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C2 Ep 22. Night at the Gala Chapter One
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The party gets their next job directly from the Clan, but will this new dynamic prove to be too much of a change for some?
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Introduction & Sponsorship
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D20 radio, your game is rolling.
Meet the Hosts
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Hello and welcome to Eberron Renewed, an actual play podcast set in the Eberron campaign setting. I'm your game master, Eric. I'm Phillip. I'm Trevor. I'm Randy. I'm Jeff. And welcome to another episode. Gentlemen, what happened last time?
Discussing Past Riot and Repairs
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There was a riot. There was a riot and we I can't say we stopped it. We took care of it. It was diverted.
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It was elevated. The problem. The problem was solved. Yeah, so in in long term repercussions, the the back part of Sigil's home was blown up after it seemed like you all had dealt with the situation. So yeah, I want to know what Sigil was working on. And you ran into Verla, detected more Dane,
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who was kind of taken aback by Raynard's friends and well, one of Raynard's friends specifically and their their lack of concern towards the people who are going to hurt our friend. Mm hmm.
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OK, well, let's go ahead and hop
Crafting Success: Eris and Hobb's Gloves
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on in. So first things first, Eris wants to make an attempt at crafting Hobbs gloves. I believe this was a hard check last time. Three purple should be. Yes, that's the standard. It should be hard. OK, the fee is set for you and I should from my inventor talent have one bonus die.
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A boost die? Yes. Boost die. Okay. Got it set for you. Two success and a triumph. Yay. Good omen to start off this. All right.
Handling Critical Injuries
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Okay. So you successfully build Hobbs gloves.
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And you have a triumph. So I do. What would you do with that? One thing I we have not been doing that we need to do, by the way, while Philip looks this up, if you suffer a critical injury, unless we make a role to heal that critical injury, it persists between sessions. So. Raynard's arm has not been healed. Correct.
00:03:48
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I thought we healed it during that session. No, we healed Eris's knee during that session. Okay. I don't remember getting hurt.
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Your arm got set on fire and third degree burns all over. That's that. No, that's fine. We'll be OK.
Eris's Crafting Series: Sestuses and Gauntlets
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Not not the effects necessarily, unless it is a persistent permanent effect. But if you suffer another critical injury, we have to keep track so we can stack the plus tens on top of there. So. OK, so I want to use this to. Multiply the dragon shard.
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I figured that's what you would go with. Yeah. Well, I mean, with the way that like if we were actually playing in Keyforge, the third option I would love to do, because I like that kind of push your luck thing and try to consume enough amber and the rest of the game to to make the increase permanent. But the way that we're doing it, don't do a lot of using Dragon Shards on the fly. Yeah. And so I think it would be extremely unlikely for me to pull that off.
00:04:53
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Much as I would love to. Get a free rank in Artifice, but. OK, and those had how many? Five. Five charges. All right, so. At some point, you know, how long? What's what's our time between the last session? Oh, it's been, I guess. Yeah, two weeks since the incident at Sigil's home.
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OK, so. Probably about a week after, since we usually treat these as work weeks. At some point. There is just a whole lot of shouting from above the for sales in in Eris's apartment, and she comes. Just.
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tumbling down the stairs and races over to hob interrupting whatever he is doing to begin wrapping this strip of leather around his arm really fast. And what it is is it looks exactly like the. The.
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leather wraps that Hobb has always worn unless you look very close. If you look very close, you notice that it is there are essentially bumps all throughout it where she has embedded dragon shards and then covered them over with another layer of leather. And there are little runes just sort of stamped into the leather.
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The effect of this is, and I'm gonna put the stats for this in the campaign discussion. Eris has made a pair of
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Sestuses. They have a damage of plus two. They have one hard point. They have a crit rating of three and an encumbrance of one. But the cool thing about them is their special quality that she has designed. First, they are superior, which means they always create one advantage. They always leave one advantage.
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and they have an option for a repulsor strike. So when Hob punches somebody with these, he can spend two advantage to move them one range band.
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And he can, regardless of how many advantage he spends, if he wants, he can overcharge them and deplete them in key forged terms to move a target up to two range bands. So just throw somebody across the room or off a train or off a train. Yes. But at that point, if you do that, then Eris will have to repair the gloves before they are useful to you again. All right.
