 We begin by rolling some initiative once I pull it up. Oh, that's right Messed it up already You can you can change your initiative to the initial thing rolled okay, and I will roll Roll 20s Just a second presses glasses on those and down there we go There is alright. She's been selected. You can turn it off by Below the tool like list on the left. There's like a little Sun Moon thing I enabled it. That's what I wanted There I am Oh I have forgotten how to fight. This is my spell slots are still here. That's nice mine too, but none of them do anything I don't know what I used one of them on am I allowed to say how many spells Relevant to share it. That's up to you We have not the plot is so inconsiderate and severely injured moment They wait how dare it okay, so you guys are out in the front You see at the wall of right outside the main gate right outside Nuba sky You may notice that Fritz and Leira you two are on top of the wall that is 80 feet up Word and buck you guys are on the ground and around you you see various blot hounds blotlings and blot hawks What oh wait and one more blood thing lot of these blood algae That one that was I think it sounds like a cartoon So first up buck you see that the civilians are cowering in fear the guards trying to protect them as well as the dragon Taking on as many blood as she can What do you do? I see that blot dog and I'm gonna Run I run on the street Let me run up to this blot dog and let me let me just real quick rage Yeah, start it off and let me get my why I forget how to let me get up the wild search table roll this Hopefully that work. Did that work? I Shoot I pressed the wrong one tonight real thing, but let me let me I'll share it into the chat It is Flower I'll pull a card out a blind card flowers and vines temporarily grow around me until the rage ends the ground within 15 feet of me is difficult terrain for my enemies and I believe that like Follows me around. I actually don't know but it says that makes sense. So I think the ground within 15 feet of you Yeah, so I don't know how to make like a 15 sounds like it follows. So I can actually add an aura. Wow That's nuts. Yeah Visible 15 feet and save and there you go. Huh Nice. Oh my goodness for your enemies good to know let me write quick then after having done that because it's been a long time and We've not done it or I think I want to start out with Can I do a flip of the coin to see if I can get a nat 20 or a nat one. I just feel like it's your coin Is a nat one two is a nat 20 Okay That's all right. That would be my turn then you take a smash with your hammer as it smacks down into the ground the blot hound jumps out of the way and You are going to lose your bonus action for the next turn as you have smashed into the rough terrain of vines and stuff and The bonus action will be required to pull it out Fair enough your full action for the next turn though I will use my bone well I've already used my bonus action to reach a next turn. I have no next turn you have no action copy that all right That'll be it for me Word. All right. You are a top of horse that can move 50 feet. I am indeed. I cannot control the horse Is the horse in initiative? I will say the horse will be in your will share your initiative hold on me like a spell Can I give let's see represents character? I'll just I can do it now can be controlled by there. Thank you And then I don't know I think maybe if I delete sorry This is gonna take one second if I delete myself and then put myself back in I believe that puts me on The layer above the horse. There we go All right. Yes, wonderful. You got to add yourself back into the initiative. Oh shoot. You're right Yeah, I will do that after my turn Okay, okay, so then I see that there is a civilian here, correct Yes, there's a tiefling man. I will standing there in fear being protected by the begin my speedy rally I am going to cast floating disc 30 feet in front of me. So that'll just be let's go Oh, sorry. How far is 30 feet? Right over here And I will wonderful I will shout at him get on and then I'm going to command my horse to Pass by and as I move around that disc will follow me So, all right, let's see Fitty Is this one of our soldiers here? That is that is one of the guards the blue the cyan kind of tokens are the new Baskai guards Okay, then Yeah, I don't I imagine I don't know that grandpa is over here yet because he's out of my line of sight, right? No, you wouldn't know that okay, then I will race forward to the other civilian that I see on my beautiful valiant steed And this geyser is going to try and take a swipe at you. Okay with attack of opportunity Oh, that's a failure. Yeah. No way. He tries to lash out with one of its little legs. I nerd loser. All right I think I Will read about floating desk on my next turn, but I'm going to try and move to this guy if the horse can dash I'll have it do that and try and pull him on or let him get on Yes, it may and yeah, this elf will Follow your lead and hop on all right and then seeing the old man We're just like scoffs lowers his eyes and turns the horse The old man seeing you ride by just like shouting out over over here. Come on. Oh, yeah in a minute I Devastating and that'll be my turn Wonderful There we go So next shall be the blot Hawks who are flying out bouts You can see that there are a few over here that begin to make their way up the wall Firing at the archers as well as you two at the wall as well They're flying up and they will fire a few darts of Acid spit Okay, so one of them hits you Lyra Sorry, and you take a measly one Acid damage at this spit ouch. Oh my tempid point And you can see that they are laying into some of the guards as well And they're trying to hold their ground but be very careful with their Their trained arrows on these things as they do not want a stray one hitting the civilians Next are the guards and civilians turns which they are going to try and chop down their own Few blot this one's gonna fire at this hawk over here Yep, so a few blot are dropping this blot hound gets taken care of their fairly frail Yes, it's this blot ling it's taken down and The civilians are trying to gather around the safe places that they can find this one It's not gonna hit this one is going to hop onto your floating. Yeah as you commanded This one is going to get closer to the old man and the old man Andre is just kind of belittling him Come on. What are you doing? Aren't you supposed to be trained guards? Hmm And this archer over here is going to kneel down next to Edmund and try to Resuscitate him from his unconscious state. Oh and that will be their turn labor up your turn. Okay Boy, I would like to cast summon beast Because it's useful for me to have something that can do my fighting for me, huh? Then yeah, I'm gonna summon the the the flying one Fly by Yeah, yeah, so it has a Fly speed it's in here somewhere. Hey, why am I reading it on roll 20? I can just read it on here where it's much better Yeah, so it's it's a bestial spirit, so it's gonna manifest Let's just put it right by me. Actually, no, I can summon it with a 90 feet. So let's just put it like Yeah, sort of like in the air where I just drew it's like at the bottom end of buck Yeah, how about I just put a second token of you that you can control and I'll give you a little wing. Oh, that's adorable Awesome, it is the flying creature Okay It's got 20 hit points 60 feet of fly speed And it does not provoke opportunity attacks when it flies out of an enemy's reach Which is busted. I love it so a little mini Lera is going to attempt to fly by 15 20 25 I just go like 30 so that that little can anything on the ground The guys are yes that one. Yeah, so fly by attack. How does this work? Sorry, it's been a while since I've played it. Okay, uh Strength yada yada How do I do I just roll my spell attack for it? I think so Okay, just a sec In combat the creature shares your initiative that takes its turn immediately after yours is a base blah blah blah Attack makes a number of attacks equal to yada yada spell attack modifier to hit Yeah, okay, so spell so I roll my spell attack and if we hit We'll see about damage That is will hit. Yes, perfect. Lovely. Okay, let me just Okay, and 1d8 plus 4 plus this wait it said something 1d8 plus 4 plus the spells level piercing damage So it's that plus 2 so 11 piercing damage. Oh 11. All right The bird flies and cuts right through the guys are slashing it in one hit And it is down Wow, whoa, heck. Yeah, okay, and then so that was my My action for my bonus action I would like to use my last bomb of the summer court on Sir Edmund So he gets 1d6 hit points. So whatever's wrong with him. Hopefully that helps. All right three. Oh You were gonna roll. Okay three that is better Yeah, he comes back to and you you see he's grabbing his head. He's got a few cuts that quickly close Blot Yes, right. That was my action my bonus action. I'm not gonna move. So that's that's my turn fritz your turn. Oh heck Okay I've got to add a T to this don't I Depends on whether or not trigonometry works in D&D land sources very Hi DM are you up for some math? We only do rough estimates here Okay, um, so I probably got to get on the ground don't I okay I'm trying to remember our rules for my flying because we changed it It's just five feet to get up in the air and then you can use you the rest of your speed I eat the rest of your 30. I 25. Okay. It's 20. It's 25 to this tree. Am I allowed to just say I Fly up and I glide down you can glide horizontal. I say yeah, yeah, yeah You can go down. You'll be 60 feet up in the air instead of 80 at that point. I would say I I'm trying to Land it is 80 feet down from where you are Yeah, I Guess I will I'm really fudged myself as I am okay What does this do again? Okay, I will use long stride To give myself an extra 10 feet So then I will be there I want to be kind of above this and sort of 60 I would be 50 in there, right? Cool All right, my I'm pretty sure my bow can aim 60 Yes, it can Hooray. Yep. That's a decent amount and I think your fire is a D6 so you may roll another D6. I forgot to add that to your bow. I will do it later Yeah, you fire it at the you can see buck is struggling to lift his hammer from the the Viny flowery ground and as the hound is encroaching on him you fire it right between the eyes Killing it in one shot. Nice These things are going down suspiciously easily And then turn all right next to the blotlings you can see that there are a few right here this one is going to try and Eat the sword of this guard And you can see that it extends this inky tendril that swallows into his arm and starts pulling him And this guy is going to be grapple Can I put a yeah, sure that'll be it This one is going to sneak around here and try and do the same to this guard And he's not the old man This blotling is going to slink on forward towards word I'm going to try and do the same at the horse butterscotch. No Not the horse It extends one of its tendrils and catches butterscotch on one of its legs one of it's Butterscotch is grappled This one is going to attempt the same on Cecilia But it's not going to be able to do it because Cecilia is too big But it does seem to harm her just a little bit leaving a bit of acidic blot juice kind of laying On her scales Next is the geysers this one's dead leaving these two this one is going to try and blast you off your horse word as it aims and Butterscotch blast of arcane energy Oh, you are going to take Ten force damage boy. Are you still up? Yeah, that fucking blows off some of my probably I am I am wounded This one is going to come over here and let's see you and you too gonna try and blast you buck. Okay Well, it is gonna blast you. Okay, and you're going to take six reduced to three force damage Due to your rage. I don't think it reduces force damage. It doesn't oh wait never mind It doesn't it reduces physical damage. This is correct magic damage. So never mind you take six I take six. Yes, and lastly the blot hounds this one is going to run up here But due to the difficult terrain, it's only gonna make it this far This one as well makes it here difficult terrain like this far Attack of opportunity word go. All right negotiation. Don't fail me Yep, that's gonna hit and you slash at it And It is still standing but heavily wounded. You see it's having trouble keeping its form together this blot hound is going to come over here towards these civilians and Take a bite and that makes two of us. It is wounded one of the civilians this human. Oh, oh shit And this one is going to try and take a bite out of old man Andre. Oh No, not the dickhead and Yep, takes a bite out of him. He is wounded suffer. Oh Jesus. Oh, no Oh All right, the next buck can I get one of those little Yeah, sure Here actually I can walk in between these two and then I guess I'm just gonna try and hit the I guess I'll hit the in the one that's already injured try to hit him with my weapon Mm-hmm. Oh Ten is not gonna be enough. Can I Can I I don't want to be useless in this Can I just use my inspiration to try and hit it you may yeah, I want to do I want it. Oh Okay, I'm sorry I have upset lady luck somehow I Do to taking damage though, so I think as long as I make an attack. I don't think I have to hit I think it just okay. Yeah, I have to attack. I don't have to hit somebody. I just try and hurt them or take damage Yeah, I will I don't really think there's anything else I can Do I guess I can maybe like move here to get a little bit closer to Back up But I Cecilia I will stay there and then end my turn because I can't do anything else. Okay. Okay word Yeah, first things first let's get this slime off my horse's leg 17 for six Yes, 17 for six that is going to do it and squish that blob perfectly, but it's not Grappled anymore go that way and But it's got you free. You're free, but not really because we're all riding on you This guy's weapon is has been taken from him Yes, essentially his arm is stuck in this block. Oh his arm is Yes, does it look like he can pull it out if you let go of his weapon It's kind of like sucked into kind of his forearm like midway up. Oh, these things are so disgusting Can I use my move action to kind of jump on him and try to tackle his arm out? You know what? Yeah, your choice of acrobatics or athletics to try and do that. Yeah, definitely acrobatics BAM another okay, you do the rainbow jump flippy thing to latch on to him pushing the His arm out of the blot. He has lost his sword, but he is no longer grapple but a scotch take him down get on the horse I tell the guard to get on the horse and whenever he does butterscotch is going to continue its move action and head down there Good, and I I'm just gonna move you briefly so I can put the guard on there I will stay next to the old man. I want to see how well you can take care of yourself Spicy He you can see that he is just like holding the hound at bay. He's like just shut up and kill me I'm like holding an open wound on my chest I'm just saying if we let him die, I think Cecilia is gonna be unhappy be me that lets him die. It'll be his lack