The Glass Cannon Podcast - Giantslayer Episode 74 - Working the Shaft

Episode Date: October 25, 2016

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This week on the Glass Cannon Podcast What a cruel world Galerian is. When a holy shrine is desecrated by vile beasts You kill my monsters, I kill you! The heroes must keep their cool. Don't you worry, no. It's all under control. All part of the plan. Collect the spoils of war.

Bottle cap! No, no, I'm not gonna do it! Solve a mystery. There are runes written in a circular motion all around the disc. And descend. A flight of narrow and precariously steep

stairs descending into a dark shaft that plummets to an unknown depth within the earth. Remember this is the last episode we had Lexington. Fucking magical wolf. The adventure continues now. hello friends old and new far-flung as you may be. Welcome to the newest episode of the Glass Cannon Podcast. It's a pleasure to make your company. I'm Nestor Coyne.

Coyne by name, Coyne by nature, as me old dad used to say. It's me, Skid. Welcome. I am so excited about this episode and the chance to play as Slayer. I was so sad when Galabras died chance to play a Slayer. I was so sad when Galabras died, but or what happened to him. Happened to him, but I was also thrilled

because I had this character waiting in the wings. They're such a cool... I've never played a hybrid class before. They're hybrid between a ranger and a rogue, and they're so deadly and they have so many fun abilities, some of which I've still neglected to use yet, but I hope

to soon. I can't wait. So won't you join us as the party descend, web choked stare into the darkness of a dwarven tomb. Episode 74 Working the Shaft. Now correct me if I'm

wrong, but isn't that what a party is supposed to look like? Gotta handle that. Oh, man, I've been smiling ear to ear for days. That is a result of having an actually well-balanced combat-focused party. Which we never had ever. You mean a glass cannon party? Yeah. You're not getting a bottle cap for that.

Stop fishing. Practicing obvious puns. That was good. See, Joe, you think that every party needs a cleric. I don't think it's true. They just drag you down. We haven't incurred any damage yet. We have a sample size of one.

I think you guys are going to be just fine. This is a game that I enjoy playing. of one. I think you guys are going to be just fine. At least in the game that I enjoy playing. So, that was all in round one. I still have my initiative tracker. I had to keep it from getting smudged. By your cats?

It went Nestor surprise round, then Nestor, Della Baron Willamette, and Umlo Ingrahild and the Ettercaps and the male spiders were all killed, and their initiative came afterwards. Umlo and Ingrahild were killed? They were killed? Not Umlo and Ingrahild. No, that was just their horses.

But right after Willamette was this female giant black widow spider. And when I say giant, it is a large creature. So this is like something out of a myth. Just giant black widow. It's like Shiloh. Drops. Terrifying. And what I told you guys off the air is in the middle of that fight,

or when it lasted all of six seconds, the spider started moving through the web around the obelisk and then just plunged out on its turn. And it landed right next to... Della. Della. Dancing Della. Lil' Deputy. Oh, man.

So, yeah. Is this round two, then? Or is this still round... This is still round one! Oh, my God. So, luckily, Amlo and Ingerhild are going to be able to jump in and help out after Della gets horribly poisoned

is that the first time we've only provided three quarters of a round of action on an episode it's possible yeah I think so that's true

that's true good call bottle cap yeah stop it alright Della what do you think I'm thinking

it's going to be a natural 20 he's holding up the neon green dust there she is there's the 20 roll it in front I put too much into it now so it's's going to be a natural 20. He's holding up the neon green dust. There she is. There's the 20. Roll it in front.

I put too much into it now, so it's not going to happen. But I really was excited to have the spider come out when you guys would have multiple focuses, like on the Ettercaps and the spiders. It didn't work out that way. So I'm just going to hopefully hurt Della bad. That's what he thinks about when he goes to sleep every night. If not so shockingly, goes to bite Della. 19 to hit.

19 AC exactly. Oh, man. Yeah. He's so excited. You'll kill my monsters, I kill you. All right. Let's talk about damage. Damage is going to be nine points. Just fangs going to Della's skin. I kill you alright let's talk about damage damage is gonna be

nine points just fangs going to Della's skin alright give me the worst part I smell a fortitude save coming I call it

the best part roll a fortitude save twenty six you son of a bitch you're alright okay Ingrahild and Umlo 26. You son of a bitch. You're all right. Okay. Ingrahild and Umlo,

having just dragged their poor horses through the mud to get here. It's going to be Ingrahild first, and she is going to draw her bow and take one shot. Hits with a 19. I always think that's going to crit, bow and take one shot. Hits with a 19. I always think that's going to crit, but it doesn't. And she does seven points

of damage. Not bad for old Ingra. And then, unfortunately, Umlo, he does not have any ranged action, so he draws his hand axe and his other hand axe as part of a move action and begins making his way over there.

Round two. I just want to know if my poor, giant Black Widow spider is going to survive this round. Hopefully poison someone. Nestor. All right, well, unfortunately, one. Nestor.

Unfortunately, I don't have an opportunity to stealth or anything so that I can still do my sneak attack damage. But Nestor will take a swift action to study the target. As I was telling you before we started recording,

because Nestor's archetype is that of a Sarni executioner, he ordinarily gets a plus two bonus to hit and damage on a studied target. But if it's a non-humanoid creature, it's only plus one to hit and damage. And I believe spiders are classified as not humanoid. Correct. So Nestor's going to take a five foot step To get a clearer shot And

Hopefully hit Della That'll do wonders for the relationship If Troy has anything to say about it That's 29 29 hits And Matthew's like His posture went up Don't get me with the electric bow

12 damage 12 Alright The posture went up. Oh, don't get me with the electric bow. 12 damage. Ooh. 12. All right. And you took the minus four from melee, right? No, I precise shot. Oh, precise shot?

Yeah. This character is going to murder. Second shot. It is what he is. 20. 20 hits. 18 damage. Oh my gosh. Wow. Wow. All hits. 18 damage. Oh my gosh.

Wow. Wow. All right, Della, this thing is in your face, and Nestor just... Swift action key in the scimitar. We've heard this song before. Shock and grasp, spell strike, spell combat. Yeah. I'm just going to go take a walk.

Let me know if it works. So I got to roll the cast defensively. Made it. Yes. And now I rolled a hit 16 to hit hits big old targeting is dead dead dead and that's a 29 damage. How's your spider looking? It's dead. Didn't even make it past two characters. Oh, man. Baron, when was the last time you didn't even get a shot at the boss, the mini boss?

Oh, the boss itself. Yeah, it's been a while. And it's good, though. Baron saved bullets. Saved bullets, saved money uh all right moly so nestor comes up and he's like that was lovely oh my what'd you do like the old sword you cut right through it is like boom it's not my bow you know he's got the electricity like going Oh that was lovely Oh that had to hurt

It doesn't escape my notice that you tried to shoot Right when I was just five feet away Oh no no no It's all under control love Don't you worry No it's all under control All part of the plan Willamette has got to trot up.

Is anyone harmed? Della, were you poisoned by the bite? I'm all right. You can rest easy. Lexington, don't worry. Della's fine. He was concerned. Della gives Lexington a nod.

