The Hammer

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No, no, he had black teeth. That was just poor dental care, really. It was the black licorice flavored jelly beans that they were stealing. And poor dental hygiene. I really don't want to glaze over that because... I was just saying that that was the flavor of the jelly beans, but his paper messed up just because he was eating jelly beans and dental hygiene. I can talk. Thanks, Jason. You ruined my talk. Oh, it's my fault you screwed up. Okay. So, you guys were tasked with clearing out some bandits that had been robbing local caravans leading to Brightport.

And you figured you were on the way to city anyway, so why not? Might as well make a few coins on the way. You took out the bandit leader Black Teeth. After he decimated most of the party, and Talot was bitten. Which may or may not become infected. It would probably be a good idea to get that checked out at some point, but... You know, just pretty gross, nonetheless. You guys have continued your way to Brightport, which is a fairly large trade hub. The city is owned by three separate houses. There's House Hammerhand, which is a company of hired mercenaries.

These are companions. Someone you can hire. Just like the stuff you encountered on the road. You can hire these people, and for a price, they'll usher you back and forth. You can hire them to kill someone. I mean, their standards are pretty low. Everyone in Brightport, their standards are pretty low. It's been nicknamed the City of Thieves. It has a few nicknames, but none of them are very good. There's House Darksbane, which is a house of wizards, occultists, warlocks, necromancers, that kind of thing. If it's magic, they're into it. And House Silverclaw, which is a house comprised of assassins and thieves, that kind of thing.

Now, together, they own the majority of Brightport. Which means any money made from ports or there's a percentage for merchants to set up shop, they all divide that money equally. So, they pretty much have everything you could want covered. Brothels and... it's not a great place in terms of... If you're lawful goods, something like that, probably not going to be your favorite place to visit. But, if you're looking to make money, then this is the place to... And for now, I just... Rikas is holding on to your potion. You guys got a Potion of Cure, Minor Wounds, and 150 gold last time you played.

So... and you also all got enough experience to level up. We've all taken care of that. So, walking through the city of Brightport, you guys are flagged over into a dark alley. Totally up to you if you'd like to go into there, but there is a small gnome down an alleyway, in pretty dapper clothing, who is kind of beckoning you down into the alleyway. Rikas would probably say, while he feels uneasy, that if the group would feel wanting to go, that he would be willing to be the first person to walk down there, given the fact that he's a giant piece of man meat.

Okay. And see, Galford would probably be okay with walking over there, but the rest of the group would wonder if this is something that he's set up, or kind of what his intentions are. If it's another gnome, maybe it's somebody that knows Galford. However, should I be doing a streetwise check, and we'll just get the lay of the land, or... Oh, totally up to you. Okay. Now, my skills, there's nothing that shows the description of what these skills could get me. All this will essentially get me is more information about the area, right? Well, for streetwise, yeah, that's more of a, what's the word on the street type of thing, whereas perception is more what you scope out with your eyes.

What you scope out with your eyes. Okay. Well, why don't we do a streetwise check, because my streetwise is like plus 11, and maybe we can get a little bit of a... A little bit of a vibe of what's going on. Maybe get the word of what this guy might be up to. Yeah, your character's pretty sleazy, so he's probably... I'm feeling right at home already, like... That brings up something interesting. Did any of my stats actually go up? Did we do that? Did we do that later? Uh, you're all leveled up, so yeah, they automatically take care of that. Okay, so apparently I'm not allowed to have knowledge checks, or did knowledge checks go away?

Knowledge checks aren't in for the dead. Gosh dang it! I thought you have all the books! What's up? I do have the books! Okay, leave it there, we got her books up. But you told me to stop looking at them! Oh, Jason. What? I'm trying to help! What are you doing? You told me to have the books, and then you told me to stop looking at the books, so I quit looking at the books! Make up your mind. I mean, on your own time, not now. So the streetwise check we were gonna do, that sounds like a great idea. Streetwise, yes. So that's a d20 plus 11, sir. Okay, d20... Big money.

No whammies. Okay, 26. 26 is good. So, I told you about the three houses in Brightport, and they control a majority share of all trade, all capital that comes in. Now, what most people don't know is that these three houses are constantly at war with each other. There is a checks and balances system in the Golden Dragon, so there's these small Golden Dragon idols. Each house owns one, and these are used to... there are these huge meetings that they have in the city, and that's basically what gives you a vote. Anyone who possesses these gets a third of the share of Brightport.

So these are all under lock and key, heavily protected. But obviously other people are trying to steal them from each other. Constantly, and that's the problem. It's not two houses that are... the three of them. So none of them trust each other, and when you're living in a place called the City of Thieves, it's probably constantly beset. So whoever's in charge of guarding that for a particular house has got to be pretty... either pretty large or pretty powerful, or both. So yeah, when there's not much money on the line, that's kind of a Game of Thrones-y type of thing, where people will just cut each other's throat to get just a little closer to one of those dragons.

So that's pretty much the big thing that's going on in Brightport. Hmm. Which makes me wonder what this guy wants. You could probably take a guess after. That descriptor we just got? Rikas leans calmly against this war hammer and looks at the rest of the group and asks whether or not they would feel comfortable doing this. I'll go over. Do we need to stop and pick up some healing potions first, or should we go see what this guy wants? Because we do have some gold now, I guess, right? Uh, yeah. Just in case we get jumped by a whole bunch of weirdos. In the City of Thieves?

Come on! Why would that happen? It could be like, you know, Jehovah's Witnesses or like, you know, someone just trying to sell something, and I mean... Rikas puts his finger up towards the dwarf and tells him to hold on a moment. Gnome, but yes. Gnome, whatever. Whoa, that's racist, man. Come on. Yeah, don't be racist. Irony. Um, so you guys would like to go get some potions first or something like that? Or do you want to go have a conversation with this dude? I'll talk to the dude. Okay. Let's talk to the dude. Meet with the bite. Yeah, because you have a seething infected facial bite, so, you know, we have some intimidation on our side there.

Did he bite her on the face? I forget. It was a facial bite, yeah. I didn't think he was in the face. I didn't think so. I thought it was like right on the cheek kind of thing. Bitch, you in your face. In your face. I don't remember that. I thought it was like the arm or shoulder or something. I can't remember. I thought it was in the shoulder, actually. I've been picturing like poor Megan with this like festering cheek wound the whole time. Or Tala, I should say, not Megan. Megan might have one too. You never know. Megan, I don't think, has been bitten in the face.

So this little gnome... Let me set the mood here. Hold on a second. There. There we go. Ooh! Yeah. Nice little back alley. So once you guys are all kind of under this little bridge back here in the shadows in the alley, this little gnome speaks up and says, "Graddick the Wanted, at your service." I'm kidding. Rickus would grip his war hammer a little tighter than he had. It's the wanted part, isn't it? It always spooks the newcomers. Dare I ask why the wanted? No, don't ask. [laughs] It's best if you don't. Fair enough. What can we do for you? I can't help but notice that you are new in town.

Oh really? We stand out that much? Yeah, why would you say that? I'm fairly connected to the citizens of Brightport and I've never seen any of you before. [clears throat] F. But you, and uh, he points to Trixie. You intrigue me. Why? You look like you know how to sneak around. What gave it away? [laughs] Your sarcasm's not appreciated, young lady. 'Cause you look wicked smart. Wicked smart. [laughs] Fuck you, Tyson. [laughs] Why does it matter to you if I look stealthy or not? I could use your assistance with something. And I'm willing to pay top coin to get it done.

Last time I checked we were a package deal, I don't go by myself. Oh, you can take your friends. I'll pay you all handsomely if you can get this small deed accomplished. What's the meaning? Riekis at this point will kind of step away from the group a little bit to act like he's looking around to see if anybody's looking, but suddenly becomes a little bit uncomfortable with the discussion that's going on. You also notice in the commotion that Rok has gone missing from your group. [laughs] You lost him somewhere between the gates and this alley, but he is no longer with the group.

You want the Kmart? [laughs] He's talking to the Jehovah's Witnesses and they're, you know, he's buying Bibles or something. Like some guy, some infomercial type guy stopped him. [laughs] Alright, so what is this deed that you want me to accomplish? I represent House Silverclaw and we're looking to... Do you know anything about the Golden Dragons? Not really. Okay, it's not important. All I need you to do is break into a house, preferably at night, and steal a small object for me. I guess it's a gold dragon. How did you know? [laughs] We have our sources too.

So Galford kind of steps in and gets a little closer to this guy and says, "Well, you know, we're both gnomes here and let's let down a little bit of the pretense. We do know what the gold dragons are. So how does a gnome such as yourself get such a prominent position in House Silverclaw?" Well, I'm a man who has been known to come by things from time to time. Okay. So besides money, what would be in it for us in doing this little deed for you? So, you know, come on, we're both gnomes here. I got a great faux hawk. [laughs] That you do, sir. I respect that head of hair. [laughs] I'm sending you to House Darksbane if you accept this quest.

Anything in there that you can take and hold is yours. All we want is the gold dragon. Who's we? Rika's at this point is visibly uncomfortable. House Silverclaw, of course. Because he's the representative. Okay. He's their man on the streets. Yeah, all he wants is that gold dragon and he's willing to pay you for it. Anything you guys can steal, carry, whatever you can get out of there, it's completely up to you. Okay. House Darksbane is the wizard fortress, essentially, so there's going to be a shitload of magic items and such and such. Okay. Well, you know, stealing a gold dragon from one of the other houses is obviously a pretty big deal.

So who, you know, who's, this isn't just specifically your idea. Who else is, you know, has tasked you with finding people to complete this for Silverclaw? This is a pretty important thing. Should we be talking with, you know, the people that have, you know, essentially sent you out into the city to find adventurers like ourselves? Oh, that's the reason I'm their representative. You don't want to meet with these people, trust me. Okay. Not exactly people persons. Now, you know, Galcom kind of steps back a little bit and, you know, wants to huddle the group and have a little talk and sort of reassure Rika that we're not just going to do this.

That we're not just going to dive headfirst into, you know, like stealing and killing. Okay. Can we do any other type of skills to read anything else off this guy or should we make a decision? You can do an insight check. Okay, who's got some insight? That's a good question. I have a plus five. I have a plus four. I have a plus eight. Seems like a tricksy thing. Plus, wow, geez, yeah. Plus eight, I guess that's the way to go. And that's, is that D20? D20, any check is D20. Okay. D20 plus eight? Yes. Fourteen. Okay. You don't, you don't get a feeling from him that he's telling you the whole truth.

But there's nothing, there's nothing about what he's saying that seems like a blatant lie either. So Rika's will, while we're all huddled together and he's kind of, the gnome is off discussing, the wanted, whatever his name was, was off, he's off looking at us. Rika's will grip his war hammer a little tighter and gently gesture towards the gnome and ask why we should really trust this guy since he just kind of pulled us into a dark alley. You're asking the group that? Yes, I'm asking the group's opinion of why they feel like we should trust this guy given the fact he just kind of like pulled us into a dark alley and said he had crack cocaine to sell.

Well, I'm not saying that we trust him, but we do need money. And the whole point, you know, us coming in here is we want to gain more money. This is the first, you know, offer that we've had, whether it be far from legitimate or not. It might be something that we can look into. Well, the only thing I could think of as like ulterior motive for this guy is that he might not really be representing Silverclaw. He might have business with them in some way and that he is getting the statue for them, but he's really getting more money out of it than we would.

Like they're paying him on his plans. Oh, he's definitely a middleman. I feel like this guy is wanting to get into that management position and he's wanting to get somebody else to do the work for him in order to get the benefit of it. What I see as an opportunity to screw this guy over, because now we know what he looks like, you know, he's told us his name. Now we can potentially try and approach someone from the other house, the House of Warlocks, etc. What was the name of the other house? Darksbane is the one that he is, yeah. I am a Warlock and a manipulative prick, so maybe we could go, you know, say, "Okay, well we're considering accepting your offer.

Where can we find you later in the day? We need to, you know, get some materials and go look for Rock, because he's disappeared, in order to move on a bit." And then maybe we could find a representative of the other house and say, "You know, we were approached by this guy, you know, with this offer. We know you probably want the Golden Dragon too. We're obviously a formidable group. What type of services can we provide for you?" And then we've got a bargaining chip with the next house to say, "Hey, we passed up getting hired by this initial guy to come to you, because you're obviously the strongest house." You know, and lie a little bit.

And then see if we can kind of put ourselves into a little bit more advantageous position before we take a job from these houses. Boy, you got a whole plan worked out there, don't you? Mm-hmm. I was going to say, with a plan like that, Rekis would not be happy with it. Yeah, because there's a lot of deception lies involved in there. A lot of deception, a lot of lie, but I think given the circumstances, he would not be happy with it, and he would probably end up, like, if something went wrong, getting a little angry at Galford. Would he be upset to us, maybe saying, "Well, think about it.

Where can we meet you?" And then maybe researching the other houses a little bit more to see if maybe, you know, he is part of a more trustable house, or maybe not? Because, remind me, Silverclaw is Wedge House again, isn't that just like the mercenary- Assassins and thieves, mostly, yeah. Hammerhand is the, uh- Mercenaries, yeah. Yeah. So I think Galford's kind of rubbing his hands together, going like, you know, "Let's just not, you know, blow our load on the first guy we see." Like, this place is just a playground for a guy, like- True enough, but- Let's not blow our load on the first guy we see.

I definitely wouldn't go for the mercenary, the hammer, or whatever. Hammerhand. Hammerhand. I wouldn't go for Hammerhand, ever, simply because they're mercenaries. They're out for the highest bidder. At least assassins, as far as I know, have some kind of code to them. Uh, yeah. We probably don't know enough about the houses yet to maybe determine, you know, what some of their, you know, kind of codes or behaviors are like. But, you know, we have no notoriety yet, so we may want to play around in the city a little bit and determine what would be most advantageous for us, whether we want money, whether we want information, that type of thing.

This guy seems like such a peon that we'd just be setting ourselves up to get double-crossed. Mmm. And Rikus is getting a little nervous, too, so we kind of want to reassure him and say- This entire town makes Rikus nervous. Yeah, it does. Yeah. His very presence in here makes him nervous. Rikus is- his knuckles are turning white, how tight he's gripping his war hammer. Yeah, but if we all could agree on it, he might not be as worried. So Grattic is watching you guys parse this out for a while, you're kind of debating among yourselves, and he steps up and says, "I am prepared to pay upwards of 2,000 gold pieces?" Rikus would politely use his war hammer and push him back a little bit and say, "We're still talking." So he stumbles backwards a bit.

Rikus is no-nonsense. Clearly. Why don't we just tell him we'll get back to him so we can discuss this without him over our shoulder? Let's try and find out a little bit more about this guy. Because I think this little gnome is making Rikus upset anyways, so... We don't have any proof, really, that this guy is actually an associate of Silverclaw anyways. This could just be a story he's making up in order to say, "Oh, this is where you find the golden dragon." And we go and it's just some warehouse near the wharf, and we just get jumped and stabbed and robbed by his group of thugs, and he has nothing to do, really, with any of the houses.

Well, someone else could try an insight check. Yeah, that's true. What else we got for insight? The next biggest is... Plus fours. Plus five. I have a plus five. Yeah. Give it a shot. You said it's a 20 plus five? 20 plus five. Not much better. 13. So, you've gleaned nothing new from that. That was... yeah. And then 10. Scrap. Suck this shit, man. We're not very insightful. No, that's why we have the plus fours and the plus fives. 20. Woo, 20. So, after he leans in and he says he can pay upwards of 2,000 gold, that you absolutely believe. There's something about that that just rings true.

He would pay you for that. And you do believe he is a member of House Silverclaw. Okay. Fair enough. I do actually agree we should probably poke around the other houses at least a little bit. Yeah, I think so too. Because 2,000 gold seems like a paltry sum compared to controlling the economic fate of the entire city. So, these guys, 2,000 gold is nothing for the three different houses that are probably playing around here. Yeah, especially if you share that information with us that that's what the gold dragon is. We're like, "What? What now?" We're supposed to steal something that would...

Well, he was not prepared to share that with you. That was something you guys, that was something that, uh, that, uh, Galford just kind of gleamed off the streets. But that's what I'm saying. If Galford shared that information with us, we... Of course, I definitely agree we should poke around a little more. Especially if we're going to be taking something where if we held onto it, we would be controlling one third of, like, the entirety of this city. Yeah, I want to know how good of it, how decent an idea it is that I'm giving it away. Yeah, I want one of the people on top of these houses to hire us to get something like that, not just a regular peon.

I'd rather us be able to... You know, influence is more powerful than authority kind of thing, so we need to be in a position where we have more influence over people. And, uh, finding out how high the houses go and, you know, some of the relationships between them, I think would benefit us a bit better. So, let's tell him that we'll pass on his offer, we'll get back to him, but, uh, you know, being gnomes, we'll know where to find each other, and, uh, you know, we can discuss... You guys can meet at the clubhouse. Yeah, we meet at the gnome brothel, and, uh, you know, we'll chat over some...

You'll meet each other over a gnome book? Yeah, a gnome book. Yeah, we'll be on... Well, I'll message him on gnome book, or we'll have a big glass of mead together. So, at that, he kind of just shakes his head and just disappears down another alley, so he just leaves you guys to it. Um, where... So, where would you guys like to poke around first? I mean, are these... So, let me describe what these houses are. Um, these houses are essentially, uh, the largest buildings in the city. Um, most of them are in the outskirts. The two, uh, Darksbane and, uh, Silverclaw, those are both more on the outskirts of the city, whereas Hammerhand is smack dab in the center.

Um, uh, Hammerhand is the only one that you can just freely visit, because that acts as more of a, uh, like a... You can go there and hire people, so it's... it's... it's a weird way to put it. It's almost like a brothel, where you go in and you go, "Oh, I'd take you, you, and you," and then you hire those people and they accompany you on whatever journey you're going through. So, if you're exploring a cavern, or you're just running some goods down a dangerous place you know you're probably going to get assaulted, then you pick a few of these people.

Um, Silverclaw and Hammerhand are a little... Silverclaw and Darksbane are a bit more exclusive, where no one really goes into House Darksbane, because they... they have no goods to sell in terms of, uh... like, you can't hire any of them. They're not really... it's more of an arcane library type of thing, and Silverclaw, you kind of have to be involved in some shadowy shit to... to... to hire a member of them, because you're hiring someone to kill someone else is pretty much what you're doing, or steal something. So, if we were to try to investigate at least the two houses that we're currently fairly aware of...

Yes. I'd say... Rekis and Trixie would probably be better off going to, um... Silverclaw, and then Galford and I go to, um, Darksbane. Oh, so you want to split up? Divide and Conquer, man. We can meet up later and swap notes. Yeah, but what if one of us gets jumped because we knew we just wanted into this place? We're gonna have pairs! The City of Thieves! Come on! The City of Thieves. That's, like... I think I would... personally I would be kind of okay with it, because it would be able to tackle two birds with one stone, but it's just... like, given the fact that the first thing we do when we get into the city is get pulled into a dark alley and meet with a gnome, like...

A shady gnome. Rekis is... Rekis is about to pop some blood vessels, the way he's dripping us. One shady gnome is, like, enough for Rekis. So, meanwhile, Galford's already coming up with a plan of how we go to House Hammerhand and tell them we have a mule slave who would make an excellent mercenary that we've trained him. And, conveniently, Rekis just knocks Galford's head off. That's not to say! I was gonna say, then, uh, then, you know, we could get a man on the inside by trying to, uh, to offer our services as mercenaries and see if we could get hired into Hammerhand and work our way to the top that way.

