Full Transcript for S02E08 - Necrowolves

never saw a deer you know, know what? 00:03:44.389 --> 00:03:45.451 I've seen a deer in the past. 00:03:45.451 --> 00:03:47.064 I can always go back to my mind palace. 00:03:47.064 --> 00:03:48.149 No, you can't. 00:03:48.149 --> 00:03:54.909 Vance tries to imagine a beautiful deer he's seen in the past Nothing. 00:03:54.909 --> 00:03:58.566 Oh no, he drives the cart into an embankment Right. 00:03:58.566 --> 00:03:59.228 Roll a d20. 00:03:59.848 --> 00:04:05.430 No deer, as you're traveling through, roll me a history. 00:04:05.430 --> 00:04:05.991 Check both of you. 00:04:05.991 --> 00:04:08.085 Okay, anybody get above a 10? 00:04:08.085 --> 00:04:09.973 I did not. 00:04:09.973 --> 00:04:15.187 No, Nope Okay well, never mind, then you don't get the very valuable information. 00:04:15.580 --> 00:04:17.067 Well, isn't that something? 00:04:17.067 --> 00:04:21.603 So tell me what all you know about this place, what kind of stuff y'all used to get up out here? 00:04:21.963 --> 00:04:37.553 Oh well, kerr Hill, let's just say there are many goods that on that border of Sol Deus were not allowed, not because they were necessarily outlawed in the Oathmakers, but because we were pretty heavily targeted for smuggling because we were right on that border there. 00:04:37.553 --> 00:04:49.166 So a lot of alcohols and goods and luxury items and stuff that are banned in Sol Deus happen to make it to us, whether the higher authorities knew it or not. 00:04:49.166 --> 00:04:58.367 Luxury items, eh yeah, you know, like your elephant, tusk, boner pills and such Splinter free, You'll get it. 00:05:00.581 --> 00:05:02.526 Splinter free toilet paper yeah yeah, the good stuff Two ply. 00:05:02.526 --> 00:05:03.610 So yes, certain magical items also would pass through. 00:05:03.610 --> 00:05:04.754 It's in there, squint your free toilet paper. 00:05:04.774 --> 00:05:06.040 Yeah, yeah, yeah, the good stuff, the good stuff, two ply Ooh. 00:05:06.040 --> 00:05:10.649 So yes, certain magical items also would pass through from time to time. 00:05:11.651 --> 00:05:11.892 Okay. 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:23.588 And at about this time you start to approach a campsite and you notice that there is still smoke coming from the campsite, but it's that lighter smoke of a fire burning out. 00:05:23.588 --> 00:05:27.029 Can both of you roll me investigation checks 15. 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:31.949 I'm just sitting in the back like I smell smoke and it ain't mine. 00:05:35.362 --> 00:05:43.829 As you approach the campsite Vance, you notice that this is the campsite that Essel was talking about, that had recently had some issues with the wolves. 00:05:43.829 --> 00:05:46.725 Like the campsite. 00:05:47.047 --> 00:05:50.384 The campsite, okay, it's not like the area, it's like literally plot. 00:05:50.505 --> 00:05:51.208 A13. 00:05:51.208 --> 00:05:55.370 Yes, yeah, this is literally the campsite that was just slightly north. 00:05:55.370 --> 00:06:06.033 It's getting towards the end of the

day, the sun's starting to go down With your 15, you notice that you can't tell if there's nobody here or just nobody happens to be outside. 00:06:06.033 --> 00:06:07.884 Okay, what do you do as you approach? 00:06:08.346 --> 00:06:09.170 What up, though? 00:06:09.170 --> 00:06:11.226 Hit him with the Detroit. 00:06:12.963 --> 00:06:14.206 Hit him with the Detroit. 00:06:15.449 --> 00:06:17.492 Hello, why are you yelling? 00:06:18.961 --> 00:06:19.725 There's a campsite. 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:22.502 Where you would have seen the campsite. 00:06:22.521 --> 00:06:25.987 You didn't do that Don't play his character for him? 00:06:26.007 --> 00:06:30.369 Oh yes, I thought he was just going with the roll that he did Turn around. 00:06:31.050 --> 00:06:34.786 Oh, oh, ain't nobody there though. 00:06:35.641 --> 00:06:36.927 Well, that's why I said hello. 00:06:36.927 --> 00:06:38.386 I was trying to see if anyone was there. 00:06:38.920 --> 00:06:40.803 During all of this, nobody comes out of a tent. 00:06:41.084 --> 00:06:48.738 Yeah, there's no one here, because if they were there, they would have attacked us or, I don't know, tried to protect us because all according to plan. 00:06:50.444 --> 00:06:55.726 I want to grab my bow and arrow and just shoot a shot at the fire and see if anybody comes out. 00:06:55.726 --> 00:06:57.245 Yeah, roll me a hit. 00:06:57.245 --> 00:06:58.762 Yeah, nine, okay. 00:06:59.166 --> 00:07:01.906 Yeah, you take a shot and it hits right next to the fire. 00:07:01.906 --> 00:07:07.449 It spits up a little bit of dust Nobody shot and it hits right next to the fire, it spits up a little bit of dust. 00:07:07.468 --> 00:07:08.411 Nobody comes out. 00:07:08.411 --> 00:07:09.072 Nobody comes out, nothing. 00:07:09.252 --> 00:07:10.495 Let's hop down See what's happening. 00:07:10.495 --> 00:07:13.824 Hop down, I tie the horses up, investigate the area. 00:07:14.324 --> 00:07:15.107 Check that tent. 00:07:15.107 --> 00:07:17.110 I'll check this one Roll perception. 00:07:17.110 --> 00:07:18.432 There we go. 00:07:18.432 --> 00:07:19.033 Now you're ready. 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:31.309 Both of you notice that the air around here feels thick, like something about this area has been manipulated and with that perception you can roll Arcana. 00:07:32.901 --> 00:07:35.110 This air is thick, 17. 00:07:35.110 --> 00:07:36.052 10. 00:07:36.213 --> 00:08:02.208 Good roll 10, okay, you Dolo know that it is magically affected, but with your roll Vance you notice that the the area is basically there was a bunch of illusion magic here, but it's dissipating, which is why you're getting like the aftermath of it so it is dissipating, but there was a heavy concentration of illusion and necrotic magic here mmm, can I dig around in this tent that I'm checking out? 00:08:02.348 --> 00:08:03.456 yeah, there's multiple tents. 00:08:03.495 --> 00:08:05.199 This is a small campsite for you Grinch soldiers. 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:05.235 I'll be check that. 00:08:05.235 --> 00:08:05.579 I'm checking out. 00:08:05.579 --> 00:08:05.795 Yeah, there's multiple tents. 00:08:05.795 --> 00:08:05.927 This is a small campsite for Ugrinch soldiers. 00:08:06.007 --> 00:08:07.110 I told Avi check one. 00:08:07.110 --> 00:08:07.992 I'm checking this one. 00:08:08.259 --> 00:08:09.262 You want to check those over there? 00:08:09.302 --> 00:08:10.204 You want to check that one over there. 00:08:10.305 --> 00:08:12.911 Yeah, yeah, 12. 00:08:13.190 --> 00:08:13.492 What am I? 00:08:13.552 --> 00:08:24.572 rolling for I would say probably investigation, if you're looking for clues or activity, or you would know that there were wolf attacks recently so you could roll. 00:08:24.572 --> 00:08:27.319 You would know that there were like wolf attacks recently, so you could roll nature. 00:08:28.221 --> 00:08:31.838 You let me know and I'll kind of tell you what information you get. 00:08:31.838 --> 00:08:38.952 All right, I want to dig around this tent and see if there's anything unique about the people that were staying here, or if they were just soldiers, or if I find anything in this tent. 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:41.360 Okay, that would be investigation, Investigation, yeah. 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:46.828 Yeah, let me just kind of see, like like, if there's signs of struggle or Okay, cool yeah. 00:08:46.928 --> 00:08:47.730 Yeah, right on. 00:08:47.730 --> 00:08:47.889 Yeah. 00:08:47.889 --> 00:08:48.851 What did you each get? 00:08:48.851 --> 00:08:49.292 12. 00:08:49.292 --> 00:08:49.832 12. 00:08:49.852 --> 00:08:50.794 Okay, I've got 20. 00:08:51.154 --> 00:08:55.009 Sweet, I would say, with where you are in respect to the camp. 00:08:55.009 --> 00:08:55.792 We'll start with Vance. 00:08:55.792 --> 00:09:00.835 You notice in the first tent that you're looking at it, pristine condition. 00:09:00.835 --> 00:09:03.255 This was a soldier outfit. 00:09:03.255 --> 00:09:04.956 They had very strict regiments. 00:09:04.956 --> 00:09:11.129 There is nothing out of order, the bedrolls are made, everything is all cleaned, everything. 00:09:11.129 --> 00:09:22.970 And you notice a diary underneath the pillow of one of the cots and some loose paperwork in the other one, and it seems like you've maybe seen or you're in one of the officer's tents. 00:09:23.331 --> 00:09:25.727 Nice, I don't open it and I burn it all. 00:09:25.879 --> 00:09:26.962 Okay, cool, that makes it. 00:09:26.962 --> 00:09:29.129 Yeah, that was a mimic, so good job. 00:09:29.168 --> 00:09:34.710 Yeah, and you nailed it I take a look at the uh the diary and the paperwork. 00:09:34.870 --> 00:09:36.581 Okay, we'll get back to that in just a second. 00:09:36.581 --> 00:09:37.644 Uh, what did you say? 00:09:37.664 --> 00:09:41.179 you got dolo I was digging over, I got a 20 a 20 okay, with your 20. 00:09:41.662 --> 00:09:53.104 you notice that some of the residual magic is very highly concentrated in your tent, and the tent that you are in is like the

