Planning the Journey

Speaker 2

Hey , welcome back everybody .

Speaker 1

Welcome back to the land of EAM official actual play . It's the EAM stream . You know the EAM stream .

Speaker 3

The EAM stream . Um , I don't know why I was channeling like Kermit's Frog . I think Ben said that . I think I led you into it . You did , you did . They just instinctively followed suit Instinctively . You know what I mean . So hey , who's the bigger fool ? The fool of the fool follows them .

Speaker 1

You know I'll be , you know you know , the biggest fool of all is this , Gersh Hudson , who is still labeled as Gersh Hudson .

Speaker 3

Oh , oh man .

Speaker 1

Whoa , whoa Gersh . If you're wondering , if you know , galen died . No , galen is fine . Gersh Hudson was from our Halloween stream . You can check it out on YouTube . It was a .

Speaker 2

Ghostbuster RPG stream .

Speaker 3

Yeah , it was a Ghostbuster stream .

Speaker 2

Gersh Hudson no relation to Ernie Hudson .

Speaker 1

No relation at all , only reference .

Speaker 3

Yeah . So um go for it . Yeah , thanks for uh , thanks for joining us everybody . We're about to jump into his Gersh again .

Speaker 1

Yep , he's just can't , can't get rid of him .

Speaker 3

He's not Ernie Hudson at all .

Speaker 1

No , no , that'll be fixed shortly . Carry on .

Speaker 3

Uh , so this is the actual play for the Land of Eame . We're going to continue the adventures of Galen and Riley um and showcase the Land of Eame RPG game . Uh , that has been loosely inspired by the Rickety Stitch and Gelatinous Goo graphic novel series . Check it out if you haven't .

Speaker 2

I mean it's very much inspired , it's said one .

Speaker 3

What did I say ?

Speaker 2

Loosely .

Speaker 1

It's the most non-committal form of inspiration . Yeah , it's not . I don't know where that came from .

Speaker 3

It's literally in the world of Rickety Stitch , though you don't need to .

Speaker 2

This is loosely based on actual events .

Speaker 3

Yeah .

Speaker 2

Yeah , that's what it is .

Speaker 3

That's what it is .

Speaker 1

We actually have the Chronicles of Zona Inbuk in our hands , and we're just acting them out .

Speaker 2

Indeed , yeah so let's , uh , let's update everybody on , like , where we are in the story yeah when are we ?

Speaker 2

Um , you guys are in Marshgate once again , which is this little city at the edge of the used to be forest and quagmash , um . So , after many adventures in the quagmash , you finally made it back . You did a little job for Vera , the math magician who wanted you to find crazy Ernie in Marshgate Manor , and it was this harrowing adventure , like three sessions devoted to uh traveling through this trap filled dungeon . Basically , you found out that Ernie has been captured by Sarpathy , which are these nefarious snake people that have cropped up in the Mucklins all over the place , and you both have uh stories that are tied to this .

Speaker 2

Our path here . Um , they destroyed your village . You guys are best friends from the same village , or whatnot , um , and then so you also have a bunch of paperwork that you have to take to dunk to um , to uh , I guess ratify it's the only word coming to mind . Yeah , the bridge change of one , sven , the Yodeling troll , who you met a long time ago , who's currently at the crack . I think you guys are heading to the crack first to talk to him .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I'm going to check in , show him the paperwork Check in .

Speaker 3

Let him know that we got it all filled out and we're going to deliver it Hand , deliver it to dunk ourselves .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

So , yeah go ahead .

Speaker 1

Now I was going to say , if you wouldn't mind refreshing your roll , 20 , uh , gersh Hudson will leave the building and Galen will arrive . Classic In classic fashion . Classic fashion .

Speaker 3

Thank you .

Speaker 2

So this will give us a nice view of where you're headed . Ultimately , you're going to dunk over here , currently over here . That's a long . It's going to take multiple weeks of our lives .

Speaker 1

Yeah , our real life , actual play lives and I don't know .

Speaker 2

You guys were talking about going all the way up to the great slog . I think yeah .

Speaker 1

I don't know if you're still going to do that , but Well , we remember we ran into a person who notified us about the last tree . Right , right , let me see . Yeah , yeah , I have to run down . Maybe I didn't write that down .

Speaker 2

Oh Ryan , hey Ryan , I don't know if you're still here . Uh , miss Ryan from Comic Con Just got elephant eater comics .

Speaker 3

Oh yeah , hey Ryan .

Speaker 1

Very cool , very cool yeah .

Speaker 3

Yeah , that's true , george , you're right . We were going to check out the last tree and then determine if we were going to go through the Ettenhorn , which doesn't sound .

Speaker 1

Yeah , it was Ichabod Lundy On our lunch date . He reminded us that the or notified us of the last tree and the use before us . The green gallivanters are trying to think of something to save it , and we should look up a J Spinky Nabber Nutty .

Speaker 2

The famous J Spinky Nabber Nutty who could read it .

Speaker 1

He needs no introduction .

Speaker 3

Not at all . Not at all Um .

Speaker 1

Well , it's perfect , yeah , so we'll still hit the crack and we'll head over to last tree .

Speaker 3

Um , and we could die in Ettenhorn . Yeah , dying in horn . If we survive Ettenhorn , we actually could take the river down to dunk and save us some time and pain .

