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Francesca Harn:
Welcome to Rolling Solo, where I
follow the journey of Francesca,

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Francesca Harn:
a tiefling bard, as I learn to
play D&D one roll at a time.

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Francesca Harn:
We're following Francesca de

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Francesca Harn:
Valcere, who walked away from

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her noble family to live by her

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Francesca Harn:
own rules.

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Francesca Harn:
She dazzles on stage, but in the
shadows she schemes using her

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wit, magic and charm to survive.

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Francesca Harn:
Last time, Francesca dazzled the

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crowd at the broken bow inn,

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uncovered a secret shipment tied

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to the Black Glove Syndicate and

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slipped through the shadows of

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the South Pier, only to shatter

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a lantern, spark chaos, and lock

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eyes with a corrupt guard

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captain.

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Francesca Harn:
Now, with prisoners rising in

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revolt, guards scrambling, and

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her own cover at risk of being

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blown, Francesca's journey

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Francesca Harn:
continues.

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Chaos erupts at the south pier.

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The lantern, you shattered,
sputters out, plunging half the

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docks into shadow.

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Guards curse and stumble.

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Prisoners tug at their chains,

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and that tall, defiant captive

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bellows commands like a soldier

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rallying troops.

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The red cloaked captain snarls

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orders pointing toward the

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gangplank.

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Black glove enforcers draw
steel, trying to herd the

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captives back under control.

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Francesca Harn:
Amid the noise, you are still
cloaked in darkness, dagger in

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hand, unnoticed for now.

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Francesca Harn:
Choices in the moment.

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One.

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Aid the uprising.

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Cut chains, strike guards, or
cast a spell to swing the chaos

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in the prisoner's favor.

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Two.

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Francesca Harn:
Target the captain.

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Francesca Harn:
A bold move to unseat command,
though risky.

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Francesca Harn:
Three.

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Francesca Harn:
Stay hidden.

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Francesca Harn:
Observe.

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Francesca Harn:
Wait for the perfect opening and
learn more four.

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Francesca Harn:
Flee the pier.

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Francesca Harn:
Escape with knowledge, though

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you'll sacrifice Influence over

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the outcome.

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Francesca Harn:
What does Francesca do in this
first heartbeat of chaos?

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Francesca Harn:
I think when trying to stay true

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to the character, she's not

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going to flee at this moment

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because that would be letting go

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of control.

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And I feel like she's got some

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control freak tendencies going

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on.

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And once she's committed to

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something, I don't think she can

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walk away.

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Francesca Harn:
Targeting the captain seems too
bold a move.

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Francesca Harn:
a bit too risky for her,
considering she's already failed

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Francesca Harn:
some risky maneuvers that night.

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I feel like that she would be
less likely to risk more upset

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to her reputation or her just
the actions of the night.

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Staying hidden.

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Francesca Harn:
Observing, waiting.

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Francesca Harn:
That does seem true to her kind
of, stealth character and the

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idea that she has this double
life that she leads and that she

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wouldn't want to risk further
exposure, but equally aiding the

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uprising, I mean, she wouldn't
have committed to to doing this

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in the first place if she didn't
want to help these people.

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So I'm wondering if I can swing

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the aid, the uprising in a way

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that would still keep hold of

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the stealth that I have at the

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moment.

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Francesca Harn:
So I'm thinking we're going to
probably go along the lines of

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casting a spell to see if we can
swing the chaos in the

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prisoner's favor, but to do
that, I need to have a look at

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my paperwork and see what spells
I can actually cast.

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Francesca Harn:
Let's see.

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Francesca Harn:
So you see, this is where my
newness.

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Francesca Harn:
That is a terrible use of the
English language.

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Francesca Harn:
Um, my newbie status to dnd
comes to shine.

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because I can tell that I've got

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some spells that I think might

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be useful.

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Francesca Harn:
And it also reminded me of some
of the traits that my character

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has, like darkvision up to sixty
feet, which would be quite handy

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Francesca Harn:
in this instance.

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Francesca Harn:
but I don't know what the damage

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is and the distances for certain

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other things like my attack

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spells.

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Francesca Harn:
So I'm thinking something like
invisibility that's going to be

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helpful, but it says second
level of visibility, so that

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suggests there's limits to it.

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Francesca Harn:
So what I'm going to do is go on
to a website, which is

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brilliant, which I used to help
me design my character, which is

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D&D beyond dot com.

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Francesca Harn:
And on that there is a feature
where you can search for spells.

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Francesca Harn:
So if I type in what I need here
okay.

