 It is the mid-morning in Nuba sky and you guys have Discussed a little bit about the underthrown society and you wish to maybe stake them out or some Twitch chat Normally I feel like the game starts after I'm not reading chat alright bye chat behave bye chat I wish there was a mute button in audacity. I feel so bad for your editor. I'm dead cut out all my sneezes Okay, that's his job. Oh Also, actually I think today is mr. Demo's birthday I think I saw him post something like that don't tell anyone, but you're my favorite now I Know I'm saying this really quietly, but I love yeah at at mr. Demo Vee Today is indeed his birthday The VODs might take a little while Anyway, yes, you guys have discussed trying to find potential leads if you so wish How you could potentially pursue that if you so wish try and look for leads Could make it a skill challenge. I don't know Who knows what could happen? Do we so I get done telling that the every recapping everything whatever so I mean What do we think I mean we are able to leave if that's what we wanted to do But I think perhaps it'll be best if we try and I mean all we know is that Tarellin's missing And he's a part of them now, right I Don't think we know that he's a part of them But we could look around where wherever it is. He was staying or ask around Tarellin's disappearance is worrying. I mean he disappeared from the last place too because of us Well, he left that's not quite the same thing. That's fair I'm assuming he could have left here too, but you know if they're moving here. We got to hit him hard and fast Or we could leave I don't really know we got to get a lot of food for my horses Oh Yes, also you can see that You have butterscotch here and efficiency here. All right. Yay Can we efficiency come with a cart it came with a car with a lot of supplies I have not gone through the process of making that a token yet. It will yeah We have the cart but we have the cart in the supplies when we need Yeah, that has traveling supplies including food for the horses, right? Yes. Yeah, at least food for one horse Oh, no, I would recommend that we not stay too long We do have a mission to accomplish and if the underthrown society has even half an eye on us We are not particularly subtle That is why don't we just if I mean I look I'm not I'm not trying to Bodyguard Tarellin in every single town that we go to I'm just saying maybe we can stop by Wherever his I mean if he had like a house or a place he was staying We could just check by there and see if anything turns up and if not we can be on our way to be fair He didn't leave more than like two or three days before we left. So We're relatively hot on his trail. I don't think he had a house, but he might have had like a stay at an inn or something. I Talked to I think Talindra maybe referenced where he was staying I can't honestly I can't remember She Did yes Like he would have stayed at maybe another in not the soft shores just one of the Is there is there like one like that I would be drawn to or like can I just maybe I don't know if there's like a row of inns that I can just go in and just stop and ask the front desk Tell you what let's start Our skill challenge And this initiative will purely just be for who goes first in this Definitely bucks going first Yeah, I can adjust it to where buck goes first unless I roll really great Heck yeah great rolls to start No way I'm going first with an eight You're going first I'm also going I know but I mean but I mean like yeah Unless Fritz would like to go first Fritz is going first This is up to you guys This is not a combat thing where you have to think on your toes So I'll let you choose if you want Fritz to go for it. This is just yet to so I can choose chaos If Fritz would like to choose chaos, I would like to give them that option All right, that's always look at I want to wait for I'm gonna look directly at you and I'm gonna say cannon burger That's my turn So I want a cannon back in this skill challenge You're attempting to investigate ask around look for clues to find leads on what may have happened to Terrell and and or His involvement with the under throat society with four successes you will find a lead However with three failures something very unpleasant will happen You will not lose your day. Okay, it's something unpleasant will happen. Everyone look at your highest skills If I'm going first can I stop by like listen in at some of like the tables at the gaming corner Maybe see if I can get any information there. Yeah a perception for that perhaps Perception perhaps. Let me get a perception roll Oh You're listening in and you're getting conflicting information some people seem to Talk about drows, but there's various other drow here as well You can't really be sure if that one's Terrell in or not you hear just like Basically nothing useful. It's a lot of cacophony of voices that is going to be one failure of three Good start Next layra. I Have an idea, but it would help to have a narrowed down location Because if we're trying to find where a dude went I Can turn into something with a really good sense of smell and just kind of see what I can find But I don't want to do that until we've narrowed down Like at least where he was staying You can always attempt it and maybe try and sniff Yeah, his familiar smell to try and get a lead on that. It's true. I only met the guy once but uh I'm just gonna assume he's pretty stinky What do you think that would be a perception as well? Yeah, but I'm gonna I want to see if I can get the stat block of like like a like a wool for something I Think that gives you advantage on Perception checks that rely on smell That would be good Then I could just I guess roll my cuz cuz I may maintain my mental stats, right? So it would still be my perception then I'll yeah, I'll just give that a shot I'm gonna yeah, let me spend one of my wild shapes real quick Okay, I chop shape into a wolf your sense of smell has been in heightened your perception checks may be at advantage I'm just sniffing around baby. All right. Let's Okay You are able to parse his footsteps Generally walking around he did stay at a few inns. It seems as though that he may have taken a job at the gaming corner a few times You do smell on him Various different types of smells as he is at the gaming corners. There's a lot of exchange of coin there and His most fresh scent you follow kind of into a very busy area Kind of in a central Let me show you on the map. Yes good Wow You do see that his most recent steps seem to be around the official building kind of where Official business paperwork takes place. It's kind of like the Lord's offices. That is going to be one success. Yay Yay Yeah, by the way the giant Titan in the background drowned in the water Yesterday's her last week's game. So he's dead We defeated him All right, I what we're in the officials building You know that that is the last place that he was was kind of around the official Lord's kind of area This is where a lot of paperwork a lot of bureaucracy goes down citizenship Employment taxes and stuff like that. Okay, then I want to use a stealth check to do one of two things either find and listen in on the collections agency or look for anyone who Just looks like the kind of guy that they would be part of the underthrown. So like anyone in big fancy bougie outfits or someone who looks like they're from I Guess different areas, okay, you can give me a stealth check for that. Oh boy Come on wordy Fingies crossed. Oh, wait. No, that's the wrong skill. That's okay. What's your story? Oh? For the future if you roll the wrong thing we can just take the bonus from the correct stat In which case we're gonna take that 24. That's gonna be another success. Whoa looking around you do see that there is You kind of snoop around and you do getting close to a few of these people some of them one of them actually You notice is a lizard folk woman and she is checking her corners a lot Almost with every single transaction she does there and every single interaction she has with someone she's checking her corners She doesn't find you but a lizard folk a lizard folk. Yes Does anyone address her by name during the transactions? Yes, you catch the name Lucia, okay, that'll be my my check I wrote that down She does seem like a suspicious figure next fritz two successes one failure, okay Lost what I want to do here. I'm not exactly the most stealthiest of the biggest interrogation or investigation um We said the last site was the casino area, right? No, kind of more the official area Yeah, and the word is hot on the tail of someone who is acting very conspicuous could I The official but it could I kind of like perch on top and like pierced through the window like up at the top What do you think that would be do you think that would be a perception? I? Mean would people really notice of I guess it sounds like an animal bird. So yeah, I guess a perception other perception. Let's see Come on That's another failure. Oh boy Not awake yet as you're peering out the crowd kind of blurs your vision into just a massive people going in and out There's a lot of business going down what with the kind of new takeover that Lord Nicholas is doing There seems to be if I might make a suggestion For an angle of approach we can do if we're just trying to figure out where Tarell and went or like what happened We could very easily be like oh, yeah, he owed us a debt and Sacha and booked it You know where he might be just to like customer service somebody Especially because I think what bucks up next and he's big and scary so I Think I just do kind of a dual approach there where you say that he owes you money And then I say that I owe him money So you want me to say he owes me money. Yeah, where can I find him? And then we're gonna go up to follow up as a different guy and be like hey I have a bunch of money that I owe this guy. Do we know each other in this situation? Never man, we're just two other people. Nope different segments in line. We'll do like a five-minute interval Okay, I'll go up first then I guess okay buck I Word are you going to use it's okay because I have great of my charisma minus one What do you know why I wasn't even talking to you initially you just took the roll? Oh, sorry? I thought you were talking to me. Oh, I was recommending for the roll because I thought I was up next That's why I