High Rollers DnD - High Rollers: One-Shot | Darkest Before Dawn #1

Episode Date: July 20, 2020

Kim takes over the DM seat to host a horror adventure in a haunted house to some returning characters! Can we survive her new Sanity rules?! Try to survive Kim's horror adventure - Darkest Before Dawn - on her Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nanosounds Support the High Rollers and get early access to podcast episodes (and more) on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/HighRollers Thanks to our sponsors D&D Beyond & World Anvil! Build a world, manage your campaign and create a massive campaign with ease on World Anvil! http://bit.ly/worldanvilhighrollers D&D Beyond is the official digital toolset for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition. Create your FREE account now and start digitising your campaigns here: www.dndbeyond.com/ Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pickaxe. Your mom hates it when you leave six half-full glasses on your nightstand. It's a good thing mom lives on the other side of the country. And it's an even better thing that you can get six IKEA 365 Plus glasses for just $9.99. So go ahead. You can afford to hoard because IKEA is priced for student life. Shop everything you need for back to school at IKEA today. Hello and welcome. I am dm for tonight mark no way uh kim richards hello hello hello joining me today i know funny so funny mark is off today he's taking some uh well-deserved time off indeed which means i'm in control! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha So in the absence of Mark, I will be running tonight's events.

And I have created a tasty little horror one-shot for you all. It is called Darkest Before Dawn. You may see that we have a new stat for all our characters tonight. I've tried to invent a little system to make things a bit more horror-y. Shall I explain a little bit of the sanity thing first, just so people know what this stat is below you guys? So the way that I've implemented this system is because basically I've tried to kind of include crazy making things in my one shots before, and I've just never gotten to bring it in. There's never been an opportunity.

So today what I've done is I've had the team roll a separate character stat for sanity. So it's kind of like constitution, wisdom, dex, blah blah blah blah blah. They've done this, well, two of them have done the standard method, which is to roll 4d6, discard the lowest die, add the total together, that is

your sanity score. The other option that I've said that people can do is they can pick a stat from their character from either constitution, wisdom, or charisma, depending on which one of those characteristics they feel best represents their character's mental fortitude when faced by spooky little bumps in the night.

And as things happen, I will be making checks that go against these stats. And there will be consequences for failures. In terms of mechanically what's going to happen tonight, so you'll hear more about this in a second, a challenge is going to be set. And if one of you or any of you accrue three sanity failures over the course of this one shot,

you have lost the challenge and you've gone insane. Okay. Shall we begin? Yes. This little tale begins in Vincent Manor.

You will know, you would have heard about Vincent Manor. It is that creepy house atop the hill. And it is occupied by two curious women, Lady Annabelle and Calista Lauren. You would know, you live nearby in the city around it. You would have heard of them as rich, very rich, eccentric socialites. They love holding dinner parties and balls. They love having people coming to their house to celebrate and eat, drink, be merry, partake in all delicious things.

And here's the thing. All four of you have recently been sent invitations to a dinner party um so about a week ago an invitation turned up on your doorstep inviting you to their latest their latest delicious dinner party what an honor what an honor for all of you um what an honor what an honor what an honor that you have been invited to the upper echelons of society to to dine with the beautiful the the wonderful, the gorgeous Laurence. So we are going to skip ahead to that point in time. You find yourself sitting in the dining room of Vincent Manor. Yes, we are going to jump ahead. I'm very aware of time here.

Your journey up to the manor was an eventful nothing really happened um you took a carriage that came to fetch you from your home wherever that may be or whatever that looks like and it brought you up the long gravel driveway and you saw vincent manor closer than you've probably ever seen it before it's a very gothic manor house rendered in dark wood and stone. It has two floors with a kind of steeple structure built into the side. It sits in a beautiful sprawling garden full of statues, ancient trees, you know, curious little artifacts. The steepled windows are a bit too dark to see through, and despite its intimidating appearance, the house and its grounds are actually very well

maintained. It's clear that the house is still occupied, and yeah, your journey is very peaceful. You can hear the lively chirping of songbirds in the gardens, and you can smell fresh-cut grass and the sweet scent of flowers. When you knock on the double doors of the house, you are greeted by a very formal butler.

His skin is dark purple and white and he has a pure white ponytail pulled back in a neat hairstyle. white ponytail, pulled back in a neat hairstyle. He's wearing a very kind of very plain but formal outfit, like a uniform. He's a butler, essentially. And he simply introduces himself to you as the butler and will usher you all into the dining room. He's very quiet. You know, he's very attentive, but very quiet. You know, he gives you the kind of base pleasantries, you know, welcome and, you know, I hope your journey as well. But once you're kind of all deposited in the dining room, he pretty much just stands in the corner waiting for if you have anything that you need,

like a top up of your glass of wine, a napkin, anything like that. Your hosts at the moment are nowhere to be seen. And so you all sit in this beautiful dining room. It is full of dark oak furniture, rich rugs, a rug of a tiger skin lays by one of the doors. There is fine china and crockery on the tables, beautifully polished silverware, old candelabras with wax melted down on them. And before you lays an array of very tasty looking food. And there are some rather expensive bottles of wine and mead laid out on the table as well at this point would you guys like to introduce your characters give a brief description starting with re hello I'm best routes I am a male

dragonborn if you couldn't tell I have a halibird called Jerry Jerry Halibird she's great oh yeah oh for god sake and he's having a great time he's really enjoying himself and your sanity

is 15 it is 15 I'm quite sane okay And your sanity is 15. It is 15. I'm quite sane. Okay. Oh, wait, me? Okay, I'll go. Yes. I am Reynard Ferrahorn from, I guess, level three. This is like pre-Lightfall Adventures,

like his first little foray into a spooky house. Fabi Reigny. He hasn't got any moustache at this point. And I am a hunter guy, noble, who definitely looks like he belongs here.

With a sanity of 11. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. That's me. Reynard. Casey, do you want to go next? Sure. My name is Sunshine. I am a halfling ranger, and she's very small.

She has bright yellow hair, and she's made a real effort. So usually it's sticking up in little bunches, like just all over the place. She's really tried to make it into little space buns, but there's still little bits of hair pinging out all over the place. So she's tried to make herself look good, but failed a little bit. She also has a little pet snake called Noodle.

So yeah, she's just very happy to be here and doesn't know why she's here. Brilliant. Trot? Hello. I am medium-sized and I'm so happy to be here today. And I have one eye which seems to go wherever it likes all the time. It tells the future, don't you know?

My left eye sees the past and my right eye sees the future. Do you see the present? No, I don't know what's going on. But I can tell you what's going to happen. What has happened? With an elbow. You want an elbow reading? No.

Give me your elbow skin little boy come here is that a thing come here what's your name my name is Reynard Farrarhorn you're a kitty where'd you go

here's my elbow it's in front of you Sorry Read it What do you see? Riches Definitely fame Stretch it out Talk Evil

Good boy Good boy That's me I pat him on the head and sit down Good boy. Good boy. That's me. I pat him on the head and sit down. Okay. So if you bring up the map in roll 20, you'll see that I have placed some markers out for you.

