--- > [!Danger] Disclaimer > *This transcript was auto-generated by a model and may not be perfectly accurate. In particular, the speaker labels may sometimes overlap with other speakers and cause the model to label one speaker as someone else.* --- 12:31.728 --> 12:48.910 [Riv (DM)]: All right, here we go. 12:51.033 --> 12:55.238 [JC (Ryo)]: Before you start, so I'll just say to everyone, I'm not sleeping tonight. 12:55.338 --> 12:59.203 [JC (Ryo)]: I'm going to stay up and make sure no one does anything. 13:01.411 --> 13:02.732 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Oh, you mean in the game? 13:03.453 --> 13:03.693 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yes. 13:04.134 --> 13:04.394 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Okay. 13:05.355 --> 13:10.320 [JC (Ryo)]: No, man, I'm gonna stay up all night, come to your house and make sure you don't do anything crazy, alright? 13:10.340 --> 13:11.461 [JC (Ryo)]: I mean, you're welcome to try. 13:13.403 --> 13:14.324 [JC (Ryo)]: Cool, cool, what's your address? 13:14.344 --> 13:15.805 [JC (Ryo)]: I'll be there in like two days. 13:15.825 --> 13:18.147 [JC (Ryo)]: Alright, alright, alright. 13:18.388 --> 13:19.469 [JC (Ryo)]: No, no. 13:19.489 --> 13:21.911 [JC (Ryo)]: So, I gotta take a level of exhaustion, or...? 13:22.632 --> 13:27.857 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, well, it depends if you want to stay up the whole night, or you could spend your four hours since you're an elf. 13:28.799 --> 13:32.083 [JC (Ryo)]: No, I'll just stay up all night to keep an eye on these goblins, make sure nothing happens. 13:32.784 --> 13:33.184 [Riv (DM)]: All good. 13:33.945 --> 13:39.091 [Riv (DM)]: So, exhaustion means you get a negative one to every D20 roll that you do. 13:41.093 --> 13:43.056 [JC (Ryo)]: The game says disadvantage on ability checks. 13:43.456 --> 13:44.297 [Riv (DM)]: Yep, yep. 13:44.317 --> 13:52.006 [Riv (DM)]: The original 5e exhaustion rolls are stupid, so we're doing the new version, which is just negative one for each level of exhaustion. 13:52.026 --> 13:52.667 [JC (Ryo)]: Oh, okay, cool. 13:53.408 --> 13:57.793 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Original roll, you can die dying up three notches in a row. 13:58.567 --> 14:00.089 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I thought it was six. 14:00.750 --> 14:11.466 [Riv (DM)]: You can eventually die in this one as well, in the new version, but I would probably actually untuck it because otherwise it's going to force you to be disadvantaged or everything. 14:11.526 --> 14:12.708 [Riv (DM)]: Just remember to subtract. 14:12.908 --> 14:14.511 [JC (Ryo)]: Alright, so minus one on all D20s. 14:16.153 --> 14:21.341 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Interesting side note with that, which is one of the reasons why the original, pardon me, Barbarian class is fucked. 14:21.881 --> 14:23.824 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Because every time you rage, you get exhausted. 14:24.505 --> 14:27.730 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: So you can literally rage yourself to death. 14:28.064 --> 14:28.585 [Riv (DM)]: It's perfect. 14:29.166 --> 14:30.868 [Riv (DM)]: It's perfectly like a barbarian. 14:31.890 --> 14:35.616 [JC (Ryo)]: Not that I'm planning on going too hard on exhaustion, but how many levels are there before death then? 14:35.776 --> 14:36.858 [JC (Ryo)]: If it's not six? 14:37.038 --> 14:38.240 [JC (Ryo)]: Seven, I think. 14:38.260 --> 14:40.383 [Riv (DM)]: Let me just have a look at the notes. 14:42.406 --> 14:42.627 [Riv (DM)]: 10. 14:42.647 --> 14:44.590 [Riv (DM)]: 10? 14:44.610 --> 14:46.152 [Riv (DM)]: 10 is apparently what they're going to do in one D&D. 14:47.795 --> 14:48.215 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 14:48.235 --> 14:48.496 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 14:49.437 --> 14:52.903 [JC (Ryo)]: Because yeah, the way I understood it was, yeah, once you get to exhaustion in six, you're dead. 14:56.288 --> 14:56.368 Yep. 14:56.388 --> 14:56.468 Yep. 14:59.384 --> 14:59.664 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 15:00.465 --> 15:00.826 [Riv (DM)]: Let's go. 15:00.846 --> 15:02.928 [Riv (DM)]: Here's the intro. 15:04.289 --> 15:14.941 [Riv (DM)]: So, the group fled from the port city of Darmouth after helping to steal some intel, which involved breaking into the prison and saving one of the people contracted to get the intel in the first place, a member of the Order of Ravens. 15:15.662 --> 15:27.535 [Riv (DM)]: After meeting up with some newly found companions, the Fine Gold Merchant Group, you headed out on the high road towards Camaar, stopping to complete a separate contract which involved clearing out the local goblin lair which had been terrorising the roads. 15:28.021 --> 15:45.473 [Riv (DM)]: After returning successfully, it was agreed that Gemma would return to Darmouth to hand in the contract with proof, which is a string of goblin ears that Rio had been collecting, while the rest of the caravan continued onwards towards Camaar at a slower pace so that Gemma could catch up in a few days later. 15:45.453 --> 15:55.862 [Riv (DM)]: So you wake up the following morning to the sound of horseshoes clattering off towards the south as Gemma and Dornan leave to end in the contract. 15:57.604 --> 16:01.588 [Riv (DM)]: It's quite a frosty morning, the smell of winter definitely coming in. 16:03.229 --> 16:06.712 [Riv (DM)]: You can see Maeve sort of pottering around the campsite, making breakfast. 16:07.573 --> 16:10.776 [Riv (DM)]: The two goblins are still tied up, asleep, sort of snoozing. 16:10.836 --> 16:15.460 [Riv (DM)]: The female Owli has her head sort of resting on 16:15.440 --> 16:18.444 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, and the other one's on Lenny's shoulder. 16:19.305 --> 16:24.071 [Riv (DM)]: And over on the other side of the can you can see the prisoner girl chatting with Valen. 16:24.492 --> 16:27.476 [Riv (DM)]: Looks like they're discussing around some gear. 16:27.496 --> 16:31.561 [Riv (DM)]: She's getting outfitted in some new basic leathers and stuff like that. 16:31.762 --> 16:32.483 [Riv (DM)]: And the day is yours. 16:33.264 --> 16:34.225 [Riv (DM)]: What would you like to do? 16:39.925 --> 16:46.234 [Riv (DM)]: So I think we basically decided to head off towards Camaar, right? 16:47.316 --> 16:49.920 [Riv (DM)]: Is there anything you wanted to do in the morning or should we just get blasting? 16:54.226 --> 16:58.653 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I guess we should check in with the rescued prisoner. 16:58.693 --> 16:59.995 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We don't have a name yet, do we? 17:00.015 --> 17:02.018 [Riv (DM)]: No, I don't think you've asked her. 17:05.474 --> 17:10.121 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We'll wander over and see how she is recovering. 17:11.282 --> 17:13.065 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: If recovering, she's obviously not doing too bad. 17:13.105 --> 17:14.707 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: She's up and gearing up. 17:15.248 --> 17:16.290 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, she's looking better now. 17:16.810 --> 17:21.858 [Riv (DM)]: She's got a bit of healing from some of the clerics, I think, or the druid yesterday. 17:21.918 --> 17:23.660 [Riv (DM)]: The rest has done her well. 17:24.041 --> 17:27.546 [Riv (DM)]: So she's just sort of like in the process of pulling over some new leather. 17:27.947 --> 17:33.034 [Riv (DM)]: And you can see Vaylin has given her a new dagger, which she's clipped to her belt with a sheath. 17:33.014 --> 17:35.919 [Riv (DM)]: She's still extremely dirty though. 17:35.940 --> 17:39.386 [Riv (DM)]: She's got dirt all through her hair and her face is sort of covered in muck and stuff like that. 17:39.406 --> 17:42.251 [Riv (DM)]: Looks like she hasn't actually gone to much effort to try and tidy herself up. 17:42.913 --> 17:46.139 [Riv (DM)]: And she spots you coming and just sort of gives you the eyes. 17:47.020 --> 17:47.642 [Riv (DM)]: Hey, good morning. 17:49.044 --> 17:49.605 [Riv (DM)]: How's it going today? 17:49.625 --> 17:50.106 [Riv (DM)]: Good morning to you. 17:50.587 --> 17:52.872 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Hoping a bit of sunlight. 17:52.892 --> 17:54.735 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, it's been a few days since I've seen it. 17:56.993 --> 17:59.667 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We did a bit of a clean-out down there. 17:59.687 --> 18:00.753 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I think we got most of them. 18:02.341 --> 18:05.417 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: What were you doing down in there? 18:07.034 --> 18:17.927 [Riv (DM)]: Well, I'm a bit of an adventurous sort myself and I'd heard about the attacks here on this part of the road so I thought I'd come and be a hero, get some adventure in my life. 18:19.889 --> 18:24.695 [Riv (DM)]: You know, I feel like I can handle myself but let's just say that I wasn't prepared for that trap. 18:24.735 --> 18:31.363 [Riv (DM)]: I barely even got a chance to kill any of them before I tumbled down into their lair and before I knew it I was inside a cage and there was nothing I could do. 18:31.383 --> 18:36.889 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: And there's always a bit more than what you expect on these runs. 18:38.067 --> 18:41.291 [Riv (DM)]: To be fair, I was probably being stupid for going out alone. 18:41.311 --> 18:46.979 [Riv (DM)]: Um, I was having a bit of a look through gear. 18:46.999 --> 18:51.205 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Um, you didn't just come in with a dagger, did you? 18:52.787 --> 18:58.475 [Riv (DM)]: No, no, I had a sword and better armor than this, but I looked around through the stuff. 18:58.735 --> 19:02.300 [Riv (DM)]: Looks like they either used it or broken it down for materials. 19:03.502 --> 19:03.602 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Okay. 19:04.223 --> 19:06.367 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We'll keep an eye out, see if we can find something better. 19:06.387 --> 19:10.253 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I think we cleared them out, but you never know what we're going to run into. 19:10.574 --> 19:11.776 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We've got the music suddenly out loud. 19:15.683 --> 19:16.264 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Thank you, I appreciate that. 19:16.284 --> 19:20.651 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Is there a way to make the music maintain the volume that you set it at? 19:21.613 --> 19:23.176 [Riv (DM)]: Every song is different, unfortunately. 19:23.797 --> 19:25.039 [Riv (DM)]: That's rough. 19:25.860 --> 19:26.461 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: There's two. 19:27.643 --> 19:29.286 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: There's a global and there's a 19:30.869 --> 19:36.978 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, there's a global volume, but since, like, each song has a different volume, so you kind of just have to adjust each one. 19:36.998 --> 19:41.365 [Riv (DM)]: I've kind of gone through them all and tried to bring them down the scene some more, but... Yeah, no, nothing could... 19:41.385 --> 19:44.910 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm sure there's your end and their end as well, but that's okay. 19:44.930 --> 19:45.311 [JC (Ryo)]: Yep, yep, yep, yep. 19:45.331 --> 19:51.039 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, I can't hear the in-game sound at all, unless it's because I'm on the world map. 19:51.059 --> 19:52.802 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Alright, um... Have you got your... 19:52.822 --> 19:54.945 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Better with a sword, a bow, or, um, something else. 19:56.968 --> 19:58.090 [Riv (DM)]: Sorry, are you asking the girl? 19:58.671 --> 19:58.851 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yep. 19:59.928 --> 20:01.751 [Riv (DM)]: I'm handy with any. 20:03.534 --> 20:05.277 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We'll keep an eye out. 20:05.297 --> 20:10.986 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Bag is good for close and personal, but no disrespect, but you don't look like you're in a condition for close and personal. 20:12.168 --> 20:16.575 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, I think I might take a bit of a break from adventure for a little while at least. 20:21.263 --> 20:22.425 [Unmatched Speaker]: Alright, so what's the plan? 20:24.160 --> 20:34.656 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I think we're mounting up and heading out towards the world map. 20:34.676 --> 20:36.339 [Lacer (Kai)]: I walk by and I flick... 20:36.940 --> 20:45.293 [Lacer (Kai)]: I pass a good berry to Valeran and the unnamed girl and ask, what's your name? 20:47.336 --> 20:47.777 [Riv (DM)]: Me? 20:47.797 --> 20:49.780 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, you can call me Nia. 20:52.595 --> 20:53.236 [Lacer (Kai)]: Oh, okay. 20:53.456 --> 20:55.199 [Lacer (Kai)]: How do we spell that? 20:57.001 --> 20:58.123 [Riv (DM)]: Kind of cocks her at you. 20:58.644 --> 20:59.485 [Riv (DM)]: In I A? 21:01.989 --> 21:03.030 [Lacer (Kai)]: Oh, right, right. 21:03.571 --> 21:04.392 [Lacer (Kai)]: I thought you said Nia. 21:04.452 --> 21:05.354 [Lacer (Kai)]: No, Nia. 21:08.358 --> 21:08.739 [Riv (DM)]: Just Nia. 21:12.364 --> 21:13.425 [Lacer (Kai)]: Cool, it's nice to meet you. 21:13.566 --> 21:15.869 [Lacer (Kai)]: I am Kai. 21:16.169 --> 21:16.971 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm part of the party. 21:17.031 --> 21:19.294 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm the general healer. 21:20.725 --> 21:21.426 [Riv (DM)]: Very handy. 21:21.946 --> 21:25.391 [Riv (DM)]: You the one that helped me get me back into shape, were you? 21:25.411 --> 21:26.312 [Lacer (Kai)]: Uh, just a little bit. 21:26.972 --> 21:27.473 [Riv (DM)]: I'll remember that. 21:27.693 --> 21:28.534 [Riv (DM)]: Stuck close to you, eh? 21:31.218 --> 21:31.778 [Lacer (Kai)]: Uh, yeah. 21:31.898 --> 21:38.306 [Lacer (Kai)]: Healing is not very- it's quite expensive, so, you know, can't afford to toss heals everywhere. 21:39.688 --> 21:45.895 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Fair enough, fair enough. 21:45.915 --> 21:46.916 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Give me a sec, Kai. 21:48.598 --> 21:50.040 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Let the woman rest. 21:50.425 --> 21:51.687 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Frisky her for cash. 21:52.548 --> 21:54.150 [Lacer (Kai)]: No, no, I wasn't asking for cash. 21:55.593 --> 21:58.256 [Lacer (Kai)]: The heels were on the house. 22:03.965 --> 22:04.205 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Alright. 22:05.747 --> 22:11.556 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Um, we're looking at a few days journey so far. 22:11.576 --> 22:12.417 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, so... 22:13.375 --> 22:15.137 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: You're gonna be sitting next to it a couple of days. 22:15.538 --> 22:18.521 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, so Hex is about 50 miles. 22:19.042 --> 22:21.825 [Riv (DM)]: You can cover about half of it in a day. 22:21.906 --> 22:23.207 [Riv (DM)]: So you're roughly here. 22:24.829 --> 22:27.232 [Riv (DM)]: So it's probably gonna be three, four days to get there. 22:31.337 --> 22:33.300 [JC (Ryo)]: Um, Riv, how much of it's forest that we're traveling through? 22:33.320 --> 22:36.143 [JC (Ryo)]: Um... 22:37.726 --> 22:39.368 [Riv (DM)]: I don't know where the road is exactly. 22:40.089 --> 22:41.690 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, you can ask Valen. 22:41.710 --> 22:47.797 [Riv (DM)]: Valen comes over and says, we've got maybe about a day or so extra in the forest. 22:47.857 --> 22:51.881 [Riv (DM)]: It starts getting a bit sparser, higher up into the land we get. 22:52.302 --> 22:53.983 [Riv (DM)]: And then it's a day or two of highlands. 22:54.364 --> 22:57.007 [Riv (DM)]: It's going to be cold up there, so make sure you get ready to be bundled up. 22:57.447 --> 22:58.328 [Riv (DM)]: There won't be much forest. 22:58.949 --> 23:03.534 [Riv (DM)]: And then we start coming down towards into the city, a bit more forest. 23:03.554 --> 23:07.598 [JC (Ryo)]: The reason I ask you is because, where is it, where is it, where is it? 23:10.683 --> 23:12.245 [JC (Ryo)]: Where is the damn thing? 23:12.265 --> 23:14.228 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Uh, you didn't get, like, Forest Favour Train? 23:14.248 --> 23:16.831 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, I got Forest Favour Train, I'm just struggling to see it right now. 23:17.392 --> 23:17.853 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Wagons? 23:17.873 --> 23:20.396 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: There it is. 23:21.077 --> 23:24.222 [JC (Ryo)]: While travelling for more than an hour in your favourite terrain, you gain the following benefits. 23:24.302 --> 23:27.446 [JC (Ryo)]: No difficult terrain, doesn't slow the group down, can't get lost. 23:31.351 --> 23:33.715 [JC (Ryo)]: Uh, okay, no, sorry, doesn't give any speed buffs. 23:33.735 --> 23:36.859 [JC (Ryo)]: I can just go stealthily at normally place, if I'm alone. 23:37.008 --> 23:40.934 [Lacer (Kai)]: The thing is, we don't need speed, we need to go slow anyway, so Gemma catches up. 23:42.416 --> 23:43.157 [JC (Ryo)]: Oh yeah, true, true. 23:43.638 --> 23:56.658 [Lacer (Kai)]: And we got wagons, which... Alright, while we're discussing that, I ask for... to see if I can triage our group who needs extra... um... what's it called? 23:57.098 --> 23:58.300 [Lacer (Kai)]: Medic- medical care. 24:00.764 --> 24:03.047 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm good, rest sorted me out. 24:03.067 --> 24:04.790 [Lacer (Kai)]: Are you- you fully- you fully topped up? 24:05.551 --> 24:05.631 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yep. 24:07.417 --> 24:09.600 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I should probably do Erendor. 24:09.620 --> 24:12.845 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: The advantage of having shit HP is you heal easily. 24:18.214 --> 24:19.496 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Damn, Danielle. 24:20.978 --> 24:23.221 [Lacer (Kai)]: Erendor got a massive 10. 24:24.343 --> 24:25.325 [Lacer (Kai)]: If they need, I will. 24:25.345 --> 24:30.993 [Lacer (Kai)]: I pass out, what, two good berries to people who need it. 24:32.275 --> 24:33.998 [Riv (DM)]: Did you do your hit dice, Kai? 24:34.720 --> 24:35.141 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, I did. 24:35.542 --> 24:36.224 [Lacer (Kai)]: I got five. 24:36.585 --> 24:45.652 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, yeah, but I will, over time as we're journeying, I'll just chomp down on a Goodberry and slowly recover it that way. 24:45.692 --> 24:47.818 [Lacer (Kai)]: That's why, yeah. 24:48.676 --> 24:59.732 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Alright, so the rest of the fight... As we're setting out, I'll check in with the Caravan Knowledgeable Scout person, Valen. 25:01.234 --> 25:04.398 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Obviously we've got Gobblers in the Forest, Red in the Highlands. 25:05.580 --> 25:07.022 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Anything we should be expecting up there? 25:08.335 --> 25:12.521 [Riv (DM)]: No, I think it's probably going to be easy going from now, now that we've played out the goblins. 25:13.243 --> 25:15.105 [Riv (DM)]: Hope you've played out the goblins. 25:15.306 --> 25:16.548 [Riv (DM)]: The highlands are pretty barren out there. 25:17.028 --> 25:20.153 [Riv (DM)]: Maybe the odd few wolves and stuff like that, but group house size? 25:20.554 --> 25:24.720 [Riv (DM)]: Can't imagine that coming any close, any close enough to be a scare at least. 25:24.740 --> 25:25.101 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 25:27.745 --> 25:32.552 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We'll keep an eye out, but it might be a good chance for people to catch up and be a wrestling. 25:33.994 --> 25:34.675 [JC (Ryo)]: Yes, agreed. 25:35.236 --> 25:36.418 [JC (Ryo)]: What time of the morning is it? 25:36.972 --> 25:38.658 [Riv (DM)]: Very early probably still. 25:38.899 --> 25:43.596 [Riv (DM)]: Gemma and Donen would have left like before first light trying to get an early start on the day. 25:44.619 --> 25:48.754 [Riv (DM)]: So you know maybe sun is only just rising six or seven in the morning. 25:49.747 --> 25:59.141 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright, since we're huddled together, let's discuss how we're gonna deal with, um, our two goblin prisoners, since they're so alien. 25:59.682 --> 26:00.944 [Riv (DM)]: They've woken up now, by the way. 26:01.925 --> 26:08.655 [Riv (DM)]: Fidgeting and poking each other, messing, you know, harassing each other a little bit, arguing about little things. 26:10.658 --> 26:13.162 [JC (Ryo)]: They obviously made no attempt to escape? 26:14.044 --> 26:15.045 [Riv (DM)]: Nope, they seem pretty chill. 26:16.342 --> 26:21.108 [Riv (DM)]: Or, persuaded by your threats of death in the last people? 26:21.149 --> 26:21.809 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: By the nails. 26:22.210 --> 26:23.031 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: The rusty nails. 26:24.673 --> 26:28.318 [Riv (DM)]: Earendor's just standing off to the side, just got his nail and he's just flicking it in the air. 26:31.422 --> 26:37.691 [JC (Ryo)]: When we are ready to leave, I'll let them go and tell them to go away the different way than we are. 26:40.435 --> 26:40.535 [JC (Ryo)]: Okay. 26:40.555 --> 26:41.937 [JC (Ryo)]: But not till we're ready to go. 26:42.818 --> 26:43.699 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Dondar agrees. 26:44.607 --> 26:54.264 [Riv (DM)]: So they're sitting down, tied up to one of the caravan wheels, and they say, yep, yep, no problem at all, just, you know, we're a bit stuck here at the moment, we've still got our arms tied up, but as soon as you say, we're off. 26:54.424 --> 26:55.145 [Riv (DM)]: You'll never see us again. 26:57.670 --> 27:04.101 [Lacer (Kai)]: I pointed out to them, I asked them, one last, um, deal, would you- 27:04.486 --> 27:14.975 [Lacer (Kai)]: Would you ever become our, sort of like, not slave, but like, servants? 27:15.015 --> 27:16.917 [Riv (DM)]: Servants? 27:19.078 --> 27:19.819 [Lacer (Kai)]: Just think about it. 27:19.839 --> 27:26.765 [Lacer (Kai)]: You'll have food, a roof over your house, protection, wouldn't have to fend for yourself in the wild. 27:31.109 --> 27:32.390 [Riv (DM)]: Where are you guys planning on going? 27:32.550 --> 27:34.071 [Riv (DM)]: Are you going to stick around in the forest? 27:34.760 --> 27:37.284 [Lacer (Kai)]: No, we're planning on go and travel the world. 27:39.948 --> 27:42.613 [Riv (DM)]: You people don't like us very much. 27:42.653 --> 27:46.258 [Riv (DM)]: I'm sure we'll get killed and stabbed any time we go into a city. 27:47.200 --> 27:48.983 [Riv (DM)]: No, no, I think we'll hide in the woods. 27:50.846 --> 27:55.714 [Riv (DM)]: Sit down under the thumb of any harsh master. 27:58.979 --> 27:59.780 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright, that's fair enough. 27:59.820 --> 28:00.902 [Lacer (Kai)]: I respect that. 28:04.831 --> 28:06.433 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Cool. 28:06.453 --> 28:13.940 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: And as they're leaving, I was like, if I hear word so much of the single fucking chicken yelling machine, we will come for you. 28:17.223 --> 28:18.043 [Lacer (Kai)]: The poor chickens. 28:18.684 --> 28:22.087 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, they sort of, they turn around and just are backing away from you, just like nodding. 28:22.768 --> 28:23.989 [Riv (DM)]: Yep, no problem. 28:24.009 --> 28:30.756 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: You'll never hear- I'll even dump a superiority die for commanding presence in to make it a super scary chicken. 28:30.776 --> 28:32.357 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: They look thoroughly intimidated. 28:33.873 --> 28:35.234 [Riv (DM)]: Dondar says, ignore him. 28:37.136 --> 28:37.837 [Riv (DM)]: Have a nice life. 28:38.197 --> 28:42.901 [Riv (DM)]: You see, um, you see Ellie kind of elbow Lenny and says, hurry up, come on, let's go, let's go. 28:43.381 --> 28:45.743 [Riv (DM)]: And they kind of trot off, start heading off into the woods. 28:46.464 --> 28:49.967 [Riv (DM)]: Um, probably in like a southwest direction away from the way you're going. 