It hasn't stopped raining since last session.
Smoke clings to rooftops. Words carry heavier,
now spoken low or just not at all. In shadows,
the whispers shift. The rebels struck again.
No one's safe. They're losing control. But the
war doesn't pause for reflection. Not a nephes.
Today, word reaches of a convoy heading for a
garrison. just beyond the city walls. Just a
few wagons, they say, none with soldiers worth
naming, none with weapons too strong. But this
convoy carries something so much more than weapons.
Ceremonial Helms. Gold. Stamped with the king's
seal. In all, once worn by rebels. Now burned,
buried, or lost. The crown doesn't just kill
its enemies, it wears them. And buried deep in
the heart of the convoy, a name. One the rebellion
forgot. A face that once stood beside them, now
locked in chains. The war moves forward. But
some ghosts refused to stay quiet This is session
three of ashes beneath the crown shattered helm
All right last session you guys were Talking
and you guys saved a kid. I think that's the
only thing of importance that happened Can't
really remember you got some news you got some
news, but it wasn't anything like I Don't think
you guys remember it but I'm gonna let you guys
uh before before session I'm gonna let you guys
uh talk amongst yourself so uh feel free to do
that uh you guys are all at the at the at the
at the table in the kitchen and you guys are
all you know Talon's making breakfast as I said
before and you guys are just you guys are there
so feel free feel feel free to talk amongst yourself
I got a dog. Right? Yes, yes, you did. I did.
This is the best day of my fucking life! Actually,
it was yesterday, so it's been a whole day, so...
Sorry. Oh... Uh... He's cooking food, right?
Breakfast? Yes, Talon is in fact cooking breakfast.
Can I steal food from him as he cooks? Yeah.
Do you wanna, like... Stealthily do it or are
you just grabbing it? Can I? Is this illegal?
No. Do I get repercussions for doing this? No,
nothing major. Do it stealthily. Alright, roll
stealth. This is really important today. Roll
sleight of hand, sleight of hand. Oh. Yeah. Okay.
What'd you roll? I got a seven. You see as he
turns around as you're stealing it and you see
just like His face goes from very happy and joyous
that he's you know, he's got friends to just
sadness Wait, wait, wait, wait Yeah, I Yeah,
I'm almost done. Why are you - why are you stealing
them now? Dog hunky. Made for you. Okay, you
can give your dog some of the food, but not too
much. Yay! Thank you! I wanna feed my dog the
food I sold. This is really important to me.
Um, I'm actually gonna - Genesis is going to,
uh, approach, um, what's their name. What's their
name? Is it one of our characters? What's their
name? There's Ivory, there's Talon, there's Mal,
there's Dog. Mal, Mal. You really should change
your discord name on the server to Mal. Genesis
is going to approach Mal with this imposing,
imposing large figure. Hey, big man. What is
your name? Malachi, but call me Mal. We've known
each other for... Three days? No, like a week.
Over a week. We've known each other for a week
and I don't know your name. Oh. I'm just visibly
shaking. Just like a man who could kill me like
any second just... I need to turn on music because
this is really awkward. Oh shit. I didn't know
you were cool like that. Yeah, I I pull out I
pull out headphones and I place it over my helmet
Yes Okay, I said you're going like Wow Yeah earlier
what you know is doing. There's like I was like,
I'm just gonna log rest. I'm gonna assume that
I can It's been a day no The guy from earlier
did you know him? The one who followed us in
that alleyway. No. I don't know him either. We
need to figure out more about him. Didn't he,
like, threaten you? He threatened us. Which is
why we need to know more about him. Right, right,
right. Do you have any connections or leads?
No. Yes, I'll ask Ivory. You're welcome to tag
along. I would like to tag along and get breakfast
with you. Okay. Genesis is going to walk over
to Ivory and... Talos? Is that their name, Wes?
Tal... Talon. Talon. Talon. Talon. Never mind.
He's gonna walk over to where Ivory and Talon
are. He's gonna say... Ivory. Yeah? Remember
yesterday when that strange man followed us into
the Hollywood? Uh, yeah. I -I do. Do you know
anything about him? I -I was assuming you'd know,
cause you were the one pinned, were you not?
No, I, uh, tried to get a look under his hood,
but... He was stronger than me. Which means whoever
this guy is, he's skilled. Um... But he doesn't...
He didn't exactly pose a danger at the time,
so there has to be a reason he didn't attack,
right? Yeah, he uh... He obviously knew that
we were working with the Rebellion, but he still
didn't attack. In fact, he tried to warn us off,
to tell us not to continue. Maybe he... There
has to be a reason why he didn't just attack
us. That's why I thought maybe one of you might
know something. Maybe... Maybe he didn't attack
us because he had some sort of connection to
one of you. Oh, I'm sorry. I... I've never seen
that man. At least, not that I know of. Alright.
I guess we'll have to do some snooping around
the next time we leave. See if we can't find
anything out about it. Um, yeah. We... we can
do that. Have you ever heard of skimity toilet?
No. It's this really cool series. Let me show
you. You have an iPad. Yeah, thank you. Let me
just close out of Cocoa Melon. I was watching
it in the corner over there earlier when I was
alone And then I show Ivory all episodes of skivety
toilet without letting them leave Holy shit This
is a revelation. Oh my god. Talon walks up behind
you guys. Oh, you guys are watching skivety.
I love skivety toilet That's my favorite TV show
And then walks away. Back to the kitchen. I no
longer like skippity toilet. What? I think I'm
gonna go back to watching Cocoa Melon. I love
Cocoa Melon. I... ...gonna go... Breakfast is
ready. Oh, yay. I want breakfast. You guys, in
the kitchen, you see an array of like, pancakes,
waffles, spaghetti. He doesn't know how to make
breakfast. There's a rock, because he doesn't
know what ivory eats. There's a plate of just
bugs. There's sausages. and then there's like
a bowl with uh just the word dog on the side
of it and it's just filled to the brim with just
miscellaneous like food items can i have the
rock do you want to try to eat that yeah can
i have some rocket spaghetti rocket and spaghetti
yeah How did you know I was on a strict rock
and bug diet? If you want to eat the rock, roll
me a strength check to see if you can even bite
it. But with advantage because you are a rock.
Can I eat a rock? Well, I'll say that you - Let
me roll a bite check. You chipped the rock, but
it chipped your tooth as well. Somehow. Yeah,
roll me a bite check, Ferb. Come on now. Your
plus eight modifier to bite. Yeah, you - That's
a fifteen bite check. No. No, if you wanna -
Okay. Earlier I got a twenty -five, but I was
only meant for fun. Can you, uh, can you get
a glare check on your character sheet? Yeah,
okay. For whenever you glare, you know, just
like make sure that you, you know, do it well.
Can I get spaghetti with a side of bugs? Talon
grabs a, like his hand, he just like grabs a
handful of the spaghetti, throws it onto a plate,
grabs a handful of bugs, and is like visibly
repulsed by it. throws it onto the spaghetti
and then mixes it up with his hands and then
hands it to you. You didn't have to... I could
pick them up, but okay, and then I just turn
around and leave. Thank you. I washed my hands!
You washed your hands in the sewer! Have you
guys showered? In the sewers. Well... No, there's
no water. I'm a rock. That's why you smell. I
can't smell, I'm a rock! No, not you, the spider.
I hate you. That's nice. I don't actually hate
you. I don't actually hate you. Okay. Then Talon
goes into a different corner of the tent where
there's like a little makeshift tower or shower
not tower shower And he showers with the sewer
water There's a curtain. He puts a curtain in
the way. Oh my god Okay, I like the books alive
like I think falling off the plate or is he's
dead bugs one in every eight bugs is in fact
alive Oh God that's awful we're protein disgusting
that is so bad um i would like to feed my dog
that but can i can i inspect the dog food to
see if there's anything like poisonous in it
for animals uh role investigation no nature nature
Or sure my bad survival survival. Yeah Okay Okay,
yeah, you go through the bowl and you see nothing
that dogs can't eat oh And there's also no bugs
in there. Oh You know, he really cared about
the dog not much about you guys. Oh I don't know
many kind of give me a rock Well, I guess he
cared a little bit giving you the rock I think
he cared so much. Um, I Guess I'd like to feed
my dog the miscellaneous items I'm gonna DM you
important information that you need to know for
Later on not current but Is it bacon Oh, there
is bacon. I have bacon. Yes. I wanna eat spaghetti
and bacon. This is awesome. You can eat spaghetti
and bacon. This is the best day of my life. What
does Genesis do? He is glaring. Can you roll
me a glare check really quick? This is very important.
Ooh, very mediocre glare, but you still glare.
How about I kill you in real life? Well, making
my dream come true, if you know what I mean.
Is there anything else that you guys want to
talk about? Anything else that you want to do
before we continue? I want to talk to Ivory.
Go ahead. I want to talk to Talon after they're
done. Oh yeah, go talk to the stinking shower
man. Hey um, so um, I see you got a dog. I do
have a dog. What's his name? Or her? I haven't
thought of naming him yet. Would you like to
help me name her? Or him? Is it the dog or him
or her? Roll me. A... Would it be survival? D100.
