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C1 Ep.7: Pounce and Fury · Smooth Critical

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  Welcome back to Smooth Critical. I'm your DM, Avni.
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  Quick question, Avni, are you OK?
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  Avni, are you OK? Are you OK, Avni?
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  I am doing splendidly because we haven't had a session in a
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  little bit and I'm just so jazzed to be playing with you
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  guys again. My three gorgeous gladiators.
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  He my. Hello.
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  Harry. Doing a little worse than Avni.
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  I'm a little under the weather today but I'm glad Avni's OK.
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  Aww. And Charlie?
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  Let's get bolitical. Bolitical.
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  It's time to get bolitical. Let's get into politics.
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  OK well we can do that later maybe, but we can start with our
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  fun recap. So you 3 insisted on leaving
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  scenarium as fast as possible due to fear of repercussions but
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  then still took your time. Bo used his how to disguise to
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  get some breakfast sammies for everyone and keep his ear to the
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  ground for anyone talking about the Mano's outburst towards the
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  Imperator. Before Bo could leave, he asked
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  Bunty if he wanted a cloth for a pocket, which Bunty agreed.
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  Then Abe blew up about the fact that Bunty was asked instead of
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  him and that Bunty was making decisions for himself.
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  Bunty, frustrated with Abe's constant control, flipped out
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  and critded on Abe with the bunk it that was one out of its 5
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  uses just to keep that in mind. After lots of talking to the
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  rest of the party members, Abe and Bunty made-up and concluded
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  that they both were just worried that one of them would leave the
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  other. The gang then got some horses
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  and set off traveling for two days and nights.
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  At night Abe would read Johnny Maccabees journals and learned
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  how down to earth, or excuse me, down to Exumoria he was.
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  They also read about Johnny meeting a group of adventurers
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  comprising of a monk of Astral Self, an artist, a cleric with
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  the last name GAIL Song, and an artificer with the last name
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  Skylark. Lots of family trees for Abe to
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  figure out. On their third morning the Monos
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  diverged from the paved path into the woods towards La
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  Granda's village. There they were met by 4
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  scraggly to backsee called the Clearword Volunteer Protection
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  Posse, who showed some concerning behavior and claimed
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  Clearword as their savior. After the CVPP tried to mislead
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  the Manos and made a vague threat, the Manos decided to
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  challenge them to a fight. The Manos won, but not before
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  Bond's leg was chopped off. While three of the Tobaccis were
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  knocked out, the one that chopped off Bond's leg with his
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  cool sword was killed by Abe. The gang brought the bodies to
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  town where Abe announced to everyone what he had done and
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  called for Clearword to present himself.
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  Cloward ran forward crying as the dead Tobaxi was his son.
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  Abe continued to taunt him until Beau and Bond told him off and
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  the Monos left. They went straight to a worn
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  down shop for Bond to get a new leg where the old Tobaxi woman
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  Betsy talked politics with Beau. They agreed to pay her a lot of
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  gold to gain some goodwill. As Beau was leaving to find
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  Drummond, Egrecs fell from the sky and turned into a wrench,
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  possibly signifying that Vox is dead.
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  And that is where we are now. So real quick, do you 3 all
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  still have your heroic inspiration?
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  Yes. I do, yes.
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  Yes, I believe so. All right, you guys should use
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  it more often because listening back to last episode and hearing
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  how sweet you all were to Betsy and how you paid her extra, you
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  know, that's what a real hero is.
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  Real heroes are the people working to make the world a
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  better place one person of a time.
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  And just listening back to it, it was just very sweet the way
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  you guys took care of her. And I know the rules say you
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  can't have more than one heroic inspiration.
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  So instead, Betsy turns to you Beau before you head out and
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  goes. Deary me, I have a little a
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  little gift for you if you would just wait for one second please.
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  And she shuffles back to a closet.
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  No, no, please. We don't need anything.
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  No, no, please, please. Just one moment, dearie.
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  And she goes back to a closet and you hear her shuffling
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  around. She pulls out a little shoulder
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  bag decorated in Reds and oranges and yellows in a
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  pattern. She turns to you, Beau, and
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  hands it to you. This was my daughter's.
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  And you see the name Lulu stitched on the bag, no.
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  Lulu, you and her wife Lucky were adventurers who passed away
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  a few years back. Their party brought some of
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  their effects back for me. Reach into the bag, Sonny.
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  She says to you, Beau. I reach into the bag.
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  You reach into the bag and your arm keeps going lower and lower
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  and lower, deeper than you thought this bag could go.
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  It is deceptively small bag and what you pull out is a banjo
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  much too big to fit into this bag, Betsy continues.
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  I'm not sure if you've heard about bags of holding, but they
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  are quite rare and could hold a lot of things.
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  Lulu found one on her adventures.
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  It was actually the adventure where she met Lucky, who was
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  performing at a Tavern with that there.
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  Banjo. And she points to the banjo that
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  you're holding, bow and carved in the banjo on the rim, you see
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  the letters L + L in a heart. I've been holding on to these
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  things as a memory of my girls, but you've shown me such
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  kindness today that no one ever has. 0500 gold is quite a lot
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  and you single handedly have saved me and my grandbabies
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  from. Poverty.
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  And she puts a paw on your face, Bill.
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  Thank you my child. I don't know what to say.
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  Thank you. It it's the least I could do.
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  Well, I promise to put it to good use looking at the banjo
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  knowing that I have absolutely no experience with banjos.
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  It's from a very out of tune chord.
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  Do you want to give me a performance check?
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  Just let's see how it goes for your first time.
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  Sure. OK, that's a, that's an 18.
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  Oh man, you're actually pretty good for your first time.
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  It's a little out of tune just because the banjo hasn't been
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  used in quite a few years, but you pluck a little ditty.
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  I play around with it for a little bit.
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  OK, I could I could get used to this.
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  Betsy smiles wide, knowing that the bag of holding and the banjo
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  are going to be put to good use. And then she turns to you, Bon,
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  as you're sitting on a chair with only one leg.
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  OK, maybe we should start working on your leg.
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  That would be lovely, I say. A little prayer.
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  I've been sort of praying this whole time, but I say out loud a
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  little prayer towards this mirror and just like hold my
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  pocket watch against my leg near where the stump is now.
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  I walk up to Bonn as well and put a hand on your shoulder and
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  say, hey, you're going to be fine, man Thanks.
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  I, I turn to Betsy and I say, would it be OK if I observe what
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  you do? I've always wanted to see like
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  exactly what the process is like and I couldn't actually observe
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  my own surgery. Yeah, of course, of course, can
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  definitely stay here. Here and she pulls up another
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  chair for you to sit in. Please, please come sit and
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  maybe we can like talk through the process of of of what I do
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  and you can hand me some tools that would be really helpful.
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  I get excited at that. Yeah, that'd be great.
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  I'd love to help. Oh my God, an assistant in
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  surgery. This will be very fun, yeah.
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  What about me? Can I help too?
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  No, no, no, Bunty, I think it's best that you don't help with
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  this one. Now Bon listen Bunty has helped
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  me a lot with some of my research and stuff.
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  Bunty, if you have, you promised not to do anything that Betsy
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  says you can't do. I don't want Bunty helping with
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  this one. OK, OK, Bunty, why don't you go
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  with Bo? Bunty, why don't you?
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  You know Cluard could be after us, so why don't you keep a
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  lookout to see if Cluard is coming?
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  You know, just like peek your head out the door every once in
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  a while. My God, Bo, you're so right
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  guys. He's the only one who knows what
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  the fuck is happening ever. He's on top of this shit.
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  I got my one big eye and that eye is going to be working
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  double time is going to be like I have two eyes maybe 3.
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  But both feels thoroughly glazed and ready to go.
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  Canonically, Bunty must have horrible depth perception.
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  He has a single eye. Oh absolutely.
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  That's why he needs you to throw him during battle, so he can
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  kind of aim where his bite's going to go.
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  Right before Beau leaves, I'm going to cast Guidance.
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  I say this will only help you for a minute, but if you run
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  into any trouble on the way out the door, this should help and I
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  will cast it and give you AD 4 towards stealth.
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  Thank you. I think we consolidated our
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  gold, right? Yes, I have it.
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  I would like at least a little bit.
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  I'm thinking that maybe Drummond would be more inclined to
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  interact with people who wear nicer clothing, so I'm wondering
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  if I should upgrade my wardrobe a little bit.
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  I hand you the coin. Pouch, well, I'll just take
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  like. Why don't we keep this in the
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  bag of holding anyway? Fair enough.
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  Yeah, in fact, let's let's load up the bag of holding right now
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  with all of our extra shit. Fabulous.
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  Yeah. You guys put in the.
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  What do you have that mechanical arm, that strangled bow?
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  You have the mirror that's wrapped up in cloth to make sure
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  no one else looks at it. You have some.
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  So there's a bunch of books. Yes, a bunch of books.
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  I might keep the books here for now guys.
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  And yeah, just in case I want to read them.
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  Yeah, yes, you have them tied to your side.
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  So you got that, Bo. So as you're heading out to the
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  door, you see the wrench on the ground, formerly known as Egrix,
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  and it has that little gem on it still, that orangey red gem.
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  Since I got that Nat 20 last session and I kind of I think
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  understand a little bit about it, I want to see if I could
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  still kind of sense if that power is coming from the gem,
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  Like if if it breaks it would explode still.
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  Totally OK Roll either an arcana or.
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  Well that will be a 2 on the die, but I will use my heroic
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  inspiration at this point and try that again.
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  Slightly better, still not great.
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  You said it. Arcana or invest, it actually
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  doesn't matter. Both -1 that'll be a 13. 13 All
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  right, I mean, that's not horrendous.
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  You can tell that the magical aura around this gem is a lot
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  more muted than it was before. It's still there, but it's a lot
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  more muted. Interesting.
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  OK. I think that's that's good news.
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  I'm going to briefly share that with Abe before I go, just so he
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  can peep it in his notes. And then I will.
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  I will be on my way to a clothing store of some kind.
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  Fabulous. So I assume you take the wrench
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  and put it in the bag of holding as well, Yes.
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  So you head out, You're you're in disguise as a tabaxi.
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  How do you look as a tabaxi? Yeah, I think like usual, the
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  the design of Bose disguises is to be very average.
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  So like I kind of took notes of the tobacc that I was passing on
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  the way in to find out like what the most common patterns are
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  just something that doesn't stand out.
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  So probably just like a Gray cat.
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  A Gray tabby cat with more Tanner or lighter stripes, but
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  mostly just Gray. So you head out, you're not in
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  like the best part of La Grande Village right now, which you
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  could tell by the shop that you just left.
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  So you walk a little bit. You head a little closer to
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  center of town where you find a very vibrant shopping district
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  and there you can find some clothing stores and you
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  definitely see one that looks a little more hoity toity than
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  than the rest of them. I grimace and walk inside.
