High Rollers DnD - High Rollers: A Rogue's Gambit #8 |The Drow Who Loved Me

Episode Date: November 11, 2018

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also sponsored by Idol Champions of the Forgotten Realms. Check the links in the episode description to play the game and help us out. The party are split. Bertie and Boomer fill the cold shoulder of Jalaxal, while Fleur and Aquamumber make plans to bust them out. So, let's play the episode. Let's play A Rogue's Gambit. Gambit. Last time on Rose Gambit, the party managed to complete the Isthar facility for the Silverhand

who turned on a task in order to exchange for some assistance and some magical item rewards. Sadly, a poor, young, no-wizard hopeful, Tugglebok Candlecoop met his end in an acid pit. What a shame. He died in the AFL Memorial Acid Pit

like so many other acquisitions interns. Rip in peace. But however, despite this, you still managed to complete the facility and you received your rewards from the Silver Hand, a selection of magic items, as well as some information on the missing Stone of Galore,

a mysterious relic which holds the secrets to Lord Neverember's secret vault that contains half a million gold dragons. Or coins, not gold dragons. Can you imagine that? That's a lot of money. I've done a Tom Hazel, I'm not wearing my microphone. Sorry. That's not going to be forgotten about.

This side of the table. Boy. The party then continued their investigations, having learnt that the Stone of Galore had been taken to the Docks Ward and vanished into the crowd of the Sea Maidens Fair, a little festival going on brought by three ships, three visiting ships from Luskana. Are you all right there, Katie?

Steve had to give me a new one because it was a bit messed up. This is why. You're struggling. I'll get there. You'll get there. It's fine. It sounds fine. Aquamamba snuck aboard one of the ships using a combination of charm, person, disguise, self,

and a solid snake-style... Nice. You impersonated one of the crew members and learned that there were more to the crew than first seemed. Boomer and Bertie, the Goblin and Goliath double team, also infiltrated the ship. Not quite as cleverly. Nope. Bertie used his new helm of teleportation to transport them both directly into the captain's quarters. I thought it was a great idea.

It was a great idea until said captain launched a lightning bolt which took Bertie out immediately. Boomer very quickly surrendered and they were taken prisoner. You also learned that the ship's crew are secretly drow men in disguise, in a magical disguise. No women. Luskan. The ship's supposed to be from Luskan and full of Luskan sailors, but they're all drow in disguise. Aquamumber attempted to help Bertie, but was discovered by the drow crew member and had to escape by jumping out of a broken window and diving into the ocean,

where he saw a manta ray like submarine approach the ship, take on Bertie and Boomer and then begin sailing away towards the Eyecatcher which is the lead ship of the Seed Maidens Fair. Bertie and Boomer, just before you were taken

prisoner and lost consciousness, it was revealed that the person leading the ships is a drow, a very colourfully dressed drow with an eye patched, called Jarlaxle Banray. Which, if you've played Idle Champions... He's in there. He's in there. Because he's a very famous

character in the Forgotten Realms. How about that? Forgotten Realms lore! Big drop. Lore! So much lore! We are going to... I forgot to get a Coke. What have I done? What a grave error I've made. Quick, Tom, get inspiration.

What, really? Can I get inspiration if I get your Coke? Yes. Fucking ace. Can we get one of your dice back? No. No. Come on.

Tom Hazel brings me a can of Coke. He will get an inspiration. Wow. Wow. I've never seen him run so fast. The power I hold. It's great. Well, it can't be any worse than that time when you said you'd give us more dice

if we gave you a fiver on stream. I did say that, didn't I? Eagle master. Thank you, my boy. He legit was holding his breath and said, I'll give you more dice if you give me money. Actual real life money. I was tempted to offer it to him. But the thing is, you should have done.

That I learned from my, you know, my seniors in Acquisitions Incorporated when they DM'd. They literally had a pay to win mechanic in one of their episodes. Oh, wow. They did a battle, they did Wizard Unknown's Battlegrounds. Oh, yeah. And you could buy loot boxes for real money. Anyway. So the point is, keep playing Idle Champions

so that we can get more dice, so that we don't have to pay Mark, literally, to give us dice. I love doing these mini-series. Anyway, we begin with Bertie and Boomer. Team 1 I have down here. You come to consciousness

having gained a short rest. You gain the benefits of a short rest. And you come to consciousness and having gained a short rest You gain the benefits of a short rest And you come to consciousness And find that you are Bound, hands behind your back Tied very tightly, your feet are bound Together as well, and you are also Chained to something that you can't quite see

As your vision begins to come to You look up And whatever room or wherever you are Is quite dark It's very dim lighting around you but looming over you with its jaw open and crystalline fangs kind of gaping directly over your faces you see white scales blue draconic eyes and great wings swept back as a white dragon peers down at you filling the space beyond you.

Is it moving? It does not appear to be moving. Okay, is it a statue? You look and your vision begins to clear. You feel the kind of gentle sway of a boat, kind of that gentle sea motion, and you realize that the dragon, you kind of blink your eyes a little bit and your eyes adjust to the dark.

You've got dark vision, so it kind of takes on that monocone grey. And you can see that the dragon is actually made from canvas and metal and plaster. It's a decoration. And you kind of look around and you can see that in this large room there seem to be a

series of giant floats, like parade floats. There's a half-collapsed beholder, a flump that's been deflated, like parade floats. There's a half-collapsed beholder, a flump that's been deflated, like a big flump balloon that's been deflated. And as you kind of look around, you can see that you're tied. What you're chained to is separately

you and Bertha are attached to two halflings kind of hunched over that are plundering a treasure hoard behind you, like a plaster treasure hoard. And you're chained to these little half a treasure hoard behind you, like a plaster treasure hoard. And you're chained to these little halfling marionettes, effectively, like statues. But you're firmly kind of like chained.

And you are on a float. And this dragon is just kind of looming over you. I know how this is going to end. And you hear a kind of like, well, well, well, look who's woken up. And this swaggering, colourfully dressed drow man with this eye patched with a bejeweled eye and a big hat with a big feather out of it kind of swans up. Well, my little friends, how are you feeling?

Oh, pretty good, thanks. Oh, excellent, excellent. Oh, sorry, how are you? I'm very well, thank you. It's lovely to meet a man who has good manners when he's in his guest's house. I've been learning. Oh, well, good for you, sports. I'm proud of you, Bertie.

Yeah. So, and he kind of leans in. Are either of you going to tell me why you were sneaking aboard my ships? I'll be honest. I don't really know right now. Well, that's a shame. I don't remember, but whatever it was, I am not getting paid enough for it. Ah, so you're being paid for something. I think so.

I've been hit on the head a lot in the last 24 hours, mate. Well, you know what helps with that, I hear? Ooh, I don't know about you, but it feels like it might be getting a bit chilly in here. Oh, here we go. Is it? Yeah, and he kind of, like, just looks up. He's like, you know, these floats were all intended for the Days of Wonder parade, but this one just isn't working right.

We tried to make it so that the dragon would breathe out snow and ice and kind of shower the children of Waterdeep in lovely plentiful snow, but you know what? It's just too strong. Freezes, whatever it breathes. Can I just stop you there, mate? You certainly can, my goblin friend.

So, uh, we're hired by some people to do some stuff. I'd love to know the details. Please. What about you, my big, my polite friend? Why are you here? Oh, I don't know, really. You're the hired muscle, I'm gonna bet. I mean, I got him.

You've got him. Look at these things. Look at the guns on this fella. He's a big boy. Hey, I mean, Boomer's really good at fixing stuff. He can probably fix the dragon. Oh, I'm, Boomer's really good at fixing stuff. He can probably fix the dragon. Oh, I'm sure they can. Well, but first I want to know why you're on my ships.

Yeah, I'm not being paid enough for this. Please tell me. It was them, what are they called, Harper agents. Of course it was. Yeah. And to what extent? Well, you must have heard about this treasure hoard that's gone missing or whatever or whatever yeah and like of course we were hired to go and find it and for some reason we're here he looks at you are you trying to keep stuff or you're just like honestly i don't really

understand why we're here it's like well oh you're a little bit out of your depth aren't you go on really am that Zordo twat. What's his name? You can't mean the illustrious Zardozord. That guy. Whoa, now he's a great friend of mine. That's fine, mate. Then he clicks his fingers and his form shimmers into this big sideburned man.

He's like, now you wouldn't be talking about Zardozord, would you? You! We've been looking for you, mate! He clicks his fingers, he transforms back. I can't remember why. He's like, I'm afraid a bit of a ruse on my behalf. You see, the silver hand who runs the town, she's not a big fan of mine. Some problems in the past we've had.

Already stuck-up lady, innit? You know what? It's great to meet somebody who's got the right attitude, because you can see things, you know? I mean, it's a shame that you're not particularly loyal to your employers. I mean, that's something which, well, it's a little

bit distasteful. It's a question of money, mate. I am not being paid enough for this. I thought it was going to be a simple job, and, uh, yeah. I've always been told that if you're good at doing something, don't do it for free. That sounds like the words of a madman, but a madman I like. And what about you, big boy? Why are you here?

I was going to get given 25 gold. He just laughs. Well, what a sum. A princely sum You see what I mean, we're not being paid enough That's what I told I was gonna get At least from my friend anyway He looks

You know, he's you up a little bit He's like, you know what, I like you Goblin You're kind I bet people shit on you all the time, right For the way you look For your nature. Yeah. What people like you do.

They say I smell. I get it. I'm a drow. I'm a male drow at that. You don't want the kind of shit I've had to deal with in my life? Do you get the baby thing? I mean, less the baby thing, more you murdered my parents or my sister or something like that.

Oh, that's a real shitter, mate. Trust me, I know. In some cases, yes, but that's beside the point. The point is, is that people judge goblins on the way you look. I'm a lovable scamp! You're a lovable scamp, just like me! But

the problem is, is you're a bit of a thorn in the side. I like you, though. I like you. I could not be. You could not be, but then you could also be the type that's clever enough to say you won't be and then actually be a thorn in my side. So here's what we're going to do. We're going to see just how clever you are, Donald.

I'm going to take my people. We're going to leave you in this room. And if you survive, come find me. Maybe you can outsmart me. Maybe you can get that treasure and keep it all to yourself. Maybe I kill you. We'll find out. I could kill you right now. And as he kind of does, his hand twitches and a kind of bejeweled dagger just appears. I've got no problems with just cutting your throats right now, taking you out of the equation. Don't have to split my money, don't have to pay anybody else.

I've got the stone. I'm just one crazy painter from catching my hands on this horde. But, I like ya. So I'm gonna give you a chance. I don't do things by half. So I'll tell you what. You survive this,

come and find me, I'll either employ ya. You survive this. Come and find me. I'll either employ you or you can stab me in the back. And then with a hand, he just on the float. And the giant dragon maw begins to spout flurries of snow and ice. I like this guy. I don't reckon you've got very long before this starts getting painful, but I'll leave you to it. All right. Come on, boys.

Let's get out of here. And he kind of claps his hands. Can I get some fish and chips? If I survive? Maybe. I'm hungry. He just basically, as he calls out he just says, you hear him just on the very edges as he makes his way and you can see he must be in the hold of the ship somewhere

like an actual ship, not the submarine. You hear him as he just calls out he just calls out, He's just like, have one of the gunslingers take control. I've got to go. We need to find this third key. I just don't know what we're going to do about it. Anyway, I'm going to go to the vault. And he heads and makes his

way out, basically, leaving you alone as the ice begins to build up. This freezing cold blows all over your bodies. So, we're gonna roll initiative just for you two. Just to see an order of things. Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm. So, Boomer, 10. 17. And then Bertie at 17. So I'm... It says here that I'm mountain-born, so I don't suffer penalties from cold climates This is less a cold climate And more magical cold

This is like spewing out ice It's kind of encasing you in thick snow and ice But at least for the time being You're probably gonna It'll take longer for it to get to the point Where it's gonna cause you damage Yes, I will give you that I don't have any of my stuff, do I?

You have the chime of opening, and that's it. Sweet. Same with you, Bertie. You have none of your gear. Okay. You have clothes, and that's it. And we are bound by a chain. So you are tied.

