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Critical Role Campaign 4, Episode 7 Part 2: "On the Scent"

Date: December 2, 2025

Episode Overview

In this lively, tension-filled continuation of the party's quest, the Critical Role crew—helmed by Brennan Lee Mulligan as Dungeon Master—navigate the dangers, politics, and mysteries of Timony. The adventurers debate rest, follow the trail of a mysterious mastiff, and infiltrate a rain-soaked, crumbling stronghold in a desperate effort to find their missing comrade Sid. As shifting alliances and power plays unfold around the Barony of Sloke, loyalties are tested and the party faces decisions with lasting consequences.

Key Discussion Points & Story Beats

1. Apple-Cart Lull & The Mastiff's Trail (01:29–06:47)

Waking Up in Gormule: The party wakes in a dilapidated apple cart, exhausted from their travails and fueled only by leftover, unsold apples.
Thimble’s Urgency: Thimble is unsettled by a missing giant dog, believed to be magical and extremely rare. Cadogan is skeptical but eventually relents to investigate.
Dog Hunt: Despite initial reluctance, several members set off, trailing large paw prints that lead through a tavern and out towards Sloke.
Notable Quote:
Thimble: "I'm barely a meal. All right, I guess I'll go to sleep. I gave you warning. If we all die, it's your fault." (03:52)

2. Tavern Mysteries & Meeting Dame Morgaine (06:47–29:51)

Midnight at the Tavern: Inside the nearly deserted tavern, the group finds a striking blue-marked dog and meets Gwen, the barmaid.
Revelations: The dog is soon revealed to be Dame Morgaine, a hound of King Augustus ("King Gus"), gifted with unusual intelligence—possibly a druid in animal form.
The King's Hounds: The party learns of the royal dogs' patrols and their significance in local politics.
Secret Knowledge: Thimble uses stealth to gather intelligence, spotting emblems indicating House Saramai—vassals of House Taconis—are also present, raising alarm about possible conflicts.
Talk with Morgaine: Cadogan uses magic to "speak with animals," uncovering that Dame Morgaine is more than she appears:

Dame Morgaine (as dog): "My dog? No, we are all the King's dogs... I am a hound of the King, as is Hawkins." (24:23)
Payment Problems: With no money for stew, the party barters and improvises, drawing humor and mild embarrassment.

3. Plotting and Approaching Sloke (29:51–42:12)

Dawn Approaches: The group discusses the political landscape—the Candescent Creed's plot against King Gus, and how to navigate an environment where allies may be few and far between.
Setting Out: Entering Sloke, they find themselves in a rain-drenched, desolate barony, dominated by a decaying castle and cliffs.
Reconnaissance: Parties bearing the colors of Saramai and Taconis converge on the castle, and the group debates whether to engage, ambush, or silently observe.

4. Scouting, Subterfuge, and Espionage (42:12–59:03)

Splitting Up: Thimble, using her stealth and size, scouts the castle, avoiding detection and discovering the strength and identities of the gathered parties—knights, nobles, and the notorious Kasimir Gavndale.
The Deed Exchanged: In the castle courtyard, an intense scene unfolds as the Taconis and Saramai representatives deliver a deed (previously stolen by Sid), with Kasimir being publicly humiliated and physically punished.
SKULL-TATTOOED NOBILITY: Thimble identifies the formidable Lady Univer Taconis, adding layers of danger to the unfolding political standoff.

Brennan Lee Mulligan: "She has these two dark tattoos on either side of her nose to make the bottom half of her face look like a skull. Sick. This is the lady Univere Taconis." (61:53)

5. Tense Negotiations, (Nearly) Busted Infiltration (59:03–94:06)

Options Weighed: The group rapidly debates next steps—attack Kasimir for vengeance, follow the Taconis envoy to find Sid, or investigate elsewhere.
Disguise Shenanigans: Thimble concocts elaborate disguises (including the infamous “big-titty nurse”), trying to gain access to Kasimir for information or a kill.
The Plan Unravels: Wick and Thimble, undercover as healers from House Haylvar and "Dr. Finger," bluff their way past suspicious guards, narrowly avoiding a disastrous arrest:

Sir Gully Breeches: "Help the lord. The lord Sloke...what have you come here as a doctor to help with?" (83:32)
Critical Intervention: Wick saves the situation with a clutch Charm Person spell (Tyranny, 85:32) and, against all odds, miraculously persuades the knights to permit entry:

Tyranny: "We mean no harm at all. Please tell your friends that we come in peace. We just want to talk." (86:13) Brennan Lee Mulligan: "On a four. He looks at you and goes, Finally a little fucking respect." (98:01)

6. At the Castle—Kasimir’s Paranoia & Party Poised (94:06–end)

Inside the Keep: Wick and Thimble are announced as distinguished visitors to the battered and suspicious Kasimir, who remains desperate and eager for validation.

Kasimir: "We're gonna turn Sloke around. And if people won't follow a brand new baron who's up jumped from a gutter criminal they'll follow the light, won't they?" (98:35)
Stealth Team: The rest of the party, hidden in the downpour and hugging ruined walls, weighs their moment to strike or investigate further.
Session Ends: The party is split; tensions, stakes, and possible approaches abound as the adventurers prepare either for a daring confrontation or quiet extraction.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

Thimble’s Suspicion & Comic Tone:
"I'm barely a meal. All right, I guess I'll go to sleep. I gave you warning. If we all die, it's your fault." (03:52)
Cadogan Vale’s Dry Sarcasm:
"I'm broke as hell." (21:09)
Dog Revealing Her Identity:
Dame Morgaine (as dog): "You are not very perceptive." (19:38)
On the Dog’s Loyalty:
"We are all the King's dogs." (24:23)
Wick’s Clutch Spellcasting:
Tyranny: "We mean no harm at all. Please tell your friends that we come in peace." (86:13)
Critical Persuasion Success:
Brennan Lee Mulligan: "On a four. He looks at you and goes, Finally a little fucking respect." (98:01)
Political Cruelty:
Brennan Lee Mulligan: "[Kasimir] just was gonna send out half his forces to grab all the villagers out of the rain and say, double the taxes... Not a good man and yet someone who once saved Thiazi Fang's life. Funny how time changes people." (99:46)

Timeline of Important Segments

| Timestamp | Segment | |------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:29-06:47| Apple cart awakening, missing mastiff, start of dog pursuit | | 06:47-10:37| In the tavern, meet blue-marked "magic dog"; party learns of King's hounds | | 17:01-20:59| Cadogan casts Speak With Animals, Dame Morgaine's true identity as druid/agent revealed | | 23:02-29:51| Dame Morgaine's warnings, food & payment issues, party debates their next move | | 33:49-41:41| Journey to Sloke, rain-soaked descriptions, approach to castle, recon and party planning | | 53:03-59:03| Thimble's successful infiltration of crumbling castle—spies Kasimir, Taconis, and Saramai nobles | | 62:13-68:38| Public humiliation and political intrigue as the deed is handed over, Kasimir beaten | | 70:04-78:05| Stealth moves, debate on priorities (Kasimir or Sid); planning infiltration; disguises prepped | | 81:01-94:06| Disguised party members confront guards, near-disaster turns to miracle with ‘Charm Person’ | | 94:06-98:53| Wick and Thimble brought before Kasimir; a tense conversation as stealth team sneaks closer | | 98:53-end | Session closes with party poised for action, moral ambiguity deepens, and plans in flux |

Summary & Takeaways

Theme: Trust, intrigue, and the complexity of loyalty dominate, with the group caught in a web of shifting allegiances and hidden threats.
Party Dynamics: The split party storyline builds suspense, showcasing tactical cunning, roleplay flourishes (notably Thimble's comedic disguises), and moments of unintended chaos narrowly averted.
Political Forces: The fractured nobility and the hounds of the King provide both threat and opportunity; the party must navigate both with care in their pursuit of Sid.
Actions: The party now stands at a crossroads—poised to exploit their infiltration, extract information, possibly enact vengeance, or further entangle themselves in Timony's troubled politics.

For New Listeners

This episode exemplifies Critical Role’s blend of humor, pathos, high stakes strategy, and award-worthy improvisation.
If you enjoy sharp-witted banter, tense diplomacy under duress, and quirky magical hijinx, this episode is a must. The group’s precarious situation at the episode’s end all but guarantees explosive developments next week.

Next Week Teaser

Brennan closes with:
"You've caught up with Kazimir Gavndale. The bastard who betrayed the Ozzy Fang... Kazimir Gavndale, not a good man and yet someone who once saved Thiazi Fang's life. Funny how time changes people. ... You guys got some big decisions to make?" (99:44–99:57)

