Welcome to Roll for Heresy, with Walton playing
Chet, Cliff playing Francisco, Tim playing Squigs,
and Kevin as the GM. Last time, the group recuperated
and re -armed for the assault on the outpost,
then headed out to the jungle. As they made their
way deep into the wild forests, they encountered
both natural hazards and devious traps, as well
as an unwelcomed observer. Is everyone okay?
I'm okay. That is... I don't think the log was
trying to eat me. This is definitely something
else. Well, we can't be too sure about that.
The log might have tried to eat you, but it didn't
succeed, so... Just take that as a victory. Fair.
I guess I mean... This is rope. This required
intelligence. This is more than those... beasts
that we fought at the camp were capable of. Well,
we could be dealing with the cult of cannibals.
Above average intelligence monkey. It could be
anything really. Alright. Are there a lot of
above intelligence monkeys here? I'd say about
four out of ten. Above average intelligence?
Literally the definition. Above average. Slightly
below average is still above average for a monkey?
You never know. I'll say this. I grew up on this
planet. I'm from Australia. We've always been
told our whole lives don't go into the jungles.
They'd warn us there were bogeymen out here and
things like that. I don't know, it's making me
question some things is all I'm saying. Nothing
really else to say about it, but I guess, I don't
know, it's something to think about. Well at
least it avoided all of us, that was not great.
Chad almost got eight squish, right? Eight, am
I saying that right? Yeah, eight, you're saying
it right, it's eight. Oh, okay, good. I tried
to make sure I was in correct lexicon. Because
even if you didn't get directly eight, you'd
die and then something would eat you. Yeah, I
believe I was not supposed to get eight or dead
first. That was Francisco's job. I pat Francisco
on the shoulder as well. I mean, if I had my
choice, I'd rather be dead and then eight rather
than the other way around. I personally would
like to avoid either. Alright, do we want to
keep going then I guess? Can I look at what this
trap was? Sure. We're speculating on its construction.
We haven't actually looked into its construction
yet. Not that I have a great survival or any
of that. I just kind of want to look it over.
Yeah, let me get what so let's see of the skills
that we can use Do you want to use Like a scholar
like maybe this is something you've seen in your
books I mean if you wanted I can I have no problem
rolling scholar or survival if you think survival
makes more sense or I don't mind looking through
it to see, does this look like a regular pitfall
or is this a squish trap? Dead hang? Yeah. One
of them. I don't know what they're called. Bad
day. Yeah, okay, just give me a survival check.
Alright, I beat it. You got, you got one success.
I got seven success. So... And two shifts. You
know what? Where is that roll? Oh no, that's,
no, sorry, I was looking at... Walton's stealth
roll. I have one success and one failure. You
were looking at the stealth roll. I was really
excited. I was like, how do you have seven excesses
on two dice? My amazing stealth roll. Your stealth
is so amazing it disguised itself as my survival
test. Yes, exactly. Yes, so I think you guys
already kind of explained it. It's clearly like
some sort of rope. made of like local woven fiber
and it's holding up one of the trees that had
fallen down. The tree has clearly been carved
into a spike and it was trapped. Much more than
that, you can't discern. Well, I'm glad we made
it out of that. That does not look particularly
great. Kevin, is there a way i don't know if
this is a thing where we can like walk a little
bit slower to increase our awareness like sure
yeah i'll let you we do exchange speed for awareness
or something i'll let you say that you're walking
more carefully now and i'll lower the difficulty
of any other traps that might be sent now that
you're aware we use a 10 foot pole and thoroughly
check every five foot square before we move into
it Alright, this mission now takes two months,
and you guys run out of food and die. We starve
to death, but at least we weren't eaten. Yeah,
if everyone's cool with that, that's what I'll
suggest. No, that makes sense to me. I defer
to the Astra Militarum in this regard. We got
a jungle fighter and the local guardsmen, and
I'm just here to map out as much of the map as
we can. Just take it slow and steady and continue
to range forward. Sounds good. I'm just going
to try to keep my head on a swivel and... Hopefully
nothing horrible happens. Okay. I'm going to
rocket you guys into the next map. Sounds good
to me. Can you guys see the loading? Yep. Yep.