barracks that had the 10-ish soldiers that stayed at this camp. 00:09:53.104 --> 00:10:06.147 That weren't the leaders, and a lot of the magic presence that you're getting in there is the necrotic and you're actually finding residue of some undead that were there. 00:10:06.447 --> 00:10:07.049 Ugh, gross. 00:10:07.049 --> 00:10:08.403 I'm going to start. 00:10:08.403 --> 00:10:15.626 Can I just start checking bags, knapsacks and chests or anything that are in there, for anything that I might find of value? 00:10:15.980 --> 00:10:17.405 How many swords do you need? 00:10:17.405 --> 00:10:18.389 It ain't about that. 00:10:20.522 --> 00:10:21.164 I need this. 00:10:21.164 --> 00:10:24.164 It's been too long. 00:10:24.164 --> 00:10:24.626 Nothing is there. 00:10:24.648 --> 00:10:26.414 There's been too long Nothing is there. 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:28.206 There's nothing around there. 00:10:28.801 --> 00:10:31.866 To the contrary of what the leader tent was in. 00:10:31.866 --> 00:10:35.133 Everything in this barrack seems to be gone. 00:10:35.133 --> 00:10:35.994 They were geared up. 00:10:36.120 --> 00:10:37.253 They had everything on their person. 00:10:37.273 --> 00:10:39.082 That's why I'm checking and the people are just gone. 00:10:39.966 --> 00:10:40.267 Okay. 00:10:40.889 --> 00:10:41.750 Back to the diary. 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:43.485 That weird smoky chick was in there. 00:10:43.746 --> 00:10:44.249 That's what I'm thinking. 00:10:44.249 --> 00:10:45.495 Back to the diary, that weird smoky chick was in there, mm-hmm. 00:10:45.514 --> 00:10:46.157 That's what I'm thinking. 00:10:46.157 --> 00:10:54.553 Back to the diary when you open up the diary, one of these captains was just jotting down the daily routines and stuff like that. 00:10:54.553 --> 00:11:01.448 But the closer you get to the current date, the more that you notice a lot of the things that he was reporting. 00:11:01.448 --> 00:11:12.051 The writing was to get like more and more frantic and illegible I guess I I got that word out I stuttered on it for a second there. 00:11:12.451 --> 00:11:29.369 but uh, you notice that it's becoming more and more illegible to where, on top of just reporting the normal duties of the camp, he's starting to write about how he doesn't want to bring it up because nobody else is, but he's noticing what he thinks is eyes and it's getting a little bit harder for him to breathe at night. 00:11:29.369 --> 00:11:33.410 And the other captain there stationed with him has kind of been acting funny. 00:11:33.410 --> 00:11:44.692 A man that was very rigid and to the point seems to be really slacking off, not really like oh, he's not taking his job seriously, he on that stuff. 00:11:46.961 --> 00:11:47.842 I think they got into the mushrooms. 00:11:47.842 --> 00:11:48.364 He on this stuff. 00:11:48.384 --> 00:12:00.899 I look for mushrooms so much so that he, as the second officer, almost has to completely take over the camp, and the main one is just becoming very anti-social. 00:12:00.899 --> 00:12:13.245 And then you get to a couple days ago where, in the middle of writing, it just cuts off and the last thing that was written was oh shit, I'm being stabbed, yeah right. 00:12:13.580 --> 00:12:20.567 And then and he wrote that out too, with a bunch of dots and ellipses, right. 00:12:21.302 --> 00:12:29.413 What it actually says is that he believes he has found the source of why everybody is acting funny and he will be heading east to investigate. 00:12:29.413 --> 00:12:29.774 Oh. 00:12:31.500 --> 00:12:33.048 Well, we're heading north, so that sucks. 00:12:33.048 --> 00:12:37.469 I go report back to Dolo and tell him all that. 00:12:37.708 --> 00:12:38.851 Did Avi find anything? 00:12:39.760 --> 00:12:40.904 I've stayed with the cart. 00:12:43.721 --> 00:12:46.227 Thank you for being helpful and keeping the horses calm. 00:12:46.849 --> 00:12:47.572 What'd you find? 00:12:48.341 --> 00:12:50.929 I found a diary and I read it, because I'm a bad person. 00:12:50.929 --> 00:12:52.746 You're not supposed to read people's diaries. 00:12:52.746 --> 00:12:53.884 I know you're not supposed to. 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:55.426 I'm just glad you didn't write in it. 00:12:56.461 --> 00:12:57.626 Oh, that would be funny. 00:12:58.400 --> 00:13:01.409 You have a diary of sorts and then you come back and there's shit written in there. 00:13:03.441 --> 00:13:04.323 Yeah, you hand it to me. 00:13:04.323 --> 00:13:05.629 I'm like wait, did you write this? 00:13:05.629 --> 00:13:07.182 Did you keep going? 00:13:07.202 --> 00:13:09.491 And you got to figure out if you forgot what you wrote. 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:12.927 Yeah, you write it you write it as if you're the person. 00:13:12.947 --> 00:13:14.375 Yeah, oh, this is fun. 00:13:14.375 --> 00:13:15.320 We should find somebody's diary. 00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:16.504 This is. 00:13:20.682 --> 00:13:20.962 Now. 00:13:20.962 --> 00:13:21.947 So what does it say? 00:13:23.019 --> 00:13:22.434 There's been a like. 00:13:22.434 --> 00:13:22.962 Now. 00:13:22.962 --> 00:13:23.836 So what does it say? 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:35.789 There's been a you can read right it's about like the camp is starting. 00:13:36.081 --> 00:13:38.028 The officer started to see like eyes. 00:13:38.028 --> 00:13:43.610 The other one's acting real weird and there's like this stank of illusion magic in the air. 00:13:43.610 --> 00:13:46.628 Right now they think he found the source to the east. 00:13:47.520 --> 00:13:51.311 As you explain this to Dolo, your eyes start to burn. 00:13:51.620 --> 00:13:54.779 Also there's some fresh onion, I think, in there getting chopped up. 00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:57.206 Nah, you on that stuff, oh no. 00:13:57.440 --> 00:13:59.067 Is that your explanation for everything? 00:13:59.067 --> 00:14:05.852 Like you're consoling a child that lost its mother and he's like ah sorry, bud, you're on that stuff, you on that stuff, ain't you kid? 00:14:08.081 --> 00:14:09.482 I knew

it Then. 00:14:09.482 --> 00:14:10.825 Yeah, I'd like to take a look around then. 00:14:10.825 --> 00:14:13.707 Yeah, it looks to me like the Shadowfolk within 30 feet. 00:14:13.969 --> 00:14:17.712 Yeah, you don't see anything because the tree line is very close to the camp. 00:14:18.413 --> 00:14:25.260 I know you're out there and the moment you address them it goes away. 00:14:25.260 --> 00:14:25.942 Oh nice, look at that. 00:14:27.302 --> 00:14:30.585 I look at Avi and go you see, this kind of shit that I'm dealing with. 00:14:30.585 --> 00:14:32.365 This is what I deal with every day. 00:14:32.666 --> 00:14:33.506 He does seem a bit odd. 00:14:33.506 --> 00:14:36.649 I think he was just excited that it could have been a deer. 00:14:36.668 --> 00:14:38.669 No yelling would scare the deer, obviously. 00:14:38.669 --> 00:14:39.549 Come on, is this your first day? 00:14:39.549 --> 00:14:40.791 You say yelling would scare the deer. 00:14:40.811 --> 00:14:42.331 Yeah, and then you yelled and then it left. 00:14:42.773 --> 00:14:45.955 Yeah, but that's not I was like what are you doing? 00:14:45.955 --> 00:14:49.397 You hide for two hours in our trunk, then you don't help. 00:14:49.397 --> 00:14:51.057 He asked you specifically to help search. 00:14:51.057 --> 00:14:52.558 Then you just didn't Wait, did you? 00:14:52.558 --> 00:14:52.938 Yeah? 00:14:52.979 --> 00:14:53.259 I did. 00:14:53.259 --> 00:14:54.059 Oh, I don't remember that at all. 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:59.888 Yeah, you're being a real asshole right now. 00:15:00.148 --> 00:15:00.729 What'd you guys get? 00:15:00.729 --> 00:15:01.350 Wendy's. 00:15:01.350 --> 00:15:02.392 I haven't had my Wendy's yet. 00:15:02.392 --> 00:15:03.092 Burger meter. 00:15:03.133 --> 00:15:04.193 Yes, burger meter. 00:15:04.193 --> 00:15:04.715 It's critical. 00:15:04.715 --> 00:15:07.125 It's just flashing now. 00:15:13.421 --> 00:15:15.366 It's like a boss fight that hits a second phase. 00:15:15.366 --> 00:15:18.005 But instead of you getting bigger and flashing red, you just fall over. 00:15:18.005 --> 00:15:20.504 It's just wimpy from. 00:15:20.504 --> 00:15:20.947 Popeye. 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:26.866 Falls off a bar stool it seems like you guys have a decision to make. 00:15:26.866 --> 00:15:31.587 Do you investigate to see what you can figure out about this camp, or do you continue heading to Kerr Hill? 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:33.748 I mean there's no rush to go to Kerr Hill, right. 00:15:34.500 --> 00:15:35.947 I mean, how far away is this camp? 00:15:35.947 --> 00:15:37.062 He just says east. 00:15:37.082 --> 00:15:37.585 East yeah. 00:15:37.926 --> 00:15:38.548 There's no far. 00:15:38.548 --> 00:15:40.004 I mean we could just be going east. 00:15:40.004 --> 00:15:42.229 Yeah, I mean, let's get to Kerr Hill. 00:15:42.629 --> 00:15:44.134 How far away from Kerr Hill are we. 00:15:44.234 --> 00:15:45.638 Yeah, you're still a few days out from Kerr Hill. 00:15:45.638 --> 00:15:46.399 Oh, we're still a