28:51.569 --> 28:54.311 [JC (Ryo)]: I also make sure it's away from the way that Gemma went. 28:55.412 --> 28:58.675 [Riv (DM)]: Yep, Gemma was going, following the road towards the south. 28:58.695 --> 29:00.436 [Riv (DM)]: Um, they are not taking the road. 29:00.517 --> 29:02.158 [Riv (DM)]: They're heading off into the wilderness. 29:03.691 --> 29:05.374 [Riv (DM)]: Good, good, good. 29:05.394 --> 29:05.715 [Riv (DM)]: Cool, okay. 29:06.276 --> 29:11.706 [Riv (DM)]: Camp easily gets packed up by the Feingold group, and the caravans start rolling. 29:13.870 --> 29:17.998 [Riv (DM)]: As we're travelling along the road, does anyone want to stay watch? 29:18.238 --> 29:19.540 [Riv (DM)]: Who would like to point that? 29:22.987 --> 29:26.914 [Lacer (Kai)]: I will set up with Rio. 29:29.932 --> 29:34.499 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, I'll park myself on the highest point of the caravan I can get and just keep a lookout. 29:36.422 --> 29:39.947 [Riv (DM)]: I'm on the tailgate, watch them backwards. 29:43.171 --> 29:44.914 [Riv (DM)]: It's a very, very cool morning as I see it. 29:45.114 --> 29:48.659 [Riv (DM)]: Crispy, like we're right on the verge of winter. 29:48.679 --> 29:57.272 [Riv (DM)]: As you start heading through the forest you can see all sorts of little critters running around, burying nuts and birds frantically going here and there trying to prep for 29:57.252 --> 30:01.539 [Riv (DM)]: The long winter ahead, the road starts getting rougher and rougher. 30:01.980 --> 30:05.145 [Riv (DM)]: The higher up you go, it seems like it's a bit more difficult to maintain. 30:05.385 --> 30:10.794 [Riv (DM)]: There's more volcanic rock sticking out here and there, so the caravans get a bit bumpy and rocky. 30:11.315 --> 30:20.610 [Riv (DM)]: After not too long, as the trees start to become more sparse, you notice up ahead there's a large shape on the side of the road. 30:22.193 --> 30:31.101 [Riv (DM)]: As you get a bit closer, it looks like it's a caravan that's been sort of tilted and fallen to the side and kind of like it looks like it's in ruins. 30:35.205 --> 30:43.692 [Lacer (Kai)]: I cast Guidance on Rio so he can see or try and perceive at a distance what's happened. 30:46.555 --> 30:46.655 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 30:47.055 --> 30:50.659 [Riv (DM)]: Rio, did you want to roll Perception? 30:50.679 --> 30:51.019 [Riv (DM)]: Sure. 30:51.269 --> 30:52.771 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, let's roll the knight, let's go. 30:54.293 --> 30:55.414 [JC (Ryo)]: And minus one from that. 30:57.757 --> 30:58.217 [JC (Ryo)]: Yep. 30:58.498 --> 30:59.439 [JC (Ryo)]: Oh, that's rough. 30:59.959 --> 31:00.660 [JC (Ryo)]: Oh wait, Guidance. 31:10.432 --> 31:11.213 [Riv (DM)]: Yep, sweet. 31:12.394 --> 31:13.575 [Riv (DM)]: Seven, alright. 31:14.477 --> 31:15.398 [Riv (DM)]: It looks like a caravan. 31:15.898 --> 31:19.943 [Riv (DM)]: It looks pretty rough, but you don't see anything else, you don't see any movement or anything like that. 31:24.175 --> 31:37.039 [Riv (DM)]: So the caravan slowly advances and eventually comes to it, or do you guys want to approach it differently? 31:37.059 --> 31:39.484 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: This isn't our caravan, this is a new one. 31:39.987 --> 31:43.911 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, it's just a random, you know, ruined caravan you see on the road up ahead. 31:45.333 --> 31:47.134 [Riv (DM)]: I'll take it from no protest. 31:47.255 --> 31:50.398 [Riv (DM)]: The caravan slowly just carries on up. 31:50.418 --> 31:56.424 [Riv (DM)]: As you get past it, you can see it looks like it's been stripped, you know, for pieces. 31:56.504 --> 32:00.428 [Riv (DM)]: There's missing wheels, big planks of wood have been torn from it. 32:00.749 --> 32:05.133 [Riv (DM)]: As you're up close now, Kai, do you want to roll a perception check? 32:08.276 --> 32:08.557 [Unmatched Speaker]: Sorry, a what? 32:08.897 --> 32:09.758 [Riv (DM)]: Just roll a perception. 32:15.458 --> 32:18.562 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, looks like a ruined caravan. 32:21.685 --> 32:22.987 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: We should investigate closer. 32:23.027 --> 32:27.532 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, do you want to stop and hop off and have a look? 32:27.552 --> 32:28.033 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I think so. 32:29.194 --> 32:29.995 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 32:30.015 --> 32:36.122 [Riv (DM)]: At this, you know, you call out, Valen hauls back on the horses and the three caravans slow to a stop. 32:36.943 --> 32:37.444 [Riv (DM)]: You can hop off. 32:37.664 --> 32:38.605 [Riv (DM)]: What are you looking for? 32:40.888 --> 32:45.313 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Any signs that might lead to what did it? 32:46.154 --> 32:46.917 [Riv (DM)]: Yep, sweet as. 32:46.958 --> 32:49.750 [Riv (DM)]: So now that you're up and close, just roll Investigation. 32:52.583 --> 32:53.025 [Riv (DM)]: Investigation. 32:57.967 --> 32:58.648 [Riv (DM)]: Solid. 32:58.969 --> 32:59.610 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, really good. 32:59.630 --> 33:01.734 [Riv (DM)]: So there is absolutely nothing on the inside. 33:01.754 --> 33:06.242 [Riv (DM)]: You can't find any valuables, there's no tools, there's no equipment. 33:07.103 --> 33:17.882 [Riv (DM)]: What you do find is a bunch of little holes in the wood on some of the exterior that look very much like holes made from goblin arrows. 33:18.166 --> 33:24.113 [Riv (DM)]: So you surmise it's probably a caravan that's met its unfortunate end from the highway. 33:25.515 --> 33:27.878 [Riv (DM)]: But maybe not so much longer for any odds. 33:28.639 --> 33:36.189 [Lacer (Kai)]: Do we notice any like symbols like markings on the caravan to indicate that it belonged to a merchant or something? 33:38.131 --> 33:39.733 [Riv (DM)]: There's no symbols that you'd recognize. 33:39.753 --> 33:45.220 [Riv (DM)]: It does look like a fairly standard merchant caravan so you can probably guess that it would have been. 33:46.685 --> 33:48.448 [Riv (DM)]: Other than that, there isn't really much there. 33:49.169 --> 33:51.573 [Riv (DM)]: They've clearly pulled it apart for pieces. 33:52.795 --> 33:54.217 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Do we know how long ago this happened? 33:55.619 --> 33:58.023 [Riv (DM)]: It looks pretty old, maybe a week or two. 33:58.043 --> 34:00.887 [Riv (DM)]: It started to rot a little bit. 34:02.850 --> 34:09.661 [Riv (DM)]: It's got a bunch of dirt and wet mildew that sort of like started to grow into the wood. 34:11.023 --> 34:14.869 [Lacer (Kai)]: I asked JC, see any tracks, old tracks around here by any chance? 34:16.655 --> 34:18.270 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Who is this JC you speaking to? 34:18.290 --> 34:20.067 [Lacer (Kai)]: Oh shit, sorry, I'm Rio, yeah. 34:22.375 --> 34:25.039 [JC (Ryo)]: Can I make an investigation check for tracks? 34:25.060 --> 34:25.821 [JC (Ryo)]: Yep. 34:25.841 --> 34:28.385 [Riv (DM)]: Actually, don't even worry about it. 34:28.666 --> 34:30.969 [Riv (DM)]: You've got perception and stuff like that. 34:32.833 --> 34:35.918 [Riv (DM)]: From your favourite track. 34:35.958 --> 34:37.300 [Riv (DM)]: Passive, yeah. 34:37.340 --> 34:39.043 [Riv (DM)]: Whatever it is. 34:39.063 --> 34:40.345 [Riv (DM)]: There's not really any tracks. 34:40.566 --> 34:46.195 [Riv (DM)]: It's like the land has probably been swept with rainfall or snow or something like that. 34:46.215 --> 34:48.619 [Lacer (Kai)]: It's been a week, alright. 34:49.763 --> 34:52.266 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Is it salvageable at all or is it completely wrecked? 34:52.386 --> 34:54.489 [Riv (DM)]: That's wrecked. 34:54.509 --> 34:55.551 [Riv (DM)]: It's in like three wheels. 34:56.872 --> 34:57.393 [Riv (DM)]: Just a ruin. 34:59.095 --> 35:00.056 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: So there's a fourth wheel? 35:01.038 --> 35:01.799 [Riv (DM)]: There is one wheel. 35:03.441 --> 35:04.783 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: The fine gold's in a spare wheel? 35:05.323 --> 35:06.485 [Riv (DM)]: Yep, chuck it on the bag. 35:10.851 --> 35:11.551 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 35:12.673 --> 35:14.575 [Riv (DM)]: Baelin just says, I suggest we carry on. 35:15.517 --> 35:16.298 [Riv (DM)]: Long road ahead of us. 35:17.679 --> 35:18.100 [Riv (DM)]: Yes. 35:19.919 --> 35:22.303 [Riv (DM)]: Heading onwards. 35:23.865 --> 35:31.257 [Riv (DM)]: The trees start to get a bit more sparse and up ahead you can start seeing through gaps in the canopy, the mountains off to the north. 35:33.842 --> 35:39.871 [Riv (DM)]: Towards the afternoon, I want Kai and Rio to roll perception checks. 35:43.798 --> 35:44.359 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alrighty. 35:45.420 --> 35:47.023 [Riv (DM)]: Let's get good ones this time. 35:50.024 --> 35:51.434 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, look at that. 35:51.454 --> 35:51.897 [Lacer (Kai)]: There you go. 35:51.917 --> 35:53.367 [Lacer (Kai)]: 19, not bad. 35:53.649 --> 35:54.837 [Riv (DM)]: Perfect. 35:56.538 --> 36:04.788 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, so at this point in the afternoon now, it's getting colder, the wind is starting to raise up a bit, you know, you can almost feel sleet in the air. 36:06.390 --> 36:12.277 [Riv (DM)]: You hear footsteps, not footsteps, like horse steps coming in the distance. 36:12.297 --> 36:17.283 [Riv (DM)]: You can't hear it a little bit, and they appear to be coming from in front of you, but you can't see anyone there. 36:17.303 --> 36:20.267 [Riv (DM)]: There's a hill up above you that goes off to the left. 36:28.415 --> 36:32.599 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Should we... should we clear off the road and... or... or meet? 36:32.619 --> 36:35.521 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I mean, where are we doing the caravan? 36:35.541 --> 36:38.744 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: How would we get off the road? 36:38.764 --> 36:40.586 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Well, there was a wrecked caravan just behind us. 36:43.449 --> 36:50.195 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Either we killed all the goblins that did it, or there are still dangers on the road. 36:51.736 --> 36:53.558 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I don't think the goblins will be riding horses. 36:54.859 --> 36:56.160 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Single horse or horses? 36:57.676 --> 36:58.617 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Sounds like horses. 37:05.207 --> 37:08.051 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: The town that we attacked, that's behind us? 37:08.652 --> 37:09.974 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yep. 37:09.994 --> 37:18.446 [Lacer (Kai)]: So these guys shouldn't have known yet unless they sent word to the nearest towns by, like, pigeon. 37:18.486 --> 37:21.190 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Or hawk, would it be? 37:22.873 --> 37:24.034 [Lacer (Kai)]: Or crow? 37:24.134 --> 37:25.877 [Lacer (Kai)]: Or owl? 37:29.603 --> 37:31.845 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We're a perfectly legitimate caravan. 37:32.486 --> 37:33.567 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Legitimate caravan business. 37:35.149 --> 37:37.472 [JC (Ryo)]: Tuck my ears into my bandana, put my hood up. 37:39.153 --> 37:39.314 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright. 37:40.635 --> 37:44.039 [Lacer (Kai)]: I ready myself for battle, but not... 37:44.059 --> 37:45.460 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm just being alert. 37:46.542 --> 37:46.962 [Riv (DM)]: D&D, man. 37:46.982 --> 37:48.644 [Riv (DM)]: Why are you always so suspicious? 37:49.605 --> 37:52.388 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, because as soon as someone comes up, it's just like... 37:53.212 --> 37:54.453 [Lacer (Kai)]: At least you're ready, you know? 37:54.473 --> 37:55.394 [Lacer (Kai)]: At least you're ready. 37:55.614 --> 37:56.995 [Riv (DM)]: That's good, that's good. 37:57.015 --> 38:07.445 [Riv (DM)]: So coming over the top of the hill, you see three people on horseback, just sort of not moving really really fast, just sort of maybe slowly trotting. 38:08.706 --> 38:20.637 [Riv (DM)]: As you get closer, you can see they appear to be well-armed soldiers, and the man at the front has got a dark red crimson cloak. 38:20.617 --> 38:21.620 [Riv (DM)]: Ah shit. 38:21.640 --> 38:27.117 [Riv (DM)]: And you know, the plume that goes down the back of his head. 38:27.939 --> 38:29.002 [Riv (DM)]: Full hand regalia. 38:29.464 --> 38:34.238 [Riv (DM)]: And behind him, following are two what look like common soldiers or guards. 38:36.783 --> 38:42.331 [Riv (DM)]: They spot you, and as you come up to them, they sort of hold up a hand, and they slow down to a trot. 38:43.053 --> 38:50.985 [Riv (DM)]: Valen pulls back on the reins, and the caravans slow to a stall, and the man in the front with the red cloak comes forward. 38:51.926 --> 38:59.177 [Riv (DM)]: He's got very stern eyes, well-shaped, blackbeard, and he's like, he's massive. 38:59.277 --> 39:01.481 [Riv (DM)]: He's probably like a foot taller than the other two soldiers. 39:03.604 --> 39:04.205 [Riv (DM)]: He says, hold. 39:04.966 --> 39:05.727 [Riv (DM)]: Your business. 39:07.613 --> 39:12.080 [Riv (DM)]: Harland, who is in the second-to-back caravan, sort of hops off, comes around. 39:13.702 --> 39:13.863 [Riv (DM)]: Hey! 39:14.664 --> 39:15.806 [Riv (DM)]: Fine gold merchant caravan. 39:16.447 --> 39:17.408 [Riv (DM)]: How may we help you, sir? 39:19.231 --> 39:22.115 [Riv (DM)]: The man sort of glances around. 39:24.960 --> 39:26.061 [Riv (DM)]: Hmm. 39:26.081 --> 39:29.166 [Riv (DM)]: What are people in your group for just a merchant caravan? 39:31.930 --> 39:36.437 [Riv (DM)]: Helen says, I just, we picked up some mercenaries along the way. 39:37.739 --> 39:41.145 [Riv (DM)]: Some trouble on the road, as you're probably aware, just to help us through. 39:41.185 --> 39:43.689 [Riv (DM)]: The man nods. 39:46.033 --> 39:46.934 [Riv (DM)]: Mercenaries, come forward. 39:49.118 --> 39:49.679 [Riv (DM)]: He calls out. 39:52.523 --> 39:55.067 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'll jump out of the caravan and make my way around. 39:56.490 --> 39:56.890 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 39:56.910 --> 39:57.972 [Riv (DM)]: Is everyone coming out? 39:58.458 --> 39:59.419 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, I'll come out. 40:00.401 --> 40:02.264 [Lacer (Kai)]: I think Deathmouse will hide for sure. 40:03.566 --> 40:03.986 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 40:04.006 --> 40:12.839 [Riv (DM)]: I mean... Um, the girl also stays in the back of one of the caravans, Anita? 40:12.860 --> 40:14.522 [Riv (DM)]: I stay towards the back with my hood down. 40:17.627 --> 40:19.509 [Riv (DM)]: So, mercenary group, eh? 40:20.551 --> 40:21.252 [Riv (DM)]: Where you guys come from? 40:21.272 --> 40:27.942 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I mean, where does everyone come from all over? 40:29.086 --> 40:36.137 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Most recently, I don't know, Darmouth doing a quick contract for the Grand Griffins and, um, heading wherever the action is. 40:37.479 --> 40:38.140 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, that's a nods. 40:38.561 --> 40:40.784 [Riv (DM)]: Um, fair enough, sounds good. 40:42.226 --> 40:43.027 [Riv (DM)]: What do you call yourselves? 40:43.047 --> 40:44.189 [Riv (DM)]: What is the name of your group? 40:48.075 --> 40:49.758 [JC (Ryo)]: I don't know, we haven't really settled on one yet. 40:51.701 --> 40:52.542 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, add a character. 40:52.562 --> 40:53.463 [JC (Ryo)]: We haven't done that, have we? 40:54.765 --> 40:55.887 [Unmatched Speaker]: Nope. 40:59.427 --> 41:03.010 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: There's a few discussions and we're working our way into it. 41:03.130 --> 41:10.677 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I think we need a few drinks and a bit more of a relaxing situation because you know how these discussions can get a bit fiery. 41:13.860 --> 41:16.683 [Riv (DM)]: Fair enough. 41:16.703 --> 41:20.647 [Riv (DM)]: Well, Ena, Jakob sort of looks over his shoulder. 41:21.147 --> 41:21.607 [Riv (DM)]: Check the back. 41:22.749 --> 41:26.532 [Riv (DM)]: And you, Feingold, what are you transporting today? 41:27.777 --> 41:31.421 [Riv (DM)]: Just some spaces that we picked up in Darmouth. 41:32.162 --> 41:34.124 [Riv (DM)]: Probably come from Aetheron I'd guess. 41:36.206 --> 41:36.687 [Riv (DM)]: Man nods. 41:37.648 --> 41:40.631 [Riv (DM)]: Waits a few moments as the two soldiers kind of go to the back. 41:43.174 --> 41:46.818 [Riv (DM)]: They don't raise massive concern about other people being in the back. 41:49.180 --> 41:51.743 [Riv (DM)]: Maeve is sort of just chilling in one of the caravans. 41:53.478 --> 41:54.640 [Riv (DM)]: Liliana's just on a horse. 41:54.921 --> 41:57.325 [Riv (DM)]: She's just sort of smiling, waving at them. 41:57.345 --> 42:00.190 [Riv (DM)]: You know, she seems pretty chill. 42:00.210 --> 42:00.771 [Riv (DM)]: They have a look around. 42:00.791 --> 42:03.256 [Riv (DM)]: They verify that there are just spices. 42:04.257 --> 42:06.201 [Riv (DM)]: Everything seems alright. 42:06.221 --> 42:10.108 [Riv (DM)]: They come forward, just sort of nod at the man. 42:10.128 --> 42:12.793 [Riv (DM)]: Well, everything seems to be in order. 42:13.875 --> 42:14.857 [Riv (DM)]: Good luck for the rest of your journey. 42:16.500 --> 42:17.882 [Riv (DM)]: Looks like there's bad weather incoming though. 42:21.389 --> 42:24.072 [Riv (DM)]: Alan just sort of nods. 42:24.092 --> 42:24.693 [Riv (DM)]: Aye, thank you, sir. 42:25.394 --> 42:25.954 [Riv (DM)]: And you as well. 42:27.236 --> 42:28.077 [Riv (DM)]: You heading off to Darmouth? 42:29.038 --> 42:29.218 [Riv (DM)]: The man? 42:29.738 --> 42:30.619 [Riv (DM)]: Aye, just patrolling. 42:32.662 --> 42:35.065 [Riv (DM)]: Well, I guess we'd better be on our way. 42:37.688 --> 42:42.513 [Riv (DM)]: And with that, everyone jumps back up onto the caravans. 42:42.533 --> 42:43.414 [Riv (DM)]: Starts rolling onwards. 42:47.714 --> 42:50.417 [Riv (DM)]: Um, horses past you. 42:51.299 --> 42:51.879 [Riv (DM)]: They don't look back. 42:52.520 --> 42:53.261 [Riv (DM)]: Not too concerned. 42:54.382 --> 42:56.445 [Riv (DM)]: Um, yeah. 42:58.428 --> 42:58.628 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 42:59.629 --> 43:00.530 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, anything else? 43:02.673 --> 43:04.295 [Riv (DM)]: Guys just jumping on and getting away? 43:04.335 --> 43:10.062 [Lacer (Kai)]: Nah, just sweating cold bullets, eh? 43:10.082 --> 43:15.409 [JC (Ryo)]: My eye stones leave this guy and the other party until they are well and truly out of sight. 43:17.060 --> 43:21.704 [Riv (DM)]: As you head up around, they eventually, you know, head behind a corner. 43:21.724 --> 43:24.146 [Riv (DM)]: You lose them into the trees. 43:25.327 --> 43:25.848 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 43:25.868 --> 43:45.005 [Riv (DM)]: And now it's at this point where the trees are truly signed with them, evening is starting to fall, and you imagine that you're probably on the cusp of the Highlands themselves, so Valen sort of calls out and suggests to camp here for the night, start early in the morning, so that we're not going to be pushing up and camping too far in the Highlands for the evening. 43:46.967 --> 43:47.067 Yeah. 43:47.047 --> 43:52.954 [Riv (DM)]: Is there anything you want to do over the night or should we... should we skip on to the next day? 43:56.579 --> 43:59.522 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'd probably do a quick check with the Fireball. 44:00.383 --> 44:02.626 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: How often do you see Haaland on patrol work? 44:03.788 --> 44:05.910 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Valtorra above, that sort of stuff. 44:06.671 --> 44:07.853 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Are you asking Haaland? 44:09.354 --> 44:09.555 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yes. 44:11.297 --> 44:15.602 [Riv (DM)]: I mean, you see them around from here, from time to time here and there. 44:15.953 --> 44:18.497 [Riv (DM)]: I can't say I've seen them on these roads very often, eh? 44:19.518 --> 44:23.844 [Riv (DM)]: But, eh, it's not super uncommon. 44:25.486 --> 44:28.731 [Riv (DM)]: They probably have increased in numbers recently, over the past year or two. 44:30.453 --> 44:35.019 [Riv (DM)]: Could be that you never see them for months or years, but now it seems like you see them every now and then. 44:35.801 --> 44:37.102 [Riv (DM)]: But, you know, it's not that uncommon. 44:39.125 --> 44:41.488 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Think they've increased their numbers, or they're just more active? 44:43.752 --> 44:44.813 [Riv (DM)]: Possibly a bit of both, eh? 44:45.923 --> 44:50.335 [Riv (DM)]: This guy's Canadian now, is he? 44:51.057 --> 44:51.899 [Unmatched Speaker]: Oh my god. 44:52.801 --> 44:52.901 [Riv (DM)]: Aye. 44:52.922 --> 44:56.030 [Riv (DM)]: Nah, I'm trying to... Scottish accents, man. 44:56.130 --> 44:58.637 [Riv (DM)]: I don't know why I picked Scottish for these guys, but there you go. 45:00.281 --> 45:01.063 [Riv (DM)]: Trying my best. 45:01.853 --> 45:02.294 [JC (Ryo)]: All good. 45:02.334 --> 45:03.476 [JC (Ryo)]: Sorry, man. 45:03.496 --> 45:05.719 [Riv (DM)]: No, it's all good. 45:06.741 --> 45:07.001 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 45:07.042 --> 45:07.482 [Riv (DM)]: All right. 45:07.502 --> 45:17.779 [Riv (DM)]: So that evening, get a nice campfire going, and a couple of the guys sort of pester Liliana to tell another story, and she's like, oh, all right, all right. 45:18.300 --> 45:21.746 [Riv (DM)]: Come on then, come around, and we'll gather around the campfire, if you want to. 45:22.848 --> 45:24.891 [Riv (DM)]: This time's a bit interesting, though. 45:25.799 --> 45:29.563 [Riv (DM)]: Waiting for nightfall she digs around in the ground a little bit and picks up a rock. 45:30.264 --> 45:35.790 [Riv (DM)]: She waves a hand above it and mutters a few words and the stone sort of starts glowing with light. 45:35.810 --> 45:39.013 [Riv (DM)]: Seems like she's somehow made it to turn into a light stone. 45:39.393 --> 45:46.101 [Riv (DM)]: And she suddenly picks it up and puts it underneath her head like you would a torch when you're about to tell a horror story in a tent. 45:46.861 --> 45:50.305 [Riv (DM)]: And she just like jumps into this classic, you know, 45:50.285 --> 45:56.914 [Riv (DM)]: Fantastical horror story about some wealthy family far to the north, about the Blackthorn Manor. 45:56.934 --> 46:08.329 [Riv (DM)]: Some young daughter was messing around with spirits and accidentally summoned something during a seance, ended up possessed, killed a bunch of people, exorcisms came in and the whole house burnt down. 46:09.190 --> 46:12.174 [Riv (DM)]: Just a whole tragedy and it was dripping and thrilling. 46:13.977 --> 46:14.217 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 46:16.576 --> 46:20.402 [Riv (DM)]: At the end of the story the others sort of pull their cloaks tighter around themselves. 46:22.345 --> 46:23.186 [Riv (DM)]: And everyone heads off to sleep. 46:24.589 --> 46:33.162 [Lacer (Kai)]: I want to go check on Mia, see if she's okay. 46:33.342 --> 46:38.230 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm gonna give her like a clean wet rag so she can wipe down her grime. 46:38.952 --> 46:42.679 [Riv (DM)]: She holds up her hand and says, no, no, don't worry about me, I'm alright. 46:43.461 --> 46:44.403 [Riv (DM)]: She's very much sticking to herself. 46:44.423 --> 46:47.569 [Riv (DM)]: She's staying, you know, a bit away from the group. 46:52.118 --> 46:52.900 [JC (Ryo)]: But I appreciate it. 46:53.561 --> 46:58.591 [JC (Ryo)]: I'm okay, thank you. 46:58.611 --> 46:59.172 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, cool. 47:02.037 --> 47:07.625 [Riv (DM)]: Next morning, you wake up and there is a light scattering of snow. 47:08.126 --> 47:11.731 [Riv (DM)]: Not enough to stick, probably, but just patches here and there. 47:11.771 --> 47:14.795 [Riv (DM)]: And you take off. 47:15.456 --> 47:16.217 [Riv (DM)]: Camp gets packed up. 47:17.919 --> 47:20.783 [Riv (DM)]: Start rolling on up and... Actually, I can do this. 47:23.227 --> 47:23.728 [Riv (DM)]: Can I do this? 47:25.530 --> 47:27.793 [Riv (DM)]: Here we go. 47:27.813 --> 47:30.357 [Riv (DM)]: Heading up into the highlands. 