Galford's got lots of irons in the fire here. You guys are always having to try and rein him in. R-Rekis... I'm gonna pretend like Rekis didn't hear that. I was about to say, Rekis has to pretend he didn't hear about half of what was just said. But, the reason I decided, I think, that we should just kind of pair up that way is because, first of all, Trixie could pass herself off as being into some pretty dark shit. And, um, R-Rekis, he's a pretty tough dude. I don't think that the assassins would have a huge problem thinking about, "Oh, let's test your skill!

Let's see how good you are!" That's just kind of like a spar type of thing. If he was making, like, "Oh, I wanna try and join up with you guys." So, but if you separate me and Rekis from you guys, doesn't Rekis have the potion and you're our healer? Like, can you see how that would backfire? You're our healer even though you're kind of crap because you have one healing spell? I think it would make us more appealing, too, to some of the houses if we were all bunched together. Because, wow. Yeah, they're getting a package deal. While, like, it's a little bit easier to go, "Oh, we're only two people and they would pay us a certain amount and they can figure out the split money." I think it's a lot easier to go, "We have a lot of skilled people with us that would be able to take care of your problem if there was one." And this is me talking and not Rekis, just so we're clear, because I think Rekis would probably not be saying anything I just said.

I'm just not sure how well Darkspane would feel about having this kind of divvied up a group anywhere near them is my thing. Yeah, the Darkspane would probably be pretty exclusive because they're a bunch of, you know, kind of pretentious warlocks kind of thing and much more magic arcane based. We wouldn't even be able to get past the front door with them because they're kind of into their own stuff. We'd probably be better off going with the mercenaries or the assassins if we want to try and glean a little bit more information. We can take turns who they perceive as leading the group, depending on the house that we go in.

That's true, yeah, because at least Galford's a warlock. The other thing is, has this gnome dude totally disappeared? We can't tail him? Well, he didn't get far, he just went down another alley, that's all. Okay, do we want to follow him? See where he goes? Or do we want to maybe... I mean, wouldn't we all have to do a stealth check so we wouldn't know that we're following him? Yeah. Or you'd have to stealth him by yourself. Because, I'm sorry, a couple of us are like a couple of elephants here. Well, my first stealth check ever was not very good, but the thing is...

Well, now you're level two, that could completely change the game. Okay, so how far do they have to be back so they don't have to stealth while I'm doing it? At least I'm not alone. The way we could do it, and this is up to you, I mean, you could just keep a really safe distance from him and do a stealth check and follow him so he at least wouldn't recognize that he's being tailed. Right. Or, because you have a plus 13 for stealth. Yeah, right. That's pretty awesome. Or you could all try to go as a unit, or they could follow some distance behind you. Yeah, I think if we actually followed some distance behind her...

That's what I mean, like, they followed behind me while I followed behind him, but they're far back enough that they won't, you know, make him aware, even though I'm way closer, so I can see if he turns a corner, and then they can watch me turn the corner, so it's like, they're not going to lose me, but they may lose him, even though I won't. Okay, that sounds good. That's fine by me. Okay. Alright, do you want to follow this guy for a bit and just see where he ends up? Sure. Bye, Ant. Sounds good. I figured, like, if he sees one of us, like, what's he gonna do?

This guy's alone, and I already toppled him over with my hammer. Yeah, the guy's not much of a fighter. He's like my little brother, "Hey, get away. Put 'em out, put 'em out." So go ahead and make a stealth roll. That's a 20 plus 13. That would be lovely. Get a 20 plus 13. 23. Okay. I did not stumble into a tree or a building this time. No, you did not. That is an excellent stealth check. So you stealth behind this tiny gnome as he zigzags. You're noticing that he's avoiding the main streets. Like, he is slipping behind houses and inns and, like, all the dark alleys, like, all the back.

And the sun is getting ready to set, so it's particularly dark anyway, but this is the kind of... The way the city's set up, even at high noon, there's plenty of shadowy alleys to hide in. Like, somehow, there's plenty of overhangs and bridges and multiple tiers. So you follow this gnome for about ten minutes, and you watch him go onto a main street only to walk into a large black and silver building. And there is a large dragon's claw, like, on a stone in front of the building. So, uh, you pretty much guess that this is House Silverclaw. Hmm. Interesting.

It's odd that he would avoid going on main roads, though. That's what's intriguing Rikus. 'Cause he is the wanted, but wanted by who? Is he trying to avoid getting assassinated by one of the other houses? That's kind of what I would think, is that if he's sneaking around, it's because he's... Did he go into the Silverclaw's house? Yes, he walked right in. There was a... The door opened as he approached it, and then closed after he walked in. And I assume now Trixie comes back to us, or have we followed her? You were supposed to be following me, like, just far enough back that...

I didn't know if you were coming back to the alley being like, "Hey, what's up?" but, or, um... No, we were following her to the point where we were far enough back where we wouldn't have to make stealth checks, only she would. Mm-hmm. Okay. Hmm. Well, you should pro... If it's getting nighttime, we should probably find a place to stay. Yeah. Now we at least know for sure that, yes, he's a part of this house, and to what extent we don't know. But we do know that he's possibly avoiding the other houses. Or whatever authorities there may be. Yes, authorities in a city of thieves.

Well, there's gotta be some kind of law. Come on. Even if it is by thieves. Okay, is there, like, any sorts of, like, inns or anything that... Oh, yeah, there's, there's inns. Yeah, you can... If you'd like to check into an inn and stay for the night, sure. Reekis might... Is there one here here? Can I do an insight check on the building he went into? Uh, well, that's more for conversational stuff. You can do a perception check if you like. Oh, sorry, perception check. Okay, I'm only plus zero. Anybody else got anything better? I got... Or plus zero? Yeah, plus three.

Plus nine. I'll do it. There we go. Boom. Big money. Big money. See, part of me wants to be a little bit more, um, uh, you know, confident with this. If this was the Silverclaw building, to be able to walk in there, kind of right after this guy, and be, you know, "Alright, who has a little bit more authority in here than this fellow? He had an offer for us, but we want to hear a little bit more about it from someone that has, you know, has more and more authority than this, this, uh, you know, wanted gnome we met in the back alley, 'cause, you know, this is, this is an important task you want us to do, and, you know, we know what the gold dragons are, but you want to hire us, kind of thing, so, I mean, we may want to go for an inn, and go to an inn and have a sleep and talk about this kind of thing, but, um, you know, Rikas would have to kind of maintain the illusion that we're presenting ourselves as more than we are by just kind of walking in and, uh, being more arrogant about why they should hire us kind of thing.

Take me to your leader kind of approach. I gotcha. Yeah. I think, I think Rikas would probably handle those situations the same way he did when he actually tried to intervene on our conversation, and that would just be taking his slight uncomfortable and slight anger and kind of conveying that as like, "Yeah, we're tough, and I'm completely cool with this." Yeah. So, uh, Talon rolled a 19 for Perception. Okay. So, across, so, what you're in, you're in an alley right now, across, uh, the street is House Silverclaw. So, uh, as soon as the gnome walks in, again, you don't see who opened the door, you don't see who closed it, but he just kind of walks up and with a confidence try, he knew someone would just be on the opposite end of that door.

And it closed. Um, in the window adjacent to the door, uh, there's a drow, and, uh, you don't notice him until after the gnome walks in. And immediately after that, you make eye contact with this drow, who is just eyeballing Trixie from across the street, Caesar plain as day. And then you see him motion, you see him motion like he's waving someone over. And then, uh, the gnome, then you see the, the, the Graddock the gnome walk over, and, uh, the, the drow motions with his head, and the gnome points across the street, and you can see them conversing.

No one makes a motion though, there's no, no one leaves the house, there's no activity beyond that, just, they both walk away from the window. Hmm. Okay, so we haven't done anything wrong. No, but they noticed us. They noticed us, yeah. Which means that maybe they're mad at him because we followed him and he was not aware. Maybe we just got him in trouble. That would sound great. His boss is totally gonna chew him out. Well why don't we try to find an inn near here, so if maybe, you know, maybe we can kind of keep track of what he's doing, but still, you know, sleep and whatnot.

Mm-hmm. Buy a potion, have some drinks, you know. Sure. Maybe get some info. So there's an inn called The Shelter near here, near House Silverclaw actually, so you can either check in there, do you, now, let's see, how much are those potions? Just to make absolutely sure, I believe they're 20 gold a pop. Pretty certain, let me... And how much is it to actually stay in the inn? Five gold a night, let's say. Per person or just in general? Per person. I mean, that's... This is a pretty big trade hub, so I mean, it's a pretty bustling... it's a happening town, so...

It's a happening town, it's Las Vegas. Let me make sure here of inventory here, marketplace, potions. I was gonna say, I have 51 gold. Yeah, I was... I have 78. Alright. Potion of 20 gold, yeah. Sweet. Well, if nobody else objects, we can go stay at The Shelter. Yeah, let's do it. I could use a potion too. The whole time while we're walking there too, Galford's trying to convince Rikas to relax a little bit, maybe gamble, meet an attractive female in the inn, and he's just kind of winking and sort of walking circles around him, just talking a mile a minute.

Rikas is just shaking his head. Yeah, exactly. I mean, Rikas is kind of cracking a smile in the sense that, like, you know, like, here, I wish this guy would shut up, but at the same time, you know, he can't quite peg whether Galford is trying to be manipulative or whether he's actually legitimately saying, you know, well, you know, we're in lots of opportunities here in the city, you know, think of all the things we can do, and Galford's just in his element, like, just absolutely wants to... He's looking for opportunities to manipulate people at every corner of the street, and the rest of the group is sort of, you know, a little bit more reserved, but...

Making your way to this inn, you see everything from beggars on the street, there's people playing some variant of Three Card Monte, like, just the place is just packed with grifters, people selling, like, bogus jewelry, people, like, just the worst. It's just the worst. Let me run down the line here. Who's buying a potion? No, I'll take one. Okay, so that is negative, and then you're staying in the inn, so there. Um... What kind of... is it just, like, a regular potion? The way it works is, you can drink it as a minor action in combat, and you gain 1d8+1, and it acts as if you've taken one of your healing surges.

Okay, I mean, um... And it's grape flavored. It sounds great. It stops. Um... Oh, I... I don't even know what to say anymore. Um... I'll take one. Alrighty. Probably wouldn't be bad to have, especially if I'm gonna start being the tank. Probably wouldn't be a terrible thing to have. It would not. So you have two potions. Should I have the one we got already? Bam. Uh, Tala, you wanna get a potion too? I'm good. Alrighty. Uh, Trixie? Yeah, that's fine. Okay. Is it possible to inspect Tala's wound to see if maybe we can heal it without a potion? Like, just wrap it up and clean it, or...?

Uh, sure. There's... I mean, it's... I was joking about the infected thing. It's not like it's gonna... her arm's gonna rot off or something like that. It's just mostly gross. It's just... mostly gross. Well then make sure you wrap that before you go to bed. It's kinda gross. I'm tired of looking at it. I'm worried for you. We should maybe send off some blood tests, like... I mean, not a bad idea? Yeah, I mean, you don't wrap it before bed, but otherwise... Clean it, meh. Clean it first, and then wrap it, and hopefully it won't look like that tomorrow. Like some gross guy in the woods bit you.

There might be a face in there, I can't tell. Uh, so you guys are turning in for the evening, correct? Yes. Yes, sir. As you sleep, in the middle of the night, you hear a rustling in your room. Interesting. Can I wake up? You sure can, if you like. Okay, I'm waking up, because even though I'm stealthy, I don't sleep... I sleep very lightly. Okay. I'm always nervous someone's gonna do something. Let's get up and look at this. Rika's halfway in his sleep grabs his hammer, and immediately looks up. Rika's grabs his hammer in his sleep? I don't wanna hear about that.

He calls it the hammer, too. He's sleeping in the nude, and he calls it the hammer, yeah. That's pretty ballsy. That's to frighten off predators. Yeah, I don't wanna know what rustling he's doing under the covers of his hammer. We get it. Okay, well, Tricky gets up and turns on a light. Like, she lights the lantern or whatever. I was about to say, there's no... yeah, let's not... Yeah, I get up and turn on a lantern to see what's going on. Across the room, you see the same drow that was looking at you from across the street in House Silverclaw. Dude, why are you stalking me?

Well, it's not... maybe it's not you. You're just being narcissistic now. Come on. Yeah, I am a little bit. It's okay. He is stalking you, though. Oh, God, I just disturbed my dog. You realize you're probably one of the few female drowies seen, probably, in a while? Yeah, that's what I figured. And he's perched on the ground as if he's going to leap at someone. But then he just stands up and says, "Please, don't be alarmed." What the hell are you doing in my room? Are we all awake at this point? Yeah, I would imagine everyone's pretty much awake. Because Rekis is now sitting up in bed and looking at the situation like this.

Rekis, please pull the blanket up over you, please. Rekis is lonely. I would imagine Rekis is a slightly heavier sleeper, too. I don't know why, but that's just how I imagine him. And he says, "My name is Seraph. I've come here to barter with you. I understand you met my colleague earlier today?" Yes. What do you want to barter? Uh, he offered you a job. Yeah, and... I'd like to know why you didn't accept it. What, we walk into a city and first thing, some gnome comes up to us and, you know, five seconds into being here, we take on a job where, "Oh, look, we find out we're wanting to steal..." Calm down, Calvin.

Calm down. Calm down. He was shady. I get very cranky when my sleep is interrupted. Go back to bed, then. Just ignore the guy that broke into our room. Okay, so this guy pulls us down an alley that we don't know and offers us a job and gives us no information. Why would we even consider that? Galford's kind of sitting on the edge of the bed, kind of like playing with his fingernails, doesn't seem alarmed at all, and he just says, you know, "Frankly, it's a job. We're businessmen. We want to learn a little more about the city. We want to maximize our opportunities.

Why would we jump at the first thing?" And frankly, 2,000 gold is a paltry sum to steal the item in question that we're talking about. So, let's kind of drop the pretenses here and say that this is a pretty important job. What he offered us was kind of an insult if you look at what our group is like. At that he kind of sighs and says, "Fine. I'm sorry about your apprehension towards this, but time is of the essence. Name your price." Hmm. Why is time so pertinent now? Are you asking him this, or are you just... Yeah. Yes, I'm asking. We've received some information that House Darksbane is going to make a move against our house within the week.

Rikas would ask why they can't look internally to protect themselves, and why they need to outsource their responsibilities to their house to a bunch of strangers. He laughs at this and is like, "Have you met anyone in this town?" No, we're new as you got up earlier. If you did, you'd understand why that's funny. You can't trust anyone in the City of Thieves. Okay, so explain to me why I'm supposed to trust someone who just snuck into our room in the middle of the night. That's an excellent question. He laughs. That won't get an answer. Again, I'm afraid I can't wait till morning.

I need someone on this case. If you won't do it, I understand, but I need to find someone. Before we even consider this, is there anything you're going to do to sweeten the deal? Giving us money is one thing, but you want us to go into somewhere that we think might be more of a threat than you're letting on, and you're not going to give us anything but gold after we complete it? You can keep anything you steal from their house. It's of no concern to me. You're not giving us anything to get in there to begin with. What type of steps are you taking to shore up the defenses at House Silverclaw?

Would we be more beneficial to you defending your house as opposed to stealing this particular item? Wouldn't someone that knows a little bit more about the city and about your opponents be better? We're not necessarily a group of thieves. We're more of a group that could defend your house from impending attack. Good question. He kind of clams up at this and he says, "I'm afraid I can't talk about House Silverclaw or its defenses in any intricate detail." Fair enough to me. I don't blame you. I don't trust us either. Well, no. It's because we're not part of their house.

They really don't have a feasible reason to be giving us some intimate details of their defense systems here. Well, also if we fail, they have plausible deniability too. If we fail, it doesn't necessarily implicate Silverclaw as attacking. So we are free agents, essentially, if we fail. That's kind of the checks and balances system. No house is allowed to openly move against another house. But that doesn't mean... I mean, you're living in a city where 10% of the denizens are... they belong to either of the three houses, which means there's 90% of the people just looking to scrape and claw their way past.

So it's not hard to find someone. But then, I mean, there's double and triple backstabbing going on. That was something you had brought up. Instantly walking in, it's like, "Well, now we know what they want. Let's go to another house and outsource that as information." Yeah. So that's... I mean, that's... That's kind of what I'm thinking too, that if coming to us in the middle of the night and feigning that they're desperate for an answer makes it look like we're in an advantageous position that we can just name our price, but essentially, we're probably going to get double crossed in this anyways.

We may be better off denying his offer, going to House Blackthorne with this information and saying, "We hear you're coming from a position of power, and we're here to offer our services," kind of thing. We need to be the ones making the offer as opposed to being manipulated into what looks like an advantage. Well, okay. Just to be clear, what are you asking for? Because Trixie brought up something where... Are you asking for something that would make it easier for you to get in, or are you asking for just a sweeter pot? I think, well, Trixie was asking about getting information about how we would break in and how we would do it and what time of day.

Is that right, Trixie? I guess what I'm asking is that... The thing is, I'm not necessarily looking for more money. I mean, yes, we want more money, but they're not providing us armor. They're not providing us weapons. They're not giving us anything that would help our chances. They're just saying, "Go in and steal this, and if you make it, you make it. If you don't, you don't." They're not giving us anything to help us. They're just telling us to go do it. So that leads me to believe that maybe there's not as much to be believed on their end, but at the same time, if we try to go to a different house, how do we know that they're telling the truth?

We have no way of knowing one way or the other who is the more powerful house. Maybe they're coming to us because they're trying to prevent a less powerful house or a more powerful house from trying to take the upper hand when they don't have the manpower. They're not giving us any advantage. They're just going to pay us if we do it. They're treating us like mercenaries. Right. I want some kind of... I mean, before I even consider it, I want them to be offering me something a little bit more substantial than just money. Something that will even the odds, if not put them in our favor, to enter this house without the fear of immediately dying or being attacked.

And we know they won't give us any people. They won't give us anyone who's overclocked to accompany us. They could give us armor. They could give us weapons. They could give us something other than just money if they really wanted this bad. Well, here's the deal. If they do want something this bad, then they're going to owe us big time. So, yeah, there's financial gain involved, but as far as they're concerned, and as far as I'm concerned, they owe us one hell of a favor. So, as far as I can say, we can come to them at some kind of later date and just be like, "Hey, we need you to do this thing for us.

You owe us this shit." But who? But this is a town of thieves. Who said they have any code of honor? Yeah. Who said they're going to hold up to that? Well... Yeah, you owe us. Well, screw you. You were dumb enough to do it to begin with. Well, I mean, let's... Okay, being realistic, like, let's say you pull this off. Let's say you guys break in and you steal this golden dragon. They still have to possess it to gain any... So, I mean, you guys would be holding this thing. So, they're just as much taking a risk on you as you are on them. They're trusting that we're going to actually give it to them in the first place.

Right. Knowing that you guys already know what it represents and what... You know, that's why he's saying name your price because this is... Think of it this way. You guys would be basically trading this... Like, okay, if you win the lottery, you get a choice between two options. You can take a lump sum of cash, but it's not going to be worth as much as if it were to be doled out over a long period of time. So, you guys would be basically, you know, taking a lump sum of cash. They're saying name your price because this is going to be worth more in the long run.

We can afford to pay it. Okay, so I guess the question would be then what... I guess what would be... What would we ask for that would make it worth it for everyone in the party, including scared naked rikus who's sitting in his bed very confused as to what's going on? He's sucking his thumb right now. Just rocking back and forth in this position. Like, I mean, you have to think about this. Like, our heavy hitter needs to be somewhat comfortable with this. I feel kind of like this is the grift they pull on everyone new that walks into town. Anybody that walks into town has a big sign that says "Sucker".