What? Roll for gender, roll for gender. Roll
for gender, roll for gender. No, roll, roll,
roll in, roll investigation. Wait, no. I have
100 gender terms. Roll 1d100. Depending on the
gender that he takes to, entirely the same as
the gender of your animal. Roll medicine. I got
12. You're taking a shot in the dark, but you
guess that it might be a man. Oh, it's a male
dog. Dog yep Yeah, what's this what what's his
name? I haven't thought of one yet Hey, I just
think about that we can name him Rock we can
name him spaghetti We could name him... Bacon?
You could also name him Orangutan. You hear,
uh, from the shower, you hear, uh, Talon. You
can name him Ivory - Oh, wait! And then you just
hear him bash his head against the wall. Holy
shit! head against the wall I heard a second
smaller thud I think he fell and he's drowning
now oh my god holy shit no no he got you can
tell that he got real angry because your name's
ivory so he bashed his head against the wall
wait no that's a real good idea we can we can
definitely name the dog ivory no What if we called
the dog a series of indistinguishable sounds
and noises? That's how my genius comes up with
another name. A great name for a dog. Thank you!
I thought really hard about this one. What if
we see another dog and we call out to that dog,
but this dog thinks we're calling out to this
dog. So this dog... We're gonna call this dog
dog one. And then we call the next dog dog. Alright,
we will now assign a number to every single dog
we ever meet across our journeys for the rest
of our lives even if we split up as a group.
Every time I meet a new dog I will search endlessly
for years to find you guys to make sure that
the number I want to call it is not already taken.
You guys get a faint vision of the future, and
you see a day where it's just... Wait, you see
a day long in the future where the two of you
guys are on your separate journey and one day
Genesis rolls up to you. Do we have a dog 3728?
And you guys both say yes. And then he asks you,
do we have a dog 8 ,421? And you guys say yes.
And then he asks if you guys have 9 ,242. And
you say that he's one number too high. So he
goes, 9 ,000 other numbers that I said, but one
number less. 5 ,451, I think. And then your vision
ends. You just see that one day. Guys, we have
a problem. I actually don't know how to count.
Oh. Oh, I'm sure the far future will have things
called calculators. Guys, I have a problem. I
actually think I might be getting squirrels and
dogs mixed up. Guys, for the past 10 years, I've
been putting in fucking dragons. in our dog naming
list because i thought they were just a special
breed what do we do oh i guess all dogs are dragons
now i don't know i thought it was like kind of
a pug situation where like it was it was fucked
up and oh do you know this thing's where it's
all like all squares are rectangles and all rectangles
are squares or however that works we could do
wait so all dragons are dogs but not all dogs
are dragons yeah So wait is this guy a dragon
or Do we have a pet dragon? Oh, yeah, they do
sick So we have a pet dragon named dog Yes I
can't wait to meet an NPC and tell them to meet
our pet dragon named Dog, and then a regular
ass dog just turns to warning. Not even a very
intimidating one, just our regular cute little
poodle. My toy poodle! Toy poodle dragon! especially
bread are we ready to continue oh wait no purple
you wanted to talk to uh talon right yes i will
wait for him to be done with thing um you talon
uh walks out of the shower dries himself off
uh and then walks uh opens the curtain after
he's done changing and then he walks over to
you guys i heard you guys say that we have a
pet dragon where is it uh i'll hold up my pet
That's not a dragon Oh You told me not all dogs
were dragons. I thought this one was a dragon,
but it might not be You know while you guys are
on your next adventure I will I will do immense
of research to figure out what it is I think
we'll have to introduce him as either a dog or
a dragon from now on. Though I prefer dragons,
so let's do that first and then when they ask
about it saying maybe he might be a dog, we don't
know for sure though. We're still waiting for
the signs. The one session where Genesis is talking
and he's talking about dogs and dragons being
the same thing. And skivety toilet, don't forget
about that. Oh yeah, and Cocomelon. And Cocomelon.
Yeah, but Talon's out. The week between sessions
one and two where no character development happened,
but the day between session two and three where
I immediately opened up entirely. Now everyone
knows my backstory already. That's what happened.
I'm so glad that we've bonded and are now completely
trusting of each other. For all of the episodes.
Every single one, all three hundred. Alright,
uh, I'm gonna pull Talon. Talus. Talus. Talon.
Talon. Talon. I'm gonna pull Talon aside. Talon
follows you. We need more difficult assignments.
Diffic - More dif - I'm not the one giving you
them. That's Mara. I didn't sign up to the rebellion
to escort children. I'm here to make a difference.
And you, as an actual part of the rebellion,
a full member, are my best chance to getting
those missions. I'm not really as... I have a
mission for you. I have a couple missions that
I can give you the hardest one in my opinion.
Give us one that actually makes a difference.
Alright, let's walk over to the um... Okay, I'm
just escorting a child out of a war -ridden city.
I think I feel like that's making a difference,
no? I'm here to end the war, not save one life.
Well, it's baby steps. Listen. There was a man,
in a hood. He threatened us. He knows about the
rebellion. I need you to find out everything
you can about him. A cloaked figure moving around,
maybe threatening other rebellion members I don't
know. Yeah, yeah, I can try I Haven't heard anything
yet, but I'll keep an eye out. Oh Yeah, let's
just walk to the table. I can give you guys your
mission today What? Did you say Kokemon new episode
wait can I watch I will burn you oh He walks
the table everyone gather around I got the next
mission. Today, let me pull up mission overview.
There's a supply caravan with a, we don't know
what it's carrying entirely. We think that they
have gold, maybe some weapons, maybe some things
from the Lost Rebellion members. You know some
dead from the war, you know all that all that
stuff. We don't know but we know for a fact that
they're carrying a prisoner And if I am not mistaken
the prisoner is a They're the um Not the phallus
sorry not water. Yeah Geez, I'm really forgetting
the ones with the pointy ears, you know A dog!
Maybe, maybe. No, pointy ears. Unique to this
world and this world alone. Elves, it's an elf.
But they're like a rebel medic. So if you can
save them, maybe, you know, get them on our side,
maybe we can get a medic. Maybe. Alright. Alright.
Alright, we're in Mal. Oh, yes, hi. What's up?
If we're gonna do this mission, we can't just
be doing singular rescues. This caravan may have
more than just a prisoner. If you could take
any captives alive, any of the Mathis soldiers,
then interrogate them. See if there's any leads.
Wait, wait, wait, wait. Why are - Wait, so, kidnapping
the Mathis soldiers, that sounds dangerous, no?
We're not gonna win this rebellion or this war
if we just take back people that they have captive.
We need to actually make moves. No, but if you
do that, you're just as bad as them. No? Are
you seriously arguing idealism right now? Okay,
sorry, you get - You saw the child. Yeah. No,
actually no, I didn't see the child. Are you
telling me that you want to - Or, you know about
the child. Yeah. Are you seriously telling me
that you would want more stuff like that to happen?
Because you don't want to be as bad as them.
But if - If we're as bad as them, how does that
make us look? Yeah, we're fighting for - Our
freedom is fighting to be free, fighting to end
this war. But... If we're just doing what they're
doing, they're just gonna try to come after us
more than they're already doing. No? Listen,
Palin. Violence begets violence. And only by
responding with force can you make a change.
The people in power aren't going to... change
overnight because of a couple breakouts and rebellious
movements. They aren't gonna stop because of
protests. Nothing is changing for them. They're
not getting any payback or detriments for what
they're doing. There's no punishment. We have
to change that. We have to give them a reason
to stop what they're doing. And only violence
can do that. If you have a way, if you have some
solution, I'll be happy to hear it. But until
then, we need to do more than just free them.
Where would you even put them, if you got them?
I don't plan on keeping them for long. I'll probably
interrogate them at the site and then execute
them. Okay. Alright. Are we ready to head out?
Actually, Ivory, are you wearing armor? Uh, I
wear - I'm wearing light armor. So, yeah. I'm
gonna walk up to you and go, hey, um, I've noticed
that your armor seems kind of weak. Can I help
you with that? No more shit! Oh, okay, wow, um...
Uh, yeah, help me with my armor. Yeah, like,
make you, like, a little stronger. Yeah, that'd
be nice. You can add a plus one to your initiative.
I was like, I'm gonna use one of my artificer...
I believe... Artificer infusions, that's what
it's called. I'm gonna use one of my artificer
infusions to increase your defense. You add a
plus one to your armor class. I feel defensier.
Defense here. Yeah That's exactly how I feel
Thank you, I really appreciate that do you guys
Go to the mission Yeah, speaking of the mission
where exactly are we going um So, you know Outside
of Mathis is where you're going you're going
to outside of the kingdom, you know, you're uh
There's a road. I don't remember the name of
the road, but it's like right outside the gate
By the castle there is a direct sewer output
there You guys can leave the sewer there you
go out the gate Then on that road there should
be a caravan around there in a good hour or two
So by the time you're there, it should only take
like 10 minutes. Oh Okay Question about my dog
really quick. I have an answer about your dog
Is my dog like a little baby or is my dog like
a full -grown dog? Oh like a like a like a teenage
dog Actually, it's like yeah, so it says pop
But in all reality, it is in - okay. This worked
for Dragon Dog. Your dog, it was a companion
to Mathis soldiers. Do you think a poodle would
work for that? Well, Genesis stated it was a
poodle. Okay, it could be a poodle. Yay! Welcome
to Elarion, am I right? Here, wait, wait, wait.