A river. Let me know when you guys can see it.
We can see it. It's all all up good. Are you
good? Yes, okay? Even the thing we're not supposed
to see we could see it. Oh, no All right, so
you guys continue walking you're walking carefully
Some time goes by a few hours in fact as you
take the long trek deep in to this unknown territory.
Upon getting close, you begin to hear a rushing
sound. Cutting through this verdant expanse is
a wide stream. It's clear. The rushing waters
sparkle as they reflect the jungle's emerald
hues. The stream is framed by smooth stones,
some adorned with moss, and its banks are dotted
with plants reaching for the sun. Chet wants
to set up his rifle and just like look across
the other side of this stream. See if he sees
anything. Are you looking for anything in particular?
Just in general, kind of seeing if he sees anything
that's out of norms. Like maybe he can get a
peek if that cloaked. Maybe not a lictor, maybe
not a stealth suit. Whatever that is. Sure. Give
me an awareness test. Or... Yes. Awareness. Two
successes. I will say that you don't really see
anything out of the ordinary. You're looking
to the other side of the river. The trees are
kind of dense. You know. There's just this like
one little... animal path that kind of cuts through
at this point so they really don't really have
a wide berth to see but in your vision there
doesn't look like there's anything bad all right
well it looks clear it looks like we can make
our way over there without any trouble all right
I'm just kind of like staying back just whenever
we have like a couple minutes because I'm Basically,
Squigs is counting his paces, and whenever we
stop to take a break or, you know, someone goes
forward to recon, Squigs is just doing his best
to memorize where they are and do a quick, like,
ink sketch of, like, some of the major landmarks.
You said the water is clear. Can we see how deep
the river is? Uh, yes. So, uh, it looks like
it's about waist deep. at its deepest in the
center. You could look for a more passable location,
but this seems to be with your immediate approach
as the most passable. I don't want to make a
very awkward comment, but this might be a little
deep for you, Chet. You saying I'm short or something?
I'm just saying, so we don't want to get our
equipment wet, right? It'd be really bad if we
got our guns wet. Really bad if we get our socks
wet. You never get your socks wet. You always
gotta keep your dry pair of socks on. Do we want
to take turns, like, fording across the river
where, like, we hold our gear above our heads,
and our shoes and socks above our heads, and
we just sort of walk across? Well, that's some
smart thinking. definitely don't want to get
a trench foot out here dealing with all this
wet socks and boots and whatnot uh it really
depends on how uh how fast we want to do this
because we all got to take our shoes and our
socks off and it's a lot of prep work just to
get across the other side yeah i'm thinking slower
is better in this case the water's not rushing
very quickly is it kevin uh no it's not still
it certainly is moving Yeah. But, uh, it looks
portable, by foot. Alright. And, uh, unless Chet
says otherwise, I'm like, alright, I put my,
I'm like, alright, I'm ready to just take my
shoes and socks off, put them in my bag, carry
my bag and my gun above my head, and then just
sort of walk across that way. Uh, yeah, how,
you said, did you say about how deep does it
look? Like waist -tight, dead -tight? Uh, waist
- waist at the center at chet height yeah yeah
yeah two to three feet deep at its deepest okay
that makes sense um if you want i can uh carry
my stuff across set it down on the other side
and come back get you chet if you want just an
offer don't mean anything by it well i appreciate
the offer i will make my way over there uh on
my own uh two feet Fair enough. Okay. So Squigs
will just start packing up his quills, everything
else, as best he can. Pike his robes up, and
I guess he'll start to wait across. Okay. So
you're first? Uh, yes. Alright. Okay, I'm gonna
go. channel set up like a shark watch While you're
crossing. Yeah, I think we would actually wait
on this side until he safely makes it across,
and then we'll go down. Now that makes a lot
of sense to me. OK. That makes sense. We will
cross in a safe and cautious manner. So I will
say you reach the center, and then I want everyone
to give me an awareness, since you're all looking.
Now where am I? Alright, so I will say... You
keep forgetting to ask me for DN, but yeah. Yeah,
that's fine. I'll just say that DN was 3 here.
