer that is just full of different 02:06:10.270 --> 02:06:15.750 rings. He pulls one out and he says, well, listen, 02:06:16.109 --> 02:06:20.970 making you harder to hit is quite a pricey thing. 02:06:21.510 --> 02:06:24.930 Normally I would sell this for 500 gold. They're 02:06:24.930 --> 02:06:27.149 pretty, they're pretty, pretty thing. They're 02:06:27.149 --> 02:06:30.079 a pretty, they're a pretty thing, but. If you 02:06:30.079 --> 02:06:33.720 join me, if you learn the craft, start your journey 02:06:33.720 --> 02:06:39.960 as an enchanter, I'll knock the price down. I'll 02:06:39.960 --> 02:06:46.380 cut it in half. $2 .50. Yeah. Sign another pact. 02:06:47.060 --> 02:06:53.479 How can that be? Well, Atrus is just signing 02:06:53.479 --> 02:06:57.060 deals and making pacts with everyone. 250 gold 02:06:57.060 --> 02:06:59.880 for this ring of protection. Sounds pretty good. 02:07:00.479 --> 02:07:04.760 And I'll teach you everything I know. Ralph, 02:07:06.000 --> 02:07:09.800 I... would love to say yes. And I can even say 02:07:09.800 --> 02:07:12.939 yes, I just can't promise that I'll... not a 02:07:12.939 --> 02:07:16.460 very good student. That's okay. I couldn't read 02:07:16.460 --> 02:07:20.840 when I started. Now I can't, but I, you know... 02:07:20.840 --> 02:07:23.840 I still can't, but I can at least enchant magical 02:07:23.840 --> 02:07:27.199 effects. You can teach people how to read, you've 02:07:27.199 --> 02:07:31.220 done it before. That can be a good deal. Val, 02:07:31.220 --> 02:07:34.020 Val, the things that you could make, I mean, 02:07:34.300 --> 02:07:37.659 I've imbued, and he grabs a club. I've imbued 02:07:37.659 --> 02:07:41.760 this to create mirror images of myself. Really? 02:07:41.859 --> 02:07:44.239 He grabs another thing and he says, I've imbued 02:07:44.239 --> 02:07:47.359 this to make myself invisible. Show me. And he 02:07:47.359 --> 02:07:51.640 grabs it and he says, oh, as in, yeah, he clicks 02:07:51.640 --> 02:07:54.649 a button on the club and three. Mirror images 02:07:54.649 --> 02:07:58.170 of him appear on the side. He then grabs the 02:07:58.170 --> 02:08:00.489 other thing. The mirror images fall away. He 02:08:00.489 --> 02:08:03.250 grabs another weapon. He turns invisible. He 02:08:03.250 --> 02:08:05.949 grabs another weapon. He grows twice his size. 02:08:06.350 --> 02:08:09.750 He grabs three darts. He throws them into the 02:08:09.750 --> 02:08:12.449 sky and they come and fall back around and land 02:08:12.449 --> 02:08:15.210 in his hand from behind him. Well, Andrew's really 02:08:15.210 --> 02:08:19.550 clapping. He's like a seal. He loves the trick. 02:08:19.569 --> 02:08:22.949 I can teach you all of these things and more. 02:08:24.279 --> 02:08:27.720 Well, I'll be in town for a while. So go and 02:08:27.720 --> 02:08:30.960 then my companions are all off off learning things. 02:08:30.960 --> 02:08:35.359 So why not? All right Well, it'll be five gold 02:08:35.359 --> 02:08:37.539 to start so that I can equip you with all your 02:08:37.539 --> 02:08:41.680 basic items You go. All right and to get to a 02:08:41.680 --> 02:08:44.500 higher level You'll need to be able to spend 02:08:44.500 --> 02:08:47.739 50 hours working on the craft, as well as enchant 02:08:47.739 --> 02:08:50.800 10 items. Now, as a novice, you're going to be 02:08:50.800 --> 02:08:55.439 able to make very basic enchantments. The smallest 02:08:55.439 --> 02:08:58.699 of minor effects that have about one charge each. 02:08:59.180 --> 02:09:02.300 We're not talking damage. We're talking low utility. 02:09:03.399 --> 02:09:05.260 Things that maybe give you a little burst of 02:09:05.260 --> 02:09:09.420 speed. Very minor. For one charge a day, or even 02:09:09.420 --> 02:09:12.819 one charge total. All right. But! It's a place 02:09:12.819 --> 02:09:14.720 to start, nonetheless. Is there something you 02:09:14.720 --> 02:09:17.279 have in mind? And if not, I'll just show you 02:09:17.279 --> 02:09:20.000 the basics tonight. What about something that 02:09:20.000 --> 02:09:26.100 could help me run or fly faster? Well, darling, 02:09:26.880 --> 02:09:29.939 flying... Let's not even get there. Flying's 02:09:29.939 --> 02:09:33.579 a whole... I can already fly. It's just so I 02:09:33.579 --> 02:09:36.579 can cover more distance. Okay, that's interesting. 02:09:36.920 --> 02:09:40.899 Well, how about we make some boots that will... 02:09:42.299 --> 02:09:46.520 a one -use boot that will let you double your 02:09:46.520 --> 02:09:49.579 jump speed. All right, why not? All right. Sounds 02:09:49.579 --> 02:09:52.899 great. Let's work at it. And you spend four hours 02:09:52.899 --> 02:09:55.079 working on, we'll call them, boots of jumping. 02:09:56.000 --> 02:09:59.920 With a nogy at the end. And you can mark four 02:09:59.920 --> 02:10:04.100 hours working on those and four hours total in 02:10:04.100 --> 02:10:06.579 the craft. You all pass the night learning your 02:10:06.579 --> 02:10:09.000 individual crafts, beginning your journey as 02:10:09.000 --> 02:10:11.659 crafters. And then do you go back to your, uh, 02:10:11.680 --> 02:10:13.420 your tavern, take a little nappy nap? Yeah, we 02:10:13.420 --> 02:10:15.560 got a little sleepy sleep. Sleepy sleep. Need 02:10:15.560 --> 02:10:19.720 a good night's sleep. All right. So you pass 02:10:19.720 --> 02:10:22.060 the night, you have a long rest. You take all 02:10:22.060 --> 02:10:24.180 your spell slots back, all your hit points. The 02:10:24.180 --> 02:10:26.119 day arrives. Do you want to do anything before 02:10:26.119 --> 02:10:28.039 you head to the tournament grounds? I'm going 02:10:28.039 --> 02:10:31.039 to pray. All right. All right. What do you do 02:10:31.039 --> 02:10:34.439 to pray? Get on your knees. No, I'm not Catholic. 02:10:34.659 --> 02:10:36.180 That's what Catholic people do, I'm assuming. 02:10:36.260 --> 02:10:38.699 No, we don't, we don't do knees stuff. We don't 02:10:38.699 --> 02:10:41.739 do knee things. I'm just going to sit on my bed. 02:10:41.899 --> 02:10:44.600 I'm going to close my eyes. I'm going to see. 02:10:44.699 --> 02:10:48.619 I'll see her. Please help me today and imbue 02:10:48.619 --> 02:10:53.619 me with your strength and courage. I will fight 02:10:53.619 --> 02:10:59.220 for you and for our people. Amen. Okay. Awesome. 02:10:59.739 --> 02:11:01.359 You pray in the morning. Philandros, you do anything 02:11:01.359 --> 02:11:04.319 in the morning? Uh, yeah, just, you know, his, 02:11:04.319 --> 02:11:06.239 uh, Volandros is going to do his usual, like, 02:11:06.439 --> 02:11:11.000 beauty and grooming routine. Uh, you know, practice 02:11:11.000 --> 02:11:14.800 a little bit with his glaive. Um, and then he, 02:11:14.800 --> 02:11:17.079 like, takes a good, hard look at himself in the 02:11:17.079 --> 02:11:20.640 mirror and is, like, uh, just talking to himself 02:11:20.640 --> 02:11:24.460 because he's sane. Uh, and he's like, today, 02:11:25.340 --> 02:11:28.079 if that demon shows up, you will not make another 02:11:28.079 --> 02:11:31.159 deal with her. Do you hear me? Uh, and then he 02:11:31.159 --> 02:11:35.000 just like marches off. Like he is determined 02:11:35.000 --> 02:11:38.659 that today he's going to be a good boy. Oh, so 02:11:38.659 --> 02:11:41.380 Galleus for his morning routine, uh, is going 02:11:41.380 --> 02:11:43.199 to have a much probably shorter care routine, 02:11:43.439 --> 02:11:46.659 like definitely showers, cleans himself up. Uh, 02:11:46.819 --> 02:11:48.560 and then he's going to stand, you know, he's 02:11:48.560 --> 02:11:51.319 going to spend like maybe 20 minutes just flipping 02:11:51.319 --> 02:11:52.819 through his spell book, preparing his spells 02:11:52.819 --> 02:11:55.770 for the day. doing a little study of magical 02:11:55.770 --> 02:11:57.810 theory, you know, getting, you know, trying to 02:11:57.810 --> 02:12:00.449 get better at spellcasting. And then he's going 02:12:00.449 --> 02:12:02.310 to devote about like five or so minutes where 02:12:02.310 --> 02:12:05.449 he is also going to stand in front of the mirror. 02:12:05.529 --> 02:12:07.750 But instead of like hyping himself up or talking 02:12:07.750 --> 02:12:13.369 to himself, he is going to transform and just 02:12:13.369 --> 02:12:17.189 turn into Primrose and just like inspect the 02:12:17.189 --> 02:12:19.329 quality of his own transformation. He's going 02:12:19.329 --> 02:12:23.680 to transform into Rondel. Uh, and just like vibe 02:12:23.680 --> 02:12:25.739 that out. And then he's going to transform into 02:12:25.739 --> 02:12:30.659 Estee, uh, and just like practice having that 02:12:30.659 --> 02:12:33.140 available in case it ever is going to come up. 02:12:33.140 --> 02:12:35.420 And then he transforms into Volandris and does 02:12:35.420 --> 02:12:38.319 the same and just like make sure that the translation 02:12:38.319 --> 02:12:41.560 trans the transformations are accurate. And then 02:12:41.560 --> 02:12:45.020 he's going to transform very briefly into, uh, 02:12:45.619 --> 02:12:48.979 again, just like adding to the collection, so 02:12:48.979 --> 02:12:54.199 to speak. Yeah, very nice. And Bethany too, just 02:12:54.199 --> 02:12:58.079 because like, fuck her. Because absolutely he 02:12:58.079 --> 02:13:01.300 hatches the plan of later after the contest, 02:13:01.579 --> 02:13:03.819 he's going to impersonate Bethany somewhere and 02:13:03.819 --> 02:13:08.119 be very embarrassing. Love it. Love it. And then 02:13:08.119 --> 02:13:13.020 he transforms back to his baseline human presenting 02:13:13.020 --> 02:13:15.739 version of himself as the academic illusionist 02:13:15.739 --> 02:13:20.899 wizard and go down for breakfast. Great. Okay, 02:13:21.220 --> 02:13:23.399 you all pass some breakfast together. And then 02:13:23.399 --> 02:13:27.079 you make your way out of the city to the stages 02:13:27.079 --> 02:13:30.920 on the outskirts of Chizukaze. While we walk, 02:13:31.380 --> 02:13:33.659 I inform my party members of my brilliant Bethany 02:13:33.659 --> 02:13:37.600 plan. So do you plan on just eating a lot of 02:13:37.600 --> 02:13:39.840 beans and then turn into Bethany and just fart? 02:13:40.119 --> 02:13:43.220 Maybe, I was thinking, like, make a scene, like, 02:13:43.739 --> 02:13:46.739 threaten some shopkeepers and be a general asshole, 02:13:46.739 --> 02:13:49.100 uh, you know, dragon - Can you fart, like, once 02:13:49.100 --> 02:13:51.020 maybe? Of course! Might've mean, I'm not gonna 02:13:51.020 --> 02:13:53.569 - I'm not gonna not fart, I just don't want farting 02:13:53.569 --> 02:13:55.970 to be the only thing. Right, right. You're civilized. 