D&D is For Nerds - Hus Firma Pride #8 Things Get Worse

Episode Date: November 12, 2016

Hus Firma PrideIn which our heroes get very mad at Alli without knowing why. We read some diaries, meet Herja to fill her in on details and make plans for defending their home. Cassius is angry and do...esn’t know why, Zillie suggests that everyone stays away from rivers and Edrik asks about the wolves. So join us as we make do with the mikes we have. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Starting point is 00:00:45 Baby, think about it before you kill us all. I thought heaven was just an endless black void where you couldn't feel and all you could do was think and hear an owl panicking. I would like to use charm person on Edmund. I would like to cast charm person on Cassie. I'm like, look, it's just kind of not a don. You know what? What do you suggest we do, Zilly?
Starting point is 00:01:06 I've been poisoned. Our good friend has been poisoned. This elf is Iparoni. I'm writing him down, but I am. Hartsai. Iparoni Hartsai. Humanoid figure with the black matted hair and white robes is standing in the center of this crypt.
Starting point is 00:01:19 The feet are just visible below the robes. Oh, you're flying. That's pretty cool. And they're hovering just like a couple inches off the ground. One more room. We'll try one more room, guys. Of course, we should try one more room. It's a great idea, Zilly.
Starting point is 00:01:29 Brilliant idea, Zilly. You are the best. You get the general impression from what you hear that he is praying to bring an army of dead against the Nordic people. Someone has come and with hand and finger and nail scratched into the wall this arcane cell everything about it feels wrong and evil you can summon an ape a dire weasel a dire wolf a giant eagle a lion i think you had a giant owl lion uh satan you had me in a zombie fight the force of the spiked chain nearly knocks this elf just down onto the ground.
Starting point is 00:02:05 You all see your elven adversary standing at the chapel podium before his dead sermon, his arms raised for an arcane gesture. Every corpse in this place has its head, like, slightly bowed, as if, like, in reverent prayer. They all stay like that. It's the elf's turn again. Oh, my God. Oh, Adam. Adam, why do you tug at our heartstrings and nerves?
Starting point is 00:02:31 Get fucked, mate. Get fucked. Okay. The elf points up at Daniel and tries to cast the spell again. Daniel's like, nah, mate. He swings the chain down. Daniel, what a handsome champion. mate great house firmer nah nah nah nah yeah he swings the chain out down and just like
Starting point is 00:02:56 lays out this elf he kills him straight up like neatly bisects half of his body. Come back over. This is going to be awkward to explain to the ape. Hey. All good. It's here for another, like, 12 seconds, I think. Just pat it on the head. Give it a banana. Oh, no, wait. Five times six is...
Starting point is 00:03:23 30. 30 seconds? 30 seconds. If I use dominate animal on it... It's already under your command. Oh, sick. Give it a high five. I high five the ape and then go check the elf. Come ape front.
Starting point is 00:03:35 Okay. Ape's like, why? Daniel's just like standing over the elf like... I'm going to look around the to see what if there's anything else he brings the chain down on the elf again and again not good again good there's no other entrances or exits to this room you can find you do you you're pretty sure you're at the last room look at that guys we got through the last room we killed the zombie elf guy I'm like elf zombie that wasn't what we're here for wait Wait. You're right, Zilly.
Starting point is 00:04:06 We did. Hooray. We saved the day. Oh, the evil presence just dies. It's gone. Oh, how good. Well, I think we should all have a quick scan of the room, or a detailed scan of the room for Karloff. Yeah, we searched for clues. So, behind the altar, the altar
Starting point is 00:04:21 by the way has like this massive crack in it. It's like a large steel altar. Not steel, sorry, stone altar. The altar, by the way, has like this massive crack in it. It's like a large stone altar. There's like a crack, sunders straight down the middle of it. And it's like covered in what you assume to be blood. Can I use detect magic on it? You can. Actually, all the magic has left this place.
Starting point is 00:04:45 What? I just made up the rules. All the magic has left this place. You detect no magic from... I just thought, like, if I could detect magic on the blood, I could know whose blood it was. Oh, no. Like a DNA test.
