Tidefall | E20: "Tidefall"

We are back. It is tidefall episode 20 things. Yeah, things are happening in the world of tidefall But before we jump into that I want to jump in pretty quick anything on your guys end want to talk through? How's life?

How's the world? The world is what it is. Yeah, I'm spending way too much time looking at hero forage right now, and I should probably stop You're welcome enable you you're welcome Yeah, it's really fun until it's like oh, I need to buy it's like oh, what do you want to buy? Just a digital one for like five dollars or like a gold one for a hundred dollars or whatever it is like right?

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They make a lot of kayaks for like fishing and stuff They make your little fish cooler bags. So yeah, just throw one of their those guys on top and got your fish bag And I've never been fishing my child life. So that may be a problem New experiences lots of people good right a lot of pictures No, it's not necessarily a great day for sailing but Ah great day for Rowan Paddle My weekend's been pretty wet too. My daughter started body training this weekend.

So She's not taking to it good up with that I My much less exciting news is I finished a game that I've been playing since like September of last year No, that game's not out yet Pathfinder Wrath of the righteous I played on super hard did not know all the mechanics going in it was a bit dumb It took me 400 hours to beat it, but I beat it It's just not have taken that long It's both I play games very slowly and then also I played on like make a hard line not knowing mechanics and didn't know certain things And it was a lot of dumb I should have already both of those guys that just like no I'm playing on hard and continue on hard and then I just Got a percentage of my life I locked in we're talking about video games. I spent way too much time on I cleared my first average rates here in Final Fantasy 14 this weekend So I started playing again So I'm learning how to play. We'll just talk about our dark gaming addictions right now Yeah, it's only dark if you really think about it and realize how much time I spend in it Look at the steam hour counter. You're fine.

We're alone. Don't play on steam because then yeah, you can never look at that That's too late, but you leave the game on all the time when you go to bed and the steam numbers are always really wrong, right? Everyone everyone has that no my not really accurate. I know scarily Come on I log out whatever I've done playing I'm barely responsible with my server space Had to vacate after it was done.

I know my new gaming thing has been a fall guys, which is nice Even got my parents into it, which is also hysterical So I'm just like oh a new a new wish game to me and it's free. Oh the right price good I Wish I'd waited on fall guys because I bought it when I was like 20 bucks I think I played it for like an hour or two tops and I just never went back Now I feel like I would actually like yeah, it's fun But now I've got this next time I played once with a friend and I'm gonna play to Kim quarantine I'll answer that question for you quarantine, but it was during quarantine. It was the perfect time to play fog guys It was like I think that's why didn't work we already had so many like we it was like too late at the quarantine We are how you had like our stuff figured out. We're like oh, yeah We'll just move on to the next thing and it wasn't the next thing Yeah, I mean because we didn't want to have fun B-sus mm-hmm.

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Our name is the galaxy the one planet that's just all right the one that's all blue was the No Jeff Gland that's what we know this I meant they just put like the game mode into Fortnite They did yeah, they did do that next fortnight DLC drop historical figures. I think it was the rock patch Funnaw at all What with that I think we should It's a perfect segue never make fun of me for my segue is they're always incredible I'm just excited. I'm just excited for my time fall. Yeah, we'll be right back.

We'll let our narrator get you guys in and yeah Ladies and gentlemen citizens of tide fall These times are truly done our fair city is coming towards blue resting place, but fear not There is still time to evacuate our guardians of order will prevail and as for me the voice of tide fall I shall be with you to the very end So for tonight yep, that's right. We tide fall is now in fortnight. We'd spend don't give him the idea That's gonna cost money. Okay.

They give us money for that So tied for you listening Absolutely, please let us know so Flip heard the noise Looked up sort of expecting to see Hera or salt and instead there is the hooded figure nothing Wrong. Yeah, it's all good So you have effectively you have slowed down the bomb and you have started cutting away at it when you when this occurred And you went and you now realize that you know person is here. They've got a They have hair is pistol with their pistol So they're like a willing pistol this one because the blade was destroyed by salt, right? So yeah person's got their two pistols at the ready They are looking sort of down at you you're starting to saw away or like welds, but not welds But make it hot so easy to cut away and break Yeah, but you got part way through that when this person has appeared What is the immediate reaction from you is it continue cutting is a good deal with them now's near he was well What is what's like?

What's the order of attack here? Sure? I think kind of like first of all the assassin catches flip off guard He was expecting salt and or Hera What's the like internal monologue or is it immediate reaction that word like there's like an immediate sort of like he kind of like flinches back Notices the weapons at the ready kind of like gives it one of which is definitely her is weapon Can it gives him a quizzical sort of like huh and then goes back to cutting the bomb off the ship? Okay, cool.

So you're continuing to cut I think now like the inner monologue is like if he shoots everybody dies true, so He probably won't shoot. I mean that's the hope. Yeah, that's the hope. Yeah, but maybe maybe their goal is not survival But it's about the bomb.

You don't know it. Okay, that's fair. They're here It'll be a very short episode if you know bad guy shows up shoots ago in episode over in 20 minutes Completely from all the episode and the series is over. Hey, I would never do that Good game everybody's okay No, no looks up and like he was a bit shocked and I think he said it was like you know that is I think he wants to kill us Okay, I think Um looks to you you're still cutting and I'm gonna roll it even under see what now does as normal one is bad 100 is good um And we got a 74 so that's what I think I mean, it's you know, it's yeah, it's definitely no it's good overall.

It's good. So what occurs is um now looks to you Looks to the assassin with their um dual pistols and then he runs at the assassin to buy you some time Um So what I would like you to do is roll me an additional Um I get off me from a test thing so I'm gonna mechanics check to it continue cutting this thing I want to sort of see how long you're able how long it takes you to sort of finish cutting this thing away And then also I'm gonna make a roll for nels. Um dealing with the assassin. Um just something I wanna say I Believe it was a mechanics five so we did last time.

Yeah, it's a really tough check So I like that the assassin NPC is just like advanced toward maybe Yeah, I mean he looked down and it was it was a very quick reaction right like now as a very very fast person He said you know a mongrel who has gone into their um You know that he's been in cat form since you guys started like let's go fast running down And that's when you know you jumped on flop and he went cat form and started like running a bit more feral now than normal Um, so yeah, he's still in that like quick fast journal mode. So I'm ready whenever you are if you make that roll mechanics Is my dutter talent down towards this? Um, can you remind me what the inventor is? Because right now you're really just cutting away.

I don't feel like it's invented. I don't feel like it's in there either Okay, yeah, my gut feelings know if you want to you know, but you know anything you're just cutting doesn't have a strong argument Doesn't say modifying an existing sort of item. Isn't that the verbage that's attached to it? It feels a little uh against the spirit of the talent enough.

Fair enough Okay, I'm so reminded you are Okay, with all of that you get a net of one success and two threat Um for that threat, I'm going to say that um you succeeded in the thing But it's gonna take a little bit longer than you would like so it's not gonna be something you can cut away right away But so you know, but now it's my anytime. That's important thing is um, you know, it's my time It's acting forever. You're not gonna fail. It's just gonna be a little bit slower because you know, you're like You know, you're stressed out but that's like you know, you keep coming up against like thicker parts that take longer kind of way uh, I would like to slide uh my wrench up to uh, not to know Before before he runs off to deal with the assassin.

Yeah, you gotta make sure you use the right tool for the chuff Okay And yeah, so yeah, just like to like give him a weapon essentially correct. Yeah, something a bit as you said Yeah, uh, he grabs it with his left hand because it's right hand as we have a little like palms like electro zap thing grabs that uh runs up. I'll um Give him a blue down his next check. He's gonna make Hey, which is gonna be a bit tricky because it is a right versus a nemesis.

Um, so I will roll for him um And then a brawl check Okay, so can I send flop with him? You could yeah, I'll send flop with him. Okay. Yeah, let's have a flop turn as well.

Okay. Cool. Um, I'll do him and then we'll have flop Go next. It's not good.

Yeah, absolutely. Okay. Cool. So we'll have the um, we're roll for roll for now.

