Entering the Krohks Den

Beetle signs the door ledger as The Dragon. Three bodyguards, one mark, a rigged room. Under the torn rugs is new stonework, new walls, new cells. The big pot is dangled in front of them and every single croc at every single table is watching to see if these four will reach for it.

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By the Narrative Declaration TTRPG group: Four adventures try to make it big within the decrepit streets of Outset's Pawn Pilaster. Catch this comedic but grim dark Pathfinder Second Edition TTRPG adventure and watch them all suffer!

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Apologies to all podcast listeners. Yeah
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I'm still salty spit. This is actually
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for podcast listeners
but
that being the
That's not a bet
that's real
Hi everyone
welcome back to another exciting episode of
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we're a Pathfinder 2nd Edition show
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we're Pathfinder 2nd Edition. Sometimes I have to remind
people of that or so
but first off I want to say
thank you Minerva for coming back and playing
and tolerating me
What do you mean thank you for inviting
me? I'm just like oh my god my friend
would want to play a game with me
but yes
hello everyone my name is Minerva
aka Party Demoness over on
basically every social platform you could find
I play
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like I said earlier don't follow me it's a trap
I will make you like things you don't like
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we have Cabal. It's me
I'm the cursed one it's
go-name time!
Hi everybody I am Cabal your favorite
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forward slash Cabal
I'm a voice actor horror creator
and all around just
multi-personality kind of guy
and I'm playing
Talim Shabura
the level 7?
goes to pages
I'm not sure on that one
I got confused
I wasn't sure
Speaking of question marks
Speaking of being confused
we have
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Good time zone!
Hello it's me Froggy Lock
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happy Turkey Day
that's tomorrow
What about all the other viewers?
Well it's not Turkey Day for you
Pfft
Way to date the episode Froggy
I'm just saying
if you're here
happy Turkey Day
I hope you enjoy guzzling down
an entire turkey leg
I know I will
Just a whole turkey
I am a turkey connoisseur
a professional artist
a live 2d rigger
and a variety streamer
on Twitch
but you can find me
on all other social media platforms
under the same handle
Froggy Lock
and today
I'll be playing
Betelzebub
the level 7
kobold investigator
I've got it
and card shark
oh yeah
and a mafia boss
the dragon
forgot about that development
speaking of the big boss
we have Saltyjob
hello
my name is Saltyjob
I'm actually very short
in real life
and that is why
I'm playing
Heart
a level 7
human question mark
monk
to make up for that
because I feel
very short
and unwanted
so I play
a big
lovable guy
instead
we all love you
Soren couldn't
get me out of here
if he wanted to
and
you can find me
at Saltyjob
on Twitter
but you will also
see most of my work
here at
Narrative Declaration
as one of their artists
you can also see
my work over at
Cabal
the previous guy
his funny bit
yeah
we work together
yeah
we all work together
to make tons of
he who's
and funnies
and I
am your host
and game master
for this evening
I am
Zoran the Bear
you can find me all
pretty much under that handle
where I also stream
do a variety of stuff
on the Zoran channel
but also
game master
help kind of manage
and run the narrative
declaration stuff
with a bunch of
also amazing creators
we also do rock grind
and all that other stuff
so we all do
a bunch of amazing
we all work together
bust our asses off
to try to make this show
happen because
god it's a bunch of work
you guys are so cracked
yes
there are times
we would go through
the Patreon or so
and see all the PDFs
that we have
like at
patreon.com
forward slash
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and you can see
like in
we're managing
all of that stuff
like getting all the art
up there
PDFs
everything else
we got a backlog
I'm still going to get
all the raccoon stuff
up there still
and I look at
like god damn
we got a lot of content
just imagine
like you open it up
you look at it
you just hear
fortunate son
bard core
in the background
so for those of you
for folks in chat
right now
wizard staring hollow eyed
for those in chat
right now
can we get some love
for the narrative
declaration crew
like they work so hard
can we get some love
in chat please
please
how would you like me
to deliver the love
I don't know
just give love
starts filing a police report
no
there's so much love
to be delivered
can we get five
gifted thumbs in chat
I already did that
I will
I want my love
to be portrayed
in the form
of a funny meme
I want somebody
to draw me like
one of their
french ghouls
alright sure
I just want people
to arrive to the show
and have a good time
aww
once we have a good time
then we're having
a good time
but that's not funny
you have a good time
with Zorn and us
and also the rock grain crew
do you
do you have a good time
it's like no Zorn
no
what do you mean
no
you know what
you know what
the answer is chat
you know what
the answer is
friends with firearms
that's the American way
of negotiating
this is how I share
my
how I show my love
gotten
but of course
we got our show
it might be a very
long episode today
because we don't
because there won't
be another episode
for a chunk of time
due to the
we're going to date
the show a little bit
but yeah
but yeah
it's just going to
be a little
little time
deletion there
because we're all
going to a
con together
but one of the
things I want to
emphasize on
is that we have
our hero points
bar here
basically if you
have not been
on the Twitch channel
listening to podcasts
anything else like that
we have this little
hero point bit bar
that basically if you
do bits plus
and do hashtag
in the character's name
you could help them
get a hero point
but of course
I get villain points
which I get to use
on them for
inopportune times
to help balance out
that so they're not
usually you're not
paid to winning them
of course for that
if any of them
can recap
very quickly
in bulletin point ways
like kind of
quickly summarize
I will give them
a hero point
so who here
wants to try
and remember
what happened
last session
you have a quick
little recap of it
I would love to
I would love to
recap
but I will give
cab the chance
to do it
Mr. Zero
hero points
nah I'm good
I had a lot of
stuff happening
behind the scenes
this week
my brain
is
running on fumes
that is fully
understandable
but then
let me
recall
what happened
last
time
on the
rock
key the dream
sequence
to the one
piece opening
music
wait no
there we go
yeah
let's hear it
in the previous
time on the
rock goons
the goons
actually found
themselves
walking away
from their
previous engagement
which would
have been
the interaction
with Kerdinand
the head
of the
Atmari
faith
of the
conservatists
and
they
the conservation
of life
or rather
life as
they know
it
is their
priority
and they
had sent
the goons
on a quest
to obtain
a item
a key
to be specific
this
key
was
in the
hands of
someone that
the goons
already knew
about
Krok
and Krok's
gang
had been
tasked by
Kerdinand
previously
to obtain
this key
whatever
that means
in the
terms of
do people
outside
of
this
city
know about
Krok
we do
not know
but the
goons
were striding
away from
Kerkman
as
friends
they are
and
they
squatted
out
you won't
understand
what the
fight's
going on
keep going
they were
running out
onto the
streets
and they
were like
that went
weird
that was a
pretty weird
interaction
and
they
started to
talk about
how to
approach
things
they
started to
talk about
various
goals
and how
they want
to do
things
everyone
except for
Talim
got to
buy a
certain
thing
at the
old
Yharnam
clothing shop
and tailoring
which
featured
our
lovely
friend
lovely
little
guy
Yharn
Gore
who
was
a
creature
best
described
he
took
the
aid
of
Talim
and
Hart
to
create
to
more or
less
reinvigorate
Hart's
old
tattered
pelt
cape
and now
he has
a magical
cape
it's
super
cool
Beale
got a
bunch
of
yarn
to
thank
Veena
who
had
previously
made
their
scarves
and then
last but
not least
Grey
got a
small
little
doll
in the
shape
of a
canine
that
made her
think of
one of
her daughters
which was
a very
touching
moment
and then
they all
went back
to the
Elmas
the place
where they
are usually
staying at
their
base of
operations
to say
here
they
find
Shunkus
a
ogre
who
has
been
a
victim
of
outset's
harsh
legal
system
since
outset
has
multiple
legal
systems
guilds
that
has
the
power
to
engage
themselves
in
the
law
on
their
own
whims
and
then
also
you
know
a
static
legal
system
below
that
and
then
if
you're
a
noble
you
can
just
call
out
that
guy
did
an
illegal
thing
and
then
someone
starts
to
tackle
that
kind
of
stuff
in
weird
ways
Shunkus
as
an
ogre
is
not
of
the
higher
class
he
was
considered
a criminal
and
a
man
eater
like
actual
legit
literal
man
eater
by the
people
around
him
and
he
he got
blamed
for a
crime
and
the
goons
had
saved
him
by
proclaiming
that he
was not
to be
executed
for his
crimes
because
they
weren't
his
he's
found
outside
of
the
elma's
house
they
give
him
a
new
chance
to
work
in
Talim's
little
upcoming
business
plans
they
all
gather
inside
of
the
elma's
tavern
and
they
talk
to
all
of
their
friends
and
patrons
specifically
hollick
who
has
a
little
fun
thing
that he
just
wants
to
hang
out
with
his
friends
there
was
no
from
what
we
know
underlying
means
to
that
he
just
wanted
to
hang
out
with
his
friends
us
the
player
characters
and
we
learned
a
little
bit
about
ourselves
playing
a
card
game
some
goals
some
personal
views
stuff
like
that
including
some
existentialism
yay
and
beetle
learned
that he
is
really
good
at
playing
cards
and
throughout
some
down
time
post
this
kalim
researches
magical
scrolls
with
hollick
but
beetle
gray
and
heart
creates
a
scheme
to
turn
beetle
into
the
greatest
card
shark
in
all
of
outset
beetle
rolls
a
nat
on
seeing
how
good
he
is
at
playing
cards
and
he's
now
renowned
throughout
multiple
places
for
ruining
entire
establishments
for going
into
them
with how
good
he is
which
means
the
people
are
probably
after
him
as a
challenge
but
fear
him
as
a
player
and
that's
where
we
left
with
that
heart
gains
a
hero
point
i had
to
resist
making
a
deli
frittano
reference
when you
were like
he's
not a
man
eater
i know
i like
how
somebody
is just
like
beetle
is now
banned
from
many
casinos
his
mom is
so
proud
of
him
aww
she
goes
out
we
love
a
mom
that
supports
criminal
activity
it's
the
kobold
mafia
it's
all
about
being
part
of
the
family
the
family
the
family
name
just
don't
bet
the
library
we'll
teach
him a
lesson
he's
gonna
wake
up
with
a
goblin
head
in
his
bed
teach
him
real
good
you
see
so
with
all
of
that
um
i
believe
you
all
decided
that
pretty much
beetle
is
going
out
trying
to
learn
how
to
gamble
and
stuff
and
because
of
that
beetle
you
got
a lot
of
gold
you
got
like
and
something
gold
after
all
your
things
and
you
are
creating
a
reputation
for
yourself
uh
there
have
been
whispers
throughout
the
pond's
plaster
that
the
dragon
is
building
its
horde
so
crazy
sometimes
you'll
see
when
you
enter
like
another
establishment
or so
during
your
down
times
or so
they're
like
today
the
dragon
might
be
coming
here
to
gamble
and
so
maybe
we
won't
be
able
to
get
its
hold
it's
like
you
can't
fight
the
dragon
oh
my
god
oh
my
god
oh
my
god
and
so
yeah
my
face
is
all
hot
and
so
with
that
you
all
i
assume
start
heading
up
for
crocs
is
there
anything
that
you
guys
want
to
do
before
then
because
you
are
going
into
pretty
much
the
criminal
den
make
sure
we're
stocked
up
on
ammo
write
my
will
everything
goes
to
my
mom
to
help
pay
off
her
mortgage
which
she's
been
suspiciously
paying
off
since
all
of
us
were
born
you
think
it'd
be
paid
off
by
now
but
we
gotta
help
pay
off
mama's
mortgage
so
yeah
everything
goes
to
my
mom
yeah
yeah
come
over
here
with
a
year
fixed
rate
loan
on
a
house
my
uh
my
fork
that'll
go to
heart
no
heart
will have
to take
care of
fork
okay
yeah
good
hands
he's ready
to go
now
he wrote
as well
he's ready
to go
uh
heart
taps
his
chin
a
little
bit
so
since
we
made
it
pretty
clear
that
uh
we just
need
to win
so
cheating
is on
the
table
right
uh
do
we
need
some
how
are
we
gonna
cheat
how
are
we
gonna
cheat
like
big
time
well
Halak
taught us
and
beetle
very
clearly
has
proven
he's
very
good
at
cheating
yeah
but
like
you
two
you did
you did
something
i was out
there like
just
painting
his name
on the
walls
all over
the city
but uh
you were
looking
and uh
scouting out
things right
gray
yeah
yeah
i was
it was just
enough to
could you
sit like
from an
angle
at a
distance
and look
at
maybe a
hand
of someone's
cars
and give
beetle a
signal
if you
see
if they
have
something
sounds
good
yeah
i mean
my usual
signal has
been just
flicking my
left ear
usually
yeah
but uh
this is going
to be a
much larger
establishment
than what
we're used
to uh
hitting up
so we'll
have to
play it
by ear
yeah
yeah
i'm not
nervous
definitely
not
you're
nervous
i'm not
nervous
no you're
nervous
someone
notices how
nervous you
are
and you
see
uh
a familiar
face
come up
to you
and you
see
vena
come up
to you
all
oh vena
you see
vena come
up to all
of you
and go
like
i um
i i
hurt you
all
um
i'm
sorry
i can't
get over
over here
she twitches
one of her
big mouse
ears
i can't
help but
overhear
that um
you uh
you're
going to
crocs
yeah
but it's
gonna be
fine
if
if you'd
like
i
i would
like to
help
uh
what do
you suppose
propose
i also
overheard
that
you know
your conversation
and your
plannings and
stuff and
it and it
sounds like
that's
that's
you know
from all the
affiliations of
my friend
being you know
captured by
his goons and
stuff i i want
to help save my
friend and
and and you
see vena will
kind of look a
bit more like
she's mustering
all the courage
she can
oh i want to
eat her she's
so cute
and for
remember vena
but she think
of a cute
little mouse
folk uh
like a like
think of a cute
little mice but
humanoid form
and stuff
well what do
you want to
bring to the
table here
i could i
i also have
played cards
before and
i could help
be a fall
person and
also just keep
my ears peaked
up in case i
hear anything
interesting for
you all and
uh i can't
see super well
and she kind
of like brushes
her head a
little bit or
so she's like
i can't see
super well but
i could definitely
notice a lot of
things though from
from smell and
hearing
if you're sure
it might be a
little dangerous
it's quite
dangerous
it's always
dangerous here
in the pond's
plaster i'm a
big girl
and she kind
of puffs up
a little bit
i would take a
bullet for her
she's so cute
yeah okay yeah
if you're sure
you want to
do this
yeah okay
we've got
your back
and like she
nods and
um and she
kind of like
packs up a
little things
a little
knapsack
like like a
stick and
the little
like bundle
of cloth
kind of tied
up
oh my god
she goes i got
snacks for
everyone and
she hands
everyone like a
little biscuit
oh oh thank