02:13:56.210 --> 02:13:58.130 Yeah, maybe it's a couple of toots, maybe she 02:13:58.130 --> 02:14:00.350 throws up, maybe she's visibly violent to the 02:14:00.350 --> 02:14:03.569 public. That's a bad name for herself. Maybe 02:14:03.569 --> 02:14:05.770 I have her seen walking into the velvet pillow 02:14:05.770 --> 02:14:10.170 very publicly. Mmm, spicy. I just think you're 02:14:10.170 --> 02:14:13.510 giving this person that is not worth this much 02:14:13.510 --> 02:14:17.310 of your time too much of your time. Val, I kinda 02:14:17.310 --> 02:14:21.000 wanna crush Bethany. If she's gonna disrespect 02:14:21.000 --> 02:14:24.659 us, then she will be seen to disrespect herself. 02:14:25.420 --> 02:14:27.279 She will be doing that already today, believe 02:14:27.279 --> 02:14:30.640 me. I like the way you think there. She's going 02:14:30.640 --> 02:14:33.899 to lose, we all know it. I'm not sure of it. 02:14:35.060 --> 02:14:38.039 Let that be her punishment. And the farts. And 02:14:38.039 --> 02:14:42.000 the farts. Right? All right, you all are stealing 02:14:42.000 --> 02:14:44.140 yourselves. You're wearing your new armor that 02:14:44.140 --> 02:14:45.060 you bought. So it's taking you a really long 02:14:45.060 --> 02:14:46.899 time to walk. So it's taking you a while to walk. 02:14:47.119 --> 02:14:49.500 Clank, clank, clank. It's thankfully the morning 02:14:49.500 --> 02:14:54.199 air is calm and cool. When we begin, we can cast 02:14:54.199 --> 02:14:56.779 defensive stuff before it begins, correct? That 02:14:56.779 --> 02:14:59.020 is what you have been told. Yes. I just want 02:14:59.020 --> 02:15:01.880 to know when I'll have that. I want to make clear 02:15:01.880 --> 02:15:04.300 that intent so I'm not like, wait, I cast this 02:15:04.300 --> 02:15:06.060 an hour ago. I will give you a heads up the same 02:15:06.060 --> 02:15:07.340 way that people came and collected you yesterday. 02:15:08.559 --> 02:15:10.880 So, you make your way outside the city. You see 02:15:10.880 --> 02:15:13.260 the stage is prepared for you to step on and 02:15:13.260 --> 02:15:17.279 wait. It elevates above, and you see Signore 02:15:17.279 --> 02:15:20.760 Franco Sforza step into the center of the arena, 02:15:21.300 --> 02:15:25.359 the crowd cheering. He steps on a disc that then 02:15:25.359 --> 02:15:27.439 floats up a hundred feet in the air, and his 02:15:27.439 --> 02:15:29.539 voice begins to boom throughout the stadium. 02:15:29.739 --> 02:15:32.920 He says, Welcome back, wonderful spectators, 02:15:32.979 --> 02:15:35.859 to another beautiful day of the Giostra della 02:15:35.859 --> 02:15:38.939 Quintana. Are we ready for the second stage? 02:15:39.619 --> 02:15:43.060 The crowd, of course, goes wild as normal. I 02:15:43.060 --> 02:15:45.640 hope that our contestants are just as enthused 02:15:45.640 --> 02:15:49.899 as you are. Today, we will witness as man and 02:15:49.899 --> 02:15:53.520 beast work in harmony alongside one another to 02:15:53.520 --> 02:15:56.460 dislodge their opposing rider from their horse 02:15:56.460 --> 02:16:01.899 in a true display of strength. Fifty enter today, 02:16:02.579 --> 02:16:06.779 and only 25 will leave victorious. I urge you 02:16:06.779 --> 02:16:09.399 all place your bets before we begin momentarily. 02:16:09.979 --> 02:16:12.859 He floats back down to the stage. You see people 02:16:12.859 --> 02:16:16.119 in the carved out areas where people are sitting 02:16:16.119 --> 02:16:19.199 on the outside of this mountain. You see people 02:16:19.199 --> 02:16:21.739 walking around collecting money from the spectators 02:16:21.739 --> 02:16:23.560 as they place bets on who they think is going 02:16:23.560 --> 02:16:25.840 to win. Can we place bets? That's my question 02:16:25.840 --> 02:16:29.300 too. With what money? You cannot. As contestants, 02:16:29.479 --> 02:16:32.500 you are not allowed. Here's how the joust will 02:16:32.500 --> 02:16:35.000 work. Here are the rules. Each jouster will wield 02:16:35.000 --> 02:16:39.920 a shield, if proficient, with a plus two. And 02:16:39.920 --> 02:16:43.120 a lance, which will use strength for attack and 02:16:43.120 --> 02:16:47.159 damage rolls, and does a 1d12. On each pass, 02:16:47.739 --> 02:16:50.500 each jouster rolls an attack with their lance. 02:16:51.260 --> 02:16:55.059 If a jouster is hit, they must make a brace check 02:16:55.059 --> 02:16:58.620 with a DC that is equal to the damage taken. 02:16:59.440 --> 02:17:01.840 On a failed check, they are unhorsed and lose 02:17:01.840 --> 02:17:06.770 the joust. So your AC is normal or whatever you 02:17:06.770 --> 02:17:09.430 whatever you give it brace check is con or brace 02:17:09.430 --> 02:17:14.450 check is a Strength check strike animal handling 02:17:14.450 --> 02:17:17.370 check technically with a DC equal to the damage 02:17:17.370 --> 02:17:20.870 that's been taken Okay, the Lance just uses our 02:17:20.870 --> 02:17:24.520 attack our strength. Mm -hmm I'm also fucked. 02:17:25.280 --> 02:17:27.940 With a whopping plus zero and no proficiency. 02:17:28.159 --> 02:17:30.200 I'll give you guys a plus one with magical weapon. 02:17:30.579 --> 02:17:32.840 I'll spend all of our, all of my second level 02:17:32.840 --> 02:17:35.659 slots to at least give all of us that, so. Initiative, 02:17:35.739 --> 02:17:38.079 there is no initiative. Attacks happen simultaneously 02:17:38.079 --> 02:17:40.819 and it is possible for two Jowsters to unhorse 02:17:40.819 --> 02:17:43.520 each other and knock themselves both out of the... 02:17:44.890 --> 02:17:48.309 The rules are that a jousting lance is destroyed 02:17:48.309 --> 02:17:51.049 when it hits, new lances are then handed out, 02:17:51.450 --> 02:17:53.969 and passes are repeated until one or both participants 02:17:53.969 --> 02:17:58.030 are unhorsed. There is a limit, so if passes 02:17:58.030 --> 02:18:00.149 happen and lances keep breaking, the first to 02:18:00.149 --> 02:18:02.909 break three lances, so the first to score three 02:18:02.909 --> 02:18:05.989 hits, wins, if neither has been unhorsed. On 02:18:05.989 --> 02:18:09.909 each pass, a jouster can attack normally, or 02:18:09.909 --> 02:18:14.100 you can choose a special maneuver. you have aggressive 02:18:14.100 --> 02:18:16.399 an aggressive maneuver gives you plus five to 02:18:16.399 --> 02:18:20.459 attack but gives you minus five to ac defensive 02:18:20.459 --> 02:18:22.739 is the opposite it gives you minus five attack 02:18:22.739 --> 02:18:26.100 but plus five to ac you can brace which gives 02:18:26.100 --> 02:18:29.020 you minus five to attack but plus five to animal 02:18:29.020 --> 02:18:30.860 handling which is your bracing check which is 02:18:30.860 --> 02:18:32.879 your brace check if you get hit you can do high 02:18:32.879 --> 02:18:36.010 and saddle which is plus five to attack but minus 02:18:36.010 --> 02:18:38.370 five to animal handling. So if you get a check, 02:18:38.809 --> 02:18:41.110 your brace check is at, is not a disadvantage, 02:18:41.149 --> 02:18:43.209 but it gets a minus five and you can do eyes 02:18:43.209 --> 02:18:47.090 fixed. And this is a very unique one. This is 02:18:47.090 --> 02:18:50.629 plus five to attack. If you are hit, you roll 02:18:50.629 --> 02:18:55.209 a D 20 on a one, you lose your left eye. If you 02:18:55.209 --> 02:18:59.389 have it on a two, you lose your right eye. If 02:18:59.389 --> 02:19:02.069 you have it on a three or four, you're going 02:19:02.069 --> 02:19:05.100 to get a very bad scar. And on 5 to 10, you're 02:19:05.100 --> 02:19:07.860 going to get a minor scar. So essentially, you're 02:19:07.860 --> 02:19:10.620 going to get this bonus. Nothing else is is minused, 02:19:10.620 --> 02:19:13.840 but it's high risk. Yeah, I want to keep my eyes 02:19:13.840 --> 02:19:15.739 thinking. Is this a permanent eye loss? It's 02:19:15.739 --> 02:19:18.299 a roll of D20. 5 to 10 is a minor scar. As 11 02:19:18.299 --> 02:19:21.680 plus, you're fine. Yeah. You can also read your 02:19:21.680 --> 02:19:26.479 opponent. So if you want, you can try and roll 02:19:26.479 --> 02:19:31.020 an insight check that is contested by their check, 02:19:31.879 --> 02:19:34.649 their animal handling check. to see, and if you 02:19:34.649 --> 02:19:39.049 win the role, then you can see which stance they're 02:19:39.049 --> 02:19:41.870 taking. So you can do that prior to beginning. 