Become a Creator today!Start creating today - Share your story with the world!
Start for free
00:00:00
00:00:01
SW Dawn of Defiance EP. 06 - Navigating that Moral Compass
19 Plays18 days ago
Senriel is a new mom? Ji has gts in over his head. Newt is super old. The rescue has begun and already things are falling a part.
Background music by epidemic sound.
Gm - Davita
Players - Jessie (Ji), Becs ( Senriel), and Luke ( Newt)
Email - hello@rollingacrossthepond.com
Website - rollingacrossthepond.com
Images by Canva & Deb
Recommended
Transcript
Rise of the Empire
00:00:00
Speaker
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. In the months following the end of the Clone Wars and the destruction of the Jedi and Separatist forces, former Supreme Chancellor Sheev Calpatine has declared that the Republic will be no more and that a new empire would rise, with himself as Emperor.
Rebel Forces Emerge
00:00:27
Speaker
Imperial forces are sent out throughout the galaxy, bringing rules and regulations under the guise of protection, a oppressing and taking advantage of those less fortunate, and taking violent actions against any resistance.
00:00:45
Speaker
But as the galactic forces spread, a small rebel cell led by Senator Bail Organa begins to emerge. This is where we find our adventurers in this dawn of defiance.
Star Wars Campaign Introduction
00:01:00
Speaker
Welcome to Rolling Across the Pond. Hello and welcome to Rolling Across the Pond. My name is Davida and I will be the GM for this Star Wars fifth edition D&D campaign that we're doing, which is the Dawn of Defiance campaign.
00:01:18
Speaker
Our... Let's go ahead and introduce our players. Hi, I'm Jesse, and I play Gnu, a Keldorian Jedi Guardian. Boom. Hi, I'm Luke. I play a Chiss man by the name of i Newt.
00:01:36
Speaker
It's been a while. So, get kill me because forget every single fact about him under pressure. Firstly, you forgot his name was Lonely. Loneliness. Loneliness. well I'm disappointing God.
00:01:57
Speaker
Okay, so this is funny. Thank God. Okay, Bex. Hey, I'm Bex. I'm playing Senreal Vissla, a half-human, half-ishany Mandalorian.
00:02:08
Speaker
um Yeah. So here's a quick recap of what happened last
Village Adventures and Challenges
00:02:13
Speaker
time. Our players saw a scout trooper who had spotted the Felucian village that they were at and...
00:02:24
Speaker
He sped away and so the players rode on Kaibux owned by the former Separatist that is living with the Flusians. They rode these Kaibux to chase after the Scout Trooper and narrowly avoiding Rancor. and Newt getting lost in a a mushroom forest with another Folution guard that was helping them, and they finally make it to a communication station where they have a battle, take out the scout troopers and the communications center, just as Newt and the Folution arrive and spare two of the ah security guards, but put
00:03:10
Speaker
the Folution buries them in a hole that he created. The players then go back to the village to spend the night and heal up with a long rest, which is where we find our players now.
00:03:24
Speaker
Alright. It's morning time. you guys are waking up to the sounds of the jungle and just ah the sound of the village waking up and preparing for the day. and guys meet outside or And I, for G, like, honestly, this is probably one of the first nights in a very long time that he hasn't felt like he had to... Like, he felt like before the whole six...
00:04:00
Speaker
Like, the whole order happened, and it's, like, he's never, he's not been at peace at rest until this night. Like, this is the first night where he's kind of, like, I'm around ah force s wielders, I'm around, like, this is it's he is overjoyed, but also understands, like, I'm gonna bask in this, and and appreciate that that the force has provided this, but understand that we're on a mission, this objective to go to, and we we have to keep our promises to the rebellion.
00:04:39
Speaker
But at the same, so he's like, he's, yeah, he's he's a lot more chilled out this morning.
00:04:49
Speaker
All right. Any other, what are you what are you guys feeling, Newt and Senna?
Force Sensitivity and Connections
00:04:56
Speaker
Before this mission? The Kaibuck I rode before, George, right?
00:05:01
Speaker
Yeah. ah Can go see how he's doing? Yeah. he
00:05:08
Speaker
So you go over to the Kaibuck paddock and Mandrake is there. he's the He's the owner of the Kaibucks. He's um just treating to them, feeding feeding them in the morning and ah checking in on them.
00:05:23
Speaker
hey how's George doing? oh good morning. Oh, ah George, ah he's doing a lot better. I think the the night, ah is was he he seems to be feeling a little bit better now.
00:05:38
Speaker
Nice. Can go pet him? Yeah, yeah, sure. let's see Go see. hi And then while I do that, and I like try to connect with him or something. You want to do like a force connect thing, are you? Yeah, because she's connected with him before and she's been hearing everyone say all this force stuff, but she doesn't know how any of it works or even if she has it.
00:06:01
Speaker
So just like, hey, is was there actually something going on or not? Yeah. What did i have you roll ah before for that? Was it like... It was animal handling. Animal handling. Animal handling.
00:06:15
Speaker
So can roll for animal handling.
00:06:19
Speaker
Eighteen. Oh yeah, so you definitely connect with Gorge. And he's basically feeling at home with his brothers and sisters. The other guy feels happy.
00:06:38
Speaker
Okay. She
00:06:42
Speaker
could just talk to him, I guess, generally. He recognizes you and and comes up and nuzzles you. Aww.
00:06:53
Speaker
So, she's both like, George, and also in her mind, how'd that work? What's going on i Can i spend the moment? I want to i want to interact with about the force but i don't want to Jesse doesn't want to push on Beck's idea for what Senreal has for the Force.
00:07:20
Speaker
So I don't want to push my ideals onto you. But at the same time, G is really bolstered from the night he's had of being in this place and and and understanding that you're the Force and I'm sure you have many questions and stuff like that. not Not understanding that you may not know. I don't know.
00:07:40
Speaker
I'm just trying to figure out i'm I'm basically asking Davida, would it be an appropriate time you approach her? Or is it like, ah, well, let's figure that out later. You guys can do that. Yeah. I mean, and I'm not going to. No, it's it's fine.
