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C1 Ep. 53 Whispers of a Reckoning Chapter Four
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The showdown is set. The party has been hired to take out a Stormlord of Stormreach, and now comes the moment of truth with nothing but questions hanging in the air. What power is fueling this new enemy? Which tools at the party’s disposal will help them in this fight? Will Beric be able to trust Dex and Booyah’s judgement enough to go through with this? All of these questions and more are answered on this week’s Eberron Renewed!
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Introduction and Recap
00:00:01
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00:00:44
Speaker
Hello and welcome to Eberron Renew, the D&D 5th edition actual play podcast set in the Eberron campaign setting. I am your dungeon master, Eric.
00:00:52
Speaker
And I'm Philip. Randy. Jeff. And welcome to another episode. Gentlemen, what happened last time? We fought a big golem.
00:01:01
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Yeah. Who messed at least Booyah up rather well. Well, Booyah performed a magic trick and turned one golem into two golems. So yeah, this is true. We did find evidence that Amontu is among the inspired. And
Confrontation with Amantu
00:01:20
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then I hit him and now he's mad and we're boned. That is accurate. We, we found,
00:01:31
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We found evidence that something is up with Amon-2. Okay, that's fair. Yeah, we found and deactivated one of those weird obelisks in his basement, and then Dex found some letters that Dex considers incriminating. And he ran, like, he somehow knew, I think that he somehow knew that the obelisk had been deactivated, and that's why he was running home and went straight to it.
00:01:57
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I mean, we did not do a good job of like putting things back the way they were, as any good burglars would. That's true. We're really bad burglars. I do still look like a Montu. I wonder if I can confuse him. No, I'm a Montu. Is that me or not? Ask me something only you would know.
00:02:16
Speaker
Well, let's pick up right where we left off. Um, Amantu has just let out a blast of energy that has knocked Beric and Dex to the ground, leaving Booyah, the lone man standing. I don't remember that. Mm-hmm. Okay. Um, he turns around and looks at you all. You will pay. Initiative. 21. That didn't really roll. 20.
00:02:42
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Eleven. Wait a minute, actually I do get to roll twice for initiative. That's right. So that makes it nineteen.
00:02:54
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You did a lot of movement in that initiative order. Okay, start things off. Amantu's shoulders begin to heave as the fiery purple light burns brightly. And out of nowhere, launching itself at Booyah comes this grotesque, ethereal form with large pincers. And it is going to attack you, Booyah.
00:03:20
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No happy. I already don't like this. Did you just crit? No. Everything's behind the screen and nobody can see what I see.
00:03:32
Speaker
Okay, Booyah. Fortunately, that was a very low-level thing. The grotesque form just before it gets to you seems to reform into a spike, and you just feel it enter your mind, and just intense pain shudders throughout your whole body, and you take 13 points of damage. And...
00:03:56
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With the 20, Booyah, you kind of shudder and then you feel the pain erupt out of your mind. And the whole house...
00:04:06
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Like you just hear the whole house shake above you and you see cracks begin to form in the walls of the basement as you hear the house begin to shudder above you. Do we see that as well? You're not knocked out. You just got knocked on your butt. No, I'm asking if we see that as well or because it's something to his mind. Oh, no, you see it. OK, so it's actually happening. It's happening in canon. Neat. So, yeah, Dex, you are now up.
00:04:31
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All right. Um, I am going to this, this, this spectral spike thing is no longer. It's got it. It went back into a month. Gotcha. Okay. Well, I'm going to stand and am I within, I'm within range of a month because I already hit him once. So I, I'm going to stand up. My ribbon. We was already out. I am going to attack a month to with it. That's a 20.
00:04:58
Speaker
Okay, so first I'll do damage And it's double the d8 but not the sneak attack, right? Yes. Okay, so that What's one times two Now wait, okay, I know I should know this now Is it the dice is doubled or the whole ribbon weave? It's like the plus five just ice the dice. So it's two plus five. So that's seven and then
00:05:24
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14 15 jeez for 15 points of damage and Poof I got a 20 guys What should I I? Don't have enough. I don't have enough data the house suddenly stabilizes nope
00:05:42
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Just whatever, whatever you would think, think back to your preparations and maybe some aspects of the preparations that failed that you can now trigger to succeed. Anything you want to introduce into the narrative. I mean, like I created a whole other golem. Right. I know. I'm about to drop a house on you all like this. We remember. We distinctly remember. I'm just trying to like something with that weight. Okay. There were a bunch of crates in here. We went through some of them, but not all of them. So.
00:06:10
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something in the crates could be a thing. Yeah, there's a dog in there. What about, with my 20, as for Eric's coaching and suggestion, there was a cask of lantern oil near Omentu. And when my ribbon weave, when I swung back, like my, well, after I'd hit him and I pulled back, I hit it and it cracks open.
00:06:36
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It pools around Amantu's feet, and I crack it again. My 20 gets me a second attack on oil. And the oil ignites, and now Amantu gets to take burn damage. You have started a fire. Started a fire in a crumbling house. I started a man fire, though. That's dwarf fire. That's important.
00:07:01
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OK, it is now Barracks turn. So the house is crumbling. A fire is just erupted in the middle of the basement. I don't understand what any of this is going on.
Strategic Retreat and Escape
00:07:13
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I definitely don't understand why something stabbing Booyah made the house start to crumble. OK, you say the house shook and cracks appeared in the wall. And then later you say the house is crumbling. Get me a
00:07:27
Speaker
a description of what we're actually seeing here. I mean, what you're seeing from your vantage point is the cracks are continuing to spider, maybe stones are beginning to kind of fall. It's not an immediate like you hear the house toppling down on top of you. It's just the house has become unstable. You're not in any immediate, immediate danger of the house crashing in on you. But yeah, the foundation has been compromised. Interesting. And now it's on fire.