thought you were talking the last time I have to spend talking to people the better So I'm a wolf until You're still initiative. It's just yeah displayed for some reason because you changed maps. Oh, I changed maps But what what kind of role do you think that would be for you to try? Um ask for Tarell and be like yo-zoo money Can I use it? I have a little I have a proficiency bonus to intimidation. So Not great or no my Christmas zero wait. Yeah, my Christmas zero Modifier, so I'll at least get a plus two on it. Can I do intimidation you may try to be big and scary Like you would like you could use a strength. You can do a strength intimidation as well Like I do a strength modifier like do athletics. Yeah. Yeah, we can just flex a little bit when you get to the front of the line That's much better. That's much much better for me. Let me do that because intimidation. Oh, there you go That's another success you look like someone who's got mad business with this Tarell and fella You're able to scare kind of the Whatever bookie is there just like looking through papers and being like you can wait in the back of the oh god and He is scared into of course, of course, you say he was a drow Yeah Yeah, um Tarell and Yes, he was here and you get a little bit more information as to what he was doing seems as though He was approached by a business person from Trevissetta Okay, I don't know who's up next The same thing one more seems as though seems as though they're at this business person of unnamed origin It seemed like they deliberately Chose to keep their name off record, which is not a normal thing They're not supposed to be able to do that But this this bookie this person kind of behind the counter is just as surprised as you are that for some reason their name is omitted But they do seem to be some under some kind of employment of a potion producing Company in Trevissetta Okay So that's three successes two failures Lay rock you're all count full count, baby. Let's go. Oh boy Well, I'm officially out of ideas for narrowing things down. This is make or break No, don't this is easy Thanks a manufacturer that means they're a distributor too So we have to go to who sells potions here probably at a high price and then find out who is in charge of maybe delivering those or Making the deals and contracts if they were approached by someone recently wants to change that Yeah, actually not to not to pass the responsibility this one off But if we want to figure out because presumably it's a potion manufacturer in Trevissetta Which means any trade they have to do exactly through here probably goes through the docks Which makes me feel like this might be something good for fritz to look into do we know Where Trevor said it is on the map because we would oh, yeah Yeah, we do it is the most western part of A linty, huh, so would that be docks or overland travel? Okay We could probably just ask very good online. Sorry, that's okay. Yeah, um What is this that I have got the land you're a true. Oh, let me ask you the tree Yeah, I Did not prepare speak with plants. I only have speak with animals Speak with the animals and ask any rats or anything if they've seen Do I mean that was actually my plan B. I can legitimately be like hey, there's animals in this city Let's see if they've seen anything whack if you wish to use speak with animals I would give an animal handling with advantage Okay, that's cool. That would be a plus three for me. So I'm just gonna use speak with animals Just so it displays. Okay, then let's let's let's roll that animal handling with advantage What's that be Really oh, okay, sorry showed up on my thing is a as just a bee on the thing. I was like that's All right So you find a little bit of rats There's a little rodents that are kind of scavenging for scraps and bits. They're very comfortable around the people of Nuba sky because they don't pay them much mind They're like those dumb pigeons in New York that just like Stand next to you because you're not any threat to them That is also how the rats in New York work for the record. Oh really? Wow, they just don't care Okay, well then these are just the rats from New York Perfect, and you you talk with them and they tell you that they did Find a drought that smells of your description that looks of your description and they start to lead you Kind of down this alleyway and you are stopped Immediately by a dwarven man who is dressed very Cancelly and showing Lee with long luscious golden hair and he Kind of steps in front of you almost interrupting your path immediately very purposefully and He looks up to you. Oh I see a wary party of adventurers in desperate need of some rest and relaxation my wrong Word No, we're actually just wrapping up some business around town before we hit the road Oh, yes, I've been observing you and that business I think could very well do with some rest and relaxation at the temple I very much Now I see Well, we are all a Beautiful god-fearing adventurers, so let's go Mosey on down to the temple for your sake my course and he extends a hand Did I catch your name by the way? Oh well, of course, and he extends a hand out expecting a kiss almost and Here is oh my god Who is this? Roberto priests to the temple of Saphira. It's nice to make your acquaintance Gonna make us lose to the bad guys on purpose You had so much put fun when you put that under eyeliner on I just know it in my heart Diagram I saw where it's like no eyelashes normal top eyelashes girl bottom eyelashes whore Yeah Yes, we all know Exactly come on my god. I definitely want to follow this person Is he wearing any rings? You can see that no his hand is bare. Ah shoot. All right. I kiss him just for the hell of it And he takes it and he kind of puts it on his chest like a oh you dear Did you want to do that like kissing the gems off of it thing from Robin Hood? No, I was gonna grab his hand Did I catch your name friend Roberto a priest of the temple of Saphira It's a pleasure to meet you pilgrims Same to you Roberto We mosey on down to I guess we're mosey and the house in to the temple of Saphira and as you're talking walking he Kind of making small talk. I would be careful. You look a little bit desperate And desperation like that will get you preyed upon unless that's what you're looking for Who's he addressing? Just kind of the party in general I hope that Tarellin's fine and just got it like a hot makeover Oh, yeah, I want to see yassified Tarellin. Oh god. I take it back Um I don't think we're we're just um I don't know what you mean by looking desperate. Um, we're not trying to get feasted upon or Then perhaps you're not in trouble But you're looking for something dangerous I always recommend safety above all else after all But if you prefer I can show you someplace dangerous Depends on the kind of danger but that's something we might talk about way that red flag red flag the whole party is blushing I don't Yeah Well, I'd say if you're looking for someplace dangerous, you're in the most dangerous place You could be right now out in the public eye Who knows how many eavesdroppers are listening right now Now that it's not that it's any of my concern, of course plenty of rats. That's for sure words from a stranger that helps So what's your actual game in this do we have to get out of prying eyes before we can talk? Yes, I do prefer some privacy I do find that temples Have copious amounts of that And I guess we just continue until we yeah, I'm down to just go to the temple So he leads you in and he is keeping he kind of like takes a second waiting outside as you all go in and um When you're all inside the temple without moving his head as he enters in just kind of Standing just completely straight up his eyes kind of dart to the other priests in the temple Who all seem to hastily put out the candles around and relight them with a blue flame instead What is happening? He lifts his hand as if uh to Shush you until the entire place is tinted blue There now we have some privacy All right confused. Why are you following us? Because you're you Are drawing eyes upon yourself? Are we that obvious? Perhaps not a little layman but to me You're about to dive into A lot of shit if you're tackling the underthrown society of Wilkins I live in the sewers. I'm used to this I don't What do you know about the underthrown society? He takes a second to think I've had my fair share with dealings with them I suppose all of our cards are on the table then Do you know anything about our good friend? Uh, what's his name? Tarellian Tarellin Tarellin yes, I know all about Tarellin Drow man about yay tall Has to stand on tippy toes. Yeah Nice hair a bit skittish You know that's not all the information regarding him right now. You know his whereabouts We was dealing with them and exactly why I do In some sense He has been picked up by the underthrown society for a second time. It seems yeah. Oh, well, that's a bummer. Oh boy We heard he disappeared Oh, yes, most people who deal with them disappear They prey on the poor and downtrodden especially those from old diocia I don't believe he is from there. He is a native of such. Yeah, I presume Yes What form of dealings have you had with such ominous characters? When I was younger they Used to employ me But I'd say calling it employment is extremely generous slave labor was more like it Exciting They put me out for a pittance and they didn't give one wit about my safety or that of any of my films So I got good at my job and then he just kind of lowers his Kind of eyelids a little bit and he has a cheeky smile very good at my job So good that I could make my own reputation and walk out of that stupid business and start my own With all the security and respect for my boys that they never gave me or anybody under that disgusting family they call And also so good that you were able to recognize us within a day What did they have you do? um word This might not be the appropriate place for that conversation He he holds up one hand. Oh, no. No, it's all fine You see being a priest you would think that I consider promiscuity a sin But I I know more than most that the soul is not the only thing that needs soothing All right, who in the party knows what's happening right now Saphira is the dragon Mother yes, yeah, there is a religion based on praying to a the mother of dragons Whose children are uh believed to be the