you thank you
very kindly
thank you
wow you were
playing for this
on your next
detroit roll
oh yeah
it tastes
delicious
oh thank
you
wow did you
make these
yourself
mm-hmm
your greasetail
is wagging
sometimes i
bake these
for lunch
she'll nibble
on one as
uh i assume
you guys begin
to go i'm
sorry greg
go ahead
yeah no
i'm just
imagining i'm
just imagining
that like these
biscuits are all
like her size
so they're just
very tiny
yeah they're
like a little
bit for you
for heart
it's like the
size of a
like a little
macaron
yeah like a
little two
bite brownie
yeah
oh bite
size
oh
vino what
did you put
in the
biscuits
what did
you put
in these
i feel
great
um
even though
for you
to leave
even though
you can't
eat anything
yeah
you feel
you feel
inspired
by
yeah
this is
my game
mastery
everybody
was enjoying
the food
so much
i was just
like man
i'm happy
for them
dude i love
being a ghost
if you want
me to not
let you have
it to provide
you a ghost
i can take it
away if you
want
no no it
gives you a
memory of
sharing food
with friends
yeah yeah
core memory
core memory
unlocked
but with that
she will begin
the travel
with you
all
okay
stakes just
got a lot
higher if
anything happens
to vita
i will
kill this
entire party
it sucks
it sucks
for green
heart
grabs you
welcome
to raccoons
the all
ghost party
i can smell
my pits
already
i'm so
nervous
we would
be different
than that
each one
of us
is a
different
thing
okay
who's
the mummy
who's
the ghoul
and who's
the skeleton
i can be
the zombie
gray can
be a vampire
wait wait
beetle would
be a vampire
he has the
wings
and and
and gray
can be the
mummy
because she's
the mom
oh yeah
also the
slither trait
really fits a
vampire
yeah
because ladies
yeah ladies
slither it
around
slither slither
come right
hither
thanks i hate
it
you can tell
we're nervous
because we're
making more
jokes than
normal
i'm not
nervous
you're nervous
you all
begin to
make your
way
to crock's
den
beetle's
rattling his
set of
gambling teeth
in his palm
as they're
walking
y'all begin
to make
your way
to crock's
den
think of
like a
kind of
think a
jazzy vibe
gone a
little bit
just kind of
thinking that
helps out the
mood
like the
music
i only have
so much
music
to kind of
go through
these other
tabletop audio
or rpg music
folks who
do a really
great job
hidden
hidden
speakeasy
vibe
yeah
what brings
it down to
this side
of the pond's
ballast
you're looking
to make it
big
or just
make it
out alive
i fucking
knew it
rotgoons
is actually
a noir
story
she walked
in
and from
that moment
i knew
that little
kobold
was trouble
you all
begin to
make your
way
over the
crock's
den
and when
you finally
get there
you've been
here before
you didn't
really get
quite a good
look at it
because you
only came
at it
at one
angle
but you
remember it
and now
that it's
fully presented
to you
as a
crash
as a
half of a
crashed
airship
you understand
that airships
and the
city of
outset
usually help
bring things
to and fro
and occasionally
accidents happen
and besides
of just trying
to revive
the ship
and try to
pull it out
from anywhere
suddenly they
just get
stripped apart
and become
abandoned
and it seems
crock has
made his
den in
one of
them
so as
the walls
look like
sorry
the walls
look like
disheveled
planks
and things
like that
and you see
two thugs
in front
of a door
just kind
of posed
out just
to make
sure no
one comes
into a
fro
you see
a couple
of people
go in
and out
or so
some people
looking less
looking a lot
poorer
than they probably
did coming in
no shoes
no shirt
I was just
gonna say
I like how
the farther
we go into
like this
segment of the
story
it just
becomes like
more and
more like
just mob
related
sometimes
accidents
happen
this place
almost looks
a little
bigger
than the
last time
we went
by it
wow
it'll be
okay
does it feel
hot
you feel
hot
no
it is a
warm night
he peels
a bunch
of skin
off the
side
of his
face
is there
shedding
yeah
sheds
nervously
yeah
scratches
skin
off his
face
it'll be
it'll be
fine
beetle
the trouble
was going
to happen
I never
remembered
that this
was a
this is a
big boat
yeah
it's really
cool
beetle
I know
you're nervous
but it'll be
okay
our hopes and dreams
are just you know
relying on your
shoulders
just like
mom
that's okay
I can take
the extra
weight
I can take
it
yeah
you're
strong
bro
you're strong
yeah
I trained
for this
yeah
yeah
okay
well
um
I guess
you start
to shuffle
are we
are we ready
to go
up to the
door
and talk
to the
guys
oh yeah
yeah
yeah
yeah
okay
here we
go
and beetle
will like
stand up
straighter
and make
his shoulders
and his chest
as big
as possible
okay
I assume
you approach
the
two thugs
there
yeah
he approaches
the two thugs
he stops
his eyes
split further
apart
so he can
look at
like
each one
individually
like at the
same time
and he just
hey
one looks
down
and he goes
right
he's like
what do you do
it's like
you here to gamble
you to spend
a little
cash
and he kind of
like kind of
squeeze his fingers
together at you
you know
indicating
money coins
yeah
that's right
you should
go right
in and
spend all
your money
in here
and he'll
open the
door for
you
and be like
welcome to
Croxton
where all
your dreams
come true
and they both
cartoonishly
laugh at you
both
we'll see
about that
fellas
thanks
take a little
peep around
as soon as
we slink
inside
heart
has a very
serious look
on his face
and has
both of his
hands down
at about
waist height
and he just
has that
bouncer
passive
look
just standing
around
below
looking around
he just
being an
out
look
yeah
these are some
nice carpets
here
you know what
it's even nicer
now that I'm
inside
oh dear
yeah whatever
you say bro
whatever you
say
as you enter
inside they
close the door
behind you
inside what
you see is
an elongated
hallway with
some stairs
going up on
the top of
this kind of
rectangular room
various rugs
are kind of
thrown down
a bit haphazardly
in a way
to try to
spruce up
this place
but you see
it's still
disheveled
planks and
ropes holding
in some of
the walls
but you see
some of it
seems to be
a new
construction
of various
stone walls
kind of put
in place
a man
is sitting
at a table
with various
pieces of
papers and
stuff
and he
kind of
as he's
scribbling
down some
stuff he
looks up
at you
and goes
like
now you
have some
fun tonight
yes sir
yes please
we're here
to gamble
and he
walks up
to the
table
and stands
on his
tiptoes
and thumps
his snoot
over the
top of the
table
yeah he's
here to
gamble
you heard
him
yeah
I see
I see
you're here
for the
you're here
to compete
for the
big table
tonight
oh yeah
that big
pot's as
good as
mine
everyone
says that
and you
see he
scribbles
some
things
that's
the tone
of someone
who's heard
the same
joke
50 times
in retail
this man
will
go ahead
heart
my bad
heart
puts a
toothpick
in in
between his
teeth
oh yeah
he's
a little dirty
found it on
the ground
outside
it's like
oh toothpick
I know what
I can do
with this
dude I can
look so much
cooler now
so as
as he's
thinking you
may look
slightly cooler
now
so the man's
like all right
that's all right
you goofy
bunch and you
kind of slide
a piece of
paper over
and slide
an inkwell
on a quill
here we go
just write
your names
here and
your alias
is this a
waiver
uh he
goes nah
okay
if you
lose here
you're the
only one
who should
be crying
oh okay
and he'll
he'll take
the inkwell
and he'll
look around
and be like
well I think
I might be
the only one
gambling tonight
do you guys
plan on
setting up
any tables
sitting at
any tables
or are you
just here
for like
some drinks
I'm just
there to
keep you
safe bro
yeah these
are these
are my
buddies
so here
I'll sign
up because
I'm for
sure I'm
entering for
the pot
and he'll
he'll scroll
out uh
the dragon
okay if you
don't want
if you don't
want that you
could try to
change your
alias now
oh no
no no
no so
perfect
yeah and
also like I'm
not gonna he's
not gonna pretend
with a different
alias otherwise
okay all the
work is for
nothing
okay so you
write that down
uh it says
anybody else want
to sign up
you'll see
that vena
will also
sign up
and uh
scribble
down
something
oh
uh gray
will opt
out
and to
lean will
uh also
stand with
heart and
adopt the
uh there's
definitely a
bodyguard
you know
okay
uh heart
even scary
it's scary
he has
he has
three bodyguards
he's the dragon
he's got a
horde to
protect
heart
writes down
his name
yes so the
establishment
knew that he
was here
he will not
pick up a
opportunity
to to make
more people
know who
he is
excellent
uh what
so heart
what do you
write down
as your
alias
just heart
heart
okay
uh and
beale you
put it as
a dragon
he was like
only two
of you huh
okay he
looks down
and his
eyes kind
of open
wide a
little bit
going oh
seems we
got ourselves
a big shot
here he
kind of rolls
up the piece
of paper
and puts it
off to the
and puts it
off to the
side to
another bundle
of scrolls
and going
that's right
could be a
very lucrative
night for
you guys
ah i see
we might have
to keep an
eye on
you
oh don't
worry he's
got uh
he's got
three sets
oh
okay
well okay
okay
okay
okay
see you
later
he's like
go and
exchange your
coins for
chips
okie dokie
bye
oh god
how you doing
bro
i'm feeling
great
i feel fine
you see
you can
um
as you go
through this
uh iron bar
door
swings out
just fine
and you
see ahead
of you
actually let
me let
me fix
this for
you actually
because this
is supposed
to be
seen through
there we go
uh you see
ahead of you
see a couple
more workers
so you know
i might have
a generic
token of like
dude it's
not all
clones
oh yeah
no i figured
yeah
i don't have
time to photoshop
each individual
person so
it's just like
two hundred
fifty c
same picture
scrambles like
a mustache on
one a beard
on another
oh my god
that would be
so good
oh my god
the room in
front of you
the room in front of you
past the rectangle
room through these
uh bar doors
uh seems to be
like a processing
area you see
you see another
crocs gang member
there and a couple
people kind of like
with different
bits of gold
and uh
think of like
casino chips
basically um
as you're
as you walk in
you see one of
them kind of
standing near one
of the counters
where you would
exchange past
these bars
so what would
you all like
to do
well as we're
getting there
before we're
actually there
when we're in
the hallway
beetle will look
back to his
entourage and be
like how much
gold are you guys
comfortable with
me
exchanging for
chips
yo dude
whatever
like as long
as we get to
the big table
right
yeah
it's i'm
i'm probably
gonna put down
like a like a
higher gold
kree kind of
looks back at
talim to see
how he's reacting
to all of this
yeah
like beetle's
just like
like a hundred
gold and
you can see
talim is just
like
yeah
he's just
he's just
like
i suppose
if our goal
is to get
there
might not be
a bad idea
to pitch in
for a certain
amount
but first we
should gauge
what they say
as high
rollers
the average
for high
rollers
do my best
and then
then we'll
go in
okay
hi there
you're here
to get a
couple chips
for some
uh
for a couple
friendly games
tonight
absolutely
actually
we're
i'm looking
to uh
to win
the big
pot
so i would
love to
you know
really chip
in
all right
uh so
how much
are you putting
in
uh how
does a hundred
gold sound
and he'll hike
up his eyebrows
as i
that'll do
for us
there you go
basically i'll
hold your coins
and our um
you know in
pretty much
an art storage
and here's your
coins
very much once
you've got all
your earnings
or losses
uh come
back and
redeem your
coins
you got
it
and it'll
uh remove
hundred gold
points
he'll take
them
i recommend
you just
keep a note
because pretty
much i'm just
doing like
one gold one
of these chips
sort of deal
um okay
since you're
doing that
like think of
like a hundred
chips or so
and then it
goes down
from beetle's
experience is
a hundred chips
a lot is that
like a high
roller
it's a good
amount
okay
it's a good
amount like
one gold in
the city of
outsets like
that for a lot
especially in the
pawns blaster
good chunk of
money like
you're you're
you're living
like on those
tavern food and
all that stuff
for a while you
can uber eats a
lot basically
yeah
hell yeah
okay okay i
just want to make
sure he fits the
profile of high
roller
you're coming in
with a good
lot of cash
okay he will
i'll make a note
hold on let me
open my
think of all the
anime figures you
could buy at a
convention with
that money
oh my god
100 gold
beetle just pulls
down a huge
bag it was like
oh yeah like
100 gold and
the guy just
like looks down
and see there's
a significant
amount more
still in there
it's like
oh
yeah exactly
yeah
so as you're
doing that
heart uh
did you want
to exchange
stuff and
so you know
the blue
stuff's carpet
oh i thought
that was a
counter my
bad
oh no wait
yeah that guy
is standing on
it
no he's
standing on
a counter
yeah he's
squatting in
the corner
i did not
read into
that
uh heart
will slide
over uh
50 gold
pieces uh
heart will
be a round
beetle but
he he does
not like aim
to end up at
the high roller
table unless
he somehow
does
uh while uh
while this is
going on gray
is kind of
like getting
a look around
she's like
trying to see
if there's
any like funny
smells going
on if there's
anything interesting
that's catching
her okay
okay
we're rolling
that is a 15
for a total
of 28
awesome uh
you sniff around
and you smell
and you smell
food uh kind of
past the curtains
or so a bit of
smoke like people
are enjoying
like probably
um sort of
like any herbal
stuff or anything
like that like
you know just
good tobacco
like products
a weed
uh weed at
least in
pathfine galarian
lore is called
pesh i don't
think we've
established a
word for in
rock ground
universe yet
yet but we'll
temporarily use
that word
uh for weed
like that tobacco
products like
they're smoking
they're smoking
a little sniffer
is that a weed
needle i'm
calling the police
dialed from
microwave
guys there are
weed needles
in here
what
huh
yeah
there's like
there's a lot
of a lot of
food like food
drink anything
you like to
smoke just
have a good
time and
uh he will
hand heart
uh his chips
and be like
all right have
a good time
here's your
vouchers
thanks buddy
have a good
time at the
den and he
winks at
both of
you
because they
get theirs
um
fleam will
actually like
move out of
the way for
you know to
step up
and uh
just just
like with uh
with beetle
will hover
behind her
yeah you
see
vena you
see vena
will put in
300 gold
jesus christ
oh my god
she doesn't
say a word
she just
nods
thank you
and basically
this entire
time vena's
just been a
waitress to
like as a
hobby
you know
you know
what it is
she probably
pawned off
that painting
that sora
mentioned
ah to a
collector
maybe it's
worth way
more that
we just
left at
the table
as tip
oh yeah
that's right
i forgot
that we
tipped over
the whole
painting of
adventure of
on a horse
yeah
vena's been
a fabulously
wealthy heiress
the entire
time just
works at the
elmas for
fun
she like
oh that's
but sometimes
people leave
good tips
and um
and the
painting went
for a good
amount of
money
whoa
i bought a
couch
i bought it
for
couchers are
comfy
talim does
like the
little like
nice
you know
the little
yeah
yeah
yeah
clap
he's like
well done
so there
she goes
and uh
i think we
go through
there
and she
points to
the curtains
um
and we'll
motion through
oh no
it's curtains
for us
come on
mr dragon
but um
tish
i've never
seen her