00:07:57
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Yes. The basement is on fire. I'm assuming it's a stone floor basement. The oil is on fire. The ceiling is not gonna be. Fair. The ceiling's actually made of paper.
00:08:11
Speaker
Well, OK, where am I in relation to Amontu? You're you're within 10 feet. I mean, he decks was in range. He I said, narratively, he stepped up a couple feet to attack Booyah. So, OK, Barak is going to reach down and cast Cure Wounds out of his amulet to heal Booyah. I don't know. You probably can't take this much, but you received 21 points of healing.
00:08:41
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It gets me back to 26. Which is his max. Which is my max currently. And then Beric looking around says, I think we best take this somewhere else, gents. And I will, can I ready my movement? I'm not just going to bolt out of the basement without them. You're not going to be like Booyah and that giant.
00:09:06
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Okay, so good Booyah, yeah classic Booyah Beric has assumed a ready-to-run stance Booyah, it is your turn. My feet are winding up like it's gonna be
00:09:22
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cartoon, cartoon barrack. That wood block sound. Okay, um, the Booyah's gonna aim plainer justice. He's gonna flip a little lever on the side that causes it to glow. And he's gonna try to shoot this guy in the head. Bonus action first, Hunter's Mark.
00:09:45
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You have disadvantage on the roll because it's a headshot. The crossbow bolt flies wide and you just see magical energy hit the back wall as the spell dissipates.
00:09:59
Speaker
So now it is... Well, and Booyah also wants to, uh... Prepare to run? Prepare to run! Is anybody going to run? Um, Amontu pulls a huge scimitar out of his belt and steps up and in a leaping strike brings it down towards Booyah.
00:10:19
Speaker
13? No. It cracks into the ground and he and up swings at you again with his multi-attacks. Booyah dodges, ready to dodge again. That's going to be 24. Booyah dodges right into the weapon.
00:10:35
Speaker
Okay, that is going to be seven damage. And then once again, the purple light has been consistent. Oh, and he is going to take, his pants are on fire, so he does take some fire damage. But now the purple light flares up again like it did right before the ghastly figure. You see the same grotesque, incomprehensible figure come out
00:11:01
Speaker
and it reaches its pincers out to the side and brings them in in front of it, almost in like a clapping motion, but these two pincers come together. I need everybody to make me a dexterity saving throw. Oh my God. Oh, natural 20. I didn't get a natural 20, but I did get a 17. 25.
00:11:24
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Hey y'all, aren't- aren't we just good at this? All of you are gonna take half damage, good job. Hooray! That's something. Half damage could still hurt me. I feel like with a 20 and it's a check or it's a saving throw so maybe you don't get to avoid damage altogether. Yeah, I wouldn't allow it simply because that's a special rogue thing. Yeah.
00:11:43
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All of you take five damage. Well, except for Dex, because he's
Reflection and Planning Next Steps
00:11:48
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a rogue. No, you get that at level, rogue level seven. Yeah, that's the thing. Okay. I have one level of other. And because you saved, you are not deafened and knocked prone. So good job. Because this piercingly loud thunderous boom comes from these two pincers crashing together. It is now Dex's turn. Give them Dex, he scared Booyah. Yeah, Flexus.
00:12:12
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I'm gonna... We're on the verge of burning this place down, Dex. The fire has begun to spread. Some of the crates have caught on fire. We set up a rope to get back up the stair ramp. It would probably still be there, right? Yeah, if you literally just set it up, then yeah. Okay, so we... And how far from the ramp? 10 feet. And the ramp is how long? I mean, it's... I was told there would be no math.
00:12:36
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It was it's a flight of stairs going up to another story in a house. So 15 ish Okay, so I can get out of the house with just my bonus action in my movement. So I'm gonna hit him one more time 19 so it's a 26 hit and that time Dex connects See if he connects better Barrel, no the exact same. So that's seven
00:13:01
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That's 20 points of damage. Let's go ahead and say now because I didn't say it earlier. I was gonna say it's lightning damage, but I didn't say it. So that's 20 points of damage and then Dex is going to move.
00:13:11
Speaker
and Dash. Actually, I think I'm just gonna move, get to the top of the ramp and make sure they come up with me. I'm not gonna get out of the house yet. Okay. Can I ready my Dash? No. Okay, so... Well, Booyah and I had movements readied. Booyah, you going? Yep. Okay, so... Going up. Everybody makes their way up the ramp with the rope, so now... Hang on. Are you? Beric? So Booyah goes, right? Yes.
00:13:41
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Okay, so here's my question, the DM. I got a natural 20 on that saving throw. Does that work on a saving throw? I would allow it. Can I have a spell slot? Sure. I would like to cast Protection from Evil and Good on Amon-2. Okay. This would cause him, and I'm just working based on Barak's understanding of what Dex claims has happened. Yeah. This would cause him to have advantage on any
00:14:07
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new saving throw against a creature that is possessing him. OK, does anything happen? No. OK, then I turn around and run. OK, that was a marvelous idea. Yes, that was very good. Now it is barracks turn. So we're at the top of the stairs, basically. Yeah. What's the state now that we're upstairs? What's the state of things?
00:14:34
Speaker
Um, I, the, the cabinets and things like that in the kitchen have begun to fall off the wall. The, some of the windows are cracked from the foundation and the house shifting. The shuttering sound is a bit louder than it was down in the basement. The house is on borrowed time.