So we're using the Aroas markers because I didn't have the means to make some effective markers for you guys. So yeah, your Aroa's characters are essentially your markers and you should be able to move them. If you just plonk yourself down... I'm at the head of the table. And yes, for people in the stream, everybody is level three. This is a level three, well, level one to five adventure suggested.

So you see Boggins is stood in the corner. The butler is stood in the corner. He is just very quiet. If you need anything, you can call him over. And he does seem, while he's very quiet and very cold, he does seem attentive. If he spots that you need something before you do,

like you need an extra fork or you've dropped something on the floor, he'll be over within seconds to make sure that you are something before you do, like you need an extra fork or you've dropped something on the floor, he'll be over within seconds to make sure that you are seen to. Yes, my lady. Dearie, yes, well, I could have my

champagne topped up just a little tipple more, if you wouldn't mind. Also, my left leg's gone numb. Would you mind rubbing it? Yes, my lady. So yeah, he'll top up your champagne and very tentatively start

massaging your dead leg. Yes, but delicately. I say to sunshine. Will that be all m'lady mister mister yes m'lady have you got any juice can I have an apple juice

I can see to that m'lady I'm sure we do have that and with that he'll simply turn click his heels and walk off. You see him disappear through double doors at the end of the room. Maybe. Yeah.

So once he kind of walks out, you are left sat here in this room. You can see that there are that you can hear that there is soft jazz music playing from the corners of the room, coming from the mounted stuffed heads of animals that are mounted onto the walls. So coming from their mouths is this soft jazz music. In the center of a room,

so you can just about see it on the map there, there is a giant suit of armor placed in the center of the room and behind that are two smaller suits of armor and a set of double doors that you just saw the butler disappear through um a kind of natural point in the conversation i would say you've probably just um finished your starter course the doors sweep open and these two women push their way through and always stand in front of the the giant statue the giant

suit of armor as if waiting and posing and and preening in the spotlight one is a young human woman and she has kind of blonde hair that's been set in curls. And she's dressed in the 1920s flapper style. So a very elegant turquoise gown with lots of beads and feathers. She's got a fur stole around her shoulders. And she's wearing very expensive, jewelry pearls feathers diamonds um she's covered in it next to her um stands a tiefling woman and while she is also exquisitely dressed she's also she's a bit more demure she wears a simple uh yellow ball gown um and she has a headdress made of pearls

and yellow feathers. And she's, while the human woman is posing and preening and kind of, you know, standing there for all of you to look at her, the tiefling is sort of a little bit behind her and staring at the woman lovingly.

You know, almost kind of basking in her glow. You will know these two as the owners of this manor. They are the women that invited you here. They are Annabelle and Calista Lauren. If you check on Roll20, actually, in the journal section, I think it's the journal section, there are little handouts with pictures of um all

of them of um so that's what annabelle looks like um and then yeah there's an illustration of calista and of uh the butler too rich nobles pretty much yes very very rich nobles reynard would be i think very familiar with this sort of um aristocracy um think, very familiar with this sort of aristocracy. And very familiar with having a butler as well. Of course. Yeah, so after enough time

for them to pose and preen, the human woman, Annabelle, steps forward and she's like, Oh, I'm ever so delighted that you've all come! Isn't this wonderful? You all look gorgeous! I'm so excited to have you

here! Welcome! Welcome to our home! I hope you are enjoying the food before you. Oh, it's so wonderful to be here among such fine company. Come here, dearie.

Where are you? Oh, my compliments to the chef. Oh, this meat. Oh, it's so good. Oh, my God. The butler reappears delicately at your side, like almost like mist. You're kind of almost taken aback a bit. Where did he just come from?

And he appears by Bear's side with a napkin and just delicately starts kind of patting at your chin and at your chest where all the meat juice is just... Thank you. Very kind, very kind.

Yeah. Sunshine is going to be, like, taking pieces of bread and just, like, putting them in her pockets for later. Just gradually. Just stocking up on snacks.

Just snacks in pockets everywhere. Yeah, fine. What about Reynard? What's Reynard doing at the appearance of these beautiful aristocratic ladies uh he'll stand up and give like a nice formal bow and say oh the starter was delicious and may i compliment you on your decor as well it reminds me very much of

my home tell me dragonborn are you familiar with homes? Do you have a home? Excuse me, of course I do My cave is very nice, thank you Cave, cave Cave Where do you live? Oh, I live in Talisvar in the finest district there

Father keeps me very... I don't know what I was going to say there. there keeps me good company carry on looks after me very well looks after me very well um so i think after this outpouring of compliments annabelle will just rush up to you reynard and she'll be like oh it's so delightful to have you here, Mr. Fairhorn. We've heard so much about you. You're so much more handsome than I thought.

I know. She just begins fawning over you. She's just preening and fawning over you. Yeah, such a wonderful youngster. Shame he's going to have such a horrific death oh it's funny that you should say that what was your name again medium-sized miss mediumized, is it? Yes, Miss. Missized. Thank you. Missized. I'm a medium.

Oh, wonderful. Well, we could certainly use some of your talents tonight, let's say. I don't know if you've heard the rumours about Vincent Manor. It's partly why we brought you here tonight. I suppose you may have heard, well, this property is, oh, it's a little bit haunted. Isn't that delightful?

That's delightful, dearie. Oh, yay! So many friends to speak with. I'm a foul haunted. On a scale of one to very haunted. You're really happy, so that means that they're happy ghosts, right? Oh no, some could be quite barbaric.

But not these ones, right? Kalista will smirk and be, oh, my dear sunshine. I mean, most of them are perfectly lovely. I mean, there's dear Winifred and Gertrude. They're delightful, absolutely delightful. And then there's mischievous Boris. He always likes to mess with our glasses.

And you go for a glass of wine like, oh, where's my glass of wine? Oh, Boris, where have you taken it? But yes, there are some others that we don't talk about. Oh, Boris, where have you taken it? But yes, there are some others that we don't talk about. But anyway, I hope, I'm sure, I am sure that you will all encounter one or two of our little mischievous friends before the night is out. In fact, it's on that note, Annabelle, Annabelle, shall we begin? Shall we tell them?

Shall we tell them, Annabelle, Annabelle, shall we begin? Shall we tell them? Shall we tell them, Annabelle? And this Annabelle kind of pulls away from Raynard and moves back over to sit next to Callista. And they kind of start whispering to each other in very excited fits of giggles. And yeah, and they're very, very excited about something. And they almost kind of like get lost in their conversation and then look around and then oh remember that you're still here that you're all still here and annabelle will stand up and go i'm so sorry my darlings um i suppose i better tell you why we've gathered you all here tonight. I mean, obviously it is for the pleasure of your company and I'm so happy that you're here. But I'm afraid we've been a little mischievous, shall we say?

We do have an ulterior motive to you all coming here. Oh, it's one of those parts. But it's fine. Oh, yes, yes, yes. So we have a little game for you. We have a little game for you tonight that we would like for all of you to participate in. And there is a prize, a wonderful prize.

