The Glass Cannon Podcast - Giantslayer Episode 132 - Leaving Lost Magus

Episode Date: December 5, 2017

The time has come to move on from Minderhal's Valley, but the new party has loose ends to tie up and decisions to make before they depart. For more podcasts and livestreams, visit glasscannonnetwork....com. To become an official member of the Naish, subscribe today at http://www.jointhenaish.com. Want to be a part of Glass Cannon Nation? Follow us at twitter.com/glasscannonpod instagram.com/theglasscannon facebook.com/glasscannonnetwork tiktok.com/@glasscannonnetwork Get the best apparel and gaming accessories in the biz at https://glasscannonnetwork.com/store If you enjoyed this, we have several other series featuring Call of Cthulhu - Time For Chaos Delta Green - Get in the Trunk Pathfinder 2E - Glass Cannon Live! Strange Aeons Pathfinder 1E - Legacy of the Ancients Traveller - Voyagers of the Jump and so much more! Join us every Thursday night for Campaign Two of The Glass Cannon Podcast – a playthrough of the Pathfinder 2E Gatewalkers Adventure Path! Videos premiere on YouTube Thursday nights at 8PM ET with a companion podcast available at midnight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:00:35 And now it's time to start book four. I'm excited. I am so excited. A fresh new start. I'm low. Dead. Nestor. Gone. A fresh new start. Umlo, dead. Nestor, gone.
Starting point is 00:00:45 Sir Will snaps awake, knowing that the snake was in the grass the whole time. And he let his guard down. Your friend was not your friend. Nothing you knew about him can be trusted anymore. And Baron opens up the bag of holding. Pulls out a tool you've never seen before. Clang! Clang!
Starting point is 00:01:02 Woo-hoo! Ho-ho- Oh, baby! The cathedral has been reconsecrated. Ah, that all started. It kicks Lexington out of the cathedral. The adventure continues. I got good news and I got bad news. What do you want first? Right now. Welcome back to the Glass Cannon Podcast, everybody.
Starting point is 00:01:45 It's your old buddy Joe saying happy holidays to all of you. Hope everybody had a terrific Thanksgiving and that you are all well ahead of me in your Christmas shopping. If you've purchased one gift for anyone, you are well ahead of me in your Christmas shopping. I've done nothing. Except I did buy a set of heavy metal dice for myself. That pack's unplugged. Don't think that counts, though. I gotta get on that. So, in the interest of speed, let's talk about episode 132. We started book three of the Giant Slayer campaign on October 4th, 2016. The finale last week released on November 28th,
Starting point is 00:02:28 2017. So for over a year, we have been traveling to or struggling in Minderhall's Valley. But today marks a new day, a start of a new chapter in the story. Last week is one of those sessions that you will just never forget. I can't imagine forgetting that anytime soon. Such an incredible, memorable role-playing moment from Skid, and it was really fun to be a part of. But all in all, I mean, if you think about it in the grand scheme, and I got to kind of do my parent talk now, S-H-I-T definitely went down. So what happens now? How do the characters move on from this? Well, it's a whole new story, a whole new show, and I'm excited for you guys to hear it. I want to wish you and all of your friends and families the happiest and healthiest of holiday seasons. I said it last year, and I'll say it again.
Starting point is 00:03:30 I am so incredibly thankful and grateful to all of you for your support in 2017. As Troy predicted, it was indeed a big year for the GCP, and at this point, 2018 looks like it could be even bigger. And without you guys, none of it is possible. So thank you. And on with the show. This is a very special episode for a number of reasons. It's the beginning of a new book beginning of a new chapter as it were and you know this is normally something we'd reserve for an intro but i thought it important that we we bring it up right in the middle of an episode because this is where it all began just episodes This is the last time
Starting point is 00:04:26 that we will be recording in an apartment. Yay! Because as of episode 133 We're going to jail. We're going to federal prison. Minimum security federal prison. We have negotiated
Starting point is 00:04:42 with our attorneys to be allowed to bring our podcasting equipment And books and books with us We really misread that deal with Paizo Who knew being so terrible At min-maxing your character Was punishable by jail time I'll never violate an NDA again
Starting point is 00:05:02 I'll tell you that much This is it We started doing this in Joe's apartment I'll never violate an NDA again, I'll tell you that much. This is it. We started doing this in Joe's apartment, and we recorded probably the better half of, what, 60 episodes? 60 or so episodes, yeah. In your apartment. About a year. Gormley died there.
Starting point is 00:05:17 Gormley died on your coffee table. We started. Oh, yeah. Yeah, totally. Yeah, that's right. I can actually remember like exactly where i was sitting when that happened yeah oh that moment yeah it was the same place we sat for 50 episodes well it's true i remember still it's the same place we sat the
Starting point is 00:05:38 first time we summoned gary the celestial dolphin oh I'll never forget that moment. Oh, yeah. I remember that. It's wonderful. I remember that. A lot of firsts. And then you had a baby. Right. And so we moved to my apartment. We've also recorded a couple episodes at Grant's apartment, a couple episodes at Matthew's apartment. That was where Matt worked elaborate, where you had the damage written on the sheet of
Starting point is 00:06:01 paper. Oh, that Grant's apartment. That was at Grant's apartment. That's right. That's right. Yeah. I remember Matthew's apartment. damage like written on the sheet of paper was that's right that's right yeah i remember matthew's apartment you were in the middle of some sort of diatribe in character or as the gm really getting into something and not realizing that matthew's radiator was going like full volume literally
Starting point is 00:06:20 13 inches from me i couldn't hear it you were so into it and i'll look at you i'm like just stop i was like every now and then it will sound like the radiator is exploding It was literally 13 inches from me. I couldn't hear it. You were so into it. And I'm looking at you. I'm like, just stop. We have to stop. I did more than that. I was like, every now and then it will sound like the radiator is exploding. That might have been, isn't it Romanticor? That was, no, no. We recorded in Matthew's apartment. No, no.
Starting point is 00:06:35 Romanticor, that was at Grant's place. That was at Grant's. Big Willie style was at Matthew's apartment. Classic. When Skeet and Grant and Troy got into the huge knockdown drag out fight about the Times 4 crit on the gun. Oh, yeah. That was at my apartment.
Starting point is 00:06:50 Yeah. That's right. A lot of fights. A lot of fights. I'm sorry about breaking that bookshelf, Matthew. It's in the mail and has been since. And your living room floor is slightly uneven. The whole apartment is slightly uneven.
Starting point is 00:07:00 So I couldn't move. It would bump. We had to edit all that out. Well, the other thing about Matthew's place is he has, well, you seem to have got one for Black Friday, it looks like. But whenever we would say Lexington, it's not happening here, but Alexa would go off. Yeah, that's right. He had to cut that out a lot.
Starting point is 00:07:17 Lexington does. Yes, what can I help you with? Oh, she's going. She's going. She's doing it now. I can't help with that question. Damn it. God damn it? Damn it. God damn it.
Starting point is 00:07:25 Damn it. Troy, didn't you also kind of break Matthew's antique table? No. While we were recording that? No, no, no. No, that was during Jade Region. Oh, that was Jade Region. Get your story straight, Joe.