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Invisibility second level.

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Francesca Harn:
So creature you touch is

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invisible condition until the

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spell ends.

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Francesca Harn:
And it ends immediately after

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the target makes an attack roll

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deals damage or casts a spell,

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Francesca Harn:
so I'm going to keep that in my

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back pocket.

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Francesca Harn:
but considering it ends after
you would do another spell or

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attack, I don't think that's the
first thing I want to do.

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Francesca Harn:
So let's have a look at some of
the other things I have, um,

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vicious mockery, which is.

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Francesca Harn:
Yep.

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Francesca Harn:
So that gives me psychic damage
for one d6 roll.

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Francesca Harn:
But again, I'm not sure I want

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to go instantly in with that

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spell.

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Francesca Harn:
So another thing that I was

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Francesca Harn:
considering is I have this

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message.

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Francesca Harn:
Cantrip and Cantrips are a bit
different from spells, so from

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what I can gather about Cantrips
through my reading and also

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Francesca Harn:
through my use of them in the
Bg3 Baldur's Gate three game,

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they don't operate under the
same category as spells, so

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spells use up spell slots, and
there's only like a certain

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number you can use per combat,
or per short rest or long rest,

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Francesca Harn:
whereas a cantrip is kind of
unlimited, although you won't be

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able to do like loads of them
and spam them in combat

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Francesca Harn:
situations, still one per turn,
but you can do it multiple times

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within a combat situation, if
that makes any sense.

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Francesca Harn:
And if I am correct, please
correct me if I am wrong.

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Francesca Harn:
Uh so.

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Francesca Harn:
Got wildly off track there.

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Francesca Harn:
What was I saying?

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Francesca Harn:
I was talking about the message
cantrip.

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Francesca Harn:
So from what I can find.

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Francesca Harn:
Message.

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Writes message.

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Cantrip.

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it is a transmutation spell, one
hundred and twenty feet range.

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Francesca Harn:
So that's quite useful, I think,
because I'm not, like, right

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close to the prisoners.

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I'm quite close to the guards.

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Francesca Harn:
but when it comes to the one
hundred and twenty foot range, I

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might be able to use this.

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Francesca Harn:
It says you point toward a
creature within range and

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whisper a message.

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The target and only the target

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hears the message and can reply

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in a whisper that only you can

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hear.

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Francesca Harn:
Right.

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Francesca Harn:
We've come on to something here.

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I'm thinking.

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I whisper a message to this

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prisoner leader guy who seems to

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be in a position of power, maybe

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sharing that control together

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and working together to aid

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everyone.

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I then will go immediately into

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my invisibility spell and get

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closer to the guards in order to

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find a best position to sneak up

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on them before I think about

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delivering the the vicious

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mockery.

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Francesca Harn:
Or I might have even used my
daggers there.

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Francesca Harn:
but yeah, I don't think I. I

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think that's the order I want to

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go for.

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Francesca Harn:
So, long story short, I'm going
to Whisper a message to the kind

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of leader of the prisoners.

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Francesca Harn:
I don't know what message yet.

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Francesca Harn:
We'll think of that in a second.

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Francesca Harn:
We'll then activate my
invisibility, move closer to the

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guards to find a good place to
set up my attack, which will be

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coordinated with the prisoners
if that message gets through.

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Francesca Harn:
Right.

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Francesca Harn:
Time to put that in and see what
happens.

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Francesca Harn:
Nice plan.

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Francesca Harn:
Smooth and sly.

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Francesca Harn:
I'll narrate the message first.

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Francesca Harn:
Then you cast invisibility and
slip into position.

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Francesca Harn:
I need two roles from you so we
can resolve the social side and

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Francesca Harn:
the stealth approach.

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Francesca Harn:
Quick notes before you roll.

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Francesca Harn:
Message.

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Francesca Harn:
Whisper a sentence only the tall
prisoner hears.

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Francesca Harn:
No roll required for the cantrip
itself.

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Francesca Harn:
It's silent to others.

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Francesca Harn:
And they can't see you speaking
it.

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Persuasion to the tall prisoner.

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Francesca Harn:
Francescas persuasion modifier
is plus six.

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Francesca Harn:
This determines whether the

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prisoner trusts and coordinates

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with you.

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Invisibility.

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You cast it after messaging.

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Francesca Harn:
Invisibility is a second level

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Francesca Harn:
bard spell and requires

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Francesca Harn:
concentration.

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Francesca Harn:
Up to one minute it will let you
move unseen.

