August 2, 2025

Crooked Crossroads

Seeking Loramigs

Session 8

Characters

player characters

Manny
Kaz
Vincent
Wilfred

Session Summary

• Arrival at Aberfeldy – Party approaches the war-torn city through bitter cold, observing military preparations and the desperate atmosphere

• Securing Lodging – Group finds accommodations at a travelers’ inn on the west side of town, paying for a common room and wagon storage

• Intelligence Gathering – Kaz visits an underground information broker, trading dragon teeth and secrets for detailed bank schematics and vault locations

• The Spy Mission – Manny and Wilfred meet The Birch at an extravagant tavern to deliver urgent intelligence about compromised networks in Abhainn

• Mara Agent Attack – Enemy agents assault the tavern during the meeting; The Birch fights them off with powerful magic while the spies escape invisibly

• Recruiting Tix – Kaz reconnects with their kobold friend Tix, who agrees to help with the bank heist and join the party

• The Bank Heist – Party infiltrates Clear Castle Bank through the sewers, successfully stealing from Vault 4A despite triggering alarms

• Explosive Escape – Group flees through collapsing tunnels after Vincent’s explosive shots and magical attacks seal their escape route

• Examining the Loot – Party discovers powerful magical items including rings, inks, coins, and amulets with various enchantments

• The Wizard’s Exchange – Kaz summons Darragh Skalin, trading the stolen Wand of Fire for the dragon’s breath spell and future assistance

• Mountain Journey – Two-day travel through forests into higher altitudes, reaching a frozen lake with fishing communities

• Refugee Town – Discovery of an overcrowded town filled with Aberfeldy refugees; party chooses to camp in the wilderness instead

• New Companion – Tix officially joins the adventuring party as they prepare to hunt cultists in ancient mountain ruins

The Aberfeldy Gambit: A Tale of Spies, Thieves, and Dragon Fire

Chapter I: The City of Smoke and Sorrow

The bitter wind howled across the frozen fields like the death-cries of a thousand fallen warriors, carrying with it the acrid stench of wood smoke and desperation. Through the swirling gray haze that shrouded the war-torn city of Aberfeldy, four unlikely companions urged their wagon forward, wheels crunching through ice-crusted snow that clung to the earth like nature’s own funeral shroud.

Manny pulled his cloak tighter against the cutting cold, his breath forming ghostly plumes in the frigid air. Beside him, Wilfred’s weathered hands gripped the reins with practiced ease, though his eyes remained fixed on the ominous sight ahead. Beyond the city’s crumbling walls, a sea of military tents sprawled across the landscape like mushrooms after rain. Thousands of soldiers prepared for a march that would bring blood and fire to these already ravaged lands.

“By the old gods,” Vincent muttered, adjusting his spectacles as he studied the scene before them. “The whole realm’s gone mad with war-fever.”

Kaz remained silent, their keen eyes taking in every detail. The hastily harvested crops rotting in half-frozen furrows, the sparse traffic on roads that should have bustled with commerce, the way even the smoke from the city’s chimneys seemed to hang heavy with dread. They had business here, dangerous business that couldn’t wait for peacetime.

The city gates loomed before them, manned by grim-faced guards who looked as though they’d rather be anywhere else in the known world. The streets beyond were eerily quiet, with shuttered windows staring down like dead eyes. Fear had settled over Aberfeldy like a plague, keeping honest folk huddled by their hearths while darker elements stirred in the shadows.

Chapter II: The Thieves’ Market

As evening painted the sky in shades of blood and soot, Kaz slipped away from their companions with the fluid grace of a shadow given form. The west side inn where they’d taken lodging (a ramshackle establishment that reeked of old beer and older secrets) had provided adequate shelter, but information was a currency more precious than gold in times like these.

Following cryptic symbols carved into doorframes and chalked onto walls, Kaz descended into Aberfeldy’s underbelly. The trail led to a tavern that existed in the spaces between respectable society. A place where questions weren’t asked and answers came at a steep price. The air inside was thick with the smell of stale ale and rotting fruit, punctuated by the metallic tang of fear-sweat.

An enormous orc blocked the entrance to the back rooms, his scarred hide telling stories of a hundred battles. When he grunted a demand for payment, Kaz’s flying snake familiar (a creature as silent as moonlight and twice as deadly) struck with precision, relieving a careless patron of his purse with serpentine elegance.

The information broker proved to be an ancient elf whose eyes held the weight of centuries. Truth spells wove around Kaz like silver chains as the elf extracted his price—not just gold, but secrets, dragon teeth that gleamed with otherworldly fire, and knowledge that could topple kingdoms.

In return, the elf’s memory painted detailed schematics of the Clear Castle Bank, his aged fingers tracing paths through sewers that reeked of decay and forgotten sins. “Vault 4A,” he whispered, his voice like autumn leaves scraping against stone. “But know this, young shadow-walker: rob a bank in times of war, and the consequences will follow you to the ends of the earth.”

Chapter III: The Birch’s Warning

While Kaz bargained with merchants of secrets, Manny and Wilfred prepared for their own perilous mission. The intelligence they carried burned in their minds like acid—word of compromised spy networks and an enemy army that would march the moment the river froze solid enough to bear their weight.

Through frozen fields they rode, guided by instincts honed through years of clandestine work. The tavern they sought materialized from the darkness like something from a fever dream. An establishment far too grand for these troubled times, its windows blazing with magical light that seemed to mock the surrounding gloom.

Guards demanded tribute at the door, their hands never straying far from weapon hilts. Inside, enchantments filled the air with the false promise of spring, while tables grew from the floor like living wood and flowers danced to unheard melodies.

The Birch waited in the dining hall. A young woman whose calm demeanor masked the steel beneath. When Manny delivered their grim tidings, her face remained impassive, but her eyes betrayed the calculating mind of a master spy.

“The network in Abhainn is broken,” Manny reported, his voice barely above a whisper. “The Oak sends word—you must flee before the river freezes.”

The Birch’s response was swift and professional. A magical ward, brief as lightning and twice as binding, marked their hands with invisible sigils. “Speared MacGregor,” she said simply. “Six months hence. When you enter that city, I’ll know.”

Her warnings about the Mara army chilled them more than the winter wind. “Desperate souls bound by contracts darker than night,” she murmured. “They take no prisoners because they believe mercy is weakness, and weakness is death.”

The meeting shattered when uniformed figures appeared beyond the windows like harbingers of doom. The gnome attendant, small but quick-witted, led them toward the kitchens as Manny’s magical message crackled through the air: They’re already here.

The tavern wall exploded inward with a sound like thunder splitting the heavens. Through the breach poured Mara agents, their weapons gleaming with deadly intent. But the Birch rose to meet them with magic that tore reality itself apart, her power painting the air with impossible colors as she fought with the fury of a cornered dragon.

Invisible beneath Manny’s spell, the two spies fled through frozen fields while behind them the tavern burned like a funeral pyre. The last they saw of the Birch was her silhouette against the flames, ascending into the night sky on wings of pure magical force.

Chapter IV: The Vault Heist

Dawn brought new challenges as Kaz sought their old friend among the city’s darker corners. Tix the kobold struck from the shadows with familiar playfulness, their scales glinting bronze in the pale morning light.

“Nearly got my tail singed by a fireball last night,” Tix chattered, their eyes bright with nervous energy. “Time to leave this madhouse, wouldn’t you say?”

Kaz’s whispered words through magical channels brought a gleam to the kobold’s eyes that spoke of shared mischief and mutual profit. Together, they led the others to a sewer grate that promised access to riches beyond imagining—or death in the depths of the earth.

The sewers beneath the Clear Castle Bank reeked of gas and burnt offerings, broken lanterns above having leaked their contents into the tunnels like the blood of dying giants. Vincent wrinkled his nose at the stench while creating his own aromatic distraction—a skunk-scent so powerful it could wake the dead.

Chain links thick as a man’s wrist secured the grate, but Kaz and Tix worked with the practiced efficiency of those who’d made careers of impossible locks. The bank’s basement stretched before them like a tomb, five numbered vaults standing sentinel in the gloom.

Vault 4A yielded to their skills just as the alarm’s shriek split the air like a banshee’s wail. Thirty seconds. No more. Before guards would swarm their position like angry hornets.

Kaz’s hands closed around the Wand of Fire with the reverence of a pilgrim touching a holy relic, while their companions stuffed pockets with treasures that gleamed with eldritch promise. Vincent’s explosive shots boomed through the tunnels as they fled, each detonation bringing the ceiling closer to collapse.

The final explosion lit the underground world with hellfire, stone and timber raining down like judgment from on high. Vincent staggered from the blast, his clothes singed and his pride battered, but alive. Behind them, the tunnel mouth sealed itself in rubble and flame, trapping their pursuers in a tomb of their own making.

Chapter V: The Dragon’s Bargain

In the relative safety of their wagon, the party examined their plunder like pirates dividing shares after a successful raid. Kaz’s ring could transmute any object into pure gold with mere thought. A treasure beyond price for those who lived by their wits. Vincent’s ink promised contracts sealed in blood and bound by death itself, while Manny’s celestial coin offered communion with beings whose power dwelt beyond mortal comprehension.

But it was Tix’s vault amulet that drew knowing nods. A tool of the bank’s own security, now turned to their purposes.

When Kaz summoned their mysterious employer with the magical coin, the air itself seemed to part like water before a ship’s prow. Darragh Skalin materialized in their wagon with the casual arrogance of one who commanded forces beyond mortal understanding, his eyes holding depths that spoke of knowledge both terrible and wonderful.

The exchange was swift and final. Wand for spell, trust for trust. The wizard’s true name, freely given, sealed a bond that transcended mere business. “Dragon’s breath,” he intoned as arcane script flowed from his fingers like liquid starlight. “Learn it well, shadow-walker. In Speared MacGregor, you may have need of fire that burns beyond the merely physical.”

He departed as he had come, on winds that obeyed no earthly master, leaving behind only the scent of ozone and infinite possibility.

Chapter VI: Into the Frozen Wilderness

Two days of hard travel brought them into the mountains proper, where the air grew thin and the trees transformed from broad-leafed giants to needle-bearing sentinels that whispered secrets in the eternal wind. The frozen lake stretched before them like a mirror reflecting the pale sky, dotted with ice-fishing shacks that looked like scattered coins against the white expanse.

The refugee town beyond overflowed with the displaced and desperate. Families who’d fled Aberfeldy’s coming destruction only to find themselves trapped between armies and winter’s merciless embrace. Both taverns groaned under the weight of too many bodies, while others huddled around fires that painted their faces in shades of orange and gold.

Instead of joining that press of humanity, the party sought solitude in a clearing where spruce trees stood like pillars in nature’s own cathedral. Four inches of snow crunched beneath their wheels as they made camp, the silence broken only by the distant crack of settling ice and the whisper of wind through eternal branches.

“So,” Tix said, settling comfortably by their fire as if they’d always belonged there, “I hear we’re hunting cultists in ancient ruins. Does this make us heroes now, or just very well-armed grave robbers?”

Kaz’s laughter rang through the clear mountain air—a sound both genuine and sharp. “Perhaps both, my scaled friend. Perhaps both.”

The flames danced higher as if in response, casting long shadows that seemed to point toward distant peaks where older, darker things waited in the ruins of forgotten civilizations. Behind them lay a burning city and the chaos of war. Ahead stretched a path into legend itself, or into the kind of darkness that swallowed heroes whole and left only whispered warnings for those who might follow.

The four companions (now five with Tix’s addition) settled into the rhythm of camp life with the easy familiarity of those who’d found their tribe among the outcasts and the brave. Tomorrow would bring new challenges, ancient evils, and the kind of adventure that songs were made of.

Tonight, they were simply five souls gathered around a fire, sharing stories and dreams while the mountain wind sang lullabies older than memory itself.

To be continued…

Crooked Crossroads, Kaz Sirota, Manny Green, Seeking Loramigs, Vincent Dawnstrike, Wilfred Stump

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5e1omTWRs43euf0MJimrZS?si=fxzK-d3ETxSPattd435zQg

Transcript

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Yeah, like the majority, like the majority of whenever snakes do bite, normally it’s in self-defense.

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But I was studying grass snakes and I was handling them whenever I caught them and they never struck me at all.

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So grass snakes just don’t really bite in self-defense.

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Like the worst I got was just covered in musk, which absolutely stinks.

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It’s like a kind of burnt garlic kind of smell.

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Oh.

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That is very interesting.

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Where I’m from, we don’t have anything going to get a house and safety clearance to work with venomous snakes, unfortunately.

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Wow.

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Do you want to work with venomous snakes eventually?

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It would be fun to, because, I mean, the only venomous snakes we could have over here are adders, but they are very sweet.

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Like, adders are actually quite docile.

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Okay.

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I mean, most of the snakes, I got why I’m just yo to snake.

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Which it weirds me out that they give birth to live young.

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Why don’t they lay eggs?

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Oh, yeah, not all snakes lay eggs.

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Some snakes give birth to live young, and then some snakes still, they kind of lay eggs into a kind of womb thing, and then they hatch in the womb, and then they give birth to the live young after they’ve hatched.

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It’s so weird.

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Yeah, like I wanted that snake discovered on YouTube, and they eternally messed me up.

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I’m like, what do you mean?

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What do you mean?

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We don’t lay eggs.

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To recap the last few sessions, you had entered a haunted house full of ghosts that you were there to destroy some haunted paintings.

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After many harrowing encounters with the ghosts, most of you had a chance to almost die.

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Wilfred handled ghosts better than the rest of you.

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And you eventually burned down the mansion and all of the paintings within.

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From there, you are back on the road heading to Aberfeldy.

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While you were on the road, it grew much colder than it was supposed to this season.

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And for the past several days, the air has been so cold it hurts to breathe.

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As you are approaching Aberfeldy, you see a thick smog settled over the city, and the air tastes like wood smoke.

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You can see soldiers posted in rows of tents just outside the city preparing to march.

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As the cold blows over you, you shiver.

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It settles deep into your bones.

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Everything aches a little bit as you move.

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Your joints feel tight.

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And you never really have the opportunity to get warm enough to feel comfortable.

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You are now approaching the outside of the city.

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So you guys are coming from the east side right here.

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So this is where you guys are coming from.

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Okay.

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As you follow the road in, you can see where crops have been harvested from the field half-frozen as they have been rushing to beat the cold.

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Oh shit, it works.

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DD Beyond works again.

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Yes, there’s been some updates.

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Sorry, I didn’t mean to have a bligerous roller.

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All right.

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The town is on edge, and you don’t see many people coming or leaving as you approach the edge of the city.

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What do you plan to do?

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Well, I know Wilfred and I, we have business here, right?

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Yeah.

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Secret business that we cannot speak to anyone about on pain of death or pain of transportation into the Fey Wild.

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Yes.

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We didn’t get specific directions, but we were told that we would know the way of something.

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Is that correct?

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Or that something would help guide us.

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Okay.

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So I know I’d like to get that done soon with how cold it’s been recently.

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I know that accelerates my timeline.

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It does indeed.

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With how cold it’s been, the river might already be frozen and the armies might already be on the march.

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So, yeah, Manny’s going to be pretty eager then to track down my contact.

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You guys need to meet the oak as well.

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Well, we’ve met the oak.

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Now we have further secret business that we cannot discuss with further secret people.

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Okay.

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Kaz, what do you want to do?

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I need to rob a bank.

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God damn.

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Not the entire bank.

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I just need a single item from it.

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We’ll scout that out then.

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So, um, Kaz has passed through Aberfeldy before, like, not for like they haven’t stayed for an extended period of time, but they, like, do I know where the bank is?

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You do know where the bank is.

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It is an old clear castle right over here.

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I don’t know what if my character would have been here or not.

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You would have been.

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Everyone in the army of your country ends up here at some point or another.

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You would have spent your time mostly in the military ward, as people under training aren’t allowed out of it.

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Okay, so we’re in that big circle.

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I’ve been here, but I don’t know much about it.

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So, I mean, if you guys aren’t willing to, like, you know, broke a bank, I might be able to find people to help.

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But if you did want to help, I would happily accept your aid.

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I’m just going to make sure you stay out of trouble as much as possible.

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I know you have to rob a bank, but we’ll scout.

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Once my other business is taken care of, I’m happy to assist you in any way you need, Kaz.

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All right.

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Does anybody know of a town inn or something that we can meet up at later?

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There are numerous inns that come to mind.

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What type would you be looking for?

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An upscale inn, a cheap place to sleep, or something with a little entertainment.

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Something with warmth.

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Probably middle class, maybe.

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Yeah.

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Warmth, basic amenities, but nothing too flashy.

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Someplace close to the bank and someplace close to your.

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I mean, do we really want to be close to the bank?

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Because, like…

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Oh, that’s true.

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Like I said, I’ve only been to the military stuff here, so we weren’t allowed to come out of the barracks.

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So I’m relying on you guys.

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I mean, most of the inns on our hair are of the seedier nature or the they won’t notice if people are just kind of crushing hair nature.

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Not necessarily a bad thing, and I have a feeling most of the seedy inns are down by Black Hook near the military ward, if that’s what you’re looking for.

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Above there, near the green spaces up here, is where you’ll find the more middle-class inns.

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And then the most expensive inns you’ll find are a little ways towards the edge of town in Ale Arch.

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So as a general rule of thumb in this city, the further southeast you are, the worse the inns are.

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Further south is the worst.

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The northwest has the best inns.

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And then the center of town, the inns are of general medium quality.

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And then on the south and east edges are where you’ll find the seediest places.

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I say someplace on the border of the town.

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Definitely not the cheap stuff.

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So I would probably, we could just do the upscale one.

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I’ll cover.

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My only fear is upscale might take more notice to the comings and goings of their patrons.

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If it’s too fancy, they might be overly invested in us.

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Could make it hard to do secret business.

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From my experience, as long as you shut up and don’t talk to anybody, then you won’t raise any suspicions.

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They’re too worried about their money.

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Fair point.

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Shall we aim for the Northwest?

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Yeah, we’ll go.

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These taverns and inns up here are known to be remarkably expensive.

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Usually between 30 and 60 gold a night.

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Oh, no, let’s go.

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Let’s go to Middle Castle.

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Middle of the road.

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What about Edge of Town on the west or east side?

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On the east side, the inns here are known for having guests that check out unexpectedly and leave stains on the floor in the bloody variety.

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Okay.

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What about anything on the west side?

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On the west side, this is mostly travelers’ inns who are heading out of town into the mountains.

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They’re known for gemmer’s accommodations and assistance finding horses.

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They are also known to have stables for wagons and other things prepared.

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That sounds good.

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That’s probably a good idea.

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Wagon and a horse, and we will be heading to those mountains.

