Brothel DnD - Out of the Abyss 117

[00:00:00] Presents A Dungeons & Dragons Campaign

[00:00:30] Pretty bizarre, it is actually because it's deserted.

[00:00:41] You can see a full swath of destruction through the center of it.

[00:00:47] Something walked through here and shredded it.

[00:00:51] And I haven't got everything back together yet.

[00:00:53] I just imagine like giant Godzilla footprints and have to walk around hills.

[00:01:03] You saw Demigorgon.

[00:01:05] You saw Demigorgon, you know he's not like Godzilla-sized but he's big enough that he can tear a path through wherever he wants to go.

[00:01:15] Depends on which Godzilla.

[00:01:16] That's true.

[00:01:17] Is he more like King Kong sized?

[00:01:19] Again, depends on which King Kong.

[00:01:21] Trogdor and I can't remember for the life of me what Lucas characters is.

[00:01:28] Emerson.

[00:01:29] Emerson, Jaren.

[00:01:31] You hear...

[00:01:36] I mean it's not anywhere around where you are right now but you hear a plaque.

[00:01:42] And then a while later you hear from another direction two clacks.

[00:01:48] Sounds like somebody banging rocks together.

[00:01:52] Like some sort of Morris code.

[00:01:55] I don't know.

[00:01:57] Can you check or something?

[00:01:59] Which one?

[00:02:00] Your intelligence is high enough.

[00:02:03] You can at least figure out that it's a signal I can respond.

[00:02:07] They're communicating.

[00:02:08] Yeah, they're communicating.

[00:02:09] Somebody is.

[00:02:10] Right.

[00:02:12] Anything you guys are...

[00:02:14] I want to ass and I only ask of someone writing an invisible horse comes around the corner.

[00:02:19] No.

[00:02:20] Oh, no.

[00:02:24] Yep.

[00:02:25] Give me another charisma shirt or a group deception check.

[00:02:30] I was about to get a tag.

[00:02:34] 16.

[00:02:38] 17, Jeff.

[00:02:40] You know how high I have to roll to get a 17.

[00:02:42] Pretty fucking high.

[00:02:43] Yeah, 11.

[00:02:44] Okay.

[00:02:45] 19 total.

[00:02:46] Sweet.

[00:02:47] You guys are doing good.

[00:02:49] You make it through the bizarre as you're leaving the bizarre.

[00:02:54] We didn't get attacked.

[00:02:55] You know.

[00:02:56] Shocked.

[00:02:57] Unless you guys really fuck up I'm not going to throw like a patrol at you to say who the hell are you guys.

[00:03:03] I just figured somebody was going to rob us and they were signaling each other.

[00:03:07] As you get through to the other side of the bizarre.

[00:03:13] You find...

[00:03:15] You see this massive statue of law.

[00:03:19] Kind of like a water fountain type, shrine type, whatever.

[00:03:23] You see good offerings around them.

[00:03:25] Everything like that.

[00:03:27] Except it's spilling acid in not water.

[00:03:29] No, it's a spilling water.

[00:03:30] Water shooting out of all of our nips.

[00:03:33] Very stylish.

[00:03:34] It's classy.

[00:03:36] It doesn't appear damaged.

[00:03:38] No, this one looks in good shape.

[00:03:41] Okay.

[00:03:42] Rowling on?

[00:03:43] Another question I actually had about how I was going to ask earlier.

[00:03:46] Sure.

[00:03:47] Forgot.

[00:03:48] I said don't quite remember or maybe you slash no.

[00:03:50] Does Loth...

[00:03:53] I know it's a matriarchical society.

[00:03:56] Does Loth make it that way or does she really care who worships her?

[00:04:00] She absolutely cares who worships her.

[00:04:04] And the people in charge are given power by Loth to control everyone else.

[00:04:11] Okay, so she's specifically empowering women and...

[00:04:14] It's all priestesses.

[00:04:16] Specifically the matriarchies, right?

[00:04:18] The matriarchies are all high priestesses.

[00:04:20] Right.

[00:04:21] I didn't know how the funnel ran necessarily.

[00:04:23] So what do you mean?

[00:04:25] Like do they worship the God or does the God enforce the power?

[00:04:29] Yeah.

[00:04:31] Like was this...

[00:04:32] They worship the God and they enforce.

[00:04:35] Was this once a patriarchal society in it was overthrown?

[00:04:38] You know sort of thing, you know?

[00:04:40] I'm just trying to wonder motives here, especially with Loth being the only one that's left in the abyss.

[00:04:47] Like, just there's some oddness to some of that to me.

[00:04:52] What is that?

[00:04:54] Like, I don't know.

[00:04:56] What kind of offerings have been left, Jeff?

[00:04:59] You see coin, you see gems, severed dwarves feet.

[00:05:07] I mean that wouldn't be out of line.

[00:05:10] Something along those lines.

[00:05:14] It would probably be a severed health head.

[00:05:17] Is there anything...

[00:05:19] Are there material goods or is it predominantly coins and sacrifices?

[00:05:24] Yeah, sure.

[00:05:26] There's other stuff.

[00:05:28] People would throw down like...

[00:05:30] I don't know, I'm trying to think something that would make a decent honoring.

[00:05:34] You are...

[00:05:35] You're heading into the part of the city that is the merchants.

[00:05:38] The most it's going to be.

[00:05:40] There's some things like that.

[00:05:42] Merchants and tradesmen.

[00:05:43] So yeah, it wouldn't be out of line to find stuff like that set as offerings.

[00:05:48] Stuff they've crafted with their own hands or whatever.

[00:05:51] Sure.

[00:05:52] Maybe daggers.

[00:05:53] Okay.

[00:05:54] Since we're heading into a nicer part of town, I will continue to keep my head down and not ask questions.

[00:05:58] Okay.

[00:05:59] We will roll on.

[00:06:01] Rollin' on.

[00:06:02] Okay.

[00:06:03] Make a new way down.

[00:06:06] Would it be odd for Grin to not make an offering?

[00:06:10] I don't know how we bring that up to him.

[00:06:13] No, Grin would know what he needs to do.

[00:06:17] Grin grew up in drought society.

[00:06:20] He knows what's expected of him.

[00:06:22] He's playing the part.

[00:06:24] Got it.

[00:06:25] If there is something that he should be doing, he would be doing.

[00:06:28] Got it.

[00:06:29] Even if Jeff's not thinking to specify it.

[00:06:33] So nobody's messing with the statue.

[00:06:35] Nobody's doing anything with the offerings.

[00:06:37] Nothing like that.

[00:06:38] Seems like a really good way to break cover and no.

[00:06:40] Sweet.

[00:06:41] You hear more clacks?

[00:06:44] Uh, you guys.

[00:06:47] Do we all hear clacks?

[00:06:49] Or is it just the two of them?

[00:06:51] Because you gave it just to the two of them, right?

[00:06:53] I did just give it to the two of them.

[00:06:55] It would just be the two of them and less later pointing it out to everybody.

[00:06:58] Did you say that they're coming from more like where the slaves are?

[00:07:02] Or just as you hear them again, it sounds like it's coming from behind you.

[00:07:07] Just like it did before.

[00:07:09] And we're response from another part of town ahead of you.

[00:07:14] Okay.

[00:07:17] I will, I will just like motion as if like I'm hearing something because I don't want to necessarily cause like.

[00:07:24] I don't know.

[00:07:25] I feel like turning around and talking to you might cause suspicion.

[00:07:29] Okay.

[00:07:30] Everybody roll in inside.

