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So I was thinking the other day, what is the opposite of a nightmare? I mean, I guess you could just call it a dream. But like you have a bad dream, which is a nightmare. What is a good dream? Is it just a dream? Well a dream just implies a flat, a neutral ground. I get that idea. It does it though because I was just reading on a website when I just looked it up like 10 minutes ago. They were like, well the implication of like dream, you get it like dream house or dream job or dream job.
spouse or something you just have that that envisioning is what you want so maybe dream does mean the positive thing. I think Nolan's on the right track of daydream because you have control over the situation you are awake which is also opposite and typically it's usually gonna be a positive.
Well, and also to add to the thing you were saying you to specify to somebody that you had a good dream You must say I had a good dream last night. So that's true. Yeah, I do had a dream I do think it's daydream now. That's that's exactly opposite In every aspect I think yeah, but it also does imply that night is bad and day is good night is bad and day Have you not heard of night is bad?
Night terrors my dude. Day man? Yeah.
(laughing) - The opposite of Nightman? - Yes.
He's the fighter of-
Night man, that's just Batman.
Oh, speaking of night, we're here to play Blades in the Dark! So for some just quick housekeeping for anyone who doesn't know what this system is it is incredibly different Than the other systems that we've played instead of using d100s like in records of the unknown or a D20 system like in our other show the written in the lost for Pathfinder it uses only
And that's why I have 15 of them. Yeah, and that's why you have...
of them. Me as the GM, which is always fun, I don't have to do much. I only roll once through this whole thing. Every session we meet, I'm only going to be rolling once. There are some other things in the system and we'll try to cover as we go. But let's go ahead here. I want to introduce you guys. So you've heard them talking already, but we're going to start to the left with Petit then Nola. and Olivia.
have a question on? No, just thinking about the introductions and for those, any listeners are here for the very first time of, "Who are you, Mr. GM?" Oh, no, they don't need to know me. No, I'm Jenkins. If you are here for the first time, it's weird that you picked this episode to listen to first. There are like 50 more before this one. Now, this is a different feed. So we have maybe, maybe 20, 25? Yeah, maybe like 20, 25 episodes, depending on what all is in that feed at that time. Which aren't mandatory for listening to this first. That is true. It's not mandatory.
I don't know, I would want to listen to whatever came out first. but that's just me. So... ado let's go ahead and... Darkness cloaks the city of Duskfall, as a broken, fractured sun starts to shine. in the darkened sky. It's lantern-lit streets abuzz with a recent rumor, a fortune promised by the dimmer sisters, for those who can bring relics before the cataclysm that are years ago. Shopkeepers in the night market, with stores lit up by electricity generated by leviathan's blood and electroplasm, peddle lies and false promises to those gullible enough to believe that the electro-rail brought in such artifacts. Our crew, however, the conglomerate, have an actual lead that may change their run of year-long bad luck and failed heists. They're desperate for a successful score. We find them in the Six Towers district, outside of the manor. trying to pick your way in. Who here would like to introduce their character for
(eerie music)
you see a shorter fellow kneeling down. Lock. Appears somewhat small. He has curly red hair, pale skin, and there we see Colm McCuck working at the lock for a small Sprite fellow. Now, due to the roll that I made here, you are in a controlled position, which means your effect will be slightly greater. What are you going to be using to pick this lock? I was thinking Finesse. Alright, go ahead and make your roll. Do you have any tools that can aid you?
use and I think it'll be...
I don't think Primal is a good choice. would apply here since you're not. You're in a very controlled position. It's dark as always. No one can really see you do this. You have your little lantern and you have all the
See you here.
What do my fine lockpicks do for me?
your success.
1.2.1. which he has one skill point. roll one dice. you have the more chances of success. And his fine lock picks allow him, if he were to not be able to pick this lock, or roll a little worse for wear, allows him to. That's a six. Alright, so that is a success. You deftly unlock the lock as though it wasn't even there to begin with and open the door and all three of you step into the manor. Petit, your character will be the first one into the manor as he very brazenly without awareness or attempt.
in like he owns the place. So remind me again this... belongs to him.