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  Inside you see this very short to backseat man, an orange cat,
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  white mustache and he goes ah welcome to my store.
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  Can I get you anything custom made, fineries, anything you can
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  think of? We have here hats, No hats.
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  Anything else? I'm looking for something that
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  says that I'm a tobacc, but I have I have foreign tastes, you
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  know, maybe with hints of of the fashions of of other nations or
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  other cities. Very good, very good.
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  Well here is what I am thinking. And he pulls out this silky
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  green suit. It has matching green jacket,
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  silk pants and a black silk shirt on the inside.
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  These are fineries from far away.
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  This will look very nice on you. Very nice.
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  Yeah, I will. I will take it.
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  How much? 15 gold pieces.
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  All right, great. Fabulous.
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  Well, thank you very much. Would you like to wear it out of
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  the store? Yes.
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  Do you have a changing groom? Yes, yes, just in the back.
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  Yeah, I'll go into the back, put the clothes on, and then I'll
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  even like change my appearance ever so slightly to make myself
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  a little bit more well kept. Fabulous.
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  Then I walk out and I'm still wearing the kind of ratty hat
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  because I have to. I know technically with the cap
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  of disguise you can change what it looks like, but I find it
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  funnier if I can't so. It's very distinct for both.
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  Yeah, great. So we cut back to where Abe,
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  Bon, Betsy and Bunty are all in the shop.
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  Hey. Guys, I don't see anything right
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  now. How's it going with you guys?
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  And Bunty turns around and sees a little bit of blood as Betsy
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  is drilling a little bit into your leg.
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  Not in a very painful way. It's kind of the similar way to
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  how Abel was done, but there's some magic that's kind of
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  numbing the area and she's inserting the metal where your
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  leg should be. I'm very focused on like I feel
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  like what I'm trying to do is casting like a level 1 like
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  healing Word very persistently over the wound.
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  And I don't know if it's going to heal any HP, but I'm just
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  using everything in my magical power to sort of try to like
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  stabilize my pain and make sure that it's OK.
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  Betsy, it turns over to Abe. Will you hand over that little
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  thing about with the ball at the end, Sir?
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  Should I do an investigation check?
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  Yeah, sure. All right.
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  Give me an investigation check. It's a 20.
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  You can kind of tell that this isn't a standard piece of
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  equipment that you would use. It has a little bit of you feel
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  it a little bit of magic at the top of it at the at the
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  ballpoint. It's just like a ball on a stick
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  and you hand it over to her just to kind of see what she's doing
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  with it. And she's using it to kind of
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  like scoop around the wound. And as she's doing that, you see
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  a little bit of blue on Bond's leg, just a little bit.
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  So it seems like it's helping numb that area.
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  And as she's doing that, she shoves a piece of metal into
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  Bond's leg, but he can't feel it that bad.
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  Never mind he. Jumped the gun a little bit,
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  Bond saw it going into him, freaked out.
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  Hey, Bond, Nothing happened. You're good, dude.
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  Oh, I thought, I thought that was going to hurt so bad.
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  And as she's working on the leg, she turns to you.
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  Bond is like. Whoa.
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  How would you like the leg to look?
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  Right now it's just this silver metal that we have, but I have
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  some paints, you know, some black, some white, maybe some
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  some red and orange. How aesthetically do you want it
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  to look? My pocket watch is also kind of
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  like the silver metallic and I say I think leaving it naturally
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  as it is is the best I can hope for for any type of normalcy
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  from now on. I I don't know why don't we just
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  leave it as it is? Sounds great.
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  Now, Abe, Sir, will you pass me some gears?
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  We're going to start inserting them.
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  Yes, ma'am. So Abe starts passing her Gears
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  of various sizes. She's starting to insert them
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  into the the lower layer has been set.
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  She's putting the gears on before she puts the top layer of
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  the leg on. So Beau goes out into town in
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  his new threads. Well, do you have any right now?
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  You're kind of in the center of town.
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  Are you trying to kind of stay in that kind of crowded
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  populated area to try to find where Drummond is or, or what
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  are you doing to try and find where Drummond is right now?
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  Well, I would like to make one more purchase.
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  I would like to go to some sort of liquor store and I would like
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  to purchase a rather expensive bottle of alcohol and then
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  separately also the strongest alcohol that they have and then
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  separately as well just an empty bottle.
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  Fabulous. So let's say total, that's going
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  to be 20 gold pieces for all three of those things, for the
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  the fine alcohol, the strong alcohol in the empty bottle.
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  OK, and then I come back out, I find a a place where I could be
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  by myself. I pour half of the fine alcohol
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  into the empty bottle. I pour half of the strong
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  alcohol into the remaining half of the fine alcohol, and then I
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  put the cork back on the fine alcohol to make it look like it
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  was like that to begin with. Nice, fabulous.
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  Now you have this very, very strong alcohol.
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  You know that Drummond himself likes a little drinky drink and
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  has a little bit of loose lips. This is a fabulous plan.
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  You're in La Grande Village. How are you trying to find where
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  Drummond is right now? I guess all I know about him is
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  that he is rich, so I will start looking for wherever the rich
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  people seem to live. Great.
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  You start making your way away from the slums, away from where
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  you first started. You've gone into the shopping
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  district, and you keep going northwest until you find a nicer
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  part of town. The first thing you see though,
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  is an arena. You continue to look around and
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  you see the circular arena kind of rising from the earth.
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  It's not as big or flamboyant as the Ugly arena was in Scenarium.
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  It is more open so people from the outside can kind of look in.
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  It's not like a solar of contained building like the Ugly
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  arena was. It is decorated with climbing
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  ropes, carved wooden totems of leaping cats.
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  There are banners fluttering, showing stylized to backseat mid
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  pounce and there are scratches all over the stone in the wood
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  from years of claws. And there's a banner that reads
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  the Pounce and Fury Festival sold out.
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  You walk by this arena a little more and you see a large crowd
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  of people. At the back of this crowd you
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  see Drummond, a very dapper looking white tobaccy.
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  He is wearing an all white suit with an emerald green tie and
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  these emerald green sparkling eyes.
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  And in his hand is a beautifully carved cane that he's kind of
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  tapping on the ground very impatiently.
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  He is frowning. In the middle of the crowd, this
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  very cheerful, happy crowd, is an orange tabaxi with bright
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  eyes and like a politician's dazzling smile.
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  She's shaking hands rapidly and her tail is swishing with
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  energy. Yes, yes, we can.
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  Of course we can get more merchants into the city.
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  So nice to see you. The Joneses.
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  Yes. And she gives a little baby to
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  back see a kiss on the head. Yes, of course.
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  We will take into consideration what you think is best for the
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  city. Of course, of course.
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  And she's just going around kind of validating everyone as
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  they're crowding around her. And Drummond is in the back of
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  the crowd going just kind of looking very upset about this.
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  Yeah, I I take note and I'm going to weave my way over it.
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  Hello Sir, Are you Drummond? Why yes, I am.
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  Who is asking? I I'm a friend of Vox RM I was
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  told that if you were to be our contact in this city, I, I
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  represent the mottos were to be fighting in the Pounce and Fury
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  Festival. The mottos, yes, I I was told
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  that there were going to be 3 of you.
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  I was not told that there would be a tabaxi in the group.
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  How interesting. Oh, I'm I'm just their man.
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  Oh, their manager. Well, do you fight yourself?
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  No, no, no, that's not for me. Interesting.
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  Well, can I go meet the models? They they are, they haven't
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  arrived yet. I, I kind of went ahead of them
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  a little bit, but they'll be here soon.
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  They better be. That fight is in two hours.
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  Well, they will. They will certainly be here.
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  And how how much longer is? Bond's leg is probably going to
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  take another hour. OK then.
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  Then they will be here in about an hour.
• 21:48
  I cannot wait. You know, I heard about their
• 21:52
  fighting scenario. We heard that the monos were
• 21:56
  very, very strong. So I put some money down on
• 22:00
  them. It'd be nice to see a return.
• 22:03
  Well, I'm I'm sure you will. They're the the best fighters I
• 22:06
  have ever seen. High praise but it is coming
• 22:10
  from their managers so it might be a little biased.
• 22:14
  Well, you certainly wouldn't want me to be saying that
• 22:16
  they're the worst fighters I've seen, would you?
• 22:19
  Now, what is your name, lad? I didn't catch it.
• 22:23
  A reminder from last session, Ollie V Garden was the the the
• 22:27
  the code name you used if you want to use that again.
• 22:31
  My my yeah Ollie Ollie V Garden is is the name.
• 22:38
  Ollie well it is so nice to meet you and he puts out a paw for
• 22:43
  you to shake. Oh excuse me, I my, my hands are
• 22:48
  are quite dirty. I accidentally touched a poor
• 22:50
  person earlier. He immediately retracts his hand
• 22:54
  and starts wiping it on his suit.
• 22:56
  Even though he didn't touch you. Well, thank you for that
• 23:00
  warning. We wouldn't like to get some of
• 23:02
  that on me now, would we? Well, Ollie, do you have any
• 23:08
  interest in this here? Politics?
• 23:11
  Do you know what's happening in our village right now?
• 23:15
  I've I've heard a a little bit of it, but I would love to hear
• 23:17
  it from your perspective. Well, you see that little kitten
• 23:21
  right up there? Her name is Peshwari.
• 23:24
  She's too young, in my opinion, to be mayor.
• 23:27
  Too idealistic, if you ask me. And then there's Clearword.
• 23:33
  Oh, I grew up with that cat, but he is not good news.
• 23:38
  He seems to get more radicalized every single day.
• 23:42
  And then me, yours truly. I'm running for mayor.
• 23:47
  I think that I have a strong chance of winning only if
• 23:51
  Peshwari drops out. She's kind of splitting the vote
• 23:53
  right now. I just came to see what her
• 23:56
  rally was all about. She's promising them crazy
• 24:00
  things like tax cuts and more merchants in town.
• 24:05
  How absurd. I mean like would you say that
• 24:08
  she has any chance of winning? I mean, unfortunately, I don't
• 24:13
  think her and I stand a chance against Cleward.
• 24:17
  If we're both in the race right now, we're splitting the vote.
• 24:22
  I see. Yeah.
• 24:23
  Well, you know, best of luck to you, good Sir.
• 24:27
  I'm glad that there's someone saying in the race.
• 24:30
  Beau bites his mechanical tongue.
• 24:33
  Thank you, Ollie. You know, since you're their
• 24:36
  manager, I was kind of hoping that maybe the Models and I
• 24:40
  could strike a deal. They win this tournament and
• 24:44
  they endorse me. Maybe people love a good
• 24:48
  gladiator fight. What kind of what kind of deal?
• 24:52
  I mean, hey, if they win this whole tournament, maybe they can
• 24:56
  go around canvassing for me or something like that, talking to
• 25:00
  the people of the town, you know, my contacts, they're
• 25:03
  definitely a lot richer than the average folk.