I looked up why poodles were bred war dogs. They
were used in various military roles, so this
fits. Okay. Poodle dog! Poodle dragon! This is
Poodle - Dragon. Yeah, sorry. Poodle dragon dog.
Poodle dragon these nuts. Wow. Yup. Alright,
uh... Alright, so you guys get out of the sewer
and on to right by the gate you guys walk out
You know, you've already seen this city before
you've already seen this part of the city more
specifically before And you get to a trail, you
know These are a bit early like five minutes
earlier than you were supposed to be so the the
the caravan for the whatever Should be here for
like five ten minutes in five ten minutes and
you see a piece of paper on the ground Can I
pick it up? Yes, you look at it and you see in
the top left corner a version of the rebel like
insignia Yeah, insignia uh in the top left corner
and you see uh the words make a message and then
it's there's the it's v make a message and then
v uh you guys know that on the first uh letter
uh inviting you to the rebellion that you guys
got whenever you joined the rebellion had the
same uh initial v oh specifically the one that
pinned um Genesis, uh, because he's like the
only one that's been watching us or paying attention
to us, right? No, I think uh Remember Talon may
give us the Talon may give us the missions, but
he has a superior and when we got those letters
and assigned with me I assumed this is whoever
is in charge of the rebellion. Oh, I'm P -brand.
I could be wrong Okay, but uh, I think maybe
Talon might have told his superior about what
I said to him. Maybe this is them giving us the
go -ahead. Of course, it could be something entirely
different. Of course. But I say we - I say we
make a message. Yeah, we can do that. Alright,
we have a little bit of time to prepare before
the caravan gets here. You wanna uh, maybe set
a trap or do something. But you guys are able
to scout out if you'd like. Yes, what does the
area look like? You're surrounded by forests.
There's a trail that goes through. There's a
sign that says that it's going to... Let me fact
check that I'm correct, which I usually am, because
I'm a genius, and also because I wrote it, so
no matter what I say, I'm correct. Perfect. It
is a sign leading to a... No, I'm wrong. It is
a sign leading to a village called Blackven,
so that you can assume that the trail is leading
to Blackven. You guys see like piles of leaves
that have been obviously raked up or like gathered
collected or whatever in order to clear the trail
for these caravans specifically. Alright, do
either of you have any ideas on anything you
can do to create a trap? I have a thing that
can create the - that can create the smell of
like, smog or fire, but I don't know if that'd
work because, uh, it'd probably go away, right?
I don't - that's all I could really do. What
about you, Mal? Uh -oh. I could... grease. Uh...
No, we don't wanna - Wait, you could grease?
Wait, a genius idea - It's actually perfect.
Is there - is there a stick nearby? Yes, there
would be, in fact, a stick nearby. Can I use
the stick? I have a really bad idea. Are you
- What is your idea, Prisoner? I can light the
whole thing on fire! I'm gonna hold my hand out
and a large flame is gonna shoot out of my hand.
No! A large little flame. I literally produce
fire at will. I think we both produce fire at
will. I can make a tiny little fire. How are
you producing fire at will? Burning hands. Oh
no, I have the cantrip produce fire at will.
That's what you have. I just have that ability.
So, here's the plan. Ivory. Yeah? You're a bard,
correct? Yeah Alright, I'm going to raise my
large sword and I want to chop down a tree Roll
me strength Jack see the play With advantage
you are a big man It's okay My blade has a magical
property to it where it uses my charisma instead
of my strength. Can I roll a weapon attack? to
symbolize the fact that i'm using charisma instead
of strength or do you can i roll like a charisma
check would you let me i'll let you do okay i'll
just i'm using a magical really okay that is
going to be a natural 16 for 23 that does damage
is only six damage that's a natural one of the
damage i would say that you are able to cut down
the tree that way all right So, Genesis says
to Ivory, you're a bard, right? And then walks
over to a tree and chops it down. And the large
tree is going to land on the trail to essentially
block any caravans that come in. And he says,
listen up, Ivory, when they come in, you're going
to be sitting on top of this tree and talk to
them. Just focus on getting them to stop, getting
them distracted. and making sure that they aren't
ready for a fight. Oh, okay! Once you give the
signal, Mal will cast grease on the caravan.
I will run through the back and knock it open
and start pulling the hostage and the captives
out. The moment I do, I need one of you. Actually,
the moment I do, I will produce fire and light
the caravan. Then we'll start fighting. Got it?
Uh, is there a certain signal? You can decide
it. You heard the distraction, Mao is grace.
I'll do the heavy work. We got this, we got this.
Might need to take a little hurrying, but we
got this. A little bit. We could be talking about
this out loud. We could, we could be talking
about this out loud, yeah. What does that mean?
I'm free this Monday, but not next Monday. So
tomorrow you're good? Yes. So it's just like
the perp done. See, I asked what that meant out
loud, but we're having the rest of this conversation
in normal. Amazing! Perp said he'll be back.
I was looking. I just got spaghetti. Like actual
spaghetti and raisins for some reason. Perp,
are you good to, well, finish up this part and
then just whatever we can't get through we can
do right before session tomorrow and then we
can do session. Okay, yeah, so we picked this
up on Monday. Yeah, yeah tomorrow. Okay. Alright.
So, do you guys want to finish this up or do
you want to just do it tomorrow? I think it would,
I don't think we're gonna finish the fight in
10 minutes and I think it would - Well, I could
do like every, like the before fight and then
- do fight as next session yeah sure I think
I think after June are you able to talk right
now yeah what's up yeah I think we play out Ivory's
distraction and like the grease and then like
me getting the like guy out and then the moment
we start initiative that's where we are all right
if that works so we just gotta be quick about
it yeah the USC as not one not two but four caravans
up all with a non -crown like they don't they
don't look like they belong to the kingdom um
but you see one one caravan has a good couple
cages and can who who's the closest to caravans
i'd be directly in front of it sitting on the
tree so what happens is as the caravan is moving
through the trail as it's going through me and
uh mal are hiding like to the sides of it and
like so technically it passed us first but it
stopped at ivory all right so i'm gonna say if
i would be directly in front of the blockage
perp would you be paying more attention or would
mal absolutely if i see that it if i see that
it looks not to be of royal like kind of vibes
i want to see if it's like hidden or if they're
like that's intentional or if it's just not Something
part of the great thing a Perception check Well,
I'm not good at this 11 Mal would you like to
help? I would because I'm I'm busy focusing and
looking There you go, that's a lot better 21.
All right, so I'm gonna say that Looking at the
the prisoner caravan Like the little jail cell
looking thing. Looking in the cell, you see a
man who looks extremely familiar from the rebel
newsletter from a couple days ago. So not yesterday,
so it was before what you guys did. It would
have happened after what you guys did. I've lied.
This is a man who you guys remember from... The
like it was a little newsletter type like oh
be warned this guy his name is Elion Elion Rook
He is the medic he was a rebel member but you
remember from the little newsletter newspaper
wherever that he betrayed and He gave away the
location of a rebel safe house in order to save
his sister who is also in the rebellion but He
got arrested she got killed anyways and Everyone
who was in that rebel safe house and all of the
supplies that was in there gone Don't know if
they died don't know if they're arrested don't
know any of that. We just know that they went
missing And also with that 20 whatever You see
a guard all the guards are wearing rebel clothing.
So you don't know if they're You don't know if
they are the kings. You don't know if they are
rebel. But all of the flags on the side, all
of the like symbols, they're not that of the
rebel or the king. Didn't he say it would be
one car? Why are there four? We'll have to push
on. Okay. Even if these guys look like rebels,
we'll figure that out after we take them down.
Focus on not being lethal. If we knock them down,
regardless of whether they... Our Rebels are
not. Once we question them, we'll know what to
do with them. Focus on Mon and Lethal. That means
no spells and no ranged attacks. Heal damage,
but try not to kill them. Alright? I... I...
Okay, um... I know it'll be tough for the two
of you. I know how I've risen here with us right
now. This is your magic casters, but try your
hardest. Which card do I cast Grease on? Mortal
Prisoner? Does any of the carts seem to have
the most guards inside? The one right in front
of the prisoner. You could see like a guard,
like two or three guards, just like one driving
the caravan, or well, the horse, whatever. Another
one like next to him, and then there's one hanging
off the back of it. Okay, then yeah, I'm assuming
that's the second cart. I'm assuming it goes...
One in the front, one in front of the caravan,
like the prisoner caravan. Prisoner caravan,
and then one in the back. Correct, actually.
Alright, uh, can I settle on the second one?
Like, now? Once Ivory begins talking to him.
Unless they give his signature. We never settled
on a single, by the way. So, we're just gonna
have to guess. So, as you guys are talking, the
caravan, all four of them, come to a halt. Uh,
in - Ivory, the - guard on the very front most
one he's alone no one's next to him hey what
are you doing here what i why are you just sitting
on this log oh there's i was being chased by
apparently like a bunch of men and it was really
awful and i was waiting to see if there was like
anyone like coming so that i could be like saved
i guess i don't know Who are you? What are you
doing? I'm... I'm Ivory? Ivory? Mm -hmm. Hmm.