02:19:42.069 --> 02:19:44.989 As you're beginning and as you're going through. 02:19:45.729 --> 02:19:47.809 I might go for High Saddle. I mean, not for High 02:19:47.809 --> 02:19:51.110 Saddle, for the... Defensive one? Special maneuver 02:19:51.110 --> 02:19:53.489 level. What was that one called? Ice Fixed. Ice 02:19:53.489 --> 02:19:57.709 Fixed. I mean, it is risky, but... 10 % chance 02:19:57.709 --> 02:20:02.459 of losing an eye. Beyond that is a scar. I mean, 02:20:02.479 --> 02:20:04.700 when you put it that way, I'll do it twice. It's 02:20:04.700 --> 02:20:06.280 just an eye. It's just an eye. I mean, you've 02:20:06.280 --> 02:20:09.079 got two. Ten percent of an eye, or some bad scars, 02:20:09.120 --> 02:20:11.620 you know? Okay, so if Galleus lost an eye, would 02:20:11.620 --> 02:20:15.760 all of his other, his changeling... I assume 02:20:15.760 --> 02:20:18.239 so, because I can't transform in ways that are 02:20:18.239 --> 02:20:23.120 functional. Like, I can't fly as an Osamon. That 02:20:23.120 --> 02:20:26.659 could potentially damage your Disguise. Right, 02:20:26.760 --> 02:20:28.750 if you... You could only ever transform into 02:20:28.750 --> 02:20:31.469 someone who has an eye. Like that really fucks 02:20:31.469 --> 02:20:34.190 up. Primrose always has an iPad. Yeah, everyone's 02:20:34.190 --> 02:20:35.770 yeah, everyone's a pirate. Or maybe I can make 02:20:35.770 --> 02:20:37.569 it look like they're normal, but they would just 02:20:37.569 --> 02:20:39.989 still be. Because you could do minor eye illusion. 02:20:40.690 --> 02:20:44.709 Yeah, illusion. I'm debating between like doing 02:20:44.709 --> 02:20:47.909 it, playing it safe and cautious versus like 02:20:47.909 --> 02:20:50.350 doing eyes fixed on the very first one and saving 02:20:50.350 --> 02:20:52.969 my inspiration for if I lose an eye. Just like. 02:20:54.870 --> 02:20:58.729 So. Just to mitigate the risk. As you discussed, 02:20:58.930 --> 02:21:02.670 the first two contestants take their space. Trumpets 02:21:02.670 --> 02:21:06.270 blare as they enter. Stadium is filled. Emilia 02:21:06.270 --> 02:21:08.750 Montefeltro sits close to the jousting ring. 02:21:09.129 --> 02:21:11.149 Very typical. Think that like first episode of 02:21:11.149 --> 02:21:13.069 Game of Thrones where Sansa Stark is sitting 02:21:13.069 --> 02:21:15.290 like right as the as the tourney is happening. 02:21:15.530 --> 02:21:19.350 I think that's the first episode. Two riders 02:21:19.350 --> 02:21:22.930 emerge from opposite ends of the field. No banners 02:21:22.930 --> 02:21:26.190 of noble houses fly for them. There's only the 02:21:26.190 --> 02:21:30.149 steady clatter of hoofbeats and the tension as 02:21:30.149 --> 02:21:34.469 they enter the stadium. The first person is wearing 02:21:34.469 --> 02:21:37.670 the standard armor provided by the geostra. Dented, 02:21:38.090 --> 02:21:41.090 scratched, but armor still. His horse, a dappled 02:21:41.090 --> 02:21:44.309 gray, moves with slow confidence. Opposite him, 02:21:44.629 --> 02:21:47.889 a striking contrast. Her armor, mirror black 02:21:47.889 --> 02:21:50.889 with a silver inlay, unblenished. Definitely 02:21:50.889 --> 02:21:53.649 showing wealth, yet the name unrecognizable to 02:21:53.649 --> 02:21:57.860 you. A narrow blue plume trails from her helm 02:21:57.860 --> 02:22:01.420 like a little comet. Her mount is smaller, leaner, 02:22:01.600 --> 02:22:05.260 a storm -grey coarser. The crowd watches in hushed 02:22:05.260 --> 02:22:08.600 curiosity. A woman holds a flag on a very long 02:22:08.600 --> 02:22:10.760 pole above the center of the running line. She 02:22:10.760 --> 02:22:14.000 lifts the flag and the horses begin galloping 02:22:14.000 --> 02:22:17.280 towards one another. The first pass. Both horses 02:22:17.280 --> 02:22:19.920 burst forward in near -perfect unison, hooves 02:22:19.920 --> 02:22:22.700 carving twin furrows into the tilt. The poorly 02:22:22.700 --> 02:22:25.079 armored knight sits low in the saddle, steadied 02:22:25.079 --> 02:22:28.040 and braced. His opponent rises ever so slightly, 02:22:28.100 --> 02:22:30.280 letting momentum do the work. They collide with 02:22:30.280 --> 02:22:34.079 a violent crack. His lance sliding off the Obsidian 02:22:34.079 --> 02:22:36.639 Knight's pauldron deflected. Her strike hits 02:22:36.639 --> 02:22:38.840 center shield with a brutal thud that knocks 02:22:38.840 --> 02:22:43.209 him back, though not off. They reset. Second 02:22:43.209 --> 02:22:45.989 passed. Dust rises, wind whips between the barriers. 02:22:46.309 --> 02:22:48.510 The obsidian knight leans in with surgical intent, 02:22:49.030 --> 02:22:51.649 her lance aimed like a duelist's rapier. The 02:22:51.649 --> 02:22:53.469 other knight adjusts, more aggressive this time. 02:22:53.530 --> 02:22:56.469 His blow heavy, but wild. The lance's connector 02:22:56.469 --> 02:22:59.010 point slams into the side of his helm, turning 02:22:59.010 --> 02:23:02.170 his head sharply. His counters, but glances off 02:23:02.170 --> 02:23:04.969 her reinforced breastplate. No victor there. 02:23:05.209 --> 02:23:08.750 Third pass. They reset. No hesitation. They immediately 02:23:08.750 --> 02:23:11.530 start charging. The battered knight roars down 02:23:11.530 --> 02:23:13.959 the field and his attempt at a final act. The 02:23:13.959 --> 02:23:16.000 Obsidian Knight remains steady into the last 02:23:16.000 --> 02:23:18.680 possible instant, and then shifts, recalibrates. 02:23:18.819 --> 02:23:21.719 Their lance should strike simultaneously, his 02:23:21.719 --> 02:23:24.299 shattering on her shield, wooden splinters flying 02:23:24.299 --> 02:23:27.440 everywhere, while hers bends and then snaps with 02:23:27.440 --> 02:23:30.040 the force of an impact across his chest. He goes 02:23:30.040 --> 02:23:32.459 flying off the back of his horse and then lands 02:23:32.459 --> 02:23:35.299 hard on the dirt below. Gasps ripple through 02:23:35.299 --> 02:23:38.610 the stands. Very clean fall. The Obsidian Knight 02:23:38.610 --> 02:23:41.469 reigns in her horse slightly, raises her fist 02:23:41.469 --> 02:23:43.530 in one salute, and then turns from the field 02:23:43.530 --> 02:23:46.409 without waiting for applause. A member comes 02:23:46.409 --> 02:23:50.209 from their station, walks towards the three of 02:23:50.209 --> 02:23:54.850 you. Galleous, someone locks eyes with you, looks 02:23:54.850 --> 02:24:00.149 at their clipboard and says, Geo? Yes. All right, 02:24:00.569 --> 02:24:04.290 you're up. Oh my god. You are led to the stables. 02:24:04.889 --> 02:24:08.579 Turn your weapon magical. You are led far away 02:24:08.579 --> 02:24:11.319 to the stables where you are instructed to choose 02:24:11.319 --> 02:24:14.100 a horse There's only two of you so you can choose 02:24:14.100 --> 02:24:16.909 whichever one you want My one from last time 02:24:16.909 --> 02:24:19.030 here? Mm -hmm. You are then asked if you would 02:24:19.030 --> 02:24:21.329 like to borrow a lance or if you've brought your 02:24:21.329 --> 02:24:23.370 own, but you know, unless you've... I'm borrowing 02:24:23.370 --> 02:24:25.850 a lance. They'll shatter on impact. And a shield. 02:24:26.170 --> 02:24:27.989 They ask you what you would like between a lance, 02:24:28.049 --> 02:24:30.750 a shield, and armor. Yeah, I am wearing the armor 02:24:30.750 --> 02:24:34.610 that I have rented, and I am borrowing a lance 02:24:34.610 --> 02:24:38.229 and a shield. Okay. You are led to the opposite 02:24:38.229 --> 02:24:41.590 side of the field on your horse, clad in what 02:24:41.590 --> 02:24:43.969 kind of armor did you pick? A half -plate. Half 02:24:43.969 --> 02:24:47.430 -plate armor. You are handed your lance, lance? 02:24:48.190 --> 02:24:50.290 You're handed your lance by a worker, handed 02:24:50.290 --> 02:24:53.149 a shield, uh, handed a helmet to which you, I 02:24:53.149 --> 02:24:56.149 assume, close above your head. And you, uh, a 02:24:56.149 --> 02:24:58.989 gate opens in front of you and you walk across, 02:24:58.989 --> 02:25:02.309 uh, and you see on the other side of the field, 02:25:03.649 --> 02:25:09.209 Bethany. That was your chance for revenge. Is 02:25:09.209 --> 02:25:13.299 she chewing gum? Bright pink. armor with feathers 02:25:13.299 --> 02:25:16.360 all around the silhouette of her that are bright 02:25:16.360 --> 02:25:20.959 pink and white. Her lance bright pink looks like 02:25:20.959 --> 02:25:23.100 a candy cane with white and pink swirled around 02:25:23.100 --> 02:25:27.639 it and she's just soaking up the uh the audience. 02:25:28.020 --> 02:25:30.459 So as we know the rules you're gonna make an 02:25:30.459 --> 02:25:32.620 attack first if you get hit you're gonna make 02:25:32.620 --> 02:25:35.739 a brace check and then as you're passing you 02:25:35.739 --> 02:25:38.899 can try to look at the enemy see if you can tell 02:25:38.899 --> 02:25:40.500 what stance they're taking. That's before the 02:25:40.500 --> 02:25:43.780 attack right? Correct. And then for when you're 02:25:43.780 --> 02:25:46.159 starting the attack, you can, after you make 02:25:46.159 --> 02:25:48.040 your wisdom check to see your insight check, 02:25:48.360 --> 02:25:50.840 you can then choose which stance you would like 02:25:50.840 --> 02:25:54.040 to take. You take your place. A large flag on 02:25:54.040 --> 02:25:56.540 a pole is pressed down in front in the center 02:25:56.540 --> 02:26:00.059 and then lift it up. Your horse, both yours and 02:26:00.059 --> 02:26:02.059 Bethany's horses start dashing towards each other. 