D&D is For Nerds - Buried Beneath #12 Three Riddles

Episode Date: April 29, 2017

In which our heroes play games with a machine. Shane is very glad that his friends were paying attention during healing time, Anton is pretty good at games of riddles and Squim insults a Sphinx.Check out our upcoming lives shows and purchase your tickets for the Sydney Comedy Fest and Brisbane show right here; http://www.sanspantsradio.com/live/. And don’t forget to check out our latest podcast, Movie Maintenance Presents!Want to help support the show?Sanspants+: sanspantsplus.comPatreon: patreon.com/sanspantsradioPodkeep: sanspantsradio.podkeep.comUSB Tapes: audiobooksontape.comMerch: redbubble.com/people/sanspantsradio or teepublic.com/stores/sanspantsradioWant to get in contact with us?Email: [e-mail] Twitter: twitter.com/sanspantsradio Website: sanspantsradio.comFacebook: facebook.com/SansPantsRadioReddit: reddit.com/r/sanspantsradioOr individually at;Adam: twitter.com/RetroArchetypeJackson: twitter.com/AlldogsaredeadShanks: twitter.com/timtimfedZammit: twitter.com/GoddammitZammit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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our first foray into radio dramas. So go have a listen to that as well as the interview with the cast, available now on iTunes and wherever all good podcasts are found. It's basically just iTunes, really. Welcome to episode 12 of Buried Beneath, a D&D is for Nerds adventure. I'm Michael Shanks, and I'll be playing the part of Squim Norton.

I'm Joel Zammett, playing the part of Shane Knoll. I am Jackson Bailey, and I'm playing the part of Anton de Saussure. I'm Adam, your game master. Ha, previously. The creature charges! Ah, bullshit! And then it sort of just stops. Go crush its eggs.

Back to its eggs. And just huddles over them. So it's not going to attack us for three turns. Yep. Yeah. Well, if you attack it, then the spell is broken. You spent too much time dawdling. Fair, fair.

We did dawdle. We dawdled hard. That is on us. I got too close. Not going to lie, I did not think Lilip was going to be the first to die. I honestly thought, are you? Yeah, me too. She goes limp in its claws did not think Lilip was gonna be the first to die. I honestly thought, are you? Yeah, me too. She goes limp in its claws.

No, no, Adam, not that face. Why am I bad at rays? Why am I bad at spells? I want to challenge it, but it can't speak. No, it's a scorpion person. It killed my woman. It killed its woman. It killed my woman. You don his woman. It killed my woman.

You don't know she's dead yet. You start trying to staunch the bleeding, and you realize you don't need to staunch the bleeding because she's not bleeding anymore. I change class and go into a barbarian rage. Wonder Burning Hand! It collapses onto its hard-boiled children. You open the door.

Inside is a small antechamber. There's tables on either side. Oh, no. There's the remnants of wooden tables on either side. And some other cobbled together bits of junk. You're not sure what any of this is unless you want to go through it. Plus a door. So it's really small.

Yeah, it's a very small room. It's some sort of... There was some purpose to this room, but you are hard-pressed to find out what it was. Is there anything in those remnants? You want to sift through them? Let's have a quick, like, scoop them up. What's in this? Highs or lows?

Highs. Highs? Fuck is this? Okay, Damn it. So instead of it pricking you, you find a needle in the rubble. A small metal needle. You know those old fashioned ones? Yeah, yeah.

Oh, like a syringe. A syringe, yeah. Do you want to detect magic on this? Yeah. Good idea. I heard it's an orphanage. And then I say, I'm going to detect magic, because that wasn't anything. That's just how I sneeze.

All right. You detect the magic. The syringe itself does not detect as magic, but there's a small little bit of goop inside it, and that detects as creation magic. Okay. I use my quite a lot of knowledge of magic to be like, creation magic, and give exposition about it, presuming that I know something about it. Creation magic falls under two major uses. So creation magic could be something like... Bringing back fallen women? Create water, create food, that sort of stuff.