They get pulled into the alley by whoever and they show up and this guy shows up in the inn or the... And, you know, to put someone in the position to try and do this. So, they have lots of people, lots of irons in the fire for plausible deniability. If someone actually pulls it off, okay, maybe they compensate them financially or whatever too. But the ultimate power they would gain would be so huge. But you might as well just keep trying to hire a bunch of suckers as soon as they walk into town to try and do this for you. I will say this. Rikus, I don't believe, unless some sort of situation presented itself, would ever be completely comfortable with this.

Well, I'm not saying completely, but enough that he would go. Yeah, like, it would... I'm trying to think... He's not going to have to be happy about it. He can, you know, knock us over with his hammer every now and then. But, like, I mean, something that would not get him to the point where he's, like, running the other direction saying no. Well, the other thing is that this isn't... No innocents are being screwed over in this. This isn't a thing where they're stealing from it. No one's innocent here, so it's not... It's not... I mean, yes, this isn't... Like, stealing is wrong and dicking someone over and wrong and lying is wrong, all that stuff.

But, I mean, it's not... It's almost the lesser of two evils. Right, it's not... That's the thing I'm thinking we may have to convince Rikus more than anything, is that stealing the gold dragon is going to... and giving it to Silverclaw is going to be the lesser of the two evils of letting, first of all, Darkspane keep it, and second of all, letting Darkspane pull whatever attack they're going to pull on Silverclaw. The other thing is that... I mean, the name your price thing doesn't have to just... I mean, whatever you guys want, like, come up with a counterproposal and give it to them.

There's also an insight check you could roll. I mean, it's, you know... Yeah, so I think we need to maybe do an insight check to find out if this is a big grift, or at the same time determine we're not going to live in this town forever, so we might as well use it as much as it's using us. Or at least that's what Gelford would do. And the other thing too is, you know, what else do we want? Do we want passage by ship? Do we want, you know, some hired guns to come and help us out? Do we want jobs? Do we want positions of power in the houses and we'll hang around here for a while?

So we don't have a goal in sight. I mean, eventually we'll find what happened to Rock and we'll mourn his death, but... [laughter] Proposed him dead already, alright. He's been gone for hours, guys. He's dead, right? I mean, he's dead. In this town, possibly, or imprisoned. Yeah, he's been hired by a brothel and, you know... To do what? [imitates gun noises] I mean, it's totally up to you. So in Brightport, the more important a person you are, the more people want to kill you. Because that's, I mean, everyone wants to be the important person, but the higher you are up on the totem pole, the more of a target you've got painted on your back.

I think asking for protection at the very minimum, like, you know, I don't know if that means becoming part of their house or at least, you know, requiring their protection as long as we are in this town, would not be so bad. Because at least we have some kind of buffer between us and the other houses if we succeed. Another thing is, you're under the impression that they do this with everyone walking through the gates, and while I'm not, I mean, I wouldn't lie to you and say that this is the first, oh, you're the first ones we've ever seen! But at the same time, they're looking for people who look like they have some sort of penchant for sneak thievery, basically.

And that's, like, Trixie kind of reeks of that. Like, she, you know... Sneak thievery. Well, let's do an insight check. Who's got the +8? I got the +5. I have +8. Oh, is that still DQ? You mean Rick is the one that wants no part of this? I think, I think that's what it's gonna come down to is just him believing the lesser two evils, where it's gonna be the, these people trusted us, asked us to help, and as long as someone's benefiting from it, I guess, like, I'm stretching now, but... Okay, I'll roll the insight. You could also bluff Rickus, too, like, if you really wanted to, like, try and sneak it through.

Uh, 14? Yeah. Well, if anyone's gonna bluff, I should probably be the one, I don't know. And then the others should definitely be bluffing. Yeah, that's if Rickus feels like he needs to be convinced that way. Like, that's, that's, if you guys want to try, that's all up to you. I'm just... At 14, you feel like he's telling the truth. You, you, you feel like there's urgency in his voice, you feel like there's, like, that's, that's, he's being honest about that. Okay, can I ask him why you chose us? And if he's asked anyone else? Isn't that obvious? Not necessarily.

Well, again, that's why he's kind of, he's kind of stalking you a little bit, because you look like you have a penchant for being able to sneak and stealth. But, I'm curious if he's asked anyone else. Like, if we are, if we are supposedly the only Iron that he has in the fire. Oh, not recently, no. No, no, no, not recently. So we're not the, uh, the distraction while some other group goes in and steals it, and he throws us to the wolves kind of thing, so... No, no, no, no. Because that's, they have to be, this, this isn't a thing where they can go in guns blazing and just murder everybody.

This has to be something where... It has to be stealthy, okay. Right. You know, I'd like to ask him, you know, what, what type of position he holds within Silverclaw. You know, what's his relation to the house? It's a, it's a female character? A male. I forgot. It's a male. He's male? Okay. Uh, he's a lieutenant within Silverclaw. Okay. So he's, like, middle management, that kind of thing. Okay. Alright. So where do we go with this? We can either come up with, uh, what we would like in return from them and take the job. Um, we could take the job and try and screw them over by going to another house.

I wouldn't go for screwing them over. Yeah. I would see how high or how much we can get from him. Like, how much he is willing to pay. Find out what that limit is and, you know, try to push it. And then I'm, I'm willing to jump in and do it. I, I think the other question you might want to ask is outside of the money, because obviously money is something that's going to benefit us directly. But I think also the other thing is, like, once we, assuming we finish this without all of us dying, what else are we going to get outside of money? Because while Riekis is very, like, he's very uneasy about the whole situation.

The, he's been sitting there thinking a little bit about what's been said and kind of been digesting it a little bit and is curious as to outside of the money if, if there would be anything else that they would provide to us for completing what they're asking. Are you asking that of him right now? It was just kind of talking and thinking out loud. I mean, if, if, like, I don't know if that would startle the group given the fact that Riekis is so lawfully good. But I guess it would be, he, Riekis would be asking the gentleman that snuck into our room outside of the money, what else would the house be able to provide us after we complete this quest?

He said he can offer you spots as initiates in the House of Silverclaw. Okay, that's good to know. That's a big thing for us to do to get- That is. We could now have clothes on, by the way. Okay, good. He was getting cold. He was getting cold. Your nudity was distracting him. Oh, I didn't know he swung that way. I didn't say he was aroused, just distracted. Just distracted. Riekis is a tripod, so, you know, it's- He calls it the hammer, Megan. Jesus, I mean, that's- I have to be more specific now in battle with what I actually- That's canon, that's the- Riekis uses his hammer.

There's lawfully good, and then there's unnaturally hung. Oh. Um. I don't know what else the group wants to ask. Or what. I don't know if we're gonna be able to shoo this guy away so we can actually talk privately at this point. Financially, what are you guys gunning for? Like, what are you- They offered you- This was like the- This is like a low-level dude walked up to you and tried to offer you $2,000. Which sounds like a lot of money, unless you know exactly what you're getting into, what the thing you're stealing is worth, and then now you know that it's worth far more than that, so- I think we should ask for a minimum of $1,000 apiece.

Yeah, well, that was the first number that popped in my head. The other thing is the fact that, like, while this guy is, like, fair, he's like middle management, like, is he in the position where he can actually be guaranteeing this stuff? Oh, yeah. Oh, okay. Yeah, he wouldn't have come to you if not, like- He feels like he is. Yeah, this- He's like, "Well, I'm gonna make sure that we weren't gonna be asking for something, and once we complete it," he's just like, "Whoop, I can give you a couple bucks." Also, do you think it would be bad to ask for some money up front to help- to pay for our armor if he's not willing to give us some?

Like, maybe in case we want to get some more or some better armor? Yeah, 'cause I was gonna say, if we- we maybe need some more equipment, so we'd probably want half of the money up front, at least $1,000 apiece, and then positions in the house. You know, Galford's kinda drooling at the possibility of getting into one of the houses 'cause it gives him a bit more influence and power to mess people over, but at the same time, we don't know enough about the city yet that this is this huge playground. It still feels like we're putting all of our eggs in the first offer, you know?

And it's like, okay, if one of the houses actually does steal the- steal the golden dragon, and a lot more chaos breaks- breaks out, there's so many more opportunities to take advantage of people during that. So, it's kinda like- I wonder if this guy's getting bored sitting in the corner of the room, like, "Guys, what the hell are you doing?" "I told you time is a factor!" Like, he's just- he's crouched like Batman. I'm sure. I'm Batman. [laughter] Well, no, look, Danielle made me feel greedy 'cause the first number I thought of was $2,000 apiece, so then we'd get the thousand- we'd each get a thousand apiece up front to arm ourselves.

It's not ridiculous. I was gonna say, let's look at it this way. We're looking at a front-end deal for money. Now, apparently, Ricus is getting really interested in the money. We're looking at a front-end deal for money, for armor, and then the back-end would be completing the task, which would be money, and then the spots inside the house. Yes. Yeah. Um, hmm. Now I'm- we're over-analyzing this, I think, at this point, but, like- This is the City of Thieves, too. I feel like we're coming out of this with nothing but a knife in our ribs, so, you know, like- [laughter] That even if this guy does- we're gonna get screwed over in the end, even if we do complete the task.

Um... I mean, would it hurt for us to just say, "Four thousand up front and four thousand when we're done," and see what he says? Can we just kill him and- You are in a strong bartering position, you know. Yeah. Yeah, that's why I'm saying, like, you know, he did come to us, he hunted us down, even though we did follow his little man to his house. I mean, like, we- you know, he's asking us if- and, you know, from the- from the check, we believe him, for the most part. So, maybe we should throw out our offer, see what he says. If he turns it down, then we can, you know, over-analyze a little bit more, but just throw the offer out there first to see what he says.

Okay. I have one more question, but we can do the offer first. Can we- I mean, can we bluff him that we're accepting the offer, and then, you know, go- go somewhere else, like, go to another house in the morning or something like that? You can. 'Cause my bluff is plus eleven. You can bluff him. I'm just gonna throw this out there. This is the house of thieves and assassins. Yeah. So if you dick them over... [laughs] Just throwing it out there. 'Cause I almost feel like if we bluffed him, you know, then could we... Like, it's totally- it's one thing to turn him down, and it's like, look, we can't do it for whatever reason, that's one thing, but to say, "Sure, buddy!" then shake hands, and then immediately betray him?

I'm just saying. That's- 'cause the only other question I would have is, outside of us, once- if we get to complete this task, what prevents him from asking us to go to the last house and grabbing that dragon claw? Well, once they get one dragon, that's sixty-six percent of the share. I know, but what's gonna stop them from wanting a hundred percent of the share? Well, I mean, maybe nothing down the line, but that means that they pretty much call the shots in Silverport. They get a majority control of what comes in, what goes out, how much of the cut that they get, all that stuff.

I mean, once we acquire the dragon too, then essentially all of the houses would, you know... Oh, you got a big decision to make after you get- if you can get to the dragon, and yeah, you guys got... We can take it back to Silverclaw, or we can use this as a bartering chip to, you know, get us a nice little ship and get the hell out of here, kind of thing, and let all of them... Can we please just propose the deal to him? Yeah, can we deal with the deal, 'cause I feel like... This feels like group one, wow. Yeah, we're starting to sound like group one, and I don't like that, 'cause they hate us.

There are a bunch of duty heads that smell like poop, so let's just make it awkward. I second that notion, thank you. Even though my husband isn't in that group. Yeah, well, he's a poop smeller. But you know how much of a duty head he can be, then. Don't trust me, I'm painfully aware that there's a big gap between the shrapnel and the floor. I thought you were paying for it somewhere in your stomach area there. What are we doing as the author? Somebody, I, Rheekus, at this point is... Someone just throw out a number, let's... Ten grand, five up... Oh, by the way, the duty said hello.

Says hello. Ten grand, five up friends? Ten grand, five up friends, that's what you're asking for. Yeah. He's incredibly reluctant at that, and he's kind of grinding his teeth at it. And he says, "You have me over a barrel here, so I'll agree to that." The only thing I ask is try not to get caught. Oh, shit! Can you tell us what you expect to happen if we did get caught? Oh, you don't want to get caught. Yeah, like, we're dead and he doesn't know us. Yeah, you don't... I'm out five grand and you guys lose your lives. That's essentially what he's saying. And he hands you...

He, in front of him, he doesn't hand it to you, but it's a... large sack... of coin, because... He just carried this over here and we had no... Yeah, he's off the barrel, but he had the coins with him. Oh, he fully expected you to milk him. And he has more on him in case you went higher. Damn it. What the hell? Damn it, Galvran. He also produces a map. Which is... It's very makeshift and some of it's word of mouth, but... it's some of the things you can expect... within House Darksbane. In terms of the layout of the place and... the general direction in which you have to go to get this golden dragon.

Out of game, should I just technically consider this place the House of the Undying? Uh, what, from Game of Thrones? Game of Thrones? No, it's not that bad. Damn it! There's no bald guys with lipstick. What, what? Game of Thrones, don't worry. Have you not seen Game of Thrones? The House of the Undying? I kind of stopped watching after the first season because my husband took over the big TV. Ugh! Fucking Dan. Damn it, Dan! We're already back to blaming Dan like we did during the first episode. This poor guy is upstairs damn near crippled in bed sick. All he hears is "Damn it, Dan." He'll get better.

I'm sad we haven't had the pizza guy here yet. Hey, I passed that stealth check, thank you. [Laughter] Um, so do you guys want to accept that, or... May I say that for level two characters, ten grand is an insane amount. Yeah, I know. [Laughter] And I love every second of it. Eat your heart out, group one. Um... I'm good with this. Yeah, I'm good. I'm just gonna stand in the corner and stare at him. Riekus is fine with it. Galford... Alright, Galford agrees. Okay. That sounds like there's a condition attached to it. Uh, no condition attached to it. I think Galford's curious watching Riekus's reaction a little bit to this, so...

Okay. So what we're gonna do here is, uh, do you guys wanna check out weapons and armor? Is that what you're saying? Or do you wanna... Yeah, we should probably check the same. We should probably check the same. And I think information too, because, uh... We can ask the shopkeepers and stuff. I feel like we might... Is there some way we could... Are we gonna be carrying this much coin on us? 'Cause I feel like in the City of Thieves, that's... Well, it's either carry it or leave it with someone. Okay, I guess we're carrying it. [Laughter] It's not like there's a bank, really, and if there was, would you leave your money at the Brightport Bank, the City of Thieves?

Yeah. Yeah, so, I mean, yeah, I mean, your options are kinda... carry it, or...? Why do I foresee myself trying to console him at some point, and be like, "It's okay, don't cry." "It's even with the potato face. You're okay." "Still got that hammer, I mean, you know, you can't have it all." I may not be willing to console him with the hammer in the room, I mean... [Laughter] You realize now that... He is kinda more specific, 'cause I don't know which hammer you're talking about. Rikuus's Endowment is gonna be this enduring thing, like... [Laughter] It could be like...

You should get like a +1 to intimidate with that thing. [Laughter] I would've allowed that in the room where he was naked with the... I would've allowed that. Yeah. Just so people listen back and they're like, "Did he just do what I think... Oh my God." That's really unnerving, sir. Please... Alright, so just keep this in mind, that if he's ever naked again, that there is a +1 to intimidate. I totally will allow that. Cannon. Done! That's totally... [Laughter] I'm surprised it took us this long to exploit it. [Laughter] Umm... But I don't think this costs for us to tell him to get naked, just in case we need to pass an intimidation.

Yeah, we're just in the middle of a dungeon, we're just like, "Ah, your pants!" Quick, naked. No, that's totally valid. Because you never know. Whoever we're against could actually be gay, and you know, that'd be kind of a turn on. We could use Riku as like a sideshow to make money, like, you know, see the monster snake, like, you know, only five gold, and then Riku's just standing in an alley in a trench coat. [Laughter] Oh my God. Moving on! This will come back in a month, okay? Oh, I'm gonna love editing this. This is gonna be fun. I'm wondering how much of this to trim, and how much of this to just leave in.

Okay, except the end of the episode. I wanna leave all this in, but at the same time, the boredom of people buying weapons and armor, like, maybe not, but like, the conversation bits. So... Weep out random parts in between us talking about his hammer. Yeah, just bleep out everything, and just make it sound like they're all talking about me. [Laughter] That's been the better part of an hour, I think. That's been just hammer jokes. So you guys are taking off for the house darksbane here? As soon as it gets dark again, yes. Oh, it's dark now-ish. I mean, like, you guys were asleep, so I mean, if you wanna...

Oh, we just totally got up and went and got armor. Yeah, we went up and got armor in the whole night. [Laughter] We went to the 24 hour armor and weapon supply, and... Armors are off. Yeah, liquor, guns, ammo, armor. [Laughter] Did any of you guys see that video where it showed, like, the downsides of being a merchant or whatever, and it showed this guy, like, he went to go turn his sign to close, and it said "still open"? And there's just a line of all these, like, game characters just waiting to buy more stuff. [Laughter] That seems legit, too. 'Cause merchants in these games never close.

They're just always randomly open. I don't know, in the one campaign we were doing, we had this guy called Mert, and he was, well, he was like a jack of all trades man. He had frickin' everything we needed, ever. But primarily he was a banker, so we kept his money with him all the time, and he had, like, how legit kind of bank system you got interest for leaving your shit with him, and everything. And if you deposited so much gold with him, you'd get, like, these special, like, VIP bonuses, like, we got this elven wine complete feast one day because of all the gold we just deposited in one day.

Actually, it was these completely uncut gems that we gave him. So he was like, "Why don't you come into the nice parlor over here with me and have a nice dinner, and buh-buh," and Mert was like, "Sure, Mert, let's do it." And there was, like, every bit of good liquor ever. There was, like, there was the elven wine, there was the iron, there was, like, this iron gut whiskey. Oh, man. You had to have, like, a 30 con to deal with that shit. Why? Because it was so strong. It was something to strive for. It was so damn strong. [coughing] Well, that used dwarven, so it had to be strong.

That was strong for dwarven... crab, okay? So the game. So you guys have, you guys have taken off for, uh, for Dark Spain Manor, and let me switch you over here. There we go. So we went and bought armor and weapons right after getting our money, like overnight, all-night weapon depot, and then we went straight to start the mission. Yes. Okay. So, when you arrive, uh, you arrive at House Dark Spain, which is this grim-looking manor on the edge of the city here. And, uh, there is kind of a rusty swinging gate in the front. The rest of it is, uh, what looks to be a small cemetery next to the manor itself.

And, uh, kind of an iron-rot fence around it. Uh, and in the, near the front door of the manor are two, uh, sleeping greyhounds. So, how would you guys like to approach this? Well, we have one of two options. A. I walk up, because obviously the tank would be front, or do we want to try to sneak up on these greyhounds and sneak? Well, like, would it be worth trying to sneak past them? Because obviously they're sleeping. I mean, think about it, if they wake up at some point, we're going to have to deal with them, so it's probably better to take them out while they're still outside.

Yeah. I'll just put Megan on my back and I'll sneak up there and then throw her at them. Wait, this is an animal, isn't it? Yes. Why can't I just wild-shape into it? And then even if we do get caught, they just think it's another one of me. Yes, I mean, that'll be good for you, but not the rest of the party. What if we get confused and we don't know which one's you? I want to be the biggest damn one, probably. Wait, and since they're greyhounds, how many, uh... Gravehounds. Gravehounds. So these are undead dogs, essentially. Okay, so I don't feel bad comparing myself to Michael Vick. [laughter] This is essentially the front door, right?