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[00:41]
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[01:29]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Hello again, it's Brennan Lee Mulligan, and you're listening to part two of this episode of Critical Role. If you haven't checked out part one yet, pause this now and head over there first. What are you doing? Otherwise, let's jump right back into this adventure and the world of Ahriman. We return to Gormule. In the kingdom of Timoney. You have just slept in a rickety cart full of apples. Yes. All of you have eaten probably at this point. So many apples that. But, you know, you were hungry. But also, these were the apples that didn't sell. So, you know, bear that in mind. Yeah. Thimble. The shrine has but a single sleeping canine figure in it. Tavern there. And you still require rest.
[02:40]
Thimble
Yeah, ja, I do. It's gone.
[02:45]
Cadogan Vale
What's gone?
[02:46]
Thimble
The fucking massive I was telling you about. The giant fucking dog.
[02:49]
Cadogan Vale
Dogs do all sorts of weird shit. Walk around, sniff around.
[02:52]
Thimble
These Susies are just really rare ones. They're really, you know, they're really big.
[02:56]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yeah.
[02:56]
Thimble
And they usually only guard really important people who's probably at the tavern.
[03:01]
Cadogan Vale
You want to go chase a dog in dog training?
[03:04]
Thimble
No, I don't I want to sleep.
[03:05]
Cadogan Vale
Well, all right. Do whatever you want.
[03:08]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
I'm just.
[03:09]
Thimble
I'm just letting you know.
[03:11]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Okay?
[03:11]
Thimble
We need to sleep. That dog was staring at me.
[03:15]
Cadogan Vale
You thought that. You thought the dog was staring at you?
[03:17]
Thimble
Don't you be a shithead.
[03:18]
Cadogan Vale
I'm not being a shithead. I'm being honest.
[03:21]
Thimble
It was staring at me from across the.
[03:23]
Cadogan Vale
And you're certain it wasn't just being a dog? I'm sorry. It's my nature to second guess. If you think it was a special dog and it was talking to you through its doggy brain, then I don't.
[03:39]
Thimble
Know if I can talk to dogs like you do.
[03:41]
Cadogan Vale
I could talk to him if he was here, but I don't see him.
[03:44]
Thimble
If he attacks us, maybe you can say hi before he kills us all.
[03:47]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Maybe I'll.
[03:47]
Cadogan Vale
Maybe I will. Maybe I will say hi. Maybe I'll say, oh, eat my friend here. She's small and delic.
[03:53]
Thimble
I'm barely a meal. All right, I guess I'll go to sleep. I gave you warning. If we all die, it's your fault.
[04:02]
Cadogan Vale
Why you all feel like you need to argue with me? I'm relatively.
[04:06]
Thimble
Go to sleep.
[04:07]
Cadogan Vale
I don't want to go to sleep now. I want to go look for a fucking dog.
[04:09]
Thimble
All right, go find it.
[04:09]
Cadogan Vale
Maybe I will fuck you then. And I'm going to.
[04:14]
Tyranny
Start.
[04:15]
Cadogan Vale
I guess I'm going to go fucking roost Wulfric and start fucking snoofing around. Don't feel bad. You going to sleep or you going to come on this dog adventure?
[04:23]
Thimble
Going to sleep. Shit, I'll go on a dog adventure.
[04:27]
Wulfric
Wow.
[04:28]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Okay. All right, that evolved. Go ahead. Go ahead and give me two investigation rolls with disadvantage.
[04:39]
Wulfric
Went from a warning to a mastifuck.
[04:44]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Okay.
[04:44]
Thimble
Investigation. I rolled a 12 at disadvantage.
[04:48]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Okay.
[04:52]
Cadogan Vale
She's into this. She's flitting, trying to look for this dog. I see her possibly struggling. And I'm going to cast a clue in the general area around me.
[05:06]
Wulfric
1.
[05:06]
Cadogan Vale
With a big sigh.
[05:07]
Thimble
He was over by the shrine.
[05:08]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Where?
[05:09]
Thimble
He was over by the shrine.
[05:10]
Cadogan Vale
Right, right.
[05:10]
Thimble
Right over the water, though. It was across the water.
[05:13]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Across the water.
[05:13]
Cadogan Vale
Oh, how far away was it?
[05:15]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
It's probably call it like 250 yards.
[05:20]
Cadogan Vale
Oh, 250.
[05:21]
Thimble
That's far.
[05:23]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
All right.
[05:23]
Cadogan Vale
Yeah, sure. Never mind.
[05:24]
Thimble
You know, I mean, it was across the water.
[05:26]
Cadogan Vale
No, no, we're looking. You wanted to look.
[05:28]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
We're looking.
[05:31]
Cadogan Vale
19 on the first well rolled 19. What are we rolling for?
[05:34]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Investigation, Investigation.
[05:36]
Cadogan Vale
First one's a dirty 22nd one is a 19 oh oh disadvantage.
[05:43]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You and Wulfric snoop around as you once again breathe. You see massive paw prints heading from the shrine briefly going into the tavern, coming back out and heading north of here in the direction of Sloke.
[06:05]
Cadogan Vale
So it went into the tavern?
[06:07]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Looks like. It looks like the. The mastiff went into the tavern and headed out.
[06:12]
Thimble
All right, it's going to sloak. It's going to sloak. Maybe. Maybe he's just spying on us. And you think they're going to know we're on our way?
[06:21]
Cadogan Vale
You think the dog was spying on us? Well, this is dog spy land.
[06:25]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
I get it.
[06:25]
Cadogan Vale
I get it. All right. I won't second guess you anymore. You're right. It is a bit strange.
[06:33]
Thimble
However. However, we need to sleep.
[06:38]
Cadogan Vale
All right, well, it went into the tavern before it fucked off, so maybe we go ask around, see if anybody's seen a great big doggie and then sleep off.
[06:48]
Thimble
Maybe they know who he works for. Cause they're pretty rare.
[06:51]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
All right, all right.
[06:52]
Cadogan Vale
I think you're better at this sort of stuff than.
[06:54]
Thimble
You don't get drunk.
[06:55]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Well, three hours of the morning, you. You guys walk into the common room of the tavern. There's some people sleeping upstairs, but it's just a couple sputtering candles. Everything's been put away. But you see that there is a small bell, like a cow's bell, that's been left on the bar to ring in the middle of the night if something were to arise. Yeah, fuck it. You ring the bell. You see over by the smoldering embers of the fireplace. You see that there is this beautiful looking mutt on her side. You see that she's. You see that she's lying down there. You see, she's got patches, almost like Bernie's mountain dog coloring, but in splotches. So it's black, brown, white, and also a shade of a deep rich blue in her fur as well.
[07:58]
Thimble
That's a magic dog.
[07:59]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You see that? A figure comes out from behind a small gate in the kitchen, walking out from a private room, a small side room. You see, it's a young woman who walks out in a nightgown, a small candle lit. Greetings, Travis. Are you.
[08:18]
Thimble
Oh.
[08:20]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Oh, hello, travelers.
[08:26]
Thimble
Yeah. Do you know who that big dog works for? Oh, my God.
[08:34]
Wulfric
Wow.
[08:34]
Thimble
Oh.
[08:37]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Did you see the mastiff? Yeah, that is a hound of the King. Yes.
[08:43]
Wulfric
Whoa.
[08:44]
Thimble
Did you know he was here?
[08:46]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
The. Oh, hard to miss. Yes, I saw him. Yeah, the hound, you mean?
[08:52]
Thimble
Yeah.
[08:52]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
[08:54]
Cadogan Vale
King Gus.
[08:55]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
King Augustus. Yes, absolutely.
[08:58]
Cadogan Vale
Sorry, I didn't mean that. It was rude.
[09:00]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You see, she shrugs and says, my father, sir, is King Gus. No, I wish. If you think I could be a princess, that's very kind of you to say. I would not be. Well, The king, on his coronation, corrected the druid of the old path, who was swearing him in, who referred to him as Augustus. And he said, any who fought with me may call me Gus for as long as they live.
[09:38]
Cadogan Vale
Right. So it's not for everybody.
[09:40]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
I wouldn't feel comfortable saying it, but it's not for me.
[09:42]
Cadogan Vale
Sorry, pardon us, we're not locals. Why would an animal like that be out here.
[09:53]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Serving His Majesty?
[09:55]
Thimble
I think he just wanders around and keeps an eye.
[10:01]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You see that? She says, Yes. I mean, well, some of them do go on patrol just to keep the people of the land safe, but do.
[10:14]
Thimble
They have otherworldly vision? Do you ever see a dog in you, is what I mean?
[10:21]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
A dog in me?
[10:23]
Thimble
No, not a dog in me, no. Like, do you ever give people the evil eye? You know what I mean?
[10:31]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
She spits over her shoulder and says, no, no, no, the dogs, the hounds of the King don't give the evil eye.
[10:37]
Cadogan Vale
No, he's a good dog. He's a good dog.
[10:40]
Thimble
Yeah, I'm sure he is.
[10:41]
Cadogan Vale
Does the King have three like the banners?
[10:45]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Both of you give me an insight check.
[10:47]
Wulfric
You're asking no questions.
[10:50]
Cadogan Vale
Insight.
[10:54]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
20. You see that the young woman's eyes have darted over to the dog sleeping by the fireplace as they then dart back to you. And you see that she looked distracted, as though she saw something. For a moment she looks and says, sorry, the King's crest. Ah, yeah, I didn't hear the question. Sorry.
[11:19]
Cadogan Vale
Does he have three doakes like the crest?
[11:21]
Thimble
I'm gonna.
[11:22]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Oh, no, no, no, no. The hounds are for King Augustus, father and two brothers who.
[11:33]
Thimble
Yes, I'm just going to glance over my shoulder and see what she was looking at.
[11:38]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You look over and just see that dog snoozing over there?
[11:41]
Thimble
The dog?
[11:42]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
The dog.
[11:49]
Thimble
We were just. We were just passing on through and we were just wondering. But thanks for your time.
[11:55]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Oh, certainly. I hope I've been helpful. May I ask what can I help you with? Is there anything that you're doing here?
[12:04]
Cadogan Vale
Do you have space for a few extra rooms or a mat to sleep? There's five of us.
[12:11]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yes, yes, there are a few public houses. We. Well, I have one spare room. There are some guests upstairs.
[12:22]
Thimble
You know what? That's fine. Why don't you get Some food. Some fancy food for our company because they're sick of porridge.
[12:36]
Cadogan Vale
Get some fancy food.
[12:37]
Thimble
And we don't need a broom. We can sleep outside. That's what we're used to, right?
[12:40]
Cadogan Vale
Okay. Sure we don't want the rooms now?
[12:44]
Thimble
No, we don't need them. I mean, they don't have just one room. We can't do anything with one room.
[12:48]
Cadogan Vale
Yeah, I mean, probably. Definitely five people.
[12:51]
Thimble
But we probably should get some food. Do you have any in the back maybe? Any food?
[12:55]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Well, it's a little cool, but there's the evening stew. I can go scrape.
[13:01]
Thimble
Oh, yeah, that'd be great.
[13:02]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
I can probably scrape two bowls together.
[13:04]
Thimble
That'd be awesome. Thank you so much. Our friends would be so thankful.
[13:07]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Mutton stew? Yes. Yeah.
[13:08]
Cadogan Vale
Could you go grab some for us? That'd be great.
[13:10]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Thank you. Of course. Thank you. We'll pay.
[13:12]
Cadogan Vale
Of course.
[13:13]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You see, she smiles and says thank you. And where are you traveling to?
[13:18]
Cadogan Vale
Oh, North. I'm taking. Well, sure, North's on the list. I'm taking a small group of city folk out for a game hunt. Get a little bit of the thrill of nature.
[13:34]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yeah. She smiles, nods. All right, I'll go get the stew together. And she walks into the kitchen. You can see there's a little lantern lit, and you can see. You hear the scraping of a wooden spoon in an old cast iron cauldron.
[13:46]
Thimble
Go talk to that dog.
[13:48]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
I know.
[13:49]
Cadogan Vale
Listen, I'm a little bit lost in the sauce right now. What are we trying to do? Are we trying to sleep? Are we trying to talk to dogs?
[13:53]
Thimble
No, but she was literally talking. There was some more information. You should talk to the dog and see what the dog knows.
[13:58]
Cadogan Vale
You're the silly person. But it feels.
[13:59]
Thimble
I want to go see who's upstairs.
[14:00]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
What the. You want to go see who's up there?
[14:03]
Thimble
I just want to peek.
[14:03]
Cadogan Vale
Okay, you can.
[14:04]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Oh, my.
[14:05]
Cadogan Vale
Go peek.
[14:06]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
I'll talk to her. She comes back.
[14:07]
Thimble
Just tell her I left. Tell her I already left.
[14:09]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You let them.
[14:09]
Cadogan Vale