All right. He beat it, butter. You know, I mistakenly said last week that the clenched fists uh symbolized torag obviously the hammer symbolizes torag i thought maybe the clenched fist was like another you know symbolic uh symbol symbol what it does signify and uh glad I'm telling you now, it's very clear. Black power. Black power.

That this is clearly the tomb of a fallen dwarf. Oh, wow. Might it be someone with a steel hand? Perhaps. Bottle cap. No, no, I'm not going to do it. So, standing before you, a hundred foot tall,

what is it, about 25 feet wide, spire, covered in dwarven runes, and a symbol of a clenched fist. For this is most likely the tomb of Nargrim Steelhand. Can I get close enough to read it? Sure.

And I say, Umlo Ingerhild, come on up with me and help me read your ancestor's tomb, or what I hope is. All three of you come up, and Umlo and Ingerhild are just wide-eyed. They have only heard about this and this is something that all dwarves, certainly dwarves of Jandrhoff would have known about. Everyone knew about the famed giant slayer from 700, 600, 700 years ago. People have always heard the legends, didn't know it was true and they're kin to him. So for them this is huge and sure enough the runes spell out a traditional dwarven prayer called Torag's Epicede, and it's a funerary prayer.

What the tent of logs and webs above it was. It's very deliberate, but that is not part of the original structure, obviously. I say, the logs and wood around here look like shoddy craftsmanship, not something a dwarf would have made. What could its purpose be? Looks like somebody's squirting my... Amlo says, perhaps these Etta caps built this, but this seems too complicated. Look at this. This is very deliberate.

Can I do a knowledge engineering to get some insight as to the purpose of it? Sure. 15. It looks like a shrine. Can I do a knowledge religion to see what it might be a shrine to?

Sure. Thanks to my bardic knowledge, I can roll it untrained. Oh, nice. Natural one. Wait, nice. Natural one. Wait, let me handle this. Clearly untrained. Is there something about it that's beyond the obvious that's the word I'm looking for?

Just disgraceful? Yeah. Like to the religious nature of what's happening here? Is it defiling thisful? Yeah. To the religious nature of what's happening here? Is it defiling this place? Yeah, is it defiling? That's what Ingerhild... Is that where the evil

is coming from? That's just what Ingerhild was about to say. Like, this isn't right. This is a tomb to our ancestor. And who or what has come and done this?

We must tear it down. I say, Nargrimacans, please allow one of the red hearts to assist you in taking down this edifice. Good, can you find me one?

She has no idea. If only we could find a red heart. She has no idea. So I take my dwarven war axe out from my back, and I nod at Ingerhild and Umlo, and say, let's chop this bitch down. Yeah, Willamette's helping. Della assists with a flaming scimitar.

It's a little complicated. There's logs and stuff. Smokey the Bear comes out and looks at you angrily. If you know the tomb is centuries old, It's a little complicated. There's logs and stuff. Smokey the Bear comes out and looks at you angrily. If you know the tomb is centuries old, the shrine, as you're chopping it down, looks generations old. Huh. I'm sure they're going to be really happy to find out what we've done. Can I do a Knowledge Local on the Ettercaps to know if there's a religion or something around spider people?

Spider freaks or something like that? Yeah, you can roll knowledge local. I'm going to do the same thing. I'll join you. 11. 30. Natural 20. Natural 20.

30 for Nestor. 24 for Willamette. So it's 28. So Nestor, certainly, and you can roll a 24, Willamette. Nestor, Della and Willamette maybe to a little bit you don't think there's a religion related to Edekaps

it's not like they belong to a cult but you have heard of religions that worship vermin so it would not seem altogether strange for this to all be tied up in that So it would not seem Altogether strange For this to all be tied up In that

Can I do a knowledge religion to see if I can name that religion One of you can Correct Eleven Don't know the name of it So sorry Well it seems to make sense from where I'm sitting that maybe there's some sort

of a cult that worships this vermin god, whatever it is, and it's attracting these spiders and etiquettes. Does that sound reasonable? It does, yes. Yes.

By the way, while they're all working, Nestor is just like sitting on a rock eating an apple. And do we get it done? Yeah. It takes, you know, an hour and a half. So Baron's dex damage is not good. Once it's done, Willamette is going to ask if the dwarves mind

if he says a prayer over the front of the edifice to consecrate it. Oh, God, here we go. Yes, but please do it in Yomadai's name. Please, yes. Yes, please. Yeah, so Willamette does a brief consecration. Sort of touches the ruins and tries to dispel any of the evil that was infecting the area. I should say as well, as a follower of Toreg,

I like that you follow Yomadai, but I do think that your other god who's devoted to beauty... Shailen. I think Shailen's silly and unnecessary, just as a dwarf. I think you're silly and unnecessary. Okay, so you guys take away the desecration, and what lies before you is an archway leading directly into the obelisk.

Shall we? And I turn to the other dwarves, and I say, keep your eye out for any secret stone entrances. We should all be given a free opportunity To look for secret doors Three times over from the dungeon master So you guys walk in It's a five foot wide hallway

Talking about party order I'm okay with Nestor leaving Yeah, I'll leave Just to search for traps I'd like to put Willamette right, I'll lead just to search for traps. I'd like to put Willamette right behind just because he likes to charge into battle. Della will be behind one of them. I think the dwarves should probably come after Willamette then.

All right. Just dwarviness. Nestor, Willamette. I've got Baron in the rear right now. The interior of the obelisk houses a flight of narrow and precariously steep stairs descending into a dark shaft that plummets to an unknown depth within the earth. The passing years have crusted the walls and stairs with overlapping rings of yellow and pale green lichen. All the walls are covered with a thick, odd lichen.

It's very treacherous going down these steps. Going down the steps is difficult terrain, and Willamette, as you bring Lexington up to the edge, you realize you're not going to be able to get Lexington down these stairs. What? Did I stutter? He's a wolf.

He'd be better than any two-legged person going down the stairs. A pad down the stairs with Lexington? Absolutely. And claws? Yeah. He's a four-legged creature. Okay. I mean, is it a four-foot drop between every step, or is it just stairs?

It's stairs, but it's steep. Yeah, he'll be fine. Okay. Don't you worry. I don't know, man. I've never seen a dog go downstairs. I don't think they could do it. I don't think wolves live outside.

Yeah. Yeah. All right. Remember, this is the last episode we had in Lexington. Fucking magical wolf. You'd be surprised.

Yes, these steep stairs are considered difficult terrain. It's going to increase any acrobatics, the DCs of any acrobatics checks you want to try and do. The stupid wolf can go down the stairs, but your horses can't. We leave the horses out front. Joe broke the game.

I love it. It's dark. If you don't have dark vision, you're going to need a solution. Like him, covering the walls of a very thin, single-file shaft leading down. of a very thin single file shaft leading down. I just, I want to do perception checks for traps. I mean, every 10 feet. I don't know if you want me to actually roll that or...

No, just if you're leading the way, roll, you know, every twice on the stairwell if you're going down. Do you have darkvision? No, I don't. Come here. Oh, alright. What you got in mind? Shut up. And she casts light on your bow.