00:14:52
Speaker
No, not on your ship. But you still don't see any guards. The staff are still at the party that Lady Omer and staff are throwing. And that guard you sent around to check out the side of the house. He's really dedicated to finding that thing. It's also a big property. I think Barrick would wait to see the others out. OK. Especially if that thing might come up the
00:15:14
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up the stairs after us, or if, I mean, that thing, the dwarf, I'm on to, comes out of the stairs after us. Oh, can, can, can he, since it's your turn, can you use a bonus action to pull the rope up? It's hard for him to get up. Lock the door. I mean, he can't open it from the other side. Yes, I could. I'm not saying you should. I mean, I am saying you should, but I'm letting you do what you want. I believe you that you're saying I should.
00:15:39
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Eric's not yet convinced and is not really interested in watching and making this guy burn to death in the basement. So Eric is going to I mean, I guess this is just my turn. So I'm just going to hold and I might run out the door.
00:15:52
Speaker
Once I'm sure everybody's safe. Booyah. Beric, you come. We're all standing right next to each other right now. Right, but... Yeah, are you going to move away from him? I think. Because you wouldn't really... Beric is obviously ready to go. He's just not going to run off and leave you guys standing here. I don't get to move until after a month, he does something, so... Yeah.
00:16:12
Speaker
Booyah goes to the door. There's the door right there, the kitchen door, correct? Yeah, the back door. Yeah, the back door. Booyah's gonna go out the back door, and once he gets outside, he's gonna wait for them to come out. I look at Barak and I say, ain't that just the way? Booyah, just running away. Hey, hey. Booyah, say y'all say time go. Booyah, go. Okay. Booyah neutral.
00:16:41
Speaker
Booyah could have pulled the rope up and shut the door. So Dex used your movement and Dash to get to the door. Just movement. I didn't end up using Dash. Okay. So you're just at the top of the ramp. Booyah's outside. Beric is at the top of the ramp. Am I? Yeah, basically me and Dex are standing in the kitchen by the door.
00:17:00
Speaker
Crossbow ready to action with the crossbow. Okay, you all see the rope tighten I'm on to Scrambles up to the top of the steps and then uses the dash action to close the ditch Well, you wouldn't need to because you all were 30 feet away He is going to swing his scimitar at Dex
00:17:24
Speaker
And you see the fiery light doesn't flare up like it has before, but you see Amantu's muscles seem to have a faint purple glow as he raises up his sword. And he's going to get advantage on this roll.
00:17:41
Speaker
that was unnecessary that is going to be 20 yes for 10 points of damage all right and he's going to shift his momentum as he follows the weight of the sword as he backhand swings back at you 22 also yeah
00:17:59
Speaker
13 more damage as the sword just cuts across your chest. And you see that Amontu isn't looking in a great way. You can see the marks from your ribbon weave and he's looking like he's in a pretty bad way. The pants are no longer on fire, but there's some charred like no hair on his legs. All got burnt off. Can I see him through the open door?
00:18:20
Speaker
Yes. OK, so that's Amantu's turn. Now the fiery purple light begins to erupt again. I need Dex and Beric to make intelligence saving throws. Well, 17. Beric? Six. Six? OK.
00:18:44
Speaker
Beric will take full damage, Dex will take half. As you see this now growing disconcertingly familiar form with just pincers, long tail, bulbous head come out of Amontu's body into this ethereal form and it just curls up into itself and then in a quick motion just extends all of its limbs as you see this green energy wave burst out from it and you feel it just attack your mind.
00:19:13
Speaker
Dex, you will take two damage, Beric, you'll take four, and Beric is knocked prone. Is that I'm ready in my crossbow? Oh, okay. Can I get that off? Yes, go ahead. I'm just waiting for you to tell me you're totally done. I mean, it feels pretty done. It needs to be done. Yes. Okay, go ahead, butt. Butt.
00:19:35
Speaker
As you level your crossbow at Amantu, this grotesque figure brings its pincer basically down in almost a motion that is going to attempt to catch your crossbow bolt, so you have disadvantage on the roll. Okay. We got a 16 and a 29. No, a 30.
00:19:56
Speaker
Okay, so it attempts to catch your crossbow bolt, but it does not account for the magic imbuing planar justice. And you see that you all being right there in this moment, it looks like it timed it perfectly, should have caught this crossbow bolt just before it landed in Amantu and it passes straight through. And you see the spirit almost recoil being touched by planar justice as magic. So yeah, you land your tech.
00:20:29
Speaker
Two aces on the sixes got snake eyes so 12 damage
00:20:37
Speaker
That ain't nothing to sneeze at. The crossbow bolt just pierces into like Amantu's lung and you see him cough and some blood begins to come out of the corner of his mouth as he wipes it away with the back of his hand. And from behind him, Booyah, you have this straight on vision
Moral and Political Discussions
00:20:53
Speaker
of him standing in the doorway to his basement and you just see the flames continuing to grow behind him as he rips the crossbow bolt out and drops it on the ground. Dex's turn.
00:21:03
Speaker
I mean, I'm right by the door, I can get out, I gotta hit him again. Is he close enough? I can just whack him with it. Right? He is, right? He's right... Yeah, okay. I just wanna... I just wanna hit him with the stick. Hard. This thing is rolling lights out! That's a 26! That's a hit! That's a 26, um, and there it is. Finally! So that's, uh, 12...
00:21:30
Speaker
22 points of damage, and then I am going to... Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and step outside of the house. Barak. Oh, you get to dashes of... Are you using your bonus action to disengage? Oh yeah, yeah, sure, yeah. Okay. I mean, yes, but what does it mean with the swatchbucklers... I just need this clarify for me. With the swatchbuckler thing, it says, I don't have an opportunity to attack from a creature I attack.
