High Rollers DnD - D&D in D&D (Part 2) | High Rollers: Aerois Christmas Special 2021

Episode Date: December 16, 2021

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Pickaxe. You all return to the table that Rosemary has prepared. You've all had snacks and drinks and everything else. This apple pie, actually this apple crumble is lovely. Oh, glad you like it. Considering you can't, you know, taste any of these things. Howard's been teaching me about ratios. See, taste is, when something tastes nice, it means you've got

the right amount of sugar and apples in there. So if I just follow what Howard tells me, it should taste okay. Howard's a great teacher. And you're a great student. Thank you. I love it. Well, eat up as there's loads. Would you like the warm bowl? Yes, I would. There it is. It's still a bit of crummies in there.

There you go. So nice. How is everybody else's heroist characters feeling? That's what Ayla's been doing. She's been drawing a lot of... With a shovel. I drew Ayla killing Starbane with a shovel. And she wrote

Starpoo instead of Starbane because... Nice. Your art is really coming along in leaps and bounds, Ayla. I'm so proud of you. I think so. Did you see the dead goblins? I did, yes. Oh, they're really good. Yeah.

That looks a bit like Smeek. Did you kill Smeek? I didn't kill him, but he's very dead. It's a Christmas miracle. It's a Christmas miracle. Smeek's dead. He's very dead. How's Quill doing? I'm like going over the numbers. I'm like, stamina plus four.

Wait, so what's my stamina if I have plus four stamina? Stamina plus four? Rosemary's like, it's your body. What's your body die? Four bodies. So four plus four, so it's eight. I have eight stamina bodies. Lovely.

That's twice as much as me. Stamina points. And I already lost all of mine. Oh, yeah, you have zero stamina bodies. Lovely. That's twice as much as me. Stamina points. And I already lost all of mine. Oh, yeah, you have zero body stamina. I have three now. You have three now, yes, because Quasar had some lovely baked treats, and you had a...

But I think that maybe because you had to rest, a few, like, maybe a couple of an hour or two hours has gone by, and so it's approaching the afternoon. Okay. So you've spent some time. It's not getting dark yet. It's not getting dark yet. It's not getting dark yet.

Could I, in that time, have a conversation with Matthew, just figuring out our rota for next week, because I really don't want to work too many hours. Yeah, that's fair. If that makes sense. Yeah. I'd like to clock off a little bit earlier next week, if possible. As long as it doesn't go into the dark, then I'm okay.

If it's during the day, then that should be okay. Okay. That's fine. Dargol would like to speak to Matthew and say, I would like to take my son out to the party next Thursday. We're going to a party? We're going to a party. Oh, exciting.

Seriously? Yes. And he can't work on... Is this a business meeting or is it actually just a party? Are you Lucius right now? Sorry. Yes, Althea says that. No, I think Lucius genuinely wants to go to a party.

Oh, no, I know Lucius does. Althea, I'm Althea. Oh, you're at here. He can't work on tomorrow. That's my father. You weren't supposed to tell him. It was a surprise party. Uh, oh, I'd like to cover it up, please.

Well, you've already said it now, I'm afraid. Now he knows. You've ruined the surprise party. That's so typical of you, husband. You ruin everything. Please don't argue in. That's so typical of you, husband! You ruin everything! Please don't argue in front of me! Why are you always kicking on my back? I can't handle the stress.

Anyway, so... You always argue! I hit them with a shovel. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, keep it together Rosamund keep it together it's just like that time so anyway the woods stretch out before you and

and the dark looming woods no they're not dark they're just normal woods and they loom before you but you know that somewhere in the center of the woods

to the west is this wizard's tower and you need to find it so that you can have a lovely festival and see the stars for the Stargarden winter festival that's the festival I was talking stars for the Stargarden Winter Festival.

That's the festival I was talking about. That's the party. There's no other party. Oh, yes, because he's trying to trick me. But I know because Mum already said that you ruined it. Oh, well done. This is my fault? You're going to pin this on me?

I covered it up with the festival thing. That's right. I think Matthew's going to cover my hours when you take me to the surprise party. No surprise. Which you spoiled for me. I didn't... I... I am so confused. Thanks, Matthew. That's okay.

Also, I hope you're not dead. I think I... no, I've had some lovely baked goods from Quasar, so I'm okay. Great. Please don't die, because I need that time with my dad. I will try not to so you can not work tomorrow thank you not just your dad but your mum as well absolutely thank you mum

where are we? you're on the other side of the river and the woods are in front of you before you and the wizard's tower is somewhere in those woods I would like to say as Dargol let's go. Okay! Oh you should climb a tree.

Oh yeah do I know the way? Well you you yeah there are plenty of trees but maybe climbing a tree will help you get a better vantage point to find your way. Oh Dad! Climb on my head! I would like to climb on his head. Okay, and I'll climb the tree. Yes, I'm helping him up. All right, well, I'll make it easier because RV is helping you, but this is going to be

your body die because it's climbing, but because you're so good at climbing with your talent, you get to roll your talent as well. He's very, very good at climbing. D4 and D6. You should see my dad climbing, Matthew. It's extraordinary. I'm excited. I mean, we're about to. D6. You should see my dad climbing, Matthew. It's extraordinary. I'm excited. I mean, we're about to.

