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I'm your host and Dungeon Master for this evening and today we
will be taking a trip away from Terrace to the world of Elmore,
where we will be visiting the Dwarven Kingdom in the Dungarth
region in the city of Star Pyre and as always, the Hand of Fate.
Will. Roll the dice and fate will be
decided by the rolls of the dice today everyone y'all.
Y'all are now in the city of Star Pyre, the capital city for
this region of the Dwarven Kingdom.
Y'all are cozily invited to be meeting up at a Tavern called
the Dog Pound if ever if anyone would like to start their
introductions and give what their character is and who they
are. Excuse me?
Yeah. Go ahead, Josh.
And Josh, usually the DM, I've got Maddock or my name is
Maddock, and I'm going to be a GIF for the evening who's quite
large but light on his feet and doesn't like to talk much.
But wherever the action is, that's you'll find me.
He stands about 8 foot one inches, about 580 lbs with a
tough reddish brown skin. And he he's wearing the minimal
amount of clothing that's acceptable for somebody to
consider it to be clothing loincloth, you know, and then
like the, the the smallest of breastplate that's covering
vital parts. That's about it.
And some, some boots that look a little undersized for him, but
have little wings that are kind of in glazed into them and walks
around with a, a Howard that is just about as tall as a little
bit taller than him. Actually, it would have to be
and. Yeah.
That's Medic. Hello I am Matt.
I am going to be playing Carl Chameleon.
Hello, my name is Carl. He is a reskin changeling Bard,
rogue cleric. Yes, he wears a robe covered in
eyes, he clutches to his person very tightly, a bag with an
angry face on it, and he wears mini necklaces.
He's dressed in straight up myth real plate armor and a shiny
shield with a big eye on it. Yes, yes I am Carl.
That's it. I'm Jacob.
I'm going to be playing erton Glory Seeker.
He is a 7 foot tall orc with wearing a little more than a set
of monks robes. Hanging around his shoulders is
his hair hangs in long ornate braids with they're heavily
beaded. His upper torso is covered in
tattoos, mostly tribal in nature, taking on the shapes of
a dragon coming up his left arm and across his back.
He wields a spear and is otherwise largely unequipped.
He is, as the name suggests, he has left his homeland of the
steppe. Where?
The orcs call home and is out. I'm trying to make a name for
himself while also learning about the lands beyond his home.
And if the description didn't give it away, he is a monk.
He's a what? A monk.
I forgot to say I was a born
Berry. My name is Jess and I'm playing
Plena, a tabaxi dressed in a short red cloak and vestments
and wearing shiny gauntlets and boots.
She is on the shorter stature and mostly white fur with grey
socks and a beige face. He is also a monk and was sent
away from her monastery to find herself, but she feels that she
was sent away because she was kind of annoying.
I can go next. So I am Emily and I am playing
Amico. She is a Gipsnay.
She is 4 foot 9 and for anyone who doesn't know Gipsnay is fox
fox person or she's a humanoid but can turn into a fox. 4 foot
9 silver and she is 428 years old so I believe that gives her
five tails when she turns into her fox form.
She is a rogue clad in dark leather armor with a little hood
that covers her fox ears. She can, or kitseny can in this
world can decide whether they display any fox features while
in human humanoid form. She typically does and while she
is very talkative and very outgoing, she's intensely
private. So she'll talk your ear off, but
she won't answer very many questions.
So all of her back story I'll I'll pepper in overtime.
Does that leave me? Yep.
All right, so I'm Olivia and I am playing Sir Huxtable, the
bird inator, and I wanted him to be the, there's a, a race in the
homebrew that's like a, a half dog or a dog sort of race, but I
couldn't make it work with the sheet.
So he's so Huxley. Sir Huxtable, the Burninator is
borrowing traits from the dwarf race.
He's a paladin, 15 years old, and so he has recently left
home, set out on his own. Did not ask permission, just
decided one day it was time to leave and set out on his own
path. He's shorter, he's only three
foot 7 inches. He's like medium size for a
dwarf, so he stands upright, but he's very clearly covered.
Fur, white, long fur, pointy ears.
But he does wear like a a green shirt and he has belts and
various has a javelin and a long sword and various little
trinkets hanging from his belt. But he is his vain quest is to
find he's out trying to to discover the world behind a
purpose in a meeting. So he very much wants to
investigate everything and leave no Brock unturned and try to to
find something to to go home and be proud about.
A little angsty woman, 15, a little feisty, but in general
good-natured. All right, well is all your
character seem very interesting and I can't wait for y'all to
enjoy this game. So as y'all come to the dog
pound, this is the Tavern and it is very it's quite large, a
little larger than dwarf size due to some of the patrons that
have come in and out through the cities as of late.
It's got the standard furnishings.
There's a central bar area lots of table seatings in here.
There there's dwarves. You can see some gnomes.
There is a quite large canine barkeep, kind of like polishing
behind the bar and as you all come in, greetings.
Welcome to the dog pound. Thank you, Sir.
Huxtable's gonna walk confidently straight up to the
bar and be like, oh, Oh yes, very, very fine establishment
here. What a what do you got?
Oh this is Portavian bar. We have all greatest drinks
here. We have everything from the
stout things the dwarfs love to the weaker things that you know
some elves like to drink and seep.
And we even have our own home brewed drink here that is brewed
by two very famous 2 very famous Brewers, the Boris and Flagging.
Oh, sounds right. Good.
Can I get a start please? Oh, of course.
Nah, I see you are a a Kenite of very, very strong constitution.
He reaches behind the bar. You hear the sound of the the
tap being pulled and puts the drink on the bar.
Here you go. Aye, Many thanks.
So what brings you to Startfire? Yes, Sir.
Haskell takes a deep, deep swig of that and sets it like clicks
it down on the bar or sets it down with a thud and goes a big
exhale like a well, I'm out, I'm out, I'm out seeking my fortune.
I'm out. I'm out to see what what is in
the world. There are many things in this
world, very very this land here, fine jewels the likes you never
see. Hello.
All right, all right. Sounds good.
And what can I do for you, little small man, as he can
looks over the bar and looks at you?
I would like an ale. Hats off.
Do we all know each other currently?
Where is this? We're all meeting each other and
spontaneously going to. Yeah, yeah.
So all all of you guys were basically all y'all have the
invitation to arrive at this particular bar and y'all are
seeking a person by the last name of Shorgal.
That is all. Y'all know about the person
you're like trying to link up with?
And I with the hat still off there, I was going to say, I
think I'd asked earlier, Matt, did you, were we going to have
like history already? Are you like already on my
shoulder? Because that's kind of already,
to be honest. Yeah, sure if that works for me.
OK, because it'd be pretty funny if I was thinking too Like right
when you were greeting, Medic would walk up to the bar, not
say anything and just nod and you'd start talking for for me
basically too isn't like a like this like I I just responded
grunt. Just curl up on his head.
I know. Bigger.
Fellow you watch the thing, the big drink.
The big drink, the big one, you see the barky kind of look I up
Maddock and just kind of like uh huh, and pulls out what looks
like to most would look it would look like a really large bowl,
but just was in depth to it and he kind of heaves it.
You hear that the tap kind of pour it pour takes next few
seconds and then you see him heave it up onto the counter.
Here you go, big guy. So I heard some talk of Chinese.
The barkeep looks down and sees 2 amber big amber eyes that
barely clear the top of the bar and a black hood pulled over the
face low on the forehead and the hood has fabric that conforms to
tall ears concealed underneath. I see we have visitors from
across the Misty River. Yes, you are in Great Kingdom
where the finest jewelry is made.
Is said that the clan that runs these lands are the most superb
of Smiths, and the only excellent quality is produced
here. Are there any areas that we can
go mining ourselves or is this purely a commercial area?
Oh, you would have to talk to one of the calendars.
Their minds are their minds. But I'm, I'm sure they would be
willing if you cut them in, to allow you to do a little bit of
property. Right.
How you think I got this great bar?
Well, besides the fact that my cousin lets me run it.
It is a very nice bar. Speaking of whiskey, do you have
any smoky whiskey? How smoky you want it?
Make me cough. I always heard the ones from the
West. They like the the fire.
He pours it, pulls out of glass, starts to fill it up and then he
pulls out some sort of some sort of contraption that kind of he
flicks it and a little flame goes across the the glass,
setting the top a blaze. And then he pus it out and blows
it, hands it to you. This right here.
Put fire in your belly. Many things.
She reaches forward with both hands and accepts the cup.
Meanwhile, Maddock has held the bowl up to the chameleon for the
first drinks. With one hand.
Takes. A slurp.
Yes. He curls up.
Eyes go big and bug eyed and he starts staying around the realm.
And then medic. Medic just takes the bowl then
hilts it back one go. With.
