Daniel [GM] 00:00:30 Welcome to Explorers Wanted. We are a Numenera actual play podcast. I will be your GM, Daniel Andrlik. And with me today is Sampson Davis. Sampson [Dili] 00:00:41 Hi, how's it going? Daniel [GM] 00:00:43 Alex Finn. Alex [ChaCha] 00:00:44 Woo. Daniel [GM] 00:00:46 Marietta Jones. Marietta [Atalia] 00:00:48 Oh, hi. Daniel [GM] 00:00:49 And Stace Babcock. Stace [Nix] 00:00:51 Hello. Daniel [GM] 00:00:52 Okay. So we are all together. Let's see who remembers what happened last time. I am going to pick on Sampson. Sampson [Dili] 00:01:02 So, last time we got to the ruins of Kamathan? Kamatha? Kamarcho? Daniel [GM] 00:01:08 Kamathan. Sampson [Dili] 00:01:11 Kamathan. We go in, and basically did a little dungeon crawl. We found a dehydrator, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Quiet Place... Sampson [Dili] 00:01:21 We found a room that gave objects googly-eyes. That was a lot of fun. Then we found a room that gave us another plot thread to eventually figure out. But, after this dungeon crawl with a lot of fun stuff happening, ChaCha at one point got her hand stuck on a crystal. Sampson [Dili] 00:01:40 We eventually came to a room where we found two dead bodies. One of them being Mewin who we were supposed to find. And we did. With her was another dead body that, as far as we could tell at the moment, she killed that one. Daniel [GM] 00:01:54 Mm-hmm ((affirmative). Sampson [Dili] 00:01:55 And that body had a plot point. A badge that's only Marietta's character. Atalia? That's you? Marietta [Atalia] 00:02:07 Yeah. Sampson [Dili] 00:02:07 Atalia recognized. Marietta [Atalia] 00:02:07 Yeah, that's my name. Mm-hmm ((affirmative). Sampson [Dili] 00:02:08 You like those 'A' names? Marietta [Atalia] 00:02:09 Every single one of my character's names starts with an 'A'. Sampson [Dili] 00:02:13 So yeah. We found that and then Dan stopped us from playing anymore. Marietta [Atalia] 00:02:19 Dan was like, "That's the one hour mark, we're done." Alex [ChaCha] 00:02:22 Because he's mean. Daniel [GM] 00:02:23 Yeah, I smacked your noses with a newspaper. Sampson [Dili] 00:02:32 That's enough content. Daniel [GM] 00:02:32 Okay, so that's a good recap. Really quickly, why don't we go around and just reintroduce your characters briefly? Sampson, who are you playing? Sampson [Dili] 00:02:39 I'm playing Dili. He is an Intelligent Wright who Crafts Illusions. Daniel [GM] 00:02:45 And Alex? Alex [ChaCha] 00:02:46 I am playing ChaCha? I should probably have my character sheet up. Marietta [Atalia] 00:02:53 Yeah, I had to open mine too. That's why this is an important step. Alex [ChaCha] 00:02:58 Yes. I'm playing ChaCha, who is a Passionate Nano who Sees Beyond. Daniel [GM] 00:03:04 And Stace? Stace [Nix] 00:03:06 I'm playing Nix, a Confident Glaive who Needs No Weapons. Daniel [GM] 00:03:10 And Marietta? Marietta [Atalia] 00:03:10 I'm playing Atalia. She's a Meddlesome Nano who Explores Dark Places. Daniel [GM] 00:03:16 Okay. So, where we left off. When you guys had just discovered Mewin's body and this other person. You have found in her satchel what appeared to be a journal, with sketches of some pyramid-shaped device. There were notes in it that were written in some sort of cipher or code. And Nix had determined that she had successfully killed whoever this other body was, in some sort of conflict. Daniel [GM] 00:03:45 But only other thing she was able to find on that body was a small... Almost like a badge, like a little scrap of cloth that had an image of a hand holding a dagger on a field of purple. Which she then passed off to Atalia. And Atalia recognized as the symbol of her handler, which we'll talk more about later. Daniel [GM] 00:04:14 So, Atalia in this moment you've just been handed this thing and Nix has asked you, "Do you make anything of these?" Marietta [Atalia] 00:04:24 [As Atalia] Yes. This logo is familiar. So, my handler guy uses it occasionally. It's a thing I've seen. I don't have one, personally. But- Stace [Nix] 00:04:36 [As Nix] What? You know what this is? Marietta [Atalia] 00:04:40 [As Atalia] Yeah. That's what I just said. Stace [Nix] 00:04:45 [As Nix] What a weird coincidence, man. It's like- Marietta [Atalia] 00:04:47 [As Atalia] It's like I was meant to be here and see it. Stace [Nix] 00:04:50 [As Nix] That's what I was going to say! Sampson [Dili] 00:04:52 So, wait. What voice did I do? I can't remember my voice. I'm going to have to make a new one. Stace [Nix] 00:05:01 Reinvent yourself every episode. Sampson [Dili] 00:05:05 [As Dili] So wait, your people killed Mewin? Is that what I'm hearing? Marietta [Atalia] 00:05:11 [As Atalia] It looks like she did the killing here, but she's also dead. Look, I don't know. I can just tell you that's what this is. Yeah, it's a little conspicuous though, I would definitely put conspicuous on this little tidbit. I was unaware of the situation. Seems a little weird to throw me into it if I'm actually supposed to be killing somebody. Someone told me I was supposed to kill somebody, you know what I mean? Sampson [Dili] 00:05:39 [As Dili] Okay. Alex [ChaCha] 00:05:41 [As ChaCha] Do you kill people, Atalia? Marietta [Atalia] 00:05:45 [As Atalia] No, that's my point in the whole problem. Is I don't kill people. So what the fuck is this person doing trying to kill Mewin, or maybe actually killing Mewin? That's not what we're supposed to be about. Sampson [Dili] 00:05:57 Is it pretty obvious that the second body killed Mewin? Daniel [GM] 00:06:00 I think you guys would have to do some further investigation on the body. Alex [ChaCha] 00:06:06 [As ChaCha] So, we should lick it. Sampson [Dili] 00:06:06 [As Dili] No, ChaCha. Daniel [GM] 00:06:08 Perception, investigation, anything along those lines would be useful. Stace [Nix] 00:06:13 I mean, I got a Natty 20 on the search on this. You remember that, right? Daniel [GM] 00:06:18 You had a 19. Stace [Nix] 00:06:20 Oh, damn. Well I felt good about it which I think is the important thing. Alex [ChaCha] 00:06:29 Does ChaCha see anything weird in the room? Any snakes? Balls? Daniel [GM] 00:06:35 Those two bodies are pretty strange. Marietta [Atalia] 00:06:37 I have searching... Daniel [GM] 00:06:40 Searching would work. Marietta [Atalia] 00:06:40 And detecting falsehoods. Daniel [GM] 00:06:42 Yeah, so anything along those lines. So the difficulty here, you're trying to work out exactly what killed her and this is going to take a little bit more of a trained eye. So you guys are probably looking at a 12 to start with before you start applying skills or assets. Marietta [Atalia] 00:07:00 Okay, I rolled an 18. Daniel [GM] 00:07:00 Holy shit. Sampson [Dili] 00:07:01 I have no skills to apply, so I'll do straight with an eight. Daniel [GM] 00:07:04 Okay. Stace [Nix] 00:07:07 Nix is pretty sure she already knows what happened. Daniel [GM] 00:07:09 Okay. Alex [ChaCha] 00:07:10 ChaCha's watching for unseen wonders. Daniel [GM] 00:07:14 Okay, could you roll for me anyway though? Alex [ChaCha] 00:07:15 Okay. 17. Daniel [GM] 00:07:17 Okay. Dili, you have no idea. Daniel [GM] 00:07:23 ChaCha, you don't see anything necessarily unknown here, or anything that you would associate with your particular capabilities of sight. But you do notice ripples of something here. And as you're kind of following those ripples, you almost bump into Atalia, who is looking around the physical evidence. Daniel [GM] 00:07:51 Atalia, I think what you have pieced together is, there were more than two people in this room at the time of the fight. And there was a third person who you think is the one who brought the death blow to Mewin, into her back. Marietta [Atalia] 00:08:10 Ooh, rough. Okay, I will share that information. Be like, [As Atalia] Look! Death blow to the back, man. That's weak. Stace [Nix] 00:08:22 [As Nix] Are you sure they