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Episode 19: Bloodbath and Beyond
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Recovering St. Andrew's Bones
00:00:01
The Blade's Edge
Hello one and all and welcome back to the blades edge a D and&D actual play podcast we're playing through curse of Strahd last we left off the group just recovered the bones of St. andrew um Upon doing so and leaving the coffin maker's house, they set out to destroy these coffins that they found that Strad von Zerovich had put their names on. Inside each one was something that related to the character. And as they opened the one for Inabi, a destructive wave of negative force rippled out, which downed Dusan.
Healing and Strategic Discussion
00:00:46
The Blade's Edge
And so we'll pick up directly from that moment as Desan hits the ground. You guys have the bones of St. Andrew and Nabi has his swords.
00:00:54
Alma Graves
Yeah.
00:00:57
The Blade's Edge
What do you guys do?
00:00:58
Alma Graves
I dropped to my knees and I immediately cast at third level. Cause that's actually all you can do as a warlock cure wounds.
00:01:06
The Blade's Edge
You still have a, you still have a spell slot.
00:01:06
Vesz'rak
We're back.
00:01:08
Alma Graves
I do 30
00:01:09
The Blade's Edge
Oh, okay. Cast.
00:01:12
Alma Graves
39 healing.
00:01:12
Kyle
Holy sh- That's like the highest healing I've ever seen.
00:01:13
The Blade's Edge
Oh my God. The fuck?
00:01:15
Alma Graves
And as, and as that yeah, 68 plus five, cause I'm, cause it's upcasted.
00:01:18
The Blade's Edge
That's the same. Jesus Christ.
00:01:23
Vesz'rak
Nice.
00:01:25
The Blade's Edge
ah Holy lathander, dude.
00:01:27
Vesz'rak
Yeah dude.
00:01:27
Alma Graves
Yeah. Holy Lathander. Exactly. And then speaking of Lathander, after I do that, you guys see me so exhausted slump over leaning up against this casket as I start spending a minute trying to gain my focus back and use my magical cunning to get one of my pack magic spells back.
00:01:46
Trevor
Nice.
00:01:46
Alma Graves
So I am.
00:01:46
The Blade's Edge
Now that now that I believe is a 2024 warlock thing. Just a heads up. So we'll have to look at that.
00:01:52
Alma Graves
Is it okay?
00:01:52
The Blade's Edge
um Yes, it is.
00:01:53
The Blade's Edge
That is a 2024 warlock ability.
00:01:53
Trevor
True.
00:01:57
Trevor
Of beautiful ability.
00:01:58
Alma Graves
Fascinating.
00:01:58
The Blade's Edge
Beautiful ability.
00:01:59
Alma Graves
I don't know how I got on the 2024 rules after I was so confident on the 2014, but is what it is.
00:01:59
Trevor
It's so...
00:02:03
The Blade's Edge
That's OK. Um, it's just, it's, they've just made my life harder as all they've done. Um, as a, d as a DM having to rally everybody. Um, but you do that, you heal the sawn to sawn. You were seeing your vision close on this spider, but you see the holy light of lefander, uh, burn away the image of that spider as your eyes open 39 health.
00:02:27
Vesz'rak
I can only take 32 of that. but we're back baby.
00:02:34
The Blade's Edge
OK, just saw your eyes open. um You guys have the bones of St. Andrew. You have your swords. You have these coffins that you've destroyed or not destroyed. What would you guys like to do?
00:02:45
Trevor
I would like to ask a question. That, there was some, so but I think it was Desun, or it could have been Alma, somebody cast a spell that raised, oh, I think it was Alma.
00:02:57
Trevor
You gave us some like extra, our max HP had gone up by like nine or 10 or something.
00:03:02
Alma Graves
Yeah, through the aid spell.
00:03:04
Trevor
Yeah, how long does that last?
00:03:07
Alma Graves
That lasts.
00:03:08
The Blade's Edge
Still a short rest, i think or a long rest, I think.
00:03:11
Alma Graves
Yeah, that lasts for the duration of eight hours.
00:03:12
Trevor
Oh, it's just, cool okay.
00:03:15
Trevor
Damn, lit. Cool. Tight, tight, tight.
00:03:20
Kyle
ah But once we, once we lose it, we don't, we don't need it back.
00:03:22
Alma Graves
You don't get it back now.
00:03:24
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, after the eight hours, it it'll be gone unless he casts aid again.
00:03:28
Trevor
But it was like technically, it is a max HP overhead.
00:03:28
Kyle
Yeah, that little.
00:03:31
Trevor
So in that eight hours, you can heal that back, right?
00:03:35
Kyle
Oh, you can.
00:03:36
Trevor
Yeah, okay.
00:03:38
Alma Graves
Well, just to your max HP. Yeah. You can't get more temp HP though, but my max HP got all wishy washy. So cause Cause I kept getting temp HP and then getting my health reduced and then getting more temp HP and then health reduced.
Returning the Bones and Receiving Inspiration
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Vesz'rak
i I elect that we go back to the church and deliver the bones ASAP.
00:03:56
Kyle
got a hundred percent.
00:04:02
Alma Graves
Sure. Also, um, Brian, cause I'm realizing that because of that I cast. I cast guiding bolt and I cast aid. So I would have been out of third level spell slots. So I'm going to use my one free cast of healing word on Desan instead of the cure wounds healing.
00:04:18
The Blade's Edge
Got it.
00:04:19
The Blade's Edge
So just on your, you're still up, but instead of being at 32 health, you are at nine.
00:04:19
Alma Graves
Sorry about that.
00:04:19
Vesz'rak
Oh, damn it.
00:04:23
Alma Graves
You're at, you're at nine health, which is just a 30. You just took 30 damage.
00:04:29
Vesz'rak
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:04:30
The Blade's Edge
yeah
00:04:31
Kyle
wounds from Temu
00:04:31
Vesz'rak
Okay. I was really energized.
00:04:33
Alma Graves
Cure wounds from tempo. Yeah.
00:04:35
Vesz'rak
I was ready to take on the world and now I am less so.
00:04:38
Alma Graves
Yeah, it's okay.
00:04:39
Vesz'rak
Um, let's, okay, let's head to the church and deliver some bones.
00:04:40
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:04:43
Trevor
They are their money after all.
00:04:43
The Blade's Edge
and
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Alma Graves
Bones are their money.
00:04:47
Trevor
So are the words.
00:04:49
The Blade's Edge
Guys, head back to the church. ah You see Vicar Jim, Jovim, and Jeska. Vicar Jim approaches. Ah, good to see you all again. It seems that you've made it in one piece. I imagine if you're back, this is good news.
00:05:06
Alma Graves
Almost pieces, Pickard Jim, almost pieces.
00:05:10
The Blade's Edge
Almost. Well, you know what they say. In the light of the thunder, you will be protected.
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Alma Graves
And protected we have been. Here are the bones, Pickard Jim.
00:05:23
The Blade's Edge
Ah, grabs the bones, looks back at Jovah Meneska and says, boys, let this be a lesson that the righteous will always prevail and the holy will always prevail. Our church is once again protected. Thanks to, what did you say your good name was?
00:05:47
Alma Graves
Say it to Saan.
00:05:50
Vesz'rak
call the lightning?
00:05:52
The Blade's Edge
Ah, called the lightning. Yes. Well, thank you so much. And he begins to pray and do you see the lights in this room grow brighter
Festival Preparations and Errands
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The Blade's Edge
and brighter as it seems the clouds part ever so slightly just for a second as a beam of light shines down on this church. And you all have inspiration for this session.
00:06:16
Alma Graves
Let's go.
00:06:17
Trevor
Let's
00:06:17
Kyle
Let's go.
00:06:20
The Blade's Edge
Ficker Jim says, um well, just know that you'll always have a place to stay, should you need and a place of respite here at the Holy House of Lathander.
00:06:30
Alma Graves
Yeah. I think we're going to take you up on that offer pretty hot and fast here, chief.
00:06:36
The Blade's Edge
because oh you you Oh, you want to stay here right now.
00:06:39
Trevor
Funny you should say that.
00:06:39
Vesz'rak
Will you, will you invite, what you offered, you offered.
00:06:41
Alma Graves
Funny. Funny. You should say that actually what food do you have? What drinks do you have and what beds do you have?
00:06:44
Trevor
yeah
00:06:44
Kyle
and
00:06:46
Trevor
ah they Immediately start taking our clothes off. Oh, that's good news You
00:06:50
Alma Graves
Yeah. You see me pulling some, some slippers out of my, uh, out of my backpack.
00:06:51
Vesz'rak
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Where can I dry my socks?
00:06:58
Alma Graves
Alma pulls out her cookie monster, uh, cookie monster pajama pants.
00:07:03
The Blade's Edge
Um, he says, Oh, uh, Oh yeah. You, um, you guys can. Yeah. If you don't have another place to stay, you can absolutely opens the doors.
00:07:11
Kyle
Wait, don't we have, didn't we rent a place for like a month?
00:07:13
Alma Graves
We do have, we do have a place to stay actually. Yeah. I had blood on the vine.
00:07:20
Kyle
Maybe.
00:07:20
Alma Graves
I kinda wanna bathe in the light of Lathander for a little bit though. So I can i can do a short rest.
00:07:30
Kyle
Wait, what time is it right now?
00:07:31
Vesz'rak
yeah what time is it are we going to bed are we sure of saying
00:07:33
The Blade's Edge
Um, this is, it is the next day after you guys, you guys had spent the night here. You had driven off, um, Strahd and those, those vampires.
00:07:44
The Blade's Edge
You, then the next day confronted Jessica and Jovim in the morning. Then you went to the, um, coffin maker's house, which is probably the afternoon. So we're looking probably 4 p.m.
00:07:57
Vesz'rak
We, yeah, we could probably short rest and then push on.
00:07:58
The Blade's Edge
Ish.
00:08:02
Alma Graves
Yeah, I like that idea.
00:08:03
Vesz'rak
Who's going to bed at 4 PM, you know?
00:08:06
Alma Graves
I need just a little breaky those at home.
00:08:08
Kyle
ah Yeah, take a little nap, get a little pick me up.
00:08:12
The Blade's Edge
Okay. You guys are taking a short rest.
00:08:14
Alma Graves
Warlocks get their spell slots back on short rests.
00:08:16
The Blade's Edge
Mm-hmm. Um, you guys are taking a short rest here. Your hip point. Maximums are still not, that is a long rest that we'll put those back.
00:08:24
Vesz'rak
Yeah.
00:08:26
Alma Graves
Okay. I'm using every hit dice that I have. Unfortunately.
00:08:33
The Blade's Edge
Um,
00:08:35
Alma Graves
ah
00:08:36
The Blade's Edge
As you do, you you see vicar Jim giving a sermon to.
00:08:37
Alma Graves
That's not what I want.
00:08:38
Trevor
Ooh, I'm gonna have fucking details.
00:08:42
The Blade's Edge
ah he Maybe he puts you guys in the back row, ah despite this map, the the the pews are rebuilt. um Some commoners come in for the after, the afternoon sermon.
00:08:59
The Blade's Edge
So you guys take your short rest while Vicar Jim gives a sermon to the people of the town who are here for Lathander and you hear he, they sing a song.
00:09:03
Alma Graves
Ooh.
00:09:10
The Blade's Edge
There is a light inside of all of us, like a sunbeam, like a flame. We share this life by Lord Lathander, but as he giveth, he taketh away. So do not fear the sunset, for it promises the sun will rise. As we put our trust in the morning Lord, we can be remade in his holy light. ah For we will not be forgotten as new heroes take up the fight. Stand strong, heroes like Markovia, for you are the torchbearers of the light.
00:09:36
Alma Graves
Markovia.
00:09:43
Alma Graves
Okay.
00:09:43
The Blade's Edge
Um, yes, you, they, as that chant finishes out and the commoners begin to head out after their afternoon, uh, prayer, it's right around 5 PM now. And you guys have short rested.
00:09:58
Alma Graves
All right. So we've gotten the bones. We're rested up. We're feeling okay. Not amazing. Okay.
00:10:04
The Blade's Edge
They gave the bones to Vic or Jim.
00:10:05
Alma Graves
Pretty decent.
00:10:07
The Blade's Edge
He's the church is now.
00:10:07
Alma Graves
Gave me the bonus of Vicar Gym. This place is now hallowed again.
00:10:10
The Blade's Edge
Mm-hmm.
00:10:12
Alma Graves
um What's next on our to-do list? Call the lightning.
00:10:20
Vesz'rak
um
00:10:21
The Blade's Edge
Talk it out.
00:10:23
Vesz'rak
ah rick We have Festival of the Blazing blazing Sun. ah
00:10:29
Alma Graves
Oh yeah, would that be today?
00:10:30
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, that'll be tonight. Festival of the Blazing Sun will be tonight.
00:10:32
Vesz'rak
Oh. ah There's a damp shop in town with the title, it's no Is No Fun, Is No Blinsky. um ah scott
00:10:42
Trevor
I'd be down to go into town and do some like, I have some stuff I'd like to, I need to sell some stuff I think.
00:10:51
Alma Graves
Hell yeah.
00:10:52
Trevor
Unload some of my inventory.
00:10:56
Alma Graves
Let's do it.
00:10:57
Vesz'rak
Yeah, it's going to town. it's going Let's ah kill some time before the ah Festival of the Blazing Sun.
00:11:04
The Blade's Edge
Okay, you guys leave the church inspired by the light of Lathander. Uh, Vic or Jim waving you off.
Investigating Rictavio's Circus
00:11:14
The Blade's Edge
Um, here you go. You're on the map of the town of Vlaki. You guys have ah marked some important places, the delirious bunny, uh, the watcher house. Um, you know, that there is the Mr. And Mrs. Smith, which is the Smithy, the delirious bunny, the coffee shop, the tasty tentacle, the sushi place, uh, the blue water in where you're staying, uh, bar and in, uh, is no fun is no splints. Blinsky seems to be a toy shop that you passed.
00:11:42
Alma Graves
I want to go to the tentacles and get some sushi. You guys want to get some sushi?
00:11:48
Kyle
You think Barovia has good seafood?
00:11:51
Alma Graves
Brother, I have no idea, but I am curious.
00:11:53
Vesz'rak
I mean, they have a lake, they got a big lake.
00:11:59
Vesz'rak
They might have a good sushi.
00:11:59
Alma Graves
Typically you don't eat like for like freshwater fish raw, but you know, you could.
00:12:04
Vesz'rak
But you could.
00:12:06
Alma Graves
Yeah.
00:12:07
Vesz'rak
I was thinking about going to Rictavio's Circus, checking out the animals.
00:12:14
Kyle
Yeah, that was ah that was where I wanted to go.
00:12:14
Alma Graves
That sounds fun. Yeah, let's do that then.
00:12:17
Trevor
Could I stop by that, that weapon, that Smithy, Smiths?
00:12:19
The Blade's Edge
You guys can yeah so you guys can also always split the party. You go sushi, Smith.
00:12:25
Kyle
ah Great idea.
00:12:26
Vesz'rak
Yeah, I just don't have any, I don't have any gold.
00:12:27
Alma Graves
Anybody want to go to sushi with me?
00:12:29
Vesz'rak
Let's see. I can't buy anything.
00:12:31
Trevor
know I'm trying to go sell shit.
00:12:34
Kyle
I've got a little gold.
00:12:42
Vesz'rak
All right. I will head to Rictavio circus.
00:12:45
Alma Graves
Okay.
00:12:46
Kyle
yeah That's where I'm going.
00:12:48
Alma Graves
And Abi, you're going to go sell stuff.
00:12:50
Trevor
Yeah, I'm gonna stop by the, if it's on the way, I'll just pop in for a quick bit, otherwise I'll just go there and I can meet up with you guys later, but I wanna go to Mr. and Mrs. Smith's Smithy shop.
00:13:01
Alma Graves
Sure.
00:13:01
The Blade's Edge
OK, yeah, you as you pass by there, you see that they're about to close up as a lot of businesses are about to close up before the big parade.
00:13:09
Trevor
Hmm.
00:13:09
The Blade's Edge
um But ah you see them say, oh, hey, good to good to see you again. What can I do for you?
00:13:15
Trevor
Hey, yeah, you too. I just wanted to see if you guys were in the, you know, if you guys are in the market for any extra, if you guys could use these for materials or if I could sell these to you guys, um, if there's any interest and I would show them a, uh, the two rape years that I was using for awhile and then a crossbow and some bolts.
00:13:37
The Blade's Edge
Yes. So, um, for the entire lots, uh, how many rapiers did you have?
00:13:48
Trevor
Two rapiers.
00:13:49
The Blade's Edge
Uh, for the entire lot, two rapiers, the crossbow and the bolts, they would be willing to give you 30 gold.
00:13:55
Trevor
Fucking perfect. Yeah, I'll take it.
00:13:57
The Blade's Edge
Cool.
00:13:58
Trevor
That's great.
00:13:58
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. You know that it's a, that's a little, uh, you know, a little less, but the the wear and tear of it all. Um, and you also know that the market in this town, not so huge that the offer might not be any better than that.
00:14:10
Trevor
No, that's okay. You're gonna crossbow, sold bolts delete how much if I would they what would they um would they want a longbow they have any use
00:14:19
The Blade's Edge
They hand you 30 gold pieces, each gold piece, much like all the rest of the money you guys have collected here with the visage of Strahd von Zarovich on the coin.
00:14:40
The Blade's Edge
um make it but Make a persuasion check.
00:14:45
Trevor
down per sweat. Ooh, not good. Can I roll high? No, I cannot. Six.
00:14:50
The Blade's Edge
OK, yeah, he he's he but he's kind of like, I think we're OK for now. I think you know we don't have a ton of money to spend out.
00:14:53
Trevor
That's all right.
00:14:55
The Blade's Edge
And these these items, I think, maybe I'm going to try and sell these crossbows to the guards who use them and you know said i'll sell it back to the town sort of thing. So I think this would be good for now.
00:15:04
Trevor
Yeah, all good. do you Do they have, I might have to go somewhere else for this. Um, but I am in the market for a diamond worth about like exactly 50 gold pieces.
00:15:21
The Blade's Edge
Oh yeah, this is, yeah, this smithy place doesn't have any diamonds or anything like that.