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Yeah.

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Right?

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Yeah, those mountains.

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Let’s go to the west side.

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Yeah.

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Yep.

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How long are we going to stay here?

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Probably.

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Two or three nights at least.

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Seems about right.

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Okay.

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I can’t.

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We don’t want to stay too long because it seems like war will be making its way here soon.

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Yeah.

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So while you guys do your secret squirrel shit, Kaz check out this place.

00:10:23.039 –> 00:10:24.720
But let’s go get our room first.

00:10:25.039 –> 00:10:30.080
As you approach the grouping of inns and taverns, you find several there.

00:10:30.720 –> 00:10:41.840
One offers to have the best food around, and another has a special deal where you can store your wagon as long as you have bookings for free.

00:10:43.039 –> 00:10:44.960
I think we should do the stable one.

00:10:45.279 –> 00:10:45.440
Yeah.

00:10:46.080 –> 00:10:46.240
Yeah.

00:10:47.519 –> 00:10:54.080
As you walk in, you see groups of travelers and merchants gathered around.

00:10:54.720 –> 00:10:59.919
Anybody we recognize from our previous travels that I would recognize?

00:11:01.519 –> 00:11:02.639
Roll perception.

00:11:03.360 –> 00:11:04.639
Perception.

00:11:06.960 –> 00:11:09.759
Kaz, you don’t recognize anyone in the tavern.

00:11:11.600 –> 00:11:13.600
I go to the tavern keep.

00:11:13.919 –> 00:11:20.240
Well met a halfling behind the bar standing on crates gestures to you.

00:11:20.399 –> 00:11:22.720
Aye, what’ll you be needing?

00:11:23.840 –> 00:11:25.120
How much are rooms for a night?

00:11:25.200 –> 00:11:30.639
And we have some horses and a wagon to stow for a few nights as well.

00:11:31.200 –> 00:11:32.720
Rooms depend on accommodation.

00:11:32.960 –> 00:11:35.680
Individual rooms are two gold a night.

00:11:36.000 –> 00:11:41.120
Common rooms with six beds would be five gold a night.

00:11:42.000 –> 00:11:44.559
Do we want individual rooms or just communal?

00:11:45.680 –> 00:11:54.320
I mean, I don’t mind sharing rooms with you all, but how about we get a common room for four nights?

00:11:54.960 –> 00:11:58.320
That will be 20 gold, and I’m assuming you have a wagon?

00:11:58.639 –> 00:11:59.200
Yes.

00:11:59.759 –> 00:12:00.639
With a horse.

00:12:00.960 –> 00:12:02.240
One or two horses.

00:12:02.559 –> 00:12:03.840
I think it’s just one, isn’t it?

00:12:04.159 –> 00:12:05.360
Yes, one horse.

00:12:05.680 –> 00:12:06.799
I can’t remember.

00:12:07.759 –> 00:12:10.319
Will you be requiring any additional security?

00:12:14.159 –> 00:12:18.799
We have locking stables available for an additional five gold a night.

00:12:20.080 –> 00:12:21.519
Hold on that for right now.

00:12:21.840 –> 00:12:22.319
Very well.

00:12:22.399 –> 00:12:27.200
That sounds like it should come out to 20 gold for you for four nights.

00:12:27.519 –> 00:12:28.080
All right.

00:12:28.399 –> 00:12:30.559
I’ll cover this guy’s.

00:12:30.799 –> 00:12:31.519
Thank you.

00:12:31.840 –> 00:12:32.399
Thank you.

00:12:32.720 –> 00:12:34.399
I gotta sell some shit anyway.

00:12:34.639 –> 00:12:38.720
So we are known to have our own bakery within the house.

00:12:39.039 –> 00:12:40.960
We have fresh bread daily.

00:12:41.279 –> 00:12:41.360
Yeah.

00:12:41.759 –> 00:12:43.680
A variety of soups and stews.

00:12:44.319 –> 00:12:46.559
Do you just make bread or do you also make pastries?

00:12:46.639 –> 00:12:49.680
Because I heard they have these really nice apricot tarts.

00:12:50.559 –> 00:12:52.240
We just do bread here.

00:12:53.120 –> 00:12:59.759
In the center of town near Clear Castle, you’ll be able to find more specialized bakeries.

00:13:00.080 –> 00:13:00.639
All right.

00:13:00.960 –> 00:13:02.319
Well, thank you, sir.

00:13:02.639 –> 00:13:04.720
And our wagon is just right in front.

00:13:05.200 –> 00:13:06.799
Do we pull it around?

00:13:06.960 –> 00:13:09.360
Or I mean, I don’t mind to do that.

00:13:09.680 –> 00:13:12.559
You will pull it around back and park it in the stables.

00:13:14.240 –> 00:13:16.639
Any of the unlocked stables is fine.

00:13:16.960 –> 00:13:17.200
Okay.

00:13:17.680 –> 00:13:19.279
And do we provide our own lock?

00:13:19.600 –> 00:13:20.240
Do we have a little?

00:13:20.559 –> 00:13:25.039
You can lock it with your own gear, or we can rent you a lock for five gold a night.

00:13:25.600 –> 00:13:27.120
That won’t be necessary.

00:13:27.759 –> 00:13:28.080
All right.

00:13:28.240 –> 00:13:30.159
I’ll meet you guys in the room.

00:13:30.480 –> 00:13:37.680
I go out and get in the horse, take it to a stable, and I cast arcane lock on the lock.

00:13:40.319 –> 00:13:41.920
Nobody’s stealing my shit.

00:13:43.680 –> 00:13:45.279
How late in the day did we arrive?

00:13:45.360 –> 00:13:46.879
Is it like morning, afternoon?

00:13:47.519 –> 00:13:51.600
It is the afternoon, and the sun is beginning to set.

00:13:54.799 –> 00:14:09.200
Can I go out into like some of the main areas of the city and see if I can find some contacts who can give me the information I need about the bank?

00:14:09.600 –> 00:14:11.519
I catch her while she’s coming out.

00:14:11.600 –> 00:14:14.000
It’s like, hey, let’s take care of this in the morning.

00:14:14.159 –> 00:14:15.279
We need rest.

00:14:15.600 –> 00:14:17.600
Think clear on a full night’s rest.

00:14:17.920 –> 00:14:18.960
Yep, I’m not going to do anything.

00:14:19.039 –> 00:14:20.319
I’m just collecting information.

00:14:20.639 –> 00:14:21.120
Promise.

00:14:21.440 –> 00:14:24.240
Won’t do anything too near us.

00:14:24.559 –> 00:14:26.720
Well, just do it in the morning.

00:14:27.680 –> 00:14:28.879
But if you want to.

00:14:29.440 –> 00:14:31.600
What kind of information are you looking for?

00:14:31.759 –> 00:14:34.559
And who are you going to try to contact?

00:14:35.200 –> 00:14:39.039
I’m going to see if I can find.

00:14:41.840 –> 00:14:47.519
So double-checking the character backstory thing that I’ve completed.

00:14:48.160 –> 00:14:49.600
You got that information?

00:14:49.920 –> 00:14:50.240
Yeah.

00:14:50.879 –> 00:14:51.200
Cool.

00:14:51.360 –> 00:14:53.279
In which case, I’m going to try looking for tips.

00:14:53.840 –> 00:14:57.039
See if they have any information about the bank.

00:14:57.920 –> 00:14:58.559
All right.

00:14:59.200 –> 00:15:00.480
You begin exploring.

00:15:00.799 –> 00:15:01.519
Looking around.

00:15:03.320 –> 00:15:21.240
As you’re walking around, you begin to find some interesting signs pointing towards a certain tavern, marks on walls, and little indications that information is sold there.

00:15:21.879 –> 00:15:23.320
I head into the tavern.

00:15:23.799 –> 00:15:29.799
As you step inside, you are immediately greeted by a large orc who stands looking over you.

00:15:30.759 –> 00:15:37.159
I cross my fingers and tap my forehead to kind of indicate why I’m here.

00:15:37.480 –> 00:15:42.519
He looks you up and down and holds out his hand, expecting something.

00:15:42.840 –> 00:15:44.440
Ah, crap, do I need to pay him?

00:15:44.759 –> 00:15:45.399
You might.

00:15:46.039 –> 00:15:50.759
Can I try and steal a coin off of him that I can then pay him with?

00:15:51.639 –> 00:15:52.840
Roll sleight of hand.

00:15:53.080 –> 00:15:55.159
Dear God, that’s fucking hilarious.

00:15:57.639 –> 00:15:59.159
Hey, I’ve got a flying snake.

00:15:59.799 –> 00:16:01.960
Can my familiar give me advantage?

00:16:02.279 –> 00:16:02.919
Yes.

00:16:03.240 –> 00:16:05.720
How does your flying snake give you advantage?

00:16:06.360 –> 00:16:14.919
By just kind of suddenly flying out of my sleeve as I kind of hold out my hand to presumably put something in the orc’s hand.

00:16:15.240 –> 00:16:18.360
It manages to pull out a single gold coin for you.

00:16:18.680 –> 00:16:23.240
Your snake flying back and leaving it sitting in your hand in the blink of an eye.

00:16:23.879 –> 00:16:25.720
I pass the gold coin to the orc.

00:16:27.320 –> 00:16:30.519
With a grunt, he turns aside and lets you within the tavern.

00:16:30.759 –> 00:16:37.399
As you walk inside, it smells of stale beer and old fruit.

00:16:37.960 –> 00:16:38.200
Yeah.

00:16:38.840 –> 00:16:46.120
As you take a step inside and look around, it is dimly lit with many dark corners where people are conversing.

00:16:46.440 –> 00:16:56.919
There’s a single bartender, an old elf, maybe two or three hundred years old by how they look, standing behind the bar cleaning glasses.

00:16:58.440 –> 00:17:00.680
I head over to the bar.

00:17:01.240 –> 00:17:09.559
As you sit down at the bar, the elf looks at you and asks, What information have you come here for?

00:17:09.880 –> 00:17:11.400
What are you going to be doing?

00:17:11.720 –> 00:17:14.119
And will you be causing trouble for us?

00:17:15.319 –> 00:17:18.440
I’m not going to cause any trouble that will come back to you.

00:17:19.640 –> 00:17:28.360
The old elf nods his head and looks at you, his eyes glowing with a strange light, and you see him casting a spell.

00:17:28.680 –> 00:17:38.279
He casts first one and then another as you feel compelled to tell the truth and the noise from around you goes silent.

00:17:38.599 –> 00:17:40.039
Now he looks at you.

00:17:40.279 –> 00:17:41.880
It is time for the details.

00:17:42.200 –> 00:17:46.519
He pulls out a piece of paper and pushes it over towards you.

00:17:47.079 –> 00:17:51.880
So I’m guessing I write out what I need on this paper.

00:17:52.200 –> 00:17:52.680
Yes.

00:17:53.880 –> 00:18:11.160
On the paper, I write out that I need schematics of the bank and inventory so I can like work out which vault exactly I need to get into.

00:18:13.160 –> 00:18:21.240
Like guards timing, so basically everything, the kind of information you would need in order to like case a joint and get it.

00:18:21.559 –> 00:18:27.799
And I also ask for information on the location of a kobold named Tix.

00:18:28.519 –> 00:18:38.759
As he looks over the information, next to your request for the information of the schematics of the bank and the he writes 200.

00:18:39.079 –> 00:18:43.799
Next to the information on the inventory of the bank, he writes 300.

00:18:44.119 –> 00:18:47.240
And next to the kobold named Tix, he writes 50.

00:18:47.960 –> 00:18:48.279
Okay.

00:18:49.240 –> 00:18:49.559
Okay.

00:18:50.759 –> 00:18:55.319
How much do dragon teeth cost?

00:18:55.640 –> 00:19:02.279
A dragon tooth, if in good condition, would usually run between 500 and 600 gold.

00:19:02.920 –> 00:19:06.599
So if I put two dragon teeth on the table, that will cover everything?

00:19:06.920 –> 00:19:08.200
Or just like one dragon tooth?

00:19:08.920 –> 00:19:11.000
Would you like to try to barter for your information?

00:19:11.240 –> 00:19:12.279
He looks down at you.

00:19:12.599 –> 00:19:13.400
Yes, I would.

00:19:13.960 –> 00:19:18.839
Because I’ve got two dragon teeth in my inventory, so I’ll start by like putting one on the table.

00:19:19.720 –> 00:19:21.720
And I’m guessing I roll persuasion.

00:19:22.039 –> 00:19:22.440
Yes.

00:19:23.000 –> 00:19:25.319
Can my flags make me advantage or no?

00:19:25.799 –> 00:19:27.079
You’re on your own.

00:19:27.400 –> 00:19:28.759
Yeah, that’s fair.

00:19:31.960 –> 00:19:32.200
No!

00:19:33.480 –> 00:19:33.720
Oh.

00:19:34.519 –> 00:19:35.319
Oh, me.

00:19:36.440 –> 00:19:39.160
He looks down at the dragon tooth, looks at you.

00:19:39.319 –> 00:19:40.519
That’s not enough.

00:19:40.840 –> 00:19:42.840
I put the second dragon tooth on the table.

00:19:43.160 –> 00:19:44.840
Roll persuasion again.

00:19:47.000 –> 00:19:48.920
Oh my fucking Christ.

00:19:51.639 –> 00:19:56.279
Looking at the dragon teeth, he says, these are nice, but we’ll need some information as well.

00:19:56.599 –> 00:19:58.759
We don’t sell trinkets here.

00:19:59.079 –> 00:20:01.160
We sell ideas.

00:20:01.720 –> 00:20:02.200
Secrets.

00:20:04.319 –> 00:20:16.160
Can I give him the information that Manny and Wilfred have sworn to secrecy for, but I overheard through my snake familiar, and I wasn’t sworn to see.

00:20:16.799 –> 00:20:18.400
Can I give that information?

00:20:19.279 –> 00:20:21.200
Yes, what do you tell him?

00:20:26.880 –> 00:20:29.839
I’m trying to remember precisely now myself.

00:20:30.640 –> 00:20:43.680
It’s about the soldiers needing to be stopped and they’re looking for the spy master for something specific.

00:20:44.559 –> 00:20:46.799
Like, I wasn’t in the scene, so I was only half paying attention.

00:20:46.880 –> 00:20:48.160
I’m really sorry.

00:20:50.720 –> 00:20:52.799
But Kaz, am I right?

00:20:53.359 –> 00:20:58.880
As you tell him about the Spy Master, the birch, and what is happening with the armies.

00:20:59.839 –> 00:21:04.960
You grabs the dragon teeth and then begins writing out information for you.

00:21:05.279 –> 00:21:11.920
First, he draws out a schematic purely from memory of the bank.

00:21:12.240 –> 00:21:13.920
Of course, he does it from memory.

00:21:14.799 –> 00:21:18.079
There’s also a way in from underneath.

00:21:18.400 –> 00:21:20.319
You can’t get in through the top.

00:21:20.640 –> 00:21:21.920
It’s too heavily guarded.

00:21:22.079 –> 00:21:24.400
You will have to go through the sewers.

00:21:24.720 –> 00:21:26.640
Then, the inventory.

00:21:26.960 –> 00:21:30.000
The item you’re looking for is in vault 4A.

00:21:31.519 –> 00:21:38.559
Then he writes down the name of a tavern where the kobold you are looking for is commonly seen.

00:21:39.200 –> 00:21:49.599
I thanked him and take the schematic and leave while kind of grumbling under my breath how bloody expensive things are.

00:21:50.400 –> 00:22:01.920
As you are getting the information, the elf looks up at you, says, Are you ready to deal with what comes with stealing from this bank?

00:22:02.559 –> 00:22:10.720
I know there are often consequences, and as a whole, I tend to be good at avoiding the worst ones.

00:22:11.039 –> 00:22:12.480
The elf sits back.

00:22:12.799 –> 00:22:15.519
Well, if you are confident, go for it.

00:22:15.839 –> 00:22:23.920
But if anyone comes back to this tavern looking for you, the next time we see you, you are going to be locked up in our basement.

00:22:24.480 –> 00:22:26.400
I won’t be in this city for long.

00:22:26.960 –> 00:22:29.839
Do you have anything else you want to learn here?

00:22:31.039 –> 00:22:32.000
Not at present.

00:22:32.319 –> 00:22:33.039
Thanks.

00:22:33.680 –> 00:22:37.920
And then Kaz is just going to kind of not quite skip out, but like.

00:22:40.000 –> 00:22:42.319
But they’re glad that they got what they needed.

00:22:42.640 –> 00:22:54.319
As you step away from the elf with a pop, you hear the sounds coming back, and the hushed whispers of the tavern settle over you as you walk out.

00:22:54.720 –> 00:22:57.519
As you step outside, the sun has set.

00:22:57.839 –> 00:23:03.360
It is dark and cold, and the streets are lit by gas lanterns.

00:23:04.000 –> 00:23:12.160
I toyed briefly with the idea of going straight to the cavern that the elf said.

00:23:13.039 –> 00:23:20.400
But I also know that my companions might get worried if I stay out too late and for too long and might come looking for me and that I don’t really want that.

00:23:20.720 –> 00:23:23.360
So I will go back to my friends.

00:23:24.000 –> 00:23:32.480
Alright, as you return to the tavern, the air bites at your lungs and you see frost forming all around the town.

00:23:32.799 –> 00:23:41.839
Stepping inside, you can feel wetness in your hair as frost that had accumulated begins to thaw.

00:23:42.160 –> 00:23:47.680
Inside the tavern, it smells of horses and the people who ride them.

00:23:48.559 –> 00:23:54.880
And you see the rest of your companions sitting at a table eating soup and bread.

00:23:57.759 –> 00:24:00.240
Did you have a fruitful adventure?

00:24:01.440 –> 00:24:03.440
Uh yeah, I’d say so.

00:24:03.759 –> 00:24:05.519
Well, we got you a bowl of soup.

00:24:05.839 –> 00:24:06.240
Yep.

00:24:06.480 –> 00:24:07.119
And some bread.

00:24:08.160 –> 00:24:09.279
Thanks, I’m starved.

00:24:11.759 –> 00:24:20.000
As you eat, you feel the cold dissipating, and the tavern grows a bit brighter and feels a bit warmer.

00:24:20.319 –> 00:24:23.360
Do any of you have activities you will be doing in the night?

00:24:23.680 –> 00:24:24.000
Yes.

00:24:24.319 –> 00:24:34.240
Well, I know, Manny and Wilfred, we gotta deliver information because any day now might become too late.

00:24:34.559 –> 00:24:41.279
So I don’t know if we want to try and do that now at night, sneak through the town or first thing in the morning.