I mean, you can still try and sneak around the back. Yes, but you still pretty much have to go through these hounds. I mean, at least sneak past them. It would probably be easier to sneak, like, to go in the back. There is a back entrance, but you still will have to kind of stealth around it. I say we just go after the dogs and get them out of the way, because I'd hate to be surprised by them later. Well, we have to be careful getting rid of them too, because they could raise the alarm. This right here is a small... Not even a cemetery. I mean, it's... It's kind of an in-house mausoleum type of deal.

And I assume we are coming in this... like, this is where we're coming in. Yes, right in the front there. We can... I think the general consensus is we're going to have to deal with these puppies, no pun intended, one way or another. So... Do we just want to... Should I try to stealth up and try to kill one? You certainly could. I'd suggest trying... I'm thinking we sneak, because if they raise the alarm, you know... This whole task is about trying to do this... Because we're stealing something, we don't necessarily need to get into open battle. We want to try and do this with as little noise as possible.

The only thing is I have +1 stealth. So I have the stealth equivalent of a giant elephant that has had nothing but laughing gas for the past four hours. That's really a big success. I don't think we're pooping. But that would be the only thing is... I think you guys... I'm kind of large and in charge. So... So in this case we'll let you stand back if we decide to attack? Because you're not going to help until they've already done the alarm. I don't know how I feel about that. There's some bushes over on the house. You'll be okay. Can we go around northwest or do we have to go by the cemetery?

You can go either way. It's up to you. So we could try and sneak around the northwest way. Or are these windows? Are those windows? What are those? They would be windows, yeah. So then wouldn't we want to do a perception check to see if there are people at these windows that would see us sneaking? Oh absolutely. Let's do it. Yeah, you can start off with a nice crispy perception check. Okay, I have zero perception so... I believe we established I was the perception skill. I was going to say I only have plus three. I'm the skill monkey of perception. You're coming in kind of low there, Megan.

I'm not sure why. Why in the hell would I be doing that? I don't know. I was fine like five seconds ago though, right? You're fine. You're fine. You're fine. Okay. I can do a perception check just to see if there's anybody else out there. Nineteen. Okay. Beyond the dogs, which are obviously meant to guard the perimeter, it's eerily quiet. You don't see anybody moving about. You don't see where there would be anybody on patrol. So it looks like it's just the dogs, at least on the outside. So could I possibly stealth up and try to... I mean, should we... have we decided if we're going to attack the dogs or if we're going to sneak past them?

I was going to say, can we... it is nighttime though, right? Yes. Okay. I would be a little bit too far away in the front door. Like literally knock on the front door and try and go in and have some sort of diplomacy with the guys inside and then steal the thing when they're not looking and then run away. I would absolutely not do that. That's just me. That's the voice of God. Well, he said they're not quite as bad as the House of the Undying, but the way he initially described them I'm still going to mentally think of them that way. I would not openly approach the House of the Undying.

I'm sorry. Alright. And it is too quiet and all there is is dogs. Maybe it's quiet because they're sleeping. So if we took out the dogs, hopefully quickly and quietly... I mean, I think if we decide to attack, I think that's probably going to be our best bet. But I think probably if we had someone stealth one of them, it wouldn't disturb the other one too. Just because I'm stealth doesn't mean I'm actually going to be able to kill the damn thing. Remember last time when I missed his DS? I mean, seriously. I just remember hiding in a tree. If we screw this up too, we're not even inside the building yet.

If we raise the alarm on the first two guards. Meanwhile, it'd probably be easier to stealth each square's what, five feet? Yeah. So we're almost 30 feet away if we go the long way around as opposed to going the more direct route. Or at least what I'd consider the more direct route even though it's kind of even. You would have to start stealthing at the gate. So if you moved your speed and you managed to stealth past them, like one more stealth check. At this general vicinity, you wouldn't require any more stealth checks. Because you'd be pretty much out of earshot.

You're just trying not to wake them up. Okay, so we just need to... somebody have a coin we could flip? Whether or not we're going to try to smash these hounds? We'll roll percentile. How we sell most things with D&D. High is one way, low is another. So who's rolling? I'll roll it. So what's high and low? We'll do high as we smash their heads off. Low as we attempt to stealth past them. Anyone? Apparently we're smashing heads. Do you guys just want to race in or do you want to try and stealth up to them and then take a swing? And if so, I would imagine Trixie would be the lady for that job.

Nobody was talking. I was about to say, Danielle, you didn't... I know. I was debating. I mean, I would be okay with stealthing up there. Alright, you have a +13 stealth, so go ahead and roll. Let's plop everyone on the board here. Let's plop everyone on the board. Let's put you on this side of the gate. Yay! Is anyone having trouble centering the map? Like on your screen? It was. I kind of dragged it over though. Okay, let me try. Ooh, okay. So, Trixie, go ahead and make a roll. 19. Still 19 stealth is not bad. Uh, yeah, you're... they're not stirring or anything, so you are... yeah.

So let me see here. Deets. You have a... What is your speed? Damn it. 6. 6? There it is. Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. 6. So go ahead and move 6 spaces closer. Can I move diagonally? Sure. Wait, why isn't that doing that? Hold on. Hold on a second. Uh... go ahead now. Hold on, I'm zoomed in a little bit too far. Hold on. There. That would be 6. Okay. Uh, does anyone else want to... Is this a scary looking dog? It's technically a zombie. That's wonderful. What do you expect a zombie dog to do, Danielle? Not very Resident Evil-ish, I wasn't planning on that. Well these are wizards and necromancers and such, so they got...

I mean they're not just going to have regular dobermans, I mean, you know. Does anyone else want to try and stealth up there? The Westshade Twin is a daily, right? Where I can assume some other creature's appearance. Yeah, it's a daily. Okay, I don't want to waste that on a zombie dog. Okay, you're not going to fool a zombie dog. Zombie dogs! Zamba dogs. Uh, what's everybody else got for stealth? I got plus 5. I got plus 5. Plus 1, so... yeah. She's kind of better off alone. Yeah. We have no ranged attackers, because Rock's still at the brothel. His girlfriend's going to be mad.

Rock's girlfriend's going to be mad when she finds out about the brothel stuff. He's going to come home broke. Okay, go ahead and make a melee basic attack against this damn dog. Oh, hold on. I'm scared now, because I know the other grave hound of any noise is made. So wait, how do I roll? What's the roll for that again? Uh, d20 plus 5. I'm scared. It's okay, we're watching carefully from beyond the, you know, fence. Yes, the fence. You could close the gate and run away and I'd be like, "Okay, thanks." 16 will hit. 16 will what? 16 will hit. So go ahead and roll damage. 1d6 plus 3.

Oh no, I'm sorry. That's not you. That's the zombie dog. 1d10 plus 1. Three damage! Three! Okay. He's going to take three damage and immediately stir. Like, he wakes up. And his mouth kind of is barely hinged and it's swinging open. So it looks like he's unable to howl. So he can't howl and wake up the other one. Alright, you lucked out with this one because his face is really screwed up, but he could still claw. So, yeah. Everyone go ahead and roll initiative! Woo! Wait, how do I do that again? d20 plus, go to details and your initiative's the status. Aha! Okay.

Oh, where did my initiative go? So in your case it's plus 6. Deep mind. Oh, where did my initiative go? 22. 18. Oh yeah, I don't have a bonus, don't I? I don't believe you do. 22. Oh no. If somebody needed improved initiative around here. 15. That is, yeah, that's probably not a bad idea. Rakesh, go ahead. You got a 14. And ZombieDog1 and ZombieDog2. Woof woof. And sort. Tally, you're up! So ZombieDog2 woke up. ZombieDog2, he woke up. ZombieDog1 is still asleep. Because the commotion was not enough to wake up ZombieDog1 yet. Maybe it was good that I didn't take a lot of damage.

If I shift and take a full move action, would I be at her? Uh, what's your speed here? 7. Wow, your speed's 7? Wow. Uh, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. You have to move completely diagonally. That's only 5. Oh, I wouldn't even have to take a full move. So, in that case, I'll definitely do that. I will shift. Myself. Into. One of those lovely. So you wanna be a ZombieDog? I'm gonna be a ZombieDog. I'm just gonna be a little more part together looking. Yeah, this one's pretty. It's just. The murky white eyes are kind of. That's just kind of what they usually look like. But the completely wasted away jawbone where it's just hanging off.

That's not great. That's a good run. Yeah. Oh, he's retired. Oh wait, then I'm charging it. Okay. We can do that too. So if I'm charging it, I get bonuses. Uh, you do get a +1 to attack. Eeeeew! And I believe you have some sort of, uh, let's see. What? I believe you have some sort of move that goes with that? Yes, I think. Is that your wild shade? That's... You did that. Savage Rend, was it? Yeah, I believe so. Oh, it's feeling me sick now. Oh, okay. Well, it's just... Okay. Huh, I could've swore you had a charging move. Uh, maybe it was that cull to hurt one. No. Ah, no it isn't.

At least not that any of them are saying. Weird. Could've swore you had one. I know. So did I. I know the one totem gives me bonuses. Or, uh, my armor does, at least. We discussed this. I get it. Charging, but was it one of my... What? That might've been one of the other pieces of equipment that you passed on. When we were adding stuff on. Yeah, 'cause we did that last time where you thought you picked a certain move. I could look it up real quick if you would like. Let's do that here. Wizards D&D. I had a curiosity how many times I've seen a move that was like, "Oh, I'm gonna get a new move." Let's do that here.

Wizards D&D. Out of curiosity, how come I don't have an alignment? Uh, you didn't pick one. Oh. I thought you were unaligned, though. I thought you picked that you were unaligned. I didn't give anybody a specific alignment unless they said so, and... We can go back and change it, that's fine. No, I was just curious. Maybe I'll gain an alignment. Loading real quick here. Tala. [coughing] Alright, so inventory... Equipped... Wrath of Nature totem, yep. Powers... Oh, the totem, let's see here. Wrath of Nature totem attacks... Oh, that's the one where it's 1d12 if you hit a crit.

Ohhh-kay. Yeah. Alright, we've all apparently lost our marbles because we were all sure I had one. Yeah. I got bonus for this one. I have all my marbles, I did not make any. No, she didn't. So, you're charging and making a melee basic. Okay, so I still get a +7, yeah. +7? No, what am I doing, I get a +6? You get a +1 to the attack roll. Well, I know, but my total attack roll is... Oh, yeah, yeah. +6, yeah? Yeah. Ehhhh. Oh, wow, okay, so, and you miss. So... Even though I'm flanking her, I don't get a +1 for that. You're not flanking her. Or no, not flanking, aren't I...

No, just do it on the other side. Nah. You need to be right here. Yep. Uhh, Trixie! I didn't do it. Your turn. Good answer. Umm... Let's see here. Oh, I'm the wrong person. I was all-side, I think I got new powers now. No, I didn't. *laughs* Let's see... I'll just use my... Mainly basic attack. So that's a d20+5. Yep. Oh. 11! Umm, that is also gonna... I get a chance to redo something. I think that's if you crit, then you get a chance to reroll the bonus dice. God dammit. Do you want to shift away or stay where you are? Umm... Hide behind Tala. I'll stay where I'm at now.

Galford, your turn. Uhh, okay, well, power-wise I do have that... Uhh, what was it called? Ghost sound. Where if we wanted to wake up the other dog and try and send him in a different direction... Like, I mean, I could make the... You know, throw my voice the farting noise behind him and try and see if he would... *laughs* See, what I was hoping to do is when it became my turn, I was gonna kind of, like, I was hoping... That the girls were gonna hit the damn dog. But I was gonna try to position myself, like, somewhere right here. 'Cause, assuming that dog might start making a noise.

And I figured that the gravehound would be more interested in taking out the giant looking guy with a hammer. I think you forgot how much this game hates us in combat. Yeah. Umm... So if dog one is still sleeping, let's just leave him sleeping for now. And... I think there's a saying. Yeah. And I can move over and try and... Sleeping dogs. Let sleeping dogs lie. Alright. Umm, I can try and move over and take on dog number two as well. Alright. I'm gonna laugh a little while I'm sitting around this damn dog and none of us can hit it. Even though it can't even howl.

And it's a zombie. *laughs* It's sitting there, like we're trying to hit it, and it's just sitting there going, "Come on guys, you can hit me, I promise." Kill me. I'm not gonna move. *laughs* Umm, okay, so I can move five. Yup. Okay, how do I grab myself here? Oh, we don't wanna hear about that. We'll just leave that one alone, yeah. One, two, three, four... Five, actually. And if I'm doing a ranged attack from there, it doesn't matter if Tal is in my way, right? I... It kinda does, I think? I think, well, wait, I know you can move through allies, I don't think you can shoot through them though.

Okay. I'm fairly certain you can't. Okay, so one, two, three, four, five... That's not gonna work either. Uhh... Hmm... Let me see here, hold on a second. One, two, three, four, five... Uhh... Unless I move up closer to dog number one here and just try and... Well, that'll be two movement actions. Uhh... Oh, so I could just move and stay where I am and that's it, I can't attack. Right, if you do two, then yeah. Yeah, you'd have to use an action point. Okay, so why don't I just move up there and then Rikus is gonna come up and back me up here. Okay, do me a favor and make a stealth roll.

Uhh... Oh god. Where's my stealth? Plus five, so it's d20 plus five? Yes. Fifteen. Uhh... As you creep up towards dog one, he starts to stir. And then just kind of turns over and starts sleeping the other direction. Nice. Uhh... next up is Rikus. Okay, so I'm gonna move one, two, good god, three... Four? That would mean moving through that gate. Oh... You gotta go through the door, sir. One, two, you and your stupid ass rules. Uhh... three... That's physics, dude, you can't just move through solid objects. I'll hit it with my damn hammer, I don't care. Uhh... four, five.

Why don't you try moving somewhere over here and that way he can see you? Cause he might not be able to see you through me, Ntava. Do you... I can try that. I... I... trying to think, like... Once I get through right there, it's just... Two, three, four... Wait, shit, I can't count. Uhh... one, two... Maybe three, four, five? Can he see you there? Uhh... yeah, I mean, that's in his general field of vision. We good? I... Well, I was gonna help Galford as much as he likes to poke at me. Okay. It's like a buddy cop movie. It's a buddy cop movie. It's a buddy cop. Yeah, it kind of is.

It's gonna turn into that after a while. Yeah. Do you wanna do anything or do you just wanna chill there? I'm... I'm just gonna chill there. I can't really do anything. I want strawberry shortcake. No, it's just gum that she got from work and it's like raspberry vanilla cupcake. But they had just put out a strawberry shortcake gum, like, not even a few months ago. And they taste exactly the same. No, they got rid of that gum. No, they did. They just gave it a new package and a new name. Which I have no problems with because I liked that gum. Uhh, let's see...

Dog number two. Uhh, gravehound number two is going to use claw. Uhh, on Trixie. Uhh, so let's see... Stupid dog. D20+7... 17. Stupid dog. Uhh, that's gonna do 1d6+3 damage. Uhh, and you're gonna take five ongoing necrotic damage. Oh! Wait, what does that mean? And you're knocked prone. Uhh, what that means is, every turn you are going to take five damage at the beginning of your turn, every turn. Until you roll a saving throw that stops that. Jesus! Yeah, it's pretty harsh. Every one of my turns or every one of any turn? Every one of your turn, no. Oh, that's just creaming the ass.

Yeah, uhh, so... I'm gonna keep this dog in its stupid flapping jaw. Uhh, let's see, you don't feel bad for it now, do you? I didn't feel bad before, I just thought it was ugly. I thought it was really ugly. Oh, okay, so that's eight damage. Good God. Why am I always the first to take damage? I need to stop rushing him. 'Cause you're the first to go in. You were the first thing to swing on him. Uhh, and then next turn you're gonna start taking five damage until you roll... Oh, uh, you can actually roll a saving throw on your... Well, that's not your turn, yeah, next turn.

So, umm... What would a saving throw be? Uhh, what you do is roll a d20. Huh? And, uhh, if it's higher than ten, or if it's ten or higher than you, then it's, you're cool. With no bonus, right? Right. Okay. Unless you have something that gives you a bonus to saving throws or something, but I don't think you do. Uhh, gravehound number one continues to slumber. *laughs* While you guys are fighting very quietly over... Uhh, Tala! Why don't you use your mute button? He has him. He has him. It's your turn. Okay. Umm, I'm just gonna try and hit this stupid wolf again.

See how it goes. Uhh, what are you gonna use? You can do it. Oh, god. Why don't you roll a ten? Umm... Damn it! So that's good. Did someone hit the fucking dog? No! Apparently not. Why don't you try and hit it? It's your turn now. Trixie, your turn. Do that saving throw. Oh yeah, it's my saving throw, okay. *scoffs* What the fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh! Does that count as my move or no? Wait, hold up. Saving throw happens at the end of your turn. Oh, I thought you said the beginning of my turn. No, no, no. Sorry. If I did, I fucked up. Yeah, saving throw is the end of turn.

Okay, so... Yeah, end of turn. So that doesn't count, but you do take five damage. *laughs* Poopers. Uhh, so what are you gonna try and hit this dog with here? I'm gonna go over and steal Rick's sword, or his hammer, and I'm gonna go beat the dog with it. *laughs* Umm, let's see here. We have a kitchen sink if you wanna try that. *laughs* Awesome damage. Umm... What about the Shadow Storm? Shadow Storm... uhh, what does that do here? Oh. It's a target one creature, dexterity modifier damage plus one damage for each creature adjacent to the target. Yeah, you could totally use that.

Umm, that's usually for like, if there's more than one person there, but yeah, you could totally use that. It's a D10 plus, or D20 plus 10. Okay. D20. Uhh, 28 will definitely hit. Yes. *laughs* D10 plus six. And the dog's already taken three damage, right? Yes. Okay. Uhh, you swing your blade and decapitate the dog. Yes! Wait, is he still alive? *laughs* Now his head is barking on the ground, biting your toes. Uhh, he is dead. Or double dead. Stink fucking dog. I was about to say, he's dead already technically, so saying he's dead doesn't necessarily mean anything.

He wasn't dead, he was undead even though he had to die to become undead. Taking the head off most things is a good way to ensure that they're super dead. Umm, the sound of, uhh, uh, Gravehound's head hitting the ground, uh, wakes up hound number one. Wait, can I make a reflex save to catch the thing? If you, you know what, go ahead. Wait, I need to do my, my saving thing. Oh yes, do your saving roll too. Come on. Fuck! Aw, shit. Where's the, can we add my old one in this one? And Trixie rots away. *laughs* God, I'm gonna die just from that one hit. Go ahead, Tella.

No, wait, I have a reflex save of plus 15 then, yeah? Uhh, let's see. Cause that's what that says, yeah? Reflex, reflex, reflex, reflex. *laughs* Yeah, why are you talking like Wakka from Final Fantasy X? *laughs* Blitzball, yeah? Hey, yeah? Just like it's Durham, not, re-, what, checking what I'm reading. Yeah? Uhh, reflex of 15, yes. Blitzball, yeah. 29, I hope I catch that. Yes, you caught it, you're fine. Yes! So, so the hound, hound number one is still asleep. Is it possible on whatever turn I have next that I could, like, use a potion to prevent myself from dying?

Or no? Umm, yeah. Totally could. Would I still get necrotic damage every turn or would that stop? Yes! Oh yeah, that'll, that'll keep going. Galford, your turn. Okay, so the other hound is still sleeping. Umm, I could either stealth up on it if I wanted to, or I could just, I could literally range attack it from here while it's still asleep, eh? Sure could. But you can still miss that attack. Sure could. Even though it's sleeping, okay. Damn, you'd think that you'd be able to hit that. Umm, because I've got Shadow Claws, which is, uhh, okay. Charisma versus 42 is my attack, so it's 1d20 plus 7.