Speaker 1

I believe we got a folding canoe right . We do it's just a canoe .

Speaker 3

but we have a canoe , Just got to get to water .

Speaker 1

Okay .

Speaker 3

I love it . It was a nice find , nice find , perfect . You know what I mean .

Speaker 2

Have you guys addressed your inventory space ?

Speaker 1

I don't know what you're talking about .

Speaker 2

We totally have not A canoe is like it's going to be at least three slots . Yeah , we said we're going to roll it .

Speaker 1

Yeah , the turtle only gives , I think , 12 additional slots . I'll look it up while we get rolling here . Yeah , but we should do . I'll do an inventory balancing shortly .

Speaker 2

Is there anything you want to get in Marshgate before you head off ?

Speaker 3

Food . We should probably stock up on rations , since that's always a pain point for us .

Speaker 1

Unfortunately , yeah , yeah , definitely .

Speaker 3

Maybe some rope , just so we have it . We've needed it several times .

Speaker 1

Now I have string . Yeah , okay , sounds good .

Speaker 3

What else ? I think that's it .

Speaker 1

That might be okay .

Speaker 3

All right .

Speaker 2

Can ? I don't know what type of coinage you have , but those are copper . Still have a gold pouch .

Speaker 3

You have all the gold . I have none .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I think it was just one gold pouch for the party . I think we can split that into nine copper pouches or three silver pouches . Right , that's kind of how it works . Yeah , because I don't want to go bartering with my gold pouch and lose it all in a rash .

Speaker 3

Right .

Speaker 1

Yeah , what I'm saying .

Speaker 2

That is more inventory space , like splitting up into nine copper pouches , oh so each monetary item counts inventory space .

Speaker 1

What does that ?

Speaker 2

It do .

Speaker 1

There's so many . There's so many rules or regulations Make you track . I love it All right . So , James , while I look up this turtle thing , you want to do some roles for the rations and such .

Speaker 3

Sure .

Speaker 1

I'm just going to make sure we have enough inventory space to what do I need ?

Speaker 3

to be six yeah .

Speaker 2

If you roll a one or two , you spend it all . I roll a four . Okay , that'll buy some rations . You should roll it individually for each item .

Speaker 1

Yeah , so we have to do like one for each ration , because we definitely want like two or three rations just in case we consume them .

Speaker 3

Yeah , like weeks rations , one week rations , yes , yes , so it's three .

Speaker 2

Okay , plus 12 inventory . You spend it , I think . Are you telling me what you're buying ?

Speaker 3

So I was buying . I was going to buy four rations packs , like two for each of us , and then get a rope . Okay , I got to roll one .

Speaker 2

Well , you spent the copper pouch on the rations and you were able to buy a rope as well .

Speaker 1

Awesome , excellent , and my total inventory slots are going to be 35 . So we're actually not in bad shape .

Speaker 3

Yeah , I think I'm . I don't . I didn't tally at all , but I know that I've got room just because I've got some stuff and I'm not carrying that much .

Speaker 1

And Ben materials take up .

Speaker 3

Let's see my pencil over here , my role playing pencil . Here it is .

Speaker 1

This is it . Yeah , I think we'll have . We might have trouble carrying materials .

Speaker 2

Yeah , yeah , two materials take up an item slot .

Speaker 1

Oh , it's two per item slot . Okay , Cause I have . We got seven materials from that old Horde .

Speaker 2

We got to come . You should have a bunch . You got a lot from the .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I wasn't keeping track of all the materials .

Speaker 3

I have six on me . I think there was 19 more , but I could be wrong .

Speaker 1

Okay , well , we'll roll back the tape , as I keep promising that sounds right . It was a lot .

Speaker 3

It was it was like 19 .

Speaker 1

So yeah , right , so do you want to use them at all before we head out , because I don't think we can reliably carry all that stuff .

Speaker 2

Use them or lose them , yeah .

Speaker 3

I suppose we could break out some of the crafting rules and I could make something .

Speaker 2

Yeah , let's do it .

Speaker 3

All right , let me , let me crack open crafting .

Speaker 1

Oh wait , you got the craft , we don't got the craft .

Speaker 3

I'm going to read it off of your screen , Benjamin .

Crafting Tools, Taskmaster, and Decision

Speaker 2

All right , what do you want to craft ?

Speaker 3

Hmm , what do we need , george ? We , you've got armor , we have weapons .

Speaker 1

Finally , yeah , are there other pieces of armor ? Do we have item slots , as usually goes , or how does that ? It's just , you can equip things in a reasonable fashion , I imagine right .

Speaker 2

So you'll you'll need to buy some crafting tools .

Speaker 3

Yeah .

Speaker 2

And , depending on what you need , you might need like a forge . So that's probably not feasible at the moment .

Speaker 1

Yeah , Does the loyal chum come with something along those lines ? I forget Mobile forges , level six I take it back . Okay , that's what I was thinking of .

Speaker 3

Um , I guess I could get some tools .

Speaker 2

I mean , we could have said this was like between sessions . If you want to do something , I don't care .

Speaker 3

Sure , well , why don't we continue ? And I'll just look around and see what I can make .

Speaker 1

We'll hit the road and we'll we'll retroactively figure out a couple of these things .

Speaker 3

I don't want to slow down while I geek out about crafting stuff .