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Francesca Harn:
But note if you make a weapon
attack or cast another spell

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Francesca Harn:
that affects an enemy, the
invisibility ends stealth to

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Francesca Harn:
slip closer and mark ambush
positions when visible.

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Francesca Harn:
Francesca's stealth modifiers
plus five okay, roll two d20s

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Francesca Harn:
for me and give me the results.

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Francesca Harn:
Persuasion d20 plus six.

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Francesca Harn:
Stealth d20 plus five.

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Francesca Harn:
This is another reason why it's
good to spend time setting up.

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Francesca Harn:
If you're going to use AI as

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Francesca Harn:
your Dungeon Master, because

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Francesca Harn:
I've told it like I'm new to

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Francesca Harn:
this, please give me some extra

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Francesca Harn:
information that you wouldn't

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Francesca Harn:
normally need.

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Francesca Harn:
So as I do more of this and
later on in the game, I might

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Francesca Harn:
not need all of this extra
information, but right now I

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Francesca Harn:
very much do need it.

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Francesca Harn:
Okay, let's make these roles.

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Francesca Harn:
So we're doing a persuasion d20
check first.

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Francesca Harn:
Oh, you're not gonna believe
that.

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Francesca Harn:
That's a natural twenty.

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Francesca Harn:
I can't believe that.

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Francesca Harn:
Okay.

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Francesca Harn:
Natural twenty.

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Francesca Harn:
We're liking this.

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Francesca Harn:
Let's not jinx it.

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Francesca Harn:
Let's roll for the stealth.

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Francesca Harn:
Not so good a nine.

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Francesca Harn:
But I do have the plus five
modifier.

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Francesca Harn:
Let's see what that does to the
story.

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Francesca Harn:
You whisper across the gap with
message.

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Francesca Harn:
"You want freedom?

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Francesca Harn:
Then time our strikes together.

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Francesca Harn:
I'll cover the guards.

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Francesca Harn:
You rally the chains."

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Francesca Harn:
The tall prisoner's head jerks,

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Francesca Harn:
eyes blazing with sudden

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Francesca Harn:
recognition.

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Francesca Harn:
Their lips barely move as they
answer.

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Francesca Harn:
Voice steal "a signal, then you
strike.

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Francesca Harn:
We rise.

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Francesca Harn:
One heartbeat no more."

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Francesca Harn:
They shift posture, readying the
others subtly.

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Francesca Harn:
With a single sentence.

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Francesca Harn:
You've turned desperate captives
into a coordinated cell.

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Francesca Harn:
Then you vanish.

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Francesca Harn:
Invisibility shimmers over you,
and you slip forward.

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Francesca Harn:
The guards boots clatter their

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Francesca Harn:
shadows long in the fractured

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Francesca Harn:
lamplight.

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Francesca Harn:
You mark the weak points.

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Francesca Harn:
But as you step closer, one
enforcer stiffens.

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Francesca Harn:
He peers into the dark hand,
tightening on his cudgel.

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Francesca Harn:
He can't see you, but something
has tipped his instincts.

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Francesca Harn:
He prowls dangerously close to

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Francesca Harn:
your hiding place, you're

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Francesca Harn:
unseen.

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Francesca Harn:
But if you breathe wrong, he
might swing blindly.

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Francesca Harn:
Invisible.

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Francesca Harn:
You freeze as the Black Glove

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Francesca Harn:
enforcer prowls ever closer, his

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Francesca Harn:
boots thud softly on the planks,

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Francesca Harn:
cudgel tapping against his

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Francesca Harn:
thigh.

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Francesca Harn:
He mutters, low and suspicious.

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Francesca Harn:
"I thought I heard something.
Shadows playing tricks again."

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Francesca Harn:
The prisoners shift nervously.

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Francesca Harn:
The tall one glancing

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Francesca Harn:
toward the dark where you
crouch,

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Francesca Harn:
clearly waiting for your
promised

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Francesca Harn:
signal. The red cloaked

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Francesca Harn:
captain

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Francesca Harn:
barks an order, pulling some
guard's

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Francesca Harn:
attentions back. But this

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Francesca Harn:
one lingers.

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Francesca Harn:
He's only a pace

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Francesca Harn:
away. Choice. Do you ambush

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Francesca Harn:
now

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Francesca Harn:
strike while you're right under
his nose. Perhaps a rapier or

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Francesca Harn:
dagger attack, but your
invisibility breaks on strike
Hold

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Francesca Harn:
still. Gamble that he shrugs

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Francesca Harn:
it off and moves on. Or Distract
magically. perhaps

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00:11:04,256 --> 00:11:05,356
Francesca Harn:
minor illusion to

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Francesca Harn:
pull him away. Still invisible,
but risking

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Francesca Harn:
alerting others. What does
Francesca do?

