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Hermit Chronicles Ep. 16 - We Found Her!
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Our Spies are on their last mission. Will they make their escape or will they have to fight for their lives?! Friendships are on the line and escaped convicts are on the run. Enjoy this epic conclusion to a beloved story.
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Mission to Rescue in the Golden Kingdom
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Speaker
Last time on Hermit Chronicles!
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Speaker
Well, we found our heroes, our adventures, our spies, our whatever they're called now. They were in the middle of making a plan. Then in that plan, Willy was, his idea was pushed aside and they all went to the Golden Kingdom to rescue Caesar's, his illiumly mother.
00:01:14
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his foster mother and in that they did some recon then they did some espionage then they kind of did a mixture of both they were also followed and not followed but somebody was tagging along it was Austin the rooster that they kind of
00:01:33
Speaker
got away from at the end. But through some shenanigans, they were able to find Caesar's foster mother and through Willy's capability of polymorph. Wild Shape. Oh, Wild Shape.
Alarm and Escalation: Guards and Prisoners
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Speaker
They were able to enter the door using Darren's blood and a huge alarm that set off. Now, every single armed guard slash
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anyone capable of defending has been sent to this corridor to stop whatever has happened. And that is where we find them. There is a handle, so at least stay convoy of prisoners that are also drawing a few guards, but even those criminals have escaped because that once every guard knows, every person in his castle knows, this alarm goes off. You stop everything and you go there.
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Speaker
And that is where we find them now. Hey everyone, welcome back to Rolly Cressipan, Hermit Chronicles. I know we haven't done this in ages. It's been so long, so we'll have to do a huge recap. But I'm your GM Jesse, and yeah, I've really enjoyed this series, and can't wait to see what happens to these characters. Hello, I'm Isaac, and I'll be playing your gentle but fierce friend Willy the Awakened Albert.
Failed Deception and Battle
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and stay tuned after the credits for a teaser to the next series. I'm just kidding, where am I? There's also a mid-credits scene, so you just have to sit through the whole thing. Exactly, exactly. I am Luke. I play Reader, and I would absolutely love to just kind of make up something on the spot and force Jesse to make a new campaign just by whatever after-credits he would make. So, you all
00:03:28
Speaker
You four see a giant tortle standing in the front and a whole mess of guards behind him. He just says, sir, what are you doing? I'm going to say, just say long live the king with just the biggest grin on my face. I'm going to need a deception roll. Oh, that's a strong seven.
00:03:59
Speaker
Okay. Role initiative. Ooh, keeping it up with the sevens. As foreseen by Isaac's psychic abilities. He knows, nobody knows. So you say that, Willy. Then the tortle readies their weapon and says, imposter!
00:04:23
Speaker
bust with a natural 20 insight and just attacks you. Does a minimum of 23 hate you? No, no one does.
00:04:42
Speaker
Okay, so he's gonna take his staff, like he goes down, and then he basically jumps and just does a straight punch across your face. First hit is three, three damage, and then he's gonna use a flurry of blows. Does a 13 hit? No.
00:05:11
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Okay, go for his next hit. Nineteen. Yes. For another three
King Darren's Ultimatum
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damage. Is he three the first time? Mm-hmm. Yeah, another three damage. And, as you say. Impostor! Stop hiding yourself! I'm continuously punching you. I'm gonna yell back, this man is attacking the king. Oh, that's a fair point.
00:05:40
Speaker
And Ceezy's gonna look to you guys and be like, what do you want me to do? Your best. He will definitely, he's going to cast Hold Monster. Which I know it's not, I mean, technically a monster, technically not a monster. So. Yeah. We're just gonna keep treated as. I'm not a rules lawyer, but I feel like that's Hold Person.
00:06:09
Speaker
Same thing, though. I mean, there's no necessarily monsters. It's the DM. We had him hold him. You know? He cheated on his taxes, and he didn't get his mom anything for Mother's Day. That's a monster. That's a, yeah, that is a monster. There you go. Well, okay, if anybody's gonna be justified as a monster. That's true. He would be- He's talking a list, yeah. So he's going to go- Ooh.
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Speaker
So he's like, okay, I'll give this a go. And you see Caesar kind of waving his hands around. And in that he's also like,
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Speaker
Mother, just get us through this, get us out of this, you know where we are, you know what we're trying to do? We're trying to just save my mom. And he holds his hands out and causes the tortle to freeze while he's...
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Speaker
punching Willy. Yeah. So he has parallel, he's paralyzed and he's just like, he's got like the, like the crazy eyes kind of faces.
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Speaker
And at that moment, you see this figure kind of like just jump as like on all fours. He kind of gets through. He's pushing his way through this crowd and you see King Darren. And he's like, well, son, doesn't know you had it in you. Oh, I, I,
00:07:49
Speaker
I kind of want to do a somewhat good deception. I want to try something. Okay. What are you going to say? Oh, can I? You can talk. Talking is a free action. Yeah. I want to, I want to turn to Isaac and be like... Isaac or Willie? To Willie. Yes. I want to turn to Willie. Thank you for correcting me. Willie and be like, yes, Prince. Because it's a good name.
00:08:19
Speaker
Emperor, but it's just kind of a gesture that Willy in the lion form is just the son of Derek. He was trying to attack the son of the king. And that's actually why he looked like Derek but isn't Derek.
00:08:39
Speaker
uh i would say roll deception with disadvantage i believe why disadvantage because everyone everyone knows his sons and his son no my my father is just jealous because i like better than him you wouldn't know after this man attacked me but
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Speaker
You do notice that you do have some differences, Willy. Yeah, it's that I'm better looking. As any son would. What did you roll? An 11 before whatever my modifiers. I will roll fairly. No. No. No. No. You see...