[00:07:31] Check.

[00:07:32] No, not you Troy.

[00:07:34] I'm sorry.

[00:07:35] The other ones who were trying to understand what you're.

[00:07:37] Hand waving.

[00:07:38] I was going to make a stupid joke but I actually rolled well.

[00:07:41] 20.

[00:07:42] I found shit.

[00:07:43] See inside.

[00:07:44] I rolled a 12.

[00:07:45] You think it's your edges?

[00:07:47] 17.

[00:07:48] You get, I rolled a 17.

[00:07:49] Okay.

[00:07:50] Yes.

[00:07:51] You said inside.

[00:07:52] Yes.

[00:07:53] 17.

[00:07:54] Okay.

[00:07:55] Yeah.

[00:07:56] You guys pick up on what he's trying to.

[00:07:57] Putting down.

[00:07:58] Trying to express.

[00:07:59] Yes.

[00:08:00] I look, I look at Lucas and I go like this.

[00:08:03] No, it goes like this.

[00:08:07] I don't know.

[00:08:08] I'm happy.

[00:08:09] I don't really know what I'm doing.

[00:08:10] I think you have it on time.

[00:08:11] You're not going to be happy.

[00:08:12] Yeah.

[00:08:13] I don't know, my dad.

[00:08:14] I think you were about to say,

[00:08:15] I'm going to say that they don't like to like to write in or read

[00:08:17] or register.

[00:08:18] Or whatever, this thing.

[00:08:20] You don't want to do that.

[00:08:21] Oh, good.

[00:08:22] They all just did it.

[00:08:23] Write them below 10.

[00:08:24] No, he thought it was.

[00:08:25] No.

[00:08:26] I thought I was about to talk about it.

[00:08:27] That's the bad sign.

[00:08:28] What's that?

[00:08:29] You guys.

[00:08:30] For the listing audience.

[00:08:31] Grady.

[00:08:32] Just a little rascals.

[00:08:33] Yeah.

[00:08:34] Grady just did.

[00:08:35] Mindflare tentacles at Lucas.

[00:08:36] of playing D&D.

[00:08:39] So that clearly wasn't this group,

[00:08:41] so that hand sign means literally nothing to you.

[00:08:44] We used to do that whenever we wanted someone to cast

[00:08:46] like either detect magic or detect evil

[00:08:49] because there was a, there's somebody,

[00:08:51] it was a, he was a paladin and he had a beard

[00:08:54] and whenever he would detect evil

[00:08:56] cause you could come up with however it was,

[00:08:58] his beard would turn in the direction

[00:09:00] and wiggle at the evil.

[00:09:01] I do remember you telling me that.

[00:09:05] So what I'm saying is Hey Lucas, detect magic.

[00:09:08] In Minza Brands and it would just rip out of his face

[00:09:11] in all directions, but he would know,

[00:09:13] he would be at what I'm saying is

[00:09:14] it may be possible to identify something

[00:09:16] if it's within X number of feet.

[00:09:18] Since we're not trying to turn around

[00:09:19] and make a commotion could I just like offer up

[00:09:22] to, uh, to Trogdor the second be like, um,

[00:09:27] can you just ask, Ren?

[00:09:28] What's going on since he probably knows what these clacks are.

[00:09:32] Yeah, I'll do that.

[00:09:33] I'll ask Grimm what he thinks about these,

[00:09:37] I'm hearing these calling response clacks.

[00:09:39] I don't know, somebody's following us.

[00:09:42] Keep an eye out.

[00:09:43] My eye goes backwards.

[00:09:45] That's why I didn't know if it was anything

[00:09:49] to detect them.

[00:09:51] I don't have to detect magic.

[00:09:52] You're, you're, you're a wizard right?

[00:09:56] Okay, just, just making sure I cast the tech magic.

[00:10:02] The not worth it.

[00:10:05] Right, uh, counter spell.

[00:10:07] Wait,

[00:10:10] wizard.

[00:10:12] Right are you, is that your casting style?

[00:10:14] Or are you?

[00:10:17] I mean, it would be as he just goes,

[00:10:20] going is least conspicuous as possible.

[00:10:24] Yeah, I know.

[00:10:25] Um, make me a role.

[00:10:28] I don't care if you want to do a deception

[00:10:30] or a stealth or whatever.

[00:10:32] I just want to see if you're going to draw attention to yourself.

[00:10:35] 28.

[00:10:37] You said make you a role.

[00:10:39] Yes, a stealth or a deception.

[00:10:42] Pick one.

[00:10:45] Um, stealth would be better.

[00:10:48] 18 good.

[00:10:49] That's pretty good.

[00:10:50] I'll take it.

[00:10:51] Uh, there is all kinds of shit magical around you.

[00:10:55] What do you want to know about?

[00:10:57] Um, within 30 feet of you.

[00:11:01] Right.

[00:11:03] I would, I would look ahead and in front of me and back of me to see if I'm seeing

[00:11:08] something distinct, distinctly the same, distinctly the same how magically.

[00:11:13] I don't know.

[00:11:14] You say there were two invisible people communicating through clicks and clacks.

[00:11:18] You couldn't see them with the tech magic.

[00:11:20] All right, say they're to use the best of the vegetation to make a fucking

[00:11:24] clacking noise.

[00:11:25] Yes.

[00:11:26] Uh, if the person is standing within 30 feet of you casting it then yes, you'd be

[00:11:31] able to see it.

[00:11:32] 60.

[00:11:33] You see, you see magic around the lights.

[00:11:36] They are very obviously a continual flame or something like that.

[00:11:40] Uh, there are, there are like street lights.

[00:11:43] The area is dimly lit, everything like that.

[00:11:47] That, that that loft statue closed really fucking bright.

[00:11:51] Um, what kind?

[00:11:53] Uh, conjuration.

[00:11:55] Really?

[00:11:56] Hmm.

[00:11:57] That's weird.

[00:11:59] And scary.

[00:12:00] Did your likes will give us any sort of call sign?

[00:12:03] What do you mean?

[00:12:04] A four that people were supposed to meet?

[00:12:06] Uh, no, he said somebody would contact you.

[00:12:08] Okay.

[00:12:09] My money is that it's on breaking dark and they're watching us.

[00:12:13] We can hope that's what it is.

[00:12:15] It's the most likely thing.

[00:12:16] True.

[00:12:17] I think.

[00:12:18] I have that or Jeff's gonna jump us either way.

[00:12:20] Moving forward?

[00:12:21] Yep.

[00:12:22] I do.

[00:12:23] Move backward.

[00:12:24] Slide to the left.

[00:12:26] Chris Cross.

[00:12:27] Chris Cross.

[00:12:28] Hey everybody, clap your hands.

[00:12:32] Uh, before you get, you know that the next section of town is East Mayor where you're

[00:12:38] heading.

[00:12:39] Before you cross over into that section, you see a handful of drought step out before you,

[00:12:45] blocking your way.

[00:12:47] Okay.

[00:12:48] I stop pulling the cart or pushing the cart or whatever I'm doing.

[00:12:50] Do I see anything magical on them?

[00:12:53] Uh, that lasts for a minute, right?

[00:12:56] Ten.

[00:12:57] Ten?

[00:12:58] I'll give it to you.

[00:12:59] Um, no, listen.

[00:13:00] We can't allow it from it.

[00:13:01] Ha!

[00:13:02] Sorry.

[00:13:03] These ones know.

[00:13:05] Okay.

[00:13:06] Uh, maybe a cloak, maybe a pin, uh, nothing like super intensely strong.