Anything.
[14:10]
Thimble
Talk to the doctor.
[14:10]
Cadogan Vale
Anything for you to stop talking.
[14:13]
Thimble
I just want to fly up and take a peek and see you sleeping in the rooms. And then I'm going to come right back.
[14:18]
Tyranny
You're just going to creep up and look at.
[14:21]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Go ahead and give me a stealth.
[14:23]
Wulfric
Bastard is going to chomp you at.
[14:25]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
The top of the stage. 18:18. Stealth. You flit upstairs. This is a humble country home. You see that there are four rooms at the top of the stairs, one in each corner of the building. And the keyholes are wide enough for you to pretty much get your whole little face in there. Go ahead and give me a perception check.
[14:55]
Tyranny
Come on.
[14:56]
Thimble
Okay, okay, okay.
[14:58]
Tyranny
Maybe there'd be boning in there.
[15:00]
Thimble
Ooh, one can hope.
[15:03]
Wulfric
You can.
[15:04]
Thimble
13. No, 12.
[15:05]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
12. You gaze in to one of the rooms on a 12. What do you want to see in?
[15:17]
Thimble
I want to see if there's any fancy clothes in the corner. I want to see if there's things that look like they belong to rich people or maybe symbols of the creed or symbols of the hounds or whatever.
[15:31]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You see a tall kite shield elongated somewhere halfway between a kite shield and a tower shield. Big, big shield leaned against a wall. The shield has a deep red field to it with a S configuration. Black serpent, which you recognize. Actually. Give me a history check. Let's see if you recognize.
[16:12]
Nordstrom Rack Announcer
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[16:12]
Thimble
Okay. 16.
[16:14]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
This is the crest of the house Saramai. Saramai is a vassal house in the same way that Matt's character is a vassal of House Royce, which is one of the big five. Saramai is a vassal house of House Taconis. Oh. Ruh.
[16:31]
Thimble
Roh.
[16:31]
Nordstrom Rack Announcer
Yeah. Oh, wait.
[16:32]
Thimble
So I would know. Oh, my God. Oh, what if. What if. What if they're here?
[16:41]
Cadogan Vale
Downstairs.
[16:42]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Downstairs. Cadigan.
[16:44]
Thimble
If they're here.
[16:46]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Cadigan. Downstairs. What are you up to?
[16:48]
Cadogan Vale
Clueless to the danger. That's upstairs.
[16:51]
Wulfric
Currently.
[16:52]
Cadogan Vale
I guess I'm gonna talk to this fucking dog.
[16:54]
Wulfric
Oh, boy.
[16:55]
Cadogan Vale
Oh, boy, Is this beautiful puppy.
[16:58]
Wulfric
It's got blue hair.
[17:01]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You walk over to this snoozing dog over by the. Nice one. Warm embers. Sorry, sweetheart.
[17:13]
Cadogan Vale
And I want to just gently pet it on its back.
[17:25]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You see, as the wolf is right over in the corner, you see? She doesn't seem too fazed by the wolf, but she just sort of. All right.
[17:37]
Cadogan Vale
I can't believe I'm doing this. Bad. Bad at magic. But I will cast to the best of my ability, speak with animals.
[17:49]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
As you begin to cast. Speak with animals in fluent orcish. This dog goes, shit. Never mind that. Oh, fuck.
[18:08]
Cadogan Vale
So I would know that this. So typically, when Cadogan has done this in the past, and this is a relatively new skill for him, that when you speak to an animal, it's very much primal.
[18:19]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
It's.
[18:19]
Cadogan Vale
I've been here. I smell this.
[18:20]
Thimble
This is a druid.
[18:21]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yeah, he spoke out. Go ahead and give me an insight if you'd be so good. Yeah, yeah. Okay.
[18:26]
Wulfric
Never mind.
[18:27]
Thimble
Never mind that.
[18:30]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Bark. Bark.
[18:32]
Cadogan Vale
It's not Great. It's an 11.
[18:35]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
This is a druid. This is a Druid or something. I mean, yeah, you see, it just goes. Never mind with that. Never mind with that.
[18:44]
Cadogan Vale
Hello, friend.
[18:45]
Tyranny
I take my hand off of him.
[18:47]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You see that? She looked just like us. Sort of sits up and says, is anyone else of yours waiting outside?
[18:57]
Cadogan Vale
There are three more. One upstairs.
[19:02]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
What is your intention here? And first of all, what may I call you?
[19:06]
Cadogan Vale
Boy. You have a nice voice. Very pleasant.
[19:11]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Thank you for the kind words, stranger.
[19:13]
Cadogan Vale
We're on a hunt. Don't believe it involves you, but we're trying to help our friends. We're trying to make our way to Sloke Thimble.
[19:24]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You come back down and see a dog turns to look over at you and says, well, this has gotten well out of hand.
[19:32]
Thimble
Who are you?
[19:34]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Who are you?
[19:35]
Thimble
You're not a dog.
[19:38]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You are not very perceptive.
[19:41]
Thimble
Uh, wait. No, wait. Are you with the people upstairs, or are you just here on your own?
[19:46]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
I beg your pardon. Under what authority am I being questioned here at this fireplace where I was comfortably snoozing before being rudely awakened?
[19:54]
Thimble
I'm sorry. Pardon me. I am just a little pixie of the wood.
[20:06]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You see, she looks and says, the change in the tenor of your voice indicates a certain degree of dishonesty that I cannot.
[20:13]
Cadogan Vale
Yes, it's amazing.
[20:14]
Thimble
Why did you wake them up?
[20:15]
Cadogan Vale
It's a very smart dog.
[20:16]
Thimble
Why did you wake them up?
[20:17]
Cadogan Vale
Why did I wake them up?
[20:20]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You see, she looks and says before we. And you see that the woman, the young barmaid, walks out. And you see that as she does, she goes and looks at the dog being asleep and goes, aye, Dame Morgaine. And you see that the dog looks up and says, gwen, it's all right. Give these travelers their stew. You see, she says, here you are. And you see that the dog looks at you and says, it's three copper each.
[21:00]
Cadogan Vale
Oh, the stew.
[21:01]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
For the stew.
[21:01]
Cadogan Vale
For the stew.
[21:02]
Nordstrom Rack Announcer
All right.
[21:02]
Thimble
Do you have any money on you? Cause I can't carry any.
[21:06]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
I do not.
[21:07]
Thimble
You don't have any money on you?
[21:08]
Tyranny
You got no cash?
[21:09]
Cadogan Vale
I'm broke as hell.
[21:11]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You see that? This dog looks up at you and says, unbelievable. Are you prepared to go in the back and wash dishes?
[21:22]
Cadogan Vale
Our friends. Our friends have money.
[21:23]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
I promise.
[21:24]
Cadogan Vale
Our friends outside have money.
[21:25]
Thimble
Here, one of us can.
[21:26]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
We'll both stay.
[21:27]
Thimble
We'll both stay, but we both can't stay.
[21:29]
Cadogan Vale
I'll go get some money. And I run outside to get some money for the stew.
[21:33]
Thimble
Listen, do you. I'm sorry to intrude in here.
[21:38]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Obviously, as she does, you see that Gwen seems completely unperturbed by the talking dog by the fireplace.
[21:46]
Wulfric
Dame Morgaine.
[21:47]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Dame Morgaine.
[21:49]
Thimble
You own this fine establishment?
[21:52]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Do I own this tavern? No, no, no. I do not own this tavern.
[21:57]
Cadogan Vale
Outside.
[21:58]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Deal. Deal. Do you have three copper?
[22:01]
Cadogan Vale
No, sorry. Six copper. Six copper.
[22:04]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Oh.
[22:04]
Wulfric
Take the bag.
[22:05]
Cadogan Vale
Thank you.
[22:06]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
The bag. Couple silver.
[22:11]
Cadogan Vale
Go back to sleep.
[22:12]
Thimble
Great.
[22:13]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You rush back. Awesome. You arrive back, you see that? Gwen says, thank you. Thank you kindly. How much do you care for? What's the conversion rate?
[22:25]
Cadogan Vale
Bad with money. One silver.
[22:27]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
One silver's good.
[22:28]
Cadogan Vale
I would keep the change.
[22:30]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Oh, that's a kindness, sir. Thank you. You see that? She looks out at this. You see that? Morgaine goes dahoptiony wood. Those are rare coins. Oh, yeah.
[22:42]
Thimble
Wait. Do I know of anyone named Dame Morgan? Does that play ring any bells?
[22:48]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Give me. Unlikely. But, hey, we can always let the dice decide. Give me a history check.
[22:53]
Wulfric
We're in that paranoid state where I thought I had heard that name before and I was searching my notes.
[22:58]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
No, call it a D.C. call it D.C. 15.
[23:02]
Thimble
History.
[23:03]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yeah.
[23:05]
Thimble
14.
[23:06]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
14. Gotcha. You see that? She looks up and just says, Very well. You see, as you guys get the stew in front of you, she looks and says, traveler, what is your name?
[23:27]
Thimble
Just be real.
[23:29]
Cadogan Vale
Cadogan Vale. I don't know why I said it. Tough like that. You have a very intimidating presence.
[23:38]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
And your name?
[23:39]
Thimble
I'm Thimble.
[23:40]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Thimble. It is well met. Although the manner of your coming here quite at a late hour, I might add. You surely haven't been on the road all night, have you?
[23:52]
Thimble
Kind of.
[23:54]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Well, you approached me with a degree of Woodsman's craft magic. What did you intend to speak to me about?
[24:06]
Cadogan Vale
Oh, well, my friend's a more loquacious one, but she saw a dog and the dog gave her an evil eye. And then I saw that the dog came in here, and then we're also tired, so I.
[24:18]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Were you able to track Hawkins? Ah.
[24:21]
Thimble
Is that your dog?
[24:23]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
My dog? No, we are all the King's dogs. Oh. You see that? She says, I am a hound of the King, as is Hawkins.
[24:36]
Tyranny
Oh.
[24:37]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
And you realize before, when Gwen was sort of squinting at you as you were like, do they just go on patrol? She was thinking, yeah, they can talk. You recognize that? Her context for this was assuming you knew something you did not know. So you see that? Morgaine looks up and says, hawkins is a hound of the King. And the fact that you were able to track his footsteps in here is a fact that I will mercilessly. Torture him with as long as I can.
[25:04]
Thimble
Right. Well, we didn't mean to intrude on the King's business. We were chasing a friend who's in trouble.
[25:11]
Wulfric
And.
[25:14]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You know who's your friend that's in trouble? Hunting.
[25:20]
Wulfric
Hunting party.
[25:23]
Thimble
His name is Sid. He's an innocent taken.
[25:38]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
An innocent taken by whom?
[25:41]
Thimble
I believe the new Baron of Sloke.
[25:47]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You see? She nods and goes, well, The new Baron of Sloke is meeting on the morrow with some guests that are asleep upstairs. Did you travel with our friends upstairs?
[26:12]
Thimble
No, he didn't.
[26:13]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Ah, I see. Well, I am a tired old hound and I believe that you should have your fill of stew, Gwen. You see, she goes to the corner and Gwen sort of peeks out from the kitchen again. She says, when our guests are done with this too, see that these bowls are well washed, put away, not left out. I think your business should remain your own, don't you? Very much, yes.
[26:38]
Cadogan Vale
Thank you very much for your time. This was a mistake. We'll enjoy our stew. May I? Please. And go ahead.
[26:47]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You see that? She turns and says, my business brings me to Sloke on the morrow as well. It seems that you'll be perhaps searching for your friend Cid in that direction. Do you have anything of his on you?
[27:10]
Wulfric
You got that fucking fur?
[27:13]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Fur from the brook. From the little glade in the dioption. Stressed fur. Distressed fur. Although. Wait, was that something you made up? That was a lie. It was a lie.
[27:23]
Tyranny
Stressed fur was fake.
[27:26]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Damn it. That was covering for your friends.
[27:28]
Thimble
That we all think. If I did have anything of Sid's from before.
[27:34]
Cadogan Vale
While she's thinking. His baby.
[27:37]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
I don't think so.
[27:37]
Cadogan Vale
This soup looks fantastic. You know of the new Baron?
[27:46]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Rather, we don't.
[27:49]
Thimble
Oh. Ah, he's a bad guy.
[27:53]
Tyranny
Does the.
[27:54]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
What do you mean?
[27:59]
Thimble
He breaks his word.
[28:04]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