Um, he runs up with his Um, do wielding electro zap plus uh wrench And we do a roll and unfortunately he runs up and I think what happens is is with those three threats Um, you can spend a story point to give him a success. Um, you can spend sort of yourself I don't think it's for like in gcs if he would just flop. I would say yes, but for no, uh, no unfortunately Um, yeah, um, so with those threats what it's gonna do is um, the active character but What's okay? So we're gonna we're gonna do is um when he runs up He's trying to do all these two weapons and he swings at her She kicks away at him.

She ducks down and uh kicks him in the legs and he like drops to the ground and is prone at the moment Um, because she just sort of like took a bit more control over it and then you want to roll for flop as well, correct? Okay, um, do you have dice meta things set up for that or do you have to remain only? I wasn't trying to set up Nope. I got it.

Uh, we're gonna roll a takedown. Um On this dude, uh, or person. Sorry as an action making average two purples athletics check targeting one engaged Uh opponent if successful. Sorry if successful target is knocked prone stuff for swirster and it may not stand for prone prone during the next Okay, cool.

Sounds good. Um, I'm gonna mind if you are Okay, let me switch over to athletics Oh, yeah, so I am rolling. I'm totally rolling manual. Uh, let's see Why is it this filled out?

It should be is it it is? Um Yeah, okay, let me just All right, everybody okay. I'm gonna roll it What? Yeah, unfortunately, that's not too purple.

Well, but any targets against her because she's nemesis gets upgraded Well, it's just an average check. Oh, yeah, and then average check is two purples Which is what I said up and because she's an emesis. I believe all comments checks it's a target twice So combat check or you just make it shut up. No, it's not a check.

You're in combat making a check to try to take her down in combat It's definitely combat so Unfortunately as a combat check So you're in a deal in there. Yeah, unfortunately the previous check, you know, there was no failures, but no successes This one lots of failures. Uh, what does it do? You've got two um two good things you failed, but something good did happen from this Um, what was it?

Let's see. Uh, I think maybe just buy some space Uh for nal. Uh, so maybe like a blue on their next uh, their next check. Okay.

Cool Um Okay, that's the end of the round. Let's do a thing where let's roll initiative and we're gonna have the three Do you want normal head flop go with you but this feels a bit separate? It's up to you. Do you want to roll you?

I would flop it. Yeah, okay. That makes sense. Okay.

Um, I will clear it out on my end. You're gonna roll whenever And as a matter of two the vigilance are cool. Um, cool if you're prepared vigilance if you're not prepared So I don't think it was for the fluffies and vigilance for everyone. Yeah, yeah Let me do that vigilance.

Yep, that's about right. Okay, that's not bad. That's flips. Um, and there's flop Okay, and then for the sscino, we've got That that and then for now we have that Okay, now let's just fast boy.

Um, okay. Gotta go fish one second Oh The image isn't there. Oh That's why you don't have stuff for flop. Okay.

Um, okay Well deal with that. Um, okay, so we are gonna go with and it's gonna be normally it's NPC versus PC But I don't want to have uh, Nell's height thing make the guy go first. What does call it as that we know and then it will be uh player Then it's gonna be assassin And then player Cool. So Nell's up first.

Uh, Nell is going to attempt to continue swinging on this lady. Um, before we jump into this combat proper though I want to get sort of a general um, check from hera insults. How quickly you guys are gonna be able to get down here Um, so roll me and what yeah roll me up thing to try to get down your ass while you're just trying to Is you trying to go fast? You're trying to allow it.

What is the goal? Get their ace up. I think fast. Yeah Or would that be Athletics Yeah, I think that makes sense.

Okay. Um Okay, yeah, I'm good. Do you guys want to go throw that up? Okay Bam That looks like mine canceled out to a net nothing Okay, so yeah, I think what that comes down to is for salt He's I'm assuming the reason why you got it zero successes there is because you're trying to like keep the back cover both covering the back and also keeping The guards you got would you say because I'm having them wrong.

They're just like being guided by salt so hera Is hera running ahead of everyone else or is hera the way that the configuration fast the way they're configurations like she's in the middle of the three in the front And I'm in the back So she'll turn all sides of her Yeah, okay. Cool. That makes sense So he's not paying too much attention to the front. Yeah, yeah, that that that tracks with me.

Okay, so you guys have a little bit of time Um, but she's going pretty quick. So I think I think it's gonna be probably around a two if you get down there Um to deal with all of that so okay, um, so we are going to jump into Nell's turn Um, so what Nell is gonna do Nell is gonna continue trying to Attack this lady with his you know stunner plus uh, do willing his the wrench that was handed over by Flip so he's better to stand up so we can't uh like aim or do you know, fancy your special but he's gonna make his attack Um, he's gonna have a blue for do willing and then he's gonna be swinging brawl Um, so he's gonna give it his shot, but he's not you know, he's more trying to buy time than anything else Um because this lady is a league ahead of him honestly And yeah, once again, he swings at her fails to do much Um swings she like ducks out of the way and he does get a bit of advantage I think he'll give a blue die to flop He like goes to the other side where flop, you know flops on one side like trying to like rate a like pounce or do something And she's a bit distracted by him So while he dives at her and she you know ducks out of the way of his various swings She's very very focused on knell and flop has got a little bit of freedom here Um, so next up is the player this could be either, um flip or flop. It's kind of up to you I think flop makes the most sense. Okay.

Yeah, I agree Um Okay, um, what is it you want to do with flop? Let's take that again Okay, it's just so good if it lands. It's just yeah, it's one of those things. It's gonna be tough on the land But if it does, it'll be very very powerful Um, okay And with that Okay, oh you found okay, cool.

Um, unfortunately That is a failure, um, it was close but not quite but what does that advantage get you? I have not rolled yet. Oh, that's no's roll. That's no's roll.

Yep. Sorry. Sorry. That's too many things happening once I'm trying to set multi-task.

Okay, cool. Um Whenever you are ready, uh, you I think should be good to get a double check on my end. Actually, I've got extra dice in hold on Um that and that that goes away. Okay, you're good.

All right rolling Cool. There we go. That is a success Flop and sort of does it drag sort of the ground that's what that blue can't stand up Oh, yeah, let me I leave it out of blue just in case it changes things. I don't think it will but we'll see what happens And one extra thing.

Yeah, cool. Yeah, so um and what it means is that drag sort of the ground she cannot stand up and what else does it do damage as well? Or is it just a drag to the ground for strain for strain? That's what was okay.

Perfect. I will know that And they may not stand from prone during their next turn. So they're down. They're like down down perfect.

Okay, that's good Um Okay. Yeah, yeah That is good. Um prone to the ground Um, okay. Yeah, and now now it is her turn and she is prone Um shooting into melee shooting into melee is never great.

Um range of light into melee is three purples range light range heavy to melee is four purples She's using pistols to their light. Um, so what she's going to do is He responsible going on gun owner. Yeah Okay, three purples base. Um, we're gonna give her a black die for being on the ground another black die for being sort of surrounded I had a number through the advantage I got Perfect.

That's when the advantage on yes to mess with her perfect. Okay. So yeah, one should black die on her Her shot Is range of light I just like her to not shoot my dog. Still good at my cat Hold on.

I don't know. Just realize the thing we pull that up Okay, so range of light boom boom boom boom Still good at it. There's a lot of dice going up against her. So we're rolling four yellows versus three purples and three blacks It is a net failure with a crit.

So with the crit Um, the crit does not donate the fact that like she still had more feathers than successes So there is a failure, but something good will happen for her. Um from that So spending combat results with a crit Um, so she is targeting primarily no because flip is flop is primarily just trying to like hold her down Where's no is the one that's gonna be swinging? So against no, she's going to increase the ability to get the next attack against her by another one Um, and then she's going to use that advantage to um heal a bit of strain Shrong just because there's not much to do with one so she was a bit of strain but then she upgraded to the other next attack on her Next up is uh flip Other than continue to cut is anything more you're gonna add you already succeed You're gonna go get this thing done. It's gonna take a couple of turns is all um Is there more things you want to do like it's like I feel like your action is gonna be doing the thing and you've got like actually Maybe you could take this other stuff you want to do But I think actions gonna be cutting this thing.