[00:13:15] None of them are cloaked in illusion.

[00:13:17] No.

[00:13:19] Uh, it's several step out in front of you and you can hear several step out behind.

[00:13:25] As they step out in front, I would like go to be like bodyguard, like position or something.

[00:13:32] Okay.

[00:13:33] To protect our leader.

[00:13:35] Uh, they, they'll approach grin.

[00:13:39] Uh, at least a couple of them will step out from the crowd and approach grin.

[00:13:44] And start talking in, in drought.

[00:13:47] Does anybody speak it?

[00:13:49] Drow, not under comment.

[00:13:50] Yes.

[00:13:51] Uh, drought.

[00:13:52] Okay.

[00:13:53] Specifically, uh, Elvin.

[00:13:55] Elvin, I mean, Elvish, I do.

[00:13:57] You do speak Elvish?

[00:13:58] Yeah.

[00:13:59] You could follow along.

[00:14:01] Uh, he's being shaken down.

[00:14:03] Okay.

[00:14:04] I am.

[00:14:05] I keep my head down but I reach, you know, I put my hand in the cart and grab a hold of an axe.

[00:14:11] Okay.

[00:14:12] How many are surrounded in this?

[00:14:15] You see about 15.

[00:14:18] What are they asking for?

[00:14:20] Gold.

[00:14:21] How much?

[00:14:22] 100 gold a piece.

[00:14:23] For each of them or for each of us?

[00:14:25] Each of you.

[00:14:26] We, we got it.

[00:14:28] I can pay him.

[00:14:30] So you're going to pull out gold?

[00:14:32] No, I suggest that 2g.

[00:14:36] Okay.

[00:14:37] Help.

[00:14:38] He'll pay it out.

[00:14:39] Okay.

[00:14:40] Okay.

[00:14:41] They'll, do they back off after they've been given their what they've asked for?

[00:14:45] Sure.

[00:14:46] Give the man his money.

[00:14:48] Oh, they long chick, chick, chick.

[00:14:50] So it's about 500.

[00:14:51] It was awful quick.

[00:14:52] Mm-hmm.

[00:14:53] I whisper, I don't know if that was a great idea.

[00:14:58] Yeah.

[00:14:59] Uh, you guys go ahead.

[00:15:01] And they'll, they'll part and let you pass.

[00:15:04] I continue pushing the cart.

[00:15:06] Fireball.

[00:15:07] Why, why do you think that?

[00:15:12] Because they're going to shake his down at the next place so they can shake his down.

[00:15:15] They can try then.

[00:15:16] Be careful.

[00:15:17] Well, first off mark off 500 gold because it's only fair.

[00:15:20] I have to.

[00:15:21] Yeah, mark off 1 1,000th of our business.

[00:15:24] Yeah.

[00:15:25] Well, the other thing is just that it would, the dry would normally fire and argue over this.

[00:15:31] And actual gold pieces that we already currently have that's not some item sold.

[00:15:36] All right.

[00:15:37] Well, I guess we're going to go from 10,750 to 10,250.

[00:15:41] Yeah, we're good.

[00:15:43] It's kind of I had no problem giving up the money.

[00:15:46] Well, yes, I know, but it's sort of like, you know, if the guy shakes you down on one, well, we'll see what happens.

[00:15:51] We've just proven that we're good marks.

[00:15:53] Yes.

[00:15:54] 100% of this was happened.

[00:15:56] And you just pulled 500 gold out of a pack that clinks a lot more.

[00:16:02] That's not true.

[00:16:04] Is that in my prison wallet technically?

[00:16:06] I'm a turtle so it was a cloaca.

[00:16:11] That's why dwarves roll their coins.

[00:16:13] It's easy storage to pick them up.

[00:16:15] You're picking up your rattles.

[00:16:16] Couldn't drag a piggy bank.

[00:16:18] Like a piggy bank.

[00:16:20] You got a good chance I weigh heavier than metal man over there.

[00:16:23] You guys make your way into East Mirror and you can find an Arbond El Shadow.

[00:16:28] Perfect.

[00:16:29] Excellent.

[00:16:32] What is the clientele like in Arbond El Shadow?

[00:16:35] Pretty diverse.

[00:16:36] So it's there is no clear dichotomy of like master and slave or it exists or the grouping is mingled.

[00:16:44] There may be some drought in there and they may have some slaves with them, but it's not primarily.

[00:16:52] Actually, no, I don't think there would be.

[00:16:54] The veer said we anybody would be welcome.

[00:16:56] Well, I was just say yeah, that's I was just curious because so there's no like

[00:17:00] separate sections or two different water fountains are crazy shit like that.

[00:17:03] Right.

[00:17:04] I honestly don't think that there would be more drought in there.

[00:17:09] Grin may stick out quite a bit in there.

[00:17:11] Right.

[00:17:12] Because it's it's a diverse group.

[00:17:15] I mean, there are at least some drought in there but none in there with slaves.

[00:17:20] So it's likely a watering hole for the slaves possibly like some sort of.

[00:17:26] Or or traveling merchants or the underbelly isn't underbelly is enough diversity probably.

[00:17:34] You.

[00:17:35] Yeah.

[00:17:36] Reading, reading the salvator for years and everything like that.

[00:17:41] I never pictured men's o' barons as a diverse city.

[00:17:46] But the way this book describes it.

[00:17:50] It's not unusual for you to see other races down their trading or whatever.

[00:17:56] Sure.

[00:17:57] It's the same thing that went through my head as soon as I said it.

[00:18:02] Uh, I will strap on a couple of axes because it makes me feel better.

[00:18:09] Put my stuff back on my pack and everything.

[00:18:13] I'll not light up the glaive because it does seem like it would be a choice.

[00:18:19] And belly up to the belly up to the bar.

[00:18:22] Uh, you see a halfling hop up on the stool on a stool on the other side of the bar and.

[00:18:29] Greet you.

[00:18:30] Good afternoon evening night morning whatever we're at down here.

[00:18:37] I'm sorry.

[00:18:38] I lost some of my notes and I got to find it.

[00:18:41] It was in a cast common motions on you in case you went ridiculous.

[00:18:45] The third note is the name of the halfling.

[00:18:48] It looks like he's got facial scars and he's missing an ear.

[00:18:52] Dalfrid nooks.

[00:18:54] Nooks.

[00:18:55] Uh, you greet you as you looking for a room.

[00:18:59] Actually, he would probably address grin but that's fair.

[00:19:03] No, actually I'd probably piss gear off actually.

[00:19:05] Probably would.

[00:19:07] Grab it by the collar.

[00:19:08] Listen here, Shorty.

[00:19:10] Question for you.

[00:19:11] Easy.

[00:19:12] First off, what's the best thing to drink?

[00:19:14] Dalfrid would look absolutely fucking terrified at you and glance over at grin.

[00:19:24] And I did not know how to respond.

[00:19:27] Um, thirsty beer me so that wait a minute so this isn't a you poor drinks.

[00:19:35] You're not slaves.

[00:19:36] Sure.

[00:19:37] Poor drinks.

[00:19:38] Okay.

[00:19:39] We let them off the leash every once in a while.

[00:19:42] We do good on the road.

[00:19:45] We get beer.

[00:19:46] Yeah, yeah.

[00:19:47] Uh, poor drinks.

[00:19:49] Uh, they have fairly decent wine.

[00:19:52] They have mushroom stout.

[00:19:53] They have whatever sweet.

[00:19:56] Yeah.

[00:19:57] Third line would have a mushroom stout.