Oh, yeah. Thanks. Those two will never get along. No. Yeah, and I go back all right um 25 25 uh you don't detect any traps um you just feel very claustrophobic but you don't see any evidence of any traps it's not like the uh the floral blooms in the vault of thorns it's like it's not gonna come off the walls and jump at you there's no's no trip wire or anything that you can see. It's just darkness and a very claustrophobic feeling.

Okay. While holding my bow out in front, I continue down the staircase. Okay, and after about 40 feet, you reach a landing. It switchbacks and continues downward. Let's talk about the rest of the party. We'll go right in order.

So Willamette and Lexington. What? What are we doing? Are you following Nestor straight along? Are you doing anything? Yes, I'm following Nestor straight along and I'm speaking soothingly to Lexington because he's getting a little nervous

descending into this darkness. But he is, you know, the light of your mind will guide us, Lexington, if you're not. And he keeps pushing slowly down the stairs, and he's just trying to maintain awareness of any kind of danger, but he's not very good at that. Next up is Ingrid Holden-Umlow.

Come down, and they're just in awe of finally finding this tomb, and they're touching the walls and just going down slowly, cautiously. You don't feel worried anymore about Ingrid going AWOL, now that Umlo's there. She is game-ready and excited. And Umlo, for his part, you feel very confident

in having another hardy dwarf in your party, and he is stoic, stoically descending the stairs. Next up is Della. Della has dark vision, so can she perceive beyond the party? As she comes down the stairs, see what she can see down? Well, you've already cast light on Nestor, so if you're following along, you're seeing the same thing that Nestor's seeing, just this green, lichen, dark hallway that you can see lit up.

Maybe some webbing. Stella has her whip out, by the way. Okay. And, yeah, she just follows. Just slowly follows. Baron. Baron is looking, one, for any other runic carvings that go along. He is looking for secret doors,

and he is seeing to see if there are any tracks that he can see. Roll a perception check. 22. You don't really see tracks, per se, but you do notice that the lichen has grown over the walls, and it looks like it's covering dwarven runes. I scrape off the lichen.

Start scraping off the lichen, and you see an epitaph written in dwarven. So if you continue along doing it, and Ingrid Holt-Numlo maybe join you in it, it reveals the following.

It says, you know, along the shaft of the wall as you're going down, here lies the pride of our clan, Nargrim, son of Torgrim, called Steelhand. He was laid to rest with utmost honor in 4076 AR. May he be known forevermore. May he be known forevermore as the Giant Slayer.

That's awesome. And this would be like 700 years ago. Yes. Yeah. Wow. Close to 700. Wow. Titular.

You got that right in there. Yeah. Um, I let, I don't let the whole party know, but I let Ingerhild and Omlo. I'd say it in Dwarvish. They're ahead of me, so as I'm uncovering it, I let them know, this is it. We're here. Omlo's like, ah, the runes

continue. As we move further, let's rub the runes and find out what else it says. And then, yeah, you guys reach the first landing. Nestor turns and descends further, checking for traps. Roll perception. 25.

You don't see any traps, but from Della's light shining off your bow, you do notice that at this point, the shaft begins to fill with wisps of webs populated by a lot of numerous hairy

brown spiders. Just kind of... I turn back and turn back there's an awful lot I hope none of you are arachnophobic because there

seems to be a lot of spiders down here anybody have knowledge nature yeah 10 okay

what you would know is that it's it's more these spiders are more unnerving Than anything else But they're Most likely mundane and harmless I assure Willamette

Who just gave a shudder at the spiders I'm fine Are you afraid of spiders? No, of course not Are you kidding me? It's okay, you are Look at my armor They are so little, mate.

Look at them. Oh, dear God. A gravel. It's like a slice almost. It's almost adorable. Don't touch it. Oh. Don't panic.

Let it go. All right, so you guys keep continuing downward, All right, so you guys keep continuing downward, and Umlo and Ingrahild are clearing out the ruins. Now that Baron has discovered that they were, excuse me, clearing out the lichen. Now that Baron has discovered that they're covering ruins. And the general sense is that it describes Norgum's life. Wow. And his deeds. This is incredible. This is a really describes Norgum's life. Wow. And his deeds.

This is incredible. This is a really cool thing to find. Yeah. This is so cool. I'm surprised that we came across it so quick. Yeah, so early. Also, sorry, before, is the obelisk hollow going up, or is it solid?

Like, is there a... It looks like it's hollow for maybe 20-25 feet and then it's solid stone. There's no upstairs. We're descending down though, right? Yeah, I was just curious. Down into a tomb. The runes describe his life,

various great deeds that he did in pretty intricate detail. The tale that it's telling expounds upon his magical hand. Banger? Which allowed him to heft the tremendous weapons of his hated enemies. Oh, very cool. So that's like the Titan Mauler class that can use giant weapons.

Exactly. Okay, cool. He was able, with his magical hand, as the story tells, you're just reading this. With his red right hand. Heft giant weapons, large weapons. That's cool. It also talks about his enchanted coat of mail, which was fashioned entirely from the fingernails of slain giants. Oh, wow.

This guy is a bad ass. That's disgusting, but also really cool. He's a bad motherfucker, man. Holy shit, says it right there on his wallet. Yeah, he's talking about this shaft. Eventually, though, as you start to near the next landing. Grant finally got it. He's talking about his shaft.

Eventually as you guys are nearing the second landing, which is still continuing downward, you come to a section in the epitaph called the tragic fall of Steelhand. Which details his betrayal and murder at the hands of one of his king kinsmen.

Oh, wow. Lockmore Eddergan. Whoa. Whoa. That's the most Scottish-sounding name I've heard in a while. Lockmore Eddergan. Please write that down, Matthew. And evidently, Lockmore was kinsmen to Nargrim.

They were out adventuring together. Pretty common, you would take your kinsmen with you. And Nargrim killed a famous fire giant that had been plaguing the dwarves for a long, long time. It was a big deal. Wow. It was a fire giant called Gunduroth. He was known as Dwarf Skinner.

Oh. By the locals, and fucking Nargrim killed him. Ooh, wow. Fire giants are big, too. Yeah. Single-handedly killed him with his steel hand and his large weapons. Yeah, way bigger than anything that we've fought yet.

Oh, definitely. Lockmore, jealous of Nargrim's glory, killed Nargrim. Came back to town and blamed it on the fire giant and took credit for killing the fire giant himself. Et tu, Lockmore?

Real piece of shit. A priestess in their clan found out something isn't right about Lockmore's story. She was the wise one. And so she challenged Lockmore on it. He killed her, too. Whoa. To cover it up.

Tell one lie, leads to another. And then they found out what he had done, as he was just, you know, too many mistakes, still trying to cover up these dark deeds. He was talking to somebody that was on a wire? Right. In a bar, just bragging. I killed my friend and a priest.

Are you wearing a wire? This was all in Yonderhof? This was all in Yonderhof, yeah. Wow. He went into that hallowed place and killed a priest. Killed a priest, yeah. After killing, like, the guy who saved... The guy who killed Dwarf Skinner!