Umm, bleh, damage, cold one, d10 plus 6. And if the target moves during its next turn, it takes cold damage equal to plus 2, your dexterity modifier, or intelligence modifier. Intelligence 1, dexterity is 2. Okay. I think I'd be intelligence for you because, uhh, let me see. Or, I think dexterity is higher, I got 2. Oh, do you? Okay. Yeah, so, eh. Oh yeah, your intelligence is, yeah that's right, so yeah, plus 2, so yeah. Umm, okay yeah, let's try Shadow Claws. Alright. d20 plus 7. This is a ranged 10, so he's right in front of me. So this, this, this, this ugly, emaciated zombie dog is laying there sleeping.

Uh, heavy sleeper. Uh, and you are perched about 5 feet away from it, and you cast... Shadow Claws. Right. Now, I mean, he's still sleeping. Yes. Do we, like, we could just sneak around the back of the graveyard now, couldn't we? Like, can we, can we still... You have to keep doing stealth checks. Okay, we have to keep doing stealth checks until we die. Yeah, we have to do stealth checks all the way around. Okay, all the way around, okay. Which is going very well so far. Well, technically not all the way around, if we... Oh yeah, once you get... ...take the dog with the dogs dead already, we wouldn't have to...

That's what I'm saying is, yeah, as we go around the, uhh, the south, the south eastern side there, umm, I mean, or we can just fuck up the dog. Hmm. What do you guys think? You see how well that went last time. As Trixie rots away, as her jaw is dangling off her face. I don't want to go back to the dog! I have some reservations about this guy. Start to sound like Jason, we're eating big words before we started. Resta digitation. See, it's too bad Ricus wasn't over by, uhh, Trixie and Talibear, because he's the big lumbering, no stealth guy, carrying the jingling bag of money with his shoelaces tied together.

Umm... I came over here because I thought we were going to tackle this dog. I know, I know, umm... I'll remind you, you are still at the front door. Yeah, that's what... Let's just shut up and let's just fuck up the dog. Okay. Okay, 1d20+7. Yeah. 25. 25, that will hit. Drumroll please. Okay, so damage is 1d10+6. You can do it. Where's the d10? I can't think of the fourth. Third, fourth one from the left. Fourth one from the left, plus six. It's too fast. Oops. Hey. 7. He's eating Coke Doritos, good for her. Coke Doritos? He's addicted to the Doritos from the baby shower.

Is that cocaine Doritos? Because we don't have those in Canada. You guys are unlucky, I'm sorry. We lay SARS. The zombie dog wakes up. And he appears to be pissed. Rekus, your turn. Okay, I'm going to move up here, three spots. Well if he moves towards you, he'll take cold damage. So maybe make him move. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Is that an aura? Okay, so shadow claws. If the target moves during its next turn, it takes cold damage equal to +2 your dexterity modifier. So during its next turn, if it moves, then it'll take damage. Totally up to you. This dog's jaw is intact, and he can howl.

I will say this. My plan was I was going to move up and swing and hit him with a hammer. I have, I don't know if we want to trust this. I have d20+9 for the attack. Okay. So that was my general plan. I figured, like, our roles haven't exactly been perfect. But I figured I would kind of come up here and just smash his head off. Granted, we haven't been asking Liam at all for help this entire battle. You're in our hearts, Liam. Even though you're not dead. That sounded weird. I hope not. My sister would kill me. So, I don't want to do something that I'm going to regret.

Smash his face off. He's awake, because he's going to howl on his next turn. Whether he moves or not, I would think. Which is going to wake up a whole bunch of pissed off warlocks. Okay, so d20+9. Can he, like, make a call shot? What now? Like, could he make a call shot? Define call shot. Like, he's directly saying, "I'm going to swing at him, but I'm deliberately aiming for his head." Because if he aims for the head deliberately, then if he hits, the damage is kind of aimed at his head, i.e. his jaw. Right. So if his jaw gets knocked out of place from the hit, then he can't howl on his next turn anyway, even if he doesn't kill him.

Uh, we could do that. If you do, let's say, if you do... You've got my mind. If you do 10 damage or more to his jaw, he won't be able to howl on his next turn. Okay. Or, well, he won't be able to howl, period. Well, and then, yeah, my damage is 1d+8, so I feel fairly confident I can get a 2 or a 3 or higher. Yeah. Okay, so I'm going to do the... Yeah, I thought that too, just keep that in mind. You gotta hit him first. They won't hear you. Come on, Liam. You don't like dogs, right? Okay, 1d+4. You don't like undead puppies, do you? d20+9. 15. That'll hit. Yeah. That family doesn't.

Okay, and then it's 1d... Is that 1d? 1d10. Oh, shit. Um, 1d10+8... 13. 13. Out of the way, Lucas. He cannot howl. You have dislocated his jaw. With your hammer. There's a great chance I'm going to get slashed at. Uh, Gravehound's turn. There's a great chance I'm going to get slashed at. You're going to get the product too. Look at you. You're going to bolt away. There is an excellent chance you will be slashed at. And hit. No. Wait. Wow, you have an AC of 20? Bite me. His AC is pretty damn high. Remember, he's our tank. Yeah, goddamn, that is excellent. No, he misses.

Reekest uses his war hammer and pushes the dog back. Uh, Tala. Yes, sir. Your turn. Oh, well. Take my best shot here. I'll move to charge and attack it. See how this goes this time. It's gotta be close. I mean, I got 13 damage on him. Wait, I get a move of 7, yes? Yes. Yeah, Blitzball. 7, 6, 7. That's 7. Yeah, you weren't diagonal, but you're okay. Yeah, it's fine. Okay, so I do get a +1 from that as well, yes? Because I am. So says the Church of Yevon, yeah. [Laughter] I bow to you, Tyson. Shut up. Why does everyone pick on me every game? I hear them, that says yes every day.

Well, that's apparently, I don't know what half the rules are anymore. Uh, yeah, that will give you a +1. Yeah. Okay, so 7. Yes! That'll hit. That hits. Fantastic. Fuck off the dog. No, I can actually roll damage. Fuck off the dog. He's gonna fuck the dog. Well, you dislocated his jaw with your hand. Mmm. What's it a month old? Damage? [Humming] Megan? Uh. I don't know, Grasping Plot? I think it's, yeah, I can use this Basic Melee. Whoop. I was about to say, you, okay, you didn't, I thought you were just using Basic Melee. I thought I was using Basic Melee 2, in which case, no, that's just me rolling a d20 and then that's plus my strength, right?

Yeah. [Laughter] Um, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Shut up. The math is there already. It's done. It's right there. It tells you when you click on the power. It's like d20 plus 5. Well, I just, no, when I looked it just like had a 1w? Keep going down. They're the big numbers. It says attack and then damage, like they're the big. Okay, okay. The lower bit. The blue and red dice, yeah. Okay, there's a lower bit that does it. Yeah, I'm gonna stick with my original Grasping Claw, I think. And that's a d8 plus 4? Yep. Yeah. 7. Uh, the dog is dead. Woo! Ding dong. Ding dong, the dog is dead.

Uh, so you guys are out of combat and you are standing in the front lawn of House Darksbane. The two dogs have been dispatched and you don't appear to have alerted anybody to your presence. God knows how you haven't, but you haven't yet, so. Is Megan still holding the dog's head? I. Did you ever put that down? I would imagine you'd put that down afterwards. Now what do we do about Trixie's necrotic damage? Does that enter, like, stop at the end of the encounter? That stops at the end of the encounter, you're fine. Okay. So I'm not gonna get it anymore? No, you're fine.

Yes! I'm now decaying. It's only my toe, I'm good. Well, theoretically I threw it down when I charged the other one because, remember, I'm in the grave. There's a head at my feet, I knew it. Yeah. Let's see here. So I would have caught it with my mouth. Ew! Do you guys wanna use some surges and get ready for the next thing? The next portion? Well, I'm the only one that needs it. Yeah, you are actually, so yeah, you might wanna use some surges. Okay, how do I do that again? I don't remember. Oh, I'll take care. Just tell me how many you want to use. You are down to...

What are you down to? I'm down to 15 out of 28. How many does each surge give me? 8? Uh, surges... let's see here, deets. Uh, 7. So you'd take 2. 2? Oh, okay, wait a second. Um, then I get 9 ver- no, that's not me. I'm looking at you, god. Okay, yeah, um... Yeah, I'll use 2. Alright. Bam. You guys wanna move into the house now? Sneak in? I'll sneak into the house. I'm curious to see what's inside the house, but yeah, sure. Let's move on up. We're going into the front door? Wait, did we sneak in or did we just run in? I'm scared now. Uh, you snuck in. Um, strangely enough, the door was unlocked.

They totally know we're coming. You don't know that. Is that the hallway that was a hallway? I'm confused. Uh, well, here's the thing. You guys are in a long hallway and there are a couple of doors on either side. Uh, now, you have no idea where these doors lead to, but you do hear murmurings. So, if someone was alerted to your presence, they don't care. Because they're going about their daily business. Can one of us sneak up to one of the doors and maybe do a check to see if we can see who's in there or listen? That's a perception check, yeah. Megan, if you say yeah, I get it.

I'm going to throw this one. Did John DiMaggio take over your fucking body or something? Um, yeah, you guys can... So, the map that you were given tells you that the Golden Dragon is further into the building. So, it wouldn't be in either one of those rooms. Now, you can do this one of two ways. You can just kick down doors and loot the place and kill everyone. Or you can try and stealthfully make your way through the complex. I will remind you that I am an elephant with its... Yeah, I was going to say, if someone's going to stealth, we have to realize that the whole party can't.

Riggus is going to start stumbling over what these things look like statues. Well, they are... Now, this is... Like, the stealth check is going to be lower just because... They're shut. The doors are closed. The doors are closed. They're going about their business. They have no idea you're in the building. It's not like you're in wet grass trying to sneak past animals. Like, this is... Like, so the stealth check is going to be a little lower. So, it's much more perceivable that even Riggus could sneak past this hallway. You have so much faith. Yeah, I know. These dice hit us.

Remember that. I'd love to try and listen in at one of the doors and see if we can hear what someone's saying. I mean, if we're going to sneak down the hallway. Because if we listen at the door and they're like, "Can you believe those fucking idiots?" You know, like, "We didn't hear them killing the dogs. Can't wait until they walk into those traps." Anyway, pass the hand. Maester Seymour will be so pleased. Praise be to Yevon. Praise be to Yevon, yeah. Yeah. How many... Like, one, two, three, four... How close do we have to be to actually listen in on a door?

I would say right outside of it. Like, right... These are pretty big heavy windows. Hit the B basically, like, right there. Yeah. I'm not going to make you do a stealth check every time you... If you want to move up to a door, just do one stealth check. I would be fine with it. I'd probably... Somebody with a little bit more stealth experience should probably go first. But, like, I can look out, be on the lookout for anybody. Well, here's the problem. She's like the stealthiest one, but I have the higher perception. Yeah, let's get the perception, because we want to...

We want to actually glean something from being able to listen or see. Which means I'm going to have to make a stealth check. Good luck. I guess we all have to if we're going to move down the halls. Have you shifted? Mmm... I have not said I've shifted back, so I assume I'm still the gravehound. Well, that's where I'm asking. Well, isn't that not... Isn't that not a bad thing, though? Because, I mean... They know their dogs are on the property. Yes. So... They're not exactly indoor pets. Yeah. It's not unheard of for them to leave the door open on accident. Like I let my cats in the basement all the time?

I'll go ahead and, you know, shift back, but I still have to make the stealth roll. Let's see how I do. See how stealthy Liam thinks I am. Apparently I'm not very stealthy. Eleven. Okay, uh... You clip-clop down the hallway here in what should be pretty quiet hide armor. You are jostling things, you are touching paintings, going down the hallway... You burp just to see if it would echo. And you stealth up to the door... And for a moment you hear all the murmuring go silent. Roll a perception check real quick. Twenty-nine. I heard every word that's on the other side of that door.

On the other side of the door you heard chanting, and then you heard one person say... Silence! Silence! I thought I heard something. And then after a few moments... Never mind. And they go back to chanting. Okay, can I tell if they're chanting at all? Uh... it just... Uh, do you have an arcana check? Do I have any arcana? Nope! Then you don't know... I have no bonus to it! Go ahead, try rolling it. Fuck it. I can go ahead and try and roll, see if I can decipher a darn thing that's being said. No, I do not. Five. I have a plus nine. Yeah, but you're not next to the door.

Not with any word to hear it. You heard something that heard like flippity-flop? And then you lost them. You have no idea. Goobily gosh. Yeah, it's... yeah. Umm... [unintelligible] Umm... What's my stealth? Plus five. So D20 plus five... God, this is gonna be nerve-wracking. 21. Crap. You stealth your way up to the door with no problem. Okay. And... Let's do an arcana check. 'Cause are they still chanting? Oh yeah. Oh, they're gonna be at it all night. So that's... they're gonna be at it all night. They have headaches as they walk down the hallways later. Ladies. So that's D20 plus nine...

And let's just see what Maester Seamore can say. 23. 23. Uhh... they appear to be chanting... uhh... they appear to be working on a binding spell to bind a lesser demon. Cool. That's not necessarily a bad thing. It doesn't have to be. No! If they catch you on their property. That's a whole different pot of stew there. So binding a lesser demon as in... Controlling it. Like bringing something up from the depths in an attempt to control it. Oh, okay. In order to attach it to the golden dragon and as soon as we pick it up the demon talks to us. You think the worst.

It's... Yeah. So, let me just paint the scene here. You guys are in one of the three houses of Brightport. You are within the actual house. Sneaking around their hallways and spying on their activities. In an attempt to delve further into their complex here and steal their property. I'm just throwing it out there. That is what your goal is. Who wants to make their way down the hall next? Or do you want to move further in? There's a second door on your right. What I was going to say, I don't have much of an arcana. Well you don't need an arcana. Well I was just going to say, I think the only other logical thing would be, I'm going to have to try to stealth my way down the hallway.

Oh yeah, that's definitely... I mean, eleven didn't... you know, eleven didn't do it. I wouldn't roll less than eleven. Well good, that's very helpful advice. Just, if you were to shoot for a number, not less than eleven. I still want to bluff them and open the door and be like, "Do you guys know where the bathroom is?" Just to try it, just to see. So it's D20 plus my stealth? Yes. Oh god, this is... I'm scared. This is going to be awful. Wow. Guys, you shouldn't have let me walk anywhere. Alright. I rolled a five for the people listening, by the way. So Rika burps while he's falling.

Rika seems to almost be attacking the concrete floor beneath your feet with his boots. He's goose-stepping down the hall, shaking maracas. Well, you know, at the same time, you know, if they're doing their chant, probably a lot of them have to be focusing on the spell, so they'll be shutting out other noise. Well, I was going to say that, and they heard you walking down, and you had eleven. Yeah, that's... yeah, I mean, that's... I like where you're going there, but that's not the case, sadly. Guess who's in the neighborhood? Oh, ai-gee-wa-wa. Ghostbusters?

Oh, holy mother of god. Okay, so these doors swing open, revealing a pact of necromancers in the room that you were spying on. And then from the door a little further down the hallway, two flame warlocks and a human mage pour out into the hallway. Hmm. Well, guys. You guys need to roll initiative. GG, guys. GG. So everyone roll initiative. Come on, big money. Big money. No whammies. One. Fuck. Holy crap, why don't I do so well on initial rolls, but I can't hit for shit. I'm going to be last, so hopefully nobody needs any, like, you know. Twenty-five. You weren't dropping, god damn it.

I'm... Everyone else roll initiative. Is Danielle still here? I feel like she was trying to talk to us, but then she was walking towards her computer as she was talking. Oh, yeah, I had to unmute my thing because I was coughing. There you go. Yeah, Michael Reiser signed on the Skype, and then it wouldn't let me get to my dice. Classic ruins everything. Stupid Reiser. What's the initiative roll again? It's D20 plus whatever your initiative is. Whatever your stat says. Where did my initiative go? It's under details. Three. Yours is three. Oh, there it is. Three. Three.

Eight. Eight. Oh, wow. Oh, my god. We're going to die. Twelve for Trixie. Well, now, hold on. They haven't rolled yet. No, Jason, we're going to die. Eighteen, seven, twelve, five, fourteen, twenty. Jesus Christ. Well, Tali, you're first, so if you could take out six of them... Megan, do you have some sort of, like, hex or something on these dice? Because you only have six of them. Megan, do you have some sort of, like, hex or something on these dice? Because you always get the best damn initiative roll. I don't know. I wish I got better rolls to hit, because apparently, you know, I can't hit for shit.

Well, her initiative is seven, so that's pretty good. So, I'm going to... Well, but you wanted me to take an initiative feat. I'm just going to toss this out there. We have two sets of people in two different directions. So, if anybody has, like, big burst areas, that would be helpful. But also, like, we may need to... Would it be easier for us to all, like, crowd out against one group of people and then go for the other group of people? Or kind of split us up? Dailies should not be out of the question. Yeah. I'm just looking at Web of Shadows right now. Yeah, this is not great for you guys.

This is a narrow hallway. And, yeah, not great. Well, I'd hate for us to split up, but it seems like that would be kind of the easiest method instead of, like, four of us trying to take on six. Ooh, I forget about my Aftershock. What? Well, one thing is, at least if we take out these dudes in front of me and Tala, if we could try and get into this room, it would eliminate ranged attacks from the fire guys, until they get around the corner. True. So we should try and focus our energies on, maybe, these guys here. Well, I have this thing called Cloud of Darkness.

It says, "The burst creates a cloud of darkness that remains in place until the end of your next turn. The cloud blocks the line of side squares within and are totally obscured, and creatures entirely within are blinded until they exit. Won't that give them a chance to get away from them?" Yes, but that will blind you, too. It says, "I am immune to these effects." Oh. Well, then. But I'm really far away. Can I make a move and then do? Sure, but everyone else will be blind. On your turn? Yes, on your turn, which is midway. Somewhere in there. Well, Tala, what do you got?

What are you bringing to the table here? Um. You know what? I have got... I've got nothing! Um. I don't want to use my Fires of Life this early in the game, are we, kid? Um. It's not really that early. Well, but it's my only kind of heal spell, so I wouldn't want to waste it to not heal anybody. But we also have potions and we have healing surges. And I have stuff that can help us heal. I have a Shield of Sacrifice. The Shield of Sacrifice, just in case anybody missed that, was the target loses a healing surge, so one of us would lose a healing surge, but one or two allies within five squares of the target regain hit points as if they had spent that healing surge.

So if we would need that, that could save you. Can you inflict Necrotic Damage on a Necromancer? Like, they're not immune to their own element, are they? Uh, some are. Let me check just to make sure here. These aren't high. Also, I hate you, Jason. Why? Because we're going to die. That was your fault! I... Yeah, Rokas, you did have a fight with the floor. I wanted to go screw with the other houses in the city a little bit more before we... Well, let's not. Tala? Yes? Your turn? I'm going to take my turn. She's like, "I don't wanna!" So you're going to delay. I can't proceed, I can't die.

I'll go ahead and try and use my daily here. Okay. I'll, um... Roll my D20+5. It's a ten square burst, so if it hits, it'll hit everyone. So this is Fires of Life? Yeah. Okay. So wait a second. Fires of Life, let me read this real quick. Each enemy in the burst. Okay, so you're just going to go down the pike and try and hit everybody. So that's D20+5, and we'll start with Necromancer 1. Everybody in the burst. Twenty-two, that's a hit. Necromancer 2. What? I have to roll for all these guys? Yes, you do. Oh my lord! Twenty-three, that's a hit. Necromancer 3. That is a hit.