So you can... I will say, Francisco fails, Squigs
passes barely, and Walton... I mean, Chet, you
can shift. If you'd like. And you also have a
wrath critical, good job. Yeah, sure. I'll shift
it shift it to plus glory. Okay, so please increase
our glory pool Increase your glory pool save
the dice for another day. Yeah Alright so squigs
Chet Francisco you're all wary of the dangers
of the jungle deciding to only let one person
cross at a time was a smart decision as Squigs
steps into the water gets to the center something
Begins to shift the stream takes on an eerie
stillness It's gurgling meta melody silenced
as though holding its breath and then you begin
to notice faint ripples and concentric circles
appearing without cause Before the water erupts
So some things jump out of the water at you Because,
of course they do. Okay, there's water over here.
Oh, that's a lot of things. That's a lot of things.
Bye, Squigs. So, some sort of, like, aquatic
lizard monster, you guys can see. It's got a
long, sinuous body covered in tough, overlapping
scales that shimmer like wet gemstones in the
light. It's got a powerful jaw lined with rows
of needle -like teeth. It's got some, like, webbed
feet that are sharp and spiny. And it's... they
begin swimming right for you. So this is where
we're gonna start combat? Are you willing to
shit myself? That's a good thing you're already
in the water, then. That's perfect. Exactly.
Good thing I'm melee focused, oh wait. You know,
we're just like, oh, your pants are really wet,
Squigs. It's like that was the water. That was
definitely just waiting for the water. Don't
worry about it. I definitely didn't shit myself
as soon as these things popped up out of the
water. Squigs would never have done something
like that. Yeah, that's so I'll say you successfully
saw them. Good job, everyone. You're not all
in the water at the same time. So that's good,
because that would just be silly. Yeah, you know,
it could it could have happened. It could have
happened. So, who would like to go first? I think
Squigs, you need to go first and just get out
of there, get to dry land. Yeah. Yeah. Squigs
would like to no longer be in the water. I will
go first. I'll activate you, and I will say that
we'll count each square of the water as two squares
of movement. Standard, difficult terrain. That
makes sense. That makes complete sense. You said
it was like waist high and wearing robes. I'm
holding on my shit. Yeah. So I will be able to
just make it out to the other side. Yep. Perfect.
So I get to the other side. I'm sopping wet.
I did not remove my socks and shoes, like everybody
else said, but I was worried about stepping on
something. Which is also reasonable here. My
poor soft feet. I am but a scholar. And with
that, I'm gonna try to fumble around and then
I will spend the action, I believe it will be
an action to pull my gun. But yeah, because I'm
gonna fumble around with my bag. Yeah, so you
move, that's your move action there, and then
you get like a a minor action, so I think that's
like drawing a weapon, and then you can have
your major action. And I don't exactly know the
official names of the actions. I can look it
up on pretty sure. Yeah, they're just broken
out into, I think, moving and attacking, then
some minor actions. Yeah, so it's a simple combat
action. So I can draw my gun. So I kind of like
drop my bags and everything it kind of like slumps
around me and I just take a pot shot at that
one right there. My last pistol. As I fumble
with my gear I'm just like shifting and fumbling
and I pull it out and I just fire off the shot.
Okay. That is... Give me the... It's within four
so it's close range. Yes. I will not have time
to aim because I'm like, oh shit! You know, kind
of like fumbling around. Ah, one success. Three
failures, but I got my success. And a wrath complication.
So that's good. We've got that going for us,
which is great. You're out of ammo. So as you
fumbled through the water, the battery for your
last gun got damaged. And it managed to get off
this one shot before it's now unusable. Oh shit.
So you have to change it out. You shoot it, like
I pull the trigger and you hear the... The fuzz
-crackle of it shorting. Luckily it doesn't blow
my fucking hand off. Alright, the Crescent Beast
can enjoy... Seven damage. Lovely. If that's
so -called. If this is the so -called Crescent
Beast. Uh, it's... it's not. I'm just reusing
their stat block. That's fine. I have nothing.
Slight... yes. I don't know what these are. I'm
just reading the title. You know what these are.