An oathbreaker. Bearer of false witness. Not a fine quality in anybody. Let alone someone granted leave by the king to administer his justice. Rumor has reached here in Tymni that the new Lord Sloke may be a criminal from further south. Do you know if this is true?
[28:34]
Thimble
I believe he's traveling with crows.
[28:39]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Crows? Very well. You see? She smiles and says so. Baron Gavandale has quite ascended his station. And he meets with servants of the house Taconis. Tomorrow. I hope that you find your friend Cid. In due time. I would ask you to remember that hounds travel freely throughout Timony. And it would not be unusual for a dog to come and go should you see me again.
[29:31]
Thimble
Thank you.
[29:32]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Thank you for your discretion. I Will do my best to match it. I feel excused. Me, I actually was in need of some rest. It's been a long march. Come on.
[29:51]
Thimble
Ashley, do you have like a bag? Put some of this too, cuz I know he's going to want some of this.
[29:57]
Nordstrom Rack Announcer
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[29:58]
Cadogan Vale
I'm actually.
[30:00]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
I kid this bag, so I do.
[30:03]
Cadogan Vale
Not know if that's a good dog or a bad dog. As we walk outside of the tavern, I'm just going to empty the two bowls of stew into the grass.
[30:14]
Thimble
Oh, you don't trust the stew?
[30:16]
Cadogan Vale
I don't trust the stew.
[30:17]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
All right.
[30:18]
Cadogan Vale
And I'll put those bowls. I'll just leave the bulls by the things. We need to go.
[30:22]
Thimble
All right.
[30:25]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You guys, as you walk out, you see that morgain steps to the door again and just goes. Should you come across Hawkins, he is bold, but he will not harm you without first trading words. I would ask if anything untoward were to happen, that you give him the benefit of conversation. Even if he were to act rashly. You see that she turns around and walks back into the tavern.
[31:07]
Thimble
I liked her.
[31:09]
Cadogan Vale
I know, I liked her too.
[31:10]
Thimble
But I feel like I got good vibes from her. We should let the others know though that we probably are a bit compromised.
[31:19]
Cadogan Vale
What did you see upstairs?
[31:19]
Thimble
There are pajamas. Somebody from the house of Tsarami.
[31:22]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
What?
[31:23]
Nordstrom Rack Announcer
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[31:24]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
What?
[31:25]
Thimble
You don't know what that. Do you know what that.
[31:27]
Cadogan Vale
That's why I said what twice.
[31:28]
Thimble
Oh, they're under the house. Daconis.
[31:32]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Oh.
[31:33]
Cadogan Vale
Oh, that's not good.
[31:34]
Thimble
No.
[31:34]
Cadogan Vale
All right, let's wake up the apple cart.
[31:37]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yeah.
[31:37]
Thimble
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[31:38]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You guys go to the apple cart.
[31:40]
Thimble
I'm up and I'm on Teora's chest. This.
[31:44]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Move.
[31:44]
Thimble
You can't fucking move. Don't move.
[31:45]
Wulfric
Don't lay in there like you're awake. Fur carpet, ever.
[31:50]
Thimble
Oh, good morning.
[31:51]
Wulfric
And it is you beating kneading biscuits this time.
[31:57]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Hell yes. Everybody go ahead and take a long rest.
[32:01]
Thimble
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[32:42]
Cadogan Vale
Because there's always something new.
[32:43]
Thimble
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[32:48]
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[33:30]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You guys. As the next day comes, you all. Rise in the early morning light. Is there anything you guys do before heading out?
[33:49]
Thimble
Yeah, I just want to say you noticed that the CC was actively trying to get rid of this King Gus, right?
[34:01]
Tyranny
Yes, of course.
[34:02]
Wulfric
He.
[34:02]
Tyranny
How could you miss it?
[34:03]
Thimble
So I feel like we might not have a lot of allies if we talk to friends of King Gus. How do you feel about that?
[34:12]
Wulfric
I agree.
[34:14]
Tyranny
It's so difficult to know who's a friend or foe as we travel around.
[34:18]
Thimble
I feel like we're fighting out pretty quickly.
[34:21]
Tyranny
Yes. Maybe we'll keep a lid on the creed for now until we get to the next town.
[34:26]
Thimble
Keep a lid on it.
[34:28]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You got it.
[34:29]
Tyranny
How are you doing, by the way?
[34:30]
Thimble
I'm great.
[34:31]
Tyranny
You don't miss your sisters or whatever?
[34:33]
Thimble
Miss my sisters?
[34:34]
Tyranny
I don't know.
[34:35]
Thimble
No, I don't miss my sisters. Oh, do miss that bed a little bit. Do miss that big bathtub.
[34:42]
Tyranny
I think I'm allergic to hay or something because I've got this.
[34:45]
Thimble
Yeah, he's kind of wheezing a little bit, too.
[34:47]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
That's the kitchen.
[34:48]
Tyranny
Yes. I don't like this at home.
[34:50]
Thimble
It's okay. I'll follow your lead.
[34:53]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Okay. Heading out in the early morning light, it begins to rain in earnest and you get a good. Sloke is a small barony. This place, unlike the places you were coming from, clings to the side of these massive dwarven mountains you see in the distance. These are the Kavrosi Mountains. These are the same mountains that lead down to Dolmakjr eventually. Dramatic, craggy, tall mountains. And you see Sloke is a number of ridges and ledges and cliffs and sort of. There's a lot of Farms where it's like, God, you're trying to grow potatoes on a 60 degree angle. Scrap of dirt. So sort of little withered trees because there's not enough sun. They only get half a day's sunlight because of how tall the mountains are. And you see that coming through here. You see the town sharing the same name as the barony itself. Just a couple of little hovels around. There is what looks like a quite large stone bridge that looks like it's partially being built to cross a creek that actually leads out to some the only kind of green. It's gray and wet everywhere. It's a little bit of green over this creek and it looks like there's a stone bridge being built down there. And there's the small town, tavern, blacksmith shop, two or three little huts or houses. And then up on a hill, you see Castle Sloke. Castle Sloke is smaller than some of the houses in Hal's neighborhood of Dol Machyar. It is a partially. One of the walls is fully crumbled in. And you see that there are a couple little pennants fluttering over. Otherwise this decrepit thing. It looks like there's a little bit of smoke coming out into the rain from one of the towers, another tower. You see the stones have thick moss growing on them. There's rubble. It's just disarray. Here you again look at this castle and the villages it can draw from. You look at the lands of the keep of the Lord of Sloke. And it's like, well, half your land is vertical, right? Half your land is. Your land is vertical. Vertical. And you just look and see this tiny little spit of all of the peasants here. To tax these serfs, you would need them to make more food than what they need to barely survive. And it looks like a tough road to hoe here. As you see the caravan, you guys are moving by a byway. You see a small group flying Saramai and Tokonis flags coming up a different way from you, headed towards Castle Sloke.
[38:08]
Wulfric
Are they converging?
[38:10]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Converging towards where you guys are going.
[38:11]
Thimble
We need to pick up some speed.
[38:13]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Go ahead, I guess.
[38:14]
Thimble
I don't know, do we?
[38:16]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Go ahead. Anyone that wants to give me a perception check?
[38:22]
Wulfric
Yep.
[38:23]
Tyranny
Wait, do we want to pick up speed or do we want to sort of surreptitiously spy on their meeting?
[38:30]
Thimble
I mean, I don't know.
[38:33]
Wulfric
It depends on if they have the package we're looking for.
[38:37]
Cadogan Vale
And are we maneuvering sort of through this town slowly?
[38:41]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Are we in town totally up to you. This is at the first vantage point by which you can see it. This is what you see. So you still have plenty of distance. Lots of COVID There's some other copses of trees and places like that around 19.
[38:54]
Thimble
What's your family's relation to the House of Taconis? Enemies, Boy.
[38:59]
Tyranny
I don't know what my family's.
[39:01]
Thimble
You don't know?
[39:01]
Tyranny
I mean, I do. They don't like the Taconis. But it feels like I don't really know what my family is about anymore. We're rebelling in this land and we're.
[39:10]
Thimble
Is this the type of thing where nobility is on the surface kind to each other or will they draw blood in the streets?
[39:18]
Tyranny
I would assume that we would be cordial to each other. However, I don't know anything anymore. Everyone's behaving like heathens out here. Everyone should be kinder to each other. Not raising arms against this king. Gus, who seems like a nice fellow.
[39:34]
Wulfric
Could you send Wulfric to go get more eyes on?
[39:40]
Cadogan Vale
Yeah, I could imagine selling your soul for this shit all.
[39:48]
Tyranny
If you need me to. I can just walk up and I.
[39:51]
Thimble
Don'T think anybody that works for the king is gonna like you very much since your family is growing a rebellion.
[39:57]
Tyranny
Very good point. So I'll also you my family sucks.
[40:06]
Wulfric
I think she still takes a little bit of umbrage with your texts.
[40:13]
Tyranny
Yes. Because it sort of casts her in a dim light.
[40:18]
Cadogan Vale
Yes.
[40:19]
Tyranny
I was actively trying to change that sort of policy. But anyway, let's focus on the task at hand.
[40:27]
Wulfric
Yeah. As we're writing, can we. The converging party waiting for Wulfric to make some contact to report back. If it's like four on horse six, two carriages, whatever it is.
[40:39]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Hell yeah.
[40:40]
Wulfric
What's the distance where we are from the castle in the distance up here?
[40:46]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
That's high enough altitude. Basically you're on a ridge. The ridge goes right down to the town and you've got some nice distance. But even with that you could throw a rock and hit the town because of how high up. Right. So it's right down beneath. I know you're in it. Right. You go down this hill, you're in the town. You go up the next hill. That's the castle right there. So you're probably. Honestly, even with the safe cover, you're a few rounds of movement away from the castle. You could close and there's a lot of. There's structures. There's some trees around, stuff like that. So you have some cover to move. Move where you need to move in.
[41:23]
Wulfric
The city or in the.
[41:24]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
In the town. And even getting around the ridge, you could stay at this altitude and move around to get over to that castle if you wanted to. You see that? The. And the castle, by the way, again, it is one keep, which is probably one room, a hall, two towers, one of which has collapsed. That's it.
[41:42]
Thimble
Wow.
[41:42]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yeah. Down there in the town, too, you see, it's like mud. And you see that there are some. The only place that has a little bit of flat to it, you see, are these eternal puddles. So you can't even grow anything in here. There's just these big deep puddles in the one level part of the town. What do you want to do?
[42:05]
Wulfric
Hoods up. And just as a question, is there any bird in the sky?
[42:12]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Give me a perception check.
[42:18]
Wulfric
My hood's in my face.
[42:19]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
If there is something there, you can't see it, and probably it can't see you driving rain right now.
[42:24]
Thimble
I'm going to fly down and land on your shoulder and just bury myself in your mane a little bit so that I'm not as noticeable. Because I feel like.
[42:34]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yeah, yeah.
[42:35]
Tyranny
Are we sneaking up to the shoulder castle?
[42:40]
Wulfric
I think we're waiting to hear from Wulfric, but we should.
[42:43]
Tyranny
Does it.
[42:43]
Cadogan Vale
Oh, go ahead.
[42:44]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
I was gonna say. Yeah. Are you sending Wulfric out?
[42:46]
Cadogan Vale
Yeah, we suggest him. We sent them out.
[42:48]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Give me stealth from Wulfrey.
[42:49]
Cadogan Vale
Stealth from Wolfric.
[42:52]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Oh, I just pulled up the stats, too.
[42:56]
Tyranny
I can also use that egg, maybe for disguise.
[43:00]
Thimble
Yeah, it's stealth. It like creates a fog, doesn't it, or something? I heard it's.
[43:04]
Wulfric
I don't remember. I wrote down unseen.
[43:07]
Thimble
I wrote down stealthy egg.
[43:08]
Tyranny
I did, too.
[43:10]
Cadogan Vale
15 on stealth.
[43:12]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
15 on stealth for Wulfric. Cool. Give me. Give me survival for Wulfric. Oh, boy.
[43:20]
Wulfric
All right.
[43:21]
Tyranny
I don't want that one.
[43:23]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
No. Oh. Oh, boy. Oh.
[43:30]
Cadogan Vale
Well, I rolled a slight 17. What do I add? I fucked that part up.
[43:34]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
This is so hard.
[43:36]
Thimble
Two characters.
[43:38]
Tyranny
Survival.
[43:42]
Cadogan Vale
What would his check be for wisdom?
[43:43]
Thimble
Survival is a wisdom.
[43:44]
Cadogan Vale
It's a wisdom. So just plus two, okay?
[43:49]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Oh.
[43:49]
Cadogan Vale
So I rolled 17.
[43:50]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