Would you like to know what the prize is? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. yes yes yes yes yes yes how do you know you're going to say yes i have a future eye medium size do you know what it is do you know what the prize is before they say it i bet you do absolutely do but i won't ruin it

do but i won't ruin it okay ever so kind my dear um so kalista stands up and uh holding annabelle's hand she says the prize if you win this game our little challenge tonight is well you get to inherit vincent manor you get to own this home and everything in it and all our riches and our wealth. Isn't that exciting? That is exactly what I want. I can only use one room. I haven't got enough stuff to put in this. You've got a nice cave, Sestra.

Get out of this. This is mine. Wow. Wow. I will fight you. And I of this. This is mine. Wow. Wow. I will fight you. And I will win. Darlings. Darlings.

Darlings. Darlings. Not yet. Not yet. Let us tell you the terms of our challenge. So, you see, yes. Don't worry, my dear Strat. If you win the challenge, not only will you win the house, you win everything in it.

You win all the statues and the portraits that I've painted. You win all the colors. You even get to inherit Boggins. Boggins, isn't this delightful? We're about to find you a new employer. Boggins just stands in the corner and he's like, yes, milady. And then just, yeah, that's it. Oh, that's a lot. Yeah, that's it. Oh.

That's quite a lot. Okay. Quite the gift, dearies. What makes you want to leave such a beautiful home? Oh, well, you see, there's been a slight mishap in our current living arrangements.

Should we tell them, Annabelle? Should we tell them? Oh, yes. Please. On three. On three. Okay. If we count to three, we'll say it together.

Okay. One, two, three. We're dead. Isn't that delightful? I don't get the joke. We're dead, my dear Reynard. Both of us, we're absolutely dead. Dead as a

doorknob! But you were both just touching my face and appreciating my large moustache, were you not? I remember that. Oh, such wonderful facial hair, and I definitely was appreciating it, Reynard. Magnificent.

Three hairs now. Three. It's gorgeous. Maybe after tonight you'll be able to grow more. It's wonderful. You're fourth. What a dream. You'll have a wonderful moustache one day.

Thank you, Medium Size. But yes, you see, we're dead, and we kind of decided that we didn't want this dusty old house anymore, and we actually want to go and travel the world now that there's no, you know, there's no ties to this earthly realm.

I've definitely got an auntie, a great aunt, that I want to go give a damn good scaring as well so we thought well Boggins needs a new employer and we rather would like someone to look after the home and all the creatures within it

so yes we thought of this delightful little challenge would you like to hear the rules uh no you're going to hear them anyway. Here they come. So if you wish, if you want to be in a chance

for inheriting our beautiful, beautiful home, there's just a few simple rules. You need to survive the night here without being driven quite mad by our shall we, incorporeal friends. Or worse, if you die as well, I'm afraid you won't be able to inherit it because that's rather the situation that we're in and we can't really have that, can we? Um, so, uh, if, if, if in the event of a tie, say if all four of you survive the night,

well, then all four of you win and you get to split the deeds and the wealth amongst you to do whatever, uh, you wish with it. Um, and, and, and yes, uh, so the challenge lasts from now until dawn. So I think you have about 11, 12 hours to survive. Any questions so far? Are you with me? Uh, how hard is this challenge? Well, we don't really know, dearie.

I mean, although that said, hmm, what number dinner party are you? Annabelle, how many dinner parties have we run like this so far? Oh, I don't know, Kalista. Um, I think we're up to one, two, three, four. To be honest, I lost count after one hand. Yes, what?

You didn't invite me to one of the first five? Unbelievable. Okay. Anyone else got any other questions? Where's the latrine? I'm bursting. My bowels are so full. Okay. Anyone else got any other questions? Where's the latrine? I'm bursting. My bowels are so full.

Oh, my dear. There is one on the first floor. Too late. Boggins can go and take you to it. Oh, Boggins. Boggins, darling. Boggins, be a dear and fetch the mop and bucket. Boggins goes, yes, my ladies.

And he disappears out the door to the side, nearest behind where Reynard is, and then probably comes back with a mop and bucket. Starts mopping up. Sorry about that. Sighing a little bit. No worries, my lady. Would you like a change of clothes?

Oh no, I haven't changed in years! And on this you kind of see the butler sort of raise an eyebrow and then try and discreetly sprinkle some like powder near like around, you know, kind of just to sop up the odour and he'll try and

sprinkle some of it on you as well, just Just think Boggins, dearie, this could be us for the rest of our lives together wonderful thought my lady i shall stock up on the baking soda um and then he retreats with his meanwhile if that delightful situation has been sorted we do realise that this is quite a dangerous challenge and we aren't

completely thoughtless we have provided you all with a little bit of protection if you look by your plate you'll each find a wand I've been told that they are wands with a little bit of protection. If you look by your plate, you'll each find a wand. I've been told that they are wands of magic missiles.

So if you ever feel backed into a corner and completely threatened during the night, feel free to let loose. But if you could avoid shooting any of the statues or ruining any of my portraits, that would be wonderful. Thank you. Oh, I saw Bear Stroud eating with that. I think they thought it was a fork. of the statues or ruining any of my portraits that would be wonderful thank you oh i saw bear stroud eating with that i think they thought it was a fork i thought it was one of those meat

spears that you get sometimes you know the ones you just you prodder the meat and it sticks to it sorry it's kind of a common mistake my dear a common mistake it's fine just wipe it off i'm sure i'm sure it will still work. You could have blown your head off. In terms of mechanics... Oh, I've licked it a few times, too. Would have been hello. Did it taste fizzy?

A little bit. So, yeah. Each of you feel free to add a wand of magic missiles to your inventory. Okay. Nice. Yes. Wonderful. Nice. Yes. Wonderful. And don't worry about this roll

that I'm making for each of you. Oh, so it has seven charges. Damn. I think in terms of this game, I might nerf it to, let's say three. Wow, that's a hard nerf. All right.

Sure. to, let's say, three. Wow, that's a hard nerf. Alright. I'm just going to fill them up to those three left. Four left. Yeah. You're rolling physical dice today as well. Not trusting the... I'm going to make some rolls with physical dice. Because I was playing... So I played this game yesterday and

I definitely got the rngs i got like three natural 20s in a row and stuff like that right um we'll see we'll see how it behaves later okay um cool so yeah um at the end of this uh the two the two women will just be laughing their socks off um and tittering to each each other if you have this is the time to ask them otherwise yeah I'll carry on to the next bit either of you dearest want an elbow reading before you go Annabelle will actually light up at this and she'd be like, oh, wouldn't that be interesting? Have you ever done an elbow reading for a ghost before, my love?

Absolutely not. I don't think so. My late husband was very close to death, actually. But no, he wasn't dead. Died swiftly afterwards, though. Anyway, come here. Let me stretch it out. Here we go. So Annabelle will come over.

She'll saunter over. She moves very energetically. She's always got a bit of a spring in her step. And as she'll come over, she'll delicately roll up a sleeve and present her elbow. It's a beautiful elbow. She presents her elbow to you. Very smooth.