weren't just hugging it out while they killed each other? Marietta [Atalia] 00:08:26 Nah, this is definitely a to-the-back attack. Sampson [Dili] 00:08:29 [As Dili] So does that mean that this other person is still here? Still in the room? Alex [ChaCha] 00:08:37 [As ChaCha] Maybe invisible. Marietta [Atalia] 00:08:37 [As Atalia] I don't know about in the room but they are definitely not present at the moment, visually. Alex [ChaCha] 00:08:46 [As Atalia] Or invisible. Sampson [Dili] 00:08:47 [As Dili] Invisible is an option. Alex [ChaCha] 00:08:50 I think ChaCha's going to try and really tie down that ripple effect. Daniel [GM] 00:08:55 Okay. Give me an understanding Numenera roll. Your target will be nine. Alex [ChaCha] 00:09:05 I am trained. Daniel [GM] 00:09:07 That's a six for you. Alex [ChaCha] 00:09:08 Okay. 19. Daniel [GM] 00:09:13 Very nice. So, with a 19, I'll tell you this, you were pretty confident that this ripple is the after-image, like a wake, in space time from whatever this Numenera device was. That Mewin was seeking. You feel like, it was here and somebody left with it from here, and you are seeing the wake of the disturbance of where it was. Alex [ChaCha] 00:09:41 I think she's going to vaguely convey that to the group. [As ChaCha] So the backstabber took the item and rippled out. Marietta [Atalia] 00:09:52 Oh, what does the note say? About this item. Are there notes about the item? Daniel [GM] 00:10:00 You see, it has the drawing of the pyramid and there are notes around it but they all appear to be in some sort of code. Marietta [Atalia] 00:10:06 [As Atalia] Okay, well we should totes keep this. What was the protocol if she was dead and the item was not here? Stace [Nix] 00:10:12 Take the item. Daniel [GM] 00:10:14 It has definitely rippled out of here, so presumably this third person whomever they are has the device and is moving with it. Stace [Nix] 00:10:24 I think that Nix is going to read the paper. Daniel [GM] 00:10:30 Okay. The paper is in a code, so you would have to decipher that code. Stace [Nix] 00:10:33 Okay. Daniel [GM] 00:10:33 So, I think without having any background whatsoever in it, it's probably a 21 intellect roll. Stace [Nix] 00:10:46 You do like me to make these decisions where I have to spend or not, three points out of my tiny, tiny intellect pool. Daniel [GM] 00:10:55 Mm-hmm ((affirmative). Stace [Nix] 00:10:57 And I use ... We could sleep for eight hours and then I could use confident outlook again. Alex [ChaCha] 00:11:02 I mean, is there a way we could help and give her an asset. Daniel [GM] 00:11:06 Some of you could assist, that's true. That would give her an asset. Alex [ChaCha] 00:11:10 ChaCha will try- Stace [Nix] 00:11:11 These intellect points though ... What are they good for? Daniel [GM] 00:11:15 That would bring it down to a 15, with ChaCha's help. Alex [ChaCha] 00:11:18 Wait. Stace [Nix] 00:11:18 Ooh. I got an 18. Daniel [GM] 00:11:20 Okay. Alex [ChaCha] 00:11:20 Yeah! Daniel [GM] 00:11:22 Okay, so you can't decipher the entire code obviously. Stace [Nix] 00:11:27 Oh. Daniel [GM] 00:11:28 But you're able to work out bits of it, because some of it is highly technical. But it seems to be ... You can tell which words are referring to this object. You'll able to from context figure out that there are references here to [Malajara 00:11:51], as if to report back in. Although, the odd thing is that the ... Or at least you think it refers to Malajara. There's something there that from context you would assume that it's her, but obviously you can't necessarily ... It's not her name or anything like that. It's some sort of code word for her. There are other individuals remarked on here, and there are some sketching here around the item that you would assume from what you can piece together out of it means danger. Stace [Nix] 00:12:29 [As Nix] Whoa, you guys. Dili, Dili you actually come here. Sampson [Dili] 00:12:37 [As Dili] Okay, what? Stace [Nix] 00:12:37 This code man, I know some of these words. Sampson [Dili] 00:12:41 [As Dili] Okay. Stace [Nix] 00:12:42 [As Nix] I think this is Momma Jerrun and there's danger. And these words clearly reference other people that we don't know yet. Sampson [Dili] 00:12:54 [As Dili] Okay. That's not a lot to go on, but- Stace [Nix] 00:12:57 [As Nix] Can you? I mean, all right. Sampson [Dili] 00:13:00 [As Dili] I didn't really specialize in, I don't want to say ciphers, just because that's going to get confusing. I didn't specialize in deciphers, should've gone with that joke. Daniel [GM] 00:13:11 So at this point you guys are going to hear a sound echoing down the hallways. And it's got this almost like a cross between a whale song and a chirp, coming down the hallways and moving around. Coming from the way in which you came and Dili, you can sense the Numenera in here responding to those chirps. So some of the walls are responding to that audible input and chiming. In fact, whenever it makes that little sound it's almost like you hear that sound and then as soon as it hits the area you're in you see parts of the wall light up. And then they light up in a line, going back in the direction of that sound. The sound is definitely getting closer. Sampson [Dili] 00:14:08 [As Dili] Not to alarm everybody, but something is coming and that something is making the walls light up. Nix and ChaCha have googly eye objects are they responding to the same sound? Daniel [GM] 00:14:23 Well, ChaCha's died. But Nix still has some googly eyes. Stace [Nix] 00:14:29 Nix gave ChaCha one googly eye. Daniel [GM] 00:14:31 Oh that's right. So the eyes are kind of flicking to look at the light but they don't necessarily respond to auditory input. Sampson [Dili] 00:14:39 [As Dili] Okay, so yeah I think something's coming. Hopefully it's a friend, probably not though because that's been our luck. So, I don't know maybe want to get on the other side of the doors just in case? Or check down the hallway? Daniel [GM] 00:14:54 As an added plus for your 20, Sampson, I know you guys were worried that I would forget about this. But there was that first room where you found all those body parts and trophies back the way you came. Alex [ChaCha] 00:15:06 Yeah... Sampson [Dili] 00:15:10 Guys I think the homeowner is home. Just a guess. Just a- Alex [ChaCha] 00:15:11 Oh. Sampson [Dili] 00:15:16 Intuitively. I think we might get dehydrated soon. Alex [ChaCha] 00:15:22 I'm just going to hide. Sampson [Dili] 00:15:22 Actually, Dili can hide everyone I think. Kind of. Alex [ChaCha] 00:15:26 Ooh. Sampson [Dili] 00:15:30 Minor illusions must have a cube. Can I get the party to fit within the cube? Daniel [GM] 00:15:35 Yeah, depends on how much you guys are willing to cuddle with each other. Alex [ChaCha] 00:15:39 ChaCha will reluctantly cuddle. Marietta [Atalia] 00:15:42 Oh yes, reluctance. Sampson [Dili] 00:15:44 Dili, I guess we'll bring the party over to a corner of the room and then put up an illusion that looks like the wall behind them. Daniel [GM] 00:15:53 Very nice. And how do your illusions work? Just so I know. Sampson [Dili] 00:15:57 How do you mean? I assume it probably depends on the creature’s level or something like that. It lasts for ten minutes but if I want to change it I have to concentrate to do so. And if I move beyond the immediate range of the cube, the illusion vanishes. Daniel [GM] 00:16:14 Okay, so it's something detecting deception or something like that. Sampson [Dili] 00:16:20 Yeah, probably. Daniel [GM] 00:16:21 Or their perception would have to be off. Sampson [Dili] 00:16:22 Mm-hmm (affirmative). Daniel [GM] 00:16:23 Okay. Fair enough. The only person I didn't hear from is Nix. Is Nix going into the cuddle pile as well. Stace [Nix] 00:16:31 Yeah. Daniel [GM] 00:16:32 This chirping kind of gets closer. And then, after a moment you guys can see ... I assume the illusion is only one-sided. It's not actually blocking your view right? Sampson [Dili] 00:16:46 It doesn't really say, so if I can do a one-sided mirror illusion that'd be cool. Or something like the invisibility cloak in Harry Potter. Daniel [GM] 00:16:54 Tell you what, give me an intellectual of 12. If you can beat a 12 then it's a one-sided mirror. Sampson [Dili] 00:17:06 I put my whole efforts into this please. Daniel [GM] 00:17:10 So it’s a nine? Sampson [Dili] 00:17:12 Eleven. Daniel [GM] 00:17:14 Okay, nice. You have a one-sided mirror, so you can see a shadowy figure coming down the hall. It appears to be at least humanoid in shape, you can't really tell. They have a long cloak with a hood over their head and they seem to be walking with a gnarled staff. As they make this chirp. And every time they make the chirp, once again the walls light up in the room that you're in and go back to it. They don't light up anywhere else, but it stops as soon as the light reaches this figure. And this figure walks into the room slowly and they make that chirping sound again, and the room lights up but doesn't go anywhere else. And it starts slowly, like you could see its hood turning this way and that as it's looking. Alex [ChaCha] 00:18:09 Excellent, lovely. Sampson [Dili] 00:18:09 Shh, don't talk. It can hear you. Daniel [GM] 00:18:13 So it's looking back and forth. It makes that chirping sound again and the room lights up. And it starts slowly moving around the room kind of extending its staff. Stace [Nix] 00:18:34 Does it get anywhere near the cube? Daniel [GM] 00:18:37 Not yet. It probably will eventually. Stace [Nix] 00:18:40 All right, when it gets close-ish Nix would like to try to grab its staff and pull it off balance away from the others inside the cube. Daniel [GM] 00:18:52 Okay. So this is the way it's going to work, because it is being cautious right now. It's not a true surprise for him, but you will get a chance to try this and if it succeeds you can definitely do something that'll put it at a disadvantage for any kind of attack it's doing or anything like that. But after that we'll just roll initiative. Stace [Nix] 00:19:18 Okay. Daniel [GM] 00:19:18 So it is going to make it's ... Does anybody else want to do anything before this happens? Sampson [Dili] 00:19:23 Seeing Nix getting ready to attack, Dili is going to prepare to change his illusion if he can. Marietta [Atalia] 00:19:29 Could I scan it from behind this illusion? Daniel [GM] 00:19:35 Yes, you could. Marietta [Atalia] 00:19:36 Okay, I'll go ahead and do that then. Daniel [GM] 00:19:38 So, you have got a sense that whatever this is it's definitely not human. It's humanoid, but it is not human. Marietta [Atalia] 00:19:48 Okay. Daniel [GM] 00:19:49 It is definitely, you would think this is a level three creature. Marietta [Atalia] 00:19:53 Okay. Daniel [GM] 00:19:55 But you also have the sense that there is a lot of Numenera about them. Whether that something about them or that they're carrying ciphers, you don't know. Marietta [Atalia] 00:20:06 Okay. Daniel [GM] 00:20:06 And I'm going to say about now is when the staff comes in range. So Nix, it will be a 12 might roll. Stace [Nix] 00:20:15 Okay. Got a five. Daniel [GM] 00:20:20 Okay, so you reach out to try and grab the staff, and you start struggling with it. You're not able to get it away and at this point we will roll initiative. Sampson [Dili] 00:20:35 Dili got a two. Alex [ChaCha] 00:20:36 Got a two. Me too! Twins. Marietta [Atalia] 00:20:43 Oh no, I just threw my dice on the floor. Daniel [GM] 00:20:46 What'd you get Stace? Stace [Nix] 00:20:47 I cannot believe you two, I got a seven. Marietta [Atalia] 00:20:50 I got a 17. Finally. Daniel [GM] 00:20:54 Nice. Stace [Nix] 00:20:55 You've been waiting on a 17? Marietta [Atalia] 00:20:58 I do not roll well for initiative, thank you. It's not excellent. Daniel [GM] 00:21:03 So, that means Atalia goes first. This thing is definitely aware of Nix and probably aware that there's an illusion, because Nix had to reach out through the illusion to grab the staff. Marietta [Atalia] 00:21:14 All right, I'll say that it's level three and seems to have some Numenera weirdness about it. Daniel [GM] 00:21:20 Although, you'll say that more in story times right? Marietta [Atalia] 00:21:24 Yeah, guys it's maybe two times stronger than we are. Maybe more. Sampson [Dili] 00:21:30 I'm not very strong so this should be easy then. Marietta [Atalia] 00:21:35 And yeah it's got some Numenera nonsense going on with it and I'm going to try to onslaught it. Daniel [GM] 00:21:42 Okay. So give me an intellect roll ... Are you using physical or mental? Marietta [Atalia] 00:21:50 Does it look armored? Daniel [GM] 00:21:53 So with your scan, you would know it's got somewhat of a tough hide. But it's not scaly tough. Marietta [Atalia] 00:22:00 All right, I will do a physical attack then. Daniel [GM] 00:22:04 Okay, so that'll be a 12. Nice! Marietta [Atalia] 00:22:05 I got a 19, yeah! Daniel [GM] 00:22:09 Do you want the minor effect or the extra damage? Marietta [Atalia] 00:22:15 Minor effect for funsies. Daniel [GM] 00:22:16 What kind of minor effect would you propose? Marietta [Atalia] 00:22:19 Some sort of incapacitating minor effect or something that would make it less likely for us to be hurt. Daniel [GM] 00:22:25 All right, how about I just give it a hindering when it's the next turn. Marietta [Atalia] 00:22:32 Okay yeah, that sounds great. Daniel [GM] 00:22:34 Okay. So tell me what does your onslaught look like? Your physical onslaught, when it comes out of you to strike something, what does it look like? Marietta [Atalia] 00:22:42 I think it looks shadowy. Just like smacks him in the face like a wind but shadow wind in the face. Daniel [GM] 00:22:48 Ooh, okay. Alex [ChaCha] 00:22:55 Like a fart. Sampson [Dili] 00:22:55 Silent but deadly. Alex [ChaCha] 00:22:55 I'm sorry. Marietta [Atalia] 00:22:55 Yep, yep, exactly. How did you guys know? Sampson [Dili] 00:23:08 So wait, was that a brain fart? Did you brain fart him? Marietta [Atalia] 00:23:08 Yes. Daniel [GM] 00:23:08 Okay. So it takes some damage, it doesn't like that and it will be hindered on it's next attack. So here is what it is going to do, it is going to be hindered the next time it does a physical attack. When it hits it, it seems like it gets shaken for a second and then it brings up a head and pulls back its hood. Revealing a hideous visage of a face that you would hope to be somewhat humanoid, except it's melty and strange in all the wrong places. Yeah, it's pretty horrifying and that's basically all it can do it's turn as it's getting itself organized to get a staff. So next up is Stace. Stace you've seen this horrible visage, I need you to make an intellect defense roll of 12. Stace [Nix] 00:24:02 Why is it always intellect? Sampson [Dili] 00:24:02 Drama. Stace [Nix] 00:24:02 I got a 17 though. Daniel [GM] 00:24:10 Nice. It's a horrible visage, but you were able to choke down your disgust. And what would you like to do? Stace [Nix] 00:24:18 [As Nix] Damn dude, that's rough. I'm going to punch him in his hideous visage. Daniel [GM] 00:24:24 Okay. So that's a 12. Stace [Nix] 00:24:25 Do I have anything to help me? No. Rolled a three. Daniel [GM] 00:24:25 Okay, so you swing out to punch a hit and it manages to dodge your attack. Okay, so now we have Dili and ChaCha, you guys have the same initiative score. Who will go first? Sampson [Dili] 00:24:46 You want to go first? Alex [ChaCha] 00:24:47 I guess. Sampson [Dili] 00:24:51 Because I can try something if you don't have something. Alex [ChaCha] 00:24:56 You try something, I'm thinking of what exactly would be the best thing to try and do. Daniel [GM] 00:25:02 Then in that case, Dili, before you do that please make an intellect defense