Speaker 1

I know right , I'm going to get mired down in the the awesomeness of the system .

Speaker 3

Like I don't have a lot of components required to make some stuff .

Speaker 1

So yeah , we got some pocket filler strings , Karen crystals , creep thistle and a Dunamite ship .

Speaker 2

Yeah , so with like regular materials you could just make mundane items or everyone , basically .

Speaker 1

But that Dunamite ship , I think , is a . I've got a Dwimmer steel , so I can do some good stuff you can make stalwart armor with a Dunamite ship Once per combat . Give disadvantage to attack . Roll against you . That's pretty good .

Speaker 3

That is pretty good .

Speaker 1

As a solid piece of kit there .

Speaker 2

You could make trusty bladed weapon , ranged weapon or tools with Dwimmer steel .

Speaker 3

I've got a trusty ranged weapon .

Speaker 1

Yes , it's true . Yeah , we can make a magnificent fiddle with pocket filler strings . It's amazing .

Speaker 3

Gosh , you know what might be helpful , like some tools , like a pry bar .

Speaker 1

You want to just bank some out of the materials real quick .

Speaker 3

Yeah , I think I'll do that .

Speaker 2

Cool , While you're doing that , let's well , this is what happens actually .

Speaker 1

Yeah , we hit the road , I think right .

Speaker 2

Before you exit town you're approached by Taskmaster Dundoon , who's the subterranean pits and layers like leader around here . Marshgate is comprised of three competing uh Dungeoneer outfits . Uh , sovira is with an assailable co and this guy is his competitor . And he comes to you and he says for her competitor and she says uh , he says he says yes , look , I know you guys have been , you know , bubbling around here for the past couple days . Where's Crazy Ernie ? I know some suspicious going on here .

Speaker 1

I continue to type while he talks at me . I look over to him and I say , uh , crazy Ernie's , he's gone right now . We're going to go find him . What ? Yeah , he's not here . I repeat myself . I say Crazy Ernie is gone right now .

Speaker 2

We're going to go find him . Whatever your pain , I'll pay you double .

Speaker 1

I say , uh , that's , that's nice buddy boy . But uh , you know , we're not really . While we are doing it for the money , uh , we are also doing it for Crazy Ernie . So I mean , I turned to Riley and I say Riley , this guy wants to pay us double . But uh , I don't really trust him . Vera's been good to us . I kind of want to just stick with her .

Speaker 2

Looks like James is uh time changer .

Speaker 1

Okay , riley's back . Yeah , did you catch what I said ? No , that's fine .

Speaker 3

I didn't catch what you said , sorry . Sometimes it switches me over to another Wi-Fi without my consent .

Speaker 1

Yeah , without my consent .

Speaker 3

You didn't ask nicely how dare you ?

Speaker 1

Um . So I turned to Riley and I say , riley , this guy wants to pay us double , but uh , you know , vera's been real good to us . I don't want to , I don't want to really ruin that relationship .

Speaker 3

Yeah , that's a good point , Uh , but we're talking about double .

Speaker 1

Riley's eyes turn into dollar signs . Zoni and Buck immediately writes down and Riley was seduced by the power of gold .

Speaker 3

I mean , we don't know much about this guy , though I'll tell you that .

Speaker 1

I say , uh . I turned to Taskmaster Dunedun and I say , um , tell you what . We're going to sit on it and think .

Speaker 2

Nope what . Sit on and think you guys are going halfway across the world .

Speaker 1

Yeah , yeah . When we bring back Crazy Ernie , we'll see who we give him to .

Speaker 3

Gives us a lot of time to think .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 3

I don't like this . It gives you a lot of time to come up with triple .

Speaker 1

That's the inner shrimp of Riley's Sprinkle coming out .

Speaker 2

Just a bunch of mercenaries .

Speaker 1

Uh , I mean , it's not wrong , it's all we do .

Speaker 2

Mercenary event . Look , look , have I pitched you on what SBL has to offer the world . I mean , we are . We are at the forefront of civilizing the underlings Okay .

Speaker 1

Uh-huh , doesn't that mean enslaving the underlings ?

Speaker 3

Yeah , Civilizing the underlings ? I don't know that . Uh , that that tracks well with me .

Speaker 1

Yeah , tomato , tomato . You know what I mean . We already saw what Gearguard did to the and tried to do the underlings and that was terrible .

Speaker 2

Gearguard . I mean , that's a war for us .

Speaker 1

Eh , I don't see you guys as any better than him .

Speaker 2

What are you talking about ? We got a hierarchy , we got like a chain of command , we got pencil pushers keeping everybody in line . It's all on the up and up .

Speaker 1

Wait , literally , gearguard had the same thing . He had a chain of command , he had Brutes keeping everyone in line , where they would just beat each other into line and , uh , it sounds a lot simpler than the pencil pushers .

Speaker 2

Yeah , making a big mistake Just just keeping in mind we didn't say no .

Speaker 1

We said we'll keep it in mind . And then you're here , tough talking .

Speaker 3

We'll keep it in mind . We'll keep it in mind .

Speaker 1

You keep it in mind .

Speaker 2

I won't be able to stop thinking about it .

Speaker 1

We will be , uh , but we'll keep it in mind . All right , me and FB just start kind of like slowly trotting on Like he runs alongside of us , not really keep it in . Come on , come on , buddy , I'm serious .