Starting point is 00:07:36 Oh, we also recorded in Skid's Cape Cod house. That's right. A number of episodes. Where you did break my table. That was, I fell over Matthew. Yes. There was a lot of things that were broken.
Starting point is 00:07:47 You stepped on Matthew. Hearts fell, stepped on his crotch. But that was... Same thing. Oh, we killed the Cyclops. The Cyclops fight was there. One of those.
Starting point is 00:07:57 God, that was... Cinnamon's Fortune. We were just starting. Yeah, Cinnamon's Fortune. Yeah, the Orm War Axe. The preacher, the local town preacher. That's right.
Starting point is 00:08:04 The non-denominational preacher. Oh, God, yeah. Man, so in over two and a half years, we have been recording piecemeal, taking about, oh, a solid hour to set up, another 45 minutes to take down, wasting time to do these episodes. And as of episode 133,
Starting point is 00:08:23 we will be in our own space. We're going to call it GCP Studios, till we think of a better name. In case you're wondering where your Patreon money's going, it's not going to our pockets. I'd say a solid 20 grand went into the acquiring of this space. Yeah. Between first month's rent, last month's rent. It's New York City. Broker's fees.
Starting point is 00:08:44 Commercial space in New York City. Commercial fees. Buying brand new equipment for every single member. of this space. Between first month's rent, last month's rent, broker's fees, commercial space, buying brand new equipment for every single member, extra equipment for guest members, soundproofing the studio, soundproofing the room. We have quiet air conditioning. That is the biggest thing.
Starting point is 00:09:00 Playing in the summer in all these apartments and we have to keep the AC off The whole time And it's And it's miserable It ruins the show It does I would beg to take breaks
Starting point is 00:09:11 Every 20 minutes Because these guys Get very cranky Yeah I'm pretty sure The Owega fight Happened in 98 Degrees It did
Starting point is 00:09:17 It did I really enjoy pretending I'm gonna do the right thing though While we're recording It's like a hot summer day In New York And everything's about to boil over, and Skid's about to complain about a fan critical, and everything's going to explode. I don't know what happened anymore.
Starting point is 00:09:31 Throw a bathroom wastebasket through a window. It's crazy to think what we've also recorded in an Airbnb in Philadelphia. Oh, that's right. I actually like that set-up. Come on, one more in. A real gem. I like that set-up. The sad thing is, that set up. One more in. A real gem. I like that set up. The sad thing is
Starting point is 00:09:46 that was the best place we recorded. I know. Besides Skid's Cape Cod House. That was the best. That was pretty comfy, yeah. A table. Where else can you have
Starting point is 00:09:54 a mafia fight happen right outside your window? Yeah, that doesn't happen anywhere else. But yeah, thanks to Troy, or thanks to the patron. No, thank you. You're welcome.
Starting point is 00:10:02 Thanks to Troy's donation on the Patreon. It's anonymous. We're able to get this. No, thank you. You're welcome. Thanks to Troy's donation on the Patreon. It's anonymous. We're able to get this locked down this commercial space. Thanks, guys. Like everyone who's been giving been so incredibly
Starting point is 00:10:14 goddamn generous with us. Like this is your space. We can't tell you how excited we are. And it's going to make such a huge difference for us. It's going to make everything we do so much more efficient.
Starting point is 00:10:24 We're going to be able to do so much more. We're going to do more video do so much more efficient. We're going to be able to do so much more. We're going to do more video content. Oh, yeah. Just all this stuff. Twitch stuff. Yeah, Twitch stuff. Everything we're going to be able to do in here is just going to be so great.
Starting point is 00:10:33 And thank you all so much for helping us do it. Yeah, and you guys have been so patient with us as we've turned this hobby into a full-fledged business. We've turned this hobby into a full-fledged business. And we're just really excited to take this to the next level and make this more than just a hobby. And it's all because of you guys. Not a cent has gone into our pockets. It has all gone into making this something professional. So thank you.
Starting point is 00:11:02 And now it's time to start book four. I'm excited. I am so excited. A fresh new start. I got good news and I got bad news. What do you want first? Good news? What's funnier? They're both pretty funny.
Starting point is 00:11:14 If I do say so myself. It's pretty much just the facts. Neither of them are funny. I think that in the history of the show, you typically give a bunch of good news and then really lay down the hammer. So I was kind of expecting to continue in that vein, but it's up to you guys. Should we guess at what it is before he tells us? I'm thinking the bad news is that the giants have developed an intercontinental
Starting point is 00:11:33 ballistic missile. They found one of your broken guns. No, no, just imagine Volstis with the same haircut as Kim Jong-un. I want to see the giant propaganda videos where they all look like they're loving every minute. You know what the small folk are doing over there? Good news or bad news?
Starting point is 00:11:58 Good news. Good news. All right. news is, I have painstakingly gone back from episode 100 all the way to 131 and calculated every single dollop of XP.
Starting point is 00:12:12 That means when Lork and Phyraza and Orphis rest in peace, and Pembroke fought the Red Caps, XP for that. For every other thing, every single thing. And as people were dropping and dying,
Starting point is 00:12:28 they didn't get XP. Whereas people that lived and survived, they got more XP when Amlo and Della passed. The good news is, Pembroke and Fai Raza are level 8. Yay! That's huge. Pembroke is well on his way to 9.
Starting point is 00:12:45 Fai Raza a little little bit behind She's a little Farazza Farazza Farazza We pronounced it a million different ways And spelled it even more Farazza F-A-I-R-A-Z-A
Starting point is 00:12:54 Yes Matthew, you cannot get mad at people for that You can also never ever get frustrated with somebody for misspelling Gormley either I could, however, get frustrated at Troy for not knowing how to spell Gormley for 50 episodes. Well, Troy, yes. Yes, yes. Solid Troy.
Starting point is 00:13:09 It wasn't until I killed her I was like, that's how you spell it? I thought it was just a nickname. I had to get it right for the tombstone. We're only three. Are you more upset when people mispronounce Firaza or when they call you Matt
Starting point is 00:13:21 instead of Matthew? That's been happening my whole life. Get right out of town. He's from New Jersey. They don't call you Matt instead of Matthew? That's been happening my whole life. Get right out of town. He's from New Jersey. They don't call you Matt. When I was in first grade, there were three Matts in the class. It didn't occur to anyone to call one of us Matthew,
Starting point is 00:13:35 just to distinguish. You were Matt, too. Anyway. That's the good news. That's the good news. So, Farazza, you're not far behind. Lork, I'm sorry to say, you didn't have any. He didn't really earn it.
Starting point is 00:13:48 You've earned some XP. He did. You were there for the Isseus combat. The Isseus Charming, you got XP from that. Yep. I didn't share any of that with Brander. But I did share with Pembroke, obviously, since he did the lion's share of the work. And you also were there for the Red Cap fight.
Starting point is 00:14:02 You know, all the role-playing, that all adds up. He had a one-round failed combat against Brander. Right. He just failed a wheel safe. Right. Every little bit, every dollop. In that case, I took XP away, for example. But you're getting there.