Yeah, that'll be my action Like I don't wanna stop. I don't need to roll for me. I need that roll. We just you know, we're just it was more about the time So do you have other things you want to do like maneuvers to sister call out or um No, I don't have anything specific to do here.

Okay, cool. So we'll just we'll just send you a turn and let them They're trying to buy time while the assassin is in a dangerous game with a melon flop until the rest of them come down Um, okay, um next turn and now is up now is gonna have a tricky DICE because she just basically you know shot flush that into his face and he had to like block and raise his hands and He was able to protect himself, but he had to you know put himself at a weird angle to you know keep his Body safe from harm. He wants more. I think at this point he um double hands the Um the wrench because at this point she's on the ground and he'd rather just get her as hard as possible Yeah, so he double hands the wrench and swings it like you're at the carnival Shoot pulling to the camera and hitting the bell.

That's what exactly what he's doing against her while uh flop has got her pinned to the ground um, so he is going to have um, it's tricky because uh she shot at him Um, but he is going to get a two blue dice one fish on the ground on his uh flop is helping And it's a bit more damage as he's two handing this bastard. So we're gonna roll melee Um, or maybe that roll boom and boom swing those dice with all those extra dice with the assistance from flop He is able to successfully hit him below into her Um, so that is going to be his brawn Is two it's gonna have a plus Do you want to remember what the damage of that uh rinses? I am pulling it up now If roll 20 wants to just cooperate for a second. Um I see it's damage of fall.

Yeah, damage of four and as disorient to yeah And then i'm gonna take over here because it's based off of your brawn your brawn is three So it's gonna be one less damage for him because he's a little less strong than you are So, okay, so it's three damage plus his yeah, so three damage. Um, so really, um, and i'll do one more damage because he's doing it So it'll be the four damage so she doesn't it doesn't do much damage with the big things if disorient sir and then um So sorry to we got the black guy gonna meet when he's right around so she's getting very much messed up She's got next black guy. She's now pinned to the ground. Um, okay Uh, it is now flop is starting to continue trying to hold her to the ground is he gonna start writing?

Uh, let's get a train. Reporters are out. Um, okay cool We've worked on this so claws and fangs it's a brawl check. Um, let's see Can assassinate if you can't swallow those are the rules.

I don't make the rules Cool Uh, let me get that roll up. Do you have there's two blues for that, right? Um, yes. Yeah, she's on the on the ground.

Um, so let me make sure it's good on my end Um Two blues and then the purples and the upgrades. I'm good on urine. Yeah, I'm good if you are Okay, here we go. Uh, this is just yeah, it's just an attack Yep.

Nice. Yeah, lots of lots of success. Um, with the with the three So yeah, you do this success. Do you know what the damage is on that?

Yes, it's six six damage With the two extra successes. So to be um eight total damage. Yep. Um So yeah, uh, the assassin It she you know flop jumps at her face and just like bites and clives at her face and throat is what you said correct.

Yeah, okay cool So bites clives and um from the distance. I think you you look up from while you're cutting like you hear Um, the uh, very angry dog and you look up and you definitely see blood he has made a heavy heavy blow on this lady. Um, uh, Yeah, um, yeah big big blow lots of damage. Um, is any of their effects was just a high damage Uh, it's just a tight image.

Uh, there's a vicious quality to the claws and fangs, but that only affects crits Okay. Yeah, okay cool. That makes sense. Um, for the threat, I'm gonna say that Um In response uh for two of the threat, um, she's going to stand up and perform her free maneuver Um, so she jumps up on the ground as she's like freaking out Um from you know all of the damage and then Um, the final one is uh, do you have stress on flop?

You have that tracked? Uh, no, because okay, flops the stuff of like a rival. So it'll be yeah. Yeah, we don't we don't have that.

Okay. Um, let's just say Yeah, we don't have any maneuver. Yeah, that's it for that. That's it for that.

That's it for that. We're not gonna deal with stress for that. Okay, cool. Um, Okay, um, I'll have her I'll have her remove some of her stress.

I'll just let that wait. That's easy way to sort of like down to down. Okay, cool. Yeah, she she jumps up She's you know, these rest of the day, but she's also now in a very very dangerous position where um, she's bleeding pretty perversely from her, you know, face and neck Um, she's she's much more in that store than I think she had hoped Got damaged.

So I think with that she's going to back up Yeah, black up towards the you know, towards the hallway where um, she came from and then she is going to I'm gonna send a story point to over and she's going to fire both of her guns with melee weapons I do well that is give you guys an advantage on it because you got the extra thing but I'm spending a point like she's gonna shoot both of her guns and this time they're gonna go into flop because flop almost just killed her in one little go She's in death's door and she knows that dog is dangerous. Um, oh, I oh, I yeah, I'm tracking but yeah, she realizes that is how dangerous this dog is now so she's going to do things Um, so she is going to roll is it flop in any form of defense? Is just he doesn't have a defense that correct? No, no defense at all.

Okay. Um, so with that, I spent the story point. We're gonna do a range light one, two, three, four Um, so the first shot is with the uh, flow, the little like, you know, shotgun pistol thing and with that She has to die. That is a uh, so the net result of that was um One success but two crits.

Um, one of the crits like one of the successes and get it out, but it's only success with two crits and it's an advantage. Um, so with that Um, with two crits, she is going to We're doing damage to target have the attack to start a piece of equipment to the target using such as blowing up their assault rifle or slice and their sword in half Um, so in addition to doing damage, um, the shots are going to uh, basically Very, very, very, very heavily damage flops front legs Um, they are robotic systems and uh, they are very heavily wounded. Okay, now I'm mad. Yeah Um, and then the damage from that is going to be That one's only, um Are we all about to John Wick this bitch?

Yeah, um, so um, it's damage for, um, you can shoot me, but I swear to god. It's peers for um, it has peers for yes Oh, I know. Sorry. That was it's for that.

We're not. Yeah, that was uh, well, it's both have that but again This is I'm this is both from side of things. It's not here's four. Um, I'm not gonna have it appears.

I'm not I don't know what else I'm gonna give it. I'm just gonna. Yeah, it's gonna be well Up to five and get rid of the piercers. We'll do um, but I don't have it.

I didn't modify all the stats for this thing because it was a sci-fi thing But I changed some stuff and not everything so yeah five damage, but then her his front legs are very heavily damaged Uh, so cool take up most of that. Okay. It's more about doing the damage to yeah, it makes sense. Okay, cool.

Um, and then The shot from Hera's pistol. Hera, do you have but can you pull up the stat line for that while I roll the dice? Absolutely. Awesome.

Thank you I'm not coming out of this assassin. I'm coming out. Yeah, Jeff You don't know where I live. Yes, I do.

Yeah, shut up. You're just here You know I'm here. Um, so this one is another another crit with a bunch of successes. What's the damage on that one?

Uh, It's a good question. I didn't have it written down so I'm checking the PDF. Ah, okay. Um If I remember right that was a It was a it was a rotor pistol or a hand cannon.

It wasn't a hand cannon. It was a rotor pistol. It was a rotor pistol. Okay The damage on is five with an extra three seconds.

That's gonna be eight damage. Um, and with the crit Uh, we are going to do a critical injury So I'm gonna roll a d100 And it's gonna be a total of eight damage before so kind of I just got to get trunks. Oh great. Yeah, I mean like Doesn't have a lot of wounds true.

Yeah, uh, how much how much does he have four? So that's four more. Okay, so that's yeah half of his Yeah half his health and one go. Um super cool.

Love this. Yeah, she's she realized that the real danger there is flop and Responding kind um with that. Wow. She rolled a six on the d100 roll for the uh, uh, Critical injury which is like the lowest you can get um It does if I'm a right almost nothing.

So should a player's the target's type is one strain. Um, if he doesn't come up with strain, don't worry about it. Yeah, it you know, we're not we're not What's rain for animals? Um, because they don't have stress.