few days. 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:48.427 You're not making it to Kerr Hill today. 00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:51.028 Whatever's affecting this can't be that far away. 00:15:51.320 --> 00:15:59.163 Yeah, plus, I found a bunch of dead people juice in that other camp and they ain't had nothing in there worth anything that does seem like important information that you were leaving out. 00:16:00.283 --> 00:16:05.187 It is pretty late in the evening and the sun has almost went completely down, so you are losing light fast. 00:16:05.187 --> 00:16:08.109 Do you head out tonight or are you waiting? 00:16:08.109 --> 00:16:09.769 I think we could use this campsite. 00:16:10.110 --> 00:16:10.910 Yeah, I mean whatever. 00:16:11.171 --> 00:16:11.931 Pull the cart up. 00:16:11.931 --> 00:16:13.131 Let's block the entrance. 00:16:13.131 --> 00:16:14.413 Make camp right here. 00:16:14.712 --> 00:16:20.777 Yeah, plus, whatever did this might try and come back now that there's people in it, absolutely Okay. 00:16:21.157 --> 00:16:22.057 So you guys are staying the night. 00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:24.385 Yeah, hell yeah, I'm about to build this fire up. 00:16:24.385 --> 00:16:25.890 I got a little herbal kit. 00:16:25.890 --> 00:16:28.128 I'm about to mix me up some nighttime fun time. 00:16:28.389 --> 00:16:28.589 Okay. 00:16:28.589 --> 00:16:33.943 Do you stay in a tent or on your cart, and which tent do you stay in? 00:16:34.725 --> 00:16:39.469 Officers, because it seemed to be the least affected. 00:16:39.469 --> 00:16:43.004 Because if there's dead bodies in the barracks. 00:16:43.024 --> 00:16:43.884 Juice in the barracks. 00:16:43.884 --> 00:16:45.426 Yeah, there's dead bodies in the barracks. 00:16:45.426 --> 00:16:47.148 Yeah, there's dead body juice everywhere. 00:16:47.148 --> 00:16:49.230 It's dead people juice Like they gone. 00:16:49.230 --> 00:16:51.312 It's they juice that they left behind. 00:16:52.033 --> 00:16:54.495 That's an incredibly odd way to phrase that. 00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:57.705 Yeah, it's like they're oranges or something. 00:16:57.725 --> 00:17:03.346 Yeah, exactly, you know how when an orange goes bad and you throw it away and there's still some juice left on the counter. 00:17:03.346 --> 00:17:04.505 That's what they got in there. 00:17:04.505 --> 00:17:07.846 It's not exactly anything but dead people juice. 00:17:07.846 --> 00:17:08.643 Very descriptive. 00:17:09.546 --> 00:17:11.645 Anyways, officer's Quarters yes. 00:17:12.382 --> 00:17:14.249 And then is anybody staying up for? 00:17:14.761 --> 00:17:16.086 Watch, we'll do shifts. 00:17:16.086 --> 00:17:19.164 Okay, cool, not our first rodeo. 00:17:19.887 --> 00:17:20.643 Who is staying up first? 00:17:20.643 --> 00:17:23.142 I'll stay up first, you're up first. 00:17:23.142 --> 00:17:24.164 Okay, take first round. 00:17:24.164 --> 00:17:25.123 Roll me Perception. 00:17:25.665 --> 00:17:29.878 Two of I got a 17 and a 25. 00:17:30.260 --> 00:17:34.817 Okay, throughout your watch, you don't notice anything. 00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:37.462 Okay, all right, high numbers. 00:17:37.462 --> 00:17:38.163 I'm just watching. 00:17:38.872 --> 00:17:40.391 Just looking Now. 00:17:40.391 --> 00:17:41.978 Are you switching out with Vance? 00:17:42.611 --> 00:17:43.855 I'll switch out with. 00:17:43.855 --> 00:17:48.314 Whoever I switch out with, I'm not actually going to sleep, I'm just going to go in a meditative state. 00:17:48.653 --> 00:17:48.894 Okay. 00:17:48.974 --> 00:17:49.777 Right, right Elf so. 00:17:50.397 --> 00:17:54.436 I was like I'll just take the next one, okay, because I don't trust Av. 00:17:54.436 --> 00:18:02.423 She snuck on, didn't help she's out cold sloppy sleeping, just snoring and shit. 00:18:02.845 --> 00:18:08.714 Oh yeah, drooling on her armor, it's almost like she's lost everything in trying to recover from that. 00:18:08.755 --> 00:18:11.438 Yeah, and then we're like what are we? 00:18:11.438 --> 00:18:12.317 Come on, what about us? 00:18:13.118 --> 00:18:15.561 You got there with nothing and left with nothing so you broke even. 00:18:15.602 --> 00:18:16.623 We still have nothing. 00:18:17.183 --> 00:18:19.807 Actually Dolo left with a bunch of swords, yeah. 00:18:21.171 --> 00:18:22.231 So he benefited. 00:18:22.271 --> 00:18:26.180 So when you think about it that way, quit tuning a tiny radio. 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:27.682 when looking at me, I don't get that. 00:18:27.682 --> 00:18:28.624 What is this? 00:18:33.310 --> 00:18:34.231 What is this? 00:18:34.231 --> 00:18:34.833 What is this? 00:18:34.833 --> 00:18:35.653 Uh, roll me two perception shakes. 00:18:35.653 --> 00:18:39.339 Okay, eight and eleven, and eight and eleven so and eleven. 00:18:39.339 --> 00:18:39.800 On. 00:18:39.800 --> 00:18:53.249 Your first couple hours you don't notice anything, but as the sun starts to come up, your eyes begin to burn again and you start to hear twigs and tree branches and a bunch of noise around you. 00:18:53.249 --> 00:19:00.255 I'm like if you're not a deer, I will fuck you up and a deer comes out of the woods oh, hey bud yeah, with way too many teeth. 00:19:00.656 --> 00:19:07.375 Ah see, I gave you what you wanted, but it's not a deer. 00:19:07.496 --> 00:19:08.637 But it's a not deer it. 00:19:08.798 --> 00:19:10.701 It's the wolves. 00:19:10.701 --> 00:19:14.105 Essentially, these wolves start to come out, but they don't attack you. 00:19:14.105 --> 00:19:17.579 They are literally just standing right at the tree line all around the camp. 00:19:18.391 --> 00:19:20.855 It's because they like my armor, because it's got wolves on it. 00:19:20.855 --> 00:19:22.138 They think I'm their king. 00:19:22.479 --> 00:19:23.181 Roll perception. 00:19:23.181 --> 00:19:24.323 It's not. 00:19:27.471 --> 00:19:35.303 I'll banish the thought I wake up Dolo and Aver just no Okay. 00:19:35.303 --> 00:19:37.594 She has not painted herself. 00:19:37.594 --> 00:19:42.656 As a very competent ally, I'm going to protect her, but I