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Francesca Harn:
Okay, this seems like

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Francesca Harn:
a pivotal moment in this combat.
I'm tempted to go

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Francesca Harn:
with ambush because I can feel
like although I break the
invisibility,

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Francesca Harn:
it's still dark out. So if I am

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Francesca Harn:
successful in my roles, I can
kill this guard. Or at least
subdue

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Francesca Harn:
him before I alert the other
guards

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Francesca Harn:
to my presence. So you know

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00:11:31,057 --> 00:11:31,496
Francesca Harn:
what?

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Francesca Harn:
I'm going to risk

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Francesca Harn:
it all and I'm going to ambush
now.

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00:11:36,993 --> 00:11:39,832
Francesca Harn:
You surge from shadow dagger and

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Francesca Harn:
rapier at the ready because

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Francesca Harn:
you're unseen.

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00:11:42,432 --> 00:11:44,633
Francesca Harn:
You make the attack with
advantage.

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00:11:44,633 --> 00:11:49,312
Francesca Harn:
You roll two d20s and take the
higher and add five to hit.

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Francesca Harn:
If you hit, damage is one d8
plus three.

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Francesca Harn:
If you use the rapier and
natural twenty is a critical

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00:11:55,033 --> 00:11:56,913
Francesca Harn:
hit, double the weapon dice.

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Francesca Harn:
Roll two d20s for the attack and
tell me both results are.

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00:12:00,232 --> 00:12:04,253
Francesca Harn:
Resolve the hit miss, narrate
what happens and then if you hit

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Francesca Harn:
ask you for the damage, roll.

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00:12:05,793 --> 00:12:07,273
Francesca Harn:
Let's get ready to roll then.

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00:12:07,273 --> 00:12:13,753
Francesca Harn:
Okay, so I am rolling two d20s
if I find my other dice.

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Francesca Harn:
Yes, because I do have two sets
of dice, even though I've only

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Francesca Harn:
recently got into this.

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00:12:18,113 --> 00:12:21,153
Francesca Harn:
So let's find my other d20 so
that I can roll them both at the

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Francesca Harn:
same time for extra drama.

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Francesca Harn:
Okay, let's give them a shake in
my hands.

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00:12:30,952 --> 00:12:33,552
Francesca Harn:
You're not gonna believe that,
because it doesn't.

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00:12:33,552 --> 00:12:35,753
Francesca Harn:
It doesn't seem like it seems
like I'm making it up.

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00:12:35,753 --> 00:12:37,793
Francesca Harn:
But I'm gonna take a picture.

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00:12:37,793 --> 00:12:39,712
Francesca Harn:
I mean, you could think the
picture's staged, but I'm going

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00:12:39,712 --> 00:12:44,513
Francesca Harn:
to take a picture because I have
literally rolled a double.

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00:12:44,513 --> 00:12:46,192
Francesca Harn:
Critical twenty.

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00:12:46,192 --> 00:12:47,153
Francesca Harn:
Uh, not critical twenty.

333
00:12:47,153 --> 00:12:47,712
Francesca Harn:
What am I saying?

334
00:12:47,712 --> 00:12:48,993
Francesca Harn:
Natural twenty.

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00:12:48,993 --> 00:12:50,592
Francesca Harn:
Uh, yeah.

336
00:12:50,592 --> 00:12:52,133
Francesca Harn:
I mean, the odds of that are

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00:12:52,133 --> 00:12:55,253
Francesca Harn:
outstandingly low, but

338
00:12:55,253 --> 00:12:57,472
Francesca Harn:
nevertheless, I promise you it's

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Francesca Harn:
true.

340
00:12:58,153 --> 00:13:00,873
Francesca Harn:
And I will post it on my socials
later to prove it.

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00:13:00,873 --> 00:13:01,993
Francesca Harn:
But like I said, if you want to

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00:13:01,993 --> 00:13:03,033
Francesca Harn:
believe it's fake, then go for

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Francesca Harn:
it.

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00:13:03,352 --> 00:13:05,673
Francesca Harn:
No one's really listening to
this podcast anyway.

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00:13:05,673 --> 00:13:06,432
Francesca Harn:
That's not true.