creators of all existence And do I know I mean, um Is this Does that does the do the followers of Saphira follow this like like everything he's saying is is in line with the their religion It is not contradictory. Um fair enough. That's fair. He seems to have his own spin on it, but that's fine That's cool. I just need to know who I have to have the talk with after we get out of here There's nothing what you understand about um Saphir and religious practice is they have nothing against uh Giving out one's body as it were sure Um, I feel bad for making fun of All right fritz I'll explain later. Who is the lead god um in the temple in satya Um Oh geez I think they pray to the nature god Very similar to praying to uh the the life tree, but it's like a personification of the life tree Okay, makes sense um So look uh one man of religion to another I don't think I quite understand You you were about to answer labor's question about and I'm bucked by the way I assumed you knew who we were because you called us the pilgrims You were saying about what it is the I mean, what does the under thrown society do I mean what What if a It seems like they're involved you said slave labor and You're referencing, you know your previous line of work. I mean What those the only types of dealings we're talking about yes He looks to the other priests. Uh, they seem to check the flames on the candles. They nod back to him Can I tell what's happening with that by the way? I you can give me an art on a check if you so wish Yeah, it's got to be some kind of silencing spell. I'll be that tasty plus one That's a 13. You can probably glean that whatever blue flame that they're using it's some yeah It's some kind of silence to keep kind of magical spying out of the temple Well that makes sense cool Here's how the under thrown works. They find someone low on life They give them an opportunity a purpose and promise to make things better They show you an offer and in exchange you do a chore for them Then another and then another Then before you know it you're in deep and you can't pull out without someone coming to hunt you Usually some other poor sap who's also caught up in the under throw You might sometimes even find yourself lucky enough to be the hunter This might be a needlessly blunt question. What are the odds that Tarellin is still alive? Oh very very high Yes, the under thrown knows better than any that bodies aren't important without them Well, they can't do their chores now can they Do they have a specific purpose like a universal goal in mind? It's unclear. No one even knows who's Precisely at the top. We only seem to receive orders down from lieutenants and oil lieutenants Whoever's in charge make you get pretty tight lipped So what can be done about this? I mean Nothing survive And how do you benefit from telling us this? Well Perhaps maybe deep down I Have little hope just a bit That maybe you could do something about it. I don't know what it is But maybe you might perhaps I'm beginning a hunch you once a slave to the under thrown, right? Yes How did you get out then? Well, I became competition I got very good at my job made a reputation for myself And started my own business You became powerful enough that they had no hold over you exactly I had no need to return to them But still it's a miracle and I feel I've spent all the luck I have left in my life to get out of there I deal do still look over my shoulder though It's not rare that some big shot comes into sabotage what I've built Planting rumors of my boys and I that we're unclean Renting out nearby vacant buildings to unsavory types to make the neighborhood look worse than it is You look squeaky going to me Yes Business is business, but it is often times cutthroat But when one bleeds so quickly that it seems suspicious, it's usually the under thrown's fault Do you know if they have any scheme in relation to the pilgrims the tree? Our journey we've seemed on the fringes of their machinations until now I think you're probably the safest around here You've got two dragon hearts now, so you're far too important for them to take the risk Lords are more likely to believe your word if you tattle on someone from the under thrown who does give you some attention But the under thrown is likely going to be cutting that thread loose as fast as possible I see It's a wide web, but each thread is fragile Exactly You're likely so we have the power to have That seems like it's by design You just might you are probably the best ticket most members will have at getting out of their debt Because if they talk to you under thrown's know they can't kill them It would be too suspicious and lay breadcrumbs This is true. They're hiding in the shadows. We're in a spotlight right now And most likely will be for some time after we complete our quest That only keeps us safe until they choose to have a spotlight of their own and we don't know when that is Yes, I wouldn't get greedy, but there may be something we can do But now we just got to be more cautious Which is not that fun Cautious indeed Their leads will be cut short as soon as the under thrown learns That you have found them. They got lots of ways to move around both physically and logistically Intriguing I wonder how old this organization is beats me But you know what they say about planting trees and planting grass. It's got to be older than us I have never heard this phrase. We'll have to discuss it later I thought you of all people would I know things about trees and grass. That doesn't mean I've heard that one Trees are bigger and stronger, but they take longer to grow So people who plant them are better off than people who plant grass grass being more people Grass is like a plant thing. Grass is supremely important to the balance of the ecosystem. Exactly We gotta be like mold. I'm not entirely sure. We're on the same page on this metaphor Fritz you had something Roberto Roberto, will you be able to protect yourself after telling us all this? Oh, I'll be fine I'm too big in this town that if I go missing people will go looking I've got some clients that are my favorite Oh, that's certainly good. They kind of want to avoid breadcrumbs, right? Yes I'm gonna pluck a feather and when this is the biggest obvious reason that we've been here I'm sure they won't fuck with someone that the pilgrims have been around with Okay Cool fritz. I'm just being careful. I'm scared. Yes these things. It's a little shadows here The other one they're having a little business. I don't want them to get hurt We're in a situation of power. I think we should help those that might be preyed upon again. No, I agree. This is very gallant of you He takes the feather. It's a feather. It grows back. Oh, thank you, dear This could make a very nice decoration Your feathers grow back every way. I grew really well Well, thank you very much for your assistance and Helping us hide a little bit. I fear we didn't realize how obvious we were being Hmm, that's okay. I'm just glad I caught you before they did Um, if look, we're gonna be heading to some other places and it might be nice to Keep in touch if we should run into something like this again and we need to Warn somebody about what's been going on here. Give me a persuasion check Hmm Oh Oh, I appreciate the thought theory, but I think it's best that you keep to yourself I've given you all that I can and Whatever happens here I the story is I told you off and blacklisted you from the merchant associates I have in the gaming corner Oh, we can't go to the gaming corner anymore. No, that's very fair story Oh So we can go to the gaming corner if I Okay, all right, sorry. I'm sorry. Yeah. No, I'm focused. I'm focused Our time is running short. He looks over at the blue flames that are starting to dim Yes, if you would like to throw us out in a suitably dramatic fashion I'm sure no one would object or a last word of advice Or like a cool gift you could give us like a big flaming sword Word Maybe you could a kiss would be nice. A kiss perhaps No, I have nothing left But damn if you ever find that your spirit as well, but the body is lacking. I'll be here I'm sure we'll be happy to call the hospital. Thank you very much Oh, yeah, no, I didn't want to leave with you guys for like a minute Are we leaving early are we leaving before work? Is this is this sort of a you've got a body lacking thing and need a big flaming sword I'll walk out with Leira You can see one of the priests it seems to be hammed handing you a pamphlet Like would you like to learn a bit of the teachings of sofira? It's like a safety pamphlet with code words and stuff Thank you very much Yeah, it's got like a centerfold You just open it and just like unfolds Were we saying fritz can I read that Leira? Um, it's just quick scan. How safe for work is it? Uh, there is one hold on. Let me see. There is one segment Um, I love that you're trying to keep fritz's innocent Idiot, you don't know you don't know if this is general sofiren teaching or if this is just like a bridging Because of this temple, but there is a segment that says We are beings of the flesh and it would be unwise to not give it care Yes fritz feel free Congratulations, you know a little bit more about the workings of the underthrown society if you require a a recap or summary I am happy to Do so so that you don't have to purely rely on cool Thank you knowledge The greatest weapon of all All right, what's word up to when we scooch for the minute or two before he leaves Uh, nothing I come out like 20 minutes later All right, buck something you said back there gave me an idea does anyone know how to write in code What sort of code Any code just something we could come up with now um I can write in the secret druidic language, but I don't know if that counts Other druids would be able to read it. I know suits and card numbers. Uh, I don't think I know any codes Joe, would I know a bit of code because I deliver stuff? um I'll let you I'll put it to your discretion how much code you would know Very very basic probably well like C sharp babies python. Yeah Yeah, like I picked up a dummy guide on it because baseline java just some correctional code Just a little html5. Yeah, we'll say yeah, if you want to add it to your language is known you can know like basic Um, no, I know thieves can't I'm stupid We know they might I don't want that though. Don't you because