00:15:22
Trevor
Um, okay.
00:15:24
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
00:15:25
Trevor
Cool. Could I ask him where I might, if there's a shop in town or somebody that they know and would recommend to
Visiting Blinsky's Toy Shop
00:15:31
Trevor
sell things like that?
00:15:32
The Blade's Edge
Um, yeah.
00:15:36
Alma Graves
You mentioned then I also need to be on the hunt for a diamond as well because I have taken Revivify.
00:15:44
Trevor
Nice.
00:15:47
The Blade's Edge
Um, I do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do. Yes. um
00:15:58
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, he says there is a place in town. ah He hes he mentions that might be closed today, just as the parade is about to happen.
00:16:03
Trevor
Hmm.
00:16:09
The Blade's Edge
You see they're they're like kind of leaving the town, but a place. um Roll me a D one, two, three, four, five, Romeo D five.
00:16:21
The Blade's Edge
And we're going to tell you which, what the place is called.
00:16:24
Trevor
four.
00:16:25
The Blade's Edge
One, two, three, four. Um, nice. I was hoping it'd be this one. My, the other podcast I've DMed for the shop remains, and it is now officially a, um, it is a, what do you call it when they're, it's franchised, it's, it's blowing up.
00:16:46
The Blade's Edge
There's more than one.
00:16:47
Trevor
Yeah.
00:16:48
Alma Graves
Yeah franchise.
00:16:49
Kyle
Yeah.
00:16:49
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, it's a chain now as he he he lets you know about bloodbath and beyond.
00:16:52
Kyle
jane
00:16:55
Trevor
Hell yeah.
00:16:57
Alma Graves
I love that.
00:16:58
Vesz'rak
and what could you What can you buy there, Brian?
00:16:59
Kyle
That's fire.
00:16:59
Vesz'rak
What's what does it what's the inventory look like for a bloodbath and beyond? beyond
00:17:02
The Blade's Edge
Well, it's closed. You guys would have to. You guys would have to go check it out. But he basically lets you know this is that's kind of like the only. um Sort of magic item shop in in Valaki, but he does let you know that there is. um There is one in Kresk. And for that, roll me a.
00:17:29
The Blade's Edge
A D4 again.
00:17:32
Trevor
One.
00:17:34
The Blade's Edge
um In. In Kresk, there is Bill drafts mercantile.
00:17:43
Trevor
Fire.
00:17:44
The Blade's Edge
um So there is one in Kresk and there is one in Valaki. In terms of magic item shops, he he does he does sort of warn you that they don't have like a ton of stuff um as Barovia doesn't guess and get a ton of things of that nature.
00:18:02
The Blade's Edge
um But yeah, cool.
00:18:07
Trevor
Cool. Sweet. Thank you very much. I'll see you over at the parade.
00:18:12
The Blade's Edge
Of course. Yeah, always good doing ah doing business with you. Yeah, see you at the parade. I'm excited.
00:18:18
Trevor
Give him a little nod, take off.
00:18:20
The Blade's Edge
OK, you guys take off. And was everybody waiting outside, or did you guys head off without?
00:18:28
Alma Graves
I was waiting outside.
00:18:31
Kyle
um Yeah, I was just reading.
00:18:32
Trevor
i'll Relay that information to and maybe while we're on our way we can just keep an eye out for that place That bloodbath and beyond and just see if we see it so we can take note of it to stop by later Oh sick
00:18:43
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. Roll me a D two. So that's going to be in the N two part of town.
00:18:54
The Blade's Edge
So actually super close to the blue water in, which is a
00:19:03
Vesz'rak
kind of on on our way to Rotavio's.
00:19:05
The Blade's Edge
blue water in is right here. Right. That's.
00:19:09
Alma Graves
Yeah.
00:19:10
The Blade's Edge
Blue water in. All right. So this is, this is a pop and is a pop and corner here. Um, we're going to say it's the place right back here. This sort of L shaped place is going to be blood bath and beyond.
00:19:27
The Blade's Edge
And I'll sort of put that in green.
00:19:28
Alma Graves
We got blood on the vine. We got blood on the dance floor.
00:19:32
Trevor
on the dance floor.
00:19:32
Alma Graves
We've got blood bath and beyond.
00:19:35
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. Right here.
00:19:37
Alma Graves
That was the name of my first, uh, world of Warcraft guild, I think.
00:19:41
Trevor
Damn.
00:19:44
The Blade's Edge
Hell yeah. Um, so yeah, you can see where that is.
00:19:47
Trevor
That's this L right there where like the green dot is.
00:19:47
The Blade's Edge
Um, who yes.
00:19:50
Trevor
OK, cool.
00:19:53
The Blade's Edge
Um, okay. So yeah where, where to now.
00:20:04
Vesz'rak
Rictavio Circus.
00:20:05
Kyle
Um, who?
00:20:07
Alma Graves
ri da your
00:20:08
Kyle
Yeah.
00:20:09
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:20:10
The Blade's Edge
Is that where everybody's heading?
00:20:10
Alma Graves
Yeah.
00:20:13
Trevor
Yeah, I'll follow squad.
00:20:13
Alma Graves
yeah Yeah, I'll go.
00:20:17
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:20:18
Alma Graves
When we walked in, I meant, I mentioned potentially trying to meet with the man with the monkey from, uh, the first, the previous groups, tarot cards, who knows if the wishy washy time of Barovia might still have someone there.
00:20:32
The Blade's Edge
Nice. um I'm going to share with you guys a picture. This is what you guys see the rectavios.
00:20:41
The Blade's Edge
Nice little art piece for you.
00:20:41
Kyle
Mm.
00:20:42
The Blade's Edge
um Because you see this large stockyard has several locked sheds along its periphery and lies adjacent to a roomy warehouse. A wooden sign above the front gate to this area reads, Aracek Stockyard. That's A-R-A-S-E-K. Stockyard. Parked at the south end of the stockyard is a sturdy carnival wagon. Its colorful paint peeling off, faded lettering on its side spells out the words, Rictavio's Carnival of Wonders. And a heavy padlock seems to secure the back door.
00:21:23
Alma Graves
Hmm.
00:21:30
Vesz'rak
i'll ah I'll go up and knock on the wagon door, see if anyone's home.
00:21:34
The Blade's Edge
OK. um
00:21:44
The Blade's Edge
OK.
The Watcher House and Hidden Connections
00:21:47
The Blade's Edge
You knock on the wagon and. Let me just go ahead and.
00:22:00
The Blade's Edge
You knock on the wagon and the wagon suddenly lurches as though something big has thrown itself against the inside of a wall. um And you hear on the inside. la ah You hear the cracking of wood and the scraping of metal and the snarl of something inhuman.
00:22:27
The Blade's Edge
Upon closer inspection, you see that the sides of the wagon are spattered with dry blood.
00:22:28
Vesz'rak
oh
00:22:33
The Blade's Edge
ah You also see an inscription on the wagon's doorframe that reads, I bring you from shadow into light.
00:22:43
Vesz'rak
Wait, say that again?
00:22:47
The Blade's Edge
I just posted in the chat, I bring you from shadow into light.
00:22:50
Vesz'rak
Where where was that?
00:22:52
The Blade's Edge
ah You see an inscription on the wagon's doorframe.
00:23:01
Vesz'rak
Ha.
00:23:06
Alma Graves
I bring you from shadow into light.
00:23:09
Vesz'rak
Um, something in here. Can I, can I, can I guess divine sense?
00:23:15
The Blade's Edge
um yes you cat Everybody can roll me a Perception check, and then you can cast Divine Sense for me.
00:23:22
Vesz'rak
Okay.
00:23:23
Alma Graves
Can I do a history check to see if that phrase means anything to me?
00:23:26
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. Go ahead and give me a History check.
00:23:30
Vesz'rak
14 persepia.
00:23:30
Alma Graves
Uh, 10 history.
00:23:33
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:23:34
Trevor
And how'd we got an 18 per CIPI?
00:23:37
The Blade's Edge
With the 18 Perception, Inabi. Um, you notice that there are a couple of people that are talking, uh, with coffees in hand, you know, maybe coming back from, uh, the delirious bunny, uh, rounding the corner and they look almost like security guards to this place. Um, that we're on break, uh, as this is Eric sex stockyard. Um,
00:24:12
The Blade's Edge
Uh, bash, you also noticed that with a natural 20 or a 19. Um,
00:24:16
Kyle
So yeah, disadvantage.
00:24:18
The Blade's Edge
Oh yes, you're still, you are still, uh, exhausted.
00:24:23
Kyle
Exhausted.
00:24:23
The Blade's Edge
That's right. Um, with it, with the 10 history check Alma, that that doesn't necessarily. I bring you from shadow until it doesn't really mean anything.
00:24:34
Alma Graves
Okay. Interesting. I, I like it. I like bringing things from shadow into light, but can I cast the light spell on my wand of the warm age or sorry, wand of the packed keeper and just try to like look inside the, uh, wagon.
00:24:43
The Blade's Edge
Um, and yeah, this thing is locked. You hear something snarling on the inside. Um,
00:25:04
The Blade's Edge
yeah. So there is is do, do, do.
00:25:11
The Blade's Edge
Um, so with the natural, with the, with those perception checks, there are no windows to the wagon.
00:25:18
Alma Graves
Oh, okay.
00:25:20
The Blade's Edge
I'd say with the 19 perception, the 18 perception, as these security guards are rounding the corner, drinking their coffees, you hear them from inside and you hear the sound coming out clear list, the clearest from the top of the wagon.
00:25:36
Alma Graves
Oh, interesting.
00:25:36
The Blade's Edge
As if to suggest that on top of the wagon, there might be some sort of.
00:25:42
The Blade's Edge
hole or window or something.
00:25:45
Alma Graves
Okay.
00:25:45
Vesz'rak
I can give you a boost if you want to go check it out.
00:25:46
Alma Graves
Interesting. Hey, yeah, sure, I'll climb up and check it out. Also, hey, here's something crazy.
00:25:51
Trevor
but
00:25:52
Alma Graves
With my Rod of the Pack to keep wrecking Regain, a Warlock spell slot and is it an action? What in the hell?
00:25:56
The Blade's Edge
Mm hmm.
00:25:57
Alma Graves
What the hell? I've had that the whole time. I don't like that.
00:26:00
Kyle
Classic.
00:26:01
Alma Graves
ah Okay, anyway, yeah, I'll i'll climb up. You gonna help me out, Desan? Don't look up my dress.
00:26:07
Vesz'rak
Okay. All right. Don't know why you would soon know I would do that, but all right. I'll give you a boost.
00:26:12
Trevor
are those do the guards who just popped in do you think they would maybe find it weird if for peeking around this person's, okay.
00:26:23
Alma Graves
Don't worry about it. I'll play it off Checking out the view for jump checking out the view from the top, baby
00:26:27
The Blade's Edge
Okay, ah you lift ah Alma up to the top of the wagon, and as you are lifted up there, as if on cue, both guards, let me say, hey, what are you doing? Get down from there.
00:26:43
Alma Graves
and
00:26:43
The Blade's Edge
Well, listen, hey, they start jogging over. Hey, Rick, the colorful half elf bard Rictavio paid us a generous amount of gold to watch this wagon.
00:26:59
The Blade's Edge
No questions asked. So we're watching it. You're on top of it. Get off.
00:27:06
Alma Graves
Okay. Yeah, I'll get off. And can I just look down at my feet as I'm getting off?
00:27:09
The Blade's Edge
Sure. i Make me a reception check.
00:27:10
Alma Graves
Yeah.
00:27:13
Alma Graves
Plus zero call the lightning 19.
00:27:17
Kyle
Nice.
00:27:17
The Blade's Edge
19. So at the very top of it, there is a one foot square hatch. And the hatches currently closed, but you do see that there's a hatch on it that you could open.
00:27:29
Alma Graves
Okay. Um, I'm not going to open it.
00:27:32
The Blade's Edge
Okay. Uh, you once again hear the snarl of what you can assume is some, some big beast inside.
00:27:45
Vesz'rak
To the guard. ah Do you know where we could find this half elf bard ritavio?
00:27:50
The Blade's Edge
Uh, no idea, mate.
00:27:51
Vesz'rak
No idea. No questions asked, huh?
00:27:52
The Blade's Edge
No, no fucking clue, but he's staying around here somewhere. So I imagine that it's, what is it? Carnival man, right? Well, they're doing the fucking, uh, what's the thing tonight?
00:28:04
The Blade's Edge
The fucking, uh, festival, the blazing sun. Great. Fucking love that for me. Great. You'll be fucking great in this fucking town. What are we fucking celebrating? Uh, yeah, he'll probably have something to do with that, right?
00:28:04
Vesz'rak
Festival of the blazing sun.
00:28:17
The Blade's Edge
Carnival festival.
00:28:20
Vesz'rak
Okay, so you're you're saying that we'll probably see him tonight?
00:28:23
The Blade's Edge
I don't fucking know, but what do you think?
00:28:24
Vesz'rak
Okay, all right, all alright right, all right.
00:28:26
The Blade's Edge
Festival carnival?
00:28:28
Vesz'rak
Uh, okay, all right.
00:28:31
The Blade's Edge
Right, isn't it one or two the same?
00:28:32
Vesz'rak
Uh... Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Look, the attitude? Unnecessary. Okay, look, we'll get out of it.
00:28:37
The Blade's Edge
You tell me that you give me one good thing I have to be grateful for in this life and I'll fucking be nice.
00:28:38
Trevor
ah
00:28:40
Vesz'rak
Uh,
00:28:42
Vesz'rak
ah pull out the signing sword and go... boo I go, huh?
00:28:45
The Blade's Edge
Okay, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:28:46
Vesz'rak
Uh, look at this, huh?
00:28:48
The Blade's Edge
All right, how about this? How about this? we don't I'll go take a little walk, we take a little break, we take a little look-see around here, give you five minutes to clean up whatever it is you do, and I come back, you're gone, we call it fair.
00:29:02
Vesz'rak
Uh, sure. I mean, that's something to be you thankful for. You can, you can walk around and get some steps in, huh? Did you get your 10,000 today?
00:29:09
The Blade's Edge
as this submit i don't know I don't know why you're threatening my life when you're fucking with the thing that I'm...
00:29:12
Vesz'rak
I know I'm not threading your life. I was showing you the store and I was showing you the store.
00:29:14
The Blade's Edge
Why are you just showing me the sword?
00:29:16
The Blade's Edge
Nice, yeah, of course.
00:29:16
Vesz'rak
I wasn't threading your life.
00:29:18
Vesz'rak
I was like, ah you you were looking for something to be thankful for.
00:29:18
The Blade's Edge
No, no, of course, yeah, eat normal thing to do. Having a conversation with somebody.
00:29:22
Vesz'rak
I was, I wanted to show you some sunlight.
00:29:24
The Blade's Edge
Beam of sunlight pops out of a fucking little hell of a sword, yeah, okay.
00:29:26
Vesz'rak
I've given you, I'm giving you vitamin deeds and it's it's essential.
00:29:31
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, it's all right, we'll be back in five minutes. You lot, you do whatever you're doing, be gone by the time we're back, no problems. And they turn around and head out of the yard.
00:29:41
Vesz'rak
mean the threaten no
00:29:42
Alma Graves
Mm hmm.
00:29:45
Vesz'rak
threaten
00:29:47
The Blade's Edge
It's all right. So now that they're gone, is there anything you guys want to do?
00:29:50
Vesz'rak
ah Yeah, I boost ah I boost up all my groups
00:29:56
The Blade's Edge
All right. I'll let you get back up top there.
00:29:58
Alma Graves
Yeah, I'll climb back up.
00:29:59
The Blade's Edge
OK. Pop open that little hatch.
00:30:04
Alma Graves
Yeah, I pop it open, I've still got my ah wand of the patch keeper lit up and I stick it in to see what I see.
00:30:10
The Blade's Edge
You stick it in.
00:30:11
Trevor
God damn.
00:30:13
Alma Graves
Well, I don't stick it in.
00:30:14
Kyle
Oh.
00:30:14
Alma Graves
like i like If you had an open thing and you saw something, it's like, yeah.
00:30:15
Trevor
Hey.
00:30:17
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
00:30:18
Trevor
Obviously.
00:30:18
Vesz'rak
ah hey why
00:30:20
The Blade's Edge
So you put your butt like, so it's open one foot hole.
00:30:23
Alma Graves
Yeah.
00:30:24
The Blade's Edge
Okay. So one foot hatch, you open the hatch and you're putting your hand with the one you're putting it inside.
00:30:29
Alma Graves
Sure.
00:30:30
The Blade's Edge
You tell me, you don't have to say short for my sake.
00:30:31
Alma Graves
I am, I am, yes, I'll do that.
00:30:33
The Blade's Edge
I'm asking if if I'm getting all this right.
00:30:34
Alma Graves
ah My big smiling face and beautiful hair is dropping in. Uh, as I kind of like on, on my hands and knees, put my, my head in the, uh, and the wand in there.
00:30:41
Vesz'rak
Hey,
00:30:45
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:30:45
Trevor
Damn.
00:30:46
The Blade's Edge
Uh, what's your AC?
00:30:47
Vesz'rak
why
00:30:47
Alma Graves
14.
00:30:48
The Blade's Edge
Okay, ah you put your hand and wand in there and no perception check needed. You see a massive saber-toothed tiger inside this thing and its mouth immediately goes and bites your arm for 11
00:30:57
Alma Graves
Cool.
00:31:07
The Blade's Edge
points of piercing damage.
00:31:09
Alma Graves
Great. So technically nothing happened because that's my, that but luckily that's my false life. That's my false life.
00:31:15
The Blade's Edge
So he ah ah jumps up and bites you and I assume you recoil at this or and or you tell me.
00:31:19
Alma Graves
Yo. Okay guys, we, uh, we, we found the cat. There's a cat in here and ready to speak with animals.
00:31:24
Trevor
I think he likes you.
00:31:29
Kyle
I knew someone who had the ability to speak to animals.
00:31:33
Vesz'rak
I do not speak with animals
00:31:35
Kyle
He's fucking dead.
00:31:36
Alma Graves
Yeah, he is fucking dead.
00:31:38
The Blade's Edge
You can also yeah, you can also make me a perception or investigation check once once you're like looking inside.