00:07:58
Speaker
And I think she would like to look for Sandriel this morning. So. Okay. So. I wouldn't exactly know she would to the paddock. Right, so do an investigation.
00:08:15
Speaker
no investigation, okay. I guess, alright. I mean, you're looking for something specific. Does it help him that I'm kind of using the force without realizing I'm using the force? Oh yeah, you can roll with advantage.
00:08:27
Speaker
Awesome. I rolled a three. but That is better.
00:08:36
Speaker
think that um um mean I have expertise in perception, but investigation... I have, I think, a plus one?
00:08:48
Speaker
Oh no, plus zero. So 16. Okay. Yeah, you you would be able to figure out where she went, just because that that's that's high enough. I think you um had an idea that she was over at the paddock.
00:09:03
Speaker
Oh, yeah, I'll head over there. And I think for a moment I will ponder about when I was younger and I was approached by a jam order.
00:09:20
Speaker
And how I was a kid, you know? i wasn't... I didn't know what they were talking about, stuff like that. And I think I will, in in a moment's hesitation, like, am I going to ruin her life?
00:09:38
Speaker
At the same time, i would be like, but she's probably so confused about what's going on. And I just keep going forward. And I... Hey, good morning, Sandria.
00:09:51
Speaker
Good morning, G.
00:09:54
Speaker
ah How are you today? i Fine.
00:10:01
Speaker
Wonderful. ah There's something I've been meaning to approach you about. It's it's come to my attention of of a certain thing, and I wondered if you had some inclination about it yourself.
00:10:17
Speaker
She just gives him a like confused look.
00:10:23
Speaker
In reality, I'm talking about unexplainable things happening and more a surge of energy flowing through you at all.
00:10:38
Speaker
don't know. ah i um i don't know
00:10:46
Speaker
Well, the chief here has taken a special interest in both of us, and that is, as much as i appreciate and enjoy Newt, they they have taken an interest in us because, as they are horse wielders,
00:11:12
Speaker
ah they feel a presence in us. And
Secrets and Discoveries
00:11:17
Speaker
as I am a Jedi, I am a force wielder myself, a proclaimed one. And I'm wondering if you have that capability.
00:11:30
Speaker
Are you sure it's not like my Icheni side? that you know Sometimes people have confused them for wielders and like It has been confirmed in two occasions, one from my own self and then from the chief, that there is something more to you.
00:11:51
Speaker
and What even is this force? Well, the force is everything. The force is within everything. The force is made everything. The force is the essence of life itself.
00:12:05
Speaker
So everyone has it? Yes, everyone does. Everyone has tiny amount. There are only some that have an exponential that can utilize that energy, that force that grows into a more powerful effect.
00:12:22
Speaker
Such as putting... Well... For my studies... Can I roll and let David it? No.
00:12:38
Speaker
Can I roll history? Yes, you can roll history to see if you can figure out why. Yeah. That's a nat one.
00:12:50
Speaker
i sit So you do not know why some some features are more force sensitive than the others. You forgot about the midichlorians. You don't even remember what the midichlorians are.
00:13:03
Speaker
do yes i just like I just go, well, you see
00:13:10
Speaker
some people have it and some people don't. I can't explain this. ah
00:13:17
Speaker
like what Does it make sense to you? like Have you had a moment where... I don't know, you've had a connection with the living creature or you've you've like paused something to move or something like that?
00:13:38
Speaker
ah oo Well, there's George here, I guess. we We bonded and I don't exactly know how I learned his name, but apparently it's right. Also, that's felt there after getting really, really mad.
00:13:54
Speaker
oh no whoa Yeah, that's weird. Yes, very weird. And it it explains something, that you might be a force wielder.
00:14:09
Speaker
So, what does that mean? Does it mean I'm going to be hunted down and killed? Like, you know, that whole group? Well, Jesse says, yeah, probably. But he says, uh...
00:14:26
Speaker
Hopefully not.
00:14:29
Speaker
Hopefully there will be a peaceful understanding and reconciliation that the rebels can overcome the Empire
Scientific Confrontations
00:14:37
Speaker
and we can regain our status as loyal and acquitted, ah loyal and
00:14:51
Speaker
faithful servants of the Force. um like i'm I'm not a servant of the Force or anything. I'm a Mandalorian, so all i you that's kind of my loyalties.
00:15:03
Speaker
I was not speaking of you. I i apologize and for that misunderstanding. I am speaking for my order as I am a Jedi and i lived in this life. I do not expect you to do that. From
00:15:17
Speaker
from the death, amount of death that i've seen I do not wish that on anybody as of now. I wish she will to work with you to harness the force for what you can do with it.
00:15:35
Speaker
The good you can do with it.
00:15:39
Speaker
Okay. I guess we could try something. don't know.
00:15:46
Speaker
Cool. And I'm like, I don't know. Make me a better fighter. ah we Maybe cheating. What's going on with Luke's stuff? Yeah. Yeah, Luke, are you there?
00:15:59
Speaker
from and From my storytelling, it's... Newt's doing something so that he doesn't have to be in the room with that whole emotional thing, so.
00:16:13
Speaker
allow Allowing them to have that conversation without having to worry about... and i don't do you even know they're having this conversation? no Newt doesn't know. Luke luke knows. let So I'm trying to think of a reason why I'm not there. Can I can i story-wise, is ah and don't want railroad your character or anything, Luke, but can I say Newt did wake up and has been following G, but as soon as he started talking, he's like, oh.
00:16:40
Speaker
He like like shas so away yeah backs away. Then I might say that like Newt does know. He's just like, Oh, the Jawaharl guy. Oh, where'd he go? I should go find him.
00:16:54
Speaker
yeah Yeah, that works. Nice. And then the Felution who went with you guys to the communication center waves to you and sees you. don't know if you remember him, though. or one i was trying The one who buried the guys. The guy got lost with.
00:17:15
Speaker
Yeah, the guy you got lost with. He shot the helmet. e yeah I'm going to do things like I'm just going to wave super slowly as if he he doesn't speak any language. I'm just... Hello.
00:17:31
Speaker
Heyo. Heyo. Okay. So you guys finished your conversation? you guys still talking? sitting around. I think I just the invitation is there if you would like. Yeah.