Or it could be, so creating from nothing. Or creation magic also covers the area of healing. So healing magic falls under creation magic could be a healing you don't accidentally inject create water into your body create bleach into your blood

so it's either something very good or it's something very bad shall we pocket it chuck it in your pocket be very careful how you chuck it in your pocket and then like if we're hard be very careful how you chuck it in your pocket in a cork yeah um considering my rough knowledge of magic would i know if this could ever possibly bring somebody back to life or is that just wishful thinking uh hang on oh fuck i see this going wrong. I say you take the syringe.

You stick out your tongue. You're like, ah. You taste a little bit of the goop inside. Already a good idea. Just like, you know, a little bit of a, like we were saying before, someone rubbing cocaine. You bring the syringe away and you're like, tastes like healing potion. Oh, that's good to know. But off.

Thousands of years old. That's sad. Let's just keep it. Healing potion technology has not advanced in thousands of years. We'll give it to Anton, I reckon. Anton, this is maybe an off healing potion. Syringe of off healing. So good luck with that. Do you feel it has some sort of healing or restorative property okay and i got good vibes um like could it heal like

his constitution you don't know inject yourself do you want it uh if you wish your choice mate will one room kill two characters? No, I don't That'd be foolish You nearly got pricked and Adam would have been happy That's true I ain't no fool Fuck, I'm so disappointed

No one Jackson fucking Nailed the hammer on the head with power okay we'll use it against a bad guy nailed the hammer

on the head the nail got the nail on the head I just love that you were like oh I might I'm like

why are they considering using it I was really happy if Zammett accidentally pricked himself it'll be my last minute I'll treat it like a dagger yeah

so when he comes up I'm like yeah got him good so you want to open this door? So do you remember the level above? There was that beautiful mosaic that had been perfectly preserved. You find another room with another mosaic. It looks like the next part of the story.

So the first part of the story was a war with the dwarves. This looks like several pictures. It's groups of elves coming together for some sort of council meeting below the mosaic there's an elaborate script of some sort anything else in there uh the mosaic room or the little antechamber mosaic the mosaic room there's no features other than the mosaic anything else in the antechamber room unless you want to keep searching through the rubble but you're pretty sure you found everything. Gingerly walk into the room. So, you know that trap that was upstairs where it shoots downwards?

I was going to say, is that there again? You step in, you look up, you're like, oh, preparations in the... You trip the trap. Shield it, you're fine. You bring up your shield, though. Actually, I'd say when you're walking in, you're like, shield up, just in case. Yeah, got it. Anything shield up, just in case. Yeah.

Got it. Shh. Anything else? The trap resets. Unless you want to search the room very closely? I do. All right. It's very important that you guys tell me how thorough you guys are. Right.

Pretty damn thorough. All right. You go everywhere. You press everything. You don't find any secrets to this room. All right. You go everywhere. You press everything. You don't find any secrets to this room. All right. Guys, there's a, like, above gloom if you want to look at that inscription. Everyone moves into this room.

I walk in and say, but Jehovah is spelt with an I. And I actually walk around and do that. You know, I forget where I heard this, but Jehovah is spelt with an I because there was no J in that alphabet. Is it Jehovah? It's Jehovah, then, is the word. Yeah, he says. Yeah, but there's no I in that alphabet, so they use a J in that alphabet, so they spell it with an I instead.

And someone pointed out, there's no J in that alphabet. Why is there a J tile? Oh, yeah. That's true. In the future, they will have this finally a problem with indiana jones one and only you got there anyway fuckface gloom starts interpreting the uh rude script he says it's just the the story of this mosaic the the great minds the great elven minds of the time come have come together for some sort of meeting to discuss their war with the elves they're they're trying to find

a solution so wait do the dwarves are fighting the elves the dwarves and the elves had we know this from dwarven text but once long long long ago there was a war between the elves and the dwarves. A brutal war. Both sides took many losses and did whatever was required to win, really. It looks like this is the meeting of the elves, deciding what they needed to do to win. All right. But there is no key. No key. All right, let's go back to the corridor.