00:31:38
Alma Graves
Rest in peace.
00:31:43
Alma Graves
Yeah, let's do a perception or investigation. None of those are good. We're going with investigation though.
00:31:51
The Blade's Edge
Nice. You have advantage from your putting your head and body inside with the light.
00:31:54
Alma Graves
Okay. Yeah, sure.
00:31:54
The Blade's Edge
ah
00:31:55
Alma Graves
Investigation too. Oh, soft 20.
00:32:00
The Blade's Edge
Nice. um So you see inside this, there are bits and pieces of meat on the ground, ni give whoever's saber tagger says they feed them by dropping wolf steaks down this one foot square hatch in the wagon's roof.
00:32:14
Alma Graves
Hmm.
00:32:15
The Blade's Edge
um you You also see in there the torn up remains of a doll.
00:32:15
Alma Graves
Wolf steak.
00:32:22
The Blade's Edge
You see the doll inside has this colorfully dressed this stony effigy. Now the best on you guys met when you got your fortune read by Madame Ava.
00:32:36
The Blade's Edge
Uh, those were Vistani, they're sort of traveling people sort of, you know, if I teach to use a, a word that I think is a no-no these days, but they're like gypsies basically.
00:32:39
Alma Graves
Right.
00:32:48
The Blade's Edge
Um, but you see that there's this doll looks like a Vistani, uh, colorfully dressed to the Stani effigy, uh, super torn up, but you do see stitched into its tattered pants is the slogan is no fun is no Blinsky.
00:33:05
Alma Graves
Oh, interesting. is So Gypsy is a slur these days?
00:33:07
The Blade's Edge
um Yes.
00:33:10
Alma Graves
Is that new? Okay. Good to know.
00:33:11
The Blade's Edge
Yes. um ah And then ah you also see that there is inside the whole thing is sort of locked up. So there's this cage on the inside. But there's also the front seat of the wagon.
00:33:28
The Blade's Edge
is sort of like in this, everything that's locked, like in, in unlocking it, you would take this thing off of the front as well. So you see that in the front, you see that there is.
00:33:39
The Blade's Edge
um Like some more stuff in the front of the wagon, but ah you'd have to sort of go in and unlock this whole thing to get there.
00:33:44
Alma Graves
Mm hmm.
00:33:54
Alma Graves
So.
00:33:55
The Blade's Edge
And two minutes have passed.
00:33:57
Alma Graves
Yeah, I don't I don't necessarily want to get in there and get the doll or anything like that. um Well, I'll just relay the information to the group.
00:34:08
Alma Graves
Be like, yeah, there's a saber tooth tiger in there. Big ass fucking teeth. And, uh, a doll from Blinsky's, um, a bunch of meat.
00:34:20
Vesz'rak
Maybe, could we like leave a note maybe and be like, Hey, we're looking for Rictavio.
00:34:28
Kyle
Well, can we not just try and find him at the festival?
00:34:32
Vesz'rak
Yeah, but I'm just, yeah, I guess what, ah what I'm saying is that we like leave a note and be like, Hey, like we're looking for you. We'll, we'll try to find you at the festival sign call the lining.
00:34:40
Kyle
Hmm.
00:34:42
Kyle
Gotcha.
00:34:42
Alma Graves
Sure.
00:34:42
Kyle
Gotcha. Gotcha.
00:34:43
Vesz'rak
Just so he knows that we're looking for him and like, we just want to chat.
00:34:48
Kyle
What if he's like, what if that puts him off?
00:34:53
Vesz'rak
But what if we say it's a friendly chat? Yeah.
00:34:56
Kyle
Yeah, I mean, I'm just overthinking it. I think I have no problem, like, just leaving a note.
00:35:01
Vesz'rak
yeah's so let's's Does anyone have paper on them?
00:35:04
Alma Graves
Um, let me look.
00:35:05
Kyle
ah
00:35:08
Vesz'rak
I have no paper.
00:35:09
Alma Graves
Inventory. Uh, I have calligrapher calligrapher calligraphers supplies.
00:35:15
Trevor
Bro, down probably coagulate
00:35:16
Kyle
surprise.
00:35:16
Alma Graves
Damn, say them words.
00:35:19
Vesz'rak
I'll count it.
00:35:20
Alma Graves
colleague Calligula calligraphy supplies. I keep trying to say fucking calligula.
00:35:26
Kyle
Ah, shit.
00:35:27
Alma Graves
Calligula calligraphy.
00:35:27
Vesz'rak
Oh, that's Koa. It's Koa Linka.
00:35:28
Alma Graves
Yeah. Kind of Ling. Yeah. I have, uh, I have kind of lingus supplies.
00:35:34
Vesz'rak
What's that?
00:35:35
Kyle
Damn.
00:35:35
Alma Graves
That's a great question, Tommy. I don't know.
00:35:37
Vesz'rak
um Sure.
00:35:39
The Blade's Edge
Four minutes have passed.
00:35:39
Vesz'rak
can we leave right we leave a ah Can we leave a note on the door with the calligraphers tools?
00:35:44
Trevor
damn.
00:35:46
The Blade's Edge
Sure. Yeah. Who's writing the note.
00:35:50
Alma Graves
I can write the note.
00:35:50
Kyle
Not me, I have bad penmanship.
00:35:52
Alma Graves
Yeah. I'll write the note.
00:35:52
Vesz'rak
Yeah, you're the you're the calligrapher.
00:35:54
The Blade's Edge
Okay. And what are you saying?
00:35:54
Alma Graves
Yeah.
00:35:56
Alma Graves
Um, let's see. Um, uh, so his shadow or his thing said, I bring you from shadow to light.
00:36:08
Alma Graves
Um, so let's say, um, we're fellow seekers of the light seek out, call the lightning at, um,
00:36:21
Alma Graves
What is it? The blue moon tavern.
00:36:24
The Blade's Edge
No.
00:36:25
Alma Graves
What is it? What's the name of our tavern?
00:36:26
Vesz'rak
the blue the blue the blue water in.
00:36:28
Alma Graves
Blue Water Inn. Yeah. Blue Water Inn.
00:36:33
Alma Graves
Seek us out. um Tonight.
00:36:39
The Blade's Edge
Okay. You write that and then how do you, how do you affix it to the wagon?
00:36:43
Alma Graves
um I wonder. I wonder if it's him or if it's one of the guards that feeds the, the cat. Because if we put it on the underside of the, um,
00:37:02
Kyle
Or we could just let it lay it on top because he'll go up there. The guards won't see it.
00:37:07
Vesz'rak
Um, I could like, I could like break off the tip of my, of one of my javelins and we could like just bang it to the door.
00:37:08
Kyle
Or wait, will they need to go up there to feed it?
00:37:17
Alma Graves
Sure, we can do that.
00:37:19
Trevor
Put a hole in his...
00:37:19
Kyle
ah so Yeah, i have I have a dagger as well.
00:37:20
Trevor
but Just the tip.
00:37:21
Vesz'rak
No, no, no. I mean, like just do it with just the tip, you know? Yeah.
00:37:24
The Blade's Edge
You're gonna break you're gonna break your javelin.
00:37:27
Vesz'rak
One of them. Yeah. I got five.
00:37:28
The Blade's Edge
and Okay, so Mark off one javelin you snap it, you just put the head of the javelin with the note on the thing.
00:37:33
Vesz'rak
Yep. Yeah.
00:37:35
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:37:37
Vesz'rak
And then I think maybe we should go look at Blinsky's toys, because if there was a toy in there, see a lot of Blinsky stuff floating around. I feel like something's got to be going up with that.
00:37:50
Vesz'rak
But.
00:37:50
Trevor
Yeah, who's this Blinsky guy?
00:37:52
Vesz'rak
Yeah, since we're I mean, since we're still killing time before the festival, right? I mean.
00:37:57
Alma Graves
Yeah, that was one of the places that we saw here.
00:37:57
Vesz'rak
And.
00:37:59
Alma Graves
Wasn't it?
00:38:00
Trevor
Yeah, that worked.
00:38:00
Vesz'rak
Yeah, Blinsky's toys, I didn't mark it on the map. um
00:38:09
Alma Graves
I felt like it was like right around here or something over there.
00:38:09
Vesz'rak
um um And we could ask the guards when they they're going to come back in a few seconds.
00:38:13
The Blade's Edge
over here.
00:38:15
Vesz'rak
OK.
00:38:15
Alma Graves
Okay.
00:38:16
Vesz'rak
What do you guys say? Do you guys want to go check out the Flitsky shop?
00:38:19
Kyle
ah Yeah, absolutely.
00:38:19
Trevor
That's it.
00:38:19
Alma Graves
Yeah, I'm down. I mean, that sounds like a good plan to me.
00:38:23
The Blade's Edge
All right.
00:38:23
Vesz'rak
OK.
00:38:24
Vesz'rak
So we checked out Richtavio's Carnival of Wonders.
00:38:27
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, write that down. You check those carnival you the saber tooth tiger in there. The two guards come back as you as you are leaving and they're walking past they don't look at you or make any eye contact.
00:38:31
Vesz'rak
Yeah.
00:38:37
Vesz'rak
OK. No questions asked.
00:38:40
The Blade's Edge
ah They go back. You don't see them fuck with the note. They leave the note. um As you guys head out, you see that the decorations have gone up around the streets.
00:38:52
The Blade's Edge
um Uh, you see like flowers have been put out, although all the, all of the flowers are kind of like they're wilting. Uh, you see this, you know, these, this sun on, uh, flags have been put up on like lampposts around the streets.
00:39:11
The Blade's Edge
Um, as the, it seems like it's almost time for the festival. Um, and you guys head to the toy shop.
00:39:19
Alma Graves
Yeah, let's go to the toy shop.
00:39:19
Vesz'rak
Yeah?
00:39:21
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:39:22
Vesz'rak
We'll get some sushi before the festival starts.
00:39:25
The Blade's Edge
OK.
00:39:26
Alma Graves
Hey, there we go.
00:39:27
Vesz'rak
we'rere We're coming full circle.
00:39:30
The Blade's Edge
Let me see if I have a map for this place. I don't think I do, to be honest. So we're going to be using theater of the mind.
00:39:40
The Blade's Edge
Okay. Um, as you approach this toy shop, you see that, uh, this cramped shop has a, which you can even mark and stuff on this map.
00:39:55
The Blade's Edge
Tommy, you can go ahead and mark over here.
00:39:57
Vesz'rak
Yeah, I'll mark it somewhere.
00:39:58
The Blade's Edge
Cool.
00:39:58
Vesz'rak
One of these.
00:39:59
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, it doesn't matter to me. um You see this cramped shop has a dark entrance portico, above which hangs a wooden sign shaped like a rocking horse with a B engraved on both sides. Flanking the entrance are two arched, lead-framed windows. Through the dirty glass as you approach, you see jumbled displays of toys and hanging placards bearing the slogan, is no fun, is no plinsky.
00:40:30
Alma Graves
All right. It's no fun, it's no Blinsky, huh?
00:40:35
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, and you see at yeah inside you actually see like a heavyset man eating like or or not eating sorry wearing like a moth eaten jesters cap on his heavyset man is like he looks like he's working on the festival decorations. So he has like a runner inside also like he finishes one and gives it to a guy. And then the guy like runs out and he goes placing around the streets like kind of sweating working up until the last minute.
00:41:07
Vesz'rak
Let's go in and say hi Well, we're just seeing a lot of his toys around town and yeah, we're just gonna check that out I guess I'm just good Yeah, I don't yeah, I just don't I just don't get it Yeah, yeah Brian I'll go on the show
00:41:10
Kyle
We're not here for any particular purpose, right?
00:41:10
Alma Graves
Let's dive in.
00:41:11
Kyle
We're just checking it out.
00:41:18
Kyle
Yeah.
00:41:18
Alma Graves
What does it mean for something to be a Blinsky? If it's not fun, it's not a Blinsky.
00:41:21
Kyle
Yeah.
00:41:23
Alma Graves
You know, that's what I'm getting from his tagline, obviously. So if it's fun, it's probably a Blinsky toy.
00:41:30
The Blade's Edge
Okay. All right. Is everybody going in or just you?
00:41:34
Alma Graves
I will also go in.
00:41:35
Trevor
Yeah, no idea.
00:41:36
Kyle
Going in. good
00:41:37
The Blade's Edge
Okay. As you guys go in, um, you see this, this heavy set man wearing a moth eaten gestures cap, um, looks up and everybody can make me an insight check.
00:41:51
Kyle
Hell yeah, disadvantage.
00:41:55
Alma Graves
i clicked I clicked the wrong button, but it was a nat 20.
00:41:58
Vesz'rak
11.
00:41:59
Kyle
Uh, 13.
00:41:59
The Blade's Edge
Cool. All right, cool. Yeah, you guys noticed that this guy looks so surprised as the bell of his shop rings as if with a net 20. Oh, let's just say nobody ever comes in this fucking place. um And as you guys come in, he he looks up and says.
00:42:17
The Blade's Edge
ah We'll come, friends, to the house of Blinsky, where heappiness and smiles can be bought at bargain prices. Perhaps you know a little child in need of joy, ah a little toy for a girl or boy.
00:42:33
Kyle
I imagine him reading this off of like a note card.
00:42:37
The Blade's Edge
Uh, and he's, he's like showing one of those like flags you've seen around town, which as you get a closer, like they're not very good, but, uh, he's doing that and he's looking at you guys expectantly like selling while he's not even looking.
00:42:47
Alma Graves
Sure, I would come up and say, well, I actually just found a little, I don't know if it's a toy, but a little something. I'm curious about the the craftsmanship of it. And I pull out the um miniature casket.
00:43:02
The Blade's Edge
Okay. Uh, as you hand it to him, uh, he takes a look at it and he goes, well, that is not of my creation. Um, I will do much better. The wizard of tiny wonders. I am.
00:43:16
Alma Graves
The Wizard of Tiny Wonders, I like that. What what tiny wonder could you bestow upon this thing?
00:43:22
The Blade's Edge
Ah, well, it would bring me much joy and make you very happy had if I could instead give you one of these and emotions to the toys around the shop.
00:43:37
Alma Graves
Sure, I would be happy to check one out his whale.
00:43:40
The Blade's Edge
Are you making fun of me?
00:43:42
Alma Graves
ah No, I'm just playing along.
00:43:45
The Blade's Edge
All right, no game to me.
00:43:47
Kyle
Hang along.
00:43:48
Vesz'rak
You're just making fun of this man's accent.
00:43:49
Alma Graves
the is This is isn't your game to me um Yeah, I looked down at his array of toys
00:43:50
Kyle
Just making fun of him. Wait, are we talking about that right now?
00:44:01
The Blade's Edge
Okay. ah You Yeah, you they're sort of not right in front of you. They're just around the shop. So you head around the shop and you see on display are a few creations. You see a headless doll that looks like it comes with a sack of attachable heads, um including one of the heads has its eyes and mouth stitched shut. You see the price is nine copper.
00:44:27
The Blade's Edge
You see a set of miniature gallows, ah complete with a trap door and a weighted hangman, priced nine copper. You see a set of wooden nesting dolls, the smaller each one gets, the older it gets into the innermost doll is a mummified corpse, nine copper. You see a wood and string mobile of hanging bats with flapping wings, nine copper.
00:44:53
The Blade's Edge
You see a wind-up musical merry-go-round with figures of snarling wolves chasing children in place of prancing horses, priced 9 silver. You see a ventriloquist dummy that looks like Strahd, priced 9 silver. And you see a doll that looks remarkably like Irena Kolyana, not for sale.
00:45:15
Vesz'rak
Ugh, weird.
00:45:19
Alma Graves
and And the first one, could you repeat that one with the replaceable heads?
00:45:23
The Blade's Edge
Headless doll that comes with a sack of attachable heads, including one head that has its eyes and mouth stitched shut. Nine copper.
00:45:29
Alma Graves
Okay. I will buy that one for nine copper.
00:45:34
The Blade's Edge
So while almost looking at the toys, is it is anybody else doing anything?
00:45:38
Trevor
Yeah, can I be looking a little deeper at these two, maybe like picking them up, holding them, seeing if there's anything weird going on with them?
00:45:39
Kyle
Um.
00:45:45
Trevor
They'd they'd seem creepy. And his... ah oh I would assume somebody who made toys to cheer up kids would be a top more popular thing, especially in a town that's so dreary.
00:46:01
Trevor
ah For him to be shocked that somebody walked into his shop is concerning.
00:46:09
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, they made an investigation check.
00:46:17
The Blade's Edge
um With a 16, you don't notice anything like else about these toys. Like there's no, ah there's nothing like magical about them.
00:46:34
The Blade's Edge
It's not, you know, none of them seem like they're a bomb or like they contain a magical spell.
00:46:39
Trevor
okay
00:46:39
The Blade's Edge
um You do see with a 16 as almost perusing the toys and you're sort of investigating. You see as he finishes something, he says um the the courier had has not come back.
00:46:53
The Blade's Edge
um And so he says, well, I don't know where he is. Pickle, I need you to take this to the streets and you see a
00:47:06
The Blade's Edge
See a monkey.
00:47:11
The Blade's Edge
And this is a ah monkey um in a custom tailored ballerina to to that pops out from behind him and grabs the thing he was working on and then ah who walks towards the door, opens the door and takes it out to the street ah to place it up before returning.
00:47:20
Trevor
Fire.
00:47:32
The Blade's Edge
And he gets set on ah creating another Uh, flag.
00:47:39
Alma Graves
Great job, monkey.
00:47:41
Trevor
Another flag is losing.
00:47:43
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. He's making another flag. Uh, this is what he looks like.
00:47:48
Trevor
Oh.
00:47:48
Vesz'rak
Okay.
00:47:50
The Blade's Edge
And, uh, as both those guys are doing that and you guys are seeing this bash and, um, the song, will you guys do anything?
00:47:59
Kyle
Yeah, I think I'd take a closer look at the doll that looks like Irena. And I want to say to wait, what's this guy's name again?
00:48:10
The Blade's Edge
You haven't asked.
00:48:11
Kyle
We haven't asked. I'd be like, um, sorry, what was your name again?
00:48:17
The Blade's Edge
Ah, the name is get off Blinsky. Wizard of tiny wonders here to make everybody happy.