Your hands are tied behind your back, and you can feel it's a very tight sailor's knot. Your feet are also tied. And then you are wrapped up's a very tight sailor's knot your feet are also tied and then you are wrapped up in a chain and looking around um you're kind of uh not back to no let's do it die hard so you're back to back so these two halflings are kind of chained on either side and to each other no you're chained to these like these little halfling statues but you're kind of like facing away from each other and you can see by looking around that you've got, these chains are connected by two locks each.

So there's two locks on the chains, and then you've got your hands and legs are tied. Whilst your hands are tied, you can't do any, like to try and do anything is going to be pretty tricky. You're going to have to try and maneuver around it and stuff. So what do you want to do first, Bertie? Hey, Boom, are we getting out of here? Yes, Bertie. Okay. Get me out of here.

Alrighty cool. I'm going to like just yank the ties behind my hands. Okay so you just want to try and rip through. Just tear that shit open. So athletics check. Athletics. Nice. 9, unnatural 20, 25, 27, 28. 28. You tugging just doesn't come through.

Wow, you really have increased the DCs this time around. You can feel that because you can't quite get your full strength because of the way that your arms are being bound as well. You're testing and straining and you can't break free. Damn it. Boomer, what do you want to do? Cry. Sure. Can you spend a turn crying? Wait, no. Damn it. Boomer, what do you want to do? Cry. Sure.

Can you spend a turn crying? Wait, no. Stop that. No. Can I try and get into my kicks to try and get my chime of opening out? So what you want to try and get your hand... You can't bring your hands down low enough, really.

Like, you can kind of move them down. I'm a small man. You're going to need to get some room for it. Look, right here, I can get my fingers down in my jeans. Right, but your hands aren't, like, tied they're like tied like up like that like they're bound quite hard okay can i chew on the ropes or anything they're behind you your arms are bound behind your back not your feet sees though feet see yeah you might see all my feet so you want to try and pull your feet up towards your mouth.

I've got good core strength. I mean, I don't know, has Boomer had a couple of ribs removed? But yeah, sure, you can give it a go. I think goblins would easily be able to... Yeah, give me an acrobatics check to see if you can get your feet up to your mouth first. And then you'll have to try and bite through rope which will be uh damage rolls and stuff that's 21 on dice 5 10 15 21 22 22 you're like trying and you're stretching your body and muscles but it's the chains are also blocking your movement. Like, not enough. Not enough to do it. So that's one round.

Oh, my God. These DCs. Yeah. Holy crap. But it's also, like, you are properly tied up. Like, these guys have not messed around. They've not, like, given you, like, oh, just turn them up a little bit. They know what they're doing.

Yeah. They know what they're doing. We're going to cut. So we see that. As you guys are trying to wriggle and escape free, the camera, as it were, pans out. And we see the edge, the harbor dock of Waterdeep Harbor, as Aquamember, like, breathes in air, as you just manage to get up to the surface.

I'm not getting paid enough for this! And as you reach the top floor, you probably have, like, arrived, having heard where they were going, and just see Aquamember like, She just got her hood up on her nice new spider cape. Spider cloak. With her gun over her shoulder.

Nice of you to be nice and dry. Hope you had a great time. I smashed out a window and I just saw a submarine. I kid you not, I've heard of these in books and magazines. Are you drunk? No, absolutely not. There's a submarine and Bertie and Boomer are kidnapped.

They're in the submarine. Oh, Jesus. We could probably let them die and take a bigger cut. You know, that's the first thing I think I've heard from you that makes a lot of sense.

Okay. However, you need to stay. We need the stone. And I believe something, something the stone. We need the stone. And I believe something, something submarine stone. You're telling me that we have to find the submarine. Well, it's right there. It's underneath the water.

You saw the submarine heading towards the ship that you can now see moored out in the harbor. This flagship, the eye catcher. The submarine was headed directly for it. It's gone to the eye catcher over there. So we need to get on that ship. was headed directly for it. It's gone to the eye catcher over there, so we need to get on that ship.

You can see it's, you know, maybe like a couple of miles, like maybe two, three miles out of the harbor. It'd be, if you swam it, it would be a hard swim and you'd have no way of remaining unhidden. Like you'd have to like swim under and try and sneak up on the boat itself. What I don't get is

those two are ultimately they're just paupers. They could have just been knocked off and killed. But they held them captive, so they must have some use. So we have time. They probably want information. They probably have information. But Boomer's pretty dumb, and Birdie's

even dumber, so they're not gonna get anything. Boomer's the most intelligent party member. We leveled up. I have 18 intelligence that's why commander still done done so we need to find a way to get on that ship to get that stone which I have never seen in my life if you're no inside him you you can. Deception check for her. 17. Please, use dice on your inter-party nonsense. 17.

Oh! Tied rolls, so technically she still catches it. But you're not sure. You're like, maybe he has, but... Never in my life have I ever seen a star and never touched it or chased someone down and never... As he keeps talking, I'm pretty sure. The more he says. More details.

Anyway, how did we get on this ship? I'm not swimming again because that was traumatic. How do you even swim with your tiny legs? What? I'm a very fast swimmer.

I'm very buoyant. You can see... He's very buoyant. He's very buoyant. So there's two ships currently docked at the harbour. One is the Hellraiser and the Heartbreaker, which are the two ships that... You'd gone on the Hellraiser, I think,

which are the two ships which are owned as part of the same Seamade's Fair. And you can see the security has certainly gotten tighter. You can see there are more deckhands who just look like Luskan sailors, like these kind of burly men sailors there's more of them and they're watching the crowd quite intently looking at everybody

who's coming near the ships now almost they're looking around but it does look like they're looking for something in particular but there's more guards on the ship than there were before almost like their security

has recently been disturbed so we should probably avoid the security because it may have something to do with us three infiltrating unsuccessfully because of those two not me that's why you jumped out

I had to escape because the dum-dums made a boo-boo they got into Captain's quarters or something to escape because the dum-dums made a boo-boo. They got in the captain's quarters or something. I'm not convinced that you didn't make a boo-boo, but I'll go with it. I went in disguised very efficiently, as I always do. Were you disguised as a bag again? Because I can tell if it went wrong. My inanimate object skills are out of this world.

But that's not in dispute. I was a moving man. I was a moving As a character and I portrayed it very well it was very convincing well if you guys want to You can make a Think here you guys can just make a straight-up either an intelligence or a charisma role To see if you might know somebody who could help you get on the ship intelligence or charisma roll to see if you might know somebody who could help you get on the ship. All of them.

You've burnt every bridge in your professional line of work. There is nobody left to help you. Nobody left? Oh my god. 22 on dice. 22.

22. 23. You already used him to try and help get Bertie out. That was your main contact for the... But did they die? I haven't used my contact. I can't remember the name of them, though. Well, let's say that that was for that.

It's in my other notebook. No, I know who yours was. Yours was Ingrid. No, I heard Ingrid. I'm trying to remember who you had. It's in your notebook. Well, it doesn't matter. We'll make a new one up.

Cool. It takes you a bit of digging around, but you learn that in the Docks Ward, there is a dwarven woman called Grindigaloth, and she's a treasure hunter that has some sort of device, a magical device that lets her search around on the bottom of the harbour floor. Because a lot of ships end up

wrecked and a lot of stuff gets lost overboard and she apparently uses this magical device to scour the bottom of the harbour itself. And maybe you might be able to convince her to let you use it to get to the eye catcher.

Undetected. Do I know where she is? Yeah, she hangs out in a place called Mistwatch, which is a small area, part of the Docks Ward. It's pretty run down and it's pretty rowdy. It's known for being full of lowlifes and kind of the worst the Docks have to offer. I know a place. What? I know a place you're going to love.

I know several places. You'll fit right in. This is actually a helpful thing. Right. I need somewhere to dry off. No, you'll just... It doesn't matter. Mist Shore.

Mist Shore is the name of it. You'll fit right in just exactly how you are. Promise. I promise. What is this place? It's just over here. It's fine. What's it called?

I know this place. Mistshore. Do I know? You can make a check. Do I know? Natural 20. Oh, yeah, yeah, for sure. So Mistshore is a rundown part of the Docks Ward.

It stinks of fish. It's got a load of burnt out buildings, it's generally known for being full of undesirable sailor types of pirates. It's a pirate haven, it's where pirates go to do shady deals, and generally anybody who's got a rough edge ends up here. However, it's also known of, you know, whilst pirates are untrustworthy scum they are usually competent untrustworthy scum who are good at what they do. And yeah, Miss Shaw is full of that. And I'd say that probably you

might, you know, as Flo mentions Miss Shaw, you begin to kind of remember that there is this dwarven treasure hunter who has some sort of device that she uses to look under the sea. I'm highly offended. You smell like fish, you will fit right in. I just came out the sea. I know, that's why you look under the sea. I'm highly offended. You smell like fish. You will fit right in. I just came out the sea.

I know. That's why you will fit right in. Either way, I think I know who you're going to find. The other thing you would know with that natural 20 is that she hangs out at a place called the Kraken's Folly, which is an actual beach ship that's now been turned into a crappy tavern, basically. You want to go to

the folly? She'll be there. Treasure hunter, right? Magical object. On water. Lovely. Yeah. Do it. Lead the way. Okay, I will. So you guys make your way at half speed, because tiny legs. Yeah, I'm gonna

go at my normal speed, I'm sorry. You make your way to Miss Shaw, and yeah, this pungent stench of rotting fish, wet wood, rope. You can see netting has kind of been arranged all around. Rather than having things like stairs and ladders, they've kind of used the makeshift netting of this beach ship as a way to get around the different levels and reach these kind of hovel-like tenement buildings where you can see lots of very shady-looking people, you know, ragged cloaks, beards, women with, like, dark, you know, circles under their eyes

and curved, rusted blades kind of just watching you as you move around. And as you begin approaching the folly, this beached, overturned pirate ship, a group of about six of these dodgy looking folk kind of approach. Here, here be looking in the wrong place. No new place for people like you around here. Oh, come on.

You do this every time. Takes a big swig out of a grey jug. That's a bold assumption. Is it now, lady? Yes. Fancy clothes, fancy boots you got there. Yeah. Here, Esmeralda, you'd like a pair of those boots, wouldn't you?

Aye, I would, I would. Maybe we take them off you, pretty lass. I'll just, like, shift my cloak To show my other guns On my belt And I'll have my I'll just Be holding my gun Over my shoulder Okay

Give me an intimidate Okay You just like What are you doing Short stuff You literally ask me this Every time I come See the folly

It's unbelievable Don't think I've ever seen you In here before Don't think I remember A funny little man With a funny suit How dare you I'm very well known Nineteen Nineteen I've never seen you in here before. I remember a funny little man with a funny suit. How dare you?

I'm very well known. 19. 19. They kind of back away from Fleur a little bit, but it just kind of turns their attention towards Aquamumba. Like, here, it seems you've got yourself quite a scary-looking bodyguard, right? You're a little noble. I was for little John. Do you want my shoes?

Sure. They won't fit. Give them. No! I'm not giving you my shoes. Ah, maybe you ought to take your tongue instead. Why would you want my tongue? I don't suggest you do that.

What do you mean? We're trying to be scary. That's what's not working. You don't want your tongue. You're terrible at it. You need to do more charismatic things. You need to work up to it, okay? Maybe if you worked on that, you'd get yourself some fancy boots.

Here, what you fucking want, anyway? Just let us through, and she won't shoot you. All right. But we'll be watching you. Great. Watching's free. They step back, and they part as you make your way through. The actual folly itself has the same outrageous stench of this place just this

rotten fish and wet wood it just is horrid as you step in the floors creak most of it's sodden it's all damp and wet there's not a dry surface in the whole place and you can see that behind the bar there is a very angry looking half-orc kind of just like spitting in a cup cleaning it um but at the far edge sat around the table is a dwarven woman this big thick very lots and lots of hair like hair just spilling out over her head um all tied up in cogs and all sorts of kind of like little you know trinkets tied up in her hair um and she's got a big pair of goggles kind of magnifies her eyes to look enormous. A little bit like Maz with these

massive eyes. And she's fiddling with some sort of device like a little kind of brass like case. And she's kind of fiddling with it. And you recognise her as this is Grinda. Grinda Garloff. I don't know this woman veryinda, Grinda Garloth. I don't know this woman very well, so if you have a better relationship with her, then

please take the lead. Of course. I can only really deal with miscreants like the other guys. Yeah, you dealt with them super well. Thank you. I know I did. Okay. Grinda.