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Speaker
five knights like kind of in the corner like oh wait he's attacking the king everyone else is like no you're stupid that's why you're a team of five like all 45 other knights are like banging on those guys darren king darren is going to attack fake darren oh it's not my turn yet
00:09:54
Speaker
And was good. Just, just as he's coming at me being like, you know what, this isn't a healthy way to deal with your inner demons. You shouldn't be taking this anger out on yourself. That's very funny. You know, we're, we're very, uh, we're a very, uh, mental health, like positive, you know, as king, you know, you should listen to me saying all this while he's rushing. Yeah. And does a prove your line.
00:10:23
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Rawr! Rawr! I once stepped on a thorn and a mouse helped me. I asked my friends at MGM. For my two friends from college, a tin man and a scarecrow. This is 16 hate. Yes. Okay, I mean he's just gonna take a bite out of you. I'm delicious.
00:10:47
Speaker
Uh, 13. Then he's gonna be like, who are you? You've been running through my castle as me, and I'm sick of it. There you go. Talk to me. Get out those issues, you know? And then, oh no. And he's, oh, you're gonna make jokes. And he just sticks his claws into your chest with a natural 20. I'm gonna hug him gently back. See, look, this is a love that you need to give yourself.
00:11:16
Speaker
I feel the tenseness, you know, release that while just coughing up blood on him. Yeah, yeah. So 21 damage and I will leave it at that for now. And he's just like, yeah, gonna keep doing jokes. I can't take it.
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Speaker
Then it is, and it says, guards, get him! Then it is, then it is the head guards and they, they have a decision to make. Does, does a 12 hit you, Willy? No. Uh, so five guards, so five of the head guards kind of just try with their, their pikes and their spears and,
00:12:08
Speaker
and whatnot, and they all just miss. Actually, I'll say they all have spears. So since the fake king is like clawing into me at this moment, and they're missing, don't they have a chance to stab him? He didn't miss the natural 20, and he's wearing full-on King garb and everything. Wow, so they are stabbing him? That's bad, that's bad.
00:12:35
Speaker
look at that first they attack me and now they're attacking my imposter like what do they got against royalty and good-looking people i will say you you can try go for it role disadvantage deception
Quest for the Artifact in the Snowy Desert
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Speaker
that's not it's going to be a 10 so actually since in haze form i get a minus one
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Speaker
Even, even in that, uh, two of the, two of the not, so the ones that attacked you, obviously they're like, no, we know you're not the king. We're trying to defend the king. Um, then stop hitting me. Like 20, 20, 20 nights behind them are like, I don't know anymore. But then the other 30, you're like, come on guys. Or the other 25 are like,
00:13:25
Speaker
What are you doing? Why are you saying these things? This is, you can see who's the more powerful one. You see him in the whole garb. Why? Why are we questioning this? And then it is, I was hoping it was one of you guys. Okay, so that, so that means, what I'll say with, because of that,
00:13:47
Speaker
one this group of ten won't attack this round which is why they don't attack now and you just hear what where's the rest of you i i i will remember this and i'll kill you when you sleep okay yeah he uh
00:14:09
Speaker
They're like, oh yeah, right, okay, trust you, okay, don't kill us, please. And it is King, it is Caesar's mom's turn. So she sees what's happening and just runs straight back into the room. She's just like, I can't, no, I can't watch this. And she runs back into the room. And then it's finally Reader's turn.
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Speaker
Reader, it's your turn. Yeah. Let's go. Yeah. We can just leave. Willy, you want to... Let's just leave. We have too many problems. Yeah, I got other kingly things to do. I look at Darren in the eyes and I'm like, I'll leave you as my proxy to finish this up.
00:15:10
Speaker
Hopefully you're a better king than a parrot. Remember, use your words, not your clocks. I'm shocked at how you're talking to him. Caesar is blown away. See what I'm doing? I'm not hitting you. I'm talking. I'm talking. Who's the adult here? Who's throwing a tantrum? Because I'm not as pretty as me. So, reader, what are you doing? What are you doing? I'm disengaging. Disengaging? Okay. You're disengaging? You're writing it disengaged.
00:15:39
Speaker
Ready and disengage. Sure, yeah. Disengage is not a thing that's just constantly on until your next turn, right? It is. But if you're disengaging, that means you're leaving now. That is your turn. That is what you are doing. Readying a movement? Yeah. Okay, yeah. Yeah. Ready a movement, definitely. I feel like I'm... I think in my head, this is all like...
00:16:07
Speaker
making sense, but also feels like I shouldn't be able to do this, and that I'm just... Yeah, in my head also, it doesn't seem like you could do this, but it works because of D&D logic. Yeah. I'm not upset or anything, it's just that it is what it is. It's probably because I started being like, what is the door? Made of light, right? So that when I'm actually like,
00:16:37
Speaker
I can disengage for my whole turn, right? It's like genuine, but it feels like it's in the same category. No, but I think that makes sense. So you use your action to disengage, and then your movement is readied. Is readied, yes. That's right. Okay, so that's the end of your turn. Yeah. I'll use my insight to see who's more prepared, like Willy or Caesar, and then... Okay. Should I wait for both?
00:17:10
Speaker
And then, I mean, it's up to you. You can roll insight really quick and then I'm gonna carry on with the fighting. I just got, go ahead with that.
Ship Battle and Protecting Lives
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Speaker
I'll just, I'll worry about will I end. Okay, so then these 10 knights are gonna, does a six hit for me?
00:17:31
Speaker
Yes. No. So these 10 knights also surround you and they're just like oh wait you're no you're not prone I didn't say you were prone so you're fine. Should have made you prone that would have been easier. So yeah they miss and they're just like sir King you need to move and they're like kind of going around him and he's just doing the right places.