00:24:41.599 –> 00:24:43.519
But what do you think, Wilfred?

00:24:43.680 –> 00:24:56.559
I’m worried each day, each couple hours you wait could end up making it be too late with how cold it’s been, how soon that river will treat or has already frozen.

00:24:57.119 –> 00:24:58.559
How do we find a spy master?

00:24:58.960 –> 00:25:03.200
I believe something about the deal we made was supposed to help lead us.

00:25:05.319 –> 00:25:05.799
Yes.

00:25:07.319 –> 00:25:11.640
You have a general idea of the direction of the Spy Master.

00:25:11.960 –> 00:25:16.359
And right now, the Spy Master is to the northeast of you.

00:25:16.680 –> 00:25:17.240
What do you think?

00:25:17.319 –> 00:25:19.559
Should we try and go tonight?

00:25:19.799 –> 00:25:20.759
I should be able to.

00:25:21.400 –> 00:25:24.920
Hopefully, we should be able to get through the town all right.

00:25:25.960 –> 00:25:26.200
Yeah.

00:25:27.079 –> 00:25:28.680
We just do everything in the morning.

00:25:29.000 –> 00:25:30.920
But the morning may be too late.

00:25:31.799 –> 00:25:35.000
How cold it’s been, our timeline has accelerated.

00:25:35.160 –> 00:25:37.240
We were already cutting it close.

00:25:37.559 –> 00:25:37.799
Okay.

00:25:37.960 –> 00:25:38.119
Yeah.

00:25:38.279 –> 00:25:39.160
Let’s do it now.

00:25:39.480 –> 00:25:40.839
Well, I’m going to the room.

00:25:41.160 –> 00:25:41.400
Yes.

00:25:42.359 –> 00:25:50.200
We will hopefully be back before you wake in the morning, assuming nothing goes catastrophically wrong.

00:25:50.759 –> 00:25:52.359
Yeah, you can open the door if you are.

00:25:52.599 –> 00:25:55.480
Three knocks, pulse, then two knocks.

00:25:55.799 –> 00:25:56.119
Okay.

00:25:56.440 –> 00:25:57.559
Mine will take quicker.

00:25:58.039 –> 00:26:04.920
I just want to read this book on pocket planes and see if I can divulge a way to make one.

00:26:05.400 –> 00:26:07.559
Make an intelligence check.

00:26:07.880 –> 00:26:09.160
Just a straight check?

00:26:09.480 –> 00:26:10.039
Yes.

00:26:10.359 –> 00:26:11.319
Oh, fuck.

00:26:14.759 –> 00:26:17.480
I was hoping, like, for an arcana or something, but.

00:26:17.960 –> 00:26:18.519
Oh, well.

00:26:19.160 –> 00:26:21.240
You’re having trouble deciphering the book.

00:26:21.559 –> 00:26:23.319
You make a little progress.

00:26:23.640 –> 00:26:37.880
You understand that one of the fundamentals of pocket planes is creating dimensional bending and creating an abstract form that relies on the fractalization of gravitational planes.

00:26:38.200 –> 00:26:38.519
Okay.

00:26:39.160 –> 00:26:47.079
Do I decipher that in a pinch, like, humans could survive in a pocket plane or creatures?

00:26:47.640 –> 00:26:53.480
From what you’ve understood, that entirely depends on how you make the pocket plane.

00:26:53.799 –> 00:26:54.119
Okay.

00:26:55.160 –> 00:26:58.519
You can make a pocket plane that people could survive in.

00:26:58.839 –> 00:27:02.759
However, it is much easier to make one that they can’t survive in.

00:27:03.079 –> 00:27:03.400
Okay.

00:27:03.720 –> 00:27:05.079
That’s all I was going to do.

00:27:06.039 –> 00:27:07.400
Pretty inventive way to kill someone.

00:27:09.079 –> 00:27:12.519
And try to make some explosive shot.

00:27:12.839 –> 00:27:13.240
All right.

00:27:14.279 –> 00:27:16.680
How many explosive shots are you going to make?

00:27:19.079 –> 00:27:20.920
Let’s try for 10.

00:27:21.480 –> 00:27:22.279
And whatever.

00:27:23.000 –> 00:27:28.519
That’s Tinker’s Tools, but since I am a level 6 now, I get my proficiency is doubled.

00:27:28.839 –> 00:27:30.839
Alright, roll with your tinker’s tools.

00:27:31.160 –> 00:27:31.720
What is that?

00:27:31.799 –> 00:27:33.799
It’s not letting me actually roll with it.

00:27:34.119 –> 00:27:35.400
Oh, maybe that’s it.

00:27:37.400 –> 00:27:38.680
Dexterity.

00:27:39.960 –> 00:27:40.839
Try that.

00:27:41.079 –> 00:27:42.360
Hopefully that’s not too high.

00:27:42.680 –> 00:27:43.720
Did you roll?

00:27:44.519 –> 00:27:46.039
Yeah, I got a 13.

00:27:46.360 –> 00:27:46.680
Okay.

00:27:47.960 –> 00:27:51.480
So with a 13, you managed to make all 10 bullets.

00:27:51.799 –> 00:27:52.440
Oh, cool.

00:27:52.680 –> 00:27:57.079
Now I just need to figure out how to do this in inventory.

00:27:58.039 –> 00:27:58.599
All right.

00:27:59.480 –> 00:28:05.160
Manny, Wilfred, as you head out of the tavern, it is cold and dark.

00:28:05.480 –> 00:28:17.079
And you see, if you follow the direction that you sense the birch in, you will end up cutting across the fields outside of town.

00:28:17.400 –> 00:28:19.400
Or would you like to take the streets?

00:28:19.720 –> 00:28:20.759
Hey, Elias, real quick.

00:28:20.839 –> 00:28:25.319
I’m going to have to get with you on how much extra damage the explosive rounds do.

00:28:25.640 –> 00:28:26.039
Alright.

00:28:26.599 –> 00:28:28.200
So, I’ll be right back.

00:28:32.920 –> 00:28:33.880
What do we think?

00:28:34.119 –> 00:28:38.279
I’m trying to think of where we could get across the leaf scene.

00:28:40.759 –> 00:28:43.799
Is there other people kind of milling about in the streets?

00:28:43.960 –> 00:28:44.920
Like, is it still…

00:28:45.480 –> 00:28:47.160
Are the streets still active?

00:28:47.480 –> 00:28:50.279
Or is pretty much everyone gone?

00:28:50.759 –> 00:28:52.599
The streets are quiet.

00:28:52.920 –> 00:28:59.480
The quiet flickering of the oil and gas lanterns illuminating the streets.

00:28:59.799 –> 00:29:07.079
Every so often you see a puff of fire as the pressure varies and occasionally they get extra gas.

00:29:08.680 –> 00:29:09.960
What do you think, Wilfred?

00:29:10.279 –> 00:29:14.360
Do you feel more comfortable cutting through the streets or making a way across the field?

00:29:15.480 –> 00:29:17.240
I think we should go through the field.

00:29:17.559 –> 00:29:18.839
That works for me.

00:29:19.160 –> 00:29:20.360
Just follow the feeling.

00:29:20.680 –> 00:29:21.000
Yeah.

00:29:21.319 –> 00:29:24.039
So cut into the field then and just cut it.

00:29:24.599 –> 00:29:24.840
Yeah.

00:29:25.480 –> 00:29:27.000
Make a way that way.

00:29:27.639 –> 00:29:37.720
As you cut across the field, the wind howls, and you feel snow filling all of the cracks and crevices of your clothing.

00:29:38.039 –> 00:29:41.160
The air smells crisp and frozen.

00:29:41.480 –> 00:29:44.920
And eventually you are approaching the outside of a tavern.

00:29:45.480 –> 00:29:48.840
You see guards standing around watching.

00:29:49.720 –> 00:29:59.799
The tavern is extravagantly built with large glass windows which are illuminated from the inside by firelight.

00:30:00.119 –> 00:30:04.680
And you see magical lanterns hanging all around the exterior, casting.

00:30:06.240 –> 00:30:12.480
A soft white glow in contrast to the warm yellows of the street lanterns.

00:30:14.400 –> 00:30:16.880
You sense that the birch is inside.

00:30:17.519 –> 00:30:20.640
Should we go just to the guards and talk to them?

00:30:20.960 –> 00:30:29.440
The only thing that I’m unsure of if they are in the way we’ll see if we can get in without having to state our business.

00:30:30.000 –> 00:30:30.400
I’m unsure.

00:30:31.279 –> 00:30:34.799
We can be vague, like say we have a message for the birch.

00:30:35.119 –> 00:30:36.400
I don’t even know if we should say that.

00:30:36.559 –> 00:30:39.599
I don’t know if these goods are good for the birch.

00:30:39.920 –> 00:30:40.880
Oh, it’s true, yeah.

00:30:41.359 –> 00:30:44.319
This is an extravagant tab, and they could just be good for that.

00:30:44.400 –> 00:30:50.000
So let’s see if we can get in just by saying we have business inside.

00:30:50.480 –> 00:30:52.400
Yeah, let’s go for that.

00:30:52.720 –> 00:30:53.200
All right.

00:30:53.519 –> 00:30:58.400
I guess we’ll post and try to go in.

00:30:58.720 –> 00:30:58.880
Yeah.

00:30:59.759 –> 00:31:02.799
As you approach the guards, they step forward and stop you.

00:31:03.039 –> 00:31:04.480
Do you have business?

00:31:05.119 –> 00:31:06.559
Yes, we do.

00:31:07.200 –> 00:31:11.599
All right, you’ll each need to pay the entrance fee and then we can let you in for your business for the night.

00:31:11.920 –> 00:31:13.440
What’s the entrance fee?

00:31:13.680 –> 00:31:15.200
25 gold each.

00:31:17.200 –> 00:31:17.759
We will.

00:31:18.960 –> 00:31:21.759
Our business is quite vitally important.

00:31:22.240 –> 00:31:24.160
Lives could be at stake.

00:31:24.799 –> 00:31:26.000
We’ll be quite quick.

00:31:26.160 –> 00:31:29.440
Is there any way that could be a reduced fee for us?

00:31:29.759 –> 00:31:31.279
We won’t be, but a moment.

00:31:31.599 –> 00:31:33.279
Roll persuasion.

00:31:33.920 –> 00:31:34.960
Can I help?

00:31:36.400 –> 00:31:37.119
Excuse me.

00:31:37.200 –> 00:31:40.160
Yes, I think my computer’s being to my computer.

00:31:41.279 –> 00:31:41.519
No.

00:31:42.160 –> 00:31:44.400
Manny will have to roll this individually.

00:31:44.720 –> 00:31:47.839
But you could also roll your own persuasion, Wilfred.

00:31:48.160 –> 00:31:48.559
Yep.

00:31:49.200 –> 00:31:52.240
Hey, I’m decent at persuasion.

00:31:53.200 –> 00:31:54.240
No, come on.

00:31:54.480 –> 00:31:55.599
Can I get rid of our dice?

00:31:58.400 –> 00:31:59.759
I don’t think I need to roll.

00:32:00.319 –> 00:32:03.920
I was real scared for a second there when it almost landed on the one.

00:32:04.799 –> 00:32:06.000
The guard looks to you.

00:32:06.079 –> 00:32:08.480
I think we can adjust it for you.

00:32:08.799 –> 00:32:09.759
Thank you.

00:32:10.400 –> 00:32:12.240
Yes, just 15 gold.

00:32:12.559 –> 00:32:13.279
Fair enough.

00:32:13.519 –> 00:32:17.680
I will get, I will pass over 15 gold.

00:32:18.240 –> 00:32:20.480
Yes, I do the same.

00:32:21.039 –> 00:32:28.640
The guard takes your gold and puts it in a deposit box next to him and lets you inside.

00:32:29.200 –> 00:32:33.920
As you step inside, you are immediately filled with warmth.

00:32:34.240 –> 00:32:44.559
And not just warmth, but the smell of spring air as the enchantments in the room fill it with the delightful morning light of a spring.

00:32:45.920 –> 00:32:51.920
Stepping inside, you are immediately at an attendant’s desk.

00:32:53.519 –> 00:32:55.440
The attendant looks down at you.

00:32:55.759 –> 00:32:58.880
A small gnome on a very high stool.

00:32:59.759 –> 00:33:02.000
How may we help you this evening?

00:33:02.720 –> 00:33:08.240
We have business with someone here.

00:33:08.559 –> 00:33:14.640
May we go through and will they be expecting you in the business suite or in the dining area?

00:33:14.960 –> 00:33:15.680
Oh gosh.

00:33:18.000 –> 00:33:19.119
What does the gut say?

00:33:19.279 –> 00:33:20.000
Like, do we have any.

00:33:20.480 –> 00:33:26.799
Yeah, do we have any idea of where they might be now that we’re in the building?

00:33:26.960 –> 00:33:28.720
Do we get any more specific direction?

00:33:29.360 –> 00:33:31.039
They are to the right of you.

00:33:31.360 –> 00:33:35.440
Oh, Jessica, like, oh, they should be right over there, dressing to the right.

00:33:36.000 –> 00:33:36.799
Oh, yes.

00:33:37.119 –> 00:33:38.720
They’ll be in the dining area.

00:33:39.039 –> 00:33:39.759
Yeah, yeah.

00:33:40.640 –> 00:33:42.960
Do you have a name for your introductions?

00:33:43.279 –> 00:33:43.920
Yes.

00:33:45.839 –> 00:33:49.200
You guys are so shady right now by accident, and I love it.

00:33:51.440 –> 00:33:53.039
We were not prepared.

00:33:53.360 –> 00:33:53.759
Oh, God.

00:33:53.839 –> 00:33:56.079
This is also what I wanted to teach you of me.

00:33:56.400 –> 00:34:02.559
The person playing this character is very uncharismatic, trying to play a charismatic character.

00:34:02.880 –> 00:34:03.039
Yeah.

00:34:03.519 –> 00:34:05.200
I keep doing this to myself.

00:34:05.360 –> 00:34:07.599
Why do I pick charisma classes?

00:34:09.599 –> 00:34:11.920
Oh, well, friends are friends.

00:34:12.239 –> 00:34:14.800
They might not know our names yet.

00:34:15.119 –> 00:34:17.119
Scheduled business, I see.

00:34:17.440 –> 00:34:18.000
Yes.

00:34:18.880 –> 00:34:20.559
Do you know their names?

00:34:20.880 –> 00:34:23.119
He is growing a little suspicious of you.

00:34:23.760 –> 00:34:27.519
Am I able to looking over this person?

00:34:27.840 –> 00:34:28.400
Do I…

00:34:28.800 –> 00:34:29.280
I don’t…

00:34:29.599 –> 00:34:35.920
Do I see any of the insignia of the group or anything?

00:34:36.239 –> 00:34:37.199
You don’t.

00:34:40.159 –> 00:34:42.800
I think we should just say the name.

00:34:44.559 –> 00:34:47.920
I don’t want to get us in any trouble.

00:34:51.760 –> 00:34:56.559
Please, it is vitally important we go and talk to a contact.

00:34:56.880 –> 00:35:03.440
This is a time-sensitive issue, and we really can’t be taking any more delays.

00:35:03.760 –> 00:35:05.840
The gnome looks at you very suspiciously.

00:35:07.559 –> 00:35:09.079
Rule persuasion.

00:35:13.960 –> 00:35:14.840
Eternal fear.

00:35:15.480 –> 00:35:16.840
You succeeded the first time.

00:35:17.159 –> 00:35:17.400
Yeah.

00:35:18.280 –> 00:35:18.760
Yay!

00:35:20.039 –> 00:35:22.679
Okay, it’s decent.

00:35:23.239 –> 00:35:27.880
All right, well, I can lead you in, but I will need a name.

00:35:31.880 –> 00:35:37.079
I think the person we are looking for goes by the name The Birch.

00:35:39.239 –> 00:35:40.519
Very well.

00:35:41.239 –> 00:35:48.760
Looks at you, even more suspicious, and begins leading you to the dining hall.

00:35:49.079 –> 00:35:58.280
As you step down a lavish hallway, you see where there are spring plants growing everywhere, and you feel as if you are in a forest glade.

00:35:59.159 –> 00:36:04.920
As you step into the dining hall, you can see tables that look like they have grown out of the ground.

00:36:08.599 –> 00:36:17.159
The fine wooden tables are decorated with flowers that seem alive, dancing in a wind you cannot feel.

00:36:17.480 –> 00:36:19.239
The gnome leads you forward.

00:36:20.119 –> 00:36:27.960
Where you find a young woman, human, probably about 25, sitting at a table alone.

00:36:28.280 –> 00:36:32.119
The gnome gestures to them.

00:36:32.440 –> 00:36:33.880
You have The Birch.

00:36:34.199 –> 00:36:34.760
Thank you.

00:36:35.079 –> 00:36:38.599
Does this match our feelings of the person?

00:36:39.800 –> 00:36:40.599
It does.

00:36:41.559 –> 00:36:44.679
I will take a seat then across from The Birch.

00:36:45.320 –> 00:36:45.559
Yeah.

00:36:46.039 –> 00:36:47.000
Smile at them.

00:36:48.199 –> 00:36:51.639
We have a message to deliver.

00:36:51.960 –> 00:36:54.920
Is there any way we can speak in private?

00:36:58.440 –> 00:37:00.360
The Birch gestures around.

00:37:01.000 –> 00:37:04.440
This is one of the most private places in the whole city.

00:37:08.199 –> 00:37:12.360
We deliver a message from The Oak.

00:37:12.679 –> 00:37:14.679
Her eyes grew a little wide.

00:37:15.000 –> 00:37:15.960
What is happening?

00:37:16.280 –> 00:37:19.239
I’m afraid it’s not looking good.

00:37:19.559 –> 00:37:28.840
The spies in El-Fane have been routed and you need to get out of the city quickly.

00:37:29.000 –> 00:37:32.360
Once the river freezes, the army will be making away.

00:37:32.519 –> 00:37:36.199
And with this cold weather, I fear that it’s already been frozen.

00:37:36.519 –> 00:37:38.440
He’ll be here quite soon.

00:37:38.760 –> 00:37:40.199
We came as fast as we could.

00:37:40.519 –> 00:37:43.639
We just got into the city today ourselves.

00:37:45.159 –> 00:37:45.960
What else?

00:37:48.920 –> 00:37:51.000
I don’t remember if it was anything yet.

00:37:51.559 –> 00:37:52.119
Let’s see.

00:37:53.880 –> 00:38:01.880
We were told to make sure that to tell you that it’s important that you flee, as they will be upon us soon.

00:38:04.920 –> 00:38:05.480
You need to flee.

00:38:05.639 –> 00:38:07.800
Once the river freezes, they will come.