Starting point is 00:14:16 The bad news. It's more sad than bad. The reality of what we're doing. Let's be honest. We are spiritually halfway done with the story that we're telling. Yeah. The start of book four is an exciting start of the second half. It also means that we are in the final push towards the end of this story.
Starting point is 00:14:44 It's like starting a Wednesday. This is hump day, baby. Yeah. I'm not worried. The final three years of this podcast. Yeah. I'm not worried. It's so sad.
Starting point is 00:14:54 You'll stretch it. In a short four to five years. No one will ever remember the name Lork. Yeah. Pembroke. Calabras. When we were emailing about items back from book three, and I was looking back at something,
Starting point is 00:15:08 I was like, we recorded this episode more than a year ago, and we were still in Minderhall's Valley. Where do we get that golden chalice, and how much is it worth? Well, let's be honest. Faraza wakes up in the middle of the night. Everybody's been taking turns, doing their watch.
Starting point is 00:15:30 It's Farazza's turn. She goes over and sees Umlo, covered in blood, a pool of blood trickling all the way to the statue of Minderhall that both Baron and Nestor climbed up to the top of. And he's missing the steel hand. There's just a soaking wet bloody stump there.
Starting point is 00:15:56 Umlo, dead. Nestor, gone. Everyone else is asleep. What do you do, Farazza? Farazza issues the wake-up call, which goes something to the victim. Caw-caw! Caw-caw!
Starting point is 00:16:11 And then she rushes over to Amlo and does a heel check. Okay. And he does. Sir Will snaps awake. Unarmored. Grabs his sword. Rose light.
Starting point is 00:16:19 Naked to the feet. He sleeps naked. Heel check on Omelette. Nailed it. 12. Correct me if I'm wrong, Skid. It was a dagger directly to the middle of his chest? It was like up under his ribcage.
Starting point is 00:16:41 Up under his ribcage. Up under his ribcage. And also, I wanted to point out that as part of Nestor's Czarny executioner trait, any time he can use a sneak attack, which he did, it's particularly painful. So he did it in the most physically painful way that he possibly could, in addition to. What did you roll, Verizon, for heel chain? Twelve. Twelve. All right. So you don't know the extent of that, but you do see a rather jagged hole right underneath this chest.
Starting point is 00:17:12 Horrific mortal wound. So at first glance, you see that the arm is missing, but then you just see this seeping wound. Oh, he'd be absolutely soaked in blood. Soaked. He'd be soaked, yeah. A professional did it. Doesn't take long for you to put two and two together. And I notice Nestor's not there.
Starting point is 00:17:29 Gone. So are they awake? Are you guys awake? Yeah, yeah. So we all snap awake. Everybody sees this. I guess, you know, Will calls Lexington. He mounts Lexington.
Starting point is 00:17:43 He thinks, like, there might be under attack or there's somebody in the room or whatever. Is it dark? No, my friends. It was the thief. There's sconces lit. There's a little bit of light in there, but you don't want to draw too much attention in case giants came knocking.
Starting point is 00:17:56 Look at the efficiency. Your friend was not your friend. Yes, he is gone. My worst fears realized. Your friend was not your friend. Yes. He is gone. My worst fears realized. I'm sorry. I did not see it. I should have.
Starting point is 00:18:16 Sir Will. I think he's gone. But since you have the fastest mount among us can you do a quick crawl around the perimeter to see if he's still around? Report back here after you see. Ferraza, can you tell how long? How long has he been dead?
Starting point is 00:18:34 Well, I know that. Or can I do a survival check to see if there are any tracks or how he got out? Yeah, go survival. Lork will do survival too in a second. Sure. Natural two. 16.
Starting point is 00:18:44 You can't tell how long yet? Not quite sure. I mean, the wound looks fresh, but you can't tell if it's been an hour or 20 minutes. All right. Ha! Ha! He kicks Lexington out of the cathedral, and, you know, he doesn't have to worry about it. There's fencing all around.
Starting point is 00:18:58 The giants can't see him. He's so small. And he's going to do a loop around the cathedral. All the doors are closed. Sword drawn. No other creatures in there. Bodies everywhere from a five-encounter gauntlet. As he's riding around and the cold wind is cutting into his eyes,
Starting point is 00:19:16 he starts tearing at the eyes, knowing that the snake was in the grass the whole time. And he let his guard down. He didn't sense motive properly. He let, you know, it's his fault. And he comes back around inside. There's no sign of him, Sheriff. He's gone.
Starting point is 00:19:34 Faraz turns to Baron and says, What could Umlo have done to deserve this? All Umlo ever did was react to the cruelties of this world that were foisted upon him he was enslaved as a pit fighter then he was given his emancipation and drug along with us and forced to wear nargim Steelhand, his ancestor but he was not well cast
Starting point is 00:20:07 to do that. And then he slogged through this valley with us for weeks. Nestor himself took away the restoration he needed to get to full strength. He was never meant to be a fighter. He was meant to be a cook.
Starting point is 00:20:24 An artist. And how does he get paid at the end of his life? Well, I know one thing for Raza. I don't know where you're from, what the asthma are talk about, but I think that inadvertently Nestor has been cruel to be kind. And he gave him the same kind of fate
Starting point is 00:20:47 that I wished I had been able to give him, by his own hand, at the end of the day. But nothing good. Umlo had found his purpose. I know he is dead. Well, the hand, as you say, is missing.
Starting point is 00:21:05 Perhaps that was it. That was his crime. His mistake. Having that hand in the first place. He has to stole it because he's a thief, an assassin, a murderer. He took it for its value and murdered Umlo for it. He needed him to defeat Uruthash, avenge his petty insult, and then he killed a man simply to take an item from him. It's typical of evil behavior, Sheriff, and I will not be a part of it again.
Starting point is 00:21:37 I will not allow you to let scum like this in our midst again. If you do not mind me asking, why did you allow yourselves to be associated with such a. Despicable human. Now well. I appreciate that. And I don't know if I'd be able to bring myself to. Allow someone like that in our midst again.
Starting point is 00:22:02 But it was a calculated risk. In order to save small folk of this world at least in belkson and i know that your outrage will not be quelled by this but for the time being i'm operating on the assumption that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few and we're all operating by Torag's plan in my mind. We cannot discount the fact that he was quite useful in us achieving our objectives here, even though Amlo's lost his life, but perhaps he wasn't meant to be alive anyway.
Starting point is 00:22:41 And can Pembroke do a spellcraft check to see what it was that the spell that Branders cast to bring him back? Yeah. Can I do that? You absolutely can. Right. I think it's
Starting point is 00:22:59 you could also do a knowledge arcana. DC25 plus the spell level is to identify a spell cast cast in combat. But I don't know. Yeah, I don't know. After the fact, I don't know if that's arcana. It's the same number anyway. It's 34.
Starting point is 00:23:14 That'll be enoughed. Enoughed. That'll be enoughed. That'll be enough. In my mind, Brander began casting this spell well before he actually laid on hands and subtly sprinkled dust on his body while you were all, with the exception of Farazza, held. And it's so tragic for you to figure this out, Pembroke, because he cast Temporary Resurrection on Umlo.