roll of 12. Sampson [Dili] 00:25:09 I will spend my effort, up or down, eleven. Daniel [GM] 00:25:18 Nice, with that level of effort that's good that you spent that. You manage to choke down your disgust, what would you like to do? Sampson [Dili] 00:25:25 I would like to, shift my illusion so that it encompasses his head and it's just a black circle. So we can't see his face. Daniel [GM] 00:25:35 Ooh, that's an interesting idea. Sampson [Dili] 00:25:38 And maybe it blinds him? But I don't know if that's too much. Daniel [GM] 00:25:41 Okay, so give me an intellect roll of 12. Sampson [Dili] 00:25:45 Getting a little low on intellect, so I'll just do that straight, 14. Daniel [GM] 00:25:51 Okay, so you put this thing around his head and you don't know if it can see or not. You're not even sure if it actually uses its eyes or not at this point. But at least it's hiding that horrible, horrible face and now it is ChaCha's turn. Alex [ChaCha] 00:26:08 ChaCha is going to mentally onslaught him. Daniel [GM] 00:26:11 Okay, so that'll be a 12. Alex [ChaCha] 00:26:13 This is an 18. Daniel [GM] 00:26:16 Nice, okay. So that's plus two damage. Alex [ChaCha] 00:26:21 Sweet. Daniel [GM] 00:26:24 Okay, now we are back to Atalia. Marietta [Atalia] 00:26:27 Me! My luck pool isn't doing super great neither, it's like we could've used the rest before. It's kind of bad started. Daniel [GM] 00:26:39 You could use your action to recover. Marietta [Atalia] 00:26:42 Oh, okay actually I'll do that. Daniel [GM] 00:26:44 Okay, roll 1d6 plus your tier. Marietta [Atalia] 00:26:46 Cool. Okay, I got four back cool. Daniel [GM] 00:26:50 Okay, so it is now the creature's turn. It manages to pull itself out of the illusion. Dili you have managed to keep it from ... That takes its whole action to get itself free of that because initially you're pretty good at following it around. But it manages to get itself free. And now it goes to Nix to make an intellect defense roll of 12. Stace [Nix] 00:27:16 I mean why not. I got a 14. Daniel [GM] 00:27:19 Nice! Alex [ChaCha] 00:27:19 Yay! Stace [Nix] 00:27:20 Got to have intellect to lose intellect. So it's my turn? Daniel [GM] 00:27:27 Yeah. Stace [Nix] 00:27:29 Where is it in relation to Nix now? Daniel [GM] 00:27:31 It's in immediate range, you guys are all pretty close together. Stace [Nix] 00:27:35 I'm just going to try to ... Well, here's a question, Daniel. I do know how you love to get into the rules. So I have no need for weapons, which is not just the last part of my character's sentence but a Glaive ability for first tier. Where my armor detects immediate attacks and I've been playing it. It counts as immediate attacks for both damage and therefore no easing, is that accurate? Daniel [GM] 00:28:02 Correct. Stace [Nix] 00:28:02 I got a 13. Daniel [GM] 00:28:05 Okay, how much damage do you do? Stace [Nix] 00:28:07 Seven. Daniel [GM] 00:28:08 Okay, it does not like that. Stace [Nix] 00:28:11 Punch it in its melty eye-hole. Daniel [GM] 00:28:14 Okay, Dili please make an intellect defense roll of 12. Sampson [Dili] 00:28:17 Okay. Let's roll on streaks, two. Daniel [GM] 00:28:28 Okay, Dili, you are so horrified by this visage that you are infected with the disgust. Please move one step down the damage track. Sampson [Dili] 00:28:39 Oh shit. Marietta [Atalia] 00:28:40 Oh wow. Sampson [Dili] 00:28:41 So I'm now impaired? Daniel [GM] 00:28:43 You are now impaired. Alex [ChaCha] 00:28:46 Whoa. Stace [Nix] 00:28:46 Get his keys. Daniel [GM] 00:28:48 What would you like to do Dili? Sampson [Dili] 00:28:50 I try combat suffers. I think Dili is going to use his minor illusion to try to block the gross face and hope that someone else can kill him. Kill this boy. Daniel [GM] 00:29:07 Okay, so he's on to your strategy this time. So it's going to be a step harder, so it'll be 15. Sampson [Dili] 00:29:11 Okay. I will use level efforts to lower damage. That is a 16. Daniel [GM] 00:29:20 Nice, okay so you get this thing around it's head again. ChaCha. Alex [ChaCha] 00:29:24 Okay, I have an idea. ChaCha is going to try and steal his stick. Daniel [GM] 00:29:30 Steal his what? Alex [ChaCha] 00:29:31 His stick, sorry. I'm having a whores versus horrors conversation. Daniel [GM] 00:29:37 Okay. So are you just going to try and grapple with him to get it? Or what are you going to do? Alex [ChaCha] 00:29:42 So, ChaCha is trained in running, climbing, swimming, running free heart power. Sorry. Daniel [GM] 00:29:53 Okay, so those won't help you in this case. But what you could do, because his head is currently stuck in this illusion it would be a nine might roll for you because he's hindered. He won't see you coming. Alex [ChaCha] 00:30:09 Okay. How about a 13. Daniel [GM] 00:30:12 Okay, so you manage to pull his stick away from him. Alex [ChaCha] 00:30:16 I have a stick. Daniel [GM] 00:30:18 Okay, now we go to Atalia. Marietta [Atalia] 00:30:23 I'm going to onslaught him physically again. Daniel [GM] 00:30:26 Okay. Marietta [Atalia] 00:30:28 That's just a five. Daniel [GM] 00:30:29 That'll miss. So the shadowy winds strike out at him but it misses. It is his turn and instead of trying to get out of the illusion this turn, he reaches into his cloak and throws something in your guys' general direction. That item lands and explodes with a strange thick sooty gas. I need everybody to make a might defense roll of 18. Sampson [Dili] 00:31:05 Fuck. Marietta [Atalia] 00:31:07 Damn! Alex [ChaCha] 00:31:08 I'm going to need to effort that. Marietta [Atalia] 00:31:11 You're bring out big ones today. Sampson [Dili] 00:31:13 [crosstalk 00:31:13] as well. Marietta [Atalia] 00:31:13 Doesn't matter, I got a five. Sampson [Dili] 00:31:13 Got 20. Alex [ChaCha] 00:31:18 Wait can we do it on level of effort? Daniel [GM] 00:31:22 Sure you can. Alex [ChaCha] 00:31:22 Great, I'm doing that. Stace [Nix] 00:31:25 That's a six. Daniel [GM] 00:31:26 Okay. Sampson [Dili] 00:31:26 Dili got a net 20. Alex [ChaCha] 00:31:29 I got a 17. Daniel [GM] 00:31:30 Okay, ChaCha is fine. Dili because you got a natural 20, you can have a major effect. I would suggest as a major effect that you could do something to prevent either Atalia or Nix, your choice, from getting affected by this. Sampson [Dili] 00:31:51 So, it's kind of like an area of defense? Daniel [GM] 00:31:56 Mm-hmm (affirmative). Sampson [Dili] 00:31:58 Okay, can I have as a major effect some sort of quick insight on what this does? Like don't bring it in, don't touch it, or stuff like that. Enough for Nix or Atalia to react. Daniel [GM] 00:32:11 Yeah, for one of them. Sampson [Dili] 00:32:11 Okay, for one of them. Shit. Daniel [GM] 00:32:15 Choose your favorite of the two. Sampson [Dili] 00:32:22 I'm pretty confident Nix can handle herself, so I'll give it to Atalia. Daniel [GM] 00:32:25 Okay, Atalia manages to avoid any of the effects of this because you help her. Marietta [Atalia] 00:32:33 Thank you. Stace [Nix] 00:32:33 Cursed by fucking competence, is this real life. Daniel [GM] 00:32:36 Yeah, so you yell it out to Atalia and Atalia being a nano is a little bit already more on the same wavelength as you. As far as detecting dangerous Numenera and things like that. Nix is probably so confident she's probably not paying attention to you at that moment. Sampson [Dili] 00:32:57 There was also a lot of jargon, like is it a secret ious ... word thing, mystery. Daniel [GM] 00:33:07 Yeah. So Nix, you inhale this. Stace [Nix] 00:33:12 [As Nix] I never inhale. Daniel [GM] 00:33:17 Yes, I forgot that is canon. However, I will offer you an XP. Stace [Nix] 00:33:27 And I'll take it. Daniel [GM] 00:33:28 Who are you giving the other XP to? Stace [Nix] 00:33:30 Wow, gosh this is a hard decision not to pick Sampson. Sampson [Dili] 00:33:34 That's fair, that's fair. Stace [Nix] 00:33:39 I got a lot of resentment, feelings