00:48:26
Kyle
Get gate off.
00:48:28
The Blade's Edge
Get off Blinsky.
00:48:30
Kyle
and um Well, you know, I think my daughter back home would really like this doll, but it's not for sale. Is there any reason you don't want to part with it?
00:48:41
The Blade's Edge
Um, he says, uh,
00:48:52
The Blade's Edge
um
00:48:56
The Blade's Edge
da a lot of dolls are, I make for people who give me descriptions of the others. They tell me what somebody looks like. I make the doll. I don't know if they that that doll is supposed to be made to look like anybody in particular. I just make it look like ah who the customer wants.
00:49:20
Kyle
Well, who asked you to make this doll?
00:49:24
The Blade's Edge
Make a persuasion check.
00:49:26
Kyle
Yeah, I don't know why he would tell me this.
00:49:28
The Blade's Edge
Mm hmm. Me either. See how much he likes you.
00:49:31
Trevor
but me either.
00:49:32
Kyle
And um so I have disadvantage.
00:49:33
The Blade's Edge
That's why I make it a vision.
00:49:34
Alma Graves
yeah
00:49:34
Trevor
ah yeah
00:49:37
Kyle
Can I use my heroic inspiration to just make this a straight roll?
00:49:39
The Blade's Edge
Sure.
00:49:41
Kyle
Swag hot roll coming at you. It's a natural 20, baby.
00:49:46
Trevor
Oh.
00:49:46
Alma Graves
Oh yeah.
00:49:46
Vesz'rak
Oh, hey, what do we say here?
00:49:47
Trevor
Oh.
00:49:47
The Blade's Edge
Oh, is it really.
00:49:50
Vesz'rak
Hey, say the words, say the say the words part.
00:49:51
Alma Graves
All the lightning.
00:49:52
Trevor
Getting in the studio immediately.
00:49:54
The Blade's Edge
Call the lightning. din anda ah like Yeah.
00:49:56
Kyle
i don't I don't need no lightning.
00:50:00
The Blade's Edge
Hold on guys. Sorry. I got to get that down on my phone. Hold on. The voice memo. Call the lightning. zoom ban da boom but Okay, got it.
00:50:08
Trevor
Honestly gonna fire.
00:50:09
The Blade's Edge
um Okay, so i know so this is a great Nat 20 to get a name of somebody you've never met before. um He tells you, he goes, well, it's ah um let me get this guy's full name.
00:50:28
The Blade's Edge
I know his first name, but you rolled a Nat 20. He says, um
00:50:32
Kyle
Yeah, give me his government name. Give me a social security number.
00:50:35
Vesz'rak
yeah give
00:50:35
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. Oh, dad made that for the, uh, the burger masters, uh, right-hand man, Isaac stress knee.
00:50:39
Vesz'rak
No, the arena doll.
00:50:45
The Blade's Edge
Mm-hmm.
00:50:52
The Blade's Edge
Cause yes, he had make him very happy.
00:50:56
Kyle
Did he say why he wanted this doll made or who he wanted this doll to look like?
00:51:01
The Blade's Edge
Uh, within that 20, he will devote some information to you guys. He goes, ah, no, I honestly did. It's in the past six months. The only PA and customers who set foot in the store are there was a man from a faraway land. The name was Rick Davio. Um, he came in two weeks ago and bought a stuffed this Donny doll. Uh, and did then he gave me his pet monkey piccolo.
00:51:24
The Blade's Edge
who's been, uh, made me very happy. Uh, overjoyed even these fetches stories from hard to reach shells. Um, but besides him in the past six months, it's just been you guys. So I mostly stay in business by, uh, the burger master, uh, gives me a couple of gold pieces a month and make the festival decorations.
00:51:45
The Blade's Edge
And then I make special dolls for people, uh, Bergam master, uh, right hand man. Uh, some say his henchmen, uh, Isaac Strassney, uh, he, uh, between me, you and me, please don't yell anybody. Make me very unhappy if you did, uh, did between me and me, he doesn't pay for the dolls. Instead he threatens to burn my shop down.
00:52:07
The Blade's Edge
Unless I deliver him a new doll every month. Uh, so, um, yeah, each doll kind of looks like that one. The one that you're looking at, they all kind of look like that.
00:52:17
Alma Graves
can Can I describe the doll that I saw inside the Sabretooth Tiger's enclosure?
00:52:18
The Blade's Edge
He just keeps saying, I'm not really getting it, uh, right. So they're getting, I guess I'm getting closer and closer every month.
00:52:31
The Blade's Edge
He goes, Oh, yep. That's the one I sold to the Rictavio.
00:52:36
Alma Graves
Interesting.
00:52:37
The Blade's Edge
It's in a saber tooth tiger den.
00:52:39
Alma Graves
Yeah, i was I was thinking it might be from a child or something like that, but or for a child.
00:52:42
The Blade's Edge
Ah, bummer.
00:52:45
The Blade's Edge
Ah, nope. That's just, no, no, he had it. He wanted it's very, he wanted it to look, uh, he gave it to an animal to choke. Geez. He wanted it to look like a Vistani.
00:52:58
Alma Graves
Interesting.
00:52:59
The Blade's Edge
That's all he told me, but.
00:52:59
Alma Graves
Yeah.
00:53:02
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, mostly it's, I don't really get customers. So if you'd like that, that all the detachable heads, pretty cool. Uh, that's when there'll be nine copper pieces.
00:53:12
Alma Graves
I'll take it. Thank you.
00:53:15
The Blade's Edge
Um, yes.
00:53:16
Kyle
Um, and I will ah once, once they're done with that, I'm going to say, honestly, I think this doll looks pretty good. I might even consider this doll.
00:53:27
Kyle
Perfect. I think you did an incredible job. I know it's not for sale, but what name your price.
00:53:30
The Blade's Edge
Ah, well.
00:53:35
The Blade's Edge
Well, I, he says he'll, he'll burn down my ship. If I, if I give the, at the app, he'll burn down my, my ship. He says, I, it's fortunately there's no price.
00:53:46
Kyle
Well, I wouldn't want that to happen to you.
00:53:51
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, me neither.
00:53:52
Kyle
Okay.
00:53:53
Trevor
Yeah.
00:53:55
Vesz'rak
Oh, true.
00:53:56
Kyle
Well... No deal.
00:54:03
The Blade's Edge
Sorry, it's my job to make people happy. Is there another, uh, doll that you would like in the store and other stuff to buy?
00:54:11
Vesz'rak
What about the what what about the straw doll?
00:54:11
Alma Graves
The. ah
00:54:17
The Blade's Edge
He goes, Oh yeah, that's a good one.
00:54:20
Kyle
did someone Did someone ask you to make that or did you just make that?
00:54:22
The Blade's Edge
No, dad, I just made that one. It's, you know, he's on the, he's on the coin for goodness sake.
00:54:28
Kyle
you ah You a fan?
00:54:28
Vesz'rak
I haven't
00:54:31
The Blade's Edge
Oh, Yeah. In DM difference. I don't know. our Life is pretty bad in general. So, uh, I don't know. I'm here to make people hippie. If he, if somebody wanted the doll and it would make them happy, that would make me happy.
00:54:45
Alma Graves
You're doing a great job of a Blinsky. Um, I, I pull back out my, my little miniature coffin and then I think of the Russian nesting doll, the smallest, most mummified one.
00:54:56
The Blade's Edge
Mm-hmm.
00:54:57
Alma Graves
Would that fit in there?
00:55:00
The Blade's Edge
Uh, this, the the smallest doll. Yeah.
00:55:02
Alma Graves
Yeah. Cool.
00:55:04
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
00:55:04
Alma Graves
Then I'll also buy the nesting dolls and, um, just take the mummified one.
00:55:10
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:55:11
Vesz'rak
would anyone Would anyone lend me nine silver to buy this straw doll?
00:55:11
Kyle
How much is the?
00:55:12
The Blade's Edge
Uh, he would still charge you the full amount for that.
00:55:15
Alma Graves
Completely fine. Another nine silver or nine pen copper.
00:55:18
The Blade's Edge
So no, not nine copper for the doll and nine copper for the nesting dolls.
00:55:22
Alma Graves
Okay.
00:55:23
The Blade's Edge
18 copper total.
00:55:25
Alma Graves
okay Okay.
00:55:30
Alma Graves
Happily, brother.
00:55:30
Kyle
I was gonna, I was gonna buy the straw doll. I don't have, I have eight gold and 95 copper.
00:55:41
Vesz'rak
I have no gold. I have no money.
00:55:47
Kyle
Um, do you have any change?
00:55:53
The Blade's Edge
ah Yes. Yeah, he gives you he gives you change. It's it's all 10 to one. So.
00:55:59
Kyle
Oh, it's 10 to one.
00:56:00
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, 10 copper is one silver, 10 silver is one gold, 10 gold is one platinum.
00:56:04
Kyle
Oh, cool.
00:56:05
The Blade's Edge
So you can just do it.
00:56:06
Kyle
Um, yeah, so I just over move copper.
00:56:06
The Blade's Edge
I trust you to do the ah math.
00:56:11
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, if you if you if you have a gold and it costs nine silver, just take away the gold and add one silver.
00:56:18
Alma Graves
Hell yeah. Cool.
00:56:19
Kyle
No, I'm just gonna take away the copper.
00:56:19
Alma Graves
I marked mine off and then press.
00:56:23
Vesz'rak
Bashi did you want the doll? Sorry Bashi
00:56:25
Alma Graves
Oh, go ahead.
00:56:31
Kyle
What?
00:56:31
Vesz'rak
did you want the doll? I said I was gonna buy ever you also said you wanted to Okay, then i'll I'll add it to my inventory Can I ask
00:56:36
Kyle
You can, I mean, were we're a group, you can hold on to it, I guess.
00:56:48
Vesz'rak
blinsky I don't know if you would have an answer for this, but like we keep seeing your dolls in like in auspicious places so are people just buying them and putting them in weird spots or like Why are your dolls like everywhere?
00:57:05
Vesz'rak
It seems like everywhere.
00:57:05
The Blade's Edge
ah
00:57:06
Vesz'rak
We are your dolls are also a
00:57:08
The Blade's Edge
I don't know. I am just trying to make a my masterpiece. I no idea. I consider myself a student of a great inventor and playmaker named Fritz von Wierk. That is but all I want to do is deliver my masterpiece to Fritz von Wierk.
00:57:28
Vesz'rak
What's your masterpiece? Is it like a singular toy you're making?
00:57:31
The Blade's Edge
business has not been good, so ah this is. Oh, well. I had heard. I had, well, I don't know, really, it it's just my ah my dream, if I if I tell you.
00:57:50
The Blade's Edge
my dream which would make me very happy would be there is Fritz von Wiig's greatest invention most people say is a is a clockwork man man made of clock clockwork man the people say it lies somewhere in Castle Ravenloft I would take his and I would make one even better my masterpiece and then I would find Fritz von Wiig and I would deliver this new clockwork man even better than his Ha, and that i would get would bring me much happiness. Between me and you, for talking dreams.
00:58:29
Vesz'rak
So your dream is to find the clockwork man in Ravenloft and make a better one, then deliver it to your friend.
00:58:34
The Blade's Edge
yeah Well, not my friend, it said I'm a student of the great inventor, toy maker Fritz Van Werk.
00:58:38
Vesz'rak
Oh, it's fun. Weird.
00:58:46
The Blade's Edge
You wouldn't happen to be a group that goes to Castle Ravenloft, would you?
00:58:50
Vesz'rak
Uh, maybe, maybe yes, maybe no.
00:58:52
The Blade's Edge
Well, well, listen, if you go there and you find is his masterpiece and deliver it to me, I offer to make you any toy you desire because be business has not been good.
00:59:06
The Blade's Edge
I have no other award to offer except for I can make you any toy you'd like. If you find this, this clockwork and bring it to me.
00:59:14
Trevor
Hey Blinsky, how's business been?
00:59:14
Kyle
Is it like a life size?
00:59:15
Vesz'rak
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:59:16
The Blade's Edge
business has been veryre not good, not good at all.
00:59:19
Vesz'rak
Not good.
00:59:20
The Blade's Edge
Very bad.
00:59:21
Vesz'rak
excuse every Every month he lives in fear of the art of his shot being burned down, so.
00:59:21
Alma Graves
Blynsky house business.
00:59:27
The Blade's Edge
I had, I'd make a toy for free. So my shop stays, and then I have to make the festival decorations for about two gold every month.
00:59:35
Vesz'rak
Okay.
00:59:35
The Blade's Edge
That's about it. Besides the man who came in for the Visjani doll, but then I hear it's been destroyed already. So this two weeks, not good.
00:59:45
Kyle
Is the, uh, the clockwork man, is that like a life-sized thing or is it like a small, you know, put it, put it in my bag or something?
00:59:52
The Blade's Edge
Very good question. I do not know. I think it is tiny. It looks like, uh, looks like a little jester. I mean, uh, it mentions his own hat. He says, yes, it looks like a little jester. Um, yes. Clockwork effigy. Um, yeah, this, this name is Piddlewick.
01:00:19
Vesz'rak
Piddlewick, clockwork, gesture name.
01:00:20
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. Piddlewick. Well, if you go and you're able to find Piddlewick, uh, would be nice. I make you any toy you want.
01:00:29
Alma Graves
Pidlwick!
01:00:30
The Blade's Edge
I even make, I could even make you as talking to you now bash. She says another one of the lady. If you want a little toy of the lady.
01:00:40
Kyle
Yeah, that night could be that could be good. I have a question for you.
01:00:45
The Blade's Edge
Mm-hmm.
01:00:46
Kyle
What is your favorite toy you've ever made?
01:00:50
The Blade's Edge
Oh, well, it's always about looking forward. It's always about the next thing, the next choice, always the one. Um, I don't know of the ones in here. I do think that the ah wind up musical merry-go-round figures are snarling wolves chasing children in place of prancing horses. It's pretty good because it moves, right? You wind it up and it goes.
01:01:16
Kyle
I pick it up and wind it.
01:01:18
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, you wind it up and it goes, but instead of it being like nice music, it's basically the music we're listening to right now.
01:01:25
Kyle
That's so far.
01:01:25
The Blade's Edge
Pretty nice.
01:01:28
Kyle
Yeah, this is nice.
01:01:29
The Blade's Edge
Mm-hmm. Yes. Obviously the dummy would be nice. Dummies are cool, but it is really about the stuff that takes an extra step, moves a little, right? Shows my prowess.
01:01:43
Kyle
Kinetic, kinetic toy.
01:01:47
The Blade's Edge
Phronetic toy, yes.
01:01:47
Kyle
Very cool.
01:01:55
The Blade's Edge
Wow, big day for me. I've saw three things today. This is triple that I've made in the past year.
01:02:02
Vesz'rak
Nice.
01:02:02
Kyle
ah Business is good, you could say.
01:02:03
Vesz'rak
business Yeah, business is booming.
01:02:04
The Blade's Edge
Business is still very bad, but if you guys keep coming in at least once a month, this will be very nice because I've made almost what I make from the burger master in one day right now.
01:02:07
Alma Graves
isn
01:02:18
Alma Graves
ah I'll put one gold down on the table.
01:02:20
The Blade's Edge
Holy Shnikes.
01:02:24
Alma Graves
And um I would just say, you know keep doing what you can to bring
01:02:24
Kyle
Holy lathander.
01:02:31
Alma Graves
to bring light and bring love to to these people here. Not many people seem to be trying. I respect that you don't give up.
01:02:39
The Blade's Edge
Well, it is all I did bring happiness in the time of a great strife. People are very unhappy. I'm very worried about Heavy as he finishes another, um, official, their flag and the monkey on his back. in And he goes up piccolo. Yes. Take this out. Take this out. Put it up. This is the last one. And he says, uh, I'm very worried about how this festival is going to go. It is not good times in town. I do not think.
01:03:07
The Blade's Edge
It is a festival of the blazing sun is really needs to be people are not happy about this. So I don't know. We will, we shall see.
01:03:19
Alma Graves
Okay.
01:03:22
Vesz'rak
ah Do we still have time before the festival starts, Brian?
01:03:22
Kyle
you
01:03:25
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, you do. You look outside as Piccolo leaves with the flag and you see that it has started to rain.
01:03:30
Vesz'rak
Maybe we could, ah not to cut anyone short here, but maybe we could head to the watcher house before the festival starts, as I kind of have one last place to go to, just to mark it off the list of places to go.
01:03:39
Kyle
Yeah, yeah we're running errands.
01:03:48
Kyle
Damn.
01:03:50
Vesz'rak
Or we could pay a visit to the Burger Master and talk to Isaac Strosny and see what his deal is with the doll.
01:03:59
The Blade's Edge
The Burgomaster, no check required, you know, is part of the festival.
01:03:59
Alma Graves
Ooh!
01:04:04
The Blade's Edge
So if the festival is kind of about to start, he's probably like at the start of like the festival parade and is going to be at the festival.
01:04:09
Vesz'rak
Oh.
01:04:13
Kyle
yeah
01:04:13
Vesz'rak
So we could either go to the watcher house before the festival starts and then talk to the burger master and Rick Tovio during the festival.
01:04:14
Kyle
Gotcha.
01:04:22
Vesz'rak
Or if we know he's going to be at the start of the festival, we could just head there now and talk to the burger master.
01:04:28
Kyle
How much time do we have before the vessel starts?
01:04:31
The Blade's Edge
You tell me. I mean, it's really, it's really up to you guys. If you guys want to do one more thing beforehand, you can.
01:04:37
Kyle
I think we just go to the watcher's house first, if it's close.
01:04:39
The Blade's Edge
But if you want to wait, you you can also wait. It's up to you.
01:04:45
Vesz'rak
I'm going to just go talk to the burger master now.
01:04:46
Alma Graves
Let's do it.
01:04:51
Kyle
Okay.
01:04:52
Vesz'rak
Uh, Trev, what do you think?
01:04:54
Trevor
I'm in. I'm down with whatever. Honestly, yeah I'm down to, we can just do the festival thing or we can go knock that out.
01:05:01
Kyle
Yeah, why wouldn't we just do the watcher's house first and then?
01:05:05
Vesz'rak
I'm going to go to the washer house. Let's go. to the So we got two for two. Let's roll a roll of dice. Figure it out. Flip a coin.