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Speaker
I'm trying to move if you'd get these men off me. And then, what's your speed, Willy? Right now, as Darren? It is 60 feet. 60 feet. I think you're fast. Oh no, what's your, is it your decks? We'll say you're faster. So then you go. It's your turn. My turn. As king, my decree.
00:18:29
Speaker
I would like to disengage. Okay. Okay, you disengage. That's defiling my kingdom. Oh my gosh, I'm gonna get him. You mount the moose. And do you take off, reader, or do you wait still? I'm gonna be like, don't worry guys, I got him. No one, no one do this or else you're gonna hurt my lioness pride as king.
00:18:57
Speaker
Are you going to wait, still? I'm trying to think, like, yeah, because Darren's the only one that can see you there, correct? Like, so I'm wondering if that is... I know that's the only person who could attack it. Yeah. True. The contingency plan would be like, the lion's crazy. Hopefully he doesn't just start squatting at the air and thinking it's another attacker or something. Like, hopefully he's not... Because then you'll know that he's crazy and worth fighting.
00:19:28
Speaker
Look at me, I'm the one that's making sense going after the intruder. That man over there is just swatting at something. Someone's been hitting that cat neck a little too hard. So you both disengage. Get out of here. So wait, but you haven't moved yet, reader. Just making that clear. Yeah. Okay. I'll go now unless there's something
00:19:56
Speaker
with you like you want to do, but I think you're going to leave, Cap. I think King Darian just goes, as you back away and you're just dodging all these different things and you're getting through, he just turns to Caesar and he says, I have a job for you.
00:20:17
Speaker
Look at that crazy guy, talk to himself in the corner. I'm talking to you. He's talking, yes, to you three. Not if, you have to take my job that I asked you to do first is love yourself, don't hit yourself. Shut up and listen. You know what? You know what? You should follow your own advice. Listen to the inner voice. The inner voice says, what's that in the corner?
00:20:46
Speaker
Caesar, I will hunt and hunt and hunt. Don't you talk for me. Look at this man still talking to something in the morning. You don't have him shut up. I know I don't have this invisible man. I just want to look at the soldiers and look at him and be like, what is he doing? What does he do? Because Caesar hasn't responded, correct? Yes. So he's just talking tonight. But Caesar, I mean, they can't hear Caesar anyways. Yeah.
00:21:14
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. So, Caesar's like... You see Caesar sink inside, though. You see him fear in his eyes. And he says, go. Just go. And he's talking to you, too. And Darren says, no, I have a job. I want one thing.
00:21:39
Speaker
and i will let you free i will let her free will you listen like very slowly still backing out but like like showing i do kind of have have my attention but like don't move in i just imagine like these like blinkers yeah yeah deer headlights yeah i'm just on the back i'm just like
00:22:10
Speaker
And he says, I don't want a word for you. He's like looking down and he's looking away. He's like, listen, boy, I don't care. I don't care about you. I don't care about them. I don't care about her. I can kill her tomorrow. I don't care. You do this one job.
00:22:27
Speaker
You're free. You come back to me whenever you want. I will not judge one joke. And he sees or looks to you guys. I want to look at the other soldiers. This man is still crazy talking. Yeah, no, that's what I was going to do, too. Like, we're just in the crowd now being like, have you seen this?
00:22:48
Speaker
Like I'm doubling down. I'm just like, men, do you see now that I'm telling the truth, he's talking to some invisible entity in the corner. I am your king. I'll forgive you for your attacks against me, but please let me bring, let's bring law and order back to our place. We can't, we can't show this kind of weakness. Who do you think is your real queen? The guy who's been hyping you guys up, loving you, or the guy who's been crazily attacking people,
00:23:17
Speaker
and talking to invisible things in the corner. Does that sound like a kingly thing to do? I want you to roll persuasion with disadvantage. Disadvantage? Yes. Straight persuasion because I'm helping.
00:23:34
Speaker
I think- No, I'd still say disadvantage. Even if you were hoping it would still have to be disadvantage. Because it's not a matter of hype or anything. It's- Darren is crazy. Literally you were playing into his hand.
00:23:50
Speaker
Yeah. So that's what I mean. So you are literally saying that and you were saying you are saying. So everybody knows that the king is crazy. Yes. And they still actively follow him. Yes. Someone's unionized. So persuasion with disadvantage.
00:24:12
Speaker
For let's say, uh, 18. Well, that was a two with a minus one. They're just like, just shut up already. We know you're not the king. And you see all these like, like different weapons, like hitting each other, hitting armor, hitting, hitting shields, hitting the ground and just being like, shut up. Okay. We know our key is crazy and
00:24:39
Speaker
We're deathly afraid of him! And, like, this, uh... Do you want to live in fear? Do you want to live in a place that has love, kindness around? Fear! Fear! Fear! Fear! Fear! Fear! Just here, like, this huge chant of different, like, different parts of the, uh, soul.
Explosives and Rising Stakes
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Speaker
Fear! You do hear one guy's like, oh, ice cream. No. Fear! Fear!
00:25:07
Speaker
So again, Caesar's looking at you with fear in his eyes. Well, yeah, because I keep chanting it. And he says, boys, what do we do? Where is Darren in relation to Caesar? Caesar is within five feet of Darren. Well, it's not my turn. I can't do anything. No, but he's talking with you. Like, let's go.
00:25:36
Speaker
Okay, so you're saying no to the deal. Yeah. Compromise now, you'll have to keep compromising. It is them. All they can really do. Oh, this is interesting. Okay. King Darren is going to be like, if you don't take my deal.