These are some sort of lizard -fish hybrid things
that are propelling themselves through the water.
You just hear what the shit? That... by the throat.
Boom! Yeah. Alright, that's gonna be the end
of me. My turn is completed. Your turn has completed.
Alright. I will go unless one of you decide to
interrupt me. I'll cheddle steal. Okay. So that's
a glory to steal. It's a glory to steal. I've
reduced your glory by one. He's gonna try and
shoot this same guy with this nice little rifle
here. Okay. Make sure I'm clicking the right
buttons. That's three successes, five failures,
but I get a shift and I'm going to put that back
into glory so we get our glory back from me stealing.
Very nice. I almost feel bad for this thing.
You're going to turn it into salsa. Ten damage.
Oh yeah, it's definitely dead. But what happens
to it as you blast into it? He's looking at like
he's looking at it through a scope and he's trying
to see if any of that will be good for eating
And he just like yeah, it looks kind of I Don't
know about that. You might not be able to eat
that. Yeah, I'll look at it later It's both fishy
and gamey It's a fish and a lizard and I don't
know I don't know we'll check after everything's
done and done and then I'll move back a little
bit so get a little further away from the water.
And that's it. All right. Fucking nightmare.
That's it for Chet. All right. You obliterate
this strange beast, its corpse floating away
in the in the water, its strange green blood
beginning to seep throughout the stream. Then
my turn. See, we'll go with the one that. was
just by the one that exploded whoa sorry they're
all everyone's highlighted there we go um yes
the glory of foundry so it can get to there as
it's can swim very quickly but it can't actually
reach you guys nice you're thinking everyone
who could back up get him francisco Alright,
Francisco, it's your turn. Alright, so he is
far away from me, and I think it still makes
more sense to try to shoot him with my gun. So
let's do that. So I've targeted him, now I click
the last gun, and my dice pool is seven, and
I'll have extra damage of two because he's within
short range, and I have reliable, so let's just
try it and see what happens. Three successes.
Success! No ships. Alright. Now I will just roll
damage. Hey! Yep, cuz I wrecked a fire. That's
what it was. So he's still alive? He is still
alive. Let me see, I don't think it calculated.
It didn't do exactly what I wanted it to do.
I didn't want it to roll shock. you will actually
have killed it in one hit. So it definitely swims
through the water, but you can tell as it begins
to walk on land, it's a bit awkward. So it kind
of slows its pace, but you could tell that if
you guys had all been in the water, this would
have been really tough. And as soon as it hops
up on the land, it kind of hisses at you and
then you blow its head off. not too bad uh i
think i think that's a good idea i'll just stay
on land here uh i won't move back because i don't
want them to just all just eat chat so i'll just
stay with chat uh yeah i'll pass the turn let
me just go to me and click enter Oh, sorry. I
lack permission to update you. Thank you very
much. Because I ended it. Yeah, I'll let you
guys practice ending your own turns. And you
can practice ending us. That's what I'm doing.
Because this one can reach you, Squigs. Squigs
is against this. Yes. And it attempts to bite
you with its rows of razor sharp... teeth. Somehow
Squigs keeps getting attacked by monsters with
teeth. Well, there's a lot of things that can
come and eat you. Squigs can't hear you, Squigs
is too busy being delicious. Alright, it manages
to get its teeth around you, but can it penetrate
your beautiful new used armor? No. You're walking.
You've got your robes on you're wet. This thing
comes like, you know, like a Whipping its tail
its sleek body like a dart towards you launches
itself out of the water grasped your leg. However,
you put on that dead soldiers armor It's teeth
you have the flak armor now its teeth are They're
not armor -piercing, so they just latch onto
it and now it's just wiggling against the metal
of the armor and You know you've been hit, but
you don't feel any, you don't feel its teeth
pierce it. And so it's just latching onto you
like, ahhh! And finally, the next one is going
to swim up behind it, but it can't quite reach
you, but maybe next turn it can. So, that. is
the first turn. Congratulations, gentlemen. You
have survived. But, can you eliminate the final
two? Who would like to go first? Squicks, I think,
would like to go first. Unless somebody else
wants to go first, right? Uh, I mean, Chet can
go. Alright, Chet. Chet might make process to
pop that one, you know? Yeah, he's gonna try
and get the one that just got up in Squicks'
face. Okay, he's going to remember there are
penalties for firing into melee. I believe Yeah,
the DN is higher I think it goes up by one So
he's going to aim and then he's gonna call a
shot oh The DN goes up again So the DN right
now, what's the DN gonna be? The DN So you it's
he is a DN of one normally DN of two because
you're firing in the melee DN of three because
you're calling a shot and he's aiming so Aiming
I believe gives him more ice ice. Jesus dice.