She looks up. These massive eyes. I forgot how big those eyes were. Ah! Hmm. You. I remember you. You're the... And then she takes them off and you can see she just has normal dwarven size.

I remember you. You're that tiefling, the one tinkering with firearms from Lantanese. Quite successfully. Let's see. What have you been working on? Well, I've made several improvements to my gun. Well. Let's see. What have you been working on? Well, I've made several improvements to my gun. Well, let me see. Well, you can see without

touching? No, no, no, no, no. Come on, let me see like a true tinker. Let me look. Fine. She begins examining it. You can see that several of the other patrons have now ducked behind the bar as she's swinging it around. Yeah, it's really good.'m going to do the same.

Swings it like... Not bad, not bad. She hands it over. Well, what can I do for you, tiefling? You clearly don't need my help with your weaponry. Not this time. Actually trying to retrieve some

acquaintances. I wouldn't say friends at this point, but acquaintances. Colleagues. Very much so. They might have gotten themselves captured upon a ship. A ship? A ship. Which one? Come, I hope not one of those

Luskan ships. Been hearing all sorts of strange tales of folks going missing and being taken aboard by those ships. People go off to do gambling or some such, and they go missing. Interesting. Well, either way, we need to sneak aboard a ship. It's the eye-catcher.

It's the one. Tricky, tricky, that. Tricky, tricky. I'm guessing that you'll want to use my apparatus. This is exactly what I had in mind. You think that, and what, you just thought you'd come and ask nicely and I'd give you my apparatus? But I'm such a nice person. Yes, yes, it's not going to

win you any favors here, darling. No, no, no, no, no. We'll need to some sort of deal. What is this? What is this halfling you've brought along? He looks far too clean. What is this? How dare you? Who are you? I'm Aquamumba.

Famed espionage agent. Aquamumba? Yes. Aquamumba? Oh, wait. You know me. I do. You bought several of my devices for a mission.

As I remember. It wasn't actually me. That was my receptionist. Yes, well, your receptionist didn't pay the full amount. Did she not? We sent it through the postal. Must be up and tied up. She just glares. Must be tied up in the post.

Angles the little brass device in your direction. What's that? Ah, do you want to know? Absolutely not. Slams it, and this net made of kind of electrified fibres fires out. Give me a dexterity saving throw. Oh, my God. Oh, shit, I should have used some dice.

17. 17? Wow. You just managed to duck as this net flies over your head, catches an unaware-looking pirate, just wraps him up, and just slumps to the ground, unconscious. Please do that again.

No, done it once. He doesn't get hit by it again, Casey. That was ridiculous. But, yeah, he just falls to the ground, steaming a little, alive but unconscious very much so. Holy Tiamat is very rude! How could you? What? You wanted to know what it did. I could report that to the authorities right now.

Oh, please, go ahead. You should never inquire unless you're prepared to see what it does. And also, I wouldn't recommend you throw around the word authorities around here. You can see quite a few of the more tough looking residents. There's a very nasty bunch of crew that are kind of now looking over in your direction. I don't mean the authorities,

I mean the authority in this place. Yes, well, so far, as far as you're concerned, that's me. Well, if you want to borrow my apparatus and you're working with this cretin, then I'm afraid I'm going to need something. Something, uh, either worth some money, working with this cretin, then I'm afraid I'm going to need something. Something either worth some money in case you break it and I can sell it to make the repairs, or... Oh, you want this?

Yes, yes, give me this. Quite expensive. This should adequately cover any repairs. I will hold on to this as a deposit, Aquamumber. Yeah, treat it well. I like you treating that man over there. If you need any help getting the rest of your money, then. Well, money can be dealt with, yes.

Well, I'll sort a payment out with you. This will cover him. Come with me, then. And she gets up and she waddles out of the tavern. And she kind of leads you out into... It must be... It's connected to the actual harbour itself it's like a wooden warehouse

she goes up, unlocks a big heavy padlock with a key, go on can I sleight of hand the ring of ram back? sure you can try it yeah you watch her put it in her pocket 22 27 plus a sleight of hand

I rolled I won't add my dice 34 nice Egypt damn you just kind of oh sorry

just that's where you're going sorry I've just been diving she takes out a big heavy key unlocks a big padlock on the warehouse but then she also

before like you kind of reach to touch the door, she's like, and she waves her hand, makes a few gestures, and a sigil kind of deactivates. She opens the doors and leads you inside. It's very dark, and then as she shuts the door again, the lights kind of flicker on, like these magical orbs, just kind of, and illuminate it. And you can see that floating in a kind of

half-submerged dock is a, what looks to be a big brass barrel. It's the best way to describe it. It's like an enormous brass barrel with two ends. Looks like it has two kind of like eyes on the front.

And she just gestures, well, here it is. Thank you kindly. Very nice of you. It is. Yep. No harm will come to it, I promise you. Oh, you're just going to jump in, are you? Have you ever operated an apparatus of Kowalsh before?

No, but my colleague here has some... Oh, clearly. ...some arcane knowledge. I'm sure that he can absolutely determine what it does there. Yes, I'll scour through the tome

of instruction manual. Do you need me to tell you what it does? Yes, please. This is a point I wish I had got my DMs guide because I thought I could open it up in D&D Beyond, but I can't. Well, if one of you, who's not using their iPad or their phone,

who's got D&D Beyond on it? I've got D&D Beyond. Don't mind, I'll get on my phone. Okay. Tom's got it. That's fine. I'll get on my phone. Okay.

Tom's going to need his stats in a minute, so. It's fine. I remember my athletics is 11. That's all I need. I'll get my phone. Okay. Well, Tom's going to need his stats in a minute, so... Nah, it's fine. I remember my athletics is 11. That's all I need. That's all he does. So if you search, it's the apparatus of koalash. How do you pronounce it? How the hell are you spelling koalash? I need to try and find it.

Koala-ash. It's... Yeah, it's... I've never lost it. Koala-ash. Eh. Come on. Got it. You got it? I lost it. Koalarash. Eh. Come on. Got it.

You got it? Koalish. Koalish. Oh, wow, it does look like a brass barrel. So if you, uh... So she goes up to it, and she opens a secret panel on the back of the barrel. So it doesn't look like that currently.

It's just the barrel right now. She opens up a little panel on the back of this barrel, crawls inside, and you can see the inside is a selection of ten levers. She pulls one, and legs pop out the side, two claws stick out the front, little eyes come up, and she's just like,

Right, well, can I borrow your iPad then for a second, Tom? Sure. Because I need to read out exactly how this thing works. Remember, I need my stats in a second. Yeah, I know. Why are you a little jebber? I think a little am I a jebber? I think it gives me advantage.

So, there are ten levers inside. Pushing one up will achieve one function. Pulling it down will achieve another function. Well, slow down. And she will give you... She will give you the instructions on how

to operate it, and in that way I don't have to constantly tell you. I'll bring it up in a different tab. Yes, that would be great, actually, because it does have tip points, it does have an armor class, and each of these levers is, you have to have them either on, you have to either have them in the up position or the down position. So that means that whilst you are moving forwards, to stop you have to go backwards. You can't just, like, or you have to just stop dead and make it do nothing.

So it's kind of like an all or nothing in certain things. And also if you want to change what it does. So like if you're like attack, you have to do the second attack before you can do the first attack again. Like you're constantly like cha-chung, cha-chung, cha-chung, cha-chung, cha-chung. So if you just search for

apparatus, you should find it. So she gives you the overall thing and it's like lever one, legs and tail extend and it allows you to walk or swim. Pulling it back, legs and tail come in, speed is zero. Number two, push it forward, forward window opens, pull it back, forward window shuts. You don't want open windows underwater. They're still sealed, they'll just allow you to see, but it will obviously give you visibility.

All right. Third window, side windows, open shuts. Fourth, claws extend, retract. Fifth, claws will make an attack. You can swipe and snip. If you pull it back, it will attempt to try and grab whatever is in front of you. Six will push you forwards,

or if you pull it back, it will send you backwards. Seven, it turns 90 degrees left, down 90 degrees right. No increments. Nope, 90 degrees. Wow. increments. Nope, 90 degrees. Wow. In a very grid-like fashion. Yes.

Eight will turn the lights on, turn the lights off. Nine will make you sink lower in water, or up, it will make you rise 20 feet. And then the last one will open and unseal the hatch. Don't do that one underwater. Right. Unless you need to get out. Thank you. I have also built into it, and she points to a glowing crystal, and that is a homing signal.

When you are done, send it back. Yes. Or I will come for you. Will you? Yes. Do you have another one? Yes, you absolutely will. I absolutely will. Do you have another one? No! This is my only one. Don't damage my apparatus.

Just out of curiosity, what can we expect to attack? Well, normally nothing. However, there has been a particularly nasty shark which has been roaming around the harbour and the authorities have not dealt with it yet. Okay. So be on the lookout for that one. I call him Obliterus.

You know sharks are mostly harmless. This one is not. Right. Very well. An anger issue. All right, well, get inside. It can only accommodate two of you at a time, so once you've got your friends,

you won't be able to use this device to get out. That's okay. We'll send it back. Yes, make sure you do. Right, well, in you get. Thank you. Who's going to pilot it? Only one of you can pilot it at a time. Well, I got the instructions right in here, so...

Sounds like you're relying on the little halfling. Don't worry, I can oversee. Good, well, and then she leads to it. Your assistance, as always, is very much appreciated. Yes, yes, yes. Just don't damage my apparatus. Pulling lever 10 so it closes the hatch.

Yep. Shucks in behind you. While she's still talking, hopefully. And then you notice the sound is gone, like it's soundproof inside. Beautiful. All right. Lever 2 up. Four window shutters open.

And it opens and you can now see, like, the water bobbing down. The legs and tail are extended already. Yep. So we just need to pull Eva Six forward. And it starts walking. But it doesn't go down, it just goes forward. And it just kind of bonks into the front of this warehouse. Oh, yeah, pull it back to neutral.

And then it goes back, bonk. Wait, no, forward. Down, down, down. Okay, nine. Then it eventually starts going down at an angle. No, forward. Down. Down. Down. Okay, nine. Nine. Then it eventually starts going down at an angle. God, this is really stupid. Okay.

And then eventually it hits the sea floor of the harbour, and then it just starts scuttling along like a big crab. Let's just hope the ship's in a straight line from here. No 90-degree turns. 90-degree turns only. Hey! Eye lights. You can now see the kelp and the the nice below uh we as the as the apparatus is scuttling along the bay floor the lights come on coming birdie and boomer and then we see the lights kind of glow and it does that whole thing

where the screen fills with light and then it cuts back to frost covered bertie and luma nice second round crap huh cinematography in this campaign um oh uh so uh i would like to just so what i'm chained to i'm chained to a it's like it's like a statue of a heart like a big fat greedy halfling stuffing a sack full of treasure, but you're chained to him. Why can't I walk around? No, it's like built into the floor. It's like a float. Imagine a big carnival float. So if I was to bonus action dash with this thing I'm attached to, does that give me any bonus to...

No. But you're tied together. No, I'm not tied together, but what I'm saying is... Dashing is you moving. I want to use all 16 feet of movement as strength to launch this thing. I don't like saying no as a dungeon master, but that is not how the rules work. I want to convert distance into strength. If you want to use your strength, then yes, you can do that to try and...

What are you trying to do, like, lift yourself up? Or are you trying to, like, break away? I mean, it's a it's a halfling. Yeah, but it's made of like, you know, really thick mortared mixture It's like a you know, the kind of really and it's probably got like wood on the inside. It's like okay the floor in that case Oh Well, you can try and rip it free if you wanted to rather than break out of the rope and chains if you just wanted to Like rip this halfling statue off the float. Yeah, try that yeah that's what i want to do i'm gonna like plant my feet and then just throw myself sure that's an athletics check for sure

um and i'll take a couple dimes as well and if this doesn't work i am inspirationing 21, 22, 25, 27, plus my athletics, 38. Okay. So you... And you begin to hear it cracking. You can feel this thing giving way, but it's going to take you more than just one check to completely rip it free. So you're like...

And you can feel yourself making progress. You're going to earn one progress towards ripping off the heart. One progress. One prog. One prog. Nice. Boomer, what are you doing? You're starting to feel pretty cold at this point.