Starting point is 00:23:49 Umlo would have just died again 24 hours later. That's an actual spell? Yeah. Wow. He said it was the gift of knowledge he gave us. Perhaps Umlo was meant to teach us something before, but now he is gone. It has certainly revealed a traitor in our midst.
Starting point is 00:24:09 He was meant to teach us. He's a teacher. He is. I know him. Did I tell them that? I didn't tell them that. I don't think so. I know him. Sheriff, all of you, I know him as Dr. Forsythe. He's a teacher. He taught at a local school where I was raised.
Starting point is 00:24:30 I met him as a child. He's a gift of knowledge. It's taught us our weaknesses, our misunderstanding of those around us. And Sheriff, I do not mean to suggest that any of us did not go into this willingly I am just as guilty as all of us for letting our guard down with an assassin in our midst I merely say, let us not make this mistake again Let us be careful about who we bring in Because while it is fine in my mind to work with those who are evil in the pursuit of good,
Starting point is 00:25:06 we cannot put the lives at risk of the innocent. And Umlo was innocent. And Baron and Lork, in your mind, you just have to, like, flashback to, like, Jagrin, Grath, walking you guys down from the ivory hall into the jail and telling you that he could be of great service to you, but he's a killer. Use him as a tool, and when you're done with him, get rid of him. And you just, both of you, both Lork and Baron,
Starting point is 00:25:42 have to imagine walking down that long hallway, hearing the itsy bitsy spider in the distance and meeting him. So you're both complicit in bringing him into the party. Oh, yeah. Lork definitely feels really guilty, but he's not saying anything. He's kind of keeping it all in. But he's definitely, I mean, he left. He left them with him. Yeah, that's even worse. Yeah, he feels terrible about it, but he's definitely... I mean, he left. He left them with him. Yeah, that's even
Starting point is 00:26:06 worse! Yeah, he feels terrible about it, but he's not surprised in the least. When he wakes up and he finds that, and he finds he stole the hand, he's like, disappointed he didn't see it coming. He has a higher wisdom than Sir Will. He has higher perception. He didn't see it
Starting point is 00:26:22 coming, so Lork is going to immediately start to look for tracks to see if he can tell where he went. It is interesting that he left the rest of us alive. He could have just as easily killed a lot of us, taken everything, discouraged, stopped any pursuit. It was only Omlo that he killed. I don't think that it's necessarily true what they say. That there's no honor among thieves, even though it
Starting point is 00:27:06 may not be something we can comprehend. Something must have driven him to spare our lives, just as Pembroke said. He does not fear us. There is no profit in killing us now. He took what he wanted and he left.
Starting point is 00:27:24 There's plenty of profit in killing us.. He took what he wanted and he left. There's plenty of profit in killing us. We have a hundred thousand gold pieces worth of equipment that we've managed to gather on our journey. He only took the hand. Interesting. What did Lork
Starting point is 00:27:39 roll for tracking? 33. 33. You can see that he went out the side door, the very door that he first peeked into when he saw
Starting point is 00:27:52 Solarco speak up and all he says is he's kind of on his belly, up, you know, kind of holding himself up on his elbows. Sheriff, he went that way
Starting point is 00:28:03 out the side door. I'm not sure how long he's got on us. I'd say it's a couple hours at least. At least? I don't think we'll find him. Well, he would have killed him if he was smart, which you know he was. Beginning of his watch
Starting point is 00:28:21 to live as much time as possible to get away. He's got at least two hours on us. Farron speaks of towers above all of you. Thirteen feet tall. No! This is just
Starting point is 00:28:37 awful. A terrible start to the new day that we hope to bring here to Mindorhol's Valley. Part of me wants to believe that all of this happened for a reason. But now it's too close and too soon to know why. I do not wish to discount any of your mourning for Umlo or for Della or for all the people you've lost. But there is a greater threat,
Starting point is 00:29:17 not but a few hundred yards away, in the form of camps upon camps of giants. What do you plan on doing about that? You may have your vendetta against this killer, but you've got bigger fish to fry. Yes, the giant test is right. I think I have an idea. Although, in fairness, I doubt Ferrin that he was killed over
Starting point is 00:29:51 a raisin. It seems a remote possibility at best. But I think... In slag giant culture, raisins are sacred. They're like cows in India. What is this India you speak of? Sorry. I've been drinking.
Starting point is 00:30:09 I believe that if we provide proof of the death of Urathrash that the giants will disperse. It was the force of personality that drew them all here. They know he is dead. They will leave. I think if we are able to show him show them the head, as
Starting point is 00:30:25 Nestor removed from his body, I think that would possibly be enough to disperse them all. Aye, sure am that. Who will be the messenger though, Pembroke? Will it be a small folk, or will it be Farron herself, one of their own kind? That might be
Starting point is 00:30:42 the most wise way of doing it. I don't think we need to engage them at all, actually. If we use the power of flight, which several of us have, drop it right into their midst, word will spread very quickly, I think. Yes. This just might work.
Starting point is 00:30:59 You must understand, as I'm sure you already know, that these giants, they don't work well with each other. When they find out of Urathash's demise, sure there'll be struggles for power.
Starting point is 00:31:15 There'll be some that try to stand up and take the reins, but they don't have the strength of Urathash. And they don't know about the power of the forgefash. And they don't know about the power of the forge. I'm sure they'll come rushing in here. Some will try to take over, but the god-fearing among
Starting point is 00:31:31 them will fear me at least. It will not take much to sow discord among them if you are bold in your decisions. Within a week they could disband, if all goes well. But, it is my understanding, you don't have that kind of time.
Starting point is 00:31:58 So I would suggest doing what? The wizard suggests finding a way to let them know that Urethash is no more. I will do my best to hold down this cathedral. But you must go and sneak out while it's still safe. Yes. We must take Omlo. We must take his body, Sheriff. We cannot leave it here. As an inquisitor of Torak,
Starting point is 00:32:38 who, as my god, always suggests the wisest course of action. In order to aid haste to our journey, I suggest that in the same manner as we dealt with his sister's body, we deal with his and cremate him, perhaps on the forge itself, so that we may carry him more easily. It would make a fitting sacrifice upon which to build our church. This place could be consecrated. His name forever remembered, his sacrifice, remembered as a place, a foundation,
Starting point is 00:33:20 of this new temple of Iomedae. And Shalen and Torak. And Abadar. And Steve. Do not forget Steve. Do not forget Steve. God of the slag giants. Della, I'm sorry.
Starting point is 00:33:37 Whoa. Farazza walks over to where the pool of blood where Della, where Uratosh pounded Della into the ground and the scimitar is still there. Yes. And she picks it up and says, this is
Starting point is 00:33:53 druidic work. Your fetchling friend was not as lucky as Umlo to have a proper burial. But perhaps we can wield this weapon in her honor and that will be her remembrance. Yes. I think it would be a worthy
Starting point is 00:34:09 remembrance if you were to carry on her blade in her name. And with that said, Baron invites Firaza and Sir Will over to the forge in Pembroke and Lork. And he turns to Sir Will and Farazza.