Hellfire Warlock 1. That's a miss. Hellfire Warlock 2. That's a hit. Uh, Human Mage. Meh. That's a miss. So you got four out of six. That is not bad. Go ahead and roll damage. That is not bad. Come on, Megan. I believe in you. Liam, Liam! Liam, believe harder than you've ever believed before! *fart noise* Seven. Okay. That's respectable. Not bad. Out of a possible ten. Uh, and they also get ongoing five fire damage. Hmm. One creature of choice within five targets, whereas regenerates hit points. Okay, so. Uh, let's take away seven here, and then mark that target so we know that each round they...

They have to do a saving roll? Uh, yes, each one of them. Adjust conditions... This is gonna be the longest battle we have. It might not be, actually, with the ongoing five damage. Yeah. That could be awesome. Uh, let's see here. Ongoing, um... Five. I mean, if we kill everyone in this house, though, we'll certainly gain some reputation in the city. Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah, that's a good way to get your rep up. This will definitely not go unnoticed. It's a ballsy play. I love how Trixie's just still chilling out at the end of the hallway. Yeah. Look at you guys like, "You fucking idiots." She's dribbling.

She's dribbling. I'm like, "You know, I can't believe..." She's dribbling a blitz ball between her legs. She's about to look at us and go, "Deuces!" and just walk out of the room. Seven... Yeah, so that's an excellent opening gambit. Like, if you were to... It's just like, "I'm gonna hit everyone." And then have ongoing fire damage of five. And the after effect is you can pick someone for healing, right? If they die of that ongoing fire damage. "The creature of your choice when five squares the target regains hit points equal to your constitution modifier." Mm-hmm.

So we could pick Rikas or Galford to regain hit points if we wanted to. But actually, we're not missing any hit points. That's only a one-timer. Right. That's like the only downside there really was to this. That's kind of wasted. But other than that, it was a big hit. Hellfire Warlock. Number one... I pretty much managed to piss all of them off at once. Well, they were already pissed you broke into their fucking house, so... Well, we wouldn't have had to break into their fucking house if they would have just been nice people and invited us in for tea. All right.

That ten grand isn't looking so good anymore. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Okay. Let's see. Hellfire Warlock is going to use a move called Ride the Fire. And he is going to switch spots with Rikas. What? No, I don't like these people. They're mean to me. I'll just bring the hammer down on them. That actually plays out really well because the move I had in mind, this plays out very well. And he is going to use... I don't like the new laugh. I'm sorry. He's going to use Concussive Inferno. It is a close burst to all enemies in the burst. Plus seven versus fortitude.

So this is a d20 plus seven. I also have Armor of Resistance against fire too. You sure do. Shatzi that helps. Ugh. 16. So that's going to miss Galford. And he's also going to swing on Tala. Oh my god. No, wait. That'll hit both of you. Awesome. What? Shut up. How is that awesome? It's awesome for that Warlock. Not me. I think that you're taking sides there. No. Not at all. I'm roleplaying the Warlock. He's like, "Hey, that's awesome." So wait. Is the first roll or the second roll me? Second roll is you. I have an armor class of 18. Which means I hit you. What? Yes. If it matches or is above, that means...

Ugh. I'm sorry. So resist five to damage would be... You roll damage and I don't get hit for five of it. This is... five. So you don't get hit. Tala takes five damage. Should have picked myself. And there. Okay. So actually wouldn't ships do two damage rolls? Or is it just one damage roll? Just one. It's one damage roll. Okay. So Tala takes five. I take nothing. Cool. Yeah, because otherwise I would have had to roll damage four times. Necromancer number one is going to use Ray of Enfeeblement. Going to use that on Tala. That's a d20 plus eight. Low numbers. Low numbers.

Versus Fortitude. 28. Oh, crit. Oh, that's a crit. Ah. So that's 14 damage. Shut up! And you are weakened, which means you do half damage. Oh, because I did so much damage in the first place. Well, now you're going to do less until the end of that Necromancer's next turn. Weaken. Wow. Okay. Wow, that is bad. Hellfire Warlock Two. Ah, Jesus. Choose your move wisely. He's going to use a Dagger Swing. Which is kind of bitchly, but with a guy who can conjure flames. Stab him. He's going to use a Dagger Swing against Ricus, which is a d20 plus nine. 13. Shit. Misses. Completely misses.

Yeah. Trixie, your turn. It goes "ding" right off his armor. Okay, um... Help us. He just kind of goes wide-eyed too. He's like, "Oh shit." Okay, so... Help us Trixie One Kenobi. I can move and then make an attack, right? Uh, yes. I mean, yeah. You have a ranged attack, I believe? Yeah. Okay. And I have a ranged basic attack, which is a d20 plus six. Okay. We all sound so nervous. Uh, 15 will miss. Of course it will. And that's it for you? You're not going to spend an action point or anything like that? How many action points do I have? One. One per day. One per day. No, not yet.

Okay. It's not time. Not yet, guys. I'm sorry. Necromancer three is going to use... Let's see here. Does it take five damage now? Oh, it sure does! Yeah. Let's make sure we're still giving us a chance here, Jason. Shit. I'm sorry. You know what? Let me go back down the line because some of these did not take five damage. I was going to say, let's make sure that we're not... I want to make it out of here. I want to make sure Tala doesn't die. Can't hear you. Let's make sure the people who are going to die go ahead and die. Okay. No one's dead yet. It doesn't mute when I do it.

I just... Uh, Warlock number three is going to use deathly summons against Tala. I taught Megan how to use her headset. You guys should be proud. That's awesome. I think you mean necromancer number three. Necromancer, what did I say? Uh, Warlock. Warlock, necromancer, sorry. Eh, the ugly things. Those bitches. Necrophiliac. Hey, ew. Necromancer number three is going to use deathly summons against Tala. That's fourteen. Miss! Shit. I mean, yay. So cute. And let's roll a saving throw. Seventeen. So I... that no longer takes damage from that fire. That's stupid. Bam. Okay.

Uh, Galford. Okay, um... I'm going to use unsealy sprites. So standard action close burst two. So that would get necromancer number one and flame dude number one. Which enemy in the burst? Uh, bleh. Target all sticks poison damage equal to your intelligence modifier. Alright. So that's two, I believe. Yeah. D20 plus seven. Twenty-four. Twenty-four. Uh, wait. Okay. Uh, area burst one within ten squares. So you're throwing it in here, right? Uh, no, standard action close burst two. Unsealy sprites. Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you were using web of shadows. Sorry. Oh, no, no, unsealy sprites.

No, web of shadows would fuck us all up because it, like, slows down everyone in the ten squares. I was about to say, well, that's a ballsy play, but okay. Uh, yeah. So... Burst two, so that's... One... these three. So let's go right down the line. Uh, twenty-four will hit, uh, warlock, so roll to hit necromancer one. Okay, so that's one D6. D6 is the second one in, right? Yeah. No, no, no, no, no, no. You're still rolling to see if you hit. Oh, great. See if I hit some... D20 plus seven on the warlock. Alright, necromancer, god damn it. You don't have to enter it manually each time.

It'll save it. Okay, so... Oh, I'd hit clear. Okay. Uh, and three. Okay... Uh, well, I think there's only two people in the burst. Oh, no, I guess... That'll hit her too. That would hit her too? Okay. Oh, wait. No, you're right. Shh, shh, shh. No, it would hit her. No, he's right. That's only two people in the burst. Thanks for keeping it honest, man. That's good. I like that. So you did hit the warlock, so one D6 plus six. Okay. That's the second one in. Okay. Fourteen. Oh, sorry, ten. Well, he's gonna take twelve because he also takes plus two poison damage. Oh, intelligence bonus, so plus one, so eleven.

He's also taking plus one poison damage, so eleven. Alright, not bad. Anything else you wanna do? Um... Hmm... Should I use my action point and try and do that again and take out a couple of them, or should I move? Uh, actually, what's Fade Away here? That's if you get hit. You get to... I get... Okay, that's my... I'm out. Yeah, um... Okay, do I have any sort of free action things I could do? No, okay, I think I'm good. I mean, unless I could use an... If I use an action point to use a potion, could I use it on Tala? No, 'cause it has to be... You're holding it.

That's like it's your potion, so... Can't you just, like, throw it at her face? No. I don't think that'll heal you so much as bruise her face. Here's a glass bottle. So you're done. I think I'm done, yep. Necromancer two begins her turn, takes five damage, and dies. What? That's fantastic! What? Yeah! That's awesome! I quit. Human Mage's turn. Human Mage is going to... Let's see... Let's log the way back in the deck. Good luck hitting Ricus. Yeah. Fuck. Come on. Oh my god, none of my shit's gonna... Shit. None of your shit's gonna shit. I'm sorry. Okay. Human Mage has kind of been dicked over by his ally, the Warlock.

By trading positions, he accidentally flicked the tank closest to the squishiest of targets in the back. And the Human Mage, in a fit of rage and fear, runs clean across the hallway to Ricus with his staff. And takes a swing at him. You sound so reluctant to do that. Twenty-one! Oh my god! And against all odds... Actually hits! He comes down with his staff... He actually hits. My turn's next. And hits him right in the cheekbone. For... Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Sorry, there was no bonus on that. Just an eight. For eight damage. The max damage. Yes! I mean, it's what he said.

It just breaks Ricus's sunglasses like Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2. Ricus, your turn! You rebuttal. He's gonna fuck you up. I had one idea... I know that while you cry. And I was gonna use my daily and use my Ruin of the Un... I can't even read the rest of that. It's... No, it's the one underneath it. Ruin of the Underwear? Yeah, we're good with that. I rip it, I take my pants off and my hammer comes out. No, it's got a burst of two, so I was gonna try to tag-team it with Hellfire Warlock. But you know what? That kind of upset me. So you have something that would hit two people.

Oh yeah, that probably wouldn't be a bad idea too, because I could... You know what? We'll do that. We'll do the Ruin of the Underwear, whatever the hell that's supposed to be. I actually miss half damage too, so even if I miss, you get... So that's... Attack is D20+9? Fuck. So wait, hold on a second. Close burst three. Each enemy in the burst. So you miss the Hellfire Warlock, now you gotta swing for the Human Mage. The guy who chipped your fucking cheekbone. 19. 19 will hit. Damn right. So, and then... I do half damage when I miss. Yeah, yes. So I'm gonna do...

Should I just roll for the Human Mage first? Just roll damage, and then whatever you're gonna deal that damage to the Human Mage, and half of that to the Warlock. And then the Burst Creek. So, and get the bonus. Wha? I have, for the damage, I have 1D+8. Yes, yeah, just, yeah. So just roll a D10+8. 17. 17, so that will kill the Human Mage. Bam. And shit, that'll kill the Warlock too, 'cause he's already taken a fuckload of damage, so goodbye Human Warlock. Woohoo! That also created a zone that lasts until the end of your next turn. Yeah, that one, I knew that wouldn't really have any use, but I figured that was gonna be my best shot to knock two people out with one stone.

Okay. And it is... Do you wanna, do you wanna move? Um, how many spaces can I move? Uh, you can move five. Just start moving, you're really far away. Yeah, just, hustle. Five. Can I move five? Five, yeah. Um, one, two, three, four, huh. Should I move up one in front of that statue? Here, I'm gonna stop right here. Should I move right here? Ah, no. Maybe... Well, I was gonna say that might block a ranged attack from the Warlock, right? Yeah, that's the, but I think he's preoccupied with you a little bit, so... Where should I just move up one more? Plus, you got Hell of a Jaw on you, so...

Yeah, just keep running in and we'll... We're gonna have to go all offense, I think. At this point, yeah. Yep. Okay, now I'm done. Oh, really? I was gonna spend my turn being in defense. I still don't wanna know where the demon is that they were binding. Maybe they didn't get finished. Uh, probably something to do with that Cauldron over there. Um, Tali, your turn. Whatever, I just... Um, first and foremost... You are at 13 hit points. Yeah. That's where my Razorclaw Shifting's coming in. And... You must be bloodied, okay. Yeah, she's bloodied. I am bloodied. Speed increased by two.

Which means I have a nine speed. Um... I'm going to back off at least behind Trixie here. Back out the door and down the street. I'm gonna back out behind Trixie at the very least here. I know I got the moves for that, so... I'm gonna be doing that. So you sprint back down the hallway and hide behind Trixie. Bye, Galford. I'll be there in a second, Galford. Just wait. And I will be using... One of my surges... For today. God, I'm jazzed to the fact that I did half damage and killed somebody. Can you use a healing surge during an encounter, or is it only when the battle's done?

Uh, yeah, you can... You can use them during an encounter. I thought you could use them during encounters. Okay. Um... So I'll definitely use one of those, thank you. So spending a healing surge, that'll count as your action. Yeah. What are your healing surges worth here? Eight. So you're using one of them. Oof! And I get 21. 21. Alright. Next up, Hellfire Warlock 1. Huh... [Laughter] You're either gonna go for Galford, or... I could go for Trixie. Yeah. Bring it on, bitch. [Laughter] I'm jazzed now. I'm ready to knock some heads in. Five damage. He is gonna use Hellfire...

On... Damn it. Five damage. I think that's the Necromancer. Oh, uh, no. He's not one of the people who were... Oh, that's the Necromancer one. Yeah. The other ones are dead. Um... He's gonna use... You know what? He's gonna whip some Hellfire at Trixie. So... That means... D20+9... Uh, versus your Reflex. 16? Yes. Yeah. Geez, wow, that sucked ass, huh? See? Told you. [Laughter] Suck it. So, okay, that sucked. Uh, Necromancer one. Five damage. Takes five damage and dies. Yeah. Way to go, Tala. That turned out to be quite helpful. And Trixie, your turn. Um... Hellfire... Warlock says, "I was just playing, I had..." I know it's kind of a belated thing, but isn't my Weakened thing over now, or wasn't I supposed to roll the same hit?

So I'm gonna say, "Uh, yes. No, you didn't roll. It was the end of that guy's turn and he just died, so..." Oh, okay. So I should be good in a second. So you are no longer Weakened. Woo! So I'm gonna go ahead and use my ranged attack again. On, um... A... Hellfire? Fiery dude, yeah. [Laughter] Has he been hit? 12. That's gonna miss. Of course it is. That would be silly. [Laughter] Uh, do you wanna move or anything? Um... Yeah, I'm gonna move over. I'm gonna move forward too. Okay. If I can get the right cursor. Alright. Necromancer 3... is going to line herself up here.

She's ugly. Someone should tell her that. [Laughter] She looks like a deformed frog. [Laughter] Uh, let's see... Anachronic... Deathly Solons... Uh, you know what? She's gonna race right up to Galford and use her bone staff. Whoa. [Laughter] You're gonna get boned. Rick is the only one with a bone staff around here. [Laughter] 23! He calls it his hammer. Be respectful. Well, that's her bone staff. No, she's in front of her mafredite. [Laughter] That's her mafredite's cousin. So, uh, Galford gets hit in the face with a bone staff and does 6 damage. Uh, Galford gives her nose.

Is that, is that, that's her mafredite's cousin Transvesta. No, she's just ugly. But she's sort of a dark, you know, necrotic Transvesta. She's very goth. Your turn, Galford. Okay, uh... I... I mean, I can still attack the Hellfire dude even though I'm kind of locked in with Transvesta there. Uh huh. Okay, um... So I'm gonna use Shadow Claws on him. She does get a, she does get Attack of Opportunity if you don't attack her though. Oh, if I don't attack her? Okay, then forget that. I will do Unseelie Sprites again because it's a burst 2. This looks good. D20 plus 7. 14.

Uh... So that would be for her, I guess, right? Yeah, that misses her, so you're going after Hellfire Warlock next. 21. 21 will hit. And then damage, 1d6 plus 6. 9. Uh... That'll kill him. And also, yeah, and then poison damage, I guess. But he's dead. So you poison his corpse. So don't poison his corpse. Uh, you're all done? I'm all done. Okay, R-a-gus! Oh man, so... She's the only one left, Necromancer bitch. I was gonna say, is there realistic... Why is this doing this right now? Um, so I'm gonna try... Try to think where I can move. Okay, going right here. Can I? 1, 2, 3, 4...

You can move through people, but you just can't shoot through your allies. Yeah, so, I mean there's plenty of room to squeeze past that, there's the diagonally there, you can squeeze right in there. So, feel free to stop me if this is not the most efficient way. Oh, it doesn't matter, as long as it gets you there. There you go, bam. Right there. Um, and then... Is she scared yet? I mean, like... Oh, she's about to die. Yeah, I'm making sure of her transgendered face. She seemed like much, you know, much worse than you guys, but you have decimated her entire...

House full of flatmates. So, like, that's pretty disconcerting, but I mean, she's seen demons and such, so... I'm gonna use the basic melee attack, which is D20+9. Big money for her. Fuck. Natural 1, that's... You tripped over your own bootlaces. Tali, your turn. Um... Let's do the following. I will move myself. My 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... It's gonna take us 45 minutes to kill this one. My 7 there. And I get a +6. For flanking? Yes. No, you get a +2. I have +2, so it's 7. Just making up numbers. We're hoping you won't catch on, even. I got a +15 to... Well, it's... My hit's 5.

So, I was like, so 6 is my total +. Well, okay, yes, that's your total bonus. But you said you get a +6 for flanking. Like, it's like, whoa, hold up. Like, I just want to make sure. Yeah, you get a... If you're... Let me see. What attack are you using? Basic? I'm really just kind of going for broke here. I'm using Flameseed. Or, no, that's an at will. I still need to hit her, though. Yes. Okay. Whatever, I'll try. +2, that's gonna miss. Okay. Yeah. Uh, Trixie! Oh, well. Someone hit her. She's just... You guys are jammed up this doorway in the hallway. Everyone's dead. You can go through people, yes.

Yeah. So, like, if you want to move, like, here, you can. Do it. Alrighty. Alright, and I'll just do my melee basic attack. Alright, she's completely jammed up in this hallway. She's... You guys are in this doorway here. Oh, I was missing her. What the hell? 10 will miss. I'm just gonna slap the shit out of her. Uh, her turn. Necromancer bitch's turn. Secretly hoping I get another shot at smashing her face in. Uh, she's gonna swing her bone staff again. Uh, she's gonna whip that fucker right at Trixie's face. 25. Good gosh. Uh, and she does 3 damage to Trixie. Please, someone smack the mustache off her.

Uh, Galford, your turn. Come on, Galford. She's just hung up by the door. Okay, well... I'm gonna just use Shadow Claw's target 1 creature. 21. 21 will hit. Yes. Okay, 1d10 plus 6. Rock her face, then. Dumb nose. His face. 12. 12 will kill her. Yes. Uh, the hallway has gone still and quiet. Because we murdered everyone. Yeah, because you have murdered everyone. Um... Rickus will look at the group and say, "Well, that escalated quickly." Well, let's investigate the cauldron that's way, way, way over here. I am going to take great care not to step into that ominous-looking skull-sickle-dagger thing.

They're Russian. Uh, the cauldron is both swirling and bubbling. Uh, you can do an Arcana check if you like. I have no Arcana, but I will do it. Oh, no, wait. I got better Arcana. I can do that. Yeah, that would probably be the best bet. Alright, so what's my Arcana? I have a plus 6 Arcana. I think I have plus 9. I got a plus 9. I can still roll it. I know nothing! 1. Water is pretty. Don't forget the boiling water! It's such a pretty color! What's it mean? Oh, I should call it. Tyson? [laughs] Eleven-eleven. Uh, you know that it's tied to the ritual that they were doing, but you don't know anything else.