don't need her. 00:19:42.958 --> 00:19:43.358 Fair point. 00:19:43.358 --> 00:19:45.615 Yeah, so Dolo, you now wake up. 00:19:46.751 --> 00:19:47.694 It's not a deer. 00:19:47.694 --> 00:19:49.500 What Wolves what. 00:19:52.211 --> 00:19:54.221 Not a what-what A Wolves Roll me perception Not a what, what? 00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:54.844 A wolf 16. 00:19:54.844 --> 00:19:55.827 16. 00:19:55.827 --> 00:20:05.098 Okay, you notice the wolves as well, and they do not come into the camp at all, but the noise that is being made around the camp is growing. 00:20:05.098 --> 00:20:09.078 Roll me perception. 00:20:09.078 --> 00:20:11.095 Insight Insight would be a good one for this. 00:20:11.589 --> 00:20:12.143 Ooh, all right then 23. 00:20:12.143 --> 00:20:12.451 23. 00:20:12.451 --> 00:20:12.626 Oh no, perception Insight would be a good one for this. 00:20:12.540 --> 00:20:16.857 23 oh, no 6, dolo. 00:20:16.857 --> 00:20:20.256 You can't quite pick up on it, but with your insight you begin to notice. 00:20:20.256 --> 00:20:22.838 You guys know what these things are. 00:20:23.672 --> 00:20:24.134 Wolves. 00:20:25.714 --> 00:20:28.556 The illusion and the Spiritualness of it. 00:20:28.556 --> 00:20:39.857 These soldiers probably didn't, so the ones that were going crazy Were probably the ones that were waking up at night hearing these things, were able to kind of perceive the bits, but they didn't have the full picture. 00:20:40.138 --> 00:20:40.359 Yeah. 00:20:40.730 --> 00:20:44.596 But half of the people aren't seeing this, or some of the people aren't, so what's going on? 00:20:44.596 --> 00:20:46.817 But they are not moving in to attack you. 00:20:46.817 --> 00:20:47.720 They are just watching. 00:20:48.270 --> 00:20:49.696 I do a little dance, okay. 00:20:58.289 --> 00:20:58.309 I. 00:20:58.309 --> 00:20:59.173 They are just watching I do a little dance. 00:20:59.173 --> 00:20:59.595 Okay, I put on a show. 00:20:59.595 --> 00:20:59.836 They attack. 00:20:59.836 --> 00:21:00.898 It's just like this is how I knew I'd die right at. 00:21:00.898 --> 00:21:03.347 At the moment that you're in the camp, they aren't doing anything other than watching you and your eyes continue to burn. 00:21:03.347 --> 00:21:08.592 Um, but because this happened at the very end of the shift, you guys are able to get a full night's rest cool, cool I want to. 00:21:08.912 --> 00:21:17.278 I want to grab my necklace and it it has a little piece of metal to it and I start clicking it like it's a dog clicker. 00:21:17.278 --> 00:21:19.215 Okay, and I go here here. 00:21:19.830 --> 00:21:20.734 So you're calling them in. 00:21:20.734 --> 00:21:24.819 Yeah, here, yeah, they start to move in Sit. 00:21:26.691 --> 00:21:28.174 Say here only if you're chill. 00:21:28.516 --> 00:21:30.201 Sit, give me perception. 00:21:30.509 --> 00:21:32.615 And then I have a little piece of beef jerky in my hand. 00:21:32.615 --> 00:21:34.160 Ooh. 00:21:34.220 --> 00:21:34.862 Vance comes over. 00:21:34.862 --> 00:21:37.596 What do you do with that jerky Back up? 00:21:39.661 --> 00:21:40.020 15. 00:21:40.020 --> 00:21:40.762 15. 00:21:40.762 --> 00:21:48.153 Now, with your perception, you know that these are not real wolves, you know that these are spectral wolves, but you're still trying to kite them like they're real wolves. 00:21:48.174 --> 00:21:49.215 I'm going to still try to train them. 00:21:49.596 --> 00:21:51.818 I reach into my bag and I pull out spectral jerky. 00:21:52.660 --> 00:21:53.861 You have spectral jerky. 00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:55.442 Yeah, tight yeah. 00:21:55.903 --> 00:21:56.824 I'll trade you here. 00:21:56.824 --> 00:21:58.445 You want a piece of real jerky. 00:21:58.465 --> 00:21:58.666 Yeah. 00:21:59.029 --> 00:21:59.230 Where did? 00:21:59.250 --> 00:22:02.556 you get spectral jerky In the interim when you weren't looking. 00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:09.530 I'm God, this is my world. 00:22:09.550 --> 00:22:11.172 When you rested on the seventh day. 00:22:12.813 --> 00:22:14.394 He made spectral jerky. 00:22:14.574 --> 00:22:16.755 I found a ghost and I made some jerky. 00:22:17.335 --> 00:22:21.196 No, but I focus in on one of them that I think might be the leader. 00:22:21.196 --> 00:22:26.660 I see one that's standing more prevalent than the others and I want to get his attention. 00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:27.119 Yeah, boy. 00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:32.782 Come on, they'll get closer, but you can clearly see that they are not even attempting to become friendly. 00:22:33.182 --> 00:22:36.324 Oh, I don't want them to be friendly, I want them to listen, okay. 00:22:36.344 --> 00:22:38.846 Yeah, yeah, you've got their full attention. 00:22:39.006 --> 00:22:44.567 Yeah, hey, vance, see if you can get around them, Get behind them, see if you find anything in the woods that ain't just them. 00:22:44.567 --> 00:22:48.173 We're like surrounded right, pretty much. 00:22:48.173 --> 00:22:50.057 Are they all around us, all around the camp. 00:22:50.057 --> 00:22:52.039 There's a lot of them, buddy, I don't know if I can do that. 00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:55.776 Well, how far away from us are they? 00:22:56.651 --> 00:22:59.410 Since you've called them in probably about 20 feet, 15, 20 feet. 00:22:59.450 --> 00:23:09.105 I'm pretty sure they're here to spy on us, make us go crazy through lack of sleep, intimidate us and report back. 00:23:09.710 --> 00:23:12.740 I'd throw them a couple pieces of beef jerky just to see what happens. 00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:13.101 Okay. 00:23:13.490 --> 00:23:14.994 Gans, do not chase the beef jerky. 00:23:15.375 --> 00:23:18.836 Yeah, I like grabbing by his jerky. 00:23:18.836 --> 00:23:21.115 They do not eat it. 00:23:21.971 --> 00:23:23.715 Just a waste of beef jerky, that's all. 00:23:23.715 --> 00:23:27.198 All right, you can go for it then I don't want to get closer to these guys. 00:23:27.198 --> 00:23:37.652 They seem suspicious of these guys. 00:23:37.672 --> 00:23:38.173 They seem

suspicious. 00:23:38.192 --> 00:23:39.336 So we said uh, there was nothing in the rest of the camp. 00:23:39.336 --> 00:23:39.798 What time is it? 00:23:39.798 --> 00:23:41.144 It's morning, it's very early morning, probably 7 8 am. 00:23:41.163 --> 00:23:42.732 Are they keeping us away from our cart? 00:23:42.732 --> 00:23:44.980 No I think it's time to go east. 00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:46.145 I think so cool. 00:23:46.547 --> 00:23:48.874 It doesn't look like your cart will be able to make it east. 00:23:48.874 --> 00:23:51.059 There is no path, it's just into the trees all right. 00:23:51.099 --> 00:23:53.336 Well, I leave av with the cart and the wolves. 00:23:54.098 --> 00:23:55.042 Oh, you don't want me to tag along. 00:23:55.042 --> 00:23:56.950 I take one horse, I just carry it. 00:23:56.950 --> 00:23:58.374 You want to leave me here with all these wolves. 00:23:58.875 --> 00:23:59.517 I mean yeah. 00:23:59.537 --> 00:24:00.338 Because I see them. 00:24:00.338 --> 00:24:01.182 I rolled pretty well. 00:24:02.230 --> 00:24:03.070 Yeah, I see them. 00:24:03.192 --> 00:24:07.397 No, we'd bring Av with and her shield. 00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.901 She's got a spear and shield. 00:24:09.901 --> 00:24:14.978 I'm already loaded up with weapons, my core weapons but, I'm going to grab a couple extra daggers out of my bag. 00:24:14.978 --> 00:24:16.856 Cool, you want anything out of this bag? 00:24:17.451 --> 00:24:20.176 Vance Nope, got my, just hold up my hammer, got my hammer. 00:24:21.049 --> 00:24:21.974 Cool, so you head east. 00:24:22.215 --> 00:24:22.355 Yep. 00:24:22.711 --> 00:24:26.553 As you head into the forest, you have to go through the wolves. 00:24:26.573 --> 00:24:27.775 I was going to say what do they do? 00:24:27.775 --> 00:24:28.817 Do they move or do? 00:24:28.836 --> 00:24:29.017 they. 00:24:29.017 --> 00:24:33.505 As you get closer and enter the tree line, they part and let you through. 00:24:33.869 --> 00:24:35.295 See, I told you that beef jerky worked. 00:24:35.675 --> 00:24:36.198 Didn't work. 00:24:36.198 --> 00:24:38.224 Can I just? 00:24:40.295 --> 00:24:45.682 Just eating dusty beef jerky that's been stepped all over by Spectral yeah. 00:24:47.554 --> 00:24:48.878 Yeah, they let you get the jerky back. 00:24:48.878 --> 00:24:50.455 They're not very good animals. 00:24:51.070 --> 00:24:51.939 I don't think they're animals. 00:24:51.939 --> 00:24:52.201 Man. 00:24:52.490 --> 00:24:53.714 They're not deer, I'll tell you that much. 00:24:53.714 --> 00:24:54.156 No, they're not. 00:24:54.156 --> 00:24:54.519 No, they're not. 00:24:54.519 --> 00:25:00.380 Okay, so you start heading west, all these damn spectral wolves are going to scare away all the deer. 00:25:01.150 --> 00:25:03.035 Spectral wolf would be a dope band name. 00:25:03.375 --> 00:25:03.896 It wouldn't be bad. 00:25:03.896 --> 00:25:05.039 New plan guys. 00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.862 Yeah, New plan. 00:25:12.609 --> 00:25:13.537 Yeah, we all have to learn instruments. 00:25:13.537 --> 00:25:14.523 Let's start a new party as you head east. 00:25:14.523 --> 00:25:15.390 It doesn't take very long. 00:25:15.390 --> 00:25:20.635 Only a couple hours into the woods you see an opening with a cave entrance. 00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:26.300 Probably that I had to guess where the spectral undead thing is. 00:25:26.891 --> 00:25:30.719 Roll me perception if you care, a whole ass cave 22. 00:25:30.719 --> 00:25:31.020 22. 00:25:31.040 --> 00:25:32.628 Okay, with two 20s you're Whole ass cave 22. 