to work through so I guess it's ChaCha. Alex [ChaCha] 00:33:45 Yay! Daniel [GM] 00:33:45 Okay. So in addition to the seven points of might damage this does- Stace [Nix] 00:33:53 Oh, I don't mean that Daniel. I went pfft like it was nothing, but it hurt. Daniel [GM] 00:34:00 Yeah. So seven points of might damage and then from wherever you are, you will move one step down the damage track. Stace [Nix] 00:34:08 Here I am with you Dili. Daniel [GM] 00:34:11 Okay, it is now Nix's turn. Stace [Nix] 00:34:13 Impaired means what? It punches Dili. Daniel [GM] 00:34:17 So impaired means that any effort that you want to spend will cost you one additional point. Stace [Nix] 00:34:23 Oh, okay I'm going to go ahead and Nix is going to reach into one of her pockets and pull out Fangs of the Reaver Yes, it is a level four Cypher. It is a two-inch metal sphere. Daniel [GM] 00:34:42 That's the first time you guys are using a Cypher, I'm so excited. Stace [Nix] 00:34:46 And upon activation it opens to reveal, tiny teeth. Tiny metal teeth that are also nasty. And it flies to a single target within short range, so I pick Dili. Nah, I'm just kidding. Sampson [Dili] 00:35:05 No that's fair. Stace [Nix] 00:35:05 I pick the monster. I'll forget about this Sampson eventually. Sampson [Dili] 00:35:07 Will you? Will you though? Stace [Nix] 00:35:07 Never. Sampson [Dili] 00:35:13 I saw that little tell-tale games icon. Stace [Nix] 00:35:17 And it attacks as a creature equal to its Cypher level. So it's a level four creature and it continues to attack for a number of rounds equal. So up to four rounds or until the target is dead. Daniel [GM] 00:35:30 How much damage does it do? Stace [Nix] 00:35:32 It doesn't say. It says it attacks as a creature of a level equal- Daniel [GM] 00:35:37 It's a level four right? Stace [Nix] 00:35:37 Yes. Daniel [GM] 00:35:39 Okay, so it will do essentially four damage. Okay, so these fangs get ... This device gets activated and you see this device open up and the teeth are truly terrible to behold. They are metal and strange but yet they somehow still drip. And it attacks this creature and it begins gnawing at parts of his body. And you see it actually gnaw its way into its chest. Then the creature choking as this sort of bulge in its body moves up its body, through its neck, until it explodes out the top of its head. Piercing through Dili's illusion and the creature falls dead, in front of you all. Marietta [Atalia] 00:36:28 [As Atalia] Holy shit. Stace [Nix] 00:36:30 [As Nix] Yeah, I mean I found that little ball outside of the road. It's cool as hell. Marietta [Atalia] 00:36:34 Damn! Alex [ChaCha] 00:36:40 And then we loot the body. Marietta [Atalia] 00:36:42 Do you think this is what killed her? Daniel [GM] 00:36:44 Interestingly enough if you search the body you do not see any bladed weapons on this person. Alex [ChaCha] 00:36:50 So probably not this dude. Stace [Nix] 00:36:55 But do we find anything? Daniel [GM] 00:36:57 You do in fact. It appears to be carrying ... I mean it used one Cypher and was carrying two others. Marietta [Atalia] 00:37:02 Ooh. Daniel [GM] 00:37:05 Okay, somebody do me a favor and roll one D6. Alex [ChaCha] 00:37:18 Okay. One. Daniel [GM] 00:37:19 Okay, you find a level three purgespitter. This device spits out a tentacle creature called a purge up to a long range. The purge is a level two creature and adheres to whatever it strikes producing a keening screech and a strong odor for 28 hours. It uses its powerful tentacles, and an even more powerful adhesive, the purge is difficult to remove. To do so, it needs to be slain and scraped away. The task with the difficulty equal to the level of the device, which is three. If the purge is slain but not removed, the screech ends but the stench remains. That screech and stench is going to cause problems for whoever it gets adhered to. Somebody roll one D6 for me again. Alex [ChaCha] 00:38:07 Three. Daniel [GM] 00:38:08 So this, a level five photonic fabricator. It creates one item of solidified light of your choice, anywhere with an immediate range. It can't have moving pieces. It must be made from abridged material. So you can make a broadsword, a ladder, a shield, but not like a backpack or a buzzer, a bow. It emits dim light in a short radius and lasts for 28 days before fading away. Stace [Nix] 00:38:34 Can we offer it to Nix as ... No Nix doesn't need weapons. Daniel [GM] 00:38:38 Well it doesn't have to be a weapon. If she wanted, she could just turn it into a chill hammock. Stace [Nix] 00:38:47 Oh, but that's not rigid. Daniel [GM] 00:38:47 Oh that's right. It would have to be sort of a cot or- Stace [Nix] 00:38:51 Chill cot. Daniel [GM] 00:38:51 Yeah. Sampson [Dili] 00:38:51 Or an un-chill hammock, super uncomfortable. Daniel [GM] 00:38:54 Right, or a morgue table. Chill hammock in a different sense. Stace [Nix] 00:39:00 A chilled hammock. Oh. It's not a cipher or it is.? Daniel [GM] 00:39:11 It is a cipher. Stace [Nix] 00:39:12 It is. Daniel [GM] 00:39:13 It creates an object made out of solid light of your choice when you activate it. Stace [Nix] 00:39:19 Oh yeah. I'm going to do something cool. Daniel [GM] 00:39:23 Okay. And is anybody going to take the purge spitter? Alex [ChaCha] 00:39:26 Sure, I can take three. Daniel [GM] 00:39:29 How many do you have? Alex [ChaCha] 00:39:32 I have two. Daniel [GM] 00:39:33 Okay. So yeah, you guys have searched this creature. Sampson you are absolutely sure that whatever this is, was definitely the thing that was making the trophies. Probably given that it was collecting Cyphers, probably harvesting Cyphers as well. Sampson [Dili] 00:39:51 Oh, going to relay that to the rest of the group. So I think this is, this was, is this Kamathan? I don't know, but I think this guy lived here. Harvested people. Dehydrated them and collected their valuables. Atalia, you said that this wasn't the guy who killed? Marietta [Atalia] 00:40:13 No, it was definitely a blade in the back that killed what's her butt. This is ... I don't see any blades on this- Stace [Nix] 00:40:22 Nix would actually take his walking stick. Daniel [GM] 00:40:27 Okay. It is ... It looks like a walking stick, it actually functions as a medium weapon staff. Sampson [Dili] 00:40:35 Oh, are Nix and I still impaired from the visage thing? Daniel [GM] 00:40:39 Yes you are. Stace [Nix] 00:40:41 How do you un-impair? Daniel [GM] 00:40:42 So it's not longer a fear thing, so I think the next time you guys recover, you'll be fine. Stace [Nix] 00:40:48 I'm going to recover. Sampson [Dili] 00:40:51 Dan, I'm trained in repair. Will that help? Daniel [GM] 00:40:58 No, because you're not part mechanical. Sampson [Dili] 00:40:58 All right. Stace [Nix] 00:40:58 My might pool is in single digits, so I'm going to go ahead and... Alex [ChaCha] 00:41:02 Same! Hey me too and it's [inaudible 00:41:08]. Stace [Nix] 00:41:07 I'm going to do a recovery roll. Daniel [GM] 00:41:10 Yeah, so what would you guys like to do? I mean you guys are doing an action recovery roll, if you want to you can do a ten minute recovery roll, if you guys even wanted to you could make camp in the ruins, if you want. Alex [ChaCha] 00:41:22 That sounds like something you want and so I think we should not. Daniel [GM] 00:41:27 Fuck me. Stace [Nix] 00:41:28 Yeah. Let's camp outside. Sampson [Dili] 00:41:32 Unless the guy with the blade is outside waiting for us to do just that. Stace [Nix] 00:41:35 I mean, does it look like the ruins go deeper? Sampson [Dili] 00:41:40 Oh yeah. Daniel [GM] 00:41:40 Oh, they absolutely go deeper. Sampson [Dili] 00:41:42 Remember last time when we only took right turns. Stace [Nix] 00:41:47 [As Nix] That was ten minutes ago man. Are you okay? Are you here with us? Sampson [Dili] 00:41:53 [As Dili] Yeah. Last time, do you guys not experience time