Starting point is 00:34:31 Because the bellows to this forge are like giant size. He asks them both to help wield it. Not just in preparation for Umlo's cremation. But before the cremation happens, he pulls out his double beard pistol, which he made on the chelish devil. And, um,
Starting point is 00:34:57 he says, please begin. And do you begin pumping the pillows to, yeah. And Baron opens up the bag of holding. Again, pumping the billows to... Yeah. And Baron opens up the bag of holding and pulls out his gunsmithing tools. And he puts down the double-barreled pistol on top of the forge.
Starting point is 00:35:18 Pulls out a tool you've never seen before. And he goes, Clang! Clang! Clang! and he goes clang clang clang and he pulls it away dips it in water by the forge and lifting it to the altar and to all of you says
Starting point is 00:35:44 it's been too long and lifting it to the altar, and to all of you says, it's been too long, that my pistol, did not have a name, and today in her memory, I consecrate her Della, now she has, two barrels,
Starting point is 00:36:04 just as Della was of two worlds and of two minds. And as I myself journey down this Inquisitor path where I attempt to use the enemy's own power against them, I will use her name to remember never to go too far. And I will use it in prayerful hope that she will find her way in the afterlife. And then he holsters it.
Starting point is 00:36:34 Nice. Peppera comes up behind him and just pats him gently on the shoulders. Yes. And then he takes out Dragon's Breath. Does the same thing, but with umlo's name he says may dragon's breath
Starting point is 00:36:50 be remembered in umlo's name stout strong and ultimately disappointing just kidding just kidding
Starting point is 00:37:01 but not really and ultimately misused by PCs yes exactly I can't wait till the deli gun misfires and explodes and dies again Just kidding. Just kidding. But not really. And ultimately misused by PCs. Yes, exactly. I can't wait till the Della gun misfires and explodes and dies again. Della, no! I reach into my bag, though, to pull out the first bottle cap of book four for Grant. Yay!
Starting point is 00:37:16 And it's a Baron bottle cap. Oh! Nice job, buddy. Congratulations. And now it's lost forever. And now it's in my cat's mouth. Whew! Congratulations. And now it's lost forever. I got it in my cat's mouth. We should go. Does anybody want to resize anything on this forge?
Starting point is 00:37:33 Oh, yeah. There's some item creation stuff that we're not even 100% sure on, but you can always come back to the forge once the valley is clear, hopefully. George wants the valley. It's clear, hopefully. Yeah, I would like to toss out resizing the plus two giant defiant splint mail for Sir Will. Was that large, though? Or was that used by the Nirmathi? It doesn't matter.
Starting point is 00:37:56 It wasn't small. That's right. Right. I think it was the Nirmathas guard. Yeah. The patrolmen that had that. Yeah, I think you're right. Where?
Starting point is 00:38:03 Where was this? It was in the chapter house. In the bottom of the tower. patrolmen that had that. Yeah, I think you're right. Where? Where was this? In the chapter house. In the bottom of the tower. Yes, that's where their bodies were all stacked. That's where Baron sat in the chair and felt the presence of evil. There was all those like busts. Oh, wow. Busts. Yes.
Starting point is 00:38:18 That's your skolesome stuff there I think too, right? I think so. Didn't you show some stuff? He did. He did, yeah. You guys walked in. That's real close to where we got the fleas, right? I think so. Didn't he show some stuff? He did. He did, yeah. You guys walked in. Oh, that's real close to where we got the fleas, right? Isn't that where we got the fleas? Yeah, you walked in,
Starting point is 00:38:28 killed the two hill giants in their sleep, got fleas. Walked in the next room, killed Tharg Three Eyes, and then you went to the next room, and that's where
Starting point is 00:38:37 Baron felt the presence of evil. You felt all those dead bodies piled up and all of their weapons. Yeah. So you want to resize the plus giant.
Starting point is 00:38:45 So what happens with that Scross armor? I think we just hold on to it as an item that must be returned to Galavris. I mean, that's how Sir Lork puts it in a role-playing term. Sir Lork. Sir Will puts it to knighted. He's knighted himself already. Knighted at level. Doesn't even have any feet.
Starting point is 00:39:03 He's an OBE. He's not a full knight. Not even at level. Doesn't even have any feet. He's an OBE. He's not a full knight. No, Sir Will will, in a role-playing sense, he will tell Baron that he thinks it's time for Oscrow's armor to be given back to Galabras. I think it still technically belongs to him.
Starting point is 00:39:22 Oh, no, no. Because it's not dead. So it's like, yeah. I mean, it always did, but Baron gifted it to Sir Will for, you know... Outside of Warforce. Never thought it was permanent, but... The Nargrim Tomb, yeah. Yeah, but just saying, like, he appreciates the gift that Baron bestowed upon him, but he thinks that this might be better for what lies ahead with going to Skarsgård.
Starting point is 00:39:43 Skirgard. Yeah. Skar...Ã¥rd. And Baron says he couldn't think of a better man who was as resolute in his faith as Galabras was to carry it for him while he was unable to do so. I thank you for that, Sheriff. I know I've had
Starting point is 00:40:00 my slips along the way, especially in this valley, but I am determined to never let that happen again. And all the events that have unfolded here have given me clear vision on what lies ahead.
Starting point is 00:40:15 For all his evil that lies beneath Brando, Dr. Forsythe, he did indeed give us a gift of knowledge, and I for one will use it to bring the fight to these giants, find Della's body,
Starting point is 00:40:33 and continue to track this evil until its end. Your faith in the goddess is matched by our faith in you, my friend. It pats him on his shoulder. Thank you. Any other resizing?
Starting point is 00:40:50 Yeah, any other resizing, just mechanics-wise. Yeah, I think that we're gonna resize... I think we're gonna resize Heart Spit. Well, yeah, we'll resize Heart Spit to medium just in case Lork could ever wield it because we can always resize it back, is what I was thinking.
Starting point is 00:41:07 It's not like it's a permanent thing. We could always resize it back to huge if we ever got a hand. If we ever found Nestor's body somewhere in a brothel. Who's taking Aggramosh? Poisoned, dead. Who's taking Aggramosh? I mean, Aggramosh is the one you have to strike it with, but is anyone taking Aggramosh? It's got to put in the bag.
Starting point is 00:41:24 It's got to put in the bag. Would we entrust it to Farron, or no, we want to keep it with us? No, we can to strike it with. Is anyone taking it? It's got to put in the bag. Would we entrust it to Farron or do we want to keep it with us? No, we can't leave it here. We have to take it with us. This is the weird thing. It's like you guys hope that somehow Farron can hold her own here, but there's a good chance
Starting point is 00:41:41 she'll come back and Farron's dead. You just feel, if anything, she's given you the slightest amount of confidence that there's no one out there that will know the powers of this forge. I don't think she'll be dead. Certainly without the hammer. If she goes down to the forge heart and is protecting the forge or keep minding the forge, I think that the giants are going to be, from a religious standpoint, just like Orthosh,
Starting point is 00:42:01 afraid to go down there and mess with her. Nestor saw and reported all back to you. Every night that chapel was full of people listening to his sermon. They're believers now, but they've lost their leader. The faith was what held them together as an army. It'll be shattered, yeah. And you would need it. But they are still religious.