00:17:47
Speaker
Maybe after this mission, we can do some training? Okay, I guess. Yeah. and Always train to train your full body and mind.
00:18:01
Speaker
I guess it's not that different from normal training. know. She doesn't really know how to take this. Oh, I get to practice leaping to high places? Sweet. I don't know. But like, that's kind I hope you don't have me just sitting around doing nothing.
00:18:20
Speaker
ah be so boring. We'll see. We'll just walk. Start walking away, I guess. All right. And then the jungle pollution with Luke, I mean, with Newt is gesturing him, gesturing Newt over and is going to the paddock to where... Oh, so apparently I'm not walking away.
00:18:42
Speaker
NGR. was like like going to join them, but they're joining us. Well, yeah. You're like, oh, people are coming to us. ah you guys and we name the Folution instead of just calling him the Folution? mean, you could ask thank you you can ask Mandrake what his name is.
00:19:00
Speaker
Is Mandrake still in the paddock? Yeah, he's still in the paddock. Can i ask... yeah Oh, I was going to ask George. If George knows his name?
00:19:13
Speaker
Yeah.
00:19:16
Speaker
He just nestles you more. Oh, okay. I'm not successfully distracted. He basically starts following you and you start leaving. um And then Mandrake is like, don't, don't come back. I turn to Mandrake and I say, good morning, Mandrake.
00:19:36
Speaker
Oh, good morning. yeah Sorry for don't totally ignoring you there. i had an objective and I wanted to get that conversation out of the way. No, it's it's totally fine. Just feeding them ah the kybux and you guys are headed off on your journey today, right? ah The prison facility?
00:19:55
Speaker
Yes. I just have a quick question. Yeah, sure. Our Folution fellow that's coming with us Yes.
00:20:08
Speaker
What is his name?
00:20:11
Speaker
Oh, yes. Let me... oh here he comes right now. Oh, this... Oh, that... Yeah, his name is... Gerlach. Gerlach. Okay. Gerlach.
00:20:22
Speaker
Gerlach. Wonderful. Thank you very much. Yes. um You still have the detonators. You want to blow up the... but Oh, perfect. um i mean, if you were...
00:20:35
Speaker
in a position to destroy that horrible place would be much appreciated. with Yeah. empty building, right? we do We want as little casualties as possible.
00:20:49
Speaker
If you can convince them out in time, but no.
00:20:55
Speaker
As long as we're out in time, I don't really care about the Empire, but... Yep. All right. So you guys head out on your journey.
00:21:09
Speaker
Garlack. What did I say? Garlack? Gorlack. Gorlack. Let me write his name down. I just came off of the top of my head. It's Star Wars-y, right?
00:21:24
Speaker
Just a filibuster. I think... i think and I'm just realizing this now. Newt looks at G and Senreal as like parental figures, but they hate each other.
00:21:39
Speaker
Do they? say I don't think... Yeah. Yeah. felt and Senreal is annoyed with him for at first, but now she's just confused.
00:21:51
Speaker
and i have a growing respect for her as she has grown up without understanding this knowledge and actually quite a a fear of what she can and can't do with her powers, not understanding it and growing up with it and and not knowing what she can do with it. like That's dangerous.
00:22:13
Speaker
ah And Senreal's fought beside G. So in this last fight. So there's some respect during there. Okay. So new Newt feels happy because he's he wasn't coming from a broken home.
00:22:25
Speaker
How old is Newt?
00:22:29
Speaker
Senreal's like 17. He's kind trying to go for the moody teenager. in my head. ah He's like 20, but that's just because all of my characters somehow are like 20-ish.
00:22:43
Speaker
but So, in fact, ohll just I'll just leave it up to like a die roll. He better not call us a real mom. What's the Jace's lifespan? A Jace's lifespan?
00:22:57
Speaker
I have no idea, but I'm assuming it's similar to humans. so he's 95 years old What? 17-year-old is see this seventeen year old was is a maternal figure. That's a lot of years to forget. That's lot of years to forget. No wonder.
00:23:14
Speaker
he Apologies to those with dementia. I'm sure you don't want to re-roll with a lower cap. You can make this decision, Luke. You do not have to leave it up to a dice roll.
00:23:28
Speaker
If you don't want to be 95 years old you can... yeah it why don't you make it a less number most people are dead by 97 yeah and we are not adventuring with an ancient chess
00:23:46
Speaker
like it'd be like sit down grandpa just roll again and it's 98 stop rolling are you just choose your 8 you said 20 whatever I just rolled is his official age and No, ah you pig.
00:24:04
Speaker
you pick an old age like that, I'm going start calling you grandpa. You can't just change your age that drastically. If you were going to be an old person, you should have said it at the beginning, but you didn't. So you're a middle, you're either young or middle aged. You cannot be that old. I'm not letting that which is five happen. 55. 55? Okay, that's reasonable.
00:24:29
Speaker
And you could tell us be a mom. I'm also age 20. Yeah. I mean, 50 times I'm older. Oh, you're only 20? At least it's more reasonable than... thought G was like Because because i play a respectable man.
00:24:48
Speaker
Yeah, I feel like Samuel's still going to think he's in his 40s. Yeah, I think an old man doesn't really change the story, but I love the concept of like, he looks at the 17-year-old and is like, yes, she is my mother.
00:25:01
Speaker
Oh, your poor amnesiac brain. oh yeah, too. Maybe I just think I'm also like 15. I don't want a child with us either.
00:25:15
Speaker
Well, you guys are headed out and... Gorlack is leading you around obstacles, potential threats, and taking you guys directly to the facility. He's not talking much because you guys can't understand him either way. he he looks very determined and you guys can talk on the way, but if not, you guys show up.
Moral Debates
00:25:44
Speaker
Anything else? Yeah. I think, I don't, I mean, i think G during this time is contemplating like, oh no, like, what did I do? Am I, am I, a group do I, am I her master? I don't want it to be. If she wants to be a Jedi, she can be a Jedi. Like, he's like having this internal monologue of like, okay,
00:26:11
Speaker
this is a responsibility now. I don't like, I have a child.