00:38:08.440 –> 00:38:09.639
The Birch looks at you.

00:38:10.840 –> 00:38:12.599
Well, I best be going then.

00:38:12.840 –> 00:38:14.920
Stands up from the table.

00:38:15.880 –> 00:38:18.199
I’ll need you to meet me somewhere.

00:38:18.519 –> 00:38:19.719
Yes, of course.

00:38:20.280 –> 00:38:20.920
Where?

00:38:21.880 –> 00:38:25.079
I need you to meet me in a city to the north of here.

00:38:25.400 –> 00:38:27.400
Have you ever been to Spire MacGregor?

00:38:27.639 –> 00:38:29.079
No, but we can go there.

00:38:29.400 –> 00:38:31.480
I don’t believe I had, but.

00:38:32.280 –> 00:38:35.960
If you can meet me in Spire MacGregor, we’ll plan for what to do next.

00:38:36.280 –> 00:38:42.360
Not the metagame or anything, but maybe bring us along in your little plot.

00:38:44.760 –> 00:38:57.239
Um, we have traveling companions, and while they have not yet been briefed in the full extent of everything, they are trustworthy and honest people.

00:38:57.400 –> 00:38:59.639
Would they be able to join us?

00:38:59.960 –> 00:39:01.480
If they accept the brand.

00:39:03.400 –> 00:39:06.519
We will give them that offer then.

00:39:06.840 –> 00:39:09.639
What is this time frame for meeting you?

00:39:10.440 –> 00:39:19.800
We have some business in this city, and then at some point, some business in the mountains to take care of, but when shall we meet you?

00:39:20.440 –> 00:39:23.720
You should meet me sometime in the next six months.

00:39:24.920 –> 00:39:26.920
That should be quite doable.

00:39:27.239 –> 00:39:27.480
Yeah.

00:39:27.800 –> 00:39:33.400
Now, Spire MacGregor is about a month’s travel away, so it will take some time to get there.

00:39:34.760 –> 00:39:35.960
I think we can do it.

00:39:36.280 –> 00:39:36.679
Yes.

00:39:37.000 –> 00:39:38.119
Where should we meet you?

00:39:38.280 –> 00:39:39.400
In Spire MacGregor.

00:39:39.639 –> 00:39:41.000
In Spire MacGregor.

00:39:41.320 –> 00:39:43.400
I will wait for you to come to town.

00:39:43.720 –> 00:39:47.880
I’m going to place a ward on you so I can know your location once you enter the city.

00:39:48.199 –> 00:39:49.480
And then I will come to you.

00:39:49.800 –> 00:39:52.039
I can’t guarantee a meeting place now.

00:39:52.360 –> 00:39:53.480
Understandable.

00:39:53.800 –> 00:39:54.920
Yes, thank you.

00:39:55.159 –> 00:39:56.920
The Birch reaches out towards you.

00:39:57.079 –> 00:39:58.760
Please give me your hand.

00:39:59.079 –> 00:39:59.559
I will.

00:40:00.119 –> 00:40:00.360
Yeah.

00:40:00.599 –> 00:40:01.800
We hold out our hands.

00:40:02.119 –> 00:40:03.639
You hold out your hands.

00:40:03.960 –> 00:40:06.920
She mutters a spell under her breath, gestures with her fingers.

00:40:08.239 –> 00:40:14.559
Fingers, and you see a small sigil of an eye briefly appear on the back of your hands, then disappear.

00:40:14.880 –> 00:40:17.280
This will let me know when you get to the city.

00:40:17.840 –> 00:40:18.400
Sounds good.

00:40:18.480 –> 00:40:24.480
Is there anything else we should be wary of in the time between our meetings?

00:40:25.440 –> 00:40:29.920
If the army takes Aberfeldy, they will most likely march to Pitlochry next.

00:40:30.880 –> 00:40:32.880
You need to watch out for this army.

00:40:33.119 –> 00:40:38.960
They don’t like to take prisoners, and they are the most desperate people of Mara.

00:40:39.280 –> 00:40:43.039
They will do anything and everything to take anything they can.

00:40:44.320 –> 00:40:52.000
These are not soldiers who are devoted in their cause or loyalists.

00:40:52.320 –> 00:40:58.880
These are petty beings bound by contracts who will do anything to gain more favor.

00:41:00.320 –> 00:41:12.880
Is it best we try to keep ourselves fully unknown, or would you recommend that if we do encounter, we do our best to slow down or stop any of the enemies movements?

00:41:13.199 –> 00:41:16.639
They will be coming in the hundreds, maybe the thousands.

00:41:18.159 –> 00:41:21.360
If you believe you can stop them, you can try.

00:41:21.679 –> 00:41:23.440
But I do not recommend fighting.

00:41:23.760 –> 00:41:25.679
Avoid them if at all possible.

00:41:26.000 –> 00:41:33.679
We have so far only run into small warring parties and have managed to keep to the side during them.

00:41:34.480 –> 00:41:35.679
That is good to know.

00:41:35.920 –> 00:41:37.360
Thank you, The Birch.

00:41:37.679 –> 00:41:38.639
Yeah, thank you.

00:41:38.960 –> 00:41:51.360
As The Birch gestures to you to make your way out, looking worried, you see a group of uniformed people from Mara outside of the building.

00:41:52.000 –> 00:41:59.440
I will use message and send a message to The Birch and be like, they may already be here.

00:42:00.480 –> 00:42:10.639
Let The Birch know if they have not yet seen the uniformed people, but I’m hoping that I am now incognito enough that the uniform people don’t care about us.

00:42:10.960 –> 00:42:14.079
I’ll kind of glance to Wilfrid and be like, can we keep going?

00:42:14.400 –> 00:42:16.079
Can we find another way out?

00:42:16.400 –> 00:42:17.119
Let’s ask.

00:42:17.679 –> 00:42:20.639
We go to the elf behind the counter.

00:42:20.960 –> 00:42:26.639
Oh, yeah, the gnome or the gnome looks at you.

00:42:26.960 –> 00:42:28.239
Have you completed your business?

00:42:28.400 –> 00:42:30.719
Will you be needing any other services tonight?

00:42:31.920 –> 00:42:35.679
Do you perhaps have an alternative exit?

00:42:36.000 –> 00:42:38.239
The gnome looks at you suspiciously.

00:42:38.559 –> 00:42:40.800
Why do you need an alternative?

00:42:41.119 –> 00:42:46.880
I will take five gold coins and put them on the counter and just smile.

00:42:50.000 –> 00:42:52.400
I’ll do this smiles back at you.

00:42:52.719 –> 00:42:55.679
Well, if it’s for the sake of business, you can go out through the kitchens.

00:42:55.920 –> 00:42:58.239
They lead out the back to the north.

00:42:58.559 –> 00:42:59.360
Thank you.

00:42:59.679 –> 00:43:00.480
Thank you, thank you.

00:43:00.800 –> 00:43:02.559
So, yeah, I will follow that direction.

00:43:02.800 –> 00:43:10.719
But I have, you know, made sure I sent that message because I do have the message, Cantrip, to The Birch and say, like, they’re already here.

00:43:10.880 –> 00:43:12.320
We’re heading out the back.

00:43:12.960 –> 00:43:28.000
As you are heading out the back, as you make it outside, you see the wall of the building, where you had been previously a few moments ago, explode, sending chunks of wood and glass flying through the air.

00:43:28.320 –> 00:43:28.639
Right!

00:43:29.679 –> 00:43:43.280
You see several of the agents of Mara scattered about on the ground, and you see The Birch wielding a wand ferociously, casting magic that’s tearing apart the fabric of reality around them.

00:43:43.840 –> 00:43:49.920
You see them shred through the agents and begin flying north.

00:43:50.800 –> 00:43:53.280
I will cast invisibility.

00:43:53.440 –> 00:43:56.320
I believe I can cast it on two people at this level.

00:44:03.280 –> 00:44:12.159
I will use a third level spell slot, cast invisibility on me and Wilfrid, so we can make our way back without anyone seeing us.

00:44:13.119 –> 00:44:15.440
Yeah, I will cast invisibility on us.

00:44:15.760 –> 00:44:23.360
As you sneak back through the fields, you hear the violence behind you escalating, and you see the tavern begin to burn.

00:44:24.239 –> 00:44:26.800
Well, that went well.

00:44:27.679 –> 00:44:28.720
At least for us.

00:44:29.039 –> 00:44:29.440
Yes.

00:44:29.760 –> 00:44:34.480
Hopefully, there won’t be too many innocent lives lost.

00:44:35.519 –> 00:44:47.440
As you are sneaking away on the low clouds hanging over the area in the distance, you see the illumination of many fires in the east.

00:44:48.720 –> 00:44:50.320
Yeah, they’re close now.

00:44:50.960 –> 00:44:51.280
Yeah.

00:44:53.519 –> 00:44:56.000
Thank you for your help, Wilfrid.

00:44:57.119 –> 00:45:01.920
Of course, I appreciate you joining me on this venture.

00:45:02.079 –> 00:45:06.239
I know it has less to do with you than it does me.

00:45:06.880 –> 00:45:07.840
Yeah, we delay.

00:45:09.239 –> 00:45:10.280
It’s a message.

00:45:11.000 –> 00:45:12.760
It looks like The Birch got out.

00:45:13.079 –> 00:45:14.039
I believe so.

00:45:14.119 –> 00:45:16.840
I believe she is safe.

00:45:17.559 –> 00:45:18.199
Yeah, hopefully.

00:45:18.840 –> 00:45:22.039
We’ll see for sure when we meet her again.

00:45:22.360 –> 00:45:22.519
Yeah.

00:45:23.480 –> 00:45:35.800
As you proceed to the tavern, the impending march weighs heavy on your mind as you are already encountering the front scouts of Mara’s agents.

00:45:37.239 –> 00:45:41.320
Yeah, there’s a question that I almost don’t want to like scare to know the answer to.

00:45:41.639 –> 00:45:51.000
Would that have always happened at the same time, or was that enhanced time-wise even more by Kaz selling that information?

00:45:52.199 –> 00:45:59.320
Not that you’ll say as the DM, but like, I know that Kaz will say that he sold that they sold the information.

00:46:04.519 –> 00:46:04.840
Yeah.

00:46:05.480 –> 00:46:08.039
Oh no, the consequences of my own actions.

00:46:09.880 –> 00:46:12.199
Reap the garden now.

00:46:14.920 –> 00:46:17.079
You don’t know that Kaz sold that information.

00:46:17.400 –> 00:46:17.639
No!

00:46:19.480 –> 00:46:21.239
Kaz is making bullets.

00:46:21.880 –> 00:46:29.719
Like, I don’t even know if we know that Kaz knows any of this unless we saw Kaz like ask your snake.

00:46:30.280 –> 00:46:31.800
And but we wouldn’t have heard.

00:46:32.039 –> 00:46:33.400
I don’t mean to ask the snake.

00:46:33.480 –> 00:46:41.480
Shit, I can like if I just happen to be listening into the snake’s like mind, I can just see and hear what the snake sees and hears.

00:46:41.800 –> 00:46:42.039
Yeah.

00:46:44.280 –> 00:46:48.840
So, yeah, but I don’t know if we fully knew if you how much you had known.

00:46:49.079 –> 00:46:53.159
What they took you on your honor, Kaz, and you fucked that up.

00:46:53.480 –> 00:46:55.559
Yeah, I was like, fucking hilarious.

00:46:56.280 –> 00:47:00.280
One of the largest and many Wilfrid was like, oh, we have two companions, but they are honorable and trustworthy.

00:47:00.360 –> 00:47:03.000
And I was just thinking to myself, Kaz ain’t trustworthy.

00:47:06.760 –> 00:47:08.599
We have no idea they sold this information.

00:47:08.760 –> 00:47:09.880
We have no idea.

00:47:10.199 –> 00:47:23.159
Yeah, because I was like, Manny’s like, yeah, I don’t, like, you stealing from me and the people, Manny doesn’t take that if you’re untrustworthy because so far you have been honorable and trustworthy to this party from Manny’s perspective.

00:47:23.239 –> 00:47:25.000
So Manny’s like, yeah, you’re not going to betray us.

00:47:25.159 –> 00:47:25.800
I can trust you.

00:47:26.039 –> 00:47:28.199
Oh, yeah, no, I won’t betray you.

00:47:30.039 –> 00:47:33.400
But like, that information wasn’t affecting you guys directly.

00:47:36.519 –> 00:47:38.039
We almost got got by.

00:47:39.480 –> 00:47:39.719
So.

00:47:41.639 –> 00:47:43.079
That’s hilarious.

00:47:44.599 –> 00:47:46.760
Are we all back in the room now?

00:47:47.079 –> 00:47:48.679
Yes, we’ve all made it back to the town.

00:47:49.719 –> 00:47:51.960
Open the door and see no one there.

00:47:53.159 –> 00:47:54.039
Who the fuck now?

00:47:55.719 –> 00:47:57.639
I started to close the door.

00:48:01.800 –> 00:48:02.599
Oh, what?

00:48:03.159 –> 00:48:03.400
Okay.

00:48:04.280 –> 00:48:06.920
Once we get in the room, I’ll drop the invisibility.

00:48:07.800 –> 00:48:11.719
It got a intense exit.

00:48:12.119 –> 00:48:12.599
Not here.

00:48:13.639 –> 00:48:17.079
The monkeys and I’ll come just out a window.

00:48:17.239 –> 00:48:19.960
You might be able to see like the smoke or whatever rising.

00:48:21.159 –> 00:48:21.320
Okay.

00:48:22.599 –> 00:48:25.480
Well, normally I’m the one leaving things in a smoking rack.

00:48:26.039 –> 00:48:26.440
Right?

00:48:27.079 –> 00:48:27.320
Yeah.

00:48:29.639 –> 00:48:32.920
I don’t really know if we have four nights here, though.

00:48:33.159 –> 00:48:33.960
Time’s running short.

00:48:35.320 –> 00:48:43.400
Mara’s army is their scouts have already arrived and their main forces are not far off.

00:48:43.719 –> 00:48:46.440
Hopefully, well, if there is.

00:48:46.760 –> 00:48:50.599
Are you ready to take on your bank tomorrow?

00:48:50.679 –> 00:48:53.239
Or do you need more time to plan and prep?

00:48:53.960 –> 00:48:56.920
I’ll go scout tomorrow and see what we can come up with.

00:48:57.079 –> 00:49:00.840
But it seems like there’s an entrance from the bottom from what Kaz is telling me.

00:49:00.920 –> 00:49:02.920
So we might be able to get in pretty quick.

00:49:03.800 –> 00:49:07.800
Yeah, I mean, I’ve got all the stuff that I need to do the job right here.

00:49:07.880 –> 00:49:09.719
I was thinking of doing it maybe tomorrow night.

00:49:10.039 –> 00:49:15.880
Maybe tomorrow morning grab, see if I can find a helping pair of hands if they’re willing.

00:49:16.199 –> 00:49:21.239
But outside of that, we can do the job tomorrow night and then leave in the morning afterwards.

00:49:21.559 –> 00:49:21.719
Yeah.

00:49:26.199 –> 00:49:27.960
What did the information cost?

00:49:28.280 –> 00:49:30.840
Totally unknowingly, what you paid.

00:49:31.480 –> 00:49:32.039
I have to.

00:49:32.679 –> 00:49:35.880
Oh, I just sold a couple of dragon’s teeth that I got from that skull.

00:49:36.360 –> 00:49:37.000
Okay, okay.

00:49:37.239 –> 00:49:37.720
Nice.

00:49:38.280 –> 00:49:44.599
Also, I had an idea of how we might be able to travel faster at certain times.

00:49:44.920 –> 00:49:49.639
If we have a way that we can, at certain times, add an additional horse.

00:49:49.800 –> 00:49:54.360
I do have the ability to summon an ethereal equine being.

00:49:54.840 –> 00:49:57.800
Well, that won’t be able to be for all the time in the whole day.

00:49:58.119 –> 00:50:06.199
We might be able to make some faster travel if we had a way to attach a second harness to it and help our horse along.

00:50:06.519 –> 00:50:06.760
Okay.

00:50:07.239 –> 00:50:08.199
I think I can.

00:50:08.519 –> 00:50:08.840
Do they?

00:50:11.280 –> 00:50:12.880
Summoning a horse, too, right?

00:50:17.760 –> 00:50:23.840
Did you guys tell us what you could of the whole information and stuff?

00:50:24.800 –> 00:50:31.360
There’s we have further business in Spire MacGregor.

00:50:31.679 –> 00:50:39.840
And if you two would be interested in joining, you will have to make an oath, but it is open to you.

00:50:40.480 –> 00:50:40.719
What?

00:50:41.519 –> 00:50:42.320
Kind of an oath.

00:50:43.599 –> 00:50:50.159
Essentially, do not betray, and if you do and tell people of the secrets, you will get sent to the Fae Wild.

00:50:50.639 –> 00:50:51.280
Well, fun.

00:50:53.920 –> 00:50:55.840
And who have the taken though?

00:50:57.119 –> 00:50:57.440
Okay.

00:50:58.400 –> 00:50:59.280
What else?

00:50:59.840 –> 00:51:01.599
Yeah, who would we swear this to?

00:51:02.079 –> 00:51:06.159
Yeah, how would they know it would be us?

00:51:06.800 –> 00:51:14.000
Well, there is magics involved that know what we tell.

00:51:14.559 –> 00:51:15.920
I don’t like that.

00:51:16.239 –> 00:51:20.000
This is why I made no promises for either of you.

00:51:20.079 –> 00:51:26.079
I simply asked if you would be if they’d be open to us bringing party members.

00:51:26.400 –> 00:51:30.960
And they said that you would also need to take the oath that we did.

00:51:31.840 –> 00:51:37.679
It was just at some point in the next six months we need to make our next meeting up in the Spire of MacGregor.

00:51:37.840 –> 00:51:40.320
So we don’t need to take it to the next one.

00:51:40.559 –> 00:51:43.440
You said there was magic involved in this.

00:51:43.760 –> 00:51:50.079
Is it like a brand or is it a tattoo or is it like fucking spell?

00:51:51.119 –> 00:51:54.000
A sort of magical brand.

00:51:54.320 –> 00:51:56.719
Do you have one already?

00:51:57.039 –> 00:51:57.519
Yes.

00:51:58.079 –> 00:51:58.880
Let me see it.

00:51:59.199 –> 00:51:59.599
Does it?

00:51:59.760 –> 00:52:00.880
I don’t know if it does it.

00:52:01.039 –> 00:52:04.719
Does it leave a physical mug that can’t be seen or no?

00:52:05.039 –> 00:52:06.159
It does not.