01:05:11
Alma Graves
Watch your house sounds cool to me too. One more thing, and then it's party time.
01:05:13
Vesz'rak
Let's go. Yeah, that's party time.
01:05:16
Kyle
Yeah.
01:05:16
Vesz'rak
let's go Let's go to the Watcher House.
01:05:17
Kyle
I think that makes sense.
01:05:18
Alma Graves
Nothing bad ever happens at a party, guys, so.
01:05:21
Vesz'rak
Absolutely. I'm definitely not going to get downed later on in this session. Let's go to the Watcher House.
01:05:25
Alma Graves
Yeah.
01:05:26
The Blade's Edge
Um, yeah. How many headphones do you have? All right. You short rested.
01:05:29
Alma Graves
yeah
01:05:29
The Blade's Edge
Sorry. I forgot.
01:05:30
Vesz'rak
No, I still have short.
01:05:32
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. You short rested.
01:05:33
Vesz'rak
32, I'm missing 12. 14, I'm missing 14 max. so
01:05:37
The Blade's Edge
Cool. Um, okay. So let me just move you. Watch our house has a map.
01:05:50
Vesz'rak
All right, no theater of the mind needed.
01:05:52
The Blade's Edge
The theater of the mind needed though. It is nice every now and then. Um, okay. So you approach the watcher's house and as you do, I will describe the house again. And then I will describe the two gentlemen leaving the house as you approach, uh, which is who you'll see on this map here. Um, okay. Okey dokey. It's raining.
01:06:29
The Blade's Edge
The wilted flowers around town look even sadder. All of the flags are not really blowing in the wind and are instead drenched in water dripping down onto the street, making the dirt street even muddier. And as you get up to this house, this house, one of the my favorite descriptions in this entire module, this house seems disgusted with itself.
01:06:54
The Blade's Edge
A slouching roof hangs over hangs heavy over furrowed gables and moss-covered walls sag and bulge under the weight of vegetation. As you study the house's sullen countenance, you hear the edifice actually groan. Only then do you realize the extent to which the house hates what it has become.
01:07:17
Alma Graves
This house ate so much McDonald's last night and it's feeling it today.
01:07:20
The Blade's Edge
This house seems disgusted with itself is so hard. That's so sick to me.
01:07:24
Alma Graves
Yeah.
01:07:24
Kyle
That is sick.
01:07:25
Alma Graves
Mm-hmm.
01:07:25
The Blade's Edge
um As the door opens and you see these two like twins. um Leave the house.
01:07:35
Alma Graves
The beard bros.
01:07:37
The Blade's Edge
The beard bros.
01:07:40
The Blade's Edge
ah They look at.
01:07:41
Alma Graves
Better, better beardness bureau.
01:07:43
The Blade's Edge
They look at you all, but they they both raised the same eyebrow and say. All right. Cheerio, mate.
01:07:53
Alma Graves
Yeah, cheerios, mate.
01:07:55
The Blade's Edge
Cheerio.
01:07:55
Kyle
I just nod.
01:07:56
The Blade's Edge
Have a good one.
01:07:57
Vesz'rak
Give him a nod, yep.
01:07:59
Trevor
panty bunches.
01:08:00
The Blade's Edge
on a bunches um They head out to the south. East.
01:08:09
The Blade's Edge
Yes. They head out. They head southeast of the house and you're looking at the entrance way.
01:08:21
Alma Graves
OK.
01:08:25
Alma Graves
ah Bash, you wanna knock on the door?
01:08:29
Kyle
Sure I'll walk up.
01:08:36
Vesz'rak
The only thing I have in my notes about this place is that it's just like dilapidated, that's all. Disgusted house, Dash, the Watcher family.
01:08:42
Alma Graves
Mm-hmm.
01:08:46
The Blade's Edge
OK, you knock on the door and you hear a far off woman's voice say, I'm coming.
01:08:55
Alma Graves
okay Okay.
01:09:01
The Blade's Edge
Um, okay.
01:09:02
Alma Graves
We will be patient.
01:09:03
The Blade's Edge
Yes. And give me a second as well.
01:09:05
Kyle
and she's Maybe we should come back another time.
01:09:10
Kyle
I feel like we're interrupting something.
01:09:13
The Blade's Edge
Um, sorry, one sec.
01:09:14
Vesz'rak
We might be. ah
01:09:22
The Blade's Edge
I'm just reading something could be potentially important.
01:09:30
The Blade's Edge
Okay. I love when they give me information I don't need, but is very fun. Why would that matter? But that's very fun. Okay. um Okay. The ah door unlocks and opens.
01:09:59
The Blade's Edge
and Do you see? This lady.
01:10:02
Alma Graves
Thank you.
01:10:06
Alma Graves
Well, hello.
01:10:08
Vesz'rak
She's got a little imp guy on her shoulder.
01:10:08
Kyle
Damn. Okay, cheekbones?
01:10:10
The Blade's Edge
h And got a little fiendish.
01:10:11
Kyle
She's kinda serving.
01:10:11
Alma Graves
Damn. Serving.
01:10:16
The Blade's Edge
I think you guys all know what an imp is, but this little fiendish imp curled around her shoulders.
01:10:22
Alma Graves
Heretic.
01:10:23
The Blade's Edge
And she just says she as she she opens the door. um I would even say ah you see very unabashedly on the wall behind her, which looks like the entranceway. You see that there is a painting, almost like ah almost like a photograph, but like just a painting of her. You see her, you see the two twins who just left the house. And do you see that they're laughing.
01:10:52
The Blade's Edge
at ah at a table with Strahd von Zarovich, painted on the wall behind her.
01:10:56
Vesz'rak
Oh boy.
01:10:56
Kyle
Oh, Jesus Christ. I thought she's I thought he was just in the house.
01:10:58
Alma Graves
Oh, God, you scared the crap out of me for a second there, yeah.
01:11:02
The Blade's Edge
no No, this is in the painting, in like like almost like it's a it's photograph in the entryway, ah on display, so yeah making no secret to hide that fact.
01:11:11
Kyle
We're sorry, describe it once more.
01:11:13
The Blade's Edge
Her and her two sons, who you just saw leaving the house, laughing at a table with Strahd.
01:11:19
Kyle
The conservatives. Um,
01:11:22
The Blade's Edge
Um, and she just says, um, hello. I, who, uh, how may I help you?
01:11:32
Kyle
Uh, out of character, why are we here again?
01:11:38
Alma Graves
You mentioned you wanted to go to the watcher's house and here we are.
01:11:43
Kyle
Yeah, but I forget why we're here.
01:11:46
Kyle
Um.
01:11:51
Kyle
Oh, God. I don't even know what to say. I'm choking.
01:11:58
The Blade's Edge
Would you like to come in?
01:11:58
Kyle
Um.
01:11:59
The Blade's Edge
Do you need a second? I can grab you something to drink.
01:12:03
Alma Graves
That would be great.
01:12:03
Kyle
Uh, sure.
01:12:08
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:12:10
The Blade's Edge
Uh, she, uh, walks inside and says, yes, I have to follow me. Opens the store.
01:12:24
Vesz'rak
or Sorry, are we all going in?
01:12:24
Alma Graves
oh I'll come in with you.
01:12:25
Kyle
Um.
01:12:27
The Blade's Edge
She invited you in.
01:12:28
Vesz'rak
i'll go in
01:12:30
Trevor
I'll watch the the door. I'm just gonna sit down on the steps out here.
01:12:35
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:12:35
Alma Graves
It's nice and bright in here.
01:12:37
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, there there's a ah ah lit fireplace. Um, and I'll, let me just, I'll just, uh, they have descriptions of these rooms as you go through them. So the very first room that you went through was the front door and vestibule.
01:12:50
The Blade's Edge
The front door opens into a narrow vestibule, three stained glass doors in the wooden frames lead from it. Uh, that's, you saw the picture out there. Um, then you.
01:13:05
The Blade's Edge
Yes, yes, yes. Then you went to a staircase that went so that would go upstairs. Wooden staircase led up to what looked like a balcony. you guys at The foot of the stairs is a landing with three stained glass doors and wooden frames. You did not go upstairs. You went to the right, which is looks like you're in the kitchen. um You see that there is a cook in here. And she is ah rushing about this spotless kitchen.
01:13:33
The Blade's Edge
ah prepping prepping a meal. um You see a wash basin stands in the northeast corner and a slender door in the west wall leads to a small pantry that you're passing by.
01:13:45
Alma Graves
Mm hmm.
01:13:46
The Blade's Edge
um And she says, Halleck, will you fetch the three of our guests something to drink? What would the three of you like?
01:13:56
Alma Graves
Um.
01:13:57
Kyle
Water for me.
01:13:58
Alma Graves
Do you have a dragon crush?
01:14:03
The Blade's Edge
Uh, the wine.
01:14:05
Alma Graves
Yeah.
Insights and Intrigue at the Watcher House
01:14:07
The Blade's Edge
i'm I might have dragon crush and dragon crush water and, and you mister.
01:14:12
Vesz'rak
Uh, coffee for me if you have Ooni.
01:14:14
The Blade's Edge
Coffee. Okay. Well, that will take a second, but we we do have coffee. Alec, you've heard their orders. Uh, we will be, uh, we'll be downstairs in the lounge. Alec.
01:14:25
The Blade's Edge
Thank you. Um, and she, she brings you in. She says, well, we'll have to make this quick. We'll have a drink. And then we'll yeah i imagine the three of you are heading to the festival of the blazing sun. Yes.
01:14:37
Vesz'rak
Yep.
01:14:38
Kyle
Yeah, we are.
01:14:38
Alma Graves
Yeah, we came here for the pregame.
01:14:42
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:14:42
Kyle
Um, no, we're, ah we're new in town. and My name is Bash. And I've heard some people talking about you and I just wanted to learn more about um this place and what you do here.
01:14:56
The Blade's Edge
Well, uh, feel free. This is my home. It's not a business, but yeah, feel free. We can, we'll chat. Alec will bring our drinks downstairs and opens this door, heads in here, opens this door heads in here. And she says, as you guys are walking, she just sort of sort of says, so where you are you all from?
01:15:22
Alma Graves
Oh, that's a long question.
01:15:22
Kyle
Yum.
01:15:26
The Blade's Edge
ah You go.
01:15:27
Kyle
Yes.
01:15:28
The Blade's Edge
ah Sorry, I'm just narrating these rooms you're seeing. ah You go there where you see there's a back door, some of the front door area, and then you head into this next room, which looks like ah half of it's like a closet like there's like coats and aprons hanging from hooks in this room.
01:15:46
The Blade's Edge
ah But you also see, yeah, that there are stairs ah heading downstairs. which she opens that door and begins heading down. She says, ah it's a long story. Well, we don't have much time, but to yeah give me the the TLDR.
01:16:02
Vesz'rak
um I'm from, long story short, from the Underdark.
01:16:11
The Blade's Edge
The underdog.
01:16:11
Alma Graves
And I'm from outside the fog.
01:16:14
The Blade's Edge
The underdog outside the fog.
01:16:16
Kyle
Hey, you could say I'm from here in Barovia.
01:16:22
The Blade's Edge
I could, um as you got, I'm sorry, I'm moving your tokens here. Don't move them real quick. Gotcha. All right, she heads downstairs. I don't know what your guys' is marching order was, but you're down here. And she says, well, from the under dark outside, what is the culture like?
01:16:50
Vesz'rak
Can I whisper to bash? Um, um, why is she, why are we going into the basement?
01:16:52
The Blade's Edge
What is the culture like out there?
01:16:57
Vesz'rak
Why are we just following this lady? She doesn't know us.
01:17:02
Kyle
It seems fine though.
01:17:03
Vesz'rak
it Okay. If it seems fine.
01:17:04
Alma Graves
I don't know, she passes the initial vibe check.
01:17:07
Kyle
Yeah, can I just do an insight check?
01:17:07
Vesz'rak
that's Did we vibe?
01:17:09
The Blade's Edge
Sure.
01:17:09
Vesz'rak
Yeah.
01:17:09
Vesz'rak
Did we vibe checker?
01:17:10
The Blade's Edge
Sure. You can give me an, uh, you can give me an insight check.
01:17:13
Kyle
A disadvantageous insight check, but I have plus five.
01:17:16
Vesz'rak
Everyone, everyone inside checker just
01:17:17
Kyle
I'm goaded. Quick little natural point.
01:17:19
Vesz'rak
ah
01:17:19
Kyle
I love that I'm getting the fucking natural twenties while I have disadvantage, but it's okay because watch this.
01:17:22
Vesz'rak
Oh, my God.
01:17:22
Alma Graves
Oh!
01:17:24
Vesz'rak
He's due. He's due. Oh, he has disadvantage.
01:17:27
Alma Graves
Oh!
01:17:28
Vesz'rak
Oh, oh, two net 20s in a row.
01:17:28
The Blade's Edge
Oh, my God.
01:17:29
Trevor
up What the fuck?
01:17:29
Kyle
Is this
01:17:30
Alma Graves
There ain't no way.
01:17:30
Vesz'rak
That's three. He has three 20s in a row.
01:17:31
Kyle
bro bro what in the world but like why now why not during our fight
01:17:34
Alma Graves
right
01:17:34
The Blade's Edge
OK.
01:17:34
Trevor
Holy shit.
01:17:34
Vesz'rak
Do check his computer, check his computer.
01:17:39
Vesz'rak
You suave son of a bitch.
01:17:40
The Blade's Edge
um
01:17:43
The Blade's Edge
OK.
01:17:43
Alma Graves
Wow.
01:17:46
Trevor
What the fuck?
01:17:49
Vesz'rak
What?
01:17:49
The Blade's Edge
You.
01:17:50
Alma Graves
You arrive precisely as you are needed.
01:17:51
Vesz'rak
Yeah, yeah, what the fuck?
01:17:53
The Blade's Edge
It was a natural 20. First of all, you head down here, and this large root cellar has a dirt floor. There are two ascent two ascending flights of stone steps across the way. You see over here, as you guys are coming down to this room. um Enclosed by wooden railings. These two so staircases stand across from one another.
01:18:18
The Blade's Edge
um And then you see um other trails go from both staircases to the center of the bare west wall. Like there are footprints that lead straight to a wall where you don't see a door.
01:18:32
The Blade's Edge
on And you see ah ah four and neatly made cots are set in a row against the south wall.
01:18:45
The Blade's Edge
um
01:18:48
The Blade's Edge
And with a natural 20 insight, what could I give you that makes sense for right now?
01:18:57
Kyle
A double natural 20 insight.
01:18:58
The Blade's Edge
Um, double twin naturally insight. She is, she is taking advantage of you not asking any questions.
01:19:11
The Blade's Edge
to lead you somewhere where she said there was a, you know, like the lounge down here, you clearly can see that that is not the case for meat neatly made cots. And there's a bunch of footsteps heading to a wall um with a natural 20 insight. You know, this is a friend of straws.
01:19:29
The Blade's Edge
um
01:19:32
The Blade's Edge
Her children left earlier. I'll even go back to that. The children looked like they were up to no good for two twins. um
01:19:43
The Blade's Edge
And yeah, with a natural 20, she seems like she' she doesn't really care about where you're from or what the customs are like. She seems mostly interested in Disson of the three of you.
01:19:54
The Blade's Edge
And she's interested in Disson and the Underdark.
01:19:55
Vesz'rak
Classic.
01:19:58
The Blade's Edge
And she's interested in Alma's tiefling lineage um as she has an imp wrapped around her shoulders. And with a natural 20, she seems like, yeah, she's absolutely lying about there being a lounge down here.
01:20:10
The Blade's Edge
Uh, didn't, didn't sound like she was lying about the drinks to the servant. Uh, but it's definitely yeah taking advantage of the fact that you strangers appeared at her doors and doorstep and she thought she'd give it a go to see if she could take advantage of, uh, you showing up on her doorstep and with the natural 20, she seems to be doing just that.
01:20:32
Vesz'rak
ah Let's leave I don't I don't get it well the other darts really nice little dreary ah very dark you know
01:20:35
Alma Graves
I have diarrhea.
01:20:35
The Blade's Edge
Well, bash bash, you get, you get that sense.
01:20:36
Alma Graves
I have diarrhea. I have diarrhea.
01:20:50
The Blade's Edge
She approached.
01:20:50
Alma Graves
Yeah.
01:20:50
Alma Graves
And I'm a tiefling from, uh, not from the hells. No, I was born on the material plane.
01:20:58
The Blade's Edge
Well, let's talk more about it. Come and we'll chat in my lounge.
01:21:08
Kyle
Guys, I just remembered
01:21:08
Vesz'rak
Yeah, sure.
01:21:08
Alma Graves
And we're all just standing behind Dash.
01:21:10
Vesz'rak
Yeah, sure. I'd love to chat.
01:21:12
Kyle
Guys, we might have to leave. I think I left something at the inn and we got to go back before the festival starts. um I wanted to come here. I wanted to talk, but I think we might have to leave a little bit early, unfortunately.
01:21:25
Vesz'rak
Are you oh you sure? i I wanted to, what about our drinks?
01:21:27
Kyle
Yeah, I feel bad. I really wanted to sit down and talk, but I just got some important stuff that I got to take care of before the festival.
01:21:32
Alma Graves
i
01:21:36
Kyle
um
01:21:36
Alma Graves
You shit, don't you?
01:21:37
Kyle
right
01:21:38
Vesz'rak
yeah I feel like it'd be rude if we left right now. I mean, at least we could do is like have one drink, you know?
01:21:40
Kyle
It would be rude, but
01:21:44
Kyle
Maybe we could have an IOU, maybe we could talk to you at the festival?
01:21:50
The Blade's Edge
Um, make a persuasion or deception check at advantage due to your natural 20.
01:21:57
Alma Graves
Just, I mean, uh, in obvious still at the front door.
01:22:00
Kyle
even Even with my exhaustion?
01:22:02
Trevor
I'm just kicking rocks out here.
01:22:02
The Blade's Edge
Right. Uh, it would just be a straight rule.
01:22:05
Vesz'rak
I imagine an obvious just like clicking his swords and
01:22:05
Kyle
Um...
01:22:07
The Blade's Edge
If you roll your fourth natural 20 in a row, by the way, cause you've rolled three natural twenties in a row.