We're about to. We are about to. You might want to draw this. I'll stand back so something doesn't happen to me so you can have your day off. Yes, do not die. Okay. Because it's important. Okay, I'll stand back.

Watch this. Six. Six. That's great. Yeah, so Dargo climbs up onto our via and then up onto a tree. And you scramble up. Wow. And climbing up into the branches.

And you get a great vantage point looking across the tree. And you think you can see in the distance, maybe a couple of hours travel by foot, you can see just the tip of a stone tower. And you're pretty sure you're going to know the way. But you also see, because you did so well, that further down the road you can see what appear to be

three strange bark covered creatures who appear to be throwing rocks at each other and hitting each other with sticks. And they are on the path that leads to the tower. Now how does this work? Do I have to... do I have to say what

you just said to me? Does everyone else know this? Oh nobody else knows that except your character. Well I know it because you just said it. No but your characters don't know it because you weren't up the tree and didn't see it. So you have to pretend that your characters don't know what I just said and wait for Quill's character to tell you what he's seen. What does that mean, Nova? Oh, I wasn't paying attention. I was working out.

Hey, everybody. I'm in a tree right now. You did a really good job. Look how high you are. Oh, I'm so high up right now. I see the tip of a stone tower in the distance, like she said earlier. Yes. And also I see three...

Sorry? Did you say something? No, you speak, Dad. Sorry, you go first. Oh, three bark creatures in the distance, too. With sticks. With the sticks. With the sticks, sorry, yeah. Okay, that's fine. I'm in a tree.

You are, Dad. Look at you, Dad. I'm in a tree. You are, Dad. Look at you, Dad! I'd like to get down from the tree. Okay, I won't make you do a roll for that because I think that's easier than going up. I do a roll. I roll out the tree. Rolling the dice.

Oh, I'd like to not roll out the tree. That's okay, yeah, you do that. I land, he catches me. Okay, sure. Yes, I catch him. Okay, great. Okay. Sure. Yes, I catch him. Okay. Great. Father.

Son. I place him on the floor. Okay. How tall am I? You're a dwarf, so you're probably not super tall. Is he much taller than me? I think he probably would be. Because I'm very tall.

I'm so tall I bump my heads on things. I'm halfway between you both. Yeah. Oh, nice. He inherited that from me. That's right. My son. My mother. I'm so proud of you.

Mummy, mum, mum, mum. Sonny, son, son. This is us and you're my dad. I love my family so much. This is so sweet. Don't die Matthew. I'll try not to. Stay alive.

I'll try. Don't tear this family apart Matthew. I'll try. I need those hours to. Stay alive. I'm trying. Don't tear this family apart Matthew. I'm trying. I need those hours back. There's a lot of pressure on Matthew. So Matthew and Raya, what do you guys want to do? Um, we should probably stay well away from the bug people so Matthew doesn't die. Very smart. That's very smart. I didn't think of that. Well if you want to try and sneak past them you can try and sneak past

them. Okay. But that means everybody has to make a roll. Oh. Okay. Okay. I can make rolls. If everyone wants to. As in like bread rolls. As a baker I can make bread rolls. Uh huh. I was on like bread rolls. As a baker, I can make bread rolls. Uh-huh. I'm talking about rolling the dice. Oh! So when I say make a roll, this is going to be your body because it's physical, it's sneaking. But Matthew, you get to use your stealthy talent.

Yeah. So you get to roll that. Okay. And everybody has to make a body roll to be stealthy. Okay. Now, if you think that your job or if you think that any of your talents would apply, you can make a case for that. I got eight. Okay.

So that's a success for Uriah. I win. What did... How stealthy is a horse and cart? Well, that depends on how well you roll. Uh-huh. Three. Three. Okay, that's a failure, unfortunately.

I only have four. So the horse and cart, that's unfortunately, it's just not, you're not very good at it. The horse and cart is making lots of noise, but we have one success, one failure. Quasar. I have a rolling pin. Uh-huh. Talking about dice rolls. It's got the word roll in it.

Uh-huh. Dice roll. Roll the dice. Two. It's got the word roll in it. Uh-huh, dice roll. Roll the dice. Two. That's a failure. What about Arvia? I got a five. A five, that's a- And also, I can do stationary, which means any time they look at me, I'm going to be very still.

Okay, do you wanna roll that one now as well and see if you get higher? Yes, I would. Okay. I got a four. Well, that's the maximum on the dice. So now you get to roll a six-sided dice and see if you get any higher. I got a five.

Okay, so you got a five on both. That's good, that's a success. So we have two failures and two successes. They aren't failures. Sorry, Rosemary, they're not failures, are they? Right? They're not, they're not, no, they, they failed at being sneaky, but they're not failures as people.

No, because they would never disappoint me. Sentry is not sneaky a lot of the time, but we think that she's great. So I think that it's probably okay, right? Yeah. Anyway, Matthew, what did you get? I got a five. Okay. In that case, between all of you, yeah, you are, even though Quasar and Dargal do make a little bit of noise, the rest of you manage to help your friends, and you tiptoe through the woods, and you're sneaky.

Not friends. Family. Okay. Husband. It's getting a little weird. And you sneak your way, and you can see these three creatures. And now that you get closer to them, you can see that these are wood trolls. And they're covered in bark and moss.