00:26:01
Speaker
you'll never sleep and in that he says he's over there and he points like in this corner and remember to close off space so all these guards are just gonna run over to that area and stab wildly so I'll say with disadvantage a 15 does not hit paladins and their armor
00:26:27
Speaker
So Caesar, kind of like you guys see Caesar like doing these like weird movements as these guys with their swords are like just fighting the air. My turn to Luke and be like, you want to know why it's so hard to penetrate paladin armor? Why that? Because it's already holy.
00:26:53
Speaker
So one of the guards actually runs so close to Caesar, but you see Caesar take like a slight step to the left and like his nose is so close to this guard.
00:27:10
Speaker
And he's just... It's a little close to my comfort. And then it's... And what is it that Darren wants us to do? Did he say what... He didn't say. He just said he wants you to get an object. He just said one object. So far. That's all he said. Rocky, all he wants is one object.
00:27:30
Speaker
So this time, another group of 10 rush in and they all miss with their weapons. But again, one guy kind of just gets pushed to the front, pushes through and then falls on the Caesar as Caesar's trying to balance away from all these things. So one of the guards sees him now and he's like, there's a, there's a lion, there's a, there's a white lion. And he's like, and Darren's like, see, your secret's out now. Let's use this like,
00:28:00
Speaker
know uh what what do we have to do what would we have to do and he's just like you have to take the deal before you can before i tell you keep the case some people will get the case yeah deal or no deal
00:28:17
Speaker
yes yeah i did not get that at the beginning and again she's like look i'm not in charge it's a group thing if we don't all take it then we can't do it or or i'll do it by myself okay i don't know and again he's looking to you guys what do you do do we take the taste do we try and get out of here in my best vin diesel voice let's say they got an army
00:28:43
Speaker
but we got family. Okay, does that mean no? We got this. Okay. I have faith. And it is... How about you, Luke? Oh, oh man. Okay, it's the tortle's turn and he's just gonna try and go for the wisdom save. And he passes this time, but I think that's the end of his turn. Yeah, it's pretty much like, I'm out. Okay.
00:29:12
Speaker
What? What is that? What was that? Why? Why couldn't I move? King Darren's like, you idiot! Just take him out! And then it is King Darren's turn. King Darren just smiles. He says, you're right. I am crazy. And books it into that room.
Heroic Sacrifice and Conclusion
00:29:35
Speaker
And a 13 definitely hits this baby.
00:29:41
Speaker
So all Caesar hears is his mom screaming. And he hears, do you like that boy? I'm killing her. You take this job. Okay. And Caesar's like, okay, okay, I'm gonna take the job. I'll take, I'll do it. I'll do it by myself. These guys don't need to do it. I'm sorry. He looks at you, Willy. He's just, I'm so sorry. I just, he will kill her.
00:30:08
Speaker
How do you know he'll be a man of his word? He could just keep egging you on and as long as he has this leverage on you, you're never gonna be free. Yeah, but she's my mom. Stand up for her. As long as she's alive, that's more important. So you'd rather be a slave to this crazy guy than earn your mother's freedom now?
00:30:33
Speaker
until if she's alive yeah cuz he's he'd probably kill her do you think that's a life worth staying on the life for a one of it's a chance prisoner again he's saying I get freedom he's crazy he might just do it I don't know
00:30:54
Speaker
We've done all this work to, you know, set her free and stop his reign. And you just want to give up like that. For now, it's too easy for him to do it now. As long as if I'm here, I can stop him. You're turning an initiative come soon. So you could attack it. But on a serious note, we could we could all attack. But, you know, it's it seems so much to give up now.
00:31:24
Speaker
I would rather go out fighting. She's a frail cow. Yeah, you raised a great and powerful lion. It's your turn to rise up. I would have to, I need you to roll persuasion. What's readers thinking at this moment as well while he's rolling? Um, can I say it or like say it to Caesar? Uh, sure. Okay. Uh, cause yeah, if I can do that, I'm going to be like, I'm, she's your family and
00:31:54
Speaker
I'll go with you for the job if you need to save her. But Willie is right. We need some kind of proof that after this job, she's going to be free. We have to know some way that she's going to be free after. All right. What did you roll, Willie? That's a four. Technically, that's a negative one, since I'm still in. I mean, not a negative one. Negative three. Yeah, three. Yeah. So I'm still in this form. Yeah.
00:32:23
Speaker
He's, Willy, let's, let's, let's talk with him. He's gonna kill her, but just, we'll, we'll figure out if she leaves. He won't go with if she leaves now. If we can figure out a way. Okay. And he's just, he says, we'll do it. And he looks up at Caesar and Caesar says, one condition,
00:32:51
Speaker
The deal stands, but my mother is involved. You call her right now. We make a deal. We stick to it. It's a binding thing. And you just see him grin widely. Crazy eyes and all. And he says, deal. And he backs away and he stays in the room and he says, I will wait right here. You get your mother and we'll make the deal. But if you're not back,
00:33:19
Speaker
In the next four hours, then I kill her. And see, we're still going into compromises. Susie says, deal. And he looks at you really and he's like, I'm so sorry. I just, I couldn't lose her. I couldn't lose her. I hit. She's so close. This is the closest I've ever been to getting her free. And we could have fought harder to get her still.
00:33:41
Speaker
The fight's not over. We still could have done more to... We'll say, we'll say this is like literally you guys are walking out of the castle at this point and having this conversation. I thought so highly of you, Cesar. I'm sorry you fell that way. But in these recent events, you've really... my faith in you has wavered. I've lost everything. And I'm willing to lose everything to do the right thing. But when you compromise to evil like that, then you're just not setting a good example.
00:34:11
Speaker
I know, I know. I get that you don't want to lose your mom, but I believe your mom is a person worth fighting for to the end, and she would understand that. If she's raised you to have these good enough morals now, why compromise herself? Willie, it's not something you'd ever understand. You have your family. And I've lost some that are near me, and I want to, like, clutch my totem.