you don't want other thieves to be able to read it Yeah, no, I don't um Buck do you have a spare set of cards? Of course I have a proposition actually Um homebrew just right off the bat Just off the cuff if you would like you could make a Investigation check to make up a code language on the spot that only I've actually would know No buck gave me one and it's exactly what I want Oh Even better no investigation check needed we rp'd this Come on rp. I am going to let's head back over to the tavern. Um, are there any carrier pigeon salesmen in the Yes, there are carrier pigeons. There's also Um people who can teleport mail although they are significantly more expensive No, we're going with pigeons. All right pigeons only like a single gold piece If it's within 10 minutes, I could still ask one That is between provinces is one gold piece if it's like in town. It's like a silver Okay, uh, can we Take a carrier pigeon with us like can we buy one? I guess we wouldn't really know how they work Um, but yeah, whatever that is. That's fine So we're going back there. I'm talking to uh the rattler paula. Oh paula. Yes Buck give me a set of cards Oh, here it is All right, I splay out just a bunch of random face and number cards and I take um Just any sort of writing tool and I start writing all the letters of the alphabet on the cards Oh, it's just like what's all this rubbish? I am coming up with an impromptu idea for how we're handling this I'm not very good at codes, but this is the one I've got so take these cards And if you have any information regarding the underthrown society or any big news that's happening here that you don't want to intercept it Let's just use card face numbers to um Communicate She hearing the underthrown society. She immediately just like leans down and just like I I I'm a I've had second thoughts about this now Some reason word word. We just discussed how this is extremely secret and dangerous and stuff I know that's why we're talking in the back room with my best friend paula This is true magic does exist when you hired me on I wasn't expecting to you know hunt a blue whale You know, we would not be putting you in any danger If there's anything, you know what anything suspicious of big and political and bureaucratic just make notes Send us some pigeons. I'll let you know where we end up when we get there We have currently been led to believe that our influence provides a degree of protection to those close to us And word did paint his face on your front door So the odds of you being in danger are rather low Although I will argue that it may behoove us best to do what communication we do publicly a code is Definitely the right way to Transmit the specific information, but I don't think we need to be sending sneaky nighttime pigeons She puts two hands on on an either hand and she's like I think that makes me feel better Good I've succeeded I'm just trying to get to whatever you say Yes, you don't need to keep us updated on their movements, and I doubt you'd be able to parse them out from the random actions of a large bureaucratic mess But if anything strange happens or if you receive word perhaps of torellen or anyone else that we've been looking out for Perhaps sending us a message would be a wise idea All right. Well, but if I die, I'm gonna haunt you forever Oh, please do Agreed. Oh look there's friends Oh No, I'm gonna be very annoying More annoying than me, okay I'm not trapped in here with you You're trapped in here with me My two-bit clarity idea. I got nothing else So I'm curious how this code works. Is it like a substitution cipher with the specific card substituting specific letters It's actually a really simple cipher that someone could figure out just by putting the card faces to letters Right So it's a substitution cipher. Yeah, essentially Okay, we could over complicate it by sending cards with letters, but that'll just be rolls and shit No, that um that that works for me. I can keep that in mind Does paula also know thieves can't? Yes, uh, then paula could send us the letters in encoded thieves can't Yeah, that's the thing you you stack two weak ciphers together. Sometimes you get a stronger cipher beautiful. All right Okay With that information paula will Send you messages encoded in thieves can't on uh thieves can't ciphered with card playing cards if she learns anything All right. Yeah, just any general updates that the heroes of alimpti would need to know heroes of alimpti Nice That could have gone a lot worse. Yeah. Yes, you could have. Yeah This is why you're my crew Are we ready to get out of here? I believe so. Yes. All right Hey You're gonna head out then Yeah, I'm just assuming that terellin will turn up at some point I shared something in the in our image share thing on discord that I believe is kind of what we're looking for Using a ukeur deck of cards and adding in a black and red joker and then just randomly putting all of the letters Okay, oh Yeah, that makes sense. That was the idea Thank you for understanding that idea. I Logan we're of one mind. I always Would you do All right, but yeah, I know you guys are gonna head out of nuba sky then Yes, I think so last thing if we want to just make it a transaction. I just got to buy horse food for Oh, yeah, of course for butterscotch. Okay. Um, how many days worth? Uh, what's our I guess just double the amount of horse food that we have double the amount of horse food Okay, that'll just run you like two gold pieces Oh, geez. Okay This is a luxury pet food. We got a pamper Horses can eat just grass and stuff, right? Like This is stuff labor would know that I read do not know. Yeah, but if we cross any areas that you know what layer I'm pulling I'm pulling a fritz arm. Actually, you cannot brand it forces of a diet of just grass It is too sweet and fatty and will cause them to gain weight. That's not true actually Grass is sweet and fat. Actually. No, I knew this. There's there's sugar. It's too sweet. Yeah, you can't There's sugars in plants and and sugar and fat are basically the same thing when you break them down chemically Uh, and they get stored the same way. So Interesting. I'm here. I thought it wasn't gonna be nutritious enough It's why you can't really keep them in a field for too long It's why usually when you see a little shetland ponies, they are so fat because they are kids from long grass fields That puts me at so much ease because I am more okay with animals being overfed than underfed Heck, yeah, this is true. We love fat little animals fat little chubby animals I mean, it's still not great, but it's better than starving. I would say like to send like I love the idea that Fritz is way too much knowledge on horses now I'll talk about I'll talk about my foster cat a little bit with that scenario and during break which we're coming up to But um, yes, so are we all in agreement that you are heading out of new besky then? Yes, I'm down anyone having final goodbyes to say Um, goodbye I kind of said your goodbyes Yeah, awesome. Okay, then yeah, let's do it. So yeah, you head towards the gates of new besky heading out of the walls And you actually have a friend waiting for you there. Oh, it's the bull herself. Yeah Oi pilgrims Oi She sees you on the cart. Who is who has the reins of the cart? Oh, probably me. It's gotta be word. Yeah Yeah, that does make sense She looks at it fancy ride. So you'll be heading out then That is the plan I uh I just wanted to say I'm sorry for acting the way I did I was being really immature But what you did for me just talking me up and making me think about my dad Thank you You deserve it That more honestly you are Probably aside from us the sole reason this place has been safe for so long Yes, of course. I'm fucking perfect Exactly. Yeah, the fuck you are And the most valuable bonds are those that we choose regardless, so Yes And she kind of points one finger up But if you tell anyone about me and rama, I will hunt you down And I will stab you through the chest with my arms. You got it. Of course. Congratulations. By the way Yeah, I also wanted to give you just good friends Friends, I'll explain later I also wanted to give you these Parting gift courtesy of a very kind tiefling lady. That's a caterer for the coliseum Said you are friends of hers And she hands you a box and you see a very familiar logo from a very familiar pastry store Yes It is a a box of confectionaries from uh, uh, Tlandra's remedy bakery Which as a whole includes eight gladiator donuts and four duelist eclairs Ah, it is divisible by four. I was gonna ask Duelist eclairs Yes, probably each mark down one of those. Yeah, I'll give you here. I'll write it in the chat There we go Um Inside the box also um in the box that contains the box of confectionaries also seems to have a jar of liquid of some kind She looks over at butterscotch one of your horses I saw that one was having a limp. So I uh Thought I might go and get some medicine. You have to apply it every night after a week. She should be walking straight again I will absolutely do that butterscotch. You will walk confidently again Thank you very much. Hi get out there and save the world then Or whatever it is you pilgrims do Just just cool stuff all over the place so far Yeah, like jumping off with a top row and hitting yourself on the hard pavement Yeah Exactly exactly. He like just faces down And with this We may return to the elinthe map because you get to decide where you go Whoa Yes, yes, I don't remember what it was It was the the tech one. No, I don't think it was trevisseta. Let's see. Okay. Noobis guy Hold on. So noobis guys We were planning on going to polytrios. Yeah, but the viscera viscerally has the uh Where we were going to deliver the wooden carving of the dragon Coriac gave us the coriac gave us the little wooden dragon That is valuable. Let's definitely do that first It looks like we'd have to off-road a little bit to get to viscerally You would I would say you could make it there About at night fall-ish depending on How small this place is depending on whatever obstacles you may come across in the meantime Also, it is pronounced vicerly Vicerly wouldn't that be too soon. I don't know maybe it is vicerly. I am not I'm not just a spanish italianos Maybe it is vicerly. Say it however you think I would like I would like to deliver this little wooden carving Yeah, it's on the way somewhat. Yeah, so