47:32.007 --> 47:32.688 [Riv (DM)]: Very cold now. 47:32.728 --> 47:34.290 [Riv (DM)]: You need to bundle your clothes up around you. 47:36.272 --> 47:37.053 [Riv (DM)]: Storm hasn't hit though. 47:37.833 --> 47:39.015 [Riv (DM)]: It's starting to be overcast. 47:39.716 --> 47:41.918 [Riv (DM)]: Definitely some wind howling. 47:42.359 --> 47:51.228 [Riv (DM)]: And then, sort of partway through the day, you once again hear the sound of horse hooVES hitting the ground. 47:52.089 --> 47:53.291 [Riv (DM)]: This time coming up from behind you. 47:54.832 --> 48:01.280 [Riv (DM)]: So Vael, if you were still chilling in the back, you'd probably hear them first. 48:01.300 --> 48:01.660 [Unmatched Speaker]: Moving quickly. 48:03.091 --> 48:04.353 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, sounds like cantering. 48:05.174 --> 48:05.855 [JC (Ryo)]: Sorry, one sec. 48:05.975 --> 48:07.137 [JC (Ryo)]: So we've had a second night now? 48:08.939 --> 48:11.583 [JC (Ryo)]: Sweet, let me add some spells back. 48:11.603 --> 48:11.683 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 48:11.703 --> 48:15.288 [Riv (DM)]: So you should be all full spell slots now, max health? 48:15.749 --> 48:16.249 [Riv (DM)]: No, no. 48:19.013 --> 48:20.095 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: One or more, actually. 48:21.176 --> 48:25.763 [Riv (DM)]: Unless you're being spelt, you should be full, because you should get half of them back each night. 48:27.045 --> 48:28.727 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm in the Shadowforces. 48:29.753 --> 48:33.578 [JC (Ryo)]: Oh, I got three spell slots and I didn't sleep last night, so now I've got one back. 48:33.678 --> 48:35.140 [JC (Ryo)]: True, true, true. 48:35.160 --> 48:35.241 [JC (Ryo)]: Yep. 48:35.261 --> 48:35.621 [JC (Ryo)]: Cool. 48:35.641 --> 48:36.823 [Riv (DM)]: All good. 48:37.504 --> 48:38.104 [Riv (DM)]: Sorry, Val. 48:38.144 --> 48:41.990 [Riv (DM)]: So yeah, the horse is very, very fast cantering. 48:44.633 --> 48:44.874 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Many? 48:45.194 --> 48:46.216 [Riv (DM)]: Or just a couple? 48:46.236 --> 48:46.616 [Riv (DM)]: Just a couple. 48:48.318 --> 48:53.185 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Alright, I'll poke up, have a bit of a look, keep an eye out, and also just call out. 48:54.006 --> 48:58.292 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm guessing it's probably our catch-ups. 49:00.550 --> 49:01.634 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Preach to be prepared. 49:02.878 --> 49:07.394 [Riv (DM)]: Yep, Howland sort of acknowledges, Valen sort of raises a hand in acknowledgment as well. 49:07.755 --> 49:08.538 [Riv (DM)]: Caravan carries on. 49:08.578 --> 49:11.067 [Riv (DM)]: Everyone sort of just prepares. 49:12.093 --> 49:16.818 [Riv (DM)]: A few minutes pass and just in the distance you can see, yep, two horses heading your way. 49:16.858 --> 49:23.324 [Riv (DM)]: One of them ridden by someone that looks quite short, the other one ridden by someone with fiery red hair. 49:24.585 --> 49:26.707 [Riv (DM)]: Sure enough, it is Gemma and Donan returning. 49:26.747 --> 49:32.553 [Riv (DM)]: They sort of wave their hand as they get closer and, you know, rein in when they get there. 49:32.613 --> 49:33.995 [Riv (DM)]: She's a bit puffed. 49:34.015 --> 49:35.296 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, that was a good ride. 49:37.298 --> 49:38.539 [Riv (DM)]: No troubles on the road so far, yeah? 49:41.455 --> 49:41.976 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: No troubles. 49:42.757 --> 49:47.484 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Ran into a fun little red cloak, but, uh, they were just on their way doing their thing. 49:47.685 --> 49:48.446 [Riv (DM)]: Did you see them on the way? 49:49.227 --> 49:49.928 [Riv (DM)]: Aye, aye, we did. 49:50.810 --> 49:55.116 [Riv (DM)]: We actually, um, we actually took off the road when we saw them, um, hid back in the bushes a little bit. 49:55.136 --> 49:56.939 [Riv (DM)]: I think we might have given them a slip. 49:56.959 --> 49:57.821 [Riv (DM)]: Don't insult your shrugs. 49:59.523 --> 50:02.448 [Riv (DM)]: But yeah, no problem. 50:02.468 --> 50:04.010 [Riv (DM)]: She, um, reaches back into a bag. 50:04.751 --> 50:05.513 [Riv (DM)]: Got something for you. 50:05.893 --> 50:07.716 [Riv (DM)]: She sort of tosses a bag over to you. 50:10.463 --> 50:13.387 [Riv (DM)]: They were very excited to see this. 50:13.868 --> 50:15.891 [Riv (DM)]: Apparently this contract has been open for a while. 50:17.053 --> 50:20.598 [Riv (DM)]: You can look inside and see there is a total of 820 gold. 50:21.139 --> 50:23.222 [Lacer (Kai)]: God damn. 50:25.505 --> 50:25.906 [Riv (DM)]: Bloody. 50:26.987 --> 50:27.087 [Riv (DM)]: Aye. 50:27.949 --> 50:39.205 [Riv (DM)]: They said it was 600 for the contract itself, which was apparently agreed prior, and then an additional 220 for the sets of goblin airs. 50:42.492 --> 50:46.156 [JC (Ryo)]: God, we could have got another 100 gold if we'd lopped off the other two ears, guys. 50:50.921 --> 50:53.323 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I think we'll wait till camp before we go. 50:53.804 --> 50:55.246 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Jimmy and the date and work our way around. 50:57.027 --> 50:58.269 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 50:58.289 --> 51:00.491 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Alright. 51:00.511 --> 51:02.673 [Riv (DM)]: Nothing else dramatic happens that day. 51:02.994 --> 51:09.821 [Riv (DM)]: If there's anything else you wanted to do, let me know, otherwise we can carry on til nightfall. 51:09.901 --> 51:11.723 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: So there's a bit of a storm building. 51:12.496 --> 51:18.023 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, Neros is gonna sort of, you know, is acknowledging this. 51:18.043 --> 51:24.592 [Riv (DM)]: He's gonna do his cantrip and hold out his hand and in front of him a very grey, dark orb sort of appears. 51:25.674 --> 51:33.044 [Riv (DM)]: He sort of looks at it, looks around and he says, yeah, I think possibly some bad weather coming in the next day or two. 51:33.084 --> 51:34.886 [Riv (DM)]: Doesn't look like it'll hit tonight though. 51:37.570 --> 51:38.050 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Okay. 51:38.531 --> 51:40.834 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We've still got, what, two days of travel? 51:42.096 --> 51:42.216 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yep. 51:45.368 --> 51:53.619 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Probably mention to our caravan scouts that probably don't want to get caught travelling in this up here in the Highlands. 51:56.162 --> 51:59.927 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Do they know of any hold-up spots, or are we going to try and punch through? 52:01.129 --> 52:04.553 [Riv (DM)]: Valen says, I think we might just want to punch through, eh? 52:04.613 --> 52:13.705 [Riv (DM)]: There's only really going to be one day's worth of exposed travel which we could probably just, you know, push and get through. 52:16.233 --> 52:18.356 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Fair enough, I'll be able to experience. 52:20.860 --> 52:21.541 [Riv (DM)]: Cool, alright. 52:22.423 --> 52:23.945 [Riv (DM)]: So Gemma and Donen join up with the group. 52:25.988 --> 52:29.834 [Riv (DM)]: One of them jumps on the caravan, the other one just stays on horseback and you carry on towards the night. 52:31.337 --> 52:31.817 [Riv (DM)]: Set up camp. 52:34.762 --> 52:38.528 [Riv (DM)]: That evening Gemma's pottering around. 52:39.706 --> 52:48.034 [Riv (DM)]: She, um, she sort of comes out from behind one of the caravans and leans over and says, Hey, Valoran, you mind giving me a hand with this cartwheel over here? 52:50.201 --> 52:50.863 [Unmatched Speaker]: Um, sure. 52:54.252 --> 53:01.300 [Riv (DM)]: She kneels down in front of one of the cartwheels as you come around and is just sort of like messing with it. 53:01.320 --> 53:03.021 [Riv (DM)]: Doesn't actually look like she's really doing anything. 53:03.482 --> 53:11.410 [Riv (DM)]: She just does that for a few moments, sort of testing the tension on some of the, you know, the wooden spokes and trace some of the bolts. 53:11.751 --> 53:19.399 [Riv (DM)]: And she just looks at you from the side of her eyes and says, I'm just wondering, have you told any of the others about this? 53:19.750 --> 53:25.522 [Riv (DM)]: She reaches inside one of her breast pockets, pulls out a folded piece of paper and hands it to you. 53:28.208 --> 53:32.477 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'll open the folded piece of paper with a raised eyebrow. 53:33.487 --> 53:47.567 [Riv (DM)]: So there is a very, like, reasonable drawing of a old-looking bald man with a scar across one eye, blind, and a reward for capture that says 5,000 gold. 53:47.627 --> 53:57.321 [Riv (DM)]: She, um, just cocks an eyebrow and says, Wow, don't know what you did to piss off the Empire, but... 53:57.341 --> 53:57.722 [Riv (DM)]: Impressive. 54:00.048 --> 54:03.191 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm gonna be honest with you, I don't know what I fucking did to piss off the Empire. 54:03.211 --> 54:07.055 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I don't remember shit from before... what, a week ago. 54:08.337 --> 54:10.579 [Riv (DM)]: She squints her eyes and looks at you. 54:12.881 --> 54:12.962 [Riv (DM)]: Hmm. 54:12.982 --> 54:14.543 [Riv (DM)]: Maeve did say you were having some memory loss. 54:15.524 --> 54:20.710 [Riv (DM)]: Wasn't sure if you were actually telling the truth, but you really don't remember anything. 54:20.730 --> 54:26.376 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: If I remembered for 5,000 gold, I'd turn my own fucking head in. 54:26.396 --> 54:26.976 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, fair enough. 54:28.418 --> 54:28.738 [Riv (DM)]: Listen. 54:31.047 --> 54:34.392 [Riv (DM)]: You've probably surmised by now that I'm no fan of the Empire. 54:35.073 --> 54:37.778 [Riv (DM)]: It seems like, judging from your past, you just won't remember. 54:38.258 --> 54:38.779 [Riv (DM)]: You're not either. 54:40.422 --> 54:43.086 [Riv (DM)]: You know, there's probably, there's things we can do. 54:43.286 --> 54:49.917 [Riv (DM)]: You should, you should consider joining the cause that I'm aligned to. 54:52.023 --> 54:53.805 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'll have to see how I go, honestly. 54:54.066 --> 54:55.748 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm... 54:55.768 --> 54:57.130 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm still trying to work out who I am. 54:57.911 --> 55:01.716 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: This definitely swings things in your favour, because it's not like I can join them. 55:03.459 --> 55:04.781 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: True. 55:04.801 --> 55:05.021 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: 5,000? 55:05.041 --> 55:06.062 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Jesus Christ. 55:09.227 --> 55:13.693 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Were these widely broadcast, or was it just...? 55:13.713 --> 55:15.636 [Riv (DM)]: It seemed like they were starting to go up in the city. 55:17.178 --> 55:20.342 [Riv (DM)]: They weren't there when we were there last time, but maybe in the last day or so. 55:23.849 --> 55:28.774 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Oh, that red cloak didn't grab me, so they mustn't be too recent. 55:28.794 --> 55:31.177 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm definitely going to have to find a way to change my face. 55:33.620 --> 55:34.581 [Riv (DM)]: Maybe invest in a hood. 55:38.085 --> 55:40.127 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'll have to make after our little Elven friend. 55:40.147 --> 55:41.548 [Riv (DM)]: Aye. 55:42.429 --> 55:45.833 [Riv (DM)]: I'll keep this to myself, but it's up to you where we're not going to tell your friends. 55:46.854 --> 55:47.575 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I appreciate it. 55:48.115 --> 55:52.320 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'll just fold up a bit of paper and put it in a pocket. 55:53.397 --> 55:53.677 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 55:54.999 --> 56:00.485 [Riv (DM)]: Evening comes, you all get another rest, and we move on to Day 3 of the Trample. 56:00.625 --> 56:00.986 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Trample. 56:02.888 --> 56:05.171 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We could probably divvy up the goal for the night. 56:05.331 --> 56:05.811 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: That was 820? 56:05.831 --> 56:06.412 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: 820, yep. 56:07.653 --> 56:17.785 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: What does the party say to take 130 each, and that'd be 40 left over that we toss to Gemma for going and handing in? 56:19.790 --> 56:24.394 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: To divide among the caravan as well, seeing as though at least one of them got fucking shot with an arrow. 56:27.637 --> 56:28.258 [JC (Ryo)]: Did they though? 56:30.000 --> 56:30.360 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: They did. 56:31.882 --> 56:34.304 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: When we set the bait, the ambush, at least one of them got shot. 56:35.425 --> 56:36.586 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, I think they got a graze. 56:39.649 --> 56:40.450 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, I'm cool with that. 56:42.111 --> 56:42.512 [Riv (DM)]: That works. 56:45.094 --> 56:48.177 [Riv (DM)]: Gimmer and Holland. 56:49.642 --> 56:50.002 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 56:50.022 --> 56:53.046 [Riv (DM)]: So you all get... What was it, 140 each? 56:53.587 --> 56:53.947 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: 130. 56:54.007 --> 56:54.468 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: 130 each. 56:54.488 --> 56:55.088 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: 130. 56:55.108 --> 56:57.631 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: And at least the Caravan. 56:58.853 --> 56:59.914 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Are you able to add to the... 56:59.934 --> 57:03.458 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Considering that they are, you know, moving wanted fucking fugitives. 57:06.982 --> 57:07.082 [JC (Ryo)]: Yep. 57:07.102 --> 57:11.988 [JC (Ryo)]: Are you able to add the gold to the other two guys or do I need to leave a message in the D&D channel? 57:12.649 --> 57:14.852 [JC (Ryo)]: I'll do it. 57:15.032 --> 57:17.775 [JC (Ryo)]: Also, did everyone add that 20... 57:18.515 --> 57:19.697 [JC (Ryo)]: Gold last session? 57:22.721 --> 57:25.024 [Riv (DM)]: Nope. 57:27.488 --> 57:33.657 [JC (Ryo)]: If you didn't add 20 gold at the end of last session, make it 150. 57:33.677 --> 57:35.560 [JC (Ryo)]: I know I did, so... 57:38.564 --> 57:40.266 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: It's hard to remember, but sure. 57:43.030 --> 57:44.893 [Riv (DM)]: I wouldn't do it without, that's nice. 57:45.751 --> 57:49.636 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, and did you guys add those, um, magic items to your inventory and stuff as well? 57:50.997 --> 57:51.858 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Don't think so. 57:54.001 --> 57:55.462 [Lacer (Kai)]: I added, I added a rock. 57:56.744 --> 58:00.768 [JC (Ryo)]: I deleted them all as I divvied them out on my rock analysis, so. 58:01.509 --> 58:05.574 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I've got the Engraved Greatsword, and... 58:05.594 --> 58:09.759 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I think the Splint Armor's oversized, so I've got the Splint Armor and the Greatsword, as I need to find. 58:10.219 --> 58:12.082 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Oh, uh, we've got a Smith and a Carifando. 58:14.144 --> 58:14.965 [Lacer (Kai)]: Dondar. 58:16.177 --> 58:17.078 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I believe so. 58:19.060 --> 58:21.303 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: And I think there's a travelling smith with the caravan either way. 58:21.824 --> 58:30.914 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: At some point in the travel I'd probably get someone to have a look at this oversized smith armour taken off of Goblin Boss. 58:30.934 --> 58:32.896 [Riv (DM)]: You can, um, show it to me. 58:34.018 --> 58:36.260 [Riv (DM)]: Aye, looks like a good piece of armour you've got there. 58:37.201 --> 58:38.783 [Riv (DM)]: Unfortunately I don't think I can work on it here. 58:38.803 --> 58:39.744 [Riv (DM)]: I need an anvil. 58:40.465 --> 58:41.386 [Riv (DM)]: You know, a proper smithy. 58:43.048 --> 58:44.530 [Riv (DM)]: Something like that down in Camaar. 58:45.657 --> 58:47.039 [Riv (DM)]: Something he would say. 58:50.183 --> 58:51.584 [Riv (DM)]: Um, cool. 58:52.105 --> 58:52.325 [Riv (DM)]: All right. 58:52.566 --> 58:57.231 [Riv (DM)]: Um, in terms of the items, let's just, should we quickly run through? 58:57.251 --> 58:58.213 [Riv (DM)]: I post them in Discord. 58:59.814 --> 59:02.578 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, I thought I kept the rope, but I can't see it in my inventory. 59:04.861 --> 59:04.961 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 59:04.981 --> 59:09.406 [Riv (DM)]: Just, just, you know, to make sure you guys know that you have them and whatnot. 59:09.426 --> 59:12.390 [Riv (DM)]: So there was the black pouch with fine powder, spellbook. 59:14.227 --> 59:19.675 [Riv (DM)]: Three Potions, Rope, Dagger, Instant Jewelry and stuff like that. 59:19.695 --> 59:22.659 [Riv (DM)]: And then the gemstone, which Kai has. 59:22.679 --> 59:26.484 [Riv (DM)]: So who wants the- so I assume you've got the book, Kiwi? 59:27.686 --> 59:28.227 [Riv (DM)]: Or Dondarr? 59:28.888 --> 59:30.330 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yeah, I think that was the idea. 59:30.350 --> 59:37.299 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Dondarr was gonna take the book and the magical powder, yeah. 59:37.420 --> 59:39.222 [JC (Ryo)]: My notes look like they didn't save, sorry. 59:43.201 --> 59:51.472 [Riv (DM)]: Do you type it in your journal or something? 59:51.492 --> 59:52.954 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, I used one of the journal things. 59:53.014 --> 59:55.317 [JC (Ryo)]: I just realized I didn't hit the save button last session, so. 01:00:00.704 --> 01:00:01.224 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah. 01:00:02.206 --> 01:00:03.107 [JC (Ryo)]: Thankfully you did it. 01:00:03.147 --> 01:00:05.470 [JC (Ryo)]: I know we divvied out the gold from memory. 01:00:05.750 --> 01:00:07.953 [JC (Ryo)]: Someone took the white gemstone, the moonstone. 01:00:08.394 --> 01:00:08.995 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah. 01:00:09.015 --> 01:00:09.756 [JC (Ryo)]: Oh, it's a moonstone. 01:00:10.657 --> 01:00:13.140 [JC (Ryo)]: I remember you saying a moonstone at one stage, Riv. 01:00:13.947 --> 01:00:14.628 [JC (Ryo)]: I don't remember that. 01:00:17.093 --> 01:00:17.634 [JC (Ryo)]: Check the VOD. 01:00:19.678 --> 01:00:22.203 [JC (Ryo)]: Pretty sure Deathmouse took the dagger. 01:00:24.047 --> 01:00:24.127 [JC (Ryo)]: Yep. 01:00:24.147 --> 01:00:25.570 [JC (Ryo)]: I thought I hung onto the rope. 01:00:27.293 --> 01:00:29.097 [JC (Ryo)]: Kiwi, I think, took the potions. 01:00:29.738 --> 01:00:30.820 [JC (Ryo)]: And the dust. 01:00:31.842 --> 01:00:33.205 [JC (Ryo)]: Who's Kiwi? 01:00:33.995 --> 01:00:34.816 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: What is this kiwi? 01:00:34.896 --> 01:00:35.196 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Thanks Lacer. 01:00:37.339 --> 01:00:44.887 [Riv (DM)]: So just while we're doing this, if you want to just like crack open your inventory sheet and just add like custom items, and then once... Yeah, how do I do that? 01:00:46.308 --> 01:01:01.825 [Riv (DM)]: So you want to unlock, first of all, untick the little green padlock thing, that means it's not locked, and then you should be able to just under any section, like equipment or backpacks and stuff, there'll be like a plus sign to go add, create item, and then you can just type the name of whatever it is you want to add on. 01:01:03.593 --> 01:01:08.459 [JC (Ryo)]: Alright, now I did add the rope to my inventory, because I got two that threw me. 01:01:09.059 --> 01:01:14.285 [JC (Ryo)]: I got one of my loot, which is just hemp and rope, and then I got one of my consumable, which says nice rope magical. 01:01:19.071 --> 01:01:19.331 [JC (Ryo)]: Alright. 01:01:19.471 --> 01:01:24.497 [JC (Ryo)]: I don't remember who hung onto the pot of jewellery with the rings, brooches and necklaces though. 01:01:25.438 --> 01:01:27.340 [Riv (DM)]: Eh, we can just call it party loot. 01:01:27.360 --> 01:01:28.061 [Riv (DM)]: We can keep track of it. 01:01:28.281 --> 01:01:32.706 [Riv (DM)]: I assume you're probably going to sell them or something like that next opportunity. 01:01:34.863 --> 01:01:36.345 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: And this is all common loot, isn't it? 01:01:37.607 --> 01:01:41.193 [Riv (DM)]: Yep, that stuff isn't magical. 01:01:41.213 --> 01:01:42.956 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Well, magical isn't an option, so. 01:01:45.400 --> 01:01:48.264 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, um, do you mean when you're adding stuff to your thing? 01:01:48.865 --> 01:01:49.086 [Unmatched Speaker]: Yeah. 01:01:51.910 --> 01:02:01.866 [Riv (DM)]: Um, so, you don't, yeah, just go into inventory, just go add, a thing will pop up, you can just go right click, edit, change the name, that's it. 01:02:03.280 --> 01:02:05.643 [Riv (DM)]: And once you've sorted it, we can actually put the real items on. 01:02:07.826 --> 01:02:09.047 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Okay. 01:02:09.067 --> 01:02:12.532 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: So there's no save, I just click lock again, right? 01:02:12.552 --> 01:02:13.553 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 01:02:13.573 --> 01:02:14.834 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, cool. 01:02:14.854 --> 01:02:15.035 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 01:02:15.055 --> 01:02:16.436 [Riv (DM)]: Spellbook and small book pouch, perfect. 01:02:18.279 --> 01:02:18.799 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Alright, sorted. 01:02:19.881 --> 01:02:21.142 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Did someone say I get the potions? 01:02:21.162 --> 01:02:22.164 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I thought someone else wanted them. 01:02:24.607 --> 01:02:26.028 [JC (Ryo)]: You can just add them for now. 01:02:26.048 --> 01:02:27.050 [JC (Ryo)]: I think you took them, yeah. 01:02:29.473 --> 01:02:29.573 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 01:02:29.593 --> 01:02:29.693 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 01:02:30.871 --> 01:02:31.772 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, day three. 01:02:33.055 --> 01:02:36.100 [Riv (DM)]: The wind is picking up. 01:02:37.983 --> 01:02:38.464 [Riv (DM)]: Let's do this. 01:02:39.065 --> 01:02:40.367 [Riv (DM)]: The wind is picking up. 01:02:40.908 --> 01:02:41.669 [Riv (DM)]: The storm is rolling. 01:02:41.709 --> 01:02:47.398 [Riv (DM)]: It looks like it might be passing over the mountain, so not towards where you are. 01:02:51.345 --> 01:02:54.751 [Riv (DM)]: The day carries on without much drama. 01:02:55.672 --> 01:02:57.435 [Riv (DM)]: Who would like to roll a perception check for today? 01:03:01.094 --> 01:03:02.437 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Dondar can. 01:03:02.837 --> 01:03:03.338 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 01:03:03.358 --> 01:03:04.480 [Riv (DM)]: Anyone else want to assist? 01:03:04.500 --> 01:03:08.047 [Riv (DM)]: So you can do advantage or two people can do it? 01:03:08.067 --> 01:03:12.535 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'll take my callback. 01:03:12.555 --> 01:03:12.816 [Riv (DM)]: Go for it. 01:03:12.956 --> 01:03:14.479 [Riv (DM)]: So you can roll with advantage, Dondar? 01:03:17.260 --> 01:03:18.041 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, look at that. 01:03:18.843 --> 01:03:20.105 [Riv (DM)]: I'm very helpful. 01:03:20.125 --> 01:03:21.828 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 01:03:23.011 --> 01:03:27.940 [Riv (DM)]: You come to the top of the hill, you know, it's crags of rock here and there. 