They're just a puppy dog First of all, huh? You're not dogs. You're not. Dogs are stressed out.

Okay. Not up in your case. Wasn't that the same? End of the round.

End of the round. Um, I would like salt and hair to roll initiative for me because you guys have now arrived Hell yeah, um as you as basically what you heard down the hallway was like a like too close like like a big But equish on and then like a much like more like impact dog yelp. Yep. Exactly.

Yeah Yeah, a couple of train one one of which was definitely here. You recognize the shot of your rotor pistol that Um, yeah, I think we just saw good. Uh, and then screaming. I'm assuming from flip as yeah here rage Okay, so I think you know salt, you know went through the military academy So he's like triple time of grunts go and they start picking up the pace.

Okay. Um, um Is it discipline or vigilance? Um, vigilance if you are Going on reaction cool if you're going on like I'm ready for this Don't check to me. We're ready as fuck.

So no actually yeah, I'll let you choose because like you're reacting to the shots We know that there's something happening. So I will you guess choose I'm gonna go vigilance. Okay, make sense to me. Okay.

One and then um That okay. So what that is gonna mean is we're going to have It's going to be player at the beginning. I'm just gonna modify it. You just do what we have player um because hair rolled very high salt rolled average Um, and then I'm gonna put flip back in the end so we will do Like so so it can be player now flop player assassin player.

So who wants to go first? I think of the answer That's my masking anyways. Who's going first? Is it my turn?

It's any player's turn. It's my turn. I believe that's an answer. Yeah, it sounds like it's it's it's flip stern.

Yep Yeah, just like a howl of like fury like He hops up off of the bomb back onto the platform Um looks at Nell and gestures back to the bomb and sprints at this at this assassin. Okay. Um to get to her by the way She's more than one way to make the way, but you can spend strain to get an extra maneuver if you want to run out of it Which makes a lot of that. Yeah, so it's too strain and you can like yeah book it all the way to her I'd like to rage.

Yep. Can you remind the cast and audience what that means? I will absolutely do that It's called berserk in this game, but basically it's rage. Yes, it's okay So what's for encounter your character may use this talent until the end of the encounter or until they are capacitated your character adds one six Success and two advantage to all melee combat checks they make however opponents add one success to all combat checks targeting your character While berserk your character cannot make ranged combat checks at the end of the encounter or when I am incapacitated the character suffers six strain Um, this could so it's when you stop basically it's when the counter ends or I am knocked out perfect.

Okay. Okay. Okay. So take two straight down You take another six whenever things end.

Okay. Cool. Mm-hmm. Uh, yep, so I um Can I and I like a train?

Yeah, totally strange. Okay. I'd also like to grab my wrench before I go Okay, you gotta like out of no hands. Mm-hmm.

Okay. Yeah, I think yeah He sees you raging he like holds it out to you and yeah as you run by you grab with one hand as you're you know How how feral are you you're not like hands and knees right? You're just like running it full like no, but like frosting at the mouse basically Okay, cool. Not like visuals to how how feral frothing in the mouth, but not running on okay.

I like it Like a child. Yeah, it's really really bad. Really really pissed. Yep.

Cool. Um, so with that Um, I will let you roll. I'm good if you are I'm gonna spend a story point to upgrade nice. Yeah, okay.

Cool. I'm prepped. I'm rolling Totally that totally makes sense. Um interesting.

Okay, so with that you've got a net three successes and an advantage And what does it give you gives you an extra one sentence to advantage that is for successes and three advantage? Okay. Um Let's deal with it. There is a also a despair as well.

Let's see what the effects of that and then we'll do there's a lot of things happening once Um, you're gonna be just have the success. It will just have the advantages wipe out the spare Uh, can you do that? Well, both good and bad things would happen. Okay, cool.

Yeah, you can have both good and bad exactly. Yeah, there's gonna be something good for you both the damage and then also the The three advantage but then also the despair Yeah, this is extend office. Okay. Okay.

Um So I think what's gonna happen is you do effectively do the thing but the despair is gonna be Um, when you do the extend she takes the butt of one of Um Hair is gun because it's more cinematic and actually hit in the below but then also as that happens She likes stabs the butt of the gun into the springs and the carriage weapon. It's quote out of ammo But really just it can't recharge until you spend a couple of minutes for care of this thing It's gonna take more than a couple rounds. This is your one use of this thing, but with that it's a total of what 10 damage? Uh eight plus three So 11 well you two because you got two extra successes on beyond the first one of these extra successes.

Oh, that's right. That's right. That's right That's right. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah. Okay. Cool. So yeah, that's it.

It's an extra three. Okay, so that's 11 total damage And then what is your advantage gonna do? I don't have any strain to recover Uh, so you had to um from the when you went into the rage that gave you two. Oh, okay, so I'll Why didn't I mark that down?

Anyway, um, I don't know probably just like I want to know you know what I want I want to know what this person's afraid of Okay, I want to know their greatest fear their greatest fear and then give it to them. Um, sure So you do that I think what happens is is as you're running at her She's much less focused on you than focused on the bomb Um, and maybe she's too distracted by the bomb. I think she's not a I don't from what you can gather Her concerns down with you her concerns of the bomb her concern is not death but failure Um to stop you guys from disengaging the bomb or etc. That is what she's afraid of gotcha.

Cool. So that's 11 damage and she's concussed Target becomes targeted cannot make actions for one can make any actions. Okay. Cool.

Um, with that She is lowered to zero wounds and what that means is we start going into critical injury time. Uh, roll me at d100 Okay, 100 snaps away like that knows one d 100 there we go 26 So with that, uh instant death is like at 150 Yeah, um, but yeah as we start getting more and more of these they're gonna go up a lot faster Um, if you're gonna table is that one on a 26? Um discouraging wound move when player pulls what? Discouraging wound move on player pull story point to the game master pool reverse of npc So you get a story point back sick of all things.

I didn't even want to be on the pool Yeah, whatever it is Yeah, it's it's more of a like you've got control the situation and like yeah You've you know, you've got narrative controls really with that comes down just like she's very very much staggered Um, she's at her zero wounds and the future wins she's gonna have to roll to try to stay awake Um because she is like on death door Cool. Um, that was one of the mods we had in the game is you know, we don't die at zero We don't die at zero. We instead go into bloody combat, which I think is more fun. Um, okay, Laura arduous.

Yeah Um On nels turn he's going to return to the bomb and he's going to attempt to continue what you were doing I assume you left the little device you built there to cut right. Yeah I just realized the thing was Nels was Nels electrostabber. He didn't actually have that did he He was you like modified his zapper into the cutter is what I just remembered My understanding was that the zapper only works because he could do that Like it was a modification on his ability. It was a modification of his thing.

Yeah, exactly Which I just found that you did that I forgot that was what he was used to cutting So I cheated for him early around it didn't know he missed all the things change nothing. Um, so he grabs that device again And yeah continues cutting away. Um, I will have him roll a mechanics check Um In realistically you've said actually no he's not even gonna roll he already rolled you succeeded on it Um, it's more than he's just continuing to do the cutting um, which he already said on the path It's already there. He's just holding on like moving it down the line So no checks for him to be made on flop's turn.

What is flop gonna do flop can barely move He would be moving essentially past me because his front legs are broken And he's going to get to him to know what to flip to uh the assassin Uh, if flop manages to connect with an attack vicious would come into play and uh, Increase the uh count on the um, on the injury. Yeah, on the injury roll by like 10. I believe yeah So right now if there's one injury, so it's one plus 10, but then yeah, if it's vicious one, then be another plus 10 Um Flop could get their next turn, but I think with the injury like the injury is it's gonna be a bit tougher Oh, no, because it was only when I was too few because you were at the bomb and flop was not at the bomb Flop was like halfway. Yeah, flop could get there Barely but he does eventually get there and then attempt his attack.

So and I think this is a scenario where maybe flip doesn't order this This is something that flop does on his own. Okay, um And like flip kind of sees it and like almost like snaps out of the berserk like no, don't run away Okay, but I think then flop makes his attack. Yep. I'm so mind Cool It's just a brawl check.