Opens his jaws, you know, with his mouth and just dumps the
whole thing in. Swallows it in one thing, Sets
the bowl back down, belches slightly.
I am. Looking for other people in the
bar who seem to be looking for someone.
Knowing that I'm looking for someone and knowing that other
people will be here looking for someone.
While all this is going on, Clena is.
Just going to like walk up to the bar and then I have to jump
up onto one of the stools. I do also want to make a
correction actually, because I described myself as a tabaxi
with those colorings, but I'm actually a nekomata.
I just use Tabaxi as the race on my character sheet because I
figured it was kind of adjacent, but she's going to.
Jump on the bar. And kind of wave at the
bartender hoping to get his attention despite all of these
people being here. Another visitor from the from
the east and what may I get you? I'll take.
Anything. Oh.
Hot. And spicy.
Oh. Maddock, I'm going to need a
constitution safe, good Sir. Oh yeah, for that heavily damage
for sure. He also.
Like pulls, pulls a pulls a gold out and sets it on the on the
counter without even saying anything to.
And then he he kind of looks at the barkeep and just does puts
one finger up and kind of circles it in the air.
Another we must have strong constitution.
That's the 16. You feeling kinda.
You you feeling kinda fuzzy, but not not tipsy quite yet, but you
feeling fuzzy and when he. Says another.
He holds up a hand, and then he just goes.
For everyone. Oh.
To that, he's just going to hold their mug up and go hurrah.
The bartender goes patrons, we may all celebrate Maddox.
He bought around for house. Come everybody, feel your glass.
But give me a moment. I have much bigger glass to feel
right now. As he.
Takes the bowl shaped mug and puts it back down and starts
feeling it again and then looks back at the nakamada and what
would you like to drink do? You got anything hot and spicy?
I have many things that are hot and spicy, but I have.
Put up this. Something spicy, sweet and just
right for you. And so he he pulls from another
reserve on the side behind him. And this the, if you're looking
at as it flows into the glass, it's actually kind of on the
thick side, but still pours nicely and sends it over to you.
There you go. He reaches.
For it, gratefully grabbing it with both hands and slowly bring
just taking a little sip right off the top.
When you get a drink of it, it hits with what would be like a
syrupy sugary hit when you first get it, and then as soon as it
hits the back of your gullet, you feel a burn going from the
back of your throat all the way down to your belly.
She lets out the tiniest little cough.
Just. Oh, that's quite good.
It takes another sip. Her eyes are watering, but she
is still drinking. Matt, can you please remind me
of your character's name? Carl.
Carl, as you're kind of like, you know, getting a getting a
drink here or there, getting a look of lay of the land, lay of
the Tavern there. It looks like a couple of
dwarves at different tables drinking drink and kind of looks
like end of the day kind of, you know, just done from a shift in
the mines or on the forge. Nobody really kind of giving off
that look of they're looking for someone, looking for them,
looking for someone at the current moment.
Hey. I turn to the bartender.
We are looking for someone. Who are you looking for, Kisser?
And that's. What he?
Said the grumpy one. Yes, yes, yes.
He has one of the large rooms upstairs.
He said he would be expecting visitors.
If you if. It if it's it's my opinion, he's
he's kind of an ass. But you know, no, what does he?
Want. Do you?
Know why is he an ass? Sorry.
He. Is he is typical proof they're
angry sometimes Mary, sometimes very enematic, but you know they
pay the coin. We give them room here.
To the dog pound. I I saw.
An intruder. OK, you saw an intruder, I
think. I think that's still towards the
puppy. No, that's to.
You that's in game. Oh.
I. I thought, I thought there was
there was an intruder just just puts his face back down into the
cup and takes another drink. I look.
Around intrude or oh. No intruders.
I have no intruders in my bar. I have the greatest security
ever, I said. I.
Thought I said I thought it was a mistake.
Mistake. On my part, OK, like you said,
no, I am Carl. Presumably.
Hello. Carl, I am bold bar now.
I look Greetings Carl. Yes, hello, Carl Holds.
Out holds out the his his mug as if to cheers.
I also cheers you. It is.
Good to. Meet you.
Good to meet you too. Carl.
I'm also looking for this fellow.
Barkeep what? What would you say?
Makes him so disagreeable. Like what's his?
What's his deal? He came in here all like hoity
toity like he own bar and well, I don't like it when people come
here acting like they own my bar.
Because when they try. To act like they own my bar.
I bring out Pepe. Who's Pepe?
Who is Pepe? He is the most amazing, most
dynamic warrior you ever will meet.
Pepe, come here. He.
Claps his hands all of a sudden. Y'all hear katunk?
Katunk. You pull the door Pepe, you pull
the door, pull pull the door and out from the out from the door.
Much shorter than the bartender is a another inigami roughly
maybe 3 foot tall with kind of bent down ears and one looks
like it's kind of been slightly nod on and kind of pulling a
large axe that looks to be. Way bigger.
Than what he should be pulling it with.
Good to see that the board that Boris's bloodline is alive and
well. Paul Tavian jeans are are strong
here. We.
All are looking for smoking. But again, if you're looking for
the angry one, it's upstairs, second room to the left.
What does? This angry one drink.
I'll see. He likes the dark drinks.
He doesn't like anything bright and shiny like elves do, do you?
Happen to remember the last thing he he ordered?
Yes, I know all my customers orders.
Let's see, he ordered a Snapdragon souffle and a heavy
drink of barley brew. Alrighty so.
Hats off. What time of day is it right
now? By the time y'all were
canonically to made it to town it would have been like.
Late. Afternoon.
OK so wanted to make sure it wasn't the middle of the night
and he wouldn't be asleep. I'll I'll take me one of those
barley brews. One moment and he takes the
time, gets the glass, fills it up, leaves just about 1/2 inch
of foam over the top of it. Perfect.
Thank you. You're welcome.
Now hats. Off again, do we have background
about why we're looking for this character?
Nope. Say that again.
Do we have a? Background about why we're
looking for this character. OK.
So hats off for you guys from me all of y'all would have found or
received missives basically detailing hey amazing
opportunity come meet me I have the job of of a lifetime.
I spare. No, it basically says I will
spare no expense to get this done and you'll be rewarded
heavily. And does it warn of other people
that was that should that he's inviting or I would guess no.
The invitation would have just been to y'all specifically and
then you know all y'all know y'all are meeting that person I.
Whisper and again, Josh. What's your character's name?
Maddox. Maddox.
Here these may be potential competition on.
I think we can make it work, everybody.
Would probably hear him say that even though he's trying to
whisper. And.
He takes another gold out and puts it on the bar, leans up
against the counter. You can hear it creak under
under just a little bit of weight that he puts it up
against it, and he's directing his gaze towards everyone that's
gathered it seemed like at the bar at this point, although the
orc hasn't ordered. He'll go probably looking.
Wait, are you standing at the bar then too?
And Jake, I have approached. OK, so.
You're kind of around there too and noticing that the rest of
the people that were coming up and getting drinks and filtered
back to their seats. He would have his gaze on
everybody there and is like all looking for sure goal.
He kind of eyes each one of you like directly in in in the face,
Glennon just. Nods, taking another sip from
her drink. Yep, and now.
I know where to find him and as soon as Amico is served the
barley brew, she gingerly hops down off the stool and walks up
the stairs with her drink. Oh, sorry.
And she puts money down before she hops off the stool.
When you go to. Grab for the drink, Maddock puts
his hand right on it and says. I've paid for all of these.
I think we can come to some sort of agreement.
We're all here to work together, it sounds like.
Thank you. OK, I'm game.
Hi. I yes, I work together.
Yes. Well.
I. Was going to go see if I can
find him. So anyone coming with?
Me. I.
Will wait here and I hops. Off the stool and she's just
like, yeah, I'll come. Carries her glass with her.
She's also three feet. Tall.
Just so everyone is aware, she's really short.
OK. And she is.
Is she a squirrel person or a cat person?
A cat person. She looks like a cat person.
OK, I'm noticing a pattern. OK, hat back on.
All right, so the the cat and the fox head towards the stairs
laden with drinks. All right.
Anybody. Else besides the cat and fox
heading upstairs. Yep, the.
Puppy is. The puppy is too so Paulo.
I dismount. Yeah, I.
There's like a little. Saddle on the on the hippo that
I like dismount from. I guess I wouldn't.
Have to lower you down. Yeah, you're the.
You've got your repeat, yes? And so you're climbing down my
back as I try to sit on a stool. Do I need to roll anything to
make sure it stays up? No, you know y'all been working
together and around with each other long enough that Maddox
you you would feel Carl start making the motions and you'd
just kind of like slightly adjust your hips as you're
starting to sit down so you can get all the way down without you
sitting on him. I meant more for the stool's
sake because I'm 580 lbs. Oh, no, you're good.