1990. For survival. Wulfric heads out. I'll actually say too, by the way, that the rain right now is going to. To grant everybody advantage on stealth. So go ahead. You can actually roll again and take the higher of the two for his stealth roll here. Way worse.
[44:07]
Cadogan Vale
That was a four.
[44:08]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Great, great, great.
[44:09]
Cadogan Vale
Plus plus two.
[44:09]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Six Wulfric heads out. Are you going to wait for him to come Back or no.
[44:17]
Cadogan Vale
Boy through his eyes.
[44:19]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
How does he work?
[44:19]
Cadogan Vale
No, no, I am just a man and he is just a dog. He's out sniffing around, sort of working toward back the stuff. So, yeah, I don't see through his eyes or nothing like that.
[44:30]
Thimble
Then maybe we move forward. Unless he howls or something.
[44:32]
Cadogan Vale
Yeah. I would think we would want to be moving through town. And it's small.
[44:37]
Thimble
Right.
[44:38]
Cadogan Vale
From our vantage point, we're going to seeing everything. For the most part.
[44:41]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yeah.
[44:41]
Cadogan Vale
Can I ask a question about the space while waiting for Wilfred to come back? Does there seem like a place? You said there's one collapsed top and one that still exists. Does it look like a place that would be a prison or a holding cell or something like that? Would it be connected to the keep or is it.
[44:57]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Give me perception.
[44:58]
Thimble
Oh, yeah. And do we see carriages out that look like the Taconis and the ones we had seen or.
[45:03]
Wulfric
That's coming pretty good.
[45:04]
Thimble
In the visions.
[45:05]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
In the visions, yes. Go ahead and give me your perception.
[45:08]
Cadogan Vale
Perception. 13 +4.
[45:10]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
17. 17. You see the area that you think would probably have a cell. Although again, the size of this castle leads you to believe that there may not be an actual dungeon here. It may just be like, here's the room you'd throw someone in. Right. You don't see any carriages here.
[45:30]
Thimble
Okay.
[45:32]
Wulfric
That's very telling. I don't even think he's in there. If it's a piece of shit. He might not be there at all, but he could be watching it.
[45:44]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yeah.
[45:44]
Cadogan Vale
I think earlier when Tear and I shared that moment of disagreement in Cadigan's mind, it was less about where to go and more about what to do.
[45:53]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
When we got there.
[45:54]
Cadogan Vale
And I'm sort of thinking about his brother as well. Yeah. But if they're both in the same central space, I would continue to work that way. If they keep in the potential holding seller in the same.
[46:05]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Same area, for sure.
[46:06]
Thimble
Can we. And you can't see into the keep from the outside, so could carriages get. No, there's no like wall around it. You would see.
[46:15]
Wulfric
There's no like court. Gated courtyard.
[46:17]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yeah, there's no. There's no, like. There is a courtyard, but the courtyard's door is sort of like a wide kitchen door, you know, and then the. And then the car. So you see. What you see are some horses that a. Like the. The Taconis procession does not have any carriers with it. It's horses. So they have some standards, they have some flags. Looks kind of serious. There's some guards there. But they've been traveling for speed just.
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[46:53]
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[46:55]
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[47:41]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
I think Wulfric returns at this point and growls and nods to you that at least one of your quarries is nearby.
[47:54]
Cadogan Vale
We're on the right path.
[47:56]
Thimble
Which one?
[47:58]
Wulfric
Hard to know. But if we try and take them on the road, it would be better than waiting till they get where they're going.
[48:07]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
I feel fresh.
[48:08]
Cadogan Vale
Are you talking about a scrap?
[48:11]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
With cats?
[48:12]
Thimble
With cats.
[48:15]
Cadogan Vale
What do we hear?
[48:15]
Thimble
Can we ambush?
[48:17]
Wulfric
You can try.
[48:18]
Tyranny
Okay, let's not try to hurt anybody. I could just go. I could go and just sort of get their attention while you sort of sneak in and see what's in the carriage. They're in a carriage, right?
[48:32]
Thimble
Kind of a good idea. We could go distract while you guys do the.
[48:36]
Wulfric
On the road. Or once they're in the village. Or once they're at the castle.
[48:40]
Thimble
What if Sid was at the. What if they were me? What if Sid was there last night?
[48:47]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
No, you're not going to read my poker face. I'll tell you that right now. I'll tell you that for free.
[48:51]
Tyranny
Look at that sweet face.
[48:52]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Tell you that for free.
[48:53]
Tyranny
He's the nicest.
[48:54]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Nice try. Can't knock the hustle.
[48:57]
Thimble
Face. What is it? Are you guys talking about an ambush on the road or an ambush?
[49:07]
Wulfric
We don't know if it's Kasimir or cid. And if we're trying to take. I mean, I think the approach is the same for either of them. Casimir maybe ask questions. Or just his head. Sid. We want him back. Either way. An ambush on the road. Ambush in the village with some buildings. For cover, or we're making a play at the castle. But the castle would likely have reinforcements, and maybe the village would too, so.
[49:31]
Thimble
We hit them before they get in.
[49:34]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
As you guys measure these options, I think I'll say two things. Number one, it's possible you have an aid in the rain right now in that dangerous distances have been closed. The rain's gonna cloak a lot for you. So if you wanted to get closer and you wanted to try to find out what was going on, you do have some cover. That may change depending on the weather. Number two, if there's any skill checks you want in terms of what your soldier's instincts are telling you about safety or reliability, like, if you want to gather any more information, whether tactical, like, actually, like, investigating and surveying the land, or even an insight check just to be like, let me get a bead on how this feels. Feel absolutely free to do so, depending on the information you want. But I think as Teor is speaking, you do have these options here. And you look and see where the Taconis are coming up, that procession. Even at top speed, you'd get there at the same time. So you don't think that you're going to be able to clip before they get there.
[50:39]
Wulfric
And the convergence point is before the village or at the village or the castle. The castle.
[50:43]
Thimble
And they're riding below us or above us.
[50:46]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Below you. You can see they're on the other side of the town, riding up this.
[50:49]
Thimble
Window some rocks and slow down their procession.
[50:54]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You could throw some rocks at them.
[50:56]
Thimble
Oh, I meant, like to block the road a little bit.
[51:00]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Oh, block the road a little bit. They're on the other side of the village.
[51:04]
Wulfric
Not a shared road. So we're either going to meet them there. So caution might help us now because we're not going to cut them off.
[51:15]
Thimble
I'd like to cast a disguised self.
[51:18]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Cool.
[51:19]
Thimble
And just look like a little peon.
[51:22]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Great. You look like a little timony surf. Lovely.
[51:28]
Wulfric
Intel always helps. So maybe we get closer and see who's. Just get as close as we can. And also we probably need to see who's in the village.
[51:37]
Thimble
Right.
[51:38]
Wulfric
Is it commoners? Is it staffed with knights? Is it.
[51:41]
Thimble
Can I kind of fly out and scout ahead and kind of get an insight into what it is that we're stepping into?
[51:46]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Hell, yeah. And again, as the party's rogue, you are more than welcome to peel off and try to go somewhere unseen. And again, Thimble, as you take off 40ft out, she's gone. The rain just, you know, so, anyone who wants to tell me where you want to travel in the village here, any investigation or checks you want to do when you get there. Thimble, we'll start with you. Where do you want to fly to? Do you want to fly to the castle? Do you want to fly to the village? Do you want to fly where do you want to investigate?
[52:17]
Thimble
I guess I want to fly to the castle.
[52:20]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Hell yeah. Give me stealth with advantage.
[52:23]
Tyranny
Before you go off up to three creatures, why don't I just grant us a little bit of extra oomp for the fight ahead. If this is to be a fight. So I will cast aid up to three creatures.
[52:40]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Of course.
[52:40]
Tyranny
You who is weak. Not you. Not you. I don't mean to offend, but could you use some extra fortitude?
[52:49]
Thimble
Sure.
[52:50]
Tyranny
All right. I'll give you an extra five hit points and myself.
[52:55]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Great. Five temp HP. Of course.
[52:59]
Wulfric
I'm hungry.
[52:59]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Temporary five temp HP.
[53:03]
Thimble
And this is a. What is this? Stealth. That's a 27.
[53:09]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yeah. Fimble is off in the rain and you realize like. And believe me, Wulfric comes back being like we're on the right path. But then in terms of scouting, the 4 inch tall flying woman is a great call to head off and be gone.
[53:24]
Wulfric
I guess she will find us and not the other way around.
[53:28]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
For the rest of you, you have this disguise on. Are any of you headed elsewhere? Are you staying put just to talk it out.
[53:37]
Wulfric
The village could also be a fucking death trap. So we could just go around it entirely and go like you said.
[53:42]
Tyranny
I don't think the village has anything to do with this. We're gonna meet these people at the gate of the castle, right? That's where the action is going to be. The guards are waiting and stuff. It's just a sleepy village.
[53:53]
Wulfric
And geographically is the village between us and the castle?
[53:56]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yes.
[53:58]
Tyranny
He said they're simple folk.
[54:01]
Cadogan Vale
Simple folk can be dangerous too.
[54:04]
Tyranny
I could stop the caravan with just some gestures and waves and my status of course. And you guys could sneak up and.
[54:15]
Wulfric
At the castle in front of it perhaps. Are you prepared to use this and I'll pull out that little dagger I had and hand him held forward up close and violently. Perhaps not get in the right mindset here.
[54:34]
Thimble
I mean it wouldn't be a bad thing if you are trying to sneak up on them to have a distraction. We could do that. You are good at being disruptive.
[54:46]
Tyranny
Yes. Thank you.
[54:47]
Cadogan Vale
Look, I don't love it, but the chance of a little bit more information before we go in swinging couldn't I?
[54:52]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yeah.
[54:53]
Wulfric
We also have no fast way out either, so.
[54:55]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Right.
[54:56]
Cadogan Vale
I mean, I'm okay with using them for bait if you are.
[54:58]
Wulfric
Yeah, sounds good.
[54:59]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
I'm sorry.
[55:00]
Tyranny
Bait?
[55:02]
Wulfric
No, no. We bet. We bet.
[55:04]
Cadogan Vale
Yes.
[55:04]
Wulfric
You will be a great aid.
[55:06]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Hell yeah. Are you guys staying put or are you guys moving in a direction?
[55:11]
Tyranny
Move through the village towards the hell yeah.
[55:14]
Thimble
And if you're going in as wick, I undisguise myself. No, no, no.
[55:20]
Tyranny
Stay put. Cause I don't know what the plan is. Maybe you're going in.
[55:24]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
I don't know.
[55:25]
Thimble
Okay, put it back on.
[55:29]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Go ahead and give me. The four of you, give me perception checks as you move through the. Tell me what you're keeping an eye peeled for.
[55:35]
Tyranny
Oh, this is 14 my perception.
[55:37]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yeah.
[55:38]
Tyranny
Doody poo poo. That's correct. 13.
[55:41]
Cadogan Vale
13 as well.
[55:42]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
13.
[55:42]
Thimble
14.
[55:43]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
14.
[55:44]
Wulfric
8.
[55:44]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
8. Rain. Driving in all directions. What are you guys keeping an eye peeled for?
[55:49]
Wulfric
Banners, armor, stationary sentries, things like that.
[55:53]
Tyranny
Food.
[55:56]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You see? Nothing. Stationed in the town. The little hamlet of Sloke is a sad little place. And there's nothing flying down here that has not been soaked with rain and hanging under the gray clouds. No food in sight. Every town tyranny. What do you keep in an ip?
[56:24]
Thimble
I'm trying to see if there's a good vantage point to spy and hear what they're going to be talking about before we.
[56:32]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You see that there is hardly the friendly little waystation by the dog Shrine, but there is a house in the middle of the village that you recognize as a public house. This is a place. This is a place. You can't call it a tavern. This is someone's house who has opened their house to the community to come drink and be in the front room like this is. There's no tourism in Sloke, but you recognize that this is a small little public house here that right now has a few people in it who are drinking in a grave silence as they all seem aware that important people are going up the road to the castle. Cadigan, what are you keeping an eye peeled for?