00:21:54
Speaker
Oh, that does that include disengaging that like without having to use it. Yeah, you don't have to. I do. I was unaware of that property. Yeah, that's you're good. That's the level three swatchbuckle. OK. Barrick, how far am I from the kitchen door? I know it's half my movement to get up. I'm just checking. Yeah, I think 20 feet. OK, so I need it all. OK. Seeing the fire starting to spread out of the basement, Barrick.
00:22:16
Speaker
is gonna just scramble backwards, regain his feet, and make for the door. Okay. It's gonna invoke an opportunity attack. Yep, because I'm gonna have to dash to get out, so.
00:22:26
Speaker
Montu brings his scimitar down as you begin to scramble backwards on all fours. That is going to be a 14. That'll miss. And then you see a ghostly pincer come out and try to take a swipe at you. That is going to be a 19. That will hit. 10 damage as this pincer grasps your ankle.
00:22:47
Speaker
But you feel just pain shoot through the back of your head, up through the top of your skull. It is now Booyah's turn. Fire planer justice. And the house is continuing to shudder, more windows are cracking. It's starting to get bad in the house. And the three of us are outside? Yes. Is he as well? Or is he still- He has not gotten a chance to do anything yet. Okay. And Booyah's thinking in his head, Too bad Booyah not think this sooner. Wherever the bolt hits, vines are gonna pop out.
00:23:17
Speaker
20. That's a hit. Okay. 13 damage and he needs to make a strength save DC sport team. Booyah, you shoot and the crossbow bolt lands in Amantu's throat.
00:23:33
Speaker
as he begins to gasp for air and you see these vines begin to emerge from the wound that he created in his throat just tearing his skin apart as he coughs and gasps for air as the flames continue to rise and as the vines extend and grab into the ground you see them begin to smoke as the fire has grown to the point where it's coming up through the kitchen floor
00:23:58
Speaker
and the whole house is beginning to shudder. And with Amontu's last gasping breath, you see the fiery light disappear from his eyes as the ethereal figure rises and then in a moment vanishes out of existence. As Amontu is left standing there, no magic coming from his eyes as he just... and is only left supported by the vines that you cast on him. Oh, God. Let's catch fire.
00:24:26
Speaker
Yes, they are about to burn and the house is at a point now where you all are concerned about the parts of the house falling on you. Okay, let's go. Come on. We got to go now. Everyone give me... Actually, I'm just going to have... As you were. Yeah, I was like, let's go. What are you all doing? Yeah, I was outside waiting on them. You're all outside now. Oh, they all came out. Okay. We just need... We need to beat feet, right? We need to get the hell out of here.
00:24:50
Speaker
You hear a voice from off in the garden go, hey, what's what's going? Who are you? And you recognize the voice of the guard that you sent out to search the perimeter of the house. OK, well, I'm I'm definitely still I'm on to. So I say, whoa, what? Stop me. I mean, you know, just standing around talking about running. So I mean, the guard's going to notice you eventually. No, I mean, you're you look like I'm on to me clapping my hand over your mouth is not going to make this better.
00:25:18
Speaker
No, sure. I just say I tell him to the house is on fire How did he sound it was I mean it was it was something like this but but perhaps he was definitely British You forgot to sign your paperwork Don't just stand there run and find some help and he does right? Yeah. Oh, yes. Yes, sir Do you require protection? No
00:25:48
Speaker
And he just kind of protects. I require water. I have my friends. He confusingly eyes Beric and Booyah and takes off running. Guys, we need to get the hell out of here. Where are you going? Elsewhere. Hey, do you think we should go to our little plan in place? Were we told where to meet, Varen?
00:26:05
Speaker
Didn't he say back at that? He said the next time he would speak to you about this job was in that room after it's done. That's all you really got. Last night was throwing a party tonight. Like, you don't get a sense that it was over just because Amontu arrived back home. Yeah. And this is probably- It might be now that there's a fire. Yeah, some people may be, you know, noticing there's a fire. And a crowd may also start together. Where are you guys going? Away from here. Can you pass without- I need more than that. Can you pass without a trace?
00:26:34
Speaker
I could no wait wait no I depends on how much time has passed my god so I don't think so yeah wait yes I can because I did that when we were casing the joint pass without a trace guys come on where guys let's go we got to go to the place where we planned all this okay let's head there everyone give me stealth checks as you take off out of the garden and we get plus 10 because of it yes yes 22
00:27:02
Speaker
Okay. You all take off through the streets of storm reach towards your safe house. That was a fair distance away from the, the district that the storm Lords live in. And you arrive at the door and crack it open and you see what at some point in the way, Derek.
00:27:20
Speaker
slugs Dex in the arm and says, change. Oh, oh, no, I was I was going to wait till we got there. But yeah, sure. OK, I can change. I can change shape. I'm still wearing the clothes. Well, but now you look like the Hulk.
00:27:35
Speaker
Maybe take the shirt off and just have some very tight torn-up pants Well, we don't know we never elucidated what he was wearing He could have been wearing like some sort of sarong and now I just have a mini dress on No, he was not I cast minor illusion and create a set of clothes on decks
00:27:50
Speaker
No, okay. I will change. I will just change into another dwarf for right now. Okay. That's why you look different I'm the halfling boy again. Okay guys. Hey, why that's more dressed up like I'm on to you arrive back at the door crack it open and you see Tico asleep on a cot in his makeshift general store and He kind of starts as you walk in like oh hi
00:28:12
Speaker
and you all walk back into the safe room and now I change back into moon elf okay and put on my regular clothes and my white cloak and I say guys I went great okay so it's the very awkward five to eight minutes has passed while Dex changes all his clothes and now we can talk Eric Eric let's
00:28:35
Speaker
Erebus disappear and begins binding his palm. So I guess we just kind of wait for Varen to come back. I pull three of the five rations out of my...