You guys aren't quite sure. Do you? Both yours and Olivia's character's friend, Salia, your information broker, you were led here to believe that there is...
somewhere in this manner. the back door. This is the back door. Yeah, so coming through the back door is... Quite dapper man. He's not wearing a fitted suit, but more some black slacks and an off-the-shelf blazer. But it still looks pretty well fitted. Just not. going to a tailor. He is very, very good looking if you know who Perse Brosnan is. He seems to be able to get by on Act Alone in this man. Devil and Oliver.
the first thing that you see when you step out. the back door is that it leads into a pantry which quickly leads into the kitchen the pantry
well stocked and well maintained.
or anything which seems a little out of place considering the outward state of this manor,
They have fallen to time in disrepair.
And soon stepping behind is... in behind a devil in bit of heel to her boot to make her a little bit more comfortable. She acts like she knows the whole city. She does not. But she acts like she does.
And you guys begin to make your way through this manor. going a little too smoothly. You're not really hearing any noises through the manor, you're not really sure. Clearly somebody lives here, but you haven't heard any noises or anything, or seen anything that might suggest that they are currently here. That is until in one of the hallways you hear sort of a quick rustling in one of the side rooms. footsteps leading out of the room and down to somewhere else, deeper in the...
puts his hand up and he...
Is someone here? (dramatic music)
You, uh, what, me there? or do you want to put a like?
I think I'll just go. Let's get in and get out. the quicker we can. Enjoy the spoils. Is there anything going on in the kitchen? Not in the kitchen, no. It looks like some food had been prepared, but the fire's out and the mess is still there, but tried to...
flakes of food in the pan. from who knows how long ago. for a brief moment.
most people are.
Yes. Good night. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
we decide to come at this point.
Well, possibly. Typically a lot of affluent people, especially if we're sort of a little bit more... vibe and older vibe wise. They're not going to be at home. going to be out at social events. During the blind hour. (gentle music)
where this artifact would be.
capped so it would be up to you guys to figure that out.
like we're what size it is. No. Oh boy. Yeah, you guys kind of came into this blind.
out.
Play it quiet.
stash something valuable if they're money.
(both laugh) safe in there in the bedroom or not to my show. If we're spreading out I'm gonna look for places of things that would be on display because if these are people who bought it... and that'd be my area of expertise of seeing things on display.
we will all be spreading out. Devlin is going to start looking for possible... or false doors in any way. And Colm will make his way, imagining that the... Master's bedroom would be somewhere on a higher level, try to work his way upstairs.
safes or vaults, thinking that people would stash away their valuables.
Clearly this stuff is valuable, but it's not what you're looking for. Is there anything that I could possibly pocket without? a problem that might... Valuable, but not like trash. Yeah, give me a roll I think
getting here. My gut is leading more toward like a inside. kinda check if you want to see more of this. Either of those should work fine. Yeah. I got a three. So something that sort of draws your eye, you see sitting... side table next to it.
armchair, an opened bottle of wine,
this wouldn't... pick up your fancy as everything else in this room. But you'd pick up the bottle and you look at it and you realize that it's made with actual grapes instead of the algae that is used to normally make the alcohol. So you know that this could probably even if it's open and half empty, still get a decent amount from anyone willing to buy it. You also notice sitting next to the
to be hastily written and unfinished. Dearest uncle, please, I beg of you, let me sell it. You can have the money, it isn't about that. That thing, it attracts things to it. Horrible things. I thought the electric fence was supposed to keep it all out, but no, not with that around. If I can't sell it, please, just take it with you. Please alleviate me of it. I do not want it. I But not that! I would soon- And then the letter underneath it... "Dearest nephew, when I entrusted you... my cherished manor. I entrusted you to keep it in good repair. and to keep my things safe. try to sell them off for yourself for some quick coin. Is the money I give you not enough? You lose. and are asked to do one thing, and you are thinking of getting rid of such an item at the... coin maybe it is time I pick a different to guard my old manor in your stead. I shall see you by the week's end to discuss this further. and if my precious item is... When I am not, even the Spirit Wardens will toll for you.
dearest uncle. while you continue to search for things. Petit, you wanted to find a basement. Yes. Or like...
If you could think of one that somebody would hide with a large one.
Yeah, give me a role that says I'm searching and looking for things.
So, I wasn't really listening when it came to what Nolan was rolling earlier. Nolan rolled Vanessa to pick a lock. I don't think Vanessa would work here. So does it depend on what pips you have? So yeah, let's go ahead and talk about that for a bit. So the pips you have do affect your roll. If you don't have any pips in a skill, then you roll at disadvantage, which means you roll the two dice and you take the lesser.
two dice, three pips, three dice, so on and so forth. And you always take the highest result. Results we can talk about a little later. I probably should have talked about it with Olivia's role there. Her three meant she succeeded but had a consequence. Sixes are full successes and then of course there's critical successes with two sixes. Yeah so you can specifically go for things ask for a role and you don't have a pip and a skill that makes you happy. You're gonna have to choose.