00:34:37
Speaker
Yeah, but you didn't lose them through evil or... I still didn't want her to go. I understand that, but... I was very close to her. Sure, but the moment you can... Look, she was taken. I feel like my grandmother would have understood me doing the right thing. Yes, but if she knew you had a chance to save her, you wouldn't be able to live with yourself if you couldn't do that.
00:35:07
Speaker
It might be the way my people are, but we would have taken the fighting chance doing what's right, then compliments. I don't have people. You have us, and I want to point towards Luke. I know you guys are the closest thing that I have to family, and we've done so many crazy and amazing things. Just do this one job for me, Willy. We just gotta get through it. One last job, and you can go free. You can do what you need.
00:35:36
Speaker
Take all my resources. I will give this up if that's what you need. But just do this one last thing for me. What is it is that he's asking? Just to see this through. Just to see how it... What is he asking? He said to get something. What does he want? Oh, you don't know yet. Because the deal hasn't been made.
00:35:57
Speaker
Well, let's all meet in your mom's room. And let's discuss this. Just us men. We're making the deal. But you need to get his actual mom. And his mom is a deal maker. The saber tooth. The keeper. Caesar's actual god mom. That's the mission? No, this is the
00:36:22
Speaker
So basically what he's gonna do, what I'm gonna do is fast forward, you guys get to her. He spends a moment with her, talks it through, she agrees, and you all meet back at the castle in the room.
00:36:40
Speaker
So it's basically a fast forward scene of just to get this thing rolling, you guys are back in the castle in his foster room. Why wasn't Caesar's birth mother in his life? Because she doesn't have a strong enough life force to do very much. Because her worshippers are gone. And when she tried to gain worshippers, as in have a child, the loophole is
00:37:10
Speaker
he doesn't exist so he couldn't spread her word he couldn't so what he does is he lives his life for her
00:37:17
Speaker
And in that he's used it to create this thing for you guys and just all this other lore. In that the only other person who knows about the Keeper is Darren. And it was only through folklore and legends that he found her in the first place. So in that you all, all four, five of you, including the foster mother,
00:37:41
Speaker
are in her room. Yeah, this sounds like he's still like, oh, I don't want to save my mom. My other mom's going to help me, but I'm going to compromise the morals that she's trying to preach in order to do this. But I'm going to give her up in order to get the link.
00:37:56
Speaker
No, he's not giving her up. She's not going to do anything more than solidify the deal. That's... So she originally... She's kind of there to make like an unbreakable bond. Exactly. Exactly. The way Darren made... became powerful, and this is just hidden lore that you actually won't learn until Animal Kingdom. But in this, Darren made a deal with her
00:38:27
Speaker
to spread her word, and they did that by the agreement of making a child, that child would become her advocate for that, but in that he made a caveat and a clause of, it's going to be challenging, blah, blah, blah, this, this, not this.
00:38:48
Speaker
He's invisible. You can't hear him. All that stuff. But she made a clause. If you touch him, he can be revealed. And so the four of you, five of you, are in the room. And in that, Caesar then grabs a simple stone.
00:39:08
Speaker
places it in the corner of the room and prays to his mother. And through that, she's able to transfer to that stone and stand before everyone. And she just takes a big breath. And she looks at Darren. She's an idiot. And she looks at her son. Disappointment.
00:39:30
Speaker
Let's get this over with. What are the terms there? And you do see it more timid, more obviously still bit crazy. And he says, there's an artifact that your son needs to get from me. My, I am happy to explain everything, but that's a gist of it. And the deal is he gets it. His mom goes free and she looks at him.
00:39:55
Speaker
She looks at you too and she says, ah, I'm sorry, who are you and you? I'm gonna say I was a friend of your son's. Roll a, I don't know. I'm gonna roll some psychic damage. A decent, decent of psychic damage. Okay, that's just one damage, but still, he's just like understood. And she looks at you, reader, and she's like, and you? Yeah, readers like,
00:40:26
Speaker
been a trap. He's like starting to hold that, uh, Willie more like a scared child to be like, I, I, I, this has been very difficult for me. Like not saying anything. I don't know if she has, if she can read my thoughts, this is what she's reading. But whereas like, I didn't, I didn't want to agree to this. I'm almost entirely on the side of Willie. I just didn't want Caesar to lose his mother. Like I just didn't.
00:40:55
Speaker
because of Caesar, so I'm trying to be better. And so when Willy's like, and do the right thing, and he's like, well, yeah, to save, that, you know, Willy is right. And so he's not, so Caesar's more or less not saying anything, but just kind of comforting himself with the fur of an aloe bear. He's morally right, and is making better arguments. It's just like, I don't want to just abandon
00:41:24
Speaker
to lose his money because of this. I feel like we put in our two weeks. This is, you know, Saturday night of the, you know, 14 days later. Yeah, exactly, exactly. And I see you are as disappointed as I am in my son.
00:41:43
Speaker
and he just looks away and she goes she kind of like grabs these she goes in her pocket that doesn't exist and she grabs these spectacles that don't exist she puts them on she wiggles her nose and she goes okay tell me every detail darren every detail
00:42:04
Speaker
we're not messing around here and so back and forth and then the gist of it is there's an artifact in a cave in the icy desert in the snowy desert that he knows exists and he's sent people there but they have all perished through one means or the next
00:42:28
Speaker
it's the the entrance of the cave is along the coast and that to get to the coast you need to uh obviously well actually you're all furry so you don't need to worry about uh extra layers or whatever but yeah so you just need to negotiate your way down there and then through that get the artifact from the cave and give it back to me and she's free what is the artifact
00:42:58
Speaker
The artifact is, supposedly there's a rumor of a ring. A pinky ring, actually. And this pinky ring, this pinky ring belonged to an ancient deity that, for lack of a better term, knew how to freeze. Oh, actually, I heard about you guys in your rumor and, uh, going through time a bit.