00:52:06.480 –> 00:52:06.800
It’s.

00:52:07.440 –> 00:52:12.320
If you are capable of casting detect magic, though, you can find out if someone has the brand.

00:52:12.639 –> 00:52:15.119
Ooh, I’ve got detect magic as a ritual.

00:52:15.440 –> 00:52:21.599
So it’s invisible to the naked eye, but I believe it’s detectable by magical means.

00:52:24.000 –> 00:52:26.960
I cast detect magic so I can see it.

00:52:27.280 –> 00:52:34.960
So you find that they are bound by a magical pact enforced through the means of the ancient Fae.

00:52:35.599 –> 00:52:37.519
Do I see what the brand looks like?

00:52:37.840 –> 00:52:41.280
It doesn’t have a physical outline that you can make out.

00:52:41.840 –> 00:52:45.039
It is more of a general coalescing.

00:52:45.679 –> 00:52:48.960
It shifts and changes shape constantly.

00:52:49.280 –> 00:52:49.519
Okay.

00:52:51.920 –> 00:52:59.920
If it makes you feel better, this allegiance wouldn’t be putting you against your home kingdom.

00:53:00.239 –> 00:53:05.679
Do I see the I tattoo or brand or whatever ward?

00:53:08.800 –> 00:53:10.320
Do I recognize it?

00:53:10.639 –> 00:53:18.480
This one is a particular ward that you have seen in use of military before for identifying spies.

00:53:19.039 –> 00:53:30.960
So one will apply the ward, and then when they reach a triggering location, it will identify them to the person who applied to the ward and where they are.

00:53:31.440 –> 00:53:34.880
That is to serve as locating each other discreetly.

00:53:35.199 –> 00:53:47.840
Well, if it’s not going to put me in danger of my hometown, because they will come after me with the full fires of the fucking army, I don’t see any reason why I couldn’t join this.

00:53:48.480 –> 00:53:54.400
This is this what we carry is not an allegiance to the kingdom of Mara.

00:53:55.039 –> 00:53:55.199
Okay.

00:53:55.440 –> 00:53:58.159
It’s a bit of the opposite.

00:53:58.480 –> 00:53:58.719
Yeah.

00:53:59.519 –> 00:54:01.599
I’m very familiar with that.

00:54:02.559 –> 00:54:04.159
Clandestine shit.

00:54:05.440 –> 00:54:07.519
That’s why if I betray them, they will.

00:54:08.079 –> 00:54:15.280
I have no things about that government and that army that they will send the entire force of the army to me.

00:54:15.599 –> 00:54:18.239
That’s why I’m trying to be as careful as possible.

00:54:18.559 –> 00:54:21.360
Yes, I’m very much understandable.

00:54:22.159 –> 00:54:25.519
And like I said, this will fully your choice.

00:54:25.679 –> 00:54:34.079
We will not ask you to do this if you do not want to, but I do believe that this is actually a good cause that we are helping with.

00:54:34.400 –> 00:54:34.559
Yeah.

00:54:35.519 –> 00:54:36.480
Are you with us, Kaz?

00:54:37.119 –> 00:54:41.280
I mean, if we don’t have to make the decision for six months, why would I need to make a decision now?

00:54:41.599 –> 00:54:42.239
Yeah, you’re right.

00:54:42.320 –> 00:54:45.440
We need to worry about this bank and getting the fuck out of town.

00:54:45.760 –> 00:54:46.400
Yes.

00:54:46.720 –> 00:54:53.199
Well, should we try to get some sleep and get started in the morning then with any prep work?

00:54:54.079 –> 00:54:54.400
Yeah.

00:54:55.360 –> 00:54:56.800
Sounds like an idea.

00:54:57.119 –> 00:54:57.440
Yeah.

00:54:58.880 –> 00:55:01.840
Think we could take a 15 after the long rest?

00:55:02.159 –> 00:55:02.480
Yes.

00:55:02.720 –> 00:55:04.960
We’ll take a 15 here and do a long rest.

00:55:05.360 –> 00:55:06.400
Yuggy doggie.

00:55:06.559 –> 00:55:07.440
See you guys in a minute.

00:55:07.679 –> 00:55:07.920
Yep.

00:55:08.079 –> 00:55:08.480
Yes.

00:55:21.800 –> 00:55:25.239
So I’m on my phone headphones.

00:55:25.559 –> 00:55:25.880
Yeah.

00:55:26.280 –> 00:55:33.960
If you, if the dogs start like, if you can hear the dogs very clearly over me, let me know and I’ll just switch back to my computer.

00:55:34.280 –> 00:55:34.920
Sounds good.

00:55:35.559 –> 00:55:37.239
These are more comfortable to me.

00:55:37.800 –> 00:55:37.960
Yeah.

00:55:38.519 –> 00:55:40.599
Are those the induction ones?

00:55:40.920 –> 00:55:41.400
Yes.

00:55:41.719 –> 00:55:42.920
They are so awesome.

00:55:43.320 –> 00:55:44.679
I got a pair of them right here.

00:55:45.000 –> 00:55:46.039
I got those.

00:55:46.360 –> 00:55:46.679
Yeah.

00:55:47.320 –> 00:55:47.559
Yeah.

00:55:48.280 –> 00:55:55.559
I was, I bought them my first pair during COVID, 2020, as a Father’s Day present.

00:55:55.880 –> 00:56:01.800
And those things literally just gave out a month ago because I gave them to my brother when I bought my new ones.

00:56:02.119 –> 00:56:05.880
See, I listen to them a lot at work.

00:56:06.519 –> 00:56:14.039
And so I’ll run through the battery like twice a day at work because I’ll sometimes be at work for like 16 hours.

00:56:16.280 –> 00:56:17.800
I get the most expensive one.

00:56:17.880 –> 00:56:19.320
It’s like $175.

00:56:19.639 –> 00:56:26.440
And I can do an entire shift and come home in about four or five hours.

00:56:26.760 –> 00:56:29.000
I had the 10 to 15 hour battery.

00:56:29.159 –> 00:56:30.199
It’s so worth it.

00:56:30.519 –> 00:56:33.639
Yeah, I got about 10 hours of battery out of mine now.

00:56:33.960 –> 00:56:34.199
Okay.

00:56:36.119 –> 00:56:39.079
Are they the aftershocks or are they the new brand shocks?

00:56:39.400 –> 00:56:41.159
They’re the new brand shocks.

00:56:41.480 –> 00:56:41.719
Okay.

00:56:42.519 –> 00:56:48.280
Aftershocks were their construction was so well done and their battery is so good.

00:56:48.840 –> 00:56:56.360
I had a pair wear out after about using them for about 20 hours a day for a year and a half.

00:56:56.679 –> 00:56:56.920
Yeah.

00:56:57.719 –> 00:57:01.960
And like I with, I mean, some people are like, oh, but they wore out.

00:57:02.039 –> 00:57:06.599
I’m like, man, with my job, I wear out through a pair of shoes in a year.

00:57:06.920 –> 00:57:07.079
Yeah.

00:57:07.719 –> 00:57:09.000
Same thing with nursing.

00:57:10.760 –> 00:57:12.760
I don’t think some people get that at some jobs.

00:57:12.840 –> 00:57:14.519
You kind of just wear through stuff.

00:57:15.000 –> 00:57:15.239
Yeah.

00:57:17.079 –> 00:57:21.559
I was listening to Dungeon Crawler Carl on these, and the call quality is really good, too.

00:57:21.800 –> 00:57:27.239
And I would just start laughing when I, it’s funny when I talk to my mom or somebody on the phone.

00:57:27.400 –> 00:57:29.639
It looks like I’m talking to myself.

00:57:30.599 –> 00:57:31.159
Oh, yeah.

00:57:31.480 –> 00:57:36.119
People don’t realize I’m talking on there because they can’t even see it with my hair.

00:57:36.440 –> 00:57:36.760
Yeah.

00:57:37.800 –> 00:57:38.840
I got more socks.

00:57:40.760 –> 00:57:42.840
I’ll just be talking on that wherever.

00:57:43.159 –> 00:57:47.159
And I’ll be in the office sometimes and they’ll be like, oh, oh, you’re talking to me?

00:57:47.400 –> 00:57:48.920
Like, oh, no, I’m on the phone.

00:57:49.239 –> 00:57:51.880
And I think they think I’m just kind of crazy.

00:57:52.199 –> 00:57:52.519
Yeah.

00:57:53.159 –> 00:57:54.920
There’s nothing wrong with some crazy.

00:57:55.239 –> 00:57:58.440
If people don’t think how crazy are you even living your life?

00:57:58.760 –> 00:57:59.480
True.

00:58:02.360 –> 00:58:05.559
Yeah, I don’t want to live the kind of life that everyone would agree with.

00:58:05.880 –> 00:58:06.280
I don’t know.

00:58:06.360 –> 00:58:09.960
If I’m making everybody happy, then I’m never going to be making myself happy.

00:58:10.280 –> 00:58:10.519
Yeah.

00:58:11.079 –> 00:58:11.239
Yeah.

00:58:17.320 –> 00:58:19.800
I would probably miss next week’s session.

00:58:20.119 –> 00:58:20.440
All right.

00:58:20.519 –> 00:58:22.119
So make sure you skip that now.

00:58:22.360 –> 00:58:26.280
If you could go do that right now on the start playing website so that way you don’t get charged.

00:58:26.599 –> 00:58:27.000
Yes.

00:58:27.320 –> 00:58:27.800
All right.

00:58:27.960 –> 00:58:28.679
Thank you.

00:58:29.000 –> 00:58:31.400
I’m driving home from a wedding.

00:58:32.280 –> 00:58:37.320
Oh, so my younger brother is getting married.

00:58:37.639 –> 00:58:37.960
Oh, nice.

00:58:38.119 –> 00:58:38.760
Oh, nice.

00:58:40.039 –> 00:58:44.199
Somebody miss next week because they’re getting married.

00:58:44.519 –> 00:58:44.760
Yeah.

00:58:45.239 –> 00:58:46.679
A lot of marriages happening.

00:58:47.000 –> 00:58:51.320
Well, like getting married at the moment.

00:58:51.480 –> 00:58:58.039
Like in the past five years, I’ve been to two of their weddings and a third one is now also engaged.

00:58:58.360 –> 00:59:02.119
So like, to be fair, we’re all in like that same kind of generation.

00:59:02.199 –> 00:59:05.480
We’re all now at the age where we’re like getting into service relationships and getting married now.

00:59:05.639 –> 00:59:08.599
And I’m just like watching everyone slowly get married.

00:59:08.679 –> 00:59:11.400
And I’m just like, that’s too much pressure.

00:59:12.519 –> 00:59:13.000
I got married.

00:59:14.119 –> 00:59:18.679
I’ve been at the wedding for four couples that played in my games so far.

00:59:21.000 –> 00:59:23.800
I got married at 30 and I’m 43 now.

00:59:23.960 –> 00:59:25.480
So only one marriage.

00:59:25.800 –> 00:59:28.440
I look young, but I feel 50.

00:59:29.320 –> 00:59:30.679
That’s what the army does to you.

00:59:30.760 –> 00:59:33.320
It ages you two years for every year you’re in.

00:59:34.280 –> 00:59:35.159
Oh, yeah.

00:59:36.119 –> 00:59:40.360
Well, honestly, if for an army guy, one marriage that long is pretty good.

00:59:40.679 –> 00:59:45.639
Yeah, I didn’t get married until my last three years in the military.

00:59:45.960 –> 00:59:51.239
It seems like everyone I know who’s in the military has had at least one divorce.

00:59:51.559 –> 00:59:52.199
Oh, yeah.

00:59:52.679 –> 00:59:58.199
I met the woman of my dreams and somehow she fucking tolerates me.

00:59:58.280 –> 00:59:58.920
I don’t know how.

00:59:59.159 –> 01:00:03.239
Yeah, you actually waited instead of finding the first base bunny on your deployment.

01:00:03.559 –> 01:00:03.720
Yeah.

01:00:04.280 –> 01:00:07.639
I knew one dude who married an Iraqi translator.

01:00:09.480 –> 01:00:10.840
That was a lot of fucking paper.

01:00:12.320 –> 01:00:24.639
Work these are like the coolest fucking dice, they’re bullets.

01:00:24.960 –> 01:00:30.159
Oh, yeah, so I make dice sometimes, and I have some of those that I’ve made.

01:00:30.480 –> 01:00:32.639
My wife wants to get into making dice.

01:00:32.960 –> 01:00:34.559
Oh, it’s it’s real fun.

01:00:34.880 –> 01:00:36.000
She’s got a resin press.

01:00:36.480 –> 01:00:41.280
She needs a vacuum thing or something in order to make them.

01:00:41.599 –> 01:00:46.239
Um, you should probably use a pressure spot instead of a vacuum if you’re doing resin dice.

01:00:46.559 –> 01:00:47.440
Yeah, a pressure pot.

01:00:47.519 –> 01:00:48.079
That’s what she needs.

01:00:48.239 –> 01:00:53.039
Yeah, yeah, that’s very artistic, and she makes like flower pots.

01:00:53.199 –> 01:00:57.119
Actually, let me go show you her flower pots that she painted.

01:00:58.079 –> 01:01:01.280
So she painted this guy.

01:01:01.599 –> 01:01:02.559
Turn the light on.

01:01:03.440 –> 01:01:04.800
She painted that guy.

01:01:05.119 –> 01:01:05.679
Oh, nice.

01:01:06.239 –> 01:01:06.800
Nice.

01:01:07.760 –> 01:01:13.679
I’m trying to convince her to sell them, but she’s got like four of them to make.

01:01:14.000 –> 01:01:18.960
And we got that for free for my son.

01:01:20.480 –> 01:01:20.880
All right.

01:01:21.280 –> 01:01:22.559
Let’s rob a bank.

01:01:23.119 –> 01:01:23.440
All right.

01:01:23.679 –> 01:01:30.880
As the sun rises, the town shudders under heavy fire and artillery.

01:01:31.519 –> 01:01:33.199
Oh, shit, there’s a war out there.

01:01:34.800 –> 01:01:37.679
Oh, there’s a wall in the distance.

01:01:38.239 –> 01:01:41.519
Rolling over like thunder non-stop.

01:01:42.480 –> 01:01:51.360
The actual fighting is many miles outside of town, but every so often a stray, stray spell makes its way into town and takes out a building.

01:01:52.320 –> 01:01:56.639
You know, this will actually be pretty good overarching distraction.

01:01:56.960 –> 01:02:00.320
Like, if everyone’s looking at the war outside, who’s going to be looking inside?

01:02:00.639 –> 01:02:05.679
That being said, I do want to make a call to see if we can get an extra pair of hands to help out.

01:02:06.079 –> 01:02:06.960
Pretty sure they’re looking.

01:02:07.679 –> 01:02:13.679
Well, we got to do it quick because we got to book it out of town before that gets any closer.

01:02:14.320 –> 01:02:19.679
Yes, is there any supplies we need to be stuck up on that we should do now?

01:02:19.760 –> 01:02:25.360
So that way, as soon as our bank business is done, we can hikal it out of here.

01:02:25.679 –> 01:02:27.679
I think I’m good.

01:02:27.840 –> 01:02:32.960
We can always hunt or good berries at the worst.

01:02:33.840 –> 01:02:36.960
I do have a book that’s supposed to help us with that.

01:02:39.199 –> 01:02:42.960
Oh, real quick, Elias.

01:02:43.039 –> 01:02:43.440
What was the.

01:02:43.920 –> 01:02:46.800
I forgot to ask this: the damage on the explosive.

01:02:47.519 –> 01:02:49.360
110 fire damage.

01:02:49.679 –> 01:02:50.960
Oh, additional?

01:02:51.280 –> 01:02:51.920
Hell yeah.

01:02:52.239 –> 01:02:53.280
That’s what I like.

01:02:53.840 –> 01:02:59.039
Oh, am I meeting Elster in Aberfeldy after robbing the bank, or am I meeting him elsewhere?

01:02:59.760 –> 01:03:01.440
You’re meeting him elsewhere.

01:03:01.760 –> 01:03:02.320
Elsewhere.

01:03:02.880 –> 01:03:04.320
Yeah, because he’s got that coin.

01:03:04.800 –> 01:03:07.519
He’ll know when I’ve succeeded, so he will then.

01:03:07.760 –> 01:03:08.320
He can then.

01:03:10.400 –> 01:03:11.760
I was just saying mute here.

01:03:14.480 –> 01:03:14.880
Right.

01:03:15.519 –> 01:03:18.480
Can I go to the tavern to see if I can track down Pixx?

01:03:19.360 –> 01:03:19.840
Yes.

01:03:20.719 –> 01:03:26.000
As you are walking towards the tavern, you see the whole side of Black Hook has been burning.

01:03:27.840 –> 01:03:29.199
I have to medicate my dog.

01:03:29.280 –> 01:03:30.079
Give me one second.

01:03:30.320 –> 01:03:31.679
But I’m listening.

01:03:32.960 –> 01:03:41.440
As you are watching, you are walking past the forest green down towards Black Hook as you look at the burned-out shells of the buildings.

01:03:41.760 –> 01:03:43.679
And someone grabs you from behind.

01:03:44.000 –> 01:03:44.800
Grabs who?

01:03:45.119 –> 01:03:45.599
Kaz.

01:03:46.000 –> 01:03:47.840
Am I next her or near her?

01:03:48.800 –> 01:03:49.119
Yes.

01:03:49.440 –> 01:03:50.880
Kaz, you are being grappled.

01:03:50.960 –> 01:03:52.719
Can you give me a strength check?

01:03:53.039 –> 01:03:54.800
It won’t be very good, but sure.

01:03:55.039 –> 01:03:57.280
I turn around with my pistol drawn.

01:03:59.519 –> 01:04:00.320
Give it the frame.

01:04:07.599 –> 01:04:11.760
Kaz, you are tackled to the ground as a kobold grabs you from behind.

01:04:12.400 –> 01:04:14.239
Slowing you into the forest green.

01:04:15.519 –> 01:04:17.440
I was going to try and sneak up on you this time.

01:04:17.760 –> 01:04:19.199
Seriously, every time.

01:04:19.280 –> 01:04:20.639
How do you do that?

01:04:21.599 –> 01:04:22.719
Who is this?

01:04:24.880 –> 01:04:25.840
This is my friend, Ticks.

01:04:26.000 –> 01:04:28.720
Ticks, this is Vincent.

01:04:29.039 –> 01:04:29.519
Hi.

01:04:29.760 –> 01:04:31.679
I put my pistol away.

01:04:32.639 –> 01:04:33.920
Ticks looks at you.