Would study apply considering I'm more knowledgeable than the average folk? I would say study applies.
that. I do not. That's fine. Then I will roll study for a normal one die roll, correct? Yes. I should also mention in this case, I have, I mentioned it once with you, I am supposed to be setting whether you're in a controlled state, a risky state, a desperate state, and then what level of effect. you will have. If I do not say anything, just assume you're going to be in a risky state normal level of effect. At any point in time, you can choose to reduce your state.
it, which increases your effect status, but it has dire consequences, if you fail. with my hands so I don't want to knock over any glass. I must have knocked something over. I rolled a one. You get lost in this manner. It's right
large. You're not really sure where the... could be, you do know there is a basement in this manor. All good manors have a basement. find yourself up on the second floor.
I open the door of the bathroom and I look in the mirror. Oh, Devlin, you sly dog. I'm definitely, definitely more used to talking to people than I am searching houses.
and slightly overhearing his...
in the mirror. What did you you wanted to go upstairs and search the bedroom?
find.
keep a safe and valuable snowman. And then call them to think like other master bedroom. Okay, you're able since
you're not looking for anything hidden necessarily yet. You're able to find the master bedroom and in here. There are like 50s of them.
Spirit Bane charm just plastered all over the wall. Let's, uh, got a paranoid fellow here.
you do want to find like maybe a safe or something that is going to require a roll.
I would like to then search for a safe. If I may hunt otherwise... I'm not sure, perhaps Surveille would be better, but I'm good at hunting, just kind of tracking things, I'm not sure.
while hunt can be used to gather It does specifically. seem more about like a target or anything. - That's fair. honest to think about.
really good at. Let's go ahead.
Survey if that's okay.
[Music]
I will try to push myself here. It's like, come on, Colm, come on, where would you keep...
when you don't have a pip in something would just allow you to roll normal. Go ahead and mark 2 Stress.
spending some stress. Come on, where would it be?
it could be here there that's a one do you before I tell you what happens do you want to try again
or...
Do you want to move on? Let's move on for right now. So You don't find a safe. You don't really find anything on your way out when you Are trying to leave basically you knock a couple of the spirit being charms off of the wall some of them break when they Hit the ground and not very well moved together and you go about your business. What else would you guys like to do while searching for this
I think I'm gonna try to regroup. considering that's who I'm closest to. That's fair.
Uh, yeah, I'll meet with... Devlin. Do I hear anyone moving around in the house?
After the abrupt sound of someone leaving the room you're in and moving somewhere else You don't hear too much movement or anything. You do hear every so often... shrieking? Like ghost-y shrieking? Kind of, yeah. below you're not possible.
the basement. Might need to find the boys and get them to the cellar. You all meet up at the base of the stairs. to plan.
and again, just every day.
Shrieks can be heard from...
Did you all find anything? The master's room was a bit...
Bit of a paranoid feel I'd say, he had a lot of- is up to protect from.
beards.
Did you? Yeeees? It sounds about right.
of them I'm sure there's others that will cover.
Alright, I'm sure we'll be fine. So if we run into him we might just... mutually beneficial situation. so... Oh no, but... A theft might be convenient for this paranoid and anxious fella.
Kind of helps us if they're wanting to get rid of the idea.
dangerous things to it, so do be careful. we find it, okay? Could we be those dangerous? - Baby.
Well, I was trying to- I'm ended up finding... in the restroom upstairs. (laughs)
Target? No, it was-
[laughs]
It sounds like there is something down there. Well I'm not quite sure where. They keep a door for that. For the basement? I'm not familiar with this house. Usually doors to cellars are around 7 stories. Unless you're looking well even the wine cellar usually So I'd say I'm closer around near the kitchen should be near the where the cellar door would be I knew we should have started there As you guys make your way to the kitchen you hear a loud thud as though a door is slamming and you hear quick movements through the house and stepping up the stairs.
seconds after. room and then you hear...
You mentioned... Good day.
Maybe?
Somebody's running around in the walls of this place. That could be... not good for us. I know we usually try to go up...
low profile if people don't know where I am.