02:26:02.299 --> 02:26:04.040 Give me a wisdom check to see if you can pick 02:26:04.040 --> 02:26:06.659 up on what kind of maneuver Bethany is making. 02:26:07.219 --> 02:26:12.479 Nine. Eight. She's aggressive, so she's gonna 02:26:12.479 --> 02:26:14.799 have a plus five to attack, but she's gonna have 02:26:14.799 --> 02:26:21.319 a minus five to her AC. Okay, I... I'm gonna... 02:26:21.319 --> 02:26:23.700 She's gonna have a minus five to her AC. I'm 02:26:23.700 --> 02:26:25.940 gonna try to knock the bitch down. I... I'm gonna 02:26:25.940 --> 02:26:30.479 go scary. I'm gonna eyes fixed. Oh my god. All 02:26:30.479 --> 02:26:33.920 right, so let's both make our attack rolls. So 02:26:33.920 --> 02:26:36.399 nervous. And just have to not roll a one, two, 02:26:36.399 --> 02:26:40.450 three, or four. You got this. Well, no, with 02:26:40.450 --> 02:26:43.790 eyes fixed, if you are hit, you roll a d20. But 02:26:43.790 --> 02:26:47.629 you gotta roll to hit first. All right. And you're 02:26:47.629 --> 02:26:49.649 getting a plus five to attack and so is she. 02:26:50.829 --> 02:26:58.030 Nine. Okay. So she needs to make a brace check, 02:26:58.069 --> 02:27:00.290 but you first need to roll a d12 to see how much 02:27:00.290 --> 02:27:06.370 damage you do. She rolls a check and the DC is 02:27:06.370 --> 02:27:09.870 whatever your damage is. Come on. Come on. 10. 02:27:10.190 --> 02:27:13.989 Yes. Nice. 16. Bitch. All right. However, you 02:27:13.989 --> 02:27:16.790 get one point. Your Lance connects with her breastplate 02:27:16.790 --> 02:27:20.690 and snaps, shatters as wood splinters rain all 02:27:20.690 --> 02:27:23.670 over the stadium in the center. You hear an announcement 02:27:23.670 --> 02:27:27.590 that Geo has achieved one point. Bethany looks. 02:27:27.899 --> 02:27:30.959 pissed. Yes. She looks absolutely pissed. She 02:27:30.959 --> 02:27:33.579 rides back to her starting area, throws her lance 02:27:33.579 --> 02:27:35.579 on the ground, and demands another one from her 02:27:35.579 --> 02:27:38.139 worker. And they bring out another identical 02:27:38.139 --> 02:27:39.799 pink and white lance. This is like us with our 02:27:39.799 --> 02:27:43.739 advice. You should be docked for that unsportsmanlike 02:27:43.739 --> 02:27:47.000 behavior. Little cunt. Little, little bitch. 02:27:47.139 --> 02:27:49.260 Little bitch. Are we ready for the second pass? 02:27:49.700 --> 02:27:53.680 All right, you line up. The flag on the pole 02:27:53.680 --> 02:27:56.879 is down. It lifts up and you dash. Make your 02:27:56.879 --> 02:28:03.840 wisdom check, your insight check. Four. Bethany 02:28:03.840 --> 02:28:08.819 is rolling like shit. She is pissed. She is still 02:28:08.819 --> 02:28:10.920 going aggressive. So she's going to have a plus 02:28:10.920 --> 02:28:15.389 five to attack, but a minus five to her AC. All 02:28:15.389 --> 02:28:19.110 right, let's both roll an attack. 14. Does not 02:28:19.110 --> 02:28:23.850 hit me. All right. 13. Does not hit her. You 02:28:23.850 --> 02:28:26.010 both hit each other's shields. Neither of you 02:28:26.010 --> 02:28:28.649 hit. So you both raise your shields, deflect 02:28:28.649 --> 02:28:32.370 the lances, and reset for a third pass. Let's 02:28:32.370 --> 02:28:35.149 go again. She's going to be aggressive. I'm wasting 02:28:35.149 --> 02:28:37.889 these on these rolls because I just got a 21. 02:28:38.040 --> 02:28:42.200 Yeah, she got a 14. Uh, she is at this point, 02:28:42.200 --> 02:28:44.600 uh, she's changed a little bit. And so she's 02:28:44.600 --> 02:28:46.719 gone high in the saddle. She has plus five to 02:28:46.719 --> 02:28:49.120 attack. So she's aggressive, but she has a minus 02:28:49.120 --> 02:28:51.420 five to her animal handling. Last round, she 02:28:51.420 --> 02:28:56.739 was aggressive. So 14 after her minus five. Thank 02:28:56.739 --> 02:28:59.739 you for reminding me the rules of my own thing, 02:28:59.739 --> 02:29:01.700 uh, that I've pulled from the internet. Yes, 02:29:01.760 --> 02:29:04.360 you do hit her. Let's go back. Okay. Roll damage. 02:29:04.600 --> 02:29:06.469 You roll your one D12. Thank you for that. I 02:29:06.469 --> 02:29:08.370 was like, wait a second, I got a 14. And if she 02:29:08.370 --> 02:29:11.129 was aggressive, I got to beat a fucking 19 on 02:29:11.129 --> 02:29:16.569 this bit. Just shit my pants. Five. Eleven. But. 02:29:16.709 --> 02:29:19.389 You have a second hit. So, another announcement 02:29:19.389 --> 02:29:22.030 comes that Gio has scored a second hit. You score 02:29:22.030 --> 02:29:23.969 one more hit, even if you don't knock her off, 02:29:24.069 --> 02:29:27.510 you win the round. Alright, you all reset. She 02:29:27.510 --> 02:29:29.909 is fuming. She throws her second one on the ground 02:29:29.909 --> 02:29:32.370 and it snaps in half. She demands another one, 02:29:32.530 --> 02:29:36.170 a third lance. She slams her helmet back down 02:29:36.170 --> 02:29:39.250 and gets ready for the next one. While that's 02:29:39.250 --> 02:29:42.530 happening, so Val kind of like leans into Estee 02:29:42.530 --> 02:29:44.829 and is like, see what happens when you lose control 02:29:44.829 --> 02:29:48.959 of your emotions. See what happens when you're 02:29:48.959 --> 02:29:52.200 a fucking little bitch. Little bitch. I hate 02:29:52.200 --> 02:29:56.420 Bethany. The flag is placed, raised, and you 02:29:56.420 --> 02:29:58.879 both dash. See if you can get up for an insight 02:29:58.879 --> 02:30:05.139 check to see what she's... 18. 19. All right, 02:30:05.239 --> 02:30:08.920 so. Wild card. It's a wild card. Yeah. And let's 02:30:08.920 --> 02:30:10.600 roll a hit. I'm going to go defensive this time. 02:30:10.879 --> 02:30:19.680 OK. She got a 15. I got a... 15. Does 15 hit 02:30:19.680 --> 02:30:24.280 you? 15 does not hit me. You both miss. You both 02:30:24.280 --> 02:30:26.120 hit each other's shields. She did not have a 02:30:26.120 --> 02:30:28.479 minus to her AC. Really good too. I rolled a 02:30:28.479 --> 02:30:30.260 19. If I wasn't defensive, that would have hit 02:30:30.260 --> 02:30:34.350 her. Yeah, yeah, you both do not hit you hit 02:30:34.350 --> 02:30:37.809 each other shields and reset the same Lance She 02:30:37.809 --> 02:30:41.329 looks so fucking pissed. She looks like she's 02:30:41.329 --> 02:30:43.829 gonna do whatever it takes to fucking win this 02:30:43.829 --> 02:30:47.809 And the flag raises wisdom check insight check 02:30:47.809 --> 02:30:53.590 Nat 20 Yeah, I got a 17. Okay Let's make our 02:30:53.590 --> 02:30:57.129 attacks. Which one are you going with? I'm gonna 02:30:57.129 --> 02:31:02.309 I'll do ice fixed again. Okay 21 Hit me. Oh my 02:31:02.309 --> 02:31:05.989 God. I'm not going to hit her. I got a seven. 02:31:06.229 --> 02:31:09.950 All right. I need you to roll a d20. Animal handling, 02:31:10.069 --> 02:31:11.590 right? Oh first. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, 02:31:11.590 --> 02:31:16.610 no. Just to see what happens. I am going to use 02:31:16.610 --> 02:31:18.510 a point of inspiration. What'd you get? Oh my 02:31:18.510 --> 02:31:22.129 God. Oh no! Oh my God. Thank God you have that 02:31:22.129 --> 02:31:24.489 inspiration. I'm praying for Elsir right now. 02:31:24.510 --> 02:31:28.290 I'm praying for Elsir right now. 11. Okay, that 02:31:28.290 --> 02:31:33.829 is just... You get a nab inside your helmet as 02:31:33.829 --> 02:31:36.909 it pulls your helmet off Down to the ground and 02:31:36.909 --> 02:31:38.850 you have like blood coming from your cheek, but 02:31:38.850 --> 02:31:41.290 nothing major. Nothing minor is a scar. You are 02:31:41.290 --> 02:31:44.829 you just Just got what you needed. Oh my god, 02:31:44.829 --> 02:31:46.729 actually 12 if it's with the animal handling. 02:31:46.909 --> 02:31:49.530 Yeah. No, it's not It's just a pure d20. It's 02:31:49.530 --> 02:31:52.069 not adding anything She's gonna roll damage. 02:31:52.549 --> 02:31:54.510 So two you need to make an animal handling check 02:31:54.510 --> 02:31:57.520 and you at least need to get a two Yeah, you're 02:31:57.520 --> 02:31:59.680 good, but she gets one point. So now it is two 02:31:59.680 --> 02:32:03.579 to one. You line up again for your fifth pass. 02:32:04.840 --> 02:32:07.420 The two of you line up. Black raises. Insight 02:32:07.420 --> 02:32:13.239 check. Three. Five. Oh my God. She's also going 02:32:13.239 --> 02:32:16.799 eyes fixed. Oh, she's going eyes fixed. I'm going 02:32:16.799 --> 02:32:20.629 to go. God, I hope she loses an eye, God! I'm 02:32:20.629 --> 02:32:23.190 gonna go aggressive this time, because I just 02:32:23.190 --> 02:32:24.709 need to hit her. Alright, she's also gonna get 02:32:24.709 --> 02:32:29.489 a plus five to attack. Ten. Ten does not hit 02:32:29.489 --> 02:32:33.409 me. Even with a minus five. Does a 14 hit? No. 02:32:34.829 --> 02:32:37.610 Even with her having a minus five? No, she has 02:32:37.610 --> 02:32:40.010 eyes fixed. There's no minus. She has to maybe 02:32:40.010 --> 02:32:43.069 lose an eye right now. Yeah. So neither of you 02:32:43.069 --> 02:32:45.989 hit? Yeah, if a 14 hit. Alright, you reset. Let's 02:32:45.989 --> 02:32:47.930 go for the six pass. Wait. Yeah, yeah, okay. 02:32:48.430 --> 02:32:54.309 Insider? 14. Okay. I'm gonna go aggressive again. 