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get the attention of a new sponsor. We

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talked about it a little bit last week. Hi, noon!

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out to CJ on the ones and twos

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plus real juice. Let's pass them

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out. Strawberry, lime, grapefruit, or

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passion fruit. What do you guys

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like? I'll do strawberry.

4:30

Jinks. Here's a lime.

4:32

Joe, give me a lime. That's hilarious. The

4:35

lime is good. Matthew was talking last

4:37

week about the tequila. Hi, noons. I've

4:39

never had one. I've never had one.

4:41

I love good paloma. And

4:44

then who said passion fruit? All

4:47

right, I'll have the passion fruit. Being

4:49

a passionate man. Kate still has it. And

4:51

the ladies want strawberry? And Matthew as well.

4:53

Oh, so the ladies want strawberry. We're

4:56

having a good time. You want a grapefruit? Nice.

4:59

Wow, that worked out. Enjoy that. That

5:01

worked out too. I'm sure an I

5:04

can't be a chair. I'll just stand up. Strawberry

5:07

for Matthew, strawberry for Sydney. Kate,

5:09

what do you want? Grapefruit, please.

5:12

Grapefruit action. Wow. It's going

5:14

to explode in my face. We

5:16

haven't even drank them yet. And

5:18

Joe has yanked his headphones out.

5:20

There's trash. Are my ears bleeding?

5:22

Yeah. Are my ears bleeding? Hey,

5:25

let's try these out. Blanco

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your friends? Hope you're doing it

5:36

with a nooner in hand. Cheers.

5:39

It's got to be high noon somewhere. Oh.

5:44

Well, it's quite good though. They really put passion

5:46

in that fruit. That is quite good. Holy shit,

5:48

that's good. Oh my god, it's so good. I'd

5:50

drop 20 of these. I would love if they

5:52

sponsored us. Makes me think of the summer. I'm

5:54

trying to get a liquor sponsor for no less

5:56

than five years. We'll be way worse at math

5:58

if they sponsored us. I think it's good. that

6:00

were not sponsored by any liquor companies. We're going

6:02

to unclip that part. We'll clip this. Send

6:05

it to the Nooner people. I just returned from the

6:07

doctor and. Shouldn't have more liquor.

6:10

You shouldn't be drinking this. Cut

6:12

to Dr. Jonathan P. Nooner

6:14

sitting in his office, watching

6:16

this clip of us. How does he a doctor of?

6:19

Doctor of passion. Anyways,

6:23

that was delicious. I like the

6:26

idea of a professional medical doctor.

6:28

That's just like I highly recommend

6:30

high noon. Yeah,

6:32

create your own with pure

6:34

goodness. Yeah, this is

6:36

nice. I

6:39

love when we stay in the

6:42

studio long enough or start late enough

6:44

where two o'clock isn't too

6:46

early. It's like,

6:48

here we go. Two on a week day. Literally

6:51

called high noon. Yeah, this is a mountain time high

6:53

noon. Yeah, mountain time high noon.

6:55

I didn't want to play. I didn't want

6:57

to drink these. Let me ask you guys

6:59

before the show, I mentioned that

7:02

it kind of smelled funny in the studio.

7:05

And I said it kind of smells like a wet beaver.

7:08

And Joe was like, whoa, whoa. And

7:11

I was like, what? Like the animal. And you

7:14

went to a real dark place. No, I didn't.

7:16

I believe if I quoted accurately, I said you

7:18

should say that on air. And

7:20

then you did. And then

7:22

we'll talk about it. And then it happened. I

7:24

was assuming the animal, but then we just kind

7:26

of talked. It's very, very strange. You said something

7:29

specific that like, man it sounds. You knew what

7:31

you were doing. I did. You're a horrible person.

7:33

You were smiling. You knew what you were doing.

7:35

It's a funny phrase. But have

7:37

you ever smelled a wet beaver? No. Dude, they

7:40

don't. Of all the animals. God

7:42

damn it. A wet mongoose? What is it? What's

7:45

the thing a beaver has? It's like the gland.

7:47

Oh, it has the oil. Like the oiled skin.

7:49

That's what it smells like. No, that is not

7:51

what you were talking about. That's what it smells

7:55

like. I just wonder

7:57

how much of like Hubert falls into. to

8:00

Troy and how much of Troy like falls into

8:02

Hubert, because Hubert wouldn't know what that means or

8:04

what a beaver is or anything. Something wrong with

8:06

that. Yeah, but Troy does. Yeah,

8:09

is Hubert Troy distilled or like Troy in

8:11

a hierarchy? It smells like a wet animal

8:13

in here. And I immediately went to beaver,

8:16

which is weird. Like of

8:18

all the animals to pick, it

8:20

smells like a wet dog that smells, it's stinky.

8:22

I haven't heard anyone use that term. Beavers, they

8:24

live in pond, they're wet all the time. It

8:27

smells like a wet dolphin in here. It's like,

8:29

what, that doesn't smell like a wet fish. It'd

8:31

be weird if it were dry. Right.

8:34

I will say when I went, I was, I told

8:36

this off air, but I went camping and it

8:39

was like laughing. I'm just

8:41

thinking about a restaurant advertising wet fish.

8:45

Hot out fish. What is fish in

8:47

town? What is fish in town? And

8:49

for your 1999, your fish will be

8:51

soaked. Our chicken is so dry and

8:53

not, what earth has

8:55

never touched this chicken? My fish gets so

8:57

wet. As

9:00

soon as you said wet beaver, I had like

9:02

a flash memory in my head because I went

9:04

camping in the UP and we were driving through

9:06

Wisconsin and we stopped in like these teeny tiny

9:08

towns, like population, you know, 50 people, random off

9:11

the highway, like super far out. That's terrifying. It

9:13

was a little weird. Very good news. We don't

9:15

get many people from around here. Oh, and it's

9:17

like they could smell it on us. Like we'd

9:20

walk into a store and they would be like,

9:23

city folk. We were like, oh God. But

9:25

we stopped at this town that was really quaint, really

9:27

cute. We had a diner called

9:29

the Mountain Dew Diner. And it literally was like

9:32

the Mountain Dew logo. It's all they serve. Wow.

9:35

And the word diner. And I was like. You

9:37

just exposed that diner to a copyright infringement. I'm

9:39

sorry to the small town. Could

9:41

you imagine if you just brought them down

9:43

just now? Ignore that. This is

9:45

all a joke. Somebody on the Mountain Dew legal team

9:47

happens to be a big glass cannon fan. And they're

9:49

like, wait, what? They're like, that's really

9:52

fun. In fire office he's never seen. That's

9:54

really funny, contacting my lawyers. But

9:56

there was a bar there called the Thirsty Beaver. And they

9:58

had this logo that was like. We're

16:00

not fucking it up, right? This

16:04

is going to be a fun, interesting app. I'm

16:06

going to do something, I think,

16:09

that we've never done

16:12

on the Glass Cannon podcast

16:14

before until you tell me that now we've

16:16

done this. OK. We'll see. We'll see. We'll

16:18

see. That makes me more excited. Yeah, I

16:21

know. You were kind of like, I'm a

16:23

little down. You weren't excited? No.

16:25

I do like the vibe, the image

16:28

that we had last week of a

16:31

whole group of elves that are standing there

16:33

waiting for us to arrive. It's

16:35

a cool image. I just don't

16:37

want to play it. I just want to watch it like a

16:39

movie, because I'm like, what am I going to say

16:41

to these people? I get exhausted

16:43

by role playing with a

16:47

group of elves. Have us do the heavy work. Exactly.

16:49

And it'll be great. You were the

16:51

party face. No, I don't think I am. No. Well,

16:54

I mean, I'm the half elf. Maybe half elf.

16:56

Yeah, exactly. So I'm happy to do that. That's

16:58

what I'm saying. I'm going to enjoy watching it.

17:00

I just get nervous. It's really more nervous and

17:02

anxiety. The buggles speak selfish as well. Oh, nice.

17:05

So does Barnes. There you go. All right. Brother,

17:07

you're going to jump off right before we see

17:09

him. You're asleep anyway. You just woke up from

17:11

a nap. Yeah, that's right. He was napping. And

17:13

maybe right before it pulls in, he jumps off

17:16

and hides in the foliage so that he can

17:18

assassinate someone later. I think

17:20

he jumps off and gets bounced back. Oh, that's

17:22

right. Son of a bitch, I forgot. And

17:25

loses 10 hit points in the process. Well,

17:28

face slams. Last

17:30

week had all the sort of earmarks. I'm trying

17:32

to see if Hubert speaks selfish. Maybe

17:35

he could be the party. Hubert would speak selfish.

17:37

Just looking to see what he's like. We duct

17:39

tape his mouth for sure. Where did he even

17:42

learn it? He's been talking to a rock for

17:44

years. There's simply no way. Let me handle this.

17:46

There's simply no way. I will speak to them.

17:48

Well put. Hello. God,

17:50

it doesn't know the right words for things. Last

17:53

week you survived

17:56

a deadly encounter with

17:58

these cliff hunter parrot pterodonts, I

18:00

always want to say the pterodonts.

18:03

The pterodonts. The pterodonts. The

18:05

pterodactyls. We

18:07

ended the previous week's episode, one of them

18:10

swooping in, biting, grabbing Hubert and flinging him

18:12

over the edge. Of course, there's some safety

18:14

mechanism built into this powerful

18:18

sort of outlandish magic that

18:20

is sending this gondola down

18:22

across these purple light ropes that are not ropes

18:25

and some safety mechanism built into it so that

18:27

if you're thrown off, you're kind of whipped back

18:29

up, but Hubert still took 10 points of damage.

18:31

He was sickened too. And

18:34

luckily throughout the entire fight, anytime I tried

18:36

to land that hit on one of you

18:39

guys, I missed the one time I hit,

18:41

I failed on the athletics check to toss

18:43

buggles who would have most certainly after

18:46

taking a crit, I think

18:48

you would have been knocked unconscious. That's over 30

18:50

points damage. So that could

18:52

have got a lot hairy, but you guys are getting

18:54

stronger. So or luckier

18:56

or luckier. Yes. So

18:58

that's a really good experience. We then

19:01

see you guys kind of resting and

19:03

talking Zephyr and Asta kind of had

19:05

a little moment there. And

19:08

then as the sun is setting,

19:10

you see that you're getting closer now and

19:12

about to have the

19:14

gondola land at these pyramids, but they

19:16

aren't like this completed civilization,

19:18

kind of like what they looked like

19:20

when you were first looking at it.

19:22

When you first walked through that old

19:25

gate, you see that it's a civilization

19:27

under construction. There are some

19:29

completed pyramids, there are some completed buildings, one

19:31

of which has a huge telescope coming out

19:33

of it. All of the completed buildings have

19:35

at least small telescopes coming out of it.

19:38

And you see a huge party

19:40

of elves sort of

19:43

gathering at the dock. That's

19:47

where we pick up today. I mean,

19:49

I don't even know. Tell

19:51

me what's going through your head. If there's anything

19:54

you want to do before this gondola

19:56

kind of docks, because you would think

19:58

if it's anything like the top

20:01

of the gondola, like it stops for a

20:03

few minutes and then just returns. Is

20:06

there anything you want to do as it's approaching? They're

20:08

just looking at you. Should I do a

20:10

knowledge check to think about jungle

20:13

settings with large elven

20:15

populations? Yeah,

20:18

yeah, absolutely. I'll

20:20

just do an esoteric lore and take the-

20:22

What's your john? With

20:24

the penalty plus six. Nothing

20:29

really comes to mind. Large

20:32

elven settlements are sort of a thing of

20:34

the past. They

20:37

left and came back and I'm not

20:39

as up to date on Michael, Larry, and Laura

20:41

as other people at the table. But correct me

20:43

if I'm wrong, there aren't a

20:46

lot of large elven settlements now.

20:49

There's Kionan. Kionan. It's like

20:51

the elvish nation. Yeah,

20:56

so there are- There are some,

20:58

okay. But that is not

21:00

a jungle area. No.

21:02

Yeah. No. Yeah,

21:05

so. A little strange, a little strange.

21:07

I wonder, Austa thinks about maybe turning

21:09

into a fox. That

21:12

will definitely not settle. Maybe it would. They're

21:14

like watching. Yeah, maybe they've already seen us.

21:16

Okay, she doesn't turn into a fox. They

21:18

have already seen us. Yeah, they have. We've

21:21

attracted a crowd. Yeah, seen you. They're watching

21:23

and more and more just keep gathering. I'd

21:25

like to do a perception immediately to get

21:27

a sense of what they're wearing, are they

21:29

arms? Yeah, definitely. Are there a lot of

21:31

weapons? A sense of their attitude. Around the

21:33

horn here. Percepts? Yeah. Yeah,

21:35

they all- Yeah, that's the thing. No

21:37

joke. Are there a dozen elves with arrows drawn pointed

21:39

at our thing or are they just like, Oh,

21:43

hi. Natty 17 for Barnes.

21:46

Nice Barnes. Okay.

21:49

Anything higher than 23? No.

21:51

Joe did well. What'd you get to do?