• 25:06
  And I need some people who are a little more down to earth to be
• 25:11
  able to connect with the laymen. Interesting.
• 25:14
  Well, that's if something I will of course have to run it by
• 25:16
  them, but I'm sure they can give you an answer when they arrive.
• 25:20
  I will. I'll let them know ahead of
• 25:21
  time. Well, thank you, that sounds
• 25:24
  great. He looks over at his wrist where
• 25:26
  he has this expensive looking watch and he goes.
• 25:30
  Well, I have to go pick up my son Remington, but we're going
• 25:35
  to go to the fight right after and I'm very excited to see the
• 25:39
  Monos perform. Remington, what a wonderful
• 25:43
  name. Oh, he is a good young lad, you
• 25:46
  know his other Papa picked up the name.
• 25:49
  I'm. Sure, he's great.
• 25:50
  I'm sure he's super. Oh he is energetic as anything.
• 25:53
  Yes my my late husband picked out his name for sure.
• 25:57
  It was definitely my late husband loves shooting guns.
• 26:01
  Amazing, so nice to meet you, a man of class.
• 26:05
  You too, Ollie, and I like your outfit.
• 26:08
  Why? Thank you.
• 26:09
  And he turns around with the swish of his suit and stalks
• 26:12
  off, walking with his very, very fancy cane.
• 26:16
  Well, Beau walks away with a bad taste in his mouth.
• 26:20
  Yeah, I don't think there's much else to to do.
• 26:23
  I'm assuming was was the name Peshwari or?
• 26:27
  Yeah, Peshwari is the orange cat, and she's making her way
• 26:31
  around the circle. Also, if you want to talk to
• 26:33
  her, you're at kind of the edge of the crowd and she's kind of
• 26:36
  going around making sure that she can shake hands with
• 26:38
  everyone or or kiss their babies and talk to them.
• 26:41
  Yeah, I assume. I don't know if I would be able
• 26:44
  to talk to her like away from other people, so I'll probably
• 26:48
  just head back. Sounds good.
• 26:50
  So you head back to the limb shop and Bond's leg is all done
• 26:56
  by the time you make it back across the village.
• 26:59
  Bond Yeah, you're feeling, you're feeling good.
• 27:01
  You're feeling a little weird. Like I'm sure Abe can kind of
• 27:04
  tell you how it feels, but it takes a second to kind of adjust
• 27:08
  to to having that connection. It's not exactly the same
• 27:12
  feeling as having a limb, but you're able to still control it
• 27:15
  as if it is a normal limb. Yeah, I'm just kind of like
• 27:19
  flexing it back and forth, like kicking my leg up and down,
• 27:23
  getting a feel for it. Thank you, Betsy.
• 27:26
  Yeah, of course. Thank you once again.
• 27:29
  I really appreciate this and I say a prayer touching the
• 27:34
  threshold of her door, I guess to Thesmira and I say I hope
• 27:39
  that you remain safe and free and that things start to turn
• 27:43
  around a little bit for you and your your grandbabies.
• 27:46
  She tears up a little bit. Thank you guys so much.
• 27:49
  You've really been a blessing. You've really been a blessing.
• 27:53
  And I say to Abe, Abe, man, you, you might have a knack for
• 27:56
  healing a little bit. You think?
• 27:58
  Yeah, that was awesome. You just pay so much attention,
• 28:01
  you know, like my healing is is very much through divine power.
• 28:05
  But you've done quite a good job studying this.
• 28:09
  It's it's rather impressive. I give you a sturdy pat on your
• 28:13
  leg. So yeah, it looks good.
• 28:16
  Of your arm, your metal arm, my metal.
• 28:21
  Leg and I call back to Betsy. Betsy, ma'am, it was really nice
• 28:24
  to learn from you. Do you have any spare books or
• 28:28
  manuals on this stuff I could take?
• 28:30
  If I'm ever back in the Grande's village, I can give it back to
• 28:33
  you, I promise. I wish I did but I'm more of a
• 28:37
  hands on learner myself, you know?
• 28:39
  I was just an apprentice back in my youth so unfortunately no
• 28:44
  books for me. Well, thank you, Betsy.
• 28:46
  Bon, one, one second. I see Bo coming up to us.
• 28:49
  Bo, can you, can you get the arm out of the bag?
• 28:52
  I want to show Betsy something. I I get inside, close the door,
• 28:55
  and then I I fish the arm out. And I kind of hold it out for,
• 28:59
  for Betsy. And I ask, have you ever seen
• 29:02
  any metal work like this? Betsy, excuse me, but you've, I
• 29:06
  assume, been around a long time. And I say that with the utmost
• 29:10
  respect. I definitely have, yes.
• 29:13
  Your old lady. She's going to roll something.
• 29:20
  May I touch the arm? I look Tibbo.
• 29:23
  Yeah, I know. She picks up the arm from you,
• 29:26
  turns it over a little bit, and inspects it pretty deeply.
• 29:31
  Do you mind if I if I open one of the panels here on the
• 29:35
  forearm? Yeah, you just, you know, don't
• 29:37
  don't hurt it or anything, but yeah.
• 29:39
  Oh, oh, yeah, yeah, of course, Of course.
• 29:41
  She very. Delicately pulls out some sort
• 29:45
  of mechanical tool and opens up that arm and kind of goes
• 29:49
  rummaging around and then she closes it back up.
• 29:53
  It's very interesting. This arm, you know, we work a
• 29:57
  lot with, with steel and stuff like that, But way back in the
• 30:03
  day, way, way back in the day before the Imperator that we
• 30:07
  have now, I heard that they were working with prawns a little
• 30:11
  more, but bronze, there's something about that metal that
• 30:16
  makes it hard to infuse with magic.
• 30:19
  Steel is a lot easier for some reason.
• 30:22
  But this, this looks impeccably made.
• 30:25
  I'm not sure who made it and I'm not sure if you guys were able
• 30:28
  to look. Inside the arm, but I found
• 30:31
  something here. She opens it back up again and
• 30:34
  shows you guys a little. It's initials, isn't it?
• 30:36
  Yes. How did you know?
• 30:38
  Is it? Does it say?
• 30:40
  AESI. Knew it, thank you.
• 30:42
  Yes, of course. I'm sorry I couldn't offer more
• 30:45
  to you guys. This is more than you know.
• 30:47
  Betsy and I lean in a little bit.
• 30:49
  Are we on the threshold of her thing or we're we're still
• 30:52
  inside of her shop, I'm assuming.
• 30:55
  What do you know about the metal work that they did in the
• 30:59
  Varelian shards? I don't know much about the
• 31:02
  Varelian shards. I didn't even know they had
• 31:06
  metalwork. I know a little bit, you know,
• 31:09
  very standard history stuff, that they were becoming a threat
• 31:12
  and that's why the empires had to combine and take them out.
• 31:15
  But I don't know what specifically went on there.
• 31:19
  Well, thank you, Betsy. Of course, of course.
• 31:22
  Abe wasn't the name of that human artificer in the journals.
• 31:27
  It was Ansel. Yeah.
• 31:28
  Ansel Skylark. Yes.
• 31:30
  I think this might be his signature on the coin on this
• 31:33
  arm. He was an artificer.
• 31:34
  It it clicks in Abe's head. I never put together that he was
• 31:38
  an artificer and that his name was Ansel Skylark.
• 31:41
  This whole time I've been thinking Ambrose Skylark, but
• 31:43
  that makes a lot of sense, man. I'm going to write that down and
• 31:48
  take out my journal. Well, I spoke to Drummond and
• 31:53
  everything that we assumed is more or less true.
• 31:57
  Yeah, he wants us to win the tournament, of course, and then
• 32:02
  also endorse him. But he seemed to imply that he
• 32:06
  wanted us to go from place to place to, like, talk to people
• 32:10
  individually and try to convince them to get on his side.
• 32:14
  So I'm wondering maybe if we take his deal and then when we
• 32:20
  talk to these people, we we might say one thing and mean
• 32:26
  another, if you know what I'm saying.
• 32:28
  So you're. Talking about using metaphors.
• 32:30
  I'm, I'm talking about like, you know, maybe we make it sound
• 32:33
  like we are in favor of Drummond, but we, we seed our
• 32:37
  language with things that might make the people think otherwise
• 32:42
  about Drummond. Interesting.
• 32:43
  The only issue I see with this is that they said the vote was
• 32:47
  split. And I imagine the people that
• 32:48
  are voting for Drummond are not the people that we're going to
• 32:51
  be talking to, and they're the people whose minds we would need
• 32:54
  to change now. I mean, I suppose he doesn't
• 32:56
  know who we're going to be talking to.
• 32:58
  Yeah, that's true. I was under the impression that
• 33:01
  we were going to be talking to like, anybody who might support
• 33:03
  him as well. But yeah, I'm not sure and I
• 33:07
  don't know how. What's the wise way to play this
• 33:08
  situation? Should we not take his deal?
• 33:11
  I don't. I mean, I don't know about you
• 33:12
  guys. We haven't vocalized it very
• 33:14
  much yet. I don't want him to win.
• 33:16
  So I I would very much out of these three, like Peshwari to
• 33:20
  win. I think we can all agree on
• 33:22
  Cluard. I have an idea.
• 33:26
  I like your idea about canvassing.
• 33:28
  I think we should try to win this tournament, if not just for
• 33:31
  the deal and get some influence but also for some money.
• 33:35
  Do you think there's a way we can goad Cluard into fighting us
• 33:41
  in a three on three exhibition match in the arena and embarrass
• 33:46
  him? Because I've been trying to
• 33:48
  think of a way to get him out of favor with his voters, and I
• 33:52
  think the best way to do that would be to make him feel or
• 33:55
  seem weaker than he is. He probably runs on appearing
• 33:59
  strong and making people scared. But if he can't protect himself
• 34:03
  and he loses to some outsiders, then what is he supposed to do?
• 34:06
  And maybe his world view is wrong.
• 34:08
  I think that's a good idea. That's very interesting.
• 34:11
  I think it's very unlikely that he would fight us himself, but
• 34:14
  the act of calling him out in the first place should be enough
• 34:17
  to symbolize what you're talking about.
• 34:19
  I'm assuming we're having this conversation by ourselves, but
• 34:23
  I'm going to call over to Betsy. She comes over.
• 34:26
  Betsy, were you familiar with Cluard son?
• 34:29
  Oh yeah. He was a little bit of a crazy
• 34:32
  lad, always stirring up trouble in his youth.
• 34:36
  What's yeah, what's the public opinion on him?
• 34:38
  Was he was he super liked? The people that liked Clayworth
• 34:42
  liked his son and his posse. If they like Clayworth, they
• 34:45
  like the posse. Did the posse ever go after to
• 34:48
  backsy as well? No, definitely not they they
• 34:51
  exclusively went out after outsiders.