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And Eris then seems to be in a substantially better mood than she's been in a long time. Eris had also promised to build to make something for Cath. Yes. Since we have two weeks, you want me to go ahead and roll for that? Sure. And this was only average because this is not magical. She's just making Cass a brawl weapon.
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And so this is essentially the same thing that Aeris made for herself with a little pop knife. But I thought for Kath Aeris might design it slightly differently. Just in terms of appearance and flavor, rather than having a blade that pops out from the wrist, I want to make Kath a pair of Black Panther gauntlets. OK. With the retractable claws on there on the fingers.
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OK, so this is just an average mechanics check. Do you get your inventor? I don't know. Do you? OK, so anytime I have something new or modifying something, I get the inventor. Cool. All right. Yeah. Well, three three success, two advantage and another triumph. Yes. OK. Awesome.
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Cool to come up with two triumphs right off the bat. We win.
Eris's Upgrades and New Talents
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Yeah. So I want to make this kind of narrative since it's an NPC and. I don't want to make you manage quite so many little finicky things, and this is mostly a narrative act. I would like.
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I would like them to give Kath a. I would like to just throw this out there for you to use whenever it is useful from a story perspective, because I think that will be more interesting. OK, this is now the second one of these little. Sort of concealed weapon contraptions that Eris has built for members of the crew.
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someone of your choice in the organization has noticed these things that Eris is starting to build and so it has become noticed by someone in the organization and that will some way at some point down the road be useful to us. So I just like to declare some fiction instead of worrying about the mechanics of it.
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Okay, so Eris's crafting bits are done and experience expenditure. Has anybody spent XP and who would like to describe it? I spent some XP. Yeah. I bought two tier two talents. I think the
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triumphs that Eris rolled are really excellent here because it fits the narrative of these talents. I think that, you know, Eris has been obviously blocked on this one device and, you know, she's had one of those things where just finally the block breaks and everything's just pouring out. And so Eris has had a very, very productive couple of weeks in terms of gadgetry.
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And so in the course of making these things for Cath and for Hob, Eris has also made a couple of small devices to help herself, which have taken the form in talents. I bought the wall crawler talent.
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Eris has added little devices to the palms of her gloves and the underside of the toes of her boots so she can now move across vertical surfaces as easily as horizontal surfaces. And in addition, when your character attempts to reduce the damage taken from falling, reduce the difficulty of the athletics or coordination check by one. OK. And then in response to our issue with
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the Redcloaks attempting to arrest us, Eris has also taken the distraction talent where she can make an average skullduggery check to disorient a certain number of enemies, depending on the quality of her success in short range. So she's also developed some little flash bombs to to use in escaping the cops.
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Cool. Anybody else? Well, just really quickly, I'm looking at dualist. I need to add a tier one to keep my pyramid base strong. Yeah. It says I could add a boost die to a melee combat check. Does that include my Sestis because it's technically brawl or no? Technically no. Okay. Then I don't want it.
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It would count for your quarter staff though. Yeah, I know. And that's good too. Just any extra opportunities for advantage with the way I've built Hobb are good. Yeah. I might keep looking. Okay. Can I just use some experience to take another rank in ranged weapons or ranged combat skills?
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Cool. How much is that worth? If it's a class skill, it is five times the rank you're taking. So your second rank is two, your third is 15. So it would be 10. OK. If it's a non-class skill, it's five times the rank you're taking plus five.
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Yeah, but this is a class skill, so it'd be 10. OK, so then I'll take you know, looking at this list, if it's a class skill or not, it should have a check mark next to it on your character sheet. Yep. OK, so then I did that Milo Milo took another rank in knowledge lore. OK, very nice. Hey, actually, I do. I've got my tier one and my tier two.
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Okay, at least do that much. It's been 15 points. So I am adding a scroll back up to it. I'm adding the talent painful blow. Where whenever I make a combat check, I can increase the difficulty if I would like to. And if I hit him, and cause any wounds for the rest of the encounter, anything they do, they suffer too strained. Nice. Nice.
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And I also am going to add the level two talent basically makes my gives my staff knockdown ability. Yeah, bull over. That's it. All righty. So.