21:53

What about a critical fumble? What would that

21:55

net? Oh, I mean- You're leaning over the edge to

21:57

try and get a better look and you fall. Whoa

22:00

10 points of damage you're sickened to

22:03

For this yeah, true. Yes, you

22:06

did exactly old natural one there

22:08

He is if this was

22:10

called a Cthulhu I would absolutely have you trip and

22:12

fall while trying to look and take ten points. It's

22:14

very reasonable then you'd be dead Okay,

22:17

you did about you. I got a 12 12 8

22:20

so 18, but besides perception. I

22:22

want to try a society role Hmm,

22:25

okay, right? I'm

22:27

only gonna let you All

22:30

right, so Barnes you've got

22:32

the best eye side of the group or the

22:34

most discerning I They

22:39

look wary But

22:42

more curious than threatening in

22:45

the way that they're regarding you I

22:48

will kind of extend a slow cautious. Hello

22:50

wave and

22:54

some of them like Return the

22:56

gesture, but they're kind of unsure

22:59

What they're doing when they return the gesture You

23:03

see their clothing appears practical, but

23:06

it's of no immediately recognizable

23:08

fashion loose robes leather

23:11

maybe adventuring attire Essentially

23:15

far more distinctive and arresting

23:17

is their prolific jewelry It's

23:20

a mixture of silver and

23:22

gold bangles rings necklaces earrings

23:24

circlets and more all

23:26

bearing Symbols which

23:29

you can't quite make up But you can see

23:31

these very prominent symbols among the jewelry that they're

23:33

wearing if you get closer and want to make

23:36

a second check Let me know Gondola

23:40

comes in and they kind of give

23:42

a birth For you all

23:44

because they had come like up and then as you're coming

23:46

in they slowly back off Maybe out of

23:49

fear maybe out of being polite maybe ready

23:51

to strike and kill you We

23:54

have to get off pretty fast though. Yeah, it stops. It's

23:56

up. Yeah, I remember you when you uh You

24:00

have to be unloaded. All right,

24:02

so Barnes will look at the others

24:04

and... Well Zephyr puts her bow away and tucks

24:06

her hair behind her ears. To expose

24:09

her? Perhaps, yeah. And

24:11

most slowly, like, hands where they can see

24:14

them step off the platform. And

24:16

Barnes is like, greetings in Elvin.

24:20

May we approach a city?

24:24

You dock, you

24:26

say that, and they

24:29

all begin talking at once.

24:31

Those of you who speak, Elvin,

24:34

which is, he, Buggles, Zephyr, and...

24:36

Barnes. Barnes. You

24:39

can hear what they're saying.

24:41

It sounds like a different dialect. Their accent

24:43

is a little weird, but you can understand

24:45

they're saying, like, welcome,

24:47

travelers. We mean, you know harm. You

24:50

are safe here. Welcome,

24:52

welcome, welcome. They were all kind of speaking at

24:54

once, but you're hearing those little phrases come

24:57

in and out. And then, of course, to

24:59

Asta, Hubert, and Rameus, it's

25:01

just like noise. Forgive

25:05

us. We've come a long way.

25:09

And we know not exactly where

25:11

we are. It's

25:14

been a bit of an interesting

25:16

journey, we'd love to tell you about it, but

25:18

could you maybe clue us into where

25:20

we are right now? And some

25:24

of them hear you, and then others just

25:26

keep talking, and then they notice that Rameus

25:28

and Asta are an understanding. So a couple

25:31

of them come directly up to you, not

25:33

threatening, but they just start like... What's

25:35

that? What's that? How do we go? Like

25:38

rattling through languages, and you'll

25:40

hear like Draconic or something that you might

25:43

speak. What are some languages that you... It's

25:45

Sunae and Common. It's Sunae, and what about

25:47

Rameus? Draconic. Draconic. So

25:49

you hear Draconic, and they get

25:51

that, and then somebody cycles to

25:53

something that's like adjacent to Common.

25:56

The words are very, very strange. And

25:58

again, it's who are you, who are you. you, what are you?

26:01

And then suddenly in the midst of this,

26:04

as someone is like going to answer your

26:06

question, and but also like looking like are

26:08

they supposed to speak or someone else supposed

26:10

to answer it, a

26:12

beautiful bronze skinned

26:15

female elf rushes forward

26:18

through the crowd and speaks to all

26:20

of you in common and

26:22

says, Wait, wait, I know

26:24

them. I know you. I know

26:26

you. I know you.

26:28

I know where you are from.

26:30

You come. Oh, okay.

26:33

Okay. And she grabs your hand

26:35

and she pulls

26:37

you over to a nearby telescope.

26:40

She says, Look, okay. And

26:42

she looks in the telescope. Look, and she says,

26:44

Look, look at the bright

26:46

star low in the

26:49

darkening sky. Look, see? Yeah. Yes.

26:51

And you look through and you see a

26:54

small bluish dot through the lens. Galarian,

26:58

the blue planet. That is

27:00

your world. What

27:05

is this world? This

27:08

is Castroville. That's what

27:10

we all do. You've

27:14

heard of us. We did. I

27:24

think Zephyr is like speechless. Like she's just like,

27:26

did you

27:29

say castor oil like

27:31

a beaver's glance? You

27:33

know, beavers. Yes. Yeah.

27:36

I am well versed at Beaver law.

27:38

Do you have giant beavers on this

27:40

planet? On our planet, beavers are often

27:42

wet. Oh, yes. We call them the

27:45

four legged

27:50

fish. The

27:52

moist, the moistest beavers in the galaxy.

27:55

Not so different. You and I. Our

27:58

worlds are quite the same. You,

28:01

how did you, how, how did you

28:03

come here? I asked a

28:06

point to the key on Zephyr's neck. It

28:08

was an accident, we were led here through

28:11

an Ayudara gate, and

28:13

I think this, she holds

28:16

up the key, helped. Ayudara,

28:18

Ayudara, I do not

28:20

understand. The gates? Yes, we

28:22

have gates, Ayudara. They

28:24

are plentiful here on Castleville, but

28:27

there are more on

28:29

another land mass, Zovarian,

28:32

not as many here in Los

28:35

Quialua. Yeah,

28:37

we crossed through one in

28:40

another dimension, I think. I

28:43

didn't, but I still did. Looking and

28:45

talking. Do you use

28:47

your gates? Do they operate regularly?

28:50

Yes, we do not use them

28:52

as much anymore for there is

28:54

no need out here, but our

28:58

brothers and sisters in

29:00

Uglam or Zovarian, they do

29:03

use them to travel about. Are you

29:05

thinking of continents?

29:07

Yes, yes, continents. Yes,

29:10

so you occasionally use them to

29:13

travel between continents. Yes, oh yes.

29:15

But never to the

29:18

blue planet. Oh no,

29:20

no, those gates, if they

29:22

ever took one there, they no

29:24

longer function in that way. This

29:26

is so Edgar Rice Burroughs. This

29:28

whole thing is like very John

29:31

Carter of Mars. It

29:34

was on our world.

29:37

There are many Ayudara around,

29:41

inactive and active for as long as memory

29:43

will tell. But it

29:45

seems that all of us one night encountered

29:48

gates that were active. Then

29:51

we all stepped through. No,

29:54

not what happened, but we're missing for three months. Oh,

29:58

that is quite strange. The

30:00

gates on your world were most

30:03

likely made by my people long

30:05

ago. But what

30:08

you are saying is not something that

30:10

occurred here, to my knowledge. I

30:15

guess the other question I

30:17

might ask is, is there a way to maybe

30:20

get us back to our world? Possibly.

30:25

Yes. Very possibly.

30:28

What is your name? Bands. The

30:31

Omakis bands. Bains. Bands.

30:33

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. How

30:36

do you spell that? B

30:38

A. We don't have that letter. A

30:41

B like beaver. I spell it.

30:43

B like beaver. Oh

30:46

same sound as beaver. We call that

30:48

a kachow. Kachow.

30:50

A. A. A we have.

30:52

Ah don't have that one. It's the

30:54

last sound of beaver. Ah. A

30:58

koplop. Anyhow.

31:01

Baa. Baa. It's an extremely

31:04

efficient language. Kachow

31:06

koplop. It makes perfect. Kachow. A

31:09

koplop beaver. I like that

31:11

the names of the letters do not have the

31:13

sound of the letter in them. It's

31:15

very efficient. Things are weird here.

31:17

Things are weird here. Baa. Baa.

31:20

Baa. Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaands. And you? Asta. Asta.

31:22

There's an A in there. Mm-hmm.

31:24

The rest you wouldn't understand. And

31:27

you are sister but different.

31:30

Zephyr. How did you know

31:32

we were from that world by

31:34

looking at us? Your language.

31:36

Your language of your friends.

31:38

I could tell this language

31:41

you speak is the language of your homeworld. We

31:44

will get to that momentarily. Um.

31:46

What's your name? Zephyr. Zephyr.

31:49

Z. That is a beautiful

31:51

name. Thanks. Yes. A

31:53

name perhaps given to you by the dreamer herself.

31:57

And you, young sir. Buckles.

32:02

Buckles. Buckles

32:05

like you'd see on a hat. Or a shoe. You

32:08

can't hear him. He's

32:10

too quiet for you. You're assuming because you

32:13

know. Is

32:15

your friend nervous? Yes, he's just

32:17

a bit afraid. He's shy. It

32:20

is okay. You are safe here. Though I

32:22

imagine the journey here was fraught with peril. If you are

32:24

not from here, the creatures, we are in some sense of

32:26

harmony. We are in

32:28

some sense of harmony with them. But if they

32:30

do not know you, it must

32:33

have been very dangerous. I am frankly surprised

32:35

that you were able to make it to

32:37

the light lines. We didn't all make it. Oh.

32:42

Sorry. Yes,

32:45

we lost one of our number in the jungle. To

32:48

one of these creatures that you say you have

32:50

harmony with. But what kind

32:52

of beast? Big snail? And

32:56

they all say that. It's

32:59

a creature known as a... a melicana. They

33:03

are dangerous, even to us. Most people would

33:05

know. It's not an encounter that you fight

33:08

to the end. You should run

33:10

by the first or second round. You'd be a fool. We

33:14

know that now. Run to where? Anywhere

33:18

you go, you fall into the water. There

33:20

was a waterfall. Yes, that wasn't

33:22

in the book. What?

33:26

What a waterfall. The son

33:28

of a bitch. And

33:30

you, what is your name? Sir. My

33:35

name is Brother Rameus. Rameus?

33:38

You know the word brother. That starts with a

33:40

koplump. It

33:42

starts with a koplump. I think it was

33:45

a kochau actually. Oh, a

33:47

koplump? Brother. Sibling.

33:50

Brother. Family. Ah,

33:52

yes. Yes. Yes. So you are

33:54

related. In a way, we

33:57

all are. A band, a traveling band.

34:00

a family band, like the

34:02

Partridge family. There's only one of us here who's

34:04

a singer. Do

34:07

not take it too literally. And Barnes gestures

34:09

to Hoover. Oh,

34:11

I did not even see you there. You

34:14

look as if this is the world that

34:16

you can. We don't need this for a

34:18

while, so you guys can just close. It's

34:20

gonna be Troy playing with himself for a

34:22

while. What is your name? Oh,

34:25

all right. Hey, my name's Hubert

34:27

Edge, and we are a family,

34:30

yes. A very close

34:32

family of brothers and brothers. And

34:36

I'm just happy to be here. They're so nice

34:38

to be amongst people. Look

34:41

at all of us, all friendly faces. And he's

34:43

just like happy as a pig and shit that

34:45

there are other people around. I will

34:47

explain briefly, though it may take

34:49

a little more time than I wish. Hubert

34:54

is a companion that we met in

34:56

a place in between. A companion?

34:59

It could perhaps explain why you have

35:02

not seen travel between

35:05

Galarian and

35:07

Castroville, but we have. There

35:10

was a place in between, a realm

35:13

of shadows, a

35:15

place that we perhaps needed

35:17

to use as a stopover

35:20

to make the connection. We

35:22

were briefly in that place and

35:25

found this key. From there,

35:27

it opened a gate that

35:29

led us to Castroville. Fascinating.

35:33

Called Nighthold? If

35:35

you're familiar in the thin lands. I

35:37

am not Nighthold, Nighthold. No,

35:40

perhaps some of our sages will

35:42

know of it. I

35:45

am a lelle. I am a

35:48

priestess of Desna.

35:51

I know of Desna. Yes,

35:53

yes, yes. I said Brother Amias like

35:55

brightens and his face brightens. A

35:58

woman of faith. Yes, yes. cloth. We

36:00

are all followers of the tender of

36:03

dreams. Our

36:05

world is different than yours,

36:07

as I'm sure you've realized, but

36:11

we are very similar in

36:13

many ways, I imagine. Our

36:15

cultures are probably very

36:17

similar, though we are different from

36:19

our counterparts in other areas

36:22

here on Castroville. I'm getting ahead of myself.

36:24

Oh, your mastery of

36:26

the language is astounding. Thank

36:28

you. I have spent most of

36:30

my life trying to learn

36:33

many languages, but the language of

36:35

your world was one that fascinated

36:37

me the most. So I have

36:39

spent many hours

36:42

trying to be fluent with it.

36:45

It is not often that I get the

36:47

opportunity to practice it. Well,

36:50

you sound fantastic. I would not know the

36:52

difference. You're very kind. You are

36:54

from the blue planet yourself. We're very kind, brother,

36:58

Remius. If

37:01

you see, there is a small temple to

37:04

Desna atop the Alhuna Spire there, and

37:06

she points to this mountain range in

37:08

the distance. We hope one day to

37:10

extend the light line all the way

37:13

to the top and turn

37:15

that temple into a large shrine

37:17

and observatory for

37:20

the Oations. Most

37:22

of our other people have lived

37:24

elsewhere, but we Oations live here

37:26

on Los Quiellua. We

37:28

are mostly astronomers and

37:31

sages. Yes.

37:34

Fascinating. Who's... How are you spelling

37:36

Los Quiellua? Los Quiellua?

37:38

Could rank. Oh.