so confident
as you
go through
uh as
you go
through
uh talim
roll me
a perception
check
yes
wait
where's my
where's my
skill tab
there it is
it's gone
yeah
yeah
i realized
that after
i found
the skill
tab
rapidly
clicking
so i
that's a
nat 20
oh my
god
like
just
phases
through
the curtains
and
and what
you see
as you're
going through
the curtains
you
due to
your arcane
nature
and your
ghostly
nature
you feel
like
the best
way for
me to
describe it
is like
you're being
scanned
basically
something
magically
is
taking a
look at
you all
just just
making sure
what you
have
is not
gonna be
a problem
oh my
god
and
as you
kind of
do so
you see
the red
curtain
vena tries
to push
forward
and the
curtains
feel rock
solid
and she
goes
oh
i think
we forgot
to
you don't
have any
weapons on
you do
you
we're
supposed to
leave our
weapons
outside
normally
normally
they don't
really care
all that
much
but there
must be
something
odd
with one
of us
one of
us
oh
um
i'll be
right back
and you
see vena
will
will leave
real quick
very quickly
and you
hear a bit
of a whisper
like
and uh
and she'll
go sorry
sorry
sorry
and uh
you see
she'll come
back
and go like
okay i think
we're good
now
what did
you have
girl what
did you
have
sorry
there's a
little
it's just
a little
rock i
had
and apparently
don't worry
um you see
vena will
uh push
past the
curtains
oh
okay well
beetle just
looks up at
everybody else
like
bro
everyone's kind
of looking at
each other
like what
the fuck
um
bleep just
like looks
down and
it's like
apparently
she was
uh more
prepared
than they
would like
for her
to be
yeah
listen
if they
didn't care
about us
and they
cared about
a rock
i want to
know what
that rock
is
uh
i don't
think she
was carrying
a rock
i ain't got
anything
on me
as you
pass through
the curtains
i mean
goofy
here for you
uh as you
pass through
the curtains
you see
that it
is bustling
with activity
as much as
it can
here in
crock's den
um
you see
various people
around tables
some familiar
faces
you may
notice as
you scan
around
you notice
that gipuk
is over
there
and also
as you
take a
scan a
little bit
past the
stage
two
individuals
you dealt
with when
trying to get
hollocks cart
back
they're alive
no way
and along
with that you
see there is
uh a
noel bartender
with like a
something swaddled
uh under
its arm
and along to
the north you
see that there
is uh an
at mari person
uh at one of
the tables kind
of playing
blackjack along
with a thug
along with
someone you've
also recognized
tugbert
it's also
further off to
the north
playing cards
along with a
is that a
tyrant's guild
person
oh my god
squints
zoom enhance
and so that
that's currently
what you see
in this bar
there's various
tables of
drinks and
stuff it's
it's it's
it's quaint
it's not like
a huge
casino but
there's various
places for
gambling so
if you know
this place
kind of rounds
around to
uh there's
more carpeted
area where
it seems to
be more
people with
a higher
rolling
initiative
instead of
copper
they deal
with gold
there
so
just waiting
for tugbert
to be an
absolute
monster
tugbert's
the real
dragon
the tyrant's
guild
beverage
and someone's
like i can't
win
throws cards
on the
table
and he
just goes
yeah
smells great
in here
do you want
to do you
want me to
get you
some uh
a snack
or a drink
oh maybe
some peanuts
peanuts
oh yeah
i'll get
you some
yeah
those are
the fun
thanks man
remember
one of us
always with
beetle
yep got
it
hey aren't
those guys
if beetle
will come
around so he
has a better
view
as you
as you
point to
them
uh you
see the
uh you
see the
elven woman
and the
uh avian
like humanoid
that you
dealt with
before
they seem
to be in
a closed
conversation
with their
backs
turning to
you
they have
not noticed
you yet
beetle's eyes
shift so that
they're front
facing and he's
holding the
point on them
gray will kind
of just
squint and her
ears will flatten
back
it's just
didn't we
killed
didn't
wait
wait i
charlene
like looks
ant beetle
and like
looks
it looks
at gray
and says
like
perhaps we
did
i don't like
this
should we
avoid them
it might be
less awkward
if we do
the silence
is killing
me
okay um
oh
gray will
just watch
heart leave
like
heart just
spots me
he's like
oh peanuts
like talene is
just standing
there like
looking at
and beetle
and gray
it's like
people come
back from
the dead
all of the
time
yeah but
uh they
look pretty
whole to
me
would you
like to
roll a
perception
check on
yeah i
would
yeah if
you want
to take
a closer
look at
them uh
feel free
to roll
my perception
i got a
19 for a
total of
holy smokes
i got
so beetle
with your
26 and
gray with
your 32
uh as
you're looking
at it you
notice that
like some
of their
limbs you
know you
mess these
people up
they were
definitely dead
when you
messed with
them but
what you
kind of
notice a
little bit
awkwardly
where one
of their
arms seems
to be kind
of wrapped
up or so
but due to
uh so
you know
this is like
obviously they
still seem to
be in like
at some
recovery phase
or so
but gray
with your
roll you
notice that
there's something
a little
crystalline
with uh
like with
one of
their arms
or so
you can't
quite see
the avian
clay
creature
but for
the elven
woman you
kind of
notice one
of her
arms seems
a bit more
crystal than
normal
something's up
something's
super up
and i don't
i don't i
can't put my
finger on it
let's let's
treat them the
way that my
sisters would
treat me when
we were little
kids and give
them this and
he turns to
the side and
gives them the
silent treatment
and walks
away
i can't
believe that
beetle gives
them the
bombastic
side eye
he does
yeah
criminal
side eye
criminally
offensive
side eye
is that
gifluck up
there
uh yeah
it looks
like it
he covers
his face
gray is
uh gonna
gonna run
after beetle
because he
just fucking
spread it off
uh and
she's gonna
take a quick
glance to her
left as
she's running
um as you
know as a
quick glance
just looks
like a as
you're quick as
you guys are
quickly going
by it just
looks like a
no bartender
with something
swaddled
okay taking a
mental note of
that
crossbow
what do you
want
good to see
you
he kind of
takes a sip
from his
tankard
what's you
drinking
what's good
here
beer
ale
wine
they got
everything else
everyone else
has got
except there's
honey stuff
i like the
honey stuff
he's
honey is
good
i want to
try some
honey stuff
thanks
and he'll
like slap
the leg of
his chair
because he
can't reach
anything else
he kind
of grips
his tankard
in anger
as he
stares
at you
he don't
walks away
like
salim just
like looks
at gibber
because
shrugs
gray's just
like okay
it's like
following a
kid at a
chucky cheese
perspective
to heart
because heart's
been waiting
for a bit
yeah because
we're going
over that
way
as you guys
are heading
your way
over
heart
you have
approached
pretty much
the bar
here
at croxton
and
before you
you see
a
fobald
or
no not cobald
a gnoll
sorry
it's completely
a different
thing
i'm going to
keep adding
them in
together
it's all
good
this gnoll
swaddled
swaddled
and you
notice has
a gnoll
child
swaddled
with her
oh my god
she looks at
you all
or she looks
at you
particularly hard
and you're
like
how can i
help you
oh
hi there
i'm here
looking for
some refreshments
for me and
my friends
uh
do you have
any
recommendable
drinks
and
could i also
have
wine
water
like
there's
water
but you'll
die
i think
i could
handle
it
uh
do you
yeah
yeah
i'll
i'll
take
some
beer
if
anything
do you
do you
have
any
any
any
salty
snack
to that
some
peanuts
so
you see
it's
very
disgruntily
just
slams
like
a
ball
like
these
salty
salty
little
bread
snacks
in front
of you
and we'll
just
slide
it
over
um
it'll
take
a couple
tankards
and go
over to
like
the keg
over to
the side
and turn
around
you see
like
retail
worker
fucking
done
with
life
bed
tired
single
mom
energy
just
just
that's
what
you're
getting
from
this
individual
uh
as
you're
doing
that
you
see
um
the
doll
will
slide
over
all
the
uh
the
tankards
and stuff
which I
assume
you ordered
for
and
it was
like
it was
like
two
silver
two
silver
here
have a
gold
good
service
she
kind of
looks down
at it
and this
kind of
looks up
at you
and just
kind of
like
slides it
down
and pockets
it
yeah
so I
imagine
the uh
the other
three are
getting uh
getting on
over
around this
time
you all
have now
arrived
over
and there
are
uh
a row
of
tankards
there
now
great
we'll
wander
up to
the
bar
and
look at
the drink
and then
look over
at the
bartender
and stop
she looks
like she's
seen a
ghost
no
no
no
no
no
no offense
tell him
dies a
third
time
she quietly
she quietly
oh
thank
thank
thank you
morla
huh
huh
so you
came back
huh
what do you
mean came
back
i mean
you were
gone when
i came
home
all those
years
you left
you left
and you see
that like
morla just
like
just snaps
and
will just
like
just take
your tankard
away
and take
all your
stuff away
and just
basically
just toss
it into
the back
or so
it's like
because of
you
and she
stops
kind of like
tries to
calm herself
a bit
i have
customers
you wait
and she
then
morla
come up
to beetle
and
we're
like
what can
i get
you
hi
ma'am
um
i would
love
the tasty
honey
drink
please
you mean
mead
yes
all right
and
she'll
turn it
over
get you
get a
bottle
and stuff
pour it
down
and hand
it to
you
beetle
and say
and she'll
say like
one silver
of course
thank you
thank you so much
and he'll
he'll pull out
he'll look at
heart and he'll
pull out like
five silver
and just like
hold them out
separately so he's
got one silver
in the other hand
and then four silver
in the other hand
and he's just like
yeah
yeah he's like
this is for you
please don't
fucking bite us
snatches the silver
away
and so
and then
and as she
puts away
and she'll look
at you gray
and go like
this you're no
family now huh
got tired of
your old one
the old one
you all grew up
and left
what did you want
me to stay
in one place
forever
i wanted you
to take care
of us
you know
we needed
someone
you know
because when
i returned home
no one was there
you know
i had to take care
of most of the kids
you know
bring them all over
to try to raise
them out in this
hellhole
and to kind of
point outside
and kind of
wave it away
and it's like
now
try to find
somebody
now i got
this little
one
this little
one
oh just
just found
you know
just found
after my
after my ex
doesn't even
have a name
yet
oh
and you see
this cute
little gnoll
just kind of
swallowed in
with her
and stuff
it's like
because of you
i've had to
been working
here
because of me
okay
because of me
i got older
you got older
all of you
left me
to go do
your own
things
i could not
sit there
and oh
in case you
needed to
come back
how long
was i there
before you
decided to
come back
how long
did it take
you to come
back to me
after your
ex
hmm
i was like
i don't know
that seems
pretty recent
but by the
time i was
young
you weren't
even there
for us
no that
doesn't
that doesn't
sound right
that doesn't
great
it doesn't
sound right
and she'll
move over
the the
heart
trying to
look past
heart and
over to
talim gone
you want
something
ghosty
talim raises
his hand
he's like
despite appearances
i'm not one
for spirits
she rolls
her eyes
deal leans
over so
slowly
quietly
that like
the chair
creaks louder
than
he does
when he
like
he just
like
crates
his head
up and
he's just
staring up
at gray
gray looks
so fucking
just flabbergasted
and overwhelmed
because none
of this in her
in her head
is like adding
up uh
because she
very well
thought at least
that all of her
children were well
and grown
but then again
there were over
20 of them
oh my god
she's sitting
here just
trying to wrap
her head around
everything
because this is
this was not
something she was
expecting today
at all
uh
she's just
kind of like
sitting there
in her own
head staring
at the
counter
right
go do
what we
came here
to do
are you
okay
no
i'm not
you want
a beer
no
i need
to think
uh
okay
that's
uh
she looks
like she's
going to like
actually
throw something
he doesn't
ask
that's your
daughter
he doesn't
fucking ask
uh
he clips
his mouth
shut
and creaks
back
he grabs
a bowl
of the salty
snacks
he grabs
his honeymead
and he
twists around
again
and hops
off the
the stool
okay
uh
i i guess
i'll
i'll go
try and
set myself
up at
at the
big table
it's like
vino
well
you've
noticed that
vina and
marlo were
having a
conversation
and she'll
hop down
but first
off go
ahead
to lean
my bad
i was gonna
say um
as beetle
like uh
hops down
to go
and uh
set up
at the
table
to lean
will like
look at
heart
and um
and gray
and be
like i will
stay with
beetle
uh
do what
you need
to do
i will
make sure
our little
friend is
um
well kept
gray just
gives like
a really
shaky
restrained
thumbs up
oh
yeah
sure
they're talking
through teeth
all right
uh
to lean
here's the
drinks
uh
keep beetle
snacks
so he
just holds
them out
and he
still
at this
point
just
drops
them
when they're
near
to lean
sands
to lean
scrabble
to try
and grab
them
and i
need to
make it
acrobatic
check
i like
he's like
ghost check
ghost check
ghost check
this is a
disaster
nope
they fall
right through
his fucking
hands
oh
wait wait
wait
i spend a
hero point
to re-roll
oh you say
hero point
to re-roll
for this
that's right
can't drop
the money
i need a
hero right
now thank
you
i got a
to lean
like
he like
lunges forward
and catches
it and he's
just like
and he
looks down
at it
and he
looks up
at heart
and he's
just like
really
you caught
it
take
take uh
take care
of gray
okay
yeah
yeah
i will
i will
yeah
yeah
yeah
okay
and beetle
starts to
clap off
he would
sigh
hey
there's an
at bar
over there
beetle will
point as
they're walking
away from
the bar
this seems
to be a
place where
all sorts
gather
a real
din of
rogues
what if
she's
the same
at bar
that we
met
before
uh
veena
will tug
on beetle
and so
i asked
the bartender
um
basically
how to get
to the high
rollers thing
we have
to kind
of
work
our way
up
so to
speak
um
and so
basically
we can
play a few
rounds there
and if we
went there
we can
go to
the higher
roller
the higher
stakes
table
and then
from there
we can
join
the big
betting
table
past the
curtains
there
and she'll
she'll point
over to the
to the left
and you'll see
like this
this row
of curtains
uh
which seem
to be covered
like another
room area
oh you're
the best
i was gonna
embarrass myself
and go
sit down
there
so what
table do
we start
at
we can start
at that one
that has
few players
and she'll
point to the
table with
where the
atmari
and the
thug
is sitting
perfect
okay
yeah that
sounds good
let's go
all right
so vena
will take
a sit
down
and the
guy will
take a
sit down
so as
they're
sitting
sitting
here
uh
talim
um
is there
anything you
want to do
or any
ideas that you
have to
potentially assist
beetle and beetle
or vena um
as they begin to
play cards
uh oh god
um
i can give you
ideas but i want
you to take
an issue
first
all right
i
i don't have
anything like
any illusions
or like magic
or anything
like the most
i could do
is like
uh
yeah um
yeah i don't
have anything
magic wise that
would work like
anything
with talim
he would have
to
do himself
but he's a
ghost so it's
not like he
can hide
cards in his
sleeves
so to help
you out
um you have
two spells
two cantrips
that can help
you out
you have
mage hand
so you create
a single
magical hand
either invisible
or ghost like
that grabs the
target object
and moves it
slowly up to
20 feet
or you do