Bertie doesn't seem to be as affected, but you're like shivering. If I dislocated my arm. Right. Hang on. In all of that RP, that's the idea you came to if i dislocated my arm would that help me get out of the hand ropes i guess so because then it's slack you're it's gonna create a bit of slack right like that's how they do it in the movies where like you'd like they break like you break a thumb yeah and then you can slide it free um okay so yes it will make other tasks

much more difficult but it will make getting tasks much more difficult, but it will make getting out of the ropes much easier. It's more that I want to get into my kicks so I can get a little chime. Can I dislocate my arm? Okay, bold move. I imagine he's just trying to, I don't know, do that thing.

So I think the problem is you would need to have some knowledge of how to do it, so I think you're going to need to make a medicine check, because you need to know how to set a dislocation to purposely pop it back out. Yeah, that's not great for me. I suppose maybe not medicine. Maybe just a general intelligence check. I can do intelligence. I know you're quite smart, but just intelligence.

No proficiency. So just the plus four. And some dice. Yeah. Come on, Poppy. Oh. 15, 19, 20 with the dice. 20, 24 then.

24. So, yeah, like, this isn't, like, the ropes are really tightly secured, but you're like, okay, I think I know how I can do this. I think I know how I can dislocate my shoulder. And you just start, like, kind of wiggling and trying to ram your shoulder against the things and just trying to wrench it free. It is painful. So I think that we're going to take some damage.

What's your max hit points? 48. What are you at at the minute? Are you at max? 39. You're at 39. Take 39 damage? No.

I think you would take, from dislocating your own arm, let's have a look at damage level and severity table here on my DM's guild. Dangerous, yeah, that seems about right. I'll just roll 3d12, is that cool? Leave me alone. You're going to take, what's that? You're going to take 8 points of damage as you kind of wrench your shoulder and you feel like, yeah, like it pop out.

Can I just go, oh, mother! However, any check that requires, like, you to use both hands, 100% you're going to have disadvantage and other penalties for. But you managed to, like, pop it, and so you can feel the rope slacking quite significantly. Can I wriggle out of it? Well, you're still going to have to make checks to do that, but it's going to become much easier to do. So I'd say that dislocating your shoulder is like a move slash bonus.

So yeah, make an acrobatics to try and break free, to try and wriggle out the ropes. Let's burn up all those dice. Leave none for the others. Acrobatics. Yeah. Or athletics, but I'm assuming you'd want to use athletics. I will use athletics.

11. Okay. Nice. 12, 13, 14. Even with a dislocated shoulder, you're like, okay, I've got this now. Oh, no, it's still really tight. And you're like wriggling around and it's super cold. You can feel yourself getting really frosty.

And, yeah, it's real struggle. Bertie. Struggle is real. Okay. I'm going to lean back a little, and then just fucking launch forward. You're just like swinging yourself, trying to use your weight and momentum and strength. This is all core strength at this point. This is what all of those crunches and ab workouts were for. Just doing the most extreme crunch in the show.

Can I use inspiration? You have to announce it before you roll it, man. Oh, do I? Yeah, I've said this before. Oh, I thought it was just, okay. That's bad, then. That's like 12, 23. So I like to think that you go to do this kind of like,

throw yourself forward, but you probably smack your head on the back of this statue or something like that. Oh, man. Throws you off as you throw yourself forward. Boomer. Okay. Yeah, I'm going to you off as you throw yourself forward. Boomer. Okay. Yeah, I'm going to go. You're going to try and wriggle again?

Wriggle. I'm going to wriggle. Do a wriggle one. A little wriggler. Oh, natural 20! Plus six. Add it all up. Seven, eight, nine.

So 29? 29. Okay. With your dislocated shoulder, yes, you manage to do like, and you manage to wriggle it. And you can probably do enough, like, you wriggle most of your one arm off, but you've still got a little bit bound there.

But it's now going to be much easier to wriggle your hands free. It's making me feel all, like, You're not trying to get out of the ropes. You're just trying to reach down. I want to get into my pants. Okay, yeah. So with the 29, you're only partially out of the ropes, so you get one progress towards getting out

of the ropes, but your free hand can now reach your trousers, so you can retrieve your charm of opening. Can I have a little rummage? Yeah, you get your charm of opening, yeah. And can I toot it and unlock Bertie's lock? So you can choose... There's two locks, right? There's two locks, so you unlock

one of Bertie's locks. Yeah. Okay, so one of Bertie's locks is now... You hear it like, clink, and open. But the chains are still held on by the other lock. Ignore that. Okay. That's the sound of the dragon grinding inside. Bertie, top of your round.

The cold's starting to get to you now. Oh, come on. No, it is. This is blasting you with ice and snow. Okay. This is unpleasant. with ice and snow. Okay. This is unpleasant. But you're not going to take damage just yet. No.

Okay, in that case... So, it's slightly cracked, the half of the thing. It's now on one chain. Yes, we got two chains each? Yes. One on your feet. Two locks each. Okay. I guess I'm just going to do the same again.

Okay. But this time, really lean back, and then really throw myself. And use your inspiration. This time I'm using my inspiration. Okay. So you have advantage, so roll two d3s, take the high. Uh-huh. All right.

So athletics. Six, 19, 30. 30. 30 for Bertie. Crunch. You hear, like, 30. 30. 30 for Bertie. Crunch. You hear like the halfling statue snaps free. It's incredibly heavy and you're still tied to it. Your arms and legs are still bound,

but the halfling statue is now free. Now it's just weighing you down. Now it's on top of me while I'm hog tied onto the floor. You're still kind of like, you're still sat down, but yeah, you can move your back. you can kind of twist around a bit better I know you can probably try and it will make it much easier to wriggle free now So one of both chains one of your chain Yeah, but the chains are wrapped round like his whole torso and the locks are just keeping them in place

Boomer the start of your turn you take five is it five? At the start of your turn, you take five... Is it five? Did I write that down? What did I write down? Five cold damage at the start of your turn. As you begin to feel like your skin's turning numb, unable to feel it, what would you like to do? Am I going blue? Yeah.

Oh, I've always wondered what I'd look like if I was blue. Delirious. Toot. Are you going to snap the other lock? Second lock on Barry. Okay, how many uses do you have? Because it's ten uses in total. So I had already used two.

One to get into the opener window, and then one on him, so I have eight left, well, seven left. Okay, so your other lock and the chains begin. So now you're completely free of the statue that you just spent ages breaking yourself off of. Nice. But your hands and legs are still bound.

Your hands are still tied behind your back and your legs are tightly bound together. So you can sort of like wriggle a worm. And that's about it. Can I wriggle towards Nerman? You're still chained. You're completely chained. He has to be Nerman! I have become Nerman! You've become Nerman. What would you like to do?

We'll do one more round and then we'll cut back to the others. I mean, I'm trying to figure out what I can do while just laying there with like rope around my hands but like, I guess, would it be easy for me

in the position I'm in on my stomach to pull my legs up to my hands and just... And to step through. No, I want to hear what Tom

was going to go with initially. So there's binds around like my ankles's binds around my ankles Binds around my wrist I'm in a hogtied position So I could theoretically With my hands behind my back Grab hold of the rope that's around my ankles

And just tug Yes I'm thinking if I pull hard enough I'll go inside out And I'll be free and the rope will be in me absolutely I'm like that's actually what I was thinking

the rope will be inside me and then it's not a problem anymore I've had the body work you can absolutely try that yes so you're trying to just I don't have any more. I've had the body work. You can absolutely try that, yes. Okay, good. I mean, so you're trying to just yank with all of your strength. I mean, I feel like if I'm pulling the rope, it will snap, I guess.

I don't know. Yeah, you can make an Athelotes check for sure. That's 21, that's 22. 32. 33. That's 21, that's 22 33 You I'll pee this one Mark You don't really throw yourself forward You're kind of laying on your front

You bring your legs up behind your back towards your hand You grab the rope you said And you just tug with all your strength And I just pull So I like to imagine that you're tied incredibly tightly, so your legs probably, you're probably also yanking on your legs a little bit as well. Your ankle probably dislocates as well.

Oh, God. Yay, dislocation buddies! Yeah, which is going to hamper your movement. You take 10 points of damage. Oh, wow. But you manage to pull most of the rope off your feet free. So now you just have your hands tied behind your back. Okay.

Sweet. Nice. Boomer, start of your turn. Another five cold damage. Buddy, get your ass over here, mate. Uh-huh. Can I, like, bonus action try and wriggle out the hand ropes and then toot my toot?

No, it's an action to try and get through. Okay. Even if you're a little goblin, hand ropes and then toot my toot. It's an action to try and get through. Even if you're a little goblin, I'm afraid. Toot the toot. Can I... Yeah, can I try and get the rest of the rope off my arms? Yeah, that's going to be acrobatics. Or athletics. Whichever one you want.

Athletics. Athletics. And ten. No. Just no. Just no. Just no. I'm trying to find stuff.

Like, man, sometimes books are way quicker. Search function's sometimes not always great. Yeah, it's very particular. Yeah. I just want to, like, find the thing that I want. Don't send me a bunch of stuff in the same category. I'll get it out of my manual.

So, yeah, you're desperately trying to wiggle, but you're broken, like your dislocated arm. You're like, and you've got the chime in one hand. You're like, oh, you can't quite get it free now, and you're just trying to wriggle yourself out, but yeah, it doesn't really work. Bertie, we'll go back. We'll do one more with you'll go back we'll do one more with you and then we'll do one more round here and then we'll okay so I can now I can

narrow imagine I can get up yeah hands are still bound yes and you can feel yourself that's like next next round you're gonna start taking cold damage yeah if you remain in the area which is about a 60 foot cone in front of this thing hey boomer you got sharp teeth, right? Yeah, but you need to get over here, you little sweat. Okie dokie. And I'll go up to Boomer. I'll turn around and

hold my hands open to her teeth. So that she just ignores the rope. I'm a man! So, let's see how much damage can Boomer do with his teeths. I guess I'm also pulling on the ropes as well, like, not away from the mouth, but I mean, like, horizontally.

You're trying to make them tense. Yeah. Okay, we'll add some bonus damage. How much damage do you want to add on strike, Boomer? So what's your strength? Strength, plus three. Plus three? Yeah, you've got some strong chompers. damage. How much damage do you do on an unarmed strike, Boomer? So what's your strength? Strength? Plus three. Plus three? Yeah, you've got some strong chompers. So you do one point of damage because you're not

trained in unarmed strikes, plus your strength, so four. I'll give you plus two damage from Bert. Do I get Fury of the Small? She's really... I mean Fury of the Small, they are definitely chompers. That's like a short rest you have to it's like expended right

you can get once per short rest sure if you want to expend your short rest I need to get out of here fury of the small you're just like like a piece of corn like just fibres

are like falling off as you like I'm very hungry as well bite your way through it yeah I'd say that that's more than enough. Like, you're like and snap. You feel like the rope snapped completely.

Nice. And get me out of here. Well, that's your go. That's my go. Boomer, five more points of cold damage. Birdie, if I don't make it out of here, promise me, you'll find that farm, you'll settle down me you'll find that farm you'll settle down

and you'll raise chickens and you'll call one of them boomer after me all right you better believe I will you better do mate okay can I take my time yeah so one of the one of the locks on your chains breaks free. As the little toot of the lock falls down, it's almost like it's falling through water. Because then we see the apparatus like... These leopards are so huge. You've been travelling for maybe about ten minutes,

just kind of scuttling along the bottom of the harbour, and you begin to see the ship, the very bottom of the ship, the hull of the ship in the distance. You also see a shape. Turn the lights off. Oh god. I've got to pull back lever eight.

Eight for the lights and it all goes dark. I've got this all written on my arm. There's no light at all. So unless you have a light source internally, there is no light. You're just in pure darkness. You've got your hands on two levers, and you need to guess where the others are if there's no light source.

I've got dark vision. You've got dark vision. Sounds great. Can I? Do you have dark vision? The Equimumb always has Vision of darkness Don't touch anything just now Can I guide him to the right levers

So you're like reaching over Like holding the leapers with him He's small You can absolutely try I can see through walls I can't You're just guessing You see the shape

and the shark is getting closer and closer. What do you want to try and do? I've got an idea! Stop and pull the legs in and wait for it to go away. No! We grab the shark and we throw it on the deck. Causing a distraction to allow us to get in. I don't think this thing has a throw

function though. I like it but it can has a throw function I like it but it can't throw it I can grab it I can hear something it's like there's some kind of warning just grab it turning on the lights as you turn on the lights

you see a giant eye in front of you as it just swims past and you feel this creature engage the apparatus. Can you roll some initiative for me, please? Both of us? Yeah.