01:03:28.661 --> 01:03:30.985 [Riv (DM)]: No sign of trees anymore, you're well above it. 01:03:31.005 --> 01:03:33.229 [Riv (DM)]: Patches of snow definitely starting to settle. 01:03:33.650 --> 01:03:40.703 [Riv (DM)]: And off to the distance, off in the north, you can see this, like, maybe two or three miles away, 01:03:40.683 --> 01:03:45.750 [Riv (DM)]: What looks to be a tower made entirely from, like, large boulders or stones. 01:03:46.331 --> 01:03:47.152 [Riv (DM)]: Just off in the distance. 01:03:47.473 --> 01:03:57.367 [Riv (DM)]: Any distance towards where we're travelling? 01:03:58.309 --> 01:04:01.213 [Riv (DM)]: No, it's sort of off towards, like, the northwest. 01:04:01.233 --> 01:04:02.254 [Riv (DM)]: Up towards the mountain range. 01:04:06.280 --> 01:04:07.262 [Lacer (Kai)]: Mmm, it's out of our way. 01:04:09.124 --> 01:04:10.386 [Riv (DM)]: Do you point it out to the group? 01:04:15.817 --> 01:04:16.338 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Sorry, me? 01:04:16.758 --> 01:04:17.739 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yeah, you're the one that's sorry. 01:04:17.759 --> 01:04:19.180 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, yeah, yeah. 01:04:19.200 --> 01:04:19.521 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Sorry. 01:04:19.821 --> 01:04:20.261 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Uh, yes. 01:04:20.562 --> 01:04:21.463 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yes, I pointed out. 01:04:22.263 --> 01:04:24.205 [Lacer (Kai)]: Dondar goes, there's balls in the mountains. 01:04:26.147 --> 01:04:40.822 [Riv (DM)]: As you, um, as you mention it, Gemma sort of, like, looks over, with a very, very puzzled look, and she says, I have to say, I've travelled this road a dozen times or more, and I don't think I've ever seen that before. 01:04:40.842 --> 01:04:42.263 [Riv (DM)]: Like, that doesn't make any sense. 01:04:45.432 --> 01:04:46.754 [Riv (DM)]: Valen, you know anything about this? 01:04:47.115 --> 01:04:47.676 [Riv (DM)]: Mistsword of Shrugs. 01:04:49.819 --> 01:04:50.620 [Riv (DM)]: Don't think I've seen it before. 01:04:52.844 --> 01:04:53.925 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Guys, it's not everything. 01:05:03.881 --> 01:05:05.403 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Is it on our way? 01:05:05.443 --> 01:05:06.625 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Is it beside the road? 01:05:08.147 --> 01:05:11.693 [Riv (DM)]: It's probably like half an hour, hour walk away. 01:05:13.208 --> 01:05:13.849 [Riv (DM)]: From the road? 01:05:14.169 --> 01:05:16.832 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, you'd have to head off the road. 01:05:16.852 --> 01:05:23.338 [Lacer (Kai)]: I wanna ask, um... What's Woop's name again? 01:05:23.839 --> 01:05:24.179 [Lacer (Kai)]: Neros. 01:05:25.040 --> 01:05:29.685 [Lacer (Kai)]: Neros, what's the weather gonna be like for the rest of the day? 01:05:29.705 --> 01:05:35.751 [Riv (DM)]: He pulls out his orb, or he creates the orb and it stays sort of grey and cloudy. 01:05:35.911 --> 01:05:39.435 [Riv (DM)]: It doesn't look like the storm is gonna hurt, it might be passing over the mountains. 01:05:44.528 --> 01:05:45.750 [Lacer (Kai)]: Hmm. 01:05:45.770 --> 01:05:46.811 [Lacer (Kai)]: Well, an hour away. 01:05:47.171 --> 01:05:53.900 [Lacer (Kai)]: It doesn't hurt to have a... ...investigation, if we investigate quickly. 01:05:54.160 --> 01:05:55.782 [Lacer (Kai)]: It's just an extra hour, alright? 01:06:01.169 --> 01:06:01.369 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Okay. 01:06:01.469 --> 01:06:05.254 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yeah, I mean, if we're not gonna go lose them too much time, can't hurt to have a bit of a look. 01:06:05.274 --> 01:06:07.237 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: See what new dangers are on the road. 01:06:08.699 --> 01:06:10.401 [Lacer (Kai)]: You just hope it's not bandits, you know? 01:06:10.421 --> 01:06:12.163 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Oh, hey. 01:06:12.183 --> 01:06:13.725 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Out of character, I'll go sneak into the field. 01:06:15.511 --> 01:06:20.138 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Out of character, just avoid everything and have a safe life. 01:06:21.701 --> 01:06:24.806 [Riv (DM)]: I spent hours writing these things and you guys just avoid them. 01:06:26.068 --> 01:06:27.290 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We'll go and have a look. 01:06:27.310 --> 01:06:28.552 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We'll buy the plotbook. 01:06:29.273 --> 01:06:30.515 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 01:06:31.076 --> 01:06:31.897 [Riv (DM)]: Who's going to be travelling? 01:06:31.917 --> 01:06:32.177 [Riv (DM)]: Everyone? 01:06:33.660 --> 01:06:34.421 [Unmatched Speaker]: I think so. 01:06:34.861 --> 01:06:35.903 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 01:06:36.384 --> 01:06:41.552 [Riv (DM)]: Vaylin starts ahead and Gemma says, Vaylin, probably better you stay with the caravan, yeah? 01:06:42.173 --> 01:06:46.339 [Riv (DM)]: Valen sort of recognises that most of the muscle will be leaving, so he sort of nods and stays back. 01:06:46.939 --> 01:06:50.584 [Riv (DM)]: So the rest of you start heading off across the grass. 01:06:50.645 --> 01:06:54.570 [Riv (DM)]: So, yeah, it's tough terrain, but not too bad. 01:06:54.610 --> 01:06:55.631 [Riv (DM)]: Like, it's quite barren. 01:06:57.674 --> 01:06:58.575 [Riv (DM)]: Start heading in the direction. 01:06:59.497 --> 01:07:02.761 [Riv (DM)]: Travel for 15 minutes, half an hour. 01:07:04.483 --> 01:07:10.071 [Riv (DM)]: An hour rolls by, and the tower still looks like it's quite far away. 01:07:10.793 --> 01:07:18.441 [Riv (DM)]: Which is weird, because you've been travelling for like an hour, and you're sure you would have like, hit there by now. 01:07:18.461 --> 01:07:20.803 [Riv (DM)]: If we look back, can we still see the caravan behind us? 01:07:22.225 --> 01:07:22.305 [Riv (DM)]: Hmm. 01:07:22.325 --> 01:07:30.193 [Riv (DM)]: So you turn around, um, and look back on the way you came, and the caravan is like, maybe 70, 60 feet behind you? 01:07:31.174 --> 01:07:34.016 [Lacer (Kai)]: The fuck?! 01:07:34.036 --> 01:07:35.858 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: What is this devilry? 01:07:35.878 --> 01:07:37.560 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I immediately stop moving forwards. 01:07:38.671 --> 01:07:49.648 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, it's disorienting because like you turn around and you look behind you and it's like if you walk back it's probably like 30 seconds away but it feels like you've been traveling towards the town for like an hour. 01:07:50.470 --> 01:07:56.720 [Riv (DM)]: I mean you can even you can even see the the guys on the road they're sort of like looking at you like shrugging their hands like looking confused, what's going on? 01:07:58.302 --> 01:08:01.728 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Can I cast Detect Magic? 01:08:03.130 --> 01:08:03.210 [JC (Ryo)]: Yep. 01:08:04.439 --> 01:08:06.141 [JC (Ryo)]: Are we still in the forest or we're out? 01:08:06.342 --> 01:08:08.685 [JC (Ryo)]: We're out now, aren't we? 01:08:11.990 --> 01:08:13.492 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: It's an unprepared spell. 01:08:13.913 --> 01:08:15.335 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Divination, do I need to do anything? 01:08:16.256 --> 01:08:17.378 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: So which one are you casting? 01:08:18.079 --> 01:08:18.940 [Riv (DM)]: Detect Magic. 01:08:19.601 --> 01:08:21.824 [Riv (DM)]: You can cast it as a ritual, so it'll take 10 minutes. 01:08:23.186 --> 01:08:26.291 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, you can ritual cast it, yeah. 01:08:26.311 --> 01:08:27.613 [Riv (DM)]: So it's a 30-foot sphere. 01:08:28.233 --> 01:08:31.358 [Riv (DM)]: Other than the magic items that you know about, 01:08:31.793 --> 01:08:32.794 [Riv (DM)]: Any ideas, team? 01:08:33.315 --> 01:08:48.756 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm trying to think whether or not I would know or have a suspicion. 01:08:52.200 --> 01:08:53.542 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, I think I'm in the same boat. 01:08:53.562 --> 01:08:54.283 [JC (Ryo)]: I have no idea. 01:08:55.665 --> 01:08:56.366 [Lacer (Kai)]: Let's do it. 01:08:57.607 --> 01:08:58.348 [Lacer (Kai)]: No, yeah, go ahead. 01:08:59.109 --> 01:09:00.251 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: All of us can see it, right? 01:09:00.331 --> 01:09:01.092 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: It's not just 01:09:01.662 --> 01:09:03.165 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Dondar's perception. 01:09:07.073 --> 01:09:09.978 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright, I would like to do an Arcana check. 01:09:12.123 --> 01:09:12.263 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 01:09:12.283 --> 01:09:16.732 [Riv (DM)]: Roll, actually roll, yeah, go for it, roll Arcana. 01:09:16.752 --> 01:09:18.936 [Lacer (Kai)]: Anyone want to help me, like Dondar? 01:09:20.259 --> 01:09:24.447 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yeah, I seem to have advantage in Arcana, so sure. 01:09:26.958 --> 01:09:29.000 [Riv (DM)]: I think we might have to do this one alone. 01:09:29.520 --> 01:09:30.121 [Lacer (Kai)]: Do it alone? 01:09:31.222 --> 01:09:31.482 [Lacer (Kai)]: Okay. 01:09:33.644 --> 01:09:35.405 [JC (Ryo)]: Give yourself guidance next time. 01:09:35.425 --> 01:09:39.929 [Lacer (Kai)]: I don't want to spam it all the time, you know? 01:09:39.949 --> 01:09:42.932 [Riv (DM)]: I would! 01:09:44.233 --> 01:09:55.463 [Riv (DM)]: You kind of look out across the tower and you get this feeling of anticipation, almost, as you're looking at it. 01:09:56.101 --> 01:09:58.664 [Riv (DM)]: This is a feeling that no one else actually gets. 01:09:58.684 --> 01:09:59.966 [Riv (DM)]: Something about the tower. 01:10:01.508 --> 01:10:13.123 [Riv (DM)]: But other than that, you've got no idea what's going on. 01:10:13.143 --> 01:10:16.707 [Lacer (Kai)]: As in a good anticipation or a bad anticipation, you know? 01:10:17.668 --> 01:10:18.109 [Riv (DM)]: Hard to tell. 01:10:20.772 --> 01:10:21.153 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Wow. 01:10:22.394 --> 01:10:23.256 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: This is strange. 01:10:23.857 --> 01:10:27.442 [Lacer (Kai)]: I gather, guys, there's something strange about this tower. 01:10:28.984 --> 01:10:31.267 [Riv (DM)]: Can we walk back to the caravan? 01:10:32.209 --> 01:10:33.070 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 01:10:33.090 --> 01:10:40.982 [Riv (DM)]: It takes like 30 or 40 seconds and you get back and as you sort of arrive, Valen's like, what on Earth is going on? 01:10:41.282 --> 01:10:43.846 [Riv (DM)]: You were gone for like an hour and then you just appeared back here again. 01:10:49.835 --> 01:10:50.155 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Ahhh. 01:10:51.940 --> 01:10:53.844 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Can we check our companions? 01:10:56.809 --> 01:10:58.232 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: What do you think Kai? 01:10:59.795 --> 01:11:09.072 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm thinking there's a strange spell in this area that causes us to somehow do a big circle around 01:11:10.503 --> 01:11:21.956 [Lacer (Kai)]: Where we're going, like, our perception is skewed, meaning we end up back where we came back, or either that it teleports us back to where we started somehow. 01:11:27.562 --> 01:11:31.626 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: The, uh, strange woman that's with us, can she see the tower? 01:11:33.228 --> 01:11:33.829 [Riv (DM)]: Liliana? 01:11:33.849 --> 01:11:34.409 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, she can see it. 01:11:36.251 --> 01:11:37.353 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Does she know anything about it? 01:11:38.674 --> 01:11:39.615 [Riv (DM)]: She has no idea. 01:11:40.557 --> 01:11:41.659 [Riv (DM)]: Like the others she saves. 01:11:42.821 --> 01:11:43.943 [Riv (DM)]: I've never seen this tower before. 01:11:44.864 --> 01:11:49.673 [Riv (DM)]: It's pretty strange. 01:11:49.693 --> 01:12:04.759 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright, I ask Rio, any other archers, if we walk up 30 seconds and we shoot an arrow, like longbow and arrow, into the distance, if we light the arrow on fire, see if it keeps going straight. 01:12:06.376 --> 01:12:10.961 [Lacer (Kai)]: See if it's like a physical, magical thing that affects physical objects. 01:12:15.166 --> 01:12:15.506 [JC (Ryo)]: Okay. 01:12:17.288 --> 01:12:18.349 [Lacer (Kai)]: Only if you want to though. 01:12:19.370 --> 01:12:25.116 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, grab an arrow, get a little bit of extra cloth from somewhere, wrap it around the arrowhead, light it on fire. 01:12:27.399 --> 01:12:27.479 [JC (Ryo)]: Yep. 01:12:27.499 --> 01:12:30.302 [JC (Ryo)]: Loft at 600 meters, 600 feet in one direction. 01:12:30.723 --> 01:12:33.025 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, towards the tower probably, hey. 01:12:33.494 --> 01:12:39.140 [Riv (DM)]: Yep, you see it fly through the air and land about 600 feet in front of you. 01:12:39.160 --> 01:12:39.641 [JC (Ryo)]: 100 feet? 01:12:40.842 --> 01:12:42.164 [JC (Ryo)]: That's my max range. 01:12:42.304 --> 01:12:44.646 [Lacer (Kai)]: He's an elven archer, you can shoot him. 01:12:44.666 --> 01:12:46.649 [JC (Ryo)]: No, he's a longbow. 01:12:47.069 --> 01:12:48.170 [JC (Ryo)]: Longbow's 600 max. 01:12:49.912 --> 01:12:50.433 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright. 01:12:54.537 --> 01:12:55.759 [Lacer (Kai)]: Anyone with any ideas? 01:12:56.580 --> 01:12:57.761 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: That only affects people. 01:12:59.743 --> 01:13:00.124 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Curious. 01:13:01.245 --> 01:13:02.286 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I was going to send... 01:13:03.397 --> 01:13:11.925 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: A conjured servant, but it cannot go that far, so seems unlikely to be informative. 01:13:13.906 --> 01:13:15.608 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: How much rope do we have all up? 01:13:15.628 --> 01:13:18.691 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I've got 50 feet. 01:13:18.711 --> 01:13:20.172 [Lacer (Kai)]: I've got a rope as well. 01:13:21.073 --> 01:13:22.694 [Lacer (Kai)]: Let me check my mag. 01:13:27.458 --> 01:13:28.679 [Lacer (Kai)]: I've got 50 feet, yeah. 01:13:32.082 --> 01:13:32.863 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I have... 01:13:34.818 --> 01:13:38.462 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Uh, 50 feet, probably. 01:13:38.482 --> 01:13:38.582 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yeah. 01:13:38.602 --> 01:13:40.163 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'll tie our ropes end-to-end. 01:13:40.444 --> 01:13:46.510 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm gonna grab one end, tie it to a caravan and the other one, and I'm just gonna start walking up the tower and see what happens. 01:13:47.431 --> 01:13:47.651 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Alright. 01:13:48.492 --> 01:13:50.954 [JC (Ryo)]: I mean, I just sent an arrow 600 feet. 01:13:51.014 --> 01:13:52.336 [JC (Ryo)]: You're gonna go 200 feet? 01:13:54.037 --> 01:13:55.899 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, you go about 600 feet. 01:13:55.919 --> 01:14:00.644 [Riv (DM)]: Sorry, 200 feet, whatever it is, however long it is, until eventually you feel the ropes go tight. 01:14:03.467 --> 01:14:04.808 [Riv (DM)]: Looks normal distance. 01:14:06.712 --> 01:14:08.814 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm just going to yell back if people can hear me. 01:14:08.894 --> 01:14:10.276 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Somebody's fucking with us. 01:14:11.137 --> 01:14:15.001 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, as soon as you turn around, you find yourself much closer to all your companions. 01:14:17.544 --> 01:14:18.825 [Riv (DM)]: Slack? 01:14:19.606 --> 01:14:20.287 [Riv (DM)]: The rope goes slack. 01:14:21.969 --> 01:14:22.830 [Riv (DM)]: Or was it always slack? 01:14:23.971 --> 01:14:25.493 [Riv (DM)]: It's kind of weird, you think about it. 01:14:26.114 --> 01:14:27.455 [Riv (DM)]: Did the rope ever actually go tight? 01:14:28.676 --> 01:14:33.061 [Riv (DM)]: You can't remember it going tight, but you're sure it was because you were walking the whole way, right? 01:14:33.081 --> 01:14:34.643 [Unmatched Speaker]: Yeah. 01:14:37.627 --> 01:14:39.569 [Riv (DM)]: At this point, you hear from... 01:14:39.589 --> 01:14:44.134 [Riv (DM)]: I'm trying to decide how much in-character I know. 01:14:44.154 --> 01:14:46.997 [Riv (DM)]: You hear from the Kerberons, Balon calling out. 01:14:47.017 --> 01:14:47.157 [Riv (DM)]: Hey! 01:14:47.698 --> 01:14:48.339 [Riv (DM)]: It's getting late! 01:14:49.920 --> 01:14:51.202 [Riv (DM)]: How much longer do you want to stay here for? 01:14:51.242 --> 01:14:54.786 [Riv (DM)]: We need to get off the hills! 01:14:54.806 --> 01:14:55.567 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: And we continue? 01:14:55.667 --> 01:15:00.272 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Is it only if we go towards the tower that things fuck up? 01:15:00.292 --> 01:15:01.373 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yeah, I think we should be fucking. 01:15:03.479 --> 01:15:18.203 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright, let's make a note of it on the map, you know, of where this tower is. 01:15:18.243 --> 01:15:25.034 [Lacer (Kai)]: Or just to make a note of it just in case so that we have to come back or something happens. 01:15:27.097 --> 01:15:30.583 [Riv (DM)]: It's like probably roughly here. 01:15:32.875 --> 01:15:36.680 [Riv (DM)]: In this area somewhere. 01:15:36.700 --> 01:15:37.100 [Lacer (Kai)]: Okay. 01:15:42.426 --> 01:15:43.047 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright, gotcha. 01:15:43.448 --> 01:15:45.150 [Riv (DM)]: We're packing up and heading onwards. 01:15:46.211 --> 01:15:47.573 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, let's leave it for now. 01:15:47.593 --> 01:15:50.216 [Lacer (Kai)]: We don't have time to... Got a storm coming. 01:15:50.676 --> 01:15:51.998 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 01:15:52.018 --> 01:15:52.539 [Riv (DM)]: Carrying on. 01:15:53.179 --> 01:15:59.507 [Riv (DM)]: After, you know, a few minutes of travelling, look back over your shoulder and you don't see any tower. 01:16:03.132 --> 01:16:04.273 [Lacer (Kai)]: That's very strange. 01:16:04.313 --> 01:16:05.615 [Lacer (Kai)]: It's like a mirage. 01:16:05.655 --> 01:16:13.184 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 01:16:13.204 --> 01:16:16.448 [Riv (DM)]: Heading on towards the night, you head down off the highlands. 01:16:18.350 --> 01:16:27.081 [Riv (DM)]: Patches of trees start to appear again until eventually you find yourselves back under the canopies as night has fallen and Valen 01:16:28.748 --> 01:16:36.336 [Riv (DM)]: Suggests that there's a good place to stop here, come in for the night, and third night comes. 01:16:36.356 --> 01:16:48.610 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Anything you wanted to do tonight or should we go to the next day? 01:16:49.611 --> 01:16:53.035 [Lacer (Kai)]: I want to take a four hour watch tonight. 01:16:56.744 --> 01:16:59.089 [Riv (DM)]: Um, cool. 01:16:59.109 --> 01:17:01.273 [Riv (DM)]: Do you want to roll a Perception check? 01:17:02.034 --> 01:17:06.323 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, with, um, what's it called, with Guidance on myself. 01:17:06.864 --> 01:17:17.464 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Go for it. 01:17:17.484 --> 01:17:19.528 [Lacer (Kai)]: And then do I just roll a d4, right? 01:17:20.943 --> 01:17:27.295 [Riv (DM)]: As part of the roll, there's like a bonus section as well, so you can do it automatically. 01:17:27.315 --> 01:17:28.437 [Riv (DM)]: But no, all good. 01:17:29.679 --> 01:17:32.965 [Riv (DM)]: You don't see anything particularly alarming overnight. 01:17:32.985 --> 01:17:39.117 [Riv (DM)]: You know, fires crackling away as you go into your trance and stuff like that to allow yourself to rest. 01:17:39.137 --> 01:17:43.525 [Riv (DM)]: You do notice at one point in the night there is a snowy owl that flies past and 01:17:43.505 --> 01:17:46.269 [Riv (DM)]: Perch is on a nearby tree and just sits there looking at you for a while. 01:17:46.930 --> 01:17:48.212 [Riv (DM)]: Until eventually it flies off again. 01:17:50.215 --> 01:17:51.397 [Riv (DM)]: Leaving behind a little white feather. 01:17:52.919 --> 01:17:59.950 [Riv (DM)]: But other than that, nothing else going on. 01:17:59.970 --> 01:18:00.130 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 01:18:02.506 --> 01:18:07.216 [Riv (DM)]: Day four starts and temperature's starting to pick up a bit as we're getting lower. 01:18:08.098 --> 01:18:15.012 [Riv (DM)]: Caravan packs up, heads off for the day and nothing particularly strange happens. 01:18:15.032 --> 01:18:22.287 [Riv (DM)]: It's a different type of forest on this side as we're starting to head a little bit more north. 01:18:22.621 --> 01:18:25.309 [Riv (DM)]: Less old and narrow, there's a few more. 01:18:25.369 --> 01:18:28.658 [Riv (DM)]: Pines and firs and stuff like that. 01:18:31.305 --> 01:18:37.643 [Riv (DM)]: Until eventually, in the later part of the afternoon, you start to catch a smell in the air. 01:18:37.623 --> 01:18:40.627 [Riv (DM)]: Which is unmistakably the salty smell of the ocean. 01:18:41.609 --> 01:18:43.031 [Riv (DM)]: Fish markets and ship docks. 01:18:43.732 --> 01:18:58.433 [Riv (DM)]: You crest up over the top of one final hill and before you the sprawling city of Camaar unfurls like a mosaic of haphazardly built stone structures stretching out along the coast like a maze bearing the marks of centuries of unplanned expansion. 01:18:58.413 --> 01:18:59.996 [Riv (DM)]: Buildings lean against each other. 01:19:00.016 --> 01:19:05.484 [Riv (DM)]: Mismatched roofs form a jagged skyline that contrasts against the shimmering horizon of the coast beyond. 01:19:06.526 --> 01:19:08.870 [Riv (DM)]: Bustling activity reaches your ears from the distance. 01:19:08.950 --> 01:19:12.395 [Riv (DM)]: You can hear merchants haggling, children playing, a distant hum of chatter. 01:19:13.216 --> 01:19:14.959 [Riv (DM)]: The ports are a hive of activity. 01:19:16.021 --> 01:19:17.724 [Riv (DM)]: Ships are anchored in every available space. 01:19:17.924 --> 01:19:20.488 [Riv (DM)]: You can see the sails billowing in the sea breeze. 01:19:20.468 --> 01:19:28.537 [Riv (DM)]: The throngs of people inside and outside the city are sort of bustling here and there and there's a sense of urgency you can see from even this distance. 01:19:30.078 --> 01:19:33.662 [Riv (DM)]: It's quite a contrast to Darmouth where you came from. 01:19:33.722 --> 01:19:40.529 [Riv (DM)]: Darmouth was an imperial built city, very well planned, you know, colonial style wood houses. 01:19:41.070 --> 01:19:44.974 [Riv (DM)]: This is all, you know, very haphazard ancient stone buildings. 01:19:45.832 --> 01:19:46.915 [Riv (DM)]: Easy start coming down the hill. 01:19:48.419 --> 01:19:53.913 [Riv (DM)]: Gemma sort of just sighs a bit and is going to, ah, always a safe asura, is he? 01:19:54.535 --> 01:19:55.537 [Riv (DM)]: I like coming back to Camaar. 01:19:58.926 --> 01:20:01.613 [Riv (DM)]: Heading on down as you get closer you can see at the gate 01:20:03.652 --> 01:20:07.457 [Riv (DM)]: Large groups of people trying to get in, some people leaving. 01:20:08.037 --> 01:20:09.860 [Riv (DM)]: You see merchant caravans going here and there. 01:20:10.240 --> 01:20:16.708 [Riv (DM)]: There's a handful of guards at the gate sort of just like trying to usher people and trying to check caravans in the chaos. 01:20:18.470 --> 01:20:25.879 [Riv (DM)]: At this point you see Nia sort of leans out from behind one of the caravans and just calls out, 01:20:27.192 --> 01:20:29.154 [Riv (DM)]: I don't think I'm going to be going into Camaar. 01:20:29.734 --> 01:20:30.976 [Riv (DM)]: I'm probably going to carry on northwards. 01:20:32.057 --> 01:20:36.481 [Riv (DM)]: I'd just like to, once again, give my appreciation for what you did for me. 01:20:37.942 --> 01:20:41.206 [Riv (DM)]: I won't forget, but I think this is where we part ways. 01:20:45.470 --> 01:20:46.691 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Alright, you're a bit of a solid one. 01:20:46.811 --> 01:20:50.114 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: You're obviously dodging something in the city, but fair enough. 