Very smooth. You see elbows. Very smooth. You see, this is the new age of readings. Palms are so old-fashioned. You can get so many more crinklies in your elbow grease. Anyway, there's hairs. That signifies hope. Maybe fertility. Probably not, though, because you have snuffed it.

Lots of passion. Maybe fertility. Probably not, though, because you have snuffed it. Um... Lots of passion in your near future. Yes, quite happy at the preceding events the next 30 minutes. Do you hear that, Kalista? Yes, an anticipation of a great travel ahead of you, but will you get there? Maybe not. How mysterious. That was ever so exciting.

Thank you, medium-sized. Oh, wait, I did the wrong elbow. Never mind. It's different. Different elbows. How curious. My last spiritualist was uh not as detailed would you like to read my other elbow no i'm bored frankly do you do knees

let's not go to the knees right okay Darkness comes from the knees. Oh, that explains a lot. Okay. Keep your knees away from me. Okay, fine, I'll walk. What does it explain? Darkness. Darkness. Oh, God.

My bad. So all we have to do is hang out with some dear ghosty frienders and last until the morning. Exactly. I knew you'd get it, my love. So you have free reign of the house. Feel free to go wherever you fancy. All the fire's been lit to keep you warm. And if you need anything, do call for boggins or, you know, I suppose we'll be available.

I mean, I won't be able to do anything like heavy lifting or anything like that. I don't really know where anything is in this house. But, yes, I guess we'll be around. Like, Calista, do we have any plans for tonight? Calista's like, oh, no, you were going to sing me your new song and I was perhaps going to paint you later. In fact,

if any of you desire a painting, I do nude portraits upstairs. Oh, yeah. Just let me know. Yes, as you can see, my art is

what is decorating this house. Reynard, you were appreciating it earlier. I saw all the, especially that portrait over there, and she points at an

oil painting that depicts a scene of very naked humans, elves, and Dragonborn. Careful. Careful. Look at the table.

My meat's rolling away. My meat's white. Oh, dear. Derailed. Anyway, thank you. I'm sure we'll fare fine. What ghosts? You're delightful.

How bad can the other ones be? Boris, was it? I'm sure he's wonderful. I hope you do have a wonderful time here tonight. And yes, good luck to whoever wins. Yes, go on then. Shoo, away with you. Have fun.

Oh, we're leaving. Oh, well, it's not a lot of fun if you stay here all night, is it? I mean, Boggins is already starting to take away the canapes and the dessert. So, you know, there's really not much point in a dinner party once the dessert is done, is there? Oh, well okay, where should we where are we going? I need to go into the latrine and drop a big one

So if you wouldn't mind carrying me there little baby boy I immediately start to put an arm around his shoulder and like try to lift my legs up for a a carry. Okay. Come on.

Okay. No, I mean I'll lift up medium-sized. I weigh like a lead weight. I'm so heavy. Where's the place? where are we taking her him why don't we just walk around until we find it i'm sure we'll find it soon it's just a giant giant giant house it's fine we'll find it this way

and i think sunshine will start moving towards like past the two statues out where the butler went before, like out that door. The double door. Okay, yeah. So as you start walking out, you leave the dinner table. Kalista and Annabelle just start dancing with each other in front of the giant statue. And they're definitely, they're kind of lost in each other in front of the giant statue um and they're definitely they're kind of lost in each other's world if you imagine um gomez and morticia adams from the adams family they're very much that couple like they're always planting kisses up and down each other's arms and

they're kind of they're very much in love with each other um so they've it's almost as if they've already forgotten that you're here um so you walk past this giant suit of armor, past two smaller suits of armor. And yeah, you go, I guess you open the two doors at the end of the room and you come out into a short corridor. If you look to your left, it appears to just bend around a corner and disappear into the distance. If you look to your right, you can just about see a square room at the end of it filled with more suits of armor. At this point, I'll hand it over to you guys as to what you want to do. what you want to do. Are you sure you still need to go to the latrine?

It feels like you've gone. Well, yes, it's hard to tell, I will be honest. I think I just needed to fart. Anyway. Can I put you down now? Yes, yes, drop me down. Oh me down good you'll be carrying much more than that in your future what

no okay maybe an entire team of adventurers carrying them on my back I know what you mean don't even do not even I was going to comment on Reynard meeting his first tiefling as well,

but we'll save it. Wow, are all tieflings this nice? I can't wait to meet the next one. I'm sure she's delightful. She doesn't have an intricate backstory at all Tom yeah

a giant suit of armor walks forward and stabs Reynard to death stab stab stab stab stab there you go he's just making himself a hole at this point yeah right where do you guys want to go There you go. No, we're all living sanity. He's just making himself a hole at this point. Yeah. Right, where do you guys want to go?

They really like armor in here. I don't know why, but it's all... It's a bit much in terms of a decorating choice, I think. I don't see why it's... There's just a lot of it. Do you think that it's haunted? Do you think the ghosts live in the armor? Probably not.

She's really dumb, isn't she? Very grating. Where did she go? Is she below the... I'll touch medium-sized elbow. I see death soon in your future I'm going to gouge your eyes out

with my forks don't touch me again you left them at the dinner table I dip in and pull one out from my chest area and it's a really disgusting looking fork with hairs in it.

That wasn't from the table. Don't tempt me. Where did you get that from? You've been carrying that for a very long time. That's disgusting. It's a different colour silver. Yeah. You tell it used to be gold. Burnished.

Now, I did want to cause a kerfuffle, but should we eat that small one so that we can sustain ourselves throughout the night? I'm prone to some flesh. Now and again it's quite moorish. I can tell where it all went wrong

for you oh goodness are you talking to me? yeah are you a human? I'm a human oh I thought you were a halfling as well I'm very hunched over

I'm quite a small human you used to be double your height you're hunched over. I'm quite a small human. You used to be double your height. You're hunched over that much. I did. It's like folding a piece of paper in half. Yeah. Where should we go then? We have to report to you.

Well, that way is a glorious antler figurine, stag figurine, but this way is ghost statues. So... Maybe we should just shout for them by name and introduce ourselves and then make friends and then we'll survive. Boris.

No, nothing. You hear nothing. Not that one. That one was supposed to be the mean one the ones they said were friendly that was

that was quite that you have a very deep voice sir so as um as you hear bears

shout I'm guessing it's a big shout right yeah as you hear it echo down the hallway. It almost amplifies when it hits

the statues. It kind of bounces off of them and amplifies. And then you just hear nothing. And then in a very far distant corner of the house you just hear a... Oh, there he is!

Here he comes! He's communicating with Nox! Sunshine will go up to the wall and just... What did you say to him? What did you say? Did you speak Nox? She did you say? Did you speak knock? She's fluent in lock.

Yeah. What the hell? Oh, there it is. Good night. Kim, when you said we could bring any character to this, you should have known. I'm actually pretty pleased with the selection that you guys have brought. This is a very eclectic group.