00:25:32.648 --> 00:25:32.890 22. 00:25:32.890 --> 00:25:36.619 Okay, with two 20s you're going to get all the information. 00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:57.019 Yeah, you see in front of the wolves, out on stakes and pikes, and just everywhere, scattered around the entrance of this cave, is dead wolves, and you can almost guarantee that the amount of wolves that you saw as spectral beings could easily be a one for one match of the amount of dead wolves. 00:25:57.121 --> 00:25:59.094 Same thing with them soldiers at that castle. 00:25:59.174 --> 00:25:59.455 Yeah. 00:26:00.731 --> 00:26:01.796 That government hearing. 00:26:03.551 --> 00:26:08.101 Also dead wolves, another cool band name yes, cool. 00:26:08.101 --> 00:26:12.516 I want to go ahead and use some of my cleric abilities because I am a guy. 00:26:12.796 --> 00:26:14.981 Okay, to do what I don't know, yet Let me see here. 00:26:15.001 --> 00:26:15.702 This is the question. 00:26:16.150 --> 00:26:17.576 I'm going to walk up closer to the cave. 00:26:17.576 --> 00:26:20.675 I want to like uh, can I roll for a count and see if I feel any magic? 00:26:20.715 --> 00:26:21.478 coming out of the cave. 00:26:21.478 --> 00:26:23.742 Mmm, that's big time. 00:26:23.742 --> 00:26:24.223 21. 00:26:24.223 --> 00:26:26.614 21. 00:26:26.614 --> 00:26:33.644 Almost pure necrotic energy that is just filtering out of this cave like a water faucet turned on. 00:26:34.010 --> 00:26:37.819 I'd like to use my stone cutting tremor sense. 00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:44.958 Okay, so I'll walk up to the edge of the cave and put my hand on it and I gain tremor sense with a range of 60 feet for 10 minutes. 00:26:44.958 --> 00:26:53.935 Must be touching a natural or worked stone surface to use this, but I put my hand on the cave to see if, within what's happening, if there's any like motion in there. 00:26:54.237 --> 00:26:54.417 Okay. 00:26:54.417 --> 00:26:56.356 So you notice that the cave doesn't go. 00:26:56.356 --> 00:27:04.942 From your knowledge as a dwarf and your abilities, you notice that what you hear from the cave and what you're sensing is that it doesn't go super deep. 00:27:04.942 --> 00:27:10.834 Your 60-foot sense it goes a little bit deeper than that, but it branches and the branches don't go very far. 00:27:10.834 --> 00:27:13.976 So after about 20 feet there's a branch off to the left. 00:27:13.976 --> 00:27:15.837 It only goes in another 5 to 10 feet. 00:27:15.837 --> 00:27:18.819

So, it's a very shallow branching-out cave Cool. 00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:25.744 Yeah, I don't think anything's in there that at least is like touching the ground or moving. 00:27:26.144 --> 00:27:28.307 No, there's something in there, I can feel it. 00:27:28.307 --> 00:27:29.387 I can feel it. 00:27:30.309 --> 00:27:37.384 It feels nasty, it feels dead, it feels like them dead people juice yeah it smells bad too all right, and just kind of vance gets his shield up and goes. 00:27:37.384 --> 00:27:38.673 Well, shall we? 00:27:39.335 --> 00:27:40.057 might as well. 00:27:40.057 --> 00:27:41.981 But also, what can I? 00:27:41.981 --> 00:27:57.300 Can I roll perception and see if there's anything outside of the cave that looks like, um, like markings or relics, or magic tome information or anything like that, any kind of scribed spells or anything, before I walk myself into death? 00:27:57.589 --> 00:28:00.378 So for sure you haven't entered the cave yet, right? 00:28:00.578 --> 00:28:01.141 Right, okay. 00:28:01.392 --> 00:28:02.768 I'll just let you keep your perception. 00:28:02.768 --> 00:28:02.930 Check. 00:28:02.930 --> 00:28:04.695 You don't see anything yet. 00:28:04.695 --> 00:28:07.536 Okay, yet Keep your eyes peeled. 00:28:08.932 --> 00:28:13.752 No, it's a wave of dark energy coming out of here, and I don't mean synthesizers. 00:28:13.752 --> 00:28:18.236 It's real gross up in here. 00:28:19.211 --> 00:28:19.934 Do you enter the cave? 00:28:21.493 --> 00:28:28.038 It's the vibe of when your neighbor's learning how to play an instrument, but the instrument's a bagpipe and an accordion. 00:28:29.090 --> 00:28:33.219 Seeing you draw your hammer, Av draws her spear and shield to get ready. 00:28:33.219 --> 00:28:35.057 Oh, I forgot you're still here. 00:28:35.057 --> 00:28:36.635 Yeah, always around. 00:28:37.951 --> 00:28:38.311 Careful. 00:28:38.311 --> 00:28:44.259 There's probably whatever did all this and he motions all the wolves on pikes, wolves on pikes. 00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:50.471 I think anything with wolves cool band name Wolves on pikes would be a dope band name but here's the thing about the whole wolves thing being a cool name. 00:28:50.672 --> 00:28:59.319 Very quickly it crosses the threshold of every man has two wolves in him territory and it's like oh, we went too far, almost immediately, almost. 00:28:59.641 --> 00:29:02.542 So what if the band name legally where does this land? 00:29:02.542 --> 00:29:03.784 And also, is it still cool? 00:29:03.784 --> 00:29:06.346 Because Wolves makes things pretty cool, right? 00:29:06.567 --> 00:29:06.807 Okay. 00:29:09.970 --> 00:29:10.211 But what if? 00:29:10.211 --> 00:29:11.384 It was two wolvesves that Enjoy Five Finger Death Punch. 00:29:11.384 --> 00:29:11.950 That's the name of the band. 00:29:11.990 --> 00:29:14.257 See, you had me until Five Finger Death. 00:29:14.277 --> 00:29:15.361 Punch Exactly right. 00:29:15.361 --> 00:29:16.773 Is it still cool? 00:29:16.773 --> 00:29:17.999 No, no. 00:29:19.611 --> 00:29:22.694 It's also way too long of a name, yeah it's got to be short? 00:29:22.895 --> 00:29:23.598 No, you can tense it. 00:29:23.598 --> 00:29:26.597 It's T-W-T-E-F-T-E. 00:29:26.597 --> 00:29:29.595 I'd go see Necrowolves tomorrow. 00:29:29.654 --> 00:29:31.800 I've never heard their music and I would probably see them too, Right. 00:29:34.813 --> 00:29:40.144 They're probably not the best at their instruments, but their show, their presence pretty great, absolutely. 00:29:40.144 --> 00:29:44.700 Anyways, yeah, careful, there's a lich or a beast in there or something. 00:29:44.809 --> 00:29:48.942 You can tell that she's getting actively nervous, but she's along for the ride. 00:29:49.150 --> 00:29:52.681 Hey, you're going to be okay, as long as you don't get hurt or die. 00:29:53.109 --> 00:29:53.411 Good luck. 00:29:53.411 --> 00:29:55.131 Oh wow, just full of wisdom. 00:29:55.131 --> 00:29:55.673 Loves deers. 00:29:55.673 --> 00:29:56.837 I'm learning so much about Vance. 00:29:57.892 --> 00:30:02.336 I pull out my meat cleaver and then I spark my hand to create a little torch. 00:30:02.576 --> 00:30:08.575 Okay, Cool, that's very nice of you because you have dark vision as an elf Dwarves also have dark vision. 00:30:08.595 --> 00:30:09.458 So this is just for Av. 00:30:09.458 --> 00:30:12.670 This is just for Av's dumb ass, as a matter of fact. 00:30:12.670 --> 00:30:14.738 No, I take her sword and I light it. 00:30:15.692 --> 00:30:20.080 She's like that's weird, I didn't even have a sword, I had a spear, oh well then it's on fire now, good luck. 00:30:21.063 --> 00:30:21.549 He gave you one. 00:30:21.549 --> 00:30:24.410 He has so many swords You're gonna poo poo a free sword. 00:30:24.773 --> 00:30:25.724 No, no, I didn't realize. 00:30:25.724 --> 00:30:26.892 I got one Flaming sword. 00:30:26.892 --> 00:30:27.211 How do? 00:30:27.231 --> 00:30:28.756 you feel about swords, you love them when they're free. 00:30:28.776 --> 00:30:34.195 I was literally just a lady in town that's very passionate about helping people, and you guys have been very mean to me. 00:30:35.351 --> 00:30:36.500 You snuck on our cart? 00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:36.903 I did. 00:30:36.903 --> 00:30:39.416 We asked you to help investigate and you're like. 00:30:39.416 --> 00:30:40.299 I did not hear that. 00:30:40.490 --> 00:30:42.023 That was an honest mistake and I admitted that. 00:30:42.023 --> 00:30:45.093 Okay, all right, you slept through what could have been horror. 00:30:45.113 --> 00:30:45.934 I lost everything. 00:30:45.934 --> 00:30:48.317 I'm still trying to recover. 00:30:48.317 --> 00:30:51.103 Just right off the rip, I feel like a lot of negative energy. 00:30:51.502 --> 00:30:52.785 Yeah, it's coming from the cave. 00:30:52.785 --> 00:30:55.497 Now get your shit together. 00:30:57.310 --> 00:30:58.515 Raise your hand if you've lost everything. 00:30:58.515 --> 00:30:59.478 And then Vance raises his hand.