Starting point is 00:04:56 You're thinking of... Laura Noda. Summon CSI. What a spell. Can I get rid of that sigil, like the war hammer or something? Get to that in just a moment. There's a couple more obvious things that I'll just lie out for you. So behind the altar as well, there's like a little bedroll
Starting point is 00:05:13 and like a sack full of personal effects where you assume this guy has been like living. A closer inspection of the corpses as well as you like pass them. None of them are elves. All of them are Nords and all of them have their throats slit. Oh, goodness. He was going to... Do we know any of them?
Starting point is 00:05:33 Highs or lows? Highs. You don't. Edric, highs or lows? Highs. Highs. And Zilli. Lows. Heys. Heys. And Zilli. Lows.
Starting point is 00:05:46 Lows. Yeah, Zilli and Edric, because both of you have been living here like more recently, you recognize a bunch of people,
Starting point is 00:05:52 like no one from any major towns, but you're like, oh, that guy had like a farm out this way and stuff like that. Haven't heard from him
Starting point is 00:05:59 in a couple weeks. Making sense. Yeah, you don't notice anyone from any, like I said, from any major towns Anyone from my war party? No soldiers
Starting point is 00:06:08 It looks like People who were too weak to defend themselves What's in his personal effects? You open the sack Some very mouldy and old rations A bunch of diaries or journals um like a stack of three okay or actually three years like maybe five or six personal journals cursory quick scan of them the first more recent years the first couple are, just leather-bound journals, but then you have to, like...
Starting point is 00:06:45 The most... They're dated. So when you pull out, like, the later ones, some of them are a bit sticky to the touch and sort of damp. He did it with human skin. Yeah, they look handmade, these more recent ones. This is fucked. What's in, like, the last few entries?
Starting point is 00:07:03 You flipped through the last few entries? An entry from a week ago or something like that was just like oh yeah you know elvin that's right uh was just the line um revenge revenge revenge revenge across five pages just written over and over and over again i'm curious to see what it was revenge about, but I'm guessing we did something. He's detailing awful, evil rituals that he's been doing. He's just been capturing Nords, taking them here,
Starting point is 00:07:34 sacrificing them to... From the pages, you get it's like some old elven god, long disused. And this god is of necromancy and undeath. Haswell of Bride. This man was driven insane by the loss.
Starting point is 00:07:49 Yep. Any sign of Kolhoff whatsoever? You also see some entries, like, this guy's had some very loose contact with some other, like I said a little while ago, Edric, you, like, had a couple tussles with this specific group of elves. So you actually see him mentioning, like, contact he's had with some of the other heads. He hasn't spoken in a while with the guy in charge, Pabernet. Pabernuckle.
Starting point is 00:08:17 Pampernuckle. Pabernet. Pampernuckle. He hasn't spoken in a while with him, but the last correspondence was him trading Karl Hoff off to Pabernet. Don't trade Karl Hoff off. Don't do this. So Karl Hoff got traded off to someone. It mentions a location where you could find Pabernet,
Starting point is 00:08:37 but that's like maybe a couple, maybe a month old, that location. And past that, there's more like recent ones, but these are to just other lieutenants rather than the leader. Sort of pass that to Zilli. Be like, these are the lists of all the places of the lieutenants and this is where Karl Hof was. There are three lieutenants in total, plus a month old
Starting point is 00:08:58 reference to where Pabonet might be. Well, at least we know a month ago he was alive. There's still... What do you suggest we do? Daniel sits down on the altar and just has a calm moment. Oh, okay. Well, at least we know a month ago he was alive. There's still... What do you suggest we do? Daniel sits down on the altar and just has a calm moment. Oh, okay. Well, we might give him a moment and then there's not much else here. We can probably leave, guys.
Starting point is 00:09:16 Anything else in the throne room of sorts? You mentioned you might want to try to break this holy sigil scratch onto the wall. Yeah, I did. Unholy sigil, rather. Okay. Yeah, you put a giant crack in itholy sigil, rather. Okay. Yeah, you put a giant crack in it. It's enough, probably. The evil presence died as soon as the cleric did,
Starting point is 00:09:33 so you think maybe this is enough to... Yeah. Just in case. Okay. So, Zilly, what's our next move? I think we should probably leave, guys. We should probably leave. There's not much left. Take what we found back to Herrscher?
Starting point is 00:09:42 Yeah, yeah. Is that an idea? Yeah, yeah, we'll go back. We'll take the long way home, away from rivers. Thank you, Adam. And, um... Okay, on the trip back. I'm looking forward to what happens in five hours.