OK, It's a. Stout dwarven maid I I trust it
and sit still gingerly at the bar to talk up the bar keep.
Which is just. Me staring at him, waiting for
more drinks. Oh no, yeah, he he hands you yet
another large pitcher sized glass of ale.
There you go, big fella. And.
I sipped this one. And.
Bow Tan kind of looks over the bar, looks over towards the orc
standing in his bar. You going to?
Order drink or are you going to sit there and brood all day?
Erton. Is not going to answer that.
He is going to follow everybody else upstairs.
He might. Actually get along with Angry
Dwarf. So it just leaves all right,
myself down there. Got it.
So my largest friend, besides coming to see angry Dwarf, what
else do you try to do around what else?
What what what what have you seen in your travels?
I love a good story. He just he just.
Well, I guess if you have any problems with.
That. Angry dwarf.
I'll eat him for you. That's kind of.
What I do take? Care of.
Violent problems with violent solutions.
See you will. Remind me of my cousin here,
Pepe. You remind me of him.
Very, very singular, focused. I like that.
I can appreciate it. Yes, tips more of.
The beer. Mend A.
Few words. Very.
Very, very interesting. So going to the ones going
upstairs as y'all make y'all's way up the stairs, head to the
second door, y'all knocking, walking in which what y'all want
to get? How y'all doing that?
So. Amico will approach the door and
very gingerly with a knuckle. Just wrap lightly a few times.
She's. Leaning against the door frame.
Yeah, from everybody that's not leaning on the door frame.
You. You hear like a muffled what
sounds like dwarf in a dwarf calling from the other side.
You may go from you being right up on the door with your nice
nice ears and everything you hear in very greenish common.
Enter. She opened the door.
So you posted a bill? Some.
Adventures. I think you found that we've
arrived. And she steps back to expose the
the crew piled in the hallway. Claire strikes.
A pose, and for some reason her little cloak just billows in.
No wind. It's just billowing.
And we've also. Arrived with drinks and she
holds out the barley brew to him.
What's your doubt? Again, get in, get in, find a
seat. She hurries in and.
Takes a seat near him. Their Huxtable's.
Going to scurry in very quickly, tail wagging a little bit right
behind. But I will also walk in and just
take the seat nearest the fox. Calm.
Oh, I walk. In over my shoulder.
Does he accept the? Barley brew or am I putting it
down on the table in front of? Him.
He is sitting. He is sitting at what looks to
be like a round, like a oblong table with papers all in front
of him. Carl, as you're as.
You're heading into the location, heading into the room.
You get. A kind of a like a hair rate,
like a hair raising feeling on the back of your neck, but it's
stopping like the briefest of moments before you walk in.
Carl. Stops Carl.
I look. Around and all of the eyes on my
like cloak open too, and I look all around me for invisible
things. And in the ethereal plane, Carl,
there is a trap. Something is here.
I start looking. Take out a.
Little pair of glasses and I put them on.
So when? You go to look, you see what if
you're looking at the the stairs as basically kind of like a
little side little small short wall on either side of the
stairs coming up into the hallway in the what looks like
the left side of the hall, it looks like like a glitter sandy
material is just kind of like falling away.
To the, to the. Ground, but you see nothing
there. The glitter sandy material is
falling to the ground. From where?
Just falling to the ground, you see a glitter sandy material
just falling to the ground. The arm was.
Air or from something? From the air, it sounds like
Yep, just. Thin air.
He sees it just falling in thin air.
Is it like piling up or accumulating or just?
It's like a light little, like if you were to take like a
little small handful of sand and just drop it, it's just falling
like that. Triggered.
When we walked through. OK, I notify.
The others. I walked.
Through and then I felt a tingle.
There is dust falling from nothing here.
Clenna reaches. Up and starts like wiping off
her ears with her paws and looking at her paws and then
looking around looks like you'll.
Have to reset your trap. Expecting trouble.
Hey, it is it. Is God forsaken Kingdom?
Of course, there's always trouble.
Always got. To be watching your back,
always. Eyes.
Everywhere. Yes, eyes.
Now get in. Shut the door.
Take off all the dust sets on me, come inside and then take
off my cloak and meticulously make sure all of it is gone.
So what did this dust do to us? She brushes it off her shoulder.
A little no. But it made.
Me tingle I'm. Sorry, and I'm sorry.
Oh, sorry. Nothing.
None of y'all besides Carl, none of y'all noticed that.
But he he told. The rest of us, yeah, he told
the rest of y'all Yeah yeah. Getting dust on all of.
Your guests is not very nice. Yeah, Amika.
Wants to know what it does as she brushes it away now that
she's know it knows it's there. Give me a.
Either. History and or arcana check
whichever is the best for you. Yeah, do the same.
But while while everybody is very concerned, Sir Huxtable,
the burn inator is just not concerned whatsoever and instead
is like thoroughly investigating the room, just like looking
around at whatever is going on. So when you're done figuring out
if if this other role, I did roll an investigation check for
14 and I'd like to hear about like what is on the walls or if
there's any like fun trinkets or anything to notice in the room.
All right, so this. Room is roughly about. 8 foot.
By. 8 foot by. 8 foot room has a nice like I said Oval table to
like the far left side of it bed.
A little hutch on the table. There seems to be some
documentation in front of the dwarf.
When y'all close the door the dwarf goes.
And This is why I always come prepared.
And he snaps his fingers. And for everyone to see you
start seeing glowing marks all around the room.
So Amiko's a little. Spooked and she activates her
cloak which makes it look like she's standing, not where she
is. And then she moves.
Elsewhere. OK is a very delicate operation
her. Chance is just going to walk in
like and sit down. The dwarf looks.
At you, looks at you and says, ah, finally someone with some
sense. Sit down, sit down, we have
things to discuss. Was that?
Test healed precautionary methods.
You can never be too careful. Yes, so on the.
First instance of this dwarf saying sit.
Sir Oxford will just instantly sit.
Very quickly. In the closest chair.
Such a good. Boy.
After nothing. Alarming seems to happen with
the glowing ruins. Amico will settle down again,
back in her all right. I believe it was Amico History
or Arcana, whichever 1 you decide.
Oh, it was a. Fail.
It was 6. So.
I just need. For y'all, whenever y'all are
given something in the knowledge or skill range, never assume the
numbers too low. Just whatever your number is,
let me know. All right with this, with this
D20. All right.
So with the size of the number that matters.
Yeah, with a six. That little shiny sand.
The. First thing that pops to your
mind. Dream.
Fairies. There's a dream.
Fairy somewhere around here. And that's that's where that
magical saying could probably be coming from.
Dream fairies. All right, there's everyone
accounted for. I don't like.
Repeating myself. Well then where is all the
people? Did you not practice drinking?
He has plenty of time to drink. We need to plan.
We have short amount of time. I will.
Get them. Like.
Pain crawl off of wherever I am and poke my head downstairs.
Maddock, you are required upstairs.
I look. Questioningly at the stairs in
the room, but I. Say, Maddox, give me, give me a
perception check, Maddox. Let's see with.
All the people around you and talking conversation with Bow
Tan. DC-15 to here.
And also.
A gesture. Oh, it's a nice.
Mid middle of the row 1111. You think?
You hear your name being called but not 100% sure.
And walk over to him and get him.
Your friend just come back. What?
Another drink. Yes, but not like you need to
come upstairs. And I.
I, I, I look at I, I look at him and I go.
Will I fit? Will he DM?
It will be a a little bit of a a snug fit, but he'll fit.
He will. Fit.
I don't like small places. I.
Know. It.
Is a good thing. We are not going into it.
Orphan City. Yes.
We don't like it there No, but the reward does sound worth it.
Yes, I'm. Upstairs.
Heads. Up did did you ever come up with
a a, a means for us to communicate?
From a distance. Oh, I have.
Sending stones and I have message I was going.
To. Is that what you're talking?
Yeah, I. Wasn't sure which one you were
going, which one you were going with or if you had both, because
I know we talked about both. So that's where I was.
I was just bringing it up. Should I?
Would you have given me one of those sending stones or was that
something you were planning to utilize later?
I could give you one OK. That way.
I'll have means. All right, OK.
I'll come and I go ahead make sure.
To make sure that y'all make the necessary, you know, item
transfers and everything so you'll have it in your
inventories, yeah. I follow follow Carl upstairs.
They. Give you guidance on whatever
checks you need to not break the stair.
Yeah. You, you, you head up the
stairs, but your your shoulders are definitely if you if you
were like some of the much more brawnier gift from your
homeland, you definitely know that you wouldn't be fitting up
these stairwells. You've got maybe a couple inches
on each side of your shoulders. I.
