There is a sickness in the heart of the kingdom,
and it wears a crown. Once proud streets now
echo with silence, bought by the king himself.
His soldiers enforce obedience, and beneath it
all, the flames of rebellion flicker in the dark.
Tonight, in the alleyways of the capital, a message
is carried, no louder than a whisper but heavy
with hope. A courier runs with fire in his hands,
and beneath him shadows move. If the crowns find
him, the rebellion dies before it breathes, and
if he reaches his allies, a spark may catch.
This is where it begins, beneath the weight of
empire, beneath the heel of power, beneath the
crown. This is session one of Ashes Beneath the
Crown, Embers and the Alleyway. Alright, so,
welcome to the tavern. You guys, players, are
surrounding a table. And you've all been there
for an hour or two. And you're waiting for someone.
And the place is cramped. It's dimly lit, cluttered
with maps and crates and candles. The air smells
faintly of smoke and old parchment and Through
a cracked window you can hear the sounds of the
distant sounds of a city muffled shouting footsteps,
you know horses walking around the streets and
You guys are You know just waiting and we're
gonna go around and we're gonna do this slightly
differently We're gonna go around one by one
introducing characters before we do anything.
Can everyone roll me really quick? Just initiative.
We'll just pick who goes who where with initiative.
Okay. We're gonna have Oz, you're gonna go first.
I'm gonna... Alright, just explain your character.
Um... Oh god. Um... You can kind of see like
this somewhat of a shorter man. It looks to not
be somewhat of a human. Four eyes, glasses, four
arms. Mostly of the spider. The spider race.
That would be Anolaryon. That would be the Arikari.
I kindly forgot the name. The viewers wouldn't
know that. Do you want to describe your character
in any way? Like, what you're doing that could
possibly portray your character in some way?
Oh, okay, that also works. You can kind of see
him sitting at the table or just going like,
just sitting there, like head down, arms crossed,
like if you were trying to sleep, mostly. More,
um, yeah. You can see his backpack overfill,
overfill with different types of various, um,
mugs, jars. That's really it. My character is
a 5 '6", um, girl, I guess? With extremely, um,
gray, ashy -ish skin. Obviously made of some
sort of rock. Wearing scuffs worn out oversized
clothing and she's kind of poking at the sleeping
man By her Trying to annoy him see if he's awake
overall just kind of being Kind of obnoxious,
but like somewhat curious Trying to figure out
what the fuck he is Do you want to explain what
race you are really quick? Rock! You're an Opsidai.
Opsidais are the world race of Lerion, just like
the Arikari is the spider race. Alright. And
lastly, we have my least favorite player, Perp.
It's me, Perp. I'm so happy to be here. You're
dead to me. We see, uh, next to wherever, wherever
we are. um shit my bad my bad um yeah no so we
see a big boy a big boy uh there's this 6 '3
pretty muscular man in full blue armor um no
part of his skin or underneath is exposed in
any way uh and on his back he's got this giant
sword uh sort of infused with with magical glowing
swirls That's my guy. I'd say his race and stuff,
but I don't really think you would know that
from the look of him. That is a valid, valid
take there. All right, does anyone wanna, now
that you guys are all together, do you guys wanna
talk to each other? Do you guys wanna do anything
really quick before I move on to your, the messenger
walking in, the messenger? The one who invited
you all. Well, uh, I think my guy's gonna turn
to a to one of these fellas over here And he
just he just stares at you he looks at you menacing
the dark void of his mask just staring into your
very soul Just one of them Did you do you look
at one of them and then after they are obviously
uncomfortable do you look at the other? Yeah
Yeah, all right, and I don't want to make them
too uncomfortable So I swap periodically between
staring into the souls of each of them. I don't
like that. I don't Do either of you guys want
to do anything? I want to hide behind Mr. Spider
-Man over here So that I Don't have to look at
Genesis. At all. As you go behind the Spider
-Man, you see that he has more arms than you,
and then can you roll a jealousy check? A jealousy
check? I have one more arm! That's not fair!
Oh my god. Tsk, tsk, tsk. How dare you not have
more arms. Alright, as you guys are doing whatever
you're doing, you see... a woman walk up to you,
and she just stands near your table. She has
blonde hair with gray streaks pulled back, and
her eyes scan each and every one of you, burning
as she stares, stressing you out, making you
uncomfortable, obviously. This is Mera. She's
huge. I have to fix it. Hello I'm not gonna do
that voice. I've decided um Hello you guys all
got my invitations my messages I think or at
least someone told you to come here you are all
part of the rebellion and You've all been chosen
Because Gosh, I don't even know I mean You might
be able to move unseen. I don't I don't know.
I just kind of pulled names out of a hat But
I have a task for you all It's simple So you
guys should be able to do it. You guys haven't
done much in the rebellion so far you haven't
Gone anywhere with anything you guys haven't
done much. So it's like kind of difficult to
like but but I am giving you a chance To do what
you want giving you a chance to move further
and Prove us prove to us that you are, you know
valuable assets valuable members Um You guys
are going to escort a courier through the city
streets on the rooftops, whatever you guys however
you guys want to do this and You have to make
sure that this the message that he has makes
it to his destination without falling into the
hands of the kingdom. She holds up a satchel.