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00:13:06,432 --> 00:13:07,352
Francesca Harn:
I've seen a few people are

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00:13:07,352 --> 00:13:08,633
Francesca Harn:
listening, which I'm grateful

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00:13:08,633 --> 00:13:09,793
Francesca Harn:
for anyway.

349
00:13:09,793 --> 00:13:10,913
Francesca Harn:
I'm going off track again.

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00:13:10,913 --> 00:13:14,033
Francesca Harn:
just got too excited by the
natural twenties.

351
00:13:14,033 --> 00:13:15,592
Francesca Harn:
I mean a double natural twenty,
right?

352
00:13:15,592 --> 00:13:17,113
Francesca Harn:
I need to move on.

353
00:13:17,113 --> 00:13:19,513
Francesca Harn:
So I need to type that in and
see what happens.

354
00:13:19,513 --> 00:13:22,974
Francesca Harn:
And then it's going to ask for
my one d8 damage roll.

355
00:13:22,974 --> 00:13:23,933
Francesca Harn:
Now this is even more

356
00:13:23,933 --> 00:13:25,974
Francesca Harn:
unbelievable because I did roll

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00:13:25,974 --> 00:13:27,653
Francesca Harn:
it off, mike, because I was just

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00:13:27,653 --> 00:13:28,854
Francesca Harn:
typing it in and I thought, I'll

359
00:13:28,854 --> 00:13:30,033
Francesca Harn:
just roll for the damage now to

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00:13:30,033 --> 00:13:31,254
Francesca Harn:
save time.

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00:13:31,254 --> 00:13:32,854
Francesca Harn:
It's a D8 dice.

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00:13:32,854 --> 00:13:35,134
Francesca Harn:
The highest you can get is an
eight.

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00:13:35,134 --> 00:13:36,413
Francesca Harn:
I got an eight.

364
00:13:36,413 --> 00:13:38,614
Francesca Harn:
I feel like I need to go out and
buy a lottery ticket or a

365
00:13:38,614 --> 00:13:41,734
Francesca Harn:
scratch card or something,
because clearly the gods are

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00:13:41,734 --> 00:13:43,053
Francesca Harn:
working in my favor today.

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00:13:43,053 --> 00:13:44,714
Francesca Harn:
Anyway, Let's get back to typing

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00:13:44,714 --> 00:13:45,793
Francesca Harn:
that in and see where it takes

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00:13:45,793 --> 00:13:46,354
Francesca Harn:
me.

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00:13:48,601 --> 00:13:51,562
Francesca Harn:
Double natural 20s into max
damage.

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00:13:51,562 --> 00:13:52,481
Francesca Harn:
Exclamation point.

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00:13:52,481 --> 00:13:53,402
Francesca Harn:
Question mark.

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00:13:53,402 --> 00:13:57,481
Francesca Harn:
See, even the AI gets how
exciting that moment was for me.

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00:13:57,481 --> 00:14:00,402
Francesca Harn:
It says that's bardic poetry in
steel.

375
00:14:00,402 --> 00:14:02,881
Francesca Harn:
Let's give this moment the drama
it deserves.

376
00:14:02,881 --> 00:14:04,481
Francesca Harn:
See, it's not just me.

377
00:14:04,481 --> 00:14:06,802
Francesca Harn:
Anyway, let's get back to the
story.

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00:14:06,802 --> 00:14:07,721
Francesca Harn:
Invisible.

379
00:14:07,721 --> 00:14:09,542
Francesca Harn:
You spring forward, rapier

380
00:14:09,542 --> 00:14:11,241
Francesca Harn:
gleaming as the spell collapses

381
00:14:11,241 --> 00:14:12,402
Francesca Harn:
around you.

382
00:14:12,402 --> 00:14:13,961
Francesca Harn:
The enforcer barely has time to

383
00:14:13,961 --> 00:14:16,042
Francesca Harn:
gasp before your blade drives

384
00:14:16,042 --> 00:14:16,922
Francesca Harn:
home.

385
00:14:16,922 --> 00:14:21,442
Francesca Harn:
It's a perfect strike between
ribs, straight to the heart.

386
00:14:21,442 --> 00:14:26,001
Francesca Harn:
The man stiffens, eyes wide,
then slumps without a sound.

387
00:14:26,001 --> 00:14:29,042
Francesca Harn:
You catch him just enough to
lower him to the planks.

388
00:14:29,042 --> 00:14:31,062
Francesca Harn:
His cudgel rolls into the dark,

389
00:14:31,062 --> 00:14:33,081
Francesca Harn:
unheard beneath the roar of the

390
00:14:33,081 --> 00:14:33,721
Francesca Harn:
pier.