I, I hunch and I guess try to pull myself in as much as
possible and I'm holding this like basically 10 foot halberd,
like trying to not bump anybody or anything as I'm going through
the space. But I, I don't let go of it.
It's like death gripped in my hand.
And I don't know if you need me to roll anything, but that's
what I that's what I'm trying to do.
Oh no, you, you, you. You, you kind of keep your
bearings about yourself. You you're like, I'm a big guy,
but I know how to move it. I'm working it.
You're in. And when you?
Enter, The dwarf basically exclaims.
Dear God I I was hoping for a muscle but that's just
ridiculous. Yes.
You can sit on the floor lad, and I'd hate for you to break
these wooden chairs. I don't like paying for stuff.
I look at the. Doorway even more questionably.
Sit. Down on my knees and kind of
crawl in the space and sit down all.
Right now is everyone here? Yes.
Nice big man, make sure to close the door behind you.
I try to. Turn my head around and move my
shoulder and inside this room that I'm assuming is intended
for like 2 people. Now with like 6 I I look to
somebody else to try kind of like with a saddish this
expressive that I can't really probably turn around with let
with while holding this the halberd and not hit anybody.
Oh, this? This room is more like the size,
like I say, like a conference room type size.
OK, it's a, it's a it's a luxury size room.
I was assuming. For some reason it was like his
office is what it kind of sounded like.
But OK, I guess I do that, then I close the door.
Good. And again, for the those that
have already been in here, you see the the blazing images on on
the walls start flaring up and then subside narrate.
You're all here for one purpose and one purpose only.
We're here to procure two things, one and most important.
The other is more like icing on the cake.
I need. You to steal a.
Dagger. It may not.
Sound like Raise his hand. Yes.
So I just, I want to make sure I get this right.
So you said we're here for one thing and one thing only, but
then you said there's two things.
Which is it? Which is it?
Is it one or is it 2? I.
Want my name and mainly I want the one.
But if you. Can pull the other one.
Fuck, even better. So.
So it's really 2. Mistruth the.
Lies had already the magic way, this is not the way for.
The. Fine, fine.
Fine, I want both things. We are two 2.
Things to hold up a little paw with two fingers held up two.
I just. Going to sit back.
Hi I. Want two things?
We are being hired to commit theft and you are concerned with
a small deception. I.
I will be the one deceiving, not being deceived.
God that's so stupid. So grab and get.
That's. What I do sounds great.
What's the catch? The catch?
Is you're stealing from the Kellador clan proper?
Oh, don't they? Like own this town.
I. They usurp this town, yes.
I don't think that would make them very happy with us.
So what they? Do.
To you, there are a rash of a lot, but mine's to say I'm in
the business of acquiring something that will ensure the
rightful owners come back to this territory.
OK. And.
Who? Who might that be?
Does this dagger? Belong to them.
I have a. Why yes.
Why yes, it does. Why yes it does.
OK. So not just a theft, but a
little just a sprinkled in. Yes.
Very much so. That's very.
Charming and all, but you said you're paying us for this of.
Course we'll pay. Your weight in gold.
Oh, that's not very fair. Yeah.
We accept. Whose?
Weight are we talking about? You need to be.
More. Fine.
If it may, if it pleases you all, I'll give you the weight of
the old big boy. There in in gold everyone who's
able to get this done. Yeah.
I like. That a lot better each.
I know my. Weight.
I'm. I'm. 5. 180 lbs.
But wait. Hold on, eat this.
Let's take out all my rations. Point.
Me in a direction Clemont just starts.
Laughing. Yeah, let's.
Do that the reason? The reason I seen for the for
this particular time is that the the Grand Gala is about to take
place. Where they showing?
Off you say the grand. Fucking Gala.
The grand gala. Oh, OK.
Missed. Opportunity.
That would have been a fun party, right?
Carry on. Sorry, the grand.
Gala where they show off, that is what.
They would call it. The grand gala where they show
off the Starfire Ruby, the crown jewel of this land.
In three. Days time steal us a.
Dagger, but not that Ruby, Yes. So why?
Is that Ruby pocket sized? The dagger has more worth than
the Ruby. Oh, how?
Many rubies are in this dagger. Her eyes are huge.
She takes another sip of her drink, the only.
Importance is that she bring the dagger and the one carrying it,
dead or alive. So 3.
Things what? 3.
Things, the dagger, the jam, and the person carrying the dagger.
Three things do. Do you have car key in your ear
lad? I said to the the gym is of no
consequence. Oh, so, but OK, it's just.
Shiny, and that's why we want it.
Shiny things are nice. If I if I want.
If if I if I wanted to to announce to the entire Kingdom.
Point at. Thief here, I would tell you to
steal the gym. Do you want the dagger with the
person carrying the dagger? Yes.
Which should not be much a problem, seeming that the person
that carries it, I said. Dealer's choice, lad.
I missed that there was a lot of talking.
It's all right, don't worry. The person who carries the
dagger is feeble. All reports say he is old,
senile, and barely able to write his tracking name.
Why, of course. But the ruling thing.
Random callador. Not that killeth granddam, not
that one. OK, OK, OK.
It's an old. 1. Wow, it's getting dark.
Fast. And you say he's older than
affirmed. Shouldn't be?
Yes, now is. Is this like a sit on your
throne in fancy robes king or his your warrior king?
Like who did he used to be? If you believe the the
propaganda that the Kelledor clan says, it says that he once.
Was. Banished from the land and all
of a sudden he comes back. Waving.
Him magics and doing all the things and purging the city and
taking it up as his own and then making it a a more proper
dwarfish town, virgin city of. What?
Goodfella Dwarfs. Oh, OK, so it was a a skirmish
of. Dwarf against dwarf.
I so he's a magic. User.
Some say. He is.
Some say he's just a charlatan. I believe the fact.
That he's probably just a charlatan, just a a snake or a
salesman. So he doesn't.
Use magic. He just pretends.
Are exposed to raise their hand. Yes, so the question.
Why aren't you getting the stagger yourself?
Do you not see his tiny little limbs?
Hey. Glenn.
All looks over at you with just the meanest little bad eyes just
going to. Look down at their own like arms
and legs which are also very small, right?
Just be like the. Dwarf.
It's. Like.
You know when the cats are frustrated or exciting and their
tail kind of like jitters? All 5.
Of. Amico's tails start jittering.
You are feline. It is different.
The dwarf cannot be discreet. It is not in their nature.
Someone with some learned sense, but yes, also you're.
Hiring us because you just can't be sneaky.
That's a. Few other details.
Maybe we have internally. Sir Huxtable's wondering if he's
cut out for this quest. But keeps his mouth.
Shut. You'll have all the resources
available to get yourself prepared.
Do whatever you need because in three days time I'm going to
need you to bring that item in person to me so that things can
be set right. What do you?
Know about the targets, family and habits.
A. Kidnap job would be most
practical. What I know?
From all my reports of the keep itself as they use the Garrison
about the company size element inside of the actual keep and if
you were to believe the mythical tales that there are shadows
that can eat you or take you away and just more Kelidorian
propaganda all to keep their power here.
Sir Huxtable's going to. Raise this hand again.
Yes, aye, so. What what if we bring it back
before 3 days? Is there a early return packs or
a penalty? As much as I would enjoy to have
that prize earlier, the The thing is not always walk around
amongst the people. With.
What's the word I look for? He's always heavily, you know,
heavily guarded by with the Royal Guard here, there's always
not a problem. Is it the same guard the the?
The the detachments here are good.
That's what I tell you. How good I turn into him?
Hello I am your name. Sure, call.
Sure to. Call take you.
He he looks. He looks at you.
I have a plus. 13 to convince this dude that I'm him at
advantage. Look at me now.
I am you. And you are a beautiful.
Specimen. Yes, we should.
Find out where one of his guards lives.
Then they go. To their house, kidnap him while
he sleeps, replace him, then steal the guy so.
Be wise to learn what exactly takes place during this grand
gala. Yes.
I agree. We have invitations.
Invitations. Shall be easily gotten.
Do not worry about that. And if a.
Map can be procured dwarf. I do not wish to get lost in
dwarfing tunnels. I.
We have we have all necessary maps of the key and some service
entrances long forgot. And if you and if you need it,
there's even maps to the deeper tunnels to the day, to the days
of well. And the.
Giants when they when they actually rent Dominion here.
The Giants. Made tunnels down here, those
must be huge. The giants are the tunnels.
The giants made nothing here. It was by dwarven blood and
sweat that those mines were made.
The Giants just persecuted us to make them.
Well, that's not very. Nice.
And that's why. They're no longer here.
Sir Huxtable's going to raise his hand again.
Yes, so this. Dagger.
Is it a dwarven dagger? It is a.
Dagger made that looks. Very.
Plain if one would say. Except for the blade.