This satchel contains our hopes and a lot of
danger. There is a coded message inside. If it's
lost or captured, everything we've worked for
will die in the dark and we might fail the battle.
The courier will meet you on the roof. um in
a couple a couple minutes he's running a little
bit late you have to keep him safe the crown's
forces are searching they do know something we
don't know how but they do they will be watching
they'll be watching mostly the streets so if
you guys do go up on the rooftops and you you
escape that way go ahead if you guys want to
go on the streets you got to be a little bit
more careful but i think you guys can do this
uh any questions before i send you off? uh should
you really be talking about this in the middle
of a tavern? well they're all drunk men i mean
i trust i trust that oh oh of course also a lot
of people i know like over there she points that's
john i think it's rather john or james and over
there uh she points out a big group that's Uh,
Celine Dion, Christina Aguilera, and, uh, Eminem
over there. Um, I trust them all. You know, they're
part of the Rebellion. Oh, of course. Christine
Dion is part of the Rebellion. Of course. Uh...
For Celine Dion, not Christine. That's Christina
Aguilera. Any other questions? Better questions?
Smarter questions? What? Not really. Um follow
me she leads you guys up a flight of stairs that
are hidden elsewhere and she You know tugs on
a little cord as if it's like an attic and it
leads you onto the roof You you feel the The
night air it's cool. It's cold. It's it's nice
nicer even though it is cold. It's nicer You
feel the Not you feel but you see you see a young
man approaching you and you can feel he is Nervous
he is scared This my friends this is Talon He
is who you will be Leading elsewhere. He'll give
you more information. You you got this. I believe
in you. Um, I have to go now though, so Goodbye,
I believe in you all you got this or whatever
and then you see as she leaves Oh Um, hi, I'm
I'm I'm tallen. I'm not really a fighter and
She gave she gave him the satchel We need to
we need to go now of course uh and then he he
leads you guys a bit away and uh he leads you
a bit away and he explains to you guys that you
need to make it to the gate of the city where
there's probably the most guards but there will
be someone who meets you there that is where
you need to get that is where you need to deliver
this satchel uh i have a costume uh would that
help this guy so i'm not getting seen what do
you mean a costume in my inventory i have a costume
it just says costume uh deception could i have
him put that on and then i'm having be less susceptible
to be recognized is that a real thing what oh
that is it it is a real thing i've never used
any of this all right that would work yeah Are
you what kind of costume is it is it like a guard
like city guard uniform? Let me think about this
it's like Maybe like a noble Noble all right.
Yeah, that guy really looks like a guard Genesis
does then Yep, I Think he could pass off as a
guard. Yeah Also, before we head out, can I know
y 'all's names? I would like to get to know who
I'm kind of working with. Oh. Uh, I'm Ivory?
Uh, Mr. Sixeyes? How many eyes are you of? Four.
Um. Oh. My name is Malachite, but call me Mal,
please. It's for short. Did you know that not
only it's bad, it's Spanish? Um, what's Spanish,
guys? Wait, what is - Oh, wait. Oh, wait. Sorry,
it's, uh, don't, uh, nothing, don't worry about
it. Did you make that up yourself? Did you make
the - Did you make Spanish? Oh, no, uh, I read
it from a book somewhere. But - What is Spanish?
Can you explain to us what Spanish is? It's a
language and a book I read. And such a good book.
Anyways - You read books? I love books. What's
your favorite book? That one book. Like, like
the, uh, the, the, the, the Bibble. What is the
Bibble? It's a book. Hey Sixeyes, do you read
books? Well, yeah, but not that many. What's
your favorite book? Mostly books about alchemy,
but that's really it. Oh, you're one of them.
Hey, uh, big guy, big man, do you read books?
He glares. Is that a yes? All right, we're gonna
walk. Talon, the courier, leads the way. Like,
he leads you guys. And as you walk, he's making
some small talk, like, why are you, why'd you
guys join the rebellion? Oh, is that too personal?
Personal. Yeah. My bad. See, I joined the rebellion
because I watched as all of the an army of Mathis
soldiers, they stormed into my home and they
brutally murdered my parents and my siblings
and I was alone. Oh. Yeah. That was three years
ago, I'd say. Pretty cool. Not really cool. But
one thing that did come out of that is that I
know some of their names. When they were interrogating,
they would say their names and stuff, which is
pretty weird. But oh, I forgot to tell you about
the books. There's a book. if you ever have a
chance go to the rebellion library there is a
book that um it explains the mythology of the
thalassari the ocean people i think that book's
pretty cool i've read it a good couple times
it's pretty nice um what do you like to eat my
favorite food oh i don't know if i could say
that never mind um all right I'm, um... Alright,
so... The, uh... The gate is that way. Uh, he
points to a clock tower of sorts. Over there,
right behind that clock tower, there is the,
uh, the gate. Is there any of the guards people,
like the bad guys around? The one... The... Nights.
I don't - what are they called again? The guards.
I guess. The guards, yeah. Are there any on this
road? You do not see any. Hmm. Is there any,
like, suspicious people around? I don't - I don't
- You're on the rooftops, you see - I'm just
gonna say you see literally no one. Oh! Okay!