Perfect. What did you say to Boris? Did you say, hello, Boris, we're nice? I think so, but I might be really wrong. Oh, good. I could have also really, really insulted everyone in the house because I don't know what I'm doing. I just smacked the wall a whole bunch of times. Oh, okay.

But it'll get their attention. True, yes, yes. Let's see what happens. I know what happens, happens i won't tell you where are you going left oh yeah right right even right i'm about to start driving right yeah you might need that i'm gonna move you guys since yeah you're out in the corridor. You're going to start moving. Head towards the statues, the creepy statues.

As you head down the corridor, you see that it forks off. There's a little hallway down to the left. And as you pass the entranceway to that, you can smell the smell of cooking. You can smell meat being roasted and garlic in hot oil, that sort of thing. You can also vaguely hear the sounds of crockery being janked around, like kind of being, well, being washed up. You can hear sounds of water and, yeah, crockery and cutlery being washed up. You see in front of you a small square hallway. Yeah, hallway.

And in it stands another giant suit of armor. And in the corners of the rooms are two normal-sized suits, like human-sized suits of armor. The central statue is sat on a kind of a raised circular pedestal. And there are four fairly large lanterns at the base of the pedestal. Two of the lanterns are currently lit, and they kind of fill the room with a very soft light. There's a doorway to the left, and a doorway directly in front of you,

and a doorway to the right. Okay. Which two are lit? That food smells really good. Two in the opposing corners. Okay. Sure. Um... I mean, it's a statue.

Well, uh, we'll go into... I'm just gonna keep walking and have hopefully people follow me. Uh, we'll go into... I'm just going to keep walking and have hopefully people follow me. We'll go into the door on the left. This one up here. Okay, so as you approach the door... Not so fast. As you approach the door to the left,

the central statue starts to rattle and groan and you see whereas before it was facing away from the door it actually starts to turn on the pedestal and face you and as it turns and the kind of the the front of it gets nearer and nearer to you, a third lantern lights up on the pedestal. Oh, statue ghost! Quick, knock! Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock. Oh, use the wall, that's a good idea.

We mean you no harm! We mean you no harm! We mean you no harm! I think it's working, but I don't really know. In the middle of all this noise, the statue its armor groans and creaks as it reaches down for its sword in its hilt.

Arr! And grabs the handle of the sword. And it kind of just... That's where it stops and it's facing Reynard it's facing Reynard

at the doorway okay you're gonna have to give me audio descriptions of what's happening I literally have a vision of five feet statue turn look to me sword hand and on I have a vision of five feet. Statue, turn, look to me. Sword hand.

Hand on sword. Hand hook, car sword. Have you said hello? Hello! I tried saying hello in knock. Boris? Have you moved from where you are at the door? Have you taken your hand away from the door?

I'm like frozen, like hand reaching towards the door, like looking at him, not moving at all. Yeah, and you say hello. In the pause after you say hello, you can hear from the helmet, which is a closed helm, you just hear a sound like... A long exhale. Sounds like you in there. Try what?

Oh! Does he want to fight? Does he want to... No, say hello. I'll go one on one. Hello. No, hello! Oh!

Hi! There is no response. It is still stood, three lanterns lit, hand on the handle of its sword. Can I edge my hand a little bit closer to the door handle?

As you do so, he leans forward and starts to draw the sword Slowly Pull my hand away He pulls back And the sword goes back into the hilt Oh

It doesn't want me near the door, look Closer, further away, closer, further away And as you do that The statue mirrors your action The closer you get to the door, the more aggressive he becomes, the more of the sword comes out. And the fourth lantern flickers up and

down. It starts to light up, and then it goes it extinguishes. It lights up, it extinguishes, and it's definitely related to kind of how close you get to the door handle. Look, I can make him dance. Go try the other door. Baby boy.

Okay. Maybe it's his secret room and he doesn't like anyone to go in there. He can't fit through this door. No offence. He might be able to. Have you considered that he is not actually the statue?

He is just inhabiting the statue temporarily because really he's a ghost and he's not... Classic Boris. Okay. Can I wander around to the other side of the statue and try the door to the south? So as you move away from the door, the statue slides the sword back into the hilt, straightens back up, and turns back to its original position. And the third lantern extinguishes, going back down to the two already lit lanterns.

The door that you try, do you open the door, the second door? I'm like looking at the statue, just like, a little bit closer. My hand on the handle. Turn the door. Nothing. Okay, push the door

open. Does anyone else go near the first door no I'm just observing Reynard doing what he's doing and uh following along scuttling along behind okay

very stitched on little boy aren't you thank you I am cleverest boy in all the family that's what they say about me such a shame you have a bloody horrible death no you read the wrong elbow you'll be great wrong elbow

no no I did the right one for you oh no you didn't riches fame and fortune. Your family will die too. Wow. Oh my god. Actually, yeah, that was kind of accurate.

Um. Reynard, you open the second door and you look into a medium-sized room that is very luxuriously decorated. The walls are kind of a dark blue paneled wood and on the back wall is a small stage that has been built

and upon it sits a grand piano that has really that has been well looked after. It's polished. It's pristine. It's in brilliant condition. It's flanked by two statues. And you've started to recognize by now Calista's art style, especially because, you know, when you first came to the manor, you walked in through this room to get to the dining room. You only had a fleeting look at it before, but there are these two statues of angels

either side of the stage. One is playing a harp and the other is playing a flute. There are several very comfortable looking armchairs decorated in a sort of a ring shape around the stage um it's very clear that they're there for um audience members to to watch someone perform does anyone know how to play that thing what's it called again a piano piano we don't have one of those at home i tickle the ivories now and again is that a yes is that it sunshine is that a yes

i don't know she's really weird i'll perform firstly take a seat everyone come on she reads people's elbows how do I know what she's tickling I don't want to know she said everyone I know will die take a seat Brandon Bird concerto in G minor number

five here we go I just hammer the keys in complete discord and I'm singing a totally different tune la la la I just hammer the keys in complete discord. And I'm singing a totally different tune. La, la, la. As you start playing, you hear a flurry of movement come from the dining room. And Annabelle and Callista, well, Callista kind of bursts through the doors.

Sorry, Annabelle. And Callista is following swiftly behind her. And Annabelle kind of rushes up to you, medium-sized, and is like, oh, my darling, are your talents unfounded? You know how to play as well. How delightful. Will you perform a tune just for me? I am performing right now.

You actually rudely interrupted. Take the lead. Oh, I'm so, I am performing right now. You actually rudely interrupted. Take the lead. Oh, I'm so... I'm dreadfully sorry. I'll have to restart. No! Before you restart, can you make a performance check, please? Sure.

That's an eight. Interesting. It came out like that um so what does it sound like what you're playing total mess like imagine closing your eyes and just hammering the keys yeah and screeching as well and screeching and i declare it as brandenburg's concerto number five and g minor so as you are playing this absolute shit show you can see that at first annabelle and kalisa annabelle especially was originally kind of like

looking very excited she had her hands clutched together and she was she was kind of quietly clapping along and then that sort of frozen grimace on her face as she realizes what horrors are happening to her beautiful piano. And she's just like, oh, no. Oh, no, no, no, no. Oh, no, dude. Darling, darling, stop. Darling, stop. Please stop.