Speaker 3

I'll say , and I'll say thank you , by the way , and then , like , take his cup of coffee out of his hand and sip it as I go .

Speaker 1

Think about triple .

Speaker 2

All right , make a realms check as you .

Speaker 3

Oh right , land At Georgie you want to get this party started .

Musicians Seek Replacement Kazoo Player

Speaker 1

Sure , sure . Let's see if we immediately break a tourist leg and have to change it out .

Speaker 3

Oh man , hopefully not . I mean , I feel like you've gotten all the bad roles out of your system . Nope .

Speaker 1

That's a four .

Speaker 2

Oh boy .

Speaker 1

You say that like I've been getting bad roles out of my system and they just keep cycling back in .

Speaker 3

And has to quickly take the book out of our view so we can't see the random encounters tables .

Speaker 2

Yeah , I'll be a mess , you know .

Speaker 1

You got a dangerous encounter .

Speaker 2

Oh dear . It sounds about right Roll the D100 .

Speaker 1

I'm excited because we have full head points 80 . 80 , 80 , 80 .

Speaker 3

All right , and . Frozen is going you know what I mean .

Speaker 2

You cross paths with a troop of boggert musicians and they're freaking out and they hail you on the road . They're heading in the same direction actually .

Speaker 1

Pulls along side of them oh .

Speaker 2

Sorry , which way are you moving ? Move your place to two hexes .

Speaker 3

Going to crack Two hexes 25.16? .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 3

Yeah .

Speaker 2

Things are better than in the swamp , where you're only moving one hex .

Speaker 1

That's true . I've been so accustomed to only moving one hex Just dredging through yeah .

Speaker 2

So these musicians are actually headed to Crogland and they're like , hey , you got a kazoo player .

Speaker 1

I like it Riley , assuming that she knows how to play the kazoo because she's so talented .

Speaker 3

I mean , I appreciate the offer but I don't know how to play the kazoo . And if you're headed to Crogland you might want to watch out for that cotton candy .

Speaker 2

We got a gig there and we lost our kazoo player on the road . We woke up and he's just gone . We think , ah , no idea what happens . Did anybody go looking for him ? Yeah , but we don't have time . We got to make the gig . We don't know what to do .

Speaker 3

Don't know what to do .

Speaker 1

I mean we could do a quick search of their campsite and see if we can find something real quick .

Speaker 3

Yeah , maybe , like I'll do a quick search , like maybe we can find some tracks or something .

Speaker 1

Yeah , see , we'll take a peek real quick , but we're on our way to the crack .

Speaker 2

The crack . Why would you want to go to the crack ? That's highly dangerous .

Speaker 1

Big business opportunity .

Speaker 3

We got some buddies there .

Speaker 1

Big .

Speaker 2

All right , we're going to be headed to Crogland , I guess , and uh well , yeah , can we search your campsite real quick ?

Speaker 1

Maybe we'll be able to find something . Everyone show me your feet so I can rule out your tracks .

Speaker 3

Smart .

Speaker 1

Probably not how it works , but I'll take it , you talking about murder or something they point west to where their camp was .

Speaker 2

They're kind of , you know , far away now .

Speaker 1

We could go out of our way real quick and see if we can find . I don't know , what do you think ?

Speaker 3

Well , I can't play the kazoo .

Speaker 1

No , no , I mean , we could go out our way and see if we can find the uh track .

Speaker 3

Yeah , we'll go over there and see if we can . Uh we'll .

Speaker 1

We'll deviate a little bit towards there in favor of their camp to just search it up and see if we can locate them .

Speaker 2

Okay , um , yeah , make a search check .

Speaker 1

Uh , you want to do it , james . My search is plus zero , so is mine . That's right . Okay , we've got our twos out of the way .

Speaker 3

We just I don't see anything .

Speaker 1

We're combing the desert and we ain't found stuff .

Speaker 3

Yeah , he's , he's , that guy's gone .

Speaker 1

He must have cut out Um we shrug yeah and continue on our way Right . Their show is a failure . Uh , they attribute it to two wandering adventurers .

Speaker 2

Oh , no , yeah , yeah .

Speaker 1

They said it was our fault . We should have been able to play the kazoo .

Speaker 2

Um , what happens on this ? A two is pretty bad .

Speaker 1

Yeah , um , but with a plus , right , I mean it's bad with a plus .

Speaker 2

No , it's bad . Uh , it's the worst thing you can roll . It's a one and two , I think we'll roll a uh wandering creature .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I was going to say maybe we encounter whatever ate this guy .

Speaker 3

Oh no , the kazoo player . He's going to gobble him up in the desert .

Speaker 1

We're going to kill the creature and out of its belly fall to kazoo .

Speaker 3

If there's enough time , that he wasn't and lips attached to it .

Speaker 2

Yeah , as you guys are searching , um , you kind of dip your head into this cave , Um , and among like shows it's wriggling jelly body in the dim light and then starts like coming after you surprisingly fast .

Speaker 1

Oh , my goodness Um well , I know what I'm doing . I will . I will charge him . I'm still on my war , tortoise , because we were outside and I'm just going to ram . No , yes .

Speaker 2

No yeah .

Speaker 1

I'm going to ram for 1d 10 dread and knock him over .

Speaker 2

Uh roll initiative .

Speaker 1

Yes , I do that too .