37:42

Ska-tow. A. 20

37:45

minutes later. A. A.

37:49

I. A. Yes, you saw she had no

37:51

problem with A. Star. Yes.

37:55

More vowels. We'll make things go quicker.

37:57

Yes. Should you need to make a...

38:01

I'm sorry I do not mean to infringe

38:03

on your hospitality, but I am feeling

38:06

rather exhausted. Weary

38:08

on my feet, is there a place we could sit

38:10

and speak? Yes. At great length.

38:13

Oh yes, but of course. Please,

38:15

and she starts speaking, and you guys kind

38:17

of understand, she's like, bring them seats,

38:20

bring them chairs, and they bring all this

38:22

stuff over for us to relax. How many

38:24

people acts around us? Looks like maybe

38:26

30, 40 people. So

38:29

we see more milling about in the distance? So we can't

38:31

take them? No. Sorry,

38:33

Asta. It's okay, and I put

38:35

my katana back in. Asta,

38:38

maybe now's not the time to murder

38:40

everything. Sharpening it. Oh no, wet stone. They

38:44

sit you down, they bring food. Wet

38:46

stone. Wet stone. Wet

38:49

stone. Wet stone. Wet stone.

38:51

Wet stone. Wet beaver stone. Hey, there it

38:54

is. Right on the nose. Relax. It's

38:56

about as subtle as that place. Relax.

39:02

You sit down, they bring you food, they bring you drink. What

39:05

was her name again? A-lelly? A-lelly.

39:08

And what is this that... it

39:10

smells delicious. That is fried

39:13

beaver nugget. No, it's not. No, it's

39:15

not. Fried beaver nugget. We

39:18

found a body near a lake with

39:22

red hair. We cooked it. After you're halfway

39:24

through. I saw

39:26

the red-burnt hair. I thought it

39:29

was just a local delicacy. Oh

39:31

my god. You're

39:33

eating. I didn't want to be

39:35

rude. I thought I

39:37

went rude. Anyone read

39:39

ElfQuest? ElfQuest,

39:42

the comic series, the

39:44

peony... elf. There

39:47

were cannibals in that. Great

39:49

series. It'd be a fun twist. Can

39:53

we meta for a second? What do

39:55

we know about this from StarFinder? Weren't

39:58

we on one of these continents? I feel like a name

40:00

is familiar. I

40:03

know, I definitely know Suvarian. Ucalam. Did

40:06

you say Ucalam? Ucalam, yeah. Was that a continent

40:08

or a nation or a city? It's another continent,

40:10

so the Suvarian is Ucalam. Did

40:12

she just say Ucalam? Yeah. Yeah, I thought so. Okay,

40:14

I recognized one of the names. What

40:17

would be the lore to know, being from

40:20

Galarian, what would be the

40:22

lore category that we would need to know

40:24

anything about Castleville? Yeah, I mean,

40:26

when you guys were, you know, correctly

40:28

assuming this was Castleville, you started to roll

40:30

on it and- Marry about it, bottle cap,

40:32

by the way. All of

40:34

us guessing correctly? Ahem, as

40:36

soon as I saw the map. It's hard

40:39

to know who said it first. She said the

40:41

map. Why not get out multiple bottle caps? Copied

40:43

over. What

40:46

was the question? I'm fine with five bottle caps.

40:49

I'm not angry about that. Do you guys still

40:51

have those ones from before? What would be the

40:54

lore category we would need to

40:56

know anything about Castleville? Or

40:59

any of the other planets in the solar system? Second

41:01

world lore? No. I'm

41:04

really curious, because I'm trying to know if you could

41:06

need a specific lore. You might need lore cast. I

41:08

mean, yeah, lore cast would certainly help. I think

41:11

that there's a way that like a crazy, high

41:13

society role, or even history. Not

41:15

Arcana though. There is no history. No,

41:17

I guess society kind of gets lumped

41:19

in. Yeah. But you

41:21

think there would be some like lore category that

41:23

would encompass like all the other like, civilizations

41:26

in the solar system. I've had lore

41:28

elves. What about our, Elven lore? Elven

41:30

lore, that's the thing. What about Arcana though, because

41:33

it's arcane magic and creatures. And I would say

41:35

elves are pretty arcane creatures. Would

41:38

you, could we roll feasibly Arcana? Are they? I'm

41:41

not arcane. They're devo- Magical? I'm

41:43

not arcane. No. I'm just saying, I don't

41:45

know. I'm trying to pick something that I have points in. So

41:47

Joe, shut up. Did you study to

41:50

be a psychic, or did you just have

41:52

these powers? It just happened to me. Would

41:55

I know anything from stories growing up? Yeah,

41:59

I mean, nothing- that's really gonna help

42:01

you. I mean, we're gonna- Games lore.

42:03

Games lore? Yeah. You

42:06

know this is- But you know about Pathfinder. We look

42:08

over, is there a roulette table in the corner? You

42:11

know that next year, Los Quilos is hosting the Summer

42:13

Olympics. Also looks over and goes,

42:15

that's roulette. That's what they're building. They're building all

42:17

the stadium. Yeah, they're building- This is going to

42:19

be the home city, right? Yeah,

42:22

I mean, there's nothing that you would know that would

42:24

even be helpful here. You're on a different planet. We

42:26

just need to ask them. Yeah. This

42:29

is really good. This is academic. Yeah, because it's

42:31

also like, what's astronomy? Right.

42:33

Like what is astronomy? I mean, I guess it

42:35

would fall under nature, but that seems so specific

42:37

that it wouldn't- Yeah, I feel like I know

42:40

about frogs and serious. Yeah,

42:42

it seems like you would need a

42:44

lore, right? Like planetary lore. Just what would

42:46

you call it? That's all I'm asking. Like

42:48

I know we don't have it. I

42:50

think it's from those lores that you make

42:53

up, like planetary lore. I mean, for instance,

42:55

there are a lot of cool lores. Like

42:57

Suki has a ton of crazy lores, like

42:59

midwifery lore, herbalism lore, astrology lore, like- Oh,

43:02

you have astrology lore. Dream lore.

43:04

Maybe astronomy lore is one. I have so many

43:06

lores. Suki has a, because she's an elf. She's

43:08

a lore whore. High level, she's a lore whore.

43:10

She's a lore whore. A lore whore. And so

43:13

much more. Wink! You

43:15

gotta see the live show. You gotta come to the live

43:17

show. But there are a lot of lores, which make Tui

43:19

really interesting and fun, but it's just that second level too,

43:22

we just don't have that many. So

43:25

astronomy lore is an actual lore from the book.

43:27

Astronomy, yeah. I figured they would have it. There you go,

43:29

Ska. Okay. Well, you said astrology.

43:31

That's what Suki has. After

43:34

you finish eating Tuleet, she sits. I

43:38

must say I believe- Flossing with some of

43:41

her hair. That

43:43

was delicious. It's stringy. I don't know

43:45

how you got the burnt hair to

43:48

smell fantastic. Lavender. The...

43:53

Forget it. I

43:55

must say I believe Desna

43:57

may have brought us together for more. reasons

44:00

than we can discern at this

44:02

moment, for you are

44:04

not the first people from Golarion

44:07

that I have spoken to. In

44:09

fact, you are not the only people from

44:11

Golarion I have spoken to in the last

44:13

week. This is

44:16

a portent omen, you

44:18

hear them all saying, like in

44:20

Elvish. Omen, omen, this is

44:22

a— There are others? There are others

44:24

here? No, not here. Oh,

44:27

this is— would be difficult to explain, but

44:29

just last week, while I was

44:31

working in our main observatory, and she points

44:33

to the thing, it's got the big fucking

44:35

telescope coming out of it, she's like, I

44:38

received a message from a

44:40

young oracle named

44:42

Sakawachi, who claimed

44:44

to be sending a message from a

44:46

city on Golarion called

44:50

Skywatch. Skywatch. Do

44:53

you know of this place? Do

44:55

we? Skywatch. Give

44:58

me some— some Johns. Society Johns.

45:00

Society Johns. I'll do Society again.

45:03

I'll do Esoteric Lore. I've got 21. Let me see

45:06

if I roll really well. I'm good. Also

45:09

good. That's also

45:11

good. 14 for Brother

45:13

Emmias. Not great. 18 untrained. Okay.

45:16

So, these two, right? Or

45:19

was it Asta? No. Okay,

45:22

so, Barnzy, Bonds, and Zephyr.

45:24

I've heard of Skywatch. It's

45:26

a city in Brevoi. In

45:31

fact, built around a massive

45:33

observatory atop a mountain range

45:35

known as the Ice Rime

45:37

Peaks. It is far

45:39

north of the River Kingdoms and

45:41

southeast of Mendev. Brevoi is sort

45:44

of Russia. Ah, okay. Sort

45:47

of a Russia— Yeah, Salavi. The Ice

45:49

Rime Mountains, the setting

45:51

at all of the winter.

45:54

No. Throne of— or a—

45:57

Rain of Winter. Rain of Winter. The Ice Rime Peaks. That's

46:00

Russia, I think. Yeah. Because

46:02

there's a lot of Russian stuff in there. I

46:04

think the one that has the witches. Is

46:07

Raina Winter Baba Yaga? Eirisin, I think

46:09

is the setting. That's Baba Yaga? I

46:11

think it is. Yes, Raina Winter. Baba

46:13

Yaga campaign, yeah. Yeah, I'm not

46:15

seeing them mentioned in that book, but anyways. I

46:19

feel like I've heard of the Ice Rhyme Mountains.

46:21

That's cool. Yeah, that's a cool name. It's a

46:23

good name. Are you Rhyme? So you have heard

46:26

of this city, Skywatch.

46:28

Yeah, I've never been there. Nor

46:31

have I. We spoke a

46:34

marvelous mind. Apparently this

46:37

young stargazer stumbled onto

46:39

a magical telescope

46:41

in Skywatch's observatory through

46:43

which they somehow managed

46:46

to transmit a message

46:48

to our own observatory here in

46:50

Los Quia Lua. Though the connection

46:53

was quickly and sadly lost, I

46:55

mean to study this transmission in the hopes

46:58

of reverse engineering it.

47:00

And whatever magic was involved, it could

47:03

very well be the way to getting

47:05

you home again. We now

47:07

have a direct connection to your

47:09

world. In

47:12

many ways, my life's work has brought me to

47:14

this moment. I've just coming

47:16

down from the elation

47:18

that I felt from making that connection. And

47:21

now I find you, Desna has shined

47:23

upon us this day. I believe

47:25

I can find you

47:27

a way home. This

47:31

world, this planet, there

47:34

are many of you, many villages,

47:37

cities even, on many

47:39

continents. All elves?

47:43

Mostly, there are other creatures. They're

47:47

called lashuntas, a

47:52

race that is plentiful here as well,

47:54

as well as these insectoid

47:56

type creatures known as formians.

48:00

They can be aggressive. They

48:02

work... They

48:04

work together. Their minds are

48:06

connected in strange ways. But you are all...

48:10

Ant people. They are

48:12

Ant people. What

48:15

is this? A city for ants? What is this?

48:17

A city for ants? They're easy to destroy. We

48:19

just stomp on their villages. We

48:21

use our telescope to focus the rays of

48:23

the sun. Sometimes we put a firecracker in

48:25

their holes. It's

48:30

terrible. You didn't specify what all... Academic

48:34

is secretly bloodthirsty. Yes. Esna

48:38

does not care for four minutes. You put

48:40

your big magnifying glass over their little

48:42

houses. You know it. Um,

48:46

that aside, um, well... May

48:49

we speak to your counterpart,

48:52

Brevoi? I have

48:54

not figured out how to, um, reignite

48:57

this connection. It was the

48:59

oracle that initially made the connection, but it is

49:01

something I have been studying, and I'm sure, in

49:04

talking to you, um, we

49:06

can figure this out. The

49:09

key. Oh, yeah.

49:11

This is... I think it helped get us

49:13

here, but I don't know how. It seemed

49:15

to lift up off my chest and guide

49:18

us. She smiles. She's like, these

49:20

markings. Yes. Yes,

49:22

let me see it. And she goes, and

49:24

she grabs it, and the minute her hands touch

49:26

it, her eyes

49:28

go wide, and she just collapses

49:30

to the ground. She

49:32

collapses to the ground, and a bunch of people, like,

49:34

rush over to her, and... Brother

49:37

Amias rushes over to her, too. And they

49:39

immediately stand back, and you do as well

49:41

as you notice she

49:43

is starting to wither. No. Oh,

49:45

no. Her skin is,

49:48

like, physically withering. Oh,

49:50

no. Oh, no. Oh,

49:53

it's the... Can I attempt to heal her? It's the curse.

49:56

Magic curse. Give me a medicine

49:58

check. Did we know this? If you try to touch her... you're

50:00

held back. I am a trained healer. I

50:06

know how to. That's a

50:08

27 on the medicine check as

50:10

he's looking over the shoulder trying to like push through weak

50:12

as he is. It's like Star Trek VI. McCoy

50:15

is trying to treat Chancellor Gorcon. I've

50:18

actually seen that one. I've

50:21

seen two Star Trek things. What the hell is

50:23

going on here? You've

50:26

seen Zephyr handle this and didn't have any

50:29

problem. You maybe even had a moment to observe this

50:31

key. I don't know if you touched it, but you didn't see any

50:33

substance on it. So

50:35

I just took it,

50:39

rubbed it down your pants and then put it back around her

50:41

neck. I mean,

50:43

there's something happening here that is it. It

50:47

must be a curse. Okay. Gentle,

50:50

gentle. And there's nothing I can

50:52

do. It

50:55

is beyond medicine. This is a curse. He looks up at

50:57

all of you. Oh, okay. He

51:00

looks at Zephyr. Asta opens up her

51:02

bag. Asta opens up her bag and

51:04

she takes out the three books that

51:06

we found in

51:08

the Spider Climb or

51:11

in the library and their magical diseases

51:13

and elven medical texts. And

51:15

she pulls some of them out and she

51:17

just starts like holding up the books to the

51:19

elves to see if there's any information that could

51:21

help. And they're looking at

51:23

you like, what? They take it.