Shit, why not I give it a try? Can I try? Sure, go ahead. Wait, don't I have to move over there? It doesn't matter. Just go ahead. It's fine. I'm trying to save a little time. So, 1, d20 plus 6? Sure. 9. Uh, you know less than Tyson. I'll give it a shot, I guess. We really want to know what the hell's in there! 16. 16! Uh... You don't know much more than Tyson. All you know is that whatever they were doing, they were close to completing it. But they didn't complete it? No, they did not. Okay. No demon. Can we spill the pot over them? Just to make sure it doesn't ever get completed?

Well guys, I don't think this is your average Kool-Aid. I mean, you... sure, if you like. *burps* Mmm. Let's just let, uh... Same hand at the time. I'm probably not in favor of knocking it over, but... Just run outside, grab the dog head, throw it in there, and watch it do whatever in the little bit. *laughs* Yeah, no. Uh, your other option is to move down the hallway here. Yeah, I was about to say. Let's just go ahead and move on with our lives. Alrighty. Yay! Uh, further down the hallway, uh, you need to make a decision. The hallway splits into two separate directions.

Oh, fuck. To the right and to the left. I pick that. Can we do a perception or a, uh... Uh, sure, you can roll a perception. Mmm, let's see... Perceptions! I think that's... that's Taliesin's part, right? Oh, wow, that's not the right thing. 74! That's excellent! Very perception of you. You know all that is or ever was. *laughs* I still know what there is or ever was. I rolled a 3. Oh, shit. Natural 20, that's good. Um... Uh, judging by the maps that you've already looked at... Uh, and... Uh, just the design of this hallway... Uh, firstly, you spot a small set of runes on the floor just as the hallway divides.

Okay. And you recognize that to be a trap of some sort. Um... Uh, there are treasures in both directions, but... Uh, what you're looking for would probably be this way. Woo, I was picking left anyway! So we're going this way, right guys? *laughs* No? This way! This direction! I don't like... I don't like following direction. So, uh, you notice the runes on the floor. Uh, which... Uh, would be right... Here in this alcove, right there. Okay. Uh... Uh, someone might wanna... Arcana check? Yeah. Eleven. Oh, okay. Um, you do know that it's a magic-based trap, uh, and it appears to be, uh, throbbing with light.

Throbbing? Throbbing. Acrobatics check to jump over it? Or what about Dungeoneering? Dungeoneering. Is there any way to figure out how to get around it? Uh, you can do both in Acrobatics and in Dungeoneering. I have plus three on Dungeoneering and plus one on Acrobatics, 'cause I'm a big future. I have plus eleven on Acrobatics. I have five on Acrobatics and four on Dungeoneering. We have to look at the fact that if we try to jump over it, though, we're all gonna have to try to jump over it. Uh, you do notice that while you're standing there, the, uh, the blinking or throbbing of the light is, uh, getting quicker.

Uh, so we have to do this now. Uh, it's a climbing thing. You wanna do Acrobatics? I'm doing Acrobatics. Okay. Twenty-three, I'm pretty sure I jumped over it. Uh, in which direction would you like to go? I thought we discussed we wanted to go. I'm just making sure. I'm just... so you land on this side. She's like, "I said we discussed it. This side." Alright. The big lug's gonna jump now. Go ahead. Fuck, I'm scared. Eleven. Eleven. Uh, you jump firmly in the center of the circle. Good job! Uh... Oh, Rickus. Next up. Alright. Seven. You jump firmly in the center of the circle.

Can I land on Rickus's shoulders? I think that would require, like, a reflex save or something. That would be like something you were trying to do. Uh, Trixie. Now, where are you trying... Where are you trying to jump, Trixie? Where Megan is. Okay. I got a fourteen. Uh, fourteen. You do make it to the other side. Shit. Uh, but just to the other side. As you land, uh, the rune bursts forth with our arcana energy. And starts filling the hallway uh, with icy, uh, it appears to be fire, but it's an icy white. And it just starts shrieking into the hallway in all three directions.

Oh, crap. Those standing in the center are protected. Ha! Oh. Uh, and so that starts shrieking down the hallway. Now, um, let's see here. It's a burst five. So what I'm gonna do is roll, uh, it's a d10, a d20 plus six. Uh, this is gonna be versus your reflex. Uh, so Trixie first. Am I even... Seven. Natural one. That's gonna miss. And then Tala... And that's gonna be like a seventeen. Oh. Twelve. Yeah, it's a twelve. I made it. Yeah, so it hits no one and you're okay. The rune, uh, fades and then disappears. Does it go through the, like, front door? Like, does it go outside of the building?

It just streaks down the hallway. Okay. Yeah, it's a burst five, so it's not, it's not, so it would bounce... Somebody walking outside is going, "What in the hell is going on here?" No, it's only gonna go down to, like, about here. Like, it's not, it fires down the hallway but fades after. So for the people who are done, shall we proceed down the hall? Uh, sure. How would you, uh... You just gonna walk down the hallway? Should we stealth down the hallway? Like, anyone else know the... You might wanna roll another perception check. Perception checks? I say we, uh, uh, we bluff down the hallway.

I saw, I noticed whatever it was. Uh, 28. Okay. Strangely, uh, you notice an eerie silence coming from this end of the hallway. You don't notice any traps. You don't notice any people. There are no doors except for a very large one. Uh, at the opposite end of the hallway. Uh, a large set of, uh, of metal doors. Do they appear to be locked? Yes, they do. Can we do a engineering check to look for a switch or something? Uh, sure can. Uh, anybody got better than zero? You don't, you don't, well, you don't, uh, that would be a perception thing. You don't see any...

Oh, okay. You don't appear, there are no switches or anything like that near the door. This just appears to be a large locked door. There is a keyhole, though. Okay, I'm gonna do an arcana check on the door just to see if it's, like, magically sealed. How about that? Sure. 24. 24. Um... There is a spell on the door, but it has nothing to do with locking it. Uh, it, it, it seems to be, uh, some sort of, uh, it seems to be some sort of barrier spell. Okay. Hmm. Do we want to look at engineering? I have plus three. Uh, you could always try and pick the lock. Yeah, who's the lock picker?

That's gotta be Trixie, right? Uh, how many things is lock pick? Well, it won't say lock pick. Thievery. Like thievery, yeah. I was about to say it was probably gonna be thievery. Thievery plus six. Galford's gotta be a close second, right? No, thievery plus three. I can try to pick the lock. Sure, go ahead. Going to the door would probably be good. 11. Um, so here's what we're gonna do. Everyone roll a thievery check to help out, uh, Trixie. So how that's gonna work is, so each of you roll what your thievery check would be. Uh, yeah, that's plus one, so, okay.

Cookie, you're gonna be helping out, uh, Trixie. No one else helps. So you're gonna give her a plus two. So just barely, you clumsily manage to unlock the door. Yay. Uh, now on the door is a, uh, is, uh, uh, is, uh, etched underneath where the doorknobs would be, these huge ringed doorknobs, uh, is a golden dragon symbol. Uh, these, these patterns etched just beneath the doorknob. So you hear it kind of click and then clunk open, and now the doors can swing freely if that's what you want to do. Can I... We know there's some type of barrier spell on the door, but we got it open, eh?

Like we picked it? Yes. The barrier, it seems to be, uh, that's more for spells. Okay. So it's probably gonna be an anti-magic zone, if anything. Are we, when we, can we hold onto the door so they don't just kind of like *boom* when they open? No, no, no, they're not opening on their own. This is something where you have to push in on them. Can we, like, slightly push them and have someone do a perception check on the inside of the room? Uh, you can, sure. That would be my character's thing, so... Sure, go ahead. Pop up there. So, you throw your weight against this door.

Now, first of all, do a stealth check. Both of us or just her? Both of us or just her. No, no, just her. She's opening the door. Okay. Big money, big money, big money. So this'll, this'll show, this'll... Oh, pfft! What kind of stealth is that? You kind of throw your shoulder... She headbutts the door. You throw your shoulder into the door, and it kind of like lurches open a bit. Well, considering I only have a strength of 12, I'm not surprised. Right. In how huge the door is. Uh, the second, uh, the second you do that, you hear this ungodly roar from the other side of the door.

Oh, god. Damn it, Tawa. Jayne's awake. What do you want? Uh, do you want to roll a perception check? Oh, sure. Why not? A 10. Um, in the quick glance that you managed to squeeze out, uh, you noticed a, a large white figure. It's definitely a 10. Okay. But you didn't get a chance, you didn't get a good look at it. Okay. Did someone else want to try? So here is your, here's your options here. Uh, you've clearly alerted whatever is in that room to your presence. Right. What, what you're after is on the other side of that door, at least that's what everything's pointing to.

Okay. It is completely up to you what you guys want to do at this point. Well, we have to go in. And sadly, we alerted that huge thing, whatever it is. Can I, uh, make myself appear like one of the other enemies we've fought and like walk in there? Sure. Uh, that's what, Shade Twin? Oh, it's a daily. Okay, daily, our, uh, minor action close, burst 10. Oh, so there'd have to be a creature, I'd have to be in an encounter to do that. Oh, you'd have to, yeah. Yeah. You adopt the target's appearance until the end of your next turn. It's only a short thing anyways.

Um, okay, ghost sound. I could always make a sound in the room to try and distract the big, growling Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. I think he knows somebody's at the door. It's the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. That's the big white thing that's in there. Uh. I could shift into one of the gravehounds and see if it calms down any. I think he's pretty pissed, yeah. He's probably very concerned at what could be coming through. I have Shade Form. It says you assume a shadowy form that lasts until you make an attack roll or until the end of your next turn. Can I use that and like move into the room?

Like, you won't see me. Uh, that's more of a, like when you're in an encounter type of thing. Oh, okay. So I guess we're going in. Uh, I'll go with, I'll at least go in as the ghost. I'll at least go in as the gravehound and see if that does anything. Alright. So you're swinging the door open. As the, as the gravehound. Yeah. Uh, you swing the door open and you begin to walk in as the gravehound. Uh, and there is a large room in front of you. Uh, and inside is a young white dragon. Oh, shnike! And we immediately turn around, leave, and go to Peacemont. It's lunch buffet.

Okay. How far do you walk in? Zero, negative four spaces. Ten feet. Ten feet. So two squares in. Okay. So I'm in the room. You are in the room. Um, this, can we see the, the gold dragon treasure that we want in this room somewhere? Or you see a roller perception check now that the door is open, just roll a perception check. All of us or, uh, Galford asked the question. Let's just let Galford roll this time. Okay. All right. Oh, Galford. Me and my big mouth and my perception is plus zero anyways. Um, seven. Seven. Uh, you see a dragon, uh, and, uh, some statues lining the, the, the walls of this very large room.

Uh, and that's all you happen to see. Uh, immediately upon seeing what he appears to, to see a, uh, a gravehound walk into the room, uh, he stomps forward several feet and rears back his head. Uh, everyone roll initiative. Yay, I hate my life. 'Cause knowingly I will get the worst initiative. Well, there's only one dragon, so that's something. Five. I got five. 19. Not one of my better initiatives. Oh, shush. I'm sorry, that was rude. Tyson got 13. This is gonna be awesome. Trixie got 15. All right. At least he's a young white dragon. Nine. So, uh, dragon got nine.

He's gonna be towards the bottom. Tala. Yes. When I say your name, normally that's your term. That's... What would you like to do? She just wanted to say yes. Leave her alone. Yah. Leave me alone, Yah! Um, ow. Apparently the dragon's already attacked her. The dragon's prepared to attack me, so I'll go ahead and use my at will here to, um, shift back into my normal form. Okay. And... I don't... Still gonna have to roll to hit. I will use my bark skin. Okay. Just try and get myself through this painlessly as I can. So, I will get... I will have, uh, Rikers Armor class.

Whoo! Temporarily. Until the end of my next turn, so I technically have a 20 Armor class for this turn. Now it's a minor action. I still have something else I can do. Yes you do. Um, go for broke, go ahead and use one of my surges as well. So that puts me down to seven, and I get another, um, so many points. There we go. So you're 29. Um, yeah you guys probably should have used surges before this. Yeah, that's what I was thinking about now. Uh, Trixie, your turn. Fine. Actually, okay, so I don't know if the perception covers this or not, but in the bottom left corner of the screen, there is a lever coming out of the ground.

Your character can't see that. Oh, of course she can't. Unless she, like, manages to roll, make a perception roll right now and it's an at 20. Shut up. There's still the chance! You're on the same team! I wouldn't mind you being in the same room right now. Okay, um... Apparently Dan wants a cupcake. Um, I guess I'm gonna move into the room. Is that what it is? I'll get it. Huh? Uh, I think so. Oh, wait. I'll show you what I want to do here. Hold on. So, to recap while you're deciding... I'm deciding! I'm just saying to recap while you're deciding so that the audience at home isn't bored.

There is a large, young white dragon sitting in the center of this very large room. While one member of the party has crossed the threshold into the room, the rest of the party is kind of outside of the doors. No, I'm moving. I'm moving my six spaces. Sorry. I was gonna say, is the dragon gonna follow us into the hallway? If we back up into the hallway, would you have a strategic advantage if we try and get it in a smaller space? Do you think you'd have a strategic advantage? Maybe, but it could hit all of us very easily. Well, I was gonna say, let's put it this way.

A larger room allows us for more space to hide. Yeah. Behind the non-existent stuff in the room? Yeah, exactly. Alright, I'm gonna do my ranged basic attack. Alright, that's worked well so far. That's what you think. Okay, so it's a d20 plus six. 23, go hit! And then I gotta do a d4 plus five. Really, a d4? Yeah, that's not great. You're not really a ranged character. Don't worry, my ranged pick has a d8. Alright, not bad at all. Nine damage, so you hit him with an arrow. What? And he doesn't even flinch. Of course not. Galford! Does it do any damage? Yes. Nine damage.

Okay. Scares me. Nine damage doesn't work. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. I mean, I guess I can just move into the doorway, kinda, and do shadow claws, because it's ranged ten, right? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Yeah, I can hit him from there. Or try. You can't shoot through a teammate. Right, shit. Okay. That's gotta be a straight line to him, right? No. Okay. Not at all. No, just be within range. You just have to have line of sight. How many movements do you have? Because you can always, you can move right in front of Thala.

Yeah, so I can go one, two... And you don't have to worry about Trixie at all. ...three, four, five, and that's within range there. Sure. Oh, yeah. Okay, yeah, so I've got, alright, so shadow claws. I've arranged basic attack, but I'm laughing at it, because I don't think I'll really... I'm just gonna be moving up there and trying to get close. Eighteen. Eighteen will hit? Yes. Nice. Okay, so that's cold damage. One D10 plus six. Fourth one in is the D10, right? Uh, yes. Seven. Seven damage. And then also, if the target moves during its next turn, it takes cold damage equal to plus two...

Dexterity modifier or Intelligence modifier. Okay. He has resist cold, five. Shit. So, that's gonna do two damage. Anybody got any fire spells? It is the young white dragon's turn. He is going to look straight ahead and rear, just rear back his head and use Ice Breath. So, again, just like the fire that was in the hallway, this is just a cone of just pounding blizzard winds and just ice straight ahead. It's a close blast five, so that will lead all the way out into the hallway here. So, one, two, three, so what that... let me see here. Uh, D20 plus six. I'll go right down the line here.

Trixie, 17. That's against... What? Reflex. My reflex is 16. And that hits you. No, it doesn't. Uh, Tala, 15. Tala. She falls back into her seat. I guess she left. No, she did. She brought down a fake cigarette and a cupcake. She's back now. 15. What? And then Rekus. 22 versus your reflex. So, okay. Now. Uh, I'm going to roll 3d8 plus six. This thing doesn't do armor class at all? Uh, this was against reflex. But don't they still have to roll a hit? But I did. 15 does hit you. No, an 18 armor class... well, actually technically it's just armor class. It's against reflex.

Reflex. It's against reflex. Oh. It's against reflex, yeah. 17 damage. To who? To everyone. Everyone. So, it, it... So, this... Are you kidding me? This huge cone. No. This just cone of rolling cold hits Trixie, does 17 damage. You filthy whore. Uh, hits Tala, does 17 damage. That's going to put me down to five. And then it stops dead at the door. Yes. Uh, and you can see where it kind of splashes against the door and rolls out to either side. Oh, that's right. Uh, and that will bring up Rekus. I'm going to move. That's about all I can do right now. Yeah, actually, if...

I wouldn't move into the room. You're reasonably safe where you are. Yeah, it can't hit you with that blast if you're outside the door. So, the fact that you're moving is more dangerous. So, can any of us run away at some point and run back behind the door? On our turn? Oh, yeah. Okay. So, I, I feel like I can't do anything. Yeah, if he stays back there he can't fight, but he's safe. I can't hit anything. I have to get up to him. Well, is it possible to like, I mean, if it's possible that it's going to follow us to the door, can we all back up, like, to the door?

And then just if we need to step through on the next turn, if we make it? I'm sure it can still slash us with claws and stuff too, so... Yeah. Yeah, but if we're on one side of the door and it's on the other, it can slash us, but it can't use magic. That's true. And also... Barrier wasn't meant, I don't think, to keep anyone out as opposed to keep it in. I'm letting you guys decide. I'm scared. I can't do anything besides swing a giant fucking hammer, so... I would like to run away. Um... Yeah. Totally up to you guys. I think we're totally fucked. I am all for running away and healing ourselves, but...

We'll make enough money to buy the potions that we're going to be using. We also have to look at the fact that we've now woken this young white dragon and it's just chilling out in a house. So, it's got the capabilities to do some destruction. And I'm pretty sure it's probably capable of walking down this hallway and busting through one of the walls. Well... If we stay in this room, though, it's gonna wipe us out real fast. Ricus, can you do a perception check to see if maybe you can see anything else in the room that might help us? I can. If I can get within three squares of that switch at the back of the room, I can throw it using my ghost hand.

But we don't know what it does. Maybe it... I mean, what if it drops a cage on where it was? If it's out of the cage, that's not gonna help us any. We also have to think about the fact that we had that brewing thing and that easily could have been what was controlling... Or what could have possibly controlled the dragon. Well, the dragon's not a demon, though. Those were necromancers. Yeah, that's kind of their department. The only thing I'm thinking is that, just like with Ricus, he has nothing he can do, because he can't come in the room. So he can't get close enough to hit it.

But he wants to stay out so he can stay, you know, alive. So at least he can try to do a perception check, maybe? Can I do an arcana check on the dragon to determine if it has any other magical weaknesses or anything like that? Sure. Is that just a totally free thing? Or does that count as... I'll let you do it, just because you are so completely fucking outmatched here in terms of... That opening game was bad. Thanks, Megan. 23. Head butting the damn door. Uh, 23. Well, maybe if someone else had a decent perception. Obviously, flyer. That's gonna be your main go-to.

Fire's alive. Uh... I can't use that anymore. That was my daily. Damn! Fucking fire's alive. 'Cause remember how screwed we thought we were in the last room? So, yeah, fire's pretty much your go-to with this, yeah. Okay. We, I was gonna say, we need to get out of here. There's fire on either side of that door. Is there a way we can use that? I don't think we've got any powers that would do that. I mean, unless those things are less than 20 pounds, but they're not. Can you use something like a torch or something? Maybe we can go and break the table in the other room.

And just start throwing fire sticks at it. Can, I was gonna say, can I use ghost sound to... Well, once it's my turn. Or no, it's an at-will, but I guess once it's my turn. To make a really loud, like, you know, screeching or roaring noise right behind the dragon to see if it turns so that we can get the hell out of here. I'd let you try it, yeah. So what am I doing? That's what I'm saying. Ricus, what are you doing? Yeah. I'm tapping my foot in the hallway. Is that all you're gonna do this turn? I'm letting it up to you guys, because it's obvious you guys want to get out of here, so I need to know if I'm moving in or if I'm just, like, moving more down the hallway, so...