Well, I mean, I don't know what you're going to do. I don't know what I'm going to do either. You could get out the back and shoot it underwater. 20. Let all the water in. Yeah, let all the water in. Just do it quickly. No.

Okay, what did you get, Fleur? 20. Aquamumber? 18. And then Mr. Shark is 16. Fleur, what do you want to do? So you can grab some of the levers. You're just not 100% sure of which ones do what.

Can I make an intelligence check to see if I remember? Yeah, sure. Make an intelligence check. I'm just going to Yeah, sure, sure. Make an intelligence check. I'm just gonna make it straight. Nope. She doesn't know how to do it. So if you want to grab a lever, we'll roll to see which lever you pull. It's a D10. Yeah? But I'm gonna roll one!

Okay, so you just grab a lever and you're like, Roll a D10 for me. What does a seven do, Crystal? The apparatus turns 90 degrees left. So you just... away from the shark. Woah! You can pull up to two levers, by the way, as an action. Okay, let's... You could just pick another one if you wanted.

No, you pulled a different one this time. The lights turn off. So... Complete darkness. Stop! What are you doing? No, no, no! Aqua Mamba, what did you do? I'm gonna turn the lights on.

Yep, lights on, that's one lever. And you can see it's in front of you. It's like swimming round to the side. And then, can I extend the arms with a four? Forward. Two claws extend. These claws like Transformer. So now I can attack.

Giant claws, you can now attack with them. Yeah, as these claws extend. I'm going to get you, little sharky. The shark will try and bite the apparatus. Five. What's the AC of the apparatus? It should be at the very top. Twenty. That's a 21 to hit. So it does hit the apparatus.

That's gonna be seven... That's gonna be 11 points of damage. No, sorry, 17 points of damage. As you feel like this ba-dum! How many hit points does this thing have? 200. Okay. So, Fleur, what do you want to do? You can make another damage as you feel like this 200 okay so Fleur what do you want to do?

you can make another intelligence check he just told me so if he tells you what to do so you pull 5, what does 5 do? it does the attack so roll d20 it's 2d6 bludgeoning what's the attack roll?

attack roll would be it should stay on the command. It doesn't actually. Yeah. Shit, it does. It's on the one with the lever. Plus 8 to hit. Yeah, there you go.

It's plus 8 to hit. 20. 20. 28. Yeah, absolutely hits. It's this claw like... 2d6. 2d6. his claw like... 2d6. 2d6.

Plus anything or just 2d6? Did you pull the lever forward or back? I pushed it forward. Okay, it's doing an attack. Okay. Instead of a grapple. And is it just 2d6 or is it plus anything? 2d6.

Just 2d... 6. Okay. So you kind of like... And you cut like a little bit of the shark's body, but it kind of swims off and then begins retreating back. What are you doing, Aquamumber? Get back here!

I'm going to try and chase. It's within range. Yeah, you can just chase after it. You can just push forward. Six. Yeah, forwards. You catch up to it. And then I'm going to pull back on five to do a grapple.

Okay. So do it. Yeah. Fourteen. Yeah. 14. Still nice there. 14 is still enough to hit it, though. So you grab it with both pincers. Target's grappled. Okay, so it's grappling. To escape to DC

15. Okay, so it's struggling to get free. Alright, I'm taking it to the surface! Is it a 15? Yeah. 14! It doesn't... So you've still got it in your grip. What are you doing? You don't know. Do you want to roll?

Pull a lever? I'm going to wait. I'm going to be like, do something! Okay. Zach, remember your turn? Nine. Back. So you go back. So you go up. And so you start going upwards. Okay. 20 feet. So, yeah, you go back And so you start going upwards

20 feet So you go up It's going to take you a little bit of time To try and get to the surface If you want to try and throw the shark onto the thing Brilliant No, it doesn't fail to get out of the grapple It's like thrashing around

So I'm doing 9 and 6 It can still attack you But it's at disadvantage 9 and 6 towards the ship 20 to hit Just Yes So you take another 13 14 attack you but it's at disadvantage. Nine and six towards the ship. Twenty to hit. Yes. So you take another thirteen, fourteen, twenty points of damage.

It's like biting into the claws. You can feel like it beginning to jostle the apparatus around as you're like flying up to the surface. Just continue going up straight. Do you want to try and attack it? Okay, so if you start going forward as well,

you begin rocketing upwards as best as you can. Rocketing upwards? Doesn't manage to get free. It's going to attack you again with disadvantage. This time it's only going to get a 14, so it doesn't hit. As the next time you breach the surface

as this giant crab Sharkapult Make So use the I'm going to pull The five lever Or to do an attack Basically you want to try and

Punch it forward So make an attack roll with it You have advantage because it's grappled You have advantage because it's grappled. You have advantage because it's grappled. I'm going to add these dice. It's a good job you haven't finished rolling them, isn't it? Because you have advantage, you roll the detail. Oh, you added on.

28 plus 8. So you release it in midair, and then one of these calls just slams into it. The shark flies in. these calls just slams into it the shark flies in you hear cries of these sailors like this shark lands on the deck this thing is huge so if you imagine that this this is the deck of the ship i don't know if we've got it yeah steve's got it up there yeah um it's it's like it's about the size of like two of these wow so it's enormous it It's about the size of, like, two of these. Wow. So it's enormous. It just lands on the front. And, yeah, just collapses in fact.

Submerge again. Submerge while they're distracted. I get the main deck of the ship. We need to get out of the thingy to get in. So I'm going to open the hatch. So that's the front. That's the deck of the ship. And it's like...

It just slams on top of that. And it's, like, writhing around in its tails. You get out of the ship and it's like brr just slams on top of that and it's like writhing around and it's tails you get out of the swim it's like quarter the size of the ship yeah

it's huge wow it's a huge did it land on anyone yeah it probably did it crushed one of the sailors and you see that when the sailor dies

their disguise disappears and they turn into a drow and so the others are like desperately like hauling him that thing and you can start to see them beginning to like cast spells and fire hand crossbows at this thing and they turn into a drow. And so the others are desperately hauling him into that thing. And you can start to see them beginning to cast spells and fire hand crossbows

at this thing. Everybody on the front of the deck of the ship is I'm resetting all the levers back to neutral. So it just turns into a barrel. And I'm going to pull while I'm on the surface, right? So I'm just going to make a quick perception check to see if anybody notices this barrel.

Looks like they're too distracted by the shark for now I'm gonna open the hatch open get out so the back of the the back of the deck is now open what is it gonna sink this thing so you just jump out the ship I'm gonna yeah okay but I want to try and do it one sneaky do okay yeah yeah so I want to try and do it sneakily sneaky do I want to look for like any sort of

windows I guess on the ship none that are open because they generally don't leave windows no no but is there anything that looks like I could climb up or anything oh yeah there's like loads of stuff on the side that you could climb up onto the main deck actually I have this cloak and I could climb up or anything. Oh, yeah, there's loads of stuff on the side that you could climb up onto the main deck. Actually, I have this cloak,

and I can climb on vertical surfaces. Oh, okay. So you can just swim over to the ship and then just walk along the side of the ship and climb up onto the main deck, yeah, for sure. I won't fully climb up yet. Let's just make a stealth check to see if you get spotted. I'll give them disadvantage

because they're distracted by a giant shark looking at the Walkover I heard a shark, but now you see someone. Yeah, so you're kind of swimming along We just seem that they're currently distracted by the big ship. What are you doing aqua mamba? I'm gonna push six So that it just bumps up against the ship and no one can see it on the top. Okay, and then get out Okay, and then you climb out as well? Yeah. So it's just left there with the back door open.

Give me a stealth check. He's like, I don't need extra dice. Oh, wait, now I do. Yeah, that's a... What is it? A stupid, stupid amount. Ten. Ten.

So you're like... As the barrel hits the side of the ship, you hear a very loud bump. And you're like, you start sneaking out. And you kind of jump off the barrel and latch onto the side of the ship. And yeah, a little portcullis just opens a little bit. And kind of sticking his head out is this Luskan sailor who like looks down at the noise and just looks directly down at you as you're like

on the side of the ship just beneath this little porthole window. Boomer and Bertie we jump back over to you guys now as we see as he looks down

into Aquamumber's eyes it zooms in on one eye and then it zooms out onto you guys. And we've got exactly the same eyes. Weird. I love you Mark. I love you so much. eye, and then it zooms out onto you guys. And we've got exactly the same eyes. That's weird.

I love you so much. Look, I love it. Okay, I am going to... So you take five cold damage at the start of your turn. Oh, crap. One, two, three, four, five damage taken. I'm going to use fucking A on the last lock. So you're just going to punch the lock?

Go for it. It's going to be reckless as well. Sure. I have stats for the locks. I was prepared. Do you? Yep. Huh. Bam. Ooh. Ooh.

2130 to hit. 1d4 plus 6. Where's my d4? Where's my d4? Where's my d4? Oh, yeah. Eight damage. Eight points of damage. Now, if you had magic fists, that would make a difference.

But because this is a lock, it absorbs some of the blow. You snap. You hear it dent, and you can see it's become weakened, but it's not quite enough to rip it free. Damn. Uh, damn. Uh, can I get a sneak attack on that? No.

Can I not sneak attack a lock? We're right next to each other. A surprising a lock. Are you a frenzy bobber? Oh, no, you've not unlocked that yet. That's right. A what now? No, don't worry.

Okay. You can make an offhand attack as a bonus action. Hey Oh what, no? No, don't worry. Okay. You can make an offhand attack as a bonus action. Hey, it can't make opportunity attacks against me now. Yeah. You can make your offhand attack. Oh sweet, so I can use fucking B. Yeah.

Awesome. That's the whole point of your character. That's how we made it. Wait, could I have reckless that as well? Yeah. It's all of your attacks, you reckless all of your attacks for the round. Okay, cool. 16, like 24 hits uh six

damage it just takes another six this and it's just enough you kind of like punch it with one you smack it and it snaps off and the chains uncoil from boomer who's still tied up with the you've got the ropes half on your hands yeah and then you've got enough on your legs. You'll go boomer. You take five points of cold damage. This is it, buddy. Buddy, you've got to get me out of here. That's okay. We're going now. It's fine.

You've got to move me, mate. Okay. Can I try and get the rest of my... Athletics or acrobatics? Your hand's free. Get nibbling. Get nibbling. Get nibbling. But it's still behind her back.

Ah, damn it. His back. Why is everyone confused? Because you're a girl. Look, I get it, right? I've been there. I play a lot of female characters. Oh, yeah, him.

Blah, blah, blah. I get it. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. Nope. It's up the DCs, isn't it? No, no, no. The DCs were up. DCs, isn't it? No, no, no. The DCs were up. I lowered them because you dislocated your arm,

but it's still not enough. You're like wriggling, but cold. You're like... You begin getting sleepy. But... Okay, so is there an open door? There is. You're looking around you.

You take a moment watching a friend freeze to death to look around you. And you see that you're in a large cargo hold of the ship. You can see all these different floats. There appears to be like a few feet away, there's like a rope elevator. It's not rope, actually. You're not quite sure how it activates, but there seems to be like a platform with a crystalline control lever.

And above it, you can see like a pair of doors which seem to open upwards. There is also at the far end of the room, there is a section of as well so if we go back to this map not sharp deck not sharp deck so you guys are currently basically here like this very very tip of the ship you can see this is the kind of elevator you can see some stairs and then what appears to be a um another section of the ship further back and is is this dragon only facing one way? Yes, it's facing that way. So if we got behind it... Yes, you'd be fine.

You'd be fine. Hey, Boomer, want to go for a ride? Yes, bloody. Cool. Please. I guess hogtied... You just grab the ropes. Boomer, pick him up.

Yeah. And over my shoulder. Yeah. And I'm just going to walk. Yeah. And then you get out. Yeah, you're no longer in the trap anymore. Thank you.

Bam. Thanks. So you move over, and you want to go over to the lift? Well, hang on walk. Yeah, and then you get out. Yeah, you're no longer in the trap anymore. Thank you. Bam. Thanks. So you move over and you want to go over to the lift? Well, hang on, I want to see the halfling again. Don't you dare, baby.