So the ruling council of Janderhoff branded his forehead with the mark of the betrayer, struck his family name from the Dwarven histories, Book of Grudges, and sentenced Lockmore to be trapped alive in the tomb of the hero he had murdered oh wow this sounds like some lit shit i wonder who we're

gonna find at the end of this this little dungeon this is like tam and various all over again this is awesome the difference the only difference being this was centuries ago. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whereas Tam and Varys was generations ago. A couple generations. Do we know what, from these inscriptions, what Lockmore's preferred method of combat was? No, you don't know. Class or anything like that? No, he was...

Bastard? That was class? Yeah. I'm assuming, by the the way that Lockmore Evergun Is not spelled like the words Lockmore Ever and Gun right No it's Edergun E-D-E-R-G-U-N

L-O-K-M-O-R-R E-D-E-R-G-U-N I thought it was going to be L-O-C-H 80 feet down into the shaft you reach another landing And now The webs are becoming really thick. And the tiny spiders, these harmless brown

spiders, are becoming increasingly active. And when you turn to go down this next flight of stairs descending, it's super thick with webs. You can push through it, but it's not like, I cleared out that section. You're moving through a jungle, except it's webs. You can push through it, but it's not like I cleared out that section.

You're moving through a jungle, except it's webs. What is the prevailing wisdom behind setting the webs on fire like we did once on the Chellish Devil? I was just going to ask this question. I mean, there are risks, but... There could be really good stuff down there, too,

or something flammable. There could be a bunch of, I don't know. I mean, there could be something... Wildfire down there. There could be something holy. There could be holy symbols and stuff. And you're also surrounded by webs as well. So if the fire spreads too quickly, you could get trapped in a burning shaft.

Let's not do that. So Nestor is at at the next landing Looking down Just still looking down at more steps Still looking down at more steps So you've now descended 80 feet below the earth Another perception check for Nestor 18 18

Can't see more than 3 or 4 feet in front of you But you don't see any Anything different Like oh it's tripwire or something's going to fall out of the sky It's just webs You can't see more than three or four feet in front of you, but you don't see anything different, like, oh, it's tripwire, or something's going to fall out of the sky. It's just webs. And I can't look over the edge to see how far down we're going to go, right?

Like, there's walls and webs on either side of us? Yeah. You guys came down 40 feet, turned, came another 40 feet, so you would assume, if this is dwarven construction, that it's probably going to go another 40 feet down. And then maybe continue downward, or maybe you've reached the bottom. You're not sure.

Will is fine with continuing down behind Nestor. I'll keep pushing forward. And upon hearing this whole story, he's getting really upset and kind of fired up at the idea of, you know, of this guy or even his presence being down here, that presence of the betrayer, of somebody that kills someone in his own family. To Willamette, family is extremely important. And it has been for generations.

And, you know, that's kind of, he was raised that, like, that's who, you know, you look out for your family. He was raised not to kill his family. Yeah. What a good family. Yeah, so he's just like, this guy's got to go if he hasn't gone already. Well, Nestor's definitely intrigued

by the hilt of his powerful-sounding artifacts down below. Della is definitely suspicious of Nestor. Oh, no, love. Not your love. Oh, you can't choose who you love. Oh, my God. This is my new favorite interplay.

The rapport. So does Nestor begin his descent? Oh yeah. Okay. So Nestor heads down followed by Willamette on Lexington. Amlo and Ingrid hold eyes as wide as can be

and Baron you know, gun drawn, kind of just looking all around. And I would think Baron, even though this is in your ancestor, you understand the solemnity of this. You thought recently, like, man, if I die, who's going to bury me?

Who's going to remember me? I don't even know who my family is. And now you see what a tomb really looks like for a dwarven hero. What's it going to take for Baron to be treated with the same respect? Surrounded by spiders accompanied by the man who murdered what's it going to take for Baron to be treated with the same respect? Well, and there's also surrounded by spiders accompanied by the man who murdered

him. There's also, there's also, Oh, what a, what a beautiful fate. There's also the, the,

that, that sword cuts two ways. There's also the danger of becoming that powerful and having people that would bury you to have someone that would betray you. So, you know, you're never safe. What a cruel world. Galerianian is nobody likes the guy on top

as you guys are are heading down i mean the webs are so thick della can't see willamette oh wow you know umlo can't see dellaella. It's pretty thick. You can't see anything in front of you. And you guys, Nestor's parting the way. But right after Nestor parts it and it comes to Willamette, Willamette's got to move it with his sword as well. It's super, super thick. And all of a sudden, as you start near the bottom, Nestor, you see a landing and a door, like some sort of mean, like you've reached the bottom of the shaft. And maybe you call back to them and say, I see it.

And all of a sudden, the webs start to move. The webs start to move, and they feel like they're getting tighter and tighter and tighter, and they begin to try and entrap every single one of you. Wrap around you like a cocoon. Roll a fortitude save and roll for initiative.

Fortitude, not reflex. Yeah. I really should have seen this coming. Fortitude's going to be my green dice. Initiative's on my... Oh, yes! That's the perfect order. Natural 20 on the Fortitude save.

And a 2 initiative. All right, let's talk Fortitude saves. I'm going to go around the room. Della. 28. Baron. 26. Nestor.

19. Willamette. 29. None of you are entrapped in the woods. What about Umlo and Ingrahild? Ingrahild, trapped. Oh. 12.

Four. So both of the other dwarves are trapped. See, I don't know why you don't like bringing the NPCs along. They just give you people to do your nasty effects to. That's true. I'm going to lay them on their side because what makes them extra complicated is now technically the party is split. Right.

Because Della and Baron are separated from Nestor and Willamette as Umlo and Ingerhild are all in these webs. Locked up. What you then see are, coming out of the webs, two more Ettercaps, except they don't look like the Ettercaps you saw outside. They look stronger, meaner.

I was going to say penises dangling bigger genitals and they are just crawling through the web at you in the sort of creepy shaft so creepy there is some sort of

vermin spidery thing also crawling through and in the back you can see the faint shape sort of vermin, spidery thing also crawling through. And in the back you can see the faint shape of something coming through. It looks like a dwarf but like a female but it has arachnid

arms and eyes. You can't quite see what it looks like. That is disgusting. Tell me about initiative. Oh my god. It's Kerrigan from Starcraft. Yeah. Who initiative. Oh, my God. It's Kerrigan from StarCraft. Yeah. Who rolled over 20? Grant did.

Baron did. What'd you roll, Baron? Baron rolled a 27. 27 for Barone. Nobody else over 20. I'm not even close. Oh, no! I rolled a two on the die.

A two on the die. All right, Dellaella what's your actual Nine And Willamette Three And Nestor Fifteen What's your modifier

Plus nine That's pretty good It's not bad Could be worse As initiatives bad Could be worse As initiatives go As initiatives go Could be worse Willamette you rolled a three

Oh boy Yeah Oh god Oh boy It's alright I'm not so fleet of foot Is Willamette It's okay

Because probably these things With eight legs Are not going to be that dexterous No man So just to give you a mechanical idea of what's happened, Ingrahild and Umlo are entangled.

If they fail their fortitude safe again, they're completely helpless. Question for you. Yes. Did Lexington have to make a fortitude safe? Lexington absolutely had to make a fortitude safe. Thank you, Baron, if you want to bring that stupid wolf down there. I'll take a bottle cap for spiting my fellow player.