so we would do a viscerally and then palestrios and then probably From there on to yeah, okay. I've plotted our route Uh, yes, perfect That all came out at once for me. I don't know Yeah, I saw that that way too But yeah, I think if we just check back in on satya see how they're doing You have control of the horse You're the one with the horse control. I don't have it. I didn't have it. Uh, I think it's because you tried to select. Um Your drawing and so Dun dun We'll just have to draw the horse. Hold on. Hold on. We can make this work Can I shrink me down? Hey guys, it's me I'm wood on the other uh, I can shrink you down. There you go. Oh, thank you. Perfect Word and friends. So yes, you head down toward vicerly down south Um, are you following the main road then? Before you have to cross paths like how are you going? Are you going to go off road immediately or you're going to follow the main road and then follow the river? Do we have anyone we think would follow us anyone? We don't want to run into on the road or we could just good to just I don't know be line it to vicerly I think we're good to be line it So we're doing the road and then along the river Uh, yeah, yeah, that sounds good to me. That's the best route Okay Right before we take off. I will apply some ointment to butterscotch Get that week started And she I assume she is not pulling the cart as well. She is just walking alongside it. Yeah Well, I think this is just a one. It's not yoked. Yeah single part while efficiency is pulling It yeah, efficiency. It does seem like it doesn't take as much effort as a traditional cart Seeing as the back half is being levitated via some crystals Awesome some magic crystals So it does not have the the pains of pulling the wheels to make them turn And you enjoy the wonderful mountainy hilly vistas of eastern nuba sky by the Rather eastern Elinthe by nuba sky as the wind kind of blows past you brushing the grassy hillsides And along the road you actually see A bit of a kerfuffle going on A kerfuffle surely not you come across another cart Being pulled by a large mastiff and at its reins is a goliath man It seems to be arguing with a warforge on top of an axe beak who is in his path A lot of stuff happening here, uh, you overhear them arguing the war the uh Um goliath speaks up Yeah, finally some people who can maybe help me with this Get this resolved listen. You're all reasonable people. Yes talk some sense into this botherer That when you own something when you you have right to it after you buy it and you can do whatever you want with it And you can see the warforge kind of just Clutching his fist that is a gross reduction and you know it That is kind of a nova simplification. It depends on what you're doing because there's a line. I'm sorry. What's happening here? Uh, they're arguing about something that one of them bought and is messing with wrong Did you like buy an animal and beat it up or something? No, I would never and uh, you you can see here is the portrait of the goliath man And I will show what interesting facial hair. So there's a metal man on a chocobo and this guy with a big dog in the front Yes, how big is the dog? Oh, he's so fancy He's beautiful So the warforge pipes up This cretin bought a warforge and plans on using them to do his dirty work mining away at the mineral farms in low piramios And the goliath man pipes up it's Listen, it's not woken up yet and who's to say it ever will Maybe it'll wake up one day and I'll happily bring it to the lord's office where it can get citizenship But right now it's no different from a pickaxe just sitting there and you can see in the back of his cart There is a warforge sitting there doing nothing Okay, how much do each of us know about this? You do know, um I I'll give you information that you would know in that warforge are not inherently sentient They can be so no one knows the methods of which it gains sentience and self-awareness as a long time ago They were produced to be tools and basically automatons almost no different from golems to be used to Their masters wins and wishes and commands. However, one day eventually, uh, a lot of the warforged what people say woke up to their self-awareness and And nowadays you live in an age where warforge are a realized people of the land However, there are still warforge out there that have not woken up some of them, uh fall apart and kind of just wither to the to the Withering of time without ever waking up. It's hard to know for sure what wakes them up. The warforge shouts back Don't trust him. This man will use that body until it's worn to bits and then when they wake up Come on. They deserve a body that's been unharmed. Yes, that was a concern of mine How much care would be taken with the well-being of this warforged before it awakens? Did they all awaken at once you said or is it still happy a large a large quantity of them did awaken at once Some like thousand years ago, but now and every now and then there are like remnants of warforge From like old warforge factories from a long time ago that do occasionally wake up or ones that are just lying about All over the land that wake up some of them. So warforge do still sometimes just wake up. Yes Yes, I would think that this being needs care and Yeah, why is that thing not moving to begin with aren't they supposed to be like semi sentient ones? Yes at my command and I can command it to get up go do some work It follows my voice for all intents and purposes. This is an automaton This is not a sentient being but it could be why Why didn't you just hire a person then? It cost more believe me Way much because you have to continue paying them. I see Yes as it is now it is no different than a tool I actually don't see too much of a problem with it I mean as long as you keep it clean keep its bones squeaky, you know For when it does wake up and become something other than your property, of course, I'd happily bring it to the Lord's offices give it citizenship as I said But until then this is mine sounds like you're running it ragged though That does worry me the comparison to a pickaxe doesn't imply Tender loving care as it were. Yeah, can we get maybe like a El gesture to the party if we want to do like a perception check just look at the general state of that thing Uh, yes You may or investigation of your choice perception or investigation You want to solve the roll guess anyone who wants to I have a decent perception. I'll say one of you can roll and one One of you can give the help action to give it advantage if you so wish Okay, I instigated so I'll help but I'll let someone else do it All right, plus forward so at advantage. Yeah I can roll it again. See if you crit. Oh That's even crazier So looking over the war fords you can see it looks almost brand new. It's actually a little bit shiny reflective there's a few scratch marks and a bit of like rust about it from time but From what it looks like this thing has been sitting in whatever storage that it's been in some kind of Maybe container or old abandoned building. You're not quite sure But this thing has not been through the ringer just yet. All right, tin man. I don't see the problem here I suppose a key question is what alternative would you propose? Yeah, what do you want us to do? This gentleman here to do with it. Yes, and the the goliaths. Yeah, of course I Am I not supposed to use something I paid my hard-earned coin for that's not exactly the point we'll make. No, we're asking The warforged abril which kind of find a middle ground Or at least get a sense for what two sides we're arguing about right now The war ford speaks up You I would propose that you take it to the lord's offices immediately to have it stored away And then when it wakes up, it will have a fresh pristine body not overworked from mining in some kind of mine farm Mine mine farm. Yes mine farm think you've got a lot of presumptions about Exactly what the lord's office is going to do to that thing. I'm not sure it's going to be too much different And this man's got this thing in pristine condition as long as you know, uh What's your name addressing? Ruben And he gives his name his name is Yeah, ruben here seems like he's being as respectful as he can I I hope At the the end of its workload however many years, you know what ruben might even die before that thing wakes up for all we know Ruben just looks like excuse me I don't know how long they go to sleep. But didn't they wake up like a million? Yeah, how old are you would? I I'm the ripe old age of 40. I'm in my prime Abril, how old is abril? abril Just crosses his arms I don't see why that has anything to do with this and you can give me a persuasion if you'd like Yeah, I'll go for it. We're not Oh dang Someone like to I actually you can do it with advantage since you're Multiple people arguing in favor and trying to give multiple perspectives. It's 15 15 And he just crosses his arms looks tries to not look you in the eye I am 87 Yeah Yes, it's which is why I have seen history and I've seen the treatment of warforge before they have awakened And I know for sure that those in politrios will treat it with respect, especially the lord the lord the dragon there is a warforge himself Oh my That changes the outcome a bit if you would hand it over to Well, I wasn't exactly what I was thinking I myself have seen the horrors that Non warforge can treat with us and you can see he kind of lifts He pulls back one of his sleeves and you can see his arm is like a different Manufacturing than the rest of his warforge body It was a miracle. I was even able to get a prosthetic such as this I don't feel comfortable arguing the personhood of one that cannot advocate for themselves Uh, yeah, wait, I'm just realizing I got into this but I have nothing to get out of it So I don't actually can oh, I see The word we're not agreeing with each other on this Um Ruben can I ask I don't need to be forward and I'm not saying that this changes things But how much did the war for the warforge cost you? I'll say 300 gold 300. Okay Oh in certain areas what a great question. This is rather outside my wheelhouse as it were Um Frankly, I believe the problem is we are all attempting to make decisions for a being that cannot make decisions for itself Yeah So then until it can make a decision, I think we should all just step out of this equation and act like none of us Have met each other Ruben just kind of like crosses his arms. You know what? I agree with that. This isn't even any of your business What are you some random adventurers? You dragged us into this. Yes Well now I want you out of it. So there Oh, he got us with that one Buck I have absolutely no idea what this is. Don't turn don't turn to me of no, I I kind of figured you guys would figure this out you guys. I have an idea And I I like whip the reins a little bit and I get the horses in the cart to just sidestep this whole I was actually gonna say It's a pleasure meeting both of you Okay, he's the rest of the party. Okay with this decision. No, you guys can stop me I I don't think we're leaving just yet. You can let him do that But you can get off the cart and catch up with him later if you so wish Yeah, if you jump off the cart, I'm stopping. I will say I just wanted to the decision of one party member is not indicative of the Uh priorities of the rest of the party members. No, that was a spontaneous choice. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it's nothing Uh, abral, right? Yes um Unfortunately in these situations and I I know the situation is Unfortunate when you don't have much power to change rules around you Um, and in pelaritios. Uh, is that how it's said? Sorry, pelitrious Are there ways to report mistreatment of Unawaken wolf orges He crosses his arms and looks to the side almost like he doesn't want to admit it. Yes Uh, well that rather postpones the issue. I believe I just I've seen these things go wrong before and I don't want to see it done again I would just rather it be in pristine conditions so that when they wake up They have a Body that's been untainted by the world, you know I Understand I would wish that upon every child, but that's not exactly how it works out I apologize that we cannot make the world as just as we would like it to but It does seem that you have tools at your disposal To at least attempt to ensure that justice is done And that care is taken of this being Before it becomes its own Whoever so wishes give me one more persuasion check Without advantage You're making this for the group essentially could since it's the group who's got the highest charisma. It's not me Not me persuasion. I've only got a two. I've only got a two I've only got a zero. That's incredible for its I've only got plus one Oh god All right I can give it a shot. I guess I mean if we're all at plus two I'll be lyra You got it. I can use the coin Oh god I think we don't want to walk away with a crit fail with both of these guys hating us forever Should I hit the button? Hit the button It's not a natural one, but it looked like it initially and that made me very upset. Okay, with this rubin says Well, you have my word that I will treat it rightly If you want you can come and watch as well. I don't know what business you may have mr. Abril But if anything goes wrong, you can I don't know call me on it report me to politrios authorities that I might be mistreating this word for it But I do hope that you will let me through so that I may tend to my business And abril just looks a little bit defeated, but he relents And okay, you did the right thing I hope I sure hope you did ventures We did very little. Let's be completely frank here. There's not much you can do. Okay, abril I respect what you're fighting for. It's just you know A bit of a tight place to be arguing for it In the middle of the road Also, like lyra said we can't really speak for someone Without we don't really want to speak for somebody, you know, it's I think the best thing we can you or anyone you can do in this situation is Try to minimize the chances of mistreatment and much of the stewardship of nature involves advocating for beings that cannot or do not have wants of their own and attempting to discern the best path forward for them regardless it is a difficult task with no correct answers And I do not envy you your side of this I would say with that ruben has been moved by our words a bit and he really gets off He gets off his cart and goes to abril Tell you what my friend Say Say I do run this thing ragged. I will run myself just as ragged. I'll work alongside this warforge Side by side as it is a tool that I'm used, but I will not sit idly by that way whatever abuse it may go through I will go through as well Does that sound fair to you? does it That's kind of excessive, but he's a little confused, but he got the spirit Ain't nothing wrong with it. Well, I guess it's up to Abril. That way I would limit myself and therefore limit the warforge If anything seems a bit too much for one Of my stature and abril just shrugs I think that's more than fair, you know treating something that you have as if it were yourself You know assuming this man is self-respecting. I assume he'll respect this uh Unborn warforged yet. Oh You have no idea my friend Omnis, I don't think I do Have a better idea right now And abril just treating each other as equals Abril just uh kind of tips his hat turns his axe beak and starts heading uh back In the other direction towards paletrios And rubin uh gets back on his mastiff Ah, thank you adventurers. I owe you if if you ever find yourself in paletrios I have a mineral shop. I can offer you a cut of what I mine with this thing in the mineral farms Oh no Oh Whoa, maybe a good maybe a good start is not referred to it is this thing. Um, I just sorry It does not inspire the most confidence, but we appreciate your, uh enthusiasm Well suit yourself, but uh, I do pray take a lot of pride in my work. It's a business. I built myself, but uh You can stop on fire or you won't It was your choice Where's this business? Located in the market district in paletrios kind of swords the inner part of the city We may very well stop by you know, we're planning on heading down there at some point. Um But I think we got to go guys or yes. Yeah They just like slowly whip the horse Is it like a very slow rate as we just kind of eyeball him as we Just the horse staring it down awkward stare Okay And as you had had to viscerally it actually starts to get dark the travel was A little bit longer than expected and you may possibly need to make camp Are we along the riverbed you are along the river? Yes All right, can make you wish to make camp by the river Our first our first camp. Yeah Actually first camp that wasn't on a boat Okay You can in the river. Yeah, I want to catch some fish catching some fish. Let me move you over To the map so that you may limit limit Wow Let us move to the map We are here And this is not the river but that is because I was not anticipating it. It is the river. I planned it all I planned it all Yep, let's get out of the river. You'll be washed away So yes, you guys make camp with the supplies that you have from the the cart given to you by lord nicolas Um, there is some rations in there as well as Sleeping supplies bedding tents all the good stuff Perfect nice Through the river I just imagine I'm just like sitting there like knee height like waiting with my like very close to grab a fish I'm fishing a little stony tide pool. Oh, you're just gonna actually grab them. Yeah. I'm fishing. Have you not seen birds fishing before? Are you doing like that wide winged thing where you give them cover? Yeah, oh, yeah, so you're gonna dive into the water like again Yeah, you can give me a survival check Oh heck. Yeah heck yeah Very nice you get You are able to nab enough fish to make like a a meal for each of your companions If I would have you is able to cook it well that is I'm bringing the fish over. Yeah, I brought duck fish What skill is cooking? I think it's survival Do you want me to try cooking? You've got some some good ol. I don't know. What's a Spanish fish halibut? I don't know I don't think the fish has a nationality. I could try cooking We don't even know what we're rolling. Would you like to attempt to cook? Sure, I'll attempt to cook. What do I roll? What would a cooking check be? I've never had cooking before I imagine it's uh you because you can get cooking tools and I think you use a wisdom base. It's a wisdom base check I think Probably survival because survival is wisdom based animal I don't know if I'm handling it really Perhaps another another survival then maybe like medicine but backwards Generally as I understand artisan checks you like pick ace like you pick like wisdom and then like so you would get proficiency with it Yeah, yeah You the dm decides what what they are using but generally I think wisdom is normally I like Yeah, so I'm rolling a wisdom check a wisdom The proficiency is probably up to you if it's not tied to a skill Yeah, do you think fritz would know how to cook? I would imagine a note a gut of fish Actually, no, that would be a thing that would be a thing that you would know like as an actual feature in your clock and your character sheet, wouldn't you? I was going off my background because I was I was working at docks. What's your back? Is if you're in your background Um, oh, where do I see that again? Is it featured in description in description Sailor is my background So well then let's let's just say a straight wisdom then Or survival if you so wish again another I think it's kind of the same. It's both plus two All right Yeah, now I made a mess of gutting that fish didn't I? So you do what the best that you can with the cooking utensils that were given to you in the cart You are not the best cook And so the fish that you cook do not provide any special bonuses that would have been the the check if you had done well It would have provided I'm just trying to keep us fed Keeping us fed it is edible could use some seasoning It's okay. Do I have seasoning in my herbalism kit? Probably that's up to you. I would say that's inconsequential enough that I'll leave that to your discretion I'm just really curious what exactly an herbalism kit entails. Hold on I'm trying Oh, it's mostly for like remedies and potions That's interesting. There's probably rock salt in here somewhere I'm just going to look at this fish like dozen would be so disappointed No, it's great Little tough, but it's pretty good contains a truly impressive number of bones You just got to crunch through those I didn't know you can get so many bones in one fish That's extra calcium in there Yeah, calcium maybe a little bit of protein in the marrow Do fish even