He, uh, opens up a little notebook that he has
next in. He flips a couple pages. Ivory? Yeah?
Like... Are you, uh, uh, OBSDI? No. I'm a...
I'm a rock. Y -yes, an obsidian. No, no, no.
Major difference. But, but - But you're not -
you're not a chrystallian, you're an obsid -
what? You're a rock. Yeah. So, um... Fuck the
signum attacking. You know what this sounds like
this sounds like he knows who you are and he
knows you're part of the rebellion And I can't
risk him like telling the others or else we lose
a surprise round So I'm at the moment. I like
see that he's starting to check in this book.
I jump out Okay, I'm gonna perp what is your
passive? Perception 13 we are only level 3 remember
that I'll say that a 13 is high enough to see
in this book There is a there's photos of all
three of you guys and talent THEY HAVE OUR IDENTIFICATE,
THEY HAVE OUR GOVERNMENT ID! Uh oh. So, uh, you
guys sneak attack. Uh, Mal, are you casting Grease?
Well, hey, we just got to the initiative part.
Uh, I just want clarification. Mal casts Grease.
Genesis, what are you doing? I'm, uh, running
to the caravan with the prisoner net. Alright,
are you, are you lighting the fire? Uh, ye -
Yeah, yeah. Because originally my plan was get
the prisoner out, because I thought there would
be one caravan that I didn't want to light the
prisoner on fire. But if we're not lighting that
caravan on fire anymore, then yeah, I'll light
the fire before I go to the prisoner. Alrighty.
And then we'll continue this tomorrow before
session four. W. Alright, so you guys have rolled
initiative. How is the grease thing gonna work?
Because I know Mal did the grease. And then you
lit the grease. How does - how is - how are we
gonna do that? Let me - do you want me to figure
that out for you? Well you're the one lighting
the fire, so I would like you to explain to me.
What? What? I thought Grease was just Grease,
why is it a change? They made it non -flammable
in the 2024 version? That's insane. This is insane
work. I never knew this. I was like, let me check
GreaseLyric. And then I was like, non -flammable
the fuck? Okay. Alright, reload your character
sheet, I fixed it. I put the legacy spell on.
Thank you, okay hold on. The legacy spell is
flammable, right? It doesn't specify none. Yeah.
Okay. Crazy. Why would they remove - that was
like the thing for Greece. That was what made
Greece fun and good. Yeah, like it slipped me
so higher. Sure, you're right. It was? Um, just
cast. So, a 10 -foot square on the like, um,
on the carriage. is shot by a giant ball of grease
I don't know how you want to flavor this made
do you want to flavor it or? um yeah as a shark
um or not made shit my bad whatever your name
is mal um I guess I just just somehow conjure
a bucket and go toss it's like the green lantern
ring So they pounded this bucket and they splashed
this carriage with grease. And when the grease
lands on it, each creature standing in the area
must succeed on a dex save. But that doesn't
really make sense because it's on top of the
carriage. So the thing that's going to happen
is I'm going to produce fire. And all of this
grease is going to light up on fire, which means
a 10 square foot like surface area on top of
this carriage is going to shoot up in flames
i'm assuming the carriage is wooden oh yeah so
this is going to become a fire in the carriage
sort of situation if i'm correct i could be wrong
about this um since this is a fire would it just
use my produce flame damage i believe so yeah
all right uh i accidentally opened an extra window.
Oh god, everything is going bad. Okay, so former
produced flame. It's 1d8 of fire damage. So I
guess every turn they would take 1d8. Do you
want to roll? Yeah, roll. Alright. The first
damage is simply going to be three fire damages.
All the people inside here start burning. And
now we're back into initiative order. This is
the stuff we did before. Right? Uh, yeah. um
now uh there is an important thing i need to
know first um are we following the indie base
rules where if you do an action before like if
you do an action and that action leads to combat
you do you have that action expended no i'm not
gonna okay so our our actions like bonus actions
are refreshed upon starting initiative work yeah
all right thank you now it's There's four carriages,
one's on fire and has the prisoner inside. I'm
assuming still. The second one is the one on
fire Okay, that makes sense. So first one is
distracted by ivory. Second one is on fire. Third
one has prisoner. Fourth one is just in the back.
Just keep it going. I guess I can burn the second
one or not the second one, the fourth one. Burn
the fourth one? I have flaming. I have burning
hands. That can work. 15 foot cone. Does it affect
the people inside or just? Because I'm gonna
need people to roll me a deck save I don't know
if there's anyone sitting in front of the cart
or like Are there six guards total? I believe
there's three If you're burning hands in what
it would probably do is It would set the carriage
on fire and then it probably wouldn't hurt them
on the first turn Maybe like later it will start
like spreading into the heart I'd say for the
first turn maybe if they leave the cart it hurts
them because there's like a barrier of fire on
the outer layer of the heart Maybe it's not that's
not really how it works for you're using an unorthodox.
You're using it to light a sort of like a care
or wouldn't care can fire So I don't know if
there's a single rule for this. You just like
me. Yeah That's in a weird spell the cats I Think
I'm just okay. I feel just at the car on fire.
I think The one that's already on fire knows
of because the second one's on fire. I'm gonna
set the fourth one on fire DM to player, do you
guys want to light these cards on fire? It really
matters which decision we make because both are
valid in this situation. Then can I just, okay,
then can I change what spell I do to catapult
instead to launch an object at a different guard
to knock them out, hopefully, or to deal damage?
You didn't fully say you were gonna do one thing.
You were just like, what it, but so yes, yes,
you very much good. I'm so confused of what's
happening right now. I just chosen to just do
that. He actually did say he cast Burning Hands
on the card. You were just confused about the
ruling. Alright, you do whatever you want to
do in this situation. Okay, okay, okay. I'm gonna
cast catapults. Alright, cast catapults. I'm
gonna launch an object at a guard. That was like
the, like that was, I feel like I did in fact
just have a stroke if not two. Okay, um, I need,
is there a guard that I can see? I'm assuming
there's three. um so in the second cart yes there
are three kind of is there an object in there
that can launch at one of them uh you're in the
woods so there's like branches and there's sticks
and there's rocks and there's there's a there's
a spider i want to launch a rock there's a little
spider next to you i'm gonna launch a rock you
want it no i'm gonna launch the rock i don't
want to launch a spider at a person i'm a rock
All right, we're just talking about watching
rocks. All right, I agree I Need this car to
roll me a dex check, please which one one two
or three a B or C do You roll a dex you said
Yes. All right, it rolls a 16 That succeeds and
I don't think this thing takes damage. Otherwise
Think that's the end of my turn. I just use my
action. I can't do anything else I can only heal
and jump Sometimes you can beg the DM to do something
else as I've learned recently what I what I did
stuff as bonus action like lift crates Plus you
have movement too. So if you want to yeah Do
you see how you have your object interaction
so you can always open the cage? Oh yeah, maybe
we should free the prisoner. I'm gonna move to
the prisoner's cart and open the cage to the
prisoner. The cage, drumroll please, is locked.
Who'da guess? One of these guys might have a
key, right? Right gang, right fellas? Maybe.
It's magically locked, by the way. Oh! Genesis!
My boy, it is your turn. Genesis is gonna see
Mal run to the cage and he is going to take this
opportunity to attack someone. Alright? He is
going to attack How many guys are there I just
sent in no mic on the first card there is two
people second card There's three third card.
There's just the prisoner and then the fourth
card is one person All right, I'm one short.
There is two people on the last card. I have
a question. Well, yeah For yeah for the rest
of the place. Okay The Second cart is on fire
right yes should i be okay actually oh they're
planning while i'm gone this is crazy oh look
at that oh this session's so scuffed first we
split it in two days and then everything breaks
out of me i want a free action to perceive if
you would let me What do you mean? What do you
mean? I would like to perceive as a free action
if you would let me. Sure. I want to try and
get a look at what's inside the second card,
the one that's on fire. Where are you at? Me
and Mal are currently flanking from the side,
so I'd be like in between the second and third
card. Okay. You see inside the second card, you
see there is a bit of gold and there is a bit
of armor that you can hand back to the rebellion.
Not armor, but like clothing, kind of. I don't
care about that. So, I'm not going to focus the
second card, I'm gonna let it burn. I am going
to go for the fourth card. But I'm not just going
to like throw something at them. I'm going to
climb into the fourth card with the two others.
Like you're gonna go inside of it and fight?
Yeah. Alright. Okay, what do these cards look
like? Do you have like a reference image? It's
fine if not. Yeah. Because I want to envision
how or describe how Genesis gets into these cards.
Think of like a modified covered wagon. A modified
what? Covered wagon. Oh, covered wagon. i'm an
idiot all right so one of them has like a jail
he's going to look at the fourth um and he is
going to janice is going to run and jump through
this small little window um and as he lands inside
kind of on his side he's going to get up and
go to the two guys that are in there okay okay
you thought you could get away with that can
i do it athletics can i do athletics rather than
yeah sure Both would work, like both would work.