The one door that you have not yet tried. I thought there was two doors, wasn't there? There's a door back the way you came. There was a Shankswood door of the square room at the Shankswood end of the factory. There was one. Yeah, that's the room you came down in.

Yeah, but there was a room in the room. Oh, right. Sorry, sorry, sorry. I forgive you. Sorry, I thought the term was dungeon master. Not dungeon fool. Scrim, you feel very lightheaded. You bring your hand up to your face and it comes away just with blood.

You all see he's bleeding from the nose. Oh, no. Anyway. Oh, no. Do you want to try, go back to the original room and go to Shankswood? No, we'll go to Zametwood.

We'll explore the Zametwood. then we'll go to Shankswood. So each wall has a door in this new room. Ready up. So is it Adam Way and Jacksonwood? A Jacksonwood, Adam Wood. An Adam Way, a Jackson, shins, and a... It's a dragon! Fuck.

It's not a dragon. Fuck off. It's a ghoul dog. Looks like a dragon. I didn't expect there to be dungeons and dragons. I thought this was just a game of d a d d 3.5 advanced dungeons this creature is bigger than a horse and has a 20 lion body great falcon wings

and the head of a falcon. It's, you guys don't know types of sphinxes, but you know it is a sphinx. Oh, shit. There's no picture for this creature, so unfortunately nothing to see. You can also see that on where the joints are, so its shoulders, its leg joints and such, it looks like a machine that someone has made a very lifelike body around. You can see gears, gaps and gears in between. When you open the door, the Sphinx creature, it was curled up on the floor,

raises its head to look at you, and a couple emotions go quickly across its face. First, surprise, then suspicion, then delight. It looks at you and says, please, please come in. G'day, mate. Have we all had an? No. Hey, what's going on? I'm good, thank you.

How are you? A bit sad. We lost a friend. A bit sad. That's very unfortunate. This place can be quite treacherous. Yes. Please, come in! It wasn't a place. It was actually a scorpion.

What are you doing here? I am the guardian of this level. Uh-huh. Gloom? Gloom shakes. The first time we ever encountered written records of these people is when I saw that stone upstairs.

We know so little about them. Ask it questions. What are you going to ask it? You ask it questions. Gloom, ask it questions. Gloom stumbles forward. Gloom says, how did you come to be in this place? The sphinx creature reclines backwards and says, oh, so long ago.

I do not remember how I was brought here. I think I was promised wealth, but I forget the creatures that brought me here, but some creatures brought me here promising wealth, and then, wow, they instead turned me into this creature instead. I point to our good friend Scrim, kind of like these guys, but a bit more full. The creature sort of leans a little to look around so it can see you up the backspin.

And it says, I do remember pointy ears. If we come in, there's no like, going to us. There's no traps to this room, merely, well, no traps to this room. But there are riddles to the rooms beyond. When it gets up now properly, so it's on its legs. Goddamn riddles. And when it does that, from around its neck, a key you can see is on a necklace. The key?

That is the key. We're looking for that key. Yes. I believe you need this to progress, the sphinx says, grasping at the key. I cannot give it to you until you solve my three riddles. What's in this for you, Sphinx? What's the satisfaction of having your riddles solved? Well, when I was alive, I did enjoy these merely as a game.

But when I came here, the creatures, your ancestors, I suppose it says, bound my soul to this place. And now I am forced to do this. So you no longer are amongst the living. Would you be more item than beast? The Sphinx. Try to describe my expression. Constipated. The Sphinx looks constipated.

I have not shit in millennia. I do not remember how. No, the Sphinx says, yes, I guess you could call me more item than creature now. Like a Sphinx golem. Yes. I wink at Shane. Anyhow. And I say, fiddle TD, ask me your riddles three. Shane. What?