a press
dissertation
which the
simplest magic
does your
beating
can perform
simple magical
effects for as
long as you
sustain the
spell
each time you
sustain the
spell you can
choose one
before options
cook lift
slowly make
a temporary
object of
miserable bulk
which cards
are um and
you can't and
you can kind of
do stuff with
that with two
of those so
those are two
spells you can
do stuff with
so those those
are some options
or you can be
very inventive
with some of
your other
spells like say
for example
mirror image
i'll allow you
to kind of
mess the cards
in an inventive
way with mirror
image if you
want uh even
though it is a
like self thing
i'll basically let
you do an arcane
check to let you
do something
weird with it
i i'm always up
for someone taking
magic and like
stretching it a
little bit
the problem is i
don't have any
second level spell
slots
well you should be
fully rested
at this point
you um may just
they only get um
two levels of
uh yeah
you'd have to
hide in that
that's right
yeah i would
have to hide
regardless your
cancers work great
you are also
still a ghost
so you can do
you can probably
ask if you can
do weird things
like draw a card
from underneath
the table
because you're a
ghost
yeah
on the table
the problem
is is that
talim is standing
is standing
behind beetle
he's not actually
at the table
himself
as i uh
i'll give you
some options
uh feel free
to think of
anything you
would like to
think of and
try i'll allow
yourself to kind
of think of
some stuff
or opportunities
to act on
possess the thug
play bad
sure um
you know
what uh
yeah
uh so i'm
assuming it's
something along
the lines of
um oh god
i don't know
card games
what's what's
the one where
you gotta get
21 this is
blackjack so
that's what that
is okay
that's blackjack
in the world
of rocker
and it's
probably something
different but
we'll think of
a name one
day
fair um
it's uh
so one of the
things that
talim could do
possibly and
like this would
be up to
bm fiat
because uh
the thing with
presidigitation is
that when you
create something
or you do uh
you do something
like that it's
like crude
and it can't be
used like a tool
or anything like
that so it's
like could he
technically alter
a card
i'll allow it
uh yeah so
um
yeah based on
how it would
work if you
want to mess
with a card
uh magically
in some way
um i'm going
to ask you to
either make an
arcana check
or a stealth
check
okie dokie
what if you
made a crumpled
up card on
another player
make it look
like the other
player's cheating
yeah
well that's the
plan is so you
know like make the
other players look
like they're cheating
or make it um
you know like
so you're like hit
me and they just
get like
i don't know like
like what's the
super high card
they can get an
ace
ace is either
1 or 11
but uh
yeah
so the
the summarize for
this uh
beetle and
vena um
like basically
for you to be
able to you
come up to the
table and you
see the
amari uh
the amari
citizen uh
that you
see and they
look very
similar from
before and
you see the
look at you
and go like
oh it's you
again
it's like just
to make things
easier she'll
clap and
basically oh
it's so good
to see how
did your date
go oh
it's you i
wondered if it
was you it's
so good to
see you it
went okay we
you know we
watched the
event
it's like oh
wasn't it
splendous oh
he has such
a kind heart
uh yeah
sweating oh
you know what
actually just
to change
subjects
immediately he
pulls out a
fork and
holds it up
this is
fork i got
it from him
oh my that's
such a precious
gift right
it's like
18 year old
fart boy in
here it's like
i wish i had
someone who
cared about me
to give me
those types of
gifts she'll
look away and
blush
he must really
like you
oh well you
know i don't
think so
i kind of
picked up on
the kind of
energy where
they they
want to just
be friends but
they want to
be polite about
it oh he's
probably just
filling it out
i don't know
you you know
he he might
you could you
could you
could try
beetle out here
just seducing
everybody
welcome the
fuck finder
cracks in the
wall slither
plant monster
slither
mr lady slither
he actually he
said uh he said
i was shorter in
person so i think
he's looking for
somebody a little
taller maybe a
little slimmer such
as yourself have
you ever tried
complimenting him
or speaking with
him oh my god are
we trying to set
her up with a
curtain hand
absolutely hell
yeah i ship it i
ship it gotta help
a sister out uh
that's a total of
22 you think he
would like me
you're pretty
likable from the
few times we've
spoken he's like
oh he should
like turn around
and blush again
her crystal head
goes a slight
shade of pink
this lady
turn back to you
and go like do
you think he'll
really find me
cute and you
see the human
skull and the
crystal but it
for some reason
looks cute
it's like one
of those like
cartoony
skulls
i think so
to lean pompson
you're a dead
ringer
what
you hear gray
from the back
just
you hear the
no bartender
also go
and then look
at you like
we're not the
same we're not
the same
you're not my
mom
yeah i think
you should try
maybe just like
paying him a
little compliment
or or making
some small talk
with him
you hear a
um are you
here to play
cards
yes yes
we're at
the anti the
anti is ten gold
it starts passing
out cards
and basically
we'll hand out
two cards
to each of
you um
beetle roll
me
two d12s
okay
okay
here we go
that's a d12
sorry gray and
heart you might
wait a little bit
no it's okay
that's only a 13
that's okay
uh it's like
that's good
that's good
to remind you
of the rules
so for
for people
listing and
stuff who don't
know how blackjack
works
you're trying
basically you
get two cards
one cards
and you basically
get to see your
two cards
and pronounce the
suits and stuff
equal number
to make it easier
on us
uh a chat
member did
recommend it
but i already
figured it out
way before
um basically
you just keep
going and see
to see if you
can get as high
of a number
as you can
to stay under
21 that's
basically what
you're doing
um basically
when you say
hit that means
you ask for
another car
and so that
means you're
gonna roll
another d12
um and if
you go over
21 you lose
uh that means
you bust
and you're
basically trying
to beat the
dealers and
the dealer
uh for them
they'll basically
roll and
they currently
oh and they
got basically
a 14 we're
gonna do this
not the 100
correct way
of blackjack
it's very
simplified just
to get the
things rolling
and moving
so please
forgive us
if i'm
butchering the
hell out of
it for
listeners and
stuff
the dice
only represents
the cards
that are being
drawn not
actually cards
just to kind
of get the
game rolling
we're just
simplifying it
so that we're
not here
forever
yeah so for
that uh you
know the dealer
will beat you
uh you can you
you can hit
again if you
want enroll
another d12
to add to
this what was
the unique
benefit that
we stated
that beetle
can obtain
from being
a
i was gonna
get to that
after the
yeah yeah
so i got it
don't worry
cool he can
sort of
preemptively
think of like
what people are
gonna do i
think was what
we talked
about yeah
so because
your investigator
you can use
your um
like one of
your investigator
feats to
basically roll
a die and
see if that's
uh it's a d20
but we're gonna
allow it for
this um they
basically roll a
d12 and be
like is this
gonna work or
not yeah
i feel like these
cards are here
this card is here
yeah it's like is
this a good
anti the bet on
and stuff like
that uh to make
things go a little
bit faster because
of your stuff uh
you can basically
like re-roll
one of your d12s
so if you want
go ahead and
re-roll uh one
of your d12s
you had a 2
and 11
so you can re-roll
a d12 and
see what you
get
clench your
butts
i'll do it
i'll do it
i'll re-roll
one
i'll re-roll
one
as i tell you
you'll equal
it and pretty
much uh
pretty much
be a pleasure
so like
all right
no one wins
you know it's
when you see
you see vena wins
a little bit
and the thug's
like damn it
you know you're
gonna throw this
card at mario
i'll try again
you know and
so you begin to
start gambling
and start feeling
that out
um let's go
one more we'll
go one more
round for this
one uh roll
me 2d12
all right
so rolling
that's a total
of 12
it's like
so with your
one
or so
you can make
your one
either a one
or 11
so in a way
uh or one
or the
thing
what was the
rolls
okay so for
this if you
want to cheat
if you want to
cheat or so
you can uh
roll me a
gambling check
but you don't
have gambling
lore because
you did all
that stuff
or so
or you can
roll me a
stealth
um
if
what you
want to
roll gambling
or to
leave can
also help
you
i was gonna
say if
beetle goes
to cheat
can i
actually use
um
like a
mage hand
or something
like that to
knock over
somebody's pile
of chips
or like a
drink off the
table
like to
distract them
while he's
cheating
yeah
yes
absolutely
go ahead and
roll me arcana
and beetle go
ahead and roll me
gambling lore
because that's
your highest
one
he absolutely
cheats he
wants to win
that's a total
of 24
i got a total
of a 21
on that
yeah brother
so with that
you're able to
convert your
one basically
to be like an
ace you are
now at 21
you're gonna
win so we're
gonna see what
the uh dealer
has for you
the dealer got
a 19
you win
oh my
oh my god
you're gonna
add uh
basically 50
gold to
yourself
okay
and if you go
for yourself
you start getting
a whole bunch
of money for
him we're just
quickly representing
the stuff
and the table
begins to go
round and
around and
off you go
and uh
you see the
thug just
kind of
stand up
angrily
going like
all my
fucking money
and you see
he'll
he'll
pounce off
and you'll
hear the
uh dealer
go
thank you
for playing
sir
um
thank you
you see
veena
also got a
good chunk
of gas
from
from that
and she'll
go like
i think
we're ready
to go
to the
other
tables
and
i think
so
and hopefully
we'll be
noticed
uh
you know
by
by the leader
himself
and trying
to get
to the
more betting
table
let's
let's move
over to
that one
and you
see she'll
point over
to the
table
to the
left
where you
see
um
tugbert
at
he'll
he'll
wave off
their
little
at
murray
friend
and be
like
see you
around
okay
good luck
i think
i hope
thank you
so much
she's like
i love
her
anyway
i love
her so
much
she is
living her
best
life
question
mark
i love
her so
much
you'll see
that she
she will
also move
over to
the higher
or save
only on
the other
one
and she
will plop
down a
bunch of
gold on
the other
one and
be all
like
and she's
like
like
i just
want to
play a
little bit
more
i just
want to
see what
the thrill
is
but for
you
uh
you see
the resident
will look
to you
and kind
of point
over to
the other
table
be like
uh
here
please
oh
my
mistake
i'm
so
sorry
okay
good
luck
youtube
bye
and you
sit at
the table
where a
guild
baser
is at
and kind
of
is like
angrily
just holding
hard
like
and you
see
tugbert
going
which tugbert
is a little
platypus
businessman
with a little
hat
it's good
to see you
tugbert
you want
some snacks
it'll
offer
some
of his
salty
snacks
he gobbles
them
as
he eats
them all
and the
cards
begin to
get dealt
we're gonna
change the
scene
and we're
gonna change
the scene
back to
the bar
where
gray
and heart
is sitting
as
as
morla
as you
all now
learn
is the
bartender's
name
and
blackjack
in the
top
corner
and we
got
family
feud
at the
bar
the
family
drama
that
no
one
was
expecting
and please
forgive me
this is a
very complicated
thing to
orchestrate
so please
give me
time if I
mess things
up
so
marlo
will look
down
uh
pretty much
at
her supposed
mom
uh
just angry
just cleaning
cups
you could
be angry
all you
want
you're
valid
in that
i
will
never
say
otherwise
you
have
every
right
to
be
angry
but
what
i did
was
what
we
have
all
done
and
the
fact
i
was
gone
when
you
came
back
is
not
my
fault
all right
tell me
what you
were doing
then
living
my life
i spent
so many
years
raising
you
raising
your
brothers
and
sisters
look
at
me
i
i
should
be
dead
you said
you're
killing
people
making
them
dead
heart
heart
stop
you're
not
helping
great
looks like
she just
kind of
loses
more of
her spirit
on the
spot
she's
just
like
okay
you're
really good
at it
i am
spending
the rest
of my
days
making
myself
happy
after
spending
years
upon
years
of raising
you
and the
others
it's
not
my
fault
you
came
back
and
i
was
gone
yeah
that would
be
understandable
if a lot
of us
were able
to care
what about
laura
what about
lana
or
alon
what about
ruba
what about
them
they all
left just
like you
did
yeah
and they
got hunted
down
because they
didn't have
their mom
to help
out
you know
we all
looked up
to you
you're a
badass
mom
you're
going to
hunt
everything
take care
of all
sorts
of threats
are coming
down
with us
now we
now we've
had multiple
of us
hunted
down
remember
zaron
skinned
alive
jesus
i can't
believe you
killed
yourself
jeez
zaron's
gone
frog's
now an
art piece
oh man
all of
them
all of
them
like
gray looks
like she
this is new
information
for her
um
like she
did not
know that
this was a
thing
um
at least
to this
i'm sorry
i'm trying
not to laugh
i'm trying
not to
oh my
god
oh
cabal
cabal no
got cursed
to be a
painting
wow
you're supposed
to be super
serious and
you're fucking
doing this
god damn
it
i love it
when our
emotional scenes
become memes
you see
i'm so glad
that you
decided to
go live
your life
you know
i'm happy
for you
right
we decided
to live
live a lot
of ours
and a lot
of them
ended
because you
weren't there
you weren't
there to
help us
we were
supposed to
be a family
no matter
how old
people get
family helps
each other
you know
instead of
helping us
or at least
you being
someone that
we can
look towards
as a guide
you abandoned
us because
of your own
selfish little
journey
you're on
gray is
fuming
she is
trying very
hard to
keep herself
composed
this is the
first time
i think
she's actually
ever gotten
to this
degree
uh like
on like
in the
presence of
like heart
or anyone
like she
looks like
she is
about to
explode
she goes
she's just
when you
leave
you are
on your
own
just as
i was
on my
own
this is
not fair
to me
to dump
this on
on your
own
when i was
small
when i was
young
i wasn't
always an
adult
i wasn't
always
i wasn't
always like
this
i couldn't
i
she just
slams her
fist down
on the
bar
when she
leaves
the
wolf
plush
right there
and she
just walks
away
see the
bartender
will snatch
up the
doll
and you're
just kind
of like
throw it
under the
throw it
under the
bar itself
just somewhere
um
what
she isn't
doing well
you know
yeah
neither
were
my siblings
and neither
am i
is that
enough of a
reason to
neglect the
fact that
she's being
bad
she's doing
bad
she's one
of the
reasons
you see
that the
bartender
will storm
off
there's a
plate of
food there
that's just
lingering on
the bar
yeah
it's gonna
stay there
fine i'll
eat it
no
hi tiger
fall through
you
you see
the casper
scene
uh you
see that um
you see that
the dealer
will look at
you all
going
if you're
not playing
uh behind
the line
please
and you'll
point to the
line that
kind of divides
the carpet
to the
shambler
shambler
like floor
great kind of
looks down
she kind of
stumbles back
a little bit
she's she's
still very
very
like stone
faced but
she looks like
she's going
to pop
uh excuse
me um
sorry this
is the line
oh that's
the line
yeah
excuse me
uh my uh
my bro
here uh
high clientele
uh he is
required to
have a bodyguard
at all times
and you can
stay
over here