51:26

And then all of a sudden this,

51:28

the sea of elves sort of parts

51:30

and this very tall kind of androgynous

51:32

looking elf walks

51:35

for it. Got long hair

51:39

and they look, they

51:42

say, what is this key? It's

51:46

the shade wither key. They

51:48

do know of this curse. No,

51:50

I've been wearing it this whole time. The

51:54

elf tall, seven and a half feet

51:56

tall, like bends down to

51:59

look at. a lily up close and

52:02

they extend a

52:04

hand outward over a lily's body and

52:06

you see it's like slowly withering it's

52:08

not rapid withering but it's like she

52:11

already looks like she's like

52:13

decomposing while alive and

52:16

he puts a hand over her and

52:18

um closes their eyes and um it's

52:21

like you can

52:23

see they're going through something while they're like

52:26

trying to read what's happening here

52:29

and then they like they

52:37

stand up and just look at the five

52:39

of you I have

52:43

experienced this psychic

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52:50

mother is scariel revealed

52:53

it to me so that I

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with your order today. Gentheal

55:01

says that they

55:03

recognize this psychic imprint,

55:05

this psychic signature coming off of

55:08

the shade wither key. That

55:11

they've experienced this only once before

55:13

their mother Iscariel revealed it to

55:15

them so that they would recognize

55:17

it if a time came. When

55:22

it came back, it is the imprint of

55:24

a Soyo, the black frost whale. More

55:27

importantly, who wants another nooner? I'm

55:29

good. What does that mean? I

55:31

want to try grapefruit. Do you like the grapefruit? The

55:33

grapefruit's good. I'm going to try grapefruit. If there's another

55:36

lime, I wouldn't mind if one came my way. Perfect

55:41

toss. Little lime or a little Matthew? You wouldn't

55:43

be angry about a little lime-erita, John? What do

55:46

you like there, Kate? I'll

55:48

take a strawberry as a backup, please. As

55:51

a backup. Love it. So fun.

55:53

Black frost whale? As

55:55

in whale as in... Oh,

55:58

who's doing that? Oh my God. So

56:00

unacceptable. It came through my computer,

56:02

even though the volume was off. Sorry. There's

56:05

a passion fruit. Sydney,

56:08

would you like to take your call? No.

56:11

Passion fruit? Sure. Mine's got

56:13

a dent on the bottom of it. Oh, it's definitely

56:16

poisoned. Soyo,

56:18

the black frost whale, as

56:21

in the seaborne mammal. Yeah,

56:23

like a killer whale. Whale. It's about the

56:25

same way. Here's some

56:27

pictures for you. Here is

56:30

a lelly. OK. Ooh, nice. Beautiful

56:33

bronze skin. What a big telescope. That is so

56:35

cool. She's just giant. She's carrying the telescope on

56:38

her back. She also looks very

56:40

young. And she

56:42

looks like passionate

56:44

about her astronomy. You can

56:47

see the passion. The

56:49

combination of the huge telescope, but she's writing it

56:51

down. She's thinking very hard. And here's Gentheal. Gentheal.

56:55

Whoa. Whoa. Into

56:57

Gentheal. Immediately

57:00

into Gentheal. What's his deal? Yeah,

57:03

I mean, very, very, very.

57:07

Do we get the sense that he's a kind

57:10

of a leader or a healer? I

57:12

don't know. They were calling for them

57:14

immediately. Like, and he's

57:16

genderless. So they are genderless. It

57:19

appears that way. Like, he

57:21

gives off a very male vibe, but they're

57:24

genderless. And when Halleli went down,

57:26

they called for him. They're

57:29

different than Halleli. That's all I

57:31

can. That's the vibe you get. Whatever Halleli's

57:33

specialty is, they've got their own thing going

57:36

on. It feels healery,

57:38

but this also seems to be

57:40

like arcane stuff going on. It's

57:44

not his name. What's his duel on this for him? Maybe

57:46

like an oracle or a? I'm not looking at wounds so

57:48

much as this psychic imprint.

57:51

And so. What else can you

57:53

tell us about this whale? My

57:57

mother was a renowned healer.

58:00

and also part of a secret society,

58:02

a fellowship tasked

58:04

with remembering the

58:06

campaign against Ossoyo. Of

58:09

this being, I know almost

58:11

nothing except that it was a grave

58:14

threat, a danger

58:16

so terrible that even the mere legend of

58:18

it was passed down to only

58:20

a few worthy scholars. We

58:25

need knowledge that none

58:27

here possess. That knowledge

58:30

has been kept secret for good reason.

58:33

Knowledge of Ossoyo that could

58:35

be vital to curing

58:38

Alaleli's ailment before it's

58:40

too late. We

58:42

must find. And

58:44

then all the other like scholarly

58:47

looking elves nod in agreement, and

58:50

Gendiel says, the

58:52

only option is to send someone to go find

58:55

my mother, Iscariel. Find

58:57

my mother and retrieve the

58:59

information about Ossoyo. That

59:03

will be the way, yes, that will be the

59:05

way to curing Alaleli and

59:09

your only way home. If

59:12

Alaleli is the only one here that

59:14

possesses such knowledge for it was Alaleli

59:16

that spoke with this being from your

59:18

world. Yes,

59:20

she must be. Where where is your

59:22

mother? Must bring her back. Gendiel

59:27

looks at you, looks at the

59:29

others, and they kind of give

59:31

a weird look. Where is she? Where

59:34

is she? I know where

59:37

she is. There's just one

59:39

problem. Iscariel

59:41

has been dead for 100 years.

59:48

And you all level up. Oh,

59:51

wow. We needed a woman to die.

59:56

Accidentally set a curse upon a friendly

59:58

elf on a far on another. planet

1:00:00

and kill just needed to kill one

1:00:02

more that was the last bit of

1:00:04

XP we need one more death so

1:00:06

I said we could do something I

1:00:08

don't think we've ever done is we're

1:00:11

gonna level up on air all

1:00:15

right so this will be a three-hour episode let's do it yeah I think

1:00:17

it'll be

1:00:21

fun and you know you get the lemon-lime effect here you

1:00:23

don't have to worry about like choosing your spells and whatnot

1:00:25

you can always talk through feats and see what you want

1:00:27

to do but I think

1:00:29

it'd be fun to kind of play

1:00:31

this out in real time here because

1:00:33

this is something you guys have wanted

1:00:35

for a while mm-hmm yeah you know

1:00:37

luckily Demiplane allows you to level up

1:00:40

pretty easily here so you can you

1:00:42

know add your relevant XP or however

1:00:44

it works and

1:00:46

who feels like Bebop it

1:00:48

and scatting right out the

1:00:50

gate oh geez

1:00:52

hard pass I will

1:00:56

say I do get

1:00:58

a new second level spell

1:01:01

Oh as I assume

1:01:03

the other spell casters will yeah

1:01:05

and for me that spell with

1:01:07

my conscious mind or subconscious mind

1:01:10

is heat metal oh

1:01:13

cool oh can you like heat

1:01:16

metal that someone's holding like if they're

1:01:18

holding a sword that

1:01:20

goes all the way down like a

1:01:22

metal handle or something like think it's

1:01:25

sort of weapon meant meant for armor

1:01:27

it's you know it's any targeted metal

1:01:29

becomes red-hot for a moment this is

1:01:31

usually harmless to an unattended metal item

1:01:33

so it's gonna saving throw if

1:01:37

you target an item worn or carried by

1:01:39

a creature or you target a creature made

1:01:41

primarily of metal the heat deals 4d6

1:01:44

fire damage that's cool and 2d4

1:01:46

persistent fire damage to the creature

1:01:48

which which must attempt to reflect

1:01:50

saving throw that's a lot

1:01:52

of damage that's that's 4 to 24

1:01:54

plus the persistent that's a spicy meat

1:01:56

to ball yeah you guys get feats

1:01:59

at third level Or general general feeds.

1:02:02

OK. Which is general feed report of a

1:02:04

journey. Which is what I'm trying. Who

1:02:07

is the general reporting to

1:02:09

it's egg, sir. The general

1:02:12

feed. We're reporting to general feed. Oh, got

1:02:14

it. Got it. You're talking to general. I

1:02:16

can say it. So here's where I'm at.

1:02:19

Should I take a

1:02:21

general dedication? Yeah. We have a healer.

1:02:25

So much to do. Should I take

1:02:27

the super basic general feeds that I

1:02:29

think it would make sense

1:02:31

for any strength-based fighter to take,

1:02:33

even though I'm not a fighter,

1:02:35

like fleet or toughness.

1:02:38

You know, like fleet. Fleet

1:02:40

would be amazing, I think,

1:02:42

for you, for one clear reason.

1:02:44

Because of dimensional assault. It would extend your

1:02:46

conflict spell another space. To 20 feet, which

1:02:49

is pretty dope. Because basically, fleet increases my

1:02:51

feet by five. So my movement speed, I

1:02:53

should say, by five. That would

1:02:55

increase the distance I can do my dimensional assault. It would

1:02:57

go from 10 to 15, not to 20. No,

1:03:00

it would go 15 to. 10

1:03:02

to 15. Because right now, you're 25. I'm

1:03:04

30 now. So my conflicts is 15. It

1:03:08

wouldn't change your conflicts. Because

1:03:10

you only get five more feet, 35. Half of 35 is still 15. Because

1:03:14

it's round down. Well,

1:03:16

there's also toughness. And then

1:03:18

on the other hand, I could take more

1:03:20

cantrip expansion or,

1:03:25

I don't know, like spell parry. I

1:03:27

could take more like mages focused things

1:03:29

than just like fighter things. Or

1:03:32

incredible initiative. Or incredible initiative, which is another good

1:03:34

one. Casters and fighters, you want to get the jump,

1:03:36

you want to get in a position. It feels lame

1:03:38

to take such basic things, but it's so useful. That's

1:03:40

why it's called a general feat. I know, it's so

1:03:43

fundamentally useful. I was looking

1:03:45

at toughness or incredible initiative. But then

1:03:47

there's also like feather step. I can

1:03:49

step carefully and quickly and in difficult

1:03:51

terrain. Or like breaking

1:03:53

grapple easier. There's

1:03:56

no general feats that help you with your bow, right? Like

1:03:59

expand the range. of your folly

1:04:01

or all that shit. Not that

1:04:03

I see quickly. Maybe there is.

1:04:07

I know nothing about character building. And

1:04:10

so I just found a second

1:04:12

level general feed called unmistakable lore.

1:04:16

Basically if you recall knowledge using any

1:04:18

lore subcategory, you're trained, if you roll critical failure,

1:04:20

you get a failure instead. So the question is,

1:04:22

can that be applied to the exploit

1:04:25

vulnerability? Because I

1:04:27

am using esoterical lore for that. Let me look at the

1:04:29

language of exploit vulnerability. Because those

1:04:31

things combined, the synergy would be that whenever

1:04:34

I try to exploit vulnerability, I will never

1:04:36

fail. There will always be something I can use

1:04:38

too because a failure gets me something. You

1:04:41

guys all get a nice little hit point. Oh

1:04:44

yeah. I went up 11 points. Oh! Oh

1:04:46

no. Yeah, and hit points I went from 30 to 41. That's

1:04:49

huge. Oh yeah, I went up 9. For

1:04:52

those of you who really love your character, you could always take die

1:04:54

hard. We also get a

1:04:57

skill in these. It matters in this

1:04:59

campaign. It really does. It really feels like it would have...

1:05:01

How much difference would that have made for... Yeah! It

1:05:04

certainly would have saved your life on that one roll. I

1:05:06

took... It was the first feed I took for

1:05:08

Barnes. Wow, that's great. Speaking of hit points, what do you guys

1:05:11

think? I think I

1:05:13

might do toughness. Just increase my hit

1:05:15

points. I go down. It's... That's

1:05:17

the other thing I'm weighing as well. Defnest really, really makes a difference.

1:05:19

I go down so often. I have gone

1:05:22

down in almost every single combat. And right now,

1:05:24

you're really the only one that's

1:05:26

gonna stand in bay. I guess we're

1:05:28

seeing a little bit of that out

1:05:30

of Barnes. And Zephyr has been kinda

1:05:32

switching a little bit. But I mean, that's your

1:05:35

role in this party. And that stacks forever,

1:05:37

right? Each time you level up,

1:05:39

you get your maximum... You increase

1:05:41

your maximum hit points by your level. I know in

1:05:43

1E it stopped at like 10th level, but yeah, you... Because

1:05:46

if I do that... This is great. My sweet

1:05:48

new hit points, 38. Ooh.