in ten minute chunks? Daniel [GM] 00:42:00 So let me toss this out there, ChaCha if you want you could try to do an intellect roll of 12 to see if you can continue to track that ripple. Alex [ChaCha] 00:42:13 Yeah! I was going to say, to take drugs because ChaCha will do drugs in front of everyone. Daniel [GM] 00:42:22 Writing that down for later. Alex [ChaCha] 00:42:22 I got 12. Daniel [GM] 00:42:26 Okay, perfect. You see the ripple leading out of this room to a new door to the left. Alex [ChaCha] 00:42:35 ChaCha blindly follows. Marietta [Atalia] 00:42:38 [As Atalia] Oh man, holy shit. Wait up man! Daniel [GM] 00:42:41 You go through a door. Stace [Nix] 00:42:45 [As Nix] Whoa, can we wait eight more minutes? Daniel [GM] 00:42:47 It's up to you guys if you want to wait eight minutes to give a full ten minute recovery. Stace [Nix] 00:42:55 [As Nix] ChaCha, everyone's tired man. Alex [ChaCha] 00:42:57 [As ChaCha] The ripple went this way. We need to go this way, because the ripple went this way. Stace [Nix] 00:43:01 [As Nix] We'll follow it in eight minutes. Daniel [GM] 00:43:03 I will say this ChaCha, you are pretty sure this ripple is going to start fading soon. Alex [ChaCha] 00:43:08 [As ChaCha] Time sensitive ripple. Marietta [Atalia] 00:43:10 [As Atalia] Okay fine. Stace [Nix] 00:43:10 [As Nix] All right, well. Marietta [Atalia] 00:43:16 [As Atalia] Okay, I guess I don't need a ten minute rest. That's fine. Daniel [GM] 00:43:18 Okay, so you find yourself in a long corridor. It stretches to the right and to the left. The ripple seems to go to the left. There are doors on either side of this corridor, but the ripple seems to go the left. Stace [Nix] 00:43:34 [As Nix] Let's go right. Daniel [GM] 00:43:36 Okay, what? Stace [Nix] 00:43:37 [As Nix] You all- Sampson [Dili] 00:43:38 Wait. ChaCha needs to say something. Marietta [Atalia] 00:43:40 [As Atalia] What are we doing? ChaCha. Alex [ChaCha] 00:43:42 [As ChaCha] What, we're going left. Left. Left. Left ripple. Stace [Nix] 00:43:45 [As Nix] You guys are doing it wrong. Sampson [Dili] 00:43:49 [As Dili] ChaCha seems to really want this way so let's give her this one. And Dili was kind of shell shocked. Stace [Nix] 00:43:58 [As Nix] Man this just feels wrong, I don't ... Throw my whole day off man. Marietta [Atalia] 00:44:03 We got to go get this stupid artifact. I would like to leave though, I would also like to sleep. Stace [Nix] 00:44:10 [As Nix] Fine. Whatever. And Nix opens up the left door. Alex [ChaCha] 00:44:16 [As ChaCha] Yes, left. Daniel [GM] 00:44:17 Okay, well you got to go left down the corridor following the ripple. Stace [Nix] 00:44:21 Oh, there's no door. Daniel [GM] 00:44:22 Ripple seems to pass several set of doors before finally going through one on the right, about four doors down. Alex [ChaCha] 00:44:30 ChaCha goes through it. Daniel [GM] 00:44:32 Okay. In this room you see a sort of gray light in here but you also see there's a door in here that goes to the left and there is also ... But on the far side the wall is actually glass that seems to be holding some sort of healthy underwater biome. But the water appears to be magenta in color. Marietta [Atalia] 00:45:00 [As Atalia] Well that's interesting. Sampson [Dili] 00:45:00 [As Dili] Yeah. Daniel [GM] 00:45:02 Is what? Alex [ChaCha] 00:45:03 Is the ripple in the water? Daniel [GM] 00:45:05 No, the ripple goes to the door to the left. Alex [ChaCha] 00:45:07 ChaCha goes left. Fluff that biome. Daniel [GM] 00:45:10 Okay. Sampson [Dili] 00:45:11 Dili make it quick to understand the Numenera of this magenta water before we leave? Daniel [GM] 00:45:16 You sure can. It is going to be a nine. Sampson [Dili] 00:45:22 A seventeen. Daniel [GM] 00:45:23 This is ... You think this is water but you are pretty sure that the biome that's in here is extra dimensional in nature. Sampson [Dili] 00:45:34 Oh damn. Daniel [GM] 00:45:35 The creatures and flora that are in here do not jive with your typical understanding of the universe. Sampson [Dili] 00:45:43 [As Dili] Never thought I'd live to see non-euclidian fish. That's cool, boy I'm very tired. Okay, ChaCha is over there now. Let's go. Daniel [GM] 00:45:58 Okay, so you guys go to the left and you find yourself leading up a ramp. And that ramp ends in what appears to be a door. And the ripple is going through there but it seems to be fading. Alex [ChaCha] 00:46:15 ChaCha running after it. She's trained in running. Daniel [GM] 00:46:19 Yep, so you open the door and you are back on the surface but you don't appear to be anywhere near where you came in. Sampson [Dili] 00:46:28 [As Dili] Oh my map. Marietta [Atalia] 00:46:31 [As Atalia] Throw away the map it's useless now. Daniel [GM] 00:46:35 Instead you see what looks to be a small wooded area. Alex [ChaCha] 00:46:40 Does it look familiar to any of us? Have we ever been here before? Daniel [GM] 00:46:44 Let's do this, let's do roll geography. The target is a 15 but Nix will have an asset because she is a traveler. So it will be a 12 for her. Marietta [Atalia] 00:46:56 17. Daniel [GM] 00:46:58 Okay. Oh yeah, ChaCha travels too. So ChaCha would also have an asset. Alex [ChaCha] 00:47:02 I did roll a 19. Marietta [Atalia] 00:47:04 I did get a 17. Sampson [Dili] 00:47:04 I also got a 19. Daniel [GM] 00:47:06 Nice. What about Nix? Stace [Nix] 00:47:08 I got a nat, nattie 20. Daniel [GM] 00:47:12 Holy shit. Alex [ChaCha] 00:47:13 We know the poop out of this location. Daniel [GM] 00:47:16 Okay. You totally recognize this, this is a small wooded area. You're able to extrapolate it from the map that you came out in a completely different position but it's not all that different. You could easily figure out your way through this wooded area back to [Charmonde 00:47:38]. It's a little inconvenient, time and space seem to operate a little differently in the ruin. So you're definitely much farther north than you expected. Than you would expect rather from the amount of distance that you traveled inside the ruins. But you are pretty sure that you are ... You could figure out your way back to Charmonde, you are pretty sure that if you cut through this wooded area you should reach one of the trade roads that leads back to Charmonde. Or alternatively, you could try to go around the wooded area to try to get back to the same path you took back. But that's a little iffier because that involves parts of the wild that you haven't explored. I mean both are unexplored, but it means you wouldn't have a trade road at any point to link up to. Sampson [Dili] 00:48:31 Can we not turn around and go back in? Daniel [GM] 00:48:34 You could. Sampson [Dili] 00:48:34 Because we still need to find that object. Marietta [Atalia] 00:48:38 Well I though we were tracking the object right now. Alex [ChaCha] 00:48:41 Object went this way. Daniel [GM] 00:48:42 The object came out here, and then the ripple has faded. Sampson [Dili] 00:48:47 Does ChaCha know that the item we're looking for is that ripple? And has she told us that? Daniel [GM] 00:48:52 She's got ... Well she says she vaguely communicated. Sampson [Dili] 00:48:56 [As Dili]See you just do that shrug and I don't know what that means. Alex [ChaCha] 00:49:05 I think ChaCha is going to keep trying to follow that ripple. Daniel [GM] 00:49:07 The ripple is gone now. Stace [Nix] 00:49:10 [As Nix] Do any of you guys know where we're at? Marietta [Atalia] 00:49:13 [As Atalia] Yeah, we're in the woods by the trade roads. We can take the trade roads back to [crosstalk 00:49:18]. Sampson [Dili] 00:49:18 [As Dili] Yeah, we're a little bit north of Charmonde. Stace [Nix] 00:49:21 Fuck you guys, I got the 20. I was going to exposition. I was going to act it out. Disregard. Daniel [GM] 00:49:32 So this is what I'll say Nix knows. Nix knows that there is a reputation along the wild, like if you didn't