And they pick up a rock and one of them throws the rock at another one. And it hits them in the chest and they go, And then they pick up the rock and they throw it to another one of their friends oh and then they get hit and they seem to be throwing this rock between at each other um and but they don't notice you um and you can sneak by if you'd like can we hit them because i have a shovel i'm not sure that i can hit them because then matthew's going to be spotted and he's going to die but But I'd hate them before they... There's three of them, though. Oh, Rory's mellow.

So I know that in real life, wood trolls, when they do this with the rock and the stick, it's actually a game and it's kind of like a bonding exercise. But then would I know that? That's really weird because wood trolls aren't a thing in a rowus,

but they are in this game. But that is actually exactly what they're doing in the game. Well, they're just a similar kind of troll. But would my character know that if I know that in real life? No. But you could make a roll to see if you know that as your character. What kind of roll would that be? That'd be mind.

Bread roll, okay. Four. Oh, so that's the maximum. So you get to try it with a d6 and see if you get higher. Six. You get to roll a d8 and see if you get higher. Eight! You get to roll a 10 and see if you get higher.

Seven. Oh, eight was the highest. That was amazing, Nova! That was good! But yeah, so your character, so Quasar does know that these are wood trolls and that they're playing a game. But obviously being wood trolls, they're very, very strong and they don't know how much stronger they are. So if you were to play the game with them, it might be quite painful, but that would be a great way to become friends with them. Okay.

Uh... Uh... Ahem... Ahem... Uh... S-son and husband. become friends with them. Okay. Son and husband. Yes. These are wood trolls. Yes. And they are playing a game.

A fun game. But the problem with wood trolls is they don't know how strong they are. You know like that child, that girl from down the road. Yes. And sometimes she hits you a bit too hard. She doesn't know how strong she child, that girl from down the road. Yes. And sometimes she hits you a bit too hard. She doesn't know how strong she is but she's playing you. Was that in the jousting tournament? No, I'm talking about in the Rose Meadows game.

Oh, right. Well, I've not, Rosamund's not introduced that character. I was expanding the lore. Oh, I see. I didn't read your backstory. No, I should have. Do you remember at that time you played with wood trolls? No, no, no, no. Do I remember that? I'm expanding.

Oh. I guess you do. Yeah, sure. And you made friends with... I need to check the rules. You made friends with three wood trolls, and they looked just like those ones. Do you remember that? Oh, yes.

That's right. And these are my best friends. They're best friends. Oh, okay. I think you have to spend friendship points to do this, but... Okay, no, we'll say... Yeah, no, I don't want to say no. So, yes.

Yeah, yeah, they're your friends. And you know that these friends, they have names. They're called Merc, Berk, and Gerk. Well, I stand proudly in front of my friends, and I say, hello, friends, who are trolls. Not that that matters. No? It's fine.

I don't need... I am Arvaia. Yeah. And you are my friends! They look over at you and they they kind of grunt, they go Friend! And they point at you Yes! But that means

that they're gonna play with you Arvia, so can you roll a body die for me? Oh no, be careful! Wait! It's your birthday tomorrow! It is, I got a five. Oh, I rolled... I could be very still.

I don't... You could roll that, but I don't think it's going to help you. Can I take his place so he gets a birthday tomorrow? No, no, because this is... He already said he was doing this. So you got a five. So you're going to take three points of stamina damage because they throw their big rock at you thinking that you're... Because you're their friend, they're going to play with you. And they throw this big heavy rock and it hits your chest.

I should know better. You should know that I'm not as strong as you because we're friends. We've gone back years. Why don't you roll heart? And because you're being quite forceful, because you're a guard, you can re-roll this if it's low. Oh, okay. Five.

Do you want to? You can re-roll it and see if you get higher. I'd like to re-roll it. Of course. If not, you have a five. Six. Six. Okay, so I think with a six they kind of realise their mistake. Why would you do this to me? Because trolls aren't very smart, and so they go, oh, sorry. Well, Girk, I know you're like this. I can't believe you

throw that in front of Burke. Burke would never throw that to me. Burke, no. Burke told you not throw. Girk, me bad. Sorry. Oh, poor friend. All right. And they pat you on the head. Have you met my parents before?

I think we used to play together, but this is my mother, and this is my father, Dagon. Dargle. Hello, I'm Dargle. We trolls. I can see that. We trolls.

I'm trying to get the voice right. Once you get to know them, they're very nice trolls. I don't get to hit them with the shovel? No. We hit. Play a game. You want hit?

I don't get to hit them with the shovel, though. They come over to a ryer and they kind of tap their chest. Bam, bam, bam. And then they say, play. You hit. We hit. I hit. You hit. I hit. You hit.

I hit. Okay, so you roll the body die. Okay. And then I'll roll their body, but they're very strong, so they get a bonus. Oh, dear. No, you should roll. It'll be fine. What does that mean?

It's fine. Oh, no. Can I use lucky? Yes, you can use that four times. You can only use that three more times. Oh, I only got three. Use lucky again. Oh. I could use lucky? Yes, you can use that four times. You can only use that three more times. Oh, I only got three. Use lucky again. Oh.