Is that true? I don't remember. Yeah Yeah, you
would either give him a dice or it would negate
the plus one DN from shooting in a melee, but
either way Oh either way I'll just say the end
of two then Yep. Plus one bonus die, two range,
attack tests. Good either way. I got three successes,
five failures, I'm gonna shift. I'm gonna shift
for damage. You do not have a shift. Oh, I don't
have a shift. Aw, boo. Yeah, you need that six
or else it turns into a failure. Okay, so we'll
just do some damage to see what we do. Ten points
of damage. Ten points of damage. And you said
you... What was the called shot? Just like right
at the back of its head. Let's see, I think there's
a little split. Yeah, so the way ColdShot works.
Yep. Oh, continue. The way ColdShot works, you
can select points. Let's see here. What's the
form? What's about Salvos right now? ColdShot.
You can target the opponent's weak points. Firing
at a blah blah blah. You can make an attack,
a called shot, by declaring a target. There's
a gap in the armor, an eye, vulnerable joint.
You get a DN penalty dependent on the size of
your target based on the called shot table. And
you gain extra dice equal to the DN penalty you
take. So in the future. So if you like medium,
you know you're gonna go for an arm is... Plus
one DN penalty, but you get one extra die. Small
is a header in hand. Is that one extra damage
die? Yes. The DN goes up by one and then the
damage die go up. You get one extra damage die.
Okay. And then small is two. So you trade difficulty
for damage. Tiny, like an eye or an armor joint,
is three. And there's a little table of it. On
118. We'll just say these these things have particularly
large heads compared to their body. So it's like
It's we'll call it medium And that nightmare
fish head. It's got lots of teeth You specifically
aimed in such a way that you know, you weren't
gonna shoot Squigs and You managed to like Shoot
at the base of the neck in such a way that you
sever its head from its body And now Squigs just
has like an ornamental lizard head clamped onto
his leg on the armor, but no longer wiggling
around, just kind of just stuck. Just staring
at it. Big thumbs up. I just I'm just like staring
at it like, ah, and then I see you give it a
thumbs up and I just kind of give you a real
shaky thumbs up as I'm trying to shake this thing's
head off my leg. All right. Is that your turn,
Chet? Yep, that's it for Chet. Okay. I'm glad
we brought this guy. So, the final... The final
lizard beast will attempt to go. Alright? He
does so. He goes here. He also attempts to bite
you. Boo. He sees his friend. He does not care,
for he does not have feelings. Only rage and
hunger. Typical Xenos. Yes. Uh -oh. So he bites
you, he succeeds, but something happens. His
face runs out of ammunition. His face runs out
of ammo. His teeth lack ammo. His weapon jam.
His weapon hit his teeth, so his teeth get stuck
in you as well. And oh my gosh, I can't do enough
damage So in one leg you have a severed head
and now in the other leg you have a fully intact
lizard beast chomping down on you who's Who's
like the other one was just like yeah, it bit
you so it's like kind of stuck. This one is like
jammed Like it got into your armor and it got
really close. But now like the joints like in
your knee are like stuck on his teeth and it's
just like it can't move. Oh, shit. All right.
All right. You two are left. I'm going to go.
OK. All right. I'm going to go. I am just going
to put the pistol straight against this thing's
head. You think? Actually, you know what? I have
a knife. I'm just gonna just stab just crazy
just stab like I'm stabbing him with like a Like
a like a stiletto Okay, yes, it is it's a stiletto.