Yeah, both would work. Um, but you thought you
could get away with that, didn't you buddy? Six,
brother six. Wow. I'll say that you, instead
of going through the window, I'll say that, so
that's not like a window, that's like a tiny
little door, I'll say you just kick the door
down. Okay, okay. And it hurts, so take one damage,
one damage. Are you serious? It's one damage.
I'm down. No, I'm sorry All right, we got Genesis
is weak Genesis jumps towards this like door
and but but gets caught on like a fucking thing.
It slams It falls on the ground. It's really
embarrassing it dumb But he gets back up. We'll
just look at you and your sword. Your mask is
all red and blushing. I'm blushing And I get
back Genesis gets back up and he's going to make
an attack towards one of the guys Uh, by the
way, what does he see in this card now that he's
just out of it? Um, you see that there is a lot
of stuff with royal insignia that's of the king.
Like there's um, there's like swords, there's
weapons, uh, none of it looks good. None of it
looks any good. Uh, there's some some armor,
but it looks destroyed, you know, tarnished.
There's There's maps, there's letters, but most
of them look burnt. Nothing in this cart. It
looks like this might be a decoy cart. She's
going to attack Warren. One or two? Natural 20,
27. Pick one or two? Pick, oh, um, one. Alright.
I don't like how that guy looks at me. Roll damage.
He actually started laughing whenever you broke
through the door. I fucking killed him. Roll
damage, you might. He's not that strong. That
is 13 slashing damage. Yeah, he's downed. Oh.
Okay, wait, let me... Okay. I want to ask you
if I can do something. Yeah. This is a... Actually,
no, there's no point in doing that. This is so
stupid. So what I was gonna ask is... As an Illrigger,
when I attack, I can place a seal on someone,
and then as a bonus action, I can move the seal
to a different person. So what I was going to
ask was if I could, as I attack and place a seal
on him, and then as he dies, move that seal over
to his buddy. But I also can just add seals on
people as a bonus action. So I don't, I could
just add the seal, like I don't know why, what
I was thinking. So I slash him, and I cut his
fucking head off. Well, okay. Do you want to
kill him? I said he was down. You said non -lethally.
Yeah, non -lethally. I slash him across the chest
and then I'm going to place a seal on the other
guy. And that is my turn. He looks at you and
he says, but that's my least favorite animal.
I look at him and I start making really convincing
seal noises. Okay. It's my turn. All right. The
guard right next to you, it's his turn. He looks
at you, and he rolls to... He grabs his spear,
and he strikes it right through your chest, and
he roll... Okay, yeah, he rolls a nine. Does
that hit? No, I'm gonna use my reaction to clear.
Can you roll for that? That's a 24. Oh, ooh.
He's intimidated. And that's the end of his turn.
Ivory, it is your turn. Oh, that's a forest fire.
What? You know that fire? That's definitely about
100 % a forest fire. You know? Nothing happened.
We're genuinely going to burn this city down.
This is so bad. I did not think about the fact
we're in a forest. You're like quite a bit away
from the city. Are you trying to distract them?
Bring it to the start of forest fire. Anyways,
um, can I knock on the cage door? Knock, knock?
Like? Yeah. Like knock? Yeah, that. Knock. What
does it do? It can unlock. Don't worry, I can
read it out. Yeah. Yeah, you can I just read
through it. Yeah, you can Okay, I use knock on
the cage thing A loud knock resonates through
the air And all of the guards look towards you
oh god, but at least it's unlocked If you read
the spell, it does specify that a loud knock
audible from 300 feet away emanates from the
target Do you want to open it as well or just
unlock it? I don't think I'm close enough I'll
be able to make it. Um, you'll be able to make
it like you're No, you're on the are you still
on the log Yeah, oh yeah, no, you're just barely
short cuz I'll say that the mmm Yeah, I'll say
that each one is 10 feet long so you're like
20 Now you'd be able to make it Just 30 feet.
I'll say there's like five feet between so that's
10 15 25 30 if 30 foot walking I'm just gonna
walk by all of them, go back next to Mao, and
get up to target both of us. I feel like that's
a great idea. So you're gonna... Oh, I guess
they'd look at the... Well, I already said I'm
not gonna change it. So you walk over to it?
That would also get attention on Mao, and I don't
know how much he would like. Well, they're kinda
looking at you. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I'm gonna go
over the - No, we can hang out and suffer together.
Would opening it be a free action? Um, it would
be an object interaction. Oh, yeah. So could
I open up the cage? Yeah. Um, the guy is in the
fetal position on the ground, uh, sobbing. Anything
else you'd like to do for your turn? Oh. You
hear him mumbling under his breath, but you don't
know what he's saying. I was researching bardic
inspiration and I used my brain and I realized
that you can use it on attackers. I want to use
bardic inspiration on Malachite so then he can
suffer and then live, you know? You give who
bardic inspiration? Mal and then I cower behind
Mal. All righty So that's your action bonus action
object interaction anything else you want to
do No, I think I'm good. All righty So it's gonna
be the end of your turn and it's going to go
to the next guy who is on the second cart He
is glaring at you Wow, okay, I thought he had
more He's gonna he's gonna throw a one of his
many spears at him at you at you You specifically
does a 17 hit your AC Yeah, all right, he is
going to throw the spear at you and as as a spear
is hurling towards you take three damage And
then a second guy is going to shoot towards Mao
Yeah, so Mal, you get to hit him now because
he got a natural one. Let's go! So you get Attack
of Opportunity, I think it is. Okay, well, um,
I'm gonna hand axe. Because I'm assuming you
just meant to try to slash me. He threw a spear.
That's a natural 20. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
real damage. That's an 11. Mm -hmm, he's down.
Yeah, he was already hurt from the fire. Alright,
it is the third guy on that cart's turn. He is
going to... He's going to run over... He's gonna
jump off of the second carriage with the fire.
Doing so, he's going to take some damage. And
he's going to run towards the back of the caravan
line. And he's not... I think... Oh, he's gonna
make it to the fourth caravan. He's gonna...
jump on and he's gonna try to warn his friends
before seeing Genesis and then he's gonna try
to attack Genesis. Does an 18 hit your AC, Perp?
It does. Alright. As he stabs you with a spear,
this isn't the first time, take 5 damage. Okay,
by the way, just letting you know, you decide
fire damage. For like the fires on the carriages,
there isn't any like role for it. You decide
based on the severity of the fire how much damage
you think they should take. All righty Oh Yeah,
five And then I can't remember where this guard
is. I think this is the guard who's on the front
carriage So he's just he's gonna he's gonna run
to the second carriage or he's gonna run beside
the second carriage because he sees it's on fire
He's holding he's holding a paper on a notebook
and he's writing something and that's the end
of his turn Mal, it's your turn again I know
I have bardic inspiration, but can I ask, what's
the dice that I add? Is it a d4? I believe it.
I believe it's a d6. I think it's a d6. Okay,
d6. I guess the one that's writing something.
I don't know what he's writing. I feel like he's
trying to script us down. I don't know. Is this
a two -handed? Is this a two -handed? Okay, that's
not good. You know what? I'm gonna... Blast this
man. I'm gonna roll a poison spray. I'm gonna
spray him with some poison. Poison spray? Alright.
That's a 22 hit. 22 does, in fact, hit. How much
damage? That would be 11 damage. Alright. He
does not go down, but he does rip - the or he
does put the paper he does fold it up neatly
in his and put it in his pocket um no not in
his pocket he'll put it in like a little satchel
on his side who's hurt like badly like player
wise yes genesis is down six ivory is down three
you're down there's none no one's really down
no one's really I guess I'm going to keep that
for right now. I'm not going to use my bonus
action to heal, I guess. I am going to use my
movement to stand in front of Ivory and the prisoner
so that way I can be somewhat of a shield here,
kind of -ish. Alright. That's going to be the
end of my turn. Alright, Genesis, it is your
turn. You now have one dead guard on your card
and then two more. You have the one who is alive
and the one who is alive and screaming and stabbed
you. Okay, so what I'm going to do is... What
I'm going to do is I'm going to make an attack
not towards the guy who's been in the cart but
towards the new one. Alright, roll to hit. Does
a nine hit? No. Alright. I'm gonna use my bonus
action to place another seal on that first guy.
The first guy? Alright. And then... Okay, I'm
going to leave the cart. I'm gonna take opportunity
attacks from both of them. Alright, um, the one
of them, the one who gave the uh, or the one
who stabbed you initially, uh, or no, the one
who was in the cart initially is going to...
uh spear through your chest oh does a 20 hit
it does all right uh take six damage from that
one and then the one who joined he is going to
why do they get these now what why did that change
all right um the second guy for his he is going
to mace you with not like the spray he is going
to uh does a 19 hit uh it does all right Uh,
take 8 damage. Right. Um, that guy who just hit
me. The second one or the first one? I'm gonna
use Reaction, Invoke Help. Uh, the second guy.
Um, I need him to drink me a Wisdom saving throw.
Wisdom? He rolls a 17. That would succeed. He's
gonna take 4 Necrotic damage. 4? Alright. Yeah.