I could use lucky again. You can only use it once per roll. Oh. That's in the book. Oh, well, I didn't know that. That's in the rule book. Okay, so you hit them, and it seems to just kind of bounce off their chest. You hit them as hard as you can with the shovel, and he goes,

ha-ha, tickles! And then they hit you back. And so you need to roll your body die again. Oh no. Be careful. Oh, it's cocked. What does that mean? Three. Are you lucky? Yeah, this is a

different roll. No. Oh. So three was the highest. Oh dear. You take nine points of stamina damage. Oh, I died. No, no, you're not dead. They just knock you out. Yeah, I died. So you hit them with a shovel. Am I done now?

No, no, no, no, no. You can rest and come back, but it's just you're knocked unconscious. The troll says something like, ah, you hit good, and then they hit you with a stick, and it knocks you out. Because they're strong. I rolled really high, I didn't mean to roll that high. We're trying to go on an adventure here. I know, I know, but I used their stats from, oh, sorry. This is our father speaking to Gurg.

Why would you do that? Play, play a game. That's not play, that's speaking to Kirk. Why would you do that? Play! Play a game! No, that's not play. That's knocking somebody out. But... So why out? Small one hit Burke. Burke hit back. Game. Too strong.

We help carry friend. Where go? You can leave me. I will doodle. No, no, no. We can bring you back just like with Matthew. Quasar! I got any snacks? Yeah, I've got three more snacks.

Quasar, my love, feed her. Yes! Okay, so... That was weird. It's part of the character. It was lovely. I liked that. I don't really feel comfortable with it. Well, if it makes Lucius happy, like...

Is this what it feels like to be one of you guys? What? When you get knocked over. You guys do get knocked over a lot. Yes, it's, um... I mean... It's not as nice as that. But I can still talk to you because it's not really me that got hit.

Yeah, exactly. So, Quasar, you can use one of your baked treats. I will do. And then you can regain three points of stamina. So you have three points instead of zero. Okay. Okay. So, but the trolls pick up Oriah,

and they'll carry Oriah until she's better. But they say to the rest of you, where go? Oh, we would like to go to the wizard's tower to buy a spell, please. Wizard? Yeah. We know wizard. We please. Wizard? Yeah.

We know wizard. We take. Wow. Wizard not like trolls though. Oh it's okay. Oh it's okay. I have money. Okay.

I'll buy it. Okay. The scroll spell. The spell scroll. From the wizard. The. The scroll spell. The spell scroll. From the wizard. The trolls look very confused. Uh, what, how is he different? Wizard like tower.

Trolls break tower sometime. By accident. So wizards don't like you? Yeah. We, you can just can just leave us. We okay? You no want me show way? Point. That way.

Okay, I saw it from the tree. I was up in a tree and I saw it in the distance. Cool. Just beyond where you were and now I just need to keep going because I'm... Okay. I have a horse and cart so I can just okay I know the way don't follow us because if the wizard sees you he probably doesn't get on with you if you keep breaking towers by accident it doesn't matter accident friend accident yeah no you almost killed her no book over airship accident. No, no.

I really feel like I'm getting into this character. Anyway, so the trolls will leave you alone if you want them to, and then they'll point in the direction of the tower. Great. Is the wizard going to be mad at me because I am best friends with these trolls? You don't know until you meet them. He wouldn't know, though. He wouldn't know unless you stole the secret.

Because he doesn't know you, because we don't know him, so he doesn't know you. Yes, but the wizard could be like, I don't want to say it, because obviously it's not in this world, but you know, the big S, and constantly monitoring and looking for them.

Why, Starbane's in this game. No, no, no, no, I wouldn't put no, no, no. We don't have Stinky Starman. This wizard could be snooping on us this whole time. Maybe from birth. I think it's a part of the game. Maybe he's seen me talking to trolls. I think it's a part of the game where we expand the universe anyway.

So, hey, son, do you remember that time you made friends with that wizard over there? I do. And he knows you so well and said to you one day, What's your name? Arvia, next time you need a spell scroll, I'll give it to you for free. Oh, this isn't in the adventure. It's all suddenly coming back to me now. He was really kind and we had him over for dinner that one time.

Yeah, that's right. I invited him to your party too. Aria, I'm sorry! No! Okay, yeah. No, that's right. I invited him to your party, too. Oriah! I'm sorry! No! Okay. Yeah. No, that's fine. Yep. Is that how this game works? I don't think so,

but I don't want to say no because I want you all to have fun. Oh. So, yes. Look over there. Look over there. He is.

Oh, would you look at that? And he has a sword that he will give to Oriah. Oh! But as you approach, Oh, would you look at that. And he has a sword that he will give to Uriah. Oh! But as you approach, it's just an illusion of the wizard. I thought you said it wasn't magic. He can't see magic.

He can't see magic. I can't see magic. So you did see it, yes. Oh. And the illusion says to everyone that can see them, and it's a little halfling man wizard, and he says, and you would know if you were friends with him, you would know that this is Howard the Marvelous, and Howard says...

We know him. Oh, hang on. How would I do his voice? Ear by gum. Hello. It's me, Howard. Wow, it's just like how it's here and oh my friend I'm trapped in my tower an evil spirit has trapped me inside you should come and help me and I'll I'll be very

grateful oh well it just so happens that I'm best friends with this spirit, and I just need to ask him to leave, because... Well, that's good. Come to the tower and say that. Well, it just so happens... Can I hear magic? We did say that you could only not see magic, didn't we? Yes.