[57:24]
Cadogan Vale
I think I'm looking for any sort of elevated garrison. Like anyone that's any potential of archers, any sort of threat beyond whatever's on the ground.
[57:38]
Thimble
Cool.
[57:40]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Looking around. Nothing in the village prompts you guys just. You are moving through the village and realizing that you are going to go unchallenged, but will be at the base of that road going up to the castle. And we're going to move over to Thimble 27. Stealth your ghost castle walls mean nothing to you. Up on top of a parapet that looks like nobody can even reach because the stairs have crumbled inside the tower. So the top of the tower is effectively only reachable by you and crows. You look down into the courtyard, just as the caravan is about to pull up, you see there in the courtyard surrounded by six knights and a number of men at arms and what looks like two crow keepers that are massaging their chins to straight up Dolmak Yarrows. You even recognize them by their faces. You see in a broad mantled, freshly made black cloak, black crow feathers stalking, kicking these loose moss covered rocks back and forth, just soaking under the rain is Kasimir Gavndale.
[59:04]
Thimble
I like hold the T on my waist and just glare at him on.
[59:09]
Tyranny
Foot, on foot, on foot in the.
[59:12]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Castle six nights and seven nights. Yeah, there are six knights here, there are about eight men at arms and three of these crow keepers in addition to Kasimir. Entering the space, riding up and dismounting and entering into the courtyard, you see a number of much better dressed, well adorned knights of house Saremai or Knights of House Deconis. There is, there's one clearly lord of House Saramai who has that shield. You saw, he looks extremely. He looks about 6 foot 9, broad shouldered. You see that he has a spear with a pennant of his house strapped to his back, sword at his side, has the shield on his arm. He looks around smiling, you see, as he does, he licks his. And you can see, swear almost that there's something luminous in his mouth, something casting light in front of him. You see that there are two other figures, one of whom you recognize as a cousin of the house Taconus. This is. The lord Docet to Konis, who walks forward and you see Kasimir Gavndale wheels around, looking at him and his older sister. You see his older sister, black silver finery. You see she carries no weapon at all. You see that her face looks gaunt. You see that she has a tattooed face, that she has teeth tattooed on the outside of her lips.
[61:18]
Wulfric
Oh shit.
[61:21]
Thimble
This is whose sister?
[61:23]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
This is Doet's sister. These are cousins of the Tokatos family that share a name. So these are not Octis siblings, these are Octis cousins.
[61:30]
Tyranny
We don't know her name.
[61:32]
Thimble
You don't know from Octis?
[61:34]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
If you, if you were friends with octys, you would know her by the description. She has the teeth tattooed on top of her lips to make her. And she has these two dark tattoos on either Side of her nose to make the bottom half of her face look like a skull. Sick. This is the lady Univere Taconis.
[61:54]
Thimble
Do I know her as a bitch or a nice lady?
[61:59]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
I'll give you a wild guess. I'll give you a wild guess.
[62:03]
Thimble
She's so nice to her skull face. Univer.
[62:06]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Univer. But you see, she carries no weapon. Gloved hands.
[62:13]
Thimble
She magic, though.
[62:15]
Tyranny
She's just a pacifist.
[62:18]
Wulfric
She has great hand care routine.
[62:21]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You walk up. As you're standing there looking down, you see that Kasimir turns around. Around and says, about time in it. I'm standing here in a fucking heap of rubble. You sent me to the ass end of Timothy, you crooks. Liars. I gave you the Aussie fang on a fucking plate. You see, Dosett, who has a thin wrist at his side, steps up and produces a scroll, says, for the second time in a week, Mr. Gavandelle, Lord Gavandale. The title to Castle Sloke. And you see, he hands the thing CID stole.
[63:16]
Thimble
He was with Sid. Fuck me running. That hurts so bad.
[63:25]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You see? You see that?
[63:31]
Wulfric
Can we hit a save point real quick? Good morning.
[63:35]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You see that? You see that Kasimir takes the title.
[63:40]
Thimble
Lose D and D. We lost.
[63:42]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
We lost to your dad.
[63:44]
Tyranny
We've got the jump on him. Nothing can go wrong.
[63:46]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You see, Kazmir looks at it and says, where is he? Where's the lion? I want him hanged. Down in that fucking. You couldn't even call it a village. What is that? I want him hanged. My first act as Lord Sloke is him dead. And you see that Lord Joseph says, information has come to the attention of House to Thal Sidimir is no more concern of yours. You see that? Kasimir says, stole my deed. Almost slit my throat in that fucking tavern in Dolmartyar. No concern of mine. How are these people to know that I am not to be trifled with if I am stolen from and there is no justice done? You. You see, the Doset says. This is the third time you've raised your voice to me. I understand that you are disappointed with the generosity of House Tuconis. Given that you are mud, I would take it a kindness to have any castle at all. See, there's a. You see that? There's a pause. Kasmir says, what fucking castle? Only point for castles. You can't get in and the fucking wall's falling down. Perhaps you should levy some taxes and see to it that it's repaired. As the widower of the Dear old lady Sloke, I can tell you that the repair of the castle ever dwelt on her mind for every day of our very short marriage. You see the. That Kasmir says, I gave you the Aussie. I watched him fucking die. I served with him. He was fucking. He used to mean something. And you. I came from you. And it was supposed to change everything. And you see, he says, and it still can. If you're a man of resource, Kasmir, I assume you are. You see that? He looks and says, I watched him. I watched him look up, saw the terror in his face. He saw that fucking falcon. He always believed. And you see that Univere, who hasn't spoken, whips her head over and says, falcon, Esau. A falcon. Do you speak poetically? Answer me quickly. And you see, Kasmir says, who the fuck? And you see that he is raised off the ground. You don't see any movement on Univere's part. And then he suddenly drops. And she says, answer me now we'll die. And he goes, real falcon? He just saw a real falcon. It was the last thing he saw before he died. You see that? Univere turns to look at Dosit. He raises an eyebrow to her. She says, we need to go. And Dosit turns around and says, it's a pleasure doing business with you, Lord Sloke. And you see that Kasimir gets up and just hucks a rock in their direction. Mrs. Just says, Fuck you. Fuck you. If people do things for you, why would you reward them? You see that? Doet looks over at sir the Knight of House Saramai, and you see, he goes, you've raised your voice. That was bad enough, and now you've struck out. Teach him a lesson. And you see that the knight was. Walks over, grabs Kasimir, throws him on the ground, pulls his pants down and takes out a sword. And literally, just with the flat of the blade, rains blows down on Kasimir Gavndale. It's still a sharpened sword, so yes, his ass is bleeding. He just spanks him with a sword in front of all of his men. Even with the flat, it still ends up cutting and kicks him hard in the head on the way up. And you see that he stands up and you see that the Knight of House Saramai looks at these other six knights who you can see the knights that were with Kasimir. Armor's not looking that great. It's sort of piecemeal. Just looks at all of them and goes, bow to your lord. He is worthy of your respect, he is your better. As Kasimir whimpers on the ground with a bleeding ass exposed to the rain.
[68:39]
Wulfric
Can we see the face of this knight? Is he wearing a helm?
[68:42]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
No, his helm is back on his horse. And you see he puts his sword away. And the envoys of house Taconis, having delivered this title, begin to get on their horses and ride out. You see that some of the knights in the rain look over at each other, sort of stunned, as Takona starts to ride away. You see one of them goes over to Kasimir to give him a hand up. He says, get your fucking handle. Get your fucking handle. Gets up, pulls his pants up. You go out in that village, you drag everybody out of their homes. We did double the taxes. What are you looking at? And just fucking yells at one of the men at arms. As these silent knights all stand in the rain, their hair starting to slick to their face, as he thuds off in his boots into one of the moldering halls of this castle. It looks like two other knights are following him.
[69:42]
Thimble
Okay, I'm going to fly down and try to find.
[69:47]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Because you are flying. You get down to your friends in the village as the envoy is beginning to head down the road. So you guys can see, it was like the envoy got there there for a few minutes and left fimble. As you guys are heading up the road, you get down here. I'm going to need a group stealth check from all of you guys down in the village.
[70:05]
Thimble
Excellent. Advantage because the rain.
[70:06]
Wulfric
So we know where Casimir is now.
[70:08]
Thimble
Still at advantage because of the raid.
[70:09]
Nordstrom Rack Announcer
Yes.
[70:10]
Thimble
But Sid, we don't know where Sid is.
[70:13]
Tyranny
In the envoy with him.
[70:14]
Thimble
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[70:16]
Wulfric
You said stealth.
[70:17]
Thimble
And with advantage because of the group stealth.
[70:19]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Oh, with advantage.
[70:20]
Tyranny
With advantage, yes.
[70:21]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
With advantage because of the rain. Oh, yeah.
[70:23]
Wulfric
Natural.
[70:23]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
24. There it is.
[70:27]
Thimble
24 is 24.
[70:28]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Hell, yeah.
[70:28]
Tyranny
21.
[70:29]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
21. You guys are solid. Thimble, you get down there in time. This envoy is coming down. There's about 12 horses. Horses coming down and 12 horses, 12 riders. With that stealth, you guys hug behind a wall of one of the last structures out there. I think you're pretty close to this bridge that they're working on in the town. And Thimble, you get your friends. You're there with all of them.
[70:54]
Thimble
I tell him everything that I saw. He's alone. He's alone. Well, he's got a couple of shithead nights with him. We could take him out. I have an idea. I have an idea. You said that he was Being really emasculated back there. Right. Okay. I'm gonna disguise self again. Still a peon. Huge tits this time. Gorgeous. 12 out of 10. Red hair. Nurse vibes. Cause his ass is bleeding. Oh, yeah. Okay.
[71:22]
Wulfric
But we're not going after Casimir now.
[71:25]
Thimble
We're not.
[71:25]
Tyranny
When we asked you before here.
[71:28]
Wulfric
My brother is potentially back at the tavern where we were.
[71:30]
Lowe's Announcer
He could move.
[71:31]
Wulfric
We would lose him.
[71:32]
Thimble
I thought you guys wanted to strike chasm here first.
[71:33]
Tyranny
Yes, what you specifically said.
[71:35]
Wulfric
Of course. But we know he's here now. He is stuck in this. My brother is going to be moving. You said he could be at the tavern where we were last night. Where you two were inside.
[71:43]
Tyranny
All right.
[71:44]
Cadogan Vale
All right.
[71:45]
Wulfric
Yes.
[71:46]
Tyranny
I don't. I can't.
[71:48]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
I can't.
[71:48]
Tyranny
Look at that.
[71:51]
Cadogan Vale
And they're actively sort of passing by us in a.
[71:54]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
No, they've got. They've got like a few minutes coming down the road before they get to the town.
[71:57]
Thimble
Did we see. And Sid is nowhere to be seen in there.
[72:00]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
There was no carriage. So you didn't. You didn't see a prisoner? You didn't see anyone, like, manacled up on a horse there? You saw 12 carriage.
[72:07]
Tyranny
There's no.
[72:08]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
No carriage. There's 12 riders.
[72:11]
Cadogan Vale
How many of them are there?
[72:12]
Wulfric
I mean, he could be at that tavern. We don't know that he was there.
[72:15]
Tyranny
They at least know where he is.
[72:16]
Thimble
Yeah, yeah, but they're Tacon. And they were the ones who wanted to kill Thiazi anyway.
[72:21]
Cadogan Vale
Sure.
[72:22]
Thimble
We can't talk to them like they're buddies. I disguise myself again as Octus. Taconus. I can't just. Oh, they hate him.
[72:29]
Cadogan Vale
Okay.
[72:30]
Thimble
Back to nurses.
[72:32]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Do they?
[72:34]
Tyranny
Do they?
[72:35]
Thimble
Octus was always an outsider in his family. That's the only reason he was on our side.
[72:46]
Tyranny
But would they really not talk to one of their own?
[72:51]
Thimble
I. I don't think they ever wanted to. With Octus.
[72:55]
Wulfric
It was the three in the Taconis party, right? The Octus is Lady Univer. Taconus in the night.
[73:03]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yeah. The knight. Yeah.
[73:04]
Tyranny
We're in on this big three, though.
[73:06]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
That's a big three. Do they have a couple and then nine others mounted? I was gonna.