Starting point is 00:42:25 And I think that maybe, like, if they know that whoever we are, whoever we, we killed Urathash, and we also killed the dragon, like, we've got to make sure that they know that, too. That they might, that might also play into, you know, intimidate them enough that if they wouldn't try to take over. You also can't lose sight of the fact that Menderhals Valley, without the protection of an army,
Starting point is 00:42:52 is a terrible place for even a giant to live. It's surrounded by drakes and these creatures that are half deer, half stag, half... All these awful creatures that could kill even giants. Well, not anymore.
Starting point is 00:43:05 We killed most of them. Killed them all. But it's also a holy place. Like, this place was hidden for centuries. And this is everywhere. You know, this is like the Temple of the Mount. So, for giants. I think Sir Will wants to take Aggramosh as well.
Starting point is 00:43:23 And the idea kind of being, he's inspired by Baron's speech and the crossing over of naming these things after Della and Umlo, which is awesome. And being of two worlds and all that stuff and doing this in the name of Torag, it all starts to kind of
Starting point is 00:43:40 carry over and Sir Will is like, Baron, I would like to, as a symbol of our union that we've made here in the valley and that we will continue on together in Torag and Iomedae's name, if you believe it would be okay if I put aside the sword and took up the hammer
Starting point is 00:44:01 in Torag's name, along with Iomedae, to represent that union. Is that something that you think would be okay by Torag? Will, you're a halfling who fights like a giant on the battlefield. You're... Generous. Own story. Don't ask this of me. You were having a moment, Sharp.
Starting point is 00:44:26 That was for Raza. You had to be nice You were having a moment, sure. That was for Robert. Grant, be nice to me for a minute. Generous. This never happens. Did the eagle just say something? Sir Will, you're a small man who fights with the heart of a giant on the battlefield. More accurate. You're already a man of two worlds.
Starting point is 00:44:47 I couldn't think of anyone better to hold on to Aggramosh as we move forward. And nothing more fitting than another small folk wielding a hammer to end these bastards. Yeah, I think I want to give it a shot.
Starting point is 00:45:04 I think that as a... I think it's odd for a paladin of Iomedae to not wield a longsword, but I think that story-wise, where we are together, Baron and Sir Will, I think that he should try it. I think we should try it for role-playing purposes to have a paladin of Iomedae wielding a hammer in Torag's name and have the union of these gods against this evil. Any other resizing? Baron has a boring, non-story-driven change shirt plus two, which will improve his AC.
Starting point is 00:45:38 So there's no real story stuff to go with that. I'm assuming the plan is to get out through the Dark Passage, right? You're not going to go through the middle of the camps again, especially with your low stealth. But if you're able to create this big hubbub before you do it, then it's going to provide enough of a
Starting point is 00:45:57 distraction for you guys to probably get the hell out of there. Do you want to go through the Dark Passage? I mean, that's really your only option. Yeah. We'll go through the Dark Passage? I mean, that's really your only option. Yeah. We'll go through the Dark Passage. We can utilize Pembroke's casting abilities where we need to, but I mean... Honestly, I think Sir Will, if he's not
Starting point is 00:46:13 fully armored and Lexington is not armored, he can be so quiet moving through that area and so small. I'm not concerned about it with that kind of distraction. Who wants to drop the head somewhere? Ferrazzo
Starting point is 00:46:29 turns to Ferrazzo and says, how do dragons feel about pteranodons? Giants, you mean? Dragons. How do giants feel about pteranodons? It's quite a non sequitur. Ferrazzo wild shapes into a pteranodon. I will quite a non-secretary. Faraz are wild shapes into a Turanadon.
Starting point is 00:46:46 I will. Oh! I'm afeard. Ah, this is... Oh, you know what? I think Pembroke will cast Fly on himself and join you. We'll each take a head. We'll each take a head.
Starting point is 00:47:02 Great. Yeah. We'll each take a head. Great. I can't imagine they would like that. Every time they saw Jal Varaz come down, they all stepped back.
Starting point is 00:47:14 Only Uratash wasn't that afraid. This will work well, I believe. Be careful. Don't be seen. And then is your plan to come back and make haste out of the valley? Yep. Or just meet
Starting point is 00:47:30 him on the other side. I guess we should escort you. It would be good to stick together. I think we're fine. Just move quick. May the light of all your gods help you in the journeys to come. I will hold this fort
Starting point is 00:47:45 in Shalen and Iomedae and Torag and Gorum and Abadar and Desna's name. Good luck. We'll return, Farron. Thank you for your service.
Starting point is 00:48:02 I only wish Amlo was here to join me. Don't we all? So I imagine like... Oh, how are we going to get Lork out? Oh, yeah. I forgot about Lork. Does he want to ride Ferrazza as the Tyranidon right now?
Starting point is 00:48:20 Oh, wow. That would look pretty cool. That would look pretty cool. Holding heart spit, resize heart spit over there. That's like pretty cool. That would look pretty cool. Holding heart spit, resized heart spit over the air. That's like a heavy metal poster or something. Riding a dinosaur, holding a spear down into, yeah. So you guys, you have your ceremony for Umlo, where you burn his body in the forge. Aram and the other faith-based characters say their prayers
Starting point is 00:48:46 over Amlo. Beren really leading the ceremony, but the rest lending their parts. You collect his ashes in some sort of receptacle, and then you make a plan between all of you, like, alright, Pembroke and
Starting point is 00:49:01 Faraz are going to go do this, and then we're coming back. We're putting, like, Baron's going to be dragging a lork and we're going to put him on his back and we're going. We're going to the Dark Passage. But where are we going? Out of the valley.
Starting point is 00:49:17 Oh, I had something to say, too, to the giants, like when we dropped the heads. Okay. Pembroke did. So I imagine if we cut to the fighting bits, it's, I don't know what night it is anymore, Friday night, Saturday night, Sunday night. They're all...
Starting point is 00:49:33 Moon day night? Moon day. They're all just like, there's a huge main event going on. There's like two giants taking on some like four-limbed abomination. And maybe something they pulled from the valley that creeped up from the dark lands. Or something they captured far away and dragged to the pits.
Starting point is 00:49:53 You hear people being like, hey, have I seen Kragmold lately? These pits have really gone to shit since Kragmold. Has it been around? I'm sure he'll come back. And they're just fighting, fighting, fighting, fighting. And then all of a sudden, Firaza and Pembroke come flying over. Is Pembroke invisible?
Starting point is 00:50:12 No. No. No. So come flying over. Firaza in pterodon form. And what do you say, Pembroke? So the heads like plummet out of the sky, like both drop to the ground.
Starting point is 00:50:27 The dragon and Urathash. Right in the middle of the pit. Yeah. And Pembroke calls out. He says, we have slain Urathash and we have slain the dragon. The cathedral has been reconsecrated. The cathedral has been reconsecrated. Any who set foot within that hallowed place with impure purpose will be cursed by the gods for 10,000 years.