Please stop. There's another three acts to this. No, you will stop. You will stop now. Stop. Do you stop? Well, I was told I should get a publisher, so I should not give this away for free.

And I do stop. My darling, I think I'm afraid. I'm afraid perhaps my piano is very dear to me, and I did not quite expect that level of performance. Well, yes, I suppose if you win the challenge tonight, you can do with it what you wish. Here, allow me to give you this. So maybe practice, this will help you should you win tonight's challenge.

And she gives you a short wand that has musical notes carved over the surface. If you want to add to your inventory, a wand of conducting. Perhaps this will help you. of conducting. Perhaps this will help you. Practice makes perfect, my love, and perhaps this will help you. Yes, I suppose

I could pass this along as a gift, as I'm already a virtuoso. Aren't I? Yes, you do come across as very virtuous. Does anyone else perhaps want to play a tune? Sunshine? How bad could it be? I, um...

Okay! Yay! okay yay okay so um Kalista gently but firmly steers uh medium sized out of the piano chair uh the piano stool um and

yeah uh again uh they take their places and they look very eager to hear what you play uh make a performance check for me please oh goodness what is my performance oh yes nothing uh oh Make a performance check for me, please. Oh, goodness. What is my performance? Oh, yes. Nothing.

Uh-oh. Twelve. Okay, what kind of a song would Sunshine play? It's just very, like, plinky-plonky. She's kind of just using, like, a couple of fingers and just, like, very much she's not like going hard like like medium-sized was she's just kind of a very simple little thing and she's hoping that she can make a little song out of it so i think again you see annabelle kind of ready and waiting and eager to hear your beautiful song.

And then as she realizes that this is essentially a rendition of Chopsticks, she kind of sinks her head into her hand and starts rubbing her finger over the kind of pressure point in her temple. She's like, no, no, no. No, no, my dear, no. You must simply stop. You must simply stop. You must simply stop. And Kalista kind of starts getting worried.

I can sing, though. No, I think I've heard enough. I've heard enough. But I have a really nice song about... So my sisters and I have a song. It's called Sunshine's Lollipops and Rainbows because my sisters are called Lllipop and rainbow and my parents used to sing it and I can sing

it for you. Do you want me to sing it? I think for the first time you see Annabelle just stare, like that cheery disposition she's just staring and rubbing the side of her head and she's like, I think

I've had enough. Kalista, make them leave the room now. Make them leave the room or I shall have one of my moments. It's happening. I can feel it, Kalista. It's happening. What do you do?

You have... I will walk away. Play the piano. From the piano. And I'll walk away. Play the piano. From the piano. And I'll whisper to Bearstrap, I'll sing that for you guys later.

And then I'll say, should we go somewhere else? Yeah. Five. Yes, let's leave. Five. Two. yeah five yes let's leave four five two

one I guess do you all flee out of the room not flee no I hobble saunter if you move your

markers where you're going where you want to go um we carry on through strapping young lad yeah I was gonna say let's go out the side the opposite entrance to this room yeah yeah so i think as you guys as you guys leave the room and the door shuts behind you you just hear this sharp intake of breath and then just a really high pitched scream of frustration.

And then you can hear Kalista kind of soothing, like, you know, it's OK, it's OK, it's OK. And then shortly after you hear the piano start playing. And, you know, it's a beautiful, like absolutely beautiful song, rather seductive and sultry um and then shortly afterwards you start hearing annabelle singing um and it it seems like that momentary lapse of anger uh has passed for now mad ghosts so you find yourself you find yourself in a short corridor. So obviously you would have briefly seen this as you were ushered in by Butler Boggins to the dining room. Yeah, it's a rather empty corridor. There are more oil paintings in here.

Again, they are very sultry scenes. If you imagine kind of like, I guess I'm probably going to get shouted at by art fanatics here, but like Renaissance style, you know, the kind of like naked cherubs and naked ladies eating fruit and all that kind of thing. It's very much, there's a theme and it's naked and lovingly rendered.

And it's of, you know, men and women of all races just cavorting and having a great and wonderful time and different kind of variations on that. There is a door directly opposite you. Any orcs? Oh yeah, there's orcs. There's orcs.

So this is the main hallway, right? The main entrance hallway. So I guess I know I'm kind of walking and people are following but so if anyone else wants to go somewhere then please do but you can carry on reynard seems like the kind of person who would take point sure yeah i i've got natural leadership inspiring leader i remember him having that and using that a lot.

Effectively. Not quite. Yeah, we'll go through the opposite side of the hallway and see what this room is. The room of dirt! What? No! Okay, we're leaving. You activated my trap card! No.

So you open the door and you enter a rather large and spacious area that is filled, is decorated and filled with furniture that kind of you deem it to be some sort of games room slash study. There are circular tables with cards, like card game cards, like poker and that sort of thing. Crystal decanters with whiskey and crystal glasses to match. Stiff-backed armchairs, and there's another tiger skin rug on the floor, and an owlbear rug, actually. There are more stuffed animal heads, and again, they are emitting this kind of low um soft jazz music um there's a lit fireplace in the far corner um and bookshelves full of uh leather-bound books line uh the corners the the walls of the room and um there are a couple of statues here um there's you know there's a wonderfully anatomically correct orc statue of a man, of an orc man holding a hunting spear. And there's a couple of other statues nearby the fireplace of a beautiful woman holding a harp and so on and so forth.

All nude, I imagine. They're either nude or they've got kind of strips of material over them. Kind of like robes and that sort of thing. But you can definitely see the curve

of a buttock or a breast. Or an ankle. No. An ankle, I know! You said that was a hunter one. A what, sorry? A hunter. Is that what you said? Yes, so there's an orc. So nearest to you is a statue of

a nude orc man with a hunting spear. And it's, before him lies the tiger skin rug. Hmm. Delightful. If you and your future,

hmm, were to be melded, it would look like this painting, baby boy. What? I'm, I'm human. I don't understand. Yes. I don't like spears. I've got Wilhelm.

My trusty crossbow. Speaking of, we could pass the time playing card games. It's how I won this sword at Dancing Scimitar. I don't know. Nothing can go wrong with card games. I don't know nothing can go wrong with card games I don't know the activation word of the sword though it's probably something stupid

like axis or rex or something dumb I'll never know it shall we play I know snap how do you play snap snapping on the way through the door your bones are very frail

are you here like clickings and stuff that's gross you're made of wood so there is a card table in front of you there are four seats there and stacks of cards, packs of cards

I'm guessing you feel free to sit down and start playing if you wish yep okay I'll sit at the head of this round table pass me the deck I'll shuffle it for snap okay okay

and I just try and tear the cards in half snap it's not doing it do you know the rules of snap yes so you have to snap the cards

oh okay I'll let me try so as we begin messing around with these cards and settling in for a lovely game of snap or whatever the hell it is you end up playing.