00:26:19
Speaker
I am leading a baby right now. Okay. Figure this out somehow. I I've only been led. It was easier when I was a Jedi master. I was like, I can do this.
00:26:31
Speaker
I'm a Jedi Knight. And I'm like, uh, Yeah, I think, I think, ge but he's also yeah enjoying his, gro like I said he's had a good morning he's had a great conversation with Senrael there's not much so yeah know he's enjoying the surroundings but he's also understanding the pressure he's put himself in and giving he's like thinking it and then he's like I give it back to the force I give it to the force force is my balance any other thoughts or conversations that happen on the walk over
00:27:10
Speaker
think Sunril is thinking about all the potential things she could do with this new ah ability. Like, oh, I wonder if I can, like, maybe make my own blade just, like, with energy or something. Or, you know, go pow, pow, or zap, zap. Or wonder what kind of things I could, you know.
00:27:30
Speaker
So.
00:27:33
Speaker
Some of this, maybe I'll have the opportunity to actually use the Force powers I gave her that she hasn't figured out yet. Because she's thinking about it ahead of time. Like, I wonder if I could do something like this. Right.
00:27:48
Speaker
That works? Yeah.
00:27:51
Speaker
Okay. Newt, any thoughts? I'm also here. Good. Okay. You guys show up. You arrive and discover that the prison facility is relatively squat, a two-story building in a characteristic imperial style, gray walls with a slight ah outward slant, no visible windows, a plain visage that leaves no room for accoutrements.
00:28:20
Speaker
The second story of the building is visibly smaller than the ground floor and blinking lights lie the top floor's edges. A large set of blast doors denotes the ground floor entry to the building, while a single gun tour turret, which appears to be an assault cannon built into the wall, juts out a few meters to the door's left. Otherwise, there are no other visible entrances or exits to the facility.
00:28:51
Speaker
Stormtroopers stand guard at the facility's blast doors, and the ah And if you guys want to do a perception check, you may do that now. 17.
00:29:03
Speaker
have a 7. i seven Okay. So you guys pretty much just see what's in front of you. and The six stormtroopers standing guard. But Senreal notices a slight hum, a low hum of speeder engines, indicating there might be some scout troopers patrolling the area. And ah heavy thudding sounds in the distance, along with noises of plants being crushed, indicating the presence of a walker of some kind nearby.
00:29:38
Speaker
Fortunately for you, though, the Felucian scout, Gorlack, is aware of a secret entrance. So he is gesturing to you guys and kind of pointing at a part of the building where he starts to lead you.
00:29:57
Speaker
Man, this place is pretty heavily fortified. thank you You hear that?
00:30:06
Speaker
Oh, what is it? Like speeders and I think walkers.
00:30:16
Speaker
three We must be on our guard starting now.
00:30:21
Speaker
Not before. Before we were fine, but now. Yeah, before. Before we're approaching, it was nice. we must
00:30:33
Speaker
be aware of surroundings. Okay. So he kind of leads you around to the northwest corner of the building where there is a ventilation grate.
00:30:46
Speaker
It's barely hanging onto its bolts. And you guys can climb up onto the building there. That's poor maintenance.
00:30:57
Speaker
Seems suspicious. I mean, that that's that's... I mean, no. This is Jesse talking... hey If I know anything about the Empire, horror maintenance is like their thing.
00:31:09
Speaker
That's why it's such an easy way of getting rid of Death Star. just yeah
00:31:17
Speaker
So Gorlack is gesturing to that grate trying to pull it up, but is having trouble getting it. Can I just force push or pull?
00:31:31
Speaker
Yep. Go ahead and make, I guess, sort of an attack roll then? How big is the grate? Or the grate? It's a ventilation shaft, so, I mean, big enough to fit through, but not necessarily... It's not giant.
00:31:50
Speaker
So the target, so the object needs to make a strength save. Well. well
00:32:00
Speaker
It doesn't save because it's a middle. I can move it up to 12. If it's. Wait, but you're pushing or pulling it.
00:32:12
Speaker
I can do either. It's pull, push or pull. So I'm. um I'm going to pull it. To get it up. Okay. yeah
00:32:25
Speaker
And so I can do. I can do it. I can do it for five feet. Oh, okay.
00:32:34
Speaker
So yeah, you can pry that free then?
00:32:39
Speaker
ge just, as he sees Gorlack try and lift it, he...
00:32:47
Speaker
Censers himself. He reaches out his hands. And just lifts. And you see the grate lift. And move to the side.
00:32:59
Speaker
And I gently. Put it down on the ground. Yeah. Alright. Cool. So I just whispered. Let's move.
00:33:10
Speaker
Alright. I'm just like copying the movement. Of like. Huh. So who's going down? And Newt does like a Catholic symbol thinking that's what Bex is doing.
00:33:27
Speaker
um Yes, he is God. but
00:33:38
Speaker
Okay. So you guys are going in. Who's who's jumping in first? I can't.
00:33:46
Speaker
right. What? I'm glad going after. okay. I thought you like, don't do it. i was like, why? no. no I was hoping Gorlack would jump in, but yeah. No, it's fine. You're free to make your own mistakes. but Yeah, just go for it. Why not?
00:34:05
Speaker
We can stay around doing nothing or just dive into the fight. All
00:34:12
Speaker
right, you jumping in, everybody? Yeah. Okay. You are in. I sent you guys a map on the on Messenger. You can see the room that you drop into.
00:34:25
Speaker
This vast chamber seems at first to be a place of healing. at least until you take a closer look. Large Bacta tanks lie the one border of the room.
00:34:41
Speaker
So those are going to be those circular items on the left. Those are bacta tanks. And other medical equipment is distributed haphazardly throughout the area.
Intense Battles
00:34:51
Speaker
Operating tables, many with clamps and other restraint devices seem to be scattered throughout the room with no real pattern to their arrangement. And the entire room has the same says sterile smell of a medical bay.