01:22:08
Trevor
Yeah, yeah.
01:22:08
Kyle
Uh
01:22:12
The Blade's Edge
If you roll one more, the campaign is over and you did, and you did win and you're all natural and you're all levels one.
01:22:12
Kyle
-huh.
01:22:15
Alma Graves
Yeah.
01:22:15
Kyle
Cool.
01:22:17
The Blade's Edge
And.
01:22:18
Kyle
Sorry, deception or what?
01:22:18
Alma Graves
Yeah.
01:22:19
Vesz'rak
Hey, what?
01:22:19
Alma Graves
All right.
01:22:20
The Blade's Edge
Everything is saved.
01:22:20
Vesz'rak
Yeah. Yeah. What module are we playing next time?
01:22:21
Alma Graves
Look, Hey, call the lightning. Call the lightning.
01:22:23
The Blade's Edge
Deception or persuasion.
01:22:25
Alma Graves
I would love to see Kyle Tarrard in the wild beyond the which light.
01:22:31
Kyle
If this is a natural 20, I am, I am goaded.
01:22:33
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, we all go home.
01:22:33
Trevor
i'll pee I'll piss my pants right here.
01:22:35
Alma Graves
Yeah, I'll yeah.
01:22:35
Vesz'rak
yeah I'll poop in my chair.
01:22:37
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, I have to pee, so I'll pee in my pants right now.
01:22:39
Trevor
I'm with ya.
01:22:40
Kyle
Remember when I said that the four natural ones in a row would have been one in 160,000? We're already, hold on, hold on, hold on.
01:22:46
The Blade's Edge
This is the same.
01:22:53
Kyle
We've hit a one in 8K.
01:22:55
Alma Graves
and Okay.
01:22:55
Kyle
So this would be one in 160,000.
01:22:59
Alma Graves
Why don't you hit us with it?
01:23:00
Trevor
It's good to us.
01:23:02
The Blade's Edge
Deception or persuasion, your choice.
01:23:04
Kyle
Guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys.
01:23:04
Alma Graves
ah
01:23:04
The Blade's Edge
Oh my god.
01:23:06
Vesz'rak
All right. All right. campaign's over.
01:23:07
The Blade's Edge
What is happening?
01:23:08
Alma Graves
No.
01:23:08
Vesz'rak
That's before it clip it, ship it.
01:23:09
The Blade's Edge
The camera's over. All right, and OK.
01:23:11
Vesz'rak
We'll see you in the next module.
01:23:11
Alma Graves
Hold on.
01:23:11
Kyle
Guys?
01:23:12
Alma Graves
Hold on. Hold on. Did you toggle auto crit? Did you toggle auto crit?
01:23:14
Kyle
I have rolled four natural 20s in a row.
01:23:15
Alma Graves
Roll it again. Roll it again.
01:23:16
Vesz'rak
and No, don't roll it again. We're riding off into the sunset.
01:23:19
Trevor
shit
01:23:20
Vesz'rak
We're done here.
01:23:21
The Blade's Edge
All right, well, to those of you tuning in, thank you so much.
01:23:21
Alma Graves
Congratulations.
01:23:21
Kyle
Hey, geez, it's been so much fun.
01:23:23
Alma Graves
Thank you.
01:23:24
The Blade's Edge
It's been a lovely podcast, and as
01:23:25
Alma Graves
Honestly, we've had a great time.
01:23:27
Kyle
Thank you. Let's give a round of applause to the cast.
01:23:30
Vesz'rak
Thank everyone.
01:23:30
The Blade's Edge
Bash, Bash grows to the size of Galactus in Marvel and all of the evil people that have ever existed die.
01:23:31
Vesz'rak
Take a bow.
01:23:31
Kyle
What?
01:23:40
Vesz'rak
Oh.
01:23:40
The Blade's Edge
All of the good people become even better. Everyone in the world becomes level 20 and we, the camera fades out ah the black and white to the moon.
01:23:49
Alma Graves
No.
01:23:50
The Blade's Edge
The moon turns into the sun. We go to the Feywild.
01:23:54
Trevor
the moon Turns into the sun.
01:23:57
The Blade's Edge
The moon turns into the sun.
01:23:58
Vesz'rak
yeah
01:23:59
The Blade's Edge
Everything is peaceful as bash lays in a cot picking grapes.
01:23:59
Trevor
oh
01:24:13
Trevor
Now I can finally rest.
01:24:17
The Blade's Edge
And ah while that won't be the end of the campaign, you do having rolled four natural twenties in a row, a persuasion, an insight at disadvantage and a deception. ah This this lady who is obviously trying to lure you somewhere to do something ah with your natural 20 deception just says. Yeah, absolutely. No, I know what it's like to to have a fear of shitting in public, so.
01:24:43
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, absolutely. It makes, yeah, it's absolutely will. I'll actually, where are you staying? I'll send the drinks. Oh, nobody can be ready. They're probably ready upstairs. Let's head out. And if you have guys ever want to come back, I can, I can show you my cool lounge.
01:24:55
Alma Graves
hey Quick question, are you gonna be cool best friends with us forever and not best friends with anyone else?
01:25:01
The Blade's Edge
Um, well I had, I have, ah I have really good friends already, but this was the start of something amazing. I enjoyed talking to you guys for the 30 to 45 seconds you were inside my house.
01:25:10
Vesz'rak
Is she flirting with Bash?
01:25:12
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, I really enjoyed you guys following me ah down to my lounge and us almost having what I would call, ah I'd say we almost had a good conversation even.
01:25:13
Kyle
well
01:25:24
The Blade's Edge
um But and lovely meeting you all and always love me meeting new people in town. And I understand if you have to go and there's no rush. I'm in no rush.
01:25:35
Kyle
say say yeah I'm I'm really really sorry but maybe I can come back later tonight and we can have like a drink
01:25:43
Vesz'rak
Ooh.
01:25:44
The Blade's Edge
Uh, yeah. Roll me, roll me a persuasion check at advantage and this, and this will be actual, uh, advantage.
01:25:47
Vesz'rak
OK, let's set the parameters here.
01:25:48
Alma Graves
Yeah.
01:25:53
The Blade's Edge
I'll let you roll twice. Uh, and if you wrote, yeah, if you, if you're not 20 on the next role, uh, w w
01:25:56
Kyle
Well, I won't need it because I'm going to naturally.
01:26:02
Trevor
Do we level up to level 20 and finish the campaign at level 20?
01:26:05
Vesz'rak
And we fight Strahd.
01:26:05
Alma Graves
Yeah.
01:26:06
The Blade's Edge
it
01:26:06
Alma Graves
and
01:26:06
Trevor
Yeah, at level 20.
01:26:07
The Blade's Edge
considering the fact Considering the fact that I was talking about this the other day, I think characters want to be level 20 more than they actually need to be because everybody forgets their own abilities at level six.
01:26:07
Kyle
night
01:26:17
The Blade's Edge
That level 20 makes no sense because it's like the guys' core abilities they aren't even using at level six.
01:26:18
Alma Graves
Yeah, I...
01:26:18
Trevor
True.
01:26:19
Alma Graves
i hu No, ah we can we can raise one of our um one of our stats.
01:26:25
The Blade's Edge
That level 20 would just give like 30 more things. ah But you tell me.
01:26:29
Vesz'rak
I think and think if you nat 20 again, I think we get our characters back.
01:26:29
Kyle
um What could we wager?
01:26:33
Vesz'rak
I think everyone gets their old characters back.
01:26:39
Kyle
that's That's what I was thinking.
01:26:40
Alma Graves
what We can raise one of our stats to 20 if he gets ah another one.
01:26:43
The Blade's Edge
Well, bash bash can decide what happens if he rolls another natural 20 on the next role, even if you roll it with the advantage role, something crazy can happen.
01:26:43
Kyle
That's exactly what I was thinking.
01:26:44
Trevor
Oh.
01:26:53
The Blade's Edge
and We can talk about what that is because this is insane. um And this is just see if you can come back later.
01:26:57
Kyle
um
01:26:59
The Blade's Edge
First and foremost, if you not 20, either of these roles. i think I think she goes from potentially being somebody who was going to do something very bad and potentially a nemesis to ah an ally um in this, if that's what Bash wants.
01:27:14
Vesz'rak
That'd be sick.
01:27:16
The Blade's Edge
Because if you do come back later tonight and you can sort of sweet talk her in sort of any direction you'd like, that's for sure. But if you're Nat 20 on this next role, we'll have to actually talk about what what crazy sort of thing happens.
01:27:29
The Blade's Edge
You've already. This is already going to go very poorly for you guys, but you've and you've dodged that bullet quite handily.
01:27:32
Kyle
Um, we are, we are entering like lottery levels of crazy. Like if I hit this next one, it's one in 3.2 million.
01:27:42
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
01:27:46
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
01:27:46
Trevor
I think if you Nat 20, you, Kyle, get $3 million dollars in real life.
01:27:51
The Blade's Edge
I think you should I think you should absolutely go buy a lottery ticket ticket after this.
01:27:52
Trevor
I think that's what happens.
01:27:53
Kyle
Right.
01:27:56
Trevor
For sure.
01:27:56
Kyle
Sure. All right. I hit this. My Great Axe stats are doubled.
01:28:05
The Blade's Edge
Your stats are doubled. What does the fuck does that mean?
01:28:07
Kyle
and ah the The Great Axe plus four, it's a 2d12 plus 14.
01:28:07
The Blade's Edge
So instead of a, instead of a plus two, it's a plus four. Okay.
01:28:15
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:28:16
Vesz'rak
Jesus Christ.
01:28:16
The Blade's Edge
Cool. So it doesn't even, it so doesn't even relate to your character stats.
01:28:19
The Blade's Edge
Cause that's, that's how all that is.
01:28:19
Kyle
yeah and and No, no, no, no, no, no.
01:28:20
Vesz'rak
but
01:28:21
Kyle
It's just my great acts.
01:28:22
The Blade's Edge
Okay. Would now be a plus.
01:28:23
Kyle
It gets a boner and is like, oh my God, this is a grit.
01:28:26
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:28:27
Kyle
I can't believe I'm being used by the greatest man um that Barovia has ever seen.
01:28:32
Vesz'rak
Go ahead, Kyle.
01:28:33
The Blade's Edge
Okay. I love that.
01:28:33
Vesz'rak
Roll another nat 20. Go ahead.
01:28:34
The Blade's Edge
I can't wait for somebody to steal that great. Cause it's on the great X, not on you. I'm just kidding. Okay. Yeah, sure. and good next If the next, if the next role that you roll is, it is a natural 20, your great acts stats will double.
01:28:42
Trevor
i'm just kidding sort of
01:28:43
Vesz'rak
Got to throw a just kidding in there, just in case.
01:28:44
Alma Graves
It connected to me forever. it connected to me forever
01:28:51
Kyle
Dude. It's a persuasion?
01:28:54
The Blade's Edge
Is the, or, uh, yeah, persuasion and you have advantage, but this happens if the next role is the not 20.
01:29:02
Kyle
Wait, sorry.
01:29:03
Alma Graves
there
01:29:03
Kyle
So I need two in a row?
01:29:05
The Blade's Edge
No, no, you only need one, but if you roll like a natural one and then a natural 20, the great ex stats not doubled, but you have turned what is a villain in this campaign into a ally.
01:29:05
Kyle
No. Okay. All right, all right.
01:29:09
Trevor
I'm just kidding, sort of.
01:29:18
The Blade's Edge
But if the next role, the first one is a nat 20 great ex stats doubled in addition to that.
01:29:25
Kyle
I've never wanted a natural 20 worst in my life.
01:29:31
Kyle
All right.
01:29:33
The Blade's Edge
Standing up.
01:29:33
Kyle
I was not gonna say anything. Oh, shit.
01:29:35
Vesz'rak
I'm standing up.
01:29:35
Kyle
Dropping stuff.
01:29:36
Vesz'rak
Everyone standing up.
01:29:37
The Blade's Edge
call the lightning.
01:29:38
Vesz'rak
Stand up.
01:29:38
Kyle
I was standing up when I rolled that last one.
01:29:39
Trevor
in the name damn
01:29:40
Kyle
I'm gonna stand up again.
01:29:41
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:29:41
Vesz'rak
stand up
01:29:44
Kyle
Come on.
01:29:48
Kyle
Dude, it was one side off.
01:29:49
Alma Graves
Oh my God.
01:29:51
Kyle
It was one side off.
01:29:52
Vesz'rak
Hey, you got another opportunity, big dog.
01:29:52
Kyle
I'm looking at the fucking B.
01:29:54
The Blade's Edge
You still got another opportunity.
01:29:55
Alma Graves
Dude.
01:29:56
The Blade's Edge
You've already turned what was supposed to be an ambush into you guys are leaving unharmed. This is already already we're in good territory from the insight and the deception.
01:30:06
Alma Graves
Why are we here towards we are here for God's reason?
01:30:06
The Blade's Edge
And you
01:30:11
The Blade's Edge
And I will say, because of all the nat 20s you roll on this next role, even if it's not, okay. You already rolled it.
01:30:16
Kyle
That's good.
01:30:17
Trevor
ah Okay.
01:30:18
Alma Graves
Hilarious.
01:30:18
Vesz'rak
No build up.
01:30:18
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:30:20
Alma Graves
Amazing.
01:30:20
The Blade's Edge
Nevermind. Um, okay.
01:30:22
Kyle
That's good.
01:30:23
The Blade's Edge
Uh, she, uh, looks at you and ah she says, uh, while I do, I am very interested in you. I, my husband is upstairs.
01:30:34
The Blade's Edge
I don't think that would be appropriate.
01:30:37
Vesz'rak
ah Come on.
01:30:39
The Blade's Edge
But I do enjoy all of your company for the short time that we've had here. And I would love to show you all my lounge at some point.
01:30:50
Kyle
Yeah, for sure.
01:30:50
Alma Graves
Fantastic.
01:30:51
Kyle
And I just head upstairs.
01:30:52
The Blade's Edge
OK.
01:30:53
Alma Graves
So you've create seven times this session.
01:30:58
Kyle
Am I the greatest to ever do it?
01:31:00
The Blade's Edge
um
01:31:00
Alma Graves
Yeah, I think you are.
01:31:01
Vesz'rak
Who do you think you are, I am?
01:31:03
Kyle
Yeah.
01:31:03
The Blade's Edge
You guys, ah you guys head outside.
01:31:04
Alma Graves
and
01:31:06
The Blade's Edge
She brings you all outside. You all grab your drinks on the way from Halik, the lady working in the kitchen. And as she comes outside, ah she says, Well, it was lovely meeting you all.
01:31:24
The Blade's Edge
ah I'm sure I'll see you at the festival. Yes.
01:31:30
Alma Graves
Oh, certainly.
01:31:30
Kyle
Absolutely.
01:31:30
Alma Graves
That's where we're heading next.
01:31:33
The Blade's Edge
Um, and she says, uh, yes, I, like I was telling them, she looks at you and Abby, if you would like to come back and check out my lounge at some time, I, I hold a book club most nights.
01:31:48
The Blade's Edge
Um, yes, it would be very nice if you could all come to my, my book club.
01:31:49
Trevor
Oh, nice.
01:31:55
The Blade's Edge
And sometimes we even talk about how we could make this city of Valaki better. Uh, many of us are unhappy with.
01:32:01
Vesz'rak
Ooh.
01:32:03
The Blade's Edge
the Burger Master and would love to talk about ways that we can potentially get rid of him, replace him.
01:32:12
Alma Graves
Sure.
01:32:12
Trevor
Yeah, happy to join sometime.
01:32:14
The Blade's Edge
Him and his evil henchmen, Isaac Strosny.
01:32:18
Alma Graves
Oh, Strosny.
01:32:20
Vesz'rak
Evil henchmen.
01:32:22
The Blade's Edge
Evil henchmen and his monstrous arm.
01:32:26
Alma Graves
Isaac Strosny was the guy who had the dolls of Irina made.
01:32:31
Vesz'rak
Yep.
01:32:32
Alma Graves
Interesting. So we learned something about him.
01:32:38
The Blade's Edge
Yes, his deformed arm that is twice the size. It should be freak of nature, really. Would love nothing more than to overthrow the Burger Master and run this town properly.
01:32:52
Alma Graves
Yeah?
01:32:52
The Blade's Edge
Those are just some of the things we talk about at my book club.
01:32:57
Vesz'rak
what's so what's this What's this month's ah current book?
Festival of the Blazing Sun Begins
01:33:01
The Blade's Edge
Um, she, uh, ah
01:33:08
The Blade's Edge
Um. Let me get one for you real quick. Um.
01:33:23
The Blade's Edge
o
01:33:28
The Blade's Edge
One can't just put me on the on the spot to.
01:33:31
Alma Graves
Mm hmm.
01:33:32
Vesz'rak
I got it, Brian, I'm sorry.
01:33:34
The Blade's Edge
Come up with a random book, because I'm going to take it seriously and I'm going to actually try and come up with a book.
01:33:40
The Blade's Edge
um
01:33:52
The Blade's Edge
okay ah
01:34:00
The Blade's Edge
Not finding anything good here.
01:34:12
Alma Graves
That's how I feel when I look for burritos in Seattle.
01:34:17
Vesz'rak
Dude, I'm telling you that.
01:34:17
The Blade's Edge
Uh, she raises an eyebrow and you get maybe why she was interested in you. And she says, uh, this month we're actually talking about a book called queen of the under dark.
01:34:28
Alma Graves
Oh, I see.
01:34:28
Vesz'rak
ah that's ah start ah That's the name of the book, queen of the underdog.
01:34:30
Alma Graves
That's why she was interested.
01:34:38
Alma Graves
Is there smut in that?
01:34:40
The Blade's Edge
I don't know. We haven't read it yet, but if you join the book club, you could find out together.
01:34:42
Vesz'rak
Oh.
01:34:45
Alma Graves
Hmm. Yeah, maybe I will. I could use something.
01:34:49
The Blade's Edge
Hmm. Well, not tonight. Obviously there's the parade, but tomorrow night or any night after, feel free to come calling.
01:34:59
Alma Graves
Cool. Well, hey, this was delightful. Thank you so much for your hospitality.