Itself. Except for the blade itself.
The blade is black as Evan skies and on its and and.
There. Are words on it if you believe
the tales, Hi. Do you have a picture of of this
dagger? How are we supposed to know when
we found the dagger? There is a he unrolls a piece of
parchment and there is what looks like a drawing of the of
the dagger that he speaks about. And.
Little little side, little side, little side.
Scribbles in Dwarvish. Who all speaks?
The Dwarvish language. Do me, I do.
We were smart. We.
Make I'm not so good I. Can't so on a.
Helmet on your head and I tap it to turn it on so you can
comprehend language, so you can listen on.
Guys, get rid. So I was.
Assuming we were talking in common, I just couldn't
understand what was written on it.
Yeah, the. Yeah, the helmet.
The helmet only. Oh, got.
It speaking. Not, not reading, yeah.
Right, so. Those that can read the dwarvish
language. It basically looks like a bunch
of scribbles that says the engraving should be here.
A few guess works of what is actually written on it or what
could be written on it. The dimensions of the blade it
it. It's either a 12 inch or 14
inch. It looks like the hilt depending
on how the picture, how it's written out.
The picture says it looks like it says it's a through dagger,
not a full tank. So that is this like all the
written description that's in Dwarvish on that little
parchment right there and another parchment is rolled out
for y'all and it has a picture. Jacob, please describe Grand Am
has a picture of. Grand Am as he is now.
Yes, alright. It's, well, I don't know how it
would look in a charcoal drawing or something like that.
Grand Am is a incredibly thin and frail looking dwarf.
He has a. Like.
Thin, papery skin that you can see, like the blood vessels
underneath his joints all look rheumatic.
He wears a top hat on his head and a.
Suit that. Is tailored to him, but it is
still largely I'll fitting because of his weird
proportions. The rumor and legend has it that
he is literally thousands of years old, too stubborn to die.
His beard is white, his eyes cloudy, and his skin like
covered in liver spots. Dude looks every bit the age
that he is reported to be, if that was even possible.
And this portrait is also on the page with the description of the
dagger. Yes, 2 separate, 2 separate
sheets, 2 separate sheets for y'all.
OK, and then let's see my Nekomata Kitsune and Inogami, IE
the dog person of the group Romi history.
Do you want me? To count that because I wanted
to be. The dog person.
But was unable to find that or make that.
Oh, it's fine. OK.
I was assuming because I I picked Dorf.
I was assuming that I would just like, you know, maintain being a
Dorf and just have the appearance of the and I'm like
race. I don't know what you're
maintaining. Yeah, you're.
Yeah, you're, you're, yeah, you're good.
Like I said, when I when I when I was writing for them, I was
applying the new 2024 rules where you take away their
ability scores. So yeah.
But basically. They have the same ability
scores that would be like that of a Hardy dwarf.
Gotcha. You need us to roll what?
History. Give me a
SEC. You also.
Sit in map. Yes, and he brings out three
maps to be exact. He brings out kind of like a
fresh, you know, fresh map of, of the actual region of, you
know, all the, the, the city proper and all the surrounding
territory around it. The next.
One is that a a little bit older, but it looks like the
city, the city of Star Pyre proper.
And the. Layout of, you know, the entire
city. And then the third map he brings
out is what looks like a little bit on the old, quite older side
because as he's rolling it out, you can hear it like, you know,
cracking and the, the, the edges of the, the scroll are
definitely chipped and frayed. And that looks like the layout
of Kellador Keep. Kellador.
Keeps a map of Kellador Keep. Yep.
You could do the. History check before I ask more
about that map the last minute, all right.
I got an. 1818. What else I got out there?
Let. Me try.
Amico wrote an 8 an. Eight yeah 20 T 22 and my wait,
I'm almost. There.
Almost there, yes. Yeah, and it says.
Oh motherfucker, I wrote natural one.
I have a four. So for my.
For my 8 and my one, yeah, those stories track those that they,
they they, they totally track. Yep, Yep, Yep, Yep, Yep.
Makes total sense for my 18 and 22.
You. Definitely can tell by that that
that line of input that he gave out to y'all doesn't quite jive
historically because historically from all the books
and scrolls y'all would have read.
The. Kellidors were considered
liberators, not conquerors. Who can be both?
Liberators. From what?
So for for my 18 and 22 it is said that the Kellidors rose
back up in rebellion and liberated the city from the gold
shards. Who had?
Stolen the city from the the reigning thing gold vine.
But they. Didn't give it back to Gold
Vine. They just were like, all right,
I think we're in charge. Well, yeah.
If I say if I say no, my, my 22, my 22.
Yeah. No, you know from what you've
read that after you know, they retook the city and exiled the
and tried to basically knock out the the gold shards that
afterwards the gold vine monarch, he stepped, he stepped
down and handed the rule to the Keldor because.
He believed. That, you know, he failed the
people and the Keldors restored the people.
What was? The.
The the guy who stepped down, what was he called?
His name? Was Thane Goldvein?
That hurts. All some elaborate ruse.
I. Relay this to the team using
message those who may look Yeah, right into the.
Brain. Hello, this is Carl.
And this is all going to be aware they're.
Constable. 'S eyes, they're just going to
get real wide. You can.
Reply to this message. Like.
Brain. Fuzzies in your head.
I kind of look over at everybody else, 'cause I'm just like, does
I realize that he sent that message?
But do they realize this guy's fibben?
Are we feeling something bad? She's not saying any of this out
loud. She's just really like thinking
it. So.
Everybody understand what has to happen.
Oh. Yes.
Yep, makes. Total sense and she takes a sip
and is now just being like real jerky.
Like gotta act natural. Maddox was.
Like nodding off until you spoke into his head and he's like real
startled. He probably didn't only caught
like bits and pieces of it, but he just goes back to it and goes
gala when? When's the gala?
Three days. Oh well, you said.
You need it it done before gala then.
No, I said at the gala. Oh, so we have.
He is the. Least he is the least guarded
there in the gala. His.
Men are less hovering. He walks among the people, the
traders that the local shop keeps.
It's the. Perfect time to separate him.
And bring. Him to me.
So what do we do and do then what?
Fair. We have.
To scout out his routine and the defenses of the keep.
I say. Questioningly.
We should find. 1. Of the people preparing the
castle for the gala and in person impersonate the dam.
Man, it's real hard to play dumb.
And about our payment, I feel like we should receive half
upfront and then the rest when we finish the job.
He he, he kind of strokes his beard at that, at that mention
roll me a persuasion check. I will hope.
Got it. Persuasion.
Yep, 16 + 24. She's looking.
Up at you and she makes her eyes real big and wide, like Puss in
Boots, and she's just holding her little cup in front of her
like, you know, you want to pay us half ahead of time.
I'll pay you a quarter now. Rest when you're done.
We just ditch. Him with the King's ransom worth
of gold. Just go to the king and be like,
we have a warning for you. We would like a reward.
I I. Turned to the others and I'm
like, does that sound fair to you?
I don't know what you want me to say inside check.
I want you to say. We want more than 1/4, we want
half up front. Maybe. 33%. 33%.
Yeah. 3 is smaller than four, so that's less.
It's a better deal for him, yeah.
Clenna is just going to turn back to you and she'll be like,
OK, that sounds good that much beforehand and then the rest
upon completion of the job. A good butter *** has.
Been and she holds out her. Tiny little paw towards you.
She has to reach really far, like across the table that
they're sitting at. So he reaches underneath the
table and pulls a sack that looks like it's about pretty
sizable in diameter, maybe the size of almost the size of
Murdoch's head. Almost.
This will cover you and he and he slams it to the table and you
said it's a Ruby, he slams on the table.
A. Big sack of coin hits the table.
Oh, OK. And.
Out from it you can see gold, what looks like Palladium, all
just falling out of the bag. We'll take.
That thank you. Are you going to do one thing?
So. You mentioned that you don't
really care if Kellador comes to you dead or alive.
I've two questions for you. Yes.
If he comes. To you alive.
What you can do? With them, second question is if
we cannot get his entire body back, will part of him suffice?
If you bring. Into me alive.
There are many that are waiting to bring him to just 'cause if
you bring me his head, I might, I might pay you a fraction more
for less than the workforce later.
Oh, so you'd? Prefer that.
Oh, many would prefer. Well, I'm.
Dead, not by your hands. Would you prefer?
To do the deed yourself, you know, for satisfaction or no,
you're never. Taken care of.
Oh, I am far from being the one that should be laying out
punishment for trespasses. I am just a humble
representative. So who did he wrong?
They still around? They are, they are not as mighty
as they once were. But they.
Are. So what did you do him?
He stole their home. I knew it.
I called it. It was a plot.
He the Caledor guy, he made the whole war.