Yeah, it should be roll There you go. Um, rolling Fan fucking tastic wow What That's all right. That's all right. That doesn't look right.

Where are there six dice coming from? That's all right There should that's like it doubled it It doubled the role for some reason Oh, I know what it did wrong. It was modification on my dice pool Oops, uh, so we'll just cut the second half so the first screen and the two yellow will take which means I think it's a failure Okay, so we're taking the first green of the two yells. Okay, so we remove one success.

We remove three successes there We remove every success Uh one to We move four successes and then do that realization and you're fine So yeah with that you've got a net of zero successes with a crit. Um, you can spend a story point to buy your by your success Okay, cool. Cool. Cool.

Um, what do you want to do with the critical and then with the other effect? What can I do with the critical can I add another a lot of theories? Um Uh, so they've lost one gun. Let's lose the other gun Okay, so maybe like it gets knocked away.

I don't think one cray is enough to destroy it But maybe we can knock it away or something. Um, when did we lose the first gun when they jammed it into the gears? Oh In yeah, I didn't imagine it back. Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, that makes sense. Okay. Yeah, you cut away It was yeah, that makes sense. I okay, so yeah, he uh bites at and like knocks away one of yeah the The shock gun pistol and then what is the damage on that?

So that's one success. Um, so that'll be I guess the damage matters if you do at least one as long as you do at least off I guess it before it is like Chester damage. Oh, oh run of three basically. So what's the damage?

Pulling it up now Uh, the damage is six. Okay. Yeah, honey. Yeah, if you if you hit with uh, flop and do the autograph.

Okay, and what's is it vicious one? Did you do it? It's vicious one. So it's an issue.

Okay, so initial 10 and extra 10 because she's taken other injuries So it'd be 100 plus 20 you want to try? I'll do it I like I visualize the assassin being like I've been here before. Why is my weapons stuck in another fucking metal arm? Yeah, wow Do you 100 plus 20 you roll a 23 plus 20 Um, okay, does that cumulate with the previous one and climb up the ladder or yes?

So now there is Sorry, what was that? So the assassin at 26 previously does that now my in there at 49 or is it just oh no? It's gonna keep accumulating every critical injury is gonna act and extra d10 on the next one is gonna be d100 plus 20, but if it's vicious 200 plus 30, okay They're just getting a laundry. They're just getting more and more and more injuries correct now.

We're getting low results here Um, so 23 is offbound add black to the net targets next check. Um, so on this end Um, we add a second injury and she'll have a black on her next check Um, it should still take a turn before that happens. Oh, yeah, exactly. Yeah, she's gonna miss her turn So, um, it is the next player's turn So this is where salt or Hera is arriving as you guys are seeing flip and flop standing over this stunned staggered assassin I think it makes sense, you know Right now like all of salt's like past military training has now come fully to bear Um, and he tells the guards like all right defense formation Vecta maximum prejudice They understand what that means.

Um, so I want to use field commander Okay, um, so what it is your character may use this talent to make an average two purple leadership check is accessible A number of allies equal to your character's presence may suffer a strain to perform one maneuver out of turn Okay And I also like can I use two talents in a go and just that's my turn or no? Yeah, yeah go for it All right, well first let's get through uh field commander and then okay, so it's a two purple I've got that's my two purple check as leadership. I gotta scroll away back up and get to leadership And rolling that is a success. Okay, so I have a two so two out of the three of them may move out of turn Um, I also, you know with the continuation.

I want to use coordinated assault Uh for them, which uh, you know, once return of these allies are engaged with me and advantage to all combat checks It says uh, hold on. Let me read it Once per turn your character means is talent to have a number of allies engage with their character equal to your ancient leadership add one advantage to all combat checks So they get a two of them get an automatic advantage and two of them can move extra. Okay. Um, and So it's going into salt basically Okay, so yeah, basically you're spending it's our is the other one that maneuvers well The leadership on oh, yes.

So it's they're both active talent. So I assumed like you know if I could use both Yeah, what was the first one was called field commander Um, that was the one for allowing them to move extra outside of turn so field Field commander is an action and the other one is an active maneuver so you can do both naturally Um, but then you can't move on your turn but you want to strain you can spend too strain to run and then run alongside them So basically the group of them is going to you know two of the three is going to run up with you as you move up down this hallway And then they uh, they follow you because one of the movers is move which is the most common maneuver rate Right, they all move up with you one of them stays behind actually let's have them all go It's more so matter though group goes as a group. Um, I'll just give it to you for free. So yeah, the group of them all run up All of you come out of the mouth of this tunnel and then you see Um, this assassin pretty much on the ground as the four of you have arrived with guns raised at uh at her And I feel like they're gonna look at me like she's taking care of them like did I stutter about that maximum prejudice And on that it is um the assassin's turn these ass and does nothing It is the players turn and I'll have the guards go last Hero would like her gun back at some point Currently like unarmed i think i have a knife.

I think you have a knife. I think that's i think that's accurate Uh, I think he is doing out of time to go stop for a weapon So yeah, um, it'd be maneuver to run to where like down the hallway door salt in the russet r if you want I would absolutely love to do that. Okay, so you run out and you push i feel like you sort of push right past the guards I don't feel like you care enough to like be conscious you push through the group push to the group of them One of them almost follows what he stands that got the weapons raised and what you see is The assassin on the ground sort of like woozy. They're sort of like moving around like they look like they're about to pass out Flip is pissed off.

Um a bit of like frothing at the mouth like he's very angry something happened flop looks heavily injured Um, this person's on the ground and then all of the guards have their things Uh raised inside of flips is your instead of this your right arm is that correct? Yeah, okay inside of his right arm Your gun is like stuck inside of the arm like spring. That is where the gun is Yeah, it's kind of like bouncing along with the fists kind of like springing up It's like trying to really connect but it's like stuck in there any other scenario. I'm sure All right Um, so I think her is immediately gonna start like looking for the gun and when she realizes it like where it is she realizes like Hey, if you're here who the fuck is working on the bomb And so I think she kind of runs up and kind of tries to yank the the the gun out of the mechanism and then like kind of shake him a little bit and Um, it's pretty heavily jammed in there.

Um, I'm not imagining It's imagining some sort of hilarious like Shabling of the spring roll me roll me a mechanic Like because it's like stuck in there. It's trying to like pull back together. It's like very like wrapped up It's like when you've had headphones in your pocket for like too long and then try to go around and they're like it's just a mess It's that but it's like, you know, you're gun and you know the spring for his arm This should be good. My zero in mechanics zero mechanics.

Um, okay. Um, roll it up Yeah, no, you just you you attempted and yeah, you you very much. I think yeah, you make it worse It's gonna be one of those things where it Flicks can have to spend some time repairing this or getting it out and at the moment. He's not necessarily helping you He's dealing with the fact that he needs to kill this lady I think she's gonna shake it in his face a little more just like waving it all over the place So It is now the guards turns and They look to you and they're like extreme prejudice as they're like the three of them have their weapons out the extreme prejudice Okay Take their uh And We're gonna jump like this.

Yep. Yep. That is exactly what is happening. Um, so they're gonna take their shots the true hero of tight fall Only one who hasn't done anything wrong.

All right So they're at short range. Um, it's a difficult check because she's a nemesis level threat But there's a bunch of advantage because she's both disoriented stun surrounded. Um, and they get an automatic one for me Yes, um, and they are one green two yellows because they're like, oh, it's not a chance. I just get to three greens Um, but you get the auto success.

So wait, it's one success you get them or someone It's a I give them an auto advantage advantage. Okay, perfect. Um, roll it up. Can I Can I stop this for a second?

Can I like walk in front of her and like look at salt and the guards and be like, hold on What the fuck are we really just gonna like summarily execute someone while the city falls around it like falls down on us? Hey, you ran a ship into the other one if we're gonna start splitting it here is right fucking now I'm just saying is this our priority. I'm all fit through like, you know murder whatever. That's fine Like, you know, I will find another ship and run it into her But like, can we maybe redirect our our energies here for a second?