• 34:54
  OK, Bunty looks at you guys and goes.
• 34:56
  Guys, I think we have to go to the fight soon.
• 34:59
  Yeah, I think, I think Bunty is right.
• 35:01
  Is it all right if we count this conversation as a short rest?
• 35:05
  Yeah, yeah, totally. I would love to regain some hit
• 35:07
  points. Yes yes, take your short rest,
• 35:10
  regain your hit points before you guys fight.
• 35:13
  Seems only fair. I was at Max HP and key.
• 35:17
  You always are, Abe, and that's why I'm gonna beat you this next
• 35:22
  fight. All right, I was only two below
• 35:27
  Max, but I rolled it. It die anyway.
• 35:30
  Just, you know, just in case. Sounds good.
• 35:34
  I'm back up to Max. Cool.
• 35:36
  So just a reminder, everyone's Max Abe, yours is 25, right?
• 35:42
  Yes. Bond, you're 29.
• 35:43
  And Bo, you're 24. My Max is actually 35.
• 35:48
  I forgot to add the tough feat to my HP so my Max is now 35.
• 35:54
  Whoo, 35 big numbers there Bo. You know where the arena is.
• 36:00
  You had walked by it on your journey earlier, so you lead the
• 36:04
  rest of the group there. Yeah, and I'm going to do this
• 36:07
  in human form and without the fancy clothes on.
• 36:10
  Just my armor. Cool, so you guys head over to
• 36:13
  the arena where you see crowds of people have started to
• 36:17
  appear. Like I said, this isn't like a
• 36:20
  building like the ugly arena was with stands on the inside,
• 36:24
  people watching down. This is more like a fancy
• 36:26
  fighting pit that you guys will be in and everyone will kind of
• 36:30
  be standing around the outside. So you approach and you see A to
• 36:35
  backseat woman writing down names and she turns to you guys
• 36:38
  and is like, are you guys competing today?
• 36:41
  What name are you competing under?
• 36:42
  Yeah, we're the Manos. The manos.
• 36:44
  The manos. Yes, yes, yes.
• 36:45
  OK, I see it here. Oh, you guys will be fighting
• 36:51
  first. OK, Great, great, great.
• 36:53
  Here, follow that Tabaxi over there and and he'll kind of show
• 36:55
  you the way. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 36:57
  Oh, great. This will be this will be great.
• 36:59
  First match. Some outsiders.
• 37:01
  This will be very interesting. Interesting.
• 37:02
  And she kind of urges you to follow another Tabaxi.
• 37:06
  The Tabaxi that you follow leads you inside of this arena.
• 37:10
  It is a perfect square, 100 feet to a side, it's stone floor
• 37:15
  scored and scarred by years of claw and blades.
• 37:18
  In each corner rises A50 foot tall wooden structure, kind of
• 37:23
  like a colossal cat tree, with thick pillars wrapped in rope
• 37:27
  and hide, bristling with staggered platforms that spiral
• 37:31
  upwards towards a high central perch.
• 37:33
  So there's four of these, one in each corner.
• 37:36
  Each of these has four intermediate platforms jutting
• 37:39
  out at uneven angles, each 110 feet higher than the last.
• 37:44
  And at the very top is a broad platform crowned with a web of
• 37:47
  thick rope netting stretched tight between each post.
• 37:51
  So above the arena is like a whole layer of rope netting.
• 37:56
  Tree branches and leaves obscure parts of the platform and the
• 37:59
  floor near the edges of the arena, so lots of darkness and
• 38:03
  and places to hide. From the stands comes the
• 38:06
  restless murmur of Tabaxi spectators, tails swaying, eyes
• 38:10
  flickering back and forth. The Tabasi that you guys follow
• 38:15
  turns to you and goes, All right, I'll announce your name
• 38:19
  as the the Monos and you guys will enter.
• 38:21
  Anything else you guys want for your entrance?
• 38:24
  Yeah. Are we allowed to make any kind
• 38:26
  of statement when we enter the the arena?
• 38:29
  Yeah, sure, sure. Yeah.
• 38:30
  Enter the arena and say your statement.
• 38:32
  Whatever works, works, Yeah. OK.
• 38:35
  Who has the best persuasion out of?
• 38:36
  Us. I think that's me.
• 38:37
  OK, first, I'm going to cast a You don't know of us to give us
• 38:41
  five extra Max HP for 8 hours. And then right before we go out,
• 38:46
  I'm going to give you aid on Persuasion, Charlie, or
• 38:50
  guidance, right? Guidance, Yeah.
• 38:51
  Yeah, and I sidebar with you guys as we're kind of moving
• 38:54
  between that organizer and our entrance.
• 38:56
  Should we do this now? Like should we call him out now
• 39:00
  or should we wait until we win a fight?
• 39:03
  Like, I don't, I didn't know what the right thing to do was,
• 39:05
  but. I think we I think we have to
• 39:07
  win a fight before we challenge somebody else.
• 39:10
  But are we going to make another their statement?
• 39:12
  Yeah, I didn't know. I didn't know if we should make
• 39:13
  a statement now and then challenge him later.
• 39:15
  I'm not sure what the statement would be.
• 39:17
  I just kind of asked to see what the vibes are.
• 39:20
  We could still make some statement to try to get the
• 39:21
  crowd on our side. I know, I know, you guys have
• 39:24
  only been in one gladiator fight, but that's a big factor,
• 39:27
  the entertainment aspect of it, warming up the crowd to you.
• 39:30
  If we want that statement to hit harder later, then this will be
• 39:33
  perfect. What if I I run into the arena,
• 39:37
  slide on one knee and then strike a power chord on the
• 39:40
  banjo? Sounds badass as fuck and.
• 39:43
  Then Bon and I come out on all fours and we meow and claw at
• 39:48
  the sky. OK, that's less badass.
• 39:51
  What if we just walked out not on all fours?
• 39:55
  Imitating the people who live here might not be a good idea.
• 39:59
  But this is a Tobaxi village. This is they would love it if we
• 40:02
  exhibit their culture, you know? How would you feel if a bunch of
• 40:06
  tobaxis came out at a human village and just like, pretended
• 40:10
  to drink coffee and stand up? Honestly, I was on your side at
• 40:16
  first, but you lost me. That would be pretty awesome.
• 40:18
  I'd be honored. But anyways, point taken.
• 40:21
  Oh. My God, humans are so strange.
• 40:23
  I mean, I guess I know you're not a human.
• 40:25
  Bow to. Backsies walk on 2 legs though.
• 40:27
  That's a good point. That's a good point.
• 40:30
  What if we just came out and started like lifting our arms,
• 40:34
  hyping up the crowd, pointing our weapons menacingly?
• 40:36
  You you do some shadow boxing. Sounds good.
• 40:39
  So with that, the announcer goes into the center of the arena and
• 40:43
  the crowd quiets down. Our first fight.
• 40:47
  Some outsiders, You've already heard of them.
• 40:50
  There's gossip going around town about them already.
• 40:54
  The Monos. Yeah, I come.
• 40:57
  I come sprinting out with the banjo.
• 40:59
  I I do what I said. I slide onto the the arena floor
• 41:03
  picking up some dirt and and dust and then I I strum a very
• 41:07
  out of 2IN power cord on the banjo.
• 41:09
  Yeah, we come. I come running out and like
• 41:12
  channel my lightning Mace a little bit so that it sparks fly
• 41:15
  as I like grind it against the ground.
• 41:18
  I'll I'll walk out, do some shadowboxing and then a spinning
• 41:21
  kick and land, land on the ground.
• 41:23
  Sick and Bunty runs out. It just goes all right, Bo.
• 41:30
  Roll your persuasion with advantage to try to get the
• 41:34
  crowd on your side. And then add AD 4.
• 41:37
  That's awesome. 9 on the first roll and a 13 on the second roll
• 41:44
  +2 so it's 15 + 5. That's an unnatural 20.
• 41:49
  Oh, pretty good. You see a lot of the crowd is
• 41:52
  very excited to see you guys. There is definitely a section
• 41:56
  that you can tell are the people that kind of support cluward
• 41:59
  because they look a little scraggly, they look a little
• 42:02
  dirty and they're kind of standing there upset.
• 42:05
  But the rest of the crowd seems pretty hyped that you guys are
• 42:08
  here. They haven't had a non tobaccy
• 42:11
  join a gladiator fight in quite a while.
• 42:13
  I'm going to actually point at cluward after striking the cord,
• 42:17
  but then I'm also going to quickly put the banjo back in
• 42:19
  the bag of holding so it doesn't get damaged.
• 42:20
  Yes, protect that banjo as you do that.
• 42:23
  As you point at Cluward, he kind of gives a little grin, and he
• 42:28
  looks really thrilled that you've kind of called him out a
• 42:32
  little bit in a very like minor sense.
• 42:34
  As that's happening, the announcer goes folks, there
• 42:38
  seems to be a fun little switcheroo in the order instead
• 42:41
  of the monos fighting the kitten claws, and you see 5 little
• 42:45
  small Tobaxi and matching red track suits.
• 42:48
  They will be fighting. You know them, you love them.
• 42:53
  Big Bertha and Toby, and then the crowd.
• 42:57
  Loses. Their shit.
• 43:00
  I love you, Toby. Crush on Big Bertha and you look
• 43:04
  over and you see clearword padding 2 abnormally large
• 43:09
  calico tobaccy on the shoulders and he's smiling.
• 43:13
  They hover around 7 feet tall, but they have all the grace of
• 43:17
  their fellow to backseat. As they slink into the arena,
• 43:20
  you see that they wear black leather armor and gold jewelry
• 43:24
  that kind of adorns their tails. Their claws are incredibly long
• 43:28
  and sharp, like as long as a short sword, and their nails are
• 43:32
  painted like a fiery red. Toby enters first and does a
• 43:36
  sick backflip and the crowd goes wild.
• 43:39
  Let me see if he can beat your 20 on the persuasion.
• 43:43
  Toby does pretty well. He doesn't do as well as you
• 43:46
  guys, but you see that the crowd is super hyped to see Toby.
• 43:49
  But then Big Bertha enters, cool, calm and collected and all
• 43:55
  of a sudden music blasts from a live band off to the side that
• 43:59
  you didn't even notice. It goes.
• 44:01
  I love it when you call me Big Bertha.
• 44:03
  Throw your hands in your hair if you were true player.
• 44:07
  And on command, everyone in the audience raises their hand and
• 44:10
  bounces to the beat. And Big Bertha.
• 44:13
  Starts surviving too. Yeah, Big Bertha's got infinite
• 44:16
  aura. She gets a 25 on her persuasion
• 44:20
  as she enters and everyone is losing their shit for Big Bertha
• 44:24
  You. You can't beat Big Bertha by
• 44:27
  Notorious Bertha, Yeah. Beat by notorious Bertha.