01:04:34.239 –> 01:04:37.599
Hey, Kaz, I think I need to get out of town.

01:04:37.920 –> 01:04:38.720
Wait, seriously?

01:04:40.000 –> 01:04:41.280
I thought you said you’d never leave, though.

01:04:41.599 –> 01:04:44.800
Well, that was before I almost got hit with a fireball.

01:04:45.119 –> 01:04:49.519
You know, I might consider letting you join me on the road.

01:04:49.840 –> 01:04:53.360
In light of recent events, well, what do you need done?

01:04:53.440 –> 01:04:54.400
It depends.

01:04:56.800 –> 01:04:57.920
Something you’ll find fun.

01:04:58.159 –> 01:05:01.679
And then I cast a message because I’m not about to say it out loud.

01:05:01.840 –> 01:05:03.360
Who knows could be listening.

01:05:04.559 –> 01:05:08.480
I cast a message and saying, I’m going to rob the bank tonight.

01:05:09.119 –> 01:05:10.639
Ticks’s eyes go wide.

01:05:10.880 –> 01:05:11.440
Tonight?

01:05:13.480 –> 01:05:13.719
Yeah.

01:05:14.599 –> 01:05:17.480
Are you working for these people who are bombing the town?

01:05:17.800 –> 01:05:18.599
Oh, God knows.

01:05:18.679 –> 01:05:21.880
It’s a deal I’ve made with a friend.

01:05:22.199 –> 01:05:24.360
Ah, so a convenient distraction.

01:05:24.679 –> 01:05:25.239
Uh-huh.

01:05:25.480 –> 01:05:28.679
Well, I think we got Gobs a chance to get in there.

01:05:29.960 –> 01:05:33.239
Everyone with half a bit of sense on their mind is running.

01:05:34.840 –> 01:05:36.840
Yeah, we’re getting ready to do that, too.

01:05:37.719 –> 01:05:45.000
I mean, I only need one specific thing, but if anything else just happens to fall into our pockets, who’s to say?

01:05:45.639 –> 01:05:46.519
I like that kind of thing.

01:05:46.920 –> 01:05:48.440
I want to get up in there.

01:05:48.760 –> 01:05:51.480
So we’re going to be going in through the underground, right?

01:05:52.119 –> 01:05:52.920
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:05:53.400 –> 01:05:55.000
I can show you all the plans and everything.

01:05:55.079 –> 01:05:58.920
I’ve got the information from that sticky uppy dude earlier.

01:05:59.159 –> 01:06:01.960
So that means we’re just going to hit the best vaults and ditch.

01:06:02.280 –> 01:06:03.400
Oh, obviously, yeah.

01:06:05.320 –> 01:06:07.079
Ticks is grinning at you.

01:06:08.840 –> 01:06:09.960
And you really wouldn’t leave.

01:06:10.360 –> 01:06:14.039
Rolling coin back and forth between their fingers and nervous habit.

01:06:15.320 –> 01:06:17.480
You’re really thinking of leaving the city, are you?

01:06:19.079 –> 01:06:22.920
Well, if I was ever going to leave, now’s the time.

01:06:23.239 –> 01:06:25.639
And I feel like if I don’t leave now, I’m not going to get a chance.

01:06:27.480 –> 01:06:35.480
I think I’m just going to give them a really big hug just because I’m so pleased that they’re going to be traveling, hopefully, with us.

01:06:36.440 –> 01:06:37.159
But yeah.

01:06:37.639 –> 01:06:40.599
Yeah, and I don’t got much left in the city for me, anyways.

01:06:41.960 –> 01:06:43.960
My place has been burned to shit.

01:06:44.280 –> 01:06:50.119
And, well, my contacts got burned, and I don’t got anywhere to start over here.

01:06:52.039 –> 01:06:53.400
And did you hear it?

01:06:53.719 –> 01:06:57.000
Someone burned down the best tavern in town last night.

01:06:58.280 –> 01:07:00.039
I mean, I saw the fire.

01:07:00.679 –> 01:07:03.559
Rumor has it there’s some spies going on there.

01:07:03.880 –> 01:07:07.719
And a group of spies from Mara here attacked the tavern.

01:07:11.800 –> 01:07:13.960
You wouldn’t happen to know anything about that, right?

01:07:14.519 –> 01:07:16.599
Spies from Mara and all that.

01:07:16.920 –> 01:07:19.159
I don’t know anything about spies from Mara.

01:07:19.400 –> 01:07:21.719
Yeah, we just got into town yesterday.

01:07:22.039 –> 01:07:24.920
Well, you certainly picked a hell of a time to show up.

01:07:25.480 –> 01:07:26.119
Yeah, we did.

01:07:26.280 –> 01:07:27.400
We need to hurry this shit up.

01:07:27.480 –> 01:07:28.920
We can get the fuck out of here.

01:07:29.880 –> 01:07:32.039
Let’s go chop this place out.

01:07:32.360 –> 01:07:34.760
Come on, I know the best place to get down into the sewers.

01:07:35.639 –> 01:07:36.599
Lead the way.

01:07:36.920 –> 01:07:44.440
Ticks begins leading you down a side street and through a few back alleys into a particular corner near the bank.

01:07:44.760 –> 01:07:48.360
Ticks leads you to a grate in the corner of a building.

01:07:48.679 –> 01:07:50.840
This is going to be our way in and our way out.

01:07:51.079 –> 01:07:53.960
We needed someone to stay here to make sure nothing happens.

01:07:54.599 –> 01:07:55.880
We’ve got a couple extra people.

01:07:55.960 –> 01:07:57.239
I’m sure we can.

01:07:57.559 –> 01:07:59.800
One of them will be happy to keep watch.

01:08:01.079 –> 01:08:02.440
Ticks looking around.

01:08:04.599 –> 01:08:06.599
You think we’ll be able to make it in and out?

01:08:07.800 –> 01:08:08.760
Yeah, I reckon so.

01:08:09.320 –> 01:08:10.679
They got an alarm on the vaults.

01:08:11.239 –> 01:08:15.559
We’re only going to have maybe a minute at most, probably less.

01:08:16.199 –> 01:08:18.359
Well, we only need to get into one of the vaults.

01:08:18.680 –> 01:08:19.479
Yeah, we only need to get into it.

01:08:19.560 –> 01:08:21.640
We want time to empty it and get out.

01:08:22.279 –> 01:08:28.199
Hell, we don’t even have to empty it as long as we get the specific itemies and anything that takes your fancy.

01:08:28.439 –> 01:08:29.640
That’s your own payment.

01:08:30.359 –> 01:08:33.960
I know, Kaz, you can disarm traps as well.

01:08:34.439 –> 01:08:36.439
I can do it as well, but probably not as good as you.

01:08:36.520 –> 01:08:38.600
But we can do it together and make it quicker.

01:08:39.479 –> 01:08:40.520
Definitely.

01:08:40.840 –> 01:08:47.079
Maybe if I have detect magic going while we’re going in, in case any of the traps are magical in basis, help us spot them quicker.

01:08:47.319 –> 01:08:47.880
All right.

01:08:48.199 –> 01:08:49.159
Everybody ready?

01:08:49.479 –> 01:08:51.960
Wait, are we doing it now or are we waiting until nightfall?

01:08:53.399 –> 01:08:54.439
We better go now.

01:08:54.760 –> 01:08:54.920
Yeah.

01:08:58.359 –> 01:08:59.239
Are we all here?

01:08:59.319 –> 01:09:04.199
Or yeah, I thought it was at the volter room back at the room.

01:09:04.520 –> 01:09:06.199
Oh, I thought everyone was following.

01:09:07.800 –> 01:09:08.359
That’s what I thought.

01:09:09.000 –> 01:09:10.199
He would have gone out for the thing, man.

01:09:10.439 –> 01:09:12.039
He definitely would have joined.

01:09:13.319 –> 01:09:15.800
Yeah, I’m with you, but I didn’t know I was.

01:09:17.560 –> 01:09:18.520
We had gotten distracted.

01:09:18.600 –> 01:09:21.640
We might have gotten distracted along the way, but we are now there.

01:09:22.279 –> 01:09:22.760
Yep.

01:09:23.079 –> 01:09:27.159
You guys were making sure we had plenty of supplies.

01:09:29.399 –> 01:09:30.760
Hicks pulls open the grate.

01:09:30.920 –> 01:09:32.119
Who’s staying watch?

01:09:32.760 –> 01:09:33.800
I can do that.

01:09:34.119 –> 01:09:37.479
I think I’m not suspicious at all.

01:09:37.800 –> 01:09:42.600
Is it like how does the how does it look?

01:09:42.920 –> 01:09:44.680
Like, where’s the entrance?

01:09:45.000 –> 01:09:48.119
So the entrance is a sewer grate tucked away in a corner.

01:09:48.439 –> 01:09:50.439
It smells horrible and looks worse.

01:09:51.800 –> 01:09:53.399
Sounds like my place.

01:09:54.039 –> 01:09:58.039
Do we want to do the snake telephone again?

01:09:58.680 –> 01:10:03.239
Yeah, I can leave my flying snake with you, Wilfred.

01:10:04.199 –> 01:10:06.600
Yes, you can have my constrictor.

01:10:08.439 –> 01:10:11.239
Just the very normal exchanging of snakes.

01:10:14.239 –> 01:10:17.359
There’s so many snakes, we should be called a snake peep pit.

01:10:19.199 –> 01:10:20.800
Anyway, can I imagine?

01:10:21.039 –> 01:10:26.479
I originally cast detect magic, so I’ve got it active as we uh when we get to the bank.

01:10:27.760 –> 01:10:28.560
Okay, I’m gonna.

01:10:29.439 –> 01:10:48.319
As you go in, after you go in, I’m gonna do like a sensory effect of like a skunk smell so nobody gets near you begin heading down into the sewers.

01:10:48.640 –> 01:10:51.680
Even the sewers are filled with the smell of burning.

01:10:52.000 –> 01:10:58.479
You can smell gas as if any fire might set it off.

01:11:01.359 –> 01:11:10.479
You can tell where the bombing has broken the gas lines for the lanterns on the streets, and the sewers are flooded with it.

01:11:11.119 –> 01:11:16.800
Simpson, you may need to be careful about using any of your crystals in here.

01:11:17.119 –> 01:11:21.039
I have a feeling this won’t take much to ignite this air.

01:11:21.920 –> 01:11:24.800
No, making your way through the sewers.

01:11:25.119 –> 01:11:27.039
It is dark and wet.

01:11:27.359 –> 01:11:32.640
Eventually, you find yourself underneath a grate with a little ladder leading up.

01:11:32.960 –> 01:11:39.199
The grate is locked with heavy chains and a thick black iron lock.

01:11:39.680 –> 01:11:41.279
This is where we need to go.

01:11:42.800 –> 01:11:44.720
I mean, I should be able to take that down to me.

01:11:46.159 –> 01:11:47.680
You want to tackle it, Kaz?

01:11:48.560 –> 01:11:49.760
Plus 10, why not?

01:11:50.079 –> 01:11:50.319
Sure.

01:11:50.560 –> 01:11:50.720
Yeah.

01:11:51.279 –> 01:11:52.720
What is my thieves?

01:11:54.319 –> 01:11:56.880
Can I get like advantage with someone helping me, just in case?

01:11:57.119 –> 01:11:57.359
Yeah.

01:11:58.000 –> 01:12:03.760
Well, I can try to shimmy up there with you and see if we can do it.

01:12:04.079 –> 01:12:06.960
Yeah, so as you’re both working on the lock, it will go much easier.

01:12:07.279 –> 01:12:07.600
Yeah.

01:12:08.319 –> 01:12:13.520
Instead of advantage, Kaz, can you roll that again with just one?

01:12:13.600 –> 01:12:20.079
But you’re going to add his bonus with thieves tools to it as well.

01:12:20.399 –> 01:12:20.880
Oh, hey.

01:12:23.279 –> 01:12:24.239
Never mind.

01:12:25.520 –> 01:12:27.119
Well, what is your bonus?

01:12:28.560 –> 01:12:31.119
Would that be with double proficiency as well?

01:12:31.439 –> 01:12:31.680
Yeah.

01:12:32.319 –> 01:12:35.920
Okay, so six plus two eight.

01:12:37.840 –> 01:12:39.039
Plus two ten.

01:12:39.279 –> 01:12:40.000
That’s what.

01:12:40.880 –> 01:12:42.159
That would be 38.

01:12:44.159 –> 01:12:46.159
Does a 38 unlock the lock?

01:12:46.560 –> 01:12:46.880
Please be.

01:12:47.279 –> 01:12:52.079
Make it through the lock quickly and quietly as you pull off the chains without making a sound.

01:12:52.399 –> 01:12:56.000
It slides open, and you are in the bank.

01:12:56.479 –> 01:12:57.840
We need vault 4A.

01:12:58.159 –> 01:13:00.479
There are five vaults around you.

01:13:00.800 –> 01:13:03.279
Is there writing to determine any identification?

01:13:03.600 –> 01:13:09.119
Each with a number of one, two, three, four, and five on the vault.

01:13:09.439 –> 01:13:09.760
All right.

01:13:10.000 –> 01:13:10.720
Number four.

01:13:11.520 –> 01:13:13.520
I’m going to check for traps.

01:13:14.640 –> 01:13:15.359
Investigation.

01:13:16.159 –> 01:13:17.920
I’ll help keep an eye out.

01:13:18.079 –> 01:13:23.680
Make sure this employees coming by while they’re doing lock stuff.

01:13:24.159 –> 01:13:25.680
Even with a plus six.

01:13:25.920 –> 01:13:26.960
God damn it.

01:13:28.159 –> 01:13:31.760
I mean, would you roll with advantage of me helping, or should I also roll?

01:13:33.199 –> 01:13:37.119
I was making your own roll, but that’s up to the DM.

01:13:38.000 –> 01:13:40.640
Make your own role to investigate for traps.

01:13:41.279 –> 01:13:42.560
Way better than me.

01:13:43.439 –> 01:13:48.640
As you’re checking for traps, you find that there are no dangerous traps that would harm you immediately.

01:13:48.880 –> 01:13:51.279
However, you have already triggered the alarm.

01:13:51.600 –> 01:13:52.319
Oh, shit.

01:13:53.279 –> 01:13:54.319
Let’s just hurry.

01:13:54.640 –> 01:13:55.600
Is this door locked?

01:13:55.680 –> 01:13:56.640
I’m assuming.

01:13:56.960 –> 01:13:57.520
Yes.

01:13:57.840 –> 01:13:58.159
All right.

01:13:58.319 –> 01:13:58.720
Same thing.

01:13:58.800 –> 01:13:59.359
Let’s go.

01:13:59.600 –> 01:14:00.479
Get this done.

01:14:00.800 –> 01:14:02.159
Yep, another slide of hand.

01:14:02.800 –> 01:14:03.199
Same thing.

01:14:04.560 –> 01:14:07.119
That’s another normal and then adding proficiencies with helping.

01:14:07.920 –> 01:14:15.439
Now, as you’re watching, every time I roll a D4, that is subtracting from your count of 30 seconds.

01:14:16.079 –> 01:14:16.960
Oh, shit.

01:14:17.600 –> 01:14:20.319
At the end of the count, they will arrive.

01:14:20.640 –> 01:14:20.960
Oh, gosh!

01:14:22.079 –> 01:14:24.479
You don’t manage to make it through the lock.

01:14:26.319 –> 01:14:29.279
And four seconds flip by as you’re fumbling.

01:14:29.600 –> 01:14:29.920
Yes.

01:14:30.479 –> 01:14:31.039
I’m going to try again.

01:14:31.760 –> 01:14:32.800
Calm down.

01:14:35.680 –> 01:14:36.640
Jeez.

01:14:38.079 –> 01:14:39.039
Plus, is it.

01:14:39.439 –> 01:14:40.640
Since I’m helping, or is it plus?

01:14:42.239 –> 01:14:43.279
People helping on that.

01:14:44.399 –> 01:14:46.880
No, keep mind that you were helping on that one yet.

01:14:47.119 –> 01:14:47.520
Oh, okay.

01:14:48.000 –> 01:14:49.840
So you don’t make it through that time.

01:14:50.399 –> 01:14:50.720
All right.

01:14:50.880 –> 01:14:51.760
Let’s try this together.

01:14:51.920 –> 01:14:52.960
Calm down.

01:14:55.760 –> 01:15:01.119
And you would add your plus eight to that as the lock picks open from your combined efforts.

01:15:01.439 –> 01:15:02.000
All right.

01:15:02.880 –> 01:15:06.000
Open the door and go in quickly.

01:15:06.239 –> 01:15:09.199
You have gone through 16 of your 30 seconds.

01:15:09.520 –> 01:15:10.239
Oh god.

01:15:11.520 –> 01:15:13.760
Quickly, do I see the vault?

01:15:15.159 –> 01:15:20.119
We’re looking for you see four sections in the vault A, B, C, and D.

01:15:20.600 –> 01:15:21.319
We need A.

01:15:21.880 –> 01:15:22.840
All right, go to A.

01:15:23.479 –> 01:15:25.720
Ticks, just grab what you want from A.

01:15:26.359 –> 01:15:28.359
Is this another lock that I need to unpick?

01:15:28.680 –> 01:15:28.920
No.

01:15:29.560 –> 01:15:29.960
Thank God.

01:15:31.640 –> 01:15:33.079
Investigation for the Wanda Fire.

01:15:33.800 –> 01:15:36.359
Do you want to find another one?

01:15:37.880 –> 01:15:39.560
I need the Wanda Fire specifically.

01:15:40.199 –> 01:15:43.960
If I grab anything in addition to it, then that’s a happy accident.

01:15:44.199 –> 01:15:45.960
But I need the Wanda Fire.

01:15:46.199 –> 01:15:49.079
Anything else that takes all fence and grabs, and that’s fine.

01:15:49.319 –> 01:15:51.000
Roll investigation.

01:15:52.600 –> 01:15:53.479
Okay, there we go.

01:15:53.800 –> 01:15:56.520
You do find what you’re looking for as you dig through.

01:15:56.840 –> 01:15:57.159
All right.

01:15:57.399 –> 01:15:58.680
Let’s get the fuck out of here.

01:16:00.039 –> 01:16:01.000
Can I let’s go, Boca?

01:16:01.079 –> 01:16:03.640
I grabbed just like a random thing on the way out.

01:16:03.800 –> 01:16:06.199
So you have 12 seconds left.

01:16:06.439 –> 01:16:07.239
Yes, you can.

01:16:07.800 –> 01:16:08.199
Cool.

01:16:09.560 –> 01:16:10.920
I don’t know what.