01:20:51.355 --> 01:20:52.997 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yeah, why don't you want to go into Camaar? 01:20:54.361 --> 01:20:55.683 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, I need to get back home. 01:20:55.943 --> 01:20:57.045 [Riv (DM)]: I've been away for too long, you know? 01:20:57.105 --> 01:20:58.507 [Riv (DM)]: I'm sure people are starting to worry about me. 01:21:01.110 --> 01:21:01.771 [JC (Ryo)]: Insight check. 01:21:02.852 --> 01:21:13.547 [Riv (DM)]: Go for it. 01:21:13.567 --> 01:21:14.448 [Lacer (Kai)]: Wowee. 01:21:17.012 --> 01:21:19.295 [Riv (DM)]: I'll DM you again. 01:21:19.315 --> 01:21:19.915 [Riv (DM)]: DMing is fun. 01:21:20.797 --> 01:21:21.077 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 01:21:31.250 --> 01:21:32.712 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: La la la la la la. 01:21:37.099 --> 01:21:39.002 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: What is this new devilry? 01:21:43.669 --> 01:21:44.530 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Never heard of whispers. 01:21:50.640 --> 01:21:51.982 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm gonna send her off without a dagger. 01:21:52.162 --> 01:21:56.228 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm gonna light crossbow and 20 bolts and hand them over. 01:21:56.950 --> 01:21:59.212 [Riv (DM)]: She sort of just holds up hands. 01:21:59.232 --> 01:21:59.913 [Riv (DM)]: No, that's fine. 01:22:00.093 --> 01:22:00.754 [Riv (DM)]: I'll be alright with this. 01:22:01.234 --> 01:22:02.996 [Riv (DM)]: She pats the dagger. 01:22:03.577 --> 01:22:04.638 [Riv (DM)]: I'll stick low. 01:22:04.658 --> 01:22:05.559 [Riv (DM)]: I won't get damaged. 01:22:05.739 --> 01:22:06.280 [Riv (DM)]: That's okay. 01:22:06.480 --> 01:22:08.342 [JC (Ryo)]: Don't worry about it. 01:22:08.362 --> 01:22:10.344 [JC (Ryo)]: Sydney, what's the real reason you don't want to go into the city? 01:22:11.785 --> 01:22:12.286 [Riv (DM)]: What do you mean? 01:22:13.748 --> 01:22:14.949 [JC (Ryo)]: Why don't you want to go into the city? 01:22:15.649 --> 01:22:16.030 [Riv (DM)]: I told you. 01:22:16.911 --> 01:22:18.613 [Riv (DM)]: I don't have anything to do in Camaar. 01:22:18.793 --> 01:22:20.595 [Riv (DM)]: I just want to get home to North. 01:22:20.615 --> 01:22:21.696 [Riv (DM)]: I'm heading up to Val Miriel. 01:22:26.321 --> 01:22:26.721 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 01:22:28.068 --> 01:22:30.132 [JC (Ryo)]: I mean, I don't want to go to the city either, to be honest. 01:22:32.576 --> 01:22:32.916 [Riv (DM)]: Fair enough. 01:22:35.922 --> 01:22:39.949 [Riv (DM)]: Looks a bit chaotic, but wish you the best of luck. 01:22:41.111 --> 01:22:44.276 [Riv (DM)]: And with that, she sort of just waves and starts to slowly get off. 01:22:46.821 --> 01:22:52.050 [Riv (DM)]: Taking a bit of a wide berth around the entrance of the gates, trying not to get caught up in the throngs of people. 01:22:55.861 --> 01:22:57.263 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 01:22:57.283 --> 01:22:59.928 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, so the caravan heads on back down towards the gates. 01:23:01.871 --> 01:23:08.583 [Riv (DM)]: There, why don't we take a quick break, get some noms, get some tea, and we'll head into the city later. 01:23:09.645 --> 01:23:09.725 [Riv (DM)]: Tea? 01:23:09.745 --> 01:23:10.226 [Riv (DM)]: There's coffee. 01:23:12.149 --> 01:23:14.132 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, it's getting dark enough, I need to go turn the lights on. 01:23:14.693 --> 01:23:15.495 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 01:23:15.515 --> 01:23:17.678 [Riv (DM)]: I haven't eaten, I need to go in quick, we can shovel something down. 01:23:19.341 --> 01:23:19.742 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright. 01:23:34.707 --> 01:49:57.535 ================ Session Break ================ 01:50:09.547 --> 01:50:10.128 [Riv (DM)]: There we go. 01:50:10.148 --> 01:50:10.608 [Riv (DM)]: We're back. 01:50:12.029 --> 01:50:12.310 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 01:50:12.430 --> 01:50:12.790 [Riv (DM)]: All right. 01:50:12.870 --> 01:50:15.292 [Riv (DM)]: So, heading down to the gates. 01:50:18.735 --> 01:50:18.916 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 01:50:19.296 --> 01:50:20.477 [Riv (DM)]: Caravans rolling on down. 01:50:21.058 --> 01:50:21.618 [Riv (DM)]: Get closer. 01:50:21.658 --> 01:50:27.003 [Riv (DM)]: You can see there's a bunch of guards sort of trying to usher people to and fro. 01:50:27.043 --> 01:50:30.246 [Riv (DM)]: There are swarms coming in, swarms leaving. 01:50:30.366 --> 01:50:32.148 [Riv (DM)]: There are caravans. 01:50:32.949 --> 01:50:38.794 [Riv (DM)]: As you roll on up, one of the guards comes over and puts up a hand and says, Hey, what's your business? 01:50:39.922 --> 01:50:43.649 [Riv (DM)]: Gemma pops down and says, we're just carrying spices from Darmouth. 01:50:44.370 --> 01:50:48.378 [Riv (DM)]: And she says, look, you can pop around the back, have a look. 01:50:48.398 --> 01:50:49.781 [Riv (DM)]: And he's like, no, no, get in, get in. 01:50:49.801 --> 01:50:53.588 [Riv (DM)]: He just waves his hand impatiently as another group of people try to come up behind him. 01:50:54.490 --> 01:50:56.313 [Riv (DM)]: It's chaos. 01:50:56.333 --> 01:50:57.496 [Riv (DM)]: There are a lot of people here. 01:50:58.658 --> 01:51:01.423 [Riv (DM)]: Gemma kind of cocks her head and just mentions, 01:51:01.910 --> 01:51:03.572 [Riv (DM)]: It's a bit busier than usual, eh? 01:51:04.714 --> 01:51:10.523 [Riv (DM)]: Everyone sort of shrugs, but you can get on through the gates, no problem. 01:51:11.284 --> 01:51:19.716 [Riv (DM)]: As you get into the city, Gemma mentions that, you know, the carts 01:51:19.696 --> 01:51:24.522 [Riv (DM)]: The caravans aren't going to be able to get deep into the city because it's, you know, just the nature of it. 01:51:25.183 --> 01:51:26.104 [Riv (DM)]: Some roads are too tight. 01:51:26.865 --> 01:51:27.667 [Riv (DM)]: There's people everywhere. 01:51:27.707 --> 01:51:32.413 [Riv (DM)]: There's stall, you know, roadside merchants and all sorts of things like that. 01:51:32.473 --> 01:51:39.863 [Riv (DM)]: So there's a large stables designed to keep horses and caravans and that sort of thing near the outside gates. 01:51:40.103 --> 01:51:41.945 [Riv (DM)]: So you can head on over there. 01:51:43.167 --> 01:51:44.649 [Riv (DM)]: Gem afflicts someone a few coins. 01:51:45.009 --> 01:51:46.952 [Riv (DM)]: Caravans get 01:51:46.932 --> 01:51:55.069 [Riv (DM)]: Stored there and you know you get smaller more like hand-drawn carts to load up the supplies and head on into the city. 01:51:55.538 --> 01:51:56.999 [Riv (DM)]: And it is bustling. 01:51:57.119 --> 01:51:58.200 [Riv (DM)]: There are people everywhere. 01:51:58.961 --> 01:52:03.886 [Riv (DM)]: People are pressing up against you, knocking you as they are running on past. 01:52:04.426 --> 01:52:12.333 [Riv (DM)]: There are store-side merchants calling out trying to get your attention, trying to sell all sorts of knickknacks. 01:52:14.035 --> 01:52:20.180 [Riv (DM)]: You can hear chatter here and there and there's people calling out like, hey, where's so-and-so? 01:52:20.200 --> 01:52:25.545 [Riv (DM)]: And people are calling out like, yo, yo, come over here and look at this thing. 01:52:25.525 --> 01:52:54.334 [Riv (DM)]: Every now and then you hear some few interesting things like um you hear um there's this sort of energy in the city that there's these rumors going around like people are talking about um disturbances happening up in the north which is news the fine golds hadn't heard anything about that um you hear you hear someone say like oh my my brother's a traitor uh he says he saw an entire battalion marching across the plains never seen like anything like it in all his years 01:52:54.314 --> 01:52:56.801 [Riv (DM)]: You hear someone else, you know, a few minutes later. 01:52:56.841 --> 01:53:01.274 [Riv (DM)]: You hear my cousin, Val Luminor, said the Imperial Square was swarming with soldiers. 01:53:01.795 --> 01:53:03.801 [Riv (DM)]: Something big's happening, you mark my words. 01:53:05.266 --> 01:53:25.030 [Riv (DM)]: As you get on deeper into the city um you can hear like a little bell ringing um and uh yeah there's a dude standing up on a box calling out in the um it's like Harry Harry Imperial Army seen mobilizing and moving across the plains reports of unrest in the north 01:53:25.280 --> 01:53:27.365 [Riv (DM)]: Rings the bell again and just repeats the message. 01:53:28.447 --> 01:53:31.534 [Riv (DM)]: Gemma kind of just, like, looks back and... Hmm. 01:53:32.155 --> 01:53:32.676 [Riv (DM)]: Interesting. 01:53:33.017 --> 01:53:33.959 [Riv (DM)]: Interesting times, eh? 01:53:34.019 --> 01:53:36.044 [Riv (DM)]: That is certainly new. 01:53:37.026 --> 01:53:37.728 [Riv (DM)]: Wonder what's going on. 01:53:39.852 --> 01:53:40.133 [Riv (DM)]: Um... 01:53:42.273 --> 01:53:54.471 [Riv (DM)]: Deeper into the city, Harland and Gemma sort of lead you, and at sort of an intersection, Gemma says, alright, I'm gonna head off to the docks. 01:53:55.993 --> 01:53:57.134 [Riv (DM)]: You good with the supplies? 01:53:58.176 --> 01:54:06.708 [Riv (DM)]: Harland nods and says he can sort it, and she looks at the rest of you and says, I'm gonna head down and deliver, you know, the package. 01:54:07.149 --> 01:54:08.010 [Riv (DM)]: You fancy coming along? 01:54:10.218 --> 01:54:10.699 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yes. 01:54:11.640 --> 01:54:12.982 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We've seen it this far, we might as well. 01:54:13.964 --> 01:54:25.983 [JC (Ryo)]: Before we go though, Gemma, do you guys do the same sort of work in this city that you did in Darmouth? 01:54:28.367 --> 01:54:31.712 [Riv (DM)]: By work, you're referring to that whole business in the prison? 01:54:34.576 --> 01:54:36.900 [JC (Ryo)]: Try not to say that word out loud, but yes. 01:54:38.146 --> 01:54:39.588 [Riv (DM)]: No, that's not my thing. 01:54:39.929 --> 01:54:42.032 [Riv (DM)]: I'm just a merchant. 01:54:42.092 --> 01:54:52.768 [Riv (DM)]: I'm good at getting from A to B. I'm good at getting into places with not much excitement, not much conspicuousness. 01:54:54.190 --> 01:54:57.475 [Riv (DM)]: No, I just contracted others to complete that. 01:55:03.785 --> 01:55:07.410 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Are you contracting in the city too? 01:55:08.757 --> 01:55:10.100 [Riv (DM)]: I mean, I guess put it this way. 01:55:10.682 --> 01:55:15.573 [Riv (DM)]: I'm working for others who, you know what? 01:55:15.593 --> 01:55:17.377 [Riv (DM)]: I'm sure, I'm sure someone else can explain better. 01:55:17.397 --> 01:55:17.918 [Riv (DM)]: Why don't you come? 01:55:18.079 --> 01:55:18.841 [Riv (DM)]: Why don't you come with me? 01:55:19.282 --> 01:55:20.986 [Riv (DM)]: And it will all be explained. 01:55:23.471 --> 01:55:24.133 [Riv (DM)]: Well, alrighty then. 01:55:25.177 --> 01:55:27.882 [Riv (DM)]: The rest of the Fangolds have already headed off. 01:55:27.963 --> 01:55:33.514 [Riv (DM)]: As they're pushing through the crowds, Gemma just sort of calls out, Hey, meet back at the Lion tonight, yeah? 01:55:34.015 --> 01:55:35.197 [Riv (DM)]: Arlen just waves an acknowledgement. 01:55:36.499 --> 01:55:44.856 [Riv (DM)]: And she starts pushing her way through the crowds towards the direction of the docks. 01:55:46.777 --> 01:55:55.330 [Riv (DM)]: After not too long you, you know, it's not, the city is probably not as large as Darmouth but it feels larger just because of how chaotic it is. 01:55:56.051 --> 01:56:13.898 [Riv (DM)]: But yeah, after maybe half an hour or so you end up down at the docks, heading along the quay and up in front of you there is a very very large stone building that stands out a little bit, you know, it's a bit larger and a bit more imposing than some of the other buildings. 01:56:15.920 --> 01:56:17.002 [Riv (DM)]: Let's see, what can I tell you about it? 01:56:17.403 --> 01:56:17.704 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 01:56:18.225 --> 01:56:21.251 [Riv (DM)]: It's got all sorts of maritime insignias across it. 01:56:21.271 --> 01:56:21.732 [Riv (DM)]: Flags. 01:56:22.493 --> 01:56:25.940 [Riv (DM)]: And there are a bunch of people sort of like standing around looking like strong bodies. 01:56:26.521 --> 01:56:28.185 [Riv (DM)]: A bunch of sailors. 01:56:29.227 --> 01:56:37.303 [Riv (DM)]: And the insignias you'd see on the building match a lot of the insignias that you see on the sails in the ships that are docked. 01:56:37.925 --> 01:56:43.511 [Riv (DM)]: Um, Gemma pushes on through, just sort of nods at a few of the guys, um, that clearly recognise her. 01:56:44.151 --> 01:56:46.714 [Riv (DM)]: She passes on into the building, and you can follow her in. 01:56:48.716 --> 01:56:54.121 [Riv (DM)]: Um, as you get inside, it's, um, quite a, quite a large open room. 01:56:54.141 --> 01:56:57.064 [Riv (DM)]: It sort of reminds you of, like, a, a longhouse, except built of stone. 01:56:57.084 --> 01:57:05.873 [Riv (DM)]: There's a large fire pit in the centre, um, and just a few people sort of standing about doing some miscellaneous business, um. 01:57:05.853 --> 01:57:15.351 [Riv (DM)]: Gemma pushes on through to the back of the room and there is a large, massive dude standing there in the back of the room who turns around and notices her. 01:57:15.932 --> 01:57:19.358 [Riv (DM)]: And he calls out, Hey Gemma, you've returned! 01:57:19.378 --> 01:57:23.506 [Riv (DM)]: He kind of steps forward and just pulls her into a big bear hug. 01:57:25.029 --> 01:57:29.076 [Riv (DM)]: Well, how were your travels, I guess? 01:57:29.410 --> 01:57:31.914 [Riv (DM)]: And she says, aye, yes, not too bad, not too bad. 01:57:31.955 --> 01:57:33.718 [Riv (DM)]: Picked up this lot. 01:57:34.098 --> 01:57:35.220 [Riv (DM)]: Very, very handy in a pinch. 01:57:35.541 --> 01:57:37.725 [Riv (DM)]: You should consider taking them along. 01:57:38.687 --> 01:57:40.049 [Riv (DM)]: He gives you a glance over. 01:57:40.249 --> 01:57:43.054 [Riv (DM)]: You can see this dude, he is a giant, giant man. 01:57:43.114 --> 01:57:48.163 [Riv (DM)]: He's got like this long, long scraggly red beard that looks like he's probably never shaved in his life. 01:57:48.925 --> 01:57:52.431 [Riv (DM)]: Similarly with his hair down his back. 01:57:52.883 --> 01:57:57.552 [Riv (DM)]: Gives you a look over and says, hey, yes, you look good, strong. 01:57:58.494 --> 01:57:59.376 [Riv (DM)]: All right, we'll think about it. 01:58:00.017 --> 01:58:02.161 [Riv (DM)]: And your trip, was it fruitful? 01:58:03.003 --> 01:58:05.448 [Riv (DM)]: She says, aye, very fruitful. 01:58:06.470 --> 01:58:08.173 [Riv (DM)]: Well, all right then, come on, come on to the back. 01:58:08.734 --> 01:58:11.820 [Riv (DM)]: Hey, Ari, you manage things here, yeah? 01:58:12.408 --> 01:58:21.201 [Riv (DM)]: And off to the side of the room you can see there's a half-orc female just leaning, holding a dagger that she's just like tossing and catching in the air. 01:58:21.281 --> 01:58:27.250 [Riv (DM)]: She's got a scar across one eye, shaved one side of her head with like a mohawk that flops over to the side. 01:58:28.251 --> 01:58:32.678 [Riv (DM)]: She's looking at you very sort of intensely, like eyeing you up almost. 01:58:34.514 --> 01:58:39.359 [Riv (DM)]: Barrack leads you towards the back of the room and into a more private area. 01:58:40.800 --> 01:58:45.204 [Riv (DM)]: Desk, probably, you know, an office of some kind. 01:58:46.926 --> 01:58:50.029 [Riv (DM)]: The guy, Barrack, is his name. 01:58:50.489 --> 01:58:54.213 [Riv (DM)]: JC, if that's what you're... Yep yep. 01:58:54.613 --> 01:58:54.874 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 01:58:55.394 --> 01:58:56.856 [Lacer (Kai)]: Is that with an I or an A? 01:58:57.536 --> 01:59:00.319 [Riv (DM)]: B-A-R-A-K, Barrack. 01:59:02.375 --> 01:59:04.277 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Simple Garrick. 01:59:04.858 --> 01:59:06.359 [Riv (DM)]: Little Barrack. 01:59:06.940 --> 01:59:12.927 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, so he goes around to his desk and sits down and says, well, straight to business then, eh Gemma? 01:59:14.468 --> 01:59:15.650 [Riv (DM)]: Let's see, let's see what you've got. 01:59:15.970 --> 01:59:21.836 [Riv (DM)]: And she pulls out the package that you had retrieved from Darmouth and hands it over. 01:59:21.876 --> 01:59:31.487 [Riv (DM)]: He pulls it down and before opening it, he kind of looks up at the rest of you and says, do any of you know what this is actually about? 01:59:33.205 --> 01:59:35.128 [Riv (DM)]: Or have you come here for answers? 01:59:38.775 --> 01:59:43.142 [Lacer (Kai)]: Also for answers, but we know it's very important. 01:59:45.286 --> 01:59:47.991 [Riv (DM)]: And may I ask how you guys met? 01:59:54.248 --> 01:59:56.912 [Lacer (Kai)]: Uh, we met along the way to Darmouth. 01:59:56.972 --> 02:00:03.060 [Lacer (Kai)]: We were just traveling in the woods hunting and we got some... We're hunting some goblins. 02:00:04.882 --> 02:00:05.503 [Riv (DM)]: Gemma pipes up. 02:00:06.284 --> 02:00:07.947 [Riv (DM)]: Aye, um, we picked them up on the road. 02:00:08.327 --> 02:00:09.649 [Riv (DM)]: Very handy group of mercenaries. 02:00:10.030 --> 02:00:13.134 [Riv (DM)]: Well, they haven't decided on a name for their group yet. 02:00:13.154 --> 02:00:13.895 [Riv (DM)]: Barak sort of laughs. 02:00:13.915 --> 02:00:15.577 [Riv (DM)]: Ah, bad for business that is. 02:00:15.837 --> 02:00:16.999 [Riv (DM)]: It's always good to have some branding. 02:00:18.241 --> 02:00:19.963 [Riv (DM)]: Um... 02:00:19.983 --> 02:00:21.745 [Riv (DM)]: Anyway... 02:00:21.766 --> 02:00:22.146 [Riv (DM)]: So... 02:00:24.640 --> 02:00:26.304 [Riv (DM)]: Have you heard any news from the north? 02:00:26.826 --> 02:00:27.367 [Riv (DM)]: I assume not. 02:00:27.447 --> 02:00:31.578 [Riv (DM)]: You've probably been caught up on whatever your travels have taken you to. 02:00:31.598 --> 02:00:33.904 [Riv (DM)]: A Mawbreaker returned. 02:00:34.726 --> 02:00:35.207 [Riv (DM)]: Sorry? 02:00:36.284 --> 02:00:40.649 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: The whispers on the streets where there was a bit of a military build-up. 02:00:40.669 --> 02:00:40.769 [Riv (DM)]: Aye. 02:00:41.750 --> 02:00:42.651 [Riv (DM)]: Just rumours for now. 02:00:43.112 --> 02:00:49.940 [Riv (DM)]: I don't think anyone really knows what's going on, but my group have slightly more intel, I would imagine, than most. 02:00:51.141 --> 02:01:00.532 [Riv (DM)]: A Mawbreaker, which is... actually, who... who could roll a history check to see if you guys know what Mawbreakers are? 02:01:00.552 --> 02:01:00.852 [JC (Ryo)]: Me. 02:01:03.576 --> 02:01:03.956 [JC (Ryo)]: I think that... 02:01:03.976 --> 02:01:04.857 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I've got proficiency. 02:01:06.423 --> 02:01:08.365 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: So does Kiwi. 02:01:09.206 --> 02:01:09.586 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Dondar. 02:01:10.287 --> 02:01:21.198 [Riv (DM)]: Dondar and Rio can probably roll history checks, because the other guys probably would have spent most of your time in the forest and stuff, right? 02:01:21.218 --> 02:01:22.559 [Riv (DM)]: Not actually in coastal cities? 02:01:23.700 --> 02:01:24.561 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, not really. 02:01:24.761 --> 02:01:31.628 [JC (Ryo)]: I mean, I would have spent most of my time in the forest as well, but I do have proficiency in history. 02:01:32.309 --> 02:01:33.210 [Riv (DM)]: Just give it a shot. 02:01:33.450 --> 02:01:35.552 [Riv (DM)]: Dondar and Rio, roll history and see what we can do. 02:01:38.924 --> 02:01:41.408 [Lacer (Kai)]: Good job. 02:01:42.550 --> 02:01:51.363 [Riv (DM)]: So Mawbreakers are a company of ship, it's like a shipping guild that, it's probably the main shipping guild of the land, Valtorra. 02:01:51.924 --> 02:02:07.868 [Riv (DM)]: They're very well known as like, not ruthless but very strong ships that, you know, they'll fight if they have to but they will get the job done with whatever the job is, usually transporting supplies and cargo and stuff like that. 02:02:08.945 --> 02:02:10.728 [Lacer (Kai)]: So they're a merchant guild? 02:02:11.990 --> 02:02:21.988 [Riv (DM)]: More of a sailing company, so they will hire, they aren't merchants themselves, they will be hired by people to perform jobs and stuff like that. 02:02:22.670 --> 02:02:23.070 [Lacer (Kai)]: Ah, okay. 02:02:25.114 --> 02:02:27.098 So like Starcrack, but if Starcrack fucked. 02:02:30.263 --> 02:02:31.746 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: East India Trading Company? 02:02:32.283 --> 02:02:33.084 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, something like that. 02:02:33.144 --> 02:02:34.666 [Riv (DM)]: Something like that. 02:02:35.267 --> 02:02:35.988 [Riv (DM)]: Barrett continues. 02:02:37.170 --> 02:02:41.636 [Riv (DM)]: A Mawbreaker returned a week or so back from Val Noren, saying that the city is locking down. 02:02:41.676 --> 02:02:49.488 [Riv (DM)]: They've supposedly expelled all Imperial authority from the city, and are readying to declare themselves an independent city from the Empire. 02:02:51.330 --> 02:02:52.171 [Riv (DM)]: They will not stand for that. 02:02:53.433 --> 02:02:53.754 [Riv (DM)]: It's done. 02:02:53.774 --> 02:02:54.635 [Riv (DM)]: Sorry, Riv, which city? 02:02:55.536 --> 02:02:57.459 [Riv (DM)]: Val Noren. 02:02:57.479 --> 02:02:58.240 [Riv (DM)]: Way to the north. 02:02:59.823 --> 02:03:00.744 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Going into winter? 02:03:02.026 --> 02:03:02.807 [Riv (DM)]: Of course, I'm into it. 02:03:04.490 --> 02:03:04.991 [Riv (DM)]: It's starting. 02:03:05.612 --> 02:03:10.419 [Riv (DM)]: The whispers of rebellion have been spreading like wildfires all across the land, I'm sure you've seen, I'm sure you've heard. 02:03:11.080 --> 02:03:16.428 [Riv (DM)]: And the Redcloaks, at this he sort of spits against the wall, can't put them out quick enough. 02:03:17.750 --> 02:03:20.133 [Riv (DM)]: And now us Mawbreakers are in an interesting position. 02:03:20.854 --> 02:03:22.557 [Riv (DM)]: Do you have any idea where our name comes from? 02:03:23.853 --> 02:03:28.860 [Riv (DM)]: Well, as you can imagine, it probably has something to do with the Moor. 02:03:29.221 --> 02:03:36.972 [Riv (DM)]: At this he reaches over into the nearby desk and puts down a map and taps here near the gulf. 02:03:41.859 --> 02:03:42.259 [Riv (DM)]: The Moor. 02:03:44.262 --> 02:03:45.404 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, it's very interesting. 02:03:46.225 --> 02:03:49.990 [Riv (DM)]: The only way in and out of the Gulf of Miriel is through the Moor. 02:03:50.471 --> 02:03:53.235 [Riv (DM)]: It's a very, very treacherous stretch of ocean. 02:03:54.548 --> 02:03:59.333 [Riv (DM)]: Some people try it and aren't very successful and their ships are scattered against the seafloor. 02:04:00.214 --> 02:04:10.904 [Riv (DM)]: My company have perfected the art of navigating it and so we've become, let's say, an almost invaluable resource for anyone trying to get goods in and out of the gulf itself. 02:04:12.165 --> 02:04:15.309 [Riv (DM)]: That's how we've been able to secure such a strong position. 02:04:17.531 --> 02:04:19.813 [Riv (DM)]: But you see, here's the thing. 02:04:20.317 --> 02:04:27.708 [Riv (DM)]: If war were to break out, looking at this map, where would you say the best line of supply to the capital of Val Luminor would be? 02:04:30.112 --> 02:04:30.773 [Unmatched Speaker]: It looks up at you. 02:04:37.483 --> 02:04:38.644 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Definitely by water. 02:04:39.686 --> 02:04:40.147 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: The river. 02:04:40.968 --> 02:04:41.068 [Riv (DM)]: Aye. 02:04:42.130 --> 02:04:45.835 [Riv (DM)]: Through the gulf, through Valmellor and straight up the river. 02:04:50.287 --> 02:04:51.068 [Riv (DM)]: And that brings us to this. 02:04:52.049 --> 02:04:59.077 [Riv (DM)]: He taps the package and says, Skyreach. 02:04:59.097 --> 02:04:59.738 [Riv (DM)]: What have you heard of it? 02:05:04.644 --> 02:05:05.385 [JC (Ryo)]: Where's Skyreach? 02:05:05.585 --> 02:05:05.825 [JC (Ryo)]: Sorry? 02:05:08.949 --> 02:05:11.011 [Riv (DM)]: Are you asking? 02:05:11.672 --> 02:05:13.754 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, it's not on the map. 02:05:13.774 --> 02:05:14.035 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 02:05:16.337 --> 02:05:18.640 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: It's a name we've heard. 02:05:20.037 --> 02:05:26.645 [Riv (DM)]: I'd be surprised if you had, it's been very... should we say secret for many years at this point. 