Starting point is 00:09:55 I worked out what I want to do. So, I'm going to make them make spellcraft checks, and if they identify the spell, then it is. Unfortunately, Edric does not have the spellcraft skill, so only Cassius can make this check. Yes, because Edric is the one who's most pissed at me, so that's good. But I'm the one who's going to throw you in a river.
Starting point is 00:10:16 It was a level one spell, right? Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was. Yeah, level one. Come on, Adam. You got away with it. I want to look this up, because this is actually like... I'm going to be so happy Adam. You got away with it. I want to look this up because this is actually like... I'm going to be so happy. If you got away with this.
Starting point is 00:10:31 The DC for this is either 10 plus spell level or 15 plus spell level. If it's 10 plus spell level, she got away with it. 15 plus spell level, she got away with it. Come on. 15, 15, 15, 15. How do we justify it? They're in our heads. Like, 15, 15, 15. How do we justify it? They're in our heads. Like, nah, she's too...
Starting point is 00:10:47 15 plus spell level. Yes! Yeah! Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Allie got away with it. Zilli got away with it. Everyone can get fucked. Woo!
Starting point is 00:10:58 Your characters do not know what happened. I'm mad. Are you? Yeah. Are you? I'm angry and I don't know why. As in, Zammet's mad. Yeah, Zammet's mad. But you know what?
Starting point is 00:11:12 Edric, don't have a problem. What a good time. Hey Cassius, you want to go back home and braid each other's hair? So, silly. Yep. Good work in the mines. Thanks. No, good work in the crypts. You really took lead at the end. You took lead at the end there.
Starting point is 00:11:26 Well done. And yeah, you really showed a lot of strength of character and growth from where we started. So good job. I mean, still not happy with the whole blinding thing. Yeah, I am sorry about that. That's all right. I am sorry. That's fine, I guess.
Starting point is 00:11:40 Yeah. I just want to remind them. I'd be like, look, I read about it. But good job with the tactic on killing that elf. Thank you. I think that was you, yeah? Well, I mean, I would have gone in slower, but you should give a bit of credit to Daniel and his blind rage.
Starting point is 00:11:53 All right. Yeah, good. Cool. And just a little, just a quick, let's everyone maybe not rush ahead next time. Sounds like a good idea. Good idea, yeah. Let's put a pin in that.
Starting point is 00:12:04 We'll come back to that. It's in the maybe pile. It's in the maybe pile. And that is literally a live grenade you're sitting on. Not literally, that's wrong. So when our travel's back, do we heal up to full? How long does it take? Not that long.
Starting point is 00:12:22 Barely a day. Three days, wasn't it? Oh, yeah, it was three days. I'd like to also make a note that through that whole debacle, I didn't lose a single hit point. Yeah, Zilli's going to be fine. Wow. Not a single hit point.
Starting point is 00:12:36 Yeah, everyone would heal 15 hit points. And also, over those three days, Cassius, the damage you took to your intelligence and wisdom is gone. Yes. Good stuff. I like how you tell us. Oh, and also the damage to Daniel's strength is gone. I'm not at full health yet.
Starting point is 00:12:59 I just want to point that out. That's a shame. How far are you from full health? Three hit points. No, I'm not going to use a potion for that. No, waste. I could use a spell. Hey, can we go shopping and maybe get some potions for poison?
Starting point is 00:13:11 Like, I feel like this is something we never do. I feel like we've encountered it at least twice. I feel like in Hos Firma. That's how you died, isn't it? That's how you almost died too. The little town of, I don't have it written down. I mean, Leo. Oh, right. Yeah, sorry. I just looked at Dammit and then he's like, what is happening? The Little Town of I don't have it written down Oh right
Starting point is 00:13:25 Yeah sorry I just looked at Zamet and then he's like What is happening Different character Ellie I don't know about this Leo person And Zamet can't remember either It's because of the brain damage Nah he had brain damage She had another eraser
Starting point is 00:13:40 Can I help you with that? Jackson has lost our communal I got an eraser. Don't! Adam needed it and I threw it at him. He threw it back. Why do I hit record when I do? I could just wait until they're all settled down. Jesus fucking Christ.