00:43:24
Speaker
Well, this ring focuses that, but in a more catastrophic kind of way. How so? Well, you put the ring on, you think of a time, think of a place, and then through that leave a burst of electricity. But yeah, so it's basically that's what he tells you it does from stories. That's what he's heard. And if you get that, bring it back. She's free. That's over.
00:43:53
Speaker
I want to like, I want to like lean towards Caesar and just be like, it's totally not suspicious. Just like, like a, like a condescending look. Just like, really? Okay. Okay. And Caesar with the limp paw.
00:44:07
Speaker
puts out his hand and you just steal and his mother grabs both their paws with her one paw and cast a binding spell and then we will fast forward to you guys along uh you are entering the town of the glade and the glade is it's it's not necessarily a town it's
00:44:36
Speaker
like winter hold was like oh let's have a beach spot because we have the desert there but it's cooler it's a little bit more nice but they say that but all those who visit aren't winter animals so
00:44:53
Speaker
They hate it. It's worse than the red water territories. And so you're in this really shanty, really like oxen and like more animals that are built and ready for the cold because it is just freezing. It's a little warm out.
00:45:15
Speaker
And CZ just put his head down. Yeah. And boys, I'm sorry. I know that means nothing. And I know I've let you down, but I am sorry. And thank you just for doing this. At least my mother will be free through it all. She's the only reason I'm still here. And I want to pat Luke and be like, all right, come on, let's get this done. And I want you to roll perception. 21.
00:45:41
Speaker
We're all like full health and stuff now, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Everything's back to max. Everything's back to normal. What'd you get, Reader? Uh, 12. 21. You. Willy.
00:45:55
Speaker
You see a town kind of, you know, a town, a small, very small village kind of just doing things. They're packing crates, they're getting fish at the fish market. They are trying to, there are still some shops that I like do up. They do things up and they have like different gift shops and trinkets and stuff like that. Somehow they stay afloat, somehow they're still going, but there's only like one or two of them.
00:46:21
Speaker
There is about, as far as you can tell right now, there is a ship that's docked at the harbor where you need to get to the cave. So we need to kind of bury it to get to the cave?
00:46:36
Speaker
You would have to, yeah, kind of. So it's like almost like out. So you could walk it, but it's more dangerous. So a ship would be better. I want to head towards the ship. You say nothing, you just start heading towards the ship. And Seize said, okay, yeah. I'll look at, I'll look at Rita and like do the nod. Yeah, I'm following. And Seize just follows behind.
00:47:08
Speaker
and you guys head towards the ship and I need another either I would say probably perception or insight whichever you prefer 23 perception 17
00:47:25
Speaker
Willy's here to get things done. Yeah, this is the only one that doesn't see. So you guys approach this ship and you see the captain, you see a few of the crew members kind of just huddling around together. You do see like
00:47:46
Speaker
three or four pass you by as you're getting closer that you saw them come off the ship, but you do see the captain and a few of the crewmen kind of out on the side on the ship. I want to go directly to the captain.
00:48:06
Speaker
What do you say? What do you do? I'm gonna bring out my coin purse and be like, take us over there. 50 gold now, a hundred when we get back safely. 50 to just take the job, but if we make it back, all of us alive, there's a hundred more. Time is ticking and we're losing some. Right. Yes. And she's like,
00:48:29
Speaker
She says, does it have to be now? We are waiting for a shipment of something and then we will immediately do it. How much are you gonna gain from this shipment?
00:48:43
Speaker
And you're waiting for that to come into shore, right? Yes. Well, we don't need a full crew. You could leave some of your men. I just saw some of them leave now. You could set several more aside. They could receive the shipment. Look at that. Think of us as a nice bonus. We leave now. They receive everything on dock. And when you come back, you get that payout plus ours. She says, look, it's right there. It is.
00:49:10
Speaker
just within the distance. It shouldn't take longer than half an hour. To wait for this new shipment? Yes, because there's so much of it. Does this boat have, like, lifeboats? This boat? No. No, no. No, we're kind of like... Well, it doesn't seem like I got a choice then. Wonderful. Okay, feel free to walk about the ship. Our cook is in the middle of prepping some snacks, actually, for the journey.
00:49:40
Speaker
So you're more than welcome to have that. Ignore the crew, they're kind of rambunctious and meatheads. They're temporary. And let's say half an hour happens and this ship begins to dock. And I want you guys to roll perception. Dirty 20. Disadvantaged, sorry. Ah, wait, did you get that 20, Isaac? No, dirty 20, he said.
00:50:09
Speaker
Oh, I just think I got it now. Oh, man. I usually get advantage on perception. Oh, right. So yours is flat. So you can stick with the Dirty 20. With the Dirty 20, Isaac, you, you look at this boat, the ship, it's massive. It's, it looks like a more of a convoy boat, more of a like, uh,
00:50:34
Speaker
Kind of like the one you're... Yeah, kind of like a freighter, but it's more for like people. Like a... Like a... Like a cruise. More like a... Like a... Like a... A large yacht, but in more of a rickety old way. Yeah. I get what you're saying. Yeah. More for transporting people and whatnot. And you see this and you see... You see what... I'm gonna need a wisdom save. 21.
00:51:04
Speaker
Your head goes so fuzzy as you see what's in front of you. And before you pass out or anything, you recognize this feeling. You remember the last time you felt this. It was a long time ago when the only time you can remember this is when you met readers' parents.