00:28:49
Speaker
Literally, there's food stores house. Well, you got rations. What do you need food? So those are gonna cost you guys some GPS Are you all just going to lay low until somebody comes until morning? What's what's the plan here? Booyah, I would like to get all this hit points back I know that that's gonna take going to some like a healer right to a church or something or do we know I don't know I mean, obviously I don't know we're gonna need some kind of restoration spell I
00:29:14
Speaker
Yeah. Okay. Well, y'all want to just, uh, let's just rest up. I mean, we're here. We're safe. Fine. Okay. We got goes and finds a corner. I thought we might have bunks in this place. There are cots. Yeah. Booby. I still find the corner. He's just more comfortable. Yeah. He's off in the corner. All right. I mean, dip, Dex lays down. And yeah, he's going to have to rest up a little bit. He's tired, boy. I'll keep watch. I'll take second. I'll sleep.
00:29:43
Speaker
As soon as they lay down, Barrick leaves.
00:29:47
Speaker
Okay. We get a perception check or anything on there? Forever? No. Oh, man. Barrett goes back to Paola's house and waits there. Okay. After, I would say probably about 50 minutes, you hear before you see the distinct sound of war-forged feet on the streets of Stormreach, and they stop as you see Lady Omerin. Are you standing out in plain sight? Are you waiting to make yourself known to her? I mean, can I get into the house?
00:30:16
Speaker
Um, that's fair. The doors would be open. Yeah, sure. You're in the house. I'm waiting in the foyer. Okay. So the front door opens after you hear warforged feet approach and you see lady Omer in there flanked by two warforged that it instinctually go for their weapons, but she just holds a hand up and they, they stop. Can I help you? I need to know this wasn't about getting rid of arrival. I don't know what you're talking about.
00:30:46
Speaker
Barrett gives her a look. You must have heard what happened tonight. There was a fire. Yes, yes. I hear that the amount to a state went up in flames and came crumbling to the ground. It's... That's what I heard too. A great tragedy. Stormreach will mourn. Can we talk alone?
00:31:03
Speaker
Very well. And she brushes past you and takes you by the elbow. She leads you into what appears to be a library study type area. Honestly, a place in her home that you've never been before. And she closes the door behind her and kind of leans, leans up against the doors and says, so how was your test this evening? We've been training for some time. Did it go well? I can't really say that it did. I suspect that
00:31:33
Speaker
I suspect the results are as you desire, at least from what I've been told. I did hear strange tale from a raving man claiming that Amantu escaped his burning home, accompanied by two very odd-looking people, a goblin and a ghost, he said. Well, if what I saw tonight was
00:31:58
Speaker
Unless my eyes were deceived, I don't think that's true. Good. I will not lie to you and say that... I would hope not. I will not miss your Comantu.
00:32:12
Speaker
My eyes will shed no tears for the man that caused my family such heartache for generations. You ask if this is about getting rid of a rival. I say it's about a higher calling. It's about protecting storm reach from outside influence, from invasion, but where
00:32:34
Speaker
Your upbringing shows, Beric, where your binary morality confuses you, is that those two things can be exclusive, or should be exclusive. I got rid of a danger to the city. Was he my rival? Yes.
00:32:50
Speaker
Was it holy about that? No. Is it an added benefit? Absolutely. That is the way of this path. That is the way of this world. We do not have the luxury of any other way. There are many, many threats that will seek to snuff you out. Beric.
00:33:11
Speaker
There are many people that will kill, steal, do whatever they please with you. You can't defeat them all. So you must defeat
New Mission Proposal
00:33:21
Speaker
the ones that you stand most to gain from their defeat. We'd like to make an insight check on her. This is not going to reveal anything. That's a seven.
00:33:36
Speaker
That's probably appropriate. Barak being such a smooth operator with the ladies. All right. Well, I hope you're right about the danger to the city. I am. You should go get some rest. We have our lesson in the morning after all. All right. As you walk through the door, she leans in and gives Barak a kiss on the cheek and says, sleep well, we have a lot of work to do.
00:34:07
Speaker
That's why I had to ditch him. You don't meet any resistance on the way out of the house. There are the warforged guards standing at the door as you exit Lady Omeran's house. You see that a crowd has begun to gather around the amount to a state, but where you saw a rather large three story manner standing only an hour ago.
00:34:34
Speaker
You now see smoke and ash billowing up into the storm reach night sky. I guess I'll make my way back towards the safe house. Okay. You safely return to the safe house. Tico, perts up as you enter and just...
00:34:49
Speaker
And when he walks in, Dex sits up and says, we need to have a talk. It's past your curfew, Barrick, where you've been. You were asleep. I know. I know. Barrick's watch comes to an end. His watch, as it was, comes to an end. Nothing happened to y'all. I was going to say. And I rolled for that possibility, so I thought you might.
00:35:10
Speaker
Dex has an ex watch. Yeah, so Dex wakes Dex up and Dex says, hey, thank you for waking me for the very important job of watching each other, making sure that we remain safe while we sleep. I don't take this responsibility lightly. So I don't know why I feel the need to say this tonight of all nights, but thank you for waking me up. And I promise I will not be derelict in my duty.
00:35:38
Speaker
And then I snicker because I said duty. What's next? Nothing happens during Dex's watch. There goes a runner corner sits cross-legged and meditates.
00:35:50
Speaker
Okay, are you gonna wake up Booyah? Oh, well, I mean, yeah. Oh, thanks, thanks. Booyah, Booyah, happy to watch. Booyah, Booyah, be very good at watch. No, make mistake. Friends, very portent Booyah. No romance during watch. No romance. Okay, Booyah, during your watch. Of course. Nothing happens.