Anyhow. And I say, fiddle TD, ask me your riddles three. You must enter the room first, the sphinx says. I've got a quick question. If we do get rid of the riddles and he gives the key, what happens to you? I remain here. It is my lot

in life. And death. I wouldn't even call this death. I'd call this hell. It's just like a moment with a facade of grandiose. This just sucks. Anyway, is there any way to get you out? How long have I been here, it says? I want to say thousands of years.

Can I find? Was it five or 50? Gloom pipes up. 50,000 years, roughly. A while. Are we the first? Yes. Dang.

What? That's crazy. I have not seen creatures in 50,000 years. Any way to get you out? Are you powerful sorcerers? Not at all. I look at noot so powerful. Not at all.

I say to the Sphinx, Gloom faints. Down here goes. Possiblyx Gloom faints Then he goes Possibly just before he faints He's like living relics And then he faints Classic gloom I think we all kind of

Look at each other You must move into the room Then I will explain To you the rules of my riddles. All right. And then we can progress from there. I shall. We come in peace.

We are but friendly folk who have seen enough death and pain and suffering within this dungeon. And I trust you will abide by those precedents. And I walk in. Yeah, we all walk in. And I'm like, hey. Someone drags Gloom in. If we leave Gloom with you and he wakes up, do you want to have a chat with him? That's alright.

Do him good. Sure. He has a little bit of respect for, you know. He can lie Gloom down so we know he's unconscious. What is your name, Sphinx? The Sphinx pauses for a second. I don't remember. Really? What can we call you? Choose one. Yeah. Well, you don't call yourself I don't remember. Really? What can we kill you? Choose one. Yeah.

Well, you don't call yourself something. I don't know. What does he look like? He looks like a mechanical, bigger than a horse. He's sort of like a Pegasus. Tawny lion body. Lion body. Great falcon wings and the head of a falcon as well. Oh.

Falco. Falco. Falco is my name then. I look forward to forgetting that in 50,000 years time. Yeah, well, then you can choose a new one. Alright, well, we're in the room. Alright, so the rules are thus. Three riddles you must solve.

If you cannot solve the riddle, you must face the relevant room where you will fight the riddle, as it were. I give you the riddle. Anyone who wants to participate in the riddle may, but anyone communicating is participating in the riddle. If you don't want to be in the riddle, keep your mouth shut. You don't have to face the room.

All right. Does that make sense? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do we get a moment to discuss? If you are all solving the riddle, yes, you get a moment to discuss. But if anyone opens their mouth, I am assuming you are part of the riddle and you must face the room as well. Let's just make sure Gloom is safe.

He's out. He's out. Okay. You can face the room together if you think you're stronger that way or separately. The rooms vary depending. All right. You ready to play?

Sure. Sure. Hit me with your riddle sticks. Remember, if you speak, you're involved. Of course, of course. My first riddle is, I am always around you, but often forgotten. I am pure and clean most of the time,

but occasionally rotten. What am I? Okay, so I would say that this and this is not an answer. Just a discussion. I will be in the room whatever. It's around you but you don't think about it. Sometimes it goes oof.

Yeah, all those things are always around. Forgotten. And then like rotten. Was there something else in there? I will repeat the riddle one more time. I'm so sorry. Getting everything in a sentence. No, no, no.

You get two goes at the riddle. It's fine. Okay. I am always around you, but often forgotten. I am pure and clean most of the time, but occasionally rotten. What am I? I wouldn't say it's rotten. It can be earth.

It can be earth It can be fire It's like food or water Yes but that's not always around you And forgotten Yes but is there something more Kind of metaphysical than that? Is it life? I think it's air But

That is my guess Like air or See life Because life's around us It's often we don't really think about it Yes but Life can go wrong Then air

I don't know if you get the rot in life. I think you get the rot in there. It's ticking like, you know, it's like this dog has died and the air around it is rot. Can we use like our intel checks to kind of have a bit of insight? I'd say it's more of a wisdom check. A wisdom check then.