Milo's Personal Journey and Keg Bottoms
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Kicking things off as usual, you all are in the for sales doing your thing. So where is everyone in the for sales? Who all is here?
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Um, Sigil is at their table still. Nose deep in in some some parchment. Uh, Sana and Kath are here as well. Kath is sitting at the bar. Sana is actually in like one of the back storage areas, not behind the counter in the kitchen, but Sana just isn't in the main area right now, but she's off doing something so. And often is obviously here.
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Grum is not at the bar. Eris is behind the bar like on her back under the bar and she's fixing a problem with one of the taps. OK. Hob. Yeah, I think Hob is just sitting at Hob doesn't sit at the bar because he can't because there's just there ain't there ain't a stool that can handle it.
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Is that a problem Eris knows about, because she could make a hobstool. Yeah, I don't know, maybe. I guess he's just sitting at a table. Eating, did you say did you say sauna was at a table or she's not? Kath is at the bar, sauna is in the back somewhere. OK. Yeah, I think Hobbs just returned from the kitchen that he thinks he can go in now with with a fresh plate of food and he's walking back towards his table.
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Okay. Where Milo is sitting. Oh, Milo is sitting at Hobbs table. At Hobbs table. Milo has a full glass of ale that he hasn't taken a drink out of. He's just kind of staring blankly into it.
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Eris is explaining to Reynard from under the bar what went wrong and what she finally figured out was the problem with the making of Hobbs Kestis, which she made a week ago. So she's probably explained it to everyone else by now.
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And probably in Reynard's hearing, but she hasn't spoken it directly at Reynard. She's explaining about how she had misaligned the dragon, which ours and the correct sigils have been in the end of the sorry, not trying to use glyphs. The glyphs have been in the in the wrong, slightly wrong order and she'd used it. Sigil was named after the things that exist in this world. I know what I'm trying to use the word. I know that, but I'm trying to use the word glyph just to make it very clear what I'm talking about this and what I'm talking about them. Mm hmm.
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Raynard, are you responding at all or are you just letting her words wash over you? Um, I mean, I don't believe Raynard knows anything that she is talking about. So that's fair. I think it's just a, uh, a listening ear and a, um, just excited someone's fixing the tab.
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Sounds more like a hearing ear. Nothing with a listening ear. True. It's in the tap and that's important, you know. Yes. I also like the idea that Kath has not only had this explained to her directly by Eris, but has been with an ear shot multiple times. And so Kath is just like, she at this point could practically say it along with Eris. I like to imagine that every now and again, just to remind herself why she puts up with this, Kath just sort of lifts her hand and goes,
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OK, so, Hob, you returned to your table and see Milo in the described state. Does Hob have any reaction? Not really. What's up? What? Oh, sorry, Hob. I was just just a bit lost in my thoughts. You know,
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that night of the fire. It was a rather confusing time, and I just got to thinking, you know, I don't know if I ever properly thanked you. I would not be here if not for you, and I don't remember, so if I have not, please forgive me, and thank you so much for that.
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Oh, um, you don't need to thank me for nothing there, Milo. You're a friend, and I had an opportunity. I wish I could have done more, if anything. I tried. I tried to get her, and there was just no way to make it up the stairs. No, I know, I know, and I know you did.
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I'm sorry. You know, we all miss Kylie. I cannot stop missing her. You know, I miss her coming down the stairs with her beautiful smile and her giggly laugh at all my silly jokes. And not because they were funny, but because they were told by me. And I still wake up in the morning and reach for her, and of course she's no longer there.
00:21:01
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I just, you know, she, she told me to, I mean, she, she really wants me to rebuild the bar. I think that, I think I'm going to, to try to rebuild keg bottoms. Oh, sure. If you, uh, if you think that's what she would want, then, uh, I think you should go for it. And, um, I'll be of help however I can.
00:21:31
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So I'm not being ridiculous. You think, you know, it's just been in my family for so long and it's like, it's like all we have. It worked before. There's no reason to say it wouldn't work again. Uh, you know, it wasn't like you, you failed out of your business. There was a tragedy. This, this is very, very true. Okay. I think I will proceed.
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I think the smart course of action would be to keep the news that you are rebuilding your establishment from Eris until such a time where it would be more difficult for her to modify things inside of it.