It's not like a penknife or like a letter opener
like this is a mean -ass looking stiletto and
you see him kind of just like pull it from his
back like ah He's aggressively jabbing it into
this thing Let's see, any specials I can do with
melee? I'm not good with melee, but like... Yeah,
I, uh... I don't think they have... Yeah, I'm
just gonna... I'm just gonna try to set just...
Um... Do -do -do, short range, attacks... I'm
gonna try... You know what? I'm going to try...
to... I'm gonna try to all -out attack, because
this thing is stuck on me. I am not happy with
it. So okay, yeah do it so what that does all
attack plus two bonus dice to all melee attacks
And then it gives you minus two defense Check
the actual rules real quick here to make sure
I'm doing this right plus two bonus dice to my
melee attack dice What's the ED on this? The
DN? Yeah, the DN on this. So they have their
DN is 1 and then plus 1 for your all -out attack.
So 2. Yeah, so all -out attack and then I get
a minus 2 to my defense next turn. So if this
thing makes it, I'm in trouble. Ah, I see. So...
Just trying to figure out exactly... Would you
like to add some glory to have some more dice?
If anybody does not mind, I wouldn't mind taking
a glory. Go for it. Although, Kevin, I don't
think his DN goes up because of the all -out
attack. Oh, no? I think the penalty is just squigs.
Oh, just his defense. Okay, so your DN won then.
Yeah, I get bonus dice to my melee attack. Okay,
so that should... I think that's what I need
to do. Let's roll this. And I didn't add any
glory. Well, you would have been fine anyway.
I'm fine anyway. Alright, so I didn't take any
glory. Okay, so... But can you kill it? Can I
kill it? That is the important question. I do
five damage. Five damage? Because I just, I'm
just... Yeah! Ah! I'm just... Get off me! Get!
One wound has gone through. Oh good. Good good
good. Because I'm just like... I'm literally
just stabbing it in the face unskillfully with
a very pretty stiletto. Yeah, so you just...
It's stuck on you. You're going all out, and
as you like thrash and stab at it, you manage
to get the stiletto in between some of the...
It's tough, scaly hide, and you can feel yourself
just do a little bit, but like, it's wiggling
pretty hard and your hand is rejected soon after.
And so you got it, but maybe not as much as you
would have liked. Well, you know, this is what
it is. I tried. Help! This thing doesn't seem
to want to let go. I think it's stuck. So Chet
and Francisco, you can see that that attack has
thrown Squigs off balance and he begins to fall
backwards. Alright, I think I go next. You do!
So... I think because I can see him from here,
I can just aim so I don't have to move, which
will negate the penalty for shooting into melee.
Uh, I've already targeted him, so I think I can
just shoot him with my last gun and hope for
the best. Just like, alright, hold, hold still,
squags, I think we got this. Hey, success. Success.
And I'll just roll the damage. Which is a good
amount. Also a good amount and then I apply damage
No, I don't look like I apply the damage You're
the one who I like I like permission and I believe
that was exactly enough to kill him. No So So
in the distance a Francisco takes aim blast this
final lizard beast and its wrath and its squiggling
stops on squigs. And now the battle has come
to a conclusion. Congratulations, you have survived.