02:32:54.729 --> 02:32:59.969 Okay. Natural one. Also a natural one? What? 02:33:00.909 --> 02:33:04.489 We're making a fucking circus of this. You both 02:33:04.489 --> 02:33:10.010 do absolutely, you miss each other with your 02:33:10.010 --> 02:33:13.229 lances completely. Both of you are getting frustrated. 02:33:13.629 --> 02:33:18.280 This is the seventh pass. Insight check. You 02:33:18.280 --> 02:33:21.139 need to be to six. Oh yeah, 18. She's bracing. 02:33:21.319 --> 02:33:23.500 Why am I rolling all 18s and 19s on the insides, 02:33:23.520 --> 02:33:25.899 but not on the attacks? She's bracing. She's 02:33:25.899 --> 02:33:28.159 nervous. She is going to get a minus to her attack, 02:33:28.180 --> 02:33:29.920 but if she gets hit, she's going to get a plus 02:33:29.920 --> 02:33:32.680 five to help her stay on the horse. I am going 02:33:32.680 --> 02:33:37.620 to go aggressive. All right. She got a, um, nine, 02:33:38.319 --> 02:33:40.379 but she's not going to hit you. I don't think 02:33:40.379 --> 02:33:44.219 I'm going to hit her. Um. Nope. Ice fix. She 02:33:44.219 --> 02:33:45.879 didn't get the bone, the negative. No, she went 02:33:45.879 --> 02:33:50.170 braced. All right, you line up again. Eighth 02:33:50.170 --> 02:33:53.850 pass, score is two to one. Wisdom check, insight 02:33:53.850 --> 02:33:57.149 check. And she got a six, but that still is enough. 02:33:57.590 --> 02:34:00.209 All right. I'm gonna go aggressive again. Okay, 02:34:00.290 --> 02:34:03.229 plus five to attack. 10. All right, she got a 02:34:03.229 --> 02:34:06.569 19. She's gonna hit me. Oh my God. What did you 02:34:06.569 --> 02:34:10.950 go? Aggressive? Aggressive. A 10 is not gonna 02:34:10.950 --> 02:34:12.989 hit her. She's gonna do one point of damage. 02:34:16.139 --> 02:34:20.540 You're good. It is two to two. Two to two. She 02:34:20.540 --> 02:34:23.760 is looking a little snarkier now. She has two 02:34:23.760 --> 02:34:26.819 eyes. She has two eyes. Motherfucker. Two points 02:34:26.819 --> 02:34:31.819 each of you. You line up. The crowd is so tense. 02:34:32.639 --> 02:34:36.180 Lady Montefeltro is like on the edge of her seats 02:34:36.180 --> 02:34:40.020 watching this. You line up for your ninth pass. 02:34:40.559 --> 02:34:45.260 Insight check, nat 20. Nat one. Okay, she's inside. 02:34:45.780 --> 02:34:47.559 Whatever. She's going to attack. You're going 02:34:47.559 --> 02:34:52.000 to attack. I'm going to go ice fix. Nat 20. Natural 02:34:52.000 --> 02:34:57.620 one. Oh, yes! Fuck you! She's going to roll a 02:34:57.620 --> 02:35:03.719 d20. What? No. What? She loses an eye? She loses 02:35:03.719 --> 02:35:06.059 an eye? It's a one. Oh my god. She's going to 02:35:06.059 --> 02:35:08.479 lose an eye. I'm going to take this bitch's eye 02:35:08.479 --> 02:35:14.959 out. Galleous, you ride forward. You are... This 02:35:14.959 --> 02:35:19.159 is taking so long she is she with with getting 02:35:19.159 --> 02:35:21.719 two points now think she's caught up to you she 02:35:21.719 --> 02:35:24.579 is Absolutely confident. She's gonna win this 02:35:24.579 --> 02:35:27.180 thing. She is so confident. She rides with her 02:35:27.180 --> 02:35:31.659 visor up. Oh She wants to see you as you as she 02:35:31.659 --> 02:35:35.370 defeats you Your horse is galloped closer and 02:35:35.370 --> 02:35:40.049 closer and you steer your lance directly towards 02:35:40.049 --> 02:35:43.850 her open visor and hit her directly in the left 02:35:43.850 --> 02:35:46.690 eye. She gets knocked off her horse to the ground, 02:35:47.090 --> 02:35:49.610 blood seeping all the way out of the left of 02:35:49.610 --> 02:35:52.270 her face. She stands up holding the left side 02:35:52.270 --> 02:35:54.549 of her face and then reveals her hand off of 02:35:54.549 --> 02:35:58.709 it and you just see a gaping hole directly in 02:35:58.709 --> 02:36:02.290 the side of her left face. Her eye falls out 02:36:02.290 --> 02:36:06.750 of its socket onto the ground. People start retching 02:36:06.750 --> 02:36:11.489 in the stands. It is disgusting. Lady Malvina. 02:36:11.610 --> 02:36:16.030 Oh my god, I am so sorry. That's her queen. Huge, 02:36:16.030 --> 02:36:20.930 huge evil person in the last campaign. Lady Montefeltro 02:36:20.930 --> 02:36:23.510 like turns her head to the side so that she doesn't 02:36:23.510 --> 02:36:27.309 have to see. There's a horrible sight. Medics 02:36:27.309 --> 02:36:30.069 immediately come in, rush to the side of Bethany, 02:36:30.229 --> 02:36:32.530 grab her and usher her out of the stage and you 02:36:32.530 --> 02:36:36.590 stand there. The place is silent. You stand there 02:36:36.590 --> 02:36:40.729 with your lance covered in blood. What do you 02:36:40.729 --> 02:36:48.780 do? You got a plug and I say in the name of Oskar's 02:36:48.780 --> 02:37:04.030 flame treasures And I whip the lance in a little 02:37:04.030 --> 02:37:06.569 circle and I spray blood on the floor as I bow. 02:37:06.909 --> 02:37:10.750 You also whip blood around the audience. No, 02:37:10.930 --> 02:37:14.590 no, not like that. I do like you would in fencing. 02:37:15.670 --> 02:37:19.010 Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm not out and about, but 02:37:19.010 --> 02:37:21.469 blood is good. Give me a performance check. Oh 02:37:21.469 --> 02:37:29.799 my god. Yikes. That's three. You spray blood 02:37:29.799 --> 02:37:33.100 all over Lady Montefeltro. It goes that far? 02:37:33.420 --> 02:37:35.579 Like a hundred feet up? No, she's right next 02:37:35.579 --> 02:37:37.159 to the ring. Oh, I didn't know she's right next 02:37:37.159 --> 02:37:39.159 to the ring. That won't change my actions. Well, 02:37:39.280 --> 02:37:41.340 that's too bad. I announced it at the start that 02:37:41.340 --> 02:37:43.659 she was sitting right at the edge of it. She 02:37:43.659 --> 02:37:47.260 recoils back and then wipes a little bit off 02:37:47.260 --> 02:37:51.319 and gives you a bit of a smirk. You kinky bitch. 02:37:53.890 --> 02:37:57.750 You are then led off, off to the side. I can't 02:37:57.750 --> 02:37:59.889 believe she rolled a one. I can't believe she 02:37:59.889 --> 02:38:01.770 rolled a one. Take a point of inspiration. That 02:38:01.770 --> 02:38:06.250 was great. That was, I was rolling. I was like, 02:38:06.389 --> 02:38:07.549 there's no way I'm going to get two net ones 02:38:07.549 --> 02:38:09.670 in a roll, in a roll, in a row. But that was, 02:38:09.809 --> 02:38:13.409 that was, that was great. A few more opponents, 02:38:13.409 --> 02:38:16.530 you know. Oh, that's so scary. I am like, I have 02:38:16.530 --> 02:38:19.170 an adrenaline rush from these fucking dice rolls 02:38:19.170 --> 02:38:22.500 of getting 20s on insight and sixes on attacks. 02:38:23.440 --> 02:38:26.860 A few more people come, a few more people joust. 02:38:27.219 --> 02:38:30.020 Nothing nearly as heightened as what just happened, 02:38:30.059 --> 02:38:32.360 with the exception of one combat that happens 02:38:32.360 --> 02:38:34.280 where two people unhorse each other and they're 02:38:34.280 --> 02:38:36.579 both out of the competition after some time. 02:38:36.860 --> 02:38:40.840 A person walks up to Esther and says, Giovanna, 02:38:41.360 --> 02:38:45.159 your turn. All right. On the way, I'm going to 02:38:45.159 --> 02:38:47.340 cast Shield of Faith on myself. What does that 02:38:47.340 --> 02:38:50.319 do? Plus two. To my armor class. Nice. Okay. 02:38:51.159 --> 02:38:53.840 Is it concentration? That one is concentration. 02:38:53.979 --> 02:38:55.479 Magical weapon is not. It's not. Okay. So I can 02:38:55.479 --> 02:38:58.680 cast it as well. Great. Good luck, Estie. So 02:38:58.680 --> 02:39:02.159 an earth genasi comes to collect you. Brings 02:39:02.159 --> 02:39:05.420 you to select your horse. Is my little horsey 02:39:05.420 --> 02:39:07.299 here? Of course your little horsey is there. 02:39:08.159 --> 02:39:11.319 Of course your horsey is there. Great. They ask 02:39:11.319 --> 02:39:13.440 you if you would like any armor, a lance, or 02:39:13.440 --> 02:39:15.819 a shield. Just a lance for me. Okay. Thank you. 02:39:17.079 --> 02:39:19.600 You... seat yourself on your horse. And I'm going 02:39:19.600 --> 02:39:22.139 to cast a magical weapon on my lance, obviously. 02:39:22.420 --> 02:39:25.600 Yeah, you hear the announcer announce the name 02:39:25.600 --> 02:39:31.319 of Giovanna Mozzarell and the posing Fergus Theramund. 02:39:31.780 --> 02:39:38.079 You see a large earth genasi man enter on a big 02:39:38.079 --> 02:39:40.379 horse. We're talking Clydesdale sized horse. 02:39:40.600 --> 02:39:45.909 Massive. This is a father to Meatball. Yeah, 02:39:45.950 --> 02:39:50.049 all right, and you both line up and to confirm 02:39:50.049 --> 02:39:53.010 damage just a plus one from the magical item 02:39:53.010 --> 02:39:56.309 I can't add any of my modifier to attack you 02:39:56.309 --> 02:39:58.739 can just not know not to damage Which so it's 02:39:58.739 --> 02:40:01.020 what tackle really help because I felt the need 02:40:01.020 --> 02:40:08.780 to go Yeah, so You line up the flag is down the 02:40:08.780 --> 02:40:10.700 flag raises you both immediately dart towards 02:40:10.700 --> 02:40:19.579 each other. Give me a insight check to see Seventeen 02:40:19.579 --> 02:40:23.780 is what he got you need to beat that 21 all right. 