Speaker 2

Unless James , you wanted to do something pre-combat .

Speaker 3

I am going to lose scenario with my trusty bow .

Speaker 2

Also roll initiative we both did .

Speaker 3

We go first Initiative .

Speaker 1

Uh , let me make an attack roll with wilderness . You know to command my port of Landing the tortoise . It's a nighter .

Speaker 2

Oh , that's a hit .

Speaker 1

D10 baby oh three . It's a glancing blow . It's a little bit dark , a little bit murky and gelatinous , mung kind of bounces off the side but takes some impact damage .

Speaker 2

Sorry , I'm going to the mung entry just to check it out here . You know what they have minus one defense . You know , what that sucks , so it gets a counter attack against you , okay .

Speaker 1

All right , I accept , I have a six attack . Uh , they have still plus one defense , I suppose .

Speaker 2

So you can also counter attack .

Speaker 1

I can also counter attack Okay .

Speaker 3

You have armor on the right George .

Speaker 1

Right , but the armor doesn't help we all get five , courage , but it doesn't improve my .

Speaker 3

Got it .

Speaker 1

Uh sorry , but I take five damage , yeah five . So my temporary courage is gone . Now I'm just regular courageous and I counter attack .

Speaker 3

You are courageous , oh Yep .

Speaker 1

Definitely haven't gotten all the bad rolls out of the way . That's a one . Or is it three ? It's a three .

Speaker 2

Okay , that's a failure with a plus you in your duel with this one mung .

Speaker 1

Well , ben , real quick . I'm sorry , let me rewind . I did my tortoises attack does have knockdown , like has says , and knocking them over . Okay , can you knock them over , though it kind of just like wriggle right , great philosophical question .

Speaker 3

Um question that requires another stream We'll be doing this afternoon .

Speaker 1

Two din for our two hour discussion on the philosophy of philosophy of money . To my or not to mung .

Speaker 2

You know I'll say it'll give Riley a plus two . I like it , yeah To her shot .

Speaker 3

That helps because I need a . I need a 10 , I believe , because it's a minus one .

Speaker 1

Yeah , maybe , maybe the yeah Okay .

Speaker 3

So if I use a quest point , I will hit it .

Speaker 2

Cool .

Speaker 3

So I'm going to do it .

Speaker 1

Nice , you've got a dark side point because you use a quest point to try .

Speaker 3

I've dread .

Speaker 2

The arrow just pierces into the mung and it like dissolves into a puddle and you find a little kazoo there .

Speaker 1

Oh no , the lips still attached .

Speaker 3

The kazoo guy . Let's grab the kazoo and like , bring it back to him and be like we're sorry , but yeah , he's gone , he is among . Got him .

Speaker 1

He is among the mung now .

Speaker 2

Among among us . Yes .

Speaker 1

Oh , tune in later for our mung us stream . You know it's the latest hit game . Replaying mung us .

Speaker 3

The first series of 20 episodes . Yeah , let's bring the kazoo back and say we're really sorry , but your pal is he's . He's born food mung food . He's mung food .

Speaker 2

We do it . That'll take you off path .

Speaker 1

That's okay , yeah , maybe we'll . It'll head us back over to feels important to let the go towards the program , or you want to move to and we'll just end up there or something .

Speaker 2

Um , 15 is fine . Okay , you catch up with the musicians . What do you say to them ?

Speaker 1

We've got some play a sad kazoo song and they say you're hired .

Speaker 2

Oh man .

Speaker 3

Oh man , it's like somberly hand over the kazoo , like yeah , I'm not , like it was a mung we were too late Dead .

Speaker 1

Yeah , that's offensively , we think so .

Speaker 3

Yeah , we managed to do yeah , but you can now cherish .

Speaker 2

Listen , here's like two free tickets to Crogland , you know , if you ever want to , I just oh , I just want to say thanks , but this is a horrible situation .

Speaker 1

I read the fine print at the bottom has cash value of.001 copper . So we can't even like resell them .

Speaker 3

The Crogland ? Isn't that where we started ? We like got sick , oh my God .

Speaker 1

Yeah , we'll go back .

Speaker 3

I'll try Crogland again , but I appreciate this . Thank you for the gift and we're sorry , sorry , yeah , yeah , good luck on your show , indeed .

Journey to Dunk

Speaker 2

Fairly well , thanks , we're not going to have , you know , that steadying kazoo . That really just holds down .

Speaker 1

Yeah , and you know , a good kazoo ties the room together , you know .

Speaker 2

It's true , bye .

Speaker 3

Yeah .

Speaker 1

Fairly well .

Speaker 3

It's like starts to rain and yeah .

Speaker 2

You guys can move one more . Hex , you'll have to make another check .

Speaker 3

I will go for it . Go for it yeah .

Speaker 1

Six Nice .

Speaker 2

A bump in the road . The dump Roll a D6 .

Speaker 3

Come on , two , two , two . That's not so hot . Lost supplies Good thing you bought the rations Geez Lost Gone .

Speaker 1

One of them is gone . Yeah , okay , man , that's . It can be one of mine , because usually Riley is the one suffering .

Speaker 3

Yeah , I feel like I've been starving it at the last two quests .

Speaker 1

Yeah , yeah , you keep two rations .

Speaker 2

I think your tortoise got into them a little bit .