[73:10]
Cadogan Vale
That was my question. Do they've got others accompanied?
[73:12]
Wulfric
Okay, maybe.
[73:13]
Thimble
We'll talk to you. That's true. Your family is in on this, right?
[73:17]
Tyranny
Didn't we collaborate on this?
[73:19]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yeah.
[73:20]
Nordstrom Rack Announcer
Yeah.
[73:21]
Thimble
What are we trying to learn from then? Finding our Siddis.
[73:25]
Tyranny
We could just follow them.
[73:26]
Thimble
Listen, I see two options. Either I stay as this big titty honkin nurse and I try to get Kasimir alone and find out what he knows. Or lead you guys to kill him.
[73:36]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Or.
[73:37]
Tyranny
Please.
[73:38]
Thimble
Or this guy talks to the Taconuses and plays big bad guy. Support. What do you want, Tayor?
[73:46]
Tyranny
Or we just follow them from the shadows and see where they go.
[73:50]
Thimble
Well, sure.
[73:51]
Cadogan Vale
I can't believe I'm agreeing with you, but when you're hunting and you make the choice to step out of a blind quarry, knows you're there, and you most always lose them. If we want information about your brother, we either follow or we stay here. Again, I'm sorry. It's up to you. Because she told us that he is not gonna know. They just said you don't have to worry about.
[74:17]
Thimble
Yeah, he doesn't know where Sid is.
[74:19]
Wulfric
Yeah, he's not your sin.
[74:19]
Thimble
If anything, we go in there and we kill him right now, and then we go after Sid.
[74:23]
Wulfric
That would just make us feel better. Though it doesn't bring us to whoever was pulling the strings on him a.
[74:28]
Thimble
Whole lot better, Cass.
[74:29]
Wulfric
Yes, it would.
[74:29]
Tyranny
He may have some information about who specifically he's collaborated with. Maybe not locations, but names, places.
[74:37]
Thimble
I can't believe Siba is at a tavern.
[74:39]
Cadogan Vale
One more tactical question. This group, are they writing two up, one up? Is there a man back?
[74:45]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Two by two. So it's six horses long.
[74:47]
Wulfric
Oh, no. That's rough. That's rough.
[74:49]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yeah.
[74:49]
Lowe's Announcer
It would be.
[74:50]
Wulfric
Talking at the very least, and not with.
[74:52]
Cadogan Vale
My idea would be try to pick somebody off the back, but not if they're two of them.
[74:56]
Thimble
Are they heading back the same direction they came, or are they heading. Does it look like they're heading towards Sloke?
[75:02]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Leads to nowhere. They have come to Sloke to give this deed of title. It looks like this was the thing CID stole. And it looks like it wasn't. Kass doesn't have people. Kass people are the other three small time thieves in that rainy courtyard. So in other words, it was always gonna be Taconis that picked him up, right? It was gonna be a house with resources that got him in a carriage somewhere. And it looks like they were just continuing what he said, which was for the second time in a week. Meaning? We gave this to you in Dalmachiar. You lost it. It got stolen by cid. We picked him up again. Here's the title again. So in other words, it looks like the whole reason this envoy came here was just to give the this deed of title back to fulfill their bargain.
[75:46]
Wulfric
I wish we could plan something unlike their caravan. So we could track them later and know where they went.
[75:51]
Cadogan Vale
But listen. Kaz was the one that wanted to kill your brother. If they took him, they've got their own reason to have him. Maybe he might be all right with them for the time being. It's not for sure. They're trying going to kill him right away like Gaz wanted to.
[76:07]
Tyranny
There is something that was your plan to on their little party.
[76:12]
Wulfric
What?
[76:13]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
What is it?
[76:13]
Cadogan Vale
What do you have thimble?
[76:16]
Thimble
Yeah, but I want to kill Kaz.
[76:18]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Oh.
[76:20]
Tyranny
I mean, wanting to murder isn't really a good.
[76:25]
Thimble
What does it matter? I'm a FC anyway. I don't count. Why don't we decide first in order of operations? Are we looking for said above? Are we finding information? Are we killing this guy? I'm still a sexy nurse.
[76:41]
Wulfric
We can go in. We could use a distraction. We could get to Kasimir. We could get everything out of him that he possibly knows.
[76:46]
Tyranny
Plus some horses from his horses from his castle.
[76:49]
Wulfric
And we could get your vengeance. And we could go after my brother. We're here. And that is a big ass caravan with some super powerful.
[77:04]
Thimble
We can sneak in. I'm sure I can find a. A gap in their defenses. It's missing a whole fucking wall.
[77:14]
Wulfric
Yeah, maybe we can. If they're not going to pass right by us, then maybe we can approach the castle and go get cousin. Because we don't even know if he's at the tavern. That's the thing. We can't turn around around and not. He could be anywhere else. Poker face. They had the deed. But he could be. He could be on a horse or a carriage in a completely different direction. And they just went to go to.
[77:42]
Thimble
King Gus right now. Yeah, he could be with Dame Morgaine. She might have taken him away.
[77:49]
Wulfric
And remember. Yeah, Dame Morgan said like the.
[77:54]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
I think you also remember right now. I think unless you say that that Dame Morgaine said that she had business in Sloke today.
[78:00]
Thimble
Oh, right. She's gonna be here too.
[78:03]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yeah.
[78:06]
Wulfric
Let'S do it. Let's stay. Let's see it through. Sorry, I had a little freak out there.
[78:13]
Tyranny
All right, we're just gonna waltz in there or. Well, we're going in.
[78:19]
Wulfric
Daggers only.
[78:21]
Tyranny
I don't have it. I don't.
[78:23]
Thimble
Okay.
[78:24]
Wulfric
I don't sneak in.
[78:24]
Thimble
What if you guys go in the front, you're the nurse and we sneak in the back? Do you want to sneak in or do you want to hide in here in the titties?
[78:32]
Wulfric
Or you can have the rainbow egg.
[78:35]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Thank you.
[78:35]
Wulfric
You and titties and rainbow egg are certainly a great distraction at the front. And it'll be a party in the back.
[78:40]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yeah.
[78:42]
Thimble
Plan mullet. Great.
[78:45]
Tyranny
Wait, you're just going to walk in.
[78:47]
Thimble
As a hang back?
[78:48]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
All right, babe.
[78:50]
Wulfric
Keep to the shape as a make, good as a leave behind. From house to Konis.
[78:56]
Tyranny
Just throwing it out there as an.
[78:58]
Thimble
Alternative to this as I'm zhuzhing my big bouffant.
[79:02]
Tyranny
I can't. I can't.
[79:03]
Wulfric
I shouldn't.
[79:04]
Tyranny
No, you're fine. No, no, go. You do your thing.
[79:08]
Thimble
Okay.
[79:08]
Cadogan Vale
They've gotta be clip clopping past us at this point, right?
[79:12]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yes. I think you see them.
[79:13]
Wulfric
We were talking at 2.5 speed.
[79:16]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
That caravan is headed out. You actually see another group is starting to head out from castle Sloke, which looks like.
[79:23]
Thimble
Those are all the knights.
[79:24]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yeah, it looks like two of the knights and three or four other guys are coming out. One of them is a crow. Cloaked guy are beginning to ride down thimble. You remember Kasimir saying, go down the village and you know. Yeah. So you see a group of people coming down to the village.
[79:42]
Thimble
Now, they're gonna hurt the villagers.
[79:47]
Wulfric
Casimir first.
[79:49]
Nordstrom Rack Announcer
Yeah.
[79:50]
Thimble
I lead. Are you coming in here or are you. No, I'm gonna go. I'm gonna help them find a route.
[79:56]
Wulfric
Yeah, we're gonna go wide, and you're gonna.
[79:58]
Thimble
Okay. You're gonna go in by yourself. You're not gonna go with her as, like, a healer? Do you have any disguises? I have a cloak.
[80:07]
Tyranny
I have a cloak.
[80:08]
Wulfric
Your fucking face lights up.
[80:10]
Thimble
Right? Sure.
[80:11]
Tyranny
But what's that gonna look like?
[80:14]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
That's what I mean. Even if you have a cloak and.
[80:15]
Wulfric
You look up, you've got, like, filament cheeks, right?
[80:18]
Tyranny
Oh, they're not always on. Oh, they're just sort of. They're not always on.
[80:23]
Wulfric
Okay. Okay.
[80:25]
Tyranny
I could be in a cloak. I could be your bodyguard or something.
[80:29]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Bodyguard?
[80:30]
Tyranny
Why are you even a nurse?
[80:32]
Thimble
Cause his ass is wet. Because his ass is bleeding. You're with the Creed. She's gonna go heal him. And you're with the Creed?
[80:37]
Tyranny
Sure.
[80:38]
Thimble
We're going on behalf of the Creed. Sure, sure.
[80:41]
Tyranny
Okay, great. I can work with that.
[80:43]
Thimble
Okay.
[80:43]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
I can work with that. I'm gonna.
[80:44]
Nordstrom Rack Announcer
Okay.
[80:45]
Wulfric
Creed's got a great outreach program.
[80:47]
Thimble
Really, really great. Okay, then. In fact, I hit disguised self one more time, and I am wearing, like, a cleric still. Same sexy nurse. Okay, but now we're.
[80:59]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
We're clerical. We're candescent now.
[81:01]
Thimble
Candescent style. All right, we're associates.
[81:05]
Nordstrom Rack Announcer
Sure.
[81:05]
Wulfric
And Thimble, Cadigan and Tayora will work around the edges.
[81:09]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yeah. Cool. So only you guys are going up the road together. So you guys begin to head up the road while the rest of you guys get out into the wilderness.
[81:15]
Thimble
Try to get in like amongst the collapsed side.
[81:20]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
As you guys head up the road, you look and see riding down, you see that one of the knights. Go ahead and give me an insight to check.
[81:35]
Tyranny
Cocked.
[81:39]
Thimble
9:12.
[81:40]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Lovely. You see that? Towards the front, one of the men with the crow cloak looks out and goes. Hey, what are you doing? Announce yourselves.
[81:55]
Tyranny
We are emissaries from the house Haylevar.
[81:59]
Thimble
What?
[82:01]
Tyranny
Uh. Oh.
[82:04]
Thimble
And who may you be?
[82:06]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Don't you raise your tongue to me. I'm Sir Gully Breeches. Yes, you are.
[82:13]
Thimble
Circle E. Breeches.
[82:16]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
I'm a knight of his lordship, the baron. Slow.
[82:19]
Thimble
Boy, oh boy. We were here.
[82:23]
Tyranny
Sir Breeches.
[82:24]
Thimble
Yes, we're here to. Because a healer was there.
[82:26]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
I'm a knight.
[82:27]
Thimble
Yes, yes. And we deeply. Oh, yeah. And. And we're here because sir Kazimir requires some assistance for his body.
[82:43]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Give me persuasion with disadvantage. Disadvantage. For the action.
[82:49]
Tyranny
I say a silent prayer for her and I'll nullify that disadvantage.
[82:53]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Okay. So don't roll yet. Don't roll it yet. Whitney. You're gonna roll. You're gonna roll A straight die. This will be your roll, your nullifying disadvantage. The DC for this is going to be 25.
[83:04]
Nordstrom Rack Announcer
Great.
[83:05]
Tyranny
Can I.
[83:05]
Nordstrom Rack Announcer
Great. So high.
[83:07]
Cadogan Vale
Easy.
[83:07]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Easy. 12. You see, he looks at you and says, help the lord. The lord Sloke. Cause you don't use his first name.
[83:24]
Thimble
Oh, I'm so sorry. We're not from here. We're. We're just doctors. We're just doctors.
[83:33]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
And tell me, what, What. What have you come here as a doctor to help with?
[83:38]
Thimble
Well, we were passing through and then we saw that he was injured and being the good.
[83:44]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You saw that lord Casimir was injured?
[83:49]
Thimble
We saw.
[83:49]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Arrest them. Swords get drawn, scream really loud.
[83:58]
Tyranny
How many people are in front of us?
[84:00]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You've got. You got two knights, four men at arms, and this dude. Sir Gully Breeches.
[84:08]
Tyranny
Can I. As a last ditch effort, are they.
[84:11]
Wulfric
All out on the road or are they in the castle and sir Gully Breeches was out meeting them on the road, or are you already there?
[84:16]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You guys were walking up the road together.
[84:21]
Tyranny
As a last ditch effort, I'm going to cast charm person on Sir Guli.
[84:25]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Do you have a means of disguising that you are casting a spell? You can give me a sleight. Of hand.
[84:32]
Tyranny
Sure I can. A sleight of hand check. That is an eight.
[84:39]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Okay. As you move your hands like that, I'm going to need to move both of you to roll initiative. Just you two.
[84:46]
Thimble
Dear Lord.
[84:47]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Classic.
[84:48]
Cadogan Vale
Split the pond.
[84:49]
Thimble
Okay, 10.
[84:52]
Tyranny
I got us 18.
[84:56]
Thimble
Is it too late for me to cast suggestion? Can I do that in combat?
[85:00]
Cadogan Vale
Probably should have done that first.
[85:02]
Thimble
I forgot that I had it.
[85:04]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Go ahead. Give me what each of you rolled. Wick, what did you roll?
[85:07]
Tyranny
18.
[85:07]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
18. Tyranny. What did you roll?
[85:10]
Thimble
10.
[85:10]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
10. Great. I am going to. So, Wick, you are going to go first. And you are going to. You're going to act first and I'm going to need you to. I believe you're casting charm person right now.