01:35:05
The Blade's Edge
Yes. Enjoy the drinks. And she, uh, maybe brought out a extra wine, like the dragon crush that you have all mine gives it to you. And I'll be in like a, you guys each have them in like a to go cup.
01:35:17
Alma Graves
Sure.
01:35:17
Trevor
Oh, sweet.
01:35:17
Alma Graves
Can I offer her some money?
01:35:19
Vesz'rak
It's like New Orleans.
01:35:20
The Blade's Edge
Um, I mean, you can, but you're looking at like the richest lady you've ever seen.
01:35:24
Alma Graves
Okay, great. Then I don't.
01:35:25
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. This, this is, this lady is like, she is fully decked out in, uh,
01:35:31
Alma Graves
What was her name? By the way, did we ask Fiona Watcher?
01:35:34
The Blade's Edge
she goes, ah, lady Fiona watcher is my name.
01:35:38
Alma Graves
Okay.
01:35:38
The Blade's Edge
Lady Fiona watcher.
01:35:40
Alma Graves
Lady Fiona Watcher.
01:35:51
Alma Graves
Well, thank you.
01:35:52
The Blade's Edge
Yes. Maybe next time you can meet my husband and my daughter and we can all read books together.
01:36:02
Alma Graves
and Okay.
01:36:03
Vesz'rak
Bachelor, I think she's flirting with you. I hate to say it.
01:36:07
Kyle
know. What, you think I don't know?
01:36:11
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. Natural, natural 20.
01:36:13
Kyle
I'm walking, I have like my chest puffed out.
01:36:15
The Blade's Edge
Natural 20 bash, there's something weird about her. She's not into any of you. When she talks about her a husband, she's talking about him in a way where there's something weird and off about him. ah Something freaky deaky, maybe fucked up freaky deaky about the husband. Something fucked up about the daughter.
01:36:39
The Blade's Edge
um
01:36:41
Kyle
be Fucked up like they're swingers.
01:36:43
The Blade's Edge
I don't know. You don't know, ah but something something. There's just an extra with a natural. I'm just trying to give you even more for your natural 20s here.
01:36:49
Kyle
Oh, that's fire.
01:36:50
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, something fucked up about him. Obviously, the book club also seems like a trap. ah Natural 20 insight, Queen of the Underdark. You get the sense that's a book about love. um
01:37:03
Vesz'rak
shark.
01:37:04
The Blade's Edge
Also, natural 20 insight. None of your drinks are spiked. ah Your drinks are.
01:37:09
Kyle
Okay. That was, I was going to just immediately throw out my drink.
01:37:11
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, your drinks are not poisoned. It's actually good shit. um And ah she seems to like you guys. So any when you guys come back here, I'll give everybody in the group for the rest of this entire campaign has advantage on any sort of check against this lady.
01:37:33
Alma Graves
Wow.
01:37:34
The Blade's Edge
Everybody write that down later.
01:37:35
Vesz'rak
All right.
01:37:35
Kyle
Wow.
01:37:35
The Blade's Edge
If you want to watch her, you guys have advantage on all deception, persuasion, insight, perception, uh, anything that has to do with this lady, uh, you guys now have advantage on due to all these natural twenties.
01:37:46
Alma Graves
Wow. Unreal.
01:37:49
The Blade's Edge
Uh, and she says, well, I'll see you at the parade. Enjoy your night.
01:37:57
Kyle
You too. And I wink at her.
01:38:02
The Blade's Edge
Uh, she doesn't wink back because she's into some fucked up shit.
01:38:05
Kyle
And I don't even give a fuck.
01:38:07
Alma Graves
to give no fucks.
01:38:08
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, but not fucked up, cool shit, fucked up, weird shit.
01:38:11
Kyle
Oh.
01:38:13
Alma Graves
Okay, well, we learned more about Isaac Strassny and his relationship to the Burgomaster.
01:38:20
Alma Graves
And he has a really big arm.
01:38:23
The Blade's Edge
Mm hmm. Fucked up, freaky arm.
01:38:25
Alma Graves
Fucked up freaky arm, yeah.
01:38:29
Alma Graves
Fucked up freaky phalanges as well.
01:38:32
Vesz'rak
Most definitely.
01:38:34
Alma Graves
Anyway, just a little duration. Cool, hey, you guys wanna go to the festival?
01:38:38
Trevor
yeah
01:38:40
Vesz'rak
Oh, it doesn't bash you to go home and shit.
01:38:40
Kyle
Let's do it.
01:38:44
Alma Graves
Oh yeah, you need to shit, don't you?
01:38:44
Kyle
um
01:38:45
Vesz'rak
Yeah, bastard, we got to go back to the ends of Baskapoo.
01:38:48
Kyle
Wait, is she, she's gone?
01:38:51
The Blade's Edge
gone.
01:38:51
Alma Graves
There, she's gone.
01:38:54
Kyle
I'd be like, ah, it went away.
01:38:57
Alma Graves
Oh, you sucked it back in?
01:38:58
Vesz'rak
Oh.
01:39:00
Kyle
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:39:01
Alma Graves
I know how that goes. Sometimes you gotta go so bad and then you're just like, ah, I can't.
01:39:04
Kyle
sometimes sometimes sometimes duty calls and you let it go to voicemail, you know ah sometimes you let it go to sometimes
01:39:04
Alma Graves
And then you don't. And then you're like, where did it go? I need to go now.
01:39:12
Alma Graves
Hell yeah. What's voicemail?
01:39:23
Kyle
you just you just ignore that you just ignore it
01:39:24
The Blade's Edge
Everybody's noses, this everybody's noses start bleeding.
01:39:29
Vesz'rak
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:39:29
Trevor
ah
01:39:32
Alma Graves
you You mentioned voicemail citing the deep magics of a foreign land.
01:39:39
Kyle
A wizard named Alexander Graham Bell.
01:39:39
Vesz'rak
All right.
01:39:44
Vesz'rak
In a far off alternate universe.
01:39:46
Kyle
Yeah.
01:39:49
Alma Graves
Cool.
01:39:49
The Blade's Edge
All right.
01:39:50
Vesz'rak
All right, let's head to the festival.
01:39:53
Kyle
yeah
01:39:54
The Blade's Edge
OK, you guys head. Back into town. And as you do, the streets are like closed off. You can obviously walk on like the sidewalks and stuff, but the streets have been closed off. There's guards everywhere. All of the townsfolk are out in the pouring rain, getting absolutely just fucking dumped on. Nobody looks happy. Everybody looks pissed off.
01:40:22
The Blade's Edge
um And as you guys, where do you guys want to watch from? Yes, you guys can put tenacious D where you want to watch from, you could put it by the blue water and you can put it on this side of town, the ah west side of town, wherever you guys want.
01:40:37
Alma Graves
Does, does the path follow this main city street sprawl here?
01:40:40
The Blade's Edge
Yes, yes, and it'll go left to right.
01:40:43
Alma Graves
Okay.
01:40:45
Vesz'rak
Where does it, where does it end up?
01:40:47
The Blade's Edge
The right's the right gate.
01:40:49
Vesz'rak
Oh, so just a parade through town.
01:40:51
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. Parades through town. And then maybe it goes, I think it's going to go here. I'll draw it actually. We're going to use a, uh,
01:41:02
Vesz'rak
What if we watch from like the roof of the blue water in?
01:41:03
The Blade's Edge
red line as going to go like this.
01:41:08
Kyle
Yeah that could be cool.
01:41:09
The Blade's Edge
Going to go like this. I'm going to go down to here, down to here, out here. And then it goes on the outside gate all the way up.
01:41:22
The Blade's Edge
And then it comes down here and heads right back to there and then heads back West and out of the town.
01:41:33
Vesz'rak
It sounds like they passed by the blue water in twice. So I suggest, I think, I think we watched from the roof of the blue water and just saying.
01:41:38
Trevor
Cool with that.
01:41:39
Alma Graves
Hey, that sounds awesome.
01:41:39
Kyle
Yeah.
01:41:43
The Blade's Edge
Okay. Um, well, let's just, just for some gigs, let's put you guys back on this map. How do you guys, you guys are
Rising Tensions and Unrest
01:41:51
The Blade's Edge
back at the blue water and you're approaching the blue water in, um, where, what do you, what is your guys plan here?
01:42:00
Vesz'rak
like a ladder?
01:42:02
The Blade's Edge
ah Yeah. You see, Erwin is outside. Um, you know, he's yelling inside and he's like, um, Braum Bray Danica.
01:42:13
The Blade's Edge
Come down when you're ready. Bring his mark in Irena.
01:42:20
The Blade's Edge
I'm waiting outside to watch from the front. But you guys can do what you'd like.
01:42:30
Alma Graves
I think finding a way to watch from the roof would be fun.
01:42:36
Kyle
Yeah, should we ask?
01:42:37
Alma Graves
Yeah. You mind if we watch from up top?
01:42:41
The Blade's Edge
said to irwin
01:42:42
Alma Graves
Yeah.
01:42:44
The Blade's Edge
Uh, he looks up and you see there are like, uh, Ravens lining the roof and he smiles and says, ah, I don't mind at all my man. Ah, he he points up to all the Ravens and all the, all the crows up there and says, the murder is watching from up there already. He goes, but, uh, obviously they have wings up to you to find a way up. Just be careful.
01:43:10
Alma Graves
Sure.
01:43:12
Trevor
Do we, am I, this is where we have those rooms upstairs, right? Should we try going up there and seeing if there's like windows in our rooms that we can just climb out of or something onto the roof of the first level or something, you know?
01:43:27
Trevor
Does it look like if we scoot back and we're looking up at the second level, do we see like windows up there that we'd be able to climb out and hop on?
01:43:36
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
01:43:36
Trevor
the Nice.
01:43:37
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. But then you start to climb out the window and then climb up to the roof. You know what I mean?
01:43:41
Alma Graves
Sure.
01:43:42
The Blade's Edge
At the window.
01:43:42
Alma Graves
I think we'd be able to do that with some wisdom rolling.
01:43:42
The Blade's Edge
and Okay.
01:43:45
Trevor
All right, I feel like even if we got to the just the top of the first level, I feel like would probably...
01:43:52
The Blade's Edge
But the first that's not, there's no roof on the first level.
01:43:55
Trevor
Oh, I see, it's like a flat. got you Gotcha, gotcha.
01:43:57
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. So here is the room. You guys are, and I'm putting you guys right up here.
01:44:03
The Blade's Edge
This is your room.
01:44:03
Alma Graves
One of you guys could maybe get up and tie a rope up or something.
01:44:05
Alma Graves
Pull me up.
01:44:05
The Blade's Edge
These are the, these are the windows. None of them are locked.
01:44:13
The Blade's Edge
If you could open the windows, you can try and climb into the roof.
01:44:17
Vesz'rak
Yeah, Bash, how good are your pull ups? How's your pull up game?
01:44:21
Kyle
I'm the best in Barovio.
01:44:23
Vesz'rak
OK. Let's find a rope, and maybe we or like we tie our bedsheets together, and we then we can all climb up with the rope.
01:44:29
Kyle
I have rope.
01:44:30
Alma Graves
Sure.
01:44:31
The Blade's Edge
ah The bedsheets will get soaked. It's pouring rain out.
01:44:34
Vesz'rak
Oh, well.
01:44:34
Alma Graves
Who's got, who's got some rope. Let's look in the inventories here, folks.
01:44:39
Kyle
I've got rope.
01:44:42
Vesz'rak
Yeah, Bash is the king of this session so far. Yeah.
01:44:44
Alma Graves
Yes. Yeah.
01:44:45
Vesz'rak
All right, Bash, pull pull up. Let's go.
01:44:48
Kyle
um So I'm going to climb out onto the roof and then have you guys come up with a rope?
01:44:55
The Blade's Edge
ah So you'd climb out and you'd be on the side of the building. So then you'd have to climb up from your window to the roof.
01:45:01
Vesz'rak
Yeah.
01:45:01
Kyle
Yeah.
01:45:01
Vesz'rak
What if you anchored the rope to the chimney, huh?
01:45:02
Trevor
Yeah, I can vortex warp you up there. And if you have the warp, just keep the rope on you. you know
01:45:10
Vesz'rak
Such a good spell.
01:45:13
Kyle
Yeah, I've never heard of it before, but
01:45:16
Trevor
Hold your breath. And I vortex warp him up to the second, or up on the roof.
01:45:24
Vesz'rak
Under the roof.
01:45:24
Alma Graves
Oh.
01:45:25
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:45:25
Trevor
Yeah, not where a bunch of ravens are.
01:45:27
Trevor
I don't want them squishing.
01:45:27
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. All right. Bash, you are up on the roof, which we're just going to say is right over here. And you do see all around you sort of looking at you very, uh, uh, like expectantly, um, are these just going to say, this is like this little square.
01:45:47
The Blade's Edge
They are will represent the roof that you're on and you have the rope.
01:45:53
Kyle
Cool. um Yeah. Is there a chimney around that I could tie the rope to?
01:45:57
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, you tie the rope to the chimney.
01:45:59
Kyle
Let me yell down so it's good to come up.
01:46:04
The Blade's Edge
OK, you guys see a rope dangling outside the window.
01:46:07
Alma Graves
Sweet. I'd, I'd grab onto it.
01:46:09
Vesz'rak
All right, let's do it.
01:46:11
The Blade's Edge
All right, well, yeah, all three of you can make me an athletics or acrobatics check at advantage.
01:46:12
Alma Graves
Try to climb up.
01:46:17
Alma Graves
Go on for acrobatics.
01:46:19
The Blade's Edge
You see 10.
01:46:22
Alma Graves
18.
01:46:24
Kyle
Nice.
01:46:24
Alma Graves
eighteen
01:46:26
Vesz'rak
15.
01:46:31
Trevor
8.
01:46:31
The Blade's Edge
Well, you have you have advantage.
01:46:32
Vesz'rak
Oh, at advantage, Trev, at advantage.
01:46:33
Trevor
Oh, at advantage. Nice.
01:46:34
Vesz'rak
Come on.
01:46:37
Vesz'rak
12.
01:46:37
Trevor
12.
01:46:37
Vesz'rak
Ooh, close.
01:46:37
The Blade's Edge
Twelve, nice. ah You each make it onto the roof, which is, you know, I'm just sort of using this little space over here to represent sort of. Doesn't really matter, but the in between these four, you know, flocks of Ravens or Ravens all around you, you guys get up on the roof.
01:46:50
Trevor
right
01:46:56
The Blade's Edge
um And you begin to watch. The festival.
01:47:03
The Blade's Edge
And here we go. um All right. You guys are up there. Yes. Thank you for whoever is trying that. The festival begins.
01:47:23
The Blade's Edge
Under threatening skies, a parade of unhappy children dressed as flowers trudge through the raining, muddy streets, leading the way for a group of sorry-looking men and women carrying a 10-foot diameter wicker ball. The burgomaster and his smiling wife who holds a sad bouquet of wilting flowers, follow the procession on horseback. As weary spectators watch from their stoops, the ball is brought to the town square. So we can say for all intents and purposes for this, the town square is going to be outside of the blue water in. So midway through this, um they bring the ball there. Would anybody like to make a perception check?
01:48:20
Alma Graves
Oh, I so do.
01:48:20
Kyle
Uh, doer.
01:48:22
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:48:24
Vesz'rak
Just one person right?
01:48:26
The Blade's Edge
You guys can all make perception checks.
01:48:27
Alma Graves
Alma with a net one.
01:48:29
Kyle
Uh, nine.
01:48:29
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:48:34
Vesz'rak
21.
01:48:36
The Blade's Edge
Okay. Um, you see, pay no attention to the rest of the stuff going on in this. Oh, no, nevermind. It'll, it'll be perfect. So you do, you see the burger master.
01:48:49
The Blade's Edge
who I will actually maybe show you his as well. But. But.
01:49:08
The Blade's Edge
Vargas Valakovic. And the Baroness Lydia Petrovna.
01:49:19
The Blade's Edge
This is what you're looking at.
01:49:24
The Blade's Edge
Can I see that?
01:49:26
Kyle
Mm hmm.
01:49:27
Alma Graves
Oh, this is our first time ever seeing the Baron and Baroness, isn't it?
01:49:28
Trevor
So.
01:49:29
The Blade's Edge
Okay. Kind of an old man, crazy hair, big red robe, his wife, tall, gaunt to.
01:49:39
The Blade's Edge
Yes.
01:49:39
Alma Graves
Yeah.
01:49:40
The Blade's Edge
The, they're riding horses to mastiffs at their side. Um,
01:49:48
The Blade's Edge
smiling, the sad procession in front of them. And with a 21, you see a man riding a horse with his hood up, but with a 21, you're able to see that he is a bald man holding an ax.
01:50:04
The Blade's Edge
And the hand that is holding the ax is crazy. Crazy big old monster paw.
01:50:12
Alma Graves
Oh, wow.
01:50:13
The Blade's Edge
You get the sense this is Isaac Strosny.
01:50:16
Alma Graves
Isaac's trust me. I like him.
01:50:20
The Blade's Edge
So under threatening skies, afraid of unhappy children dressed as flowers, trudges through the muddy streets leading the way for sorry looking men and women carrying a 10 foot diameter wicker ball. The burgomaster and his smiling wife who holds a sad bouquet of wilting flowers follow the procession on horseback. As weary spectators watch from their stoops, the ball is brought to the town square where you guys are.
01:50:41
The Blade's Edge
There it is hoisted and hung from a 15 foot high wooden scaffold and the townsfolk start to take turns splashing it with oil. Is there anything you guys like to do?
01:50:57
Alma Graves
They're taking turns splashing it with oil, I'd probably just watch.
01:50:59
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:51:00
Vesz'rak
Yeah, probably just followed pretty far.
01:51:03
The Blade's Edge
Okay. You guys are watching. um There it is hoisted instead of 15 foot high wooden scaffold. Townsville will take turns splashing with oil before the wicker sun can be set ablaze.
01:51:15
The Blade's Edge
Ah, before the wicker sun can be set ablaze, the rain picks up and you see this guy, Isaac, just on light a torch and bring it to the ball before the rain gets even heavier and puts the torch out as he's halfway there. You see, he gets closer. You guys are getting pelted with rain sitting on this roof. Some of the Ravens have even left because the rain has been so like heavy. He tries to let it again.