Starting point is 00:14:00 I hope this makes it in so everyone knows what a fucking annoyance you guys can be. I meant I wanted this makes it in so everyone knows what a fucking annoyance you guys can be. Oh, God. I meant I wanted, because it would be a hassle to do that every time I wanted to erase something. Adam's getting super salty. So I was hoping, I was wishing I had two erasers, which I do. You do? We can cut this one in half if you like. No.
Starting point is 00:14:21 No, not again. You've cut enough of my erasers in half. I broke one by accident. Is that mic fine, Jack? Let's have a look. No, not again. You've cut enough of my razors in half. I broke one by accident. Is that mic fine, Jack? Let's have a look. That's super good. No, it's fine. I'm like this. It's fine. Whatever. It's fine, Samet. What do you want me to do? Nothing. I'll make do with some bread.
Starting point is 00:14:36 Is this what you want? As a hot tip for all the listeners at home, in a pinch bread can function as an eraser. What? Are you using bread? No. I was like, where did you get it from? Why can't we have some? We're hungry. You just want some bread.
Starting point is 00:14:48 Yes, please. We just had a cheese platter. We did. Except we didn't because this is live, ladies and gentlemen. Anyway. Okay, so you get back into town. Oh, three days worth of rations, I guess. All right, yep.
Starting point is 00:15:01 I'll mark that off. I'll mark them down on me. Sure, why not? No, we hunted. Fuck it. I'm rob Alright, yep. I'll knock that off. I'll knock them down. I don't mean. Sure, why not? No, we hunted. Fuck it. I'm robbing nothing off. Well, did you though or are you about
Starting point is 00:15:09 to starve yourself? I want, let, let's go hunting for deer. Let's let fate decide. Ooh, Edric, for someone who wants to go hunting for deer,
Starting point is 00:15:18 your skill in that is not great. I'm gonna take Daniel. Nah, take the druid. Alright, I'll take Cassius. He can do detect, detect, detect. Alright,, I'll take Cassius. He can do detective. All right, are we going hunting for deer?
Starting point is 00:15:29 Let's do this. It'll take you four days, though. That's fine. Let's go hunting for deer. I want to go through it, Adam. No, it's just a check. No, but I had a great plan. I'm sure you did.
Starting point is 00:15:42 I wanted to use dominate animal animal make the animal come toward me and just punch it in the mouth you're able to feed everyone across the actually wait one more roll well it gets a bit iffy towards the end we can supplement with rations and that's another day of hit point healing
Starting point is 00:15:59 sure could you say it four days so you just wasted four days instead of three on a time sensitive thing as thing, as far as you're aware. I'm never going to get that. All my spells restart. Hang on. Time-sensitive? I get to change again.
Starting point is 00:16:15 Yes. Yeah. You got to change again anyway. No, I know. Yeah, but we forgot. And then I just got to write down all my spells again. Oh, man. What do I change into next time?
Starting point is 00:16:25 Cheetah, I think. And I just got to write down all my spells again. Oh, man. What do I change into next time? Cheetah, I think. I want you to turn into a dire weasel and then you can talk to my weasel. I think that's how it works. It's not. And you can fall in love. And then spend all my time as a dire weasel fucking the shit out of your weasel. Oh, that's gross.
Starting point is 00:16:40 You made it gross. Yeah, gross. I mean, it's not bad. Sometimes part of love is fucking the shit out of the person you love. That's true. That's the nature of life, ladies and gentlemen. That's nature. Anyway. You get back into town, and as soon as you get back into Lor MacKane,
Starting point is 00:16:57 it becomes very quickly apparent that something has gone wrong while you guys were away. A bunch of the houses here have, like, boarded up windows and doors and look abandoned. And one house is just completely burnt out. It's like a husk of what it was. I'm going to try and find Herrscher. Yeah, we'll search for Herrscher. Okay.
Starting point is 00:17:16 The streets are also eerily, not completely deserted, but very sparse of people. What happened? You're probably going to go check the tavern. Yes, that's where we know she is. First port of call when you're looking for Hersha. You get in there. She's in there, but she's not drinking. She's in a center table with a bunch of the other town guard, and they
Starting point is 00:17:35 have a map spread out before them, and they're sitting around discussing the map. I'll hand this over to you. I head over to Hersha. She looks over as you come. She spots that Hoff isn't with you guys, and, like, her face gets a little stern. Are we in trouble?