00:22:16
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Yes, that may be a fair point. Improve. The word is improve. It still won't stop her, but at least if it's off the ground floor. Well, you know, I certainly appreciate your help, but I know that I simply can't afford to do it on my own. I will definitely have to approach Mr. Boromar for some assistance.
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And I know what that entails, but I just feel strongly about, you know, going on with the project. You know, I'm sure with your standing, I'm sure you get a favorable terms from
00:23:08
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It's just Mr. Right? Like there's not an honorific for a claim leader. Yeah. From Mr. Bora Moore. And if nothing else, we'll keep doing jobs. We'll keep getting paid. I would be happy to become a ground floor investor in Keg Bottoms. That I certainly do appreciate. Thank you very much, Hob.
00:23:38
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Well, sure thing. No, no need to run off. And I kind of slide the, uh, like spin the plate that I've got so that like the roll or whatever bread thing I grabbed is facing Milo and just like, huh? How do you do know? I love bread. Thank you so much. Milo starts eating his bread.
Vigo's Arrival and Mixed Reactions
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Yeah.
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As Milo takes a bite, you all hear the door to the four sales open and it's mid-afternoon right now at this point. It's not nighttime. So it's pretty, it's in between lunch and dinner rush, pretty dead in here. And you hear a familiar voice go, how's my favorite crew? And Vigo has walked in to the four sales.
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I'm sure it would have come up, but Vigo was not at the incident two weeks ago, right? No. OK. At least you did not spot it. Right. Right. Yes. So, yeah, Vigo has walked in and. Kind of looks around at the reactions to his presence. Good day, Vigo. Which I think it's safe to assume are tepid reactions to his presence, like. Who is it, Reynard?
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Oh, it's it's Vigo. Oh. Exactly. Great to see you too, Eris. OK, I don't know how Grum normally did this, but. Gather around, come sit, find grab a table. We are already at a table. You please come join us.
00:25:29
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I need everybody else here now. Thank you. There is Raynard. Come over here, I've got enough bread for everyone. I'm almost done. I can hear all right over here. Eric, I guess you tell. Is it Kath or Sigil or both? They're going to be with us on this one. So or not. Yeah, or Sauna or whomever.
00:25:56
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Yeah, everybody's going to gather around the table, so all three of them are here, so. So, yeah, Vigo gives a beat and everybody is approaching the table and Eris makes that remark and Vigo walks around
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the the bar and kind of squats down. I mean, he's a halfling, so he's already at the appropriate height, but he's squatting down next to Aris, who's working on something like and says quietly. So as to not be heard by the others, what are you working on, Aris? Fixing a tap. Oh. OK. And would that be easier or harder missing a hand?
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And he looks at you and catches your gaze and says, get to the table. And you're sure Hobb didn't hear that? Yes. OK. I mean, and Vigo stands up and walks away. He's going to hear about it, I bet. Yeah. Could pretty mean the situations that I have not considered, how exactly would Eris react to being directly threatened in that way?
00:27:22
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I mean, you know who Vigo is. Yeah, yeah. Eris stands up from behind the bar. And stares. Murderously at the back of Vigo's head. And then stalks over to the table.
00:27:52
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Is Vigo out of your shot now to a whisper? Just for a whisper. I mean, are you trying to say something to Eris or to everyone? What? Just to Eris, yeah. I mean, yeah, you could, as Eris gets to the table, whisper something to her. Well, someone has small dog syndrome, don't they? I do have a question about Vigo, just because Hob would know this. Did he make himself or is he like Satan's nephew?
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Like, you know what I mean? He's family. He's he's actual surname, Boromar, Viggo's nephew. But he is like Satan's nephew. You know, because I think Hob there's Hob has different levels of respect for people who are high up in the in the clan that aren't family.
00:28:41
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Yeah, versus people who like Vigo is just some born on third kind of. Yeah, yeah, Vigo, Vigo was born into this life, not worked his way up to a rank of of import. So, so yeah, Vigo circles around the table as Eris stalks over this.
Planning the Gala Heist
00:29:02
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OK, well, good news. We have a job for the Mary Little Band out of Lower Memphis Plateau.