But do we want to do a bit more smash and grab, just break something open and see what we find? Yeah... maybe more targeted smash and grab.
Look for the skies, Bennett. it that he might. Did you take any of it? No, I broke a glass. You got the bottle though? Yeah.
Alright. Well... stairs or do you want to keep looking? I think we should keep looking for the mark. Okay. I don't wanna- yet.
All right, let's go.
Yeah, we'll search.
a basement or cellar door. sort of... non-sense. stop rattling noise coming from where the person is. fled from. As you search, you can either choose to go or continue to search the rest of the house for more value.
It could very well be the basement.
world.
Maybe holding it or...
Either he has it with him or it's not.
that's coming from. I'm not sure I want to... Face what that is. Though we might need to leave and come back at a better moment. There's no better moment. For reasons unknown to us, we did apparently pick this time. the letter she found now. If you do leave, you might not get another chance.
If you want to try to talk to them through handing it over. I can absolutely try that. He's writing with his eyes
This is his uncle's place. He was talking about selling it, giving the money to his uncle to just cover it over. So, the approach was... take is that if it is a theft, we might live safe. that he may not care for just to help cover it. It smooths things over with his ankle, it gets it out of his head. Yeah, it's a super good situation for him. That's true.
Now, I am definitely much more better at navigating people than I am houses apparently.
I think that's him in the rattling... handle. I do think he's in the house. because the letter that I was looking at was unfinished. glass. For some reason he stopped in the middle of writing a response to his uncle and went somewhere. He might have gone to the artifact. You think we interrupted him? Maybe. Well, something drew him away. Yet I don't think he knows we're here yet. Which is weird, cause we both are. I broke stuff. I broke stuff? I broke a glass.
charms upstairs. Do this quickly, I'd like to get it over with. So the plan is for you to talk to the guy? I will go with him to try and intimidate.
can't usher in a sort of mutually benefi- Arrangement. Are you guys just walking upstairs? Are you sneaking upstairs? How do you want to sort of engage? Because you broke into this guy's house and he doesn't know you're here yet
Maybe. Yeah, maybe. He's been running around so I would assume something's up. So what would you guys think?
best sort of plan of attack for this. I think suddenly showing up would probably be better than him hearing us coming because of him hearing us coming. gives him more time to be afraid of someone in the house, something maybe in the house coming for him from the artifact? Like, I think I'd prefer in- suddenly people there offering a solution as opposed to... creepy sound of someone- may not try to kill me or eat me.
or lead the group action. Now what that does is you roll for each character who participates in the group action. The best single roll can be done by the player who rolls for each an action result, which applies to...
every character that rolled however I believe the person who is leading the action gets stress for every for each person who rolled a bad outcome one to three thank you so you can do that you can
and then have somebody else to assist some of the weaker members with sneak, which is whoever is assisting the person takes one shot.
extra dice.
that if you don't want to lead a group action.
I'm also okay with...
That'd be good. - Okay, so you would like to lead the group action? - Como lead a prowl. - Everybody roll a prowl. (clicking)
So it's not a failure. Okay.
a one through three. All right, take two stress, but you succeed.
*outro*
two more ticks on the clock, bringing it halfway full. What a clock is for everyone listening, it's a way for me to keep track of things. It's a way basically to say these consequences. coming. There are various uses of them. Normally I will try to mention to my players and to
insert a clock, but this one I wanted it to be a little secret clock going on since two of our party members... left obvious signs of...
you make a... the bedroom door which is now shut. Who is opening the door? I believe that should be me. Alright, so you're gonna open the door. Are you doing it slowly, quickly? Very quickly. You slam the door open and you see sort of sitting on a bed, balled up in a fetal position. A man is White hair, aged beyond his years, very gaunt in the face. Shaking uncontrollably. and he jumps at the sight of all of you.
The words out of my mouth. That's usually not the response I get. And I run up to the bed.
What do you- get out of my house! What are you in here for?
We want it. You can't have it. He's...
He's gonna be coming tomorrow.
You can't have it. We're gonna take it anyway. Might as well make it easier and tell us where it is. We had a happy kid. Go ahead and make a roll to try it and convince him. Now I would suggest in this case you guys are
but if you have another thing, the only thing I won't accept right now is a consort role since you're not really using any outside information. What about Sway? I could accept Sway, especially if you lean the conversation more to let us help you. because right now it's we're doing... So if you're willing to after making that roll, lean at that one.
Go ahead. Do you?
Okay, so take one stress.