Starting point is 00:50:54 And then we fly up. They all start... You see one guy grabs Earth-Dash's head and holds it up so that everybody can see. There's a huge uproar. Fistfights start breaking out through camps and whatnot. I thought you were going to say, like, take a selfie. Take a selfie.
Starting point is 00:51:13 We're burying it at sea. Pandemonium breaks out as you guys swoop back to the cathedral, follow out your plan. The pterodon comes down. Baron and Sir Will help put Lork on the cathedral, follow out your plan. The pterodon comes down. Baron and Sir Will help put Lork on the back, and you guys make your way under all of this craziness, because now the camps are starting to make their way to the fighting pits,
Starting point is 00:51:33 but you're able to slink along the wall while they're all distracted and get to the Dark Passage. Ooh! Oh, baby! Sir Will on top of Lexington. Farazza, wild shapes. Unarmored. You see, we're lightly armored.
Starting point is 00:51:49 Farazza could be a horse for Lork. He could be a horse for Lork. You could be anything you want at this point. Lork is going to need a carrier. He's going to need a mount. Do you want to be a horse for the time being? Let's get through the dark passage on foot, and then once we get in the open air.
Starting point is 00:52:03 That's insulting. Whoops. Don't say on foot or on the ark. On stub. Pembroke, Baron. Guys, make your way through the dark passage. It's quiet. It's eerily quiet.
Starting point is 00:52:21 Lork hasn't been here, right? No, he came through another way when he was captured. He was taken by the dragon to the roost. Farazzo? Maybe. Oh, she's been here. She's been through here as like a rat. A little field mouse.
Starting point is 00:52:37 Pembroke hasn't. Pembroke was taken with Lork. Baron's been here a couple times now. Let me roll a perception check. 18 for Pembroke. Oh, natural 20 for Lork. 21 for Will. That's a natural one.
Starting point is 00:52:58 I'm sorry, for Farazza. We are getting all over the place. Matthew, you're all over the map. That's a 32 for Lork. That's a 32 for Baron. All right, Baron and Lork. Because it's such a high perception check, I didn't think anybody would hear it.
Starting point is 00:53:16 Here's like up around the corner. Like... No, it's not fun far oh no is he dying just the nester kill him very very subtle sound nester killed fun we walk around yeah quick you walk around the corner and sure enough it is fun far how lying in a massive massive pool of blood god troy but here's the thing fun far wasn't just killed his stomach was completely cut open as if someone was trying to retrieve something inside of him. What does Nestor want? What could it be, Sheriff? Nestor can survive on rocks now with that one item he took.
Starting point is 00:54:13 Can Lork roll a survival check to see if fresh human boot tracks have come through here? Sure. Fraza will join you. Fifteen. Twenty-two. Farazza will join you 15 22 Lork you're like Somebody's been through here and then Farazza confirms it Yeah absolutely Toots of the cat perhaps
Starting point is 00:54:34 A human And Baron all you can think in your head It's like I didn't eat the special rocks I didn't eat them I didn't eat the special rocks. I didn't eat them. I didn't eat the special rocks. Yeah. Well, maybe he did. Wow.
Starting point is 00:54:50 They're gone. And he's just... Is he dead? Like, is he... He'll check? Sir Will will lay on hands if he's not dead. Yeah, you can lay on hands. It's over.
Starting point is 00:55:02 These are the last moments. He fades out and dies. Unimaginable cruelty. Ferrazza has to use two hands because his face is so big, but she closes his eyelids. That's an incredibly deft maneuver with horse hooves. I told you I wasn't wild shipping yet. Fun far's dead. Damn.
Starting point is 00:55:28 All right. But we know how he escaped. This greed is a poison. Let us move with all haste. You continue moving through the dark passage. Still unmanned. It was Earthash's incompetence still unmanned whether it was Urathash's incompetence
Starting point is 00:55:47 that he didn't restaff these areas or his hubris that he thought I'll be fine either way you get through you get all the way back to where you fought the Peritons
Starting point is 00:56:02 you have visions barren of Umlo running to the cave to pray. Sir Will, charging at these things. Nestor, fearfully running away after the shadow mark ability hit. Continue on. You get to a part where you can only go north or south you can see off in the distance to the south the slag giant village where Barry Connick Jr. was killed
Starting point is 00:56:31 by Nestor there's got to be a part of it that now wonders if he did it on purpose nothing you knew about him can be trusted anymore you go north you see that footpath that led off to where you fought the black-headed beast in Kragmalt, the leader of the fighting pits.
Starting point is 00:56:53 You obviously don't take that footpath this time. You keep going up, and you get to that, you know, four-way stop where you fought the drunken veds. You know the way out of here. You go north. Back to where one of the most brutal fights in all of Minderhall's Valley took place. The Rift Rake
Starting point is 00:57:13 in the Etten. I can imagine, like, depending on the mood, Baron recounting the story to the people that weren't there, Sir Will recounting the story like, oh, you should have seen me. We thought we were all dead. We thought Nestor was dead. Maybe we'd be
Starting point is 00:57:30 better off if he did die there. Umlo certainly would be. Della would be alive. Actually, I think we would all be dead if Nestor was not alive for those final fights. You get back to where you fought the Lucratas.
Starting point is 00:57:46 Remember the Lucratas? First encounter in the valley. The ones that pulled Umlo in with a vision of Ingraham. Yeah. And then, after about ten hours of very careful travel through, you know, very dark memories for some of you, you exit Minderhall's Valley. Oh, man. I imagine Barron has the map. He's looking at this map that you found
Starting point is 00:58:31 in what must have been Earthash's boardroom or his quarters or something. And you see that Skirgard is a good 150 miles south-southwest of where you are. That's 12 days on foot. Some of you have the ability to travel faster, but you guys want to stick together as a group. You don't have that mass travel faster. Only one of you can turn into a horse.
Starting point is 00:59:05 Reginald's dead. God damn it. There are two settlements though between you and Skirgard. There's Yanderhof
Starting point is 00:59:20 to your west, a little bit south where Umlo and Inrihold were from. And then there's a little town called Skelt, which is kind of southeast of where you are. If you want to hit up as many settlements, because you guys haven't been to a settlement since Shitterman's Fortune. Oh, yeah, we need to get to a settlement immediately. Any settlement. Yanderhoff's the way to go.
Starting point is 00:59:50 Yeah, for sure. And if, Lork, you're kind of peeking over the map, you see that between Yanderhoff and Skel'd is Bloodsworn Vale. It is impossible to get from where you are to Skirgard without all of you going through the veil. So if you do go to Yanderov
Starting point is 01:00:15 and from there you move to Skelt or from there you just go straight to Skirgard, either way, you're going through the veil. Aram left with you, obviously. I didn't mention him. He says his goodbyes to you guys.
Starting point is 01:00:34 Because he's going to return to Shinerman's fortune. He's going to return to Shinerman's fortune and do the best he can do Shinerman's stuff to re-raise it. Do you remember back in Raz to the Occasion when Ymir, who we now know as Brander, offered to go fight with you guys?