So I guess you can, yeah. Okay, I, uh, scream. Okay. Because I have no idea what this is. Yes, that's true, yeah. Dargol screams. Ah, in Savonin. Okay.

Darg... he screams. Oh, um... Um, oh, ah, um... That probably wakes Eryra. Ah, you're welcome. You're awake now. Oh, um... Oh, uh, um... That probably wakes Arira. Oh, you're welcome. You're awake now. Oh! I didn't know I wasn't. Sorry, I've not passed out before.

I've not passed out before. You have technically once, nearly. That was our fee. Not properly. It looks like my husband's having one of his funny turns. Oh, it's, Mother, because Father cannot see the illusion, because he cannot see magic. I'm so terrified right now, because I cannot see where this illusion is coming from, but I can hear it. That's the point. Because your quirk is causing you problems, you do get another friendship gem. See, I know how to play this game.

Oh, well... The illusion is just over there. Oh, you're right. Not that you can see it, but I'm just... that's where it currently is. Why don't we go to the tower? Oh. Because it's there. The spirit is... oh, so bad. Please come and help me, friends.

Because Howard's there. We know Howard. I would never be friends with an evil spirit that hurts Howard the Magnificent. He's also my friend. Something has happened that has made that so. Please come help. Right. Well, we should get to it. Yeah, we go help. We should go and help. Go and help. Okay. Wow, look should get to it. We, yeah, we go help. Go and help. Go and help.

Okay. Wow, look what I found. Swords and armor. Well, where would- That's good, yeah. There's no reason that you would be able to find them here, though, Quill. I don't understand this game. Well, there has to be a reason, like, if it's, it's, you know, you're in the middle of a woods, why would you just find weapons and armor and things?

Like, it's gotta be in, a chest or something, maybe. Lookie! We could find one. You can look for things. Can you, like, look for things? Yes, in fact, you would have to make a roll to find a chest in the woods. I think we should all help her. I can help.

I have gems. I don't have any more gems. No, it's just we all look at the same time. And if she can't find it, then someone else rolls. Okay. Mm-hmm. I guess that works, yeah. Okay.

I can help find things with that. If you'd like to spend the gem, you can. Okay. Yeah. So if I give you gem... That's a reroll. So you can wait until she rolls and then if she needs to. So that's going to be mined.

And because you've got your talent for looking for things, that's a d4. So that's like an extra chance. An extra d4. You're rolling both and you're going to take whichever one's higher. So the d4 is like an extra chance to succeed. A seven and a three. Okay, and then you guys said you were going to help, right? Yes.

Okay. Well, I guess that means you find a chest in the woods. Wow. I guess. Oh, I will roll to see what's in the chest. Okay. Oh, no, I said it was a sword and a shield. Oh, but because it's equipment, I can roll for it to see what is there.

Oh, okay. But we know. Ten, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Does it matter that Sentry said that she was looking for a chest with sword and armor in it? No, it's just she's found a chest. Inside you do find a helmet, like a metal helmet. I have one of those.

Would you like the spare? Who would like a spare? I want a helmet. There you go. I already have a helmet too. Thank you. Because I'm a god. Okay. have a helmet too. Thank you. Because I'm a god.

There's nothing there. I guess not. That's what I rolled, so that's what you find. No, I know, but she handed you nothing. I handed her nothing. There was nothing in my hands. But that's it, you're roleplaying! I thought she was going to actually give me a helmet. I wanted a helmet. I saw that.

Is it like it was there? Yeah, and then I handed it to her. Is it like it was there? Yeah! And then I handed it to her. What did it look like? What did it look like? It was like silver and it had a thing in the middle that covers up her nose. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah. And it had like little spikies on the head. Spin it. Oh! Did you see? That's the magic of this game, isn't it? It's amazing! It's amazing!

I did it. So you have a helmet. Those of you who have helmets, the guards have this as well. If you get hurt by a physical thing, then you take one less stamina point. Okay. But only if you get hurt by something like those trolls, if you were wearing a helmet or armor, that would have helped. Oh, I was wearing a helmet this whole time.

Oh, then you have one extra stamina then, because you would have lost one less. Should I redo all my lines? No, no, no one extra stamina then. Right. Because you would have lost one less. Should I redo all my lines? No, no, no, no. It's fine. We can just pretend. Well, I feel like I should muffle my voice because if I'm wearing a helmet... Well, a helmet doesn't have to cover the mouth. Well, my one does.

Okay. Well, from now on, you can muffle your voice. I will. Okay. I'm going to make it very hard for anyone to hear me. So anyway, you guys make your way towards the tower. And... Oh, as you begin to approach the stone tower, you see that the area of woods is covered in beautiful moon tulips,

which appear a pale white. At night, these flowers glow brightly. The tower, however, is surrounded by a thick wall with thorny hedges, as the wizard wants to keep pesky beasts and creatures like wood trolls away. And so you arrive at the tower, and it's got this big wall around it, and you see these beautiful flowers. But yeah, to get to the tower, you have to get past this hedge wall. What would you like to do?