Speaker 1

I can't even like . Oh my God . One of his name is Frau Blucher . Frau Blucher , you know I say FB . You know how many times do I tell you this is people food . Your food is down there . I point to like reeds on the side of the road . I grab the reeds up and I shove them in FB's mouth .

Speaker 2

FB just like recoils , sick of weeds .

Speaker 3

Yeah , she wants hot dogs . I give her a good brushing . I understand the entire next day we'll have to deal with like tortoise flatulence . Oh yeah , yeah .

Speaker 1

You know , it's true she's ration intolerant , but she loves the taste .

Speaker 2

You guys make it to the edge of the crack as night falls .

Speaker 1

Yeah , it's plumbers . Plummer passes what they call it .

Speaker 3

I'm going to go right up to the edge of the crack . I'm going to do yodeling yodeling , yodeling .

Speaker 1

I love it . Oh my God , we're not going to be able to sleep tonight .

Speaker 3

He's spending it to be yodeling . That's how I'm summoning him .

Speaker 2

Perfect . Like 30 seconds later you hear a distant yodeling , yodeling .

Speaker 3

Hey , it's 10 . The yodeling trolley's here .

Speaker 1

We made it , we have arrived . He's still alive , somehow .

Speaker 2

He gets there in about an hour .

Speaker 3

We're sitting around the campfire roasting Weenies , waiting for Finn . We'll have one ready for him when he arrives .

Speaker 2

Hey guys , I just assumed you were dead .

Speaker 3

Well , on many occasions we almost were , but we've got great news We've got all your paperwork filled out and we're headed to Dunk right now . We figured we'd just check in and see how you was doing .

Speaker 2

Oh well , that's wonderful news . I'm fine , we're actually already building the bridge . Gearguard never came back .

Speaker 3

Yeah he's not a great guy and I wouldn't expect him to come back .

Speaker 1

But the Yelgads are helping you right .

Speaker 2

Yes .

Speaker 1

How are they doing ?

Speaker 2

They're under the deal .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 3

That's good . It's good when things work out Well .

Speaker 2

I mean we've hit some snags in the construction , but I guess by the time you get back , hopefully it'll be done . Wow , there have only been a few deaths so far . Oh my God .

Speaker 1

Yeah well , every good bridge is built on the backs of a couple of dead workers . I guess I don't know how that works .

Speaker 3

Yeah , that's true . Yeah , yelgads are all the deaths for them , just like getting into fights and killing each other .

Speaker 1

There would be like a plank and they would just get into like a fist fight .

Speaker 3

No , I mean , we follow every safety protocol known in the land of EAM , but the Yelgads just take their fist attacks very seriously .

Speaker 1

Yeah , the Yelgads chalk it up to acceptable losses and because they have kept the number under five , they feel like it's actually a game somehow .

Speaker 3

Yeah , yeah , they're tough people .

Speaker 1

I say well , do you need anything from us while we're here ? Otherwise we're going to head west to Dunk .

Speaker 2

We start searching through your tortoises like bags and stuff . Oh , look at these . Could use some of these materials .

Speaker 3

Oh yeah , yes , yeah yeah , I mean .

Speaker 1

I turn to Riley and I say I don't care , you can take them off our hands . Fb will be lighter .

Speaker 3

It's not like we have a forge or anything .

Speaker 1

No , not at all . I happily unload however many materials you want to give them , like 10 . So we had five .

Speaker 3

Let's give him 10 materials and ask him if he can get some rations .

Speaker 1

Yeah , yeah , a bad . It actually has a consistency of a nature's valley granola bar , so like when you open it like you know it just starts crumbling your hands .

Speaker 2

It's like this big oh amazing .

Speaker 1

They're like . They're like sausages . They're ready to go .

Speaker 3

At first I'll be disgusted and then I'll be like , hey , you know , they're kind of cute .

Speaker 1

Yeah , they squeak at you . You know the scratch on the head .

Speaker 2

It's good .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I say hey , you know , Sven , what do these turn into when they get big .

Speaker 2

I don't know , slurp worms maybe . Oh , oh , yeesh We've had run-ins with slurp worms . I'm not a scientist .

Speaker 1

I had no idea . You look like a man of science , Sven . Your yodeling is pitch perfect . I assumed it was a scientific formula for yodel .

Speaker 2

Well , there is a science to yodeling . I believe it . I believe it . You're just a yodeling Sven .

Speaker 3

These grubs will come in handy , I'm sure , Like put them on the tortoise .

Speaker 1

Yeah , we now have more rations , I guess .

Speaker 3

Oh , pattern say you're not going to want to eat these .

Speaker 1

She does , she does .

Speaker 2

Probably never wanted to eat anything more than those .

Speaker 1

Yeah , you're right , that's her jam .

Speaker 3

Oh , how right you are , and when we roll it to , it'll happen , yeah .

Speaker 1

Well , I see , Sven , we're going to settle in for the night . Then we'll go get these paperwork .

Speaker 3

Yeah , we'll be on our way .

Speaker 1

Filed for you .

Speaker 2

Good seeing you . Well , you want to play some hizah Like over here ? I got my decks , I mean .

Speaker 1

I look at Riley . I'm not much of a hizah player .

Speaker 3

I think I can take him .

Speaker 1

He's on hand back . We're better than a ground .

Speaker 3

Yeah , copper , here I start , I like get real intense Suddenly . I know I can win . I know I can win Galen .