Starting point is 01:00:50 Aram said to him, no. Brother, you must stay alive. I will go because if I don't survive, you can go back and bring Shinemon's fortune back to strength. We now know that's not an option.
Starting point is 01:01:06 Aram luckily survived, and he'll do his best. You know, having adventured through this land, that anything could happen between here and Shinemon's fortune, but Baron especially, you feel somehow like this guy is touched by the gods. And we'll make it back safely. And before he leaves, I say, Aram. Yes. Give me one moment.
Starting point is 01:01:32 He turns to Sir Will. Hands him back the dragon foe amulet. And said, Sir Will, I once gave you a brooch. May I have that brooch back, please? Of course, Sheriff. At your command. And I take back a brooch. May I have that brooch back, please? Of course, chef. At your command. And I take back the brooch that was given to me by the elder of Shinerman's fortune. Kaya Straum.
Starting point is 01:01:54 Yes. I think, Aubrey's grandmother. Aubrey's grandmother. And says, Aram, I want you to take this back and I want you to put it on that baby Aubrey. And I want you to tell her that everything that was done here was so that she would have a happy life. And I want her to do whatever she wants to be happy. And that's from Sheriff Baron Ashpeak of True Now.
Starting point is 01:02:18 You let her know that. I will tell her as much. And if you need a preacher for the Cathedral of Minderhall, who delights in many denominations, I know just the guy. Good luck on your journey. I hope, I sincerely hope, that we meet again when Shinman's fortune is back to strength
Starting point is 01:02:47 and all of you have saved the world. Thank you. Thank you, Aram. I've enjoyed our many conversations and time we've spent together. Aram puts his hand on Pembroke's shoulder. May your final journey be a beautiful one. Thank you. I do hope to see you again before the end.
Starting point is 01:03:11 And I you. And Aram Shineman, having lost his father, his brother, and everything, walks off in the distance. You saved him. You saved his life.
Starting point is 01:03:26 Yeah, and he kept Sir Will alive in that final fight. Sir Will would have went down. So off you go in the direction of Yanderhoff. Grant, has Baron ever been to a Sky Citadel? The Five Kings Mountains, I believe, are a Sky Citadel. Helmhold, or what is it called? Yeah, yeah. There's a Sky Citadel in the vicinity
Starting point is 01:03:50 of those mountains. Nonetheless, you've never been to Yanderhoff. I never have. This is just a delight. It's the only brightness at the end of this terrible situation in Minter Halls Valley. This is a big deal. This is going to mean a lot to you. I mean, to go back to
Starting point is 01:04:05 one of the classic, one of the few remaining Sky Citadels. I have to imagine it's got you amped amidst all this mourning. Yeah, and Lork is very excited too, because he'll pull Baron aside and
Starting point is 01:04:21 basically say, like, I was in Yonderhof years ago with the Black Arrows. There was a man there, a dwarf, a priest. He was very powerful. He might be able to help me with my feet. It's in a place like that, I think, that you'd find the person you need to take care of this
Starting point is 01:04:48 so I can stop being a burden and I can start helping again. Yes, I hope so. Jarnohaf is one of the great cities of the Dwarven people. Anything that we... I'm sure they'll provide any number of services
Starting point is 01:05:02 that will be useful. Has Pembroke ever been to a Sky Citadel? No. He went out in search of the Whispering Tyrant's grave, and now he's going to one of the last remaining Sky Citadels. Yeah, he's a pretty punk, too. And Baron turns to Lork and says, Lork, did you know that the hops I used in Jasun's Ale
Starting point is 01:05:22 were imported from Yanderhof? No, I didn't. I think that's a sign, my friend. I think it is, too. He smiles. For the first time in a long time. Let's get on our way. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:05:38 Farazza, what are you feeling about this? Farazza feels a powerful need to eat grass because she's a horse. I was just going to say, Ferrazza thinks Lort could lose a few pounds. He hasn't been active enough lately.
Starting point is 01:05:56 And so, well, you know, dwarves, you know, kind of on the same level. You have a good relationship with dwarves, with Baron, for sure.
Starting point is 01:06:08 What are you hoping to get out of this? To be honest, Sir Will is... We have to acknowledge the fact that he is a noble, and he has been on the road so long that I think that, privately, he's kind of very excited to just be in a city again and be like around some civilization and be able to sleep in a comfortable bed and have a warm bath. Yeah, bath.
Starting point is 01:06:35 None of us have bathed in weeks. And eat some fine food. And he also kind of, for his part, he's trying not to be too prideful, but he feels kind of like a hero right now, you know what I mean, in his own little knightly way. He went, he did this mission, yes, there were losses. I think he also feels like he's realizing the dark, dark underbelly of being a hero and what the kind of loss you feel and go through.
Starting point is 01:07:05 And he's starting to understand how naive he was when he began, but it has not deterred him at all in his ultimate mission, his ultimate objective. He understands that the sacrifices that these people made is something that he is going to live to continue to fight. But by that same token, he's going to take a little comfort here, I think. And he's going to buy some new quills and parchment. And he's going to write home immediately and tell them he's alive and ask on Benric and tell them to write to either Yanderhoff or maybe he'll tell them to write to Skel'd. If it's a large enough settlement that it'll have a post of some kind.
Starting point is 01:07:49 And Lork knows. Lork's been to Skel'd. It's a large city. Yeah. So yeah, he's going to write home and try to get word from Highbury. For three days, you guys travel, camping along the way, heading in the distance of the Anderhof. It takes a little bit longer because you can't just go up the mountain and over. You've got to find these passes through the mountains to get there. And then in the middle of the next day, you're cresting another one of these hills. The elevation has been changing rapidly as you make your way through. And up in the distance, I can imagine all of you can hear Baron's breath get like caught in his throat at the sight, because just over the hill that you're cresting, you see the trademark massive iron curtain walls.
Starting point is 01:08:48 Marvels of architecture in and of themselves. Serving as a proud reminder of what dwarven engineering and architecture can be at the highest quality. Up in the distance, you see that you have arrived at one of the few
Starting point is 01:09:09 remaining sky citadels left in Galarian. The city of Yanderov. There's no gate to get in. There's no windows open. There are only tunnels, for most of the city
Starting point is 01:09:30 is underground. Whoa! You see, in the distance, tunnels guarded by armed dwarves in beautiful or splendid armor. A 10th level Inquisitor gunslinger, a 10th level Cavalier paladin, an 8th level wizard, an 8th level druid, and a 7th level ranger make their way to the city of Yanderhof, hoping to save the world. And we'll see you next week. Oh, man.
Starting point is 01:10:15 That's going to be cool. I can't wait. The hobbits are going to Isengard. Isengard. Isengard. The hobbits are going to Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac.
Starting point is 01:10:25 Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac.
Starting point is 01:10:25 Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac.
Starting point is 01:10:26 Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac.
Starting point is 01:10:26 Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac.
Starting point is 01:10:30 Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. Isaac. and Tate Production, and is an officially licensed partner of Paizo Incorporated. Giant Slayer is copyright 2015. Giant Slayer and the Pathfinder Adventure Path are trademarks of Paizo. All Pathfinder images are property of Paizo and are used with permission.

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