So wait, we're on rooftops? Yes, you're on the
rooftops. Perb, do you wanna do anything? Boy,
am I glad you asked. Uh, no. I hate you. You
were hinting that, like, we're supposed to go
behind the clockwork, right? Yep. So we go there?
Alrighty. Um, as you walk to the clock tower,
you see... You're looking out past the rooftops.
You see that it looks breathtaking from above.
You see the city itself, the town that you're
in, is gorgeous. You see cathedrals in the far
distance. They rise up like monuments. They look
promising. They look beautiful. You see stone
bridges in the distance. You see the palace,
the king's palace, far off. You see it etched
in moonlight. You see that it looks absolutely
pristine. Looks gorgeous. It looks beautiful
yet again. But you know it's a lie. You know
beneath the cobblestone there lies rot. There
lies corruption. You know for a fact the crown
is smiling down from its beautiful castle, its
palace, in watching as mouths go hungry. The
light that you see is borrowed, stolen even,
stolen from those who are forced to kneel so
that these beautiful cathedrals, these beautiful
palaces can rise up from the ground. You know
that for every Thalassari in the ocean killed
in this war is more money in the pockets of the
king, more money in the pockets of the palace,
letting them continue to build gorgeous cathedrals,
this gorgeous, amazing, wonderful facade. The
city looks like it's sleeping, but you know you
know better. You know that even though it's dark,
even though the city looks like it's sleeping,
you know for a fact that there are Mathis warriors
that are trying, not trying, but are actively
committing heinous crimes, murdering innocent
people. And this is what you are trying to stop.
Right now you're just delivering a package, you're
delivering a satchel. But you know, this one
satchel can lead to lives being saved. And as
you get hit with that realization, that this
satchel can save many lives you arrive at the
clock tower and you see below you there are groups
of guards on the ground walking around you know
the goal is to get past the clock tower to the
gate but between the gate and the clock tower
there is no more buildings to step on Okay, Genesis
is gonna rip over the rest of you, and he says
one of his first words ever, um... Goo goo ga
ga. Ma ma. Mommy! Mommy! Papa! Papa! Oh my god!
Down. Do you guys want to travel down? And then
he jumps off the building. Oh, but can you make
me an athletics check? Or wait, would that be,
um... It would be athletics or acrobatics, but
I'm not, like, doing acrobatics down where I'm,
like, landing with a big hefty pool. That is
a 16. Alright, I'll say you make it with a 16.
It's not, like, too far up. It's just, like,
you're standing, you're not on the clock tower,
you're on a building connected to, which is only,
like, one story tall. The rest they are not the
rest of you with the two of you. Do you guys
want to jump down as well? I just Climb down
the climb down make me a Let me check what that
would be I Have climbing speed. Oh, yeah. Yeah,
you're a spider. He just does it otherwise. Yeah
You're a spider Okay, do you know what would
you like to do? There's those stairs, is there
any stairs? There's a window leading into the
clock tower that you can break open That would
lead you into a room with staircase. Oh Yeah,
can I do that? All right, roll me a stealth saving
or not saving there with stealth check How would
you roll a women check? Well, that's not gonna
work now, will it? You hear guards below you.
You break it, you break it. But you hear guards
below you, what was that? And they see Genesis
and Mal. Can the two of you guys roll me? Well,
give me like one second. And then roll me initiative.
I'm just Scooby Doo out of here. Roll me initiative.
Ivory, what are you going to do? Are you going
to go down the stairs? Yeah, I want to take the
man down the stairs. All right, you get down
the stairs. You see two doors, one to your left,
one to your right. They are both exits. One of
them leads you to your friends and one of them
doesn't or not friends, but one leads you to
Mal and Genesis and one leads to the gate. What
do you do? Go to Mel and Genesis, I guess, even
though we're supposed to bring... It's like...
Are you bringing the courier in there as well?
Are you gonna... What are you gonna do with that?
I wanna bring him with. Alrighty. Roll the initiative.
Maybe? Okay. I'll protect him. I got a 15! A
15, holy. Alrighty. So, yeah. First is the guard
captain He is going to see Genesis because he
looks like the strongest he looks because he
has the big bulky armor He is going to Use his
he's gonna pull out a long sword and he is going
to Slash at Genesis does a 22 hit your AC It
does Alrighty he is going to do a whopping seven
damage and then he is going to use his multi
-attack action and he is going to use his javelin
on Mal because he was the first person and he
is going to fail because he rolled a 12 and then
that will be the end of his turn it is now Ivory's
turn Let me think. Can I command one of the guards
to drop their weapon? Do you have command? I
do. Which one? There is a guard who looks the
strongest. There is a bird guard. Like, there's
a guard captain. There's a bird guard and there
is just a regular elf guard. Can I do the strongest
one? the guard captain do you want to make him
drop his javelin or his longsword uh can i do
his longsword his longsword all right what is
the dc on this yeah um 13 is some listen 13 all
right he's gonna roll he failed he drops his
longsword can i snatch that you want to snatch
the longsword Yeah, so they can have it back.
Hmm. Also, they can close it off, yeah. That
is another action, though. Oh. I believe, at
least. I can't... I don't think I could do that,
then. I believe picking up the item would be
an object interaction, equipping it with an action.