Speaker 1

I say we got two copper patches left and three silver or two silver , so don't blow it .

Speaker 3

All right , give me , give me a copper pouch . I'll see . If I can't win a copper pouch , okay , I will play hizah against Sven .

Speaker 2

All right , I'm going to take the hizah . This is a game about , you know , guile trickery .

Speaker 1

It's called .

Speaker 2

Guile Trickery check .

Speaker 3

Shunk . Oh yes , I'm going to put on my helm of lies and be like take the visor down . Oh , you're really serious about this . I'm very serious about my hizah . We go way back with hizah and my family . All right , I'm going to fan out my cards . See what I got .

Speaker 1

Meanwhile , zona and Buck and I are trying to figure out the bear skin of trivia and asking each other random questions .

Speaker 2

I forgot about that , what do you want to ask it ? So make a trickery check . I'm also . It'll be a roll off .

Speaker 3

I got a three .

Speaker 1

But it's just you luring him into a fall since the security . That's how this works .

Speaker 3

Yeah , and it's going to bring out my gambling addiction .

Speaker 1

That's why I hold the money and Riley gets the one shot .

Speaker 3

He slaughtered me on the first hand .

Speaker 1

Yeah , it's the best of three .

Speaker 2

Don't worry about it , you know it's . Yeah , this is the first hand .

Speaker 3

Yeah , one more hand , one more hand . I can do this Best two or three .

Speaker 2

Game . Just one more game , yes .

Speaker 3

Give me the money .

Speaker 1

Aren't you still playing for that first bag of copper ? It's all .

Speaker 3

Oh , is it three rounds for the copper ? Is that what it ?

Speaker 1

is .

Speaker 3

Yeah , best two out of three .

Speaker 1

I like carefully guard the money because Riley's like salivating in the mouth .

Speaker 3

And narrow my eyes .

Speaker 2

Oh , come on . What can I ?

Speaker 1

say oh my good Lord , Holy cats .

Speaker 2

Yeah , it takes one of your pouches .

Speaker 3

I like I'm sweating beads and like , give me your sword , anything , I got to get back in the game .

Speaker 1

I say you know you got . You got plenty of stuff in your inventory . I take away Mad Merian's multiple map . Hide it from me . Yeah , I just hide it from you in the lucky rock sack and I say you got some weapons if you want . I don't know .

Speaker 2

I don't want to cause a rift between you guys .

Speaker 1

No , no , I say spend , don't worry , I'm used to this . I hide all the really good stuff , you know right , you're right , you're right , I shouldn't play anymore .

Speaker 3

I shouldn't play anymore . I like pace around the fire . I should get some sleep . I should get some sleep .

Speaker 1

Zona Rice-Tan Riley has a problem .

Speaker 2

Take a metal check , Riley .

Speaker 3

Oh no , serenity , now 12 .

Speaker 2

Serenity . Now , jerry , you're able to stave off your gambling edition . Serenity now .

Speaker 3

Serenity now .

Speaker 2

Sven says all right , I'm gonna get some shut eye . I guess you guys will be off in the morning huh Indeed , until next time , do you , sven ? Yeah , it was good to see you yeah yeah , I love , I love Sven to death .

Speaker 1

He's awesome .

Speaker 2

You're giving him a big hug . Oh , okay .

Speaker 1

Glad we're in business , Sven .

Speaker 3

This is amazing how this dangerous encounter from our first quest has now become like an NPC that we're pals with , love it .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

So did you actually want to figure out this bear skin of trivia here ?

Speaker 1

Yeah , how would I go about identifying the items ? Do we bring it to some guy named Deckard Kane or like ?

Speaker 2

Deckard Kane , maybe you could go to a witch or a gnome or just someone smart , okay , or you could try to use it .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I'll try to use it . How about that ? How , like , could I just ask it a question maybe ? Yeah , I'll ask it something ridiculous Like what are the origins of Huzzah ? And I shake it because that's how things work .

Speaker 2

As you're doing that , you get the sense that the answer is already coming to you . Tell me the origins of Huzzah .

Speaker 1

Say . Well , huzzah is actually an old shrimp card game that started out with carefully chiseled stones and Huzzinis Called Huzzinis .

Speaker 2

Sorry they would take ?

Speaker 1

yeah , they'd love it . They would carefully line the back sides of these Huzzinis with their own fur so as to hide , you know , the whatever was on it , and so they could stack nicely . So these fur covered cards would ultimately become the game of Huzzah .

Speaker 2

Make a lore check .

Speaker 1

Lore Wow , I'm really lory , oh , but not that time . Not that time I got like crazy bonuses and got hosed on the lore .

Speaker 3

Hey Galen , I'm originally from Shremm and though I don't really know the origins of Huzzama myself , I'm pretty sure that's not it .

Speaker 2

You are completely wrong .

Speaker 1

I say right , am I being racist ?

Speaker 3

No , no , not at all . That's nothing to do with racism .

Speaker 1

It just felt like you know the way you looked at those Huzzah cards . I felt like it was tribal in nature , yeah that was the addiction .

Speaker 3

That was the addiction I don't like to lose and I really thought I could take him .

Speaker 1

I mean yeah , yeah , yeah , I clutch the money a little closer to myself .