So we don't die in the next three minutes You got a point four of us got her everybody else try to get to the bomb now. Um, I think That conversation was happening, but like so you stepped in front of them. So you stepped in front of them Like stop them. Okay, so spend two strains to make sure they were what you can do, but spend the two strains to do that and they Aim their guns.

They were gonna take some shots, but then they stopped. Um, you're able to block them from doing that Instead they look at assault for direction. Then what do we do get over there and help with a bomb? And yeah, they They run to assist with the bomb and I think when they realize what yeah, the group of them are now helping now Um, with the bomb.

They don't know they're not bomb experts, but you know now is pointing them as what they need to do Uh, player turn my turn. Oh, yeah. Yep. Oh, no Uh As kind of smirk comes across flip space as the people with guns don't execute the assassin like yes This is what I wanted And i'm just gonna come down with the wrench.

Okay, I'm giving you two blue for the variety of reasons. Obviously. Oh, no We were doing so well as a team Yeah One is what oh it's four plus one is five plus another one success is six correct. Oh, yeah Yeah, the name is not as long as it least works plus five critical or plus five advantage.

Yeah, um, okay, so roll me a d100 plus 20 How does how do crits work? Um, if you get you can basically that'll let you do an extra critical if you spend that you do two of your three advantage on your crit Um, then you can get a crit and it'll give you a second crit basically Cool. What if I spent four out of my five advantage on two prays? Oh, then you would get three crits Masty so roll a d100 plus 20 then plus 30 then plus 40.

Oh, man Okay, that's probably would have been better at this point. Jesus. Yeah, sure this plus 20 plus 30 plus 40 Oh my god Shit. Oh, no, I meant I meant i do 100 plus 20 then i do i have 30 then i have plus 40.

Okay, so it's only 90 and not It's three separate roles. Yes, not That Okay, it's a 70 then another yes first one to seven. The next one is a 43 and then the final one not plus 400 is 133. Let's start with that one Um Okay with that one um until it's critical injury is healed every round the target suffers one gluend in one certain Beginning of their turn every five wins.

I suffered beyond it when threshold they suffered one additional Critical injury roll on the chart suffering the injury they are well passed. We're only another d100 plus 50 Because that one is gonna trigger another gluitting out is that one. Okay, so Now you have made her bleed out like she's bleeding out Um with a 68 shares senses. Yeah, that's not gonna matter 43 she's knocked prone and then a 70 is scattered senses again and um she is very Yeah, she's very much dead at this point with that I will unless she somehow would pass five of these tests in a row but i doubt that um, but i'm gonna do their dice just to see Um, she'd have to roll very very well on this and it is a Um one of those checks also that re disorient so the black dice it does.

Yeah, she'll be yeah, she'll be black Okay, let me really want to see how debuffed to hell this guy's gonna be Um, okay, so she's got a brawn of two and this is not necessarily another no way. Um one two so she's got a pass Um this check she failed this check she failed and then this check she failed. Oh, she failed Yeah, she she just as the injuries got worse and worse Mechanically, this was one dice roll, but was that you was this just you like hitting her over and over again? Okay, I feel like i'm very watched like we stood there and watched because we understood what was happening Yeah, we heard the dog.

This is exactly the outcome Yeah, there was swing swing you hear the like the pope of like, you know, metal on flesh swing again Another like you know, like pop of noise and you know that there's definitely like bones breaking swing again And it's clear to everyone that she has fallen We're gonna take a quick quick break and we will see what happens afterwards He rose Extreme prejudice. Uh, yeah, we'll be back So the group of you have just watched the outcome of flip Absolutely destroying this lady. Um She was down on the ground and flip was in very much a rage as he Finished her off. Um Question to you what happens next with flip?

I know there's things happening with the bomb, but she's in a rage She's dead. What's next? Um, I think there's kind of like a silence that hangs over like the last sort of like pulpy clang. Yeah Like it just sounds other than like there's like the grunting of noises of like people trying to disengage the bomb behind you But otherwise it's yeah, just dead silence over in your section of this like underpass area Um, I think like let's see that strangle kick in so that's six strains.

I'm down to four Okay, that's not quite not about the close. So he takes like a big exhale and like drops the wrench clangs onto the ground Uh, and he looks down at flop and he says I can't fix you right now, but as soon as I can I'll get those legs patched up. Okay. Hmm And he sort of like turns around and starts to oversee the rest of like the bomb dismantling okay Uh flop just like curls up in a ball and like laying down on the ground.

He's like both injured both physically and his you know, mechanical parts And um, just in that deck of Jeff shit It's a dis-video job, right? Um, so yeah, they uh, uh, you know flop, you know, lays it on the ground You know is you know waiting for you to finish doing your duty. He's not you know, it's more just like he understands Um What is hera and salt up to you? So I think uh Salt's gonna take the carcass and throw it over the side.

Okay. Yeah, you push it over and um you watch as it uh sort of like tumbles Through the air and the sea is a ways down. Um, but eventually there's a plot as it lands Um, you don't hear it. You see it.

Um, because it's again a ways away So it almost disappears in sight. Um before it goes you can't tell when it is weird because water or not, but it's far away But it does happen right good riddance So I think hera like as uh, as flip was starting his rampage I think hera had kind of like raised her arm and like was about to say something and then like just kind of like stands there frozen for a Second and then eventually like as salt goes to take the body She kind of like closes her mouth puts her hands down and kind of maybe like Wipes some blood off of the uh the edge of her coat and eventually is just like Well, that just felt unnecessary So with this being the second time you've interacted with all these assassins in the campaign and this time Worked out a lot that more in your favor. Um, do you have thoughts on that? I know like historically these people terrified you Um To plan where you killed someone earlier.

What's it like now as you're like realizing like I think I dealt with them before you dealt with them now I think it's like like come down from adrenaline thing. I think at first her thought was like how can I use this? How can I? Can I negotiate with them?

Can I kidnap them? Can I can I use this to some long-term end? Uh, and then when that choice was kind of like taken away from her I think it's kind of just like a like a all it once the adrenaline kind of wishes out and now she's just kind of terrified and exhausted Yeah, but you're keeping everything internal. You're not oh, yeah I'm not a few episodes back.

This would have been a yelling and flip and this is much more like you're internalizing everything at this point I think it's a I will think about it and deal with it later. Okay, right now. Let's just make sure everyone's okay Okay, let's keep moving So you're just sort of like big big breath thinking about things looking around otherwise You're sort of letting everyone else sort of handle things you're like trying to think like what to do what to do Um, because you're not someone to deal with a bomb. Okay, cool.

And finally, I think and where's my fucking gut? Uh, it is it's just point Yeah, it was it was in it was in flips arm and it got very tangled up in there. Um, so I think she like eventually like trots off after Flip muttering. I mean there is another gun on the ground that was knocked away by flip the leg shot this one.

No, it's the wrong one You know what that one? Okay Okay, cool. I think maybe deep down It's a little bit of an excuse to check in and on flip and see if like he's gonna fall over but like that's very deep down I think it's mostly, you know must must get the gun obviously. Okay.

That's what's important So I think salt sees this you know has a little smile like those two Um, so he picks the shotgun up throws it in the over the side just the same Yeah, you throw it in the water as well. Yeah, like let's get rid of all of it. Um, I think he's gonna yell at the three Guards be like put those damn retractor lances to good use get on the other side and see if you can get some pull tension on that bomb And then uh, I think he kneels down Three of them like climb down and they like you know they take a little bit to you know climb to like a lower level of rafters And when they do that they uh they go under it and um They're asking where where do we shoot these? We don't want to shoot them.

We want to pull it off So if you can get those the attach or part of that lance on it Maybe you can crane it off like a toe if you will. Yeah, and they uh they like yeah climb to a space where they can like attach in to a spot that I'm assuming this would flip you would know exactly where everything is and you would guide them to a safe spot Um the three of them like stab inwards They probably like one of them goes at times They use their work as a group like stab into this metal because it's normally they're you know shooting into like people or like people or like less less You know hardy obvious materials exactly They stab it takes a bit of time But they are able to stab in and after they stab in they then like turn a hook so they can like pull a chain And then they go further down to the rafters and the the group of them are like pulling on these three connected um chains that a long time ago was used to uh damage salt and other venues to save the city Right, um, I think after you know, he's done all that he's just kneels down and Scriches flops ears like you done good kid. You know real good. Hmm.