02:40:24.340 --> 02:40:27.809 He is coming defensive He's gonna have a minus 02:40:27.809 --> 02:40:29.430 to attack, but he's gonna have a plus five to 02:40:29.430 --> 02:40:32.750 his AC. Minus to attack? He has minus five to 02:40:32.750 --> 02:40:36.670 his attack, plus five to AC. I guess I'll... 02:40:36.670 --> 02:40:40.569 I'll stay with what I got. You can choose one 02:40:40.569 --> 02:40:41.709 of the maneuvers, unless you don't want to do 02:40:41.709 --> 02:40:46.110 anything. You don't have to. You can attack normally 02:40:46.110 --> 02:40:47.129 or you can choose one. Yeah, I'm gonna attack 02:40:47.129 --> 02:40:50.309 normally. Okay. All right. Give me an attack 02:40:50.309 --> 02:40:55.569 roll. That's a nat 20. Oh, so I shouldn't... 02:40:55.770 --> 02:40:57.909 Well, you can still attack. You can still attack. 02:41:00.610 --> 02:41:03.049 Come on, Esti. I mean, it's not a nat 20. So 02:41:03.049 --> 02:41:04.190 what is it? You might still hit him. You can 02:41:04.190 --> 02:41:05.690 hit each other simultaneously. You can still 02:41:05.690 --> 02:41:08.350 knock each other down or both get a point. So 02:41:08.350 --> 02:41:11.149 it's going to be 23. Oh, yeah, you're absolutely 02:41:11.149 --> 02:41:13.569 going to hit. OK. He's going to roll 2d12. Right. 02:41:13.989 --> 02:41:15.989 You're going to roll 1d12. Yeah. And then you 02:41:15.989 --> 02:41:18.430 have to beat. You each have to beat each other's 02:41:18.430 --> 02:41:24.370 total five. OK, you can do that. Oh, great. So 02:41:24.370 --> 02:41:26.680 it's going to be 10. 10. All right. So he's so 02:41:26.680 --> 02:41:28.280 each of you are going to make an animal handling 02:41:28.280 --> 02:41:29.920 check. You need to be to five. He needs to be 02:41:29.920 --> 02:41:41.739 to 10. On horse this bitch SD. 22. Eight. Against 02:41:41.739 --> 02:41:45.360 a nat 20 where he rolled double damage. This 02:41:45.360 --> 02:41:49.440 is what happens. You are nervous. You don't know. 02:41:49.579 --> 02:41:52.399 You you've never ridden a horse like this is 02:41:52.399 --> 02:41:54.760 this is crazy to you. You don't know what's happening. 02:41:55.340 --> 02:41:58.540 And by some good animal handling, just by some 02:41:58.540 --> 02:42:03.559 stroke. of luck you just find a way to take your 02:42:03.559 --> 02:42:05.840 lance which is normally this big massive thing 02:42:05.840 --> 02:42:08.000 you were handed one that was a little bit slimmer 02:42:08.000 --> 02:42:10.860 one that you're you're able to uh to use a little 02:42:10.860 --> 02:42:14.860 bit easier it's so light it's so airy and uh 02:42:14.860 --> 02:42:18.760 this guy uh fergus thuramund uh has chosen to 02:42:18.760 --> 02:42:21.260 go a very strong defensive route which means 02:42:21.260 --> 02:42:24.180 that he's putting all of his power in defense 02:42:24.180 --> 02:42:26.819 and he's not doing too much for off offense you 02:42:26.819 --> 02:42:30.110 exploit that he hits you does a ton of damage, 02:42:30.530 --> 02:42:33.489 you take the hit, but deliver one that's even 02:42:33.489 --> 02:42:36.389 stronger back to him. And you knock him off of 02:42:36.389 --> 02:42:39.250 his balance, off the horse on the first pass. 02:42:39.610 --> 02:42:43.670 Crowd goes absolutely fucking bonkers. And congratulations 02:42:43.670 --> 02:42:47.450 SD on the first pass. You've knocked your opponent 02:42:47.450 --> 02:42:49.989 off their horse, and you continue to the final 02:42:49.989 --> 02:42:52.930 round. Okay, I mean there's only one thing left 02:42:52.930 --> 02:42:57.469 to say, which is thank you Ozcar. from flame 02:42:57.469 --> 02:43:01.010 treasures of Oscar for this lovely outfit I'm 02:43:01.010 --> 02:43:04.790 wearing today. I blow a kiss. Which was - Oscar 02:43:04.790 --> 02:43:07.430 in the audience stands up completely unaware 02:43:07.430 --> 02:43:11.729 how strange this is. Just taking in all of the 02:43:11.729 --> 02:43:16.809 - Sponsorship messages. The occasional - If we 02:43:16.809 --> 02:43:18.469 get to the third round, do we get the outfit 02:43:18.469 --> 02:43:19.989 for free? Was that the deal? No, once you make 02:43:19.989 --> 02:43:21.430 it past the second, you're good. All right, so 02:43:21.430 --> 02:43:22.829 we're good. We got our outfits for free. You 02:43:22.829 --> 02:43:29.280 two are. Yeah. You got this. A few more. Every 02:43:29.280 --> 02:43:35.760 noble that comes up passes. Every noble that 02:43:35.760 --> 02:43:39.020 comes up passes. You see the two from Uhane, 02:43:39.239 --> 02:43:43.600 both of the of the Mankuri tribe and of the Manaki 02:43:43.600 --> 02:43:46.959 tribe both pass. You see Prince Adonai, Prince 02:43:46.959 --> 02:43:51.000 Matthias come. He passes easily, unseats his 02:43:51.000 --> 02:43:54.520 opponent on the first pass. And then someone 02:43:54.520 --> 02:43:58.719 comes to collect Volandrus. Volandrus, you can 02:43:58.719 --> 02:44:01.680 do this. I'm going to send Bigby to give you 02:44:01.680 --> 02:44:03.739 a plus one to your weapon as well. Thank you. 02:44:04.079 --> 02:44:07.700 Volandrus, you are led to the stables to choose 02:44:07.700 --> 02:44:10.280 whichever horse you would like. You can do this. 02:44:10.719 --> 02:44:15.379 Take the deal. Volandrus is like, what's that 02:44:15.379 --> 02:44:17.520 voice whispering in my head? Like saying, take 02:44:17.520 --> 02:44:22.770 the deal. So I'm, you know, I know horses. What 02:44:22.770 --> 02:44:25.170 am I, what am I looking at? All the same options 02:44:25.170 --> 02:44:28.170 as yesterday and the one, all of the same options 02:44:28.170 --> 02:44:33.209 as yesterday. So he goes up to that impressive 02:44:33.209 --> 02:44:35.709 steed from yesterday and kind of does like a 02:44:35.709 --> 02:44:38.569 double check and he like gets close to his ear 02:44:38.569 --> 02:44:42.750 and is like, are you a demon? No response. He 02:44:42.750 --> 02:44:47.079 nuzzles you a little bit. He's gonna, like, see 02:44:47.079 --> 02:44:49.299 if he can, like, suss out. Like, he's just so 02:44:49.299 --> 02:44:51.180 suspicious, and he promised himself this morning 02:44:51.180 --> 02:44:54.659 he was not going to engage with the demon who 02:44:54.659 --> 02:44:59.540 he has nicknamed Tana at all today. He has swore 02:44:59.540 --> 02:45:02.579 to himself, and he is really definitely 100 % 02:45:02.579 --> 02:45:04.620 gonna stand by that. A hundred percent out of 02:45:04.620 --> 02:45:06.520 a thousand percent. Again, I love the dramatic 02:45:06.520 --> 02:45:08.680 tension of Volundris going last because like 02:45:08.680 --> 02:45:11.719 it's just like the like, fuck, like I can't do 02:45:11.719 --> 02:45:14.500 not as well as my friends. Oh, yeah, that is 02:45:14.500 --> 02:45:18.639 his kryptonite. So no sign of demonic energy 02:45:18.639 --> 02:45:20.979 in the horse today. No, same as when you saw 02:45:20.979 --> 02:45:23.000 it the first time. Maybe in the tip of the fucking 02:45:23.000 --> 02:45:25.799 lines or something. He takes he takes a glance 02:45:25.799 --> 02:45:27.879 at the other horses to see if any of them look 02:45:27.879 --> 02:45:32.870 remotely as superior as this horse. No, he like 02:45:32.870 --> 02:45:37.129 kind of sighs and is like all right Today I'm 02:45:37.129 --> 02:45:43.370 sure you'll behave All right, you are led to 02:45:43.370 --> 02:45:46.430 the opposite side of the stadium you are handed 02:45:46.430 --> 02:45:49.469 a lance You are asked if you want a shield if 02:45:49.469 --> 02:45:53.270 you want any armor I'm wearing my armor already. 02:45:53.270 --> 02:45:57.120 Mm -hmm. I think I do want a shield. Okay You 02:45:57.120 --> 02:46:00.680 take your place. You enter into the gate. The 02:46:00.680 --> 02:46:05.700 gate beyond opens and out of it gallops Lucia 02:46:05.700 --> 02:46:12.600 Borja. The stadium goes wild as Lucia enters 02:46:12.600 --> 02:46:16.920 into the stadium. You both take your places. 02:46:17.260 --> 02:46:22.440 Trumpets blaring all around you. The flag lays 02:46:22.440 --> 02:46:25.170 the rest. and is brought up. You both immediately 02:46:25.170 --> 02:46:27.350 start dashing. Give me an insight check to see 02:46:27.350 --> 02:46:31.969 if you can read her position. You need to be 02:46:31.969 --> 02:46:36.370 to six. I got 18. Okay. She is aggressive. She's 02:46:36.370 --> 02:46:37.850 going to get a plus five to attack, but she's 02:46:37.850 --> 02:46:40.370 going to have a minus five to her AC. Oh, shoot. 02:46:40.729 --> 02:46:43.969 No, no, no. That's for my attack. Got it. She's 02:46:43.969 --> 02:46:47.409 going aggressive. Then I'm going aggressive. 02:46:48.409 --> 02:46:52.590 Okay. Make your attack roll. That's going to 02:46:52.590 --> 02:47:00.920 be... A seven. I got a math, 15. That'll hit. 02:47:01.159 --> 02:47:03.920 Knock the bitch down. So I'm rolling a D12 now, 02:47:03.920 --> 02:47:05.920 is that right? You are rolling a D12. You have 02:47:05.920 --> 02:47:08.959 the plus one for the magic weapon. 11. All right. 02:47:09.100 --> 02:47:14.299 That's about as good as it gets. Seven. Jesus 02:47:14.299 --> 02:47:17.940 Christ, you guys, on the fast unhorsing. On the 02:47:17.940 --> 02:47:20.780 fast unhorsing. Without a demon or nothing. Knock 02:47:20.780 --> 02:47:23.770 down this fucking noble ass bitch. So here's 02:47:23.770 --> 02:47:26.459 what happens. You line up. You both dash down 02:47:26.459 --> 02:47:27.940 the line, your horses galloping towards each 02:47:27.940 --> 02:47:30.940 other. You're not able to read what she's doing. 