try to match up with the trade road. That there are more stories of monstrous creatures but at the same time ... I mean you don't know a lot about the wild, but you do know that there's at least stories about creatures that are in the ground itself. Alex [ChaCha] 00:50:04 Aw shit. Guys I don't do zombies. Stace [Nix] 00:50:07 [As Nix] Guys remember when we were looking up before, now we should look down. Sampson [Dili] 00:50:14 [As Dili] Why? Stace [Nix] 00:50:15 [As Nix] Because they say that there are monsters under the earth around here. Alex [ChaCha] 00:50:19 I think ChaCha starts turning around to go back inside because there's no more ripple. Marietta [Atalia] 00:50:25 [As Atalia] Well, it seems like they're not going to be in there anymore if they left. Alex [ChaCha] 00:50:33 [As ChaCha] We're supposed to make a map. Sampson [Dili] 00:50:35 [As Dili] That's true. Marietta [Atalia] 00:50:35 [As Atalia] Are we? Alex [ChaCha] 00:50:36 Map the place and get the ripple. Can't get ripple, make the map. Sampson [Dili] 00:50:41 [As Dili] That is true, Momma Jerrun did ask us to find Mewin and the object and also map out as much of the ruins as we could. But wasn't that more secondary to finding the object? Marietta [Atalia] 00:50:52 [As Atalia] Yeah, I don't know. I feel like maybe they should be on the lookout for someone trying to sell the object or something. You know what I mean? Sampson [Dili] 00:50:59 [As Dili] And also, we did kill the monster that was killing a lot of people I assume. So now she can send other people to find that object. Alex [ChaCha] 00:51:09 [As ChaCha] Yeah, and we found this other entrance. We can tell her about this. Sampson [Dili] 00:51:11 [As Dili] That's true. ChaCha think you got a scent on the object? Alex [ChaCha] 00:51:18 [As Atalia] It's gone. Sampson [Dili] 00:51:18 [As Dili] Yeah but- Marietta [Atalia] 00:51:19 [As Atalia] But you're sure they took it out? Right? Alex [ChaCha] 00:51:22 [As ChaCha] They ran. Sampson [Dili] 00:51:23 [As Dili] Which way? Alex [ChaCha] 00:51:24 I think she's just going to gesture at the woods vaguely like meh. Sampson [Dili] 00:51:29 [As Dili] All right. Stace [Nix] 00:51:31 [As Nix] I mean, I for one want to get fully paid for this job. Marietta [Atalia] 00:51:37 [As Atalia] Well I mean, we could always come back and map it. I feel like how long did it take us to get here? Daniel [GM] 00:51:41 A few days. Sampson [Dili] 00:51:43 How long would you say we were in the ruins? Daniel [GM] 00:51:46 Well, it's interesting you ask that question because you definitely came out farther away than you expected to be. From your perspective, you were probably only in the ruins for a couple of hours. But give me an intellect roll of survival or anything else science related would help with this, but it is a 6. Sampson [Dili] 00:52:12 I am trained in remembering and memorizing so if this is to figure out the time of day could I use that to gauge, "Oh, we went in about 8 o'clock in the morning this feels more like 2 o'clock." Or something like that? Daniel [GM] 00:52:25 Yeah. Stace [Nix] 00:52:26 So, Nix is trained in navigation and I want to go ahead and say that helps because of the position of celestial bodies. Daniel [GM] 00:52:34 Yeah, I think it would. Stace [Nix] 00:52:34 Okay. Cool. Sampson [Dili] 00:52:35 Dili got 14. What's that? Daniel [GM] 00:52:40 Oh, I would say Nix you just get this because you had a natural 20 when you came out. So I think that would give you two assets on this, which brings it down to an automatic success. Stace [Nix] 00:52:54 Oh dope. Daniel [GM] 00:52:55 Nix, you are fairly certain that it took you two days to get here. You guys essentially entered in the early evening and you think you were only in there for a couple of hours. This looks like the afternoon to you. Stace [Nix] 00:53:09 [As Nix] So it's been at least... Daniel [GM] 00:53:12 Almost all of the day, if not more. You're not sure. Stace [Nix] 00:53:16 [As Nix] Guys it's been at least ... It's been almost 28 hours, close to since we went in. At least. Sampson [Dili] 00:53:23 [As Dili] Yeah, I agree. That sounds right, yeah. Marietta [Atalia] 00:53:27 [As Atalia] Well, maybe we should just head back and share this information. I just don't know if I want to... Stace [Nix] 00:53:34 [As Nix] What do you guys think is going to happen? When we roll up without all the shit we were asked for. I'm just curious. Marietta [Atalia] 00:53:42 [As Atalia] Well, we found her. Do we want to go back for her body? Stace [Nix] 00:53:44 [As Nix] We had two missions, find her and the object. Or the object. Marietta [Atalia] 00:53:50 [As Atalia] Someone took the objects, we followed them as far as we could. Why are you so worried about getting paid here. We're going to get paid, we did the job. Stace [Nix] 00:53:59 [As Nix] I mean, I got bills. My parents’ got bills actually. Sampson [Dili] 00:54:07 [As Dili] What kind of bills? Marietta [Atalia] 00:54:08 [As Atalia] I'm sure there's also more work. Stace [Nix] 00:54:11 [As Nix] Uh, Dili they're sick or something man and we're just trying to figure it out. Sampson [Dili] 00:54:20 [As Dili] Oh, I'm sorry. Stace [Nix] 00:54:21 [As Nix] Thanks, so money equals no treatment here guys. Not to be a bummer but would like to get the full pay. Marietta [Atalia] 00:54:31 [As Atalia] I just don't think going back in is going to help us get the item. Stace [Nix] 00:54:34 [As Nix] I don't think we should go back in, but I think the ripple is gone. Is anyone ... Can anyone track? Like this was a person or something humanoid potentially. Marietta [Atalia] 00:54:46 Can I look around and see if there's any evidence of someone else leaving here recently? Daniel [GM] 00:54:52 Sure. That will be a 15. Marietta [Atalia] 00:54:56 And I'm trained in searching. Daniel [GM] 00:54:58 Okay, so it'll be a 12. Marietta [Atalia] 00:55:00 13. Daniel [GM] 00:55:01 Okay, there are definitely tracks heading through the woods. Marietta [Atalia] 00:55:05 I will point those out and I'll say, [As Atalia] Well I guess we could follow these and cross our fingers. Sampson [Dili] 00:55:09 Do they lead south roughly? Daniel [GM] 00:55:12 They lead through the woods as if they're going to connect up with that trade road. Sampson [Dili] 00:55:16 [As Dili] This might be a bit of a leap but Atalia you said the other body in there was one of your people right? Marietta [Atalia] 00:55:24 [As Atalia] Yeah, I do contract work for them. I don't really know too much about the specifics of their organization or anything. Sampson [Dili] 00:55:30 [As Dili] What are you thinking? Would it be safe to assume that this third person is one of your people as well? And if it is they'd probably be headed back to Charmonde. Marietta [Atalia] 00:55:39 [As Atalia] Yeah, I just don't know why they would've left that body. Usually, I feel like they would cover tracks but I don't know. It's weird. I'm not sure what's going on. Sampson [Dili] 00:55:48 [As Dili] Maybe they were hoping that that monster would dehydrate those bodies and leave no evidence for other travelers to find. Marietta [Atalia] 00:55:55 [As Atalia] That's reassuring. Yeah, anyway let's follow these as far as we can. See where we wind up. Stace [Nix] 00:56:02 [As Nix] Atalia, these people that you seem to know they don't really seem like they respect other people or their journeys. I'm just a little bit concerned. Marietta [Atalia] 00:56:18 [As Atalia] Look, I don't mess with this stuff. What they do is their business, I just do acquisitions. I don't really understand what's going on here. Stace [Nix] 00:56:29 [As Nix] Like what does that mean though? Acquisitions? Marietta [Atalia] 00:56:31 [As Atalia] I acquire things. Stace [Nix] 00:56:33 [As Nix] Do you hurt people while you do it? Marietta [Atalia] 00:56:36 [As Atalia] I mean, not