00:29:11
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Uh, hopefully won't have as many complications as last time, but, uh, we, we trust you to get the job done. So what is going on is there is a gala event for the unveiling of some new magic do hickey, whatever, uh, that the clan would like to acquire the magic do hickey, whatever. So.
00:29:38
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There's a guy named Primafit Herban, who is going to be unveiling some kind of eldritch, something or other, and we would like you all to procure it. But it's not that simple, or else we would just get somebody else to do it. There's a situation our scouts have figured out
00:30:06
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where the actual device seen in the gala is not the physical device like you can't just go into the gala smash grab and run out they're basically using a scrying device to show the show the eldritch machine that's in its transport
00:30:25
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and project it into the Gala. So it looks like it's there. And Primafit Herban has a arcane implement to activate the device that you have to have in order to get the thing to turn on. So we need you all to acquire the arcane implement, get the transport that has the device to our warehouse and pocket there,
00:30:53
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and alter the scrying device to where it is an illusion of the device as opposed to an actual scrying image of it, because if you take it, then they're gonna know it's gone. And lastly, alter the manifests for the caravan that it's supposed to be on. Basically scrub the device from that so that it'll bias a little bit more time before somebody knows that it's gone.
00:31:22
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Because PrimaFit doesn't travel with the device. He just goes from city to city showing this thing off. And so he'll get to the next town. The shipping people will be like, we don't know what you're talking about. And it'll buy us some time. So there's a gala event in the upper part of the city.
00:31:39
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Uh, Sean city council is going to be there. Lots of dignitaries, whoever, whatever, uh, maybe some royalty. And, uh, so you all need to get into the event, get the arcane implement off of prima fit. You need to alter the scrying. I think the device would be in the gala, but it might be like the floor below. Who knows? Alter the shipping manifest and get the transport.
00:32:09
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OK, just out of character, plain talk, get in. Get the thing off pyramid for fit, prima fit. Yeah. Mm hmm. Alter the scrying runes or whatever, and I get the transport, which is the part that I'm not. What are we talking about there? The. Basically, it's in a secure shipping container that can be transported with a vehicle.
00:32:40
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like a trailer that can be hitched up and moved. So the devices in the transport. Correct. Now. Essentially. You all have the option of because there are multiple objectives. You all could go as a group from one objective to the next or.
00:33:07
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you could split up and take an NPC or two that would be applicable for your job. With you, because obviously like the transport is going to have some level of security actually securing it. Like there's there's multiple objectives within the objectives kind of thing, so. And you all would each be fit for different areas of these expertise, if that makes sense, so.
00:33:37
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If you all want to all go together from one objective to the next, that's fine. But this adventure was also designed with the possibility of you all splitting up to go accomplish multiple things at the same time. So if you decide to do that, you're not going to be at a horrible disadvantage because you split the party kind of thing. And in fact, if you all go together to all these things,
00:34:00
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it may be that some of you just stand around while the person that would have gone on the job by themselves does the checks to do the thing. So. Is the gala something we have to get into or are we automatically just invited to it? I do not have invitations for you. So, um, figure it out. That's why you all get the big bucks. Well, I can get us into the gala. Oh, okay.
00:34:30
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OK, sounds like you are starting to plan and I don't care about that, so let me know when it's done. Hey, where's growing? Yeah, yeah, I was going to ask the same question. Where's Grom? What happened to him? Oh, he's been reassigned to another job. Well, he got like a promotion. I'm more of a lateral movement. That's better than the other thing. You all didn't need him anymore, so don't you worry about him. He's doing just fine. Wink, wink. See you later.
00:35:03
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I turn to the table, I'm his grump. You all probably notice Aeris just about to spontaneously combust with rage. Aeris, what's wrong? He threatened me. He did what? He threatened to cut my hand off.
00:35:35
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W-w-why? When? What? Just now. Behind the bar. Empty threats, really. You can't even reach your hand. He threatened to cut your hand off. Well, yes, maybe it would be harder to fix the tap without a hand. Okay. This...
00:36:01
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This job seems complicated. And I think we're all going to need to be our best selves to make it work.