[00:20:00] Kind of figured he's up at you that way.

[00:20:03] I just want empty mug to hold.

[00:20:06] Do war forage not eat and drink?

[00:20:10] No.

[00:20:11] Okay.

[00:20:12] Just make some feel better.

[00:20:13] Yeah.

[00:20:14] He's just holding a full drink.

[00:20:15] He's not doing anything with it but he just has to.

[00:20:17] He just wants to feel like part of the group.

[00:20:19] The fact is one of those places that has like silly shit on the walls.

[00:20:23] Should have the kids.

[00:20:24] Pieces of flair.

[00:20:26] What the next kind of session?

[00:20:29] Okay.

[00:20:30] It's like lazy music.

[00:20:31] Actually, I think it's actually fun.

[00:20:35] I just imagine it.

[00:20:36] I just imagine it.

[00:20:37] I can see was the go for Ken.

[00:20:39] I just like the idea that when we go to clink glasses and drink,

[00:20:45] the war forage just intentionally throws it past himself onto the wall.

[00:20:50] Okay.

[00:20:51] So you guys are here.

[00:20:52] You got drinks in hand.

[00:20:53] Are you going to get rooms?

[00:20:55] Uh, we're looking for somebody.

[00:20:57] Who's that?

[00:20:58] Uh, Calissa.

[00:21:00] Drogo.

[00:21:01] Drogo.

[00:21:02] Droga.

[00:21:03] Give me an insight, bro.

[00:21:05] That's not what I'm saying.

[00:21:06] 16.

[00:21:07] Hey, that's worth a card.

[00:21:08] Shovelets, shit up.

[00:21:09] It's always the same fucking cards.

[00:21:10] I did.

[00:21:11] Okay.

[00:21:12] I shuffle them before we start it.

[00:21:13] A fortune at Heavens Dan.

[00:21:14] Something in the story useful to you.

[00:21:15] You find a person we're looking for.

[00:21:16] That's the same card Lucas always draws.

[00:21:17] I always have a card.

[00:21:18] No, I've kept the pile of drawn cards separate and I just keep shuffling the ones that haven't

[00:21:24] been drawn yet.

[00:21:25] Uh, I'm going to get a card.

[00:21:28] I'm going to get a card.

[00:21:29] I'm going to get a card.

[00:21:30] I'm going to get a card.

[00:21:31] I'm going to get a card.

[00:21:32] One's ahead of the drawing yet.

[00:21:34] Uh, you got an actual 20.

[00:21:36] I have mine, bro.

[00:21:37] Doesn't matter how I'm drinking.

[00:21:38] 16.

[00:21:39] Yeah.

[00:21:40] Uh, he says, I don't know anybody by that name and he is absolutely freaked out that you

[00:21:47] use that name.

[00:21:49] Do you know anybody who distinctly doesn't go by that name?

[00:21:55] No, no.

[00:21:56] Because we won't ask for that person anymore but we'd like to meet someone who is the exact

[00:22:01] name.

[00:22:02] I'm not that name.

[00:22:03] Can I have another one of these?

[00:22:04] They're great.

[00:22:05] We'd like to see the exact female elf when he says no is he lying?

[00:22:09] Yes, he is lying.

[00:22:11] Yes.

[00:22:12] He absolutely knows who that is but he made a ship.

[00:22:15] I made a ship roll so really my insight would be to say that name again louder.

[00:22:19] No, no, no.

[00:22:20] It's it's sorry the pronunciation is not quite right.

[00:22:23] Can I have another beer?

[00:22:24] It's Cal.

[00:22:25] Cal.

[00:22:26] Just kidding.

[00:22:27] Yeah.

[00:22:28] Yeah.

[00:22:29] Yeah.

[00:22:30] Drogga.

[00:22:31] Drogga.

[00:22:32] You guys hang around for dinner.

[00:22:35] Yeah.

[00:22:36] Yeah, we were going to but what about Drogga?

[00:22:39] You guys spill it out to the idiot over here, short shit.

[00:22:43] I'll tell you about that.

[00:22:45] I'll put out the word for you.

[00:22:47] I see he's walking away.

[00:22:48] I'm like another beer.

[00:22:49] A half-trump.

[00:22:50] A Nancy Drew.

[00:22:51] He doesn't want us using that fucking name.

[00:22:55] A half-trump comes up and fills your beer as he takes off.

[00:23:01] Male or female?

[00:23:02] Female.

[00:23:03] Okay.

[00:23:04] I'll tip her and say thanks.

[00:23:05] Welcome.

[00:23:06] You guys in town on business?

[00:23:09] We just get rewards when we do good on the road.

[00:23:11] It's rare, so you know, when it happens.

[00:23:14] Right.

[00:23:15] And we'll just point over to the drought.

[00:23:18] I'm not supposed to talk.

[00:23:20] Wizard!

[00:23:23] I can make fire!

[00:23:28] Watch me do tricks.

[00:23:30] Like Tom Cruise beat Nas Jess.

[00:23:32] I have made fire.

[00:23:33] Okay.

[00:23:34] Cruise.

[00:23:35] Thanks.

[00:23:36] Oh, different film.

[00:23:37] No, jumped on the couch screamed I have made fire.

[00:23:41] You guys doing anything?

[00:23:42] You guys just hanging out?

[00:23:43] Waiting for someone to go.

[00:23:46] Err.

[00:23:47] I mean we would get.

[00:23:52] We would get a room, two rooms, whatever seems appropriate.

[00:23:56] Whatever they have.

[00:23:57] Yeah.

[00:23:58] You guys all.

[00:23:59] Yeah.

[00:24:00] You can stay.

[00:24:01] Stay for dinner.

[00:24:02] Get dinner.

[00:24:03] Gamble.

[00:24:04] Nice hot meal you have ahead for awhile.

[00:24:06] At least several days.

[00:24:07] Did you do karaoke and uh, Menzo Barren's in?

[00:24:11] Probably not anything you'd know.

[00:24:13] I know plenty of dwarven fighting songs.

[00:24:16] Yeah.

[00:24:17] Just dressing in diggy, diggy hole.

[00:24:21] Yeah.

[00:24:22] No, they have a battle of five army songs.

[00:24:25] Yeah they do.

[00:24:26] Um, they still have.

[00:24:27] And we'll mine mine mine till the morning light.

[00:24:31] Nuh, nuh, nuh, nuh, nuh, nuh, nuh, nuh.

[00:24:34] She's banging the mug on the table.

[00:24:36] Uh, during dinner a, uh, a drow woman will approach you guys.

[00:24:41] Uh, sit down with a plate and act not in shelon and be like what in the fuck are you doing?

[00:24:48] Uh, we're here to see a man about a horse.

[00:24:53] Wait a minute.

[00:24:54] Is that the right thing?

[00:24:55] That's the code.

[00:24:56] Uh, the exterminator burns the house down.

[00:24:59] What do you like on your pizza?

[00:25:01] The crow cries at midnight.

[00:25:03] You came in here throwing that name around?

[00:25:06] Yeah.

[00:25:07] What?

[00:25:08] Who even told you I was here?

[00:25:10] Uh, neutral guy.

[00:25:11] From around here but not here anymore.

[00:25:13] Said to use the name to find you.

[00:25:15] Probably didn't really say to use the name outright, but you know some people.

[00:25:20] Oh no, he, he absolutely did.

[00:25:22] A lot of everything he did.

[00:25:24] Uh, he also said something else.

[00:25:26] Yeah, I know.

[00:25:27] Uh, I didn't know how dumb I needed to play.