and then you'll
see that they'll
uh they'll
point to here
i'll cross
his arm
tearing
tell me are you
going to try to
stay over the
line or are you
gonna i mean
like to lean
has been standing
there the entire
time and the
guy didn't say
anything so
i'm trying to
change scenes
and stuff like
i'm not on the
moment now
you try to come
through and stand
there he's not
telling to go
yeah i'm sure
he'll cross the
line he'd stand
stand like over
here okay
so as you're
all over you
all see
pretty much
this gambling
think of like
you know like
those professional
poker like
things like
you see that
like the
the emasers
like constantly
shuffling their
deck
they're like
yes
there's a
tugbert's
cool cucumber
just
and then there's
beetle
it's like
like the camera
kind of zooms
in
peaceful as
a platypus
hey soren
yes
throughout this
entire bit
when uh
when all of
this is
happening
and uh
heart
heart's eyes
is covered
by you know
his smoky
hair
therefore people
typically don't
see his eyes
so he will not
stare at this
table
he will look
like he is
throughout the
entire time
he's looking
at this guy
okay
uh i want to
see if there's
any
stupid
weird little
sleight of hand
business going
on from
this guy
he wants to
okay
see if there's
a pattern
or some weird
shit going on
yeah
seeing if the
house is
cheating
and also just
how do they
shuffle their
cards
in case we
can abuse
that
yeah
good thing
go ahead
roll me a
perception
go ahead
i was gonna
say it's uh
it's like see
if there's a
pattern it's
like god
what is that
one movie
the beautiful
mind where
the guy
is the
code breaker
or the
spoof of
that scene
in the
hangover
thanks to
veena's
cookie i
have a
plus one
circumstance
to this
role
but i
being
but a
boom
thank you
veena
if anything
happens
to
to
everyone
at this
table
i i
i swear
to god
i will end
this game
right now
i'm ending
i rolled a
but i will
re-roll that
using a hero
point
all right
hero point
got bang
oh damn
i rolled an
18 for a
total of
awesome
um
you're gonna
keep an eye
on them
i'm gonna
note that
um
before the
game starts
with talim
or gray
you like
to do
anything
gray's
still trying
to calm
down
okay
she's very
heated
mental breakdown
uh talim
you're just
gonna just
prepare in
reaction to
what froggy's
doing basically
or beetle's
doing
basically yeah
okay
um
beetle
they start
dealing cards
and go like
uh
photosanity is
50 gold
and you see
that uh
the abaser
will put
down
50 gold
tugbert
will take
like a
cute little
quaint
person
50 gold
yeah
beetle does
the same
all right
roll me
2d12s
all right
not great
not great
at all
i rolled a total
of four
uh
due
due to your
uh
just
compobulation
stuff
and everything
um
yeah
i'm gonna
re-roll
one
yeah
you can try
you can
so you
can try
i'll let you
re-roll
one
okay
so go ahead
you're
you're not
cheating
you're not cheating
right now
you're just
compobulating
just compobulating
it's
quite worse
it's now you got
ones
ones
that means you
can hit a lot
actually if it's
two aces
if it's two aces
you can't count it
as a 20
yeah so we'll count
ones as aces
basically
okay
so either
you're at two
or you're at
but the cool thing
about an ace
this is the advanced
shit if you actually
get into
black yak
is that
i don't know
how to play it
so please
please tell me
the advanced
shit would be
that if you would
say hit me
when you have
two aces
they count as
what is most
profitable for you
okay
so if you would
draw 10
now
you get a 21
okay
okay
you see the card
person will put
down some cards
or so
uh
like
tober gets
their cards
biscuits
their cards
and uh
to the abasor
looks over
he was like
hey um
i recognize you
and he kind of
like uh
he's like
hit me
and he gets
another card
sorry
it's the
the tyrant
skilled guy
asking if he
recognizes me
yes
uh
do you gamble
often
a little bit
here and there
and he's like
i think i do
know you
i've been
i've been hitting
up the
you know
the casinos
i've been
hitting up
the bars
so
hmm
he's kind of
looking at you
like like
he's like
suspicious of
you in some
way
hey are we
gonna have a
problem here
buddy
the dealer
are you
wanting to
hit
or hold
oh
hit me
please
roll me
another d
d12
look i'm just
here to play
game same as
you okay
i'm just
here to have
a good little
time okay
i can't
fucking believe
it
that's a
dine
you'll get
you'll get
you got
that's 21
yeah
that's 21
let's go
you're doing
good
um
you see
tugbert
go
and we'll
like throw
their cards
down as
they bust
tugbert
here have
the rest
of my
snacks
i'm sorry
tuggy
uh tugbert
will stress
eat them
and um
basically you
see that the
dealer will
roll
and only get
an 18
so you win
so you get
plus 50
yes
yes
oh
thank god
is that in
the base
sort of like
yeah
yeah i think
i do know
you and cards
are being handed
out again
uh it's like
i think i do
yeah you're
from uh
i've seen
i've seen some
i've seen some
stuff on the
walls about
you
okay well i
didn't put that
there so you
can't you know
you got no
proof i didn't
put any of that
there so you
can't charge me
with nothing
maybe but okay
look i'm just
here to have a
good time and
relax okay i
don't need no
trouble
i see you
brought your
entire squad
here oh
yeah my
friends they
always come
out for a
good time
with me
we're just
having a
good time
here sorry
one second
anyway yeah
so basically
um i was
like okay
yeah yeah i
see i see
kind of pivot
in his seat
to look up
at this guy
and slide
his eyes
so they're
forward facing
yes
okay
terrifying
he proceeds
he proceeds to
do that and
when his eyes
slurp into
place and
they're
forward facing
he's like
you wouldn't
want to cause
trouble in
croc's den
would you
you wouldn't
want to cause
some trouble
with croc
roll
roll intimidation
that's fucking
horrifying
yeah that would be
intimidation yes
we're we're keeping
cool right we're
just having fun
right we're just
here to play some
games man
i saw that 20
can i reroll it
can i use a hero
point you sure
can cause you
got only an 11
all right
i'm gonna hear a
point
all of cysts
because he was
standing in the
back with a
hand on his
sword
and so with
that like the
guy kind of
looks and he's
like oh
no problem
dragon
yeah
yeah yeah but
he kind of
looks away at you
just stops talking
to you
yeah
like there's a
there's a whole
ghost and a very
angry looking
gnoll over there
that seems to be
part of the
posse
like
i took this
kobold looks
over
sees the
crotchety gnoll
and the
dead man
and it's like
oh
the tyrant
skilled buddy
turns back to
minding his own
business
beetle pops
back into his
smiles
his eyes go
in different
directions again
and he's all
like that's
great i'm so
glad we can
all relax
and have a
good time
just have
some fun
roll me
two d12
you got it
beetle's a
fucking cryptid
your investigator
skills are card
counting you're
getting everything
you can roll
me another d12
which will replace
one to die
because you're
like card
counting
oh i got a four
i got a four
in total
out of both
cards
yeah so roll
an d12
another one
okay
because you're now
discombobulating
i'm discombobulating
oh an 11
yeah you got a 21
holy shit
well that would be an 11
that would technically be a 22
so no you're not in the clear
or it's a 12
yeah so you can
now try to
either cheat to re-roll
one of them
try to replace the cards
to lean could try to help you
can i press the digitation
and 11 into a 10
yes roll me arcana
okay
arcana
let's go
i got a 23 in total
that'll do it
but somebody
needs to make a roll
oh
oh
oh
oh
they don't notice
what
i saw that 20
and i almost
fucking died
they don't notice
the card
and you win again
beetle
oh my god
oh my heart
so so far
you have 250
gold
you've won
at the moment
so you are
up quite a bit
um
as
as all of this
is going
and you sort of
play a couple hands
you see that
veena
um
and heart
just kind of help you out
with your perception check
that you did before
uh
i've changed the dc
to kind of
kind of help out
with some things here
um
basically you noticed
that like
there are some tactics
here and there
that they're doing
but you're noticing
veena seems to be
picking up on it
uh
with your national toys
veena seems to understand
and marie
the marie woman
just just getting
just fucking floored
she has so much money
they don't care
so they're like
oh you know
they're just
going with it
i love them
and uh
they're so much fun
is this what it's like
to be poor
as things are going
you um
a door opens
to the right
and you see
a familiar figure
kind of stroll through
someone large
someone large
and imposing
ah fuck
troggy starts to sweat
oh god
chat starts to sweat
as they hear his voice
so cool
i gotta remember
how to do his voice
doing it
it's like a southern drawl
sort of thing
yeah
it sounded very close
like a like a cajun
almost kind of
yeah
so as he begins
to walk over
you see this large
kind of crockled
type individual
to start to
uh walk on down
he's kind of looking
around the tavern place
you see uh
more or less coming back
over to the bar
and see he starts
to kind of walk
past you all
without
without any worry
or anything
just look around
just satisfied
with how the business
is going
um
you kind of look
down at your table
and he'll notice
you beetle
you're like
well well well
i didn't know
oh hey again
i didn't know
we had
another high
rolling down
and you see
he'll
come up to the table
see what's going on
and oh
and
mr tugbird
it's so good
to see you
and you see
tugbird
me
i roll a perception
to see if crock
is actually happy
to see tugbird
or just like
fuck
he's back
absolutely
let's go
absolutely
i got a total
of a 22
you see
that he
um
for what expressions
you can get
out of this
crocklet face
um
he
he's in one
side of
respect
and other
side of
this son of a
bitch has taken
so much money
but also
have made me
so much more
but
like tugbird
just like
dead eye
like a doll's
eyes
and he's just
got chips
all around him
mech
translates to
bring it on
bitch
that's the thing
beetle has not
just
gotten his
own reputation
it's also that
it has ridden
on top of
another
dapper
short
little creature
that walks
into establishments
and just
ruins it
for people
that's right
it's mistaken
for tugbird
tugbird's
gambling name
his alias
is certified
baddie
so
crocklet the
dealer going
like
now don't
let me
stop y'all
and go
ahead
go ahead
and deal
again
and he'll
and you'll
see the
dealer
pass out
cards
go ahead
and roll
me
2d12
you got it
and you see
crock is paying
very close
attention
can you just
double ace
again
uh yeah
i got a
i got a
1 and a
so i got
a 13
yeah so
go ahead
and uh
you can try
to hit
again
if you
want
but you
notice that
crock is
staring
straight at
you
okay
no pressure
there's large
muscly
just
just
right
up
why are you
talking about
his muscles
man
what's the
a 1
wait that
means i have
two aces
right
two aces
would be a
22 together
or two
so
or 12
ah shit
i thought i
would
damn it
yeah so
you'll you'll
you have to
hit again
if you want
unless someone
wants to try
and help
you
turns into
a theremin
i'll hit
again
i'll hit
again
another d12
he's done
i can know
you
it's a 12
what is
happening
it's like four
aces man
yeah the four
aces are dealt
towards beetle
what the
hell
if you get
another one
that means
this deck
is rigged
what the
fuck
the supposed
eyebrow of
crock raises
i didn't know
you
oh yeah
that's
suspicious
as hell
the game
is gone
as
as
they're
playing
uh
beetles
making
small talk
with
with
um
oh my god
i just
brain farted
really hard
the
planipus
help
tugbert
tugbert
tugbert
yeah he's
like i didn't
know you
frequented crocs
dad oh wow
i didn't even
know you
were into
gambling
i'm surprised
i didn't run
into you
i've recently
gotten into
gambling
it's pretty
fun
you're just
so cute
i'm just a
little guy
so
yeah
can i call
it with
these cards
so um
you have
yeah is it
yeah yeah
yeah you
have 13
13 or
yeah you
don't have
to hit
again
okay okay
okay
oh my
fucking
god
no way
that's how we're
doing it
with the
with the
hit again
oh yeah
okay
it pulls out
more aces
than exists
in a deck
okay
okay
that's a
nine
okay
uh you
so with
all the
now it's
one two
three
four
is the
only one
that is
valid
yeah so
now you
can't take
you can't
claim an
ace now
you can only
make it as
ones
so now you
got a hit
again
oh god
okay
croc is like
there's something
fishy about
this deck
well you got a
four
so now you
got an
okay
so now the
dealer goes
okay
just to get
everything going
they got a
they're gonna
hit
they got a
they're up
to 12
they're gonna
hit again
five six
seven
they have
to if they
roll really
low
they might
beat you
they busted
you get
your 50
gold
sink
I can
smell
myself
oh my
god
holy crap
you see Tugbert
go meh
meh meh meh
Tugbert win
and the
tyrant
and the
tyrant
skill
the baser
will just
be like
just
and
disgruntedly
leave the
table
sorry
Tugbert
meh meh
meh meh
meh
and
I'll see you
around
the
Tugbert didn't
leave
the tyrant
skill
left
Tugbert's
fine
Tugbert
won
oh
Tugbert
won
okay
Tugbert
got a
laugh
he's mad
oh
thank god
okay
so Kroc will
look down
at you
all and go
now you
play a
pretty good
mean of
cards
I mean
I've never
seen an
impossibility
like that
before
I'll be
honest
with you
me neither
the dealer
probably like
sweating
I like
something just
a little bit
more interesting
than some of
the other
regulars that
come down
to the
high table
why don't
you
come join
us at
the
high
stakes
oh
really
I would
love to
yeah
you got
any other
folks you
want to
bring along
well I've
got my
protection here
and he'll
lead
it'll
point
around
are you
playing
I can
play
yeah
Hart put
down a
name
these two
and he
looks at
both
at
Tuleem
and
Graeme
you realize
he does
not really
remember
you all
thank god
I have
not signed
so I
don't think
I am
allowed
to play
you got
cash
technically
yes
bring it
along
all right
looks over
Tuleem
you coming
Tuleem
he rolls
a ghostly
coin between
his fingers
I could
try my
hand at
it
all right
and Croc
will uh
he's like
come join me
behind the
curtain
and you'll
see uh
Croc
will uh
position
himself
uh by
and you'll
see he'll
also kind
of
point at
the other
going
yeah
bring them
too
except that
one
and he
points to
that bar
you want
uh before
Grey heads
over she's
going to go
back over
to the bar
and she's
going to
quietly put
her hands
on the
table
and go
Morla
if you
ever want
to actually
talk about
this
and not
just
butt heads
I know
we're both
prone to
that
just
you could
find me
at the
elmas
I'll
think
about
it
take
your
time
she'll
just
go
oh
fuck
it's
one of
those
guys
and you
go by
the
curtain
you see
that there
is a
word
eater
uh
dealing
out
the
cards
and uh
squints
croc
will
I love
space
marines
and you
see
words
it's
different
books to
know
about
you see
that he'll
ask you
all to
take a
seat
feel free
to take
any
chair
as you
shuffle in
as you
know
I hope
y'all
got
enough
cash
on you
there's
a hundred
gold
auntie
on this
table
looks at
my inventory
stands back
up
and he's
like
beale laughs
and he
pulls out
his hundred
gold
and he
sets it
on the
table
looks at
my inventory
oh
it's like
sorry
that's too
rich for
my ectoplasm
but I
will
gladly
watch
uh
beetle
you know
you could
spot
your
friends
you could
spot
my
friends
oh
yeah
you won
200 extra
gold
oh true
yeah
okay
so I
I will
help out
with
with gray
and with
heart
oh I've
got
I've got
the gold
I've got
the gold
okay
I just
had
I had
to
double
check
okay
okay
okay
mark puts
up the gold
let's go
yeah I was
like
you don't
want to
sit down
mr.