of skill I Suppose it he could have just get to it. Yeah, he's telling everyone Next is these ones are going to swoop down and try and take some hits at point blank at these archers Oh this guy in my disc gets just tugged slightly toward me Okay, you can see he's a little bit panicked. Yeah Being pulled a little bit closer to the lot put him on top of the house. It's probably fine. Yeah I mean, he's still three feet off the ground You'll be safe if I am Nothing bad ever happened three feet off the ground See this one comes close over here. Hey, it's going to try and finish the job. No Oh, I just got it back up Edmunds armor luckily. No, it's going to come over here. Oh And takes a swipe at this archer. They're having a hard time. What's up? Sorry, I've been using negotiation this whole time for my attacks, which means this guy took one more damage This guy yeah, he's still okay cool Yeah, but you know views closer to dead This one's gonna try and swoop down and try and attack this goblin civilian Gotcha And these two are going to spit their acid At Cecilia circling around her No, she is tanking it like a boss though. She is Yeah, boss And lastly the guards and civilians Cecilia seeing that she is being Surrounded now she looks over down at you buck and she just says sorry about this And she is going to Do a low rumbling growl and buck you're gonna need to make a concierge Hey Get all close and personal with the dragon what could go wrong You are going to take a reduced six bludgeoning damage, which is reduced further to three bludgeoning damage Yeah, she makes a low rumbling growl that shakes the air all around her Hurting all of these actually killing this one nice hurting this one as You guys can see the air distort around her from the low kind of low rumbling This one is dead This hound is dead What are you sorry about Like that in for sound stuff that like vibrates your eyeballs and makes you see ghosts, but like worse. Oh It's a it's an explanation for why you get like ghost sightings in certain old buildings near industrial things Yeah, there's like a specific vibrational frequency that like instills a feeling of dread and also vibrates your eyeballs a little bit and just like can Cause little like shadow people hallucinations. Yeah, so Yeah, so it could just make you feel upset about a place She sees the civilians over here are having a little bit of trouble so she looks to you buck Have fun cleaning up the mess big man and she starts to stomp on over that way She's still mad about you fucking jumping off the top rope at her. I miss she can't be too mad It's true. Yeah, she's still holding a grudge about that It would have been sick this guard is going to try and pull his arm out He does but he loses his sword as well. He's gonna try and escort the goblin Using the disengage action so they are on the run just scoop them up this way This human is going to follow them the human makes it to the wall and escapes yeah This guard is going to try and assist you word and they move this way as well try and help help the citizen this guy Yes, sir Goes back. It's gonna help this guy and uses da set of dash get him off that weird magic disc. I don't know what that is And Edmund is going to take his sword out and try and take a swing himself and fails swipe and a miss at the he's still a little bit dazed and These ones are also going to take the disengage to try and run away In the midst of this Layra your turn Okay, can I it says that my little buddy goes after me is it okay if I just make them go before just so I can sort of know Way to focus matters what order they okay, so five ten fifteen fly by Excuse me sir fly by thirty five forty just kind of circling around. We're just gonna try and take out the wounded one Now the wall is 80 feet up I don't know how far down I had to go to beat up the other one though because the only one that the Beastial spirit thing he took it out was another flying one So it's kind of your oh You're so man. I'm sorry. You're right. I thought I took out a my bad Okay, no cuz I'm cuz you're you're summoning distances like 90 feet, right? So I presume that you summoned it close to your right. Yeah, okay. Let's just put her back here I'll take out Okay, forget that forget the thing. I just did we're gonna go five ten fifteen twenty twenty five thirty We're gonna fly by on the one on word So that is my spell attack Okay, okay Nice we let's do it Plus and this it's gonna be this plus another two for the spell level so that's eight damage yep That one slices this blotling just one just explodes into a little goopy mess. Thank you Sorry word, okay bless you fly all right All right, I'm running out of things I can do Let's let's see so commanding that was fine. I'm going to Cast frost bite which is a cantrip so I can do it as many times I want on lefty magoo the This this thingy. Yeah, that's the one. Let me just Excuse me Okay, that good. All right, let's see Yep, and it fails a beam of frost shoots out as this thing is getting ready to spit some more at this archer and it Right before it's able to make another attack Splats and the archer just kind of gives you a little salute All right anytime. Okay, let's see. So that was it was an action I Don't have many bonus actions I can do and I already cast spells So I think I'm just going to move towards the problem area Sort of like over here and maybe Yeah, I get there's not a lot else I can do So I guess that's my turn. Okay Fritz 50 feet up. I'm gonna Yep, hold on. I'm pulling out a calculator doing that I feel stupid. Yes. Okay still in range You see that you see this dog this bloke dog That is just not enough it goes just beside it skidding its the side Pin unfortunately It's all right, so it took no damage missed. Oh Bastard, okay fine Chonky boy, and then I get my movement I guess I'm gonna fly over I'm worried about losing word I'm a fly Hovering above the barrel. I'm using objects tomorrow. Okay, and then I guess I'm gonna all right You can see as you fly closer and the arrow flies by you can see Andre just waving Pick me up. Come on Can't fly that fast Next are the blotlings. This one is going to try and come over here at this civilian No, and it's gonna take a Little tendrally tackle not the blameless civilians whose lives we know nothing about Take Andre. Yeah, we know that he sucks I think that's the only blotling left. Yeah, all right, and the guys are okay seen you approach Fritz This one's gonna take a shot of you. Oh And you are going to take Six force damage as this beam of energy shoots up at you just like in the trailer This is the trailer moment everybody This one is going to shoot at Cecilia When it's nicking her pretty good and the hounds this one is going to take another bite at Andre and Narrowly miss you can see that he picked up like a piece of debris to hold it Inside of the mouth of the hounds mouth just keeping it at bay This one is gonna take a bite out of Cecilia She's looking a little roughed up But otherwise Still okay and standing fuck Did the blot hound by me attack me? Oh the blot hound by you it is going to attack you. You're right Already I already messed up the rage thing and Okay, you you're able to dodge out of the way anyway, so it didn't matter it didn't matter see guys I Will Reckless attack this thing. Let's see. Yeah, that's the spirit. I keep forgetting that that is a thing that I can do Let me do this Very nice. Yep, that'll hit and just with one swift slam of your hammer this thing Explodes into a goopy mess Cool cool cool cool. I want to I'm assuming Fritz can handle You guys can handle your stuff over there, so I want to come over here and engage with these two and that's my turn All right, cool work. All right. I'm gonna sidestep over here and addressing him. Can you kill this thing? Like looking him in the eye again He's just holding it back. What does that matter right now? Yes or no the warrior Whoo, the waiting for his response holding both like both my daggers. What'd you say? I just repeated yes or no No, no, I can't then no you place. I don't make No use my bonus action to make another one Okay, yeah the 18 will be it that's gonna be with a plus five instead of plus three I presume Uh, yeah, you rolled you click the initiative button. Oh Yeah, let me How do I do this? It's a exclamation mark or Was it D4? Yes, and there is an ally next to it. So sneak attack will proc. Oh my goodness I can just I could just take the one that you rolled. Yeah, okay. It's big damn. Yeah. All right So yes, you say your one liner and you know what that's such a burn I'm gonna give you an inspiration. Thank you Get him and kill this thing in one stab and Andre just looks a little befuddled and Pissed he just looks at you, but he doesn't have anything to rebuttal that with Burning eyes Anything else? Sorry, that's my turn butterscotch. I assume I Don't know how well her training is but she would at least go to a safe area with the writers All right, then all right. She will and they all escape butterscotch is free butterscotch has left the battlefield The number you have dialed butterscotch Whatever your turn then word. Oh, yeah, sorry. Yes. No, no good next are the blot hawks these ones Support the geysers seeing fritz as a easy target with no cover. They're gonna fire at you fritz rude Okay, one of them misses you're able to dodge out of the way. However another one nails you and you're going to take Four as a damage and it's spits acid at you. Okay, these guys are just gonna continue to bombard you. Oh It goes just a bit wide with its beam Oh, no, it's just the hawks never mind. Well, I'm gonna count that for this guy's I'll just mark it down is it when it used its turn and This one seeing you approach Laira is going to leave these two Edmund is gonna talk about face opportunity and miss and it's going to take a claw at you with its talons. Okay And it does so I'm gonna need you to take Three damage and make a constitution saving throw three damage con save How about a seven how about a seven a seven is gonna mean you're gonna take an additional six acid Who ah, oh can I use my reaction to cast absorb elements on that you may actually? Thank you I've never done this before so we're gonna we're gonna find out together what this looks like I Absorb all six of it all Apparently as the acid it starts to seep a little bit into your skin But then it's immediately drawn back out and evaporates into the air This one is going to claw this archer with that same style of attack and the archer is gonna look pretty roughed up The guards and civilians turn Edmund is noticing that you are being attacked is going to try and take another swipe You stay away and Slash and he does finally get a hit in yeah Getting yeah thing pretty close to death the archers. Yeah, the archers finish it off and As they do Edmund just looks you my load Laira. Are you all right? I'm well. Thank you. How about you? I'm still a little bit hurting in the head, but appreciate the assistance. Yes, I recommend Staying back while we finish cleaning up but I very well Good man Okay, is that last one still up on the right on the end of the wall No, it's not as the archers lay in as best they can you up just a barrage of arrows See this guard is going to try and swipe at this blotling blotlings a little hurt They do not get a clear shot on the hawk this one is going to escort this civilian they have escaped This one's going to escort this civilian. They have escaped And I think that's yeah, the rest of the hawks are nope Yeah, the rest of the guards These two these three are gonna take the disengage again And trying to move outside of the difficult terrain that you have buck they're gonna come over here And down here It's not difficult terrain for them. Oh, that's right. They're allies. So they're there. Yeah, it's all Thank you Wonderful. They're nearly escaped Unless any of them look like enemies then the Laira it is your turn again, right? So let's get the bird out of the way first just again because that makes things easier for me We're just gonna five ten fifteen twenty twenty five thirty and a flyby attack on that Geyser thingy Let's roll my spell attack. Oh I might have needed to roll a concentration check before I get too big for my britches because I did take damage So how does that work? You have to roll and beat either half the damage you took or ten whichever ones higher So you have to beat ten. Yeah. All right. Let's go. I Did it okay good. All right. Anyway as I was saying spell attack. I rolled That is gonna be enough. Okay. That's good. Let me just grab my Well, let's see Do you add plus six because so we have to add two to this because of the spell level So plus two so nine it's dead you just yeah Putting in the work that bird is killing it I Am a little bit worried about buck And I also have only been focusing on my half the battlefield. So yeah, there's still some problems past Celia So everybody here gonna safely They're right here. They're very close one more turn and they will make it safe. Heck, yeah, right So I am going to use my Second wild shape of the day And I am going to turn into a giant owl Which is On the list of things that you let me do so I don't know how to make this display on beyond 20 or whatever It's just how a large shape or medium. This is large It's a large beast, but it's challenge rating is only one fourth. Yeah, there we go Oh, hold on Yeah Yeah, yeah, no, I didn't want the picture. I wanted the stats. Come on But This is wildly unhelpful You guys are just gonna have to trust me that I have the stats pulled up and it looks pretty cool Boy So I do only have 60 feet of movement so I can't close with anything except maybe is this flying one that's on buck This little guy. No, hold on Giant owl. Yeah So is this one high enough up that I could conceivably like nail it with a flyby or is it just I'm like basically just gonna have to get down to Flying level because I'm gonna say I'm gonna be generous and say yes, it is within range Well, it's pretty high up in the air Awesome, then I would like to just Five ten fifteen twenty twenty five thirty thirty five forty. Hi buck Fifty five sixty somewhere. I Also cannot talk in this form. So we're gonna try my talons attack, which it's just a melee weapon attack It's just plus three to hit question is while shaping an action or bonus action wild shape Oh, you're right. Wild shaping is an action. I can't do that All right, then I just flew kind of down in the general vicinity. I'm preparing to engage with the fight next turn I'm on my way. Nobody panic Another bird is I just get the idea of buck being like You see your owl in the corner go fritz wait. No, hold on. I probably don't notice because I'm alright. It's silent flyers and killers Maybe I should take a note out that but anyway, I'm gonna fly I'm Hit you with my You are rolling horrendously today Unfortunately, it's okay. I'm saving my life Unfortunately, this one is also going to go wide but it does continue to keep the attention of that hawk on you good anything else or is that it and I Yeah, I think I'm next are the