Well, it's not night time yet. Not yet. It's getting later in the afternoon. We don't want that, do we? Because then Matthew will go... Exactly. I get scared at night. Very scared. I'm just going to shout as loud as I can.

Howard, your best friend, Arvaya, is here. Okay. And you should just remove all these thorns right now so that we can come in and help. Okay. Oh, you hear a raspy voice come from the tower within no begun this this wizard is mine i will take his power oh is that the evil spirit that's also my best friend um yes it it is Arvia, hello.

Hello, evil spirit. Could you please not? I need this power, um, to live. Well, you know that Howard the Magnificent's also my best friend. I regret that situation, but still, I must consume their magic to survive That's really affecting our friendship right now evil spirit. I'm sorry Can you not understand my position? No. Well, I also brought my mother and my father Hello, and I don't want to make a bad impression that I'm making bad friends you could find another source of

Magic for me to consume. Well, you know that my father can't see magic, so I think that's quite offensive. My feelings are hurt right now. Why don't you make a roll? Make this a heart... Well, I guess it's

heart. You're being quite mean, but I guess it's heart. The evil spirit, who's meant to be my best friend, is troubling Howard. Howard is also my friend. I guess so. Okay. Well, just roll the dice and we'll see what you get.

Heart. Eight. Oh, that's the maximum. You get to roll the next dice size up. What size is that? This was going to be a really hard check. No, no, that's a 12. This is a 10.

Oh, that is a 10. That's right. Oh, I corrected Nova. I know. It happens, you know. 12. This is a 10. Oh, that is a 10. That's right. Oh, I corrected Nova. I know, it happens, you know. And Chris Trott corrected Kim. I got a 9. Oh, that's just what you needed. The spirit says, you are so right, my friend.

Oh, I regret these things I've done. Woe is me. I will release your friend Howard now. I always knew you had a kind heart, evil spirit, and that's why we became friends in the first place. Indeed, indeed. And then the tower pulses with magic and a big flash of magic appears through the tower. And then another voice, Howard's voice. appears through the tower, and then another voice, Howard's voice, What? Hello there! I will bring down the hedges so you can come inside for tea and biscuits. And then the hedges, a big opening appears in the hedge, and you can step through,

and there he is stood in the doorway with the evil spirit, which is this ghostly, wispy black figure stood beside him And they welcome you inside. Oh Do I bang my head on the door as we go in? You do. Yes. Take a point of stamina Okay, and here's a friendship gem Does she bleed? Maybe I should roll yes oh

I uh have a quirk I don't like blood you faint have a friendship gem is the castle dark uh not yet

okay but maybe soon soon okay oh is the spirit magical I guess it is I can't see him friendship okay

I guess I guess you get the gem. Quick, Aelon, what's your... The spirit's dumb and I hate him. I'm blunt. Yep. Thank you. I guess that works. You've got two now.

That's a lot more. See? You... I guess... Mm-hmm. So you're in the tower and Hauer the wizard says... Hello, Hauer.

How can I help you, good friend Arvia and other friends and family? Last we met, you said that you would give us the next spell scroll for free. And here we are. We need a spell scroll. I guess I did. Oh, but it's somewhere in my tower and I don't know where it is. You'll have to help me search for it. Well, that seems silly to not know where it is in your tower, Blunt. You can only have three of these at a time.

Oh, I win then! I win, I got three. She did it! Yes, she's won. Well done, everybody. Oh, right. Is that it? Ayla's won.

Because you haven't saved the festival. You've got to get the scroll and head back to the festival. Yes, but now you're all here, you can help me search my tower to find the scroll. So why don't you all make a mind dice roll and then if you get enough successes you can find it. One! Okay, that's a failure. Did Harold say that? Howard. Howard say that.

I got a five! That's a success. Does that mean that within this world, they're aware that they are rolling mind dice? No, Howard didn't say the rolling mind dice. Howard said the thing about the scroll not being able to be found. I'm saying that as Rosemeadow that you have to make the roll. Right, I just want to clear up the... No, you don't know that you're mind dice. Howard said the thing about the scroll not being able to be found. I'm saying that as Rosemeadow. Right. I just want to clear up the law. No, you don't know that you're rolling dice. These are to represent the whims of fate and chance. Oh, in that case, I say to Howard, I'm going to roll a mind dice. Okay. Six. That's a success.

Hey. Okay. I got a one. Oh, no. so that's two successes and two failures. So Matthew. I got a four. That is quite no this is gonna be that's not enough You would need to be able to you could use a friendship token to reroll that dice if you have one Oh, well, if somebody else has one they can spend one. I have three. I have loads. Oh, you can have one of mine because I already won. Okay, so you can spend one to reroll it. Yeah. You can have one of mine because I already won. Okay. So you can spend one to re-roll it.

Yeah. A one. Oh, my God. Oh, do you want another one? Well, if you spend two, you can make it with a better dice. Yeah. Okay. So you can roll the ten-sided dice now.

There, okay. Thank you. See, I won, so I can give them away. A nine. Oh, that's a success. Yay. So by working together with Howard and the evil spirit, and you are working together, you pour through Howard's wizard tower,

looking at all different books and scrolls and all these different things until eventually you pull out one, and Howard says, that's it. That's my weather-clearing scroll. Wow. And as I promised, Dagus, you can have that one for free.