00:35:09
Speaker
but there's nobody in here,
00:35:12
Speaker
And there is. Dressed in enough dressed in ah the sterile white robes of ah doctors throughout the galaxy, a man. The man seems to be a little more than a scientist. The insignia of the Empire sits on one patch on each shoulder, but otherwise he looks more like a normal medical researcher. And you also see that there is a couple of On the the operating tables is full two solutions.
00:35:46
Speaker
They have clearly undergone some kind of mutation, though. it's muscle Their muscles bulge and body seems to bend in unnatural places. yeah One of the creature's arms has been removed and is instead a long bone blade extends from his elbow growing out of the flesh is ragged and serrated edge.
00:36:04
Speaker
Thick and tough looking scales grow out of the pollution's body. And ah the Imperial medical researcher says, How did you get in here?
00:36:15
Speaker
Wait.
00:36:17
Speaker
And he unlocks the operating tables where the two modified solutions are strapped to and releases them.
00:36:31
Speaker
And roll initiative. Seven.
00:36:39
Speaker
That's with my plus three to initiative. Oh, no. but You said seven? Yeah. Okay. G? With my plus one, I got a five.
00:36:53
Speaker
Okay. Newt? A six. Wow. Which I initially rolled in and was like, oh, that sucks. it well yeah Well, let's hope the other week guys... One after the other.
00:37:07
Speaker
Initiative sucks. Yep. And Gorlack. Okay, let me just put this in the right order Okay. the modified pollution with the arm bone thing.
00:37:24
Speaker
Arm knife bone. oh The bone knife arm? The bone knife? The bone knife? Bone arm sword? Arm sword? i don't know. blade and arm Blade. Blade. You might have to find a new word for those who late don't know those technical terms. Bone blade. So the serial researcher says, get them! They're intruders!
00:37:51
Speaker
And the Folution immediately takes a swing at...
00:38:13
Speaker
Gorlack said. hello he's been He's been clearly modified and is not himself because otherwise he would not have attacked one of his own.
00:38:28
Speaker
o So, let's see. He hits. He misses.
00:38:39
Speaker
He misses. So he swings with his blade arm, but misses him. And so Gorlack is realizing that yes he says something in his guttural language and and he clearly looks upset about the the situation, but realizes that he has to put these out of their misery because they seem to have been just modified beyond recognition practically. And so he will go ahead and attack the one that sw swung at him with his skull blade. There's a skull blade, but there's an arm blade. Arm blade, yeah. And he misses.
00:39:32
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah, so that's that's it for his turn.
00:39:38
Speaker
It's now the researcher's turn, and he Oh, I forgot to mention, there's also a medical droid. Oh.
00:39:54
Speaker
Oh, no.
00:39:59
Speaker
Who technically would have gone first, but...
00:40:05
Speaker
That's fine. But I've forgotten it. So he's going to activate the droid then so that next time it will have its turn. Yeah, so he activates the 2-1-B two two one b medical droidid and tells ah tells it to engage into in combat.
00:40:27
Speaker
And that's pretty much his turn, actually.
00:40:34
Speaker
he he just He hides behind a like a maybe a computer console or something. think He's taking cover. He's taking cover and activating the 2-1-B medical droid.
00:40:46
Speaker
Okay, now it's Senreal's turn. Oh, wow. We all did to roll low. Shoot, I forgot. never i I missed something as well. but that's out I shocked one of them rolled lower than us. No, but ah I should have had one of the other Felutions go...
00:41:04
Speaker
No, no, no. He's slow. He's slow. Okay. all right. Can I get to the scientist?
00:41:15
Speaker
Yes. Okay. okay Because I don't want to fight the solutions. I want to fight the guy who did this to them. Okay. At least to start.
00:41:27
Speaker
And so, oh, I don't want to fight them. I want to try to find another way to, like, deal with them. Okay. umm He's the one I'm like, oh, he's got to go. Then if someone can find a way to reason with them, then they could stay because they're just innocent.
00:41:43
Speaker
But, yeah. yeah Okay. So I'll just pull out my vibro dagger and attack him. That works? Yep, that's fine. 18 to hit.
00:41:56
Speaker
That hits. Okay. What is it? Damages nigh. Okay. well just What did you do to them? or how could you do something like that to them? Something like that. Okay. Oh, he...
00:42:15
Speaker
oh he He cowers and is grabbing wherever you stabbed him and screams, I wasn't, wasn't me. I was just following orders. this Please don't hurt me.
00:42:32
Speaker
Whose orders? Are you not the doctor person? Scientist? and No, it's, it's, uh, Captain Vashara. He's the, he's the one who's, In charge of the the the the lab. the he He's the one who's in charge here. I'm just following orders.
00:42:52
Speaker
How do we fix them? How do we free them? They're... They that that they can't. they're there's They're this way. They can't be changed. They're...
00:43:07
Speaker
I didn't even have you role for intimidation. This guy is just scared. As as is happening, I say, then leave.
00:43:21
Speaker
Leave this place. ah yeah
00:43:28
Speaker
ah you're You're letting me go? What?
00:43:33
Speaker
What kind of behaviors are you? was kind of going to say, then your life is forfeit. But now I just don't know what to do.
00:43:45
Speaker
If you are not in charge here, you are doing what you say. we are allowing you to leave. if you Unless you can help us fix these. They can't.
00:43:56
Speaker
they're They are the way they are. They cannot be changed.
00:44:03
Speaker
Leave this place. i Okay, I will. My turn.
00:44:09
Speaker
Why does he get to live? He's part of the problem. They did nothing. He's just human.
00:44:18
Speaker
He's working with the bad guys. Yes, but some people are... I'm just debating across the battle.
00:44:31
Speaker
There is mercy in this, as some people are just forced to do with what they can because they are in circumstance. It's Newt's turn, by the way.
00:44:41
Speaker
I think you're talking, but yeah just so you know. Yeah. Especially with, likeenrial like, Senreal, like, going in aggressive and then they and then just like stopping when the guy's think afraid. I'm like, are we still doing this? are we Well, she didn't stop. She did hurt him. She like, I don't know.
00:45:03
Speaker
Slashed at him. Am I, should, are we, im I'm mostly looking at both of them to be like, are we, ah fight, not fight? I believe we must allow these brothers to go and to to be at peace. I i think that Gorlack is wrecked in they have suffered enough.