What's your roll? 22. Damn it! God! That worked out. Take that, Troy. Great! Curse your fortitudinous wolf!

Round one. In the shaft. Baron. Round one In the shaft Baron Baron turns towards the Ettercap Skittering his way Genitals a dangling

And says I'm gonna shoot that right off you boy Please do it And uh He's gonna shoot at him 17 to hit Touch AC Touch AC That is a hit

Yes 17 points of damage Nice 17 points of damage Nice job Second of three attacks Natural 20 Oh

Baby Roll to confirm Oh 16 against Touch AC That's confirmed Oh yeah Nice Oh let me fish out a card for you

My son I inflict an infection upon This spider person The same way they want to do it on us. Double damage and target contracts filth fever. Fortitude negates. Oh. Roll it in a gut.

All right. Roll quadruple damage, right? Is double quadruple or is triple quadruple? Double is quadruple. Double is quadruple for the gun. That is 48 points of damage. Don't worry about the filth. For the least of its concerns. Blood, guts,

arachnid arms, and everything all over the web and it's all stuck in pieces of the web. Damn. My final shot is, I'm too far away from the spider or the spider looking thing to resolve. Yeah, so I'm going to

keep those in the chamber. But no, I'm not going to do anything fancy. All right, fancy pants. I'm going. Can I move any closer

to get in position to help the two dwarves that are stuck behind? It's really a sticky situation as it were. So no, you're trapped up there. You don't have enough movement speed to get through and not occupy a space that someone else has already occupied.

So I'm going to reload one of my barrels with a normal paper or chemical cartridge. The other one I'm going to fill up with a flare cartridge. Okay. And those are just free actions? Yep, because of my... All right, so whatever's going on in the back here, cartridge. Okay. And those were just free actions? Yep. Because of my effects. Alright, so whatever's going on in the back here, this creature, you can see it just starts chanting and moving

its arms. Oh boy. Oh no. Oh, can I see that creature? You can't get a, because of the webs, you can't get a clear view of its face, but it looks like a dwarf. And it is Nestor's turn. Body of a dwarf. So I'm going to tyke.

Oh, and actually, I have a song that I composed. I was inspired by all of Nick's work. And it's like an acoustic version. I don't know if you guys want to let me do it, but it applies in this situation. Of course, I would love to. Okay, and I hope to collaborate with Nick in the future to do an actual studio version, but here it is.

So it's called Flatfooted. So I'm flatfooted, check it and see. I've got a penalty to my AC. I haven't acted so I can't use my decks I'm flat footed flat footed I see what you have in mind

attacking me from behind do you get stealth damage too that's it that was incredible everybody a round of applause Do you get stealth damage too? That's it. That was incredible. Everybody, a round of applause. I have literally been sitting on that

for three months. But, like the old song goes, they are flat footed and so I get my sneak attack bonus. I'm going to do deadly aim and I'm going to take

a swift action to study the target. Which one are you going now? You're going after these? The Ettercap. The Ettercap. And so I'm going to study him, and so I will attack with a bow,

and that is, oh God, that is a 17, no, 18 to hit. 18 hits. Bloody hell, yeah. So... We need an electricity sound, Joe. 29 damage. 29 damage, all right.

And again, I fire. Oh, and that's a hit. 21 more points of damage. And the other Ettercap is dead. Man, I didn't get to attack with any of these Ettercaps, and these were advanced headercaps. Oh, man. These have so many fun things I can do.

God. He's dead. Well, it was their turn. So now it's Ingrahild and Umlo. They are going to try and escape Ardis. Ingrahild, 19. Ingrahild escapes. And Umlo does not escape.

Alright, so Ingra Hild spends her round trying to get out. Umlo, still trapped in there. And it is Della's turn. Now, what can I see of this creature in the back? I see it's shaped like a dwarf

but has... Shaped like a dwarf. Looks like it has arms and spider legs growing out of it. It looks like it's covered with spiders. It has natty hair. It's a female dwarf with spider features. Can I get close to it? No,

because it's like in the crook where the shaft meets the ceiling as far away from you as possible. Not ceiling, but like the ceiling that's made by the other shaft that you just came down. Just so I'm clear, there is nowhere we can move, correct? We can't move to the left or the right. Right, you're just going downstairs and the... And to our left is just such thick webbing and open space.

Yeah. Okay. You can move forward if you have enough movement speed to not end in someone else's space. Okay. So we're like attacking up into the air. Right, into the shaft but these creatures are all able to move around the webs seamlessly.

Delacana wants to burn this web down. Guys, please drink every time you hear one of us say shaft. Thank you. Delacana wants to burn this web down. I mean, I think if we've heard the mumbling, we hear casting. You do you. I mean, I think if we've heard the mumbling, we hear casting. You do you. I'm not making eye contact.

We are engulfed in webs. The fire would also, in turn, engulf us. Okay, Delil magic missile. Good. All right, what are you aiming for? The spider or the creature that you cannot see? Well, I can see that it's there. Right, well, I'm asking which one you're aiming for.

That one. Perfect, go for it. Nine points of damage. There you go. Nine points of damage. And does she have to roll a concentration check? She does. Oh, nicely done.

And a wasted natty 19. The spider vermin, the giant spider vermin thing that's coming up, crawls up to, I guess that would be Willamette. I guess it would be. The one right there. And it attempts to bite you, so just bite. 22. Miss.

Get out of here. Whoa. Right off my shield, baby. You got a shield. Oh, my God. He's an agent of shield. So it just, ah, cling, boom. Nice.

Walks in with his shield. All right. And it is just, King Brunner. Nice. Walks in with his shield. All right. And it is Willamette's turn. All right. Willamette is going to knock it away and then turn to, turn to Nestor. And then he's got what,

Ingrahild behind him. Uh-huh. And he's going to say, we're sitting ducks on these stairs. We must move quickly toward the door. He will execute an ability that he has. A paladin divine defender ability, where he will use a use of his lay on hands

to increase all three of our ACs by one. Oh, cool. So Ingerhild's AC goes up one, his AC goes up one, and Nestor's ACs by one. Oh, cool. So Ingerhild's AC goes up one, his AC goes up one, and Nestor's AC goes up one. Sweet. For three rounds. Wow.

Awesome. Everyone? No, just anyone adjacent to me. What is the name of the ability? Shared Defense. Ah. That's cool. So Ingerhild and Nestor and yourself.

Yes. Wow. Plus one AC. Shared Defense. Nestor, does it tingle at all? Does it burn a little bit to have that holy energy going through you? No, I like it. I like it.

It's fueling me. In front of Nestor, a swarm of spiders appears. Oh, shit. And just moves onto Nestor's spot. Oh, no. Roll just moves onto Nestor's spot. Oh, no. Roll a Fortitude save. Oh, no. Nine.

Uh-oh. Oh, no. Four points of damage. Oh. And. Somehow, I suspect that's not the worst of it. Two points of strength damage. Oh, there we go.

So far. Oh, jeez. So a swarm of spiders appears right in front of old Nestor. Just moves right onto his space. When a swarm, the way swarms attack, they don't actually roll to attack. They just move onto your space, and they do damage, and you roll against the harmful traits.