Oh, okay. Yeah, that makes sense. Yeah. I like
it. That would be object interaction So you pick
up the sword what are you gonna do you have your
bonus action you use your action on command bonus
action you can That is the end of your turn.
It is now the bird guards turn. He is going to
Javelin you he is going to use his javelin and
stab you and he's going to fail And that is going
to be the end of this turn. Genesis, it is now
your turn. Alright, um, so, how many guards are
there? Three. Captain, Bird, Elf. Okay. Um, Captain,
Bird, Elf. Are they all pretty much within the
same area? Uh, yes. The captain is in front,
then the two are right behind him. Wow, you know
what that sort of sounds like? It sort of sounds
like they're kind of in a cone shape. I'm gonna
cast Burning Hands. I need all three of them
to make me a dexterity saving throw. All three
of them? Alright. Yes. The guard? Wait, what's
the DC? 14. The guard fails. Or the captain fails.
Oh, I feel like they're all gonna fail. Oh! Critical
fail for the bird. That one and then a 60 on
the third one. So how much damage for the first
two? So the ones that fail take 12 fire damage
and the one that succeeds takes six. Alrighty
And then the bird guard is down you see as it
falls to the ground Okay then i'm going to use
my bonus action to yes yes i'm going to use my
bonus action to place a seal on the captain on
the captain all right what does that do uh don't
worry about it well and uh that is my turn all
right um it's mal's turn now Yippee we they're
on fire right because burning hands um So no
but the guard captain does seem to still be good
and Like not good good, but like He seems he
seems like he's taking no damage the bird guard
is down and then the last guard looks really
weak What is catapult? Is there a small item
nearby? Like a box or like some like a lantern
or something? I'd say that there is a crate or
two next to you. Okay, um, I'm gonna catapult
the crate to go launch at this man. So roll me
a dex check. Or yeah. What is catapult? What?
It's a spell. It's a spell? I've never heard
of that. Okay. What am I rolling? Dex. DC. 13.
On which one? Weakest or the guard, captain?
Weak. Weak? Alright. It rolls a 7, so you succeed.
Yes. Damage. 13 damage. Yeah, he collapses to
the ground. And then... as a bonus action i'm
going to cast healing word on genesis heal for
six now it is the oh wait is that the end of
your turn yes all right it is now the guard captain's
turn uh he is going to look at ivory and what
weapon did you take his long sword yeah all right
he is going to uh Does a 22 hit your AC? He grabs
his javelin. What? I have a question. I have
an answer. In order to get to Ivory, would he
cause an opportunity attack for me? Because we
are all very close, but I'm like directly in
front of him fighting him. Ivory casted a command
spell from a decent distance. But then walked
over and picked up the weapon. Alright, okay.
So he would show up. not him yeah no yeah he
would be close to ivory uh but he he javelins
which pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty cool
because it reaches five feet so either way he
stabs you and he stabs you right in the stomach
and does a whopping 18 damage uh and then he
looks at genesis oh never mind can't do that
It is now... Ivory's turn. Am I able to heal
myself? Your wounds? Yeah. Okay, can I do that?
Yep. And then... That'd be an action. Now I'm
gonna shank him. Shank him, roll to hit. It's
gonna hit this time, right? What the fuck? No,
no, it does not hit. It very much does not hit
this time, no. Is that the end of your turn?
Yeah. Alright, it is now Genesis's turn. Alright,
uh, let's see. I am gonna... Okay, okay, okay,
okay. This is what I'm gonna do, this is what
I'm gonna do. You ready? You ready? What are
you gonna do? Are you ready? Are you gonna do?
I'm ready. I'm going to try and stab him. Roll
to hit. That is a 26 damage. Yep, that hits.
The damage is gonna be nine slashing. As I hit
him, I am going to apply another seal on him
and activate my first seal to deal an additional
one necrotic damage. Only one? Only one. And
then... I am going to... You are injured, correct?
Uh, I have... Wait, I have... No, not really.
I'm a little bit, I guess. Alright, I'm gonna
cast a ward on Ivory. You can heal for... 13
HP. And then... I'm gonna, I'm gonna... Also
use Invoke Hell Grand Strategist and use it on
both Ivory and Malachite. They can now move 15
feet away without provoking offensively attacks.
Oh cool! That's insane. That is my turn. As I
square up with this guy. By the way, if you're
gonna move you have to specify it right now.
Oh, yeah, wait. Oh, like right now? Okay, then
yeah, move back. Like, more towards the messenger?
They both just said that they're moving. Alright,
so you guys both move. Perp, are you moving,
or does it not work for you? No, I can only choose
two people. Oh, okay. I can choose myself, but
it's up to my proficiency bonus, which I'll look
for in something, too. Oh, alright. It is now
mouse turn. Um, I'm gonna poison spray him. I'm
hoping this hits. That does not hit. You said
poison spray? I miss. What even is the range
on that? 30, 30 feet. 30? I'd say you've done
nevermind. What did you roll to hit? 7. Yeah,
that misses. Bonus action. Um, I don't want -
I don't want any damaging bonus actions, no!