1:05:51

Sounds pretty good to my ears. That

1:05:53

sounds a lot better. That sounds

1:05:55

like you probably don't go down in the

1:05:57

first crit in the first round. Yeah,

1:06:00

so I'll put this to you Troy. So

1:06:02

the here's the language from from exploit vulnerability

1:06:06

Select a creature you can see an attempt

1:06:08

an esoteric lore check against a standard DC

1:06:11

for its level break

1:06:13

under the The language

1:06:15

for unmistakable war is when you recall

1:06:17

knowledge using any lore subcategory in which

1:06:19

you're trained So do

1:06:22

you think would use esoteric or check different from

1:06:24

our call knowledge check? What

1:06:26

else do you do with lore besides recall? Yeah I

1:06:29

was thinking of like should we just take

1:06:31

another lower, but I don't want to take

1:06:33

a random lore I'll tell you there are

1:06:35

some hazard hazards that require lore checks to

1:06:37

disable my esoteric or already applies

1:06:40

to Hans Yeah, so I mean so

1:06:42

that would be nice at quick listen

1:06:44

after a new nerd that sounds If

1:06:48

I could take toughness, yeah, yeah,

1:06:50

I mean I'd say go back and forth and then Level

1:06:58

3 being like oh, it's just a general feat and

1:07:00

a skill increase I only get one because I have

1:07:02

a one and tell plus one intelligence But then I

1:07:04

saw I also get mystic strikes

1:07:07

So my unarmed attacks become magical allowing

1:07:10

them to get past resistances to non

1:07:12

magical attacks I

1:07:14

was still need an item such as hand wraps

1:07:16

with mighty blows to gain an item bonus to attack

1:07:18

rolls And all

1:07:20

of that, but that's cool. And then I also

1:07:23

get incredible movement. Oh, what is that? I

1:07:26

moved like the wind I get a plus

1:07:28

10 foot status bonus to my speed whenever

1:07:30

I'm not wearing armor, which is all the

1:07:32

time Oh, that's you Bonus increases by five

1:07:35

feet for every four levels you have beyond

1:07:37

third sweet. Well, that's cool So that's gonna

1:07:39

scale. Um, what is your current movement before

1:07:41

that 10? Do it was a 25 or

1:07:43

30 I think it

1:07:46

was 25 because it's 35 35. That's

1:07:48

awesome. And I mean is that a feeder?

1:07:50

What was that? It's just something that comes

1:07:52

with leveling up as a monk. Yeah level

1:07:54

does anybody else have like stuff freebies you're

1:07:57

getting free powers I get lightning reflexes at

1:07:59

their level My reflex saves go up

1:08:01

to expert. Ah, I'm an expert in all

1:08:03

three saves. All right. No need to break Also,

1:08:06

uh all of my damage

1:08:09

dealing cantrips get heightened So

1:08:12

I'm gonna feel more damage with my

1:08:14

like signature like ignition and frostbite and

1:08:16

everything to your heels go up now

1:08:19

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,

1:08:21

oh, baby noticeably quiet over there. I

1:08:24

AC went up by one. Yeah Yeah,

1:08:26

there's a lot that shows like yeah, it's

1:08:28

not gonna happen But I

1:08:30

what should we call it about heels?

1:08:32

This is the difference? Okay, we

1:08:35

keep going down we keep dying Complaining

1:08:37

about how hard it is How would somebody count as

1:08:39

our whatever and then some people writing back to us

1:08:41

and they're like It's just cuz

1:08:44

you're still second level first second level. It's really

1:08:46

brutal You know you get and it's true you

1:08:48

got to get the third level because how about

1:08:50

this his regular healing font? So I don't have

1:08:52

to prepare anything different. I don't take up more

1:08:55

expensive slots Just my regular

1:08:57

healing font heels that I have every

1:08:59

day to just cast heel Just

1:09:02

became for the two action version which is

1:09:04

what I try to always use because it's the most healing Just

1:09:06

went from 1d8 plus 8 to heal to 2d8 plus 16 Wow

1:09:15

Damn an enormous leap. That's a huge second

1:09:17

to third. Yeah, it seems like second to

1:09:19

third generally is a way a

1:09:24

Quantitatively like a much larger jump than it was

1:09:26

in like one. Yeah, yeah for sure And it

1:09:28

certainly feels that way like the difference between it

1:09:30

was always significant Especially like for spell casters and

1:09:32

stuff just getting that first second level spell on

1:09:35

everything, but even but now it's like it's

1:09:37

way more I think yeah more significant huge

1:09:39

that's huge And so yes also his you

1:09:42

know on the occasions that he uses it

1:09:44

his divine lance goes up in damage now

1:09:46

You know as they cantrip automatically Yeah,

1:09:49

so that's great and you have one new second level spell

1:09:51

you're gonna look at Yeah,

1:09:54

I don't know I gotta I gotta pour through the whole spell

1:09:56

list But that no I like I have access to

1:09:58

the whole spell list. It's just what I prepare So

1:10:01

I got a look at like what's good to

1:10:03

prepare at second level and you know shop around

1:10:05

and stuff But I'll probably just end up until

1:10:07

I see other way actually to start I will

1:10:09

prepare Non heal spells because

1:10:11

I've got this healing font if

1:10:14

we are still getting our ass handed to us every combat

1:10:16

I'm gonna have to use them for heal too So I

1:10:18

have like eight heals a day nine heals a day kind

1:10:20

of thing Well, will you help me

1:10:22

with spells and explain it to me real quick for

1:10:24

this level up? So I gain my second level spells.

1:10:26

I think get two second level spells now, which is

1:10:29

dope But I have a

1:10:31

spell book. So do I know you get

1:10:33

two for free? Ah, I see In

1:10:37

it's called two free advancement spells I get

1:10:39

to choose what is right I can't choose

1:10:41

like uncommon or like the crazy spells that

1:10:43

I wouldn't know right you can ask But

1:10:46

like typically no Okay,

1:10:48

especially if the source is like the blood

1:10:50

lord's adventure path, which I didn't know I

1:10:52

didn't realize exactly So but if the source

1:10:54

is like, oh, it's uncommon the source is

1:10:56

the Grand Bazaar or something like that It's

1:10:58

just a book that's like another

1:11:00

source book You just got to ask the

1:11:02

GM and see if they're cool with it.

1:11:04

Mary's a pretty reasonable guy. Yeah, here It's

1:11:06

like super that earth. It's a chill guy

1:11:08

Yeah, there's what you do ask for some

1:11:10

very pro player frass for three things something

1:11:13

ridiculous and then the two things you want I

1:11:17

write an email can I have one

1:11:20

million dollars? I

1:11:23

thought I thought so what about this instead and it's

1:11:25

just an uncommon fee So you asked

1:11:28

for a raise How

1:11:30

about 10% I am As

1:11:34

much as I want to say I think

1:11:36

this would apply to exploit vulnerability I'm

1:11:39

looking at the lore skill just like the basic

1:11:41

lore text and the two There are two things

1:11:43

you can do with or which is recall knowledge

1:11:45

and earn income So

1:11:47

I think I think the exploit vulnerability is a

1:11:50

other Action you can

1:11:52

do with a lore skill that does

1:11:54

not count as recall knowledge makes sense even though

1:11:56

it does get you knowledge It makes sense right

1:12:00

If Professor Eric, tell me if I'm wrong. Yeah,

1:12:02

we'll find out from Professor Eric. So I'm going

1:12:04

to choose something else. Colin. If

1:12:06

that does synergize, that would be amazing. Yeah,

1:12:08

yeah. Because if I fail and

1:12:11

exploit vulnerability, I still get a bonus.

1:12:14

And if I critically fail, bad things happen. So

1:12:16

I can just avoid those crits. Yeah, and you're

1:12:19

burning a feed for it. Well, we'll find out

1:12:21

by next time. I also went up. I

1:12:24

took for my feet,

1:12:26

I got the skilled feet so I

1:12:28

could take another skill, proficiency.

1:12:32

And I took intimidation. And

1:12:35

then I spent my,

1:12:38

I raised that up to, from my third

1:12:40

level up to expert. Ah. So

1:12:43

now thinking that this is the cool, the

1:12:46

cool icon that would be like kind of

1:12:48

coming into this kind of ability. So I

1:12:50

still don't have intimidating glare. So

1:12:52

I still have to, you know, whatever. But

1:12:56

yeah, still like getting that chance. It's

1:12:58

like another, something else I could do with that third action. Intimidating

1:13:01

glare is actually something I've been looking at too.

1:13:03

Yeah, it's very nice to have. It's very nice

1:13:05

to have. That's the demoralize without

1:13:08

speaking, right? Yeah, so you don't have

1:13:10

that penalty. That's what Lucky had. It

1:13:12

was, it's dope. Yeah. I'm

1:13:14

gonna take toughness as a placeholder until we get

1:13:17

a, for a certain

1:13:19

answer on unmistakable war. I can't go

1:13:21

wrong, toughness improved initiative fleet. I took

1:13:23

toughness. So what's your HP up to?

1:13:28

Okay, so we're the same. Yeah, okay, cool.

1:13:30

Just rocking a 41 now. And then for my

1:13:32

skill increase. You're on 38

1:13:34

too? I'm 41. Wait, who's rocking a 41? I'm

1:13:38

a monk. A monk? What's your, what's your

1:13:40

hit die? My hit die? What

1:13:42

does that mean? What's your HP?

1:13:44

What's it go, is it? Went

1:13:46

up by 11, she said. Oh, yeah,

1:13:48

it was 30 at level two. And

1:13:53

it's 41 now. Hmm. Wow.

1:13:55

What's your con? My

1:13:58

con is plus one. Oh,

1:14:00

wow. So it goes up 10 plus

1:14:02

your con bonus. That's really good. The fighter is

1:14:04

10, monk is 10. 10

1:14:06

plus your con bonus. So what else?

1:14:09

Brother Ramius gets, I

1:14:12

mean, this is a big jump, considering where we are here

1:14:14

in the jungle. He just, at

1:14:16

third level, as a cloistered cleric, for whatever reason,

1:14:18

I don't really know why, but at third level,

1:14:21

your fortitude saves increase to expert.

1:14:24

So his just doubled. Like his

1:14:27

bonus just doubled. It was his weakest.

1:14:29

It's like just survive long enough and

1:14:32

you get stronger. Yeah. So his fortitude

1:14:34

is much more reasonable. And

1:14:36

then, okay, it's

1:14:39

general feat time for Brother Ramius. I'll

1:14:41

pitch it to you guys. So first he's

1:14:43

got, you know, fleet. He's got

1:14:46

incredible initiative. These ones

1:14:48

are all good. What was the other one? Toughness.

1:14:50

Like toughness or die hard. There's like the three top,

1:14:53

the top three. God, that would be awesome.

1:14:55

Well, for you at this level, I

1:14:57

would wonder, how does assurance work with

1:14:59

your medicine? I was looking at assurance

1:15:01

also. Assurance is a skill feat, I believe. It's

1:15:03

a skill feat. Oh,

1:15:06

you can't take a skill feat? No, you

1:15:08

either get one or the other or both at the

1:15:10

same time. Yeah, you get skill feats at the alternate

1:15:13

levels, I think. I

1:15:15

think at every even level, you get a skill feat and

1:15:17

a class feat, I think. But, all right,

1:15:19

so there

1:15:22

is that way, initiative or

1:15:24

movement speed. I don't really care

1:15:26

about movement speed. So I'd probably go

1:15:28

initiative because what I

1:15:30

want to get is I want to spend

1:15:32

a class feat on reach spell.

1:15:34

Hopefully, if he makes it to level four, which

1:15:37

will allow him to cast spells of touch at 30

1:15:39

feet and

1:15:42

double the 30 feet spells to 60 feet, which will

1:15:44

be huge for healing. He could be a lot further

1:15:46

away and still heal you, which would be awesome. But,

1:15:49

so he could do initiative right now or he could

1:15:51

do ward medic as he

1:15:53

continues to build toward medicine. Now, this

1:15:55

is great because like all that he's

1:15:57

been doing for you guys. It makes

1:16:00

sense that he's getting better and better

1:16:02

at treating several patients at once. Do

1:16:04

you have to take ward medic? Yes,

1:16:06

yes, however. That's on brand. Yes, it's

1:16:08

on brand, it's in character, but from

1:16:11

a pure meta standpoint, all

1:16:13

it does is it lets me treat two targets

1:16:16

at the same time. So effectively,

1:16:19

it's cool in character mechanically,

1:16:22

unless we are constantly find ourselves

1:16:24

in situations where 10 minutes later

1:16:26

we have another fight, it

1:16:29

has no benefit. Right. You

1:16:31

know what I mean? So like, to me.

1:16:34

Toughness will have a mechanical benefit to you. Just

1:16:38

keep me up longer. So it's tricky. So

1:16:40

do you take the one that's in character? I mean,

1:16:42

people kind of swear by ward medic, but I think

1:16:44

it's game by game. If your GM plays in such

1:16:47

a way where they're like, you're on the clock, you

1:16:49

can't treat wounds, you can't... You're pulling a

1:16:51

heist. Right. You've been treating

1:16:53

wounds, I think, left and right. Yes,

1:16:55

and each time, it doesn't matter that I can only

1:16:57

do one at a time. It feels like it's been

1:16:59

like, oh, that took 40 minutes. We're like, okay. And

1:17:02

we kind of move it. The big one... If

1:17:04

you say, you only have 10 minutes, what

1:17:07

do you do? You could treat two people instead of

1:17:09

one. Right. And that's

1:17:11

all that feat does. Whereas, continual recovery was the real

1:17:13

big one, because that let me do it in 10

1:17:15

minutes. That makes you immune for

1:17:17

10 minutes as opposed to an hour. Yeah, you really

1:17:20

haven't been pressured for time yet in this. Not in

1:17:22

that way. Yeah. Yeah,

1:17:24

so I wonder if initiative or toughness

1:17:26

is better. Matthew, you say

1:17:28

go toughness. What do you say?