[00:25:29] Our mutual friend says they're on to it and when we're done with our business you might want to leave with us.

[00:25:34] Who's your friend?

[00:25:36] He's an archmage.

[00:25:37] Probably not a great idea to say his name out loud because if you thought your name drew attention this one might be more.

[00:25:43] Plus I think you can say it three times.

[00:25:45] You appear to say we don't want that.

[00:25:47] His name is known across the realm.

[00:25:50] It's a big name.

[00:25:52] It's actually a small name when written.

[00:25:54] Yeah.

[00:25:55] Does he have a house up on that ridge and tell you she'll point the opposite way across men's a baronson?

[00:26:02] You would, as you were crossing the city you would have seen a high plateau where there were magnificent fucking houses.

[00:26:10] I've never been to men's a baronson but they order the houses by numbers right.

[00:26:15] Yeah, his family is number one.

[00:26:17] Okay.

[00:26:18] That's a lot you have been.

[00:26:20] Buh-buh-buh-buh-buh.

[00:26:21] Yes.

[00:26:22] It's called subtlety.

[00:26:23] When do we leave?

[00:26:24] But you don't have.

[00:26:25] Uh, seeing a man about a horse.

[00:26:27] Then we leave.

[00:26:28] Okay.

[00:26:29] Is there anything I can do to get us out of here quicker?

[00:26:33] Well, we know nothing about you so what skills do you have?

[00:26:38] Besides...

[00:26:39] In our e-conusion.

[00:26:40] Ah.

[00:26:41] How big your dick.

[00:26:45] 12.

[00:26:46] 12.

[00:26:47] I guess so.

[00:26:49] Uh, my most important skill at this point is survival.

[00:26:56] We could use that.

[00:26:57] I've been down here for a couple years.

[00:26:59] What's the name of the mercenary group?

[00:27:01] Well, I don't know if you throw that name around either as you're being clandestined.

[00:27:04] What do you want us to call you so is to not further draw attention?

[00:27:09] I don't remember what the drown name is but she'll give you a drown name.

[00:27:13] Alright, so now she's forever drowning.

[00:27:16] Yep.

[00:27:17] Okay, Kitty.

[00:27:18] Uh, here's what we're doing.

[00:27:19] You keep them through walls.

[00:27:21] They keep, uh...

[00:27:23] So our mutual friend who said to pass on this message,

[00:27:27] he forgot something when he left town.

[00:27:30] We're gonna go pick it up for him.

[00:27:32] It's not at the family estate.

[00:27:35] But we gotta go pick something up.

[00:27:37] I mean, once you mentioned that...

[00:27:40] When she got across the fact that Grump pointed out the fact that she was here

[00:27:45] and that she had been noticed, her eyes are wide.

[00:27:49] She is like calculating in the back of her head.

[00:27:52] What do I need to do to get the hell out of here right now?

[00:27:56] We can do that but we gotta stop for him first.

[00:27:59] So it's not in the house.

[00:28:01] In the apartment?

[00:28:03] His office.

[00:28:05] In his office?

[00:28:07] There's no way I'm going anywhere near there.

[00:28:11] I think that's fair for your survival.

[00:28:14] But we're gonna go to his office, we're gonna get a thing and then we're gonna get out.

[00:28:18] I don't know how quickly you're able to get out

[00:28:22] but I can get us out of here in 12 seconds.

[00:28:24] So if you wanna be within range of us leaving that place to catch a ride,

[00:28:28] you might wanna be close.

[00:28:30] Otherwise, you're gonna be left on your own.

[00:28:32] Damn cold.

[00:28:33] Fast talk room.

[00:28:34] Hard to agree, but damn cold.

[00:28:37] I'm letting her know what our plan is if she wants to be a part of the...

[00:28:41] You're leaving from the office?

[00:28:43] Not necessarily, but when we leave, we're leaving from where we stand, wherever that place is.

[00:28:48] You should look at Grin.

[00:28:52] Like you're in on this?

[00:28:54] You haven't told him what's going on?

[00:28:57] Well, first of all, I don't know that you've told Grin that you're planning to teleport out.

[00:29:02] No.

[00:29:03] No, not at all.

[00:29:04] You can't.

[00:29:05] Why?

[00:29:06] Because they've locked the city down.

[00:29:08] With what?

[00:29:09] With a lot more magic than you've got.

[00:29:13] I didn't say I was teleporting.

[00:29:15] There is no magical travel in or out of the city.

[00:29:19] You also can't perform divination from outside the city in that much.

[00:29:23] That much we know is true.

[00:29:31] Huh?

[00:29:32] Neat.

[00:29:34] So if we can't move in and out of the city through magic, how did a magic tunnel make it through the city?

[00:29:39] The tunnel's been there for years.

[00:29:41] I don't know if that still functionally answers my question.

[00:29:45] The tunnel is not magic.

[00:29:48] The tunnel was magically carved with stone shape, but it was done years ago.

[00:29:55] Hmm.

[00:29:57] Hmm.

[00:29:58] Well, that causes a problem.

[00:30:02] If my spell is not divination, does it matter?

[00:30:05] Huh?

[00:30:07] No, the divination just prevents people from looking in.

[00:30:10] Yeah, yeah.

[00:30:11] He's just saying you can't magically teleport out.

[00:30:13] There's no magical transportation in or out.

[00:30:15] Yes.

[00:30:16] So we just have to get back to the tunnel.

[00:30:19] Still do that.

[00:30:20] Unless you're a double door.

[00:30:21] Already got me clear across town, that's going to be.

[00:30:24] I can't imagine we get in and out of Sorcerre and don't cause a ruckus.

[00:30:29] I don't, I can't imagine that either.

[00:30:31] So yeah, I mean it depends on on the state of our exit.

[00:30:35] Kalessa will mention that the halfling, I can't remember his name, Nooks.

[00:30:42] I, Delphird, Delphird Nooks.

[00:30:45] Uh, has a back door.

[00:30:47] He can get us out.

[00:30:49] But we have, where do we have to meet him for this?

[00:30:52] Here, back door, which is also a cross town.

[00:30:55] It's not that far.

[00:30:56] It's significantly closer to Sorcerre than anything else that was, we remember on that map.

[00:31:02] Do you mind telling us what you were doing here, Clarissa?

[00:31:06] Explain it all.

[00:31:08] Uh, I will.

[00:31:09] Thank you.

[00:31:10] I think I know that's awesome.

[00:31:13] That's bottom.

[00:31:15] Forgot all I got a 90 shows mixed up.

[00:31:18] Uh, bitch.

[00:31:20] The Lord's Alliance has had me in place keep an eye on what's the one that Lucas's other character work for?

[00:31:29] The Zentara.

[00:31:30] And they're trade with the, with the drought.

[00:31:36] They're not very good at it.

[00:31:38] Right here is the claw rift where the, the end overlooks.

[00:31:42] Yeah.

[00:31:43] Up here.

[00:31:44] No, that it's more in the middle.

[00:31:46] Because right there.

[00:31:47] That's Sorcerre.

[00:31:49] And we came in on the far left.

[00:31:51] All three of the academies are up there.

[00:31:53] So you said that there's no magic in and out.

[00:31:57] But can you like magic within?

[00:32:00] It's a good question.

[00:32:01] I mean, you did like, I can't tell you.

[00:32:03] I mean, teleport.

[00:32:04] No, it's not about casting spells.

[00:32:06] It's magical transport.

[00:32:07] Yeah.

[00:32:08] Can I jump from one into the street to the other?