00:36:20
Speaker
You see a familiar ghostly figure come into the room. No, you said Booyaki very safe. The morning comes that you wouldn't know it because there are no windows in this room and you all are awake and it's a new day. We should go find last night. Well, yeah, I was I was I have a thought.
00:36:37
Speaker
hear me out i'd like to see the house i want to see if there's nothing left if that body burned up and is gone we can have houses the house is a heap well sure i think so too but we need to see it first no it's a heap well yeah no i get it i i feel pretty confident as well but one of us needs to put eyes on it no i saw it last night is a heap you son of a bitch
00:36:59
Speaker
Okay. Oh, well, all right, great. Here's what I'm thinking. You guys chill here. I will change into something completely unseen, something unseen by these people. I'm a clever unicorn. No, I'll just change. I'll change the way I look and I'll try to maybe I'll go find Chuck and tell him we're ready. Why don't we just go?
00:37:23
Speaker
Here's the only thing. Unfortunately, due to our wishy-washiness while the house was raging on fire next to us, we were seen by that guard. I think... Guards saw him on to with a goblin and a ghost was his report. That was his report? That was his report. How do you know this report? What? How do you know this report?
00:37:44
Speaker
I was told last night. Did you, are you just waking up Booyasi? Here's the thing. Very clearly did not stay here last night during his watch. I'm not, I don't care to get into it through the grace of the gods. We were fine. And so it doesn't matter. Well, all right, then let's all go. Let's all go then. I mean, I suppose, yeah, we go. It's not like we haven't been seen with last night so we can just go to his house, right? We just, we can just head over there, right? I think so. Yeah.
00:38:11
Speaker
As you all walk through the streets of Stormreach, the air hangs heavy. There's just a weight to the city today and as you walk around you see multiple people
00:38:23
Speaker
What? But Jeff is walking along whistling Zippity doo-dah in his white cloak. Yeah, you see multiple people dressed from head to toe and all black, especially you see quite a few dwarves walking through the city. Barrick also and the the city is in mourning. You get a sense that a month to Barrick puts his hand on Booyah's shoulder. So now Booyah is also wearing all black.
00:38:52
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, it is a city in mourning. One of their leaders died last night in a tragic, tragic circumstances. You all entered the district where the Stormlords live and you two now see there's no longer smoke billowing from it.
00:39:08
Speaker
There's just a heaping pile of rubble and burnt wood and you can see the fire had begun to spread some of the gardens around the house burned up as well. And you approach Lassite's house. You see a couple guards standing up front. State your business. They're growing to see they're in Lassite. Right. Wait here. I have to go ask Lassite if he wants you in.
00:39:32
Speaker
And one of the guards... It's a very informal way of referring to your lord. What do you mean? The other guard says... He's calling him colloquially by his last name. No title or anything. Lord Last Sight doesn't care for that kind of thing. He just prefers that we refer to him as Last Sight. Keeps it simple. It's actually a family tradition. Yeah, I mean, I get it. I call him their bear.
00:39:55
Speaker
After you all stand in the awkward silence of that joke as the guard did not laugh, the other guard returns, says, uh, says you can come up and he opens the door for you all. There's far less pomp and circumstance as last week when you all were here. In fact, you do not see Charlie anywhere. And last night's office door is open as you approach it. And you see last night behind his desk, writing on a scrap of paper, holding up in the air, letting go and
00:40:25
Speaker
It burns away. Oh, gentlemen, good to see you. How's your day so far? Well, so far nothing special. We just wanted to stop by in person. You know, looking around right now.
00:40:42
Speaker
What do you think of these tapestries? Do you hate these tapestries as much as I know a great shop in one of the district right by here that has some great tapestries. Let's, let's talk as we walk over there. Last night gestures and you all exit the house. I mean, I don't know. I think pretty nice tapestries. Oh, you can have a like tapestry. We go shop understands entirely.
00:41:07
Speaker
So after some presumably uneventful conversation on the walk to, um, last night's telling you about his gala event and how, how much you all should have been there. He could not believe that you all decided to stay on borrowed time all evening. And, uh, with that captain friend of yours and just play cards and drink all night. I mean,
Exploration and Interactions
00:41:26
Speaker
just so silly. You enter the shop, Tico catches the silver coin from Lord last site. Thank you, Lord last site. You all into the back room, just call him last night.
00:41:37
Speaker
And he shuts the door, says, okay. Money, please. What happened? The house? Okay, I can explain that one. He did it. He said his house on fire. Well, first he made it. It was kind of like as though there were an earthquake. But there was no earthquake. The house quake, there was a house quake.
00:42:08
Speaker
looked at what you won't happen last night.
00:42:12
Speaker
Uh, I mean, by all accounts, yes, there is a raving mad guard claiming that Amantu got away from the burning and is convinced that he's still alive, walking around with a goblin and a ghost somewhere in the city or in the jungle, who knows where. And like any crazy person, he started engendering people, just, I mean, theorists that Amantu faked his own death or was coerced into it by this spirit.
00:42:40
Speaker
Whatever. There you go. People will be talking about it for a week. Be fine. And I think technically he was coerced by spirit. Just not, that's not what did it. Yes. Everyone who attacks intruders in their own home must be coerced by spirits.
00:42:59
Speaker
Let's not do this right now. We will do this, but let's not do this right now. Okay. Here's the thing. Good job. I'm assuming the obelisk was there given what happened to the house. Yes. Obelisk there, boy. I'll take care of. Okay. And, uh, oh, Montu was, uh, pretty pissed when he saw that we had deactivated.