02:47:31.239 --> 02:47:32.860 Were you able to? Yeah, you were. You're able 02:47:32.860 --> 02:47:34.799 to read what stance she's taking. She's very 02:47:34.799 --> 02:47:37.719 aggressive. This is a woman who is used to getting 02:47:37.719 --> 02:47:39.940 what she wants and used to being aggressive to 02:47:39.940 --> 02:47:41.979 demand everything that she wants in her life. 02:47:42.079 --> 02:47:45.059 And she always has gotten it. You know the type. 02:47:45.239 --> 02:47:47.920 You match that aggression. You know that you 02:47:47.920 --> 02:47:50.319 meet the energy when someone is of that level. 02:47:50.319 --> 02:47:52.280 And that's the way that you that you give it 02:47:52.280 --> 02:47:54.600 back to them. You match. You are also aggressive. 02:47:54.510 --> 02:47:59.389 you come in, you deal a strike directly to her 02:47:59.389 --> 02:48:03.430 chest. You dent her armor right in the center. 02:48:04.090 --> 02:48:07.850 Knock her immediately off her horse. The crowd 02:48:07.850 --> 02:48:13.190 gasps. I mean, it is silent. The crowd gasps. 02:48:13.530 --> 02:48:16.090 Even Lady Montefeltro puts a hand to her chest. 02:48:17.389 --> 02:48:22.040 And it's silent. And then they erupt. and cheers 02:48:22.040 --> 02:48:25.600 for you. They immediately start chanting, VALCANTER! 02:48:26.520 --> 02:48:29.079 VAL! VAL! VAL! VAL! VAL! VAL! VAL! VAL! VAL! 02:48:29.079 --> 02:48:33.600 VAL! Lady Borgia fucking pissed. Even more pissed 02:48:33.600 --> 02:48:37.540 than Bethany who lost her eye. She is furious. 02:48:38.379 --> 02:48:41.100 She takes off her helmet, throws it to the ground, 02:48:41.479 --> 02:48:43.579 and she's like, you cheated! I don't know how, 02:48:43.620 --> 02:48:47.340 but it's not possible! storms out of the stadium. 02:48:48.639 --> 02:48:51.159 The people are drowning out that conversation 02:48:51.159 --> 02:48:53.079 with chanting your name. What would you like 02:48:53.079 --> 02:49:00.860 to do? After watching Lady Borgia, you know, 02:49:01.079 --> 02:49:04.340 storm off. being a sore loser, Volandros is like, 02:49:04.440 --> 02:49:08.100 soaking up all of the love. And of course, you 02:49:08.100 --> 02:49:11.200 know, like raises his lance into the air in victory 02:49:11.200 --> 02:49:15.020 and says, of course, this victory would not have 02:49:15.020 --> 02:49:18.040 been possible without my friend, Oskar, who you've 02:49:18.040 --> 02:49:20.799 all heard of by now. Please visit his store. 02:49:21.120 --> 02:49:26.000 And he turns to Lady Montefeltro and winks at 02:49:26.000 --> 02:49:28.079 her. Oh, beautiful. Give me a performance check 02:49:28.079 --> 02:49:34.569 and advantage. Net 20. Amazing. Lady Montefeltro, 02:49:35.110 --> 02:49:38.270 you see her blush a little bit and she does like 02:49:38.270 --> 02:49:44.059 that little, that little anime like... shy to 02:49:44.059 --> 02:49:46.379 the side, and then the crowd begins chanting, 02:49:46.799 --> 02:49:52.700 Oscar, Oscar, Oscar, Oscar. And Oscar from the 02:49:52.700 --> 02:49:55.940 stands, he like jumps in the air, flaps his wings, 02:49:56.139 --> 02:49:57.899 twirls, and then lands on the ground a little 02:49:57.899 --> 02:50:00.620 bit and does like a little shower of arcane, 02:50:00.620 --> 02:50:05.819 like sparkles above him. You are led out of the 02:50:05.819 --> 02:50:08.420 stadium. You have all succeeded to the final 02:50:08.420 --> 02:50:13.600 round. jousts pass wood and metal clashing over 02:50:13.600 --> 02:50:16.000 and over again, the crowd cheering and jeering, 02:50:16.319 --> 02:50:18.920 throwing roses into the center at certain contestants, 02:50:19.420 --> 02:50:22.840 Val being one of them. The final joust sets up. 02:50:23.139 --> 02:50:27.760 From one side enters Adonai Nahari, the human 02:50:27.760 --> 02:50:31.239 man with curly brown hair, simple features, the 02:50:31.239 --> 02:50:32.819 one who healed his horse yesterday that you talked 02:50:32.819 --> 02:50:40.870 to. He enters a nice little Jewish man. He enters 02:50:40.870 --> 02:50:43.409 on a different horse today, a bit larger and 02:50:43.409 --> 02:50:47.129 bulkier. Across from him enters Luka Gonzaga, 02:50:47.629 --> 02:50:51.409 and the crowd goes wild. Another high society 02:50:51.409 --> 02:50:53.770 name about to be eliminated from the competition, 02:50:54.649 --> 02:50:57.629 expecting a fierce battle with multiple passes 02:50:57.629 --> 02:51:00.389 as the two men in polished armor prepare to face 02:51:00.389 --> 02:51:04.079 one another. The flag raises. The first pass. 02:51:04.420 --> 02:51:06.920 Luka takes an aggressive stance, moving towards 02:51:06.920 --> 02:51:08.920 the front of his seat, pointing his lance like 02:51:08.920 --> 02:51:11.440 a dagger at Adonai, who is holding more of a 02:51:11.440 --> 02:51:14.420 passive stance, shield forward. In the blink 02:51:14.420 --> 02:51:18.079 of an eye, the battle is over as Adonai thrusts 02:51:18.079 --> 02:51:20.600 his shield forward towards Luka's stance, knocking 02:51:20.600 --> 02:51:23.040 it off path and then throwing his own spear into 02:51:23.040 --> 02:51:25.420 the air slightly at the same time, grabbing the 02:51:25.420 --> 02:51:28.979 hilt with his palm upwards and jabs it down in 02:51:28.979 --> 02:51:31.780 light speed into Luka's chest, throwing him to 02:51:31.780 --> 02:51:35.319 the dirt. My goodness! Similar to Val, the crowd 02:51:35.319 --> 02:51:38.319 stands speechless for a moment, many of them 02:51:38.319 --> 02:51:42.100 having expected Luca to win the entire geostra. 02:51:42.579 --> 02:51:45.879 Luca stands, rips off his helmet. That's not 02:51:45.879 --> 02:51:51.420 fair! He can't do that! He cheated! And to which 02:51:51.420 --> 02:51:55.760 Adonai responds, I'm sorry Luca, but I didn't. 02:51:55.940 --> 02:51:59.059 I simply won, and you simply lost. Good play, 02:51:59.159 --> 02:52:01.680 mate. Adonite responds in a calm voice before 02:52:01.680 --> 02:52:04.139 riding out of the rim, the crowd sparsely clapping 02:52:04.139 --> 02:52:08.100 around him as he exits. And then... He should 02:52:08.100 --> 02:52:10.340 have promoted Oskar, I think. Everyone would 02:52:10.340 --> 02:52:12.899 have lost their minds if he'd done that. Then, 02:52:13.120 --> 02:52:15.979 the announcer, Signore Franco Sforza, comes into 02:52:15.979 --> 02:52:19.020 view on his floating disc. His voice starts to 02:52:19.020 --> 02:52:22.959 boom through the stadium. Well, well, well. That 02:52:22.959 --> 02:52:26.379 just goes to show you, you never know what to 02:52:26.379 --> 02:52:29.469 expect at the Giostra della Quintana. Didn't 02:52:29.469 --> 02:52:31.590 I tell you all that this would be won for the 02:52:31.590 --> 02:52:36.430 ages? Yes? Well, with that, Luka Gonzaga is eliminated, 02:52:36.790 --> 02:52:39.250 and that concludes the second day of our beautiful 02:52:39.250 --> 02:52:44.069 geostra. Out of 50, 21 have made it to the final 02:52:44.069 --> 02:52:48.370 round, and tomorrow we will find our victor. 02:52:49.290 --> 02:52:51.389 We will see you all tomorrow for the final stage. 02:52:52.370 --> 02:52:56.010 Combat! And he floats away. Anything you want 02:52:56.010 --> 02:52:57.270 to do with the rest of your day? What's our prize 02:52:57.270 --> 02:53:01.989 money for round two? 150 gold each. Okay, that 02:53:01.989 --> 02:53:07.190 helps. You are all each given a little brooch 02:53:07.190 --> 02:53:10.549 that has a shield in the back with two crossing 02:53:10.549 --> 02:53:14.350 lances in the front of it to signify your passage 02:53:14.350 --> 02:53:18.709 of the second round. In it, 50 entered and 21 02:53:18.709 --> 02:53:21.590 exited, which means that two different jousts 02:53:21.590 --> 02:53:23.930 concluded in both people being knocked off their 02:53:23.930 --> 02:53:26.430 horses. Anything you do during the the night 02:53:26.430 --> 02:53:29.889 or just past the day I would like to get is there 02:53:29.889 --> 02:53:34.290 anyone to talk to around combat and What that 02:53:34.290 --> 02:53:36.770 entails I know it's gonna be one against one 02:53:36.770 --> 02:53:39.989 right? You're not sure You really know much get 02:53:39.989 --> 02:53:43.569 some information if possible. Yeah So let's say 02:53:43.569 --> 02:53:46.389 you head back to the tavern and you see a contestant, 02:53:46.610 --> 02:53:48.809 you know We have no particular notoriety, but 02:53:48.809 --> 02:53:50.370 you see someone that's staying in the same tavern 02:53:50.370 --> 02:53:54.069 as you a Goliath man tall bulky, greenish skin. 02:53:54.549 --> 02:53:56.750 He's eating some food at the tavern at a table. 02:53:56.950 --> 02:53:59.469 And you recognize him as part of the tournament. 02:54:00.250 --> 02:54:04.770 Okay. I approach and I say, Hey there, brother. 02:54:04.989 --> 02:54:10.090 Hi. What a crazy day, huh? I know you did. You 02:54:10.090 --> 02:54:12.770 did fantastic. Thank you so much. I mean, it 02:54:12.770 --> 02:54:17.069 was wild to see you just, nothing against you, 02:54:17.110 --> 02:54:18.809 but I was, if I had bet money, I would have bet 02:54:18.809 --> 02:54:22.110 against you, but it was, You surprised us in 02:54:22.110 --> 02:54:23.709 a good way. Well, you know, sometimes you get, 02:54:23.709 --> 02:54:27.030 you know, some things in life... Surprise you. 02:54:27.069 --> 02:54:29.709 Surprise you. I couldn't agree more. Well, yeah, 02:54:29.709 --> 02:54:32.010 I just was, you know, I'm new to town, I'm new 02:54:32.010 --> 02:54:33.790 to this tournament, just wondering, what do you 02:54:33.790 --> 02:54:36.510 know about combat and rules and... What do I 02:54:36.510 --> 02:54:38.590 know about combat? You know, tomorrow, the last 02:54:38.590 --> 02:54:40.729 match. You trying to get a leg up on me? Oh, 02:54:40.729 --> 02:54:44.090 of course not. I don't know much about tomorrow. 