00:45:36
Speaker
And he hasn't called them off either.
00:45:40
Speaker
Yeah, dude, call them off! We'll let you live if you call them off. Maybe. We'll see.
00:45:52
Speaker
I, I, they're, they're just designed a program to defend. that I can't do anything about them now.
00:46:01
Speaker
And how do they calm down?
00:46:09
Speaker
And he just, he stops talking.
00:46:13
Speaker
Oh, we're not done. We're not done yet. Just wait till it's my turn again. but net what are you going to do? Okay, I'll i'll just like throw one of my things at... ah that You said there were two solutions that were like ah edited? shit Thank you. edited right yes mode Modified, yes.
00:46:35
Speaker
i did trying to remember what what terms you specifically use. I'll throw the one that hasn't been it hasn't gone yet. Okay. What are you throwing?
00:46:47
Speaker
ah Cryogenic shot. so Where did you... You had that? In your pack? Oh, okay. It's one of my ah tech castings.
00:46:58
Speaker
Nice, okay. So yeah, taking six damage and... Well, roll to hit, right? Make a text?
Final Showdown
00:47:08
Speaker
What is it?
00:47:09
Speaker
Right. It didn't say roll to hit. You don't have to roll to hit? You can just use it? You can just... No!
00:47:19
Speaker
Well, I mean, like, if you're... said make a ranged attack. and so I was going to say, if it's a it's a ranged attack if you're throwing it. If you're just stabbing him with it, then it's not a ranged attack. Well, either way, it's an attack. so Right. It's still a attack. Yeah.
00:47:32
Speaker
And that one. now Oh, no. It looked like in a second it was, oh, yeah, I could just do this to. Yeah.
00:47:45
Speaker
OK, I'm dying. OK, well, I mean, you don't I'm not going to like make you get stabbed by it, but like you throw it and it misses, but you trip over the medical operating table and take a a one point of damage okay
00:48:05
Speaker
all right and then so you just literally trip over the thing now it now it's jay's turn
00:48:15
Speaker
Okay, hold up. You got a Mandalorian and a Jedi. Don't expect me, who's like the equivalent of and who who can't even remember his own name the majority of the time. Be a good fighter,
00:48:29
Speaker
okay? I take out my ah my staff. Or I've had my staff out. And yeah, I just go for the solutions.
00:48:44
Speaker
Okay.
00:48:50
Speaker
Because a 17 hits. Yes. Which one are you attacking? The first one that attacked or ah one that Luke tried to throw the thing at? Sorry, Newt tried to throw the thing at.
00:49:02
Speaker
I will do the first one that attacked. Okay. What is the damage? damage.
00:49:16
Speaker
Okay. Okay.
00:49:21
Speaker
And i look at Gorlock and I say, I'm so sorry you're witnessing this, but I am with you.
00:49:35
Speaker
and and he he puts his head down, but also, like, it he he puts his arm on over his chest, like, pounding his shoulder like he is with you. He understands.
00:49:49
Speaker
Okay. i can say Now it's the modified pollution that Luke tried to attack, and he will go ahead and try and take a a hit at G.
00:50:06
Speaker
And rolled a gnat one. So he's he goes to swing, but he he swings too low and and slices his foot, I guess, with his arm blade. and How's this fight?
00:50:21
Speaker
This is the real intense fight because we're equally matched. And this one's a point of damage. Yes, we're made to fight one another.
00:50:34
Speaker
Okay. Now it's the first of modified solution, and he is going to take a swing at G as well.
00:50:46
Speaker
Does a 16 hit? I believe
00:50:56
Speaker
it. Yes. Oh, okay wait, let me see. How much does the shield give me? Only a plus one, so yes, that does hit. Okay.
00:51:08
Speaker
Okay, so... That is...
00:51:25
Speaker
Eight damage of kinetic damage. Mm-hmm.
00:51:35
Speaker
And now it's the medical droid. The medical droid is going to attack Gorlack because he is used to operating on those things.
00:51:51
Speaker
That's an eight to hit. He is going to use a scalpel. that he picked up off the table, i guess, and hits for one damage.
00:52:02
Speaker
but Doesn't really do that much. He tells me that the he took it he took his time cutting these arm blades
00:52:16
Speaker
He's not used to a pony who can fight back.
00:52:23
Speaker
Okay, so Gorlack took one point of damage. And then it is Oh, now it's Gorlack's turn, and he is going to
00:52:42
Speaker
try... he'll He'll try and smash the med droid, and hits with his... Skullblade doing six damage.
00:52:57
Speaker
And he does a big dent in this guy. In this droid. he goes, it all starts beeping and like whining or whatever with his metal as as the metal crunches in him. Okay, now it's The researchers turn, and he is going to be like, so I can i can go?
00:53:20
Speaker
you going to let me leave? He would say, Sunrel, they are human. it is probably his expertise, or her expertise, I don't know if it's probably their expertise to do what they have done, and that is the only way they are alive.
00:53:41
Speaker
He's not telling us everything. If he can activate him, he could surely do something to help us stop him.
00:53:50
Speaker
want all as intimidating as possible. he He's going to try and gauge whether or not if he takes makes a run for it, if Centereal is going to make an opportunity to attack on him. so let me think. What kind roll that be? Insight? Insight. He's going to make an insight roll to see if he can make it to the door. Make it with the advantage.
00:54:17
Speaker
He rolled a one. so no He thinks he can make it, I think, right? Because you intend to attack if he runs for it. Okay. So he takes a run for the door and opens the opportunity for opportunity attacks.
00:54:36
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. I'm going to opportunity attack. That's just normal attack stuff, right? Yeah. So you can take an attack. 19 to hit.
00:54:47
Speaker
That hits. And I got my five. Oh, I actually, before I looked at my light blade and not my vibro dagger for the damage.
00:55:00
Speaker
Oh, okay. Do one you You pick which one you want to use. I don't care. and Yeah. Currently use my vibro dagger. Okay. So. Seven.
00:55:13
Speaker
Seven. yeah Oh, yeah, you took him out. He's dead.