blotlings. I'm pretty sure all the blot nope There's this one that is going to try and grapple you buck So if it's an attack he gets advantage by no advantage, right? It is not an attack. It is going to be a saving throw or contesting athletics or acrobatics rather It's gonna try and suck up your hammer the same way it sucked up the sword I do get advantage because I'm a raging at you do gosh 15, okay it rolled a 14 and Ghosts you can you can see it's tendrils kind of lash out to try and pull in your hammer, but you're able to break it off Luckily it wasted its action doing that nice Next are the geyser There's one more it's gonna try and take it further shots at Cecilia, which I forgot to use her action But she's just gonna attack some stuff It's going to blast at her you can see that she's starting to look a little bit exhausted Mm-hmm and she has been gaining a lot of attention from these blot things. I think that's the only guys are left Yep, next are the hounds There's just one it's just gonna attack Cecilia just as always buck Your turn again. I'm gonna try and hit the blout howl and I will still the hawk is quite high up in the air Yeah, sorry, that's Can you reach like 30 feet I cannot I cannot There's a crit in there Yeah, it is. All right. Yep, you smash it to bits. It is completely a puddle I will run over to help I don't know if this is gonna it does not have a sack of opportunity Okay, well, then I will go up to where she is and helps Cecilia just in time for another AOE attack I'm here. Oh, sorry, buddy. I didn't see you there And that's my turn. That's my turn wonderful Cecilia looks pleasantly surprised by your presence Word being you can see that Andre is like panting and clutching his side And he is not too happy at the the comment you threw at him I'm going to sort of awkwardly walk away for a second. Let's do 510 15 and then walk back the same distance And just looking back at the battlefield as I'm walking I'd help him on to the little disc here I just say you gotta you know, she's incredible. I don't need you to tell me that I Just keep looking at why don't you just focus on what you're good at, huh? Oh, he's the worst tip him off the disc Yeah, no one has to know He's gonna fall on his ass, but On my next turn just walking back, that's my whole turn You can see he's really upset. Oh, come on bring me back into the walls the He's saying that the instant I put him on it Wow Next are the hawks and they are going seeing that she is heavily hurt. They're going to start swarming Cecilia No, come kill this guy. No They are just laying into her just spitting acid and this one's going to claw and Cecilia is going to use a reaction You can see that her scales start to harden like stone as she huddles up And is going to reduce the damage that she takes Next are the guards and civilians and this one is the last one moving the civilians They are home free and the archers all take aim Directly towards the blotch, but still holding fire So there are a few civilians left And you can see Andre just seeing that you are half-heartedly helping him word. He's just gonna be like Run Roots screw this and he's going to hop off and start running himself Best of luck to him Layra actually Cecilia needs to take a turn. I'm sorry. Yes. Yes so she used her reaction to harden up and she's going to take an action and She looks at you buck and just calls out see if you can keep up and It's going to take a bite into this one and try and throw it at the geyser Yep, she just like picks it up chucks it at the geyser. She misses the geyser, but this hound is dead Still pretty cool, and she's going to try and take a swipe at the one in the air and miss Okay, now it's Layra's turn. You can keep up. All right. Well first things first my smaller bird five ten fifteen twenty twenty five fly by 3540 fly by so let's just see if we can do anything with that. Oh My god, oh my god, I'm sorry Fritz. I'm getting all of your good roles today It's okay, I get it you have another No, no, all right. It's gonna be whatever this is close to so that's 11 damage. Yep, that'll kill that blot-hawk All right, and now the bigger bird five ten fifteen twenty twenty five thirty Bye-bye Okay, there we go just kind of circling around so we're gonna we're gonna try and fly by on on this bad boy So for that it looks like my way like melee weapon attack So I get all the stats and attacks of the the thing I should I wild shape into right all your physical So just turn into the beast All right, then I'm gonna assume my attack action is basically the same. So let's just roll this. Oh my god 20 that is okay, wasn't that the previous I don't know that one was a dirty 20 I don't see it's not this is just a plus three to hit melee weapon attack Talon's thingy. I Did okay, so it says it's 2d6 plus one slashing damage. So for the crit, how do we We're gonna roll 4d6 and then plus the thing twice. Okay, so 4d6 plus two. Yep Okay, is it explanation point r slash r slash r 4d6 Okay, and then we'll just add two. Wow, that's a that's a bad roll It's dead cool. All right good start for the giant owl form. I gotta say Giant spiders where it's a Spider will be next time. I needed to get off the wall fritz Hi, okay, I'm gonna fly over to here Wait, okay. I'm just gonna make sure I remember the right square Okay Oh, yeah, it's within my range this little bozo here You know what I emotionally damaged it that's Damaged it and you fired it and I'll say it hits and destroys this barrel and grabs its attention The block guys are seeing you fritz is gonna try and shoot a blast at you instead of Cecilia All right, I am okay with that and it is going to hit you for no Oh Five force damage as you beam of arcane energy blasts into you Okay I'm still standing about the hounds are dead Yeah, and now buck your turn once again. I will run up to the geyser and Do the only thing that I'm good for which is hit with my hammer and yeah But 14 will hit it and smash it to bits. Well done Splatters into a bunch of chunks seeps into the ground Stanky Yeah, anything else not real, I mean I'll move back to maybe like here because I have a movement and then I'll end my turn Now it's word. Oh Uh that damn waste of food I don't know. I'm just I'm gonna go ahead and pull out my short bow and see if I can make some work of that little guy up there in the sky I can't You cannot sadly it goes a little wide Just takes off Cecilia a little bit as I'm over here. I'll definitely spit in the direction of the old man again That's my turn. Oh my gosh The one blot Hawk is left. It's gonna try and a scop a It's gonna lie off. They're smart enough to want to escape. How interesting where not only is he a horrible monster, but also I'm projecting As it starts to fly up in a way quickly describe that direction Southeast That's almost the exact opposite of if we're using a standard compass rose on this map Yes, because this map is oriented to that the south is north in our perspective Lastly the guards and civilians they're gonna try and Fire at it and you see one of the one of the guards is like shoot the straggler and they're all firing at it Not nobody is able to land a shot Dang all right later on Alright, let's go bird Five ten fifteen twenty twenty five thirty fly by fly by let's just see if that come on buddy. I hope it messes. It'll be so funny Okay Lord of the sky apparently So that's nine damage slicing it up The real MVP my bestial spirit the bird in the dictionary when you look up what a bird is and Okay is going to be Initiative if I could pause the music please or I'll just delete it I only learned my bird skills by watching you it's okay and that is going to be initiative. Well done. Yay Zero survivors Non-survivors, I think we saved everybody no big blot cyclops is to show up and beam psychic damage directly into our heads Layra we can't understand you. You're a giant bird. Oh, I'm not talking It's okay. I can I can cast speak with animals wait The blood is taking a horrifying form as a I'm just going to land on this house and just hang out Kind of nice being big and feathery Perfect, we can get all the birds in order of height. Let me just wait. I go over Russian nesting doll Matryoshka birds so big owl and then fritz on my back and then tiny bird on fritz's head and then I take the picture Yeah Say say heart of a Lindy Ever since the honor of this Once the rest of the blot has been taken care of Cecilia still in her dragon floor form is looking around With no blot remaining. She calls up. Is everyone all right? Peachy keen Blood is running down my leg And she looks down at you all you know I had this under control. Yep Just cocks the head Doubt You did more than any of us could have done. I think sit down on one of the steps And you can see that her dad it stopped his escape and run up and called out Under control. Did you see that hound it nearly got me? Cecilia just transforms back into her normal form Tries to pay him no mind good. I'll do the same even though it's very hard She looks back to you all you all should have been inside. It's safer at the Colosseum. That's not our job If we wanted safe, I don't think we would have gone on this journey She crosses her arms at that and Looks a little bit surprised She takes a deep sigh closes her eyes lifts her fist up as if she's about to throw a punch and Instead points it forwards for a bump at you buck. Oh Oh heck. Yeah, I bum I give her a bump Quick flip the coin see if you crit fail. Can we can we do the cool? I feel like a references before like the predator hand class the man handshake the man she Dylan Just putting her portrait for immersion sake and incredible through gritted teeth But she relaxes her shoulders a bit. Thank you pilgrims for your assistance your assistance even though I didn't need it It's the thought that counts Anybody got so how much can my eyes roll in this form? You can roll to your head all the way around. Yeah, that's so true You can see the backs of your eyes from inside your ears. Oh How interesting? Yeah, I was a weird Hey You have ears Oh, no, you don't those are like The old feather sideburns thing. Yeah, I can't cast spells in this form But word is bleeding out so I'm probably gonna turn back and cast cure wounds You are an angel well we were I guess done with the Done with the challenge and we have the heart so thank you for that I think the plan if I'm remembering correctly was to go back to the sands and kind of tie one on if that's You're not doing anything. I mean if you're not doing anything else Yeah, I would love to have a pint, but I've got to do a bit of paperwork after this You know guards official stuff and all that nonsense. You can't take a break Not yet such as the life of being dragon Well, I don't think we're I meant the shores earlier. I said the sand Yeah, I don't think I don't think we're I'll look at Fritz and Laren work I don't think we're planning on leaving tonight So if you I mean we'll probably be around if you wanted to Meet up with us. I mean I don't want to speak for anyone else We'll keep a chair open for you if you've got a minute. I bet I could drink you under the table. Yes Language and finally gives you a smile since the first time since before the little tournament. Oh, yeah challenge And you can see approaching the party is Andre. Oh He wipes a tear from his eye. Oh, sorry that was really stupid anyway Yeah, yeah, I'm just talking to my daughter That's all CC. I'm going to need a couple of plat for me and the boys for tonight. So, uh, once you're done cleaning up this mess, I'll uh Is that some kind of ringing in my ear maybe aren't you on retirement? Is that someone to meet? What's that? Oh, it's that thing can you shut up, please And you can see Cecilia is trying her best to not acknowledge her father and he steps a little bit closer I'm gonna put myself between him He takes a step back at this massive owl that just landed before him And he just calls out to Cecilia. Uh, let me just show his little portrait. He's so pretty Come on, you're gonna let let these farmers, you know In the way come on and I'm just gonna stare unblinking at him Turn my head a little bit Seeing you stand up for her Cecilia. It's just like go wait dad Yeah Andre looks back at her and putting one hand to his ear. Uh, what was that? I'm sorry. I'm getting pretty old My hearing ain't so good no more Um, I'm gonna puff up a little bit and just kind of Fush my wings. You just kind of settle in. I'll have intimidation at advantage. We all kind of closing on her Uh intimidation. Oh, it's charisma based. That's not good. I'll just roll it twice. Oh wait. Hold on I remember had it. Do I can we collectively give her like the help action? Oh my god, please do. Oh, okay. I just rolled so badly. How could you? I just look so adorable in this form. There's no helping it. We already have one. I just love that one too Cecilia says away says again go away and not being intimidated at all by you layra Andre just goes, uh, listen, there's no need to get moody just because you've got your ass handed to you by a bunch of farmers, huh? Old man, you're bleeding out Or you will be soon Little does he know I laid this battlefield with dag is exactly where I know he'll walk back Cecilia puts a hand on uh, like leans down to put a hand on you word. He's not worth it. Come on I've had my fun. Let's go get crunk. Let's get blustered Yeah As we're walking past gonna just be like, sorry, we're boring her tonight. Uh, any messages for them to me? I'll She continues with you guys and he's just calling out. He throws his arms out. Remember where you came from Don't forget. I'm the one who put you there. I'm and then she stops Turns around and goes and clocks him in the face He is not sure And she calls out to the guards someone get a cleric I almost want to recast the spill just to tote him through town Oh shame. I'm all out of cure wounds. Why would you do that? She she just kind of pats you on the side fritz and then she just goes Thanks all of you Yeah Boy and you all head back to drink with someone into the wall Yeah back into new the sky and um Cecilia Parts ways with you uh saying that she'll think about it when it comes to your offer to Have one drink one last drink at the soft shores and Running up to you pantingly is edmund Who kind of comes up clutching his side, but uh saying I am so so sorry. You had to go through that. I was supposed to be the one to protect you and Are you all right? I I am and and I'm grateful my lord, but I To you ended up being the ones protecting me and I don't know how to feel about that. You're worth it pretty boy I'm not red We all need protecting sometimes He looks a little bit bashful at that comment word that you made and he scratches his head. You really think so Yes, well, I say I don't know what do you think layra? Oh, yes Absolutely frozen in place And uh, he shrugs his shoulder scratches the back of his head. Well If I have a lord a report back to lord anthuan, which I will have to do eventually He may very well say I wasn't a very good night. I'm sure lord sicilia would give me an earful as well I just