So, Shane, what were you thinking? I was like life. Life? Life or air. Life or air both seem reasonable answers. Just air. Air seems a reasonable answer. And Shane, did you...

I mean, sorry, Squim, did you... He hasn't even opened his mouth. Yeah, no, he said something. I did say something. He said something. No, I don't have a better pitch. I think I'm now leaning towards air, considering that. Air, life, both of them sound reasonable to you.

Okay, cool. Reasonable doesn't mean we're right. Yeah. Makes sense, yeah. Are we going with air? Yeah. We choose air. The Sphinx sits down like a dog would and says, correct.

Oh, nice. Always trusting me. I know what the riddles are. I cannot... Never mind most of your things. The second riddle. And everything is reset. So, keep your mouth shut and you're not involved in this one.

Your second riddle. I turn everything around, but I cannot move. When you see me, you see you. What am I? It's a mirror. Yeah, I was going to say a mirror, right? Yeah, it must be a mirror. Can we hear it again?

You can hear it one more time. One more time. I turn everything around, but I cannot move. Yeah. When you see me, you see you. Mirror, mirror, or reflection. Mirror. Correct.

There we go. My final... These riddles are easy. My final riddle is... Boosting some out. A single syllable, do I claim? Black is my most famous name. Fatal to mortals here below.

Thousands I have slain in a single blow. What am I? Yes, but it's death. And probably death. It's a death. I know, probably death. It's a death. It's a single syllable. Death. This is a syllable.

Death. Death. All right, what's the next part? Would you like to hear it again? Yes. A single syllable do I claim? Right. Black is my most famous name.

Okay. Fatal to mortals here below. Thousands I have slain In a single blow The sphinx smiles Oh hang on Sphinx It might be sphinx

It might be sphinx No but he's saying black sphinx Isn't it a thing? I was going to say Black death is a thing Plague Squim he's saying black sphinx isn't it yeah i was going to say like death is a thing plague you know there's a creature called a black sphinx i do know there's a critical black sphinx all right i also well i'm gonna double down when i give the answer for this one

after we've conferred because i do have deceive item And this is a... It's not the same thing, but thanks for trying. This is a living object. You can convince it that you are not an elf, if you want, or you can convince it that you are a lawful creature. What if I convince it I'm a swing and it must answer my riddles? My riddles

won't make sense. It'll just like... It'll be like giving a Star Trekian android a paradox. It'll just like... Tell you what giving a star trekian android a paradox it'll just like i will allow you such a role but whether or not you are successful is another matter okay i skip this right because i think we're onto something with sphinx okay uh so you probably so single syllable sphinx uh black we are black Sphinx. Yeah. Something about underneath. I forget that bit because I wasn't... Here below.

Yeah. Literally here. Yeah. Where the Sphinx is. Yeah. And I guess if we have to fight, if we get it wrong, we have to fight the answer. So if we got it wrong, we have to fight him. Single blow.

In another room. I mean, like, let's go for it. But... Can we just do another sneaky wisdom check of Sphinx? We are to be like, oh, you got it wrong, you have to fight me, but in this room, I meet you there. Can we change our name to Riddle Masters or something like that?

Sphinx doesn't sound right. I think it is Plague. Anton, what were you saying? Plague. Plague? Plague could be it. That sounds... You know there was a black plague as well. I think it's Plague. I'll say Death. Wisdom check on Death. a black plague as well i think it's plagues that's my i'll say death wisdom check on death death sounds right as well black death is also a thing yeah black plague is

that a thing outside of the realm of actual earth was there a black plague sorry uh black death sorry which is a plague i meant to say okay but you also know that grim reapers are a thing they are black and they are often referred to as death. While they wear black robes. No, I think you might be right. Yeah. No, I think death is the answer. I initially thought death, but then the scene smiled.