I think that swarm of spiders has an eye for a Sir Willamette. It's making its way. He loves spiders. It's already... I hate spiders! In the back now, Baron and Della start to get a clearer picture of what this thing looks like. And I'm only going to show Baron and Della what it looks like.

Oh, gross, gross. That's very pretty. So that half dwarf, half spidery looking woman with a bunch of eyes coming out of her forehead. She also has incredible quadriceps. Well, she works out. She's got the squats. She's got to climb up these webs all day. So, uh, Galabras has taken two strength

damage, and now it is that creature's turn. Who took two strength damage? I'm sorry. Nestor. Oh, it wasn't me. You said it. Galabras lying in his sickbed back in Turnau. It's suddenly weaker. So I have a mini for her,

and she comes up right into Baron and Della's grill and does five attacks. Bite, claw, claw, claw, claw. First is going to be a bite on Della. Miss. Claw, claw, claw, claw First is going to be a bite On Della Miss And then two claws apiece Two claws on Baron Claw one, miss Claw two, miss

Claw three This one's on Della, 23 Hits Della Not too bad Five points of damage And the final claw, misses Five attacks Hit Stella. Not too bad. Five points of damage. And the final claw misses. Five attacks.

One hit. And only one of them had the ability to do poison. That's like the first couple times you used Angraheld's twin weapon fighting. Seriously. It's just like it. Okay. It is Nestor's turn. You are weakened.

I am. So no more sneak attack. I'm going to just fire a couple of shots into the swarm at my feet. Okay. 20. 20 hits. 10 damage. 10 damage.

You kill the swarm. Sweet. And now roll another fortitude save. Oh, my swarm. Oh, sweet. And now roll another fortitude. Oh, my God. Okay, 21. 21. Okay. The damage remains, but you no longer. The dosage has run its course.

All right. And I'm going to fire at the spider creature that's attacking Willamette, and I will incur an attack of opportunity as a result. Okay, so that thing goes to bite you and misses. Okay. Can't roll. Worth a shit. It's a slow day for Troy.

Yes! Slow day for old Troy. 17. Hits. Yes! And... 21 damage. 21?

Oh, my God. Oh, man, have things changed. All right. Ingrahild uses her full round action to get Umlo free of the entanglement. So now both Umlo and Ingrahild are free, but they can't join into the fray, and it is Della's turn.

Can I do a knowledge check on this creature? Sure. Umlo and Ingerhild are free, but they can't join into the fray. And it is Della's turn. Can I do a knowledge check on this creature? Sure. It's going to be knowledge... Knowledge fighter? Aberration. Dungeoneering. Knowledge dungeoneering. Fifteen.

Don't know. Don't know. It's a weird amalgamation. Della is going to spell combat, spell strike with the scorpion whip. You can use it anywhere. I just looked it up. Anywhere within its reach. Okay.

And I'm going to use a frigid touch. And it provokes. It provokes? Yes. Using a whip. It does. In melee range provokes. Yep.

All right. So she will attempt to bite you. 18. Miss. All right. Nice. Okay, so I roll concentration. Got it.

And now to hit with the whip and frigid touch. Natural 20. Oh! Oh! Oh, please confirm this. Combat over! Oh, please confirm this. Combat over. Oh, please confirm this. It's just, it's not shocking grasp.

It's frigid touch, but it could be good. Bye. 23 to confirm. It's confirmed. Yay! There you go. So this is spell crit. Spell crit and the...

And the regular crit. The whip crits. Yep. So let me read you. Spell crit and the regular crit. The whip crits. Yep. So let me read you what the magic crit is because it's especially appropriate. He can't keep it inside. He's already giggling. Listen to him. He's so happy.

Cut off from magic. Normal damage and target cannot cast spells or use spell-like abilities for 1d4 rounds. Wow. Okay, you take two damage from the scorpion whip. Okay. And now... He's so happy. The smile.

Matthew is not normally this happy. You're going to take four D6 damage from cold damage from the frigid touch. Oh, boy. 16 damage from the frigid touch. Roll. Yeah, chilly. Okay, so the spell causes your hand to glow,

your melee touch attack deals 46 points of cold damage and causes the target to be staggered for one round. If the attack is a critical hit, the target is staggered for one minute instead. Whoa! So you're staggered for a minute and cannot use spells or spell-like abilities. Wow.

All right. This might be the best day of my life. Oh my god, that's fucking amazing. So she is spell-less, and with staggered, she can only take a move or a standard action. Woo! Wow. All right, good round of combat.

So Della's like... By Della. All right, the round of combat. So Della's like. By Della. All right, the spider vermin creature goes to bite Willamette again. 24. Is this the top of the round? Hits. No.

Hits. All right, roll a fortitude save. 17. You're all right. Only three points of damage, though, but you guys are very resistant against poison. I spent a lot of time reading about poison, making sure I knew really well about it.

Doesn't matter. You're all resistant. And now it is Willamette's turn. Okay. Willamette is going to raise his longsword and stab into this thing. Right in its eyes. 14 to hit. Is it a miss?

I assume. Yes. Right off the natural arm. Oh no. And a second attack. So he will stab a second time. And he hits. Must. 23. That hits. And he does four points of damage with his little sword.

Right through its heart it died. Oh wow. Thanks to Nestor softening him up for the kill. So Willamette is like, I'm a hero! He did four points of damage. All that's left is the mother of spiders

in the back, who Della has now rendered almost useless. Let's see if she can at least have a couple parting blows. She can't cast spells, and she clearly can't hit with physical attacks. It is Nestor's turn. Okay, so can I make a five-foot step? Is this difficult terrain?

It's difficult terrain, yeah. And that's a bit tough. Should I have a turn or not? I would say no, because she's going to get the bonus for all the people in front. Then I'm going to just move five feet so I can get a clear shot and take a single shot. Is she on the ground? No, she's like, she crawled down to within here so she could attack Baron and Della. And I'm going to take a swift action

to study her. And does she count as humanoid or not? No, she's an aberration. No, she's not. She's not. 20 to hit. So did you

take the minus 4? For what? Shooting into melee? Once again, I have precise shock. Please memorize all of my character's abilities, Troy. Alright, so you said 20. 20 is going to hit. Okay, and 16 damage. 16 damage. Alright.

Willamette sees this arrow come an inch from his ear. Ingrahild draws her bow and All right. Willamette sees this arrow come an inch from his ear. Right by us. Ingra Hild draws her bow and takes a shot and misses. Umlo, he can't get past Della, but he wants to kill this woman because he knows in his heart that she was behind some of this desecration

to his ancestor's tomb, but he's trapped. He has no rage attack, so he wants to switch positions with Della. He almost wants to grab you, but he doesn't want to hurt you, so he's stuck there. He could probably throw one of his axes.