Starting point is 00:17:54 No, you just... I ask myself that every 20 minutes of my day. We're in military... Okay, so you get there, and Hersha, like, nods and says, what is the news? We've traced back to the tale about the crypts. We found a plot of one of these elves is going to unleash an undead army on us. We've stopped that.
Starting point is 00:18:18 He was responsible for killing a lot of our people in the countryside. But we have some information in regarding to three different lieutenants of the elves and a possible fourth one where Karl Hof, the leader where Karl Hof was traded about a month ago. So that's the information that we have now from Pumpernickel. Pumpernickel. Pumpernickel bombs. Pumpernickel people.
Starting point is 00:18:42 Pumpernickel pops. The Pumpernickel people. I think I just have an aneurysm Okay So You tell her all that She nods Do you tell her the names
Starting point is 00:18:52 Of the lieutenants? Because you don't know Did we read them? I didn't really give them to you You didn't inquire much further Oh but did we read Did I read them? We still got the books
Starting point is 00:19:00 You know the names and stuff Hey we've got the books We'll give her the books Yeah Okay She nods and says The one you killed Was it Drow? No I don't think so We still got the books. You know the names and stuff. Hey, we've got the books. We'll give her the books. Yeah. Okay. She nods and says, the one you killed, was it Drow? No, I don't think so.
Starting point is 00:19:10 We don't know. Was it Drow? No, it was just a high elf. Underground elves, that's Drow. High elf is like when you think of elf. Samet knows what a Drow is. But does Edric know? Ali does not know, and neither does Ili.
Starting point is 00:19:26 Herger explains to you, drow are like dark elves who live beneath the earth in massive underground cities. They're often incredibly evil and despised. They're a surface, like, cousins. There are, like, small, tiny elven communities, or drow communities within the elven community at large, but they're often like shunned and sometimes just outright... Haunted?
Starting point is 00:19:52 Yeah. And that was not what we faced, guys? No, you faced a high elf, which is white skin, like archetypical type elf. What happened to the town? I ask Hersha. We were attacked by the drow. Oh. That's abnormal. That's bad. Iha. We were attacked by the drow. Oh.
Starting point is 00:20:05 That's abnormal. That's bad. I assume. We didn't fight the drow. One of the lieutenants, like, she flips through the box. Did we fight the drow in the war? You know that Pabonet, his, like, entourage included some drow. They're, like, sneaky assassins.
Starting point is 00:20:20 They got new paths beneath the earth that no one else does. Very rare to fight some drows. How'd the wolf problem go by the by? As an aside It's not dead, we haven't had time Town was attacked by drow We killed some wolves We tried
Starting point is 00:20:35 She wasn't having a go at you See I'm constantly on edge I'm like these guys are going to find out what I did You guys asked Herja about the wolves and she's like, we haven't had the chance. You've done more work against the wolves than they have. Zilli, you did really well in that. You should be proud.
Starting point is 00:20:52 That was the time where I used spells that worked. So, yeah, that's sincere. Zilli, you've really turned it around. I'm coming awake. Well done. I'm glad I have you on this little entourage party of ours now. We're going to have to keep this up. Herger flips through the books, closes them, and then says,
Starting point is 00:21:09 I do not know elephant. And then you have to translate it for her. Oh, I love this woman. Between you guys and the town guard, you've got a vague understanding of what's going on with respect to the information you've just gathered. Adam. Yes. You know that scene from Ghost?
Starting point is 00:21:32 Yes. Where they're doing pottery together. I haven't seen that movie. It's a very sexy scene. I know that scene. You know the scene. Can it be like that with me and Hersha, but reading books and I'm explaining some albums? Like, you've got a hand in your hand and you trace the words.
Starting point is 00:21:47 I think you could get your arms around her. Even better. She could get her arms around him. She could get her hand around him. Nah, that's not true. She's not that big. Nah, I'm loving this woman. At least you can lean over her shoulder and just sweeten up.
Starting point is 00:22:05 Not sweeten up, but like, you know. But like that, Adam. Okay. Yes. I love this. Just some gentle having a good time with her and Edric. You do that. All right.
Starting point is 00:22:20 All right, all right, all right. She like shakes you off a little bit And gives you a weird look Rebuked As you discuss the raids that the drow did on your city Hey man Any opportunity for romance You don't know Any port in a storm
Starting point is 00:22:37 No just her That one specific port in a storm Okay So The map centers on your town. And then in different directions, there are different leads you can chase. To the north, about one day's travel, there's Invercoa Pathshine. Oh, God.