Okay. Highest is five. Okay. But like she said, we are here to help you. We are going to take... But... man.
- Sorry. - I'm a man.
And we know that that thing... is not in your best interest to keep. I believe us taking it might... might convince him that it was per se an accident.
It's in the catacombs. You just... through...
I'm sorry, you said catacombs? Yeah. catacombs in your house. Yes, this is a- yeah-
Yes.
Right, right, right, right, I forgot. the lower of the area that we're in. (laughs) Who there is not your family.
I don't know what it is, I don't... it's... just go down there, deal with it, take the artifact and leave. What did it look like? He clams up and almost as though you sent him reeling into memories he didn't want to relive, he's gone.
longer responsive to you. his shoulder and I just saw it.
me. It has... If I may, I would like to hear...
- Oh. (laughing) - Think you need this kid. - Devlin immediately is just like, what are you doing? But he doesn't do anything to stop him. - Calm is like, no. But he won't stop you. - Yeah, he, you smack him and his face just sort of stays
and you try to hand him the ball. of tips on the bed due to his shaking, staining his bed sheets as he's just trying to like re-center himself but he's still not. We could have sold that. It was worth at least a coin. Oh I should mention, weird time to mention this, a coin. is a unit of money it is worth three months salary for the average worker. Anyway. Yeah, he's gone. There's nothing you can really do to bring him back right now.
I do apologize, I don't often try to slap people, but he looked like he needed it, didn't help. I'm going to now lay him down and cover him up with a blanket. and we can leave quietly.
tuck him in and give him a kiss on the forehead too.
straighten them out.
You can see he's a bit gone
Profusely, I don't want that. I think he's taken too many stress and is now into trauma. I will
I'd like to take a snip of his hair.
*Epic music*
- Okay. - Not gonna stop you. - I can study it. - Yeah, I'm not gonna stop you. - I don't believe I have like. any scissors or anything. gear. Anything that's sharp that would work. Okay, so good time to look at this. What is the difference between the items under load and the items under load?
So the items under items on your playbook are items specific to you that only your playbook gets. So for instance, the slide has some fine clothes and jewelry, fine disguise kit, Fine loaded dice and/or trick cards. Transpowder, a cane sword, and a spirit bane charm. So those are specific to you. The items under the load, everyone can have. The load is almost identical for every single person.
these items that would be one of the items under.
load. Yes, it still counts against you unless... Now, did you choose Light?
normal load or heavy load? I chose normal load. At this point I believe we have a plus two.
through the show. the game.
too...noticeable. earlier and it is a sharp enough blade that I can...
to cut a lock of this man's hair. So have you been, have you just been walking around
been stored away. Not a soldier, but a royal guard of some sort.
Um, this might seem like a weird question.
grabbing it and cutting it like you would or are you like trying to be fancy with it and just oh I'm just doing a normal cut okay I'm not finessing anything okay so yeah you're able to get some of his hair beautiful and he before
went into his state he did mention that the catacombs existed and that is where the item is held.
your target is. As you forcefully pry him from his fetal position and cover him up with his wine-stained blankets. We don't have to pry him open, we just cover him up. Just cover him up with his wine. Let somebody else take care of that. Good night. Little peck on the cheek. Don't let the rats bite. Colm's just like, "When you're asked, never saw anyone here. You were just a random burglary at the house." respond. I don't know if he's still in.
I don't think he will respond.
response. But I'm just trying to get him the idea to...
nightmare, or a daydream, whichever you like.
dream for him.
That'll do. That's what I wanted to do earlier, but you guys wanted the safe option. Do you think I can sway this guy? Or thing? Whatever's rattling? No. I don't know. I'd be surprised if anyone could-
is.
I've been known to speak with ghosts. or interact with demons.
What? Really?
for a year now and I never told you? I'm still surprised by it.
You do not mess with them. You do not invite them anywhere. They're, uh... I've invited them to dinner before. They never seem to come. Celia's a little picky about what she does. She's the only one I've ever... Oh, maybe invite more than one.