No, I think... Never trust a sphinx that smiles. I'm going to say death. Death. All jungles say. It's a phantom reference. Is it sphinx? Fuck yes, phantom references. Tell Sphinx? Fuck yes Phantom references

Tell me I want to hear it No no nothing Tell me You'll have to listen to the podcast You're saying death Is Sphinx saying Yes We

Yeah Death I'm sorry The door on the My side Adam wood Opens To a small room

A very small room 10 feet by 10 feet Enter Sphinx says Will you let us know the answer Oh great Sphinx a very small room 10 feet by 10 feet enter will you let us know the answer oh great sphinx when you enter the room the answer will be revealed if it's sphinx I'm going to slap one of you the sphinx like closes the door

fuck you that's what it is you were the one whose wisdom check was like gotcha good do all of the three of us have to go in at once? You can go in individually or all at once. I'm just worried about fell swoop. One fell swoop dead. Fuck true.

Adams. TPK. TPK. No. Okay. So everyone enters the room at the same time? No, I don't. You don't?

I'm slightly outside. To be honest, I would also stay outside. Just I've been warned. Yeah. You take that damage. One. I've been warned. Yeah. You take that damage. One after the other, yeah? Yeah. So we let Shane go in first to see if something happens.

After Sphinx. So yeah, it's one after the other. You may go one after the other or all at the same time, knowing that some of the rooms are worse if you go all at the same time and some of them are better if you go all at the same time. All right. If I yell out, can they hear me? No.

You will be uncontactable until the room is dealt with. Do you want me to come in? I can come in. It's all right. Yeah, you can come in. I'll come in. I'll come in. All right.

Come in this way. No, no, no. You can stay. Yeah, you can. All right. Oh, you do have a new armor class. That's true. All right.

Look. I have an armor class of 15 Does that mean if we go in and deal with it Does that mean he goes in alone? Big part If Shane and Scrim go in Does that mean that Anton has to go in alone And deal with it?

Yep I come along It is a very small room though We're in trouble It's like a small room, though. We're in trouble. It's like a slab. Fuck, squished. Guys, we did well in the first two riddles. Let's just be happy with that.

The door closes. You stand there for a moment. Then the door opens again. Piece of shit gloom. Yep. The Sphinx takes the key off its neck and dangles it out in front of it. You're free to go. It was plague, huh?

Yes, it was plague. Nobody's moved yet. It was plague. Oh, we're all sick. Oh, shit. Oh, I'm so dumb. Oh, the penny drop. Step out of the room

and grab the key. Goodbye. I was so close to saying plague. But I said, oh no, it must be death. It's so much worse than you guys think and it's funny. Can we do medicine checks on ourselves? You can check yourselves, yeah

Before you wreck yourselves Howie, Howie, how long have we got? Shane, either the If you have a plague Either it's just started And it's too early for you to be able to tell that you have a plague Or you're plague free Lucky boy

What's my con? Oh no, my con is my worst Strength is my worst stat i have a strength of nine what's your con anton you 14 oh that's pretty good anton while you're checking yourself you're like oh man i'm really nervous and your hands are like shaking a lot as you try to check yourself then you're like wait a minute why are my hands shaking like this? You guys know yourself as having an illness called the shakes. Oh, dear me.

Okay, so I have the shakes, everyone. Slowly but surely, it's going to get worse and worse until either you fight it off or you can barely stand upright. You're shaking so much. So this is like D&D Parkinson. A little bit, yeah.

No, no, not Parkinson. Parkinson. Parkinson. You're just like interviewing yourself. D&D Parkinson. No one is able... Squim, as a half-elf, your biology is a little bit different to everyone else's. And no one is able to tell whether or not you are diseased.

Oh, no, that's nasty. So, got the shakes. Me and Squim. Mystery. Yeah. Are you coughing? Still cough for me? No, I'm fine.

Cough. I'll cup your balls, see what happens. That's my cough. It looks bad. I've seen some doctors do this. You're not in a good way. Well, you have the key to the door over that way. All right.

Which the Sphinx just says, enjoy the next seal. What's the room behind in Shankswood that way? You want to go to that room? We didn't check. What, do you know what, that way? That's a bit thorough. Yeah, you know what's there? You open the door there.