Starting point is 00:23:01 Yeah, write that one down. Invercoa Pathshine? Oh, no, sorry. Invercoa is not to the north. It's to the south a day. Okay. What's the terrain like there? It's basically where Elven territory and your territory start mixing.
Starting point is 00:23:16 So it's actually forested area, this specific part. Invacoa is a druid. And he has an enclave of druids that surround him and protect him. I'm a druid. I can fight druids. That's not how it works. Druid v. druid. Fire on fire.
Starting point is 00:23:32 He also, according to some reports, has living trees that help him and fight for him. Fighting a tree isn't hard. I've never done it, so you wouldn't know. You probably fought a tree. Let's be honest. I probably fought an actual tree. Yeah. That I'm mad at.
Starting point is 00:23:57 Yeah. Good. All right. That's one option. One day south is Invacoa. That's option A. Option A. Four days northwest is Hepedid.
Starting point is 00:24:11 Grand. Moonwanderer. Oh, my God. Who is the drow? The drow that attacked your village? Sweet revenge. You know Precious Little about him. Not many people like talking about drow just just because they don't like Drow,
Starting point is 00:24:25 and also because they're a little afraid of him. Fair enough. Yeah, that one's going to be a bit of a hard lead to track down. Even with the information you've got from the book, the Underdark, which is like the world beneath this world, is incredibly complex and layered upon layered. And so Even with the instructions you've been given,
Starting point is 00:24:47 you think it would be hard to traverse the Underdark. Okay, so that's option B. It's not a great one. I'm leaning towards A. Two Days East is Alpn... Al Nipper.
Starting point is 00:25:04 Al Nipper? Al Nipperip-er. Al-nipper? Al-nipper. Mm-hmm. Al-nipper shadow wing. Elven names. Al-nipper shadow wing. Adam, this is your world. Like, you've made these names.
Starting point is 00:25:17 You couldn't have picked John? That's stupid names for elves. Al-nipper. Al-nipper is an elven name. Alnipur Shadowwing. Yep. Yes, Alnipur Shadowwing. Yes, go on.
Starting point is 00:25:30 Is a elven paladin. Okay. He has a warband that have been, like, not harassing, but, like, they'll come upon or they'll, like, ride up against Nordic, like, soldiers. They specifically pick soldiers and just challenge them to fair combat. And they've been doing pretty well against that.
Starting point is 00:25:51 Yeah. And that's it. Those are our options. Those are the three, unless you wanted to track down the possibly cold tracks of Pabonet. Okay. That one is going to take you a while. You'd have to go back to Lockfort.
Starting point is 00:26:06 Well, Herja, what is the most pressing? Where would we be needed the best for us? The drow assassins has been harassing the town. So they're priority number one. Bring me his head, please.
Starting point is 00:26:22 Oh, okay. Yep, that's clear as bloody day. So the druids, what have they been doing? Have they been attacking us or are they just staying there? They're all harassing towns and villages. In Vakoa, the druid has been killing crops. Well, there's no crops, but killing crops stores. Okay.
Starting point is 00:26:42 Setting fire to them striking it like indirectly striking at the agricultural heart of hosfermo sure okay if we go after the druid it's quicker to get there it might be a tougher battle but they're not doing as an immediate threat against us if we go after the uh alnipa shadow wing this is east. That might help our soldiers, which would free them up if the drow attack or we head off to the drow directly. But we, of course, could get lost in the underdark. There's going to be a lot of potentially, yes. It's a good summary.
Starting point is 00:27:17 Thank you. So what do we want to do? Well. No. No, I had a thing. I was going to contribute and i was like this isn't going to help at all because it was just me giving dating advice so go on uh if we go after the druid uh again that will bolster the agriculture of our husk firmer however if we go after the uh paladin that might be enough to bolster our own forces if the drow do attack again.
Starting point is 00:27:47 That seems the best. Yeah, let's go take down the paladin. Is that what she wanted? She wants the drow. She wants the drow's head. But we can't go to the underworld because we're going to fuck it up. The drow has attacked us not as warriors but as families. What?
Starting point is 00:28:04 Eh? The drow did not target warriors. The drow targeted the weak, the old, the young. Okay, she's getting me all emotional. You're tugging at the heartstrings. Mystra's house was burnt. Oh, no. Is she okay?