can't help but feel I've failed as a knight yet again. I don't know what piece of paper Yes, I do have a notebook. Yeah, and he hands you All right, everyone write kind words here. Give it like a review He's not getting that back is he? No, I'm putting nice words in it and like giving it a signature. Just like he did a good job I'm handing it around like a birthday card four and a half stars. Yeah 10 out of 10 would night again love buck The best there ever was would the other best there ever was The better The better is You can see that he scratched this out multiple times I erased the whole thing and just put he's the second best You can see he looks incredibly embarrassed his face has gone red from all this And he just sheepishly takes the notebook back. I don't know what to say. Um, thank you I just Notice my honor is quite pristine Barely a scratch. It's because I've not really done much battle It's not that I can't handle a sword or anything I'm just a more of a glorified diplomat or anything and the king to my hail from tries It's best to stay out of conflicts due to a shady path. So Well, I'm trying to rebuild relationships with the neighbors and the like So it's always nice to get a thanks every now and then You did well against an incomprehensible flow. It would be foolish to judge you so harshly You made it seem very comprehensible considering I guess because you're locals and you're more attuned to dealing with the block than I No, we were lucky. This could have been much worse. Oh, yeah Then all the better that you were there to assist us Maybe if we see you again, we'll spar sometime. I'll show you what real combat's like face-to-face. Oh my god Oh my lord, that would be an honor. Absolutely Well, I should be getting back to reporting to lord Antoine I do hope you the best of luck. I will inform the lord that You participated in the battle see if he cannot give you some sort of compensation for your due diligence. Thank you We'll be very kind And just as he's about to leave he is stopped by someone calling out Knight Edmund And he stops and you guys are all approached by a very tall and burly looking elven man Oh boy a buff elf that feels weird and he is wearing a very ornate suit of some kind dressed Like he's ready for some kind of meeting with the lord and Uh, some of you may recognize That this is lord of trevisseta Lord Nicholas Tarray You have not met this man. You maybe have seen his face around His chin. It just doesn't stop Trevisseta is far That's like the west to the west. Yes. Yeah. Okay. I remember trevisseta. This dude would be played by uh, Chris Evans in the movie. Oh, yeah and he he looks uh to you all and uh I take it you're the pilgrims of sachia A pleasure Nicholas Tarray oh acting lord of trevisseta. I've come to observe how your progress was going As well as tend to some business. I had an uber sky saw it as an efficient use of time And although your fighting was impressive I questioned the value of putting yourselves in harm's way so valiantly Instead of seeking refuge in a more safely protected locale like the coliseum Please tell me you wouldn't so also happen to have the dragon hearts with you while you were keeping the blot at bay There would not have been a safer place to put them He looks at you lehra And he steps up close to you. You can see this man is seven feet tall has to break his neck down. How does this happen? He lifts his hand to squeeze the bridge of his nose you do realize how much of a risk you have put the entirety of a linty just now I do I would hope so He takes a step back do not misunderstand me I merely would prefer for different methods of delivering the dragon hearts Where I to have it my way the process of revitalizing quarencia would be seamless and efficient No squabbling no sightseeing tours and all the hearts would be within the life tree by the next day But all the other lords called me mad for proposing such a heinous idea Is that right? Yes, I think the people collecting the heart have to have heart You make it boring. It doesn't become what it is I apologize for wanting an efficient way to keep our livelihood a bay What method did you propose? I proposed that they simply be brought forth to a central area and looked after by official means Guards myself the other lords and not Yourself? Of course What makes you so valuable and Interesting or this to do it. Yeah, he steps up to you fritz and dwarfing you in size because I run a province Look, I'll put my hand on the shoulder. Maybe we got off on the wrong foot. Um My name is buck. Uh, it's very nice to meet you. He lifts a hand to interrupt you I very well know who who you are buck back for us. Is buck taller than him? This is important. Oh, yeah How tall are you still? I think I said I was six like in the mid sixes. Oh come on. I don't think I'm as tall as him though No, I think I'm taller than six feet, but I'm six five No, no, I'm high sixes. Okay guys everyone everyone acknowledge that rude smith is tall. Okay He's just standing on tiptoes. I know more about it. I got it. Um, look I Well, you know, no one's trying to disparage the way that you run. I've been to your city. It's a very wonderful place. Um But I think Things not being the way that you want them to be we've sort of been entrusted with this task and Although you have trepidation. We've been able to handle ourselves quite well so far. I mean uh Collecting the dragon hearts in a secondary location before bringing them to the tree creates a point of failure for The entire process that could easily be targeted by attack which is most likely the actual trepidation many of the other lords had with your plan That kind of stuff usually works internally. Give me a personalization check Okay Oh another charisma you say Uh, sure. What could go wrong? Oh my god. Okay. Sure. Get him. Get him. You know what you're talking about. Facts of logic, baby But you're talking to a politician Oh god, he lifts his eyebrows Hmm, perhaps you have a future in this whole business after all Regardless, whatever the case may be whether I want it or not You do make a good point and I have come to assist you It's in everyone's best interest after all the currency does not die So consider this my contribution to that end. He waves his hand And a few guards come to escort a cart of sturdy design Levitating a few feet off of the ground via some magical crystals and being pulled by what looks to be a very strong and young healthy horse And you can see just as this happens butterscotch runs back to your side uh word My blessing my flesh and blood I embrace butterscotch Is there room on the harness for two horses? He sees uh The horse approach you Seeing that you'll be traveling You'll need supplies and a place to rest the wilderness of alentee will give you no quarter and neither with a blot Inside you'll find a week's worth of non-perishables as well as assorted supplies for any unorthodox obstacles You may come across and he looks over at butterscotch and you can see his eyes are fixated on her bad leg That mare you have is likely not fit to pull the cart the horse. I provider will do just fine Who said she was going to pull the cart that'd be rude butterscotch would work more than that So you will simply have a pet along with you I don't care how you choose to see the situation that i'm in We're not going to put a label on this relationship Is one of the family Very well, if you insist I merely had my own suggestions, but I have no demands to make on things that aren't mine We appreciate your assistance I'm lowered to harrow you I presume then then you're going to be heading back to Um, where it is that you're where is he from again? He's from trevisseta. You're I'm assuming you're going to be heading back to trevisseta then Shortly or Not shortly. No, I have business here Firstly you sir edmund and edmund just kind of looks up uh Pack your things starting tomorrow. You will be making for trevisseta and you'll be given further instructions as to your duties once you arrive And uh edmund just like But my lord with all to respect the pilgrims and then he interrupts will not be needing your assistance any longer We've done what has been asked of you and now you have new orders And edmund just looks at the party a little bit Very well Thank you my lord. He takes a bow takes a bow to you all and heads Inward and then he just kind of whispers I will see you at the soft shores of course Do we still have his sending stone? You do Cool, we're fine. I have late night calls with him later Okay, we don't need to We're we're very appreciative of the help that you've been offering us, um Rat gang we're really I feel like everyone's mad at him No, no, no, we're just exhausted. I appreciate it very much. This has been an extremely long day It felt like it lasted three weeks We fought like a dragon and then we fought the blots. So we're a little bit banged up. Um, of course You're most likely wanting some rest. I will not get in your way But if all else is done, I'll be doing business in the city hall if you've any further questions for me I prefer them now once I start my work. I don't like to be interrupted Understandable not for me. Thank you for the the patronage and the new fancy horse What is the horse's name? Yeah, I was We had the same we had the same one What's what's this horse's name does it require one it has a job to do and it does it efficiently Efficiency efficiency we both pat efficiency What kind of horse is she You can see that it's got a it's kind of like a white horse that's got like a cow pattern Okay Adorable Is that the name of her? Sure. Is she a draft horse or a riding horse? Is she big or really big? Yeah. Well, they're both large Pretty big, you know cart pulling size as someone who is not familiar with horses An apple loose. I think it's the one you're thinking of. I know that they have you could say maybe they're a Like if they're in if you want a middle ground, you could say like a calm Statistics wise draft horses are slower, but have more hit points and are stronger Than riding horses are faster Okay, I imagine it's probably that then since it's more about stamina rather than going fast Uh efficiency the apple loose said that's what we're going with All right, I'll keep her on my call it what you like Okay, they are a draft type a cob is a draft type call it what you like But if you have no questions, I have a new city to run Well, best of luck in your endeavors Sorry out of game, what does he mean by new city? You can ask him Yeah, okay If that's news to me, what do you mean by new city? What about Antoine Well, there's no harm in sharing seeing as the public will know soon enough Lord Antoine Balastar of Nuba sky has been discharged to the cedars acting lord of which I will be taking his place as governing remotely from Treveseta Oh But trevescent is all the way on the other side of a lengthy indeed it is And I will be governing remotely I'm here to do all the paperwork and business that requires my succession What role will this what impact will this have on the dragon's position in the city? That is for me to worry about and not you pilgrims I Suppose technically what I know from living here like how the lord is like Like is the lord of like an appointed position like by like a council like yes It is an appointed position. You would know that this lord the history of him He's Antoine has mostly been kind of a fun kind of guy and like hey, how's it? He's very much a man of the people um for better and for worse And sometimes maybe lets things slide more than he should very befitting of a place of merriment and gambling such as Nuba sky And he said that the he's been ousted through what means Uh, I'll ask him if I'm probably peaceful political ones. I'm sure maybe maybe I'm not understanding In what way was Antoine ousted from his position Hmm most of the council and I have come to a an agreement the council of lords that Lord Antoine is not fit for his lordship and that someone with a better handle on things should take his place He has spent the past decade and then some running ruling incompetently allowing countless amounts of criminal activity to prosper Due to lack slaps on the wrist. He insists Keeps the peace I for one believe when a criminal commits a crime that it should not happen again Interestingly enough it was your own lord candler that was most against the idea, but hopefully she will see the results in time Whatever the case may be the details of this arrangement should not be of your concern pilgrims Hopefully not He narrows one eyebrow at you laira. How does he do that? Explain to me what narrowing an eyebrow is joker lowering one as an inquisitive look This is something you wish to say to me miss laira none that I haven't already said you have bad ideas always wants to start a fight Very well done Is there alt else? No, I think we're nothing strong enough that I'm willing to put up with Should we return to the soft shores? Yeah, actually I wanted to go see how How the bridge to our boat is doing that was like a while ago. I feel like We should check out and I'd like to invite some of our friends to to the tavern tonight Very well Nicholas takes us leave good day pilgrims Good day Okay, I think we leave. Yeah I feel like every time one of these people leaves from us we all turn to one another be like, okay, so that's a person we don't like Our compass for who we do and do not like is pretty clear. I feel like They might all be hot, but we don't like everybody Honestly, if the personality is rancid, there's not a lot you can do about it fair enough I'm just worried about the I don't know blossoming evil empire forming in our wake around this guy Yeah, maybe we should come back here after we get the next heart just to see what's going on Just to check in pop the sending stone out be like, hey How's the totareller tarion dictatorship going? So how's fascism? I'm gonna guess word you're gonna go to the docks then who are you? Yeah I am looking for my beautiful friend paul of the rattler Ah paul of the rattler along with uh jacob joseph jankle and storig Storig, okay. Well, you do not find uh the other two as they have head back to sachia on their boat You do see paula kind of um just sitting at the docks. You can see she's Fratinizing with some of the other sailors, but they do not seem to be giving her much Of whatever she's looking for she seems frustrated. She sees you approach Yeah, I'm gonna step in for what's the problem here? I I'm trying to get another crew together Oh Is there any reason they don't like you you were pretty confident captain before what's the deal? I have nothing to offer. Thanks to you and your crew I mean that was just a bad job. You really outplayed yourself Is there a reason you came here or did you just want to fling insults? No, I'm here to help gentlemen Hmm Does that not what you want from your boss? Oh, yes, this old mess. Okay. Well, how do you wish to go on show me? Well in the initial I was gonna invite you to drinks later But right now it seems like you need some gentlemen's help. Do you have