Well, thank you. For helping free me from the evil spirit too. What a favour I owe you. Thank you, Howard. Also, there's three trolls outside who want to say sorry for hitting your tower. I will speak to them later, those pesky trolls. Oh, they're lovable folks, but they do wreck my tower or something rotten. Well, they wanted to say sorry, and also I wanted to say thank you. Thank you. Thank you!

No, thank you. Yes. But you should be rushing back to the festival, because it's nearly night time and it will be starting soon. Oh no! And when you look outside the sun is beginning to set and you know that you have to trek through the woods and you have to cross the river once again.

But it's becoming night time. It's becoming night time. And then Matthew's going to die. I'm going to get very scared. You're going to get very scared, but it's not dark yet. Okay. Okay, we need to rush back as soon as we can. Howard, do you know any transportation spells?

I don't know. Well, I remember that you do. Remember that time you turned my horse into seven horses? Oh, you've just reminded me of that time I cast multiple horses spell. Yeah. I'll do it again. Of that time I cast multiple horses. I'll do it again. And Howard goes outside and he waves his hands and your horse becomes six horses. Six? That's weaker than before, Howard.

It was seven before. Okay, I guess it's seven then. Well done, Howard. Just as powerful as I remember you can be. That's me. Best you rush on back for the festival. Wow. This game is easy. Now you two get along, because you're both my best friends, evil spirit and Howard.

We will, yes. We will work together now. Howard will help me find another way to feed on magic. Don't suck his soul now, spirit, that I cannot see. It's friendship. I can't see. Well, you've already had that, because you've spirit, that I cannot see. It's friendship. I can't see. Well, you've already had that, Harry, because you've already... I know, I tried to talk to the spirit, but I can't see him. But it's not every time.

Not every time. If he needs feeding and he's hungry, can I give him some donuts? I've got two more baked goods. Sure, yeah, of course you can. Yeah, you give him some lovely donuts. Here you go, friends of my son, Howard. Oh, Howard's like, thank you very much. I'll take these.

The spirit says, oh, I would love one of these, but sugary treats are too, and he points at his wispy form. I should stay far. I use no refined sugar, so it's fine. Oh, I guess that's fine then. And then they happily eat the donuts as they wave goodbye.

Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. And you have horses now. So you quickly make your way back through the woods. But then you get to the river and that bridge is still broken. Oh.

Wow. And it's now nighttime. So, Matthew, it's all scary. But you can have a friendship, Jen, because it's nighttime. I'm scared. And that's going to make it harder for you to do any of your rolls, your dice rolls. So the log from earlier, is that still there? No, it's floated away! Oh no!

How far? 180 miles. That's so far! That's ridiculous. That's quite fast. And also quite specific. I'm looking at the table so close! I'm looking at the table so close!

I'm looking at the table so close! I'm looking at the table so close! I'm looking at the table so close! I'm looking at the table so close! I'm looking at the table so close! I'm looking at the table so close! 180 miles. That's so far. That's ridiculous. That's quite fast. And also quite specific. I'm looking at the table. This is my first time, so I'm just going by one of the great places. You're doing great, Rosemary. I keep on, it was you, Rosemary.

I feel so immersed. I thought you were Howard. Okay, good. But yes, you have to cross the bridge and it's nighttime and it's nearly time for the stargazing and launching the lanterns. What are you going to do? At the speed that the log is going and the time that we've been gone, we could wait here maybe ten minutes and it'll go all the way around Arois and back to us again. You can play Frogger!

Are there going to be more logs? Yes, there are going to be war logs? Yes, there are going to be war logs. We're going to play Frogger, aren't we? Okay, well, I guess then everybody make a body dice roll to see if you can jump across the river. Can I dance? Yes, you can use your dancing like you did before. I rolled a nine.

A nine, that's good. That's a success. Can I use two friendship points to upgrade my dice? I only have a four. Yes, you can make it a d6, but you have to spend the points. There you go. I got an eight and a one. An eight and a one, eight's a success. I'm going to use my friendship dice, because I only got a two. Okay, that's great. What did you get, Quill?

I got a four. A four? Okay. Oh, that's a one. That's still not very good. Okay, and then what does Matthew get? Matthew got a four. A four? Okay. Oh, that's a one. It's still not very good. Okay, and then what does Matthew get? Matthew got a two. And Quasar. A two? Oh no! But does... he said it makes things difficult at night. Does that mean... Oh, I would normally make your dice lower, but that's the lowest dice you can have.

So you're just already scared and it's hard for you to jump across? What did Quasar get? I said I got eight. Eight. Okay, sorry. There's a lot of people talking at once. No, that's fair. That's fair.

They do do a lot. Okay. And then we got a four. So Oriah and Quasar both managed to jump across all these different logs and lily pads. Dance across. As they come swishing by, you jump across the logs and the lily pads and you get to the other side. But the rest of you, so Dagus, you manage to get across, but you go quite slowly, and you do get a little bit wet. So that's two stamina points.

Oh, okay. But Matthew and Arvia, unless the others do something to help you, you're going to fall into the icy river again. Well, of course I'm going to help my son. How would you want to help you, you're going to fall into the icy river again. Well, of course I'm going to help my son. How would you want to help them? Um, can I, can I, can I, can I create a beat so that he can dance across as well? Because maybe he's learnt from my feisty dance moves. Um, sure, I guess that's okay. Yep.