They're small hand axes, aren't they? Yeah, you know what? He will. And he misses. Remind him to pick that up later. Baron, you go. Sorry. Okay, so I can't take a five foot step back No

So I'm just going to get daring And I'm going to provoke attack of opportunity And take two shots at her Up close and deadly And she goes to bite Fumbles on the bite It is not her day Let's see if she's going to

19, so no fumble I'm armor class 20 Natural 19 Oh, it is not her day. Let's see if she's going to confirm 19. So no, no fumble. I'm armor class 20. Natural 19. Oh, okay. Natural. Got it. First shot.

18. That is a 27 to hit. 27 hits. Up close and deadly. 19 points of damage. 19 points of damage. 19 points of damage. Wow. Okay.

Second attack. Oh, I have to free action reload because I don't want to use my flare cartridge. Okay. Ooh, 27 to hit. Nice. 27 hits as well. I didn't say up close and deadly on this one, so I'll give it to you. 17 points of damage.

Nice. Third attack. Wait. She has combat reflexes, so does she get attacks of opportunity for all these attacks? She should. But if she's staggered, does that impact that? Yeah, can't she do that when she's staggered? Oh, God. That gives me a headache even trying to figure out how.

I don't think it affects it. Alright, so she's going to try and bite again. And 21. That's a hit. Alright, so three points of damage and roll a fortitude save. Poison? Yeah. 19.

Alright, you're okay. You said four points of damage? Four points of damage, yeah. My last attack. God, you guys are so my last attack oh that is oh yeah 21 that'll hit 21 that was up close and deadly I took off the last one because I didn't say before him but it's for the class tech that is 21 points of damage oh my god Baron killed her there's three bullets to the face.

Three bullets to the face from close range. Oh, boy. How you feeling, Troy? Well, has anyone taken any damage? Yes, I took damage. Well, Nestor's down two strength. Baron's down one dex. But, I mean, otherwise, you guys came out pretty damn sweet. Yeah, I got a little damage

by the dart as well, but that was last episode. Wow, two episodes in a row. This new party. Who needs Lork and Galactus? Am I right? And Gormley, who? You're just slowing us down. This is a game changer.

Alright, so there's nothing on the outer caps of interest. The spider that was attacking Willamette, you would think, is obviously some sort of companion to her. Mm-hmm. But she has some stuff on her. You guys want to look?

Lay it on us. She has a magical amulet Ah And Holly and mistletoe Druid She's a druid Exactly

Holly and mistletoe Hmm Della is careful Not to stand under it What's that? What's that you got there? Nothing Nothing at all

No there's not No it's a little plant that you got there? Nothing Nothing at all No there's not No it's a little plant Are you imagining things? Alright yeah Can I spellcraft the amulet? Sure 22 Amulet of mighty fists

Plus one What does that do? It's like the best thing That a monk could get At an early level It just increases your Unarmed strike Right? It's You know what it is? It's a plus one To attack and damage at an early level. It just increases your... Unarmed strike.

Right? You know what it is? It's a plus one to attack and damage with unarmed attacks and natural weapons. Oh. That's cool. Could you put it on a wolf? Alternatively, this amulet can grant melee weapon special abilities

so long as they can be applied to unarmed attacks. Oh. Like shivering? Like shocking grasp? No, I think it's like... It's all monk. There are certain monk weapons that function with the same bonuses as unarmed attacks.

We'll have to look. Like nunchucks and stuff like that. We've got a lot of things to look up. All right, so you guys want to move forward yes there's a door right there is a door let's get to the door

I'm going to check the door for traps as a rogue you don't even have to check it for traps to begin with because

it is not really a door so you lied it is is it a jar it is that's good good one's good he didn't hear it So you lied. Is it a jar? It is... Good one, Skid.

He didn't hear it. He's too busy reading to get my awesome joke. You get to the bottom. The landing is 15 feet by 25 feet wide. As the stairs come down, you see like a disk that is almost, it looks like it's cemented into the wall. And it's blocking entrance into presumably the tomb.

There are runes written in a circular motion all around the disk. And then three runes right on the disc itself. So that's the first thing Nestor sees. And then when Nestor turns around, you see behind you, in the back end of where the stairs would have turned around to continue going, but they do not,

two mummified corpses hung in spider webs. Oh, wow. With their mouths and bellies exposed. Gross. Dwarven runes all around. Can I follow in? Sure.

And Nestor, you wanted to check for traps. Yeah. 27. It doesn't appear to be trapped. All right. So I step up to look at the corpses. Okay. Okay.

It's like they're cocoons Almost Stomachs and mouths exposed Do you have knowledge planes? Della does I wonder if anyone here has knowledge planes I don't think anyone does, the problem Alright, moving on

Yeah, well, maybe next time Why don't you do one thing? 19 It's a Boeing 747 Yeah, well, maybe next time. Why don't you do one thing? 19. It's a Boeing 747. Della, you recognize this, and now it's all starting to add up. It's a sign of obedience to the demon lord, Mazmez. Mazmez, the demon lord of vermin. Gross.

So it's that the followers will take mummified corpses and do this as a sign of obedience? Or it's the... Yes. Gross. And they appear to be female both of them both of the corpses I wonder if the

if the arachnid spellcaster druid lady is was a like a later version of one of these oh maybe yeah Nesta takes out his short sword and sort of soars away at the cocoon and sees tries to get what's beneath the body just falls limp

to the ground and as does the other one and And they're just all exposed. It's so creepy with just web covering. You don't see any other facial features, but it's pretty clearly a woman. Oh, check the bodies. They don't have anything on them of note. Can I do a heel check to see? They're almost, you know, obviously they've been...

Are they human? Are they, they were human? One appears to be a dwarf, and one appears to be a dwarf with some arachnid features. Not as much as what you just fought, Della and Baron, but you can tell that there's little tiny arms coming out of its side. Maybe there's a couple eye sockets extra. Whereas the first woman is just, looks like a dwarven woman.

And they're definitely dead. Definitely dead. Okay. And have been dead. Not dead for 700 years, though. No. Okay. What do we do?

Do we slice them open? Stop them from transforming? Yeah, is it like a butterfly effect? Are they just gonna reawaken or something? Ingrid's like, what is this? Who are they? How did they get into

our ancestors' tomb? Perhaps they started this worship in that tent that we took down upstairs. Perhaps this was all part of their design. It's very strange. Can any of you speak with them? You mean use a scroll of Speak with the Dead? Scroll of Speak with the Dead? I believe we may have one Since the players weren't smart enough

To figure it out on their own People thought perhaps the help of an NPC I've never done that We did it once We did it In Merwin's campaign Way back in the day I never think of it

I just never think of it. I called it the Sai and the Soul of Vaca. I just never think of it. Wow. I'm looking up the rules for scrolls, because it's not a spell that any of us could cast. Do you use magical device? Apply? Yes. So I roll a use magic device on it?

If your caster level is lower. Normally, to cast a spell from a scroll, you must have the scroll's spell on your class spell list. Use Magic Device allows you to use a scroll as if you had that spell on your class list. The DC is 20, plus the caster level of the spell you're trying to cast. Boom. So it would be a DC 23 Use Magic Device.