in an ideal situation but if it's me or them, it's going to be me. And money is important, yo. Stace [Nix] 00:56:46 [As Nix] I mean, money is important man but like they were people. Marietta [Atalia] 00:56:50 Look, I don't hurt people. Stace [Nix] 00:56:52 They don't miss their stuff? Daniel [GM] 00:56:56 Somewhere far away, a seskii looks up. Marietta [Atalia] 00:57:04 [As Atalia] They all pretty much deserve it. I mean, I don't usually go rip off poor people, it's usually people who are very well off. And if they are missing an item in the morning it's not going to hurt anything. Stace [Nix] 00:57:15 [As Nix] Yeah, I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt because we were friends. I want to still be friends but I got to tell you, be careful because you don't want to turn into someone or something you're not man. Marietta [Atalia] 00:57:31 [As Atalia] I have lines, I know where they are. Anyway, tracks we should follow those before the- Daniel [GM] 00:57:40 Okay. So you guys are going to follow the tracks? Marietta [Atalia] 00:57:43 Yeah for sure. Daniel [GM] 00:57:44 Okay, so you guys follow the tracks and it's leading through the woods and it seems relatively straightforward. You don't see anything, you do see up ahead this really beautiful tree. And trees are not what we think of for the most part in the ninth world. They're sort of much stranger, more structured. But this is beautiful, it seems to almost an instinctual level to you. It streams like the strength of an oak, but also the strange bending bows of the weeping willow. And this is after about a day's worth of travel or close to that and Atalia at this point I will offer you an XP. Marietta [Atalia] 00:58:30 Yay! I'll take it. Daniel [GM] 00:58:32 This spot is amazingly cozy and the grass that has grown around the roots seems like the perfect place to make place and to take a nap. Honestly, you're super tired. Marietta [Atalia] 00:58:48 [As Atalia] Hey guys, I would really like to get a proper rest in. I know that we're following this track and everything but we haven't really taken a break. And this seems pretty great right here. Sampson [Dili] 00:58:59 [As Dili] I wouldn't mind taking a breather, because it's about evening time right? Came out of the ruins. Daniel [GM] 00:59:05 It is. Sampson [Dili] 00:59:05 [As Dili] It's like camp time guys, I agree. Stace [Nix] 00:59:10 [As Nix] I mean yeah, we got to rest some time. I guess, you guys seem real tired so I'll take first. Alex [ChaCha] 00:59:17 I think ChaCha is going to look around just in case. ChaCha only sees horrors, something's pretty suspicious. Daniel [GM] 00:59:25 Okay, so ChaCha give me a perception roll. The target is going to be 15. Alex [ChaCha] 00:59:31 I got a 20. Daniel [GM] 00:59:36 Wow, okay. So at least Atalia is going to go to sleep. But before anyone else is going to go to sleep, you are going to notice that somewhere up in the branches of the tree you see underneath the branches there strange remains. Skeletons and decomposed bodies kind of trapped in the root systems. And as you see this and as you see these decaying bodies some of them with roots that are kind of pushed into them. You turn back and you see Atalia asleep underneath the shade of the tree and you see Dili preparing a bed roll to go to sleep. And that's where we'll end guys. Alex [ChaCha] 01:00:27 No! Sampson [Dili] 01:00:31 You led us into a fucking venus fly trap Atalia. Alex [ChaCha] 01:00:34 Did you say venus or penis? I was just like what? Marietta [Atalia] 01:00:38 You know what, that wasn't my fault. That was Daniel who was like, "Do you want some XP?" And I was like yes! Also, would we have taken a full rest in there if it's been a day. Daniel [GM] 01:00:48 No, because you guys decided to keep going. Stace [Nix] 01:00:50 It's been a day on the outside. On the inside ... Well time's different when you're on the inside. Sampson [Dili] 01:00:56 We're all going to die. Daniel [GM] 01:00:57 Yes. Alex [ChaCha] 01:00:59 In this penis fly trap. Sampson [Dili] 01:01:00 I meant Venus. Stace [Nix] 01:01:03 Guys I will say that when Daniel said that because he pulled back his hood, I was like, okay uncircumcised penis that's what we're looking at. Alex [ChaCha] 01:01:16 Come for the Numenera stay for the dick jokes. Daniel [GM] 01:01:20 We have a segment that we do every week called, Player Intrusions. Where we tell you about something that you should check out. This week it is Sampson's turn. Sampson what would you give our listeners one XP to check out? Sampson [Dili] 01:01:34 I would give one XP to check out a YouTube channel called Liziqui, spelled L-I-Z-I-Q-U-I. Liziqui is a woman's name, she is a Chinese food blogger and her channel consists of 5 to 10 minute videos showing her from the harvesting of ingredients to her and her grandmother eating them. These traditional Chinese meals using traditional ingredients. And the video is like super chill, she doesn't talk or acknowledge the camera at all. So there's no real language barrier to deal with and it's just beautifully shot. Naturalistic. The farm is super cool that you see because it's all natural ingredients. I think everything is growing on this farm like every food that can be eaten by humans. And what isn't grown is found in the woods nearby. So you see it from ground up, everything made from scratch. Super chill if you need a new brand of wholesome content in your life. I would recommend Liziqui. Daniel [GM] 01:02:36 That's badass. Okay, very cool. Marietta if people want to talk to us where can they find us? Marietta [Atalia] 01:02:46 You can find us on the social medias. We have a Facebook page, Explorers Wanted Podcast. And then our Instagram is also at Explorers Wanted Podcast. And we have a Twitter which is just Explorers Wanted. And then we have a website which is ExplorersWanted.FM. Daniel [GM] 01:03:03 Right, because we're fancy kids. Marietta [Atalia] 01:03:08 So follow us, like us, I don't know. You know check us out. Hang out with us. We like the interactions. Daniel [GM] 01:03:18 Absolutely. And speaking of interactions, we are a new podcast like I said before and the best thing that you could do for us if you like the show is to tell a friend about it. And tell them that you like us and why you like us. The second best thing you could do is leave as a five-star rating or review on Apple Podcast or wherever your podcast directory of choice is. That makes a huge difference for a starting podcast, so if you could do that that's awesome. Reach out to us on the socials if you want to chat with us and if you don't like us, if you hate us, tell it to the little mouse in your pocket. It's there and it's there to take all of your hatred and negative thoughts and work it out in its rodent capacity. Daniel [GM] 01:04:04 But otherwise, please do reach out to us on the socials, tell your friends about us, we're new. That's your call to action. If you want to talk to us individually, you can find me on Twitter at A-N-D-R-L-I-K @andrlik. Stace [Nix] 01:04:20 You can find me on Twitter @StaceWindu. It's like Mace Windu but Stace Windu. Marietta [Atalia] 01:04:25 That's super clever. Stace [Nix] 01:04:27 Hey. Alex [ChaCha] 01:04:31 You can find me on Twitter @realteaunicorn. Usually it's teawithaunicorn on all other social media platforms. Daniel [GM] 01:04:41 Wait, you're staking your claim. Like you're peeing on your territory right now. Alex [ChaCha] 01:04:42 Yes. I am the real tea unicorn. Real. Sampson [Dili] 01:04:46 You can tell me your favorite pizza topping @slampotato. Marietta [Atalia] 01:04:51 And I don't Twitter, I Instagram and you can find me at Instagram @imonahike. Daniel [GM] 01:04:56 Okay. Well thank you all for listening, we will be back next week with another episode of Numenera strangeness. Have a good night and bye.