[00:32:10] In all honesty, I don't know.

[00:32:11] I haven't tried.

[00:32:12] It's not a bad idea.

[00:32:14] You could set up a mushroom.

[00:32:15] It's a valid question.

[00:32:16] You could set up a mushroom here inside.

[00:32:19] I mean, say, hey, do you have a pot of dirt?

[00:32:21] Put a mushroom in the backstore room.

[00:32:23] It has to be large so I would have to grow it here.

[00:32:27] Is there an innocuous place to, can we grow that in a?

[00:32:30] I don't know.

[00:32:31] You said it has to be a large, it has to be large.

[00:32:34] I believe so.

[00:32:35] So we tend by 10.

[00:32:36] Large 10 by 10?

[00:32:37] Yes.

[00:32:38] A large or larger inanimate point within range.

[00:32:42] No, there's not anywhere around here.

[00:32:44] You could grow one and have it be inconspicuous enough for you

[00:32:48] to leave it.

[00:32:49] Basement to the bar?

[00:32:52] No.

[00:32:53] Okay.

[00:32:54] Magic?

[00:32:55] I think that's what I'm saying.

[00:32:57] No.

[00:32:58] Okay.

[00:32:59] Magic?

[00:33:00] Just the guest rooms, your house.

[00:33:04] In play field?

[00:33:06] Yeah.

[00:33:07] I mean, a guest room though, like get a room, we could put it in a room.

[00:33:12] That would at least be much closer.

[00:33:17] Is there any limitations on where you can grow it?

[00:33:22] The answer is no.

[00:33:23] Just say no.

[00:33:24] No.

[00:33:25] I know the rules.

[00:33:28] I'm at least entertaining the idea of it.

[00:33:30] I'm not shooting it down.

[00:33:31] I do think it's a great idea.

[00:33:33] Well, if I were Jeff would have shot that shit down.

[00:33:36] No, there's no rule.

[00:33:39] The only rule breakdown between the plant growth spells, whether or not I spend an action

[00:33:43] or eight hours.

[00:33:45] And what's the difference there?

[00:33:47] Whether it's like all normal plants in a 100 foot radius for normal.

[00:33:54] And then if I do it, if I do the spell over eight hours, I enrich the land so all plants within a half mile centered on the point, become enriched for a year.

[00:34:03] So it doesn't say anything about growing a 10 foot mushroom?

[00:34:08] Yeah, it does.

[00:34:10] It says exactly growing a 10 foot mushroom.

[00:34:12] No, it says all normal plants within a 100 foot radius or whatever creature like it basically makes them larger.

[00:34:19] And then it basically becomes like difficulty, difficult terrain.

[00:34:22] I did it.

[00:34:28] Canals vitality into plants within a specific area.

[00:34:31] So you've been using this to jaunt around the underdark and it doesn't say anything about growing.

[00:34:36] It's called plant growth.

[00:34:37] Right.

[00:34:38] It doesn't say you can grow at 10 foot fucking mushroom.

[00:34:41] No, it doesn't.

[00:34:43] But it doesn't say you can't either.

[00:34:46] Instead of doing it all into a 100 foot radius, I've decided to just bring it all into a single spot.

[00:34:51] Yeah, it's just focusing.

[00:34:53] I focus good.

[00:34:54] Yes and Jeff.

[00:34:56] No, it's you guys' job to yes and it's my job to say that's fucking bullshit.

[00:35:01] It's great.

[00:35:02] It was your job.

[00:35:03] And off the pond.

[00:35:04] And you didn't say that fucking.

[00:35:06] All right.

[00:35:07] Let's start over.

[00:35:08] I'll be the cat again.

[00:35:11] It's how Lucas reads his fucking spells.

[00:35:16] Lucas's book apparently.

[00:35:17] I read them when I cast them.

[00:35:19] I just chose not to be extremely detailed.

[00:35:23] To be honest, we played it that way this long.

[00:35:27] Okay.

[00:35:28] To be honest the reason why I asked for the staff that I asked for when you gave me the shield instead is because at that point it would have made me making plant growth mute or moot.

[00:35:40] So that I'd have been like, okay, cool.

[00:35:42] So we're good.

[00:35:43] Just didn't work out that way.

[00:35:47] Sure you can grow a 10 foot mushroom in here.

[00:35:52] Okay with making a long run.

[00:35:55] Let's see the other spell you have plant growth and transport via plants.

[00:36:00] Which doesn't specify mushrooms either.

[00:36:03] I'm sure.

[00:36:04] No, it does.

[00:36:05] Oh, it doesn't.

[00:36:06] Honestly, I think I've only planted like two mushrooms.

[00:36:09] Yeah.

[00:36:10] Yeah.

[00:36:11] And those places you've had time.

[00:36:16] Which was a Raj and then...

[00:36:18] I mean the other thing would be is are there plants anywhere around here?

[00:36:23] There is, but it's down basically in the slave pits.

[00:36:27] Donnie Garden.

[00:36:28] Which is past where we would need to hear.

[00:36:30] Down here.

[00:36:31] We would be running past where our back door is to then use plants to go back to the back door.

[00:36:37] No, we fucked up.

[00:36:39] Let me see.

[00:36:40] Hold on.

[00:36:41] Let's see that spell again.

[00:36:42] At this point you don't even know if it would work.

[00:36:44] Yeah.

[00:36:45] To get out or you mean even work within.

[00:36:48] Guy, yeah.

[00:36:49] Well knowing that I do have a...

[00:36:53] We saw plants when we arrived, right?

[00:36:55] You said something about mushroom fields.

[00:36:57] No.

[00:36:58] He was asking where the mushroom fields are.

[00:37:00] No, you said because you said something about mushroom fields and spiderwebs.

[00:37:04] Oh, that's right.

[00:37:05] You just see a mushroom forest.

[00:37:06] See what happens when I don't drink during games, Jeff?

[00:37:09] Yeah.

[00:37:10] You said he saw mushroom forest and if I'm reading transport via plants he just has to have seen it before.

[00:37:15] So we could go back there.

[00:37:17] Oh, that is not at all what I thought I read.

[00:37:20] I think I've got your...

[00:37:23] I'm aligned three and a half brain half the time.

[00:37:26] Did there used to be a spell called...

[00:37:28] There is a spell called...

[00:37:29] Where's that nut there?

[00:37:30] What?

[00:37:33] Where are you trying to help?

[00:37:35] You sure to apparently can't alphabet.

[00:37:37] No, I did.

[00:37:38] What's the name?

[00:37:39] Oh, no I didn't.

[00:37:41] Like if it's in the index and it's in the back...

[00:37:46] Well, when I got to the back I thought I read it wrong.

[00:37:49] No, it's because there's a little one here and then the text is up here.

[00:37:54] I was thinking about if we could use windwalk.

[00:37:58] Windwalk would get you across the city.

[00:38:01] Yeah.

[00:38:02] But the problem...

[00:38:03] It's not magical teleportation.

[00:38:06] It's just increased speed.

[00:38:08] No, I like windwalk too.

[00:38:10] How many people can you windwalk?

[00:38:12] 10.

[00:38:13] Oh yeah, that's a great one.

[00:38:14] Yeah.

[00:38:15] Yeah, there's a very good idea.

[00:38:16] We just fucking fly away from source air at a massive rate of speed.

[00:38:21] And just go straight back to the tunnel.

[00:38:23] Just go straight back to the tunnel and fuck off.

[00:38:25] Plus we're not actually using magic to transport in and out of the city.