1:17:30

For you? Yeah. What

1:17:33

would you do? Ward medic, toughness

1:17:35

or initiative? Not initiative. Not initiative. It's not

1:17:37

super important that you're here for. You always... You

1:17:40

don't buff a lot. Yeah. You

1:17:42

heal. I like bless. You're not served

1:17:44

buff a lot. Served buff a lot. Served buff a

1:17:47

lot. I know that toughness is useful, but if we

1:17:49

all take toughness, it's like, that's boring. It

1:17:51

is boring. Do something interesting. Don't

1:17:53

be smart. Have fun. Do

1:17:56

the medic ward. Being smart is fun to

1:17:58

me. Oh. have fun. You're

1:18:01

leaving a Sid hanging there. Sorry. I mean,

1:18:03

I need a Nuna refresh. I

1:18:08

know I understand why Troy did this. Yeah, now I understand

1:18:10

why you did Nuners. You can drink I Nudes

1:18:12

while we talk. Make bad decisions on characters.

1:18:14

All right, well let's talk, let's talk a

1:18:16

Barnes skill increase. Yes, I wanted to talk,

1:18:18

yeah, that as well. I think my

1:18:21

instinct is to go athletics. Gives

1:18:24

me a lot more flexibility in combat. I can do some

1:18:26

grapples. I can do some trips. I've got

1:18:28

a Kukri, which is a trip weapon. It feels

1:18:30

like that would be the most useful.

1:18:33

And I'm already at plus nine and

1:18:35

plus nine on diplomacy and intimidation. Question.

1:18:38

You cannot become an expert in esoteric lore,

1:18:40

right? That's sort of like a... I already

1:18:42

am an expert in esoteric lore. Okay. You

1:18:44

cannot use a skill increase to increase esoteric

1:18:46

lore at scales with the class build. Yeah,

1:18:48

that makes sense. Yeah, that would

1:18:51

be a little bit OP. It's weird that it's plus

1:18:53

eight then, because I'm an expert in

1:18:55

medicine and I'm plus ten. I'm now plus eleven.

1:18:58

Okay. Okay. But

1:19:01

yeah, at second level you were plus eight, right?

1:19:03

Yeah. And now I'm plus eleven in medicine. So

1:19:05

it's weird, it's like I think you just became

1:19:07

an expert. That's what happens automatically. Yeah, because he

1:19:09

gets one for the level and then two for

1:19:11

the... It became expert automatically at third level. Yeah.

1:19:13

Perfect. Yeah. Athletic sounds good to me. I mean

1:19:15

the other thing I could do, I'm trained

1:19:18

in thievery and if we have to, if we can't...

1:19:20

I have thievery too. Oh you have it. Okay, good.

1:19:22

Yeah. I was trying to remember

1:19:24

back before we... Who has the higher

1:19:26

decks bonus? My total is plus seven.

1:19:29

On thievery? I'm plus six, so you have the...

1:19:31

Okay, there you go. Before

1:19:33

we even started playing, we made a spreadsheet.

1:19:36

We had a meeting, an interminable meeting, where

1:19:38

we decided... I

1:19:40

love that meeting. We

1:19:42

farmed out different skills, different characters, but now we've

1:19:44

lost two characters and I'm trying to like keep

1:19:47

everything in balance. Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

1:19:49

Well, I still feel responsible for what I was

1:19:51

before because I don't think anybody has brought anything

1:19:54

to the table in the wisdom category and

1:19:56

so I'm looking at what would you rather have

1:19:58

me have? Nature? or survival

1:20:02

to become an expert in? Uh, nature.

1:20:04

Nature. Yeah. I'm down with

1:20:06

that. I just took, I just took, well.

1:20:08

Well, I mean, if we're, especially if we're,

1:20:10

if we have to continue dealing with the

1:20:12

fae, yeah, that's going to be even more

1:20:14

important. Yeah. I just took trained

1:20:16

in nature because also I made the

1:20:19

mistake when I had built Asta that I thought that

1:20:21

she had more skills than she did. So originally it

1:20:23

made sense. I was like, she knows nature. She's a

1:20:25

kitsune. She didn't. I

1:20:28

want her to be trained, but should I focus on something

1:20:30

else if you're going to become like the nature guy? No,

1:20:32

because some redundancy is good too.

1:20:34

Yeah. It's not bad, but

1:20:36

you also, you're missing an opportunity to become an expert

1:20:38

in something. Yeah. Like

1:20:40

you're giving that up to become trained in nature. Mm,

1:20:43

I see what you're saying. I see what you're saying. So if that's what you

1:20:45

want to do, that's fine, but unless. What are you trained in

1:20:47

right now? Uh, currently I'm

1:20:49

trained in acrobatics, arcana, athletics,

1:20:51

intimidation, nature, if I choose

1:20:53

it, thievery, and games

1:20:55

lore. All right. I'm a good game

1:20:57

slur, so I can't, I can't, it made me

1:21:00

take it. So you're an expert in games.

1:21:02

I have a, I have gladiatorial lore. Yeah,

1:21:04

I do too. I have genealogy lore. That's

1:21:06

awesome. I have stapling lore. That is

1:21:08

right. That's the only one that's been useful. Yep. Only

1:21:11

when we were that cow. How do you put

1:21:13

a, uh, what I say the word, put the

1:21:15

bit in his mouth. Where

1:21:21

does the bit go? All right. So go back

1:21:23

a minute. The only reason I'd make a case

1:21:25

for survival is that if we were about to

1:21:28

go out into the wilds

1:21:30

of Castroville, trying to

1:21:32

raise someone from the dead, let me take survival. I

1:21:35

won't take nature then this time. Well, hold on. Let's

1:21:37

talk about your things that you can become an expert

1:21:39

at that we can't. Okay. Arcana

1:21:42

and acrobatics and athletics. I'm doing

1:21:44

athletics. Arcana is a big

1:21:47

knowledge category that we don't have anybody

1:21:50

responsible for. I can roll any knowledge check, but

1:21:52

at a penalty. That's

1:21:54

true. I'm the smartest one in the party. Wow.

1:21:57

By far. Well, you're arcana focus. Obviously

1:21:59

your character. wants to find and identify

1:22:02

magical items. This is true.

1:22:05

This is true. And what's the other one

1:22:07

you said? Uh, I could do acrobatics.

1:22:09

I could do athletics. I could do

1:22:11

intimidation. Intimidation you said as well. So what's

1:22:13

your charisma? My charisma is a

1:22:15

zero. Oh yeah. Okay. I've got, I've

1:22:18

got intimidation and I can, I'll scale that up,

1:22:20

but I'm trained in it. I have a plus five and intimidation.

1:22:23

Yeah. But at this level, like you want to have

1:22:25

plus 11 is where it should be. If you want

1:22:27

it to be powerful. So you basically should just feed

1:22:29

into Arcana. Arcana is not even that good. I'm

1:22:31

an expert. If I do an expert, it's a plus eight.

1:22:34

Because you're, you're intelligent. I'm not smart. You

1:22:36

also don't have intelligence. Yeah. I'm not smart.

1:22:38

So you, so mechanically you, you know, it

1:22:40

was athletics or acrobatics. But

1:22:42

is that even worth it? Like it's all rep my acrobatics.

1:22:45

It's worth it for you. Is it? It

1:22:47

could be. I guess. Athletics is a really

1:22:49

useful skill if you start using the. I already have

1:22:51

a plus nine in athletics. Yeah. I

1:22:53

don't really need to increase it. It would be a plus 11. I

1:22:56

mean, the difference between a

1:22:58

critical success and a success is huge when it comes to

1:23:00

combat maneuvers and stuff like that. Like what's your Arcana? What

1:23:02

are you rocking with? Zero. Oh,

1:23:05

I'm not trained in it. Oh, I'm

1:23:07

plus five, but I can roll. I'll check lore. Okay.

1:23:09

So then maybe I won't take Arcana because

1:23:12

you can do your lore stuff. I could die. Maybe

1:23:15

I will take Arcana. Thing like, like, anybody can die.

1:23:18

I think we should consider balancing, but not get too hung

1:23:20

up on it. And also just like do the thing you

1:23:22

want to do and have fun to them because we can

1:23:24

die. Yeah. I didn't even think I also have, I

1:23:26

have, I have Arcana. I'm trained in Arcana

1:23:29

as well. I might take it.

1:23:31

I might become an expert just because I really

1:23:33

liked what you said for like character wise. I

1:23:35

think it makes sense. She looks for these things,

1:23:37

these like sparkly goodies. Yeah. And

1:23:39

it would be valuable to all. You would have this

1:23:41

thing that nobody else has, which I think is fun.

1:23:43

Yeah. You know, I'm trying to

1:23:46

knock out. But you're not an expert. She'd

1:23:48

become an expert. I'm an expert. I'm the

1:23:50

smartest in the party. Well, I'm an expert.

1:23:52

And just like that, I'm an expert. I

1:23:55

think I am having big trouble with and I might need to lemon

1:23:57

law some spells. And

1:23:59

I said it before. They changed

1:24:01

the Magus a lot in the

1:24:03

remaster and they lost some like

1:24:05

crucial spells that were really good

1:24:07

for the OG Magus like

1:24:09

shocking grasp like it doesn't exist anymore.

1:24:12

So I need to go through the spells It's

1:24:14

gonna take me a little longer and figure out

1:24:16

what I want to focus in for my second

1:24:18

level. Yeah spells Yeah,

1:24:20

I don't know. There's a lot. Although

1:24:23

I did I think I will probably stick

1:24:25

with us I did take blur from my

1:24:27

other second level spell nice so I can

1:24:29

use that on you Oh, right. You can use

1:24:31

it on other people or or or or barns

1:24:33

Are you I use them because I can I'm gonna

1:24:35

be getting into me I get into melee too Does

1:24:37

that make you roll DC 11 flat check or DC

1:24:40

DC 5? That's great. Yeah, I feel like

1:24:42

a little bit matters We don't have a lot of

1:24:44

debuff. We have some buff with brother Amy's, but we

1:24:46

don't have a lot of debuff We don't have a

1:24:48

lot of buff either. So it's gonna have the debuff.

1:24:50

Well, you know, I'm hoping we'll see I got a

1:24:52

I got to examine the second level cleric spell list.

1:24:54

See if there's any typically, they're

1:24:56

more buff oriented, but you know, I don't know

1:24:58

if He might

1:25:00

be able to start doing some stuff to the enemies. That would

1:25:02

be great Yeah, go buffs, but you hate that kind

1:25:05

of thing because it's almost always a saber sucks. No,

1:25:07

not in Tui Tui like even a Success

1:25:10

usually always get one round of something at least

1:25:12

that's true. There's some effects. Yeah, believe me It

1:25:14

will not be prepared if it's a saber sucks

1:25:17

belt, but there's a lot more options in Tui

1:25:20

I just told you my mother died a hundred years

1:25:22

ago and you've been talking Able

1:25:37

to confront the

1:25:39

challenge of your dead mother I feel

1:25:41

stronger Is

1:25:49

your bullhorn selective it is Yes,

1:25:53

I feel stronger I'm

1:25:56

sure you have many questions, um, I don't

1:25:59

know where to be begin our location here

1:26:02

isn't a coincidence, nor

1:26:04

solely related to watching the

1:26:06

stars. Previous

1:26:08

civilizations have come and gone in these

1:26:11

mountains and deep beneath Los

1:26:14

Quiloluas' stony streetslides and ancient

1:26:17

sacred site, a

1:26:19

place where great scholars of the

1:26:21

past were laid to rest. In

1:26:24

this subterranean grove the memories

1:26:27

of the best and brightest

1:26:29

are preserved and watched

1:26:31

over by these

1:26:33

extra-planar guardians known

1:26:35

as call-born. They

1:26:39

use their unique powers to keep

1:26:41

the interred knowledge from fading from

1:26:43

those who have passed.

1:26:46

We Oasir call this place the

1:26:48

Memory Cache. We

1:26:51

chose to build our city here

1:26:53

because of its proximity to the

1:26:56

Memory Cache. But

1:26:58

the route down to

1:27:00

the grove is dangerous, dangerous

1:27:03

enough that we consult the cache only

1:27:05

in times of great need. Still

1:27:08

we've continued the tradition of

1:27:10

entrusting our most important sages

1:27:12

to the call-born's care.

1:27:15

The most recent such sage to be

1:27:18

given over to the call-born was

1:27:20

my mother, just

1:27:22

over a century ago. Though

1:27:26

we prize our constant search

1:27:28

for wisdom, the sages and

1:27:31

astronomers of Los Quiloluas aren't

1:27:33

suited to adventuring.

1:27:36

In order to help A'lele and

1:27:38

to thereby find you a way

1:27:41

home possibly, we

1:27:44

would need your help in going

1:27:47

to speak to my mother in

1:27:49

the Memory Cache. that

1:28:00

at least is straightforward enough. But

1:28:04

what's beyond its cavernous entryway?

1:28:08

I know not what you will find there. If

1:28:11

you can go and find the

1:28:13

gardeners who tend the place,

1:28:15

they will help you find Iscario and

1:28:18

retrieve the knowledge that we

1:28:20

need to combat whatever

1:28:24

Ossoyo is and

1:28:26

what their influence is here with

1:28:28

this key that has cursed A'lele.

1:28:35

What is your mother's name?

1:28:37

Iscario again? Iscario,

1:28:40

yes. She was

1:28:43

one of our great wise people.