Or I will come back and I will haunt you. So I'm just going through the door. So you just go through the open space, yeah, the double door. Yeah, just out of the way

of the dragon. So you get back. Oh, should I have taken five damage? Yes, you would have taken five more damage. Got you back, bro. Thanks, man. Can I have inspiration?

Nope. Damn it! I can't reward you all the time. One day. So you can see that there is... At the rear end of the ship, as you kind of step through these open doors, there's more of these floats. You can see more of these parts of these floats. You can see

half-broken clockwork monsters. You can see a gold dragon, which just appears to be canvas. It doesn't seem to have any mechanical parts. There are also four large spiders, kind of, you know, positioned on one of these floats as well.

What's your wisdom? My wisdom? Plus zero. Ten. Cool. I'm the same. Yeah, you just move into the back and yeah, there's these more floats. And you can see a couple more doors, you can see some more stairs.

What do you want to do? Boomer, you're smart. Where do we go? Well, that fancy-looking... Fancy-looking? I don't know. The fancy-looking fella said that if we got out, we should go find him. I like my stuff. Do you see my stuff anywhere?

I feel really itchy when I don't have my bombs. I'm looking around for my stuff. You vaguely remember While you were unconscious Them taking your stuff And mentioning something about storing them You thought you remembered hearing Jarl Axel's voice Saying oh just put them in my quarters

I'll identify them later Where's his quarters? I don't know Up I'm so cold hold me So you're going to move towards the stairs at the back. Can I stop working all the stuff off me?

To be honest, now that you're not in immediate danger it doesn't take long for Bertie to help you and get rid of the thing. I grab the rope and I just fucking wave it around. Can I pop my arm back in? Sure, make a medicine check. I just got the vision of in Infinity War when Rocket's in the pod

and Thor just starts swinging it around. Ow! Ow! You're just slamming your shoulder into a wall. Make a perception check for me, Boomer, as you start slamming your shoulder into the wall. There's something in this room he really wants us to find. Perception.

Oh, don't worry. Sounds like it'll find us. I do! Oh, yeah, yeah, you definitely spotted something. Out of the corner of your eyes, you're trying to, like, when you slam your shoulder into the wall and desperately try to... Get out.

For fuck's sake. It's a friend. She's try to get out. It's a friend. She's going to heal me. You see there's these four very colourful giant spiders that were parts of the floats and you swear, did one of them just move? It looks like it's in a different position. Where are they in relation to us in the door?

So the spiders, I'll just mark them there. There's one over here, one over here. Oh, just in all four corners of this room. One over here. Yeah, and you're pretty sure one of them just moved. And before you do anything, I'm trying to find their stats so that I can do something.

But once again... What does that inanimate float have? Yeah, what kind of yeah floats why would I need stats for those I won't be on D&D Beyond let's just leave yeah

just let us go Mark seriously I just searched giant spider how is it not there are you having fun with your pyramid let us live I've used a lot of dice

you have used a lot of dice I was in immediate danger well Boomer was Boomer is pretty pretty bad. I'm so cold. How cold do you look?

Like the grizzly cold hand of death. So do you start making your way for the rear stairs at the back of the ship or back out of the double doors to the stairs that you saw before? Boomer said up, so I'm going up the stairs. Are these stairs? Birdie, the spiders are moving. These are stairs. These are stairs as well.

Birdie, the spiders are moving. The spiders are moving. When you start saying that, Boomer, both of you make strength-saving throws, please. Oh, no, sorry, no, I make an attack roll. Sorry, I misread this. So what's your AC? 15.

15, what's your AC? 14. Both of you, one of these spiders scuttles in a sudden movement and sprays this sticky webbing that encapsulates you. Oh, hey, I can walk through it. You can just walk through it, I know. It's crazy.

Bound again. So you're just covered in these sticky webs. I'll just replace your initiatives. I'll keep your initiatives the same. I'm going to throw one for this spider. With that, 11. I got nothing. So as this spider, It begins scuttling

It doesn't immediately attack you It looks like it's going to scutter over to the stairs leading up Aquamumber You are currently staring up How's this tradition happening So as you watch the spider Scuttling up the stairs We follow the spider as it scuttles up

Onto the second floor It passes a room where a drow, a sailor is looking out of a window and then we cut to Aquaman the looking up at him. Can I... am I still with him? You're like, yeah, you're like on the side of the ship but he hasn't seen you. So what do the two of you want to do? I'll give you the drop because this guy was not expecting to see a halfling when he poked his head out.

Can I check to see if I can see? You can see me. Yeah, you can see them. I'm going to put my gun like... To the side of his head? Yeah. So you're stood on the side of this boat. Like literally horizontally.

And you're just like... Yeah, sure. Make an attack. You have advantage. You have surprise on him, so... 32. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

All right, well, you've murdered. 19 damage plus... Is that with your sneak attack? Sneak attack. Wait, 19... 21, because it's my gun. Sure. 19 damage plus Is that with your sneak attack? Sneak attack Wait 19 21 because it's my gun Sure I believe

24 24 So you Is it with the pistol or is this with the big sniper rifle? So this massive sniper rifle This spider cloak whipping in the wind As you're stood horizontally on the side of a boat You just hear this enormous

kaboom as it erupts and this echoing thunderous sound erupts across the open waves. This man's head disappears and a big blood smear is left on the side of the ship and over Aquamamba as this blood just over your face.

Can I grab Aquamamba and disappear around the side of the ship as my move? So you just start running around the side of the ship. As my move, yeah. Yeah, sure. Whoa, whoa. Put us in the hole. Can we fit through the hole?

He can fit through the hole. No way you can. Put me in the hole! Put him through the hole. So you just pick him up, shove him through this hole. You kind of get stuck halfway. Florens your ass with the butt of the gun and you're like,

you do a little somersault as you roll inside. I'm going to turn around. She's gone. She's run off. I said, Aquaman, close the... To the wind. The wind was no. There's just a headless body just like on the bed. That was the thing. And then I dry heave.

Okay. I want to run around. So you run around to the other side of the ship, and you can hear fighting, but they're also like, what was that noise? Something else is here. And they're beginning to search. Can I, is there anything on the back of the ship?

They're looking on the side of the ship where you were. Can I, is there anything, any ledges that I could hide underneath? Yeah, it looks like part of the ship. It's called the Aft Castle. The Aft Castle. The Aft Castle. The Aft Castle. It's basically this section here. There's a little sticky out bit.

Okay, I'm going to hide under it. You go to hide under it, and you can see that it's basically like a fully enclosed glass window. You can see it's glass windows that look out the back of the ship. You briefly catch a look inside, and you can see a very plush purple bed

with big thick four post bed. What looks to be like a big locked trunk and you just dive underneath it and you begin to hear them kind of searching all around for you. I'm going to reload my gun. Aquamumba, you see a giant spider scuttle past the doorway.

There's a shark on the top of it. There's a spider running door. There's a shark on the top of it. There's a spider running about. There's a pissed off goblin. Once it's gone past, I'm going to stealthily go behind and go from where it came from. Okay. So you are currently in one of these things here.

And I'm going out the door. So you go out the door, you look around, you can hear this commotion, this kind of loud commotion going. I'm going to disguise self as So you go out the door, you look around, you can hear this commotion, this kind of like loud commotion going. I'm going to disguise self as the lost headless man. And as you go in, you can just hear like the big main doors leading out onto the deck open

and it's just like, we need all hands to get rid of this shark! Okay! Don't get your head bitten off! It's like, I'm going to go downstairs and get some of the others Get as many men as you can to the top The spider scuttles out from a corner And the man looks and he's like

Hey, one of the guard spiders, the prisoners must have gotten free Where are they? They're downstairs in the old Now go right away Okay, you go there with that, I'll deal with the shark Yes, he did What? What?

Fine So you go outside, you go down with that. I'll deal with the shark. Yes, he did. What? What? Fine. So you go outside. You can see on the deck you have to duck as this giant shark tail, like, slams over your head. One of the drow sailors goes sailing off the side. It just goes over the head, but nobody seems to notice. One of the sailors gets knocked off, and you hear a Wilhelm scream.

He falls off the side. Another drow is bitten in half by this shark. But it looks like they're nearly pushing it off. They're about to push it off the side. And then you just nip down, and you come out of the stairs here, where you can probably, I don't know, Bertie and Boomer, are you guys, like, yelling, or are you just trying to get yourselves free? I'm just cursing everything.

I'm just on a really long diatribe about how much I hate everything. You just hear Boomer just shouting and screaming. No, no, I'm not shouting. I'm just like, I hate this mission. Fucking lawyers and fucking spiders and fucking fancy hoity-toity with a purple head.

So you see a lot of these sailors come around the corner. Uh-oh. Yeah, and fuck you too, mate. I'm going to mage hand slap you in the face. It's me! Do you two want to make strength checks to bust free? You can make a strength check to break out of the webbing.

Are the other three spiders still kicking about? Other three spiders haven't moved. 21. 8. 8? You're still like, that's a captain thing. You're just like, just rip the webbing off. Hey, it's me.

I'm Aquamumba. What he said. I'm Aquamumba. What? Disguised. How? Oh, mate. Some of those spiders might be a bit webby.

I know, I just saw one moving. We've got to get out of here. I put a shark on deck and we've really got to go. You're not Aquamumba. You're not a bag. This guy's got weapons He's got weapons in his sheathed swords If you're aquamumber, you need to heal me, buddy

Oh yeah Then I'll believe you I'll give you a little tickle He starts walking towards Boomer, Bertie Hey, no, you get back Get away from here Bertie Why?

Bertie Let the man touch me That's not a chair Let the man touch me. That's not a chair. Let the man touch me. No. He's a bad dog. Buddy. He's reaching out towards Boomer's face.

Get away from him. Don't actually have to restrain him. You can. Make a straight turn. Buddy, I swear to God. No, actually, you don't. You've got to, like, grab his torso and the hand just goes straight through. There you go, Buddy.

Get away from him. Do you want to kick him? Bertie, the song's getting real low, big guy. It's getting real low. It's getting low. Real low. Getting real low. Getting real peaceful. There you go. Bertie falls asleep.

Why did I rescue you? Please touch me. I can't heal you. I'm not a healer. What the? Do you not have your wings? No. I thought you had something.

Nope. I've got a bed roll. You want to sleep? I would like to sleep, yes. That would be nice. We need our stuff. He's got all our stuff. Let's just get out.

No, I really need my stuff. So while you're having this conversation, you say, I need my stuff. And we see the chest in the bedroom chamber. And it looks to me like it's got little clawed feet, like dozens of little clawed feet. It's like luggage. It looks a little bit like the luggage.

And we see this thing, and we see just Fleur waiting, like arms folded, stood completely upside down on the bottom of this boat. And she's like, hey, we got rid of the shark, but where did that noise come from? I don't know. I can't see anything. What's this barrel? Let's fish it out. You didn't hit the button. You didn't sync it.

You didn't hit the return to sender button. She's going to be so pissed at you. You see them getting nets and they're starting to fish this barrel out. Can I see, is there any other places where I would fit into? Little holes, literally to fish this barrel out. Can I see, is there any other places where I would fit into?

Little holes, literally Aquamama just barely fit through these little portcullis windows which have to be open from the inside. The only thing is these glass windows in the captain's quarters, they're quite big. They're like full-sized windows. You could probably smash or try and unlock one but you'd need to be in the inside to unlock it.

But you could smash it. That's noisy. Is there anyone in that room? You can make a perception check. You just glanced in briefly. Natural 20. Plus 8. Natural 20. So 28. Let's find Captain's Quarters.

Captain's Quarters. Because I am using the adventure. Normally I would know all this stuff and I do know it, but I just want to check. Okay. I've got to find Jarl Axel's fucking captain's court. I can't just look at normal captain's court, can I?

Captain Fancy Pants. Captain Fancy Pants. Just say it's got all our stuff in it. She's got it. It's fine. So you look in and you can see there is... It appears to be empty when you first glance in. You can see that there's

a couple of other things. But after a little while, a woman who looks to be a very beautiful woman comes out wearing nothing. She just comes out of a side room, goes to an armoire, begins opening it, pulls out a

dress and things like that. And you can see that there's some bundled up gear, like swords and knives and that sort of thing. And she just begins getting changed and then heads out the main door and just leaves the room empty. So I can't pick a lock from the outside?