And I'm gonna run out of the cart, and I'm gonna
run over to where everyone else is. So the second
cart? Or third cart. Prisoner cart. Yeah, prisoner
cart. Alright, and that's the end of your turn?
Yep. Alright, the one who's initially in the
cart is going to run over to you guys. He's gonna
see... Who is standing in front? Mao is standing
in front? Yes. Closest to the prisoner? He's
going to throw a spear at you. Does a 19 hit
your AC? Yes. Alright. Take... Oh wait, I rolled
the wrong damage. Wait. I'm using it. Take five
damage. Why do they keep rolling five? What the
heck? Uh, that's the end of his turn. Uh, Ivory,
it is now your turn. Hooray! Uh, I wanna... I
wanna... I wanna glow stick. What? Yeah, the...
The starry whispering. I wanna glow stick. Oh,
starry whispering. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Uh...
Was there one running at us? Did I hear that
correctly or am I missing? Oh, there's the one
who just threw a spirit mound. Oh, yeah, can
I hit him? Uh, yeah. I got a 16. 16 does hit,
yes. Roll damage. Three. Three? Is there anyone
near us? Like the people, the one car that was
behind us, are they close enough? Uh, in the
fourth car, one of the person, uh, one of the
person, people, one of the people. was the one
who just ran over to you so he is now also on
the third cart uh so there's now one one person
and one prisoner wait which one ran over uh the
one who you have two seals on uh did he take
damage yes like from someone else right now yes
okay that because i wasn't i wasn't sure that
that was i don't know that was the guy okay he's
going to take an additional Seven fire damage.
Seven fire? It does not kill him. Is he close
enough for me to shank him? What do you mean?
Like am I able to walk up to him and like shank
him because he's near the third cart or on it?
The light action or light weapon bonus to action
was removed if you read announcement. Oh, I forgot
about that. Yeah, I can't do anything then. Unless
like there's bardic inspiration, but like I don't
want to use that again. Why? I don't know what
else could I do. Why do you not want to use it
again? I don't because I only have three uses
of it so long as Is that bad? No, it's just that
as a bardic bardic inspiration is like your thing
that you should be doing every bonus action as
long as like you should be making sure your team
always has like at least one But, I'm not telling
you how to play. If you want to conserve it,
that's smart for like, long fights. Um, so it's
up to you. I just, you know. Oh. Okay, I'll Bardic
Inspiration then. I guess. Um, can I - I'm gonna
try to tell you what to do. I just, you know,
I could use one. I could use - I'm not looking
too hot. I'm at like 16 HP. Uh, okay. I want
to Bardic Inspiration. Go Gurt. Go Gurt. Go -
Go - Go - Go - Go - Go - Go - Go - Go - Go -
Go - Go - Go - Go - Go - Go - Go - Go - It's
me Kylie Jenner Well, is that the end of your
turn Yeah, it's joker for you You're gonna see
as a guard jumps off of the the second caravan
taking damage and he is going to shoot a ball
of fire at you guys do alright specifically Names
ivory eight does not hit your AC so he does not
Do that, but he is going to look at his comrade
The one who had the two seals and he is going
to use his bonus action to do divine aid Which
he can do once per day and he's going to cast
healing word upon his friend Counterspell what
you don't have counterspell. I know Okay Okay,
he's gonna heal his friend for 5 HP. I'll tell
you guys that. Your counter spell didn't work.
Sorry. And then it is the next guard's turn who...
Oh, okay. He runs over to you. And if it lets
me click, he is going to throw a spear at Mal.
20, does that hit? Yes. Alright. Take 4 damage.
this guy's down this guy's up so he's going to
he's going he's going to try to mace genesis
uh there's a 13 hit no it does not it does no
it no yeah no you're ac your ac is my ac is three
okay buddy uh he's gonna use his bonus action
to healing word the other guard who is in the
fourth carriage No, no because he's not back
there How far is he going? Oh? Yeah, he's going
to uh That's gonna be the end of it his turn
the second guard who was in the carriage in the
back with Genesis He runs away Well, no, he's
gonna run up talk to the the guy who was riding
the thing grab the satchel and start running
This can be the end of his turn Now it is your
turn should we stop that or not yes um okay so
how many guards are left i have to count uh one
two three four five there's five guards okay
oh but like one two of them three of them look
decently well Would you say that most of these
guards are in a cone shape if I were to angle
this correctly? All but the one who is running
is together at this point. Oh! Oh, this is perfect!
Burning hands! I'm hoping one of you have a range.
Oh shit, I can't heal then. Oh no. Woopsies.
Genesis, I hope you don't get hit anymore after
this, but good luck. I'm gonna make them all
roll me a dex check. All of them? Yeah, it's
a 15 -foot cone. Mm -hmm. What is the DC? 13.
Oh, 13. All but one succeeded. So, I mean, everyone
who succeeded is gonna take half damage. Right.
Roll damage. And everyone who didn't is gonna
take full. Full? 12. So, 6 for the ones who failed?
Six for the ones who succeeded or for the ones
who succeeded and then 12 for the ones who failed
Okay, so all but one of them is down. Oh and
the one who's running So there's the one who
is running and then there's one who is up Is
that the number 10? I'm hoping one of you two
can deal with that one. Um I'm gonna give him
movement. Oh god, who's low here? He's at 16
out of 36. I'm going to use Ivory. I'm going
to start protecting you because I'm assuming
you have 20 HP, or like above 20 HP. I'm going
to stand and block hits for Genesis. Don't you
have Healing Word or something like that? I do,
but it's a spell, and I ran out of spell slots.
Healing Word is a bonus? Oh, you ran out of spell
slots. Oh no. Alright, Genesis, it is your turn,
Jennyboo. I'm gonna use a bonus action to healing
work myself. Oh, you have healing work? Alright.
Absolutely. I'm gonna heal myself for 13 max
HP. I rolled the max. Okay, 13. And then I'm
gonna use my action to throw my javelin. At who?
The guy running. Alright. That's a 17 to hit.
17 that does hit his AC? Alright. It's only gonna
do 5 piercing damage. Yikes. Okay. uh i am then
going to use my movement i'm going to provoke
an opportunity attack from this one guy that's
up i'm shielding you right well he he moves so
you're provoking into opportunity attack yeah
all right i'm like i'm like five feet in like
between you guys so you could absolutely like
attack me um he rolls a 16 to hit does that hit
uh it fuck what I was gonna, I totally forgot,
I was gonna say that I used my object interaction
to don my shield, but I didn't say that, so yes
it hits. Oh no, okay. So he's going to, you're
gonna see as he raises his arms up with mace
in one hand, and you see as a light sheds upon
him as he then brings the mace on you, dealing
eight bludgeoning damage, and then he's going
to deal, as the light hits his mace, blows through
your armor, dealing two radiant damage. Sheesh,
Louise. Alright, I'm then going to use my 30
feet of movement to get in front of this guy
that's running. Alright. And that is my turn.
Alright, Ivory, it is your turn. You have the
guy in front of you who just attacked Perp, or
the one who is running away. I wanna use command.
uh real quick real quick i'm so sorry um when
i throw the javelin out of him i i put a seal
on him okay uh i want to shank the guy shank
it roll to hit i'm gonna use venessa oh no okay
okay that does that does hit just barely oh venessa
finally venessa's useful and he is downed You
rolled a 2, but he is downed, yeah. And then
is it the end of your turn, or are you gonna
get anything else? I think that's it, because
we both have Bardic Inspiration. Alright. It
is the guard in front of Purp's turn. He is going
to look at Genesis. He's going to say something
under his breath that you cannot... you do not
understand but as the words leave his mouth you
see the satchel that he is holding disappear
fully as he then goes to stab you with the spear
does a 21 hit your ac it does all righty uh take
five damage he he said something and then a uh
like a shroud of like mist uh like surrounded
the satchel and then when the mist disappeared,
Satchel is gone. Mal, it's not your turn. Isn't
it a thing to roll Arcana to see if you can tell
what spell it was? I know you can make an Arcana
check to see if you can, like, for that type
of magic, but I don't know if you can tell what
spell it was. I'll let you. It is, apparently,
I just searched it up. It is a thing, but it
takes up your reaction. Oh. I mean, there's only
one guy left. Yeah, I'll use it. There's no reactions
to when there's one guy. I'll do it. That's a
natural 20. Yeah, so you - you don't know what
he's - actually, wait, let me see your languages.
You don't know what he's saying, but you can
tell that something about this was somewhat religious.
It was relating - you can't tell exactly what
spell it was because it does not seem like a
spell that you have ever learned and it doesn't
seem like a very common spell uh but it does
have some sense of a like higher being demonic
or otherwise okay um that was my reaction i'm
gonna use my action to then poison spray Poison
Scrape? The guy in front of her? Yes. Alright,
roll to hit. Oh god, it's thundering. That's
a 14. I'm sorry. 19, sorry. It's thundering,
it's where I live. Wow. That actually downs the
guy. There's no way. Yeah, he was at exactly
1 HP. Let's go! Also the initiative ends now.
Everyone is downed. No one is dead. But everyone
is downed. What would you guys like to do? There's
a forest fire? Can we set out? How do we set
out a forest fire? No, I would say that the fire
has died down in the midst of all the combat.