02:05:26.665 --> 02:05:32.772 [Riv (DM)]: For nearly a decade the Empire have been building a viaduct of unimaginable size across the Aeolian chasm down here. 02:05:33.313 --> 02:05:39.560 [Riv (DM)]: And he um, he taps at the... oh why is my... 02:05:39.580 --> 02:05:40.401 [JC (Ryo)]: I can't see your pingy. 02:05:40.601 --> 02:05:41.142 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah my ping. 02:05:41.162 --> 02:05:43.645 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah I was zoomed out the whole way to try and see your ping so I don't see him. 02:05:45.087 --> 02:05:48.050 [JC (Ryo)]: Let me restart foundry. 02:05:48.070 --> 02:05:48.711 [Riv (DM)]: Very strange. 02:05:55.728 --> 02:05:57.511 [Riv (DM)]: There we go. 02:05:57.531 --> 02:05:59.173 [Riv (DM)]: Pings! 02:05:59.193 --> 02:06:00.215 [Riv (DM)]: So taps down here on the map. 02:06:02.018 --> 02:06:03.400 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, down there, okay. 02:06:03.420 --> 02:06:06.966 [Riv (DM)]: The Aeolian Chasm. 02:06:06.986 --> 02:06:10.932 [Riv (DM)]: That is where all the prisoners and so-called enemies of the Empire have been ending up. 02:06:11.813 --> 02:06:22.410 [Riv (DM)]: Now, assuming that you have easier passage through the Aeolian Mountains, given that, where would you say the next best line of supply to the capital would be? 02:06:25.023 --> 02:06:27.945 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'll be honest, I'm surprised the Empire hasn't moved against you already. 02:06:28.186 --> 02:06:29.167 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: You've got the Stranglehold. 02:06:30.608 --> 02:06:31.048 [Riv (DM)]: I agree. 02:06:31.488 --> 02:06:36.032 [Riv (DM)]: I wonder if they are planning something, or if they just haven't considered it. 02:06:38.414 --> 02:06:42.238 [Riv (DM)]: But, obviously, this is gonna be... 02:06:42.978 --> 02:06:46.721 [Riv (DM)]: They're essentially gonna circumvent the requirement for us altogether. 02:06:46.741 --> 02:06:54.608 [Riv (DM)]: I guess you could look at it from a monetary perspective, it will hurt our business, but... 02:06:54.757 --> 02:06:58.186 [Riv (DM)]: It's broader than that. 02:06:58.206 --> 02:07:10.639 [Riv (DM)]: This will allow them to wage their war or whatever they're planning without needing to rely on us to support their supplies. 02:07:11.834 --> 02:07:17.360 [Riv (DM)]: Now these, this package that Jemma here has retrieved, these are the schematics of Skyreach. 02:07:17.940 --> 02:07:27.771 [Riv (DM)]: With them, my engineers can determine precisely where we would need to hit the structure and bring it crumbling, thus cutting off the Empire's plans to control the supply lanes for the war that they see coming. 02:07:28.712 --> 02:07:30.874 [Riv (DM)]: And that would change everything. 02:07:32.055 --> 02:07:38.382 [Riv (DM)]: I can see cities beginning to switch already as soon as word of a blow such as this against the Empire would come out. 02:07:39.779 --> 02:07:40.580 [Riv (DM)]: And that is the plan. 02:07:40.640 --> 02:07:41.441 [Riv (DM)]: That's what we're gonna do. 02:07:42.742 --> 02:07:45.525 [Riv (DM)]: At this he sits back and awaits expectedly. 02:07:46.887 --> 02:07:49.329 [Riv (DM)]: Well, are you in? 02:07:50.771 --> 02:07:55.396 [Riv (DM)]: We've always got room on ships for more men and women to support such an effort. 02:07:57.799 --> 02:08:01.843 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I would be surprised if you release us after telling us such a plan. 02:08:03.585 --> 02:08:06.428 [Riv (DM)]: Well, I trust Gemma and Gemma says she trusts you. 02:08:09.344 --> 02:08:16.716 [Lacer (Kai)]: Well, the package wouldn't be here without us, to be honest, so I guess we're in. 02:08:16.756 --> 02:08:21.203 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Indeed. 02:08:21.223 --> 02:08:21.664 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Why not? 02:08:22.786 --> 02:08:23.207 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Excellent. 02:08:24.389 --> 02:08:25.390 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: It's a bold plan. 02:08:26.171 --> 02:08:27.854 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I said a shit tonne could go wrong. 02:08:28.876 --> 02:08:28.956 [Riv (DM)]: Aye. 02:08:30.573 --> 02:08:31.655 [Riv (DM)]: We're not going to go into this blind. 02:08:32.516 --> 02:08:36.942 [Riv (DM)]: We need to first analyze this and figure out exactly what we're going to do. 02:08:37.643 --> 02:08:38.524 [Riv (DM)]: Give us a couple of days. 02:08:39.225 --> 02:08:43.351 [Riv (DM)]: Lay low in the city and meet back here on the docks a couple of days from now. 02:08:43.632 --> 02:08:46.356 [Riv (DM)]: And we will gather everyone together and we'll head out. 02:08:47.838 --> 02:08:51.022 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm going to take a quick moment, look around the party. 02:08:53.045 --> 02:08:53.586 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We're doing this. 02:08:53.666 --> 02:08:54.007 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We're in. 02:08:56.991 --> 02:08:57.812 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Death to the Empire. 02:08:59.817 --> 02:09:02.180 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I mean, it's not like we have any fucking option really, do we? 02:09:03.141 --> 02:09:03.882 [Lacer (Kai)]: Then we're wanted. 02:09:04.302 --> 02:09:08.928 [Lacer (Kai)]: Some of us are wanted by the Empire, so I don't think we have much option. 02:09:09.008 --> 02:09:14.555 [Lacer (Kai)]: We either live a free life or we strike back and take what we can get. 02:09:14.575 --> 02:09:20.762 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: In that case, are you wanted by the Empire? 02:09:23.005 --> 02:09:23.345 [Lacer (Kai)]: Kai? 02:09:24.787 --> 02:09:26.449 [Lacer (Kai)]: Not me personally, but... 02:09:27.408 --> 02:09:38.684 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm sure there's people among us, or people in the whole of this continent that despise the Empire, so we might be doing them a favour. 02:09:42.890 --> 02:09:44.052 [Riv (DM)]: Barriclane Falls. 02:09:47.016 --> 02:09:53.565 [Riv (DM)]: I think all the land needs right now is a single spark, and the whole thing will go up in flames, and wouldn't that be glorious? 02:09:53.786 --> 02:09:56.790 [Riv (DM)]: The chance to push back this Empire once and for all. 02:10:00.888 --> 02:10:02.150 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm going to... 02:10:02.170 --> 02:10:03.531 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I imagine there's another seat at the desk. 02:10:03.551 --> 02:10:12.543 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm going to pull one out, sit down, reach into our notes and pull out the captain's letter from the ship. 02:10:13.824 --> 02:10:14.205 [Riv (DM)]: What's this? 02:10:17.429 --> 02:10:23.797 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Let's just say we weren't in the forest to start off with. 02:10:24.137 --> 02:10:29.764 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We may have been acquired to work on Skyreach and never made it there. 02:10:31.465 --> 02:10:33.608 [Riv (DM)]: At this he leans back and claps his hand and laughs. 02:10:34.890 --> 02:10:37.053 [Riv (DM)]: What an interesting turn of fate then, eh? 02:10:37.754 --> 02:10:43.942 [Riv (DM)]: You were bound to end your lives at Skyreach itself and now potentially have the opportunity to bring it crumbling to the ground. 02:10:44.263 --> 02:10:47.748 [Riv (DM)]: Well, it seems like fate has aligned well before us. 02:10:50.091 --> 02:11:00.325 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: But from what we're seeing here, I don't know what the timeline on your plans is, but if they're trying to finish it before winter, and winter is coming very close, 02:11:02.178 --> 02:11:03.600 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Things might need to accelerate. 02:11:04.702 --> 02:11:05.363 [Riv (DM)]: He reads the note. 02:11:06.244 --> 02:11:12.915 [Riv (DM)]: Failure to complete Skyreach before winter is not an option. 02:11:12.935 --> 02:11:18.043 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: There's also the minor issue is, I imagine, the Straits up near Val Noren. 02:11:19.665 --> 02:11:24.052 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I vaguely recall you mentioning that they freeze over in winter and that's the only way in and out. 02:11:24.072 --> 02:11:25.835 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Or was that pre-Session Zero? 02:11:28.840 --> 02:11:30.362 [Riv (DM)]: No, that's roughly right. 02:11:32.047 --> 02:11:40.352 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Because as soon as that freezes over, every Imperial fucking troop is going to march across that frozen ocean and burn the city to the ground. 02:11:43.150 --> 02:11:45.393 [Riv (DM)]: Indeed, but don't count Val Noren out. 02:11:46.154 --> 02:11:48.297 [Riv (DM)]: These ancient cities know how to defend themselves. 02:11:48.938 --> 02:11:54.805 [Riv (DM)]: And they probably know a thing or two about the shards and that stretch of ocean anyway. 02:11:55.126 --> 02:11:56.207 [Riv (DM)]: They can probably defend it. 02:11:56.588 --> 02:12:00.733 [Riv (DM)]: But the key thing that we can do to help them is to cut off the supply line to the capital. 02:12:01.514 --> 02:12:11.908 [Riv (DM)]: If the Empire's soldiers don't have any way of sustaining their army, well, if it ends up being a long, drawn-out assault, it just makes it all the more harder for them, doesn't it? 02:12:13.930 --> 02:12:14.931 [Lacer (Kai)]: That is true. 02:12:15.432 --> 02:12:27.005 [Lacer (Kai)]: Because the military might need to pass through either the mountains or through Val Miriel to get to Val Noren. 02:12:27.045 --> 02:12:28.727 [Riv (DM)]: Exactly. 02:12:29.388 --> 02:12:30.609 [Riv (DM)]: And here's the trick. 02:12:31.530 --> 02:12:34.353 [Riv (DM)]: We won't carry supplies for the Empire through the gulf. 02:12:34.894 --> 02:12:38.077 [Riv (DM)]: They'll have to try and chance the moor on their own. 02:12:38.498 --> 02:12:42.182 [Riv (DM)]: And let's just say I give them 50-50, maybe less. 02:12:43.597 --> 02:12:47.944 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Unless there's someone waiting on the other side. 02:12:47.964 --> 02:12:49.126 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Now that's not a bad idea. 02:12:51.209 --> 02:12:52.712 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Do the Empire have their own navy? 02:12:53.874 --> 02:12:54.354 [Riv (DM)]: They have some. 02:12:55.015 --> 02:13:04.230 [Riv (DM)]: Mostly they have outsourced, but none of them are anywhere near the caliber of my company. 02:13:04.250 --> 02:13:05.372 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: How many are your company? 02:13:06.714 --> 02:13:10.380 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, dozens if not hundreds across the cities. 02:13:18.005 --> 02:13:21.771 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: There's one other aspect to this, and I'll tap the left side of the map. 02:13:24.975 --> 02:13:27.980 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: What's the story with the short ones? 02:13:28.000 --> 02:13:29.522 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Are they involved? 02:13:29.542 --> 02:13:30.443 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Do they stand free? 02:13:31.525 --> 02:13:31.965 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Dwarves? 02:13:35.410 --> 02:13:38.375 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Imagine when half the continent catches on fire, they're not going to be very happy. 02:13:40.298 --> 02:13:42.601 [Riv (DM)]: Yes, well, the dwarves are an interesting one. 02:13:42.861 --> 02:13:45.345 [Riv (DM)]: He nods to Dondar and says, 02:13:46.321 --> 02:13:50.345 [Riv (DM)]: How much... how involved would you say you were with the Dwarven rebellions? 02:13:54.269 --> 02:13:59.695 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Uh... my parents were killed in the rebellions. 02:14:00.535 --> 02:14:01.236 [Riv (DM)]: I'm sorry to hear that. 02:14:02.578 --> 02:14:08.844 [Riv (DM)]: Well, I'm sure that your friend here can tell you that the Dwarven people have tried to rise up once before. 02:14:09.785 --> 02:14:15.771 [Riv (DM)]: Didn't work out for them, but... potentially, given enough hope, maybe they would do it again. 02:14:20.290 --> 02:14:21.892 [Riv (DM)]: I'm sure they could be persuaded. 02:14:25.297 --> 02:14:25.377 [Riv (DM)]: Mmm. 02:14:25.397 --> 02:14:26.338 [Riv (DM)]: Thorough, sturdy people. 02:14:26.639 --> 02:14:28.321 [Riv (DM)]: And he sort of nods at you with respect. 02:14:34.590 --> 02:14:35.551 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Ah, returns the nod. 02:14:39.777 --> 02:14:39.917 [Unmatched Speaker]: Mm-hmm. 02:14:39.937 --> 02:14:40.037 [Unmatched Speaker]: Okay. 02:14:44.287 --> 02:14:44.908 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Well then. 02:14:44.928 --> 02:14:46.270 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Well, where are we? 02:14:46.290 --> 02:14:47.331 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We don't really have an option. 02:14:47.371 --> 02:14:54.621 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Especially after the way shit went down in Darmouth, our faces are gonna probably on every wall of every fucking city, so. 02:14:56.463 --> 02:14:57.725 [Riv (DM)]: Hmm. 02:14:57.745 --> 02:15:00.689 [Riv (DM)]: Maybe you place too much stock in the efficiency of the Empire. 02:15:01.670 --> 02:15:04.894 [Riv (DM)]: But maybe it's better to play it safe anyway. 02:15:09.802 --> 02:15:12.471 [Lacer (Kai)]: I ask, what's the stop? 02:15:13.254 --> 02:15:14.458 [Lacer (Kai)]: To look at the map, right? 02:15:15.201 --> 02:15:22.326 [Lacer (Kai)]: What's the stop the Empire from marching their armies from Val Luminor to Shardcrest and sailing their way across? 02:15:23.555 --> 02:15:24.196 [Riv (DM)]: Shardcrest? 02:15:24.416 --> 02:15:25.758 [Riv (DM)]: No, that dock's far too small. 02:15:26.980 --> 02:15:28.763 [Riv (DM)]: The ocean out that way is treacherous. 02:15:29.384 --> 02:15:34.712 [Riv (DM)]: Not as bad as the moor, but there's no way that they would have any sort of large-scale shipping opportunity from there. 02:15:35.673 --> 02:15:36.695 [Riv (DM)]: It's much, much such a port. 02:15:37.837 --> 02:15:38.878 [Lacer (Kai)]: That's good to know then. 02:15:41.302 --> 02:15:43.626 [Riv (DM)]: We have them in a stranglehold, that's for sure. 02:15:44.226 --> 02:15:48.533 [Riv (DM)]: They mustn't have considered the gulf and what control we have over it. 02:15:49.120 --> 02:15:50.342 [Riv (DM)]: Well, then again, maybe they did. 02:15:50.903 --> 02:15:53.307 [Riv (DM)]: They have been building Skyreach for nearly a decade. 02:15:53.767 --> 02:15:54.949 [Riv (DM)]: Maybe that was their plan all along. 02:15:58.655 --> 02:16:04.905 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Honestly, that's a hell of an investment to bypass something that they could probably take by force if they really tried. 02:16:06.808 --> 02:16:07.870 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'd like to see them try. 02:16:07.910 --> 02:16:13.879 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: There's a few people out there that probably would disagree with that. 02:16:16.036 --> 02:16:17.758 [Riv (DM)]: Well, on the land, possibly. 02:16:18.198 --> 02:16:24.044 [Riv (DM)]: On the ocean, no shot. 02:16:24.064 --> 02:16:29.309 [Lacer (Kai)]: Talking about the land, do we have any friends in the dark woods north of here? 02:16:35.676 --> 02:16:36.276 [Riv (DM)]: Me? 02:16:37.518 --> 02:16:37.818 [Riv (DM)]: No. 02:16:37.838 --> 02:16:39.239 [Riv (DM)]: No port cities up that way, I'm afraid. 02:16:41.702 --> 02:16:42.803 [Lacer (Kai)]: Interesting. 02:16:43.897 --> 02:16:50.424 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I think any defention of Val Noren will be in the straights, but that's the opposite end of the world from where we're at. 02:16:51.305 --> 02:16:53.908 [JC (Ryo)]: I've spent a lot of time in the Darkwood, there's not much there. 02:16:55.810 --> 02:16:56.070 [JC (Ryo)]: Indeed. 02:17:00.936 --> 02:17:01.937 [JC (Ryo)]: Is Gemma still with us? 02:17:03.258 --> 02:17:03.819 [JC (Ryo)]: Yep, she's chillin'. 02:17:07.803 --> 02:17:10.326 [JC (Ryo)]: Barik, you seem to be someone well-travelled. 02:17:11.183 --> 02:17:15.170 [JC (Ryo)]: Just reading the room, Gemma trusts this guy really well, right? 02:17:17.073 --> 02:17:17.153 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 02:17:17.173 --> 02:17:20.519 [Riv (DM)]: You saw them, they hugged at the start and she's got a lot of respect for him. 02:17:21.140 --> 02:17:24.405 [JC (Ryo)]: Are we in a private little room or are we in an open bar? 02:17:25.026 --> 02:17:25.727 [JC (Ryo)]: Yep, private room. 02:17:25.887 --> 02:17:28.031 [JC (Ryo)]: This is a very private room discussion. 02:17:28.191 --> 02:17:29.413 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Private office. 02:17:29.574 --> 02:17:32.038 [JC (Ryo)]: Just making sure before I do what I'm about to do. 02:17:33.660 --> 02:17:37.647 [JC (Ryo)]: I'll take my hood and bandana down and show that I'm a full elf. 02:17:38.437 --> 02:17:45.048 [JC (Ryo)]: I go to Barrick, I went, do you know where my people are? 02:17:45.068 --> 02:17:47.291 [Riv (DM)]: He leans back in some genuine surprise. 02:17:48.333 --> 02:17:49.014 [Riv (DM)]: Interesting. 02:17:49.615 --> 02:17:52.880 [Riv (DM)]: I haven't seen an elf in years, I don't think. 02:17:53.942 --> 02:17:54.803 [Riv (DM)]: But no, I'm sorry. 02:17:55.344 --> 02:17:57.107 [Riv (DM)]: It's one of those mysteries of the land. 02:17:57.327 --> 02:18:00.132 [Riv (DM)]: I've only seen elves from other parts of the world, other continents. 02:18:01.634 --> 02:18:03.297 [Riv (DM)]: The native elves of Valtorra. 02:18:04.390 --> 02:18:10.495 [Riv (DM)]: Probably, you know, other than the odd half-elf here and there, which he nods at a couple of the people in your party. 02:18:11.956 --> 02:18:14.639 [Riv (DM)]: Hasn't been any word in nigh on nearly a century. 02:18:16.260 --> 02:18:19.223 [JC (Ryo)]: I've been in the Darkwood for as long as I can remember on my own. 02:18:20.584 --> 02:18:22.345 [JC (Ryo)]: Trying to find out where they all are. 02:18:23.466 --> 02:18:23.927 [Riv (DM)]: Interesting. 02:18:24.127 --> 02:18:29.952 [Riv (DM)]: Well, that would potentially explain how you've been able to avoid capture for so long. 02:18:31.093 --> 02:18:33.975 [Riv (DM)]: It's a very isolated place from what I hear. 02:18:34.782 --> 02:18:38.607 [JC (Ryo)]: With that, I put my bandana and hood back on. 02:18:40.850 --> 02:18:45.317 [JC (Ryo)]: Tucked my ears away, tied it all up. 02:18:45.337 --> 02:19:00.638 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: So, just to clarify for me, we're going to attack and destroy a secret project that nobody knows about, or barely knows the location of, correct? 02:19:01.647 --> 02:19:03.169 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yes, that is the plan. 02:19:03.189 --> 02:19:05.571 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: And this will be the tinderbox that will ignite Rebellion. 02:19:06.372 --> 02:19:06.772 [JC (Ryo)]: Ideally. 02:19:06.952 --> 02:19:07.673 [JC (Ryo)]: Ideally. 02:19:07.693 --> 02:19:10.816 [JC (Ryo)]: They're building the Death Star and they want to blow it up. 02:19:12.158 --> 02:19:13.999 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm just curious how... 02:19:16.442 --> 02:19:20.626 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm sorry, I've got massive Star Wars vibe right now. 02:19:21.187 --> 02:19:29.595 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: It was definitely a good rallying point, but the thing about secret bases is no one really knows they're there before or after they're destroyed. 02:19:31.229 --> 02:19:33.133 [Riv (DM)]: Hmm. 02:19:33.153 --> 02:19:39.285 [Riv (DM)]: Well, I'm sure that there are many prisoners or slaves currently working there. 02:19:39.826 --> 02:19:46.879 [Riv (DM)]: I'm sure word will spread, assuming we are able to free some of the people. 02:19:46.899 --> 02:19:47.280 [Riv (DM)]: That's fair enough. 02:19:49.792 --> 02:19:55.217 [Riv (DM)]: To be honest, it's a very impressive feat that they've been able to keep it secret for this long. 02:19:55.237 --> 02:20:03.064 [Riv (DM)]: But I can't imagine that if we are successful, and we can free the slaves who currently work on it, that the word won't spread like fire. 02:20:08.349 --> 02:20:10.771 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I suppose the next is the follow-through. 02:20:11.392 --> 02:20:13.414 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Val Noren is definitely going to come under the threat. 02:20:14.515 --> 02:20:15.616 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Are they going to be able to hold? 02:20:16.837 --> 02:20:18.178 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Are they going to be able to support? 02:20:19.897 --> 02:20:21.964 [Riv (DM)]: I'll be honest with you, I'm not sure. 02:20:23.589 --> 02:20:30.031 [Riv (DM)]: I've got friends there, and I've worked with people there for years, but I'm not personally a soldier myself. 02:20:30.472 --> 02:20:32.860 [Riv (DM)]: You know, we rule the seas. 02:20:33.278 --> 02:20:43.454 [Riv (DM)]: We here are, I don't want to say doing this out of our own interests, while it might look like that, but if we do this we know that it will support and help the rest of the land. 02:20:43.835 --> 02:20:47.020 [Riv (DM)]: I can only hope that someone else is able to pick up the mantle from there. 02:20:47.942 --> 02:20:51.928 [Riv (DM)]: There isn't exactly an organized rebellion happening right now. 02:20:53.242 --> 02:20:58.129 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Well, somebody's organized something if they've removed Imperial forces from Doran and are locking down. 02:20:58.410 --> 02:21:02.116 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: They're obviously ready to go it hard. 02:21:02.736 --> 02:21:04.018 [Riv (DM)]: Yes, it is very interesting. 02:21:05.441 --> 02:21:08.645 [Riv (DM)]: Might be worth heading there, actually, afterwards to see. 02:21:09.246 --> 02:21:11.149 [Riv (DM)]: I was just thinking that. 02:21:12.071 --> 02:21:16.277 [Riv (DM)]: Maybe avoiding could be quite hot to begin with. 02:21:17.359 --> 02:21:18.861 [Riv (DM)]: I'm sure you can play it by ear. 02:21:20.225 --> 02:21:26.516 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Sure, it would be probably one of the first places of call for those freed from the Viaduct. 02:21:27.517 --> 02:21:29.521 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Rallying point that's relatively defensible. 02:21:33.207 --> 02:21:36.692 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Ocean base, so easy to launch raids and strikes from. 02:21:37.935 --> 02:21:38.516 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 02:21:38.536 --> 02:21:39.397 [Riv (DM)]: It's got a possibility. 02:21:40.579 --> 02:21:40.859 [Riv (DM)]: Indeed. 02:21:40.940 --> 02:21:42.402 [Riv (DM)]: I'm sure they'd consider this as well. 02:21:46.752 --> 02:21:58.070 [Lacer (Kai)]: Since Valerian touched on secret places, on our way to Camaar, we came across, in the distance, some unusual tower. 02:21:59.092 --> 02:22:00.775 [Lacer (Kai)]: And I look at Gemma. 02:22:01.055 --> 02:22:08.187 [Lacer (Kai)]: As we tried to get close to it, we would be teleported back towards the caravan. 02:22:08.167 --> 02:22:13.515 [Lacer (Kai)]: Does that seem very... have you come across anything like this before? 02:22:14.356 --> 02:22:21.306 [Lacer (Kai)]: Or heard any rumors of people coming from Darmouth and seeing this tower in the mountains? 02:22:23.910 --> 02:22:23.990 [Riv (DM)]: Hmm. 02:22:24.010 --> 02:22:26.173 [Riv (DM)]: You sure you didn't drink too much that night, did you? 02:22:27.856 --> 02:22:28.176 [Lacer (Kai)]: No. 02:22:29.097 --> 02:22:30.900 [Lacer (Kai)]: I rarely consume alcohol. 02:22:31.420 --> 02:22:34.485 [JC (Ryo)]: I don't drink at all, and what he said is true. 02:22:35.446 --> 02:22:35.847 [JC (Ryo)]: Fair enough. 02:22:36.387 --> 02:22:38.611 [Riv (DM)]: But I'm sorry, friends, I know the oceans. 02:22:38.811 --> 02:22:41.255 [Riv (DM)]: I can't speak to crazy things happening on the land. 02:22:41.275 --> 02:22:47.143 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: It was in the general area of where we're headed, but maybe not close enough to be related. 02:22:48.565 --> 02:22:51.690 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Hmm. 02:22:52.717 --> 02:22:55.722 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: So these are the plans. 