There's no actual... It's just a handle on the inside that opens it. So it's like a window latch on the inside that then opens, but there's no keyhole or anything on this side. Can I? Can you? Okay. I want to cause a distraction on one side of the ship

so that I can smash the window. Okay, so you want to kind of like... Yeah, so you could like run over to one side, fire your pistol and then move to quickly and then try and... Yeah, sure. So to do that, I'd say that sounds like... You're going to make a stealth check,

just to see if you can get the timing right to do this quietly. Okay. Please? 21. Okay, 21. You run over. It's the sound again And you hear people rushing over

You quickly rush over You smash with the butt of the pistol Like a piece of panel out And then you reach in, open the handle And you can just step inside, Jack So you step inside and you can see immediately The place is full of the scent of the beautiful perfume Like a sweet lavender

You can see that there is this big, beautiful bed covered in a blue blanket with purple chiffon curtains. And there is also a very fancy-looking chess set by the side of the bed.

It has jade pieces. Wow. You can take that so you have a fancy chess piece set. Cool. You reckon that's worth about 2,500 gold? Wow. Damn. And as you're shoving the chess board and its chess pieces into your bag,

you just hear a, well, well, well, who's this then? And you see the same woman that had previously gone out, because you cause a distraction for the sailors on top, but this woman obviously heard the smashing and is currently looking at you. Damn it. As you kind of turn around and she raises an eyebrow, we see the camera just pans through

the floorboards, down below. But can you stop swiping at my illusion? No, he fell asleep. He's asleep. I can't. I'm imagining that you probably have got Boomer free of the webs. Thank you. All right, wake him up.

We're getting out of here. Birdie. Huh? Birdie. Yeah. Hey. Hi. Time to go.

Where? We're going. Up. Stay behind me. One thing, though. That Jarl Axial fella. Yes. He's Zard Zordo.

Zord Zardo, but in disguise. He said, actually actually that if we got out, he might employ us. Might kill us. Might employ us. You really trust a guy that has two identities? I mean, you were a tote bag. Don't trust me. And I'm just going to wave my hand through your illusion.

Don't trust me. No, I don't. Don't trust him. But he has our stuff and he has the stone. Wait a minute. Are you saying we don't trust this guy now? Bertie, let the adults talk. You look out for bad things, okay? I'll go ahead. Bertie, you see a giant gold dragon

just looming in the shadows of this cargo hold. Oh, no, wait, it's one of those floats. Oh, God. Can we go up yet? Oh, my God, Bertie, there's a beholder. It's just looming oh god oh we gotta go we gotta go two seconds buddy okay okay count to count to 20 I got the illusion then we'll do something I got the illusion still okay not for much maybe you could take us to him yeah no well no let me just go look at the car and see

if it's clear and then I'll move you into the next and then to do it. Okay. But we need our stuff. Where are you going? I'm going up. So you're going to take them up. Up? They stay down there until I say coast is clear. Three. Oh, four. Okay. So you

head out. You make your way out into the main cargo hold area And you step up And you go out onto the main deck And you can now see the shark has been disposed of But the guards are on high alert And you can see there are several experienced looking ship hands Kind of patrolling around I didn't follow you, I'm still counting to 20

No, we're waiting, he went ahead The coast isn't clear I'm going to find the quarters and rendezvous Ixnay on the birday. Rendez? I'm going to walk down the corridor and try and find the quarters. Okay, so yeah, you make your way down the corridor. Yeah, so you have come up onto the main deck. I knew I came from there.

You came from there. You're not sure. You think that Fleur is actually a couple of floors down. You think that the actual captain's quarters is lower than the top deck of the ship. So we've gone from bottom... You're not at the very bottom. I was in the middle. The cargo hold is in the middle.

And I've gone up. And it looks like there's multiple floors of the ship. It's not just like... The captain's quarters is quite low. Where did the spider go? We wouldn't know. But the camera went through the floorboard. Yeah, look, don't worry about that.

Okay, I've got the decks of the ship in the wrong order. That's the thing. I've put the captain's quarters where it shouldn't be, and now I'm trying to retroactively fit to my mistake, all right? Okay, I'm very confused. We need to go downstairs. So it went up? Yeah. No, it would make sense. Okay, I'm going to move the...

Which one goes on top of the other? Right, don't worry about that. That's down below. That's down below. And up. No, it would make sense. Okay, I'm going to move the... Which one goes on top of the other? Right. Don't worry about that. That's down below. That's down below. This is the main deck. This is the deck like... No, I'm on this floor.

You're on this floor. This wasn't the captain's quarters, but I'm now going to make it the captain's quarters. So you move up to these double doors, and you can see that stood in the doorway is a woman wearing a very tight, clinging dress, and she has a rapier in one hand. And she's looking into the room where you can see

Fleur, like, half-holding a chessboard. Totally guilty. Like... Boom! I can open the door. Yeah, so the door's already open, because she's opened the door and is looking at Fleur. Madame! I will take it from here. Get yourself to safety.

She, like, looks. Give me a persuasion check. Would I recognize that this is our court member? No. Yeah. Depends on the persuasion. Are these usable? Yeah. Yeah.

Just leave one. Wow, that is awful. He rolled a four and a one and a one. A d20 and two d6 and you managed to get six. Ten. She just looks at you. She's like, oh, please, don't even begin.

I can more than take care of this one. And she goes to, like, put her hand, like, on your shoulder. I wouldn't do that. I'm very fragile. She cocks an eyebrow. I'm going to jump onto her and stab her in the face. Oh, no! Sure. Yep, make a tech roll.

So you have surprise. Surprise! Advantage, because an attack roll. So you have surprise. Surprise! Advantage, because it's surprise. He's so dead. It was nice knowing you. 15 plus my attack. It was nice knowing you. Which is 7.

Yep, easily hits. Jump on. All right, so I've got D4 plus 4, and I'm going to flurry it And a d6 because you can sneak attack So you're not really stabbing her in the face You're punching her in the face You're like You like jump up As an arm comes out of the torso

Of this dragon 6 Plus your, is that with everything? 10 And then I'm going to Flurry, key point So two more unarmed strikes Six. Plus your, is that with everything? Ten. Ten. And then I'm going to... Flurry, key point. Flurry. So two more unarmed strikes.

Two more D4s. No, you have to hit first, don't forget. You're making two more unarmed strikes. Oh! So roll D4, double it. No, roll it again because you hadn't done it properly. Four plus four, eight. Another eight.

Fourteen plus seven. Yep. That eight. Fourteen plus seven. This poor woman. Six. Yeah, so you keep up. The first kind of takes her by surprise and then you sucker punch her face to the other side and then the last one just right in her stomach and she just doubles over, knocked out and cold.

Aww. Like, damn. Aquamumba. That was the most impressive thing I've ever seen you do. You now know it's Aquamumba because an arm came out of the giraffe's torso. I'm going to... Like the giraffe jumped and this arm came out of the torso.

That was face. I think at this point the illusion fades. Aquamumba. I'm going to use my 50-foot hempen rope to hogtie her. Okay, yeah, you can do that. I'm assuming you close the doors or something. Is there stuff in here? Apparently you've got that stuff.

Huh? That birdie and boomer stuff is somewhere. Do you ever research? I just pick this really expensive thing up. I have no idea. Excellent. Look for that stuff because they want it. Did the things that I saw

in the wardrobe... Look for the stone. No, that looked like normal stuff. Like, if you want to search for the stuff, that's an investigation check. Isn't there a chest in here? Yeah, there is a chest.

There's a chest. If you want to search the room, it's an investigation. But if you want to just go to the stretch and just go open the chest. I would like to look for the stone.

Sure. I'm going to... Investigate. going to leave Fleur to do that and go back down and signal these guys to come up into the room. It's only a 13. Let's go. 13, you don't find the stone. What you do find is a logbook, which seems to be very coded.

Looking through it, you just manage... The only thing you can really work out is Jarl Axel, the captain who just puts it, he signs everything as a J just with a normal J, whoever J is, they indicate that they have found what they're looking for at the old

windmill and that's the only thing you can really glean from the logbook that isn't boring normal stuff it refers to looking for the stone. It refers to various other agents in pursuit, but nothing really useful apart from this old windmill. You go down. You grab

these guys. Follow me! You manage to sneak them up, I'm guessing. Make a stealth check just out of pure interest. Sneak up. I just walk up the stairs, hunched over. Cool, you can have disadvantage there, Tom. Cool. Can't get less than a three. I can.

Three. Okay, so you're like, alright, let's go! You begin making your way up the stairs, you kind of keep a lookout, you sneak up, you wait until all the crew are looking on the other side of the ship. Go! Go! You, like, get in. You and Boomer manage to get up and get in the room, and Buddy just... Break a step on Go! You, like, get in. You and Boomer manage to get up and get in the room, and Bertie just...

Break a step on the way up. Snap about four sailors, which you know are drow, and one of these kind of more senior looking, like, sailors just snap their eyes round to Bertie. Oh, hey! And they start pulling weapons.

I call mom boys! So why doesn't everyone roll initiative? Oh my god. Natural 20. Wasted. 19. 23. So 23 for Aquamumba.

Sorry, 17. I added my proficient bones. 30. 4.iency. 30. Four. Excellent. Regular drought. Aqua Mambas. Aqua Mambas.

One, two, three. No, there were so many. Aqua Mamba, you just managed to beat out one of the elite-looking drought. Elite? Did you say elite looking drow? Yeah. What would you like to do about Cromber? I'm going to cast

silent image in front of Bertie as a shark. Okay. I'm going to make a big shark right in front of Bertie. How big can you make this shark? It can be 15 foot cube. 15 foot cube? It's pretty big. It to make a big shark right in front of Bertie. How big can you make this shark? It can be a 15-foot cube. 15-foot cube? It's pretty big. It's a pretty big shark.

That's three of me. Just this magical shark just appears out of thin air in front of Bertie. What's the problem? Cool. Bertie, get in here. I got a 24. Am I anywhere in this? Did you get a 24? Yeah. Cool Bertie get in here So you I got a 24 Am I anywhere in this

Did you get a 24 Yeah I thought you got a 17 Oh natural No I got a 17 Oh that was it So okay yeah What do you want to do

Do I hear Is this like close enough You hear like Bertie snap the floorboards And you can look down the corridor And see The scene But they haven't noticed

So I can see that? Yeah. Okay. What do you want to do? Leave. Flee. Run from this place. Okay, now, can I, if I can, as long as I can see it,

can I, can I go on the ceiling? Yeah. That's my time. Yep, Spider-Man style. Can I go on the ceiling? Yeah. That's my time. Yep.

Spider-Man style. And I want to see if I can shoot one of them and then flatten myself against the ceiling again. Okay, so you're hanging down, looking upside down, out of the door. And then just kind of dropping down. Yeah, so you can make an attack roll. You'll have advantage because you're currently unsprayed. Who are you aiming for?

There's one which does look like a leader. He's got a sash and stuff. The elite. You're aiming for him know ain't there's one which does look like a little like a sashes okay okay she's got like half cover as well that was terrible the door I guess 17 17 still hits okay even with an eight okay sneak attack as well Wow tasty in Wow. Tasty. 19, 20, 21 plus 6. Wow. 27. 27.

Okay. And then... Yep, so make a stealth check. Okay. I mean, there is a loud boom. 19, 20, 21. 22. Okay, boom.

Or just like so that I'm away from the door. The drow, the very kind of door The drow The very kind of Skilled looking drow The illusion of this Sailor fades And you can now see A drow in very Slimline leather armour

As you're aiming Just as you Pull Squeeze the trigger He's already Kind of bringing His blade up Like sensing

Something wrong The bullet He kind of just Manages to catch enough Where it just Catches like half of his face, but it turns it away from being a super lethal blow. And he's just like

and he just like looks down and then he clocks you just as you manage to hide yourself, but he sees you as you just kind of hide yourself on the ceiling. And then a 15 foot cube appears in front of him. No, that's okay.

So that was Aquamumba. The drow, I'm going to make the drow have an intelligence saving throw. What's your spell save, DC? Good question. Oh, no. He rolled extra dice. 14. I didn't.

I'm saving all of those. Oh. The drow. Ah! A giant shark! French bees? Well, they're not French. That's their fake accent whenever they say this.