00:43:20
Speaker
the obelisk when he saw that we had broken into his house specifically when he went immediately downstairs to go to where we left all the doors open to check on the obelisk and see that it was deactivated following the obvious trail of terrible of terribly ineffective burglars and got very sad when he saw that it was deactivated specifically i would describe it as angry
00:43:44
Speaker
Yeah, pretty angry. Yeah, he was fine. He was angry when he saw that it was deactivated. He was angry when he saw us. Well, no, he was angry when I hit him. Well, yes. He'd get more angry. I'll take- I recall you were fairly angry when I put a sword in you.
00:44:02
Speaker
You know, live and let live, except for a lot too. As you all stand there as Last Sight is awkwardly watching you bicker amongst each other, you hear the door open. I've never gotten to do that with Barrick before, it's probably in PCs. You hear the door open, and as you all kind of glance to the side, you see Lady Omerin enter the room and close the door behind her.
00:44:27
Speaker
Well done. Marvelous work. Thank you. That's all I wanted. I mean, not only did you kill Yorick Amantu, but you essentially wiped out the Amantu estate. I mean, even if we promote Merrick Amantu to Stormlord, there's nothing for him to inherit anymore. Eric is entirely silent at this point.
00:44:51
Speaker
that that wording sounds suspicious to Dex warning just saying the things about like Dex signed on for this to find out if this guy was inspired and when he was fairly convinced he was to kill him
00:45:09
Speaker
I don't, Dex doesn't like the Stormlord inheritance machination talk. And I'm just trying to figure out a way that he would, he may not express that just yet, but his mind's moving. Last site holds a hand up to Omar and said, we can discuss the logistics of
00:45:27
Speaker
America Montu's promotion later. As promised, we have your gold. 33,000 gold pieces in total. Not a bad sum for a night's work. Also, I have another job that I think you're going to want to take more than this one. Orgev and I got to talking before you all arrived about your journeys in the jungle. And he described something that you all
00:45:59
Speaker
It came into your possession while you were out in the jungle. Something that he found very interesting and felt warranted telling me about it. He didn't put a whole lot of stock into it. It seemed like he was underplaying its importance. He knew more than what he was letting on. But man, it's lucky for you guys that he told me what he told me. Can I see one of them?
00:46:22
Speaker
Well yeah, I'm wearing it. It's right here. You're talking about my cloak, right? No. Oh. One of the stones. You mean this? He pulls out the, uh, the scimitar that we got in, that we found in Yorix. No. One of the stones. Dex goes and gets the black book. Is it this? Absolutely not.
00:46:44
Speaker
one of the red stones. Orga told me all about it. Well, there's one literally attached to Booyah's crossbow, which I assume is not concealed. No, it's cased in the crossbow, but the one in my ribbon we I say, well, it's kind of, you know.
00:47:00
Speaker
In use right now, but I'm gonna hand him a hand him. He doesn't even take it from me He just looks like I just thought that was like a giant Ruby. I mean, I can't promise it's not a giant Ruby, but it's also And what's going on in it? Well, so we got this friend Gerald and he's some sort of storm god. Nope. What?
00:47:24
Speaker
Eric actually like opens his mouth to stop decks and what you say Booyah Booyah do storm god no storm got Booyah Booyah very good thing that sucks is I can't that was Jeff joking but I can't do that that's too cheap to know I'm just messing around he's just he's got there's a stormy thing I don't know Booyah made it Booyah Tinker
00:47:48
Speaker
So, okay, this is neither here nor there. So about the stones, I've seen them before. They're very distinct. I saw them in the context of antiquities from another time. It was in a private museum exhibit, not this most recent time that I went to Corvair. God, that was the worst.
00:48:08
Speaker
But a few years back, I went up there for this big event being held, showing off the antiquities of this private owner, showing off his collection in the form of, in the guise of being a museum. Never had to pay 5,000 gold pieces for dinner at a museum before. But I saw two of these stones on display as being relics of the giant empire he claimed.
00:48:38
Speaker
Red ones like this. Yeah, all right. Exactly. They didn't have the thunderstorm going on in them like that one does. But I mean, the size, the shape, the shine, I mean, it's very, once you know what you're looking at, like I said, I thought it was a ruby until I knew there was something more to it. And now it kind of makes sense. So you say in museum?
00:49:04
Speaker
in, it's a private owner. So he brings them out once every year or two for a big event to show off his collection. It's vanity. And he charges an exorbitant amount for very dry chicken. Um, yeah, we, we do so good at last break-in. So why not? I mean,
Conclusion and Listener Engagement
00:49:25
Speaker
regardless of how you got there, got the job done. I mean, so
00:49:34
Speaker
Lady Omern and I have been talking and he's got some really cool stuff. Stuff you wouldn't even believe. So we came up with a list of three items that we would like to see taken off this individual's hands.
00:49:53
Speaker
And you all can take the two stones if you want more. If you don't, you can walk away. But, and we'll give you complete financial backing for the job. You have our full support. This is something we can even talk about out in the open because, you know, we're pirates. Yeah, the job is, if you want it,
00:50:13
Speaker
So we'll give you our full backing. He has an event coming up in a month. So we would have plenty of time to prepare plenty of time to get ready. It's being held in not the most ideal location, but that's part of our prep time. It's in sharn, but the job is you break in to the vault of Merrick's to Kenneth.
00:50:46
Speaker
And Dex just goes, I mean, I do not like Canis, but. Orgev just talked about seeing, once again, he was really vague, but a lot of iconography that made these stones seem really important and that it seemed like they were important to you all. So we just figured we know about where some stones are. We're willing to help you get them. You just gotta grab us some stuff too, to make it financially worth our while.