• 44:36
  OK, fantastic. Before we roll initiative, is
• 44:39
  there anything you guys want to do or activate?
• 44:43
  I'll pull out a sword, just my sword, so I have one hand free.
• 44:47
  Who? Who's going to go after who?
• 44:48
  What does Toby look like? They're both very large.
• 44:52
  Yeah, he's flipping in shit, but they both look like very
• 44:54
  graceful, large to backseat 7 feet.
• 44:57
  Tall. I'm imagining Lionheart and
• 44:58
  Firestar from book 6 of Warriors.
• 45:01
  Deep cut. Just absolutely massive house
• 45:04
  cats. He might have only gotten to
• 45:06
  book 5 on my reread of Warriors. Abe, you going to activate
• 45:11
  anything before we go? I want to keep the arms a secret
• 45:15
  for now. Cool.
• 45:16
  Just in case it can give me some sort of advantage if they think
• 45:19
  they can get within a certain distance all.
• 45:22
  Right. If that's it, then everyone roll
• 45:24
  initiative. Do we know if we're going to
• 45:27
  fight again today in this tournament or if the other
• 45:29
  battle would be tomorrow? We don't know.
• 45:31
  You didn't ask any questions? Yeah.
• 45:33
  Honestly, we only live once, Bond.
• 45:36
  Let's just roll. We'll figure it out.
• 45:39
  All right. That is an 18.
• 45:41
  I'm rolling so many thirteens today, that'll be a 16 for me.
• 45:45
  And eight for Bond. Let's get to it.
• 45:48
  You guys are on opposite ends of the arena.
• 45:51
  Like I said, it is a giant square, 100 feet per side.
• 45:55
  Big Bertha goes first. Instead of running towards you
• 45:58
  guys, she runs towards the corner where there's a giant cat
• 46:02
  tree. She bends down and you see the
• 46:05
  thick, thick quad muscles and she launches herself up into the
• 46:11
  air. She is able to jump 20 feet in
• 46:15
  the air and lands on that second platform in there, then
• 46:19
  immediately takes a hide action and she goes invisible.
• 46:24
  Holy shit. Next to go is Abe and Bunty.
• 46:27
  You guys are 100 feet away from Toby, and Big Bertha is, well,
• 46:32
  you don't know where she is. But she's also horizontally
• 46:36
  about 100 feet from us. Yeah, she's 100 feet
• 46:38
  horizontally. She's gone into a corner a
• 46:41
  little bit. The last place we saw was she
• 46:44
  went 20 feet up on tone of the platforms.
• 46:46
  Yeah, All right. I'd say to you guys, I'm going
• 46:48
  to take the high ground. I'm a good climber.
• 46:50
  I'm going to start climbing up the nearest cat tree with Bunty
• 46:54
  on my shoulder. Great.
• 46:55
  So you're going to use 25 feet of movement to get to the
• 46:58
  corner, and then how much more movement to climb?
• 47:01
  I should have 15 more feet to climb, so I can probably get
• 47:06
  just to the first platform on that.
• 47:08
  Great. Anything else?
• 47:10
  Yeah, I am actually going to activate my arms at this stage.
• 47:12
  I'm getting a little scared. Awesome.
• 47:16
  And then you activate your arms and and how do they look as they
• 47:19
  come out of you? They kind of just like shimmer
• 47:21
  into existence, looking like very much like the statues from
• 47:25
  below the ugly arena that we encountered, but a little more
• 47:29
  light like than stone. The crowd just goes, oh shit, oh
• 47:33
  shit, he can do that. Oh my God.
• 47:36
  And then there's a bunch of whispering going around.
• 47:38
  What the fuck is that? What the fuck?
• 47:41
  Not as many kids in this audience.
• 47:43
  Yeah, definitely not. And Bunty starts just screaming.
• 47:50
  We're going to kill. Them we're going to kill them
• 47:51
  all and it's your turn now. Bunty, it'll be a good time to
• 47:58
  use that bonkit. All right.
• 48:00
  How far away is is it Toby? Toby Toby is 100.
• 48:04
  Feet away Toby, and then like how far away from Toby did the
• 48:07
  other one move? Big Bertha moved 25 feet
• 48:11
  horizontally to get to that corner and then 20 feet up.
• 48:15
  And then how? How are the how are the kind of
• 48:17
  cat posts scattered throughout the arena?
• 48:20
  There's four of them, one in each corner.
• 48:22
  So Abe is in another corner, not the one diagonal from Big
• 48:27
  Bertha, but on the on the same side.
• 48:29
  Then in that case I will go towards Toby 30 feet and then I
• 48:35
  will I will cast Blade Ward on myself.
• 48:39
  Sick. What does Blade Ward do?
• 48:41
  So anybody who makes an attack against me has to roll AD four
• 48:45
  and subtract that from their role.
• 48:47
  Sounds good. All right.
• 48:48
  Anything else on your turn? Nope, that will be all all.
• 48:52
  Right, Bond, it is your turn. I'm going to move up 30 feet.
• 48:57
  I am going to ready in action that whenever I see one of
• 49:02
  either Big Bertha or Toby move within 60 feet of me, I'm going
• 49:07
  to cast Hold Person on one of them.
• 49:10
  Awesome. All right, then it is Toby's
• 49:13
  turn. Toby is going to use his bonus
• 49:17
  action called Sprint and as he runs towards Beau who approached
• 49:23
  him, he moves forward to 45 feet so it's going to trigger your
• 49:28
  thing Bon, but as he moves his speed he leaves a trail of fire
• 49:33
  as he runs. Shit.
• 49:35
  Interesting. All right, so Bon, he enters at
• 49:38
  60 feet. All right, he's going to roll
• 49:39
  ADC 13 Wisdom Saving Bureau. Wisdom.
• 49:43
  OK, that is a dirty 20. No, I rolled high.
• 49:48
  Not. Not that he's very wise.
• 49:50
  The spell fizzles. For a second, it looks like his
• 49:54
  muscles lock, but he's just running so fast, and he
• 49:57
  continues his forward movement. So he gets 45 feet up, Bow,
• 50:03
  you're 30 feet up. He is going to reach out, grab a
• 50:07
  light crossbow from his back and shoot at you.
• 50:11
  Bow, his first attack. I'm going to roll that is a 15.
• 50:15
  Does that hit? That is my armor class, but did
• 50:18
  you roll the D4? I did not.
• 50:20
  Okay, so that is a 13. It would have hit with the 15.
• 50:25
  It does not hit with the 13. Incredible.
• 50:28
  Good job, Blade Ward. All right.
• 50:30
  And then the second attack, well, I'm not going to exact
• 50:33
  same thing. All right?
• 50:34
  Yeah. So he misses on both of his
• 50:36
  attacks, goes right past you. And he looks pretty upset by
• 50:40
  this. I imagine that the arrows are
• 50:42
  like flying at me and then they get like redirected by a magic
• 50:46
  field as they get. Close they they would have hit
• 50:48
  you without blade war. They both got they were both a
• 50:51
  15, so they're towards you and then they just diverge off of
• 50:56
  you and fall into the ground. Harmless.
• 50:59
  Awesome. All right, it is big Berthas
• 51:02
  turn. Big Bertha appears again very
• 51:05
  briefly and climbs her way all the way to the top of the post,
• 51:09
  so she is now 50 feet in the air.
• 51:13
  She looks over at where Abe is. Abe, you're pretty far from her,
• 51:18
  but she also takes a crossbow from her back and is going to
• 51:22
  make two shots against you, but with disadvantage since you're
• 51:25
  out of her normal range. All right, the first attack is
• 51:31
  going to be 13, which I assume does not hit.
• 51:34
  Damn, I'm rolling low. And the second attack is going
• 51:41
  to be a 19 to hit. Does that hit?
• 51:43
  Yes, but I'm going to use my reaction to deflect missile.
• 51:48
  Cool, so let me roll the damage 1st and then you roll to see how
• 51:52
  much it deflects it by. That is 13 piercing damage.
• 51:58
  So that's the 13, so I reduce it to 0.
• 52:01
  Nice. She shoots the second one and I
• 52:03
  catch it mid air and then I just drop it to the ground on the
• 52:06
  platform. She looks shocked by this and
• 52:09
  she looks pretty upset. She is then going to use her
• 52:16
  leap and she is going to leap. So she has now moved 20 feet on
• 52:22
  to the rope netting and she's going to have to make a
• 52:24
  dexterity check to make sure that she can balance on this
• 52:28
  netting. So that's good for you guys to
• 52:29
  know. If you get on this netting,
• 52:31
  you're going to have to balance on it.
• 52:33
  And she's totally fine. Abe and Bunty, it's your turn.
• 52:37
  You're on the first platform, 10 feet up.
• 52:40
  All right, Bunty, here we go. And I just start climbing the
• 52:43
  tower and pick up speed and I'm running straight up somehow
• 52:48
  because my climb speed is equal to my movement speed.
• 52:51
  So we just start moving at yeah, at a slight angle, but upwards.
• 52:56
  So you have 40 feet of movement, right?
• 52:58
  Yeah. So you make it directly on to
• 53:00
  the top platform and she is now from you horizontally 80 feet.
• 53:05
  And I'm just going to yell, come on, as I say, come on, I'm going
• 53:09
  to use my bonus action to empower my arms.
• 53:13
  And so they're going to grow 5 feet in length and become
• 53:16
  brighter. So the light that comes off them
• 53:18
  is is brighter. And now I have a reach of 15
• 53:21
  feet. Damn nice.
• 53:23
  All right, Bo, it's your turn now.
• 53:25
  Toby just shot at you. He's 25 feet away from you.
• 53:29
  And how far away is Bertha from me?
• 53:30
  Bertha is 50 feet in the air and still about 45 feet
• 53:38
  horizontally. OK, then I will with my free
• 53:42
  hand, I'm going to take out the jokester's mic and I'm going to
• 53:49
  look at my companions and and I'm going to say come on guys,
• 53:53
  it's time to purr severe. Is this thing on?
• 53:57
  Oh. God, I'm going to look.
• 53:59
  At Toby. So he has to make a Wisdom
• 54:02
  saving throw and I believe I have to roll to see if it blows
• 54:04
  up in my face. Exactly.
• 54:06
  All right, Wisdom saving throw. It's AD 10 and if I roll A1
• 54:10
  right? No Roll AD 4 on A1, the mic
• 54:14
  explodes, dealing you one D10 damage.
• 54:16
  D4 OK, that's a lot. Oh boy.
• 54:21
  Oh, it's a four, thank God. OK, you're good.
• 54:24
  All right. Toby does not pass.
• 54:26
  Toby gets a 5. Cool, and my other question was
• 54:29
  most or for my spells. My save is based on my
• 54:33
  intelligence. Can this be based off my careers
• 54:35
  license? It's not technically part of my
• 54:37
  spells. This this has a flat DC-15.