[00:38:29] Correct.

[00:38:30] But I think we could waterwalk help us.

[00:38:32] I can do that.

[00:38:34] The problem is, is we have to fuck one or the other because they're both six level and I only have one six level.

[00:38:38] Well, let's...

[00:38:40] Okay, but we don't need to worry about growing a plant here.

[00:38:42] That gives us a couple of different options to give you the fuck out.

[00:38:44] All I have is dimension door.

[00:38:45] I could do wind wall.

[00:38:46] I don't know what it will work.

[00:38:47] No, it'll totally work.

[00:38:48] Wind wall?

[00:38:49] We could try.

[00:38:52] Windows to the wall?

[00:38:54] I don't like that.

[00:38:55] Wind wall.

[00:38:57] Water walk.

[00:38:58] Tommy Chong.

[00:38:59] Tommy Chong.

[00:39:00] Tommy Chong.

[00:39:01] Toby Chan.

[00:39:02] Fucking Charlie Chan.

[00:39:04] That's a great fucking part in that movie.

[00:39:06] It's also an eight hour.

[00:39:09] We could wind walk inside the tunnel at a high rate of speed.

[00:39:11] We could wind walk all the way to the fuck back to our eyes.

[00:39:14] Because that's how we traveled to Luskin, remember?

[00:39:17] Right.

[00:39:18] Does it say that you can do it underground?

[00:39:20] You can do it through tunnels?

[00:39:21] I don't know.

[00:39:22] I can close it.

[00:39:23] But he had cards roll these.

[00:39:25] Not this high level.

[00:39:28] That's actually $20.

[00:39:30] No, I just didn't print it because I already had 90 fucking cards.

[00:39:33] You and up to 10 willing creatures you can see within range is some of Gaseous form for the duration appearing as Wisp of Cloud.

[00:39:41] While in this Cloud form a creature has a flying speed of 300 feet and has resistance to damage from non-magical weapons.

[00:39:48] The only actions a creature can take in this form are dash action or to revert to its normal form.

[00:39:53] The shorting takes a minute.

[00:39:54] During which time a creature is incapacitated and can't move until the spell ends, a creature can revert to 2 Cloud form.

[00:40:00] Yeah.

[00:40:01] Until the spell ends, a creature can revert to Cloud form, which also requires one minute transformation.

[00:40:06] If they creature is in Cloud form and flying when the effect ends, the creature descends 60 feet per round for 1 minute until it lands.

[00:40:13] Okay, so it's just flight.

[00:40:15] Yeah.

[00:40:16] What kind of casting time is it just an action?

[00:40:18] One minute.

[00:40:19] One minute.

[00:40:20] Okay.

[00:40:21] One minute.

[00:40:22] One, that is a pretty good idea.

[00:40:24] It's a very good idea actually.

[00:40:26] Yeah. Those were my two options going in.

[00:40:28] Okay. Any other questions or planning?

[00:40:31] No, I like that a lot.

[00:40:32] We have to take a long rest before we go.

[00:40:34] You're gonna rest here.

[00:40:36] You've got rooms.

[00:40:37] Oh, I know. They're both prepared.

[00:40:39] We had that conversation earlier.

[00:40:40] Oh, okay.

[00:40:41] I forget. I've just in my head I'm thinking I can only prepare certain spells for certain slots but that's not how druids and clerics work.

[00:40:48] That's not how any spell casters work.

[00:40:50] Gotcha.

[00:40:51] You can prepare a certain number of...

[00:40:53] Is a certain number of spells or a certain number of leveled spells?

[00:40:57] I think it's a certain number of spells.

[00:40:59] You're right.

[00:41:00] So, so long as you subtract one away from another level, you can have two six level prepared.

[00:41:06] Yeah.

[00:41:07] And at this point the only time I've looked at six leveled spells are those two spells so I should be fine.

[00:41:12] Okay. You guys go to bed.

[00:41:14] You sleep through the night.

[00:41:16] No, I don't.

[00:41:17] Okay. What are you doing?

[00:41:19] It's shutting down.

[00:41:20] Casting alarm.

[00:41:21] Damn, damn, damn, damn.

[00:41:22] Yeah, I mean, I don't sleep.

[00:41:24] Yes, I know.

[00:41:25] Is that an all the A-R-Loggin music?

[00:41:27] Is it like the Windows shut down soon?

[00:41:29] No. I mean, I do have to shut down for like four hours.

[00:41:33] For four hours but I'm still alert in my show.

[00:41:36] Yep.

[00:41:37] Are you doing anything while they're sleeping?

[00:41:39] No.

[00:41:40] Or do we jump ahead?

[00:41:41] Yeah, we jump ahead.

[00:41:42] Okay. You guys get their monitor during the door, Jeff.

[00:41:45] Yeah.

[00:41:46] You guys rest up, you get up, go downstairs for breakfast the next morning with places fucking dead.

[00:41:55] And there's one drought, a big hat sitting in front of the fireplace.

[00:41:58] Big hat. It's funny.

[00:42:00] What up, big J?

[00:42:01] It's a fancy hat you got there.

[00:42:03] It is. It's a wonderful hat.

[00:42:06] Where...

[00:42:08] Who is your Haberdashir?

[00:42:10] Actually, I can't remember where he got that hat.

[00:42:13] I know there's a story behind it and I cannot remember it.

[00:42:16] It's quite mad.

[00:42:17] I would love a fancy chapo.

[00:42:22] Well, the hat is nice but the feather is what really pulls it together and this...

[00:42:30] You can't get these feathers.

[00:42:32] Feel underdressed.

[00:42:34] Is it peacock feather?

[00:42:36] It is not a peacock feather.

[00:42:37] I can't remember the name of the bird but it's a predator bird.

[00:42:42] I can't remember.

[00:42:44] It's a California condor.

[00:42:46] Nope, not quite.

[00:42:49] I understand you're looking for a way into the academy.

[00:42:53] Well, you were there when we were talking.

[00:42:55] No, he wasn't.

[00:42:56] I thought he was.

[00:42:57] Nope.

[00:42:58] Yep.

[00:42:59] Where's your hat?

[00:43:01] So I've gotten the bare bones explanation from my agents in Luskin.

[00:43:05] I need to know what the fuck is actually going on and what you plan to do about it.

[00:43:12] We're looking for a thing in a bag and then leaving with said thing.

[00:43:17] Solid plan, really?

[00:43:19] We're getting rid of the demon lords.

[00:43:21] It's the plan.

[00:43:22] That's a good plan.

[00:43:24] Yes.

[00:43:25] How are you pulling it off?

[00:43:26] Well, we need the book of the person that started it.

[00:43:30] I get that.

[00:43:31] That tricky guy.

[00:43:33] So that's what I'm doing with said book.

[00:43:36] Using it to reverse the spell.

[00:43:39] How he looks at each of you and says, I know none of you have anywhere near the level of his magic.

[00:43:46] What are you planning to do with him?

[00:43:48] Don't know me.

[00:43:49] He's helping.

[00:43:53] There are several.

[00:43:54] You found him.

[00:43:55] Yeah.

[00:43:56] Yeah.

[00:43:57] What do you think we were in Luskin or knew to come here?

[00:44:01] All I know is that my agents put you in contact with me.

[00:44:05] I'm just because he put us in contact with your agents.

[00:44:09] Sweet.

[00:44:10] I don't know, Dad.

[00:44:14] It's kind of a drow mage pissing contest.

[00:44:18] Really, we just need the book to make them go away.

[00:44:21] Why?