00:51:30
Speaker
But you see as after the Fuzziness passes, you see dog folk, you see fainite, and you see as they dock, you're seeing this as they're docking. And so as they finish docking, you all see, we all see, the ship captain that you're on.
00:51:52
Speaker
shoot like a grappling bow bow and arrow grappling thing and you see the ones that are we're off the ship kind of try and get onto the ship and start attacking the those who are docking the ship and so they're just attacking the dog folk
00:52:13
Speaker
Yeah, they are trying to take the ship. I mean, in general, you don't know that, but they are attacking them as of right now. And you see more arrows with grappling hooks and stuff like that go to the ship from across them. And let's roll initiative 16. What'd you get, reader? Seven. So this is what you see, Willy, in your first act.
00:52:40
Speaker
And what is going to happen is there's going to be individuals that are going to be doing things, but in general there's going to be, at the end of every round, there's going to be movement to this ship from the pirates. So like pirates going to board the other ship? Yes, to board the Fanine ship. But yeah, with this first knowledge, what do you do? It's my turn? Yes.
00:53:05
Speaker
I want to yell out, people are not cargo. And with that, I guess.
00:53:11
Speaker
It's under way. So they do a save again? Yeah, same constitution. Okay, 21. Oh, constitution? Okay. Yeah. I thought it was wisdom. Okay, so that's only a 20. Not natural. Yeah, they beat up. One of the little pirates. Shoot, they rolled a seven. And then 15, seven, a two.
00:53:39
Speaker
One of the actual and natural 20. Yeah. So two of them save, four of them didn't. All right. So that'll be 15 damage to everybody that didn't save. Oh, okay. Plus they get knocked back.
00:54:09
Speaker
Rounding down, I think. Yeah, that'd be seven. Yeah, seven. One of them basically gets pushed in the ocean and is dead. It's gone. Even though they're docked. It's not rough seas or anything. They just died from the thunder wave. And then a few others, they just get knocked back 10 feet. Did you want to push them into the water? The ones that failed are the ones that get launched.
00:54:23
Speaker
10 feet. And everyone else takes 7 damage.
00:54:33
Speaker
yeah so the others if they succeed they only got uh half damage yeah so the three of them get launched into the water uh along with that one that died and then the captain is still there fine and the captain is actually next so uh she said she stands and she's a uh what do you call it no no walrus uh
00:54:56
Speaker
So we're in that family. I guess a Walrus, we'll just say Walrus. She's gonna say a hippo to be a gif. Oh, hippo, that'd be cool. Yeah, she's a hippo. And she just says, Archers, arrows at the ready.
00:55:10
Speaker
and these archers from the side of you, from behind you, from behind her, stand at the, because it goes the deck you're on and then the inside and then up is one level and that's where kind of everything is overseen and that's where they are. They were prepared at that spot and so they stand and they have flaming arrows and they're gonna
00:55:40
Speaker
Yeah. They shoot in the ship. They're not shooting at people. So they shoot the ship. The ship goes in flame. We're not fully in flame, but the ship gets attacked. And then the captain, she wants to stop you really. Cause she doesn't, she says, what are you doing?
00:55:56
Speaker
You were treating me like a pirate earlier. Why? What are you doing? I was just trying to hire you to ferry us to the other side. But now that I see you're attacking unarmed people, I have a moral obligation to defend them. Just like moral obligation. You were treating me like trash.
00:56:16
Speaker
I didn't treat you like trash, I offered money and I was in a recovery. And then when you said you had another job that pays more and you needed all your hands, I accepted. That's true. But now that I know that you're up to dubious things, I'm doing the right thing.
00:56:31
Speaker
He looks directly at the camera. And she says, well, bye. And she jumps on her, like the line that she had with her grappling hook and slides to the other ship. Wait, she's leaving me. Can I take my attack of opportunity? But I was standing next to her when I did the thunder wave. Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's fine. Take attack of opportunity. That's fine.
00:57:01
Speaker
I was gonna say, but she's knocked that 10 feet, but she didn't. So opportunity attack. Yeah, opportunity attack. That's a 17. 17 hits. Yeah. Little pirate. Only five damage though. And so she jumps out and you just...
00:57:18
Speaker
I don't know, hit her with your sickle. Sickle? And she's, ah, well, I'll come back for you later. And she slides down to the ship. How about you come back for me now, you coward? The grappling hook only goes one way. It's the slope is- I'll wait for you. Later. And she's already off the other ship and continues that fight. Then others turn. They're just gonna attack the fae nine that are there.
00:57:48
Speaker
Mrs. You see one of them holding a torch. You see them like snicker and like before they get on the ship and they just toss the torch into the ship. And let's see. And she has no idea. One of the pirates did that, not one of the fainite, obviously. And it's Rita, your turn. I'm not sure what to do. I'll turn to Willie and be like,
00:58:16
Speaker
What's happening? What do we do? We protect these people. I'll say role perception. For reader or me? Reader. 23. 23? Is that a natural 29? No. Okay. You hear a baby crying. I'm gonna go check out the baby. Yeah, because it's the right thing to do. Yeah.
00:58:45
Speaker
If a baby's going to be in the middle of the fight, I want to see if there's any way I can get them off or something. Oh, so are you going to the other ship? Oh, it's on the other ship? Yes. Then yes, I'll go to the other ship. Okay, so you're getting off the ship or are you trying to take the line that they have, the lines that they have? How far of a jump would it be?