Well, if I'm being honest, I'm gonna go for broke here. You're gonna kill yourself in the second episode? I'm gonna go for broke. I mean, yeah, that lever's in the room. So you're gonna run like a madwoman over there? Yeah. Are we close enough to the lever to do a perception check or something like that to give us a bit more... Well, you've already done a perception check. Oh, yeah, right. Yeah. So do we know the lever's there? Uh... well, I mean, you've come far enough into the room to see it, yeah. Okay. I guess whoever has the best speed needs to start running.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's me. [♪♪♪] So why don't you run for it and then use your action point and then run for it again? Like, you might be able to make it there in one shot. I still need to know what I'm doing. Yeah, we need to... we've been... yeah, it's been Rekis' turn for quite a while. Yeah, Rekis. Are you fighting or fleeing? I... I was gonna walk into the room, but I don't wanna... I already said what I was gonna do. Okay. So I'm just gonna... I don't know what everyone else is doing. Everyone else needs to do what they're gonna do. So... That... I can do that?

Oh my God, guys. What about... well... I was gonna say, if we stay in here, we're dead. Like, all of us are dead. Rekis, you have a word of binding. It... the strength modifier damage and the target is immobilized until the end of your next turn. Or until you run adjacent to it. If it's a standard melee, you'd have to be standing right beside him, though. Yeah, I have to... I have to get up to it. Well, if you... if you move twice, then use the... action point? I mean, if this isn't warranting an action point, what is? Yeah, this... that's what I was thinking.

Just, like, try... I mean... You're gonna have to come into the room anyways if we die. To scoop up the remains. I would hope. So I'm gonna move forward. Should I be going... does anybody have a preference to what direction? Nope. Sidle right up next to him. Get in right there. Oh, can I just... I... I... I only have five spaces. Right, so you move a second time. That's your action point? No, no, no. That's... that would be in place... Oh, that's your action, your second action. Yeah. Let me try that again. Doing a double move is using the action point? No. No. No, it's moving... he used his second... like, he could move twice.

The action point would be for the actual... Okay. Yeah. But can I move... one more time? Sure. Go ahead. There you go. And then... And then you are using what power again? Uh, word of binding? Word of binding. So now hold on a second. Let me just... let me just read this before you take a swing. I want to make sure that... Strength modifier damage. And the target is immobilized until the end of your next turn or until you aren't adjacent to it. I forget. You have a rune of destruction, don't you? I think. Uh, I'll look it up. Before the end of your next turn, the next attack against the target from one of your allies deals extra damage to your target equal to your wisdom modifier.

No, you have protection. Uh, one ally adjacent to either you or the target gains a power bonus to AC... Well, it doesn't matter. No one's adjacent. Well, I was going to say, I don't see rune of protection anyway. Okay, never mind. Doesn't matter. I have... I have, uh... The word of binding, word of exchange, rune of mending... You have rune of mending. Uh, wait. That's at the very, very bottom. Hold on a second. Well, anyway, rune of mending is healing. Yeah, you pick protection. So, that's fine. What about your executioner's call? Uh, hits. Uh, the target takes a negative two penalty to attack rolls until the end of your next turn.

Well, you gotta decide what would be more important to you guys. Like, uh, immobilizing him or him taking a negative two against him? Mobilizing him or him taking a negative two against any attack he would do? Probably immobilizing him because if we could avoid some type of attack from him because... Anything that he does is going to devastate us. And it might give us a chance to, you know, heal. So, uh, word of... uh, word of binding. I never realized in any time that my attack would be this, like, word as much. Yeah. So, it's gonna be the word of binding.

D20 plus nine. You can do it. Fifteen. What's that against AC? That's gonna miss. Uh, Tala, your turn. Run. Okay. Like a crazy person. You can even wail your arms in the air if you want. Hold on. Hold on. So, let me double check my stats here. For those of you who can see this... I have my razor claw shift because I am bloodied. So, I have a speed of plus nine right now. So, uh, if I... Nine. I can use exactly eighteen squares. I counted this ahead of time, actually. I end up right next to the lever. Okay. And I will pull it. As a minor action. Okay. Uh, next to you... A large set of doors open.

Of course. Uh, revealing several chests and, uh, shelves. Okay. Loot them and get the fuck out. Well, she's used all her movement is the problem. Unless you want to use... Well, now he's got... Now he's got rikus to beat on. Yeah, thanks. Uh, you can use an action point if you want to move. I was about to say... Should I extend the action point to... Here's the thing, though, is... While you have... You can loot those, you also have to get back out of the room. Without him attacking you again. So, while I trust your judgement and I think it would be a great idea to loot...

Well, can't she use a surge and heal herself a little bit? Uh, that's part of... That would be her... That would be using the action point still. That would be using the action point still. Well, on her next turn, unless... You can use a healing potion. Oh, you didn't buy one. I didn't buy one. Ahh. She's fine without it. She's got these. Yeah, she's good. So, are you using the general concern? You can use the surge on your turn, right? If you use the action point to get in there and loot the chests... Then, on your next turn, you could use your surges... And then, run the fuck out of there.

And hopefully... Yeah, I'm getting the general idea. She's gonna loot these chests and then we're running out of them. We're running, yeah. Well, considering I can get through well over half the room in one move... That's as long as you're bloodied. Yeah. But then after I surge, I'm gonna loot... Well, even if I double move, I'll still be able to move half the room in a turn. Right. But, meanwhile, your friends are fighting this dragon. Yes. Only one of them is bloodied, though. I've also got Web of Shadows and if it hits... That would be my daily, but it would...

The target is immobilized. It missed half damage and the target has slowed. And, in fact, the burst creates a zone that lasts until the end of the encounter. Any creature that willingly enters the zone is immobilized until the end of its next turn. I mean, it's a burst 10, so... That would suck, because then if Tala ran into it, she'd get immobilized trying to get out of the room. Yeah, but it would get her own, wouldn't it? Yeah, pretty much. Okay, that's not gonna work. Unless you ran behind it, then are you immune to it or does it immobilize you too? I think I'm immune to it.

Then couldn't you run behind it so the blast just barely hits the dragon and not anyone else? And then we can run away? It's not my turn, though. Maybe? Yeah. I was saying, when is your turn, maybe? Depending on how this goes. In the meantime, do I go ahead and spend the point or do I wait it out and hope you guys can hold him off? So, you're standing in front of these doors and meanwhile this dragon is just stomping around in the background, screaming at people. Yep. So you have a decision. Use the action point, grab the dragon. Or grab whatever's in the chest.

Let's hope it's not low. Grab the dragon, just jump on it and start rooting it like a horse. Yeah, I'll use the action point. I'll start running in there and start trying to loot through everything. Let's hope that what we're looking for is in that chest, that it's not just like a coupon book for Subway or something. I don't think what we're looking for is gonna be in a back room. You never know. In the chests, you find three health potions, 500 gold, a very large glittering, like finely cut ruby, and a small golden dragon figurine. Yes! Let's GTFO. Take all the things!

Okay. And because I technically still have an action right now, I'm taking that damn potion! No no no. You moved. That is your action. Moving is the action. Just making the one move is the action? Yes. But! Drinking the potion is a minor action. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I'm like, isn't drinking a potion a minor action? How do I not get it? So what you do is roll 1d8 plus one. Okay. And that's gonna count as one of your healing surges. God, this young white dragon's gonna eat my face. Right now he's just staring at you. Oh god, I only got a full four. Well, I mean, four is better than nothing, right?

I mean, it was a minor action. What the hell, right? Come on. Right. Fair enough. You now have two... potions. You're still bloody too, so you're gonna need that extra movement anyway. Yep. Trexie, your turn. What would you like to do? Move. Get out. Get out. Meanwhile, on the other side of the room... Get out now. Get out now. Get out now. Yeah, I'm going to move. Get the moves like Jagger and move out of the room. [Laughing] Can I use a healing surge? She booked it. Yes, you sure can. So you're using a healing surge and one surge. Bam. You are no longer bloody. You're up to 18 hit points.

Galford, your turn. [Laughing] Okay, so do I want to just get out of here as well or do I want to try and... you know... See, if I immobilize him... Let's say I use my web of shadows and I immobilize him. Rikuus... Let me just look at that power again. Hang on. Because that's what I was thinking about because of the fact that Tala still needs to get out of the room. Yeah, that would screw Tala over because she would run into the... No, because... She could run around it, but... How many moves is she going to be... Yeah, how many moves is Tala going to be able to get?

How close to the door is she going to be able to get out of the room? 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18. So... right here is the cutoff. Right in front of the goddamn dragon. The immobilizing might not be the worst thing because I also have to get out of the room. Just to let you know, immobilizing just keeps him from moving. Well, yeah. But it doesn't keep him from attacking. Although even if I miss, though, it says the target is slowed. Okay, slowing means he can only move two spaces, but he's fucking large, so... Yeah, alright, he's going to take Rikuus' head off anyways.

Maybe use that sound or whatever to get his attention somewhere else? Or is that not you? Not him. See, the thing is, I don't know if a distracting sound is going to be... Like, he'll look over there and say... We're walking into his house and stealing his loot. This would be the safest place to put something, though, huh? Yeah. Whose idea was it for me to come into the room, anyway? Shut up! So, Galford, what are you doing, sir? Okay. Hold on. I just want to see if Shade Twin will help us here. You adopt the target's appearance until the end of your next turn.

Critters that you may be using this power are aware that you have done so. You gain a +5 power bonus to bluff checks. Okay, I don't think we're going to bluff the dragon. No. And you would be a human-sized version of him. Oh, crap. Okay. If I'm reading that correctly. Or you might not even be able to do it, because he's just... He could get really happy and think he found the lead. Whenever you take damage while you've adopted the target's appearance, the target takes psychic damage equal to half the damage you take. Whenever the target takes damage from this effect, roll a d20.

Blah, that doesn't help us at all. No. Okay, I should just GTFO. Sorry, Rickus. I love you too. I was about to say, I think I'm the one that needs the apologies. Well, I'm staring at the stupid-ass thing. He's right next to it and he's like, "Man, you look pretty." You're a very pretty dragon. Like, as his friends flee the room and shit, the dragon's like, "I'm gonna so fuck you up, you don't even know." He already swung at you and didn't hit you. That's gonna piss him off right away. But the fact that you charged in the room and tried to hit him in the face...

I just... Rickus looks at the young white dragon and says, "So this human mage tried to hit me one time." He dinged me right in the chest and my arm went, "Ding!" And so you don't think the ghost sound will distract him at all? I understand. I could try it. I mean, it's more for like... Just get out. I'm gonna get out. You've moved. Young white dragon's turn. Tell them I went out with glory. He has your allies stream out of the room and back beyond the barrier. The dragon lets out this tremendous roar in the general direction of the door. It's damn near deafening.

Just this huge, horrendous shroud. It bounces off the walls. And then he looks down at you, Rickus. I smile sweetly. Hi, dragon! He's gonna use claw. So he picks up his tremendous foot. Oh god, he's gonna step on you! Giant razor talons. And he's gonna slash at you with him. Rickus, no! What is this against? AC. God, I hope you have a shitty roll. Can I make a seduction check? 20 plus 8. 9. Natural 1! Here's the thing about him, though. He has something called dragon's fury, which means he gets to do that twice. Oh no. 12. Don't miss this. Yes! Rickus, get out! Rickus, your turn.

Yes! He's like, "I'm gonna run like a bitch." And then there's bloody Megan. He gets a free shot at Rickus when Rickus runs, though, right? Yes, he does. So as you run away, he's gonna use claw one more time. 24. Third time was the charm. That is a 2d8 plus 4. 18. Oh, he's still alive. Which will reduce you to 4 hit points, sir. Oh god. Rickus runs faster. But now Rickus can do another action now, right? Like he can move out of the room? Yes! Okay. You may want to slink out of the room. So gather up your intestines and run out of there. Wait, I can move again? Yes.

Yeah, because you're not attacking, so you can do a second move action. So how many can I do? Another 5. Oh shit. Oh shit. I gotta... hold on. I gotta scroll back up beyond the door. We love you, Megan. Yeah, I can tell. I feel it. You guys have crossed the threshold of this barrier, which blocks the dragon's magic. There's people all the way on the other side of the room and out the door. Megan! You guys streak across that barrier. It blocks his magic. He can't breathe his ice breath into the hallway. But all the way on the other side of the room is Tala in that small alcove.

Can he get through that door? Is that a door? Can he actually breathe? I think as long as he doesn't know I'm behind the door. I don't know if he knows I'm behind the door. Oh, the door's open. Because the switch is on the other side. The door's open. Oh, I forgot about the switch. Did he see her there? Oh, he definitely saw her run past. Yeah, he's watching you guys. Yes. Of course he does. He's not stupid. He's not stupid. I guess what I'm asking is can she try to sneak out of the room? No. Like around the other way and then maybe she can get around him because he forgot she was in there?

Immediately after he watches you guys cross the threshold, the dragon spins around to deal with the last remaining person in this room. And Tala, your turn. She's going to do a religion check. Thank you. See what type of funeral she'd like. Hey, I could try and pray to my God right now. I could try and pray to my deity. That would be my turn essentially. I'm pretty sure, but I could still try and pray to my deity for help. Are you asking to try and tag in God? Is that what you're... A hot tag to God. I need you, Jeebus. Alright, Megan. Run. Like, woah. Well, she probably should probably show you the special things before I pass the shield.

Here's your trade-off. You are currently bloodied, which means you get to move faster. Yep. But, that means you're extra vulnerable, so... Yeah, and your 18 squares is right next to him. Yep. Or at least within his line of sight. Hey, Jason. Yes, sir. Remember that bonus that we were so sure I had? No, you were sure. For charging. Oh, yeah? I found it. Oh, no shit. What power is it under? It was the feet. Enraged boar. Oh, yeah, that's right. We did do that. You wanna charge the dragon? Oh, shit. Crit 20. Knock him unconscious. What do you wanna do here? Oh, God. All I can really do is try and GTFO here.

Talos starts sprinting across the room. As we all cheer at the door. So, you got a stand-by-me moment where you... It's chopper, sick balls, and you guys are just like, "Come on! Come on! Come on!" Totally. Here we go. Wait a second. Oh, she's in the back. Is that... Hold on a second. I think I may have moved two spaces too many. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen. Yeah, right in here. Two spaces too many. Yeah. Let's come back two spaces. There you go. There we go. There we go.

Okay. Trixie, your turn. Oh, four feet. Four feet. Okay, um... Maybe if I... What's that? It's a medium creature. Darn it! What are the black ones again? Oh, that's a daily. Daily. If you don't plan on crossing that threshold, there's really no sense in trying to attack or anything. Yeah, just maybe heal yourself. I know. I was just like, I don't know. How far does my range go? My range attacks? Not that they do anything on clubbing to maybe piss it off and try to look at me. Let's see here. Your ranged attacks here. Let's say, I think the only one you have is ranged basic attack.

Right. Yeah, it doesn't say how far it goes. That's weird. It doesn't. So it can go forever. Infinity. I would say ten. Ten squares. Yeah, I'd say ten. That's probably the best. I'm gonna try to use that. Okay. And maybe it'll distract it and get its tension on me even though it only goes out of the door. You're the only one who's hit it so far, I believe. Yeah. What do I hit for two, but it had resist cold? A D20 plus six. D20 plus six, fourteen. The shot goes wide. Wonderful. Did I get detention by chance? No. He is firmly focused on Talon. You tried. Galford, your turn.

What would you like to do? Okay. Stand by the door and shoot at it. Eventually someone will hit it and it'll get pissed off. Galford's trusty warlock. I'll try ghost sound. One object or unoccupied square effect. You cause a sound as quiet as a whisper, as loud as yelling or a fighting creature to emanate from the target. You can produce non-vocal sounds such as the ringing of a sword blow, jingling armor or scraping stone. If you whisper blah blah blah. Make it a female young dragon. In heat. So the square beside the dragon here, I'll just make it sound like a whole bunch of clanging swords come from this direction right beside it.

Like a screaming horde of soldiers? Yeah, there's a whole bunch of clanging swords and scraping stones. So right about here? Yeah, right about there. Okay. The dragon whips around to see what that noise is behind him. Okay. And it's the dragon's turn. Finding nothing, he turns right back to look at Talon. Who's making farty noises? He's gonna use Earthshaker. Okay. It's a burst five. So that would be one, two, three, four, yep, you'd be right in range there. Ehhhh. This is gonna be versus your fortitude. Oh man! You're just like kicking my lowest stats, aren't you?

It's not, it's the dragon. I didn't... You saw the dragon's fault, guys. Yes, D20 plus five. Oh, you... Ten. Oh my god! So the dragon... It actually failed. The dragon kind of lifts up on its haunches, comes down and stomps as hard as he can, shaking the room, but it's not bad enough that you... It doesn't affect me, oh my god. It doesn't affect your footing. What is that sound in the background? Sorry. Okay. Oh my god, I may actually live through this. Rakesh, your turn. What would you like to do? Pick up my intestines. Oh yeah, you're at four. I was gonna say, which... 'Cause I have healing potions, would it be easier to use a heal...

What gives me the most health? I would use both. That's just me. Oh, I can't, I didn't realize I could use... One's a minor and one's your regular. I'm sure you're excited, man. Can I use both? Sure, go ahead. So you're using one healing surge. And go ahead and roll a 1d8 plus one. 1d8 plus one. Well, I rolled a ten. I don't know how to play this game. 1d8. Three. Oof, okay. So you're down to one potion. Yeah, it kinda, it helped. You're bloody, but a lot less bloody. Yeah, ten eights, man. Talah, your turn. Run. I run for my life! After she has a count of ten, she runs.

It's like she's crying right now. She drinks past you guys, sprints clean through the doorway, and keeps running. I missed this life. She's still bloody and I still get nine more spaces to run. Do you want to continue running down the hallway? I am going to continue to run. Excellent. Drinking potions as she's running. Just an armful of potions. She's crying, just woo hoo hoo. Okay. There's my rage, I'm all the way over there from the dragon. So you have sprinted down and around the hallway. Do you want to take a potion? Yes. Okay, roll a d8 plus one. Four. I have another four back.

Alrighty, so you're down to one potion, I believe? Yes. Okay. So of the three potions you found in that room, you have consumed two of them. I don't see why that's a bad thing. I didn't say it was. Trixie, your turn. Can we shut that door? The dragon is once again rearing back and just screaming as loud as he can. Just supremely pissed. You have just clowned him in his own house. I'm going to run away. I've clowned him in his lair. At least shut the door first. Do I need to do some kind of check for that or just close it? It's just a large door, so you can do that as a minor action.

Okay, well I'm shutting the door. Can you make sure it's locked again? You do not have that kind of... She barely unlocked. She probably broke the locking mechanism. Okay, then I suggest everyone else now proceed to GTFO. I can move six, right? Yes. Okay. And do you want to move again? Can the dragon get through the door? We're going to find out, probably. Will it take an action point to move again or no? No. You haven't done an attack or anything, so... Yep, I'm running away. Okay. Galford, your turn. Okay, I will run away. Okay. But Porikis is still bloody. If that dragon makes it through the door, he's going to be the first one.

I moved ten, I just did both. Just two movements. Okay. Young White Dragon's turn. You hear a slow, steady rumbling from through the door, which begins to pick up speed, and then the large metal door, there are two large metal doors in front of it, one half bursts off of its hinges and flies and tumbles down into this section of hallway. The dragon's head is now into the hallway as the door frame is just small enough to catch him. So his body is stuck in the door frame, but you can see where the door frame itself is just cracking, and his head is out into the hallway just snapping and screeching furiously.

And what he's going to do... Kill me. [Laughter]