Vigo's Threat and Crew's Unrest
00:36:11
Speaker
I will speak with Vigo. And hopefully, I can understand that that is not the way to deal with our group. And I'm not going to pretend I could ever get him to apologize to you. I don't want to apologize to me.
00:36:32
Speaker
I understand that. Good. Sorry. He's a worthless little top. He is. But he's also more powerful than we are. And when he tells us to do something, a job, not that bull behind the counter. We got to do it. What I'm asking is,
00:36:57
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Let's handle it. Hi, everybody. Just real quick behind the curtain technical note, Jeff has lost his Internet, so we're going to keep going. But if you're wondering, hey, why isn't Hobb speaking up? That's why. So, yeah, OK. Hopefully Jeff will be back shortly and Hobb will rejoin the episode. But just for this coming conversation, that's why he's not verbalizing much. So or at all. OK, so he goes left, you all.
00:37:27
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with the possibility of splitting up to do this job and whose skill sets would be best used in which area. Can you do have cat, sigil and sauna at your disposal as well? And you remind me when the gala is. The gala is tomorrow night. And did we find out where the object itself is?
00:37:51
Speaker
It the the scrying spell isn't so powerful is that it's going to be in another part of the city. It'll just be in like a loading bay down below like in the in the same tower. And just for the sake of the way that we're going to be playing this quote unquote job.
00:38:08
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I just want to hash out who is going where and what method you're going to use to try and accomplish your task, but don't get the actual planning or anything. Right. Handle that idea. Flashbacks and whatnot. Sure. So. So we'll have the. The thing itself or not. Yeah, the thing itself will be down in some lower part of the tower.
00:38:33
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And the scrying spell and the device that controls the thing itself are in the upper part. So we need to break into both areas. Well, one of the places is probably more sneak in. And yeah, because Migo did say he's not sure if the scrying thing would be on the same level or like a level before projecting up into the gala. So.
00:38:57
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Based on the information, I'll just say that Vigo kind of tossed a map your all's way that the scouts gave him. And it looks like there there are three levels. There's the loading area, the like. Administrative technical level and then the actual gala area up top. Huzzah. So we need like three groups, maybe essentially. Yeah. There are three levels, a job, at least one job on each level.
00:39:27
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Aeris is obviously best fitted on the technical level. I really don't know where Hob fits in on this one. I mean, I can get us in, but they're not in a way that anybody's going to be happy about. They're not going to want to let us stay. I think Hob is going to be best on the lowest level. I think you're probably right. Because that's where he's going to be able to beat people up if he needs to without blowing the whole thing.
00:39:51
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What did you say, Trevor? I'm sorry. I doubt I doubt how we'll fit in attending a gala. Fair. Put hob in a suit. It's just like. I mean, we could we could get hob in as a bouncer. Yeah, that's true. Sauna chimes in around the table and says, well,
00:40:16
Speaker
I was, or looks at Cath, we were born and raised in that part of the city, and I know I would be more inclined to putting on a nice dress than Cath would, so if somebody needs some assistance at the gala, I would be more than happy to assist there. And I've got some light fingers, if that's necessary. Well, it looks like I found a plus one, assuming I'm going to the gala.
00:40:44
Speaker
Not sure where I might fit in and all this. I mean, if there's arcane security devices on the actual thing that we're stealing, Milo is going to be as as qualified as anyone to
Strategizing for the Heist
00:40:56
Speaker
get through them with, you know, things like dispel and. That's true. It's a different kind of breaking and entering than Eris or Milo would do, but.
00:41:06
Speaker
Eris or Reynard. Eris or Reynard would do. Although Sigil might also. It's it's never been quite clear to me or probably Eris exactly how Sigil's magic works, but it's not quite clear to Sigil how their magic works. So they seem to be. Able to. Interact with magical security, I would or at least it.
00:41:32
Speaker
OK, so we know that Raynard is going up top. Hobb is going down low. Eris, are you going in the middle? Out of character, yes, Eris will. It obviously makes the most sense to go into the middle and fiddle around with the hacking part of the job.
00:41:52
Speaker
in character Eris is contemplating various ways in which Viggo might die. Fair enough. So Milo, for your piece, just like Philip just said, there is going to be some arcane security to contend with on the actual device to get it loaded up.