01:16:11.000 –> 01:16:16.279
I don’t really care what Ticks grabs, but I presume they’ll probably grab some food scraps as we’re in a fucking bank.

01:16:17.159 –> 01:16:17.560
Fuck it.

01:16:17.640 –> 01:16:18.520
I’ll grab something too.

01:16:18.760 –> 01:16:19.720
Just randomly.

01:16:20.039 –> 01:16:22.359
You all grab something random.

01:16:23.640 –> 01:16:25.720
You have eight seconds left.

01:16:26.039 –> 01:16:26.279
Run.

01:16:29.319 –> 01:16:32.199
We’re dashing to the fucking grate and getting the fuck down.

01:16:32.520 –> 01:16:35.800
Yeah, doing the whole double dash, triple dash, everything dash.

01:16:36.279 –> 01:16:36.439
Yeah.

01:16:36.920 –> 01:16:40.199
I’m picking her up because he’s so small.

01:16:41.479 –> 01:16:42.920
You’re just fucking running.

01:16:43.880 –> 01:16:51.640
Depending if I want to try to collapse this tunnel behind us, but oh, but you has locks.

01:16:51.960 –> 01:16:55.319
We need to lock the door behind, lock the grit, sewer grate behind us.

01:16:55.640 –> 01:16:58.279
I cast dark and lock on the grate when we’re down.

01:16:58.920 –> 01:16:59.720
That works.

01:17:00.279 –> 01:17:04.199
And then get at the bottom and fucking run out the tunnel.

01:17:04.520 –> 01:17:04.920
Yep.

01:17:05.239 –> 01:17:08.279
And once we’re in the street, don’t run, we walk.

01:17:09.079 –> 01:17:10.199
Running away from the bank.

01:17:11.720 –> 01:17:15.239
Yes, running away is how you look extra suspicious.

01:17:17.159 –> 01:17:19.399
Are you up from the sewers yet?

01:17:21.079 –> 01:17:25.000
Roll dexterity as you try to run through the wet, slippery sewers.

01:17:25.880 –> 01:17:26.279
All of us?

01:17:26.840 –> 01:17:27.399
Yes.

01:17:29.239 –> 01:17:31.399
Just a distinction check for saving throw.

01:17:32.199 –> 01:17:32.439
No.

01:17:32.920 –> 01:17:35.000
Just a straight dexterity check.

01:17:35.640 –> 01:17:37.479
You knocked my 17 into its end.

01:17:41.239 –> 01:17:43.880
I’m so nimble for my times in the swamp.

01:17:44.760 –> 01:17:47.560
You all run quickly and nimbly through the sewers.

01:17:47.720 –> 01:17:51.000
Do you do anything else to hinder your chasers?

01:17:51.319 –> 01:17:53.720
You hear voices coming from the vault.

01:17:55.159 –> 01:17:57.960
I don’t think I could explode the tunnels.

01:17:58.199 –> 01:17:59.159
They’re full of gas.

01:17:59.239 –> 01:18:02.760
I can launch some fire down then, but we want to make sure we all be a bed.

01:18:03.560 –> 01:18:05.560
Is there like any rocks or fuck it?

01:18:05.640 –> 01:18:09.640
I’ll just aim at the roof and just shoot it with two shots of my explosive shot.

01:18:10.840 –> 01:18:12.199
Are we out yet?

01:18:13.239 –> 01:18:14.279
Can I do Thunder Wave?

01:18:14.359 –> 01:18:18.199
Because that does extra damage against like stone shit, doesn’t it?

01:18:19.239 –> 01:18:22.600
I was looking at shadows, which does, I think, work against.

01:18:22.760 –> 01:18:23.640
So, what are you going to do?

01:18:23.720 –> 01:18:26.600
There are many options here to try and collapse the tunnel.

01:18:26.920 –> 01:18:29.640
I’m going to shoot it twice with explosive shot.

01:18:29.960 –> 01:18:30.119
Okay.

01:18:30.359 –> 01:18:31.000
Ah, fuck that.

01:18:31.479 –> 01:18:32.199
I got Thunder Wave.

01:18:32.279 –> 01:18:33.399
I’ll cast Thunder Wave too.

01:18:36.279 –> 01:18:38.279
What are the rest of you going to do?

01:18:38.840 –> 01:18:40.359
Yeah, I’ll listen to Thunder Wave.

01:18:42.760 –> 01:18:43.880
Do I cast Shadow?

01:18:43.960 –> 01:18:45.479
Do we need extra damage?

01:18:45.800 –> 01:18:46.359
Yes.

01:18:46.680 –> 01:18:48.279
I’ll cast Shadow then.

01:18:48.600 –> 01:18:50.520
I’ll cast it down in the thing.

01:18:50.680 –> 01:18:51.319
It won’t make a.

01:18:51.880 –> 01:18:56.680
I assume that the tunnel cannot make a deep, a constitution saving throw.

01:18:57.239 –> 01:18:58.439
It cannot.

01:18:59.159 –> 01:18:59.479
Okay.

01:19:03.399 –> 01:19:11.000
As you cast your spells and fire your bullets, the sewer erupts with fire.

01:19:12.840 –> 01:19:13.800
Oh, shit.

01:19:14.039 –> 01:19:14.199
Okay.

01:19:14.520 –> 01:19:16.439
And the roof collapses.

01:19:17.880 –> 01:19:18.840
Let’s get out.

01:19:19.159 –> 01:19:20.680
Calmly walk.

01:19:21.000 –> 01:19:21.239
Yeah.

01:19:21.880 –> 01:19:24.680
Everyone make a dexterity saving throw.

01:19:27.800 –> 01:19:28.840
Oh no.

01:19:30.119 –> 01:19:32.600
I’m actually kind of okay at these.

01:19:34.680 –> 01:19:35.159
Heck yeah.

01:19:37.960 –> 01:19:39.479
Oh, shit.

01:19:40.119 –> 01:19:41.000
Oh, God.

01:19:41.159 –> 01:19:42.119
What have we done?

01:19:42.439 –> 01:19:46.439
Vincent, you take 34 fire damage as the sewer explodes.

01:19:46.760 –> 01:19:47.319
Oh, God.

01:19:48.119 –> 01:19:49.399
And fly away.

01:19:52.119 –> 01:19:53.880
And Nanny, you take half.

01:19:55.560 –> 01:19:58.119
I cast your wounds on myself.

01:19:58.760 –> 01:20:09.319
Wilfrid, you see them rush down into the sewers, and you hear them quickly coming back, and then you hear a horrendous noise as the street next to you collapses and explodes.

01:20:11.159 –> 01:20:12.199
What’s that mean?

01:20:13.640 –> 01:20:14.920
You see a battlefire stream.

01:20:16.159 –> 01:20:25.119
Shoot out of the sewer grate and your companions followed it flies through the air.

01:20:27.039 –> 01:20:27.600
How guy?

01:20:27.760 –> 01:20:29.600
Hi guys, how did it go?

01:20:30.560 –> 01:20:31.279
Let’s fucking go.

01:20:32.800 –> 01:20:33.680
Keep going.

01:20:34.000 –> 01:20:35.680
Just walk calmly.

01:20:36.000 –> 01:20:36.479
Calmly.

01:20:36.880 –> 01:20:37.359
Calmly.

01:20:37.520 –> 01:20:41.279
Let’s check out if we are in and then let’s go on the road.

01:20:41.600 –> 01:20:42.800
We don’t even need to check out.

01:20:42.960 –> 01:20:43.840
We can just go.

01:20:44.479 –> 01:20:44.640
Yeah.

01:20:47.039 –> 01:20:53.039
I didn’t leave anything in the room and nobody’s gonna fuck with our horse because there’s an arcane lock still on it until I dispel it.

01:20:53.199 –> 01:20:53.920
So we’re good.

01:20:54.079 –> 01:20:54.880
Yeah, we’ll just go.

01:20:55.119 –> 01:20:55.279
Yep.

01:20:55.439 –> 01:21:00.000
Let’s load up all of our personal belongings into the horse.

01:21:00.319 –> 01:21:00.800
All right.

01:21:01.119 –> 01:21:12.079
As you continue walking down the streets, you hear the shouting as multiple parts of the roads have collapsed from the explosions in the sewers.

01:21:15.199 –> 01:21:21.680
As you make your way to the tavern, you don’t see anyone following you, and you go to collect your cart.

01:21:22.000 –> 01:21:24.800
I dispel arcane lock and get in.

01:21:25.279 –> 01:21:26.479
Somebody else is driving.

01:21:26.640 –> 01:21:27.840
I’m resting.

01:21:28.479 –> 01:21:29.279
I can drive.

01:21:29.600 –> 01:21:35.760
As you all climb into the cart, Ticks hops in with you, and you begin rolling out of town.

01:21:36.079 –> 01:21:36.880
Damn, cat.

01:21:37.039 –> 01:21:37.680
Fuck.

01:21:38.319 –> 01:21:41.840
The rolling sound of explosions from the east.

01:21:42.159 –> 01:21:43.760
A distant thunder.

01:21:44.079 –> 01:21:48.079
As the clouds hanging overhead slowly drop snow on you.

01:21:48.399 –> 01:21:53.359
As you are rolling away, you begin to examine what you have stolen.

01:21:54.399 –> 01:21:56.079
Man, what’s the randomized card?

01:21:56.880 –> 01:21:57.119
Yeah.

01:21:58.960 –> 01:22:03.680
So, what did you steal for Alsdare?

01:22:05.760 –> 01:22:12.000
Well, I stole the one to fire, and then I just grabbed a random thing just for myself on the way out.

01:22:12.319 –> 01:22:14.800
Yeah, we all grabbed something random.

01:22:16.159 –> 01:22:22.399
So that means there is the wand of fire and then four random items.

01:22:24.319 –> 01:22:26.399
I’m hoping for a pouch of money.

01:22:27.600 –> 01:22:31.760
I’m going to need you all to roll a D100 for me.

01:22:34.560 –> 01:22:35.359
91.

01:22:35.680 –> 01:22:37.039
Or 53, I’m sorry.

01:22:37.359 –> 01:22:38.720
91 was mine, yeah.

01:22:39.359 –> 01:22:40.640
I got 53.

01:22:41.119 –> 01:22:41.920
What about ticks?

01:22:42.000 –> 01:22:43.359
Are you going to roll for ticks, Kaz?

01:22:43.840 –> 01:22:46.399
Should I roll for Ticks or will you roll for Ticks, Dan?

01:22:48.239 –> 01:22:49.840
I’m going to roll for ticks.

01:22:52.079 –> 01:22:55.920
Hey, divine intervention will work with that role viewer level 18.

01:22:57.119 –> 01:22:59.039
All right, Kaz.

01:23:02.239 –> 01:23:10.399
When you were in the vault, reaching around for another item, your fingers grasped something valuable.

01:23:11.279 –> 01:23:14.079
You find a ring of liquidation.

01:23:14.720 –> 01:23:14.880
Okay.

01:23:16.000 –> 01:23:26.000
This ring lets you cast anything into the void, and you get a value equal to its value in gold.

01:23:27.279 –> 01:23:32.079
When you cast out the item, you get its immediate value in gold.

01:23:36.159 –> 01:23:38.399
That’s fucking cool shit.

01:23:38.720 –> 01:23:43.680
No more looking around, random swords that we pull off of corpses.

01:23:44.000 –> 01:23:44.319
Right.

01:23:44.880 –> 01:23:46.159
Or to put ponchop.

01:23:46.640 –> 01:23:46.880
Yeah.

01:23:47.439 –> 01:23:53.520
Now, Vincent, you find one of the most valuable items that Mara produces.

01:23:54.800 –> 01:23:56.880
It is an ink of binding.

01:23:57.199 –> 01:24:07.840
This ink, when used to write a contract, adds a deadly binding clause to it, meaning any violation of the contract will immediate immediate death.

01:24:08.159 –> 01:24:08.800
Wow.

01:24:09.279 –> 01:24:11.520
That’s too much power for me.

01:24:14.720 –> 01:24:16.319
But it’ll be useful.

01:24:17.920 –> 01:24:26.960
And Manny, you find a coin of celestial contracts.

01:24:27.279 –> 01:24:27.600
Oh.

01:24:28.319 –> 01:24:38.159
This coin can be used and spent at any time of your choosing to make a binding contract with a plan or celestial.

01:24:38.479 –> 01:24:42.560
However, you are as much bound to the terms contract as it is.

01:24:46.000 –> 01:24:46.960
What did Ticks get?

01:24:47.359 –> 01:24:51.359
Ticks found something interesting for the bank.

01:24:51.680 –> 01:24:54.880
It is one of their tools that they use to maintain their vaults.

01:24:55.199 –> 01:25:01.119
It is an amulet that lets you clasp arcane lock, glyph of warding, and detect magic once a day.

01:25:03.119 –> 01:25:04.960
I think we got a bunch of good stuff, guys.

01:25:05.600 –> 01:25:05.760
Yeah.

01:25:05.920 –> 01:25:08.560
I have questions on the ink.

01:25:09.439 –> 01:25:13.840
Will it kill just the person who signed or both people involved?

01:25:14.159 –> 01:25:15.680
Whoever violates the contract.

01:25:17.560 –> 01:25:18.840
Ah, okay.

01:25:19.800 –> 01:25:23.319
So, if both people violate the contract, then both die.

01:25:23.640 –> 01:25:24.439
Well, fine.

01:25:25.079 –> 01:25:33.399
The ink can be used several times, and the bottle will magically refill, but it can only be used once per day.

01:25:33.720 –> 01:25:34.039
Okay.

01:25:35.479 –> 01:25:45.560
When we’re a decent way out of the city, I think I’ll take out the coin and then just kind of flick it a couple times or so saying, Hey, Teach, I got it.

01:25:45.880 –> 01:25:54.439
And then just kind of leave it there, wait for him to send any response about where to meet up.

01:25:55.079 –> 01:26:00.439
You feel a shudder in the wagon, and you blink, and the wizard is sitting there before you.

01:26:01.880 –> 01:26:02.119
Oh!

01:26:04.840 –> 01:26:05.800
Ah, hey, Deach!

01:26:07.159 –> 01:26:08.199
He looks at you.

01:26:08.520 –> 01:26:09.560
You did good.

01:26:09.880 –> 01:26:11.880
What do you want to learn?

01:26:15.399 –> 01:26:16.279
Good question.

01:26:19.479 –> 01:26:25.319
The temptation to ask for dragon’s breath just so I can breathe fire is just brilliant.

01:26:26.279 –> 01:26:28.920
A fox that fucking breathes fire.

01:26:30.680 –> 01:26:33.159
Firefox become the bow.

01:26:33.800 –> 01:26:34.680
Fire fox.

01:26:35.640 –> 01:26:37.159
All right, yeah, dragon’s breath.

01:26:37.720 –> 01:26:38.840
Oh, and dragon’s breath.

01:26:39.319 –> 01:26:46.920
He begins writing out the spell for you in a long script that will allow you to read it and learn the spell.

01:26:47.560 –> 01:26:51.000
He takes the wand from you and tucks it away in a pocket.

01:26:51.319 –> 01:26:54.119
I think it’s time you learn my real name.

01:26:56.680 –> 01:26:57.640
What do you think?

01:26:57.960 –> 01:26:59.319
And he looks at Goo.

01:27:07.640 –> 01:27:16.119
I think I just kind of silently take out the wand of fire and just hand it over to him and wait for him to then continue speaking.

01:27:23.159 –> 01:27:25.079
He looks you up and down.

01:27:25.399 –> 01:27:26.680
You are clever.

01:27:27.560 –> 01:27:30.840
My name is Darragh Skalin.

01:27:33.560 –> 01:27:40.600
Now, unless you can read Gaeilge, do you want me to give you the pronunciation spelling or the Gaeilge spelling?

01:27:43.479 –> 01:27:44.680
I’m Welsh.

01:27:46.920 –> 01:27:49.479
I’m good with Gaeilge, the Gaeilge spelling.

01:27:49.800 –> 01:27:50.119
Okay.

01:27:50.920 –> 01:27:53.000
See, most people aren’t.

01:27:54.920 –> 01:27:56.199
How do you say that?

01:27:56.520 –> 01:27:57.720
Okay, Darragh Skalin.

01:27:58.119 –> 01:27:58.760
That’s good.

01:28:00.439 –> 01:28:05.800
I think Kaz just nods their head like they recognize the weight of knowing a wizard’s true name.

01:28:06.119 –> 01:28:07.239
All on me.

01:28:07.560 –> 01:28:13.880
Should you need desperate help, it will cost you, but I will not turn you away.

01:28:14.520 –> 01:28:15.319
Thanks, Teach.

01:28:15.880 –> 01:28:17.000
But be warned.

01:28:17.319 –> 01:28:22.279
If it is not a desperate emergency, it may cost more than you want to pay.

01:28:23.239 –> 01:28:28.760
Well, next time you need something stolen, just let me know and have a spell ready for me.

01:28:29.079 –> 01:28:33.960
I heard that you are going to be going up north.

01:28:34.840 –> 01:28:36.520
Is that correct?

01:28:37.479 –> 01:28:41.560
I just look around at my traveling companions as I’m tucking along with them.

01:28:41.880 –> 01:28:42.199
Yeah.

01:28:42.520 –> 01:28:46.039
Oh, you have business up north?

01:28:46.439 –> 01:28:52.039
Let me know when you get to Spiorad McGregor, and I will have a job for you there.

01:28:52.680 –> 01:28:53.800
See you soon, Teach.

01:28:54.439 –> 01:28:55.560
Farewell.

01:28:55.880 –> 01:28:59.319
And the great wind blows through the wagon.

01:28:59.640 –> 01:29:05.079
You feel it lifting off the ground slightly and falling back with a shudder, and the wizard is gone.

01:29:07.479 –> 01:29:09.239
What an odd fellow.

01:29:10.840 –> 01:29:11.560
Are you kidding?

01:29:11.640 –> 01:29:12.840
He’s awesome.

01:29:13.640 –> 01:29:17.640
That doesn’t necessarily mean bad, but he definitely is interesting.

01:29:18.279 –> 01:29:31.319
As you continue along the road for the rest of the day, the thunderous sounds of fighting slowly begin to fade into the sound of a distant storm, menacing and unyielding.

01:29:36.039 –> 01:29:38.039
Step away from the computer, but I’m listening.

01:29:38.680 –> 01:29:48.840
From here, you travel through the woods along a small forest path leading up into the mountains.

01:29:53.479 –> 01:29:59.239
Two days of travel go by, and you reach a large frozen lake.

01:30:03.000 –> 01:30:10.520
As you look out across it, you see numerous fishing shacks pushed out onto the lake after it froze.

01:30:12.760 –> 01:30:16.920
And you hear the sound of locals talking amongst themselves.