• 54:40
  Oh, OK, cool. The item has ADC 15.
• 54:42
  Yeah so and he got a 5 so he does not pass.
• 54:45
  Totally does not pass. Awesome.
• 54:48
  Cool. Yeah, he's he is now prone and
• 54:50
  incapacitated. He found that really funny.
• 54:58
  Oh, that one. And he's just losing it on the
• 55:02
  ground right now. That is incredible.
• 55:05
  I will use my movement to walk up to him, but I'm going to yell
• 55:09
  for everybody else. I think we can.
• 55:11
  We could focus on Bertha for a while.
• 55:13
  Sounds good. All right, Bo, that is your
• 55:16
  turn. Anything else?
• 55:17
  Would you let me use my bonus action to kind of put the mic
• 55:21
  away and then just actually just put the mic away?
• 55:23
  I don't want to draw anything else yet.
• 55:25
  Definitely Bon, it's your turn. All right, So Bertha is 50 feet
• 55:31
  up in the among the netting right now, right?
• 55:33
  Yeah, she's on the netting right now.
• 55:34
  OK, I'm going to cast Guiding bolt and target Bertha.
• 55:39
  And so I hurl a bolt of light towards a creature.
• 55:42
  I'm going to make a range spell attack that is a 12 + 3 is 15.
• 55:48
  That does not hit. With, after with that is my.
• 55:51
  That is my turn. If it makes you feel better, no
• 55:55
  one has done anything. No damage so far.
• 55:59
  That's true, but I've wasted 2 spouse slots.
• 56:03
  Oh, that is true. That is true.
• 56:04
  All right, It is Toby's turn. He does check at the end of his
• 56:09
  turn and also if he takes damage.
• 56:12
  Great. All right, waste his turn.
• 56:14
  End of his turn. That is a 13 that does not pass.
• 56:19
  So he's still giggling on the floor.
• 56:24
  Bo starts laughing too. It was pretty good, wasn't?
• 56:28
  It Oh, actually, sorry. On my turn I'd like to walk up
• 56:32
  to what's his name as well to get within.
• 56:36
  Yeah, to get within range so that if we need to sneak attack
• 56:39
  him, Bo gets advantage. Yeah, you like leisurely walk up
• 56:43
  to the Tabasi that's just cackling on the ground and Bo
• 56:46
  who's laughing and standing over him as well.
• 56:49
  It is big Berthas turn. Big Bertha is going to use her
• 56:53
  movement and a dash to get right.
• 56:57
  Up to you Abe. She is going to attack with her
• 57:00
  claws. The first one is a 23 to hit.
• 57:05
  Yep, I'm going to use my reaction.
• 57:07
  Cool. That's gonna be 10 slashing
• 57:11
  damage and then I need you to make a deck saving throw after
• 57:16
  you use your reaction. 16 damage reduction. 16 So you reduce it
• 57:21
  completely and then I need you to make a deck saving throw.
• 57:25
  And that's gonna be a 17. OK, so you're just gonna take
• 57:28
  half damage for this? You take 5 fire damage.
• 57:33
  Got you. As her nails ignite and she
• 57:35
  claws towards you. All right, she's gonna do her
• 57:38
  second attack towards you now. I try to like I use my hand to
• 57:41
  push away not knowing she has the fire so when it ignites it
• 57:45
  still causes. Yeah, it still, it still singes
• 57:48
  you even though you block like the the slashing particles.
• 57:51
  Yeah. And then her, that was her right
• 57:54
  claw. She like leans back and gets you
• 57:56
  with her left claw. So we're gonna roll for that.
• 57:59
  That is a 21 to hit. Yep, that hits.
• 58:03
  That is gonna do 10 slashing damage and then I need you to
• 58:07
  make that deck saving throw again.
• 58:10
  A-18 deck saving throw. OK, you pass.
• 58:14
  You're just gonna take half damage.
• 58:16
  You take 3 fire damage and she's looking furious and you see the
• 58:20
  veins in her neck are like pulsing.
• 58:23
  It looks like the fire is coming kind of like from within her.
• 58:27
  And her whole body just seems like hot to the touch.
• 58:31
  All right, it is now your turn and Bunty's turn.
• 58:35
  You're still on the platform, right?
• 58:38
  You haven't moved across the netting.
• 58:40
  So your your balance is fine right now.
• 58:42
  Yep, and she's she's right up with me now, right?
• 58:45
  Close and personal within 5 feet.
• 58:47
  All right, Bunty sicker girl. Her sick.
• 58:50
  Em, I'm gonna attack with my fist.
• 58:53
  Fantastic. And Bunty's gonna bite.
• 58:57
  Bunty misses. 20 Unnatural 20. That hits. 8 damage.
• 59:03
  Nice. Instead of using my bonus action
• 59:06
  to attack again on this turn, I'm going to use it to engage
• 59:10
  dodge. So until my next turn, anyone
• 59:14
  who attacks me will have disadvantage on attack.
• 59:17
  I will have advantage on Dexterity saving throws.
• 59:20
  So I'm going to start using my arms to slightly be off the
• 59:24
  ground because there's 15 feet of reach now.
• 59:25
  So the spectral arms are raising me a little and it just looks
• 59:28
  like they're like kind of waving me a little back and forth.
• 59:30
  So it's hard to. Nice.
• 59:32
  Yeah. You're, you're you're going back
• 59:33
  and forth. It's going to be really hard for
• 59:35
  Bertha to hit you next time. All right, Bo, it's your turn.
• 59:40
  You're standing over Toby, who is still laughing.
• 59:42
  I said a Bo, I'm running out of range spells.
• 59:45
  I think we just take him out now.
• 59:47
  Which bolts concentration so it will end it anyway.
• 59:49
  I'll use my Botus action to give myself advantage on Toby.
• 59:54
  I will roll with advantage for which bolt?
• 59:57
  Awesome, so there will be a 16 to hit.
• 1:00:00
  That does not hit. It does not hit.
• 1:00:03
  Damn. So he is still laughing on the
• 1:00:05
  ground. Not anymore, actually, because
• 1:00:07
  my concentration ended. So Toby is now looking at the
• 1:00:10
  ground from the ground, really confused, looking up at the two
• 1:00:14
  of you and goes actually, wasn't that funny that that was
• 1:00:18
  actually a really bad joke. You need to go to joke school.
• 1:00:21
  Shut up, Toby. Oh, who are you?
• 1:00:23
  Says that right before I attack him and it.
• 1:00:25
  And it misses. He goes oh shit.
• 1:00:27
  And you try to wait, hold. Up.
• 1:00:29
  I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. Technically actually I got an 18
• 1:00:33
  to hit. I was I was thinking I was
• 1:00:34
  subtracting but I do add my proficiency bonus so I don't
• 1:00:37
  know if an 18. Hits, yes, an 18 does hit.
• 1:00:40
  So he said. Actually that's not that funny
• 1:00:42
  of a joke and you just fucking witch bolt the shit out of him.
• 1:00:47
  Right in the face. You need to go to joke school.
• 1:00:52
  He takes 13 damage. Woof woof.
• 1:00:56
  It's a big witch bolt. Awesome, and he's just on the
• 1:00:59
  ground fried. And then I will pull out my
• 1:01:02
  dacker. Awesome.
• 1:01:03
  All right, Bon, it's your turn. Any melee attacks have advantage
• 1:01:07
  against Toby because he's prone on the ground.
• 1:01:10
  All right, I am going to make a melee attack with my Mace
• 1:01:14
  against Toby, say 1 and a four. So I'm assuming neither of those
• 1:01:19
  hits. I'm going to use my DM
• 1:01:21
  inspiration to reroll one of them that is a 22 to hit.
• 1:01:25
  Totally hits all right. That is 9 bludgeoning damage and
• 1:01:31
  six lightning damage, so total of 15.
• 1:01:35
  Doby's hurt, but he's still, he's still not bloodied yet, but
• 1:01:38
  he's still he's hurt, yeah. I'm going to use my bonus action
• 1:01:42
  then to cast Divine Smite and add some more damage on top of
• 1:01:46
  that. Amazing.
• 1:01:48
  Awesome, beating the shit out of this.
• 1:01:51
  Define smite is 2D8 radiant damage, so that is 9 radiant
• 1:01:59
  damage on top of that. Nice.
• 1:02:01
  Oh man. OK, now he's looking bloodied.
• 1:02:04
  And keep Ryany. What does bloodied mean?
• 1:02:06
  He has less than half his hit points.
• 1:02:08
  OK. Is there anything special about
• 1:02:10
  that condition? Some creatures, when they're
• 1:02:12
  bloodied, get special abilities. He does not.
• 1:02:15
  That's just my way to signal. Signal to you guys.
• 1:02:17
  Like you, you heard him pretty well.
• 1:02:19
  Understood. All right, it is Toby's turn, he
• 1:02:22
  is going to stand up and he is going to swipe his claws at Hubo
• 1:02:29
  after you made him listen to that horrific joke.
• 1:02:33
  The first one is a 17 to hit. That will hit and I don't have
• 1:02:39
  blade ward up anymore by the way.
• 1:02:41
  All right, so that is going to be 9 slashing damage.
• 1:02:47
  OK. And then I need you to make a
• 1:02:49
  deck saving throw as his claws ignite.
• 1:02:54
  That will be a 24. Great, so you're going to take
• 1:02:56
  half damage. You only take one fire damage.
• 1:03:00
  OK, so I'm going to roll a concentration that's a Nat one.
• 1:03:06
  No. So you lose which bolts.
• 1:03:08
  Oh well, at least it got to do damage.
• 1:03:10
  That's true. You did get to hit him with that
• 1:03:11
  first one. He swipes at you and you see
• 1:03:14
  that kind of intangible connection that you had with him
• 1:03:17
  is just severed. And then for his second attack,
• 1:03:20
  he's going to swing at U Bond. OK, that is a 16 to hit. 16 just
• 1:03:27
  hits. So you're going to take 13
• 1:03:31
  slashing damage and then you got to make a deck saving through
• 1:03:35
  that. Is a Nat 20.
• 1:03:38
  Incredible. You're still going to take half
• 1:03:40
  damage, so you're going to take 2 fire damage all right.
• 1:03:44
  And Toby's claws are just like this fiery red and he's like out
• 1:03:49
  of breath from laughing for the past like 12 seconds non-stop
• 1:03:53
  and he's just breathing really heavily.
• 1:03:55
  Now it's big Bertha's turn. Big Bertha is looking pissed.
• 1:04:00
  She is going to take both of her attacks on on.
• 1:04:05
  Actually, she's going to take her first attack on Bunty as she
• 1:04:10
  sees that Bunty has tried to bite her face but misses
• 1:04:13
  completely. That's going to hit Bunty.
• 1:04:16
  He only has 13 AC. Bunty is hanging on by a thread.