02:54:44.590 --> 02:54:46.809 Really? Really. You can make an insight check. 02:54:47.170 --> 02:54:48.770 Yeah, you're lying, because you're scared of 02:54:48.770 --> 02:54:52.940 me. I'm not literally saying it, but you are 02:54:52.940 --> 02:54:56.620 though. You are. 17. He seems to be telling truth. 02:54:56.819 --> 02:54:59.399 He does not, he does not seem to know. He says, 02:54:59.399 --> 02:55:01.700 I don't know, but I'll be ready. That's all I 02:55:01.700 --> 02:55:04.879 can tell you. All right. Well, I wish you the 02:55:04.879 --> 02:55:07.940 best of luck. I wish the same to you. Great. 02:55:08.020 --> 02:55:10.639 Enjoy your night. And if we happen to square 02:55:10.639 --> 02:55:17.120 off, then I don't wish you luck. May the best 02:55:17.120 --> 02:55:19.920 person wins. All right, I agree. I'll be the 02:55:19.920 --> 02:55:24.559 David to your Goliath. Ah, okay. No, David won. 02:55:25.059 --> 02:55:27.200 David did win. And I'm a Goliath, literally. 02:55:27.200 --> 02:55:29.780 Right, exactly. Okay. That took me a little bit. 02:55:29.780 --> 02:55:32.020 It was a polite jab. I'm not much of an up here 02:55:32.020 --> 02:55:34.340 guy and he points to his brain. I'm more of a 02:55:34.340 --> 02:55:35.659 here guy and he points to his muscles. We don't 02:55:35.659 --> 02:55:37.559 have our strengths and our weaknesses, but you 02:55:37.559 --> 02:55:41.879 seem like a decent person. So I appreciate you. 02:55:42.059 --> 02:55:44.559 All right. Well, good luck tomorrow. Unless you 02:55:44.559 --> 02:55:46.940 face me. Right. I'll take that. Yeah. Noted. 02:55:47.040 --> 02:55:49.690 All right. Night night. Night night. You guys 02:55:49.690 --> 02:55:51.670 do anything else? I want to do a little bit of 02:55:51.670 --> 02:55:54.489 light shopping. I don't think I'm going to be 02:55:54.489 --> 02:55:56.370 able to afford it, but I want to see if I can 02:55:56.370 --> 02:55:58.450 find a shop that sells magic items. What kind 02:55:58.450 --> 02:56:00.049 of magic items would you like? I'm interested 02:56:00.049 --> 02:56:02.590 in something like a cloak of protection. Okay. 02:56:03.549 --> 02:56:06.469 Yesterday, Valandra's purchased a ring of protection. 02:56:07.090 --> 02:56:09.129 Both a ring or a cloak would give you a plus 02:56:09.129 --> 02:56:12.010 one to your AC and cost 500 gold. Yeah, I'm not 02:56:12.010 --> 02:56:15.110 doing that. And then I want to go to just a regular 02:56:15.110 --> 02:56:20.340 store that sells fabric. Okay, and I want to 02:56:20.340 --> 02:56:24.239 just buy a ribbon just like a single like fabric 02:56:24.239 --> 02:56:28.399 ribbon that is hot pink and white striped All 02:56:28.399 --> 02:56:31.879 right, it's gonna cost you about 10 copper. Yeah, 02:56:31.879 --> 02:56:36.500 I can do that I think is actually secretly evil 02:56:36.500 --> 02:56:39.799 10 silver to a goal 10 100 to 100 to 100 100 02:56:39.799 --> 02:56:42.879 copper to 1 silver 100 silver to 1 gold 100 gold 02:56:42.879 --> 02:56:44.860 to 1 platinum actually no platinum is different 02:56:45.120 --> 02:56:46.959 Are you gonna tie it around your face so it covers 02:56:46.959 --> 02:56:49.899 your eye? That would be good. I don't know where 02:56:49.899 --> 02:56:51.840 I'm gonna tie it, but I know I'm gonna wear it. 02:56:51.840 --> 02:56:56.479 You just want it. I am probably gonna just like 02:56:56.479 --> 02:56:59.280 accessorize with the pin. I'm gonna tie it like 02:56:59.280 --> 02:57:02.399 a little bow. Uh, like a little decorative sash 02:57:02.399 --> 02:57:05.540 and pin it on with my made it through round two 02:57:05.540 --> 02:57:08.239 pin. Okay. So I can wear it proudly about town. 02:57:08.399 --> 02:57:10.959 And we need to return our armors. Yes, you do 02:57:10.959 --> 02:57:13.659 need to return your armor. So, uh, you do that 02:57:13.659 --> 02:57:15.719 and thankfully - None of us fell or anything. 02:57:15.940 --> 02:57:17.780 Yeah, none of you fell. So they're all in pretty 02:57:17.780 --> 02:57:19.899 good armor and you, uh, you didn't, I didn't 02:57:19.899 --> 02:57:21.899 actually make you pay for your insurance, but 02:57:21.899 --> 02:57:24.739 if you had, you'd get it back. Um, but you return 02:57:24.739 --> 02:57:26.360 the armor. Anything else you do the rest of the 02:57:26.360 --> 02:57:29.049 day? I'll probably spend a little bit of time 02:57:29.049 --> 02:57:31.309 copying Misty Step into my spell book. Okay. 02:57:31.809 --> 02:57:34.670 How long do you need to spend? Four hours. Yeah, 02:57:34.770 --> 02:57:36.149 there's definitely four hours in the day left 02:57:36.149 --> 02:57:38.430 if you want to completely do that. So, take a 02:57:38.430 --> 02:57:40.149 long rest. Take back any hit points. Not that 02:57:40.149 --> 02:57:42.350 you really would have taken much. Any spell slots. 02:57:42.850 --> 02:57:44.530 I think Esti's the only one that's got spell 02:57:44.530 --> 02:57:47.870 slots to take back. So, you wake up. You grab 02:57:47.870 --> 02:57:50.590 some breakfast. You nod to the Goliath man you 02:57:50.590 --> 02:57:53.190 spoke to yesterday. You make your way back outside 02:57:53.190 --> 02:57:59.250 for the final stage of your journey. As you stand 02:57:59.250 --> 02:58:02.649 outside the gates, you hear the voice of Franco 02:58:02.649 --> 02:58:08.370 Sforzi. Welcome back, Chigazzians, Uhadesi, and 02:58:08.370 --> 02:58:11.549 Neshamites to the final day of our beautiful 02:58:11.549 --> 02:58:15.530 Giostra della Quintana. And let us welcome our 02:58:15.530 --> 02:58:20.090 final contestants. The gate opens and lets all 02:58:20.090 --> 02:58:24.149 21 of you into a large, sandy ring. The gate 02:58:24.149 --> 02:58:27.829 closes, as you all step in taking the sight of 02:58:27.829 --> 02:58:32.530 the crowd in around you by far the largest audience 02:58:32.530 --> 02:58:36.309 of all three days the stadium is packed along 02:58:36.309 --> 02:58:38.909 the walls of the city people are sitting on top 02:58:38.909 --> 02:58:43.149 of the um what are those called Stands no, no, 02:58:43.309 --> 02:58:44.950 no the walls of the city themselves. They're 02:58:44.950 --> 02:58:47.229 on the top. What are those things that are? Yeah, 02:58:47.770 --> 02:58:50.569 sure on top of the parapets people are crowded. 02:58:50.569 --> 02:58:52.649 I don't like the battlements that are like, yeah. 02:58:52.690 --> 02:58:56.870 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, exactly It is just packed 02:58:56.870 --> 02:59:06.739 Today my dear friends when when of these 21 contestants 02:59:06.739 --> 02:59:11.180 will claim victory and claim the prize, a courtship 02:59:11.180 --> 02:59:16.860 dinner with Emiliana Maltefeltro. Emiliana, would 02:59:16.860 --> 02:59:21.040 you like to say a few words? She steps forward 02:59:21.040 --> 02:59:24.559 down into the stadium very briefly with a light 02:59:24.559 --> 02:59:30.799 hop off the stand. She says, yes, may Jan Fenn 02:59:30.799 --> 02:59:34.149 guide your steps And I look forward to a lovely 02:59:34.149 --> 02:59:37.709 dinner with one of you. And then she hops like 02:59:37.709 --> 02:59:41.450 ever so lightly 20 feet in the air above these 02:59:41.450 --> 02:59:44.110 stands and back into where she was sitting, right 02:59:44.110 --> 02:59:46.549 on the edge of the stadium. Let's hear it for 02:59:46.549 --> 02:59:51.729 Emiliana Montefeltro. And again, a warm thank 02:59:51.729 --> 02:59:54.870 you to the house of Montefeltro for sponsoring 02:59:54.870 --> 03:00:01.200 this year's Giostra. Now, are we ready? the crowd 03:00:01.200 --> 03:00:07.799 goes wild then let us delay no longer let us 03:00:07.799 --> 03:00:12.360 begin contestants at the sound of the bell you 03:00:12.360 --> 03:00:18.770 may begin a few seconds pass All around you chaos 03:00:18.770 --> 03:00:21.190 ensues as people stand frozen for a moment. Oh 03:00:21.190 --> 03:00:23.670 my god. And then Fiannalla Manaki and the Water 03:00:23.670 --> 03:00:26.270 Genasi lashes an attack at a Goliath male in 03:00:26.270 --> 03:00:27.629 simple armor, the one that you saw in the tower. 03:00:27.629 --> 03:00:29.389 Oh my god. People are fighting at once. As all 03:00:29.389 --> 03:00:31.809 21 of you are in the ring together. Oh, so we're 03:00:31.809 --> 03:00:33.190 starting. He falls to the ground unconscious. 03:00:33.510 --> 03:00:35.629 A bell dings from above the stadium and a voice, 03:00:35.850 --> 03:00:39.370 Sangots Fiori, eliminated. Fiannalla Manaki and 03:00:39.370 --> 03:00:41.489 Giuseppino Mancorti nod to each other and back 03:00:41.489 --> 03:00:43.270 up against one another, holding defensive stance 03:00:43.270 --> 03:00:46.329 and circling around. Clever. We're gonna work 03:00:46.329 --> 03:00:49.319 together. We'll call it there. Oh, my God. Oh, 03:00:49.319 --> 03:00:51.639 shit. I can't believe we're doing like our battle 03:00:51.639 --> 03:00:54.680 royale. You are in a battle royale. Oh, my God. 03:00:54.840 --> 03:01:00.219 The last person standing is the winner. Oh, we're 03:01:00.219 --> 03:01:02.879 going to have to like each other. We aim for 03:01:02.879 --> 03:01:06.020 top three. Yes. Yes. Right. We split the prize 03:01:06.020 --> 03:01:07.940 money from second and third place. We get you 03:01:07.940 --> 03:01:10.959 in first place. Yes. So you can go to your little 03:01:10.959 --> 03:01:13.780 fancy, fancy, fancy boy dinner. What's my fancy 03:01:13.780 --> 03:01:15.500 boy dinner? Oh, my God.