00:55:23
Speaker
Well, we all return to the forest someday.
00:55:28
Speaker
he would have alerted the rest of them. Yeah. I was afraid of that, but I was willing to take that chance. I understand why you do not, for me.
00:55:42
Speaker
If he would have headed for the other, the vent, then i might have let him go, but not the door. Yeah.
00:55:53
Speaker
Now we have no way of knowing how to, if there is another way to stop him. Senreal, it's your turn. guess I, oh, that guy, that guy's down. So i return my attention to the rest of the room.
00:56:08
Speaker
Yes. The medical droid's still working. Yeah, he's not looking great, but he's still operating. He's still functioning. I'll attack him because I really don't want to attack these guys. Okay. Can I pull out one of my weapons, other weapons, or that move in and of itself?
00:56:31
Speaker
I'd say you could, but I don't know. i don't know what the mechanics of that are. Sorry. don't remember. I think, i think does it usually be like half move if you want to replace your weapon or something like that? on Not replace, just pull out a different light weapon so that... ahead and it. I'm not going to get rules on pulling out weapons. That seems...
00:56:56
Speaker
early i'll pull out my holdout i really wish the light ones had more punch but yeah yeah you
00:57:07
Speaker
he had a saber sabers change your life oh wait maybe i don't do that because if i fire a shot everyone will hear
00:57:20
Speaker
so um I mean, you could roll perception to this to if you want to figure out if the walls are like conducting or whatever, like or if they're thin or like thick or whatever. You can you could roll perception if you'd like. Okay.
00:57:36
Speaker
Then... Yeah, I'll roll perception. Okay. Sorry.
00:57:46
Speaker
That's not a great roll. Eight.
00:57:51
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, you're not sure. it does seem like a... like Yeah, you're you're not sure if it's going to be um like thin walls or if it's fairly soundproof. But you haven't heard anyone rushing towards you yet or like coming to the but medical research lab yet.
00:58:15
Speaker
Okay. you so like I'm not sure if it's going to be thin walls or... like I start pulling out, then I get, I'm like, wait second. Nah, and I just go with the dagger okay to attack.
00:58:27
Speaker
all Alright. Let me roll.
00:58:37
Speaker
That is a 12 to hit. That hits. Okay.
00:58:48
Speaker
Six damage. Yep, you take out the droid. don't know.
00:58:55
Speaker
ah killing machine at the moment. I know, look at you. Took opportunity attack and an attack and took a both out. backgged You're like, what What? Just like... The lowering of power.
00:59:11
Speaker
Yeah. And I disappointed the Jedi Knight. oh No disappointment. No disappointment. No. Oh, that'll come later. should i order to send meel say that out loud and like i guess I'm disappointing the Jedi.
00:59:29
Speaker
Oh, no. She doesn't care if she's disappointing the Jedi. but It's different. Hi? Yeah. Because ill I'll be like, you want you be proud of me?
00:59:43
Speaker
So I made this thing. Here, Lizzie. And he like shoots a dart. at the spiky one to make him fall asleep. o Ooh.
00:59:56
Speaker
twenty i think If he's got if he's got less than he falls asleep. Less than 24 hit points? Yeah. Are you hitting the one that already had been hit by... the the one that is like has the arm, bone, blade thing? Well, they both have that, but you're hitting the the one that's already been The that's fighting... I don't know what to call him. Friend.
01:00:20
Speaker
The guy. The person I have... Yeah, okay....in a time with. Yeah, he... He doesn't fall asleep. what Wow. Huge amount of health. That's crazy.
01:00:35
Speaker
Dang. I will fall asleep. Me too. yeah Out like a light.
01:00:44
Speaker
So I guess there's no role to this. so I didn't think I could fail. but but like Here, watch this. And he just shoots a dart into his neck and it does nothing.
01:00:55
Speaker
And I'm like, stopium He does. He turns his head towards you. i You don't even see a face. It's just like mushroomy thing.
01:01:08
Speaker
But he turns his head creepily like... Anyway. ah We have... like ah cheese turned Yeah, like the clickers from... get it. now that Now that the human and the droid are gone...
01:01:25
Speaker
I'm going to take out my lightsaber and just try to push these guys off. Nice.
01:01:31
Speaker
Okay. I will hit the one I have been hitting already with my lightsaber.
01:01:43
Speaker
Only
01:01:47
Speaker
ah nine. That does not. That doesn't hit. so So I take out my lightsaber and I say I am sorry, my friends.
01:01:58
Speaker
And then I wish it. Just... Completely missed. You may not need to learn all this Force stuff. You move quickly.
01:02:12
Speaker
okay And it's my turn. Alright, so ah the ah the one that got hit by the scalpel is going to take an attack and he was going to hit Jesse, I mean G, but he just rolled a 2, so he misses.
01:02:31
Speaker
And now the one that Jesse did swing at will try and hit him as well and rolled 3, so it misses.
01:02:40
Speaker
And now it's Gorlack's turn.
01:02:45
Speaker
And he was since, oh gosh. yeah But he rolled a one, so he's gonna trip over the same medical operating table that they're turning over and take one point of damage.
01:02:58
Speaker
Someone move this thing. but Turn away. Now it's Cedrio's turn. Can we follow the spice? Move this thing. 15 to hit? ah Yeah, that hits.
01:03:16
Speaker
Then...
01:03:21
Speaker
Uh, three damage. Okay.
01:03:34
Speaker
and Okay, now it's... It's Nude's turn. Wait, you said three damage, right? Yeah. Okay.
01:03:48
Speaker
I guess, yeah, if this if this is going to be mad at me, I'm going to try to slow it down. I'm going to use the cryogenic first again. I'm going to try, at least. At the one that's been being hit, right?
01:04:03
Speaker
At the one that I i tried to tranquilize, but just didn't work. Okay. Just a 1 to 15? 15 hits, yeah.
01:04:14
Speaker
Okay.
01:04:17
Speaker
and 13. Oh, okay. And that hits which one again? Sorry, the one that Jesse's been attacking or the other one? the The one I tried to tranquilize.