• 1:04:22
  He's going to have to make his deck saving throw.
• 1:04:24
  Otherwise, do you want to roll for a Bunty's deck saving throw?
• 1:04:28
  He my just give me the D20 and I'll tell you what to add.
• 1:04:31
  Sure. So 4.
• 1:04:35
  Oh. No, even with Bunty's plus 5
• 1:04:38
  decks he does not pass and Bunty is down completely.
• 1:04:43
  Abe. And just passes out and is on
• 1:04:48
  the platform teetering very close to the edge.
• 1:04:52
  Big Bertha's second hit is going to go towards you, Abe.
• 1:04:55
  Yeah, with disadvantage. With disadvantage that's going
• 1:05:00
  to miss completely and then as her bonus action she is going to
• 1:05:07
  do her leap. As she leaps, everyone within 5
• 1:05:11
  feet of her has to make ADC 15 Con saving throw or be stunned.
• 1:05:16
  Bunty's already down, so you have to go make your con saving
• 1:05:19
  throw. And do I get an opportunity
• 1:05:21
  attack as she jumps away? Yes, you will get an opportunity
• 1:05:24
  attack. Not 20.
• 1:05:28
  You are not stunned and make your make your opportunity
• 1:05:32
  attack. I am also going to flavor my
• 1:05:35
  opportunity attack to be instead of an attack, a grapple because
• 1:05:39
  in the in DND 5.5 E you can switch out an unarmed attack for
• 1:05:43
  a grapple action. Very interesting, yeah.
• 1:05:47
  The target has to make a strength saving throw against
• 1:05:50
  the DC of eight plus my strength modifier plus my proficiency
• 1:05:55
  bonus. And because of my astral self I
• 1:05:57
  can use my wisdom bonus instead of strength.
• 1:06:00
  Yep. So it should be a 13 to save.
• 1:06:04
  All right, she just needs a 10 on the die, which she just gets
• 1:06:08
  exactly a 10. So she passes out of your
• 1:06:10
  grapple real close. You almost get her, and she
• 1:06:14
  leaves with a concoctionist boom as she jumps, and now she's 20
• 1:06:19
  feet back onto the netting into the center.
• 1:06:23
  Abe, it's your turn and Bunty is down.
• 1:06:26
  Bunty is going to make a death saving throw.
• 1:06:28
  Right now that's a Gnat 1. So that's two fails for Bunty.
• 1:06:33
  Oh my. God I just kneeled down to the
• 1:06:36
  ground and give Bunty a healing potion.
• 1:06:40
  Is that gonna count as my action or my bonus action?
• 1:06:42
  It's a bonus action. Then I'm going to give him
• 1:06:45
  healing potion 2 D 4 + 2 which I can roll 3 A1 so that should be
• 1:06:53
  5-6, sorry. Cool.
• 1:06:55
  He's not looking great, but he goes.
• 1:06:57
  Thank you, Abe. Oh, thank you brother.
• 1:06:59
  And he looks you. Bunty, maybe you stay back for
• 1:07:01
  this one, buddy. Yeah, I think that's probably
• 1:07:04
  best. She's really scary.
• 1:07:06
  Yeah. And then I turn back to Bertha
• 1:07:08
  and I say you and I'm going to use my movement to move.
• 1:07:11
  She's now on the netting, right? Yeah, before you go, Bunty
• 1:07:14
  turns. She goes Abe.
• 1:07:16
  Maybe throw your alchemist fire onto the rope and burn it and
• 1:07:20
  then she'll just fall to the ground.
• 1:07:22
  Bunty, you're so smart. You're so smart.
• 1:07:25
  You can affect battles with just your mind.
• 1:07:28
  OK, but I'm going to lay down still.
• 1:07:30
  Yeah, yeah, You do that. You do that and I take The
• 1:07:32
  Alchemist fire and I smash it on the on the netting.
• 1:07:35
  You throw it towards where Bertha is, just give me a
• 1:07:39
  dexterity check to make sure you aim it properly, just so that
• 1:07:43
  it'll affect her first. Yeah, it's an 18 on the dye and.
• 1:07:48
  Incredible. 22, yeah. All right, Bertha is going to
• 1:07:52
  try to balance, but with the fact that the netting is burning
• 1:07:55
  away so rapidly, she's gonna have to roll a Dexterity saving
• 1:08:00
  throw 25 Bertha does not get ADC 25 deck saving throw and
• 1:08:06
  plummets to the ground. That is 5D6 of bludgeoning
• 1:08:11
  damage as she falls to the ground, AD 6 for every 10 feet
• 1:08:16
  of falling. Got you.
• 1:08:17
  Does she get hit by the fire itself at all?
• 1:08:19
  Yeah you did throw it right at her SO1D4 fire damage so he
• 1:08:26
  might if you want to roll D4. Yep, and I'm reading it as well
• 1:08:29
  and it continues burning until it depends even if you are
• 1:08:33
  saying that I was able to actually hit her directly with
• 1:08:37
  the 22. With a 22 you'd be able to hit
• 1:08:39
  her in the netting around. Her and so she's gonna have to
• 1:08:42
  also roll on future turns. ADC 10 which Dexterity check
• 1:08:46
  which I assume she'll pass to extinguish it, but I'll roll the
• 1:08:49
  first one so that's a four on the die.
• 1:08:52
  Nice, and now she'll take her 5D6 bludgeoning damage as she
• 1:08:58
  falls to the ground. And as she falls, I yell, Don't
• 1:09:01
  play with fire. Man, you guys, with all of your
• 1:09:05
  quips, oh, that hurt her pretty badly.
• 1:09:08
  And you see her fall to the ground with a loud dunk.
• 1:09:13
  She's probably, she's prone right now and she's probably
• 1:09:16
  about 20 feet away from Bon and Bo and Toby.
• 1:09:22
  I guess they I guess they don't always land on 2 feet.
• 1:09:26
  Is this thing gone? It explodes in your face.
• 1:09:31
  OK, great. Abe, anything else for you and
• 1:09:35
  Bunty? I am going to use my movement at
• 1:09:39
  this stage to start to scale down the platform and I say
• 1:09:43
  Bunty, follow at your own pace. OK, cool brother.
• 1:09:47
  Take your time, Bunty. Yeah, take your time, Bunty.
• 1:09:49
  I don't want him to get back into the fight too quickly, so
• 1:09:52
  I'm going to just move down using all my movement, which
• 1:09:55
  should be 40 feet. Yeah.
• 1:09:58
  So you're on that first platform just 10 feet up?
• 1:10:01
  Yeah, that's my turn. Perfect.
• 1:10:02
  All right, Bo, it's your turn. You have Toby in front of you
• 1:10:06
  and Bertha 20 feet away. All right, let's finish this guy
• 1:10:11
  off. I'll use a luck point to give
• 1:10:14
  myself advantage. That is a 15 on the dive for the
• 1:10:19
  first roll and a net one for the second, so we'll keep the 15.
• 1:10:23
  That'll be 21 to hit. 21 hits. That'll be 15 damage.
• 1:10:29
  Oh. OK, Toby is looking unwell,
• 1:10:33
  bleeding out of just every every cut there and you look over.
• 1:10:39
  Can you give me a quick perception check bow?
• 1:10:42
  Yeah. 17. 17 You look over and Clward is like fuming right now.
• 1:10:49
  You can practically see the smoke coming out of his ears.
• 1:10:53
  He turns over to. I wink at him.
• 1:10:56
  You wink at him and he turns over to what looks like a cleric
• 1:11:01
  and starts whispering something in the cleric's ear.
• 1:11:04
  OK, interesting. I'm going to make another attack
• 1:11:08
  awesome with my offhand. They better not be cheating.
• 1:11:11
  And this will get advantage. This is some some Snape shit.
• 1:11:17
  Yeah, this is some snake shit, but Snape was helping them.
• 1:11:22
  This is some world shit. Yeah, sorry, spoilers for Harry
• 1:11:25
  Potter. My grandma, my grandma just
• 1:11:29
  finished the first book and she's on the second one.
• 1:11:32
  So grandma, she's definitely not listening to this, but.
• 1:11:35
  You know what? Good for her lilies Actively
• 1:11:38
  reading Harry Potter so for the first time.
• 1:11:40
  Okay, yeah, yeah. Right.
• 1:11:44
  Four. Nice, I do 4 damage.
• 1:11:46
  Yeah, he is looking so unwell. All right.
• 1:11:50
  Any other things before the end of your turn?
• 1:11:53
  I'm going to say very loudly, Boy, this guy's looking really
• 1:11:57
  hurt. It would be really weird if he
• 1:11:58
  all of a sudden started getting better.
• 1:12:05
  That's good. Incredible.
• 1:12:06
  All right, Bon, it is your turn. Get ahead of the story, Bo.
• 1:12:12
  How far away is Bertha? Bertha is 20 feet away, but if
• 1:12:16
  you move, Toby will get an attack of opportunity on you.
• 1:12:19
  OK, I am going to use Radiance of the Dawn.
• 1:12:22
  I'm going to use one of my channel divinities and present
• 1:12:25
  my holy symbol and a flash of magical light emanates from me.
• 1:12:30
  And both of them have to make a constitution.
• 1:12:34
  Saving through. All right, DC-13 Toby is.
• 1:12:37
  The thing that did like 20 damage to me, right?
• 1:12:39
  Yeah, Bo gets scared as the light goes over him, but then he
• 1:12:44
  realizes he's not hurting this time.
• 1:12:46
  All right, that's a 22 for Toby and a 23 for Big Bertha.
• 1:12:51
  OK. They're both going to take half,
• 1:12:54
  so that is a 11. So half to five, I think.
• 1:13:00
  Five. Yeah, All right.
• 1:13:02
  Are you trying to kill Toby or knock him out?
• 1:13:07
  I want to knock him out. OK, cool.
• 1:13:09
  Toby is knocked out on the ground right now.
• 1:13:12
  Hey, this guy is knocked out. It would be really weird if he
• 1:13:15
  got up again. And that's my turn.
• 1:13:18
  Incredible. So then is Toby, but he's
• 1:13:21
  knocked out right now, so top of the round before Bertha goes.
• 1:13:26
  So Bo, you were drawing all the attention to Toby, who was hurt.
• 1:13:31
  So everyone's paying attention. Yeah, Toby's knocked out.
• 1:13:33
  It would be really weird if he heals up, but no one's really
• 1:13:37
  paying attention to Bertha, and Bertha as she stands up, starts
• 1:13:44
  to look mighty healthy. Fucking knew it.
• 1:13:48
  I'm fine with this as long as there's one less combatant on
• 1:13:51
  the field. Bertha is going to rush towards
• 1:13:56
  you, Bo, because you've just been making up a stink.
• 1:13:59
  You're drawing attention to all these things and you're drawing
• 1:14:02
  attention to it. Seems like maybe she knew what
• 1:14:04
  Clewart's plan was going to be to heal them up.