a vessel? I I'm in the process of gaining Mm-hmm. And what's uh, what's stalling that process? Uh bad luck That's a little abstract Bad luck doesn't stop me. I can't lay bricks without clay. Okay All right, I pull out 25 gold It's gonna help you at all she Gets up from her seat Why are you doing this really everybody's got an agenda? Mm-hmm. No, I told you my agenda planted simple earlier. I am planting seeds Planting seeds and what tree will the seed grow into? One that you know gives fruit to every branch involved I'm just trying to build branches and if you want to be involved you'll get fruit like this And how do I know this tree is not going to get chopped down by some woodsmen along the way? Because I am the trunk This metaphor is getting very mixed And how why should I trust this trunk to uphold itself? How do I know it's not full of rot? Well, actually it's a little complicated here because you did slide us earlier and you you know Need to pay us back. I'm just paying forward enough to where this is something that's even feasible for me Hmm She snatches the gold out of your hand I'm keeping an eye on you I'm doing the same with you You're welcome at the bar if you want to be there And I will walk back. I'm also curious what happened with the bridge The bridge you can see the trolls the two trolls that were once arguing now Each have essentially a guard babysitter keeping watch on them to make sure they do Okay, cool Their squabbling has come to a violent end as you can see that both of them have bruises and black eyes And the bridge is currently in the process of being repaired Um, I if I if it's possible, I'd like to go to the gaming corner Uh, really quick because I'd just like to talk to aurelia Yes, you may go to the gaming corner Aurelia is there waiting for uh, who have you know, just whoever she's not waiting for anyone I don't know. I don't know if laira fritz want to come with me. I'll let them know that I just want to get some information um About yeah, may as well. What's going on? Well, I mean if we want to hold down the fort at the soft shores in case the cilia shows up that might be a move but I'll go sit. You guys will have fun. You can come too Yeah, you don't have it's whatever you want to get what you guys want to do I just I'm I'm not trying to go off on like a secret personal mission or anything That's what I'm trying to communicate to everybody if they if you guys want to come you're welcome Yeah, may as well why not Um, I'll sit down at aurelia's table and I don't know what game she's running, but I'll put uh five gold up for Whatever game Yep, and she she sees you and when you sit you see she puts one hand and kind of Fanes, uh a a sigh of relief. Oh block your back. Oh, it's nice to see. I'm so sorry about the misdemeanor earlier I hope I can be forgiven. Of course aurelia. You know that It's it's always a good time to play uh games speaking of playing games, um I was wondering if uh, I could gamble for a little bit of information here Information well, then that really depends. I could tell you about the upcoming weather forecast or Perhaps you're looking for something More behind the books I'll put five more gold to the five gold. I already have on on the table. Give me a persuasion Uh, I'm not very persuasive. Uh, where is it? Where is it? Is anyone else else with buck? I think they run fritz, right? Yeah, neither of us are particularly well I'm not particularly persuasive. I don't know why it won't let me actually, you know what give it with advantage since you're Putting up gold as well There we go. We'll take that one with a 15. Okay 15. Yeah She pockets the gold and She looks around herself with her owl like head almost spinning it entirely around before spinning entirely back Cool. What do you want to hear? well, we just had a run in with a um a new Lord of this town of Nicholas to hero and I just really need to understand what the heck's going on with him And Antoine no longer being the lord. I figure you probably heard something about this. Yes lord Nicholas He's been having an eye on nuba sky for quite a while Whatever might have happened. He's finally got an excuse to take over this place and He's probably going to throw in quite the bit of regulations I hear rumors I just hear some things sometimes that he's building something over in trevisetta that requires a lot of money Oh boy Well, obviously i'm familiar with the fact that there's a lot of money coming in through Uh, this town although coming as quickly as it is going. I'm sure you know understand that Yes, and it seems lord to To hero Keep some of it rather than let it circulate And being as a woman who I'm sure has some difficulties with regulation. Uh, what's I mean? How does the town feel about that? Most people have been quite hush hush, but I think the general consensus is that Nobody likes him. He's a little bit Too into himself and his plans. He's not open to other ideas I've heard discussions from some of the lords that he can be quite stubborn And um, I'll put another maybe like five gold down on the table Speaking of of that is is there any How should I say this? Um Non-official Rulers of this town Who take issue with his rise to power or are they more connected to this? She leans in real close Quite the opposite. Have you have perhaps perchance heard of the underthrown society? Oh, no, we have haven't we? Yeah Uh, I'll like lean. I'll just kind of nod They have making a lot of moves A lot of moves in new disguise where they otherwise wouldn't Me things They're in cahoots and um, let's say For the sake of argument here that I'm looking to get into some of the business uh Some of my old habits if I were to go looking for this underthrown society, where would I want to start? You would want to start by doing something incredibly reckless And desperate which I hear you're very good at I think that's enough uh talk for for right now Um Is it was that a reference to something specifically or what did she have more to say? I'm sorry to mean to cut you off. No, that was that was pretty much it. Uh, she continues All I'm saying is they like to see themselves helpers You make yourself seem as though you need it. They'll find you Oh boy Always a pleasure Aurelia. I'll make sure to Stop by sometime if I push myself up from the table I think you've had about enough for today little beat up had a lot going on I hope you have a good rest of your night before you go buck. She hands you back the five gold you just placed Things are going to change around here, and I genuinely am sorry I'm realizing nowadays. I have to make more friends than enemies especially with that new Business suit on the seat I would rather figure who my friends are um I'll sort of uh, just kind of like tip milady. I'll sort of tip my hat uh to her um, and then just kind of like uh, just kind of walk out uh, and Sort of head to the soft shores with whoever's there Mm-hmm. Oh, I was afraid of that. Um, we're all talking to Lera. Yeah Okay, so you guys head to the soft shores then let's do it I'll just communicate whatever. I don't know what was like said, but I'll kind of I don't know if You want that done role player wise, but I'll communicate to Lera and for some word sort of what it is that Oh, I think I was the only one who wasn't there I'll tell her when I get back. Oh, yeah But I'll head back there. Yeah, you'll be able to share the information and I'll just retroactively say that you do Um, just like what's the just to happen. I kind of sorry The the gist is that that under throne society the the weird conspiracy back home and the weird conspiracy here are probably the same conspiracy Yeah, got it. No, boy And that so like the the turtle pope and the other guy. Yeah, Lord Nicholas may have connections to it To the under throne society Father Omar was his name Oh, yeah, turtle pope Yeah, and I'll say that you would relay this over time to word You can role play it out if you wish But as you enter the soft shores you can see that Rama and Edmund are actually Already there and communing with each other Yeah, our boys Rama you can see they're they're having a nice time together. They're sharing a pleasant drink clicking glasses and Edmund Sees you all and just kind of waves you in And Rama does as well. Ah, I'm so glad to see you all safe More than safe We saved about half the people in this city and they know my face and that might be an overestimation Oh That is wonderful. I I I am so sorry. I didn't have time to prepare meals for your return I only just got back from the Colosseum as the guards were escorting everyone They only of course just recently let us go back now that the blot has gone. Thanks to you, of course Edmund has told me all about what happened I also never got a proper chance to thank you for the wave of customers you gave me if only if it were interrupted too soon Ah No, they should be coming back. I'd imagine I would hope so soon enough Perhaps he scratches the back of his head a bit, but It made me come to the decision. I wish to share with you now I think I'm not cut out to be an innkeeper. Gosh. Oh Yeah, that's a fair choice Yes, but I do have to thank you for helping me learn that I have taken your words to heart and I'm going to explore other avenues find my calling Words eyes shoot open and he darts out of the business Well, okay. Bye word I'm gonna run to the docks. I think I might have a new business acquired As you're running to the docks you actually can you see uh Paola is actually on her way to the soft shores and she sees you're running and Paul puts it back I have a whoa I have an opportunity for you a real good one. That's real obvious to me, which makes it very helpful for tracking you um There's a business that is for sale by a friend and I don't think he wants anything to do with it How do you feel about running a bar? Or hiring people to run a bar She cocks her head to the side Is this some sort of bit? You gotta trust me more just follow me and I run back She just shrugs her shoulders. All right, little man Come on man, you're tiny too shut up And so she follows you and now there's three extra people in the soft shores And uh as you run back and uh rama Just continuing with everyone who's there. Oh, that was weird Yes, it uh It will be very difficult to give up my father's gift to me, but it will live on in me and my journey So I I do aim to sell it which although is not his original purpose will help me in my journey Which I'm sure my father would gladly have put all his efforts into doing so as well in keeper or otherwise I'm sure Do you know what new direction you might want to take? Perhaps journeying a bit try a little bit of adventure work But I will have to find a group if I can find people that's half as good as you are I'm sure I would be absolutely fine, but even so I would not mind a bit of advice from those with experience such as yourselves Sir Edmund how perilous to you is your journey home liable to be? Edmund just kind of uh Looks a little bit embarrassed Well, that's a bit of a complicated question as I live a few kingdoms down and that journey is quite Quite more arduous than I think master rama is planning But regardless I would Advise and he gives a little bit of advice telling him to pack more than he needs to More often than not get a lot of food and making sure to have more blankets than he thinks is necessary and then more than that Oh, and then eventually word you do head back into the tavern with paola My good friend rama I introduce to you the new store owner Oh It is nice to meet you and paola just looks around the place This place is a shithole Wouldn't call it that it's more of A beautiful location on the docks that could use a bit of improvement Paula you're full of elbow grease. You can't talk to talk about it like that She crosses her arms. I just say it how it is boss This place looks like it's going to be a money sink and that's what I love about you Kind of pushes her to the bar She's got 25 gold to put on this place and I'm willing to back that Uh rama looks taken back at this give me Hmm 25 gold feels low for an entire building. That's what I was thinking Which is why I was gonna say give me a persuasion at disadvantage Okay, I'll use my inspiration to keep it flat. Okay This guy come on So you offer up 25 gold And rama looks a bit conflicted at this and he's like Well, I guess I won't be needing it, but uh, this was my father's gift to me. I I just don't know if it would be worth that much. I just We will honor you and your father Oh, I don't know about this one You can you can just like give her a run down of the business and tell her, you know what you want preserved what not Rama, what do you think a fair price for this place would be? I would love to hear your input Well, that is just the thing miss layer. I do not know what price to put on this It's not one that I possibly could it was my father's gift I slapped 25 more down an extra. Yeah, I'll throw down an extra 84 184 gold on the table Uh, I think that's double 25. So it's only Oh, never mind 50 80. So that's 120 for 134 34 34 and rama just looks at it Well, now I have a different conflict I don't know that I can rightly accept this from you who who have brought so much business to my town Rama you've brought joy to our hearts He looks to you looks to paula looks to edmund. Edmund doesn't know what input to give She's like for edmund Can I look at paula and be like You'd be able to brush this up, right? I saw the crew you put together Why are you all being so damn nice suddenly? It's kind of a job. That is an interesting read on what this situation is It's their job. I'm making a business purchase Maybe maybe if I can make a suggestion, um, I can tell it's going to be difficult for you rama. I mean, obviously this place has some uh significance To it and maybe it is that you don't want to sell it I mean, we've already sort of gone into business with one another with helping you, uh Advertise the place. I mean words faces out on the The building itself Maybe rather than sell it. I think possibly what word of suggestion is that the You go into business with one another that way you can Still remain title of the building and you know, we can make sure that it's taken care of in your absence So he's just a landlord Well, I mean we're You'd be business partners, right? I mean you you I mean, we're definitely in charge of the operations, but uh I mean, yeah, we we can form some kind of contract that on is what rama wants to be done with this business What he doesn't want He takes this in for a bit. I'm sorry. This is so much to think about You know what? He takes the gold and puts it into his apron Miss paula this place is yours Whoa I know that my father's gift to me is more than simply a building And it will continue with me on my journey Thank you, mr. Word And also you too miss fritz. I will put this money too as best of use I can This is more than worth it I would like to have more work with At building to your inventory One more with uh, we just all brought paula. I'm gonna turn a word and be like, okay now