have marrow? I'm unsure Well, the rule for my mouth heights I can't imagine why So you guys have a nice meal. Yeah, good work team camping camping And um, is there anything else in particular you do before you call the knights? Or call watches or anything like that. Yeah, we should we should do watches Yeah Can I make just a quick perception check to look for like if I were to sneak up on people camping here Where would I come from and then I want to set up a string and a bell there? Okay. Yeah, give me a perception check Okay Did it go through? Oh, okay There we go. Okay. With that, I would say you gain no special bonuses But you do know that you can hide behind and around the trees like if you use the hide maneuver that Those would be the best places to do them Yeah, okay. Um, there's a bit of high ground here. So there is I would say this 10 feet up. Um Yeah, let's give you a better land the land All right, I will put That there and then I'll put like a little peg. Oh come on now Oh different tool But I'm gonna put a peg over here and then the bell will be right here. So if anyone trips it here or like Okay, this diagram is getting complicated. Yeah, so if anyone it's just there there's a little peg there So if anyone comes from either of those angles they will make a noise. Okay Radical want to do two do a watch or do we want to Do one do a watch should be fine I could stay awake if you want Well, I believe we'll we'll rotate it out four hour watches so each of us can get a full rest Well, there'd only be three Only three people would need to keep watch if we're if we're basically resting for about 12 hours Um, someone could take first watch second watch third watch and everyone will get a chance to get a full eight hours in Yeah, if we got eight hours, then we could honestly do two and two that'd be fine if we're going 12 hours Yeah It's good security for a party. That's true. It's a good way to start out at least Yeah, okay two and two then let's do that All right, so who shall take the first watch I would like to first watch I will sleep on the first watch. Okay first watch uh fritz and wort then Oh, uh, no, I'm sorry. I'm going to sleep. Oh, okay I'm not sure how the math works out on this actually if we do two on the first watch two on the second watch Yeah, who who does the third watch that's eight hours, but we each only get four hours of rest which isn't a long rest Buck you got up. You got up in this tree I didn't know you I didn't I now I recognize that you were up in the tree, so I'll go down No, you come come sit up in the tree. I can't get up. It's gonna be difficult for me to get up Red brought up a good question who shall take third watch if you're just doing to Huh, what's up? This is why one person taking because that way we have three We have four people who can take watch and we'll only need three of them in a given night And one person gets a 12 hour rest, but if we do two and two Some group of people is not getting the full eight hours unless we stagger I mean we could do like let's do one bed and then as fritz goes to bed Lara wakes up and then I go to bed and then as I go to bed word wakes up then we like Then we could you know what stretcher. Yeah, let's do a one one two because it would be staggered Do you what I mean? Yeah, we can do one one two So first watch second watch and then on third watch the two people who haven't taken watch yet watch together Yeah, I'll pair last watch. I'm gonna use the restroom really quick. I think fritz is up first. Okay. All right All right fritz you're up first. Give me a perception check while your allies are asleep as are the horses Okay looking out with that perception sitting in the tree You do see that there are some figures that have been Kind of following you something low quadrupedal They seem to be formed in a circle of sort you spot four figures They seem quite a ways out like about a football field's worth Are they in a circle around each other or are we surrounded? You are surrounded by four What looked to be four quadrupedal figures Oh boy that each one of them seems to be about a football field way out Interesting And they're around surrounding us, right? Mm-hmm. Yeah About evenly spaced Bobbin is Buck awake What what is it? What's going on? Uh, we might be in danger. I don't fully know. Um We are surrounded by creatures of some sort not here yet I'm like looking around creatures They're like dangerous creatures. I don't know but they are surrounding us Can I look where point them out to me? I start just they're around us. So I just point and spin You can probably point it a specific one if you want to Yeah, I guess can I make out what they are? Huh? Uh, oh we're surrounded by spooky things, but we don't know what they are yet. They're far away. They're not on the map yet I mean uh fritz you can give them just a Relay the information that you got that they they look quadrupedal of some kind Yeah They're too far away. Oh, it's not they're quadra people They're too far away to for me to for us to make out what they are Well, perhaps too far away for you guys to make out what they are. All right fritz you you stay here and I have this perception Wake up word and layra if if I start yelling or screaming Or if I don't come back just I'll go check I'll go out there and check what they are Oh, you're going out alone. What? What what buck are you sure that's a smart? Well, who's awake then? I think fritz just woke buck up Okay, who of the awake people has dark vision? I do I think okay I do Where would that be? Oh, yeah under features and traits you do your bugbear. I think I do I do it's under senses up to 60 feet And then in darkness as if it were dim light or uh shades of gray. Yeah, yeah seeing darkness shades of gray up to 60 feet okay I'll I mean I just do you think we should wake them up I'm not good at these sorts of decisions. We got the two people that haven't done any outside camping on first watch No Why are they both on first watch? Well, they weren't she just woke up buck This would have been by the end of your watch though. So like yeah, I figure I can probably take one Do you want to watch don't don't leave but watch Are they getting closer I yes slowly Let's uh, maybe we wake maybe we wake them up. I think that's probably for the best. Hey word word Word, it's it's me your dad I'm not proud of you word wake up. I know you want Oh, that's that's very sad work. It's it's buck But I pick them I pick them up. How do you know my dad? Oh you pick me up Buck buck, do you know my dad? Uh, no, I'm sorry that you must have been dreaming. Look, there's look there's something there's something sneaking up on the camp I put him down. Oh, oh my goodness Uh looks I can I make this out at all? I'm a passive perception 15 with dark vision 15 You also know. Yeah, you would also see that it's something quadrupedal low to the ground almost like a Getting ready to pounce position Has anybody woken me up yet? I yeah, I was just letting them do that thing. I I'll I'll be like I was like What's really quick, what's a general like head count for for okay for Um, what's going on it kind of surrounded by quadrupedal low to the ground things Interesting I'm going to use my second wild shape of the day and turn into a wolf So joe what can I smell you can smell? Oh geez Okay, um, do you want me to roll? I can roll roll with advantage. I do that anyway. Oh, yeah Oh in my hubris one of those was a crit fail, but the other one's a 13 I'm awake. I'm a wolf You smell not wolves you you have studied these you smell worgs Worgs, uh like wolves, but meaner but meaner and bigger like wolves, but goblins. What is it? What is it? Well, you can't now we run into the main problem of wild shape Stuck in the well. What is it? We're felt word fell down a well. I'll just snarl Raise the hackles a little bit That does not sound like it's a good thing. I is that what you're trying to say laira I cannot as a wolf Snarl twice if that means we're in trouble I will snarl twice Like you didn't try to do that Shit, um, I think we can negotiate with them and I pull out the negotiation I'll get out my hammer Okay, are you guys gonna wait for them to come to you? Oh, no, I'm definitely gonna Oh, just like trying to sorry sneak around and like hide in a tree. Oh sneak around and hide in a tree. You can give me a stealth check With advantage since you know they're coming May I also do that you may as well also actually as a wolf I have a significantly better stealth Can I do that too? Yes? Thank you. Thank you. It's a plus four looks like, uh, so I'll just roll straight and um I'm gonna climb up the tree. Oh my god. Why is this happening? So that's only a seven for me with advantage since like you you guys have to jump on them in terms of That approaching you so you can do it again Hotchaw. All right. That's a little better because oh wait, that's plus four because the wolf stealth is sick That's an 18. Okay. Yeah, um And fritz, would you like to try and be sneaky or are you gonna be a bait? Do you guys want me to bait I don't I don't have to what do you what do you want to do? You do have the best chance of just booking it out of here if anything goes wrong. So all right. I'm bait fritz I am the bait Try to look delicious. I look like a scrumptious chicken You're like what are you wandering around that you're like Doing the chicken your drunk chicken La la la la dancing around the fire Okay, so Yeah, your horses, what do you do with the horses? I definitely want to be over here All right I'll just be by the horses. Yeah, I don't want them to attack the horses Okay, so You guys see actually As they start to approach you can see them when they get about This far there oh my god And this one springs this it starts to ring and this one immediately runs away at being startled by this ringing as It feels as though it basically like ruined its own ambush and it gives up essentially Oh Well, okay then this one these three though do not feel as though they've ruined their ambush Mm-hmm. They haven't ruined my ambush either. I dropped out And I turn the corner and I get him. Okay. Yeah, let's roll for initiatives. Yeah bump Heck yeah Initiative it's my initiative any better as it is it's plus two instead of plus zero. So we're gonna add plus two to this roll 17 Wow, all right, you guys might Take care of these guys like immediately. All