Starting point is 00:28:20 Is Mystra all right? Yes. She's living with, says, like, just someone else around town. Okay. So if we can go after the paladin, do you have enough guard here to protect the village? I haven't enough troops to send away for this. Let's take on the drow.
Starting point is 00:28:37 That's the one downstairs. Mm-hmm. I picture it downstairs. My instincts would say if we try and take down the paladin, would that... What does your heart say, Adragan? I still think we should take down the paladin. I vote Drow! I'd like to vote the other one.
Starting point is 00:28:56 So Daniel has to choose. What is your vote, Daniel? Daniel... We tricked you into choosing for us. Daniel, uh... We tricked you into choosing for us. Daniel, uh, asks Herja about, like, who was, like, attacked and stuff like that. Herja goes over, like, when, uh, Mistra's place was burnt down. A couple places were burnt down, but Mistra's was one of them.
Starting point is 00:29:16 Uh, when Mistra's place was burnt down, they didn't find enough, like, they didn't find enough remains of some of the children to bury them. Uh, Daniel, like Daniel rips the table. The drow. I high-fived Daniel. He high-fives you back. They're all working with each other, correct? Loosely, yes.
Starting point is 00:29:36 They are in contact with each other, yes. I just don't think we should go to the drow straight away, half-cocked, without knowing what's in the Underdark. I've never been there. I don't know what's going on there. I don't know how to prepare for this. Do I know anything about the Underdark? Do I know anything?
Starting point is 00:29:56 No. Do I? No. Oh. And I'd like to confirm for Edric that you do not know either. I had said that. I say we take down Elnipa or we heal. Elnipa seems like he was like a fair fight.
Starting point is 00:30:15 We don't have to give him a fair fight. So if we can take him down and try and get as much information about the Underdark. Oh, sorry, her. Her. Elnipa is a her. Sorry. If we take her down, we might be able to get some information about the drow and the underdark. And from there, we can...
Starting point is 00:30:35 How far away is... It's northwest, and if we travel east... Okay. So, I still think paladin. I know your bloodlust. So I still think Paladin. I know your bloodlust. Both of you, Cassius and Daniel, seem to be wanting to go after the drow, but we don't know how long that will take.
Starting point is 00:30:54 How long will it take to deal with the Paladin? Two days there. If they're trying to fight soldiers, they might seek us out. You are probably like Edric. With your harassing and their harassing of you of this band, uh, you know enough about Alneper that like, it'll be a pretty straightforward,
Starting point is 00:31:12 you get there, you just like put out the word or put out the feelers like, hey, come fight us. He'll come fight you. She'll come fight you. Sorry. Fine.
Starting point is 00:31:22 You'll be fighting unicorns if you fight her. Oh, I'm sold. I'm sold. I'm sold. Let's go. Unicorns. Done. I'm going to guaranteed fight. I guess I'm sold Let's go Unicorns done I guess I'm in Who did we sell then Ali or Zilli We're going to both
Starting point is 00:31:34 Let's go We will do our best We'll take down Elnipa And from there We'll try and get word to you Somehow And from there we might try and get word to you somehow. And from there, we might try and go off to drow.
Starting point is 00:31:48 Message. Does that help? Do you have a message? Whisper the conversation at a distance. Does not travel far enough. I've got animal messenger. I can get a little snow hare to be like... Yo, Herjo. Why do you never pick a flying animal?
Starting point is 00:32:01 They did it. Smell. Smell. That's smell. No, snow hare. All right. Let's head off then. Why waste time?
Starting point is 00:32:08 All right. Do we need any resupplies? Potions. Potions. If you want. If you pick up rations, you won't have to like slow yourself down hunting for food. Yeah. I think that was my choice last time anyway.
Starting point is 00:32:19 Any chance I can. It's five silver for a day's worth of rations. Can we go off to Mistra and see if she's got any potions? Let's go up to Mystra and see how she's doing. I've got that bindle. I'm going to go to Mystra, and I'm going to tell her of Zilli and how great she was in those crypts. Thank you.
Starting point is 00:32:38 Because she just took point. Thank you. Well done. What a champion. What a legitimate champion. Will Zilli's charm person spell come back to bite her? Find out next time on Husk Firm of Pride A D&D is for Nerds adventure
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