00:51:17
Speaker
You say you want three things? Three things. Very simple. What things? One of them is an orb about the size of a largest orange with it's gold with lots of amazing designs and like there's dragons and things like that. And in the center of the designs, it culminates in what looks like the eye of a storm. So it's a really cool looking piece. I would love it on my desk. It would make a great paperweight.
00:51:45
Speaker
I did, I don't think I'm, Dex is not prepared to give an answer without consulting Beric and Booyah and maybe making sure that we're not giving the impression that we're hired criminals for hire now. Like Dex had a very good reason for wanting to go on this last thing. And so, so this was a hard night. Beric listens for a minute. Um, have we, have we actually received any cash at this point?
00:52:09
Speaker
Oh yeah, yeah, he kicks open a trap door that was built into the wall and there's a chest of gold in it. It was there the whole time. It was there the whole time. Barrick is quiet for a little bit and then as he's talking, Barrick says, yesterday I wasn't an assassin. I'm still not a thief today.
00:52:29
Speaker
and he walks out of the room. Uh, listen, uh, lower last side, uh, just give us some time to discuss if this is something, you know, we, I know we haven't really told you everything about us, but time is important and too many side things distracting us from our purpose is, um, not ideal. So allow us some time to talk about, to talk this through and we'll get back to you.
00:52:58
Speaker
We got to say, OK, I guess we we want stone. Yes. Like I said, we'll talk. One last thing before y'all go. Just want to make you aware. Got a quick look at a rough draft of the guest list. You know, the early responders and there's going to be I saw the something jumped out at me. There's going to be a high ranking official from the region government.
00:53:27
Speaker
there. It just, it was a single name. It was a Strint and that's one of your brothers.
00:53:36
Speaker
Well, I don't betray that fact till last night, but I, or at least that, that's the name of one of your brothers. Like, right. I mean, got every third guy's name strength over there. So I do my best not to betray that has shaken me. And I just say, um, all right. Uh, listen, we're not.
00:54:01
Speaker
I'm not dismissing the opportunity out of hand. Beric and Booyan, I'll talk when I mean, I mean, like I said, we do need some prep time. So ideally, next couple of days, let us know if we don't hear from you, then we're going to assume that's a no and move on. Right. Sound good. OK, let's go find Eric. Yeah.
00:54:24
Speaker
we also need to do some restoration magic right oh if you uh if you want to have one of those tapestries sent to the boat uh no place where booyah get help booyah need restore yeah i mean check out the church of the silver flame they might have somebody there
00:54:42
Speaker
heard of it. As you all get to the doorway, Lady Omerin chimes in and says, oh, and the amount that we paid you for killing Amontu, that's for each item you recover. Okay. Well, yeah, by castle. Are we going to do something about this restoration thing?
00:55:00
Speaker
So would Dex assume that one of his brothers would have become a high ranking? I mean, I guess one of them was captaining a trade special, so they're doing okay. Or the things that have inhabited them are doing okay. Strint is your only older brother, by the way. All the other brothers are younger. Things affecting hit point maximum require greater restoration to remove, which is level five.
00:55:26
Speaker
Oh my God. So it's not available here. Um, well, I'm not saying that I was just looking at what is the appropriate spell. I feel like those are the things you should look at before you inflict us with them. It was on the monster card, but I don't have the monster card in front of me anymore. Names and effect. It's just a thing. Okay. Randy. Hi or low. Uh, am I rolling or you? I'm rolling. Hi.
00:55:53
Speaker
You do manage to find at the Church of the Silver Flame a cleric capable of doing greater restoration as a ritual that is going to take multiple sessions. Basically they can build you back up. So we can rebuild him, make him stronger, make him better. So essentially you're going to have to go once a day for an hour for five days.
00:56:19
Speaker
That's convenient. I thought you meant several D and D sessions. I was like, God, he's going to be safe forever. You know, the materials aren't cheap to cast greater restoration. Since he's having to do it so many times, it's going to cost 500 gold pieces to do. Barrick hands him his share of the 30,000. I was about to say all. The whole share? Yes. Okay. I will keep my thousand from the break in. Barrick is not taking money for killing someone.
00:56:46
Speaker
Okay, so you can easily afford it Booyah. No, like Beric hands the priest. Oh, to the priest. That's not to hand Booyah my share. I hand the church my share. And then, Beric, you realize that this priest looks very familiar. He's like, thank you for the generous donation to the church.
00:57:08
Speaker
you know they transferred me down to storm reach some time ago from shawn and i'm not quite sure why i know he's doing the voice i just don't know if he's if he's messing with well he just said transferred from shawn is it actually that no it's not actually that guy that guy is not a cleric um
00:57:28
Speaker
So is that is that is that the cleric I assume I know all the clerics here at this point Yeah, I mean this is like the the leader of the congregation at Is he a decent person? Yeah, I would say decent he feels pity For members of other faiths that they have not almost said seen the light, but that seems to you know silly I'm not really worried about whether he's like big into other faiths. I mean I
00:57:53
Speaker
Yeah, is this is this a guy who's enriching himself? Oh Church or not. You get a sense that it's going to go for good purposes. So okay. How's he feel about where bears? Doesn't matter. None of us are where bears better or worse than bearing
00:58:09
Speaker
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00:58:30
Speaker
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00:58:52
Speaker
Once again, thank you all so much for listening. Once again, I am your dungeon master, Eric. And I'm Philip. Randy. Jeff. And we'll see you next time. Ooh, fancy. I'm so far away now, I have to speak louder. Philip!
00:59:24
Speaker
Pretty sure I'm still hearing you through your mic. No, that's not how this works. Philip, don't make me explain to you how this works. The camera got farther away. Okay. I've been to several best buys. I'm pretty familiar with how this goes.