Sand has piled so high that the corridor is inaccessible. You could excavate if you wanted to, but it might take a while. Never mind. It's fun. All right. Pick up, sir. Gloom, slap him in the face. Wake up, Gloom.

I've got the checks. Gloom, do you know a cure? I'm unable to rouse Gloom. I'll sling him over your shoulder. I pour water on him. Does that help? Give you another go? He's out good.

We'll drag him. It's fine. We'll drag him to the room. We'll drag him. It's fine. We'll put him in a backpack or something. Similar to the previous rooms with seals, this room is large and empty except for the stone seal in the center. So we've opened the key thing. Yeah, there's no other way to go.

Everyone probably trapped there, so we're just going to shield up. Shield up. Shield up. Shane is. Shane Shane is Moving on through Moving on up Oh I'm so glad So you step into the room And do you remember that whip crack sound

You heard when you broke the magical seal last time You look down and you're like That's a magical seal that I just broke A burst of fire Consumes you going bottom upwards. My balls. Hot dick. All is to take magic, my bad.

I say that whilst you're burning to death. The tech magic would have found this. You take half damage, but... Still. Still unclosed. You're still cooking. It's like, I didn't even plan this. You're just looking the wrong way.

That's the best. Well, obviously I planned this. I'm discovering the dungeon at the same time you are. You take four points of damage. So you're on 46 total now. As the fire consumes you. Would have killed a lesser man or a regular man, but not you. Thankfully, the plague made me immune to fire, I assume.

You got the good one. you thankfully the plague made me immune to fire i assume you got the good one i hope the plague doesn't affect us until like assuming we finish this quest like at the very end it's like and you succeed and then you both die from the play just like on the right back your cheeks get worse and you both have horrible strokes just like so we we wait for thingo to wake up uh you're probably going to be resting here the night Yeah, then we rest Get some naps in Without Lilip, you guys are

sorely lacking for healing magic but also she was the one who every night would go around bandaging wounds and stuff like that So now it's a bit more of a struggle to get this Hopefully, maybe some mercenaries come in Scrim, I guess you were paying a lot of attention to what she was doing So now it's a bit more of a struggle to get this. Hopefully, maybe some mercenaries come in. Scrim, I guess you were paying a lot of attention to what she was doing.

Oh, shit. You're able to take her place. Oh, new healer. Hold on. Yeah, so Shane, because of that, you're... Oh, Shane or... Shane. Shane. Okay, Shane.

Because of that, you recover eight hit points instead of four. Oh, sick. Lucky. So you're on 54. And as I heal him, I grab my necklace and I grab Lilip's hair and I say, she's still with us, boys. It looks like you're trying to do that thing where someone rubs their tummy and pats their head.

Yeah. I hope you start to think maybe you are Lilip. What's this? I absorbed her blood. If Jackson was playing that character, you would begin to think you are Lilip. I mean, maybe. Just construct the whole elaborate backstory. Like, we were in love.

We were dating. This was our, like, our fourth date. I could go and drink her blood. We're only in one room across. Whilst everyone else is napping. You could sneak in and be like. Nah, it's good. So, you pass some time resting.

You pass away. Yep. Entirely untrue. The next morning, your shakes are bad. You are down seven points of dexterity. Oh, goodness. And my gloves. So, I mean, I'm shaking a lot.

Your AC goes down from 15 to 11. Oh, fucking hell. Also, you were almost not in the room with us. We were both in the room. And then you came in at the last minute. I suppose you would have had to go in anyway. I would have had to go in alone. It would have been a different disease.

Also, we avoided the shakes. No, you all... I'm assuming we avoided the shakes. No, you all, you don't know. I'm assuming we avoided the shakes. So, can I, how about we just spend the day letting me get over my sickness? Relaxing, taking our time. Waiting for the other mercenary groups to come in. And hopefully maybe they'll have a healer. Yes.

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