[85:32]
Tyranny
I had said that. So. Yes.
[85:34]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Great. You're casting it on gully breeches here.
[85:37]
Tyranny
Yes. Scatter breaches.
[85:39]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Great.
[85:39]
Tyranny
And I believe we are engaged with him, so he has advantage.
[85:45]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Not yet. You guys have not done anything harmful yet. So that's all. Okay, here we go. He's going to make a wisdom save. He fails his wisdom saving throw. So you are forced to act on an 18. You cast charm per. You feel the spell take effect. Although people see you casting a spell. And what do you say at this moment?
[86:13]
Tyranny
I say to him, we mean no harm at all. Please tell your friends that we come in peace. We just want to talk.
[86:25]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You see, in this moment, before he can react as a you are in initiative order, some other stuff is going to happen.
[86:32]
Tyranny
Of course.
[86:35]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
And we will wait. I want to wait until his turn for you to roll the persuasion.
[86:42]
Thimble
I thought this was an airtight plan.
[86:44]
Wulfric
Oh, yeah.
[86:45]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yeah.
[86:45]
Tyranny
I mean airtight.
[86:47]
Wulfric
Yeah. Shrink wrap.
[86:49]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Give me athletics.
[86:51]
Tyranny
Athletics save.
[86:52]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Athletics save and athletics check.
[86:53]
Tyranny
Just a check 10.
[86:57]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Okay. You are grappled by two of the guards who force your arms behind your back. I'm gonna need two athletics checks from you, tyranny. Two. Two.
[87:08]
Thimble
Seven. Well, plus one.
[87:12]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Eight.
[87:12]
Thimble
And an 11.
[87:15]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You are likewise arms tossed behind you with big tits grappled.
[87:22]
Thimble
Oh, no.
[87:23]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Tyranny. Tyranny. That is going to be your turn.
[87:28]
Thimble
Can I cast suggest you?
[87:31]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
I believe. Actually can't. Does suggestion have somatic or just verbal components?
[87:39]
Thimble
Suggest the course of vm.
[87:41]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Vm. Great. So even though your arms are behind, you can still cast it. So you can go ahead and cast suggestion. Who are you casting suggestion on and what are you doing?
[87:47]
Thimble
I would like to cast suggestion on sir gully breeches.
[87:50]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Okay.
[87:51]
Thimble
And say ba, ba, ba, please. I mean it, Paul.
[87:57]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Do you know Roger Rabbit. Please.
[88:00]
Thimble
Please.
[88:01]
Tyranny
You're supposed to be Jessica Rabbit, not Roger Rabbit.
[88:03]
Thimble
Jesus.
[88:04]
Tyranny
No one's turned on my Roger Rabbit.
[88:06]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Not true.
[88:08]
Thimble
Not true.
[88:09]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Jessica was in the wrong forum.
[88:11]
Thimble
I'd like to say please. We just saw that there was an altercation, and we're here. We have healing powers. We just want to help. None of this is necessary.
[88:23]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You cast suggestion. You are not certain if it works. Two of the knights each draw a sword and level it at each of your throats.
[88:33]
Tyranny
Sure.
[88:35]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
With readied action.
[88:37]
Tyranny
I don't blame her.
[88:39]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
It is now Gully breach's turn. Gully Breach. It is now Gully's turn, baby. We are going to roll the persuasion check.
[88:49]
Tyranny
They are in another county.
[88:51]
Cadogan Vale
Split the party.
[88:51]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
We are going to roll the persuasion check to end all persuasion checks right now. Sam, you're gonna roll with advantage because he's charmed.
[88:59]
Thimble
Oh, that's right.
[89:00]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You're gonna roll with advantage. And because he's charmed, I'll go ahead and lower the difficulty from what it was, which was 30, to a friendly 25.
[89:16]
Tyranny
Well, that's a 19 plus 6 for a 25.
[89:22]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Oh, my fucking God. Oh, my fucking what? God.
[89:30]
Wulfric
With your filament ass.
[89:31]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
It doesn't make any sense.
[89:33]
Cadogan Vale
Or does it?
[89:34]
Thimble
He's got the faith.
[89:35]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
He's got the faith. I think.
[89:38]
Wulfric
Sam.
[89:39]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Oh, my God. I know we're in initiative, but technically, no one's attacked anyone yet. Sam, this is a weird thing to say for a Charmed Person spell. How do you want to do this?
[89:50]
Tyranny
I would like to say to Sir Gully. Her eyes are up there. Sir, I would have you treat the woman with respect. This is a doctor.
[90:03]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You see, he looks. And as you say, this is a doctor, light flows out from you, the house of Haylvar. You see, he goes. What'd you say your name was? What does that mean? Oh, Wick. You see, he looks over Guli, whips around and turns over. You see that? One of the knights sighs and says, brother knight, Hailavar of the house of Halovar, of the sundered houses. And you see, Gali goes, ah, my remuneration. I'm so sorry. Yeah, I'm not looking at tits. Welcome, welcome. Welcome to Castle Slug. I take it you traveled here with the envoys of house Taconis, which is also a Sundared house. I know. Every night knows. You see, he says. I take it you also traveled with the house Taconis?
[91:32]
Tyranny
Yes, yes, all of us. Sundered houses are quite close.
[91:38]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Of course, as the. The first night of the nightly House of Breeches. I welcome you to Castle Sloke by some vision of the light. Have you seen that? Yes. Our lord has been badly hurt on the arse and legs.
[92:06]
Tyranny
Yes.
[92:06]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
He is a nobleman and he will be treated as such. Parley with discretion.
[92:17]
Thimble
Deep curtsy.
[92:18]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yes. Reverse course to Castle Sloke at once. And you see, he turns around. You're right. At Castle Sloke. Immediately at Castle Sloke, he goes and says, you, Frank was your knight.
[92:34]
Cadogan Vale
You do it.
[92:35]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
And you see that there's a knight with a. You see, there's a knight that has a badly rusted shield, you see, he sighs deeply. He has some rain on his shield as a crest, but the sigil is largely rusted or faded. Rides back into the castle and says, madam, how may I announce you? What is your name?
[93:00]
Thimble
Oh, I'm Dr. Finger. Dr. Finger.
[93:07]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You see, this man's badly hurting on a spiritual level. And he rides into the castle and goes, presenting Lord Wikander Haylovar. And, sorry, Dr. Finger, his companion. Dr. Finger.
[93:37]
Thimble
That's right. That's right.
[93:43]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
And you ride into Castle Sloke. Just as you're coming, companions reach the outer edge of the castle, hidden in the rain. Thimble the other side. You hear a door open. What the fuck is this? My lord, the house of Haylvar has heard of your need for a doctor. Please avail yourself to the Baron of Sloke. And you see that kasmir, he goes, Dr. Halevar, the fuck is this? Gully, Send him away. And you see, he turns back around inside the courtyard. All of you guys see Kasimir Gavndale limping out here in the courtyard. I would like a. If I'd be so kind, a stealth check from the three you with advantage.
[94:47]
Cadogan Vale
Ooh, add advantage.
[94:50]
Wulfric
Dirty 20.
[94:51]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Dirty 20. 18. 23. 23. Okay, moving through the rain, you guys are right outside the castle walls. You know the castle that has the hard to access parapet, so you're hugging against that side, means that getting in, it's probably some movement to get to that front door. From where you are right now, do you want to stay hidden in the wall where you know there's no chance of anyone being able to spot you? Or do you want to get closer to the front entrance where you are?
[95:20]
Thimble
I don't want to be near the front entrance. Right. I mean, if we get. If we can sneak in the wall, we can probably get closer to Kaz's room.
[95:31]
Cadogan Vale
Yeah, the play, the distraction play was to get onto premises, right? To trick the knights. My question would be now that they're announced. And even though we don't know this above table, if he saw Wick, is he prominent enough to know who this is? Isn't this the deacon of the local church? Is the jig up as soon as he sees Wicked?
[95:59]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
It doesn't seem like. It doesn't seem like Kasimir has responded to. He was announced, Lord Wakander.
[96:04]
Cadogan Vale
Oh yeah, they announced it. So nothing happened.
[96:06]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Okay, so you haven't seen anything like that inside the court. As you guys are listening to Wakander. You see that breeches goes My lord Baron, please. This man, he's a wielder of the line. That he is of the Candescent Creed, my lord. You see that? Kasmir goes, yeah, I can tell. I know who fucking Wakanda Helavar is. What are you fucking doing out here in this part of the world?
[96:36]
Tyranny
We are. This conspiracy runs much deeper than even you possibly knew. And your friends at the Tacona's family thought that it would be beneficial to have an ally in my house.
[96:58]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Give me a deception.
[96:59]
Thimble
Check it.
[97:03]
Tyranny
Not as good.
[97:05]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
11. 11.
[97:14]
Cadogan Vale
11.
[97:20]
Wulfric
Just a frog throw. He meant to go 11.
[97:26]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Casimir adds only a plus one to his insight. I think it'd be fun to roll in front of the board.
[97:36]
Tyranny
Not a hard number to beat.
[97:39]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You're looking for a nine or lower folks. On a four. Oh my God. On a four. He looks at you and goes, Finally a little fucking respect.
[98:02]
Wulfric
Yeah.
[98:03]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Fellas, pour the wine for Lord Havar.
[98:06]
Tyranny
I don't drink.
[98:07]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Actually, we need to discuss about how we're gonna turn Sloke. And you see he grabs your lapel and pulls you towards him. His breath stinks. You can tell he hasn't slept in days. He's on the razor's edge of sanity as he goes. We're gonna turn Sloke around. And if people won't follow a brand new baron who's up jumped from a gutter criminal the follow the light, won't they? And that's all for this episode. That's all for this episode of Critical Role. That's all for this episode of Critical Role. How about it? You guys got some big decisions to make?
[98:53]
Wulfric
Yes, we sure do. We gotta assess some ca. Some castle entrances, some exfil you have.
[99:02]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
What did I say? Six knights, eight men at arms, three crow keepers.
[99:08]
Thimble
But we just kill them in secret. And then we sneak on.
[99:11]
Wulfric
Just like that. Easy peasy.
[99:12]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Yep.
[99:14]
Thimble
Get em alone.
[99:14]
Wulfric
She's very confident.
[99:15]
Thimble
I thought we were gonna straight up die.
[99:18]
Tyranny
Not with those titties.
[99:21]
Wulfric
I love it.
[99:22]
Thimble
I can't believe Sid was at the tavern.
[99:24]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
You don't know that. We don't know.
[99:25]
Cadogan Vale
We don't know. We don't know.
[99:26]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
We don't know.
[99:27]
Cadogan Vale
They could have sent him. I could have caught him first and sent him off.
[99:29]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Wait, are we out? Are we still out? No, no, no.
[99:31]
Wulfric
Dame Morgan would have said something.
[99:33]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Dame? Oh yes. Cause you did say Sid's name to the Dame. Morgaine. Well, you've caught up with Kazimir Gavndale. The bastard who betrayed the Ozzy Fang bad guy.
[99:45]
Thimble
He's a real bad guy.
[99:47]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
And I'll say this too, regardless of where CID is, the this is a man who just was gonna send out half his forces to go grab all the villagers out of the rain and say, double the taxes.
[99:58]
Wulfric
That's right.
[99:59]
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dungeon Master)
Kazimir Gavindale. Not a good man and yet someone who once saved Thiazi Fang's life. Funny how time changes people. And speaking of time, you can tune in next week because after all, I'll ask the perennial question, is it Thursday yet? Thanks for listening to this episode of Critical Role. If you're enjoying this story, consider leaving a review on your podcast platform of choice. We're always looking for new critters to share our adventures with, and your review may help a new batch of wayward souls find their way to Ahriman, Exandria and beyond. Or if you want to hear what the cast discussed after the episode, head to Beacon TV and check out our exclusive show Critical Role. Cool down. You'll be right there at the table immediately after we say, is it Thursday yet? And experience our cast's post show reactions. We'll see you next time.
[100:58]
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[101:08]
Cadogan Vale
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[101:10]
Thimble
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