00:30:59.478 --> 00:31:00.079 How long? 00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:02.596 ago, yesterday, I didn't think so. 00:31:03.931 --> 00:31:07.259 Technically he didn't have anything yesterday and he has nothing today. 00:31:10.115 --> 00:31:10.999 I did have some jerky. 00:31:10.999 --> 00:31:13.704 That was pretty good, and it's gone now. 00:31:13.704 --> 00:31:14.609 And it is gone. 00:31:14.609 --> 00:31:16.714 Things are on the up. 00:31:16.714 --> 00:31:18.900 Dirt, ooh dirt jerky. 00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:19.221 Love it. 00:31:19.221 --> 00:31:21.653 All right, so do you head in the cave? 00:31:21.653 --> 00:31:22.435 Yeah, okay. 00:31:22.596 --> 00:31:42.022 Yeah, as you enter the cave you then start to notice runes as you pass through and you start to see these first branches that you detected with your ability, and you notice that a lot of these areas seem to be different types of storage. 00:31:42.022 --> 00:31:47.402 So the first one that you notice on the left is a bunch of like arcane symbols and stuff like that. 00:31:47.402 --> 00:31:52.423 On the right you see an area that has food, but not as much as you'd expect. 00:31:52.423 --> 00:31:56.461 There's just enough food for one or two people for a couple weeks. 00:31:56.461 --> 00:32:14.673 And then you make it past that first threshold where the necrotic energy is almost overwhelming, and the symbols that you're seeing all around the cave are very clearly, with your Arcana check, those that are used in rituals. 00:32:14.692 --> 00:32:15.795 Yeah, oh yeah. 00:32:15.795 --> 00:32:16.576 You think this. 00:32:16.576 --> 00:32:20.344 Where she from, I I gotta feel the same way I feel in. 00:32:20.344 --> 00:32:29.413 Here is how I felt when I, when she was in my mind it's not that strong but it's a similar feeling yeah, yes it it's. 00:32:29.974 --> 00:32:33.742 it's similar but different because she controls illusionary magic. 00:32:33.742 --> 00:32:36.116 That was all illusionary magic. 00:32:36.116 --> 00:32:38.656 This is necrotic, so it is a different magic branch. 00:32:39.392 --> 00:32:40.095 How are my eyes? 00:32:41.051 --> 00:32:43.421 At the moment, your eyes, nothing. 00:32:43.421 --> 00:32:47.538 You got nothing right now, okay, but for 10 minutes you had the 60 feet, correct? 00:32:48.250 --> 00:32:50.376 I still, I can touch again and feel deeper. 00:32:50.376 --> 00:32:52.061 Okay, yeah, don't do that. 00:32:54.092 --> 00:32:54.976 He's got little hands. 00:32:58.990 --> 00:33:06.237 When you do touch the wall of the cave, you notice that the final branch, before continuing onward, has many. 00:33:06.237 --> 00:33:10.082 I guess you said that you can detect things on the ground. 00:33:10.364 --> 00:33:13.659 It's tremor sense If there's anything like moving. 00:33:13.878 --> 00:33:23.895 Yes, so you get a ton of small movements towards the left branch and you get a lot of movement directly ahead of you, and those are the only two directions. 00:33:24.230 --> 00:33:28.978 Can I get

up close to the wall and see if I can decipher the language? 00:33:29.538 --> 00:33:30.079 of the ritual. 00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.701 Yeah for sure. 00:33:30.701 --> 00:33:31.402 See what it says. 00:33:31.402 --> 00:33:32.704 What would I roll for this? 00:33:35.962 --> 00:33:36.790 What am I rolling, I guess. 00:33:36.790 --> 00:33:38.750 What languages do you know before you can even try and attempt? 00:33:38.829 --> 00:33:46.458 this I know Draconic Sylvan Common and Elvish, elvish and Thieves. 00:33:46.730 --> 00:33:48.217 Okay, so you know quite a bit of languages. 00:33:48.217 --> 00:33:51.500 You do not recognize these symbols in any of those languages. 00:33:53.070 --> 00:33:54.717 I'm like, hey, bud, we got a. 00:33:55.470 --> 00:33:56.596 What languages do you know, vance? 00:33:56.596 --> 00:33:58.174 Yeah, I was going to say can you read this shit? 00:33:58.576 --> 00:33:59.019 What languages? 00:33:59.019 --> 00:34:02.243 I don't think I've picked any languages yet. 00:34:02.243 --> 00:34:03.974 Like a real D&D game, yeah. 00:34:06.109 --> 00:34:09.416 So pick something that's not those and then hope for the best. 00:34:09.416 --> 00:34:12.943 Dwarvish, common and gnomish Okay, it is definitely not any of those. 00:34:12.943 --> 00:34:16.635 All right so you do not recognize the language, I'll let you roll a history check though. 00:34:16.635 --> 00:34:20.398 I might not be able to read it, but I might know what it is. 00:34:20.398 --> 00:34:21.201 Yeah, it's infernal. 00:34:23.871 --> 00:34:24.873 I think we got company. 00:34:24.873 --> 00:34:27.297 Hey, av, yes, remember what I taught you Nothing. 00:34:27.297 --> 00:34:27.878 I taught you Nothing. 00:34:27.878 --> 00:34:28.759 That's not true. 00:34:28.759 --> 00:34:31.342 Don't get hurt and don't die, and you'll be fine. 00:34:31.382 --> 00:34:33.184 That wasn't really a lesson, that was more of a demand. 00:34:34.251 --> 00:34:36.184 This is what you don't listen. 00:34:36.184 --> 00:34:39.512 I would stick to his demands right now. 00:34:39.512 --> 00:34:40.695 I'm not saying I won't? 00:34:41.036 --> 00:34:42.818 He's just very bad at phrasing. 00:34:43.239 --> 00:34:44.342 Yeah, he's not good at it. 00:34:44.342 --> 00:34:45.784 This is an infernal. 00:34:45.784 --> 00:34:49.032 There's some dead juice flowing in here. 00:34:49.032 --> 00:34:58.675 It's a real sick wave and I got a strong feeling that whatever is down there that you're feeling through with your little hands in the cave hole, it's going to be real bad and they're not from this planet. 00:34:58.675 --> 00:35:03.155 So I'm about to give myself this planet, this world rain plane. 00:35:03.155 --> 00:35:04.920 Spain rains. 00:35:05.971 --> 00:35:06.896 Left or forward. 00:35:07.530 --> 00:35:08.514 You had two path options. 00:35:08.534 --> 00:35:09.438 Well, which one's closer? 00:35:09.438 --> 00:35:11.657 The path left is closer. 00:35:12.471 --> 00:35:15.478 I think we're going to address that, because it

would be a foolish thing to be like. 00:35:15.478 --> 00:35:16.059 No, I'll let them. 00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:34.492 Get behind us, okay, as you enter, very quickly you start to notice cages and you see about seven of the you presume soldiers from the camp and they are completely unresponsive soldiers from the camp and they are completely unresponsive. 00:35:34.492 --> 00:35:36.378 They're not dead but they are completely in a trance, just cannot. 00:35:36.378 --> 00:35:37.880 No interaction immediate. 00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:40.652 When they see you they're not like oh, thanks for being safe. 00:35:40.693 --> 00:35:41.856 They are conked out. 00:35:41.896 --> 00:35:44.282 I don't like how we were when we were in our trance. 00:35:44.282 --> 00:35:48.969 Uh, I guess you guys don't know, because that happened in like an instant in reality. 00:35:50.052 --> 00:35:54.182 uh, as soon as I see that it's like like not creatures or anything like that, I'm like, all right, turn around, they'll be fine. 00:35:54.182 --> 00:36:01.833 And then I want to just turn Well, like yeah, I don't want to have like whatever the big thing in the middle, just like comes up behind us while we're like. 00:36:02.153 --> 00:36:03.335 I wonder if Bill's okay. 00:36:03.335 --> 00:36:04.896 Yeah, Cool, Right on. 00:36:04.896 --> 00:36:09.079 So yeah, you just leave him and then you head back For now. 00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:20.467 Yeah, we'll come back and like Vance is like now starting to like actually like show like a bit more prowess, like he was like as soon as he saw it, he just quickly like returns back to the other end, like not the danger. 