Um... Who's injured? No one, really. You have
hand axes in your inventory. Those are light
weapons. You can use a light weapon as a bonus
action in this. Wait, actually? Yeah. Yeah, weird
bad homebrew rule. That's unfair and bad! I guess
I'm gonna try to hand axe him? Alright, roll
to hit. That's a - Yes, so you don't. That's
a 10. Yeah, no, so you don't hit it with a 10,
no. That's sad. Is that the end of your turn?
Okay, well, yeah. Yeah, so he is going to, uh,
he's going to throw. No, no. He's going to hit
Genesis, um, with his Javelin again. Does have
15 hit your AC? No, it does not. So he doesn't,
he doesn't have his long sword anymore. So it
is and it has turned ivory it would be your turn
now This is one really weak guy still like an
initiative the other two are dead. Oh Okay, I
want to start with wisp wisp story was the big
guy. I'm All right What I got a 9. What is up
with you guys and getting horrible rolls? Everyone's
missing today. Except Perp. Perp! Who's everyone,
okay? Buddy, who's everyone? And ironically,
I think you and the cat are the only two to hit
people. I got a 15, are there? To be fair, Perp
has consistently rolled with plus sevens. So,
like, you know. That seems, yeah. Anyways. Is
that the end of your turn or are you going to
shank him? Only one roll I did had a plus seven.
I don't want to go close enough to shank him
again. Alright, so is that the end of your turn?
Yeah. Alrighty, it is now Genesis's turn. Alright,
here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to hit
him. Actually, I'm gonna drop my shield. So I'm
going to place it on my back while I dual wield
this sword. Guys, should I be conserving resources
for after this fight? I guess. We'll probably
take a short rest after this fight. We're level
3, we don't have a lot. I'm gonna use Devastator.
Ivory and Valakite. Both of you attack him. Both
of you guys can now use your reaction, you can
choose to if you want, to make a weapon attack
or cast a damage dealing cantrip with a casting
time of one action. Oh, dude! Guys, should I
be conserving my resources for after this fight?
Eh, I don't care. I'm gonna drop a nuke. I'm
going to use the Devastator. I guess I'm gonna
roll poison spray. Alright. Roll to hit. Is the
13 hit? 13 does not. Oh my god. Alright, get
in there. No, you can get in there too. It's
both of us. 21 does hit. Starry Wisp, 21 to hit,
does hit, roll damage. 6 damage. I'm gonna burn
my seal on that so on top of that 6 damage it
also does 6 necrotic damage. Okay, 6 on a d6,
alright. You see that he's a little bit beaten
up. Not too much, but a little bit. Is it a new
returning perp? Uh, did Starry Whispy do anything
else? Ooh. Uh, Starry Whispy? It emits a light.
Uh, yeah, it emits a dim light in a 10 -foot
radius. Okay. Um, then... It's a ghost. Yeah,
I believe that is my turn. I haven't used my...
bonus action um there's not really anything oh
wait two weapon fighting two weapon fighting
is a thing do i have a light i do not have a
light weapon no i cannot do anything it's my
turn um it is now mouse turn i think i'm far
away i want to say i'm far away i'd say you're
like 40 feet 15 plus no like 20 27 25 um Okay
then. This is 80 feet. Okay, I'm gonna shoot
him with a crossbow. Alright, roll to hit. 24!
Yeah, certainly does hit. Roll 24, yeah. Roll
damage. It's gonna be like 9 damage. And then,
um, I believe I can, as a bonus action, yeah.
Hand axe. That misses. You are not close enough
to hand axe unless you move. Oh, okay. Unless
you throw it, you can throw it. I could... I
rolled a five anyway, so I get it. I'm just gonna
kindly stay where I am. Alright. Is that gonna
be your turn? Yar. The guard captain yet again?
Uh, he's going to... Ooh! He is going to run
towards Ivory, and javelin stab. opportunity
yes opportunity attack and he misses anyway so
it was for nothing because of swift retribution
this opportunity attack will not take my reaction
and I'm going to roll a 21 to hit and because
I'm now dual wielding my sword it does 1d10 instead
of 1d8 that is 10 slashing damage he looks pretty
pretty hurt as I do this I'm going to place a
magical seal on his back. Alright, then it would
be Ivory's turn. Oh wait, really quick, you hear
him scream, MY GRANDMOTHER GAVE ME THAT SWORD
YOU BETTER HAND IT BACK! I wanna smack him with
Patrisha. What? I redid my daggers. Is it Patrisha
and something else? Or are they both just Patrisha?
Patrisha and Vanessa. Okay. Alright, 12 does
not hit. Okay, can I hit him again? Then can
I use my free actions to hit him with Vanessa?
I mean not my free action, my bonus action. Yeah.
A 21 does hit, yeah? Dude, Vanessa's my bitch!
Vanessa! Fuck Patricia. Alright. Anything else
that you would like to do? I don't think I can
do anything else without getting smacked immediately.
Alright, it is now Perp's turn. My least favorite
turn of the whole combat. I'm gonna slash him.
Slash him? Natural 20, 27 to hit. What? That
is gonna do 12 slashing damage. Is that with
critical? Yes. And then I'm going to place another
seal on him, so he has two seals on him currently.
Well, don't worry about placing a seal, because
as you stab him with your sword, with your sword...