1:28:45

Once we are in memory cache

1:28:48

within the grotto, we

1:28:50

should be able to speak to her with no... I

1:28:54

am no elf. Would I be able to speak to

1:28:56

her? Your friend. Her

1:28:58

presence may help. The callborn

1:29:01

are meant to protect. The

1:29:03

gardeners will suss out your intentions,

1:29:06

I would assume. You

1:29:08

may need to speak with them and plead

1:29:11

your case. But there are

1:29:13

other denizens, other creatures

1:29:15

below. We've

1:29:17

only heard stories, so I know not what

1:29:20

you will encounter under there, but... What are

1:29:22

some of the stories you've heard? Are

1:29:25

they beasts? Or

1:29:27

are they intelligent

1:29:30

folk? Enemies of

1:29:33

your civilization? A mix of both. I've

1:29:38

heard A'lele mention to you that

1:29:41

we have achieved some sort of

1:29:43

harmony with the creatures here,

1:29:45

even the most dangerous ones. But

1:29:48

the subterranean dwellers, it's

1:29:51

different. They have their own society.

1:29:54

They dwell below the ground. For

1:29:57

reasons we know not. Genthiel,

1:30:01

would you be able to give us some sort of- What

1:30:03

did you call me? Your

1:30:05

name? Genthiel? That's

1:30:07

what I wrote down. My

1:30:10

name is not Genthiel. Asta,

1:30:12

that is a slur among my

1:30:14

people. Genthiel. Please,

1:30:17

I wish to learn more of you. Kill them! I

1:30:20

should have wrote a G. Go again, dear! No. Should

1:30:22

have wrote a J. I killed the outsiders!

1:30:25

I wrote a G, I thought it was a harder G.

1:30:27

Genthiel? That your name? Yes.

1:30:30

Your language is difficult for me to

1:30:33

pronounce. Genthiel. What

1:30:35

the fuck did I say? Genthiel.

1:30:38

I don't even want to say it. Asta, I can't

1:30:40

repeat it. I can't repeat it. Please don't be combative.

1:30:42

You hear a couple women- Ah! My

1:30:44

hand is on my katana, and I slowly

1:30:46

take it off. Genthiel.

1:30:50

Yes. Would you be able to- The

1:30:52

fuck did you call me? What did you just

1:30:54

call me? Very

1:30:57

serene. What

1:30:59

the fuck? Heeler talking about his father.

1:31:01

Fuck you calling? Classic, classic, classic, classic,

1:31:03

classic. For taking notes.

1:31:05

Wilder's blast! Would

1:31:10

you be able to send us along with

1:31:12

a barkret for the Guardians, so that they

1:31:14

understand we have your permission? Barkret.

1:31:18

What's a barkret? What is that? It's

1:31:20

a term for a pass,

1:31:24

a permission to pass

1:31:26

through into the grotto. Your

1:31:28

signature, your name. A hall pass. We

1:31:31

could provide- A bathroom pass. We

1:31:33

could- Bathroom pass. Bathroom pass,

1:31:35

we could provide something I writ. Do

1:31:38

not know. Barkret. What's the toilet

1:31:40

situation down there? What do your toilets look like? Just kind

1:31:42

of go over the cliff. Oh. Yes.

1:31:45

Hopefully no one's standing below. You have no system.

1:31:48

No, we just, we poop over. Do we

1:31:50

just poop? What are you doing in your world? Do you poop on?

1:31:53

We poop in a hole. Into the air, into the air. Just

1:31:55

into the air. Do you know what's down there? Everyone

1:31:57

leans towards the cliff and just lets it fly. What

1:32:00

do you do in your world? Take a hold. You're looking at

1:32:02

me like I'm an animal. You

1:32:06

telling me in your world, you don't just sidle

1:32:08

up to a cliff, pull down

1:32:10

your pants and just see what happens.

1:32:13

Do you ever go to the bottom of the cliff? No,

1:32:15

no, no, no. It's good. Everything

1:32:17

must be dead now. That would

1:32:19

be, that would be a ganthiel to

1:32:21

do that. It's a soil, it's a

1:32:23

soil. It's quite fertile. Now I understand

1:32:25

what, why there might be horrors

1:32:27

in your memory cache which seems like a very important

1:32:30

place for your people. The entrance to the grotto is

1:32:32

not far from where we poop. But

1:32:35

is it like these subterranean, is

1:32:37

he talking about like drow or like

1:32:40

Morlocks or something? Or is this just exactly? If it

1:32:42

was Galarian you'd be like, oh shit, this is the

1:32:44

Dark Lane. What are you talking about? No, this is

1:32:46

just like an underground grotto kind of like. So just

1:32:48

whatever monster it is. You know what it is, it's

1:32:50

like on Dagobah.

1:32:54

Like don't go in there. Oh, okay.

1:32:57

That's the kind of vibe that you. Remember your

1:32:59

failure at the cave? Remember your failure at the

1:33:01

cave. It's like a place that they just, their

1:33:04

greatest minds have been somehow

1:33:07

preserved by these callborn. Cool

1:33:09

idea, you'd think they would

1:33:11

protect it from scary creatures that

1:33:13

would crawl off. Well the callborn, you'd also

1:33:15

think they have toilets. So there's a lot

1:33:17

of missing elements here. Maybe I'm just trying

1:33:20

to force my own way of thinking onto

1:33:22

Elven culture and I shouldn't. Yeah, that's your

1:33:24

bias, shall we? Do not judge us.

1:33:27

Everyone had some sort of solution for pooping, but. I

1:33:30

see that, there you go. We are a free people. I

1:33:33

have a question. I would, I embrace this whole

1:33:36

heart of the, may I poop with you? I

1:33:40

would be honored. The whole

1:33:42

answer to what's holding. What's happening? We walked

1:33:44

together into the cliff. I believe

1:33:46

what is happening is Barnes is pooping over

1:33:48

the cliff. Right, why is that happening? As

1:33:51

a cultural sign. You see that in the

1:33:53

disc? From all of you, being prejudgmental. What's

1:33:56

happening in the back? I know we've

1:33:58

only just met, but I felt better. And then he

1:34:00

goes to poop over the cliff. Be sure

1:34:02

to keep eye contact when you wake up. Let her rip. Let

1:34:05

her rip. Let her rip. If

1:34:07

we're done talking about the poop cliff, if

1:34:11

you have a question, is there anywhere? Oh,

1:34:14

I guess we're not. Oh,

1:34:16

it's been weeks. I

1:34:20

had some of you but snail jerky that thing. Not

1:34:24

slow on the way out. It's

1:34:29

not a bitch. Sorry, Katie. I had

1:34:31

something to say. No, is there more? We talked to

1:34:33

anyone else. Just want to hear. It's like a waterfall. You

1:34:36

have anything else you want to hear? I'm going to kill

1:34:38

you. Oh, crap. Oh,

1:34:41

boy. Are you sure

1:34:44

there's nothing left? Are you done? How can I top

1:34:46

that? Is

1:34:51

there anywhere for us to maybe sell some stuff?

1:34:53

Yeah, you guys have major diarrhea and

1:34:55

Zephyr and Astor go shopping. Shopping?

1:34:57

You want to buy something for us? Well,

1:34:59

we just have a lot of stuff that maybe we can get

1:35:02

rid of and I would love to upgrade some of my things.

1:35:04

Oh, I'm sure your currency carries over to

1:35:06

us on this planet. We're trading system.

1:35:08

A borrowing system. We actually don't have much

1:35:10

currency right now. We just have things. You want to

1:35:12

trade some of your goods and services for art. We're sort

1:35:14

of money poor but object rich. I have

1:35:16

gold. And he

1:35:19

has his little pouch. This

1:35:21

is part of his like, because he had some cash

1:35:25

leftover from character currency because I really didn't buy

1:35:27

anything. So that's

1:35:29

part of like his backstory is like when he

1:35:31

was being ushered out, like hurried out of the

1:35:33

mansion after killing the mistress of the house. Like

1:35:36

he was given this sort of like nest egg.

1:35:38

This is like grab, this is like here, like

1:35:40

shoved this like bag of coin like

1:35:42

into his hands like as he was being ushered

1:35:45

into the gate. So he still has

1:35:47

this like, it's 15 gold. We

1:35:50

will trade with you

1:35:52

with fair prices. You

1:35:55

are doing a service to

1:35:57

us as much as you are helping

1:35:59

yourselves. The future

1:36:01

of A'leli. Her fate

1:36:03

lies in your head. Speaking of A'leli, I'm

1:36:05

sorry. I just... And

1:36:07

he's looking at, like, her withering body. It's just,

1:36:10

you are confident that you will

1:36:12

be able to preserve or slow this

1:36:15

decay long enough for us

1:36:17

to do this? How long until she will

1:36:19

expire? I'm confident, nothing. But

1:36:21

I believe my mother knows things that

1:36:23

can help us. How much time do

1:36:26

we have? He looks over to A'leli.

1:36:28

She looks like she's aged five

1:36:31

years since she

1:36:33

hit the floor. It's hard

1:36:35

to tell how fast it's advancing.

1:36:38

Would it come and stop and start, or

1:36:40

will it just continue until there's nothing left?

1:36:43

Do you know anything of this curse? I

1:36:46

believe we do. What

1:36:48

did you call it? Black

1:36:51

Frost Whale. A soil. A soil.

1:36:55

Perhaps we have a different name for it. I

1:36:57

recognize this. It burns even though it wasn't with you. We

1:37:00

call this the Abnobulate Curse. But I

1:37:02

thought that wasn't real. The Abnobulate Curse. It

1:37:05

is legend in Colarion

1:37:08

that elves particularly could succumb

1:37:11

to. However, we

1:37:13

found recently that Zephyr herself

1:37:16

was elf-blooded, had no effect

1:37:18

when holding the key. We thought it was a

1:37:20

hoax. We thought that it was used to instill

1:37:24

fear into the population, to keep people in

1:37:26

line. But perhaps it is

1:37:28

not. Yet you did not bring this

1:37:30

up to Lele when you handed it to her. Well,

1:37:32

she asked to hold the key. We were merely being

1:37:34

polite. We didn't offer her the key. I didn't

1:37:36

know that the key had anything to do with

1:37:39

having the curse. The curse we were told on

1:37:41

our world was... It has to do with the gates.

1:37:43

Tell them what you told me of

1:37:45

this creature you encountered in the Shadowlands.

1:37:47

Keneapo, was it? Yes, this Keneapo,

1:37:50

a tall, slim figure who

1:37:53

haunted the dreams of many. Was

1:37:56

imprisoned by the elves. Does

1:37:58

this name ring a bell? Keneapo. The

1:38:01

Slim? No. You

1:38:03

were saying? They had a particular predilection with

1:38:05

elves. They created this curse

1:38:07

to get back

1:38:10

at my ancestors. Yes.

1:38:12

Can he go hated the elves? This

1:38:15

is a powerful being if this curse

1:38:17

lingers still in this key. I

1:38:20

must keep it away from my

1:38:22

people. Why it is not affecting

1:38:24

you does not make sense. Perhaps

1:38:27

Iscariel can shed some light on that

1:38:29

as well. Or perhaps whatever

1:38:33

you've experienced has

1:38:36

changed you. Marked you

1:38:38

in a way that has kept you safe. By

1:38:41

the way, we will not take any chances with

1:38:43

the key. You may keep it, but

1:38:45

please keep it away from my people. We

1:38:47

will. And you... You...

1:38:51

I'm sorry, I'm very weak and perhaps

1:38:53

did not hear you correctly. Are

1:38:57

you unable to come with us? Not

1:39:00

unable. Not even unwilling. I just don't

1:39:02

know I will be of much help to you. Of

1:39:04

course you would. We don't know the creatures of this

1:39:06

place. We don't know the cultures

1:39:08

of this land. We don't know the way. It is

1:39:10

your mother we seek. Yes, but there are dangers down

1:39:13

there that I will be useless in helping you with.

1:39:16

Diplomacy, yes, perhaps I could help

1:39:18

in that way, but I am useless

1:39:21

as an adventurer we are. Students,

1:39:28

perhaps it is best if you look after her

1:39:30

and try to prevent

1:39:34

the advancement of this sickness. Yes.

1:39:42

Um... Hello.

1:39:45

Shit. Just, uh... What

1:39:49

is it, Hubert? Hubert, just talk to me. Yes, I

1:39:51

just... Felt like

1:39:53

I was a... They can't understand. Like a little

1:39:55

bit like a seventh wheel, as it

1:39:57

were. Um...

1:39:59

I'm thinking that perhaps

1:40:01

I'll stay behind. The

1:40:05

scrotto sounds a bit dangerous,

1:40:07

eh? Maybe I'll just get

1:40:09

to know everyone here, keep

1:40:12

them safe. Right, a bit of an

1:40:14

adventurer myself. Perhaps I can be

1:40:17

your guardian while my friends,

1:40:19

my best friends in the whole world. Next

1:40:21

to Susan, go and talk

1:40:23

to your dead mum. You, Bert,

1:40:26

no. You, but no. No, we need you. We

1:40:28

need to come with us. So essential. Well,

1:40:30

I mean, really, I think

1:40:32

I'll be helpful. I'm

1:40:35

torn. I'm a bit torn here. Miss

1:40:37

you, Susan. He's making it sound very

1:40:39

dangerous and almost got thrown off

1:40:41

a gondola. It is incredibly

1:40:43

dangerous as well. That's true. Perhaps it's too dangerous.

1:40:45

I guess I'll leave it up to you. If

1:40:48

you want me to stay, I'll stay

1:40:51

here and guard the people. Please, please

1:40:53

come with us. And then this change

1:40:55

comes over him. If

1:40:59

you come with us, you will die

1:41:01

because I will kill you. He

1:41:04

holds his scarred hand. Maybe

1:41:09

it is best if you stay. However,

1:41:11

if you could, please

1:41:15

talk as little as possible to any

1:41:17

elves here. Please, I

1:41:19

beg you. Right. See?