For a moment, it's a lovely scene. You know, it's lovely and warm in here. The fire is crackling in the corner. There are, you can see there's a decanter of whiskey on the middle of the table with glasses. So I presume you would probably partake. You know, there's nothing against you partaking in a little tipple. And it's it's

a nice it's a nice scene and you momentarily you almost forget the weird things that the reason that you are here until oh the door that you came through slams shut and the lights go out including all the all the kind of uh lanterns dotted around the corner of the room go out, including all the kind of lanterns dotted around the corner of the room go out. And the fireplace goes out, too. Oh, good. Oh, no. Oh, good. Oh, no. But also, oh, good. You start hearing footsteps. Click, click, click, across

the wooden floor. I need everybody to make a sanity check. Can you roll a d20 for me? And then add your modifier from the stats that you had earlier. Sure. So I've got a plus one.

I rolled a natural 20. I'm very happy. Oh, you're rolling 20 dice. Yeah, I actually did. Do you want me to take a picture of it to prove it? No, I believe you. I haven't touched it. The knight is young, Katie.

It's fine. Oh, my gosh. Oh, you rolled a natural 12. So two natural 20s. What did you roll, Tom? 18. 18. And Trot Tom? 18. 18. And Trot rolled a 7.

Interesting. Trot, roll me another d20, no modifiers. Okay. 7 again. 7 again. Okay. Right, give me one second. How would you guys... the next like two months

and you used it here pretty much let me have it let me have it how would you guys react to these spooky things happening uh i mean lights going out and the footsteps right not scared of the dark as it is that was something that he started the campaign with oh yeah he's really scared of the dark isn't he got by that I almost duck under the table and close my eyes

and I'm just doing that thing oh good oh no oh good oh no oh good oh no on repeat I think Lee's eyes hasn't noticed a change in light amount it hasn't gone down in one of your eyes yet

because it's in the past yes it's not happened yet Sunshine will just take like a piece of bread out of her pocket and just start nibbling on it and looking around. She'll just do that when she's nervous. She'll just get a little bit of food out and start nibbling on that and looking around. Nice.

I think Bear kind of half expected it to happen, so I think he'll just take a torch out of his bag and just use his flame breath to light it and just be like, ugh, knew it. Have you been jumping this entire time? Like, expecting it to happen.

This is like creepy house ghosts. Someone's going to slam that door. Watch the door. I know it. No. No, it didn't do it yet. Oh, there you go. I knew it.

When you count to three. Finally. Anything to say, Trot? Oh, this is directed to me is it yeah as if I've so how's this phrase towards me

so basically a little bit of out of game information you basically are suffering a hallucination what I've sent you is the halluc You basically are suffering a hallucination. What I've sent you is the hallucination you are suffering and there is a consequence to that, a mechanical consequence to that. You are suffering

this for the next ten minutes and that is one failure for you. One failure? Yeah. One out of three. Oh shit. Here we go. You need to correct me immediately pick me up baby boy why into your arms i'm up here i'm up here you can see me right okay okay? Look! It's like that... It's that music that

that person played decades ago. What a feeling! I'm upon the ceiling! She snapped! She snapped! I'll just eat more bread. Medium-sized isn't actually on the ceiling, right?

No, so to the rest of you, to you three, Medium Science has stood exactly where she was. The room is exactly as... It's perfectly normal. You have no idea what the hell she's talking about. I'm stood right next to you. There's no music. Can you hear the kid's shirto number five?

Stop messing with it. Messing a boat? Stop messing a boat. Messing a boat? Yes, a boat. A boat would do nicely up on this ceiling, actually. You're not on the ceiling. Water. Get me down.

Next to me. Where? From the ceiling, dearie. You idiot. You're never going to make it in this place if you can't just look up. I'm looking up. The ceiling's empty.

Right. Well, I guess I'll try and move down. It's really hard, though. It's like it's gluing me up here. What? I'm starting to to shuffle around but really slowly are you like on the floor like hanging onto the floor as if you're about to start falling off of it or what

yeah so whatever gesture like medium size is making it's like maybe so she would be walking and moving very slowly and very like as if because she thinks she's on the ceiling she should she thinks the room is split and she stood on the ceiling and you're on the ground so um if you apply that to like you know how they would they would move like so i'm guessing trot like're going to start moving around. She's walking very slowly, kind of staring madly everywhere.

Okay, medium. The spectre shifts, you know, all these ceiling things suddenly at my feet. Walk above the table. You think there's a candelabra in front of you, Trot. You think there's a candelabra in front of you. I could probably switch the lights back on up here with some wiring. I did a course in it when I was very young. Let me go jam these wires together.

Here we go. I'll move towards the... What's actually in front? Is it the table instead of... Where is medium-sized right now? So the candelabra is actually probably, yeah, just hovering over the middle of the table. Okay.

Okay. I'll start moving onto the table slowly. So because you don't think the table's there, because you just think there's nothing but a candelabra in front of you, right? You just walk straight into the table. But you don't see it. So to you, you've just walked into some

invisible force. There's more powers here. More powers keeping me away from the candelabra. The chandelier. Sorry, it's not a candelabra at all that would be insane yeah

should we just should we abandon her very powerful she's clearly gone insane she thinks that she's on the ceiling this is the solution I was brought up to the ceiling for a reason

the chandel This is the solution I was brought up to the ceiling for a reason. The chandelier is the key. One last person to get the house at the end of the night. Right? I think she's going to do herself some damage here. Maybe, but she was going to

do herself some damage walking along the ground. I don't have swords. That's fair. They can pass up to me? No, I'm not giving you any sharp objects. I'll use it to earth myself. I agree. I don't think

you should have anything sharp. Ever. Alright, anything metallic from the ground where I used to be um can I look around quite fun where the footsteps were

if there's anything there you see nothing do I see anything you see absolutely nothing well both the light so you can only see from the light that bear has lit um on um lit anyway but also the footsteps stopped and if you listen you can probably hear a strange sound of things moving on the bookshelf and in fact I

would like oh no is this part of it oh you're cutting out Kim this is you cutting out yeah your internet's going going bayard

oh no it's the house it got kim no we will never know she is wiping she's back hello what did you miss can you read the description again

the bookshelf yeah noises that's what we heard noises by the bookshelf and you hear so I want you to make Dex saving throws, please. All of us? Yes, all four of you. Okay. Oh, 19.

12. Four. Okay, so all of you... All of you bar... Raynard? Hey. You are taken off guard as you

hear this... I think you're probably distracted by medium-sized just being weird. And you are taken off guard as you hear this noise and then suddenly books fly from the bookshelf closest to you and strike you all in the face.

You don't take any damage, but they cut you above the eye and blood starts pouring down into your eye. Mechanically, you will now have disadvantage on perception and attack rolls until it heals or you clean it up I also

want all of you who failed to make sanity saving throws please everyone got hit just above the eye right in the eye 17 oh no Rhiannon

oh no failure oh wait you did sorry I did 17 so it's just Rhiannon who's failed Rhiannon remake another D20 for me. Okie dokie. That's a 10.