Then he made the guy feel bad so he'd have the kid for him.
So when you say there are many that would like to exact
justice, you're talking about the gold shards, no one else.
The gold shards obviously, but also the ones that support the
gold charts. And they're still in town.
Not always. By not always by name and not
always by. Seen by.
Others, but they're around. If we need.
It's not, it's not good, it's not good business to be going
around waving that kind of banner, you'd say.
So if we needed to, say, recruit some minions or a diversion or
something, they might be amenable to offer services.
Yes, where could we find these bowl charts?
I'll make it easy for you. And he lays a a plain crown coin
on the table. If they know what this is,
they'll know who you work for. Why thank you to you I.
Message you he gave us direct evidence this guy let.
Me go packets the coin. And.
Any any bars or places around town that we might might start
looking? Yes, there's some on the the
eastern side of the town and there's some that sit to the
South. OK, I guess I don't want to be.
Flashing this coin around, which is Willy nilly, someone might
recognize it that is not too thrilled that we're under your
employee. I.
I'd be careful flashing that the wrong person sees it.
You could be in the wrong end of the gallows.
So I guess I'm. Looking for more details Who?
Who is a safe? Bet to show this to if we're
looking for other allies. Go to where the finer the
fineries are, the luxuries, these are the people that we
have entrusted. So the luxury.
Refineries, are you talking like?
A gold and silver. Smelting, stuff like that.
Hi. The ones that do all the
filigrees. Well, that's a start.
So here we go, attempting. To overthrow the government.
You hear a soft but loud snore from the corner.
Is that? Your plan?
Do you wish to be king? Oh no, I am.
No will follow. So it sounds like someone's
employing you. I Yes who?
Will be king once the Calador, the Grand Am is dead.
If all. Things go accordingly.
The. Rightful rulers of this land.
This. Tells.
Me Nothing. Which is is.
I'm just like gets really happy, stands up.
I accept this, this job. I accept and like goes and like
takes the the portion of the coin just like just happy to
have a job, happy to get paid. Like, yes, I'm doing it.
I'm doing it. I'm a big boy paid to go do
work. Fuck yeah.
He doesn't. Realize it's just.
Criminal. Now it's honest work.
It's fine. Is it or?
Whatever. Howard's, you know.
Meaningless. Whatever ever, there's always
some asshole in power. What's?
Who cares? Poop.
Which one is fine by all? Accounts this dude is like a
great guy, been in power forever, big ass city, everyone
seems to be taken care of. Like was put on the throne by an
abdicated king for sure, but like.
With your with your outburst of like you're ready to go, Matic
just stands up abruptly too, and probably bumps the spear in the
ceiling. Well, or.
The Albert into the ceiling and just goes yours.
Fight now. We need them with break.
Anything big fella? Sorry.
Loses the sleep. Can you provide us with a list
of those companies working to set up the gala caterers for
Loris bands? The main people that be dealing
with the gala, they're the there will be the shops on the north
side nearest to the key. They are the most.
Trusting of all of all the shops and a.
List of the cards and their families.
That took. Me a moment to get because the
the guard the guards rotate. So I will.
Have to be very cautious on who? I asked.
We need the. More information.
We will. Find it.
Colin, I was going to get up and gather like her set of coins,
like, Yep, we're totally going to do this.
Awesome. Gathers up her.
Coins grabs her drink and kind of like starts heading towards
the door. Oh, wait.
Where are you all going? There be one.
Last thing to make sure that we're all in accords.
He rolls out what looks like a black piece of parchment.
Make your mark here please. And what would?
That mark be doing. What do you call?
The name? Do you not make your mark your
name? It is a.
Contract. Ertoc takes a knife, runs it
along his knuckles, and then punches the paper are huxtables.
Going to then. Walk out in a little bit.
It's going to be 1. Gross piece of paper because
Madam one of his fingers and sticks it in his ear and then
just pulls out this wad of earwax and just smashes it with
his finger against the page. I didn't find it because.
Artan is fucking illiterate. So is so.
So is Matic. In my defense, I I just rather.
Yeah. So before Amico signs, she'd
like to discern if there's anything magically binding about
this piece of paper. Literate's the.
Wrong word. Give me a knowledge arcana.
What do you? Mean with the modifier
knowledge? Oh.
To. The Arcana.
Check. I'm.
I'm that, that's the old, old school version of me.
It's a narcotic check. I just back in the day, we would
say knowledge this knowledge that, you know, skill, this
skill that. He's a three. .5 Boy at heart.
I I. Am but yeah, Archon check
please. 16. Nothing's jumping out to you.
I mean, it's an odd choice of paper, but nothing.
Is. Scratching at you about it being
magical. Can you say this black paper?
It is black is the. Instrument in which we've been
offered to sign also black. It is, yes.
Well, the pen is black, the ink is.
Gold so picks up the. Pen and scribbles it all over
her little paw and then just stamps her paw on the paper and
puts the pen back down. In.
Some corner of the paper that isn't crippled or slimy.
Emiko will take the pen and in a very loopy kind of it looked
almost elvish script sign her name.
Is that everyone? No, Carl, whip my tongue out,
grab the pen and then write my name with it.
We are committed to the downfall of this government.
I like Carl. I feel like Carl and my Guy
Sebastian would get along very well.
You had no. Personality until we started
Sebastian. Was a lizard folk who was a
College of deception or whatever shadows bored who was all about
wanting. He had like a lizard.
He had a he had a dinosaur living in his.
Ring. The the the mine shielding ring.
To bring. Like to like make the lizard men
rule again that he was just overthrow all governments and
bring about a new AM fuck. Yes, so once.
Everyone has signed it. Which I'm guessing.
Everyone has now at this point, either by urine signature, ear
wax, blood, or actual signature. Sure.
Gall rolls it up and then takes it to the candle that is sitting
on the table and sets it ablaze and it burns a dark purple
before fading away. Totally normal thing.
Very safe. Exactly what people?
Do with contrast and. Just just above, well, just
below everyone's left elbow in that look, that little crease
area around your forearm, a gold ingot appears tattooed to your
arm. The bargain is struck, let it be
done, we shall destroy. So if we try and fail, what
happens? If you what say we we?
Give this our best attempt and we fail.
What happens now with this this binding?
You'll be made forfeit. We return the money and then we
go our separate ways. No.
I do. Not you'll be.
Made forfeit. I do not.
Get the impression that failure in this task will be one in
which we are still breathing, The fork says.
He gets up and starts to walk towards the door.
Big. Risk big money he's I say,
because I kind of tug on Maddox years to indicate that we're
good to go. Come.
We must find some flowers to kill.
Flowers. Flowers.
OK, florists or caterers or bodyguards maybe?
He has secretary like I do. Perhaps.
Perhaps we need? Access to the gala space
beforehand and we need information about his movements.
We. Must plan, my friend, We must
plan. So can you.
Elaborate on forfeit. Time to go little 1 and I just.
Grabbed you by the scruff and let's go.
Glenna just walks out, still nursing her drink.
I make whose tails are thrashing and she's kind of like, I'm
imagining you have her by like the back of the coat and she's
leaning forwards trying to stay in the room, glaring at.
How do you pronounce his name Shorgal?
Shorgal. Because of his.
Lack. Of clarity in the fact that she
was not signing a normal contract.
She's passed. Imiko, you can give me a insight
as you're being drugged from the room real quick as everybody's
leaving and, you know, you're just kind of getting, you know,
pulled from the room so. I have proficiency in insights
and I have an ability that if I roll A9 or less it automatically
becomes a 10. OK, so with my. +4 That's a 14.
Oh, it automatically did it in D in D20.
That's nice. Or in D&D.
Beyond yeah, I forget that. It's a rogue's ability.
It's really cool. Talent.
Reliable A. Reliable.
Talent, there it is. That's was before all right, so
as you're leaving, you can definitely see a Shorgal just
giving you like the the just the most wicked of looks as y'all
starting as y'all start to depart the room.
And. Assuming she's physically
dragged out. Yeah.
OK. Actually just waves and thanks,
Mike. Walk, salt the door.
All right, so. Y'all have been given the task.
What are y'all? Planning to do over the next 3-3
days to help y'all prepare for a set event.
Hot Sir Hox doesn't know about the next three days, but Sir Hox
was going back downstairs and getting another beer.
'Cause. This doesn't sound like it's
gonna be easy. A.
Series of plan the kidnappings. As you all come down and.
Looks up to the. Chameleon and goes.
I'm good at distractions. Good.
I can be whoever we kidnap. But then.
We use the plan. I don't know if, you know, we
should do these things or not, but we should get more
information about their location by going there beforehand,
setting things up, knowing where to strike.
And we need information about his weaknesses, his guards,
where he will go, and what his defenses are.