I'm thinking you know the 84 I put down where I'm actually I'm gonna welcome the rest of the party to this conversation That I have with paula, but I don't want the other two involved Uh-huh. Uh-oh So we'll go to the back of my new business Yeah Just like I still don't know where you're getting at little man Follow me Whatever is there a place where we can be like relatively unheard? Yes, actually rama shows you to the kitchen Okay, and he closes the door giving you some privacy All right, I do not trust the direction that new best guy is going in And we need someone who can listen to every person who comes in here newly They show up here. They talk about their complaints their interests why they hear who they're working with we can gather intel here About what is happening in new best guy, which seems like something bad Now that's good for us and good for the future of not only best guy, but a linty And uh at the same time paula It's a lot easier to run business and make money in a seedy shithole like this We have back rooms for a reason Should we Talk to buck's ex-wife I if we worry about the direction the town is taking it might be good to forewarn her Oh, yeah, that's fair. I thought you meant like a money laundering or something I don't understand if you want to go into business with her too. I'm sure that could be arranged I guess maybe we don't go into business with my ex-wife. I think we've gone into business Maybe word maybe word you make a promise to me that this will be your only business in new best guy and that's it I think that's good enough. Yeah, but we wouldn't want to be protected in case something nefarious is underway No, I'm just saying no business with my just don't go into business with my ex-wife. I would be appreciated. I guess I can respect that. There's a lot of tension there. I don't but definitely warn her Paula, um paula looks a little bit amused by this. Oh, well, I'll have to ask about this some other time You're absolutely welcome But back at the matter of hand boss You almost had me fooled that all you did was all for the good of Your heart that this altruistic endeavor that the seeds that you would plant would be just for the good of the people And she leans in and how in how in anyone's name did word convince you of that and smiles I'm glad I was wrong Turns out it was some kind of skeezy plan and I am in And you are welcome to take just as much control as I have exercised today She extends a hand I shake it in whatever manner or fashion she is accustomed to I'm in boss Happy to have you a boy I put money into this we are one town out from our starting point and we've already started launching money laundering operations Um, I walk I don't want to be in the room for this anymore The exchange is done and uh, she it's all right bucks afraid of gambling This kind of gambling worries me she starts looking over the place and uh starts taking a few notes Um mental notes. All right, then I guess I'll have to figure that this place is a bit of a fixer up or I'll Take a look around the place And she leaves you The rest of you to enjoy the rest of your time together Yeah Word and So you you yeah, sorry you go Word can I can I be considered one of those? What are they called like fancy investors? Um What are you talking benefits? We don't have dental No, I don't have teeth That's right You really thought I'll start up teeth. Come on. Um Can I can I get free free drinks when I'm here? Absolutely top shelf if they have one No, there's only one shelf there. I said never mind. You can have anything from that shelf We're gonna have to make these shelves lower Yeah, because now what uh, she's a hobgoblin if I remember she is a hobgoblin. Yes. Yeah, she's running the place Everything's going lower I hope Paula's ready for a bunch of cobalt's coming over to work She opens the door and just like Seven dwarfs They're like the mice from Cinderella. They just gotta like do the place up Oh No Can I I kind of want to talk to I want to grab like a lemonade or something and then talk to Rama Yeah, that's if that's possible. Yeah pretty much all since this change in ownership since the owner It's an ownership limbo right now Both Rama and Paula agreed to just kind of let you guys do what you wish with the place Considering you contributed to this transfer and ownership and the kick started money that you've gave in Rama Hmm What's the name of the place again soft shores, okay? Thank you. Although, you know you you have purchased it quote-unquote for paula. So Backroom handshake deal I respect the the shop owner enough to keep the name Okay, and uh the dragon obviously because she has a place with the soft shores logo. I wouldn't want to take that away So we have that now Buck you want to say something to Rama? well, um Rama just this seems like a pretty big decision. Did you run it past? um All the people that you needed to run it past in the city Oh, yes, I will get the proper paperwork to transfer ownership officially, uh, perhaps early tomorrow morning That's not what I'm talking. That's not what I'm talking about. Um Has I don't know Cecilia been consulted You two seem like friends. It might be something that you might want to if you're leaving nubis sky I mean, maybe it's something You wanted to talk to her about maybe he looks down a bit. Ah, yes She is a good friend after all But she is so busy. I doubt that she would even really consider much of what goes on in my life She's got her fame and fortune to to take care of and uh, you know all that business being dragon I'm sure she won't even realize I'm gone She will absolutely realize you're gone and probably be quite upset if you leave without talking to her first Oh How did you sure? Yes, he doesn't know that we have like what the heart is. He does. He doesn't know. He doesn't worry. Yeah, it's been a while Very well, uh, I I would take your words to heart but um, I just don't know how she would make time for someone like me but uh Sure, I will go see her tomorrow I would attempt to Good idea And uh, yeah, if there's nothing else you guys do share small talk Uh for a little while sharing drinks. Um, yeah, we're gonna share drinks paula already kind of Maneuvering and rearranging some of the furniture and as the night gets pretty late You do hear one more person enter the soft shores Yeah, it is a certain Bullhorned minotaur And she sees you all And then immediately walks out of the door. No, no, no Hey, I challenged you get back in Oh, she wanted a private moment and we're making about a private moment. This is our arena. These are the chairs being called. Uh, she hesitantly just Grasps grips the door handle as a deep sigh And moves in and then just feigns a smile. Hi there everyone And Edmund Edmund just like gets up. I can see that my presence here is no longer needed Yeah I I should get going. Um, it was an honor to serve you my lords. I do wish we had more time to spend, uh I've yet to even see such a so a thousand questions for another time, perhaps Wherever your quest may bring you. I do hope you the best of luck and we're in so you keep you Yes, best of luck on your journey. I'll come visit you and you know name place Perhaps and if you need assistance you can always call Now unfortunately those who do not work outside of nuba sky never never mind And I'll bring along my route But um, perhaps I could learn sending Oh and keep in touch that would be very efficient Uh, good day my lords and he heads out All right, that's one awkward conversation done Paula kind of uh seeing that she needs things to tend to also goes into the kitchen She's ducks behind the counter Leaving Cecilia and Rama and you all I give Cecilia one of our strongest drinks Oh, no, she takes it uncorks it and just swigs it down I am spending recklessly today aren't I? Oh boy Is quite the crowd I was expecting Aren't we? Yeah, I honestly expected more people to be you I was hoping the Pilgrims would have been gone by now, but I'm happy to see you all I suppose Drink to that Should we leave I got some chores did I just got someone to talk to you. So I'm gonna head out. Yeah, actually I need to talk to a buck right now. Yeah, I need to we're not yeah, we got it There's something Rama's calls out to you before you leave if you need to one last free night for you all lodging on me Oh, thank you. Thanks Technically on you guys you guys bought the play. Yeah, okay. Thank you. That paperwork doesn't work. So that's okay. All right. Yeah, thank you, Rama We're gonna we got a one more night. It's not a bite. Yeah Grab a sandwich outside. Yeah, don't not maybe So yeah, what kind of conversation do you guys have? Oh, I just felt like the air was really thick in there Yeah Is layra and fritz. Yeah layra and fritz. What are you guys doing? Uh, if fritz isn't leaving I'm not leaving I'm taking all my social cues from the one person who knows how to talk to people and Word and buck just left. So I guess I'll go Cecilia. Do you want to Read choose a different date for our drinking competition She looks a little bit confused at that But then do you want privacy? We like hear that from outside just face in drink not looking she looks surprised looks back at rama looks back at you looks back at rama you I This is She takes a deep breath in Yes, I would very much like that. Thank you Awesome. Great. I'm such a good communicator. Let's go layra. Oh, yes. All right. Have a good night Bye. Bye I need to leave rama and Cecilia alone In the soft shores in You guys like come outside and buck and word are like on a window sill like looking like Will this ship set sail I can see what's happening. Am I missing something? They don't have a clue Yeah, I guess we're in buck to have sort of a Timonan Pumba type It's the really tall and the really short combo I just imagine that completely flew over for its head. They have no idea what they just insinuated I was gonna start walking. I guess I'll walk with word to the Like the oh the gambling hall the no the just the like marketing district. Oh, yeah, okay Man, can I just tell you you used to live here? Every corner of this place is exhausting Yes, it's uh, quite a town. I mean I definitely wore out many of these streets a long time ago, but it's it's Changed a little bit since I've Since I've been away. Yeah, it's gonna feel different, huh? I imagine you'd fit or fit in pretty well in a place like this Not the way it's going now I mean you've been here like a couple of days and you're already found yourself a little niche Can't be that bad. I'm just getting the wedge in the door before it gets shut locked this place I mean, it's been a lot already, but how do you feel about where it's going? Not well, which brings me to where I'm going. I need to talk to Talindra. Um Try to figure out what's going on and at this point I'll kind of relay everything that I said that was told to me about by Aurelia Look, um, I know it's been a while since we did that job together. Um Oh, yeah, and I know that it's been um I've really put that part of my life away from me for now and I've See that you somewhat have at the very least we're doing our own things now But I'm risk like that's not my style anymore Right, but the risk like that I think you and I are both somewhat familiar with it can mean if this New under thrown society should be dealing with the government. I mean it it does not sit well with me either as a Citizen of this town or Satya or even a linty as a as a whole I feel like I don't know it makes me nervous Makes me nervous too. I've never been a big fan of any kind of government other than, you know Something I've been able to take control of because I know myself It's not a big joke me wanting to control everything. I just don't know anyone else who's done it right And the fact that things are changing and just grips are tightening I I care about the people that That I'm in control of I get that. Um, I think maybe If we can try to figure out a little bit more before we decide to leave this place that might be for the best Um, what do you think? Well, I'm thinking first. I'd like to speak to my ex-wife. Um, oh, yeah, that's a that's a fair one Um, to see if to see if she knows anything, um, of course And then I was given some what was what did that mean? You said that back to me like I had ulterior motives. I didn't say that you did Direct I know you didn't say that but that I did but you your tone of voice sort of had an intonation there It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. Um, I'm gonna talk to her to see if she knows anything and then I think I have an idea of how we might be able to Cook up some sort of Interaction with this under thrown society Yeah, it's it's getting there I love to stay out of this upcoming conversation. I feel like I owe you more than that Right, right. Can you stay outside for the conversation? Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay I saw this guy with really a furry coat that I might go check out Yeah, maybe uh, maybe pick up some I was not I also wasn't kidding about the food I don't know if maybe while I'm doing this I I'm not in much of the mood for sweets right now But if you could find like a street vendor or something, I'll pay you back Oh, you know, I think I saw a cannon burger like around the street You go there. I'll go and I'll catch I'll come right back out and I'll I'll stay there. You come find me Okay, all right And then I want to go into tlindra's Store Unless we wanted to switch over by now, but you do know where tlindra lives Can I go to where tlindra lives? You can yes And how do you Make yourself known Um I knock on the door just a normal knock. I just do a normal knock on the door All right, you hear a muffled voice and a little scuttling and then you see your ex-wife open the door It's tlindra. Yay Good evening buck. Um, how's it going? Um, so are you doing good in the coliseum? That was great Oh, thanks. I appreciate it. Um You you look good. You're doing all right. It's quite a It's dark out Buck you got that look. What's wrong? Look, um Well, it's just that we're gonna be heading out of town sometime soon. I reckon and I've Ran into lord nicholas to harrow um and I just I didn't know if you Could maybe feel I wanted to see you is what I meant to say I wanted to see you and to ask kind of what it is. It's been going on here. It's it's Some things that I've been learning About everything since I went away. It seems like the town might be In a more precarious position than it is normally and so yeah lord nicholas moving in it's definitely got a lot of people up in a right tizzy, but It's a little bit concerning especially for people with their own business like me He's wanting to compile them into some sort of big old business that Some kind of thing they do in trebisetta. So I hear but a lot of folk here. They like to do their own thing but This guy, I don't like him buck I take off my I take off my hat. Can I step inside for just a quick second? Oh, yeah, sure. Come on And I'll step I'll go inside you go inside and you can see it's a nice, uh Plays a little humble place. You can see her mom is asleep on one of the couches Oh, um, I'm sorry. I'll make this quick. Um and try not to talk too loudly. Oh, it's all right She's knocked out cold an earthquake couldn't wake her Right, right. Um, look, I'll be level with you to linger. I've been hearing some, uh Rumblings about this, uh, they call themselves the underthrown society Oh That's Well, I hate to say that's not the first time I heard of that What do you mean by that, uh I didn't mention it before because I didn't think it was worth mentioning but Some crazy dry man came through here mentioned your name and oh, no It was a couple of days ago and I tried to help Help the fella and get back on his feet, but he kept muttering something about some sort of underthrown, but Buck you wouldn't happen to know anything about that, right? Um, not more than Well, I think I might know the man that you're talking about. It's just there's this We ran into some trouble. I I'm not back into my old ways or nothing. It's just that I I'm A little bit nervous about They're going on that in in the city and I and I have reason to believe that they might be connected to um This sort of hostile or not so hostile takeover that to harrow is doing I don't know, but I I'd be careful if I were you buck What happened with him is he showed up one day I saw that he was down on his luck and so I decided to give him some help Mentioned your name just months or twice and I didn't think much of it, but Then as he started to get back on his feet He started one day just feeling right happy like he finally Found some sort of opportunity And I meant to meet him one day just to Give him a happy send off on his way, but I never saw him. I didn't even see him go past outside the gates That was terrell and he was a oh he was a friend in sachia Whatever opportunity he's got. I hope it was a good one Do you have any idea where he might have um where he was living or who he was talking to or anything like that? No, he was just staying at the end every now and then and I was having him help me with some of my pastries But it sounded like he almost got a job or a place and then he just upped and vanished Caput Well, um I guess really I I came here to just say to be careful, especially with everything that's changing around here. Um It makes me I didn't realize kind of what was going on here until I got back and now that i'm back It's I'm just anxious about how things have been going and so I just want to make sure that everything's taken care of You're one to talk buck. You're the pilgrims that's supposed to bring the dragon hearts. I was about to say the same thing to you And yeah, um, I do Care about you and worry about you sometimes and I asked this question mostly for you to think about it buck. Have you found what you wanted yet? Like what you really wanted I kind of like scratched my hand on the back of my neck. Um I'm Yeah, just uh, I'm figuring I'm figuring it out. You know, it's I'll I'll know when it is. I I'm at the table And I got my chips in and I'm just waiting for the right moment to get up. So I think that's You know, you're you're not down until you walk away from the table and so when that happens However, it happens. I'll I'm sure I'll know inside what's when the right moment is Oh my sweet buck Please Please do take care of yourself I'll just like go for the I'll just kind of back away towards the door Uh And kind of put my hat back on and and kind of open the door to go And buck keep those friends of yours close They don't use them good Um, I'll I'll kind of like stop at the door. I kind of look at her um And Before leaving I'll close the door one more time just like very gently. So I don't wake Talindra's mother Talindra, I um I never really got a chance to say that I'm sorry For what happened between us And I know it was kind of a mutual thing but I think I think I realized um after so much that I should have quit while I was ahead while I had something important Wow, it's and he's in the past now bar. It's okay Well, I took that I I took that risk and It It's looking like it didn't pay off for me as much as it did for you, which I'm fine with I'm fine with I just Uh I haven't even really been back to do basket guy since I Since I left And this was this used to be my home this used to be our home and It ain't right what I've done Since then for all the Pain I'm sure it's caused you and It's if we're gonna be friends after this. I just don't really I don't want to walk come away from the city another time without you thinking that I haven't learned anything because I have Buck, let me tell you something The debt you have to pay this thing on your shoulders. It's not just to me. It's to yourself Whatever you got going on It's better for you that you're a better person. Not just me It's better for the world that you're a better person and I can see that man fighting his way out You just keep fighting that fight. All right Whatever happened between us. It's in the past now and I've dealt with it I can tell that you're already doing better But don't do this for me and she puts one finger right on your chest Pushing you almost tipping you over Do it for you All right Yes, uh Thanks, and I'm gonna leave All right Expeditious retreat. I like I'll leave and just like walk as like as quickly as I can till you like go and find word Gay big guy. It saved you my fries. My burger was huge Oh, there's like a small fry that you It looks like It's like I clearly did eat some of them out of a small Thanks, I'm uh, I'm not hungry. You can you can have the rest of the fries All right Um, sorry, I'm a little distracted there. She didn't she didn't really have much in in terms of what's going on but I think that uh, she told me terrell in was coming through here and It got me thinking about Uh, Aurelia had said about you know, if you're in a dire straits, they'll they'll find you I mean, it seems like he was down on his luck. All of a sudden he was really happy and then he You know The I guess disappeared You think he's got something to do with the under throne I think they probably once again put him in a position to offer something. He didn't have the You know credit to back up I mean, I didn't know him that well, but he does seem like the kind of guy who Would never say no Yeah, I know him fairly well and he is that kind of guy. So Um, that's nothing to laugh about. That's actually a really big problem Yeah If there's you know where he went because it's kind of an important lead if they actually, you know indoctrinating people That's my job Well, um, no, but I think, uh I might have an idea about how we might be able to get on the radar of this under throne society Yeah, right. I think that's Maybe something we should all consider. My fries are done. If you're not hungry, we can go meet up with the rest of us All right, I agree. Let's let's head back. Is there anything Fritz and Leira were doing in the uh, in the meantime of this? Um I'm just saying feathers are very strange feeling like it's not bad. It's just different Um, I I don't know how to process that one Leira after all these years. I've known you you you have one experience as an owl and Suddenly feathers are weird. I'm just saying this is a little weird of a conversation I'm only used to fur and and they're the the pinions are completely different and it's it's not bad It's just different and i'm getting used to it Leira you've known me for how many years. I've known you my whole life You've scruffed my hair. Yes. What do you think those are made out of? Your feathers are fantastic growing them out of myself is the strange part Do you need help growing feathers? I No, it's just the one time It was a one-time thing. It was just once I was trying something out. So being an owl is a one-time thing? I was trying it out. I'm sorry. Are we only a thing once? I thought I had a connection. We do. You put owls for a moment It was extremely useful in combat. I I'll probably be an owl more Maybe I'll get used to it. I don't know I'm not as good an owl as you are. All right That's the true issue here I just want Starts laughing. You're so funny. Oh, I'm glad Oh god, okay, do the boys show up around there? I'm trying to stop the argument when they're... Bored and buck. Man, this underthrowing society thing is rough. Layra and Fritz. Man, being an owl is kind of weird, huh? What do you mean it's weird? I'm just used to having hands. Can I pick up fries for Layra and Fritz on the way back? You most certainly can Okay I'm gonna give Layra one of my feathers Oh, well, thank you Thank you, girl. It's all fine. I molt every season. Oh Yes, I seem to recall that I'll tuck it in with the hearts If you become a dragon, that's when it's your heart. It's probably statistically speaking Where are they when we get back? I think where are you guys? My guess would be like on the next roof over Like well, do we have anywhere to go? Not really. This is where we're staying the night. Um You see, Layra's a cat. I'm a bird. We both like being high up. Why don't you see us look up? Oh boy, can I say that we got them a kid's meal? I want Like what the toy is the cannon burger extra small. Yeah. Yeah, this cannon burger have a little plastic The toy the toy is a Cecilia the great with karate chop action. Yes Awesome We're put the toy back in the it's their toy. You don't get to keep the toy I genuinely think if I attacked with this I would be better off It has karate chop action Just don't tell oh, there they are That's not mine. I'll hold up that I'll hold up the bag. We got got you something to eat I'm happy you cannon I'm not gonna climb up there Do you want me to throw it up there or do you want to come down and get it? I'm not throwing this up there It's too valuable. We should probably grab it and bring it back up. Oh, all right then That's good. I definitely know how to get down from here Yeah, it's not like you'll leave my house. It's super not an issue While you guys are enjoying your cannon burger About 30 or so minutes pass by before you see Cecilia walking out the door of the soft shores and you can see that she's got both hands in A finger lock with Rama as they're saying they're goodbyes Good good, and then she's looking around for you. Give me a stealth check everybody With pleasure to be stealthed Oh plus zero hell. Yeah, I just feel bad for you. You know what I'll be stealthed It's okay. I'll use my wings to cover you Lyra. We're all pretty stealth actually I don't have too bad of a stealth well buck you kind of like well, I mean you can hide from a kid like generally you kind of like slip your foot a little bit and uh Cecilia Kind of moves her head around looking around Almost like let's go of one hand like almost like clenching a fist ready to punch somebody and then Rama just kind of Pulls her in close and gives her a little smooch on the cheek Ah the ship the ship the ship the ship and then she she clenches her fist again and just kind of Quickly gives a peck back and then looking around her again making sure nobody sees and then walks away She rolled worse than buck stealth Up towards the coliseum. She did she rolled a five on per se That I feel like it's a middle Munch and popcorn half the city's up here with us We're all the spongebob characters under Patrick's rock And you you see Rama just kind of like hug himself and do a twirly spin back in as the closes behind them Beautiful that was so cute Newfound adventurer Has already found an adventure. That's funny actually Don't awe at me. What? I just thought it was funny, I don't know. It is yes. It's good to know she'll have good friends even when we leave. Yeah Also buck, did you learn anything on your excursion? Well, that's rare and I'll go through and I'll explain that Well and was like through here like and that what happened and kind of at the under thrown society is Probably I just I sort of think that I don't know. It's something that I think it was um Paula who kind of yelled at us for not caring About like what we were doing. Was that Paula who did that? Paula definitely said something about that She said something about how you guys were like high up and like, you know I just ever since she said that I've been thinking about You know and and of course Layra, you've kind of been saying at the whole time, but It just rubs me the wrong way if we'd be leaving without knowing a little bit more about what's going on here I mean it there has to be something going on with One lord running two cities in this now this under thrown society. I mean I don't know. How do you guys feel about it? It might be difficult to glean the true nature of this from here since this is clearly their latest conquest I am curious about one thing with terellen. Did to lindra say when he disappeared? I think well, it sounds like it would have had to have been between when he got here and when We got here so it couldn't have been too long only a few days or so Yes, I was wondering how that lined up with our encounter with the strange humanoid blot I guess I didn't think of that Hopefully it's nothing I mean we could go to the They have a temple here and I know that the One in sachia had someone from the under thrown society or we could I mean it sounds like if you're down on your luck, there'd be They'd be willing to extend the Helping hand and a communication line. I don't think it's going to be difficult to at the very least pretend to be down on your luck in a city Of gamblers Is that what we want to do? That's what i'm asking Do we want to look into this further? I think perhaps looking into it further is one thing but entangling ourselves in it right from the outset might be very unwise I just don't know of any other way to get their attention or to find a contact through it And I don't know if we're going to get much more information without doing that I'm disinclined to get their attention directly I don't know what they're doing, but thus far they haven't tried to stop us on collecting the hearts I don't know. Yeah, what do you guys got? We don't really have any leads on information right now. We just have a Two puzzle pieces to something a lot bigger Do we want to really get entangled with this in this moment of time? Look, we're a group. I'll do whatever it is that you guys think is best. I just I'd be remiss if I didn't Tell you how it is. I'm feeling about this particular thing. It Gives me a little bit of worry. I think it's all I mean, I know we're I know you're all you know most this this At least at one point was my home and I just makes I think we all agree. We I don't like that to harrow guy. He's not I don't I don't like him at all He's very rude stick up the ass To hear that he's connected with possibly some sort of well connected underground society makes me a little bit anxious I I don't think we have enough information right now to make any sort of moves and I would be very wary about Placing ourselves directly in their hands before we know more about what's going on I think one thing that we might want to consider is what we've been told over and over again as pilgrims We will gain tremendous