That's pretty rough. Yeah, so I would need a natural 19. I mean, I would need A natural 19 I mean I would need I would need a natural 18 I guess I roll it then Does the scroll get destroyed If you fail? If you roll a natural 1

It can backfire Which means it can make you dead Right But like if you tried it And failed Can I try it After that? Sure Let's try it after that? Sure

Let's try it Yeah well the scroll get used up I'm sorry Scroll mishaps Well that's just if you roll a 1 So if you fail You roll a DC 5 wisdom check To avoid a scroll mishap A natural roll of 1 always fails

Oh Oh man Yeah if it fails a mishap. A natural roll of one always fails. Oh, man. Yeah, if it fails, a mishap may occur, but the scroll is not destroyed. Ah, okay, good. Okay, so you want to try it first or you want me to try it first? You try it first. I'm going to throw in a bottle cap on this.

Alright. Let me see that bottle cap. Is that the Pathfinder bottle cap? Yeah, indeed it was. The official glass cannon bottle cap. Alright, let's see what happens here. Rolling twice. that okay is that the Pathfinder bottle cup yeah indeed it was the official glass cannon bottle cap all right let's see what happens here rolling twice nope roll one I didn't roll one wisdom

check what's your wisdom modifier zero natural 18 What's your wisdom modifier? Zero Natural 18 There it was Alright Willamette will give it a shot He will say a quick prayer And try to read this scroll With a one shot at a natural 19

Natural 19 Get out of here I can see it right there Holy Shit The tides have turned The rolling has changed forever Willamette like

Almost gets like startled And he's like And like the scroll like Lights up Vanishes into the mist Wow And speak with the dead is successful I don't even know what it does

Like does it animate the corpse? You grant the semblance of life to a corpse So just You may ask one question per two caster levels Oh man I am not the guy for this job So how many questions can you ask? Three?

Per two caster levels? Well it's whatever the scroll is, right? No, no it's your caster level And your caster level. And your caster level is? Four. Four, so you can ask two questions. Two questions.

And you just see. It says here, if the dead creature's alignment was different from yours, the corpse gets a will save to resist the spell as if it were alive. Oh, man. Fuck that. Good, I was hoping you'd tell that. Good call. So you see the webbing around the mouth starts to moisten, and the mouth starts moving up and down.

Oh, weird. And you can ask two questions to this, the one that just has dwarven features. Oh, man. I say we let him do it all on his own. Let's see what happens. No one ever happens. Oh man. I say we'd let him do it all on his own. No, no help to,

this is the worst. I am the worst. What's your name? Exactly. Really? Are you really the head of the quickie Marts? Two questions. Okay.

Um, what was the name of that? This is to you, Troy, not to the corpse. What was the name of that guy? Uh, Ender gun, not to the corpse. What was the name of that guy? Endergun? Lockmore Eddergun.

Lockmore Eddergun. I'm going to ask the corpse if, to their knowledge, Lockmore Eddergun still lives. My son. My son. They trapped him in here I pleaded with the council to let me let me take his place and they said no and they cast me out

it's his mother? I thought you said these didn't look like they were 700 years old oh wow that's confusing that is very confusing now you have 10 minutes per level. So, I mean, you... I'm just going to sit here in silence. Yeah.

No, no, it's more than... Or one minute per level. It takes 10 minutes to cast. Yeah, yeah. Oh, 10 minutes to cast. Wow, that's a long scroll. Yeah. You were reading for a while.

That is a long scroll. I love that idea of Wilmot. Like, dismounted Lexington. For ten minutes this went on and on. Praying. The mouth salivated. And he's like, oh my god. And then it's like, you can ask two questions. I have no idea. This never works.

Exactly. I'm still looking at this natural 19. Alright. Alright. What is your son's greatest weakness? All right. What is your son's greatest weakness?

My son, my son, I love him so much. He had no weakness. My son had no weakness. His only weakness is his cruel heart. Cool. Well, shoot for the heart. And then she just sort of like becomes dead again. Oh, man.

I am not the guy for that job. I will say we have another Skrull of the same thing. So we go, let's go check out the disc. Okay. After Willamette's shitty questions, you guys make your way back to the disc.

It is, as I mentioned, runes encircling the disc. It looks like it's completely up against the wall. There's no door there, you know what I mean? It's completely abutting the wall. And there's no door there. You know what I mean? It's completely abutting the wall.

And then there are three runes on the middle of the disc itself. This is so Skyrim. Yeah, it is. There's going to be a Nordic zombie coming out of nowhere with horns on his head. Can Baron or Ingerheld or Unlo

read these runes? You can. Oh. What do they say when I read them? Around the door, the runes spell out, Rest here until mine sons touch upon thy blessings. And then on the door itself, it says, Loyalty, duty, strength.

Wow. He was a member of the Air Force. Just kidding. Cool. Can Ingerhild and, I mean, the Nark-Grimmikens probably want to do something about this. Yes. And they're followers of Torak. And they say this. Loyalty.

Duty. Strength. and they're followers of Tuorag, and they say this. Loyalty, duty, strength. Those each refer to one of Tuorag's sons. Kholz, Trud, and Grundenar. But it has been so long since I studied the histories, I don't remember who was with what. Omlo says, can we just break in? Is there some way you can cast a spell to break this enchantment? I believe this is a riddle of some sort, but I do not know. Brother of Torak, do you remember in your teachings?

Without looking at your notes, filthy cheater. Well, I know that Torag oversees protection. Am I going down the right path now? I'm not sure. This is so outlandish of what I would ever have read about him since can I can Willamette do a knowledge religion check and know anything about Torek or his son sure

see if I can get another natural 19 natural 3 damn a total of 9 yeah Ingra Hill just all she knows is that loyalty duty and strength each of them refers to one of Torag's sons. But what that knowledge is going to do and who's referred to who.

Why don't you roll a knowledge religion, Baron? Untrained. And you get a plus 10. Oh, great. Oh, you don't have knowledge religion. Shit. He's a gunslinger, man. I do worship Torag, though, So would it make sense in this?

Della can roll it I have profession Fisherman what are we talking about? Natural 19 Whoa Alright so Della Della knows That

Grundenar is loyalty, Kohl's is duty, and Trud is strength. So what do we just, what do we just say the names in that order? Or place something on the disc? What do you see? Is there anything around here? Is there anything around that is like that you can place on it is there anything the room's empty bare empty bare

with the exception of the so what could you please read again what it said about the order in which they come the rest here until mine sons touch upon thy blessings so maybe you touch perhaps you touch until mine sons touch upon thy blessings. So maybe you touch, perhaps you touch a disc.

If you were dwarf, you touch the disc, say the name of the son with the appropriate loyalty, strength, the other, and the door will open. Simple. I just hope that they'd accept me. I'm not a Nargrimican. The three of us could do it, but... Ingra Hill walks up to Baron, puts her hand lovingly on your shoulder, and says,

We must try. Amlo, join us. Let's each say one of the names. If you'll have me, I'd be happy to help. We absolutely will have you. You shall be strength. And I will be loyalty. And I will be duty. And so you each go up.

Place your hand on the appropriate rune. Loyalty. Strength. Duty. Duty. As each word is said, the runes begin to glow with a bluish light. And then once the final word is said, all three of them take on a bluish white brilliance. As the tomb opens. We'll see you next time.

I want to know! I can't wait! I want to go in! Let's raid this tomb! Outro Music