As you guys get closer and closer to the rattling it becomes clear the source of it is a door, which has been filling this hole.
hallway suddenly stops and the door goes quiet. and leave. We don't have to go for that specifically. There's a lot of expensive stuff. sisters want the occult relic. That's what they're after. Some relics of some sort. We can do whatever we want with You gotta figure out people don't
items. reputation that this will get us. It doesn't do much for our own good. place that has the most... at the moment and then we just take everything. but what's actually wanted. I would say I'm not opposed to taking everything else, we do need to get this as well. Agreed. I've done a lot of studying into the paranormal. Or as my school likes to call it, the immortal studies. There's some dangerous stuff out there. You would know by the way, since you've had to walk through the living room that holds a lot of the arcane trinkets and stuff, just by your studies and what not, that if you were to steal every single other trinket, you'd probably, if you had the right buyer
coin, which is a lot of coin, but the Demer sisters are offering anywhere from $1.50 to
to ten to fifty.
shape. as much as the next person. there's a lot riding on this. Why we're here? I pull out my cane sword and ready it just in case. Would you like to try to open the door, Colm? I can check if it's locked, certainly. As Colm walks up to the door, you can see that if it is locked, it's locked on this side. There is a giant iron
what it's about or what the occult symbol is meant for. But based off of other things that you found throughout the house, you can assume it's... protection or a ward against anything from crossing the barrier. that either through years of work, or years of work, For something more recent, this symbol has faded into obscurity basically. It's very faint if anything and a lot of the lines on it are broken. Would you like to open this door or would you like to study it more?
a bunch of locks. The only thing he'd be concerned about is whatever's on the other side bursting out, being saying he's that scene.
He'll ready a weapon which if there is something to attack I'll mark off which but from the load. But otherwise yeah he'll start undoing the locks saving the big.
for the last thing to undo.
with each line. There's not many, just three or so. The first one you click and the door kind of shakes. The second one you click and it shakes a little bit. The third one you click and nothing happens. When you remove the bar and open up the door, the smell of death just sort of wafts into all of your faces. Go ahead, everyone take a stress for that. You guys make your way down into the catacombs and you can just see it's plastered with... and dead bodies.
sarcophagus.
this idol and it's...
rather well conditioned.
it emanating.
energy off of it. Looks like it was recently dug up as there is a fresh hole. the sarcophagus. And you believe that?
for.
[Music] potentially a very dangerous artifact. Potentially. Yes. Can I use a flashback to do research on the implications of things and preparations of spiritual protections that I might have put in place for that? Yes, yes.
You can.
can do at any point in time. They take strength.
and each flashback is a little different. As long as you're not afraid to take a step back, you're not afraid to take a step back. doesn't negate? has already been said in the story, it's fair game. Olivia is using a flashback to do research on...
Ecclismic relics.
We've already established that we-- but on the spiritual... Implications that it has the lore maybe about what might have gone on around this maybe on bringing it in I Probably spent extra time talking with Celia and then tailing some of the people that she had learned information from we're gonna say this Flashback is quote-unquote a free flashback since it's a pretty ordinary action. All you're doing is some research. However,
I am gonna want to roll from you and if you do poorly on the roll basically anything below a six You will take stress based off of that. I'm gonna give you the success, regarding the success of the world. even if you roll a one, but you'll take more stress the worse you roll.
So, with the role. I know consort is usually more of the talking with people. gather information so that's probably the most feasible role for the situation.
using your connections and people come.
would probably be the best. In which case I also have weaving the web, which means I gain a consort for gathering information on a target. and roll your three dice. Yes. What was the consequence of if I take that bargain though? Oh, um, basically if you roll a four or five you will take one stress, if you roll a one through a three you will take two stress. I have two fives and a four.
So you will take one stress, but you know that relics from before the cataclysm, especially occult ones such as this, are rare. You also know that they are very powerful and can potentially be very dangerous if not handled with care. It seems like this one was handled with care. but it's fallen a little bit.
pair not in like its peak form since it was buried.
But you know it has the potential of summoning untold amounts of spirit and/or death.
its center. Okay. I'm gonna say that as a result of that, we probably prepared some kind of box. charms and so on. of mitigate a lot of the trouble. Also, you can't just go to the library and read the Touch it directly or I will take it. your hands and that'll be for your own good. Trust me. Devlin puts his hands up. Wear gloves, lots of fabric between, and be very gentle.
and mark off to load for that box.
My middle name.
I would like to Arcane Implements being Globally.
just for quick handling. All of you should mark that off if you play...
Calm definitely.
plan on being able to handle this thing. So...
Something else here, at least in presence. I'm gonna try to get in close on my way.