01:04:29
Speaker
Yeah, I don't remember which one that was. the The one I believe is the one that was fighting Gorlac. Okay. when i was i That's the same one Jesse was fighting.
01:04:40
Speaker
Okay, you said how much damage? 13. 13, okay. thirteen okay And his speed reduces by 15. Just for one round. Okay.
01:04:51
Speaker
Just so he can't chase after me. If I can't. Alright. Oh, sorry. I need to do math. I thought I could do it in my head, but and I cannot.
01:05:07
Speaker
Am I the only one that's been him out of the three of us? That's been what? I'm talking to the other two while you do He's been hit by opposing person, yes.
01:05:17
Speaker
Yes. not like because i have caused damage to myself, but beyond that. ah Gorlock got hit, too. Oh, okay, okay. but Just by the droid. i mean, the other didn't. They tried to hit him, but they missed.
01:05:32
Speaker
Okay, it's G's turn. ah Yeah, go with the lightsaber.
01:05:41
Speaker
That's better. That's a 22 damage. Yeah, that hits. 20 damage.
01:05:55
Speaker
Yeah, you took this guy out.
01:06:00
Speaker
so nice And then i will I will cast Agile Defense on myself as a bonus action. Okay, how does that work? Which means I just take the dodge action.
01:06:14
Speaker
So if somebody tries to attack me, I take the dodge action. Yeah, because they're going to attack you again. Because you just... You're doing the most damage here. One hits to me, and I could be down.
01:06:27
Speaker
oh no. yeah Okay. Gorlack's turn. He's going to try and attack the modified Volition that's left, and he hits with his Skull Axe.
01:06:45
Speaker
He does
01:06:52
Speaker
six points of damage, and now it is Senreal's turn.
01:07:04
Speaker
Alright. Let's Yeah, I guess I have to attack this guy. I'm going to... this sounds so stupid. I'm going to switch out my weapon again. Like, I just can't. It's because I said you could do it for free. Now you're just taking advantage of it. Look at you. Okay.
01:07:26
Speaker
oh When I thought the stun baton had packed a punch, I was like, oh yeah, this is worth it And now I'm like, it's not worth using anymore. i I'll probably get rid of it at some point. So I'll pull out my vibro flare.
01:07:39
Speaker
And feel free if anyone wants to make a comment about all the weapons I'm pulling out, like showing off or something. So yeah.
01:07:50
Speaker
yeah no No comment. and you did you do you when we When we met, you were wearing a full set of armor and you unloaded a bunch of weapons into somebody's hands.
01:08:01
Speaker
gained a lot of weapons since then, though. Okay, that's, an 18 to hit. that hits. Oh. Okay. i gained a lot of weapons since then though um okay that's i think ah eighteen to hit yeah that hits and oh
01:08:22
Speaker
Six damage. Okay. What were you going to say, Luke? ah I realized I had something, and but i' I'll make a joke once once this combat's over.
01:08:35
Speaker
It's your turn now, so. So who's who's left? Just the one modified solution. All right.
01:08:47
Speaker
It's the most fun thing to do.
01:08:56
Speaker
I'm going to try your dark again. I'll just hit with the Ah. Cryogenic stuff? Yeah. Burst. Okay. 26. That hits for sure.
01:09:15
Speaker
I should hope so.
01:09:20
Speaker
You got to you had a good bonus on that Seven. or was that it wow yeah it it was it was built up for a while to be able to do that. well Okay. ah You said a seven damage?
01:09:34
Speaker
Seven damage. And their speed is 15. Oh, yeah. Speed is... Okay. Okay.
01:09:46
Speaker
He kind of does a growl. Yeah, it's G's turn. And G's just going to use his lightsaber.
01:10:02
Speaker
just going to use 17. Yes.
01:10:08
Speaker
I'm rolling so bad. 14 damage. Oh, man. Okay, but he's looking pretty rough. He kind of staggers and and takes a step back, but then in his death throes, he goes, hu and he tries to slash at you, Jesse.
01:10:32
Speaker
Sorry. I don't have... Oh, wait, no, do I? Do I still have it all? He rolled an eight, but you probably just dodged anyway. Yeah.
01:10:44
Speaker
Okay. so i don't have the I don't have it on anymore. You don't have it. Okay. So it's Gorilla's turn. And does not hit. Sanriel's turn.
01:10:56
Speaker
Alright. yes and I'll keep the vibroflare. Flail, flail. And go to hit.
01:11:11
Speaker
sixteen sixteen minutess Okay. Four damage. Yeah, oh, that took him out. Yeah, he had only four things left.
01:11:22
Speaker
There's only one I didn't kill. i'll killed one. yeah that one yeah
01:11:33
Speaker
yeah but There's no glory in this battle. There's just sorrow. He falls down and is just like ah just reaching but he's he's down.
01:11:46
Speaker
I'm sorry. and can't save you. Gorlack takes a knee next to his fallen comrades or whatever used to be. One of his.
01:11:57
Speaker
yeah He doesn't recognize them, but he knows that they were you know part of this clan. Was he saying something to them? be like sleepful He's clicks claxing or or whatever. clicking He's saying something in his own language, but you don't understand. So i'll I'll look down at my wrist pad and it's being translated into my wrist pad. I'm like, I had this the whole time?
01:12:22
Speaker
But all of those jokes about how I couldn't understand them. And I just had it on me the whole time.
01:12:31
Speaker
And he'll say, um until we meet again.
Conclusion and Call to Action
01:12:37
Speaker
All right And then that's end of combat. You guys are now in the medical bay. guys are not aware of anything coming at you, but we're going to stop there for today and we'll pick up from here ah later. So thanks so much for listening and go ahead and check out our social medias, which we have Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and threads, and follow us on those.
01:13:05
Speaker
And then you can check out our website, which is rollingacrossthepond.com, where we can check out our merch page, our Patreon, and if you'd like to hear the unedited cuts of our recordings and tell your friends, and you'd like to send us a message, you can send that to our email at hello at rollingacrossthepond.com. where you can ask us any questions or send fan art. So we will see you guys next time.
01:13:32
Speaker
Bye. Bye. Luke wave. Everyone's waving, but you can see the other people. I don't wait.