Uh-oh. What's happening to Bear Stroud? Oh, no. Is it Bear Stroud or Bear Strut? I can't remember. Bear Strut. Okay. That didn't really answer the question.

You somehow said it in both accents at the same time. I know. I can speak two accents at once. Come at me. I flew in knocking as well. Speak two accents at once. What does that even mean? One of them's knock

god damn it why is that not whispering um trot can you just move off this the stat screen for a second please oh no secret message to bastard only re can read it oh i think i know why it's happened but yeah

maybe I'll have to text it to you in the future but yeah what's happened wow did everybody just get hit directly above the eye thanks Tom it's a real pleasure having you here just got hit in the eye with a book wow I dodged it.

Jerry! Shit! Wait, which one's Jerry? Who's Jerry? Is that one of the ghosts? I don't think we heard of Jerry. It might be one of the ghosts. No, no, no.

Jerry, are you here, Jerry? No. No? Jerry's not here. I cannot conceive. Jerry! Jerry! Wait.

Wait. Help? Help? Help? Help? Help? Help? Help? No. No. I cannot. Jerry. Jerry. Wait. It's right there.

It's on your back. No. I'm looking. I can't. She's gone. I don't know where she's gone. I'm nothing without Jerry. Oh, no.

I have a hand on the ceiling for it Yes please do that That would be very helpful Jerry your wife or your weapon I'm very confused Why have you named it You've taken it Boy you

Give it back Give back Jerry I know it's you You're jealous of me I know it I can see it in your eyes. Firstly, there is nothing wrong with naming a weapon. This is Wilhelm, my crossbow. Secondly, and I'll point Wilhelm at Bear Stroud, I didn't take the crossbow.

The crossbow? The halberd. I have the crossbow. You have the halberd. No, I know you've got it. Come here. Come here. I'll turn you inside out. I'll turn you inside out. I'll turn you inside out until we get her back. Honestly, it's a leveled response considering

their situation. So at this point, again, it's on your back. Yeah, sunshine, rain, odd, and medium. You would see the... Bear has the halberd. You've got no idea what they're talking about.

It's like jumping onto the back of the armchair. It's on your back! And throwing stuff like a table behind me. Look on your back! About ten minutes has passed, so Medium would no longer think she's on the ceiling. The room rotates and reverts back to normal um yeah so she's no longer on the ceiling thank goodness i'm a ground dweller again

now why crazy lady why is this one uh going insane i'm not going into someone's taken Jerry someone has taken her and I will not leave no one's leaving this room until they own up to who's taken Jerry Mr. Dragonborn we didn't even know what a Jerry was until like five seconds ago

why would we take Jerry why would you name it Jerry she's too beautiful for this world and you'd want her for yourself I know it you Jerry why would you name it Jerry she's too beautiful for this world and you'd want her for yourself I know it I don't think that's a healthy relationship

that you have I've seen you look at her I've seen the way you stare at her someone has it look I don't have Jerry your halberd could you give me just one second don't have Jerry, your halberd. Could you give me just one second? Don't punch me, Bearstrap.

Don't punch me. Don't. No. Okay, I'm just going to put my hand around your back. Okay? Slowly. What are you doing? I don't like this.

No, I don't like this. This is weird. Stop it. Okay, I won't. Okay, I won't. I'm going to punch Reynard in the face. What are you doing? I don't like this. No, I don't like this. This is weird. Stop it. Okay, I won't. I'm going to punch Raynaud in the face. Okay, attack roll then.

There's an angle I didn't expect it to come from. You know how it goes, Trot. Make an attack roll. Tom, what's your AC? Is that a natural 20? It was. It was 19. Oh, no. Oh, no, it's all broken.

There it is. Hat films. My AC is apparently 13. I probably took some armour off and forgot to replace it, but I'll go with that. Noble's clothes, 13. I mean, it's a natural forgot to replace it, but I'll go with that. Noble's clothes. 13. I mean, it's a natural 20, mate. What do you want? Oh, it's only one damage.

Oh! Ow. I mean, do we want to do Mike's crit rolls? We could do Mike's crit rolls if you want. So that is full damage and then plus your roll. I'm absolutely happy with that. It would be a... It's just... No, it's just one damage absolutely happy with that. It would be a... It's just... No, it's just one damage every time, actually.

It's literally just one damage. So two damage is the most I can ever do. Wait, you have no weapons? No. No, I don't. Oh my god. Why does a medium need weapons?

While this is going on Sunshine's probably just gonna sigh let it happen and like rip a piece of fabric off of the bottom of her tunic and tie it around the headband like mop up the cut

and tie a little headband around to mop up the cut and tie a little headband around to stop it, which makes her little hair buns look even more disheveled than they already did. Adorable. And it just looks real dumb. Yeah. You look like Rambo.

Well, you no longer have disadvantage on perception checks and attack rolls, but yeah, that's fine. So I imagine as Sunshine's doing this, Reynard and Bear are having a little tussle, being chased around the room. What's Medium doing at this point? Are you just watching and antagonizing?

No, you've just punched Reynard, haven't you? I literally came in and dinked Reynard. Because... Whereabouts in the room are you guys when this happens, would you say? I'm like the opposite side of this little writing table from Bear Stroud, ready to flip it at

him if he does decide to attack me again. You need a third kid? Young boy! Why did I need it? Good punch in the face! attack me again. You need a set? Young boy. Why did I need it? Good punch to the face.

Good shot. Why me? Yeah, I've run the kisser. Yes. Okay, look. I don't have the halberd. Please. He's never been punched. Medium has it.

Excuse me. Medium, you've got Jerry? No, do I? Let me sit. Turn around. Turn around right now. I will. All right.

I'm a searching person. You see? I'm starting to pattern her down like doing the old like it's like really hard oh easy easy on the hips um i'd say as you do that there you probably notice um so from where you are and you start patting down um medium you notice that there is um a large mirror in the corner of the room. So there's two large bookshelves kind of framing, creating this little space in the room.

And there is a large burnished mirror that's kind of awkwardly sat on the wall, sort of angled down. And below it is a large chest. And as you look at yourself in the mirror, you spot the halberd's on your back.

It's back on your back. And as you feel around for it, you realize, yeah, it's there. It's been there all along, and the hallucination dissipates. Oh, what? Oh, she's here. Who put it? You you did you put it back

I'm putting it right now while I was talking to medium did you put it back was that you no it's always yes I did it was a prank got you don't do that again

don't come between a dragonborn and his halberd that's very dangerous. This could have gone really badly for you. I know that now. Whoopsie, my bad. I would put money on the Dragonborn winning that fight. Just saying. Thank you.

Very much appreciated. Dragonborn absolutely got it all together. Loopy. Nuts At this point We are going to take a quick break Okay Later than I thought So yeah we'll close this scene

With you lot bickering in this games All you can see is by the light from Bear's torch which I imagine has been flickering madly as he's been chasing Reynard around the room I've been stumbling over stuff but that's where we pause for now

so let's go take a quick break. We will resume this spooky creep fest in a haunted haunted house very very soon