ghost
and
beetle's
sharing
yeah
sure
all right
then
deal them
boy
and you
see that
the word
eater
will not
even touch
the cars
they will
shuffle
and then
go
everybody
all of you
roll me
2d12s
okay
that's a
I do
that too
there it
goes
I got
a 15
Taleem got
a 21
on the
fucking
first roll
are you
kidding me
yeah
I got
a 13
all right
um
heart
will you
hit
heart
no
okay
you are
holding a
Taleem
you're
holding a
gray
yeah
will you
hit
okay
you hit
on a
roll me
another
d12
that's also
a 9
yeah
that is
a
that means
I've got
a
20 what
uh
gray
busted
I did
yes
I can't
do math
I'm a
VTuber
okay
gray
you
you're
explodes
damn
croc
will get
oh my
god
you kind
of look
down and
look at
Taleem
and go
seems we
got the
same
same
cards
you see
he smiles
and you
see that
the word
eater will
split
uh
some of
the winnings
between you
Taleem
and the
other
winners
and stuff
and Vina
got a
oh god
you got
three
oh god
no
Vina
no
don't let
this happen
again
another
one
no
I saw
the one
I saw
the fourth
one
gray's gonna
like quirk
an eyebrow
and be like
something's up
with the cards
today
what the
oh my
god
all right
all right
now the dealer
the dealer
just gets
fucking
uh
dealer
busted
no
well
yeah
yeah
it is
oh my
god
if you
didn't get
a 21
you lost
so
dang
um
basically
Krog's like
man that was a
very quick hand
now
I would like to
ask all of y'all
you know
how did y'all
come upon
knowing
the dragon
over there
and cards
will basically
begin to shuffle
back and forth
and
I'm his bro
I uh
protect him
I get him
snacks
I lift him up
when he needs
to see things
from a high
altitude
all right
beetle looks
embarrassed
there's nothing
wrong with that
protection
he's like
good
good
I've um
I've been hearing
a lot of things
about
you know
someone just
going around
draining all my
oh my
members
while it's dry
I was always
curious
who was going
to be
and
say we come
to try to
take my wallet
dry
is that right
mm-hmm
uh
well
it's
I
I mostly
started playing
just for the
fun of it
just because
it's really
fun
casual play
huh
well
I
I suppose
very lucky
also
I wasn't
expecting to
come this
far
it's not
too late
does he
matter
yeah
actually
to have a
reminder of
your quest
you're here
to also
inquire about
him
of all the
stuff
so yeah
yeah
hey
no go ahead
first
oh I was just
gonna say that
my mother is
big into card
games
really
what's your
mom's name
cobalt
fam
so
to help you
out
uh
your mother's
name
actually what is
your mother's
name
that's actually
a good question
antsy dancy
uh antsy dancy
that's right
is it
hold on
beetle fam
i have all your
children's listed
wickler wickling
turn my storm
waiting
for beetle
to say this
in game
and like
croc's eyes
just go into
like just
absolute slits
it's just like
oh
because that's
the mama
of the
kobold mafia
damn
dancy
oh
antsy dancy
my sisters
are big into
the games
too
he walks
at you
and you hear
oh
oh
no
how did he
make that
with his face
he's just
oh
seriously
antsy dancy
he keeps it
cool
he keeps it
cool
and um
he's
he's looking
at his eye
he's like
man i've
i've definitely
heard that
name before
you have
but yeah
i think
antsy dancy
came here
a couple
times
sometimes
on business
sometimes
a pleasure
uh
business
ayo
no
she comes
in here
with a bunch
of money
just
trying to get
a winning
ever so often
but sometimes
she employs
our services
for such
or
tries to
inquire about
our products
we have
sometimes
oh
i didn't know
you had a good
relationship with her
no it's
very much
business
that's
what i
meant
oh sorry
sorry
my mother
used to try
to get me hooked up
with all sorts of
people
bless her heart
he kind of like
he kind of says
he kind of frown
like if he could
frown
uh he kind of looks
over and there's a
portrait
of a uh
of a crocklet in
like a dress
and stuff
like that
no fucking way
oh my god
somewhere on the
wall
that's the most
godfather shit
you know our
family and her
family's been
you know
orchestrating a lot
of things here
in the ponds
plaster
i had no
idea
and i'm
surprised that
i had no
idea
oh well
sounds like
you're the
diamond just
got left
out of the
bag
oh yeah
it's like
and they're
still playing
cards and
stuff like
that
yeah
so talk
about your
friends here
and he kind
of points
over to
to the
rest of
your gang
great kind
of looks
like she's
been a little
a little
distracted
watching the
cards and
stuff
she's just
kind of
like
oh you
know
travel
jobs here
and there
doing protection
for uh
the dragon
here
got a new
of course you
haven't heard
about me
i'm famous
what makes
you so
famous
there's a lot
of me to go
around for a lot
of things
i did things
you know
all over the
place
yeah
yeah you
want an
autograph
he kind
of looks
he kind
of squints
a little
bit at
you
and he's
like
ah
you're one
of them
weird folk
on the
bounty
boards
yeah
that's
me
i can
go for
a good
chunk
of money
he grins
he nods
gray is
sinking in
her seat
oh my
god
heart
gray is
just like
plapping her
hand on his
arm
stop
stop
stop
well i
don't know
about that
they might
still have
to update
the bounty
board
see we
actually
we had
an audience
with
curtain
oh
yeah
yeah
the big
man himself
huh
yeah
oh yeah
we're kind
of a big
deal
yeah
so
what you
talk to him
about for
and you
see that
um
like a
member
or a gang
mayor will
come in
and kind
of
hand
pass down
some drinks
and stuff
and he'll
be like
here have
some
and it's
all
you can all
see it
just like
really nice
wine
and glasses
and stuff
oh dude
thank you
so much
well
he saw
we
we were
a part
of the
parade
and he
was really
moved by
i suppose
what we
were doing
during the
parade
and invited
us to go
eat with
him
and we
we talked
a little bit
about those
uh you know
the bounties
and uh
asked if he
would be willing
to put in
some good
word for us
since you know
the whole reason
the posters
are up there
is a big
misunderstanding
in itself
uh you know
how it is
yeah yeah i know
how it is
and he just
laughs at you
laughing and then
he like
and he stops
laughing suddenly
it's just a vine
boom
he uh beetle
shuffles his
cards he
mentioned you
guys while we
were there
visiting
really no
he did
uh apparently
he sent you
to or not
you in
particular but
you're meant
to find
something for
him
oh he
mentioned that
didn't he
you see he gets
his demeanor
changes a little
bit uh
roll me
diplomacy
you got it
fear
anybody else
can chime
in by the
way
um
telem will
uh
chime in
and uh
insist in the
diplomacy
um
it's like
yes
he was um
saying that he
was quite hopeful
to hear back
from you but
because of his
busy nature
and you know
the way that
communications
can often
be lost
in the
ponds
palaster
that
uh he
had yet
to and
he was
you know
a bit
worried that
perhaps you
had to run
into trouble
and was
concerned
yeah we
all know
that things
tend to just
kind of get
lost in the
busyness of
the plaster
we mentioned
that we planned
on stopping
by so we
could put in
a word for
him
i see
that's just
part of why
we're here
though
not the
main reason
well
what's
your other
reason
to play
of course
play
and to
drink the
mead
your eyes
just suddenly
go forward
facing
when you
say that
and to
drink the
mead
you see
croc will
probably like
lean for a
little bit on
the table
he's like
yeah we
did that
business
for good
old
curdie
we
we decided
to change
the arrangement
a little bit
as soon as
he sends you
all down
here
we have
been away
what he's
looking for
but it's
a lot more
trouble than
it was
oh yeah
you don't
want trouble
oh absolutely
not
some big
wick comes
in offering
a lot of
cash
but tell
me
what was
his
arrangements
of trying
to get
his little
shindig
to keep
going
huh
I'm
sorry
it's like
he's asking
like what
was
curdinand's
like ultimate
is like
resolve it
peacefully
or kill
them all
and get
the thing
done
that's
what he
means
I think
he just
wanted us
to inquire
about it
for the next
time we
go back
because he
still has
to clear
up our
bounties
for us
you know
his
organization
and people
are about
the
conservation
of life
I would
highly doubt
that he would
want anybody
to resort
to violence
when you
know
a
peaceful
business
deer
could be
struck
especially
if there
was
trouble
acquiring
the item
he seems
like a
very
understanding
individual
beetle's
nodding
see to
that
I see
crock
it's just
kind of
like
not being
as
receptive
to the
conversation
and you
are
going
like
he's
like
someone
can roll
a perception
check for
me to
kind of
see how
he's
feeling
see how
his stances
are
so
fascinate
for a
total
of
for
people
who
might
be
new
to
the
path
runner
to
like
insight
checks
is
basically
just
doing
perception
to
see
how
this
guy
is
yeah
that's
a
I rolled
a
total
of a
I rolled
a 17
I can't
read his
face
that sure
is
a snoot
Talim
you are
noticing
crock's
like
you guys
have
basically
for the
situation
the
conversation
you've
come
in
you've
told
him
like
we're
here
to
check
on
this
he
seems
very
just
like
yeah
it's
like
he's
confirmed
like
yes
we do
have
a
dealing
with
him
but
you
seem
that
he's
very
disgruntled
about
the
deal
that
what's
going
on
and
he
seems
kind
of
like
I'm
just
going
to
play
this
poker
game
and
get
the
fuck
out
I
need
to
get
these
people
out
of
here
that's
what
he's
fell
into
you
all
so
if
you
want
to
progress
further
in
you
might
want
to
press
more
or
see
what
he's
got
because
what
you
remember
from
Kurt
Man
they
do
have
it
they
do
have
whatever
it
is
so
Talim
you know
I was
sitting there
they're
playing
everything
like
that
he looks
over
and he's
like
you know
you spend
enough time
in
business
you'll
get a
good feel
for people
and you
get a
good feel
for
how
people
feel
about
deals
and
it's
seeming
to me
Mr.