Well, that's awakening a very happy memory of when we used to do dance class together. And I had only just forgotten about that log jumping dance that we learned for my fifth birthday. And it's all coming back now that you're doing that same bit. You can roll body again, I guess. Right. You can re-roll another time. Four. Okay.

So you do get a little bit wet, just like Dagus did. But that's going to be two stamina points that you lose. Okay. But what about Matthew? that's going to be two stamina points that you lose. Okay. But what about Matthew? Is anyone going to help Matthew? I can give Matthew the end of the shovel. Okay. You can re-roll again, Matthew, if you like, because Oriah is helping. Oh, thank you! Give you the handle. thank you. A two.

Matthew takes another four points of stamina damage. Matthew is unconscious. He's not dead. You're not dead. You can't die. You can't die in the game. But yeah, unfortunately, Matthew is soaked by the icy cold waters and falls unconscious again. In the river? Uh-huh.

The rate that the water is going, Matthew's gone. Well, it's 18 miles away. I did say that about the log, didn't I? This is the most powerful water I've ever seen. It goes 60 miles. 60 miles. Zoom. But it's okay because the... The bear, the bear, the bear.

The bear that you were trained to befriend earlier plucks you before you go downstream and drags you up onto the shore and is going to warm you up. Bear hug. It's going to bear hug and raises you as their bear son. And the rest of you, you make it back to town and you present the scroll to Mare Moonshirer and she uses her magic to clear away the skies and all the beautiful stars.

I can't see that friendship. Yes. And then you spend the evening making paper lanterns. Because Matthew's now been raised by a bear, I have to work extra hours so I can't see the lanterns. It's okay because there's another guard called Lucy who's just joined the guard and she's going to help take over those shifts. Hello Lucy! Hello! How are you? Very good, I'm looking forward to working together.

Wow, we shouldn't waste any time talking, you should get to work. Okay! I have to take today off. Okay! Enjoy the festival with your mum and dad! How did you know I had a mum and dad? Because everyone does! Not everyone. Okay, so you saved the festival and you all, that's it, that's the adventure! Yay!

Oh my god, did we win? You won! You won! And if we ever play again, you guys will level up so you'll be a different level and that means that you get to increase things like your talents and things like that. So I was a level one dwarf? Yes, you were leveled one merchant. Oh, what do I get when I level up?

So you get to make your talent one better. So if it was a D6, it goes up to a D8. I'm even better at climbing now. Yes. And also one of your three stats you get to make better. Okay. And that's it. That's stats you get to make better. Okay. And that's it. That's what you get for leveling up.

And Mayor Moonshimmer will give you all 20 gold each. Wow. For saving the festival. I have 90 gold now. Yay! And that's it. That's my game. That's Bakers and Bucks.

Wow, thank you, Rosemary. That's amazing. I'm sorry, I'm not a very good storyteller. I'm pretty sure I got a lot of the rules wrong. I'm pretty sure that you can't just make things up as players. We were having fun. That's what matters. Yay, maybe we can play again sometime.

We should, because it really helps forget about the real world for a moment, doesn't it? Until you say that, yes. And the looming threat of the Star-based forces. And of course we have to go to the Feywild soon so. Yes that's true you keep talking about that I don't know what that is or what's gonna happen. You're in for a treat. Oh brilliant, yay! Friends forever! Friendship dance for everyone! Oh, great. Oh, we get more? No, no, that was a joke. Oh, I'm sorry. And that, we fade out. Camera, pan out.

To you all playing and enjoying your evening. Holy crap. Dear God. Was that everything you wanted? Do you know what's fun? Like, being, you know, I guess I can say I'm a decent dungeon master. Playing a bad dungeon master is actually like Like I didn't cause Rosemeadow was never gonna be a mean dungeon master

So it's just basically like when Tom's found this loophole of like I'm just gonna make stuff up. I was like She would just say yes I'm a new player so I'm just like You're like yes This is how we play the game I guess. That was like a masterclass of how I imagine so many D&D games have actually gone for like people who don't know what they're doing. I'm like, so I can just make stuff up? Oh well, yeah I find a sword. Okay I guess so. Whereas you just tell us to shut up.

Yeah I'm just like, shut up, that's not how the game works. Shut up you fucking idiot um that was amazing it's not how you play dnd but it is how you play b and b yeah b and b i will say as well obviously anybody who's familiar with the game uh i based most of those rules on the excellent tales of equestria oh nice uh i've run this before it's the my little pony role-playing game but it's very very good for that kind of simple kind of of kid-friendly RPG kind of thing. Yeah, the actual using dice and then upgrading them to the next one. It's a really comprehensive little RPG, but it's very simple.

Obviously we took advantage of it a little bit. Yeah, of course, just a little. Friendship gem. Friendship gem! I can't see magic. Like another one. Gem please! You're an asshole!

Friendship gem. Gem please! Gem magic! Like another one! You're an asshole! Friendship jam! Jam please! Jam please! But yeah, that was it. Thanks guys. Amazing. That was great fun. Fun little Christmas special from the High Rollers team.

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