Weaknesses. Are that he is an old man.
A well defended old man. Maybe.
He's friendly, maybe we'll bring him beer.
Sham Gall has demonstrated that he cannot be trusted, so this
guy could be a powerful wizard for all we know.
It could. Be we have signed the thing so
we are bound. Now the question is where is the
wiggle room in the contract? We need to bring him, him and
the dagger, but not alone. We could simply go to this
calendar, tell him, bring him to him with a card and we will
fulfill our contract and we make money from the king.
So sounds good. Carl.
As as as you speak those words out loud, I need an intelligence
saving through. Very well.
One moment, let's go. Intelligence save of +8. 6 + 8.
14. 14 That will be a fail, my good Sir.
Ow and. Ah, there it.
Is I was looking for the little button that allows me to touch
the thing I need to hit on. Probably under a GEOS.
And you say 15 psychic damage? Ow.
Don't think about that. It is.
Dishonorable to go against your word.
It was not against my word. Twist verbatim it.
Fulfills the contract. Twisting your.
Tongue does not change your intent.
Contracts are not abundant, they are of words.
But this? One is of intent.
It seems I have been damaged. I have to go part of what I can.
See what it? Is that takes place during this
gala? Yes, we need more information.
And. As that's happening to you and
you're talking. Going down the.
Stairway as it takes you a little longer, Carl, to get down
the stairway because Maddock having to negotiate the hallway
when I don't know who who's coming down the steps first.
But whoever comes down the steps first, Botan greets you.
You're back. Did you enjoy your in What's the
word I want to use conversation with the angry one?
I. But I need more beer.
Walk over and. Slam my empty mug down on the
counters. He kind.
Of looks at you sympathetically in the drink you shall have.
Amiko shuffles up to the bar as well, and she's silently fumane
and just kind of like, slides it across, but she doesn't let go
of the glass, her hands just on the glass, arm extended.
Motown reaches his hand down and kind of pass, pass the back of
your hand. I I understand not all
negotiations go away. People like.
And he? Kind of like beckons you to
release the release the mug. She just opens.
Up her fingers, just enough so that he can take it.
And he takes the glasses behind, refills them with the drinks
that y'all had earlier got, and then slides them back to you.
This should make you not all better, but little better.
She shoots. It holds it out again.
So did you all have a good meeting, right?
You're all back down here, so meeting must went well, right?
Yes. He got a.
Job. Do you?
Have private room we can discuss.
Oh yes. We have we have more rooms like
the one the mean the word haze on the lever side of building.
Not, as you know, nice as he is, but.
It it. It's good for a large
adventuring party. And you bring.
Bounty or feast to room? I might need a little time for
someone of your size take. Your.
Time we need to discuss. And he leans over his shoulder.
Hey Popo, we got big odor. Big.
Mouths to feed get fire up the grill.
I will have Pepe take you to your room, I put. 10 gold on the
thing. This is good.
Oh, more. The dog pound.
Not so expensive. I don't believe.
In in a fair exchange right here and so.
Is it me or is it just Rick? They're cutting.
Out he's. Cutting out pretty good, OK.
No. Can you hear me?
Maybe you can bang. Yeah, shrinks.
Oh. No, little yeah.
Oh my goodness. I think I caught he only took
five of the gold and yeah, he only calling for Pepe, Yeah.
Yes, OK. He gave you five year gold back
and called for Pepe I. Guess and.
Much like earlier, yes, much like earlier, Pepe comes rolling
out and. Come Bulls.
Oh man. Yeah.
Hurt, hurt, hurt. Hurt.
If you would not like Might swears and he directs Pep take
you out to the backroom. OK.
Do I squeeze in there? Yes, prices once we're all.
Settled and before the order comes in, I guess
uncharacteristically I I speak also too, though.
Hats off real quick, Rick. Did we get those maps?
Or did we just? Get shown them yeah he the of
grand am he get. Beggar.
He gave you the three maps and he gave you a list of stores
that are responsible for the gala.
OK, I can. Hold down Fort here but.
As as I'll. Be pretty noticeable around
town. That is not necessarily bad.
And you? Guys.
Prepare and go get the rest of the information.
I think I can study map. Is it indoor?
Vision as well. Yes, that would not be very much
in. Yeah, that, that's very much in
dwarfish. Maybe I can't.
Stood in the map, but I can probably at least understand,
you know, sizes and shapes and stuff such on it because we need
to find plan. Good plan of a.
Attack on on him, or rather gathering.
I don't know. About everyone else, but.
I'm not. Exactly going to be able to
sneak up on them. This is why we need to get to
the gallery first so we can look around.
OK, OK. It'll be too near for.
You. When I'm creating a distraction.
OK, yes, distractions. What are?
All of our strengths. First of all, before we create a
plan, we should know what we can do.
Does anyone have a special skill they think would be useful in
this endeavor? I mean I.
Sneak and I steal things so. I will go.
I'm adorable. I was pretty thrilled about this
job. Why are you no longer thrilled?
Did you think you wouldn't be not held?
Held accountable, Oh yes, but not to the death.
If I get if I fail and get out of here alive, I have something
happens. I'm something is forfeited.
I can only assume it is my life. Yes, these kinds of jobs come
with greater risk. The terms are not all laid.
Out before we signed. They never are.
Takes the big. Swig of her drink.
I am. The same.
Tavern, correct? Yes.
Yes, we're in like a. Side room, yeah.
I I am distraction. What if I make frontal assault
on palace to distract rest of guards?
We should not spit up. Undoubtedly die.
I think. Maybe not that.
Maybe you should die in. Glory, but you will die.
What we? Need to do is kidnap him quietly
and then make it seem as if he is still there until we can get
him to safely to this location. Carl do.
You remember that one job we did?
If we had a lot of pigs, maybe we could blow stuff up.
We would. Need the dynamite and the mini
pigs but I was thinking if we can find a place with a clear
sky we could use you my friend to swoop down to grab the king
and fly away. Feasible only if he.
Complies. It would be a struggle.
I'm sure we would need some way. He sounds at least capable of
large magics, and we need some way to mitigate that.
Yes. Can anyone's silence?
Can anyone what silence cast? Silence.
I. Can charm him, but if he is a
Castor. I don't have any.
Blindness. I could cast the blindness on
him and he would be unable to he.
Not already blind. Probably.
Is blind, but I I can also, I can frighten him.
We needed more information before we decide our method to
take him. Then we need to.
Be gathering information. Yes.
What? Locations does anyone wish to go
to we need? As I.
Said if we can get information about the gala, the floor plan,
the layout, perhaps in the hidden passages that I may find
the beforehand, that would be of great use I'm.
Wondering. Study.
This map that understands it. I will.
Yeah. Well.
We can find. Others.
Go ahead. Where do you think we?
Can find like a map of the place where the gala is taking place.
We don't. We go to the north and like he
said, where all the shops are, one of them will be preparing
days ahead at the gala. We impersonate them and we go
look ourselves. OK, that sounds like a good
idea. And we?
Just have to figure. Out who's setting up ahead of
time? All right.
Well, I'm going to say that that is where we'll call it for this
evening everyone, just because it it puts us at a nice little
stop important for the evening. I know you know some people are
at ahead in the time zones and you know it is the work week.
So I will call it for this evening where we are.
I hope everyone had a fun time so far getting into the game.
Yeah. Very much so.
Oh yeah. Got some surprises?
We'll figure something out, hopefully.
Hopefully. Yes, so something.
I wanted to, I have, I'm encouraging Rick to use.
Have you decided if you're going to use one of those systems,
Rick? Yep.
Are you going to use the? Yep.
So everything that y'all do in preparation.
So what Jacob's talking about, we're stealing a.
System from path 4 where if you do something in preparation, you
get an edge point towards that. Say you find disguises.
Should you fail at a deception check, Since you have that edge
point, you can spin the edge point to automatically succeed
or can negate the failure. This is.
I like that. It's being.
Stolen. We're stealing directly from
Pathfinder second edition. It's how set second edition
does, like ice and stuff, it's pretty cool.
OK, Yeah. That feels good.
Yeah, I. Was reviewing, you know, the
edge, the edge it's our. It's our Ocean's 11.
Like. Flashback moment.
Yeah, basically, yeah. Yeah, I was looking at that and
then I was also reading because there was a heist module for D
and DI looked at that one. It didn't really have anything
like on those kind of details. So I was I was more a client to
using the the edge point system. So everything that y'all do to,
you know, prepare yourself basically y'all playing Batman
at the moment, get y'all got y'all prep time.
And so we're going to see how well y'all prepare yourself in
advance for the upcoming heist. Oh yeah.
We need to establish, yeah, we need to establish at least 2
getaways. Oh man.
I'm gonna have to watch Ocean's live and there are some heist
movie now. The Rick and.