It goes through his chest and he falls to the
ground Genesis walks over to the shield that
he dropped on the ground Picks it back up sheeps
his sword and then stands there like an NPC going
back to immediately being silent and motionless
Um guys Yeah, did you guys have to kill them
I didn't know what would kill them. I didn't
mean to. We should go deliver a message, right?
Yeah. Okay. Yeah, we can go. Alright. We can
hide their bodies first. Oh yeah, maybe we should.
Good. Just shove them in the clock tower. If
anyone finds them, it'll be... I mean, it's still,
like, not even midnight yet. I mean... if they
find the body it'll be around morning and we
could already be gone by then oh yeah of course
can we do that it's gonna shove in there um are
you are any of you guys strong enough to lift
those i want to slowly turn the genesis what
do you need me to lift all three of those bodies
yeah Genesis walks over and lifts all three of
those bodies And the turn anything that was his
name let me fact -check Taron turn we'll say
turn he opens the Opens the door to the the first
door to the clock tower Just just just put him
in here and we can just go out this door here
and we can go Or Talon, Talon. Anything you guys
would like to do before going to the gate of
the city? I want to start clapping at Genesis
picking up all three bodies like it's a circus
attraction. How does Genesis react to that? The
same way he reacts to everything else, he doesn't.
He glares and then walks and then continues doing
it. Wait, Genesis. Or... Do we know your name?
I don't think so. Hey, uh, man with big sword,
can I see your sword really quick? He glares
at you and then ignores you. But I'm gonna enhance
it! Like, it's like I could do that. I don't
think he likes you. Let's go to the gate, guys.
Now that you guys are on the actual streets,
you get a different perspective of the city.
The streets feel like they're full even when
no one's on them The lights and the stars make
the city feel full of life Even though from up
above you could sense the corruption inside the
beauty But now you can't see the cathedrals the
palaces can't see any of that All right As you
guys survive the ambush not really ambush kind
of could have prevented that if World better,
but you guys reach a the gate and you see a woman
That you guys have seen before you don't know
the name of but you've seen before waiting I
Do not have a photo of her, but I will get one
later What would you guys like to do Uh, she's
friendly, right? Uh, you... I mean... Roll Insight?
Oh, boy. Uh... Dude, I'm gonna... Fuck as rolls!
You can tell that this is the lady that you're
supposed to meet. Or this is the person. LADY!
We... We have a... With a letter? Um... Okay.
She opens a hidden trapdoor by the gate that's
hidden in the bushes, and she hops down. Oh,
it's just like Narnia! What is Narnia? Uh...
Don't worry about it! Did you create Narnia?
Actually, I did! I'm so creative and thoughtful!
Anyways, I want to jump down into the hatch.
Wow! First you created Spanish and now you created
Narnia? I did! Oh, what the hell is my wonderful
- Talon jumps down into the hatch with you. Oh
boy. Actually, my dagger here - Vanessa! Oh,
she had all the wonderful ideas. Whoa. Yeah.
She's a real chatterbox. Genesis and Mao, what
are you guys going to do? I want to join them.
I want to join them. You jumped out. Are you
going to go join them and talk about Narya? Yar.
Whoa. Genesis is going to follow from a distance.
All right. Judging. And glaring. And brooding.
thinking and sniffing you hear him sniffling
you hear him making weird noises while sniffing
mmm mmm no but you guys you guys get into a long
hallway where there is nothing but a table and
a candle on it In the end of a room or in a room
at the end Okay You made it Let me let me see
the let me see the let me see the parchment the
Tall in hands the What's it called Satchel to
you Ivory and give the lady the parchment. Alright.
She unwraps it and she spreads it on the table.
Oh lord, this cipher. Extremely old, but somehow
still effective, I guess. Do you guys know how
to decode this? Or do you guys wanna like try
to help? is it a different language or it's just
like a um like a cipher so if you guys want to
roll if one of you guys wants to roll a intelligence
check yeah intelligence check if you guys would
like i guess because i have to share i have to
roll for her understanding so if you guys a little
high enough number it helps her out. Oh, an intelligence,
I guess. That's a 13. All right. That does help
a lot. All right. It speaks of a hidden place
where the rebellion can gather without fearing
a stronghold of storts beneath the city. that's
like all it says huh that's strange uh she gets
a she pulls another parchment out of her back
pocket she writes on it and then she hands it
to you guys and it is a location Are we going
there? What's... Where is the lead? Uh, this
should be the location of the stronghold, if
I read it correctly. But I'm not quite sure.
It says in the sewer, but I don't know how much
I trust that. Um... We could check it out anyways,
if you want us to. Yeah, go check that, and if
you get there, there should be... It says that,
I don't know, there will be a messenger or you
could use Talon, the courier guy. If you send
him back, tell me if it is and then I can gather
our people and we can go there as soon as possible.
Okay. Yeah, we can go ahead and do that. Alright.
You just, uh, head now. And, uh, you just send
a message when you get there. Yeah, of course.
Is that fine with you guys? Wait, how do we send
a message back to here though? Genesis glares.