01:30:18.479 –> 01:30:22.159
On the lake, and in the distance you see a small town.

01:30:25.600 –> 01:30:26.880
What do you do?

01:30:32.079 –> 01:30:40.079
It looks like there’s a space if we need to re stalk on any goods or anything.

01:30:42.079 –> 01:30:43.840
We’re going to be heading up the mountains.

01:30:43.920 –> 01:30:46.800
We might need specific mountain base here.

01:30:47.760 –> 01:30:48.079
Yeah.

01:30:56.000 –> 01:31:03.920
Not sure if the ice is thick enough yet to hold a wagon, but there was a little town there, or what did you say, Diem?

01:31:04.399 –> 01:31:07.359
There is a small town on the side of the lake.

01:31:08.000 –> 01:31:09.039
Let’s go there.

01:31:09.359 –> 01:31:15.439
Go to the town, get some supplies, give you some information.

01:31:18.479 –> 01:31:19.600
Can you guys remind me?

01:31:19.760 –> 01:31:21.600
Like, what are we doing here now again?

01:31:21.760 –> 01:31:23.039
We are looking for something, right?

01:31:23.600 –> 01:31:26.800
Well, there is up the mountain.

01:31:27.039 –> 01:31:30.800
I believe we are trying to hunt down some cultus.

01:31:32.000 –> 01:31:41.760
So, going back about a month and a half to the start, this was where they made a deal in the crooked crossroads.

01:31:43.920 –> 01:31:47.840
Yeah, I was the one who made the deal, but I don’t remember much about it.

01:31:50.079 –> 01:31:53.920
I thought that got taken care of by the people who hired us.

01:31:54.239 –> 01:32:02.880
Yes, but we made a deal with those people then or something to get them dealing with the deal that we had made.

01:32:03.760 –> 01:32:03.920
Yeah.

01:32:04.479 –> 01:32:08.800
This cultus was an artifact to raise the dead or something.

01:32:10.720 –> 01:32:14.319
Yes, an artifact claiming to raise the dead.

01:32:14.640 –> 01:32:16.000
Are we looking for that?

01:32:16.640 –> 01:32:16.880
Yeah.

01:32:17.680 –> 01:32:18.079
Yes.

01:32:18.640 –> 01:32:19.920
I believe we are.

01:32:20.560 –> 01:32:21.439
Cool.

01:32:22.079 –> 01:32:30.720
Now, this place that you need to arrive at is hidden up in the mountains, an old, abandoned ruin.

01:32:31.039 –> 01:32:34.960
From where you’re at now, it’s about a week’s travel through the wilderness.

01:32:35.600 –> 01:32:38.560
We need to resupply before we go out.

01:32:38.880 –> 01:32:39.039
Yeah.

01:32:39.359 –> 01:32:41.840
Get some information so we can bring the cart.

01:32:42.479 –> 01:32:42.720
Yeah.

01:32:43.359 –> 01:32:45.119
We might need directions, though.

01:32:45.439 –> 01:32:45.600
Yeah.

01:32:45.920 –> 01:32:46.159
Right?

01:32:47.520 –> 01:32:51.039
Yeah, maybe some folks saw something strange that might help.

01:32:51.359 –> 01:32:51.520
Yeah.

01:32:53.760 –> 01:33:02.319
As you approach the town, you see many wagons outside, all sort of parked haphazardly.

01:33:02.880 –> 01:33:06.960
And you can see where numerous people are currently staying in the taverns.

01:33:07.279 –> 01:33:12.319
There is only two of them in this little town, and both are stuffed to the brims.

01:33:13.520 –> 01:33:25.119
In the cold air, you see where frost has grown on the sides of the buildings from the humidity of the lake, and you can feel the cold in your bones.

01:33:25.439 –> 01:33:35.199
The air carries sound better than normal, as a hushed whisper will go miles, and you can hear the activity of the town abuzz.

01:33:35.520 –> 01:33:43.199
Many people have fled here from Aberfeldi and now are seeking ways to earn their keep in this town.

01:33:43.680 –> 01:33:50.239
What you hear as you’re walking into town, there is no more room in the taverns, no more room in the barns.

01:33:50.560 –> 01:33:52.319
We made it to camp out tonight.

01:33:52.880 –> 01:33:53.039
Yeah.

01:33:54.000 –> 01:33:55.600
We can sleep in our wagon, right?

01:33:55.920 –> 01:33:59.199
Yeah, past week.

01:33:59.840 –> 01:34:07.920
Not everyone is as fortunate to have a wagon like yours, and you can see many groups on the outside of town huddled around small fires.

01:34:11.199 –> 01:34:14.720
It may be wise to stay a bit further out from town.

01:34:15.039 –> 01:34:15.199
Yeah.

01:34:15.840 –> 01:34:16.079
Yeah.

01:34:16.399 –> 01:34:17.119
I agree.

01:34:17.439 –> 01:34:21.439
Tuck ourselves back in the woods or something.

01:34:22.000 –> 01:34:23.199
A little out of sight.

01:34:23.520 –> 01:34:29.840
Yeah, I turn the cart around and go back a mile and then find a place in, I guess, the woods.

01:34:30.159 –> 01:34:42.800
As you are looking around where you are at, having climbed quite a bit of altitude, you are now at a higher frost line and you don’t see any more of the leafy trees.

01:34:43.039 –> 01:34:46.319
Instead, it is all thick spruce.

01:34:46.960 –> 01:34:48.880
The air is quieter here.

01:34:49.199 –> 01:34:54.640
And as you pull a little ways away from the road, you find a small clearing.

01:34:55.920 –> 01:35:01.039
There’s about four inches of snow on the ground, and you hear it crunching underneath the wagon wheels.

01:35:01.359 –> 01:35:05.359
The air is crisp and cold.

01:35:06.479 –> 01:35:16.239
I find a suitable camp area and get down and put my alarm spell on and feed the horse.

01:35:16.560 –> 01:35:16.880
Yeah.

01:35:19.640 –> 01:35:23.560
As you tend to the horse, you plan your next moves.

01:35:24.760 –> 01:35:40.279
Tix sits in the wagon, cheerfully warm, out protected from the cold by its enchantments, looking over at Kaz and says, Well, where are we going now?

01:35:40.600 –> 01:35:44.439
You said we’re leaving town, and now we head straight into the woods.

01:35:45.720 –> 01:35:55.880
Well, yeah, I mean, I’ve just been talking along with these guys, what they say, guys, really, but I also joy being on the road, you know.

01:35:57.159 –> 01:36:02.279
We’re traveling to take down some cultists up here in the mountains.

01:36:02.600 –> 01:36:05.479
Should be some old ruins somewhere around here.

01:36:05.720 –> 01:36:10.359
Might need to ask the locals for some more specific directions.

01:36:13.479 –> 01:36:16.920
Oh, you’re just going to ruins.

01:36:18.760 –> 01:36:25.720
Yes, there’s apparently some nefarious business going on, and we are being sent to stop it, you know.

01:36:26.359 –> 01:36:27.640
Tix laughs a bit.

01:36:28.439 –> 01:36:30.920
Kaz, it sounds like you’re an adventurer now.

01:36:31.800 –> 01:36:34.600
Well, I mean, adventurers got paid.

01:36:34.680 –> 01:36:36.520
I haven’t seen a look at money yet.

01:36:39.399 –> 01:36:41.079
Oh, so you’re a poor adventurer.

01:36:41.159 –> 01:36:42.760
That’s what we call a hero.

01:36:43.079 –> 01:36:45.399
Oh, God, I want to get paid.

01:36:47.000 –> 01:36:50.439
Can we be considered heroes if we just blew up a town?

01:36:51.640 –> 01:36:52.359
If we roll the townships to the town.

01:36:52.520 –> 01:36:55.399
Hey, we didn’t blow up the town, we collapsed the sewers.

01:36:56.279 –> 01:36:58.439
The sewers are part of the town.

01:36:59.079 –> 01:37:00.760
They did explode.

01:37:04.359 –> 01:37:06.600
I’m just wondering how long for the ride.

01:37:06.920 –> 01:37:10.279
I ain’t no adventurer, and I definitely not no hero.

01:37:19.319 –> 01:37:23.399
I think we’ll just stick along with you guys as we go.

01:37:24.359 –> 01:37:25.560
You guys are okay with that, right?

01:37:25.720 –> 01:37:27.159
If Tix joins?

01:37:27.479 –> 01:37:30.119
Yeah, as long as he doesn’t steal shit, I’m fine.

01:37:30.439 –> 01:37:32.039
Tix looks a little uncomfortable.

01:37:32.279 –> 01:37:33.800
You mean steal your shit, right?

01:37:34.119 –> 01:37:34.760
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:37:36.039 –> 01:37:37.319
We can’t steal their shit.

01:37:37.399 –> 01:37:43.159
And anything we do steal, just make sure it doesn’t come back on us in a way that we can’t escape.

01:37:43.479 –> 01:37:46.920
You know, not normal, like, not amateur stuff, basically.

01:37:47.239 –> 01:37:47.640
Yeah, yeah.

01:37:47.800 –> 01:37:50.600
Stay clear of the stuff that causes a mess.

01:37:50.920 –> 01:37:54.680
And if you do cause a mess, let us know right away.

01:37:55.000 –> 01:37:55.159
Yeah.

01:37:55.319 –> 01:38:04.039
It’s better for us to be informed and tackle handling the mess as a team than trying to keep it a secret and then catching up to us.

01:38:04.359 –> 01:38:05.720
Yes, teamwork.

01:38:06.359 –> 01:38:09.239
Collapse the sewers, blow up the town, and then run.

01:38:09.560 –> 01:38:09.880
Yeah.

01:38:10.840 –> 01:38:11.159
Yeah.

01:38:15.319 –> 01:38:21.079
Tix sits back, satisfied with that answer and is playing with the item that they had acquired.

01:38:21.399 –> 01:38:26.199
I think I’ll just kind of sit back lean against some sluttering and just start talking about Kaz.

01:38:30.920 –> 01:38:31.399
All right.

01:38:31.640 –> 01:38:38.840
This is where we’re going to stop off, and we’re going to pick up in the town next time, preparing to go to the ruins.

01:38:39.800 –> 01:38:40.600
Oh, lady!

01:38:43.800 –> 01:38:46.199
What happens if because I can’t join next time?

01:38:46.279 –> 01:38:47.800
Do you play my character?

01:38:48.119 –> 01:38:48.439
Yes.

01:38:48.760 –> 01:38:52.840
When you can’t join, if you give me your permission, I will control your character.

01:38:53.159 –> 01:38:58.520
If not, then they will just be to the sidelines and stay out of what happens.

01:38:59.159 –> 01:38:59.479
Yeah.

01:39:01.640 –> 01:39:03.159
You can control my character.

01:39:03.479 –> 01:39:03.960
All right.

01:39:05.479 –> 01:39:05.880
Have fun.

01:39:06.359 –> 01:39:09.960
What are you guys most looking forward to in the next session?

01:39:11.319 –> 01:39:12.359
I have no idea.

01:39:12.520 –> 01:39:14.119
It’s just been all fun.

01:39:14.680 –> 01:39:22.199
Yeah, I mean, I’m interested to finally see what this main quest that we keep forgetting about the existence of is all about.

01:39:24.119 –> 01:39:26.359
So it’ll be interesting diving into that.

01:39:28.840 –> 01:39:29.079
Yeah.

01:39:29.720 –> 01:39:32.039
See what these mountains have in store for us.

01:39:32.359 –> 01:39:34.199
Hopefully not die in the mountains.

01:39:34.520 –> 01:39:36.920
Hopefully not get killed by cultivating on the mountains.

01:39:37.239 –> 01:39:39.159
Yes, the mountains will be treacherous.

01:39:39.479 –> 01:39:41.479
Okay, I’m happy to not be fighting ghosts.

01:39:41.640 –> 01:39:44.920
I realize a lot of my spells for like necromancy powers.

01:39:45.000 –> 01:39:46.840
I’m like, hmm, I don’t know if I’m coming out.

01:39:46.920 –> 01:39:47.640
I’m dead.

01:39:48.920 –> 01:39:51.560
But I was like, that’s slightly useful.

01:39:51.720 –> 01:39:53.800
Somebody goes like, well, a lot of my like.

01:39:54.680 –> 01:39:56.920
Well, that one could be useful because I’m just necromatic.

01:39:57.960 –> 01:40:00.119
Like my one close-wing spell.

01:40:00.760 –> 01:40:03.960
Oh, how long was that trip between town and here?

01:40:04.279 –> 01:40:05.239
About a week.

01:40:06.119 –> 01:40:11.800
Could I try to make 20 more of those bullets and just do one roll for it and see how many I get?

01:40:13.239 –> 01:40:18.119
Oh, could I have been reading my book about how to make rations and stuff?

01:40:18.439 –> 01:40:18.680
Yes.

01:40:20.640 –> 01:40:26.000
And I’ll probably read a little bit of that pocket plane book as well.

01:40:26.880 –> 01:40:31.680
You can both make up to seven intelligence rolls to see how much progress you make.

01:40:32.479 –> 01:40:32.640
Okay.

01:40:32.960 –> 01:40:36.960
Well, get ready for the CB spam intelligence check.

01:40:40.000 –> 01:40:41.760
Let’s start with Manny’s reading.

01:40:42.079 –> 01:40:42.479
Oops.

01:40:42.720 –> 01:40:43.119
Sorry.

01:40:45.520 –> 01:40:46.720
That was my bullets.

01:40:47.039 –> 01:40:47.439
All right.

01:40:47.520 –> 01:40:49.439
You do make the bullets successfully.

01:40:49.760 –> 01:40:49.920
Okay.

01:40:51.520 –> 01:40:53.039
Pop, you’re fine.

01:40:58.560 –> 01:40:59.439
I got two more.

01:41:01.279 –> 01:41:02.399
Doc, you’re fine.

01:41:02.560 –> 01:41:04.079
I took you out a little bit ago.

01:41:05.039 –> 01:41:05.520
Hello.

01:41:05.680 –> 01:41:07.279
I clicked the little clip.

01:41:07.840 –> 01:41:14.560
Over the past week of reading, you’ve learned how to make field rations from what you can scavenge around you.

01:41:15.199 –> 01:41:15.680
Hey.

01:41:21.039 –> 01:41:24.800
Yes, I’ll stop putting that into practice so we can supplement the berries.

01:41:25.119 –> 01:41:40.800
So you can do a whenever you are taking a long rest or a short rest and you are in wilderness, you can roll 2d4 to see how many rations you can make in that time.

01:41:44.560 –> 01:41:45.119
Sweet.

01:41:51.920 –> 01:41:52.399
Cool.

01:41:54.079 –> 01:41:55.439
Let me know when you want me to go.

01:41:55.760 –> 01:41:56.079
All right.

01:41:56.159 –> 01:41:57.920
You can go ahead and start rolling.

01:41:58.239 –> 01:41:58.720
All right.

01:41:59.279 –> 01:42:06.399
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

01:42:06.720 –> 01:42:07.520
That’s not bad.

01:42:07.760 –> 01:42:10.479
Only one below ten or twelve.

01:42:10.800 –> 01:42:15.600
While studying, you managed to work on the schematics for a new item.

01:42:17.039 –> 01:42:20.000
You have learned how to make trap grenades.

01:42:20.319 –> 01:42:21.439
Holy shit.

01:42:24.399 –> 01:42:25.199
Oh, God.

01:42:28.000 –> 01:42:31.119
So these are going to be an item you can make in your downtime.

01:42:31.439 –> 01:42:46.079
These are grenades that when thrown, a creature of medium or smaller that is hit in this blast of the grenade will have to make a dexterity saving throw of a DC-15.

01:42:47.600 –> 01:42:52.239
When they fail, they will be banished to a pocket plane for one minute.

01:42:53.680 –> 01:42:55.520
Oh, that’s fucking great.

01:42:55.760 –> 01:42:57.520
I just got banished.

01:42:58.159 –> 01:42:58.479
Yeah.

01:43:00.720 –> 01:43:02.399
Oh, that is too cool.

01:43:04.640 –> 01:43:07.199
I’m still fucking carrying around werewolf hides.

01:43:07.439 –> 01:43:09.359
Trying to make something out of that.

01:43:10.640 –> 01:43:16.720
I mean, if you want to throw them into the ring of liquidation, we could immediately sell them with the magic.

01:43:18.960 –> 01:43:21.680
Well, I was going to make some bags of holding for you guys.

01:43:22.000 –> 01:43:23.520
I think that’s what it could make.

01:43:23.840 –> 01:43:26.079
Yeah, it can make bags of holding.

01:43:26.560 –> 01:43:30.800
Anything of holding, but we can get the whole thing set up as one.

01:43:31.039 –> 01:43:39.920
I don’t know if Kaz knows what I can do, but I can take like stuff I get from like creatures and shit and try to make it into like useful magical items.

01:43:40.159 –> 01:43:40.560
Oh, pity.

01:43:42.319 –> 01:43:46.079
Yeah, pity I had to sell those dragon teeth to get the information for the bank.

01:43:46.399 –> 01:43:48.960
Yeah, I don’t know what I could make with those.

01:43:49.279 –> 01:43:50.319
Maybe I’ll investigate it.

01:43:50.399 –> 01:43:51.359
See what I can make.

01:43:51.680 –> 01:43:54.399
Next time we come across a dragon skull, we’ll have lots of gamma seats.

01:43:55.760 –> 01:44:03.680
So if I can get enough gold and enough materials with the werewolf hide, I can make two bags of holding.

01:44:04.000 –> 01:44:04.560
All right.

01:44:04.880 –> 01:44:06.640
That was extremely fun.

01:44:08.000 –> 01:44:09.359
Y’all have a nice week.

01:44:10.079 –> 01:44:11.680
I will see y’all later.

01:44:12.000 –> 01:44:12.319
All right.

01:44:12.479 –> 01:44:13.600
You guys have a nice week.

01:44:13.760 –> 01:44:16.880
And let me know if you’d like to address anything in between games.

01:44:17.199 –> 01:44:17.840
We’ll do.

01:44:18.960 –> 01:44:20.159
I can’t danger right now.

01:44:20.640 –> 01:44:20.960
All right.

01:44:21.039 –> 01:44:21.920
Thank you guys.

01:44:22.239 –> 01:44:24.079
I’m excited to see you next week.

01:44:24.319 –> 01:44:25.279
Have a good one.

01:44:25.600 –> 01:44:26.079
Bye-bye.

01:44:26.319 –> 01:44:26.720
Have a good one.

01:44:27.920 –> 01:44:28.319
Bye-bye.

Seeking Loramigs Session 8