00:36:20.467 --> 00:36:33.744 Yeah, and like he's quickly, like he's to turn around now you're at the back end, so he quickly shuffles back and gets in front of Av and starts to head back down. 00:36:33.965 --> 00:36:34.465 Cool Right on. 00:36:34.969 --> 00:36:37.038 I just look at Av and I go just follow him. 00:36:37.038 --> 00:36:39.117 He's kind of like my little danger groundhog. 00:36:41.291 --> 00:36:43.634 Got danger groundhog, another cool band. 00:36:47.670 --> 00:36:48.596 He sees a shadow. 00:36:48.710 --> 00:36:49.755 I know it's going to be real bad. 00:36:50.672 --> 00:37:13.670 So now you head down the main path correct after about 50 feet it opens up into a very large open cavern area and the first thing that you see when you walk in is torches lining, an area in the center that has a bunch of these arcane symbols, and on the other end of that is a dark figure that is working over a bench. 00:37:13.670 --> 00:37:28.639 And the moment you cross that threshold he goes ah, seems like somebody's finally found me ever since, and then he just kind of nods and then he turns around to see you and then you just see essentially a skeleton in a robe, but it looks. 00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:35.815 It really looks like the pieces of skin that are on the face are like fabricated on. 00:37:37.030 --> 00:37:39.873 Well, I'm glad he has

a sense of modesty as a skeleton in a robe. 00:37:39.873 --> 00:37:42.588 Yeah, he's at least covering up a little bit. 00:37:42.929 --> 00:37:44.012 Nobody wants to see that boner. 00:37:45.876 --> 00:37:49.652 Got it and cut, and that's Monster. 00:37:49.672 --> 00:37:50.916 Monster everybody we did it. 00:37:50.916 --> 00:37:53.545 We're about 37 minutes. 00:37:53.626 --> 00:37:54.590 Okay, cool, he turns and he goes. 00:37:54.590 --> 00:37:57.715 I got a bone to pick with you, I knew it. 00:37:58.510 --> 00:37:59.293 Alright Tyson your turn. 00:37:59.715 --> 00:38:01.976 Metatarsals, god damn it. 00:38:03.335 --> 00:38:04.117 Go back to the cart. 00:38:07.099 --> 00:38:07.621 Av said that. 00:38:07.621 --> 00:38:08.996 So now you're definitely left out. 00:38:08.996 --> 00:38:09.530 So yeah, he turns around. 00:38:09.550 --> 00:38:10.472 And then he just looks at the two of you. 00:38:10.492 --> 00:38:11.052 Do you have any response? 00:38:11.052 --> 00:38:12.434 Av said that, so now you're definitely left out. 00:38:12.434 --> 00:38:15.476 So yeah, he turns around and then he just looks at the two of you. 00:38:15.476 --> 00:38:16.297 Do you have any response? 00:38:16.797 --> 00:38:17.878 How far away is he Like? 00:38:17.878 --> 00:38:19.001 How deep is this cavern? 00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:35.056 Oh, it's probably 80-ish feet, because there's the circle in the middle, all the torches and he's on the other end at like a workbench with a bunch of mysterious meat. 00:38:35.077 --> 00:38:37.865 We'll put it that way, way around him on these work benches and the symbols on the walls, and hey bud. 00:38:37.865 --> 00:38:39.170 So are you like a good necromancer or an evil necromancer? 00:38:40.833 --> 00:38:43.117 we picked up your feeling outside. 00:38:43.117 --> 00:38:46.282 We just decided to come see if you needed anything. 00:38:46.282 --> 00:38:49.356 You look like you're doing good, though you got door dash. 00:38:49.677 --> 00:38:51.702 Yeah, he looks at vance and he goes. 00:38:51.702 --> 00:38:54.876 Well, the way that I've always seen it is that, uh, good and evil seem to be. 00:38:54.916 --> 00:39:01.878 Yeah he's evil, yeah he's got a description of evil and how it's not that bad. 00:39:01.878 --> 00:39:08.190 He's definitely very evil um is men in cages what you doing there? 00:39:08.190 --> 00:39:10.635 Bud you putting some skin on yourself there? 00:39:10.815 --> 00:39:18.932 He goes well, I wouldn't have to do this if she kept up on her promises and you can tell that he's getting very angry and he snaps his fingers. 00:39:18.932 --> 00:39:32.753 And then, the first time he snaps his fingers, two skeletal soldiers appear beside him and he goes, and I highly doubt that either of you two gentlemen, or the lady in the back there, have any magical ability to get me what I want, and he's just going mad. 00:39:32.873 --> 00:39:34.117 What do you want? 00:39:34.117 --> 00:39:37.175 Chicks be crazy dog what she did Tell me what she did to you. 00:39:37.175 --> 00:39:39.217 Look, I had a similar situation. 00:39:39.217 --> 00:39:41.679 He had a real bad situation yesterday. 00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:43.577 She wasn't even real, yeah. 00:39:44.911 --> 00:39:48.177 Roll perception both of you 20. 00:39:48.177 --> 00:39:50.663 No, okay, what did you say? 00:39:50.902 --> 00:39:52.291 No, no 20. 00:39:52.291 --> 00:39:52.833 No, okay, what'd you say? 00:39:52.833 --> 00:39:54.057 No, no, I think I got a three on the die. 00:39:54.269 --> 00:39:59.313 With the 20, you were able to put the pieces together that the illusion. 00:39:59.313 --> 00:40:00.619 Magic is what was dissipating. 00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:03.795 The necrotic magic is still here and he is ranting about this lady. 00:40:03.795 --> 00:40:18.052 He clearly had some kind of deal with the woman that you guys were dealing with, and she either stabbed him in the back or something and he is just in a rage right now. 00:40:18.072 --> 00:40:19.074 Hey man, let's talk about it. 00:40:19.074 --> 00:40:19.876 Bro, it's not look, we all got stuff. 00:40:19.876 --> 00:40:20.096 How can? 00:40:20.115 --> 00:40:20.818 we help you, help you. 00:40:20.818 --> 00:40:20.878 He. 00:40:20.878 --> 00:40:21.539 He looks and he goes. 00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:24.632 Oh okay, well, if you can help me, how much magical power do you have? 00:40:24.632 --> 00:40:26.777 Can you can, can, can. 00:40:26.777 --> 00:40:29.943 Can you help me lure people in to get my body back? 00:40:29.943 --> 00:40:31.652 Am I just going to be stuck like this forever? 00:40:31.833 --> 00:40:33.394 How many people do you need? 00:40:33.394 --> 00:40:36.059 My brother, you got some power in you. 00:40:36.059 --> 00:40:37.521 I'm sure we could channel it. 00:40:38.141 --> 00:40:43.047 And as he's ranting, he's snapping, and every time he snaps, more soldiers are appearing around him. 00:40:43.086 --> 00:40:44.688 Yeah, but it's all about body positivity. 00:40:44.688 --> 00:40:46.356 I think you're just looking at it the wrong way. 00:40:46.530 --> 00:40:48.313 Yeah, you're a good-looking set of bones. 00:40:48.313 --> 00:40:49.456 Yeah, you're a good looking set of bones. 00:40:49.476 --> 00:40:50.157 You're thin, look, oh, come on. 00:40:50.157 --> 00:40:51.420 You know how much I love to help. 00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:52.362 You don't need her. 00:40:52.362 --> 00:40:53.655 You could get anybody. 00:40:53.655 --> 00:40:54.759 Just do Pilates. 00:40:55.050 --> 00:41:00.858 Roll me persuasion, Actually deception, because he's not good looking. 00:41:03.690 --> 00:41:04.634 Eyes and the beauty. 00:41:04.775 --> 00:41:06.480 Yeah, some people are into that. 00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:07.871 We're going to. 00:41:07.911 --> 00:41:12.961 Cri-Hill, I also like how your guys' angle is that he was trying to hook up with this lady. 00:41:13.021 --> 00:41:13.943 He's mad about his body. 00:41:14.550 --> 00:41:15.641 Well, he's, you know what. 00:41:15.641 --> 00:41:17.913 I'll just let you