Morty episode on heists is really good, I recommend that.
I mean, there's. Absolutely.
A heist of the Dungeons and Dragons movie too.
So we can, yeah. Yeah.
There is. Oh.
That it goes. About as well as a Dungeons and
Dragons heist typically does, right?
Also true. I.
I, I, I'm partial to the, I kind of wish we were running Blades
in the Dark right now because that system is like built around
heists and it's so good. Did you end?
Up picking up those manacles. Olivia, is that part of your
That's a good. Question, I just turned my
computer off so I can't check but I feel like I did OK.
OK, yeah, because I dropped mine because you'd said you'd had
those already. And the other thing that I had
in preparation for something potentially like that was the
iron bands of binding that I was talking about, but neither of.
Those. Neither of those things will
hold him stop. I mean, iron bands might be able
to stop him from casting because he won't be able to use
semantics. There's an.
Easy solution to all of this. You cut off his hands, you take
out his eyes, and you cut off his tongue.
We got to get. Ahold of them.
Simple. That's all you got to.
Do simple. That's how you stop a caster.
That is how you stop a caster. Period.
I do. I do have manacles, okay?
Cool. So those will stop him from
night, every night. Those will stop.
Him from traveling, which is actually pretty, pretty good
thing at least too, because that could be the worst part of the
situation, which is we get him to a point where we do have him
held, but then we he just boops away.
Right. Yeah, no booping.
Away. What we should do is get
ourselves a like a collapsible LED box so that we can knock him
out and then shove him in a LED box so we can't cast.
Yeah, if we had. More than three days.
I was going to say we could, we could take the I was trying to
play dumb towards Maddock too, because he wouldn't have thought
of an elaborate plan of, like you said, the shop.
And then I was like, oh Key, we just take the shop and we just
trap the fuck out of it. What do you mean by the?
Shop the. The the market district that we
were talking about, Matt had suggested we impersonate some of
the market bulk that he's going to go visit.
Ah. Oh.
I was going to say. I don't know if he's going to
visit them, but I figured they would be going to the, it
sounded Gala sounded. Yeah, I.
Figured we'd go and talk to some people in the market district
who are going to set up the gala and, like, get a bunch of
information or maybe one of us could pretend to work for them
to just get in there. Yeah, like.
I I have a changeling, so I don't know what you're I don't
know if people want to go over their strengths, either post
them or I have I'm a changeling so I can make myself look like
anyone. I also have actor, so I can
sound like anyone and convince anyone that I'm anyone.
So if we like want to replace like the head like caterer and
then I hire you guys, we could totally do that.
Like. And it it'd have.
To be the right group because you right you want access.
Yeah. I was going to say I'm a
stealthy monk. I can sneak around.
I'm also really small and can probably pass without being
noticed, but I don't have any magical abilities or anything
like that. I.
Don't forget adorable. Don't forget adorable.
Adorable. We want like.
Caterers or something like that where like a mishmash of like
super huge beefy boy and sneaky people don't like look weird.
I I can I can. Drop a lot of trays and knock
over a lot of tables and right you're.
The you're the you're the brown who carries in the, like boxes
of potatoes. Oh.
There we go. So we.
Could we could try to do the cuterer route or we could do
like the florist route or you know.
I'm a persuasive. Thief.
Persuasive. Thief.
OK. Like the thief.
Subtype. Yeah, that's pretty nice.
The only subtype. Available in D&D Beyond, but it
worked for this one. Is there an?
Item that or spell that we could use to forcibly teleport him to
another location. Teleport, Teleport.
Thunderstep dimension door, but some of them may be like chucks.
Yep. All of them would be.
OK, here's the thing. We don't have to complete, but
like, we don't need to take him, right?
So if we can get him, all we have to do is keep his head.
Like we're. Assuming we're trying to like,
automatically take this dude with us when we should be
realizing that that's going to be very difficult.
Yeah, that's that's the secondary option.
The main thing is getting the dagger.
He's probably. Very attached to the dagger, so.
I I. Don't know.
I don't know how feasible that is without him.
Oh well. He.
Would be dead. We would have to kill him.
Like either way we need to either bring proof of him being
with the air or dead, right? We need his head or him.
They're going to kill him. Either way, I'm dead.
Yeah, I have. And I hold up.
This is a bag of devouring. If you stuff someone in there,
they will just be gone forever. Oh.
No, yeah. We need the.
Body part We can't. We can't.
Yeah. No, but anyone else if we need
to clean up. Of them in the.
Bag and they are gone forever, never to return.
Sounds like a Shurgle's new home, yeah?
I like that idea too. With our.
Strategy and I pat Maddox head is he grabs people and then I
hold the bag open and he pushes them in and they are gone
forever. I like that strategy.
Bag is. Hungrier.
Than me, yes. So, Rick.
Question. For you, Yeah, yeah, no problem.
So signing the contract went against technically what my
character probably would have done, but I figured I had to in
order to participate in the side shot.
Did you have a plan for how to proceed with the story if some
of the party did not sign? Yes, I did.
Crap. Oh yeah.
No, I, I, I, I've, I've had that.
I've had that a particular event happened before.
Oh, you've run this before? No.
No, no, no. I've had, I've had, I've, I've
run a similar kind of campaign where you know, they were under
contract, but not everybody jived into doing it so.
Yeah. I don't know.
I I that is one. That was one of the one, yeah.
That was one of the many what ifs that I had to play into my
brain. I.
Didn't want to not be able to participate in the same events
with everyone else and just have to like sit quiet because I'm
off in a different location doing something else.
And yeah. Just keep sitting.
Just yeah. No, no, no, no.
Basically I. Didn't want to have to have like
2 separate parallel stories running at the same time where
they only every once in a while like meet up you know?
Oh no. I've.
Done that. I've done that too, where 22
parallel stories are running at the exact same time.
That is, that is it. It's murder, but it can be done.
When? It's short like.
Errands, fine, but when it's like the main plot line?
Because then now the group is just.
Listening, waiting for their turn.
Yeah, because. At one point a buddy of mine was
running. The orc.
Wars. And.
I was running the Dragon wars which are were happening
simultaneously in the history. Yeah.
And. Flip flopping.
And knowing the urgency on both sides of the of the storyline,
everybody was like, oh God. Do we know?
About that the the happenings in the East, we know what's
happening in the West. I mean, we're getting close
there in the main game as well where it's well.
Sorry, it's less about the two storylines themselves.
It's that part of the group has to sit silent and wait, and then
the other group and then you switch, and then the other
people have to sit silent and wait and listen.
And it's just like it takes everyone's time to only be, to
only have part of the group active.
But everyone still. Has to sit for the full like 4
hours, you know what I mean? Yeah.
And that was my base name is,
you know, if they would have been dissent or, you know, or
agreement or not agreement. I I had a backup for both.
OK, Yeah. Oh, don't worry, don't worry,
Emily. You, you would be, you would be
you would be having some fun. I.
Promise eventually. I'm curious to know what would
have happened when you were able to tell.
Do you so? Oh, no, go ahead.
So if nobody, if somebody would have dissented, yeah, you cannot
sign it, but your shares just got cut in half.
Share of the gold. Yep.
Share of the gold is cut in half and refusal would have required
a intelligence save. Oh.
Shit, she would have done it for half the gold if she didn't have
to sign. Still a lot of gold man Whoops.
Do you have? Actual maps of where we're going
to go to Rick. I I am OK so I I have the
regional map I am. I'm currently trying to find a
map that looks aesthetically pleasing to me for like the city
and the keep. Like those are the things that
I'm trying to find, you know, because I want, I want it to be
a certain way. And yeah, and I'm a little picky
and all that stuff, as most people say, but I do like things
to look a certain type of aesthetic so that it, IT
projects what I'm trying to tell y'all.
Like, you know the story I'm trying to tell.
I wanted to project that aesthetic to you.
Oh yeah, I. Get it?
That's why I make make a lot of mine.
But no, I was more asking for my safe because when I was saying
when we looking at these these maps is to study them or what
have you, I I feel like. That.
I is potentially a pretty utilizable thing when you're
talking because you talked about about some side passages and
such too, which I did advantageous, yes.
Part of the reason I want to get to the gala, etcetera is because
I have a penchant. Penchant for being able to track
down hidden doors, side passages, etcetera.
So if we can. Get all those mapped etcetera,
etcetera, etcetera, etcetera, anything, anything that's there,
I'll see it and then then we can go from there.
But thank you for running this, this seems super fun.
I look forward to a heist game. Oh yeah, I'm.
I'm, I'm must say I'm, I'm enjoying how y'all, y'all's
characters are progressing and, you know, getting into the game.
I really am enjoying it, yeah. Alright, have a good one guys.
Good day. Bye bye.
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