From all the poison sprays, the star wisps, and
whatever. We should, like, free the dude, right?
Is he still in there? Free the dude? He is. He's
still in there. Uh, so you wanna go, wanna go
in? Do you guys all wanna go together or just,
just Ivory? What's in just Ivory? Yeah, just
me. Hi Gavin. Herb, do you agree with that? Sure.
Alright. Phil said it. So you, so you walk in,
you walk into the cage, and you see Ellie and
Rook. Uh, what, what do you, what do you wanna
do? He stopped crying. He's just sitting up now.
He looks stressed. Hey, um, we knocked out all
the guys out there if you want to leave. Leave
where? Outside? Where is there for me to go?
You could... Come with us if you have nowhere
to go. We have a quest to save you. Yeah? Can't
you be redeemed? Like, redemption? You shouldn't
base your actions off of what other people think.
That's not a way to live life to the fullest.
I thought I could save my sister, but I watched
them murder her. What? There's - How a bummer,
dude. But there's always a chance that you could
do better and redeem yourself, even if you feel
like you've failed. You know? I'll talk tomorrow.
I'll - Where's the one guy? Where's the armored
guy? Oh? I'm torturing someone. Oh Let me go
talk to my associate. I look at the door just
to see if he's torturing a dude. I just wanna
look inside. He is going to Cast a wonderful
spell that we all love so dearly He is going
to cast a little bit of a mass cure runes on
all of you. Everyone heal for 21 damage. Elion's
gonna look ivory in the eyes. I don't think she'll
let me back. But I'll go talk to her. That's
a good start. It's always worth to try. Do they
know where the rebels are? The ones from the
safe house. Last session. Last session. Yeah.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. I get a hero point
if I answer a question right. Hero point. Hero
point. Hero point. Okay. So last session, as
we came up on this carriage, we recognized him
from... Yeah, yeah, it's pretty shit, whatever.
Um, last session we we saw this guy and we recognized
him from a newspaper and this or something We
essentially knew from rebel news. We essentially
knew that this guy's sister had been kidnapped
And he had essentially betrayed the resistance
in fear that his sister would be killed if he
didn't. And he told them where the location of
a rebel base was and every single person in there
went missing. We don't know fully what happened
to them. They could have been killed, but it's
not a certainty. And then after he betrayed them,
they killed his sister in front of him anyway.
So this guy has been through like a ton of stuff
and is now being wheeled off somewhere. So that's
why he's like, he's asking about the rebels that
he sold out because he doesn't know that they're
gone yet. Thanks to homebrew rule number one
Which states players can gain inspiration by
correctly answering world -related questions
asked by other players you now? Have inspiration
that you can use well Yeah, every what do you
tell this really depressed guy? They're not there
there we escorted a child and he's fine but they're
not at the warehouse where no it wasn't the warehouse
it wasn't no it was uh it was the windmill the
uh the one right outside of the city it was the
windmill oh um i don't know about the windmill
can you guys check that out someday Uh, yeah,
yeah, of course. Like, you know, tomorrow, or
something, you know? Yeah, we can do that. Is
the, uh, is the rebel hideout still in the sewer?
Yes, it is. Why are you asking that? Because
I gotta go down there to talk. Okay I'll Hopefully
see you guys around before he leaves before he
leaves. I do want to talk to him, but I am torturing
someone first He does have to walk past you to
get into the city So far yeah, then once once
he once he finishes talking to ivory I'll like
once we swap over to what I'll do when he's like
the thing I like Stop torturing someone to like
tell them to wait It's like whenever you whenever
you see someone on the on the streets that you
know, you know small talk except, you know I'm
you know, my soul words slowly going through
someone's throat, you know, yeah But okay. Yeah,
I'll explain it once he's done talking about
now You're in the you're in the middle of a lot
of a lot of people Is there anything that you
want to do? Like are you looking like? Go through
their carriages and steal whatever there is All
right, do you guys want to split up the loot
or do you get do you just want it all? I'll take
it for now and it'll split in the sewer. All
right add 40 gold pieces into your inventory
You can add just a miscellaneous and like ruined
armors rebel rebel flags rebel cloaks all these
all these stuff that belong to the rebellion
uh add just a bunch of those that you could sell
later they're not going to be of any use unless
you want to you know use those for scraps but
uh they are they are sellable it's rebellion
merch you're an artificer so yes you can you
can scraps it's rebellion merch like you buy
you buy like yeah it's the merch shop yeah it's
rebellion but on a white t -shirt that says on
the front my entire family were killed by the
mathis empire no like outlets this lousy shirt
just over the armor just anyways is there anything
else that you want to do now um i also want to
tie up the down guards you want to tie them up
all right yeah because we're trying to send a
message right guys tie them up with the merch
Oh no, I have rope. Oh, oh, can we take the one
book that one guy had? What? Can we have the
one book that one guy had where it was like he
looks through it and it's like our names on it
and our photos. I like that. I'll say that one
of the guys, he had to scour through. Yo, that's
such a smart idea. That could give us like bounties
on different well -known rebellion battles in
the world, Laura. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,
wait. Also, also, surprisingly, I think, can
I actually tie them up with the Rebellion merch?
That sounds way more better, because it's like
sending a message that the Rebellion did this.
You could, yeah. You just see a shirt that says,
hashtag, I love the Rebellion. You see another
shirt that was like, oh, I murdered several people
just for this t -shirt. And there's just like
a bunch of shirts just with the weirdest catchphrases.
You see a couple of hoodies. You see a couple
of scarves that are just the rebel, like, you
know, insignia. and you just tie them into a
little makeshift rope and you tie it around all
of them. Perp, we're going to circle over to
you. So I'm not actually torturing somebody,
I want to be clear, but I am interrogating them
by threatening to torture them. Inspirational.
So as this all wraps up, as this fight wraps
up and Ivory goes to speak to, Guy and mouse
and searching through the like the different
different wagons Genesis is going to walk over
to the guy that was running and he's going to
pick him up and start dragging him against the
ground and lean him up on like the fourth card
and he is going to get like sort of Crouched
down and slap him awake All right, he wakes up
you guess what I'm gonna do uh torture him glare
oh no 15 um but but for real i am i am going
to as he wakes up say this carriage where was
it going um i yeah we were heading towards uh
um we were heading towards black fan there's
a there's a guy there who you know breaks this
stuff down we were gonna bring the prisoner we're
gonna bring him to a prison over on the way to
black fan uh where we usually throw all the rebellion
guys and we were that's what we were doing and
we were gonna we were gonna yeah we were gonna
put him in the jail prison and we were We were
gonna scrap all the rebellion stuff and we were
gonna make stuff out of it You know and you see
him start coughing and throwing up I can't do
that because my stomach hurts and I might actually
throw up Yes like that All right, who is your
commanding officer? I Can't tell you that I tilt
his head up to look at me as he's like coughing
and looking down and looking wounded. And I kiss
him lovingly on the lips. No, no, no. Oh my god.
And I reach down towards the javelin that landed
at his feet earlier when I threw it at him. And
I tap the very sharp tip of the javelin under
his neck, like under his chin. uh, to his, like,
throat. And I say, do I look like any rebellion
member you've seen before? No. I will do what
you do, but a lot worse. Who is your commanding
officer? He's... not an officer, he's a lieutenant.
Who is he? Lieutenant Everett. Where can I find
him? I don't know. I don't I don't Is he in black
fed? No, he was but he came back to Mathis a
week ago two weeks So he's in Mathis, yeah He's
in the kingdom he's been looking for Mathis the
Mathis Mathis Rebellion he's been looking for
them the rebellion members from the windmill
where are they i don't we don't know where would
they be kept we don't know is there a prison
for rebellion members we're building one that's
where this guy was going on the way to black
fun he was going to be the first in there we
we got to the windmill looking for them We heard
their voices downstairs and then we heard their
screams and then we went down there and there
was no one. I have one more question for you.
Were you there when his sister was killed? Yes.
I slit his throat. Wait, no. Okay, are you sure
you want to do that? Absolutely. Okay. uh he
he dies you guys watch as genesis ruthlessly
like you've not seen before coming from a rebellion
member it genuinely like is fucking weirdly like
casual as he just grabs this javelin and stabs
him in the throat and then he pulls the javelin
out you see blood gushing out as you remove the
javelin and you see the light like his life leave
his eyes like You hear his last words just I'm
sorry, and then he just dies All right, I Look
over at my audience Obviously, this would be
around the time that ivory is like leaving with
the guy and now is there with all the stuff and
I Just kind of sit there for a second. I want
to see their reaction I was gonna ask him about
the bag that he made vanish. There are others.
Yeah, but what about the bag that had that note?
There are others if he casted a spell, if he's...
If Mathis is related to some sort of demon thing,
we have higher chances of meeting with a lieutenant
or something higher. Which is why we need to
find Everett. That was his name, right? Yes,
Everett. Lieutenant Everett. Do any of you guys
want to do a history check to see if you guys
know who this is? Because he is increasingly
becoming more prominent in the Mathis political
landscape. Yeah, sure. I'll roll it. I'll roll
a history. See if I know the name Everett. Yeah,
history check. That's a three. Actually, wait!