02:22:56.222 --> 02:22:57.705 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Several days to decipher you said? 02:22:58.606 --> 02:22:59.407 [Riv (DM)]: Give us a couple days. 02:23:00.169 --> 02:23:06.458 [Riv (DM)]: Say pop by in two days from now, see the progress and we can have a better idea from there how long we'll need. 02:23:06.939 --> 02:23:09.283 [Riv (DM)]: I can't imagine my engineers need more than two or three days. 02:23:12.107 --> 02:23:15.332 [Riv (DM)]: Spend some time in the city, you know. 02:23:16.477 --> 02:23:28.013 [Riv (DM)]: Try not to raise too much alarm or suspicion, but have a look around and yeah, we'll get you sorted out on a boat, try and find the right positions and slots you can fill. 02:23:28.033 --> 02:23:30.056 [JC (Ryo)]: How familiar are you with Camaar? 02:23:32.359 --> 02:23:33.040 [Riv (DM)]: Are you asking Beric? 02:23:34.763 --> 02:23:34.903 [Riv (DM)]: Mm-hmm. 02:23:34.923 --> 02:23:36.385 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, I know it like the back of my hand. 02:23:38.187 --> 02:23:38.648 [JC (Ryo)]: Ah, sweet. 02:23:38.668 --> 02:23:43.615 [JC (Ryo)]: Can you point out some shops and some places we might be able to find some work while we're here? 02:23:44.860 --> 02:23:50.148 [Riv (DM)]: Sure, I mean, there's always the Green Griffin Mercenary Guild if you want to look for that sort of work. 02:23:50.168 --> 02:23:52.332 [Riv (DM)]: But otherwise, why don't you just ask around some of the inns? 02:23:52.372 --> 02:23:54.094 [Riv (DM)]: I'm sure there are people out there looking for work. 02:23:55.577 --> 02:23:56.979 [Riv (DM)]: There's plenty of shopping. 02:23:56.999 --> 02:23:59.763 [Lacer (Kai)]: Any specific shops? 02:23:59.803 --> 02:24:02.547 [Lacer (Kai)]: That way we can find some special items. 02:24:04.130 --> 02:24:04.831 [Riv (DM)]: What are you looking for? 02:24:05.872 --> 02:24:10.159 [Lacer (Kai)]: Like things that may be of the magic quality. 02:24:11.928 --> 02:24:21.125 [JC (Ryo)]: Is there a good enchanter nearby or a really really uh well-known um just a well-known merchant shop that has uh good good uh stuff? 02:24:22.187 --> 02:24:34.510 [Riv (DM)]: Well it's a it's a it's a sailor's town can't say there's a lot of magic but there is one place what's what's her name ah old um 02:24:36.751 --> 02:24:38.454 [Riv (DM)]: Let me look at my thing. 02:24:38.694 --> 02:24:38.994 [Riv (DM)]: There we go. 02:24:39.115 --> 02:24:40.116 [Riv (DM)]: Old Alara. 02:24:40.777 --> 02:24:42.479 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, Alara, that's the name. 02:24:43.020 --> 02:24:45.384 [Riv (DM)]: The Gilded Grimoire, I believe is the name of the store. 02:24:45.404 --> 02:24:47.807 [Riv (DM)]: She has books and trinkets, that sort of thing. 02:24:48.048 --> 02:24:49.250 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, you could check around there. 02:24:50.371 --> 02:24:54.417 [Riv (DM)]: Otherwise, the few general stores around Thornwick's Imperium isn't too far from here. 02:24:56.881 --> 02:24:57.021 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 02:24:59.785 --> 02:25:03.129 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm sure there's an Empire presence we're looking at in the city. 02:25:03.410 --> 02:25:06.313 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We did run into a patrolling Redcloak south of here. 02:25:07.675 --> 02:25:09.417 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I notice it's pretty chaotic. 02:25:09.437 --> 02:25:13.082 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I don't think it stayed but a firm grip but it's still the Empire. 02:25:13.983 --> 02:25:14.243 [Riv (DM)]: Indeed. 02:25:14.864 --> 02:25:17.026 [Riv (DM)]: Not as much here as I'm sure you would have seen in Darmouth. 02:25:17.507 --> 02:25:18.709 [Riv (DM)]: There's the odd. 02:25:18.729 --> 02:25:22.333 [Riv (DM)]: They have a barracks but they mostly keep to themselves. 02:25:22.313 --> 02:25:26.017 [Riv (DM)]: The town is, you know, one of the ancient towns of Valtorra. 02:25:26.037 --> 02:25:27.819 [Riv (DM)]: They don't have the best control over it. 02:25:28.380 --> 02:25:37.510 [Riv (DM)]: I mean, take the wrong turn down the wrong alley and you'll be surrounded potentially by all manner of bad people and bad deeds. 02:25:37.530 --> 02:25:42.837 [Riv (DM)]: So, yeah, I think they've given up at this point trying to strangle and chokehold the city. 02:25:45.059 --> 02:25:45.760 [Riv (DM)]: That works for us. 02:25:46.321 --> 02:25:46.701 [Riv (DM)]: Indeed. 02:25:53.988 --> 02:26:01.880 [Lacer (Kai)]: Well then, we will prepare for ourselves for the next two days, and we'll come see you again later on in the week. 02:26:02.961 --> 02:26:03.342 [Riv (DM)]: Excellent. 02:26:03.862 --> 02:26:06.146 [Riv (DM)]: He stands up and claps his hands together. 02:26:06.166 --> 02:26:09.330 [Riv (DM)]: I believe that's where we'll be camping out. 02:26:09.831 --> 02:26:10.292 [Riv (DM)]: Gemma nods. 02:26:11.193 --> 02:26:11.974 [Riv (DM)]: Yep, off to the lion. 02:26:13.356 --> 02:26:13.857 [Riv (DM)]: It's our usual. 02:26:16.781 --> 02:26:18.023 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 02:26:18.043 --> 02:26:21.328 [Riv (DM)]: And she leads you back out of the office. 02:26:22.996 --> 02:26:24.278 [Riv (DM)]: Barret stays inside. 02:26:24.778 --> 02:26:29.684 [Riv (DM)]: Actually, no, he follows after you and just sort of nods over at the half-orc woman. 02:26:30.525 --> 02:26:39.196 [Riv (DM)]: She sort of nods back and you head on back out onto the docks. 02:26:39.216 --> 02:26:40.898 [Riv (DM)]: Gemma looks around at you. 02:26:41.919 --> 02:26:44.082 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, well, I'm going to head over to the lion. 02:26:45.784 --> 02:26:46.725 [Riv (DM)]: She looks up at the sky. 02:26:46.865 --> 02:26:52.632 [Riv (DM)]: It's probably heading towards late evening now at this point after a decent day's travel. 02:26:53.337 --> 02:26:56.903 [Riv (DM)]: I'll meet you there, or do you want to come now and bunk down and then you can head out tomorrow? 02:26:58.926 --> 02:27:01.169 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We've got two guys to kill that I don't think we're going to hang with. 02:27:01.190 --> 02:27:04.575 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We can probably head for a rest. 02:27:05.236 --> 02:27:06.378 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, fair enough, fair enough. 02:27:06.418 --> 02:27:11.506 [Riv (DM)]: So she leads you back into the city through the twists and turns and the bustle of the crowd. 02:27:13.730 --> 02:27:15.312 [Riv (DM)]: Let's see, the Lion Inn. 02:27:16.692 --> 02:27:23.319 [Riv (DM)]: It's a two story establishment made of stacked stones like the rest. 02:27:23.459 --> 02:27:26.422 [Riv (DM)]: It's probably slightly on the nicer side than most of the buildings here. 02:27:27.062 --> 02:27:32.267 [Riv (DM)]: It's got a large wooden carved lion out front, so impossible to miss. 02:27:32.307 --> 02:27:35.611 [Riv (DM)]: You can head on inside and it's very warm and cozy. 02:27:36.051 --> 02:27:44.219 [Riv (DM)]: It's not like any of the rough sort of sailors or taverns, sailors taverns, that sort of thing that you might have walked past on the docks. 02:27:45.080 --> 02:27:46.041 [Riv (DM)]: There's a bunch of people in here. 02:27:46.021 --> 02:27:46.922 [Riv (DM)]: Not super busy. 02:27:47.562 --> 02:27:50.925 [Riv (DM)]: One of the tables in the back corner, you can see the rest of the merchant group. 02:27:52.206 --> 02:27:59.392 [Riv (DM)]: There's a dude, a man playing a harp in one of the corners of the room, just sort of gently plucking away. 02:27:59.412 --> 02:28:08.240 [Riv (DM)]: And there's a woman sort of, you know, spinning and racing back and forth across the room, handing out drinks and waiting on people. 02:28:10.161 --> 02:28:11.102 [Riv (DM)]: What time of the day is it? 02:28:11.883 --> 02:28:13.905 [Riv (DM)]: It's pushing evening now at this point, yeah. 02:28:14.025 --> 02:28:15.606 [Riv (DM)]: Full day's travel to get here, so. 02:28:15.991 --> 02:28:16.632 [Riv (DM)]: Cool, cool. 02:28:16.652 --> 02:28:20.180 [Riv (DM)]: It's starting to get dark, yep. 02:28:20.200 --> 02:28:20.881 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 02:28:22.384 --> 02:28:29.139 [Riv (DM)]: Seeing you come in, the woman comes over and says, Oh hello, hello people, darling, travelers. 02:28:29.700 --> 02:28:31.403 [Riv (DM)]: Welcome to my cozy inn. 02:28:32.185 --> 02:28:33.207 [Riv (DM)]: You're looking for rooms? 02:28:34.351 --> 02:28:35.573 [Riv (DM)]: Gemma just nods at her. 02:28:36.033 --> 02:28:37.095 [Riv (DM)]: Hey, hey, Saren. 02:28:38.737 --> 02:28:40.099 [Riv (DM)]: Just the usual rooms for us. 02:28:40.279 --> 02:28:43.303 [Riv (DM)]: And then, yeah, I'm sure they can sort theirs out. 02:28:43.323 --> 02:28:46.248 [Riv (DM)]: She just walks on past and meets up with her group. 02:28:47.209 --> 02:28:49.492 [Riv (DM)]: And Saren, the woman, looks at you. 02:28:50.974 --> 02:28:51.655 [Riv (DM)]: So what will it be then? 02:28:51.675 --> 02:28:52.536 [Riv (DM)]: You need a couple of rooms. 02:29:01.589 --> 02:29:03.011 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yep, rooms for six. 02:29:03.031 --> 02:29:03.852 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: What have we got? 02:29:06.245 --> 02:29:06.765 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, sure. 02:29:06.846 --> 02:29:07.326 [Riv (DM)]: No problem. 02:29:07.406 --> 02:29:09.488 [Riv (DM)]: We've got plenty of rooms, I think. 02:29:09.508 --> 02:29:14.492 [Riv (DM)]: Do you want to have... She looks around, counts six rooms, or are you guys going to be bunking? 02:29:15.873 --> 02:29:16.814 [Lacer (Kai)]: I don't mind bunking. 02:29:16.914 --> 02:29:17.695 [Lacer (Kai)]: Bunking's fine. 02:29:18.115 --> 02:29:19.637 [Lacer (Kai)]: We'll be here for a couple of days. 02:29:20.758 --> 02:29:20.998 [Riv (DM)]: Great. 02:29:21.458 --> 02:29:23.520 [Riv (DM)]: It'll be five silver per night per room. 02:29:26.663 --> 02:29:29.405 [JC (Ryo)]: Are the rooms shareable, or...? 02:29:29.425 --> 02:29:31.687 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, we can probably fit two or three people in a room. 02:29:33.449 --> 02:29:35.651 [Riv (DM)]: Total room sounds good. 02:29:35.671 --> 02:29:35.931 [Riv (DM)]: Great. 02:29:37.160 --> 02:29:39.383 [Riv (DM)]: So she hands out her hands for the coins. 02:29:40.825 --> 02:29:42.287 [Riv (DM)]: Can I get you any drugs as well? 02:29:46.674 --> 02:29:49.558 [JC (Ryo)]: So we're going to go to the group. 02:29:49.578 --> 02:29:51.240 [JC (Ryo)]: We're going to pay for two nights, three nights. 02:29:51.941 --> 02:29:52.502 [JC (Ryo)]: Pay as we go. 02:29:53.003 --> 02:30:00.333 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, let's keep it at two for now. 02:30:00.353 --> 02:30:01.014 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'll cover the rooms. 02:30:01.034 --> 02:30:05.741 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: That's 30 for the three rooms for two nights, I believe. 02:30:05.761 --> 02:30:06.542 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, three gold. 02:30:08.378 --> 02:30:26.444 [Riv (DM)]: You um yep you can reach in grab your your coins but here's the weird thing you sort of pat your pockets down you can't find your coin purse or coin bag you'd um you'd suck it you know you remember where you suck it in your pockets you're very meticulous about where you put it but it's not there. 02:30:29.148 --> 02:30:30.890 [JC (Ryo)]: I just swear loudly. 02:30:32.913 --> 02:30:33.934 [JC (Ryo)]: I check my pockets. 02:30:35.256 --> 02:30:36.478 [Riv (DM)]: Yours is also gone. 02:30:38.568 --> 02:30:39.970 [Riv (DM)]: Dondar checks his pockets? 02:30:40.791 --> 02:30:41.993 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 02:30:42.013 --> 02:30:43.455 [Lacer (Kai)]: Although I'm gonna check my pockets. 02:30:44.657 --> 02:30:44.978 [Riv (DM)]: No good. 02:30:46.179 --> 02:30:53.310 [Riv (DM)]: You can all sort of pat yourselves down and any sort of loose valuables like coins and stuff like that are missing. 02:30:54.271 --> 02:30:58.498 [Riv (DM)]: Your stone is missing Kai, and really your ring is missing. 02:31:00.661 --> 02:31:01.883 [JC (Ryo)]: Oh no, I was wearing that. 02:31:01.923 --> 02:31:03.305 [JC (Ryo)]: I would have noticed that go missing. 02:31:03.926 --> 02:31:04.727 [Riv (DM)]: Were you wearing it? 02:31:05.669 --> 02:31:06.430 [Riv (DM)]: I was wearing it. 02:31:06.831 --> 02:31:07.011 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, okay. 02:31:07.031 --> 02:31:07.451 [Riv (DM)]: No, all good. 02:31:07.531 --> 02:31:11.597 [Riv (DM)]: I've always assumed that you'd kept it separate because you didn't want to, like, display it or something. 02:31:12.057 --> 02:31:12.778 [JC (Ryo)]: I was wearing it. 02:31:13.119 --> 02:31:16.303 [JC (Ryo)]: I wear it, but the signet is inwards. 02:31:17.204 --> 02:31:20.168 [JC (Ryo)]: So the top's just a band and the actual signet's inside my hand. 02:31:21.469 --> 02:31:21.570 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 02:31:21.590 --> 02:31:22.030 [Riv (DM)]: No problem. 02:31:22.331 --> 02:31:23.612 [Riv (DM)]: Ring is still on your fingers then. 02:31:24.573 --> 02:31:24.874 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, good. 02:31:25.455 --> 02:31:27.818 [Riv (DM)]: And, like, gloves on top, so probably impossible to get. 02:31:29.099 --> 02:31:30.261 [JC (Ryo)]: Yes, gloves on top, yes. 02:31:31.803 --> 02:31:31.963 [JC (Ryo)]: Alright. 02:31:33.185 --> 02:31:34.326 [JC (Ryo)]: But everything else is gone. 02:31:35.437 --> 02:31:37.319 [Riv (DM)]: Siryn sort of sees you all patting yourselves down. 02:31:38.099 --> 02:31:39.361 [Riv (DM)]: You're right. 02:31:40.582 --> 02:31:41.022 [Riv (DM)]: Oh no. 02:31:44.145 --> 02:31:46.167 [Riv (DM)]: Did you run into a bit of trouble out in the city, did you? 02:31:46.367 --> 02:31:51.372 [Riv (DM)]: She gives you sort of like a sad knowing look. 02:31:51.392 --> 02:31:54.415 [JC (Ryo)]: Hmm. 02:31:54.435 --> 02:31:55.896 [JC (Ryo)]: We've been in town five minutes. 02:31:57.778 --> 02:31:57.878 [JC (Ryo)]: Aye. 02:31:59.559 --> 02:32:02.322 [Riv (DM)]: There are some tricksy people out there. 02:32:06.132 --> 02:32:08.415 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Why Erindor? 02:32:09.095 --> 02:32:09.736 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I know he's not here. 02:32:12.059 --> 02:32:13.941 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Global Thieves Guild, is there one? 02:32:15.143 --> 02:32:16.764 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Or is it freelance? 02:32:16.784 --> 02:32:19.388 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: He's a sneaky one, he'd have an idea, surely. 02:32:19.408 --> 02:32:19.868 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, he saves. 02:32:21.250 --> 02:32:22.872 [Riv (DM)]: Ah yes, there is a chapter here. 02:32:23.532 --> 02:32:24.534 [Riv (DM)]: Think that's a good place to check? 02:32:26.216 --> 02:32:28.879 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I think it's time to go have a few words. 02:32:31.061 --> 02:32:35.026 [Lacer (Kai)]: We'll be right back. 02:32:35.046 --> 02:32:35.987 [Riv (DM)]: So you guys hidden out? 02:32:36.490 --> 02:32:37.051 [Riv (DM)]: Yes. 02:32:38.854 --> 02:32:40.137 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 02:32:40.157 --> 02:32:42.781 [Riv (DM)]: Siren just sort of, alright, good luck. 02:32:42.802 --> 02:32:43.623 [Riv (DM)]: You're always welcome back. 02:32:44.244 --> 02:32:51.497 [Riv (DM)]: If you need the rooms, you can pay later or get someone to cover you, one of your friends maybe, but alright. 02:32:51.517 --> 02:32:53.681 [JC (Ryo)]: Alright, we'll be back. 02:32:56.326 --> 02:32:58.971 [Riv (DM)]: Do we have any indication of when we got robbed? 02:32:59.761 --> 02:33:06.669 [Riv (DM)]: It's probably pretty clear when the city was extremely bustling you were getting knocked about. 02:33:07.931 --> 02:33:12.616 [Riv (DM)]: Probably plenty of opportunity for pickpockets and the like as you're heading down towards the docks. 02:33:13.337 --> 02:33:15.720 [Riv (DM)]: So honestly it could have been anywhere along the road that you travelled. 02:33:18.142 --> 02:33:21.827 [Riv (DM)]: God damn it. 02:33:25.030 --> 02:33:28.975 [Riv (DM)]: So Erendor starts picking his way through the streets. 02:33:30.592 --> 02:33:41.741 [Riv (DM)]: And he sort of gets, you know, a few blocks away and says, you know, I actually don't know if I remember where they had the headquarters here. 02:33:41.781 --> 02:33:43.103 [Riv (DM)]: Maybe I never went. 02:33:44.424 --> 02:33:45.284 [Riv (DM)]: He sort of scratches his head. 02:33:45.304 --> 02:33:48.707 [Riv (DM)]: I'm going to roll a check for him because I actually don't know if he would have been here. 02:33:55.353 --> 02:33:59.396 [Unmatched Speaker]: This would be... History. 02:33:59.677 --> 02:34:00.177 [Unmatched Speaker]: Where is history? 02:34:04.814 --> 02:34:13.972 [JC (Ryo)]: He knows everything. 02:34:14.032 --> 02:34:18.962 [Riv (DM)]: Actually, you know, that's right, it was Camaar. 02:34:19.062 --> 02:34:21.728 [Riv (DM)]: I was thinking about Sabine. 02:34:23.110 --> 02:34:24.493 [Riv (DM)]: No, all good, follow me this way. 02:34:24.794 --> 02:34:27.478 [Riv (DM)]: And he picks off again, heading on down through the streets. 02:34:29.742 --> 02:34:34.811 [Riv (DM)]: Gets to a house that's starting to look a bit shabbier, starting to get into a potentially more dodgy part of the city. 02:34:34.871 --> 02:34:44.727 [Riv (DM)]: Takes a corner and sees there's like a house that's built of more worn-looking wood rather than stone, which is... 02:34:45.517 --> 02:34:50.564 [Riv (DM)]: Potentially, not uncommon but you know most of the houses are stone but there's this sort of worn looking wood building. 02:34:51.165 --> 02:34:53.608 [Riv (DM)]: He goes in and it looks abandoned as you follow him in. 02:34:53.909 --> 02:35:05.285 [Riv (DM)]: Sort of just like looks around and leads you back to the back room and there is a large cabinet up against the wall which he sort of like starts knocking on. 02:35:06.567 --> 02:35:08.129 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah I think this is the one. 02:35:09.351 --> 02:35:11.474 [Riv (DM)]: Puts his shoulder up to it and tries to shove it. 02:35:13.096 --> 02:35:13.937 [Riv (DM)]: Struggling. 02:35:14.727 --> 02:35:15.668 [Riv (DM)]: Valerian, give me a hand. 02:35:17.571 --> 02:35:22.416 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I will grab it with two hands and I won't try and push it, I will try and rip it down. 02:35:22.436 --> 02:35:26.922 [Riv (DM)]: Just like tearing it off the wall? 02:35:27.623 --> 02:35:27.963 [Unmatched Speaker]: Yep. 02:35:28.464 --> 02:35:36.073 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, roll Athletics. 02:35:36.093 --> 02:35:43.182 [Riv (DM)]: It's probably too heavy to be honest, it's like, it's more, it's like, it's kind of like wedged in and it's sort of just sliding, you can't really pull it off. 02:35:46.013 --> 02:35:47.415 [Riv (DM)]: I'll do it the normal way then. 02:35:47.435 --> 02:35:47.655 [Riv (DM)]: Push. 02:35:48.737 --> 02:35:48.817 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 02:35:48.837 --> 02:35:49.858 [Riv (DM)]: So it slides over. 02:35:50.299 --> 02:36:02.955 [Riv (DM)]: And behind it reveals an opening in which there's sort of like a trapdoor on a stone floor which looks like it would lead down. 02:36:03.916 --> 02:36:06.940 [Riv (DM)]: Eremdor sort of at this point stops and says... 02:36:10.024 --> 02:36:11.546 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: They're not gonna be happy we're here, are they? 02:36:11.606 --> 02:36:13.429 [Riv (DM)]: They're not gonna be happy, no. 02:36:13.449 --> 02:36:15.852 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: It's like, hey, I'm not very fucking happy either. 02:36:16.625 --> 02:36:18.169 [Riv (DM)]: How about I go first? 02:36:18.189 --> 02:36:19.151 [Riv (DM)]: I can try and chat to them. 02:36:19.492 --> 02:36:21.798 [Riv (DM)]: You know, I have got connections. 02:36:22.219 --> 02:36:25.989 [Riv (DM)]: I can come back and let you know if we should go in or what they reckon. 02:36:27.392 --> 02:36:29.638 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Let them know there's a very angry dwarf. 02:36:31.238 --> 02:36:31.679 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 02:36:32.199 --> 02:36:33.581 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: And this is a very wooden house. 02:36:36.185 --> 02:36:37.106 [Riv (DM)]: He laughs evilly. 02:36:37.146 --> 02:36:38.669 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 02:36:39.390 --> 02:36:44.257 [Riv (DM)]: Eryndor disappears down into the trapdoor, cleanly and smoothly, closes behind him silently. 02:36:44.277 --> 02:36:52.909 [Riv (DM)]: And you wait for 5 minutes, 10 minutes, maybe half an hour goes by. 02:36:54.256 --> 02:37:01.807 [Riv (DM)]: This is interesting actually because Deathmouse not being here is just like a little shit right now that I'll talk to him after I suppose. 02:37:04.592 --> 02:37:14.066 [Riv (DM)]: After about half an hour you see the trapdoor open up and he pops up and goes, oof, oi, now that one only could be described as intense. 02:37:14.967 --> 02:37:21.357 [Riv (DM)]: They are not used to random strangers just showing up unannounced but I managed to talk my way through it. 02:37:21.377 --> 02:37:21.777 [Riv (DM)]: It wasn't them. 02:37:22.418 --> 02:37:23.520 [Riv (DM)]: They don't have a stuff. 02:37:23.669 --> 02:37:24.933 [Riv (DM)]: I knew it! 02:37:24.993 --> 02:37:30.392 [Riv (DM)]: They have pointed out a few potential groups or parties that it could have been. 02:37:30.432 --> 02:37:34.405 [Riv (DM)]: There are common pickpockets all over the city, obviously. 02:37:34.807 --> 02:37:41.316 [Riv (DM)]: But they wouldn't have had the skill to do what they did, get all of our stuff. 02:37:41.337 --> 02:37:47.065 [Riv (DM)]: They recommended having a look down on the main street just out to the left of the gate. 02:37:47.706 --> 02:38:03.649 [Riv (DM)]: Apparently there are children everywhere that look like orphans, innocent, harmless, beggars, but they have a network of thieves and spies and they just loot and plunder unknowing merchants. 02:38:04.878 --> 02:38:06.340 [Riv (DM)]: They reckon those are probably good places to check. 02:38:12.109 --> 02:38:12.650 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Freelancers. 02:38:14.232 --> 02:38:14.492 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Maybe. 02:38:14.713 --> 02:38:18.058 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm a bit disappointed that Guild Lich Freelancers run around. 02:38:19.880 --> 02:38:22.124 [Riv (DM)]: Wow, they didn't give me too much details about them. 02:38:22.604 --> 02:38:28.052 [Riv (DM)]: Seemed like maybe a sore spot, but apparently they don't rub shoulders the wrong way too much. 02:38:28.473 --> 02:38:30.877 [Riv (DM)]: They kind of do their own thing. 02:38:30.897 --> 02:38:31.778 [Riv (DM)]: Remember, they're older. 02:38:32.319 --> 02:38:33.180 [Riv (DM)]: They aren't thieves. 02:38:34.595 --> 02:38:38.703 [Riv (DM)]: They just kind of do the odd subterfuge. 02:38:39.364 --> 02:38:40.987 [Riv (DM)]: Mission that requires subtlety. 02:38:48.601 --> 02:38:53.650 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I think if we wait till tomorrow then Tansy getting anything back will be dropping dramatically. 02:38:55.418 --> 02:38:58.422 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Right, well it's hot now. 02:38:58.442 --> 02:38:58.682 [Riv (DM)]: Agreed. 02:38:59.263 --> 02:38:59.924 [Riv (DM)]: So what's the plan then? 02:38:59.944 --> 02:39:04.710 [Riv (DM)]: Do you think we wait out on the street, see if we spot anyone and chase them down, or? 02:39:06.252 --> 02:39:06.973 [JC (Ryo)]: I have an idea. 02:39:06.993 --> 02:39:11.759 [JC (Ryo)]: I have an idea. 02:39:11.799 --> 02:39:12.740 [JC (Ryo)]: How long does this last? 02:39:14.862 --> 02:39:15.904 [JC (Ryo)]: Oh no, no, no. 02:39:15.944 --> 02:39:17.245 [JC (Ryo)]: We're not mucking around with nails. 02:39:17.265 --> 02:39:18.107 [JC (Ryo)]: Get your sword out. 02:39:20.930 --> 02:39:22.472 [Riv (DM)]: And the Neros pipes up. 02:39:23.026 --> 02:39:25.952 [Riv (DM)]: Uh, guys, I mean, they are kids, remember? 02:39:26.332 --> 02:39:29.980 [Riv (DM)]: Maybe we just try and talk to them or, like, follow them back to their place? 02:39:30.280 --> 02:39:31.663 [Riv (DM)]: I don't know how I feel about killing kids. 02:39:32.505 --> 02:39:33.547 [Lacer (Kai)]: We're not talking about killing. 02:39:33.687 --> 02:39:35.250 [Lacer (Kai)]: I think we should just capture one. 02:39:36.813 --> 02:39:37.174 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 02:39:38.336 --> 02:39:41.963 [Riv (DM)]: Well, as long as we, you know, don't kill them. 02:39:45.453 --> 02:39:46.195 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Out of character. 02:39:46.375 --> 02:39:49.081 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: God damn my... chaotic good. 02:39:52.247 --> 02:39:54.432 [Riv (DM)]: Just thinking, I think Wolf would be happy with it. 02:39:54.452 --> 02:39:55.293 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, me too. 02:39:57.318 --> 02:39:58.240 [JC (Ryo)]: Okay. 02:39:58.260 --> 02:40:01.667 [JC (Ryo)]: Actually, Riv, out of character question. 