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00:14:35,322 --> 00:14:36,522
Francesca Harn:
The consequences.

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00:14:36,522 --> 00:14:38,562
Francesca Harn:
The guard is down, clean and
silent.

393
00:14:38,562 --> 00:14:39,802
Francesca Harn:
Your invisibility is gone.

394
00:14:39,802 --> 00:14:43,601
Francesca Harn:
But the chaos on the pier masks
you for now.

395
00:14:43,601 --> 00:14:45,922
Francesca Harn:
The tall prisoner's eyes look on
yours through the dark.

396
00:14:45,922 --> 00:14:47,682
Francesca Harn:
A sharp nod signal given.

397
00:14:47,682 --> 00:14:48,802
Francesca Harn:
Signal received.

398
00:14:48,802 --> 00:14:52,121
Francesca Harn:
But across the pier, the red
cloaked captain notices the

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00:14:52,121 --> 00:14:53,481
Francesca Harn:
sudden break in formation.

400
00:14:53,481 --> 00:14:54,562
Francesca Harn:
He barks.

401
00:14:54,562 --> 00:14:57,081
Francesca Harn:
"Where's Joran? Find him."

402
00:14:57,081 --> 00:14:57,881
Francesca Harn:
Two guards

403
00:14:57,881 --> 00:15:01,162
Francesca Harn:
peel off, heading vaguely in
your direction. You have

404
00:15:01,162 --> 00:15:04,601
Francesca Harn:
heartbeats before they find the
body. Next move

405
00:15:04,601 --> 00:15:05,922
Francesca Harn:
options. Signal the

406
00:15:05,922 --> 00:15:07,241
Francesca Harn:
prisoners now. Unleash the

407
00:15:07,241 --> 00:15:10,322
Francesca Harn:
coordinated uprising at its
peak. Hide the

408
00:15:10,322 --> 00:15:11,522
Francesca Harn:
body fast. Sleight of

409
00:15:11,522 --> 00:15:12,642
Francesca Harn:
hand plus seven to drag it

410
00:15:12,642 --> 00:15:14,761
Francesca Harn:
behind crates before they
arrive.

411
00:15:14,761 --> 00:15:15,282
Francesca Harn:
Ambush the

412
00:15:15,282 --> 00:15:16,201
Francesca Harn:
next pair. Take them

413
00:15:16,201 --> 00:15:18,402
Francesca Harn:
before they notice the corpse.
Use a

414
00:15:18,402 --> 00:15:21,121
Francesca Harn:
distraction spell to cover your
position. Do you

415
00:15:21,121 --> 00:15:24,802
Francesca Harn:
go loud now or play for one more
beat of shadow before the storm

416
00:15:24,802 --> 00:15:28,062
Francesca Harn:
breaks? Oh, I

417
00:15:28,062 --> 00:15:31,001
Francesca Harn:
feel like I'm caught up in the
moment and the drama. And that

418
00:15:31,001 --> 00:15:33,001
Francesca Harn:
the the the twenties on my dice

419
00:15:33,001 --> 00:15:34,761
Francesca Harn:
are just exciting me too much.
But

420
00:15:34,761 --> 00:15:34,881
Francesca Harn:
you

421
00:15:34,881 --> 00:15:35,981
Francesca Harn:
know what? Let's live

422
00:15:35,981 --> 00:15:37,481
Francesca Harn:
a little. Even if

423
00:15:37,481 --> 00:15:39,042
Francesca Harn:
it's in a fictional roleplaying
game,

424
00:15:39,042 --> 00:15:41,042
Francesca Harn:
let's live a little. Francesca

425
00:15:41,042 --> 00:15:41,282
Francesca Harn:
is

426
00:15:41,282 --> 00:15:43,121
Francesca Harn:
going to signal the prisoners.
Now, let's

427
00:15:43,121 --> 00:15:45,201
Francesca Harn:
get into this battle. Might be

428
00:15:45,201 --> 00:15:46,282
Francesca Harn:
a little bit off character for

429
00:15:46,282 --> 00:15:49,162
Francesca Harn:
her, but I think even Francesca

430
00:15:49,162 --> 00:15:50,221
Francesca Harn:
will get caught up in

431
00:15:50,221 --> 00:15:52,201
Francesca Harn:
the adrenaline rush of the
moment. And

432
00:15:52,201 --> 00:15:52,442
Francesca Harn:
that's

433
00:15:52,442 --> 00:15:54,241
Francesca Harn:
what we're going to go for. So
let's

434
00:15:54,241 --> 00:15:56,162
Francesca Harn:
signal the prisoners now.