Writing inspiration. Is it a D6? Do you want
to waste that on this? Even with a max roll on
the D6, this could be a 13. We're probably gonna
long rest soon. Like, I don't... Like, we finished
the fight. We finished our quest. Our goal is
to go to the wooden yule tomorrow. I'll waste
it on this. I don't think we're gonna get a fight
next time. With a 9, all you know is that he
is a lieutenant in the Mathis army. Or was a
lieutenant, but he is... he is coming up in the
ranks uh after after a lot of stuff has happened
to the you know the uh what's it called the with
the war itself the loss of some higher ups a
lot of losses from a lot of lower lower ranks
you just know he's going higher and higher i
hate you i hate you d6 um Anything else you guys
would like to do? There's something I'd like
to do. But it's fucking insane. Probably crazier
than the whole torture guy thing. What would
you like to do? Okay. These, like, carriages
have rebellion supplies, right? Yes. Is there
any chance... That any of these carriages there's
a long shot Is there any chance that one might
have gunpowder For the sake of I think I know
where this is going. I will say yes I'm going
to Look at the paper that we got that says send
a message And I'm going to wake up one of the
other guys You wake them up and I say Do you
see your dead friend over there? Uh, yeah? Yeah?
Oh wait, that's the same voice. Uh, yeah? What's
your name? Uh, my name is... Go for Dibblebutt.
My name is Kyle. Full name? Kyle Kettens. Insight
check. He's - FUCK! What'd you roll? Eight. He's
telling the truth. Okay. You have a 1d6. Or you
can't use an 8. You're right! You're so right.
Vardigan's bow. I'm not gonna use my hero of
inspiration yet. Uh, that's a 12. Is that enough?
He's telling the truth. Okay. So I don't go with...
Okay, okay. His name is Kyle Kevins. I'm telling
you this as the DM. That is his name. Okay, okay.
Um... I want to say... I need you to do something
for me, Kyle. What? This shipment right here.
Yeah? You're going to drive it directly into
the prison where you were delivering these carts.
And once you do, you are going to exit the cart
and run as fast as you can. And if you do not
do this, I'm going to hunt you down and kill
you and everyone you've ever loved. Including
any kids or - a wife or anyone in your life.
Your mother, your family. My kids. And I want
a little intimidation. Oh, no, you don't have
to. You don't have to. You don't have to. Okay,
okay. No, that works. That works. My kids. Okay.
What do you want me to do? And then, drive directly
where you're supposed to. And the moment you
get there, run. And then I'm going to go to the
back and create a makeshift fuse using, like,
a decent amount of hemp and rope. And I'm gonna
burn it using my Produce Flame. And try and create
enough rope where it'll explode a little while
after it gets there. It'll be a lot of rope,
but I'm gonna try and do that. You can tell that
the distance is around, I'll say, an hour? Oh
shit, that might not work. I have rope. It will
work. Oh, it'll work. Okay. That's all I need.
All I need is Dio's permission. I want to send
a message by blowing up this prison they're working
on making. Do it. How do you want to ensure that
he makes it there? Um, let's see. Okay, I'm gonna
grab D - I'm gonna grab another guy. I'm gonna
grab another guy and I'm gonna place him over
the gunpowder so it's hard to see that there's
a fuse inside. So that it's hard to suspect it.
I'm also gonna move all of this into the cart
with the jail inside. So this will all be happening
inside the cart. So essentially, he's driving
the cart and then inside the cart is a prison
and a guy on top of a barrel of gunpowder basically
trying to... keeping it decently obscured i don't
really care if you see because it's more about
is he in the prisoner cell yeah i'm gonna say
that it will work uh and they will be fooled
but only if you take off the guard's armor uh
he's wearing stuff underneath i was absolutely
planning all right because because yeah uh let
me let me roll a dice really quick no die okay
We gotta send a message. What sends a message?
I mean, yeah, finding a bunch of blown up carriages
and a bunch of knocked out and tied up people
sends a message, but adding in a dead person
with a spear shaped hole in their neck and also
blowing up the prison they're working on to house
rebellion soldiers, this is gonna get us on their
map. The rebellion is going to be taken seriously.
You watch as they head off into the distance.
Guys, I'm a terrorist. What would you guys like
to do now? Would you like to head back to the
sewer? Would you like to, uh, what? Oh, um, I
mentioned wanting to pick up the paper thing
from earlier that one dude has. Can I pick that
up before we go? Yeah. Yeah. Uh, I already said
that you could pick it up. Uh, I will not disclose
what's in it yet because I haven't written it
all, but it is a list of a bunch of rebellion
members and and some of the like higher ups in
the army But not anything much just some names
the rebellion like members They have like full
like oh what they've done Like how like there
is a section that is your guys's names and it
talks about telling telling It talks about the
kid it talks about the the clock tower about
how you know what you did and You see uh magical
ink appear talking about how you ambushed a caravan
magical ink magical ink appears yes oh it just
fades in just says uh the date which i'm not
going to give quite yet because i have not written
the date and it says ambush the caravan holy
shit this could be gas this could be Great. This
could be gas! This could be great. Listen, I'm
not good with lingo. Like... Alright, what are
you guys doing now? Can I quickly say something
out of character? Yeah. So, this is how Oz and
Juno... In the past in different campaigns we've
had moments where like... like a player will
be having a bad day and then they'll do some
really weird like disturbing shitting character
i want to make it clear this is not like me perp
like trying to change the vibe with a campaign
or anything this is supposed to unsettle you
like you're supposed to think that Genesis is
a fucking psychopathic freak from us i need to
make that clear this is like this is unhidden
shit perp's actually having a really good day
Yeah, this is this is like in character like
you guys should be manner comfortable about what
Genesis is doing here Yeah, would you guys like
to yeah sure yeah Bourbon eyes you get to do
that Yes, I was gonna say something I was gonna
say something really rude about his sister dying
to the guy that was there But then I did the
whole like explode prison thing so now I feel
like I I can skip on that You murdered a guy
because he killed the sister. Or, well, he was
there when the sister was killed. Yeah, no, I
was gonna say some shit about, like, it's your
fault that a bunch of people probably died. You
can either look blind and cry about it and sit
in your room fucking crying to yourself, or actually
do something about it and try and make up for
the shitty things you've done. But after blowing
up the prison, I don't want to do more shitty
things, you know? I feel like maybe I win on
that conversation. Alright, so you guys head
back to the drawer? While we're heading back,
can I be on the other side of Mal, like, avoid
Genesis? Avoiding Genesis? Yeah, cause can I
be on the other side of Mal, like, can I have
Mal? I'll be in the middle, I'll be in the middle.
Yeah, can he be in the middle, can I just be
on the other side? Alright, on the walk back
to the sewer. Usually, it's quiet. Uh, not much
talking besides, you know, obviously Ivory and
Mal is somewhat talking. Uh, whenever I'm with
you guys, sometimes he'll talk. But this time,
it feels heavier. The silence speaks many words,
and none of which are good. When you enter the
sewer, uh, it feels like, er, no, before you
enter the sewer, um, the entire walk, it feels
like someone is watching you. It feels like everywhere
you go, there are eyes on you. When you get into
the sewer, it feels as if all of everyone down
there is looking at Genesis specifically. When
you get back into your tent, Tullam looks at
you guys. Hi guys! Something happened while you
were gone. What? There was a cloaked guy who
came by. while I was trying to figure out who
you were talking about and he just stood there
and He didn't say anything besides that I should
stop looking um So I tried researching and then
he he came by told me to stop and then he kind
of He holds up a book And the book is like the
whole entire like hardcover book is ripped into
pieces. Like the cover itself is ripped. So how
was your guys' mission? Great. Did you guys save
the prisoner? Yeah. What happened? You guys seem
much more... Oh wait, I'm not even doing his
voice. You guys seem much more dead. And he's
not gonna say anything, he's just gonna turn
around and walk away. I think... Ivory would...
Follow after... Paladin. Alright. So you, uh...
You walk away? Yeah. Alright. Um... Yeah, I'll
go with. I'll go with... I'll go with. Alright.
With, um... Ivory. Alright. Uh, that's gonna
be the end of this session. Uh, I'm gonna let
- I'm gonna let you guys level up. That's awful!
Yeah? What a great session! Yep, I'm gonna end
the recording. Uh, I hope you guys enjoyed this
session. I - I had fun. It was fun! I had fun.
Um... Uh, I was gonna... have... I'm pretty,
like, grievous at, um, fucking Genesis's actions,
but I didn't know if it was too late to do that,
so I just, like, didn't talk about it. Like,
grievous, and, like, look away from it. Yeah.
It's like - you like grate your teeth in here
like obviously really uncomfortable like oh yeah
you can i'll i'll say that you were able to do
that like the entire walk there and when you
got to the house yeah like you know a lot of
these creatures npcs sometimes have like really
similar backstories that's kind of crazy yo and
i'm gonna i'm gonna shut up i'm gonna end this
session here bye bye guys Oh, he's in before
I go.