This fucker stopped glaring! This guy, all he
does is glare. He's useless. it just looks it
goes um i mean uh i can i could bring a message
back whenever you know whenever we're uh when
we're uh you know after we get there i could
because now i know the way back and i can i know
how to make my way through the city and with
this with this costume i really i can you know
it could be of some use you know yeah of course
Do you have ascending stone by chance? What is
ascending stone? It's from Narnia. Narnia? But
those actually exist! My mom always said that
we were too poor. Before throwing rocks at me.
I think my cousin was slurred at you. Oh, maybe.
Whoa. Whoa. You know what? I'm honored to be
- to have a rock thrown at me after - after that
one. I'm - Alright, we should go. We should go.
He walks - he walks out. I fall behind him. Genesis
and, uh, Mal? I'm following too. Genesis? Yeah,
of course. I glare and then I follow. Silently.
Alright, do we want another long description
to pass the, pass the, the, the... Pass the time,
you know, while you're walking? Sure. Alright,
we'll have another long description. As you guys
are walking along the stone streets, less stress
now that you're not, you know, holding onto something
that dangerous, you know? Something that could,
you know, not get in the hands of the enemy.
Now you just have a location. And you sense a
presence following you. That is your long description.
You sense a presence. Like to see if they're
like dangerous or something. Do you want to roll
a perception? Sure! Alright, roll. Get to rolling
buddy. Oh my god! I got a good roll! You rolled
a good number. Whoa. A 16. You see a um a taller
man who looks like he could absolutely demolish
you. Uh cloaked. Menacing. He looks menacingly.
Say we ignore him for now. He is very obviously
following you Okay Do you want to ignore him?
Genesis is going to continue walking Unless one
of you guys do something and he's gonna walk
towards an alleyway Yeah, I think I'd rather
follow Follow the big band. Yeah Any any secluded
area? Where we could turn around and jump this
guy? he follows you into the alleyway as Genesis
Walks into this alleyway storms into it. He's
going to immediately hide around the corner get
ready to jump this guy So as he turns the corner
Are you gonna grab him? uh stab him uh yes genesis
is going to reach out and try and grab him roll
would that be dexterity a grapple check would
be would that not be dexterity no strength or
dexterity saving throw what is the dc 12 oh yeah
he beats that um so as as genesis goes to grab
him do you want to flavor that in any way yeah
so genesis hides behind this corner and as he
walks through genesis tries to like come up from
behind him and like basically try and and grab
this mysterious stranger who's stalking them
to try and like sort yeah now get his hands on
him get him in a position where if he is dangerous
he can't really do much but you can describe
how it fails. Alright, so as Genesis goes to
grab the cloaked figure, the cloaked figure turns
and looks into Genesis's eyes. You see as his
eyes glow sort of a, I'll say a green color,
as you feel an immense amount of fear. or flow
through your body as he grabs you, flips you,
and pins you to the ground. He gets close to
your face. What are you trying to do? And then
he lifts you back up again and he's holding you.
This time, but he pushes you against the wall.
I'll say he romantically pushes you against the
wall. By that I mean by your suit itself. He
is holding you suspended into the air. uh we'll
say the wall is brick and you can see that um
from him smashing you pushing you into the wall
it does crack is there anything that you want
to say anything that you want to do genesis isn't
used to sort of like fighting with people who
are very clearly stronger than him um so he's
going to like try and leverage himself as he's
like pushed against this wall in a way where
like he's not going to necessarily make a move
yet because he realizes how this guy seems to
be pretty powerful. But he's also going to like
place his hand on the hook of his sword like
getting ready to like sort of try and sort of
try to leverage himself in a position where he
can draw his sword if he needs to. He is going
to look at you in the eyes except You know, neither
of you guys can see each other's eyes except
for when his eyes glowed. Glue? Glue? Color.
Uh, he's gonna look at you. You... You can't
hurt me. You're weak. I know who you are. I know
what you're trying to do. There is nothing you
can do to stop this war. This needs to happen.
I am going to be watching you. We will stop you.
We will find you. And then he drops you. Anything
you would like to do? Glare. Glare? Uh, he is
going to start to turn around. And then he's
gonna stop himself. If you in the rebellion try
anything to stop this war, I will be there and
I will personally end your life. As you hear
him speaking, as you hear him threaten you, you
feel... it feels familiar in a way. And then
he turns around and walks away. Anything you
would like to do as he walks? Nope. Alrighty.
Then you see him straight up disappear into a
cloud of smoke. Do you guys enter the sewer?
Yeah. We are. Maybe he was just awe and maybe
it was just an awe of his pure aura. Pure aura.
Pure aura. This aura is insane. All you guys
enter the sewer and you see a underground area
that there is tents and stuff set up. There is
a flag of the rebellion. And you see, in the
middle of everything, directing everyone, you
see Mara. Whoa! What would you like to do? Are
things like to talk to Mara, right? Pardon? Our
thing was to go talk to her, right? The woman
motto? I mean, yeah, kinda. Your goal was to
make it here and then send, uh, Talon to go send
a message back to the one chick? Oh... I blanked
out. Okay. Um, I'm gonna go get the... man. Messenger
man. Hi. Hey, man. You're supposed to send a
message to that one girl at that one place that
happened. Yeah, I can do that. Do you want me
to meet you guys back here, or do you want me
to, like, leave? Oh, yeah, just meet us back
here. I have total faith in you. You would never...
perfectly die or anything, right? Death? What
is death? Did you make that up, too? Yeah, actually,
it was a thing in Narnia. I mean, I watched my
parents brutally die, but what is death? We can
talk about it when you get back. Okay. And then
he runs away. I forgot to mention, he is very
obviously like a 17 year old boy. Oh. God, we're
gonna have to teach him a few things. Uh, Mara
- Mara sees you guys and walks over. I don't
remember what voice I gave to her. Woman! Hi
guys! Um, how was it? How - how did that go?