right. I'm so clean up layra. Uh, you're up first Really, okay Uh Just gotta sorry. I've never been a wolf in combat before Um first time Okay, uh, yeah, I have 40 feet of speed. So I will just charge Uh this thing And attack it with Uh I guess I only have a bite attack That makes sense. I guess I'll just roll a d20 plus four. I don't have anything I can click on for this Yeah, that'll hit. Oh, I didn't roll it yet. Oh, that's that was my initiative. Sorry. Yeah Yeah, that'll oh, okay Cool. So that is 2d4 plus 2 piercing damage Um, and it must succeed a dc 11 strength save or be knocked prone. Let me just roll 2d4 plus two DC what again? Uh 11 11 Okay, it makes the save however you bite into this thing and it's just like immediately caught off guard at this smaller Canine Yes, and it's just snarls at you and it takes six damage Ray fritz Let me see if I can display this and oh, that's all right. And also, um Because you guys got the drop on them. I'm gonna say this is a surprise round. So they'll be skipping the first round Oh Yeah, we're gonna stop and we'll get to I am going to this wolf here. I'm gonna crossbow you Yeah Get fiery crossbowed idiot Nice nice Uh, I still have yet to give you the extra d6 so you can roll that Hmm For your fire because yeah, there you go Yes, it's lights. It's you fire it and it lights. It's pelt a flame a little bit and it's just like Scram Yeah, and that's uh, oh I have movement, don't I uh, you should like to move anywhere I'm going to over to here and and 10. Okay word All right as I drop out of the tree screaming uh with my my bowie knife in hand I say let's talk this out and I'll stab him with the negotiation You can do so at advantage since it's out of stealth I've done that. Oh, there we go. Okay 14. Yes 14 will hit and with the sneak attack Oh, you stab it right straight down. It's nearly dead already As you stab it down and it's like weak at the legs now Oh That's the additional damage from the fire. All right. Yes, and you stab it straight It is shaking and it's getting ready to bolt Like away retreat I'm like, can I like grapple him as part of my it's still surprised though. So it's not going to be able to Oh, yeah, but you can tell its intentions. It's like oh, this is a lost cause now Stay away from my butterscotch Fuck that's my turn and efficiency. Uh, I don't think I want to use a Rage right now. So I will just try to hit it with my and I do I get advantage You do attack him out of stealth and I'm sorry I should have given Leira that out of stealth as well. Sorry. Oh nice. That's okay. So that's 13 But in addition because uh, it is I'm a bugbear once per combat If I surprise a creature and hit it in an on an attack with my first turn I get an additional 2d6 damage. Oh, shit Yeah, he gets just gets one free sneak attack Oh, yeah, you dead average big old crunch into this thing just like I think you knocked out a few teeth loose a few fangs Oh, also I get to move it five feet back. Oh Because what's my once per turn? So can I move it? Oh like five feet away from me this way Yeah, that's fine pushing it and it like kind of rolls on the ground But quickly gets back up onto its feet Still within range of me. So I will keep it where it is. Okay, and then my turn Warg have a surprise turn. So it's skipped Leira. You're fighting a dog twice your size I guess I'm biting it again. Um, all right. It's still a d20 plus four. Um And this one is not an advantage. So this is fine Hacha Okay And that is uh 2d4 plus two piercing damage again Okay, and I need some strength save Oh, yeah the dc 11 strength save it You bite it in the leg and like pull it down to the ground as it eats a face full of dirt and grass Just nice Okay, cool. Uh, I can't cast any spells when I'm a wolf. So that's my turn fritz Looks like I'm fighting them off What fighting them off. I was fighting them off. Sorry. Oh Oh, I wasn't fighting them off. I was like, hold on. I gotta defeat these ninjas real quick On next to Leira. I'm going to once again Pew indeed. Oh my god. That's a big old pew. Oh and hold on Very nice pew. My god You light this one a bit of flame as well. Just Just Singe off a few bits of fur These wards are in over their heads Word All right, uh, I'm going to pursue further negotiations Yep, that'll uh, and since you're on top of it, I'll say you can get advantage see if you crit Oh, okay Another one. Nope. Nope. Okay. It is very very close. It is bleeding And you have offhanded attack offhand attack. All right. Yeah, that'll do Just like it just falls to the ground Actually just experienced a hostile takeover. Yeah Actually, is that it's it's gonna go on cut. Do you intend to kill it? um Because I did say that they go unconscious unless you stayed otherwise. Yeah Would I know anything about wargs? You would know that they are a kind of like a Apex pack hunting predator very similar to wolves wargs, however And wolves are kind of rivals a lot of the time in similar territories But they don't seem intelligent. No. No, not these. No, okay Yeah, I'll I'll take it out. All right. Where's a killer? Where's a killer? That is right the uh for those who know dnd rules the wargs of the lustrous expanse are animals Uh-huh and not Goblin not goblin talky people. Yeah, the wargs wargs in uh forgotten realms are sapient Yeah, I see I forgot the other one. I'm thinking over there like faces peel back and they're like demon dogs That you don't things I forget what those are called I thought they were wargs whatever that's uh, that's gonna be my turn. No, that's pretty much. What? Yeah, that's it. Um, I'd like to maybe hold my action If this thing runs at me, I would like to try and attack recklessly Ah, okay All right, we'll will that be it that's all yeah that I'll I will hold my action And I I mean technically I'm within range So if it makes a step towards me to get within range to attack, I will swing at it. Okay Well, this one is going to disengage and book it. It's going to run whining winning in pain as you guys have scared it off This one is also going to get up use half its movement to get up and also disengage run whining in pain acceptable you guys have Whole held your own against a linty's wild Okay, does labor let it go. Yes. Well, I didn't have it grappled. I think uh, hold on. Let me check Uh, no, it just had to be knocked prone. I didn't have it grappled. Okay You got the the wilds of a linty are no match for you. It's Lyra Much as all those warnings were given you seem to hold your own pretty well No, that moth stood no chance against me And you can see that the horses are a little bit spooked but seeing as the wargs have run away They do calm down a bit Good first night first watch Do we want to try and get some meat from this thing or am I just gonna like I don't know dump it in the river Can you eat warg meat? Is it? Can you eat warg meat? Are you saying warg or warg warg? Wait, I assume I assume I would know this uh Yeah, uh I don't know. He looks healthy enough with your base knowledge. You know that warg meat is incredibly gamey I'm gonna just kind of like Shrug a little bit and then curl up and go back to sleep Wait, you know how this stuff works. Can I just dump it into the river? Is that fine? That that feels like it would be very bad as soon as it rots and contaminates the water Why don't why don't we just drag it away from camp so it nothing tries to eat us And then once we get it far enough away, I'll I'll come back and go to sleep That's a that's a good point. That's a good idea good night Okay, let me drag it I don't have control of that. I'll drag I'll drag it far enough like away from the camp. Yeah This will be an abstraction. I'll put it here But we'll abstractly say that it's far enough away from the camp so as to not draw the smell towards you Okay And you may continue your watch I'm going to bed good night Buck you can give me a perception Oh, I'm the second one. I think so, uh, yeah, I'll be the second one. That's fine. Uh, perception, perception, perception, perception, perception Nothing out of the ordinary here. You have a nice staring at the stars Uh, it doesn't seem as though anything has approached the rotting carcass that you've left It's probably not rotting yet. Oh well. Yeah, I don't know. I'm not a wild man. I don't know how things work I'm not a wild man. I'm not a wild man Or layra, but uh your watch goes off without a hitch Great, so we've successfully completed a long rest at this point Oh, there's one more word. Yes. No, but it's been eight hours. Yes. Yes for you word and layra You have completed your long rest. You may reset. That's good your class features spell slots. Whatever What what have you just in case I need that wild shape again simple word because these are rogue and rogues never need long rest for anything Oh, yeah, that's kind of true. Just taking a nice nap I'm an arcane trickster. I think I need oh, yeah, that's right. You do have spells. Yeah I do you do none of them hurt anybody though. I have really good spells Wake up All right. Oh, yeah, thank you All right Scramble over here. I eat scrambled eggs and then I scramble up a wall nice I'm gonna get rid of my trap and I'll just play a little surveillance game where I Start flipping a coin or rolling dice and then I'll turn one way or the other based on the roll so that no one can sneak up on me That's kind of neat. Do you want to do something special for that or you're just flavoring your perception? Just flavor. Okay. All right. So both of you can give me a perception as well. Okay Nice Yeah, you two both come to the same conclusion that Not only are the wargues going to leave you alone Most other animals are probably going to leave you alone as well Oh, yeah, I'm sent a message Seeing as you have warg blood smell on you and warg blood smell usually means That something was bigger and better than the wargs Oh, that's icky to think about but I like it This is the spongebob camping scene Yes, you complete your first night Yay dawn breaks You may continue your journey Huzzah That's me again. Yeah We head into Viscerly you head into the humble town of viscerly Where it is a nice pleasant little town also with farmland very similar to that of sachia and You know what? I think that is going to be where we call it here for now because I need to prepare some new stuff And I also think that that's an appropriate time for you to level up Oh, yeah