[Music] that but if I may I'd like to...
item to try to, again, like not get anything's attention. And I would even mark off for using, as a lurk, a fine shadow cloak, which will help with sneaking and then, you
using dark magic.
to see in pitch. I will say the catacombs itself are not pitch black. There are lanterns and candles lit, most likely from the inhabitant of the manor being down here most recently.
the area. sarcophagus that you mentioned that it was located... and sheaths his sword and he closes his eyes and smiles and he just reaches out and says, "If there's somebody in here, I'd like to talk and I want to try to distract any entity that may be watching us." And are you using your ghost voice ability? I am using my ghost voice ability.
a tune since you are... Connect to this thing first.
You're gonna gain
Which basically means you get a like a fine tool to do this with so your success is going to be a
You are at lower success, now you're at normal success.
and I'm gonna say... the situation. you're in, we're going to put you at risk.
Okay, that will just be a normal roll, since I have one and a tune. Not a one, but a thousand.
Go ahead and make your prowl roll. If I want to prowl, I'm not going to push myself on this at the moment. A five. So you get up there pretty well while Devillin is doing what he's doing. Devillin, your action already happened, okay? If you wanted to push yourself, the time was to do so before.
Now, you can push yourself now and you'll be in a desperate position, which I'll explain why here in a second. And I'll still have you at normal success, if you would like. You would be taking too stress for it, of course. But that is definitely something you can do. Let me describe what happened because of you first. As you get up to the sarcophagus and Devlin holds up his hands to try to reach out to whatever entity is in the way,
Almost as soon as he finishes the sentence, a loud screeching noise can be heard. All of you take a level 1 harm bursted eardrums. stress. Now, you can resist this if you would like, but that is up to you.
to resist he's kind of embracing for something anything to happen so when the
a little bit.
They resist with prowess.
If I roll poorly for my resistance, I might hit trauma. - Which, so while you roll, resistance, anybody can resist the effects of something. So this ghost appearing and the Banshee's scream definitely resists, he is resisting the burst eardrums. How resistance works is they choose between insight, prowess, and resolve, which are the three action groups, whichever one they feel like would be best. the amount of pips you have and then you reduce you take the heist when you get and you reduce stress for the resistance down by however much. So what did you roll? A four. Okay, so you were going to take two stress for resisting and you no longer...
have bursted ear drums. from the Banshee presence.
Now there is a banshee screaming in the room.
Due to your actions, you are now in a desperate situation.
like to try and roll to soothe this thing, or to sway it, or to distract it, or whatever.
I would love to soothe it. - Okay, what would you like to roll for that? - Sway? - Go ahead and make a sway roll. Again, you have, you're at normal effect because of your potency. - Four. - You manage to not calm the spirit down, but it doesn't seem as... or agitated. It's still very much going to be a present thing, and it might randomly explode again with its
that once you guys get the artifact in the box, you won't have to worry about it. a little less on edge. It felt at home in your smile. Yeah. Calm. You were up there. Right now you're like the only one.
hear things properly everyone else's ears are ringing and you're at the artifact would you like to put it in the
Yes. I have the... I marked off arc and implements for the gloves. I have what you talked about, don't touch it with your bare skin. Be prepared for that. And so I will try to silently and deftly just kind of take it off the mantle and put it in the box and seal it just as quick and quietly as I can. Because, uh, Devolin is distracting.
and because summer told you to wear the gloves you don't have to make a roll you're very easy.
put the lid on it and due to the arcane symbols and protections on the box, the spirit slowly fades away as it's no longer being drawn to the area. The box successfully suppresses the emanations. then a thumbs up.
You guys make your way to the Demosistra Manor. is currently... stone north of the six towers. You trade off, they look at the artifact, they give you 10 coin for it, which is way more than you guys can hold in your vault. You don't even know what to do with all this coin. You go back to your secret base in the six towers, and you head inside. Which one of you goes in first? I'll go in first. Okay. You step down the stairs. electric bolt shoots through your spine and you're frozen and cannot move and for some reason every inch of your body is frozen.
is telling you not to look in the corner. And that's where we're gonna end it. Greetings scoundrels! Devlin Oliver here.
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there. Oliver and a little bit of a walk down the street. Arvar as Summer Lock. I of course am the GM.
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in the dark, and the license can be found in the description. (dramatic music) - She's a body hopper. - She's a body hopper. - Oh, right. - 'Cause that's his fascination. So he's watching her just control a body. He's also my information broker. - I fully forgot that. - Okay. - I just made up the term body hopper.
So if there's a better term for that.