Did you guys have fun, at least? I know Talon
- Is a lot Very annoying really, but you know
kids um Did you guys get the message? Of course
it went great And then I want to wipe the blood
on my hands on the back of my pants as nonchalantly
as I can which isn't very nonchalant actually
it's very shallot. Did you kill guards? Actually,
I didn't do anything. I was very pure and innocent.
Would you say Genesis's sword has blood on it?
I'd say Genesis... Well, first of all, it would
be sheathed, so probably not, because I doubt
Genesis would just lose blood to it. Like, he
probably have made the barest bit of effort to
wipe the blood off. Alright. um if you guys did
kill any guards um did they at least see where
you went did anyone see where you went or anything
like that like what is that what do you mean
like no one saw you go in the trap door by the
gate no one saw you go into the sewer pipe sure
drain whatever whatever Okay, well I I trust
you guys um But since you did kill guards that
means that the crown is going to be aware of
us to some extent So stay vigilant tonight was
just the beginning Us getting here us delivering
that message that is going to be the beginning
of a new age of rebellion. And if you guys would
like, I can keep you guys around and, you know,
we can work together. If I have any missions,
I could send you guys on them. You guys could
prove your worth more, because you guys did great.
But you could prove your worth. and you could
show me your strength and you know we can maybe
end this war once and for all is that okay with
you guys i'd i'd be okay with it um i i don't
know what the other two spider guy i'm i'm fine
with it big buff armor dude guy genesis glares
Uh, I'll take that as a yes. I am going to...
I'll lead you guys to a tent that you guys can
stay at. And that'll be where you can reside.
I'll get back to you guys in a couple of days.
Uh, I think... Yeah, a couple days and I'll be
able to give you guys your next mission. Is that
okay? Uh, yeah, of course. Alright. And she walks
off. leads you to a tent that is very fancy compared
to the other tents. It's still bad, but compared
to the rest of them, it is much larger, it is
much fancier. This is where you guys can stay
until you get your next mission. You guys should
probably get some rest. You guys deserve it.
And then she will well actually before she walks
off do any of you guys have a question any questions
to ask her? I don't have anything No burp are
you just gonna glare Genesis glares I hate you
I hate you I hate you I hate you okay um and
then she's gonna walk off Anything that you guys
would like to do? I really like, hopped excitedly.
I've never been camping before! This is gonna
be awesome! So awesome, camping. Camping is so
cool, camping is so fun. Especially with the
threat of everyone above you dying. yes but like
wait don't kill trippy like this let me enjoy
camping all right i glare oh okay i take genesis
thing i glare are you gonna glare into genesis's
non -existent eyes yeah okay Oz do you want to
do anything nah honkshoe man all right so you
just go sleep Alright. Genesis. You have a very
intimidating rock creature glaring into your
non -existent eyes. What do you do? Genesis,
for the first time since you've met him, stops
glaring. And he walks off into some corner And
he starts journaling. I was about to say, for
the first time since you met him, he stops glaring,
walks into the corner and starts glaring. You
catch a peek over his shoulder and he's writing
Dear Diary. Not actually, not actually, not actually.
Dear Diary, today I glared. It might have been
the best glaring that I've done in years. Genesis
is writing in a pink glittery pen that he got
on like a dollar tray. No, it's like a pink like
fuzzy Furry journal and then on the on the front
of it has like a G made out of like the sparkly
pink stuff rhinestones No, like the ones that
you can flip sequence. Yeah They flip to form
like a gray and he's writing with like a butterfly
pen Alright, so is is is everyone anyone want
to do anything else before? Mal is sleeping Genesis
is journaling. What are you? What are you gonna?
Do are you just glare while justice rights? I
want to go into the tent And I want to sit down
the ground and look at my hands as if like I've
committed bad slaughter You did do that. You
had blood on your hands like three seconds ago
that you wiped on your pants. No, I did it! No,
I did it! Whatever you want to tell yourself
to sleep at night, buddy. I did it. Alright,
so we end this session off with Genesis journaling.
We got Mal sleeping. Are you sleeping on the
ceiling? You should be sleeping on the ceiling.
Yes. Yes. Wait till the middle of the night when
someone knocks down your tent and then you collapse
and die. Malice formed like a spider web already
on your fucking - on your fucking roof. I mean
- It's like made a whole hammock. It would work.
That would work, actually. Should we get Malice
sleeping? I can make web. What? I can make like
a - like a - like a web rope so I don't know
if I could make a hammock. You could. Malice
sleeping. Ivory is self -reflecting, is that
what I would call that? And Genesis is being
a little girly girl in journaling in his pretty
pink diary. And that, my friends, will be the
end of session one. I hope you guys had fun.
Honestly, love this campaign. Oh, I love you.
Goodbye.