• 1:14:07
  Have her roll her decks by the way for the fire.
• 1:14:10
  Yes, she's going to roll her decks to not be on fire, Yeah,
• 1:14:15
  And that's a 24. So she's fine, yeah.
• 1:14:19
  God damn it. Yeah, she's at the backseat.
• 1:14:22
  They're cat people. What can you do?
• 1:14:23
  And she's going to run towards you, Bo, that is going to be a
• 1:14:27
  Nat 20 on her first claw attack against you.
• 1:14:30
  Oh, Jesus. Christ, OK. 13 slashing damage
• 1:14:35
  and. I am I rolling a dex save.
• 1:14:37
  And then I need a dex, yeah. OK, that'll be 10. 10 does not
• 1:14:44
  pass, and you're going to take double fire damage too, and that
• 1:14:48
  is going to be 10 fire damage, so 13 slashing and 10 fire
• 1:14:52
  damage. And I am knocked out.
• 1:14:54
  Awesome. On her second attack, she's
• 1:14:57
  actually going to stab down at bow.
• 1:15:00
  If they hit, it's a correct. OK, would would disadvantage do
• 1:15:04
  anything to this? Yes, it would be with advantage.
• 1:15:08
  If you impose disadvantage bond then it would be a flat rule.
• 1:15:11
  Do you wanna do that? Yeah, I'm gonna use a warning
• 1:15:15
  flame to flashlight in her eyes with my pocket watch and just
• 1:15:19
  make her roll flat. Is there any way that I can use
• 1:15:23
  one of my luck points to make her roll with disadvantage?
• 1:15:26
  I don't think I can do if I'm unconscious, but I feel like
• 1:15:29
  luck is luck. Luck is luck.
• 1:15:32
  You cannot use your luck point, but let me narrate something for
• 1:15:35
  you, Bon. You see your friend go down, and
• 1:15:41
  as Bertha goes to go stab her claws down on both, you try to
• 1:15:46
  impose disadvantage. You shine that light in her
• 1:15:48
  face. It doesn't work.
• 1:15:50
  She's aiming straight at him, and at the last moment, all
• 1:15:55
  three of you hear this sort of laugh in your head.
• 1:15:59
  Kind of cocky, kind of joyful. And Abe, it's a laugh that you
• 1:16:03
  heard before when you were down in the ruins.
• 1:16:09
  And as that happens, Bertha misses completely.
• 1:16:13
  And her claws stab into the ground, into the stone, and she
• 1:16:17
  yowls in pain and misses completely.
• 1:16:20
  It had nothing to do with the Warding flame, and it had
• 1:16:23
  nothing to do with Beau's luck points.
• 1:16:25
  But somehow she misses completely.
• 1:16:27
  Do you know that feeling when you just jump out of your seat?
• 1:16:30
  I see this happen and I go through the fest mirror.
• 1:16:33
  Fest Mirror. And from your dad 20 from what?
• 1:16:39
  Was it session 4 or whatever? You know that it's not this
• 1:16:43
  mirror, but you still claim that it's this mirror.
• 1:16:48
  I'm just so excited. It just, I don't, I mean, I know
• 1:16:51
  that it's not this mirror, but it no one else who's been named
• 1:16:54
  has helped us yet. So maybe it's someone who knew
• 1:16:58
  this mirror. I've got no idea.
• 1:17:02
  All right, that is Big Bertha's turn.
• 1:17:05
  Abe, it's your turn. You're probably 30 feet away
• 1:17:09
  from Big Bertha. All right, And I'm going to yell
• 1:17:12
  Bon, Yeah, kill her brother. They're not holding back.
• 1:17:16
  She tried to kill Bunty, and she tried to kill Bo.
• 1:17:18
  And I leap off the ledge, going straight for Bertha.
• 1:17:21
  Amazing. That's really interesting.
• 1:17:23
  I'm going to go for an attack 24 to hit.
• 1:17:27
  Yep, that hits. And then I'm going to use a key
• 1:17:29
  point to do Flurry of Blows. That's a 25 hits, and that's
• 1:17:35
  gonna be a 17, which is a 23. So we're gonna do.
• 1:17:39
  All hits. 4219 points of image. 19 for the first hitter for all
• 1:17:47
  of them. For all of them together, this
• 1:17:49
  is the total damage. With your empowering strikes, do
• 1:17:52
  you add necrotic damage? My God yeah, thank you for
• 1:17:55
  reminding me. Yep.
• 1:17:57
  Each attack also deals an additional 1D4 necrotic damage.
• 1:18:02
  So that's a four, a three, and a four.
• 1:18:06
  So you can add another 11 damage.
• 1:18:08
  So that's going to be 30 points of damage.
• 1:18:11
  Jesus Christ. And so I'm going to fly off the
• 1:18:13
  the ledge and I'm going to like do 2 kicks across and then as I
• 1:18:19
  land on the ground another just right to her gut as I land on
• 1:18:22
  the ground. Oh man, you took away all the
• 1:18:25
  hit points she was healed with plus some more.
• 1:18:28
  She is back to looking very unwell.
• 1:18:32
  Anything else for your turn, Abe?
• 1:18:34
  No, I use everything. All right, Bo, give me your
• 1:18:39
  death saving throw. 18. 18 That is 1 pass Bond.
• 1:18:44
  It's your turn. Big Bertha's not looking well.
• 1:18:47
  Toby's knocked out. Bo's knocked out.
• 1:18:49
  All right. Or get her to yield.
• 1:18:51
  Do we? I mean, do we know they're
• 1:18:53
  related? That's so true, I assume.
• 1:18:57
  You did just assume you saw two to backseat 2 calicos and.
• 1:19:01
  Just assumed. They both had fire powers.
• 1:19:04
  Come on, guys, they're both. Very large.
• 1:19:06
  They are twins but don't. Assume noted.
• 1:19:08
  I'll be better. I'll do better.
• 1:19:11
  I think I'm just going to go for attack on Big Bertha.
• 1:19:13
  Go for it. I think we got to take her out,
• 1:19:15
  so I'm going to roll a attack with my Mace.
• 1:19:20
  There's a 19 to hit. 19 hits. All right, so that is going to
• 1:19:26
  be 6 bludgeoning damage and three lightning damage as I
• 1:19:31
  crash into the Mace, cracks against her and sparks up.
• 1:19:36
  And then I'm going to use my last spell slot to do a Divine
• 1:19:39
  Smite as a bonus action and deal another 2D8 damage.
• 1:19:46
  That is A7 and A5 S another 12 radiant damage on top of all
• 1:19:53
  that. How does it look like when you
• 1:19:55
  finish her? So I swing the Mace into her
• 1:19:58
  head, crack it against her, it knocks her back with sparks
• 1:20:01
  flying and then a bright white radiant light emanates from it
• 1:20:06
  and sort of like in a cone behind her head, just kind of
• 1:20:09
  knocks her back. And I'm going to do non lethal
• 1:20:12
  damage again. I'm done bolstering this man by
• 1:20:15
  trying to kill goons on his behalf.
• 1:20:17
  And. Just leave them both knocked
• 1:20:19
  out. As that happens, the crowd
• 1:20:22
  starts cheering for the Manos. Bo, you are still making death
• 1:20:27
  saving throws. Bunty runs down the last part of
• 1:20:32
  the platform, runs over to you Bo and goes.
• 1:20:35
  My bodyguard. My bodyguard.
• 1:20:37
  And puts a potion in your mouth. Or actually, he puts a potion in
• 1:20:41
  his mouth, opens up your mouth and spits it.
• 1:20:44
  In. Baby, is that like half?
• 1:20:50
  The healing or something? Yeah, full healing and you get 8
• 1:20:56
  HP as you are brought back and the fight ends.
• 1:21:00
  I just wearily open my eyes and like have a look on my face like
• 1:21:04
  I just tasted something really bad.
• 1:21:06
  And it's like dribbling from Bunty's mouth as he's looking
• 1:21:09
  over you. Hey.
• 1:21:14
  What is the poison from Bunty's mouth?
• 1:21:16
  What happens with poison from Bunty's mouth?
• 1:21:18
  Bunty can choose when he wants to release the poison.
• 1:21:21
  Don't worry, he's not releasing it into you.
• 1:21:23
  As this happens, the announcer steps out onto the arena floor
• 1:21:29
  and goes and our winners today, the monos and starts to like
• 1:21:34
  reach over to you guys and like, lift up your hands as if you are
• 1:21:37
  the Champions and goes. Now let's see if the crowd wants
• 1:21:42
  Big Bertha and Toby to live or die.
• 1:21:46
  And the crowd starts to cheer. And that's where we'll end
• 1:21:50
  today's session. Oh, they do things differently.
• 1:21:52
  Oh wow. Yeah, this.
• 1:21:54
  Is a crazy thing to end on. Oh boy, they're going to spend
• 1:21:59
  the next all the time just thinking about whether or not to
• 1:22:02
  kill these people. I guess it's not really up to
• 1:22:05
  us, it's up to the crowd. Yeah, it's true.
• 1:22:07
  I mean, we, we ultimately have a choice.
• 1:22:09
  It just, I think it would impact how the crowd sees us.
• 1:22:12
  And you have some influence. La Grande's village is.
• 1:22:16
  Yeah, La Grande's village is intense.
• 1:22:18
  Democracy to the I mean. We could, we could.
• 1:22:20
  We could step forward and make a speech.
• 1:22:23
  Yeah. For us to spare them, I guess.
• 1:22:25
  I don't know. Yeah, we'll see what you guys do
• 1:22:28
  next time. That was very fun, guys, and
• 1:22:31
  very stressful. How?
• 1:22:33
  How low did the rest of you get? I'm at 25 so I lost 15 total.
• 1:22:38
  OK, not bad. I'm at 17 so not too bad.
• 1:22:42
  But I'm I'm out of spell slots everything.
• 1:22:45
  I I've used everything pretty much.
• 1:22:48
  I have like 1 channel to vanity. Abe kept using his deflect
• 1:22:51
  attack, which was what came in the most clutch.
• 1:22:54
  Filthy. It's unbelievably OP and D and
• 1:22:58
  D2020. Five.
• 1:22:58
  I've never used Dodge, but Dodge is also a fantastic.
• 1:23:03
  Dodge is awesome, yeah. Dodge is.
• 1:23:05
  Right. Passive action in that kind of
• 1:23:06
  situation, it was perfect for her because she had the
• 1:23:09
  Dexterity. Yeah, I had to make the deck
• 1:23:12
  saving throw. So it was just very good.
• 1:23:13
  Yeah. Yeah, what this means now is I
• 1:23:15
  just need baddies who hit harder or do area of effects.
• 1:23:19
  So we'll see how that. Moves.
• 1:23:22
  How long does it last? Not that long.
• 1:23:25
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• 1:23:42
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• 1:23:45
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