00:42:14
Speaker
and shipped off. There's also the administrative bit of scrubbing the shipping manifest and making sure that this thing isn't at all attached. And Milo's background of bookkeeping would obviously play well into that aspect of the job. Or also, I mean, Milo's great at parties, we've learned through the unity dinners. So yeah, any of these three things Milo would be able to fit into some capacity.
00:42:44
Speaker
But I think from a mechanical standpoint, Milo would be best middle or bottom. So why don't we do middle with Aeris?
00:42:57
Speaker
OK, so that means Sigil needs to go with Hobb down low. All right. Because Sigil can also drive the thing where it needs to go. So going jumping back into in fiction, Kath at this point in reps and says, well, then I am going in the middle because you don't need me down low with Hobb down there and I'm not dressing up. So Eris Milo, I'm with you. What?
00:43:27
Speaker
Great. I'm coming with you on the job.
00:43:35
Speaker
OK, so so the last bit of information that I need from you all before we get into the action is a how you intend to enter. So what I mean by that is are you going to try to sneak into your respective places? Are you going to try to just punch your way in? Are you going to try to use your connections or are you just going to try to lie or charm your way into the place?
00:44:05
Speaker
Well, I think Raynard would just use his connections to get in the front door to attend the gala. OK. Is this like a weeknight or a weekend? Let's say it's a Friday night to use our nomenclature. So in the middle, I mean, it's probably. Not going to unless anybody's working late or something.
00:44:31
Speaker
Well, there will be people there like working the gala. Like there will be people there working. Oh, great. Not a whole lot. Right. But but the venue is being used so people would be there.
00:44:48
Speaker
Jeff, do you have any thoughts for the bottom level, how Hobbs going to approach it? What did the people scouting it out? See as far as like perimeter security and stuff? I feel like that's germane to play in. I mean, the device is actually down there, so there will be some security down there and.
00:45:09
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, that's going to be kind of the the initial obstacle before Sigil can really do their piece is is dealing with the security in some manner, whether that's distracting them and getting them to go somewhere else or doing Hobbs thing.
00:45:27
Speaker
Yeah, I have a feeling it's going to be a thing where he tries a couple different methods to get them out of the way and then just ends up knocking their heads together because he's not very good at anything else. We're going to see what happens. So so do you want to take the approach of deceit to try and distract them away? I think that's what he's going to. That's what he would do. OK, assuming they ask just a couple of them. Yeah. Let me ask you this. When Kath says Hobbs not going to need me down there,
00:45:53
Speaker
Would Hob interject because Hob's expecting a fight and say, I could use Cath down there? I mean, I know that the sigil, despite how great they're going to be at the rest of it, will be zero help if it does come to blows. That's factual. Like they just don't roll that way. So I mean, he might say something like, you know, Cath. It could turn into a fight.
00:46:21
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I can't imagine that they're only gonna have, I don't know, like one not very difficult to get around dude down there watching this transport that everything is so important inside of that it gets hollow projected throughout the rest of the world or whatever. I guess that's fair, I guess.
00:46:43
Speaker
Sigil. And at this point, Kath goes to talk to Sigil, but Sigil is once again buried into parchments and scrolls reading at the table. Yeah, I guess you could use backup. Eris and Milo can at least hold their own in a fight and Sigil doesn't want to. So OK. And you know, the other thing is, even if it's not a fight. Out of the group of people here,
00:47:12
Speaker
that would be the most suspicious or most them running up and saying, oh, no, there's something else happening elsewhere. You need to go check out. Yeah, to at least likely be believed would be a sigil in myself. Fair enough. OK, middle crew, how are you approaching? So we have deception on the bottom level connections on the top. Stealth, maybe.
00:47:41
Speaker
Eris is plotting murder. Milo's in charge. Oh, great. We're in trouble now. I'm checking stuff. I mean, we can try to be sneaky. OK, yeah, we can do stealth. I think yes, I think so. OK, well, terrible at that. I'm not terrible at that either, but I'm definitely not very deceptive.
00:48:12
Speaker
We could steal uniforms. That could be part of our stealth in case we are caught. OK, so Kath says, all right, well, sounds like we all have our. Our jobs, so go and make preparations and. Good luck.
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00:48:37
Speaker
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00:49:23
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