00:59:08
Speaker
that's a good point I mean you literally could run there this turn but jumping why not I would say you can jump it with your speed sure yeah let's see so so so Willie you attack the captain and then readers like what do we what do I do and then you say protect the
00:59:30
Speaker
protect those people and you just see the giant moose gallop jump from one from one head of the ship to the other through the sky. He doesn't even hesitate to do the right thing. So now you're on the other ship reader. You see pirates fighting some guards you see
00:59:55
Speaker
fire going around. You see these arrows that are of flames. You see all this chaos happening. And then within that, you see this one lady with the little pup fighting with one arm, standing her ground, protecting her child. Against how many people? So right now, two pirates. Yeah, I'll probably just try to talk down the two that are attacking and be like, yo,
01:00:24
Speaker
This is a baby. Crazy people. A role persuasion. Eight. What'd you get? Eight. Oh, eight. Eight. Talk one of them down, actually. They're like, oh yeah, right, baby. I feel disgusting about this stuff. And then in that, you, Willie, you hear Caesar on his comms. Are you close? Because we need help. Is he asking me? No, no, no.
01:00:52
Speaker
He says that and you hear a, how close do you want me to be? And he's like shouting from the dock and you can look over and you see a pond jumper and he's just like, oh, amazing. Okay. Uh, the other ship needs help. Go. We'll take care of whoever's here or I'll take, I'll, you know, we'll, we'll take it from here from here.
01:01:20
Speaker
And then it's, is that the end of your turn reader? I guess I'm trying to think if there's anything else I could do, but I don't think there's.
01:01:30
Speaker
So yeah, sorry. Turn, bye. Then it's pirate's turn. Then you see, reader, this mother gets stabbed through the chest by the one pirate that stayed and she falls to the ground and she's, yeah, almost unconscious. And she says, let's take my baby and passes out.
01:01:59
Speaker
and then another pirate goes, oh but they stab one of their friends and the friend stabs them so they both take damage and then you also see that in all this chaos the fire that was set earlier has grown through the ship and the captain even says
01:02:25
Speaker
Right boys, this is a lost cause! Let's just go! And all the other... all pirates are gonna try and jump ship. And then we're back to the top. So more pirates are actually heading back to their own ship. It is Willy's turn. They're trying to get back, correct? Yes. Yeah. My cast... Entangle. To entangle them on the ship, that's amazing. So, I'm gonna...
01:02:54
Speaker
I'm going to breathe some life into that area and just the weeds. Does it capture anyone or is it specific? In a 20 foot square. Okay.
01:03:06
Speaker
So it pretty much just makes it difficult terrain. So they have to spend twice as much movement to get through that area. Right. Okay. So you do that, but in doing that, you have also stopped a few of the Fe9 from going past. Are they trying to get on our ship? No, they're just trying to leave. They're trying to leave there. Oh, you didn't do it on their ship. You did it on the ship you're on.
01:03:31
Speaker
Yeah. Oh, oh, that's different. Okay. Okay. Sure. Yeah. I'm preventing them from going on. Yeah. Yeah. So they're like, ah, I'm going to swing back. But then I'm just like, oh, spiky vines. Sure. Sure. And yeah, great. Do they need to make a save or anything? Must succeed a strength saving throw or be restrained. Thirteen. Five. So I got to beat a 12. 14. So
01:04:02
Speaker
a nine. So two groups are entangled in this and the others are just under difficult terrain, right? They're not... Yeah, so they're just like slowly moving through it instead of being like held up. Yeah, okay, cool. Cool, great. Then it is the captain's turn and the captain will grab the grappling hook that she had off and load and shoot.
01:04:27
Speaker
and this time miss but actually yeah Caesar is going to actually grab it before it loosens and on his turn and pull it to the ship and basically take it down to the to the fate nine ship
01:04:46
Speaker
And then, let's see if we can cut it. I don't know. Yeah, oh yeah, he cuts it just. And then he just starts trying to help people off the ship. And in that, one of the guards or one of the fainite are like...
01:04:59
Speaker
Um, we need to get everyone off this ship. There's explosives. And in that he takes off. He just shouts that in general. He's not directing at anybody. What I'll say now is unless you guys want to pursue the pirates,
01:05:16
Speaker
Where are they going? Well, right now they're just getting back to the ship. So what you're doing is preventing that. But I'm just saying, if you would prefer to switch gears and go for the fainite ship and just help people off, we'll get out of initiative. But if you want to stay in combat, then that's fine, too. I'd prefer to help people. Yeah. Sure. As I'm going, I just want to go like...
01:05:41
Speaker
and throw a bunch of bugs onto their ship to infest it. So the pirates, as many as can, get back to the ship and they kind of do take off to the best of their abilities. And you guys try and help the other ship. And what we'll do is we'll do three rolls of strength checks. Hey, I got that.
01:06:07
Speaker
And then, for both of you. And if you go above 12, that's another person that's, say, you throwing off in a safe way. Unless you have other options or ideas you want to do. 30-20. What do you roll, Reader? 18. Eight. 16. Another eight. Okay, and then your last one, Reader? 22.
01:06:29
Speaker
Cesar throws Willy off the ship and looks at you, reader. He says, we need to get that baby off the ship. Pond is on the shore. Pond is on the shore. I know you're mad. Pond is on the shore. Take the baby to him. I will follow right behind you. And with that,
01:06:57
Speaker
Caesar does not follow behind you. But takes the ship out to sea. And you see an explosion. And that's the end of Hermit Grunkles. Forever?
01:07:29
Speaker
and continued. Bye. Yeah, so thank you guys for listening. Thank you for joining us on this journey. Thank you for being a part of whatever we've just made. I really enjoyed playing with Isaac and Luke, obviously, not reader.
01:07:45
Speaker
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01:08:15
Speaker
And I hope you enjoyed it. Anything you want to say, Luke? Yeah. Bye. And Luke, wait. No matter. And your fan art. Yes, of course. Cool. All right. Bye.
01:09:21
Speaker
You are.