I need like nels is up with you Oh, you're killing me Uh and flip um other than showing these guys where to attach Are you just trying are you having now continue the cut and you're just trying to like find other weak points to cut things away as fast as possible? Yeah, I think so And if you can like if I have some an opportunity to uh multitask I'll try and get hair is gone out of my arm Okay, um, I if you want a multitask you can it's gonna make the check you make to like so it adds some Yeah, it's gonna be tricky right now. The bomb is number one. Okay.

Um, so what I want you to do is I want you to roll me It's gonna be one final mechanics check and again once more. It's about the speed of things. Um, I'm going to give you Um, it's gonna be five peripoles before it's gonna be it's a tricky check Um, but I'm gonna give you two blue dice from all the people helping pull stuff away You've got now cutting the guards pulling and then you're essentially I'm assuming you're like finding a spot with like your wrench and you're starting to like dislodge this thing Everyone's pushing and pulling from different directions. So this bomb will come apart.

Correct. Okay. I'm gonna mind if you are for your mechanics All right, pulling it up Let's do That is a success. It was a close success, but it was a success three advantage.

Um Just a moment of terror while everyone watches. Yeah, so what does what does the advantage do? Before I describe it success. Um, I think the advantage is like as flip kind of gives himself to this task, um and kind of gives his kind of lower Like his lower brain function and like his body something to focus on like he comes to a realization as to kind of like What he wants to do, uh, okay next Okay, cool.

So yeah, you're you just go very much. Yeah introspective with like your like yeah Like he's kind of thing, but you're sort of like doing things in one such as thinking about other stuff Yeah, I think he realizes who he is Okay, it's kind of reconciled who he was and who he was becoming So yeah, there are the the spears attached to the bottom and they're pulling not directly under but they're like under to the side Um, they're pulling like down to the left and then flips on the like top right trying to like dislodge this thing with his wrench like pushing with one hand Sort of like trying to like just get the edge in with the wrench and then in the like center bit Now is just cutting and cutting and cutting and this one he's cut away probably a little over half of it Um, and it would have taken a bit more time to cut the whole thing but because we have different people working in different ends you guys are eventually able to um get this and it's it's like It hurts everyone's ears as they long like sharp metallic noises We started here this like cracking and bending of um of bronze and metal and brass As this this thing that was essentially built and then welded into the ship The starting to rip and cut and tear just like noise I can't make one out But like very like sharp metal like tearing and ear like long noises and it's loud and At first there's a and I'm curious where this would be um is either Hera or salt's concerned Do these there are the thought that you're like are these noises the bomb going off is or any sort of concern there I think Tara is kind of standing in the background like clenching her fists and like not quite like swinting her eyes shut But like just kind of yeah, absolutely that's a thought but she is gonna not react Okay, yeah, salt's got this steely sort of look about like come on kid if anybody can do that It's you And yeah, the the noises are continuing It's it's the most stressful probably everyone's life right you're trying to dislodge a bomb that you know Should have gone off by now, but because of you know the modifications that flip made It's being slowed down but any moment that heat could trigger the chemical reaction Entering the noises and the ripping and the tearing and eventually there's a very very very loud like boom as at first There's a split second we think it's going off But then you guys was the final bit of metal giving away and tearing and then it starts to fall and it's slow at first But then it just hoof as there's a whoosh of noise The guards all raise their hands as the spears are yanked out of out of where they are Nell sort of like pulls back Because he was pretty deep into it and flipper you like standing on top of a thing trying to get a wedge Or yeah, I'd probably need to hop back up Yeah, roll me it's gonna be easy check roll me a check just to see if you're able to jump out without any sort of like do concern Athletics athletics or anything Oh no failure So I think what happens is is you're very tired after everything the the battle drained you Psychologically more than anything else and then a long physical workload you go to jump away and Something on when your foot sort of got caught for a second Who's the first one to jump in and realize that there's a problem here? It could be now it could be anyone else it'd be solved. Okay, it's solved.

Okay, so Absolutely believe that okay, so Salts is definitely paying a lot of attention to flip and maybe when he does the jump you realize before he did that part of his like Pantlake was caught in something on the bomb. Just got very deep into it and realize what was happening. What do you do? That just run and try to either catch him or cast almost tackle him off of it to get him out of it or okay Okay, so yeah, you you jump onto the bomb tackle him away sort of like dislodge him um roll me a check I feel like this I think it's gonna be another check yeah checks out there's something else to it um I think this is gonna be a little bit trickier, but much very much doable.

Um and you guys have sort of use them as well Um to answer your question, Jeff if it pans out the way then yes, okay, um, okay, let's uh make our rule What the fuck so with that that is a net of zero successes one advantage Um, you are able to I'll let you as normal spend a story point to buy success right which you'll do right? I'm assuming you're gonna do that correct Chris Well, let's talk about the advantage first. Oh my god So what is what is the advantage do I think I got him free? Okay.

Yeah I think yeah the advantage ring him. I think is the thing I think the the success is more about um getting everyone off safely So I think you know for the briefest of flashes, you know, like it's like everything just slowed down It's like good the kids free they're free Then you know just thinking about like fuck am I kidding these people need me so I will buy a success For you there's a moment you think like love maybe I'm too tired and then you like no no I can't and then yeah you grit and strain and you pull through um Um, and it's you know definitely a bit stressful, but overall you're able to successfully free The way that I kind of see this like flip goes off and you just see As it's like coming down and you have this moment of oh shit Did he and you look down and he's like robot pan just clawed into the thing like yeah Fuck we see it from flip point of view He gets like thrown off and he looks and he turns and you pass away like you fall below the threshold away below You just die um and he falls below the threshold and you think what and then you like run to the edge and you think what's happened When he did and then you get to the edge flip and you see that he's like grab something on like he's like grabbed I'm like this teetering piece of metal below and he's like secured. Um, it's you know Not gonna hold for long but the two of you with you know the bomb going you're able to like pull each other up Um to the position um it's a combination of f flip pulling him and salt realizing he needs to stay alive During all of this what is heron doing as she's realizing like first one then maybe two for a second May have fallen with the bomb. Yep So I think hera is like just far back enough that like she couldn't like actively reach out and like do anything about it So I think she's just kind of staring at this whole scenario like in absolute like horror and I think she's absolutely having flashbacks to like the first time that salt fell Over the edge and then didn't come back up Uh and so there's this like terrifying moment where all she can do is watch and I think she like reaches out to like the nearest dumb soldier who's like next to her and I think she like grips his shoulder Like so tight.

Yeah, like that he like starts to like look at her like she's an insane person and then like two seconds later Okay, it's where it's fine. Yeah the longest two seconds. Yeah. She just here Is that the dog?

No, that's that's the grunts. That's the soldier. Yep So The group of you pull up and first thing that happens is flop like, you know, sort of you know Walks over to you slow and steady and then uh gives um both of you uh licks on you know kisses on the face As he's you know saw the concern and what was happening there But didn't have any way to help um as he's like yeah limping to you and giving you lots of love That'll wake you up. That's a good thing.

I don't have a problem with heights anymore. Fuck Well, I think I beat Del Hera. I appreciate that I think they're just kind of like sitting there laying on the gangplank like they're hugging they're man hugging but it's just like You know, I think the assault collection. Nice catch You too stupid pants.

I should stop running pants pants get the way. You know, you could teach Joe how to do that. He tried he missed Just flash back And failing and watching him fall has this moment of like abject terror and like just utter self-hatred Just out of nowhere for no reason. So I will let everybody know You know if if the dice were definitely in the bad and there's nothing I could do about it fine But it was an advantage I teetered on whether I could do it or not.

I have a coin here. I flipped it No, I did and it came out that salt was going to need to stay alive because who the hell was he kidding these people need a father figure I absolutely love players that just leave everything to the dice rolls. I'm just like the dice will tell the story. Yeah, I'm that itch Let's see what happens.