Oh, good. I'm just laying on the ground. I'm
laying on the ground in the mud and once I've
calmed down enough, once you've shot this thing
fully off me. I'm just going to be using the
stiletto to like carve away the forces of - I'm
assuming like its reflex was to die with his
jaw shutting harder. Oh yeah, definitely. So
I'm just using my knife to kind of like wedge
its face open. Just really, just having a bad
time there, kind of. Yeah. Just hyperventilating
a little bit. So you - yeah, you - you - you
drag yourself a little bit to like the corner
where some rock is and you begin just like prying
this creatures the what the the one with the
severed head it it it doesn't really have any
muscles left to close this jaw it was kind of
just stuck at the fabric you get rid of that
one and this one though it's like it's in there
and so you're gonna you're gonna spend a little
bit of time prying it out yep and i'll just kick
off my shoes and socks like real fast just to
carry everything above my head and i'm just gonna
make my way across the water if I can do so safely
yeah as you enter the water you notice that instead
of things swimming towards you it looks like
those same things are now swimming away from
you as they seem to be sufficiently scared there's
you know this like oily green fluid leaking out
of these creatures like slowly clouding the water
it seems they understand that where they see
their friend's blood they should probably leave
we're the apex predator now yeah try it you got
to get up pretty damn early in the morning to
eat shit though apparently not that early to
try to try to eat me thanks thank you for the
assistance Don't know what it is about my robes
or equipment that makes me so delicious to the
local wildlife So Chet, I want you to describe
to me how you cross the stream At this point
Chet is He takes off his boots and he if you're
paying attention he noticeably drops a couple
inches like you might have lifts in his boots
and he doesn't say anything to anybody and he
just kind of Holds his rifle over his head and
he's basically the waters up to his neck and
he's just kind of half doggy paddling half like
frantically, you know, kicking his feet to get
over to the other side. All right, like not to
say anything. We just we just like keep an eye
out of you out of the corner of our eyes to make
sure the water doesn't take you away. Don't don't
look at me. I'm just helping squigs over here
and I like try to also rip off the thing's jaws.
It's brilliant. Oh, I also saw you ran out of
ammo there. I assume we have backup ammo for
you. Yes Everybody starts with two ammo so I
will reload I will use one of my ammo reloads
Right and remember you never have to reload unless
you run out of ammo for some reason. That's a
good thing you have the knife in That is a cool
knife, though. I don't think that's standard
issue, though. Yeah, that was a gift. You see
he just kind of wipes it off and puts it back
away on his person. It was a gift for some well
-done work. What kind of job is that? I've worked
some jobs, maybe a free meal or something like
that. Giving you a knife, that's an interesting
line of work. If you believe it or not, this
isn't my first time being sent out to do something
like this. The Administratum sends me where they
will, ostensibly to help with paperwork, check
over, scrolls and requisitions, as usually to
help smooth over new acquisitions. new places
brought into compliance, or older places that
are beginning to drift ever so slightly out of
compliance. And for whatever reason, I usually
end up out in the field. I had helped a couple
of local enforcers. I don't remember the name
of the planet anymore, it's been so long. But
for having helped out, They just kind of gave
me one of their local knives. Everybody has their
own. The costumes, their own weapons, etc. And
this was a particularly well -made knife. And
they gave it to me as a thanks for having helped
them sort their paperwork issues, get everything
going back the way it should be. That is a very
illuminating story, I'll say, for two very important
things. One... Everybody needs paperwork done,
and two, every paper worker needs to use a knife
every once in a while. Don't know what the moral
of that story is, but it's just a thing to know.
Sometimes paperwork, you know, sometimes paperwork
wears Jack boots. But yeah, if we get the thing
off, I'll take your hand and I'll help you stand
back up. I accept it. Thank you. And I look,
I check my pistol and I'm like, oh! And I realize
that the pack was out. And I switch out the pack
rather efficiently. Put the burnt out one in
my backpack. Waste not. I will have to count
it as missing otherwise. I was gonna say, that
is your job, I assume, right? To get back? Yep.
I will have to account for all the last packs
that I... It wasn't there to account for, I have
no doubt of that. Fun fact, I, as a player, actually
forgot I was out of ammunition almost as soon
as I was out of ammunition. I was like, oh, I'll
just use the gun to shoot him. And I was like,
no, I pulled the knife because I'm in melee because
I forgot. I was like, I'm going to pull my gun
to his head and shoot. I was like, that would
be really cool. And that would have been extra
funny if you click and it strikes. I was like,
fuck. And that's how squigs dies. I'm as dumb
as my character. Isn't that the dream? If we
could all be only as dumb as our characters.
Joke's on them, he's got a long way to go to
catch up to me. Yeah, I assume Chet makes it
across unmolested, unturned in the fish food.
Yes. You guys are, you manage to cross through
a little stream safely. You're a little wet,
you know, you take your time. And I will say
that, you know, from the time you began to travel
from, you know, the base through the previous
zone with the booby traps and the vine through
this river, the sun is getting pretty low in
the sky. So you can continue to travel or you
can set up camp or something. Thank you for listening
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