guys talk together he has a much deeper. 00:41:18.153 --> 00:41:26.496 I'm trying to keep him from telling us what might really be going on and see if we can persuade him and I'm talking to you like he can't hear us. 00:41:26.536 --> 00:41:30.954 Yeah, yeah, no, I know we're working on it, we got this, we're working on it, we got it and I wink, yeah. 00:41:31.153 --> 00:41:32.576 All right, yeah, wait, what are we? 00:41:32.615 --> 00:41:34.418 doing A deception check, I got a 13. 00:41:34.759 --> 00:41:36.260 Okay 17. 00:41:36.260 --> 00:41:37.501 17. 00:41:37.501 --> 00:41:39.724 Okay, so just a second here. 00:41:40.045 --> 00:41:41.186 Yeah, I mean like dude, you're thin. 00:41:46.675 --> 00:41:47.576 Yeah, dude down the line. 00:41:47.576 --> 00:41:51.460 And she wasn't the first one to break your heart. 00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:52.601 What heart you don't have. 00:41:52.601 --> 00:41:54.043 We've all been there. 00:41:54.164 --> 00:41:55.105 So you got a 13. 00:41:55.105 --> 00:41:56.106 Yeah, and what did you get? 00:41:56.106 --> 00:41:57.007 Dolo 17. 00:41:57.007 --> 00:41:57.791 With your 17,. 00:41:57.791 --> 00:42:06.181 You don't convince him to slow down or you don't convince his anger out, but you are able to get him to slip up to give you some information. 00:42:06.181 --> 00:42:09.251 So in his rant he goes I see the two of you. 00:42:09.251 --> 00:42:12.815 I can see that neither one of you have the magic power that Alyssum had. 00:42:12.835 --> 00:42:16.157 I'm like Alyssum, write that down. 00:42:16.177 --> 00:42:26.507 write that down Alyssum, had you have some magical abilities, and so do you, of divine nature, but neither of you are going to be able to get me back the body that I so much deserve. 00:42:26.507 --> 00:42:30.273 What if we could get her to give you your body back? 00:42:30.273 --> 00:42:31.117 Oh, are you associates with? 00:42:31.137 --> 00:42:32.802 Alyssum, yeah, we've met her a few times. 00:42:32.802 --> 00:42:36.059 One might even say, we've shared a thought or two. 00:42:36.630 --> 00:42:37.936 Roll me another deception. 00:42:37.936 --> 00:42:39.735 I'm like, I'm not. 00:42:39.735 --> 00:42:41.014 Ooh, good luck guys. 00:42:41.014 --> 00:42:41.617 No. 00:42:43.112 --> 00:42:43.795 I just don't lie. 00:42:44.291 --> 00:42:48.992 I'm like, no, I'm not, yeah, no, so with his bonuses he got a 22. 00:42:48.992 --> 00:42:49.632 How'd you do, brian? 00:42:49.851 --> 00:42:50.492 I got a two. 00:42:50.492 --> 00:42:52.153 Oh, oh no. 00:42:52.635 --> 00:42:54.976 So he goes. 00:42:54.976 --> 00:42:59.039 I can tell who is friends with Alyssum, and it's neither of you. 00:42:59.159 --> 00:43:02.222 However, I do think I didn't say we was friends. 00:43:02.222 --> 00:43:03.503 Don't be putting words in my mouth. 00:43:03.563 --> 00:43:08.166 I said I know her, I'm done talking and he says your bodies will suit just fine. 00:43:08.166 --> 00:43:15.978 Turn undead turn undead okay, he snaps one last time as two more

soldiers appear, and I need everybody to roll me initiative uh, within 30 feet. 00:43:16.059 --> 00:43:23.791 So yeah, I'm gonna just rush up and just get into the pit, okay your movement as a dwarf is 40, 30 feet, 30 feet okay what are you doing? 00:43:23.791 --> 00:43:29.637 Turn undead yeah, I'm just trying to get up in the pit like I'm at a necro wolves concert so here's the thing. 00:43:30.318 --> 00:43:36.597 You run into the symbol, like you, straight path right through the symbol with all the torches around it yeah, I guess I didn't. 00:43:36.838 --> 00:43:37.320 I'm just making. 00:43:37.360 --> 00:43:47.476 I didn't know that that was there buddy, that's the first thing I described when you don't listen, you say av can't listen you're a hero as he's running towards it. 00:43:47.717 --> 00:43:49.702 Can I shoot an arrow at the symbol? 00:43:50.222 --> 00:43:55.315 uh, if there's, I'm not gonna run through the necromancer's big symbol in the floor, but you did say that. 00:43:55.315 --> 00:43:57.748 I didn't hear you say it earlier. 00:43:57.748 --> 00:43:59.474 I run towards them. 00:43:59.594 --> 00:44:00.438 I'll go around. 00:44:00.438 --> 00:44:01.735 Okay, so you go around. 00:44:01.735 --> 00:44:04.257 That still doesn't get you within 30 feet of him. 00:44:04.358 --> 00:44:04.659 That's fine. 00:44:05.090 --> 00:44:08.260 But it does get you within the first skeleton on one of the sides. 00:44:08.840 --> 00:44:10.322 So it's like, only how many skeletons are there? 00:44:10.322 --> 00:44:13.686 Six, and they're all, and I'm only getting one of them Correct. 00:44:13.806 --> 00:44:15.378 I'm not, I'm waiting to get all six. 00:44:15.378 --> 00:44:18.257 Okay, I got you, because basically it's him in the middle and then he's summoned. 00:44:18.257 --> 00:44:20.297 One on each side, one on each side, one on each side. 00:44:20.297 --> 00:44:21.534 Oh, he's in the middle, correct? 00:44:21.534 --> 00:44:22.036 So? 00:44:22.710 --> 00:44:26.536 he's wearing a robe and he's how far away is Torch? 00:44:26.896 --> 00:44:28.119 is probably 30-ish feet. 00:44:28.119 --> 00:44:31.123 So, essentially, you walked into the room, you were on one side of the symbol. 00:44:31.123 --> 00:44:32.646 You got to go all the way around. 00:44:32.646 --> 00:44:39.972 There's symbols in the middle of the floor and then there's skeletons on the outside and he is directly across from you, about 70-ish feet, and with Vance running in. 00:44:39.972 --> 00:44:41.699 That's where we're going to end it, okay. 00:44:41.699 --> 00:44:46.000 Yeah, we're starting with combat next time, outside the symbol. 00:44:47.762 --> 00:44:49.123 I will outside that symbol. 00:44:49.702 --> 00:44:57.295 I'm thinking about saying no, so you learn your lessons and you pay attention and I just look at Av and I'm like he's a danger groundhog. 00:44:57.315 --> 00:44:58.780 He'd have turned around if it was bad. 00:44:58.780 --> 00:45:02.961 I trust him. 00:45:03.391 --> 00:45:04.916 Thank you everybody so much for joining me. 00:45:04.916 --> 00:45:06.079 My name is Tyler Waltz. 00:45:06.079 --> 00:45:07.074 I've been your DM. 00:45:07.114 --> 00:45:13.052 You can find everything I do at nerd news and to my left hi everybody, I'm Tyson Cox, so you can find me at Tyson Cox Comedy. 00:45:13.052 --> 00:45:13.795 I do stand-up. 00:45:13.795 --> 00:45:16.757 So if you need some stand-up in your life, book me, I'll do it. 00:45:17.210 --> 00:45:17.692 Yo and. 00:45:17.753 --> 00:45:17.913 I'm. 00:45:18.054 --> 00:45:19.414 Dolan Mears Sedren. 00:45:19.414 --> 00:45:20.376 My name's Brian Petrie. 00:45:20.376 --> 00:45:23.072 You can find me at everything on Brian Petrie Comedy. 00:45:23.072 --> 00:45:26.621 I do stand-up skits, voice acting whatever it is you want. 00:45:28.489 --> 01:03:08.389 Thank you all so much and we'll catch you in the next episode no-transcript.