435
00:15:58,475 --> 00:16:00,635
Francesca Harn:
The battle begins.

436
00:16:00,635 --> 00:16:01,796
Francesca Harn:
You lock eyes with the tall

437
00:16:01,796 --> 00:16:03,135
Francesca Harn:
prisoner and give the subtlest

438
00:16:03,135 --> 00:16:03,676
Francesca Harn:
nod.

439
00:16:03,676 --> 00:16:05,436
Francesca Harn:
The stage is set.

440
00:16:05,436 --> 00:16:10,235
Francesca Harn:
He roars like a war horn "now!"
Chains rattle.

441
00:16:10,235 --> 00:16:11,515
Francesca Harn:
Prisoners surge.

442
00:16:11,515 --> 00:16:13,716
Francesca Harn:
Guards whirl in confusion.

443
00:16:13,716 --> 00:16:17,196
Francesca Harn:
A woman drives her manacled
fists into an enforcer's jaw.

444
00:16:17,196 --> 00:16:20,275
Francesca Harn:
Another kicks free of the
gangplank, toppling his captor

445
00:16:20,275 --> 00:16:21,355
Francesca Harn:
into the river.

446
00:16:21,355 --> 00:16:22,875
Francesca Harn:
The pier becomes a battlefield

447
00:16:22,875 --> 00:16:24,755
Francesca Harn:
of clashing shadows, steel and

448
00:16:24,755 --> 00:16:26,875
Francesca Harn:
desperate cries.

449
00:16:26,875 --> 00:16:32,916
Francesca Harn:
Here's the immediate field, you:
rapier ready, twenty three
health points, AC thirteen.

450
00:16:32,916 --> 00:16:34,995
Francesca Harn:
allies, twelve prisoners,
unarmed

451
00:16:34,995 --> 00:16:39,676
Francesca Harn:
but feral. The tall leader
fights like a soldier wielding
chain links like whips.

452
00:16:39,676 --> 00:16:42,155
Francesca Harn:
Enemies. Six black glove
enforcers plus

453
00:16:42,155 --> 00:16:43,416
Francesca Harn:
one red cloak Captain

454
00:16:43,416 --> 00:16:44,436
Francesca Harn:
(elite). two

455
00:16:44,436 --> 00:16:44,956
Francesca Harn:
enforcers

456
00:16:44,956 --> 00:16:47,275
Francesca Harn:
are near you. Two are trying to
contain the prisoners

457
00:16:47,275 --> 00:16:49,056
Francesca Harn:
two guard the captain. You

458
00:16:49,056 --> 00:16:51,975
Francesca Harn:
currently have the drop on the
two moving toward Joren's body.

459
00:16:51,975 --> 00:16:55,056
Francesca Harn:
initiative. Roll one d20 plus
four

460
00:16:55,056 --> 00:16:57,155
Francesca Harn:
Francesca's initiative. I'll
roll for

461
00:16:57,155 --> 00:16:57,235
Francesca Harn:
the

462
00:16:57,235 --> 00:16:57,475
Francesca Harn:
enemy

463
00:16:57,475 --> 00:16:58,931
Francesca Harn:
group and the prisoner allies to
slot

464
00:16:58,931 --> 00:17:01,466
Francesca Harn:
them in. What's your initiative
role?

465
00:17:02,546 --> 00:17:04,066
Francesca Harn:
So the way initiative works and

466
00:17:04,066 --> 00:17:04,346
Francesca Harn:
I know

467
00:17:04,346 --> 00:17:05,306
Francesca Harn:
this mainly from my

468
00:17:05,306 --> 00:17:09,165
Francesca Harn:
playing of the video game Bg3.
is that before you enter a

469
00:17:09,165 --> 00:17:11,885
Francesca Harn:
combat situation, everyone
involved does an

470
00:17:11,885 --> 00:17:13,965
Francesca Harn:
initiative roll, and that kind
of puts you in

471
00:17:13,965 --> 00:17:17,826
Francesca Harn:
the order of combat. So the
higher your initiative roll, the

472
00:17:17,826 --> 00:17:19,605
Francesca Harn:
sooner you will act in

473
00:17:19,605 --> 00:17:20,566
Francesca Harn:
combat. So you want to

474
00:17:20,566 --> 00:17:22,465
Francesca Harn:
have a better roll for that.
Basically,