02:40:02.969 --> 02:40:04.412 [JC (Ryo)]: Favourite enemy humanoid? 02:40:05.154 --> 02:40:05.655 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah. 02:40:05.973 --> 02:40:09.257 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, kids count. 02:40:09.617 --> 02:40:18.408 [JC (Ryo)]: You have advantage on wisdom slash survival checks to track them as well as intelligent checks to recall information about them. 02:40:19.549 --> 02:40:25.116 [JC (Ryo)]: Does that give me anything to recall getting pickpocketed? 02:40:25.396 --> 02:40:27.899 [Lacer (Kai)]: He's an elf so he does have heightened senses. 02:40:29.641 --> 02:40:31.103 [JC (Ryo)]: Save or the mod side? 02:40:31.555 --> 02:40:36.142 [Riv (DM)]: It would just be, yeah, not save, it would just be straight mod. 02:40:36.162 --> 02:40:37.384 [Riv (DM)]: And you've got advantage, right? 02:40:37.404 --> 02:40:37.724 [Riv (DM)]: Fuck! 02:40:38.445 --> 02:40:38.906 [Riv (DM)]: Advantage? 02:40:38.926 --> 02:40:39.567 [JC (Ryo)]: Thank god. 02:40:39.587 --> 02:40:40.008 [JC (Ryo)]: Well, didn't you? 02:40:40.028 --> 02:40:41.710 [JC (Ryo)]: Because you have your favourite thing. 02:40:41.730 --> 02:40:42.672 [Lacer (Kai)]: Oh yes, your... 02:40:42.692 --> 02:40:44.054 [JC (Ryo)]: Yes, advantage, yes, yes, yes. 02:40:44.454 --> 02:40:45.235 [JC (Ryo)]: Let me roll that again. 02:40:45.275 --> 02:40:49.041 [Riv (DM)]: Natural 1. 02:40:50.000 --> 02:40:50.561 [Riv (DM)]: Fuck yeah! 02:40:50.982 --> 02:40:51.422 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, nice. 02:40:52.825 --> 02:41:01.519 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, you do remember as you were passing down through the main sort of road, what could pass as a road after dropping off your caravans, there were plenty of begging kids around. 02:41:02.080 --> 02:41:05.266 [Riv (DM)]: You wouldn't have noticed them really because they're very nondescript. 02:41:05.907 --> 02:41:07.169 [Riv (DM)]: I mean, who notices orphans? 02:41:07.189 --> 02:41:13.700 [Riv (DM)]: You were mainly paying attention to, you know, all the people talking rumors and the town crier and, you know, all the hustle and bustle. 02:41:14.120 --> 02:41:15.062 [Riv (DM)]: But yep, there were kids around. 02:41:19.008 --> 02:41:19.689 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alrighty. 02:41:21.250 --> 02:41:22.392 [Lacer (Kai)]: Has night fallen yet? 02:41:23.873 --> 02:41:24.454 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 02:41:24.474 --> 02:41:25.775 [Riv (DM)]: At this point it is well and truly night. 02:41:25.815 --> 02:41:28.038 [Riv (DM)]: Probably still, like, before midnight. 02:41:28.278 --> 02:41:29.219 [Riv (DM)]: Maybe nine-ish? 02:41:31.762 --> 02:41:32.082 [Lacer (Kai)]: Cool. 02:41:33.283 --> 02:41:34.304 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright. 02:41:34.364 --> 02:41:35.466 [Lacer (Kai)]: Let's come up with a plan. 02:41:35.686 --> 02:41:38.889 [Lacer (Kai)]: We need to try and find out these kids tonight, right? 02:41:40.351 --> 02:41:41.092 [JC (Ryo)]: I have an idea. 02:41:42.313 --> 02:41:44.315 [JC (Ryo)]: Let's hear it. 02:41:44.335 --> 02:41:46.598 [JC (Ryo)]: So, I picked up a trick. 02:41:46.958 --> 02:41:48.019 [JC (Ryo)]: I can... 02:41:48.117 --> 02:41:59.252 [JC (Ryo)]: I can change my appearance to whatever I want pretty much, within reason, including just rereading it to double check. 02:41:59.352 --> 02:42:00.874 [JC (Ryo)]: Let me just put it in chat as well. 02:42:02.536 --> 02:42:03.437 [Riv (DM)]: Talking about disguise yourself? 02:42:04.319 --> 02:42:07.283 [JC (Ryo)]: Mm-hmm. 02:42:07.303 --> 02:42:09.105 [JC (Ryo)]: I just want to make sure I'm reading this right. 02:42:09.566 --> 02:42:11.909 [Lacer (Kai)]: You disguise yourself to be... Oh, you can see... 02:42:11.929 --> 02:42:14.652 [JC (Ryo)]: I can make myself including my clothing, weapons, armor. 02:42:14.673 --> 02:42:15.213 [JC (Ryo)]: Perfect. 02:42:16.415 --> 02:42:18.057 [JC (Ryo)]: So I can... Yeah, sorry. 02:42:18.492 --> 02:42:20.015 [Riv (DM)]: One foot shorter or taller? 02:42:21.277 --> 02:42:23.921 [JC (Ryo)]: I was more going for the clothing and stuff. 02:42:24.602 --> 02:42:25.163 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 02:42:25.183 --> 02:42:25.944 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, you know, that's all good. 02:42:25.985 --> 02:42:28.469 [Riv (DM)]: I was thinking you were going to say try and make yourself look like a kid. 02:42:29.430 --> 02:42:29.931 [JC (Ryo)]: No. 02:42:29.951 --> 02:42:33.377 [JC (Ryo)]: I want to make myself look like I'm stupidly rich. 02:42:33.657 --> 02:42:40.028 [JC (Ryo)]: And everyone keep eyes on me. 02:42:40.244 --> 02:42:50.096 [JC (Ryo)]: And we see who tries to pickpocket me, because if they tried to pickpocket us before when we didn't look stupidly rich, maybe they'll come after me when I am stupid. 02:42:50.116 --> 02:42:51.199 [JC (Ryo)]: I do look stupidly rich. 02:42:51.955 --> 02:42:54.318 [Lacer (Kai)]: Uh, I tell you what I could also do. 02:42:54.358 --> 02:43:00.346 [Lacer (Kai)]: We can give you a cup of water, and I can use my, um, what's it called? 02:43:01.167 --> 02:43:07.376 [Lacer (Kai)]: My spell, Shape Water, to make it look like it's strong alcohol. 02:43:07.896 --> 02:43:13.404 [Lacer (Kai)]: So I can change the colour of the water, and you can walk down and pretend to be drunk, and walk down the street. 02:43:14.085 --> 02:43:16.167 [JC (Ryo)]: Don't need it, Disguised Self gives me that. 02:43:16.188 --> 02:43:19.412 [JC (Ryo)]: And other belongings in your person, so I can make it look like I've got a cup in my hand. 02:43:20.633 --> 02:43:21.034 [Lacer (Kai)]: Oh, okay. 02:43:24.288 --> 02:43:25.350 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: He's too good. 02:43:29.876 --> 02:43:31.839 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright. 02:43:31.879 --> 02:43:32.520 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Okay. 02:43:32.540 --> 02:43:38.148 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: So... We need some... Are you likely to be pickpocketed at night? 02:43:39.090 --> 02:43:44.918 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yes, if he's drunk, if he's pretending to be drunk and walking down the street as a rich guy by yourself. 02:43:45.239 --> 02:43:46.601 [Lacer (Kai)]: It's a high, high chance. 02:43:47.542 --> 02:43:48.744 [JC (Ryo)]: That's what I'm thinking. 02:43:51.147 --> 02:43:53.130 [JC (Ryo)]: Although I've never been drunk, so... 02:43:57.751 --> 02:44:00.214 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Jeez, you just walk like you've been punched in the head. 02:44:01.737 --> 02:44:02.378 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'll fall over. 02:44:04.180 --> 02:44:07.164 [Lacer (Kai)]: Okay. 02:44:07.184 --> 02:44:20.383 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright, let's find a location to set this plan into action, because since it's night, I might have to share... Um... Um, Riv, I'm assuming the streets are lit up. 02:44:21.224 --> 02:44:24.288 [Riv (DM)]: There are, like, lanterns and torches here and there. 02:44:24.769 --> 02:44:30.477 [Riv (DM)]: It's not super, like, it's not super well-maintained, but yeah, there's the odd bit of light here and there. 02:44:30.497 --> 02:44:48.061 [Lacer (Kai)]: I only say this because Vale can't see well at night, so if I share eyes at night with everyone, everyone will have 300 feet of darkvision and make it much easier to search for those kiddos who can't see well at night since they're human. 02:44:48.182 --> 02:44:49.223 [Lacer (Kai)]: I assume they're human. 02:44:51.059 --> 02:44:57.529 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Do we believe it was the children? 02:44:57.549 --> 02:45:09.668 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Or was it one of the mercenaries, trader shippersons we encountered recently? 02:45:11.430 --> 02:45:19.783 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I think the word from our Rogi specialist friend who isn't here was only certain people would have the skill to lift it all like that. 02:45:20.337 --> 02:45:22.179 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: And these are the people with the shield. 02:45:23.320 --> 02:45:23.760 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Very well. 02:45:24.381 --> 02:45:32.548 [Lacer (Kai)]: And the children might be working for a bigger group, so we don't know that, so... Yeah, let's try this out, so... 02:45:34.630 --> 02:45:35.951 [Lacer (Kai)]: I share Eyes of the Night. 02:45:37.613 --> 02:45:40.295 [JC (Ryo)]: Okay, if I do this, I can only do it for an hour at a time. 02:45:42.337 --> 02:45:44.559 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Alright, we'll just get closer and pop it on. 02:45:44.959 --> 02:45:49.583 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, once you do that, I will pop my Eyes of the Night, okay? 02:45:49.603 --> 02:45:50.344 [JC (Ryo)]: Alright, so... 02:45:51.708 --> 02:45:56.016 [JC (Ryo)]: Let's go a bit closer to where we were when we walked in. 02:45:56.037 --> 02:45:56.437 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 02:45:56.457 --> 02:45:59.583 [Riv (DM)]: So you want to book it towards the main road? 02:46:01.147 --> 02:46:03.832 [JC (Ryo)]: Well, how far are we now from roughly where we were? 02:46:04.613 --> 02:46:06.477 [JC (Ryo)]: Like right from the main road where we came in. 02:46:07.334 --> 02:46:32.413 [Riv (DM)]: Well it's so it like there's not like a straight line you can draw because of the way the city is it twists and turns and like now it's like this nulled city that bends back on itself um you traveled about half an hour from the main gate to the docks and then half an hour or so from there um you know perpendicular to the or rather parallel to the ocean to where to where the lines in was and then tonight you've probably spent 02:46:33.929 --> 02:46:36.732 [Riv (DM)]: Maybe another 20, 30 minutes, like walking around the city. 02:46:37.012 --> 02:46:39.375 [Riv (DM)]: It's kind of difficult to really know where you are in the city at this point. 02:46:41.497 --> 02:46:46.943 [Riv (DM)]: So you have a general idea of the direction that you would need to go, but if you wanted to trace your steps, it might take a couple of hours. 02:46:47.424 --> 02:46:49.966 [Riv (DM)]: If you wanted to go straight there, it might take less time. 02:46:51.148 --> 02:46:52.629 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, so that's what I'm asking. 02:46:52.909 --> 02:46:55.592 [JC (Ryo)]: If we were to straight line it to the main gate, roughly what are we talking? 02:46:56.513 --> 02:46:59.937 [Riv (DM)]: It could be probably like 15, 20 minutes. 02:47:00.642 --> 02:47:03.124 [Riv (DM)]: Not fire at all. 02:47:03.465 --> 02:47:09.390 [Riv (DM)]: At this point you'll be off towards the northern side of the city, because you travelled along the coast away. 02:47:09.430 --> 02:47:19.380 [Riv (DM)]: And the main gate was towards the south-west. 02:47:19.640 --> 02:47:27.848 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, so... 02:47:29.617 --> 02:47:34.643 [JC (Ryo)]: Why don't we cast it now and then we head to the main gate then retrace our steps to the docks. 02:47:35.404 --> 02:47:36.085 [Lacer (Kai)]: What do you guys think? 02:47:36.525 --> 02:47:37.286 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, that's fine. 02:47:37.547 --> 02:47:38.748 [Lacer (Kai)]: As long as we get close enough. 02:47:40.310 --> 02:47:42.072 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Is the city busy at night? 02:47:42.192 --> 02:47:45.016 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Wouldn't it look suspicious? 02:47:46.397 --> 02:47:48.500 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: How do we keep an eye on him and not be seen? 02:47:48.540 --> 02:47:50.342 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Are we keeping an eye on him? 02:47:56.129 --> 02:47:59.573 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Unfortunately our sneaky and our shape changer aren't here. 02:48:01.949 --> 02:48:02.891 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm the shape-changer. 02:48:04.193 --> 02:48:04.994 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Uh, a normal shape-changer. 02:48:05.014 --> 02:48:06.457 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: No quote, no drood. 02:48:07.979 --> 02:48:08.380 [JC (Ryo)]: Oh, yeah. 02:48:08.701 --> 02:48:09.542 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm a shape-changer. 02:48:09.562 --> 02:48:11.545 [Lacer (Kai)]: I can transform. 02:48:11.566 --> 02:48:12.006 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Okay. 02:48:13.389 --> 02:48:14.731 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I am naturally childlike. 02:48:15.733 --> 02:48:16.234 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: And short. 02:48:20.140 --> 02:48:21.002 [Riv (DM)]: I was not expecting that. 02:48:21.022 --> 02:48:21.763 [Riv (DM)]: Holy shit. 02:48:24.410 --> 02:48:33.302 [Riv (DM)]: Eros pipes up and says, I mean, I could probably change into like a rat or a dog or something like that to slink ahead and scout out the way. 02:48:34.424 --> 02:48:35.706 [Riv (DM)]: But you know, that doesn't last very long. 02:48:35.946 --> 02:48:37.448 [Riv (DM)]: Maybe save that until we're a bit closer? 02:48:40.032 --> 02:48:40.272 [Riv (DM)]: Sure. 02:48:43.857 --> 02:48:46.160 [Riv (DM)]: Erendor just says, I don't fucking know. 02:48:46.901 --> 02:48:49.144 [Riv (DM)]: I'm just going to stick to the back and keep my eyes out. 02:48:50.546 --> 02:48:51.788 [Lacer (Kai)]: Erendor can just hide. 02:48:53.110 --> 02:48:53.370 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 02:48:54.228 --> 02:48:55.029 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm better in the shadows. 02:48:57.332 --> 02:48:59.754 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'll just hang back because I am very obvious. 02:49:00.275 --> 02:49:01.376 [JC (Ryo)]: I'll keep my nail at the ready. 02:49:04.280 --> 02:49:05.641 [JC (Ryo)]: Buggy in now, get your sword out. 02:49:08.524 --> 02:49:08.685 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Okay. 02:49:09.446 --> 02:49:17.335 [JC (Ryo)]: Alright, so let's walk ten minutes towards the main gates, that way we're only five minutes away, and then we'll find somewhere quiet to do what we need to do. 02:49:17.775 --> 02:49:20.979 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, to a dark alley to cast my spells. 02:49:22.060 --> 02:49:22.541 [JC (Ryo)]: Mhm, mine too. 02:49:23.602 --> 02:49:23.762 [JC (Ryo)]: Alright. 02:49:24.080 --> 02:49:25.942 [Lacer (Kai)]: Well actually, it's just interaction. 02:49:26.122 --> 02:49:30.286 [Lacer (Kai)]: My Eyes of the Night, it's not a thing. 02:49:31.247 --> 02:49:34.010 [Lacer (Kai)]: It doesn't have somatic or thingy means. 02:49:35.051 --> 02:49:36.052 [Lacer (Kai)]: It's just an action. 02:49:36.112 --> 02:49:37.954 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: It lasts for an hour. 02:49:37.974 --> 02:49:39.475 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yeah, it's an hour an hour. 02:49:43.399 --> 02:49:44.841 [Riv (DM)]: It's more of like a feature, right? 02:49:44.901 --> 02:49:47.563 [Riv (DM)]: It's not an actual spell that you have to use. 02:49:47.583 --> 02:49:47.683 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah. 02:49:47.703 --> 02:49:48.504 [Lacer (Kai)]: So I can do anything. 02:49:48.524 --> 02:49:52.348 [Lacer (Kai)]: I can just touch you and share with you darkvision. 02:49:53.932 --> 02:49:56.997 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, you actually, you don't even need to touch them. 02:49:57.017 --> 02:49:58.499 [Lacer (Kai)]: Oh, really? 02:49:58.519 --> 02:49:59.781 [Lacer (Kai)]: Oh, it's C within 10 feet. 02:50:00.682 --> 02:50:01.663 [Lacer (Kai)]: It's just like, here you go. 02:50:02.645 --> 02:50:10.737 [Riv (DM)]: Just like your eyes will just glow and the rest of your party that you are thinking about will also start glowing and then they'll have darkvision. 02:50:10.757 --> 02:50:10.857 [JC (Ryo)]: Man. 02:50:10.877 --> 02:50:14.282 [JC (Ryo)]: It says up to four, so you can leave me alone if you need to. 02:50:14.342 --> 02:50:16.205 [JC (Ryo)]: I've got 90 foot of darkvision as it is. 02:50:16.385 --> 02:50:21.213 [Lacer (Kai)]: Everyone's got darkvision except for Valeran. 02:50:21.233 --> 02:50:22.875 [JC (Ryo)]: Not to the range that you have, but... 02:50:23.834 --> 02:50:29.886 [JC (Ryo)]: Give it to others, because I've got to 90, so give it to others even if they've got 60. 02:50:32.432 --> 02:50:33.373 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yep, I will. 02:50:34.396 --> 02:50:36.139 [Riv (DM)]: Perfect Oblivion meme music. 02:50:37.903 --> 02:50:39.025 [Riv (DM)]: Works well in this situation. 02:50:39.511 --> 02:50:46.081 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright, so we've moved closer to the entrance of the city, I'm assuming? 02:50:46.101 --> 02:50:46.762 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, so what's the plan? 02:50:46.982 --> 02:50:51.148 [Riv (DM)]: Are you guys going to book it straight through the city to get to the main road? 02:50:51.208 --> 02:50:53.772 [Riv (DM)]: And then are you going to find an alleyway or something like that? 02:50:53.812 --> 02:50:59.020 [JC (Ryo)]: So yeah, when we're like five minutes away from the main road, we'll find a little alleyway, cast our spells. 02:50:59.721 --> 02:51:01.383 [Lacer (Kai)]: I can do it on the fly, so yeah. 02:51:01.824 --> 02:51:04.628 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, but I want to do disguise self somewhere where I can't be seen. 02:51:04.648 --> 02:51:06.271 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, you need to do that, yeah. 02:51:06.291 --> 02:51:06.531 Cool. 02:51:06.916 --> 02:51:18.330 [JC (Ryo)]: And then, yeah, retrace our steps from, sort of retrace our steps from the main gate towards the dock, where I'm gonna look really rich with a massive coin pouch on my pop, on my, uh, on my waist. 02:51:20.093 --> 02:51:20.173 [JC (Ryo)]: Yep. 02:51:20.193 --> 02:51:24.098 [JC (Ryo)]: And with a, uh, what's it called? 02:51:26.420 --> 02:51:28.823 [JC (Ryo)]: Uh, wine, uh... With a goblet. 02:51:28.844 --> 02:51:29.184 [Unmatched Speaker]: Wine skin. 02:51:29.665 --> 02:51:30.806 [JC (Ryo)]: No, no, wine skin. 02:51:32.328 --> 02:51:35.452 [JC (Ryo)]: With a wine skin drinking out of it, just stumbling all over the place. 02:51:36.333 --> 02:51:36.433 Cool. 02:51:36.650 --> 02:51:38.569 [JC (Ryo)]: Because I assume that's what a drunk person looks like. 02:51:38.610 --> 02:51:39.741 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah. 02:51:40.075 --> 02:51:42.197 [Riv (DM)]: Not a lot of experience living in the woods. 02:51:42.217 --> 02:51:42.858 [JC (Ryo)]: No, zero experience. 02:51:42.898 --> 02:51:44.220 [JC (Ryo)]: Never had a drink in my life. 02:51:44.880 --> 02:51:47.964 [Riv (DM)]: I'm excited for the performance check, but let's... 02:51:48.124 --> 02:51:48.624 [Riv (DM)]: Very well. 02:51:48.765 --> 02:51:52.268 [Riv (DM)]: So yeah, twists and turns. 02:51:52.669 --> 02:51:53.350 [Riv (DM)]: So that's the plan. 02:51:53.370 --> 02:52:08.226 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, every now and then you find yourselves at a dead end, you have to go back a bit and turn around across a set of stairs, head down a set of like, there's like a ruined building that you just cut straight through every now and then, but you're sort of like trying to keep a self 02:52:08.206 --> 02:52:12.555 [Riv (DM)]: Western sort of direction in the way that you think the main gate is. 02:52:12.935 --> 02:52:16.923 [Riv (DM)]: You know, you pass through, feels like maybe the centre of the city, getting on through. 02:52:16.964 --> 02:52:22.695 [Riv (DM)]: This part of the city is a lot darker and more dodgy, I guess, than where you would have started. 02:52:22.735 --> 02:52:24.679 [Riv (DM)]: There's less merchant stalls and more 02:52:24.659 --> 02:52:28.186 [Riv (DM)]: Dark, ominous buildings sort of peering down at you. 02:52:28.206 --> 02:52:31.252 [Riv (DM)]: The roofs are often ruined. 02:52:31.312 --> 02:52:34.338 [Riv (DM)]: There are completely abandoned looking buildings. 02:52:34.438 --> 02:52:39.748 [Riv (DM)]: There are some that look populated, but you know, as you walk past, you'll see a face pop out, look down, and then 02:52:39.728 --> 02:52:41.291 [Riv (DM)]: Pull the shutters closed. 02:52:42.053 --> 02:52:46.061 [Riv (DM)]: As you get a bit closer, plenty of alleys that you can see. 02:52:46.703 --> 02:52:51.994 [Riv (DM)]: You see one that looks like it might be, you know, you might be close enough, so there's one that you can pop down to go into. 02:52:53.076 --> 02:52:55.341 [Riv (DM)]: Yep, heading on down in. 02:52:56.772 --> 02:53:00.177 [JC (Ryo)]: Heading on down in, disguise self to make myself look fully human. 02:53:01.019 --> 02:53:04.184 [Riv (DM)]: Yep, but before you pass, head down into alley. 02:53:06.086 --> 02:53:16.423 [Riv (DM)]: You hadn't noticed, but there is a person that steps out from behind a corner and spots you coming and says, oh, well, what have we got here? 02:53:16.963 --> 02:53:19.928 [Riv (DM)]: Hey, Tara, people were coming into our alleyway, eh? 02:53:20.363 --> 02:53:24.068 [Riv (DM)]: Think we're gonna maybe, gonna maybe get the toll paid, eh? 02:53:24.088 --> 02:53:24.628 [Riv (DM)]: What do you reckon? 02:53:25.169 --> 02:53:25.910 [Riv (DM)]: You guys paying the toll? 02:53:26.691 --> 02:53:27.973 [Riv (DM)]: Toll only if you wanna come down here. 02:53:28.013 --> 02:53:31.437 [Riv (DM)]: Another person comes out from the other side. 02:53:31.477 --> 02:53:38.326 [Riv (DM)]: This one is a female and she's got a hand on a scimitar at her waist and she's like, hey, I think so as well. 02:53:38.787 --> 02:53:39.548 [Riv (DM)]: Toll, please. 02:53:42.151 --> 02:53:45.776 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Dundar flies a magic missile into the closest person. 02:53:45.796 --> 02:53:46.296 [Riv (DM)]: Legitimately? 02:53:47.097 --> 02:53:47.298 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 02:53:47.578 --> 02:53:47.939 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 02:53:48.960 --> 02:53:49.881 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, let's do it. 02:53:50.924 --> 02:53:53.527 [Lacer (Kai)]: I cast Vigilant Blessing on myself. 02:53:54.087 --> 02:53:54.968 [JC (Ryo)]: Great. 02:53:55.089 --> 02:54:00.034 [JC (Ryo)]: Can I stick an arrow into one of them as well if I notice him casting as well or no? 02:54:00.054 --> 02:54:04.719 [Riv (DM)]: We're going to roll initiative and we're going to go straight into it. 02:54:04.739 --> 02:54:05.440 [Riv (DM)]: Vladdy Dondar. 02:54:08.123 --> 02:54:15.171 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, let's... Alright, say when to roll. 02:54:15.932 --> 02:54:16.532 [Riv (DM)]: I'm just thinking. 02:54:17.213 --> 02:54:18.214 [Riv (DM)]: It's 10.30. 02:54:19.375 --> 02:54:23.163 [Riv (DM)]: I think we'll, I think we'll call it there, and we pick up next session, rolling initiative. 02:54:23.965 --> 02:54:25.428 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, we can smash it out real quick, come on. 02:54:27.974 --> 02:54:29.457 [JC (Ryo)]: It'd be the start of something bigger. 02:54:29.718 --> 02:54:31.742 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, it might take, it might take a bit of time. 02:54:32.925 --> 02:54:33.927 [JC (Ryo)]: How many are we looking at? 02:54:33.967 --> 02:54:35.350 [JC (Ryo)]: We're looking at three guys, four guys? 02:54:36.392 --> 02:54:37.515 [JC (Ryo)]: How many have we noticed so far? 02:54:37.775 --> 02:54:39.038 [Riv (DM)]: You've only seen two so far. 02:54:41.650 --> 02:54:43.212 [Riv (DM)]: Yep, I think we'll call it there. 02:54:43.853 --> 02:54:45.855 [Riv (DM)]: Give you guys some time to think about... 02:54:46.576 --> 02:54:47.537 [Riv (DM)]: The choices you've made. 02:54:47.557 --> 02:54:49.700 [Unmatched Speaker]: Yeah, exactly, what you're all thinking about. 02:54:49.720 --> 02:54:50.000 [Riv (DM)]: About what? 02:54:50.220 --> 02:54:51.362 [Riv (DM)]: Let Neross... 02:54:51.462 --> 02:54:52.443 [Riv (DM)]: The decision's been made. 02:54:52.703 --> 02:54:52.924 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 02:54:53.584 --> 02:54:59.632 [Riv (DM)]: Neross and Deathmouse can join us for the fight as well, I'm sure they wouldn't want to miss out. 02:55:01.494 --> 02:55:02.475 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, good, let's call it there. 02:55:04.257 --> 02:55:04.778 [Riv (DM)]: Fantastic. 02:55:05.278 --> 02:55:08.282 [Riv (DM)]: Oh man, that took some turns I wasn't expecting, but good times. 02:55:09.477 --> 02:55:10.403 [Riv (DM)]: Sweet. 02:55:10.424 --> 02:55:13.243 [Riv (DM)]: I guess I'll switch off the stream.