[00:44:22] Who's he pissing with?

[00:44:23] There are several drow mages.

[00:44:26] Several interested parties.

[00:44:28] Don't be vague with me.

[00:44:30] Trollful piece.

[00:44:31] Or you can find your own way in.

[00:44:32] All right.

[00:44:33] I'll give him the name of the guy who's dead.

[00:44:35] Sweet.

[00:44:36] Okay.

[00:44:37] Be careful with that one.

[00:44:38] He will...

[00:44:39] I'm not even going to make you roll insight.

[00:44:41] He's very interested in hearing that Viserna is still around.

[00:44:45] Yeah.

[00:44:46] How much is it worth to know where he's at, too?

[00:44:48] That might be worth quite a lot.

[00:44:50] Kind of figured.

[00:44:51] Maybe we can make a deal after we fix the problem.

[00:44:55] Why don't we make that part of this deal?

[00:44:58] Let's make a deal.

[00:45:00] Right now he's the one who is trying to make it all go away.

[00:45:05] Really?

[00:45:06] If you get to him before, then just go away.

[00:45:09] I'm not worried about that.

[00:45:11] That's fine.

[00:45:12] Okay.

[00:45:13] I'm just making sure that you understand the playing field.

[00:45:15] The one who made the mess wouldn't help us fix it.

[00:45:18] No, I doubt he wants anything to do with this at this point.

[00:45:23] To be fair, he's helping us get in so that's about as much help as you can get sometimes

[00:45:28] from drought mages.

[00:45:31] See, I'm...

[00:45:33] I don't care that he's there.

[00:45:36] I don't care that Viserna is still alive.

[00:45:39] It's interesting, but not that important.

[00:45:43] My concern is that book afterwards.

[00:45:46] I don't know if it will be consumed by the spell or not.

[00:45:51] Lucas's character would be able to tell you that no, it wouldn't be.

[00:45:54] He needs it to study to understand how to put the ritual together.

[00:45:58] It's not a component.

[00:46:00] Okay.

[00:46:01] I have to imagine that...

[00:46:03] Is Grin here sitting?

[00:46:05] I'd have to imagine that your friend in Luskin has thoughts about that too.

[00:46:14] Just asking about Grin, he stopped halfway down the stairs when he saw Jarrel Axley.

[00:46:23] He knows exactly who that is and he's not fucking with him.

[00:46:27] Okay, so he's not actually like...

[00:46:30] He didn't follow us all the way to have the conversation.

[00:46:32] Oh no, he would eventually but he...

[00:46:35] No, no.

[00:46:36] We're gonna start playing by drought rules now guys.

[00:46:41] Actually this is a good time for it to happen as any...

[00:46:45] Grin flips...

[00:46:47] Like a backflip?

[00:46:48] No, like...

[00:46:49] From backhand spring.

[00:46:51] You guys have been traveling with him through the city and everything like that.

[00:46:55] You've seen the look on his face.

[00:46:57] He loves it here.

[00:46:59] This is home.

[00:47:00] And he'll tell Jarrel Axley that Viserin wants to wreck this place.

[00:47:05] He wants to pull the demon lords in here and let them fight it out.

[00:47:10] And I don't want to lose my home.

[00:47:13] I want to be able to come back here.

[00:47:15] It's fair point, we've thought about that.

[00:47:18] The ritual that he's putting together, you don't have to do it here.

[00:47:21] You can do it wherever you want.

[00:47:23] So Gromp said.

[00:47:24] Gromp had his recommendation.

[00:47:26] You did find him.

[00:47:28] Okay.

[00:47:29] Sure as hell hope so otherwise these passwords are gonna...

[00:47:32] The egg on my face with this password doesn't work.

[00:47:35] Let me tell you.

[00:47:36] Well no, you were very vague with Viserin.

[00:47:38] You didn't come right out and say yes we found Gromp.

[00:47:41] Didn't we meet...

[00:47:42] Did we meet Jarrel Axley once before?

[00:47:44] Nope, nope.

[00:47:45] Just his people.

[00:47:46] Yeah.

[00:47:47] I mean we met them in Luskin.

[00:47:49] Yeah, there was a human behind the bar.

[00:47:53] You did.

[00:47:54] Seeing a nice fancy sword and dagger on him.

[00:47:57] So he's surprised to find that Gromp is alive?

[00:48:01] No he was surprised to find Viserin's alive.

[00:48:04] He was surprised that Gromp was alive.

[00:48:06] Or that we found him in Luskin?

[00:48:07] Oh he was absolutely not letting on anything about Gromp.

[00:48:11] Until you gave him information saying that you knew this.

[00:48:15] You gotta play by Jarrel rules guys.

[00:48:16] Yup, Lucas you should be boned up on this.

[00:48:18] It's like Mafia with spiders.

[00:48:19] Well I know but he said oh so he is...

[00:48:21] You did find him and I'm much like...

[00:48:22] Grin.

[00:48:23] Grin said that.

[00:48:24] Oh!

[00:48:25] Grin said that.

[00:48:26] Oh okay, you guys didn't tell Viserin.

[00:48:27] No.

[00:48:28] No.

[00:48:29] Everything about that.

[00:48:30] Cause I don't trust Viserin either.

[00:48:31] Yeah.

[00:48:32] I don't really trust Grin.

[00:48:33] Sure shit don't trust your Laxel.

[00:48:34] There's not a lot of people in this room we really should trust.

[00:48:36] You're seeing things from Grin that you're not expecting.

[00:48:41] Sure.

[00:48:42] So a lot more sentimentality towards home and things like that than you've seen in any other drought.

[00:48:47] I'm sure he also wouldn't mind selling Viserin out to take his spot on this...

[00:48:52] I mean on the council of...

[00:48:54] Oh God no, he's nowhere near that level and he knows it.

[00:48:57] Yeah.

[00:48:58] I mean I think it's fair to say like we're not gonna destroy like balance of power and all.

[00:49:03] Keep this place around.

[00:49:05] He's not been around much.

[00:49:09] He's new around here.

[00:49:12] Jarlaxle would be very against the idea of setting off this thing here.

[00:49:16] I think that that's fair.

[00:49:19] I think that is under discussion.

[00:49:23] If you want my help, no it's not.

[00:49:26] I had no intent to set it off in Men's Opens Act.

[00:49:29] Okay.

[00:49:31] Where do you suggest?

[00:49:34] Uh...Luskin?

[00:49:37] I would think not.

[00:49:40] I'd appreciate not.

[00:49:43] He's got a bar there, remember?

[00:49:45] He's got a lot more than a bar there.

[00:49:47] Well yes, I think the many, many drought who are running the ships is very telltale of that Jeff.

[00:49:53] It is.

[00:49:54] So the thing DeVier is building for us...

[00:49:57] He's building us two things like a beacon and a bomb or is that one thing?

[00:50:02] It's one thing.

[00:50:03] Okay.

[00:50:04] The bomb is going to act like a huge drain and pull every demon into this spot.

[00:50:10] Okay.

[00:50:11] And he's banking the Demon Lord gravity well.

[00:50:14] Yes, he's banking on the fact that the demon lords all hate each other?

[00:50:18] And they'll just throw each other.

[00:50:19] Yes, those that are still alive.

[00:50:21] Because we already killed two of them.

[00:50:23] Yes we did.

[00:50:25] Two.

[00:50:27] Okay, I can get you in.

[00:50:30] Perfect.

[00:50:32] I cannot be seen getting my hands dirty in this though.

[00:50:36] Well, so once you're in, you're on your own.

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