1:41:24

You are on very tenuous,

1:41:26

diplomatic territory. Right.

1:41:30

Good conversationalist, as it were. Luckily,

1:41:33

not many of them can understand what he says. Excited to poop

1:41:35

off that cliff. I'll tell you what. Oh,

1:41:37

it was thrilling, wasn't it? Oh, yeah. I might only

1:41:39

do that from now on. Yeah, it's very nice. I'm

1:41:41

looking forward to it. It's quite a sight when I

1:41:43

do it. Did you wipe? Oh,

1:41:48

yeah. What? You're

1:41:50

an adventurer and you don't carry your own toilet

1:41:52

tissue with you? You're an adventurer. You're

1:41:55

an adventurer. You had a urine adventure, too?

1:41:57

I just saw you poop. It was a urine adventure.

1:42:01

Okay Hubert, why don't you watch

1:42:03

over a lelly while we're gone? How

1:42:06

about that? Hubert walks up to you and

1:42:08

like pulls your face

1:42:10

down. Okay. Puts his hand on your

1:42:12

cheek. Oh. So brave.

1:42:15

Just letting me go like that. Don't

1:42:19

go dying. She

1:42:23

turns to the group. Is

1:42:25

Hubert flirting? I

1:42:28

think he is in love with you. I

1:42:30

think that's the impression I got. I've got

1:42:32

an erection. Don't know. Don't know. Just get

1:42:35

out of here. All right.

1:42:37

Let's go. Let's just go. Hubert

1:42:39

doesn't look back like the

1:42:41

Bible. She doesn't look back.

1:42:45

That was an excuse. That's all my

1:42:47

fault. For one second, I thought Troy

1:42:50

was doing something kind of nice and

1:42:52

interesting, but that was ridiculous. Wasn't expecting

1:42:54

it. He was just setting up another

1:42:56

erection joke. Hubert walks off without looking

1:42:58

back. Into nowhere, into the distance.

1:43:03

All right. I'll see you guys at the grotto. I'm

1:43:06

going to rest before we go to

1:43:08

this grotto. We have no time. Oh, good

1:43:10

idea. I can barely walk. He doesn't know how long this will

1:43:12

last. I know that it is urgent,

1:43:14

but. Every moment you rest, she ages

1:43:16

another year. I know, I know.

1:43:18

But I feel as if the

1:43:20

whole mission could fail if we're not

1:43:22

properly prepared. Also,

1:43:25

if I could get some hand wraps, that would

1:43:27

be awesome. You don't happen to

1:43:29

have a plus one property rune, do you? We

1:43:33

look expectantly. Potency rune? Potency

1:43:35

rune. Potency rune. Potency rune. Potency

1:43:38

rune. Not human. I'm sorry. I'm not

1:43:40

talking to you. It's pretty potent, it is. It's me. I'd

1:43:44

like to talk to Troy right now. Troy in

1:43:46

there. Potency rune.

1:43:52

Yes, we would like to trade for such a

1:43:54

thing to enhance your weaponry. Weaponry?

1:43:57

Yes, yes. We have such things, yes.

1:44:01

I will need all your gold and all of

1:44:04

your armor, and we will give

1:44:06

you one potency. No, no, no, no, no,

1:44:08

no, no, no. How do you trade in

1:44:10

your world? We'll handle this offer. Asta

1:44:12

takes out the rocks that she stole. Oh,

1:44:15

those are our rocks. No. Where

1:44:19

did you find those? Where

1:44:21

did you find those rocks, Asta? Yes. What

1:44:23

are you doing? And then she also takes

1:44:26

out the gold teeth from her sock.

1:44:29

What is going on with her? What

1:44:32

are you doing? First you call

1:44:34

me, and then you steal our rocks.

1:44:38

And are those gold teeth? Fuck

1:44:42

is wrong with them? With the rocks. Beth,

1:44:44

give my back. Wait,

1:44:48

I can't believe. Graft him I offered you

1:44:50

some of your stolen goods. You tried to

1:44:52

sell them their rocks back to them. I

1:44:54

love how he was like. You know what,

1:44:57

I just talked to our guy. We don't

1:44:59

have any potency. Ran

1:45:03

out. We'll handle the shopping

1:45:05

off air. Another adventuring group that

1:45:07

came through and took them. We'll handle

1:45:09

the shopping off air. Is

1:45:11

there a place I could lay down? Yes, that

1:45:14

bed of nails is our most comfortable. All

1:45:16

right. Now

1:45:19

we'll get to sleep on the road. Get out of town. The

1:45:22

entrance to the grotto is not far. You are welcome to

1:45:25

rest here, but looks down at a

1:45:27

lelly's body. Timeless

1:45:32

of the essence. Yes, so

1:45:34

mechanically, are you saying

1:45:36

that we can just now prepare second

1:45:39

level spells without resting or preparations? Delly

1:45:42

preparations. I

1:45:44

would make a, yeah,

1:45:46

I think I could make an exception for

1:45:48

that, you know, if you take the time

1:45:50

necessary to pray. Well, you need a rep.

1:45:52

You need to rest, right? Yeah, I'm down

1:45:55

heels. Like you're down. I could go in,

1:45:57

but I'm also drained. I would lose the

1:45:59

drained condition. Literally how far is it,

1:46:01

like how far along of a journey? If you

1:46:03

were to take eight hours and you don't need

1:46:05

to keep watch, if you just fully trust these

1:46:07

people, then you

1:46:09

know, you

1:46:12

get the sense that she'll have aged considerably,

1:46:14

like the withering will have happened, but you

1:46:16

don't think she'll die. I mean, the thing

1:46:19

is like, you don't know what you're walking

1:46:21

into. So like, you want to

1:46:23

at least be full when you

1:46:25

go in there and then be like, we

1:46:27

can't rest again. Yeah, that's

1:46:29

what I'm thinking. Well, I mean, especially with you

1:46:32

drained, I mean, I feel like it's

1:46:34

kind of imperative. And if we are like leveling

1:46:37

up too. Yeah, like I could let you replace

1:46:39

some spells up, but you're down spell slots, you're

1:46:41

down hit points, you're drained, it'd be better to

1:46:43

rest, but just know that you're basically- How far

1:46:45

is the grotto? How long will it take to

1:46:47

walk there? 25 minutes. Oh, okay, so

1:46:49

it's right in town. Oh, okay, yeah, it's not far. Yeah,

1:46:52

the entrance isn't far, they just don't go down there.

1:46:54

Here's the thing, we either need to rest for

1:46:56

eight hours so I can get spells back or

1:46:58

Asta doesn't need to rest. Like it's not hit

1:47:00

points, it's really just spells. Yeah, eight

1:47:03

hours or nothing. This is a real tough one, because

1:47:05

I want you to rest mechanically, but I think in

1:47:07

character, like we just cursed this woman who was gonna

1:47:10

help us. We did, she's also though, she's an elf.

1:47:13

So aging five years in whatever amount

1:47:15

of time isn't the same as us. It's the same

1:47:17

as us, a human being. We also really need

1:47:19

our healer to have- Heals. spells.

1:47:22

Yeah, I've got some heals, but I have used some today. It

1:47:24

would be nice going in there full. I know we

1:47:26

all got a boost to like our HP, but I don't

1:47:29

know, maybe the monsters will be harder and scale

1:47:31

correctly too. Yeah, it's like

1:47:34

Skyrim. I

1:47:36

mean, if we're designing, we can't mechanically move on.

1:47:38

I understand that from a role point perspective. Yeah,

1:47:41

I think that Brother Amias has every desire to

1:47:43

go as quickly as possible, the importance of this

1:47:45

woman. If she dies, we never get home. Yeah.

1:47:48

We never get home. Can't understate the importance of

1:47:50

that. He is so physically drained that

1:47:52

it's not just about being tired. He

1:47:55

feels like he can't go on without resting.

1:47:57

It's like you're physically unable to complete this

1:47:59

task unless you- rest exactly. That's where his

1:48:01

heads at. So I appreciate the in character

1:48:03

thing. Yes. But

1:48:05

I think that there's also a character reason to rest too. Yeah.

1:48:10

Alright, well, maybe we'll rest and we'll do

1:48:12

shop we'll take care of shopping off air

1:48:14

and then while he's resting. Yeah, yeah, I

1:48:16

don't rest. I'm need your potency bullshit. Because

1:48:19

I'm prone to room for my robe. Right

1:48:24

goes to sleep. Rest.

1:48:28

Yes. You wake

1:48:30

up, Gentile standing there. Did

1:48:32

you have a nice nap? First

1:48:35

of all, I don't appreciate your tone. And yes,

1:48:37

I did. Good. Feel great.

1:48:39

Kind of like the sign. A lelly is a

1:48:41

pile of dust. While you're sleeping.

1:48:44

She perished. What? She passed

1:48:47

getting but see, see what's gonna

1:48:49

happen. That is not the kind of thing

1:48:51

to joke about some warm milk so you

1:48:53

can take another nap. I like the

1:48:55

side of you. Your friend has

1:48:57

been doing unspeakable things over the side of that

1:49:00

cliff. I'm

1:49:02

telling you now. Please,

1:49:05

not our friend. I'm

1:49:08

not sure what experience you have on this planet. What,

1:49:11

what relationships you have with the creatures here,

1:49:13

sort of agreements you have with them. I

1:49:15

assure you, he is

1:49:17

the worst creature ever

1:49:20

encountered in your life. Please

1:49:23

do not hold what he does or

1:49:25

says against us. I assure you, it

1:49:28

was an act of God that we take him with us. We

1:49:30

literally found him in a realm of nightmares.

1:49:34

When you leave, if you leave, you take him

1:49:36

with you. Yes. No.

1:49:39

Oh, back to back

1:49:41

to glory. Oh, yes. I

1:49:43

hope you find a cure for lelly,

1:49:45

just so you can get this fucking guy out

1:49:47

of here. I'm so sorry

1:49:50

about him. Imagine bringing like the

1:49:52

worst person you know, into

1:49:54

a brand new town that needs you desperately and be

1:49:56

like, great to a new planet you hang with

1:49:58

him. You're like, just so

1:50:01

you know, we're not all like this. I know

1:50:03

he's not a good representative, sorry. All

1:50:07

right, we will escort you

1:50:09

to the grotto's entrance when you are

1:50:11

ready. We're

1:50:14

ready. Time to shower, ready. Ready.

1:50:17

All right, let's fucking go. Let's rock.

1:50:20

You walk outside and everyone is

1:50:22

just kind of like, amazed. It's

1:50:25

one thing to like connect with this oracle at Skywatch. Skywatch,

1:50:30

you know, quick little transmission that a lily probably

1:50:32

was like, it happened. Believe me, it happened. I

1:50:34

did this. And the people were like, yeah, whatever,

1:50:36

a lily. It's another thing to

1:50:39

have. I'll show up. Extra terrestrials just

1:50:41

roll into town. She speaks their language.

1:50:43

Yeah, this has got to be just

1:50:45

crazy. Where is the professor, by the way? Like

1:50:47

where did, where, where was the, where were we studying

1:50:49

or before? Useloft.

1:50:54

Wait a minute. These people have

1:50:56

like maybe never seen a human.

1:50:59

Yeah. Yeah. Because they just

1:51:01

mentioned Leshuntas and, for me, for means,

1:51:04

for mekans. Much less a goblin or

1:51:06

a. Kitzune. For

1:51:08

Micah. For Micah. For Micah. You know, when you

1:51:10

guys were, you know, kicking around that this was

1:51:13

Castro, we talked about how like maybe some like

1:51:15

super high level wizards have like visited, but

1:51:17

like, if they would have visited

1:51:19

Saverian, you know, that's more of a cosmopolitan

1:51:22

area compared to this. Yeah. And

1:51:25

so. Or like an Apollo mission. Right. Yeah.

1:51:28

And then you walk into town and curse their sage.

1:51:33

Oops. Oops. Right.

1:51:37

Let's go. You

1:51:39

walk, you just see Hubert on

1:51:41

the edge of the cliff doing terrible

1:51:44

things. I'm making babies

1:51:46

on the beach. He looks

1:51:48

back, sees him, just takes one of my,

1:51:50

just. And

1:51:55

then slowly keeps walking. So

1:51:58

you see like pain. The

1:52:01

Ramy is this tribute to your patience

1:52:03

and your dedication to your faith You've

1:52:06

been able to tolerate fucking guys so all

1:52:09

lives are important all lives are

1:52:11

important Worth

1:52:14

saving Pulled

1:52:18

out a cigarette Like

1:52:25

cringes at the sound of his voice And

1:52:30

hear his voice and cries

1:52:32

and sounds of we echo in your

1:52:35

mind as you are led to

1:52:37

the edge of town Just be on

1:52:39

the edge of town a group of maybe

1:52:42

12 13 of these elves Headed

1:52:49

up by Gentheal Walk

1:52:53

you past

1:52:55

these huge trees with gnarled

1:52:57

branches that eventually

1:53:00

come down to loom over a

1:53:03

wide circular stone well

1:53:09

And Gentheal walks up to

1:53:11

the edge of the well and looks in and Ushers

1:53:14

you forward and and you look inside

1:53:16

this well and there are ancient

1:53:19

stone steps spiral

1:53:21

down into the

1:53:23

ground You

1:53:26

know those of you with dark vision can see that like

1:53:28

it goes about 30

1:53:30

feet or so And then

1:53:33

just leads to a natural stone Passageway at

1:53:35

the bottom of the well that continues to

1:53:38

descend lower and lower like

1:53:40

an incline And

1:53:42

twists out of sight I

1:53:47

Said hello We

1:53:52

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