Croc
that
you
don't
like
the
hand
that
you're
being
dealt
excuse
the
one
roll
me
diplomacy
let's
see if
he warms
up to
you
I
rolled
a
total
of
a
great
roll
wait
plus
one
from
Vita
oh boy
you see
he'll
he'll lean
forward
he's like
yeah
I
let's say
that the
deal that
he decided
to send
us on
wasn't
very
advantageous
for me
and the
gang
we found
the key
he was
looking
for
it cost
us a
lot
for it
and then
we went
over
down
to try
to get
information
about
how
to
where
to
put
that
key
we
found
a lot
more
worse
things
and
we
were
willing
to
handle
job
was
bad
so
we
figured
we're
going to
cut
our
losses
from it
and tell
old
Kurti
to
head on
out of
here
try to
recoup
our losses
this is
too expensive
for us
what do
what do
you
mean
by
where
it
goes
well
could
you
elaborate
on
that
I'm
a little
curious
and
concerned
probably
diplomacy
gray
see if he's
just going to
open right up
to you or not
that's a 13
for 12
I'm going to
re-roll that
with a hero
point
okay
please
god
please
plus one
fetus
cookie
why is
that
worse
it's the
same
so it
was a 16
in total
because that
plus one
okay
he ain't
going to
say shit
to me
he's like
I'm not
telling you
everything
you're going to
report back
to him
and tell him
all this
shit
like hell
no
she's just
she's just
going to
hold up
her hands
like okay
fair enough
fair enough
so uh
the key
question about
that actually
yes
thinking about
it
actually
I was
actually
going to
ask you
uh
what are
you using
it for
if you
ain't
giving it
to
Kurnan
well now
I'm just
going to
sell it
worth a lot
of money
I suspect
it was the
right person
I mean
if like
Kurnan
wants it
it's probably
a collectible
of some kind
I mean
the guy
looks like
the type
of person
who you
know
stashes
away
things
very
eclectic
yeah
we're
not up
to the
opinion
of doing
any more
business
we could
all
Kurnan
there
fully
understandable
you want
to gamble
on it
he laughs
like what
could you
ante up
that's gonna
be as
valuable as
the thing
that we
found
it's also
gonna be
worth
probably
thousands
of gold
looks at
our
coffer
what
do you
have
or what
do you
think
you can
propose
to have
that'll
be worth
a good
chunk
of cash
everyone
quickly
look at
your
inventory
I have
one old
wet
butt
tooth
I have
a signed
wanted
poster
from
Baldrick
oh
same
oh my
god
oh my
god
turns into
theremin
again
leans
back
hopes
the party
remembers
a bunch
of shit
I love
my short
term
memory
and my
long term
memory
problems
don't we
don't we
have like
a
party
loop
we do
you do
there is
there's
not a lot
there
there's
nothing
there
we got
some
manacles
oh
boy
there's
something in
there called
new treasure
which is
worth
nothing
thanks
past us
thank you
good job
past us
pats on
the back
pats on
the back
oh
scrolling
through my
notes
scrolling
through my
notes
if you
want help
I will be
very evil
about this
I'll spend
a hero point
to do it
here's my
condition
if you need
me to help
you remember
a whole bunch
of stuff
you have to
give me all
your hero points
for whoever's
asking
I've got
one
are you sure
man
yeah that's
fine
take it
and by what I
mean all of
them I mean
all of them
oh you
mean all
of our
points
if you
literally want
me to help
you get all
your options
and answers
if you didn't
remember most
of the campaign
stuff you're
giving me your
hero points
and I'm going
to add them
to my villain
point total
oh fuck
it's not that I
don't remember
most of the
campaign
it's that I'm
trying to think
of the options
of what it
could be
considered
valuable
it gives
him Greg
shrug
hey
hey
hey
that's a long
term investment
while people
are thinking
Beetle jerks
like he just
remembered something
and looks at
Croc
he's like
oh you're
you're gay
were you
looking perhaps
in the
in the sinkhole
in the
in the sewers
at all for
this thing
because I
uh roll
me
roll me
diplomacy
let's see if
he'll give
that up to
you
you got
it
and maybe
it'll help
with the
diplomacy
roll
I got a
total of
but he
continues
reaching around
and pulling
his fanny
pack and
opening it
and he's
like before
uh we've
been taking
a bit of
a break
up here
you know
above ground
doing things
but before
way way
back
we went on
a little
excursion
down into
the sinkhole
to find
some little
delicacies
for the
parade
and I
happened to
pod this
and he
pulls out
a note
that is
wrapped around
something
lumpy
and hard
and he
like slides
it over
onto the
table
for Croc
to take
it
he takes
it
inside
is a
emerald
and it's
been wrapped
up in a
really
tarnished
looking
note
that
it
it
starts
the note
starts with
like a
a T
that
it's
ripped apart
but it
appears to
be like a
letter written
for
someone's
lover
or their
family
from
basically from
the series
you got
from that
I like
yeah
I've been
moving on
to this
note
from a
halfling
and an
emerald
for a
really long
time
and I've
been looking
for any
lead into
who the
emerald
was for
and
beetle will
sit forward
this might
also make
the party
look more
authentic
or or
nice or
trustworthy
I don't
know
it might
help their
image
yeah
I feel
you
I feel
you
yeah
he's like
we found
this and
I've been
looking all
over for
for
for moons
at this
rate
I've been
trying to
find who
this emerald
was meant
for
and their
family
maybe
if you
guys were
doing work
down there
I don't
know if
you might
know
what sewer
as he
takes the
emerald
and note
and looks
at it
what part
of the
sewer
is Holic
from
is there
like a
you can
get a
bullshit
location
it's
okay
yeah
he will
he'll be
like well
we entered
from
this area
and we
took the
rickety
boards
down
there
was
the
this
big
monster
in there
who would
like
sing
Charles
I don't know if you've heard him
Charles
yeah we actually
we met him
lovely singing
boys
very good singing
did you mention you
met somebody
in those sewers
yeah Charles
hmm
I don't know
no Charles
any kind of
you sent a guy
down there
say what
you sent a guy
down there
normally we like
to dispose of things
ever so often
in the sewers
you know
where all trash
goes usually
yes you do
he looks at the
note
Kroc will hand
you back
the note
and say
I have no
idea who
that's for
all right
well thank you
and he'll
he'll
heart the
emerald
wait did he
yeah he's
getting back
the note
yeah
heart leans
over to
beetle
and whispers
near
what
is presumably
an ear
he's a
little reptile
guy
heart goes
hey beetle
remember that
there was a
corpse of one
of his guys
down there
and that you
have a note
I do
I do
beetle
reaches through
his pockets
and he's like
I'm going to
need that
for
for whoever
that was meant
for by the way
and he's pointing
at the emerald
that Kroc still
has
he has a crawl
on it
a claw
like a point
of his fingers
whatever
and his claws
is kind of
like rolling
it around
on the table
going
I don't know
see what else
you're trying to
empty up
oh I see
oh well I also
found this
which you
might be of
interest to you
it was from a
guy who
you know
you talk about
your garbage
he was dressed
like one of your
people
and he'll pull
out
I'm pretty
sure
it's this
old map
of a strange
looking dungeon
I'm pretty
sure that's
what I looted
off of him
yeah
yeah that was
forever ago
yeah I'm like
I'm pretty sure
I got that
from him
so I will
take it out
and I'll
slide it over
he looks at
he's like
he kind of
pauses for a
moment as he's
looking at it
I was like
huh
where'd you get
this again
beetle will
again recount
the general
area that they
went down
heart points
down a beetle
after he's
recounting it
he's smart
he finds
these things
all the time
I
it's like
a curse
it's a blessing
and a curse
but that
hey that was
on a guy
who was
dressed like
your people
so
it's
it's probably
yours
it roted
onto the bone
by the way
yeah
it wasn't
pretty
yeah
we had to
clear out
all that rot
stretches his
stuff
and he kind
of
rolls back
the emerald
going
well now
you told me
all that
what else
you got
is this
interesting to
you
heart
points
at
the map
like
the position
the area
that thing
that area
that
dungeon
would you like
to roll a
perception check
for me to see
how he reacted
to the map
yeah
it's
heart
has had a
hard time
reading this
guy
but he's
like
genuinely
asking
yeah
yeah
perception
diplomacy
what should
I roll
yeah
perception
if he wants
to read
what his
reaction
was
diplomacy
if you're
asking him
to be all
like
tell me
how interested
you are
on this
map
is that
what you're
looking for
in that
case
since he
has
even though
he's better
at perception
he has
a canonical
hard time
reading his
face
so he will
roll
diplomacy
and I
would also
like to do
a perception
check just
to gauge
how
comfortable
we're making
croc again
like to see
if he is
settling in
with us
a little
more
he got a
total of
okay
and go ahead
beale
that is
a total
of 19
so the
the help
for the
information
at least
for heart
saying
with your
you notice
that basically
he's just
like all
these people
just telling
me all
this information
I didn't
have to
bet for
it
so he's
like
neat
but he's
like he's
thinking he's
getting swarmed
into like a
trap or
something so
he's being
a bit on
guard he
doesn't know
what you
guys are
planning
but you're
asking
like are
you interested
in this
map and
he's like
like the
area
that this
map is
for
yeah
yeah
he's like
that's a
copy of
something
yeah
yeah
it's more
along the
lines that
we went
there
heart
stares
at him
through his
hair
plenty of
information on
what to
expect down
there
we got
things from
there
we got
things from
a few
corpses
a few
statuettes
he'll
lean back
and cross
his arms
and he'll
go like
yeah
he was
like
yeah
we got a
couple folks
kind of
investigating
something like
this but
the real
point of the
matter
is how
much are
you still
anting up
for this
key
this
information
though
I already
know most
of this
you know
a guy
named
Lex
who
thought as
much
uh
yeah
Beetle
do you
still have
the
figurines
that we
got from
there
well we
put them
didn't we
put them
you don't
have those
yeah
yeah
we uh
we left
them there
huh
yeah
we had
to put
them in
the slots
to solve
the whole
puzzle
you know
what I
had almost
entirely
forgotten
about our
experience
there
probably
from the
trauma
so at
this point
Talim just
kind of
like
any cards
he's got
his hand
or you
know he's
looking at
just puts
it down
and he'll
like steeple
his fingers
on the
table
it's like
but when my
associates are
willing to
try and
gamble for
the key
allow me to
just ask
you Mr.
Croc
how much
would you
need for
Kurt and
Ann to
hand it
over to
him
break the
contract
so you
don't have
to have
any more
losses
or go
find the
seller
it's like
he kind
of leans
back
and he's
like
well
since he's
already paid
half of
things
unfortunately
I do not
wish to do
any more
business with
Mr.
Kurt and
Ann
his
involvement
and our
involvement
have been
more deadly
than anything
else
and I do
not wish
you
participate
any more
with what
Kurt and
Ann
wants
now
one of his
little lackeys
over there
and he
kind of
like
motions
past the
curtain
has been
visiting
ever so
often
just to
keep an
eye on
us
and I
would
appreciate
if he
would
in a
better
term
fuck
off
oh
rail kind
of just
like little
a little
chuckle
just
it seems
strange to
me that he
would send
you guys
on such
a dangerous
mission
but what
would it
take for
for us
to resolve
the situation
without you
having to
do anything
for him
anymore
to break
the contract
well the
thing is
I'm no
longer
doing anything
for him
and pretty
much in my
eyes the
contract's
done
if anything
comes over
and says
anything
I'm practically
done with
that crystalline
little freak
what I'm
going to be
doing now
is basically
stay on that
key wiping
my hands
of him
clean and
trying to
enjoy the
good life
as he
flies away
on his
little
fortress
I
understand
he did
want us
to try
and resolve
this if
possible
if he
thought we
could
or if
we thought
we could
in exchange
for us
having our
bounties
cleared
so it
would be
beneficial
if we
could work
something out
he kind of
leans back
or so
he's thinking
yeah
and as he's
thinking
the gears
turning
as he's
thinking
we're
going to
go
on
break
nice
so we
will be
right
back
all right
we are
back
and now
we die
oh no
we're about to die
quickly zoom us
back into the
action
from
Krogy
Beetle
Beetle or
heart
everybody
I think
you guys
are still
inquiring
for Krok
as he's
just like
I think
he was
kind of
leaning
back
or so
and debating
pretty much
like you guys
have asked
him hey
what needs
to happen
to basically
make it to
where this
can be
resolved
peacefully
yeah
basically
Krok
leans back
and he goes
the only way
that's going to
really happen
is a curtain
man pays
a lot more
money
there's been
a I lost
a lot of
good men
trying to
find his
little key
of his
along
we're trying
to find
the place
where to
use it
I suppose
that would
explain
all the
corpses
we found
of your
people
that wouldn't
be the first
time we've
gone delving
into dangerous
stuff
speaking of
you know
I just
remembered
I've got
Beetle
looks at
the emerald
and then
rolls it
around himself
puts it
down on the
table
and reaches
into his
fanny pack
and starts
rummaging
we found
something else
from the
sewers
and one
of your
people's
corpses
wasn't
around
but I
think
it was
the sewer
it was
near where
I'm pretty
sure one
or two
of your
group's
members
live
he tilts
his head
yeah
he's
yeah we
were we
were visiting
this other
spot we
were just
doing some
some delving
and some
adventuring
near that
rougher
cool-de-sac
and we
ran into
and he
his eyes
dart up
and kind
of like
stay on
crock and
he kind
of goes
quiet like
whether it's
for cinematic
effect or
who knows
he just
go ahead
I don't
I don't
want you
to think
anything
strange
of what
I'm about
to say
but we
actually
so there
was something
that was
coming in
and out
of the
sewers
and
that thing
with the
worms
it was
made out
of worms
which we
found out
after
but yeah
we went
in there
to check
things out
and at
first we
actually wondered
if it was
you from
things that
we heard
which makes
very little
sense
you can see
why we
went in
so curious
but it
wasn't you
instead it
was a
big
crocodilian
creature
made out
of worms
and it
seemed very
fixated on
this and
beetle pulls
out a
little smooth
brown stone
and he's
holding it
up in
his hand
you know
it had
some kind
of clothing
it was
rags
it was
tattered
but it
looked pretty
refined
and her
eyes kind
of slowly
drift towards
the portrait
I'm gonna
um
this is one
of those rare
game master
things
where I'm
gonna halt
you
and
kind of
let you
know
that you
suspect that
this would
be a thing
that you
would want
to ante
up his
information
that croc
may want
instead of
telling him
all of it
so would
we like to
rewind
rewind and
have this as
information to
to barter with
him because
you're bartering
we got news
on your mom
it's a
it's a fucking
thing to say
thank you
Zoran
I don't remind
any of
Beatle's stuff
Beatle says
all that and
he's holding
the stone
he's not
holding it
out for
croc to
take he's
just holding
it where
croc can
see it
okay
can you tell
all that
about uh
his mom
and stuff
uh not
that it was
his mom
that they
thought it
was him
and there
was a big
creature made
out of worms
that was
shaped like
a crocodile
okay okay
and it was
very fixated
on this
and the only
connection that
he's voiced
is that it
was in the
sewers near
where a
couple of
his groupies
lived that's
the connection
that he's made
between croc's
group and
okay worm
creature yeah
okay he will
um just he'll
kind of lean over
and he'll he'll
look directly at
you Beatle
and he'll be
like he's
like so why
don't you just
tell me uh
so where
exactly did
you find
this
would you
find
how much
does that
information
work
yeah
well like
I said I
think that
two or so
of your group's
members live
there where
like around
where we