475
00:17:22,465 --> 00:17:22,726
Francesca Harn:
most

476
00:17:22,726 --> 00:17:24,526
Francesca Harn:
of the time you want a good roll
anyway, but

477
00:17:24,526 --> 00:17:29,405
Francesca Harn:
regardless, my d20 is plus four
because I've got plus three for

478
00:17:29,405 --> 00:17:34,546
Francesca Harn:
dexterity and an initiative
bonus, because I'm going to be
acting from

479
00:17:34,546 --> 00:17:38,486
Francesca Harn:
like a stealth position So let's
make that roll and

480
00:17:38,486 --> 00:17:44,105
Francesca Harn:
see if I've exhausted the luck
of the gods today. I

481
00:17:44,105 --> 00:17:46,066
Francesca Harn:
mean, it's not a bad roll, it's
not a brilliant roll,

482
00:17:46,066 --> 00:17:49,226
Francesca Harn:
but I'll take it. It's another
nine like earlier. So we're
going to

483
00:17:49,226 --> 00:17:49,865
Francesca Harn:
pop that in

484
00:17:49,865 --> 00:17:51,506
Francesca Harn:
and see what that does.

485
00:17:51,506 --> 00:17:58,400
Francesca Harn:
So it will be nine plus the
four. Initiative thirteen
Francesca will

486
00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:02,240
Francesca Harn:
act after the prisoners, but
before the enforcers.

487
00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:06,240
Francesca Harn:
The pier explodes into violence.
Prisoners surge forward

488
00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:08,359
Francesca Harn:
with wild desperation. One

489
00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:09,559
Francesca Harn:
tackles a guard into the

490
00:18:09,559 --> 00:18:11,720
Francesca Harn:
water. Another snaps her chains
across

491
00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:14,480
Francesca Harn:
an enforcer's face. The tall
leader whirls

492
00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:17,460
Francesca Harn:
his shackles like a flail,
driving back two

493
00:18:17,460 --> 00:18:21,200
Francesca Harn:
men at once, you step into the
fray, rapier dripping

494
00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:24,960
Francesca Harn:
with your silent kill, the two
enforcers heading toward you.
Turn just

495
00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:27,680
Francesca Harn:
in time to see their comrades
body at your feet.

496
00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:33,240
Francesca Harn:
Their eyes widen, the red
cloaked Captain bellows pointing
straight at you.

497
00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:37,940
Francesca Harn:
"The Tiefling. She's the spark.
Snuff her out." Boots

498
00:18:37,940 --> 00:18:38,880
Francesca Harn:
thunder on the

499
00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:39,720
Francesca Harn:
planks as

500
00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:41,160
Francesca Harn:
Black Glove enforcers

501
00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:42,799
Francesca Harn:
surge your way.

502
00:18:42,799 --> 00:18:46,359
Francesca Harn:
Torches flare, blades catch the
moonlight.

503
00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:48,359
Francesca Harn:
The captain draws his longsword,

504
00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:48,640
Francesca Harn:
its

505
00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:52,000
Francesca Harn:
steel kissed with faint crimson
runes.

506
00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:53,480
Francesca Harn:
The air is thick with

507
00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:56,119
Francesca Harn:
smoke, cries and blood. You

508
00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:56,559
Francesca Harn:
can hear

509
00:18:56,559 --> 00:18:59,680
Francesca Harn:
the prisoners rallying behind
you, but the enemy is

510
00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:03,400
Francesca Harn:
closing fast, six against you.

511
00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:05,740
Francesca Harn:
And then the captain. You

512
00:19:05,740 --> 00:19:07,799
Francesca Harn:
raise your rapier shadows
dancing

513
00:19:07,799 --> 00:19:08,119
Francesca Harn:
on your

514
00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:09,960
Francesca Harn:
horns, golden eyes catching

515
00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:15,000
Francesca Harn:
the firelight. Around you, chaos
narrows to one sharp truth:

516
00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:16,599
Francesca Harn:
You've lit the fuse.

517
00:19:21,633 --> 00:19:25,673
Francesca Harn:
In the chaos of the docks,
enemies close in, allies rise

518
00:19:25,673 --> 00:19:28,992
Francesca Harn:
up, and the fate of every
chained soul now hangs on a

519
00:19:28,992 --> 00:19:31,393
Francesca Harn:
single bard's blade.

520
00:19:31,393 --> 00:19:32,712
Francesca Harn:
That's all for now.

521
00:19:32,712 --> 00:19:37,232
Francesca Harn:
Stay bold, stay curious and keep
on Rolling Solo.