01:51:43
The Blade's Edge
He can't light the torch. He gets up closer. He can't light it. And he looks back at the burger master and like kind of shrugs and like looking like, what do you want me to do? As the sky tears open in a sudden downpour and the burger master.
01:52:00
The Blade's Edge
um
01:52:02
The Blade's Edge
It brings out his torch and lights it and it's sort of sputtering as he starts marching defiantly through the rain towards the wicked ball. He starts saying to everybody. um All will be well, all will be well. um As he says that and brings it closer to the sphere, you guys hear a single laugh erupt from the crowd.
01:52:31
The Blade's Edge
As his torch goes out up to the thing, he snaps his head as does Isaac, as do the guards, to a single person laughing from the crowd. ah You see um somebody says, Lars, what the fuck are you doing?
01:52:48
Alma Graves
Lars bit of a tyrant.
01:52:48
The Blade's Edge
berham And the Burgomaster immediately says, Isaac, arrest that man. And Isaac nods and heads over. You see his monstrous arm fly out of his cloak and grab this person in the crowd by the throat and drag him out and bring him over to the guards.
01:53:10
Kyle
is.
01:53:13
The Blade's Edge
Um, and the burger master begins talking fellow people, fellow. Velakians let's rejoice for today marks another day free of the devil, a safe town, a happy town for decades. Our laws have kept this town a bastion of safety and a sea of danger. Let us rejoice in the knowledge that the devil cannot touch us. Let us feast and enter our jubilation and the knowledge that my festivals keep us safe. All will be well.
01:53:40
The Blade's Edge
um You see this guy who's been being taken away large goes ha. And he looks over and you see Isaac takes his his big monstrous hand and slams the guy in the stomach and the guy sort of but like, you know, gets knocked out unconscious as he's being dragged away.
01:53:58
The Blade's Edge
um
01:54:01
The Blade's Edge
You see. Lady Fiona Watcher. The woman whose house you were just at. step forward from the crowd. And she says,
01:54:14
The Blade's Edge
Good people of Valaki, do you not see what farce this man is playing? The town's safety pales in view of the draconic measures placed on it by this man. As we saw last night, the safety is but a fool's dream. What good are these laws if the Count keeps away, only for other monsters to go bump in the night? I say we seize the town from the clutches of this despot and start anew.
01:54:42
The Blade's Edge
Feel free if anybody ever wants to interject at any point, feel free to. Baron looks disturbed. And retorts. My good lady watcher, why it is not why is it that every time something happens, you are the first to chip away at the seat of power? Do you really think that you of all people could lead these people in these dark times that you could keep them safe when the devil is knocking at the gate every waking moment?
01:55:08
The Blade's Edge
She says, Baron, you must be mistaken. It is you who chips away the seat of power. I am merely here to prevent the town from falling into despair when you inevitably drop to the ground as you chip away the last pieces from your pedestal.
01:55:22
The Blade's Edge
She turns to the crowd.
01:55:24
Alma Graves
Oooook.
01:55:25
The Blade's Edge
My fellow Wallachians, far too long we have suffered, suffered under fall false pretenses. Last night has shown us that no, the strict and unjust laws placed upon this upon us by this dictator do not keep us safe they torment us hurt us kill us he kills us she says pointing a finger at the burger master he locks us up and for what to keep the devil outside because the count is afraid of our happiness i don't think so The crowd, people start to murmur, encouraging cries start to follow.
01:56:00
The Blade's Edge
um You see Isaac who's near the crowd. One person says, yeah, and he takes his hand and it just socks the guy and the guy crumbles to the ground. And then you see two people throw something at him and he pulls his axe out and the burger master looks in and puts a hand up like don't.
01:56:17
The Blade's Edge
So he stops for a second, but he has his axe out.
01:56:21
The Blade's Edge
Encouraging cries start to follow.
01:56:24
Trevor
Question real quick, how far are we from the orb thing that they're trying to light?
01:56:24
The Blade's Edge
Yes. Hmm.
01:56:29
The Blade's Edge
Um, 60 feet.
01:56:37
Trevor
ah How, if I, I think a knobby
Intervention and Chaos at the Festival
01:56:41
Trevor
would like hold his hand out and start a little fire in his hand, like fire trickling, like the these seeing if if magic would, like a magical fire would be put out or not in rain, like if you were to cast scorching ray at the thing just to light it up.
01:57:00
The Blade's Edge
Oh yeah, that that would definitely light it up.
01:57:00
Trevor
You know what I mean?
01:57:01
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
01:57:02
Trevor
Yeah, ah look at the yeah I look at the rest of the party to in while holding like fire in my hands essentially and try and gauge whether or not
01:57:02
The Blade's Edge
And the rain might put it out eventually, but it is covered in oil.
01:57:02
Alma Graves
Sure.
01:57:13
Alma Graves
I've got Firebolt ready to roll.
01:57:19
Alma Graves
I don't know if I necessarily like this burger master, but I don't think that Strahd is the answer.
01:57:24
Trevor
That's what I think. I think maybe a ah little mini civil war in this town. It's not a good time for that. Not that there's ever a good time for that. but
01:57:33
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, you guys you guys actually watch as you're sort of deciding what to do here. Fiona goes to say something else and a guard near her turns the spear of his butt and shims it into her knee and she but hits the ground.
01:57:45
Alma Graves
Ouch.
01:57:46
The Blade's Edge
And when she hits the ground, ah you hear like parts of the crowd erupt in displeasure. I won't go any further, though, until you guys tell me to.
01:57:57
Trevor
Yeah, I think I'd let off a, I would just send it.
01:57:57
The Blade's Edge
nine
01:57:57
Alma Graves
Swift.
01:58:01
Trevor
I'd let off a scorching ray um directly at the orb and try and just light the whole thing on fire. ah Not necessarily being stealthy, but not making a, I'm not trying to make a show out of it like we are doing this.
01:58:14
Trevor
I'm just trying, like if that thing goes up, I'm hoping that kind of like is enough of a, something, yeah.
01:58:21
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, yeah, I think I think people who would be paying attention to this would be like lady watcher and the the burger master. So if you'd unless you like stealthily do this, at least the two of them will will know that it came from you.
01:58:34
Trevor
No, it's okay. Yeah, that's okay.
01:58:37
The Blade's Edge
OK, you let off these scorching rays. The wicker ball lights up and do you see a smile, a massive smile creep onto the burger master's face.
01:58:51
The Blade's Edge
And he says, see, ah all of this jabbering from this insane woman for nothing. All will be well. The light of Lathander guides us. ah He lifts his hands in a calming gesture. My dear people, you not find it strange for a century we have been safe following my family's ways. Not. And he he looks up at you guys.
01:59:21
The Blade's Edge
Not three days ago, we are visited by outsiders. Our good lady watcher, he mentions her, has met with these newcomers before they have met with me, the Baron of this town. And these people show up, and not a day later we are savagely attacked by the devil's spine, spawn. Who is there yet again during this so-called attack to save us? These newcomers, these outsiders.
01:59:50
The Blade's Edge
They show up and the devil spawn is here. The devil spawn is brought away and they're there.
01:59:58
The Blade's Edge
And on top of it all, they bring a noble from our neighboring town of Barovia.
01:59:58
Alma Graves
And the.
02:00:03
The Blade's Edge
And he mentions in the crowd parts and you see Irena and Ismark standing there. Ismark sort of puts an arm around Irena and back, takes like a step back.
02:00:13
The Blade's Edge
Has she met with me? Has she adhered to our customs? No. She hides away. in a tavern. I am loath to say. Not only has she met with me, but she hasn't showed her face for hope for the people. And I know why. She and her so-called adventurers are playing in league with the devil. For nearly a century, my family has kept this town safe. And on the eve of our great festival, these outsiders
02:00:47
The Blade's Edge
have undermined and destroyed parts of what we have built.
02:00:54
Trevor
So real quick too, just to for clarification, do I get the sense? Did I, I saw him see us do that.
02:01:02
The Blade's Edge
Yes.
02:01:03
Trevor
And he's also saying the things that he's, so so he's like aware that we were trying to help and is also painting this in a, or attempting to paint this in a we're in league with her type of vibe.
02:01:13
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, make yeah give me an and give me an insight check.
02:01:13
Trevor
Yeah. Okay. Okay.
02:01:19
Trevor
22.
02:01:20
The Blade's Edge
He's looking for an out, and he's using you.
02:01:22
Trevor
Yep. And he's using us even though he saw us just try to help the situation a little bit.
02:01:27
The Blade's Edge
Yes.
02:01:28
Trevor
Okay. Perfect.
02:01:28
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
02:01:29
Alma Graves
I would, I, go ahead.
02:01:29
The Blade's Edge
he he He saw that, and you lighting the ball is his chance to go, I'll take credit for this.
02:01:37
Trevor
Oh, okay.
02:01:38
The Blade's Edge
I will take credit for the fact that that just happened.
02:01:39
Alma Graves
Yeah.
02:01:40
The Blade's Edge
And people are in the crowd are getting angry. They need somebody to be angry at. And you just showed me you were up there. Oh, that's right. You're the outsiders. Thanks for lighting this up for me. I'm taking credit for that. And I'm pointing the finger at you.
02:01:52
Trevor
okay cool
02:01:53
Alma Graves
I'm firing off a fire bolt into the, um, into the inferno as well. And I'll stand up and be like the scars and the graves from Strad's regime were here long before we ever even set foot.
02:01:59
The Blade's Edge
OK.
02:02:10
Alma Graves
We need to think about a longer term plan, a better plan, but we can only do it together.
02:02:15
The Blade's Edge
Ah, I have a plan.
02:02:16
Trevor
OK, cool.
02:02:17
The Blade's Edge
For nearly a century, my family has kept this town safe. But on the eve of our greatest festival, you show up. And then Strahd's devils are here and you conveniently dispatch of them?
02:02:30
The Blade's Edge
Clearly you're conspiring against me. Against us, the people of Volaki. They work for the devil, I have no doubt. Now I ask you people of Valaki, look to me for guidance. Look to our guards for peace and safety. Let us rid this town of the traders in our midst.
02:02:53
Alma Graves
Look to Lathander, look to Vicar Jim, look to your church, look to your community. This man doesn't speak for all of you, does he?
02:03:03
The Blade's Edge
um It is at this moment that a suddenly a cry breaks from the crowd.
Assassination Attempt and Tiger Escape
02:03:10
The Blade's Edge
um And a man with a red sun painted on his face um points at a commoner. There's the sort of just like ah a farmer looking man who's just been watching all of this. And this farmer is now clutching a bloody wound in his neck. And the man with the red sun painted on his face points at the commoner and says, the guard killed him.
02:03:36
The Blade's Edge
The guard killed him. um You recognize the man with the red sun painted on his face. You saw that guy leave Lady Watcher's house as you were showing up.
02:03:44
Vesz'rak
Oh it's the twins.
02:03:46
The Blade's Edge
And um does anybody have a passive perception higher than 14?
02:03:51
Alma Graves
Nope.
02:03:51
Vesz'rak
No.
02:03:52
Kyle
um I have 15.
02:03:56
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
02:03:57
The Blade's Edge
You see bash. Not only do you see that this man red sun paint on his face, pointing at the commoner clutching a bloody wound in his neck, he says, the guard killed them. The guard killed him. That's not okay.
02:03:57
Alma Graves
Oh yeah, classic bash.
02:04:08
The Blade's Edge
The guards are killing us. Um, that this is one of Fiona watcher's children. You also see that this man is hiding and putting back under his cloak in his belt.
02:04:19
The Blade's Edge
He's putting back a bloody dagger as he says this.
02:04:23
Kyle
Oh.
02:04:23
The Blade's Edge
use from this platform, you see the crowd trying to disperse and flee, and the guards trying to keep the people in on this festival, a man who socks a guard, a guard takes a spear and so stabs a man right through the stomach.
02:04:38
Vesz'rak
equal
02:04:40
Vesz'rak
Can I pull out the sun sword and like hoisted above my head and like push it to life and just be like enough and try to like get everybody's attention.
02:04:51
The Blade's Edge
As you say enough, you see people looking to you. um You see the the burger master caught off guard by Lady Watcher obviously had this in play just in case he was starting to get people's momentum back on their side. He looks up at you not knowing what to do. She looks up at you kind of looking around not knowing how this is going. ah People start to look up at you and as you know people stop fighting and there's a ah calmness where we end the session here is the camera pans out, you standing on the roof, sun sword overhead, enough. There's a silence for a second as all we hear is the orb on fire. But you and to everybody else at the same time, you have a good vantage point of this. ah A lot of other people don't see this, but you hear the screams of two people.
02:05:49
The Blade's Edge
No insight check needed. We're going to roll over this Nat 20. These are the screams of the security guards you guys met earlier today. yeah As you hear a loud rah!
02:06:04
The Blade's Edge
And you hear a man go, no, fuck, no!
02:06:09
The Blade's Edge
And you see, as you hold that up in the distance, a massive tiger fleeing the stockyard and turning left, making his way towards this town square.
02:06:20
Kyle
Oh.
02:06:26
The Blade's Edge
And that's where we'll pick up next time.
02:06:27
Alma Graves
ah Buddy hey, buddy, it's okay
02:06:29
Kyle
Ish.
Leveling Up and New Abilities
02:06:34
The Blade's Edge
all coming to a head at once a lot to figure out what you guys are gonna do in this scenario. um But I did decide, I did i did decide this, that for Nat 20s in a row does mean you guys level up.
02:06:55
Alma Graves
oh
02:06:56
Trevor
Oh.
02:06:56
Kyle
That's so fire.
02:06:57
Vesz'rak
Ugh! Ugh!
02:06:58
The Blade's Edge
Would not have happened yet.
02:06:59
Trevor
Oh.
02:07:00
The Blade's Edge
This is a pre mature level up, but we're going to go ahead and get that in. And I know we're, we're a little strapped for time here. I got to get going too, but just for shits and gigs, let's just go around the horn real quick.
02:07:15
The Blade's Edge
I think this will be helpful for everybody at home and for the players as well. And just go ahead and let's talk about what you get at level seven. So, um, Kyle Gerard.
02:07:24
Alma Graves
Oh, okay.
02:07:27
The Blade's Edge
At level seven, do you know what you get here?
02:07:30
Kyle
Um, I'm opening... opening the character app right now.
02:07:33
The Blade's Edge
Well, at level six, you got your path feature, which was your, uh, berserker. Uh, you can't be charmed or frightened while raging. Uh, and you can also enter that to not do it.
02:07:42
Kyle
Correct.
02:07:45
The Blade's Edge
Um, and at last level, you got four rage charges to three. You still say it for rage charges. Your rage damage is still plus two. Your proficiency bonus is still plus three, but now you get feral instinct.
02:07:56
Kyle
Ooh, wow.
02:07:57
The Blade's Edge
You want to read that off?
02:07:58
Kyle
Yeah, I have ah advantage on initiative rules. um If you're surprised at the beginning of combat and aren't incapacitated, you can act normally on your first turn, but only if you enter rage before doing anything else.
02:08:13
The Blade's Edge
Nice. So if anybody ever gets the drop on you, no, they don't.
02:08:17
Kyle
That's so oh fire.
02:08:18
Alma Graves
Fuck yeah.
02:08:19
The Blade's Edge
Um, all right. I absolutely love that. Um, that is you. Let's just go in order of the people who are single class first, and then we'll hit you, Trev.
02:08:33
The Blade's Edge
Are you, did you single class for this?
02:08:35
Trevor
Nope.
02:08:35
The Blade's Edge
Oh, no, no, no. Okay. So, um, Alma warlock celestial level seven. What's, what, what's what, what do you got?
02:08:44
Alma Graves
So I get access to fourth level spells.
02:08:47
The Blade's Edge
Ooh, that's huge. Your slot level also becomes fourth level.
02:08:50
Alma Graves
Yeah. Yes, and I get one more Eldritch invocation, but the amount of spells I can cast in a day doesn't go up or during a short rest doesn't go up until 11th level, so.
02:09:02
The Blade's Edge
Nice. Three cantrips, eight spells known, two spell slots, fourth slot levels of spells, uh, for invocation spells. I love that. That's huge.
02:09:11
Alma Graves
Yeah.
02:09:12
The Blade's Edge
Um, let's get our paladin boy. What you got.
02:09:17
Vesz'rak
What up, what up? I get relentless Avenger. By seventh level, your supernatural focus helps you ah close off foes retreats. When you hit a creature with an opportunity attack, I can move up to half my speed immediately after the attack as a part of the same reaction. The movement speed does not provoke opportunity attacks, so I can ah easily traverse the battlefield using my reaction when people run away from me ah to also help defend my allies.
02:09:46
The Blade's Edge
Love that you also that's, that's super awesome.
02:09:47
Alma Graves
Delicious.
02:09:51
The Blade's Edge
Uh, you also get one more second level spell slot, which is great. Um, and Trev, you were taking a class in wizard.
02:10:00
Trevor
Uh, yeah.
02:10:01
The Blade's Edge
Okay. So this is your fifth six.
02:10:03
Trevor
Multi attack level. This is six.
02:10:07
The Blade's Edge
Nice. So what do you, what do you get at sixth level?
02:10:09
Trevor
Finally get an extra attack and it can be a cantrip, which is nice.
02:10:14
Alma Graves
Ooh, that's kind of fun.
02:10:15
The Blade's Edge
Nice. Yes. That's your six. So you get an arcane tradition feature. You also now get one more third level spell slot.
02:10:22
The Blade's Edge
And because you are a blade singer, yeah, that's six level is you can now attack twice instead of once. And one of yours attacks can be a cantrip.
02:10:22
Trevor
Yeah.
02:10:32
Trevor
Yeah.
02:10:33
The Blade's Edge
That is awesome. And we will get to see some of that. I'm sure ah next time as you guys decide what to do during the festival of the blazing sun, two factions at play, a crowd ah becoming very anxious. Things are boiling over. There's guards as the crowd. There's Isaac Stross in the burger master. There's lady watcher and at least one of her sons. And there is a saber tooth tiger heading your way. Thank you all for joining us and we'll see you next time.
02:11:02
Alma Graves
Love it. See y'all.
02:11:03
Kyle
Jeez.
02:11:03
The Blade's Edge
Bye.