found it
we could tell
you
crosses his arms
he's like
which ones
so this
would interest
you
the other
things I've
shown you that
we found
related to
your group
not interesting
but this this
might be of
interest to
you
very much
interesting
enough that
we might be
able to
use it to
gamble for
the key to
resolve this
information this
situation with
curtain and
he uh he
looks at his
dealer and he
grins a little
bit and he
looks at you
and going
sure why
not
oh fuck
one key
one key
for that
information
or tell
me exactly
everything you
know about
that situation
okay
um if we
win you're
not gonna
this isn't
gonna soil
the reputation
that my
mother and
her family
might have
in relation
to
no it's
just a
little game
and it's
just business
okie dokie
and so he
will um
he'll look at
his dealer
going and he
was like go
ahead and deal
him and you
see without
touching the
cards the
word eater
will just
kind of go
and basically
the cards
will shuffle
and
can i um
arcana uh
to if the uh
if the um
if the word
eater is uh
trying to uh
use magic to
cheat to um
put a on
that
sure thing
let's uh
let's do a
perception check
okay yeah
uh let's see
that for that
so go ahead
and roll
a perception
roll a
perception
i got a
total of
a 16
i
you want to
hero point
you got two
yeah i'll
hero point
it
everyone pray
we're gonna
need our
hero points
he saw it
yeah anyone
else can also
roll for
if they
suspected
anything
i saw how
they shuffle
things
previously
okay
yes
can i see
if they are
stacking this
fucking deck
absolutely
i don't
perception
i don't
think beetle
would have
the
perspective
if it's
arcane
i don't
think beetle
would know
enough about
that to be
able to spot
it despite
being an
investigator
i i i believe
because you are
an investigator
you would have
the ability to
kind of check
out the cards
are being
shuffled
okay
you do
have
lore
gay
lore
gambling
yeah i'll
allow you to
roll that
right
so i do
have yeah
the dc is
different for
stuff like
that so
that's a
total of
i rolled a
15 for
seeing the
deck
i i also
rolled a
15 we
both got
the same
number
for you
to lean
you you
start paying
attention to
the card
shuffling you
see just like
regular shuffling
to you just
you know just
as if somebody
was doing it
by hand
uh gray
uh gray
and hearts
you know
not really
much of a
notice but
beetle you
pick up on
things you
noticed uh
with your
gambling lore
and stuff that
croc actually
cheated on
his one hand
he got a
19 but
instead he
got a 21
or said he
got a 21
all of a
sudden he
had the
right cards
as i if
uh everyone
noticed on
that and so
you notice the
word eater is
stacking it up
for him
make it a lot
easier for him
to always uh
get a good
good number
and always
for the
word eater
gets just
slightly less
than croc
and because
of your
investigator and
stuff and
gambling and
all that
you pick up
on it right
away
you know
he's cheating
hey uh
something flub
up with your
your shuffling
over there
maybe you
should shuffle
them again
yeah croc
looks at him
he's like
if you don't
trust the cards
go ahead
shuffle them
again
you see the
word eater
will do the
exact same
thing
trying to
appease you
now
can i use an
arcana check
that he's been
called out
yes
yes you can
an arcana check
well the thing
is you
okay
no no that's
fair i didn't
notice it so i
wouldn't know like
what to change
so in this
situation everyone
else doesn't
know but beetle
knows so beetle
you could try if
you if you beetle
wants to try and
share that well
beetle did try to
share that stuff so
the fluff thing you
can you know
they're they're
gonna cheat you
for this right
you can try and
prevent it if you
like that is
what i would like
to try possibly
awesome go ahead
and roll me
arcana let's see
if you can like
counteract the
manipulation of the
cards well uh
while he's rolling
great like since
uh since beetle
like said something
great's kind of
like squinting now
like what what did
i miss
happy with that
not really
got one hero
point
i well since
beetles noticed
the that some
flubbing's going
on i'll re-roll
it
can he look
directly at
cron
god
sorry
oh no
i guess i'll just
take it
yeah
it's one higher
go ahead beetle
i'm sorry
no you're fine
uh
we're we're
playing a fair
game here right
of course
of course
i mean what
concerns do you
have
well
i'm just thinking
the decks aren't
adding up
i've played a lot
of gambling
you wouldn't
be trying to
you wouldn't
right
especially like
you want to
maintain a good
relationship with
we we've got
now i'm learning
that we have
good family
relationships
you don't want
to mess that
up and on
such a serious
serious point
of business
you don't want
to you
wouldn't
come on
man
come on bro
play fair
don't stop
having
come on
well since
this is going
to be the
hand where
our betting
happens
yeah this is
pretty serious
this is no
longer just a
fun little
game
it's like
he'll uh
let's even
the odds
you know
he'll look at
it as a
word eater
and uh
and he'll
look down
to vina
going like
how about
her
let's have
her shuffle
in
yeah sure
could you
please do that
yeah we
didn't say
we were
with vina
and so
he's like
yes i mean
it'll just be
the third
party on
this make
it fair
right
yeah that
sounds fair
like to lean
who actually
like lean over
at vina
like you
know in
a purposely
antagonistic
nature and
just be like
we do all
like a fair
game yes
and like
he like
he doesn't
know her
yeah yeah
vina looks
like she's
seen a ghost
vina shitting
her pants
the leader
has stepped
to the side
and vina
will come
up she
kind of
finds a
stool and
so she
can see
over the
table
and um
and she'll
start shuffling
the cards
and damn
she's good
at shuffling
these cards
oh my god
vina's been a
professional fucking
gambler the
entire time
she's one of
the people that
the hotels just
she's the real
dragon
she's the real
dragon
god what was
the planet
was his name
i've uh
it's
tugbert
beetle's being
mistaken for
tugbert but
tugbert is being
mistaken for
vina
one question
yeah
can i give
you all my
hero points
to give
vina one
reroll
i'll let you
spend one
hero point
to let
vina reroll
don't forget
her plus
one from
her cookie
yeah
i'll add
that
don't forget
her plus
one from
her cookie
now everyone
clenched
one second
here
we're doomed
we're doomed
it's exactly
the same
number
even with
this one
vina
vina starts
to do
and she
tries her
best to
try to
pass
the croc
cross gaze
the try
to give
you guys
a bit
of an
edge
but you
see that
she notices
croc
kind of
do a
little clog
on
and she
goes
and she
quickly
adjusted
herself
now
it is
completely
fair
no advantage
to either
party
fuck
so
okay
okay
as she's
doing it
though
if anyone
has any
ideas on
how to
try to
manipulate
the deck
or they
can try
to cheat
later
if they
want
god
if not
then we're
gonna bet
straight up
nothing
unless you
want to try
to cheat
the cards
during the
roll
during the
card
hands out
so
she
hands
croc
his
cards
he
got an
he is
going
to
hit
let's
see
he's
going
to
hit
that's
a
dude
is
that
correct
yeah
that's
right
yeah
he's
going
to
hold
on
a
okay
beetle
roll
me
2d12
2d12
2d12
well
you
want to
reroll
one of
them
you
you are
an investigator
and we're
giving you
the ability
to reroll
one of
them
okay
so give
me
1d12
yeah
i'll
roll
a 12
that is an
ace
that's an
ace
so that
would
that will
bust you
if you take
the 10
for the ace
so uh
or 12
yeah yeah
the 12 thing
actually aces
are 10
11s right
11s
yeah that's right
um so you're
gonna have to
hit again
so now it's
a 12
you have to
take the 12
okay
but i can
hit again
you can hit
again yes
you have 12
you're at 12
points right
now
see what you
get
7 8 9
that's 19
that's good
okay
okay
okay i'm gonna
hold
okay
you're gonna
hold
yep
i'm holding
a 19
heart
watch this
uh pure
skill
uh
great
that's right
baby
i hold
that's 11
i'm gonna
hit
i'm gonna
hit
i'm gonna
hit
a 10
a 10
a 10
a 10
that's a nice
you're at 12
what is it
what is it
together
what are the
options
it'd be 12
okay
skewed
that's a
so
yeah
21 baby
holding
salim
i got
yeah
um
yeah
uh
i'll
hit
that's an
ace
so
oh okay
uh
i'll
hit again
why not
you busted
yep
he busted
out of
it
um
all of
you roll
me a
perception
check
oh god
go ahead
no go ahead
to lane you
first you do
your thing
first
can i
use
press the
digitation
change that
eight into
a six
roll me
arcana
actually no
in this case
i'll say it's a
can't you're just
gonna do it
roll me stealth
this time
because croc is
staring at you
hard
we're staring at
all of you
making sure no
one's cheating
i got no
hitter points
left
dang
you're gonna have to
beat his perception
which i'm gonna roll
for him now
fingers crossed
and he has good
fucking perception
oh shit
not worth it
he looks at you
to lame
and goes
fair game
huh
it was worth
a try
but i'm out
that's what i
thought
and he'll look
and he'll look
down
at his
cards
all of you
roll me a
perception check
please
three for a
total of
total of
i got a
i got a
19 for
total of
oh let's
go
thank god
the one with
their eyes
covered
could see
gray
don't notice
anything
to lame
you don't
notice
anything
beetle
there's a
bug in
the wall
but you
don't
notice
anything
heart
but you're
you notice
that the
word eater
is still
trying to
help out
croc
and the
word eater
tried to
do
something
similar
to what
talim was
doing
a person
dissertation
and you
spot it
i'm gonna
stand up
and i'm not
gonna hurl it
at him like
a weapon
but i'm just
gonna
pause
heart's
bearstein
like just
who
like he's
passing it
over towards
the word
eater
here have
a drink
and he's
gonna go
whoops
you see
the word
eater
grab onto
it and you
see the
car that
was gonna
give him
a 21
just go
back to
his number
hey don't
spill any
of that
on croc's
you know
carpet
it would
be a bad
thing
croc glares
at you
he's like
well
well
it seems
that we
have
come to
a conclusion
it seems
that i
and he
looks down
lost
and
gleam like
just like
leans on
the table
puts his
elbow on
and like
wrists his
head on
he's like
i do love
a fair
game
you see
he will
he'll
growl
doing
like
the
crocodile
thing
that he
usually
do
they'll
kind of
chortle
at you
and he'll
go like
bye
he kind of
stands up
or so
and he's
like
come with
me then
i'll show
you the
damn
key
thank you
tell you
everything
and show
you what
we have
i was like
he'll uh
come on
down
this way
come on
down to
croc's antique
emporium
fried chicken
house
he's just
gonna shoot
us
basically
summarized
all he's
gonna take
you behind
the bar
and shoot
you
i'll just
stay still
i'll drag
everybody
there
and behind
closed doors
and stuff
you see
vena
kind of
like
in the
outside
and he
kind of
shuts
the door
on her
i'll put
you there
and he's
like
all right
key's
down there
and he'll
down there
yeah down there
now tell me
what you know
about the
thing
it really
really
wanted this
man
man
man
you lost
trying to
rub it
in
no
i'm still
saying
why should
we say
anything
when you
lost
damn it
try to get
you
all right
he starts
going in
god i was
so fucking
hoping you
just feel
the beans
yeah
feel stops
he's still
holding the
stone up
and he's
just like
we're not
gonna help
like
oh
oh
oh
just over
there
his neck
might as
well be
broken
his head
is just
so
turned to
the side
he's just
when before
beetle walks
down to
follow
heart
like gives
a little
nod towards
this door
in case he
should just
peep through
the keyhole
or anything
as a little
sneaky guy
that he
is
okay
beetle will
beetle will
follow the
nod
look at
the door
and they're
like slowly
nod his
own
understanding
and skitter
over
and as
the stairs
are creaking
so he can
hear a
crock of
them going
down
he'll like
drop down
on all
fours
and try
and pop
a big
eye
under the
door
roll
in perception
got it
does this
count as
pursuing
a lead
also
do i get
that
sure
i'll give
that to
you
this is
related to
our
current
investigation
our current
goal
that's a
total of
feel free
to click
that door
just as a
peek inside
as you look
inside you
see it's
sort of
like a
like the
door that
you see is
pretty like
barred up
it's like an
iron door
it's got some
locks on but
obviously with
the how
ramshackled the
house is
or the
building
the door
isn't set
100%
correctly
but you're
able to kind
of peek
through it
in some way
through like
the lock
hole
and things
like that
and you
see that
there are
chests full
of gold
inside and
also chests
full of the
casino chips
and various
storage things
in there but
mostly just
valuables in
there it's
like a bit
of a vault
for him
beetle scampers
back and
runs apart
but like in
a spiral so
it looks like
those barber
poles you
know the red
line going
like spinning
up he does
that he
like roundabouts
all the way up
to heart and
perches on
his shoulder
and whispers
and he's
like there's
a treasury
room behind
there
ah neat
not what
we're here
for
sure okay
we're good
as we're
going down
the stairs
beetle's
like i
don't think
he would
just give
the key
up because
we beat
him at
gambling so
stay alert
he he
comes down
he points
over to
the wall
over there
to the door
rather and
uh he's
like it's
past there
go down
there and
take a ride
it'll be
obvious to
you
all right
thanks croc
i
he looks at
the others
now fuck
off get
your king
get out of
here
oh okay
i i was
just well
hold on
because hold
on can i
have a word
with them
just for
a moment
you do
whatever you
want
and he'll
and he'll
leave you
he'll leave
you and he'll
go upstairs
and hear
as he kind
of closes
the door
up there
i think we
should probably
still tell
him something
about that
creature
just for
his safety
his safety
well he
works with
my mom
he's also
a notorious
criminal
underlord
who is
notable
for
killing
people
he's also
enormous
look at
him
but
but
he's
basically
a part
of the
family
your family
if he
works with
my mom
then it's
probably in
our best
interest to
keep him
alive
i don't
want to
disappoint
mom
i'm going
to be
honest with
you beetle
that may
be in
your best
interest
not ours
so you
would be
opposed
i would
be
extremely
opposed
but if
i were to
be completely
honest
i would
take his
head at
everything
that he
owns
oh
i was
gonna say
it could
increase
our
reputation
with
them
also
which
might
be
good
especially
since
uh
all other
factions
in the
city
freaking
hate
us
if
if
you
really
think
about
it
if
i
really
think
about
it
if
he
remembered
who
we
were
he
would
probably
hate
us
i
but
there's
crocs
gang
there's
irrelevant
people
gangs
irrelevant
gangs
like we
don't even
who
cares
and then
and then
there's
the tyrants
guild
and
the tyrants
guild
hates
us
we
can't
just
go
around
making
enemies
of
everyone
and
this
is
going
to
leave
a
sour
taste
in
his
mouth
if
he
didn't
remember
us
before
he's
going
to
remember
us
for
this
do
you
think
croc
is
the
type
that
forgives
easily
or
do
you
think
he's
the
type
who
finds
out
where
you
sleep
and
crushes
your
head
with
a
rock
in
the
night
you
honestly
beetle
I
understand
what
you're
saying
but
he
did
go
into
that
bet
knowing
that
if
he
lost
he
would
not
get
the
information
feels
wrong
welcome
to the
underworld
what
do you
think he
did that
to his
mom
do you
think he
did that
to his
mom
it was
screaming
about
revenge
she
would
want
revenge
otherwise
well
was
okay
was she
saying
she
wanted
revenge
on
her
son
or
for
her
son
it
sounded
very
much
against
him
did
it
it
was a
very
angry
voice
hey
Talim
question
yes
did you
have
mentioned
vengeful
spirits
hello
yes
that is
me
yeah
yeah
yeah
yeah
i like
that we're
talking about
this in
the basement
perhaps we
should go and
get the
key while
we talk
do you
think that
she
came back
as a
vengeful
spirit
i can
tell you
that
betrayal
is a
great
way
to
anchor
somebody's
soul
to the
world
of the
living
gray
is
opening
the
door
so
what if
we get
locked
in
here