amounts of political power as a result of our successful quest If we want to fight them on any sort of even footing It would presumably be after we collected the hearts Well, well if we're gonna do anything I think we're gonna need a good night's sleep anyway There I'm feeling it my wound is not fully closed. Oh, oh, you're currently bleeding. Oh Oh, no, it's it's it's fine. Oh, I thought that was ketchup. Okay Some of it is most of it is how did that happen? He was eating a burger. Yeah All right, they're kind of that they fill with catch it Should we go to bed? Yeah, all right You guys um Do when you go back into the soft shores you can see that Rama it has fallen asleep Uh propped himself up on his elbow with a big ol smile on his face Ah And you can see that um paola has Uh quickly let go of her hands as she has put a blanket on top of him Everyone is nice This is wholesome. Everything's going to go wrong And you guys will enjoy a good night's rest you get a long rest Yes You may bring your hit points back up to maximum and reset all your class features all your spell slots You take a long rest Beautiful nice And once you wake up the next morning How does everyone wake up? uh Still tired Just like what do you do the next morning? I feel like word would definitely be the one to sleep in Mm-hmm probably um, I'll get up early and I'll tend to um efficiency hand butterscotch When you head outside to find efficiency and butterscotch you hear a familiar voice Call out in challenge Big for mercy pilgrims Yay No And you can see kind of standing uh with a tent beside her is la destructura The destroyer. No No, it's so early. I haven't done don't don't try to defeat me until I've had my coffee We're prepared their weapon and her devious hellhound l coco Oh Does that wake the rest of us up? Yes, oh my god destructura is here And if you so wish everyone else can be awoken by that loud shout and declaration of challenge Or nemesis I am la destructura the destroyer and with my horrifying hellhound l coco I have come for the dragon hearts Truly evil never sleeps. Didn't you stab me in the side last time? Did she she did any damage? I think you did like one damage to her and and she died. Uh, I think that's what happened last time. Yes All right, well, um, I've already had my go someone take care of it. I need more water And you can see paula is like getting the the in ready and stuff and she looks out and she just Just like Does like a hand batting motion. Just like I don't have time for this Oh, no, um, oh, there's a map for it a special map Oh, wow Are we rolling for initiative? Uh, not quite yet. Who else is doing so you wanted to pet l coco Yes, can I can I pet your your dog, please? She she points her spear at you Such declaration I would Allow you this one service for now You may pet him once But he warned for you may lose an arm if you are not careful It is always good to ask permission first What if I pet and he's just pet though I'm just like you lean down to pet l coco And he's like licking your hand and like You see his tail wag a million Wags an hour at it truly nefarious lulling us into a false sense of security I'm so happy. I love cosplayers. Her evil nose no bounce Labor's like shaking in fear I'm just like I love cosplayers. I love dogs. This is so good the greatest That was merely a taste of his power Oh, no, I've been chomped I've been taken over It's no resistant Steal yourselves pilgrims for your end is nigh and elinti's doom imminent She brandishes her spear roll for initiative. Oh, yeah One of these days she's gonna have a magic item that just like to completely destroys us and we're not gonna Ah beans I did it wrong. Hold on. Let me roll again, but use the first one Oh, thank goodness No, let me Destructors Joe, well, let me change my initiative That's okay. I'll change it for you. Thank you 17 there you go. Thank you. What that's word. Whoops. That's not oh 17 Thank you That's almost like roll 20 has things in place that players can't be like no, it was totally a 20 What are you talking about? So lehra, you're up first la destructora the destroyer Is in front of you. Oh fritz is too close. I can't use my big spells Um I rolled really badly on my inside check last time. So I assume that she's the greatest evil we have ever faced Oh good. It's only one damage she's I mean if she makes the save does she take zero? What's half a day? I guess it rounds down I guess it would does she take anything? I guess she doesn't take anything Because it's a cantrip. Oh, it's a cantrip. Yeah, so she wouldn't even take half anyway You try to emit a cold air about her and she does a little twirl It'll take more than that pilgrims. I have trained since our last encounter impossible All right, that's my turn next fritz you are next to el coco the hellhound Oh, no, I just give her a concussion Oh No, I've succumbed to some kind of charm and I'm like petting the puppy and slowly falling on the ground Friends no And falls to the ground exposing its belly I see a brilliant strategy Yeah, I end my turn I'm rolling on the floor with the dog la destructora seeing you prone on the ground laughs Ha ha ha foolish pilgrims. You are so weak and she leans down and pets el coco as well It's only a matter of time before el coco is at his full strength I see the dog is the mastermind Your doom is imminent And having paralyzed one of you uh, i.e Uh fritz that will be her turn buck Comrades it looks as though our our ally fritz has been taken and is past Saving I have to put her out of her misery and I'm trying to like I'll have to like I'm trying to drag fritz away from the dog It seems as though our defeat is nigh Fine Can I roll to drag fritz away? It's up to fritz Yeah, you drag me away I'm just like no Pull you back over here. Yeah, and I'll end my turn Lastly word It seems as though our defeat is nigh There is nothing else for us to do. I must control her mind And I'll cast the sleep on us Okay, okay, okay With a 20 21 we'll take the first one that's fine el coco just immediately You can see his legs are like kicking he's like having the running dream I have mistaken which of our foes is the strongest And you can see we are doomed lot destructora just like putting both hands on her hips My ruse was successful We are at your mercy We aren't Oh, that's my turn, sorry Oh So the last time we faced this person I critically failed my insight check and concluded She's the force of greatest evil that we've ever faced does that mean I cast thunder wave I just I don't know I don't know She's wearing cardboard armor if she dies. I'm gonna feel bad. No, it's heavy plate. Can't you see? Oh, yes, I'm so sorry. She's she's some kind of death knight or something. Um Oh god, also just for time. We're almost done Okay, uh, you know what we're gonna I'm just gonna roll a d6 and if it's odds I'm gonna hit thunder wave, but if it's even I'm gonna do something else. Okay. Okay Two. Thank god. All right. She doesn't die today. Uh, we're gonna do Uh, let's try a thorn whip. Why not right? Like what could go wrong? Not sure what if she's like some god damn it Why is nothing working You thorn whip and she dodges out of the way valiantly So never touching her fist It will take more than that For I have mastered the art of nature itself. No impossible Nature is my thing It's no use. She has control over our powers now Oh my god, no Against us You have been pulled away by the charming nature of el coco I'm so sad I'm heartbroken But the effects of this charm are wearing off um What could I do in this situation? um I will You know what Lyra You're our only hope. Oh no cast protection from good from evil and good on you. Uh, I feel so bolstered Oh, that's nice. I need to roll for it. Uh, no, uh Choose a creature type Aberration celestial elemental fey fiend and undead. Which one are you picking? It looks like it's all of them Oh, is it all of them? Yeah, I think it's all of them. Never mind Oh, yeah, certain types. Oh certain types of those. No, you pick good or evil Do you? I wouldn't say that on the description. Is it not? It says evil and good and good. Yeah It's not oh, okay. That's so weird. So I guess we're gonna find out if la destructora is an aberration celestial elemental fey fiend or undead That will break my brain if that's true I truly hope that she is there you go And I am going to use my movement In this situation to I'm going on top of the roof again. I'm watching this Yay, I can't risk getting charmed again End of turn next is la destructora who comes forward Those hearts are already mine And she is going to take her spear and swipe in an arc hitting both buck and layra Does she get disadvantage on any of those things? Uh, she does not Okay, then she's not any of the above No, please spare my comrades Beg all you want pilgrim. I will not rest until I have the heart And buck you die you just like step one step backwards and she's like Missed and hits layra for one damage A paper cut Buck your turn Uh, I think I think I've been hit I'm falling and then I can I fall on top of word Fuck no You may just try to like smother word like a tree falling I would I would wish to fall prone to try and land on top of word Up to word if that happens I can dodge out of the way I will still fall out of the way. I got a good deck save so We'll go with that. I fall on the ground and pretend to be dead You fiend the tactics are so strong. I end my turn Next word For this battle, I must go all out I must access my ancestors techniques my secret bloodline technique Uh shoot, what do I even do? What do I have what do I have Passed down from my father's mother's father I'll pull out my short sword I guess How do you how do you rule non lethal attacks? Uh, they are all non lethal by default unless stated otherwise Okay, yeah, I'll try and make it obviously non lethal attack That's enough you I also do the sneak attack damage because oh my god You stab at her however when you do you can see her armor does glisten with a dim glow At the powerful stab that you just did You leave barely a mark What? I I tried to like go for the funny bone with the hilt. Yeah, oh and she clutches at it And she is launched backwards in slow motion onto the pavement Very impressive. No, you have defeated me yet again That you could become so much more powerful in such a short time This won't be the last you see of me pilgrims. I will have my day and you will fall at my feet El Coco to me She runs over to pick up el coco Calmling him like a baby because he's asleep Does he remember the name word the god king? I am your rival Curse you pilgrims and curse you She throws a smoke bomb to her feet as she vanishes without a trace Scampering into a conspicuous alleyway before her padding gets caught on a nail sticking out of the wood board And you hear her whisper ah shit before she slinks away into the darkness All right, you guys gotta hit this time. Did anyone actually get hate? I'm dead I'm done. You have once again repelled la destructora the destroyer and her health Can I roll a second insight check this time? You may Thank you All right, I get plus three on this how acting how can I act? What a nine You feel like there's something up with her that you haven't initially noticed the first time round There's more to her than meets the eye Can I get up yet? My eyes are closed Wow. Oh, yeah. No. No, she's going I don't know intentional or not the the armor What would we call again? We thought what was going on with the armor You saw something with the armor? Yeah, it's full plate. I hit it and there was like a glisten that you know Spongy wood doesn't have of course. She has some sort of magic empowerment She said she was stronger than the last time we faced her I don't know if it was performative as some kind of magic But she fell back like dramatically slow like how I would envision myself falling back when I die Um But obviously this person is not a serious. I don't know how they found us and or what's going on Okay, so genuinely like you're not hurt that didn't that didn't hurt a word come closer No buck I'm trying strength. It's grown. I need one last one last thing from you word anything avenge me It's me if possible my healing spells are having no effect for some reason We got a dog I will also die by the hands of la distra tora in your name. I can be a dog. I think I take my hat and I put it on words and You are your your buck now You're the new one Take your hat and I put it on my chest. All right. I'm not sure what's happening over there anymore Motion Hey, what's up, rama? Cradling buck kind of uh assistant sort of bandages They're just playing. I'll take a bandage if you have one Nothing can save him and he pulls out, you know some Very basic first aid out of his apron and you can see that he is fully packed. He's got a big old backpack We pay to that I get up and I take my hat back from We're still holding on to it. So you just pick up hat with word holding on Gone so soon was the new buck I just wanted to come later say good morning and goodbye to you as I am Heading not very far actually. I am going to be the new manager of Cecilia Oh That's wonderful. Yes I let her know about selling the tavern and She seemed a bit conflicted at first and then Said that there was an opening. So I was very happy to hear so I guess I might be spending a bit more time with her now How serendipitous Thank you pilgrims. I I really don't know what to say Well simply live your best life I just might Oh I wish you best of luck in your quest boogers And you and yours And he starts ahead north towards the coliseum Fantastic. I'm gonna slap a band-aid on my one hit point damage Yeah, you can you can bring it back up. Yeah All right, and you guys have a cart of which the token I have not made But I will for the next session the cart as well as your two horses Yeah Efficiency and butterscotch efficiency and butterscotch. Who named it efficiency? The guy said that she was efficient So I was like, oh efficiency word name that I agreed with the efficiency name. All right, cool Oh fantastic All right. Yeah, you will you guys be yeah, um Yeah, I guess we can call the session there I do have a little bit if you guys do plan on leaving nuba sky right after this Unless you have more business in nuba sky you'd like to tend to I wrap my note I think we're still we're we're still a little bit like Yes or no on the on the trying to get the attention of the under thrown society I don't think we quite came to a quorum on that Okay If you've not come to a decision and you would like to spend a little bit more time to figure that out We can end it here Yeah, that might be otherwise To be transparent otherwise I would have ended it with you guys leaving nuba sky But if you have more business to do we can end it here. Um now you have to do more prep work Just on the off chance just on the off chance that we might uh do it maybe end here and then we can Yeah, that started next we can figure it out later. We can figure it out later. Yeah, all right Well, then that's going to be a session then. Thank you guys for playing and thank you