Let's see what happens. I love days alive Man, I got a glimpse of the person flip was going to become and it was it good It was a duck horizon It was a dark time. Um, so the group of you are all sitting there like breathing heavy tired Um, and you're like yeah, just sort of like resting and trying to recuperate and uh, you hear from the side. Uh, no Um, the ship is going down.

We We need to go. We need to go. You bought us time, but we still need to go. Okay, let's move it.

Let's move it everybody And uh at that the the soldier is like holster there, you know their pistols their spears are all gone. Um taken down to be uh destroyed Um with when the bomb goes off as you guys start climbing up the you know Like passageway. Um, you're probably 10 feet into the hallway and you hear a In the distance you guys probably had 30 seconds. Um, so you realize like At 30 seconds after you get stopped you were probably like a minute and a half because you guys had like a minute just waiting But you realized how close it was Um, but yes, there's and there's there's a moment of heat There's not any damage, but there's definitely like you feel the heat of this fireball that went off, you know 100 200 people low you i'm not gonna do math.

Uh, but it fell below and the heat was there Um Well, we were like three dice rolls away from completely fucking that up Uh, I need to add the truth guys it should go right and so What's next uh running as fast as possible up to the top to run so I think I think as the running You know, so i still got the radio. He's trying to get a hold of joe. Okay, like joe. I hope the hell you're bringing that ship over here Um Quick, uh, yeah.

Yeah, we're we're we're flying it. Um, it's slowing steady and the ship's going down and i'm not the greatest pilot. Um Uh, nice reaches over what the fuck do you mean you're not the greatest pilot have you hit anything? That's my boat To be fair to be fair tidefall hit us while going down Okay, prepare yourself.

I swear to god. I'm gonna kill you. I just see jumping like Hera here drops the radio and starts running faster up towards the the top of the tunnel again. Okay, so i'll stop spray We're gonna need that man.

He's basically open continues running. Um, who is carrying flop? I soon flip. Oh, yeah Flip is not big but flip is very strong.

I assume you can do that correct. Yeah, absolutely. Okay, cool I figure about it. I get the visual.

So yeah, um, that is happening I I kind of assume flip it be in sort of the back since you're you know carrying him On my back. Yeah, okay. So salt is not too far behind because he knows Yeah, exactly. Um now nel's probably up in front with the guards behind him and then it's like, you know Salt and hair are sort of in the middle and then in the back is uh flip and flop Hair is just gaining on the front like my fuck yes.

Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, I feel like there's a lot of cursing under breath right now But everyone is tired and exhausted and realize how close with death they just brushed it's uh, it's a resigned sort of It's like a memory of rage like it's not really there. It's just it feels like comforting instinct at this point The nice primal anger field security That's that's what that is. It feels good to be back to normal and angry at joe for fucking up Yep I joined a riot like they're both doing it together.

Uh, yeah, but you know you were talking to joe so you know, they're the same They're the same uh Non-entity specific entity of fuck up for here. I think it points So The group of you are running up during this journey is there any other things you're doing on the on the run up to the surface I think we're just trying to get to the boat first and foremost before anything else happens. Okay. Okay, cool So you guys arrive top side, um At things were less chaotic before they're much more chaotic now It's been a couple of instances you were topside and the ship, you know, the horizon has gotten more and more tilted from where you know Because one bomb on one side of the ship has gone off the other side is not so the city is much more tilted than it was before It's going down slowly, but it's more tilting hard is the bigger concern.

Um, so there's a lot of like screams and panic and But none of them are near you. It sounds like everyone is going to various docks to um to land and you guys are closer to sort of like The center of the city but because the city is starting to turn Um, you know, it's easier to like get off and what you see is in the distance flying and it looks very awkward because He's trying to fly like above the ship, but also the ship is turning. Um, you see your vessel here Um flying in your general direction son of a bitch a bit battered. Um, there are definitely more scrapes than you've ever had on it before Um, but it is coming in your direction.

Oh, what is the group of you do? Um, now has looked to you and goes um, can I uh Hit to ride or what's what's next? I gotta get out of here and my ship is and he looks off in the distance that way and he looks in the direction of where Um, the first bomb went off and it's like dipping deeper and closer to the sea Every time we get one of us are gonna get on that boat and uh Yeah, it's like okay. Okay.

Let's uh Yeah And at that um, the ship is flying towards you. I want um, everyone to roll me either athletics or coordination to traverse The city as it is both falling and tilting and turning and then the act of getting onto the boat. Um, You are going to have a disadvantage before carrying, uh, your dog This is up. That was cool.

Punish me for loading something Um, and what is and if someone wants to help you they can but then they will get the disadvantage instead that is also an option Um, anyone can assist but they will have the extra advantage Um, it's my dog So Um Who wants to go first? Hera, really everyone will go and then I'll have to go last if that works Okay, okay, we'll jump faster towards the boat. Okay. Okay.

Let's uh, check the rules Yeah Okay, I've got to set whenever people start rolling Boom. So Hera flies, she succeeds. Um, you definitely take a bit of stress as you realize. I'm like, if you don't get this You're gonna have problems.

Um, what does it good do? What is like? What's it look like? Um, you know, let me pull that shirt up.

Uh, first of all, yeah, she absolutely like uh takes off takes off and then like there's just a loose line Uh kind of dangling because Jo didn't secure anything and so she like grabs it like swings sideways Like around like and like the edge of a building and just like makes it up And it climbs the last like three feet. Okay. Cool. Yeah.

Yeah. You're definitely the first one to go You run jump from like, you know, you're not knowing someone that traverses building like the top of buildings But at this point it's easier because the city has tilted and you get that crit and you're moving you're going Um, okay, who wants to go next and it's someone's gonna help? Yeah, are you going in or are you helping flip? I am going to help flip.

Okay, let's let's do let's do no next then just to get the people who are like booking it first Because there's some people helping doesn't really help, right? Um, so now um, he's gonna have Three greens and a yellow And he rolls and also is successful not near as loud and flashing his hair is But he's fast in general, right? And he's able to jump and jump and jump and he grabs onto um, you know, jumps from rooftop to rooftop and eventually jumps onto the side of Um, the ship and like scrambles up the side as he's very much still in his like feral form He's got his claws out and he's like grabbing onto like very very tiny ledges He's like holding on and he's holding on the ledge and he doesn't climb all the way up until he looks back to sort of see The rest of you coming the guards are also doing is that correct? Yeah, I guess They're part Okay, the group of them are going to roll um sort of again as a group and they barely succeed.

Yeah, they did it Um, but they did actually succeed. They're running and at this point they realize if they don't get on your ship, they're not going to make it to another ship Um, the chip, you know, it's not People can start falling off the ship. Um, that's gonna be the big concern. Um, as things are falling falling slowly, but they're still falling Um, and that's gonna be the big thing is people less falling off the ship But also like just falling and like, you know, it's people getting hurt as the tenting is sinking not because they you know Leng to the water, but they're like falling into tables and things like that people are gonna fall and that's their concern They're not gonna make it but they do struggle, but they do eventually make it to the ship Um, so next up we've got flip flop and salt.

Um, I will give Salt a black die in order to give some assistance to flip Um As you're like helping carry and like you get him across like the long ledges and whatnot. I'm assuming Absolutely. So here's a question. Yeah, uh, can inspiring rhetoric be used?

Uh, remember what that was? Um, do do do do do please do do do Um, it just says Getting close says your character may use this talent as an average leadership check for each success That check generates one ally within short range heels of strain and I want to go to improve allies affected by your inspiring rhetoric and blue Dolls skill checks they make for a number of rounds equal to your character rank leadership. Definitely definitely you can do that So I think he's Going to do the leadership check before he does his athletic check. Yep Like come on flip you were gonna get that dog out of here.

You've come way too damn far to fall this right now All right, I'm inspired good. All right, and really That's a hard that's a double course flying Um, let's let's start to look about um, so I think Man, how do you do double because this is a social encounter. Yeah effectively. Yeah, so can I use one crit to get rid of the black?