They're just like, a shark! And several of them begin skirting the edges like Ha! Just like, very cautiously trying to fight a giant shark. I rolled a one and a three. Wow! They're just like, ha!

Yeah! I assume it's moving. You can make it move. I'm assuming you're concentrating. It doesn't make any noise, though. No, it's silent. So it's just like... But I'm directly behind it

about to be scared of it. So the shark is making noise. Okay. Boom. You're inside. You're like inside this little corridor here. Do I...

Can I go to the captain's quarters? Yeah, sure, you can make an investigation if you want to look at stuff. Or you just want to open... you don't know the chest is there, but yeah, as soon as you go in you do. I see the chest... can I... can I toot my toot? Oh yeah, you can unlock it that way, yeah. I'm gonna toot my chime. Ding! And yeah, what wonders await me?

Yeah, so you flip it open, you just flip it open. You just flip open the chest. Deck saving three. Deck saving? Yeah. Yeah, fuck it. All your bombs are lit. All my bombs go off in my face. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21.

21. Okay, you're going to take half damage from this. Great. I'm dead. Oh, wow. Are you really? Probably. Probably.

Okay, so I'm 11. Oh, not with rolls like this. You know how I rolled really well for regular high rollers with Dan just today? This is real bad. Good. Oh, that's a bit better. Let's roll really badly. So you take 10 points of lightning damage.

Oh, my. That's down to five. As this blast of lightning erupts over you as you open the chest. Is that halved? That's already halved, Jess. So you took 10. It was 20. What is's already half, Jess. So you took 10. It was 20. What is this? It was 20, half down to 10.

Oh, my God. He still lives! So you're, like, smouldering as, like, life. There's this blackened goblin form, like... But you see all of your gear, all of Burton's gear. And you see me on the ceiling just like... You see some more stuff. You see some more stuff.

There are three pistols, a selection of bullets and gunpowder, as well as a big bag of pearls worth about 500 gold. I'm grabbing. I'm like shopping spree. I'm re-arming myself. Get your items back. Yay!

My elephants! These are yours. Your elephant? No, no, no. Because you I'll have to get them yeah um Bertie yeah my elephant man I mean do I need to make a save against the shark yeah make an intelligent saving throw please intelligent savings right yeah okay six nope yeah that's oh my god a real shark is just appeared on the deck oh I remember what chickens are now, and that's it. Running the other way. So you just slam past Aquaman, but you throw him to the side.

You run into the room. You see Boomer and Fleur. Fleur's on the ceiling. She's just stood on the ceiling. Boomer's, like, smouldering but holding everything like shakingly like his hairs are like sticking out. Give me the hat!

Give me the hat! Give me the hat! Give me the hat! I'm going to rearm You put your teleportation hat I rearm my teleportation hat I'm just going to hold my boots and stuff

and I mean I'm going to wait until next turn to do something stupid. Sorry, what did you say was in the chest? Gun, I mean, I'm going to wait until next turn. Okay. To do something stupid. Flur. Sorry, what did you say was in the chest? Pistols, gunpowder?

Three pistols, gunpowder, bullets, and 500 gold of pearls. Flur. Can I... I would like to... Actually, wait. Have I got something cool? I don't know if I have a cool thing. tool. Actually, wait.

Have I got something cool? I don't know if I have a cool thing. So, can I make a disarming shot to this? I can spend a grit point. Are you high enough level to do trick shots? Yeah, I think so. Yeah, third level. Okay.

Yeah. A third level. You can choose two. You can choose two? Yeah. I didn't think you got them that early. Okay, yeah, sure. Mahe! Yep. So, do whatever you need to do.

Shoot the doody. Sure. The one that you aimed at before. The elite one. Yep. That's not going to hit. Pew! He kind of dodges to the side, fearing this giant shark as it goes to bite him.

He's like, ha! Okay, not going to do that then. Okay. Can I? I don't really have anything I can do when I'm doing this action, so. I'll just maybe move to the side on the ceiling so I'm not in the doorway line. It's time to go! We gotta go! I agree!

Jump on! I'm going to run, but before I do that I'm going to use the ring of the ram to smash into the closest dude. Whilst the shark rears its head, I'm going to... Okay, yeah, just do what the ring of the ram says. So... Ram him.

It's d20 plus 7 to hit. Ooh! Sure. Okay, yeah, just do what the ring of the ram says. So... Ram him. It's d20 plus 7 to hit. Ooh. Yeah, 24. Sure. 2 d10 force damage. Wow. Ooh. Yeah, it's okay.

Do you need anything else? It does. It knocks him back five feet. Yes, it does. 14. And, yeah, knocks him back five feet. So the closest round, you just pick, like, one of the more sort of, like, normal-looking sailors. You slam the ring.

You hear his, like, chest cavity, like, snap inwards as his dead body just flies over the sides. He was dead when you hit him with, like, this telekinetic force. Over the side? Yeah, he just slams in. Over the side of what? Of the ship. Are we on top? Yeah, you're on the main deck, yeah.

We're on shop deck. Yeah, so... They're like here. Do I see our barrel being lifted onto the... Yes, you would. How many people are around it? Four of the sailors. Anyone in it?

No. Is the door open? Yes. She left it open. I've already used my action. What do you want to do? I could bonus action with my key point to do... You normally can't, but I'll let you.

Step of the wind. Okay. Yeah, dash is a bonus action. Yeah, it's a dash. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, and then you want to, like, slam the thing. I'm going to run into the door and close it. You run into it.

You're going to get inside it. Inside it. Okay, so you run inside, and then you pull the lever to sh-chunk. So you watch as Aquamama just jumps into this barrel, and then the barrel door shuts. Okay, that's your go? Yes. Um, the drow. Let's see if they make their saving throw this time. Oh, one of them, yeah, the elite

just passes his weapon through the shark and is like, ah, fucking illusion and then looks like he's going to run down the corridor in fact, yeah, he will, it's on his turn now so you watch as the elite just sprints through the illusory shark and is coming towards the three

of you, he manages to get down the corridor and pulls his weapons free. He's like, you're not going anywhere. Boomer. You got this, birdie? I'm just trying to put my hat on. You can see him putting the same hat that teleported you before on.

Oh, shit. I'm also holding my wing boots. No, I don't think he's going to teleport. He'll probably grab you. Hello, get your butt down here. And then... You can use the last bead. No, I have two more. Okay, so you have two more. But it's so...

60 feet. Can I throw it so it doesn't hit us? Yes, you'd have to aim it beyond him. The shark, where the sharky is. Yeah. And then... Oh, you want to try and hit all the ones outside. Well, I mainly want to stop this guy.

Okay, so if you want to hit this guy, you're not going to catch the ones outside. So you'll have to throw it in the corridor itself. But I just want to make sure it doesn't hit us. Yeah, you can do that, yeah. I'm very squishy right now. What's the same throw? I passed. 15.

Yeah, I passed it. It's a half damage. I'll roll it. Okay. I got loads of dice. It is... 86. Lots.

Yeah. Lots. Okay, I've got one charge left. Yeah. Lots. Okay, I've got one charge left. One bead left. Exactly 20 points of damage. I'm going to kiss it as I throw it. You kiss it, you throw it. You see it explode.

He kind of holds his arms up and leaps to the side. He manages to absorb a lot of the blow, but you can see, like, half of him is really badly burned. But he's still alive. He's kind of been thrown to the blow, but you can see half of him is really badly burned. He's still alive, but he's been thrown to the side and stumbling a little bit. The nit behind Bertie disengaged. You just clamp onto Bertie's ledge. Yeah, I'm just going to clamp on.

Does that count as cover? Yeah, he does. He's big enough. I mean, I don't want to leave Aquamumba in the barrel thing. Okay. I guess I saw that short little freak run into that barrel. I'm gonna I guess with Boomer attached to me

like try and grab Fleur. Yep. And then just run towards the barrel. Oh god. So make a strength check. Fleur, you can make a strength check to see if you can stay attached to the ceiling. You could just teleport us to the...

We've only got one charge, I think, left. Boomer's just says... It does regain charges. Get your butt down here, so I'll allow it. Does it? Can I allow it? It regains charges at dawn. At dawn, yeah.

No, you've not had enough. You've had it for like two days, I think. You did. You spent one charge. Oh, you've used two charges, I think. Yeah, so you have... I think you've not had enough. You've had it for like two days, I think. You did, you spent one charge. Oh, you've used two charges, I think. Yeah, so you have, I think you've got two charges. Sorry, you've only used one charge this day, so you've got two charges left on it.

Oh, so, oh, I mean... And it works, does it work on line of sight, or does it work... You can teleport to anywhere you know, I believe it says. Do I know what the inside of this barrel is? Having not been in there. No, you don't. But you know what the deck of the ship looks like. Yeah, it'll be like if you know that I believe it says. Do I know what the inside of this barrel is? No. Having not been in there. You don't. But you know what the deck of the ship looks like.

Yeah, it'll be like if you know that you're in a portal. It fits two people. I've got a better idea. I'm going to use my winged boots. So you put your boots on. And I'm going to grab Fleur. Fleur. And I'm just going to...

Like holding her like shoulders. Like this. My arms raised up. Respectfully, because I'm just going to... Like holding her like shoulders. Like this. My arms raised up. Respectfully, because I taught you how to treat a lady. Not so respectfully. I'm just grabbed. Okay. And I'm going to fly through the...

We will discuss this later. You fly past this guy. This guy is going to try and swipe at you, Bertie, but he misses just as you just fly through out into the ship the deck of the ship and I'm aiming aiming for the barrel okay yeah

you just you emerge onto the deck of the ship Aquamumber you're in the big apparatus uh I'm gonna pull what

what legs and tail extend ch-ch-chunk-chunk you watch the barrel yeah you knock like a sailor off of it ah ah Wilhelm scream as the barrel. Yeah, you knock like a sailor off of it.

Wilhelm scream. Is the barrel like... Get on! Pull two levers. Can I reserve that lever until they get on? Okay, yeah. You want to wait until they grab on to this apparatus. So do you grab on?

Is the door all open still? No. In that case, I'm just going to crash into it. the apparatus. Okay. So do you grab on? Is the door all open still? No. I can only fit two people. In that case, I'm just going to crash into it. Okay. So Bertie just slams into the side of the apparatus. You holding on?

I mean, with my one hand, yeah, sure. Six. Four. Into the water below as it starts swimming across on the ocean.

You hear some shouts and cries. You see a sailor Into the water below as it starts swimming across on the ocean. You hear some shouts and cries. You see a sailor arrives from below decks and points a very similar looking firearm and is taking pot shots. Yeah, if you want to try and take a pot shot at him. Why not? It's long range, but yeah. How far is it?

Not that far. You've still got range. Normal attack problem. That probably hit. That still hit. Yep. Yep. Yep.

No sneak attack with this one, though. You have no allies, and it's not by surprise. Why isn't she re-holding her? Aren't we allies? It has to be next to the target. Yeah. Ay! Yeah.

You just kind of fire. You graze him, and he looks at you very curiously and then pulls out a second pistol and it's like fires at the app. They bing, you know, you hear the bullets hit off the apparatus. But yeah, you just chug chug chug chug chug chug away. You can start to hear like, once the sailors realise the shark isn't real, they begin like adjusting the ship to try and give pursuit. But they've got to pull up the anchor, they've got to unfurl the sails. Lower ship. and you can... And they have less crew.

You can either, like, Bertie can eventually teleport you away, and then the apparatus can sink on the water, or he can fly, and you can do whatever. You've got plenty of options to get away at this point. You will absolutely get away. You've said that, like, three times, Tom Hensel. I've said that several times. Hey, it's not Tom saying it, it's Bertie. Oh, I see.

Sorry. Yeah, sure, sure. I need to get in. Sure, sure, sure. So, yeah, we will end things. Oh, I see. Sorry. I need to get in. Sure, sure, sure. So, yeah, we will end things. Oh, so we get away. You get away. I need to heal really badly.

Yeah, the one HP. And you have a couple of clues of where to go next. Nice. Bam. We did it. Get back on track. Successful rescue. That was Mission Impossible.

That was very fitting. And out of curiosity, successful rescue that was mission impossible that was very that was very fun sharks and the conapparats of the gullies out of curiosity would Joel Axel have been nice to us if we had escaped and gone and found him I mean

he wasn't on the ship anymore what maybe he expects you to find him somewhere else that's rude alright

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