Speaker 2

Galen , you're getting the sense that this bear skin of trivia does not really apply to just like anything .

Speaker 1

Like it'll any type of lore . Yeah , not anything . Yeah , okay , but it is lore related , yeah .

Speaker 2

And it like it makes you like , want to .

Speaker 1

Makes you want to like describe what the lore is . Yeah , I get it , I totally get it this is going to be a very exciting tool .

Speaker 3

I love it .

Speaker 1

Yeah , we tuck in for the night , I think , huh .

Speaker 2

Cool , cool , cool . That's what's going to .

Speaker 3

Night Zona Night Riley .

Speaker 1

Night Club guy . Yeah , because we're around the campfire , I kind of turn to Riley and I say hey , Riley , what do you think happened to Gale ?

Speaker 3

That's a good question , I think maybe .

Speaker 1

I got better .

Speaker 3

I was like right about to pull something out of my butt . I have no idea . Well , you know she's hanging out in Marshgate doing her thing . You know it's not real , but she wasn't really built for the road .

Speaker 2

I don't think I'm going to say there was like a , like a blow up .

Speaker 1

I think . I think what I want to say is that Zona Mbaka is the only one who knows , and somewhere in his text he wrote she left me for Iki Lundi , dr Ikebaud Lundi . She heard doctor and she's just like to Qing baby Wow .

Adventurous Journey, Encounter With Ghost

Speaker 3

That story shall also be told .

Speaker 1

Tune in next time .

Speaker 3

It'll be our next characters in the next yeah .

Speaker 2

What if Riley and Gail had a confrontation and Riley is just like , oh yeah , she just , you know , left , left in Marshgate , you know , wow , here it cuts like a wooden plank outside of a spoon .

Speaker 3

I'm saying like if you break my best friend's heart , you better watch it , sister , because I'm not going to put up with you . High tail it out of here . He's not into you .

Speaker 1

I'm sure she's fun . Yeah , the way . And then in Galen's mind he's getting concerned , because all he can picture is Riley putting the last brick into a hole in the wall and both cranes are behind it . Thanks .

Speaker 3

It'll be over soon . It'll be over soon To the Edgar Allen . You'll light it . You'll never hurt him again . That's too funny .

Speaker 2

Yeah , totally told her off in town .

Speaker 3

He was like in a break his heart and she didn't really care about him and she was blah , blah , blah and that's we're out of here .

Speaker 2

Her . Her falling for the Ichabod dude was just her last ditch effort to try to lure you . Try to like , get you jealous , galen .

Speaker 1

It genuinely didn't work . She was hang , literally hanging off of him in different positions the entire lunch . Yeah , just forgot she was there .

Speaker 2

All right awesome .

Speaker 1

We sleep , we sleep in a relationship and we get an XP .

Speaker 3

Experience points have been generated . Yeah , no , hey .

Speaker 2

You'll have to eat your Russians , by the way .

Speaker 1

Hmm , that's right . Well , you know what ? I'm going to grill up this grub and see how it works out for me , because I don't like the idea of trying to keep something alive on the road . Is it a D8 ration or is it a D6 ration ?

Speaker 2

D6 .

Speaker 1

It's pretty good . It's pretty good Now , after you spit , roast it for a while , it actually gets firm throughout . It's a lot like an act of a tube stick .

Speaker 3

Yeah , I actually put mine in a bun and eat it like a .

Speaker 2

They just tube stick it smells so bad . Yeah , you lost some courage , right ?

Speaker 1

No , I ended up , it was just , it was only the temporary From the . Yeah , it's broken . So amazing , Fine , yeah , we've turned the yeah .

Speaker 2

All right , the next day arrives , we're going to set out for your journey . The world is your oyster .

Speaker 3

Well .

Speaker 1

Malergic to pyvels . Should we ? Should we travel through the crack up to 2113 and then head west ?

Speaker 3

Sure .

Speaker 1

Maybe we can like just kind of .

Speaker 3

Did spend can over there to .

Speaker 1

Oh , we could , I would go to the lake . Let's , yeah , forget it . Let's go to the lake and go fishing . Ok over here Some more components . Yeah , yeah , it's nothing unsafe about these ominous mines in the port . Where the can on top of it , let's do it .

Speaker 3

Noodle wants attention . She's like climbing all over me , purring and circling me . Say hi , Noodle .

Speaker 2

Noodle , Hello Noodle .

Speaker 3

Are you moving up yet ? Yeah , my character sheet . No , you cannot .

Speaker 2

All right , all right , make a realms check as you Go for .

Speaker 3

Georgie , all right .

Speaker 1

All right , all the bad rolls around . That's what we always say and they never are . Ok , I take it back . That's a 14 .

Speaker 2

Noice .

Speaker 3

We find a pizza , hot Taco Bell and have a blast .

Speaker 2

Wow , it is a discovery .

Speaker 1

This is the .

Speaker 2

B20 .

Speaker 1

And then did we discover . Yeah , I also want to do something along the way , but we'll see , we'll see . One thing I love about these PDF books is you can just search for stuff really fast .

Speaker 3

Yeah .

Speaker 2

In the mud you find a love letter addressed to Marla from someone named Nam . Wow , there is much regret in sorrow and Nam's words and he fears that you will have died in vain on . Some fools Are in the vein of Munch Wow .

Speaker 1

Amazing .

Speaker 3

Let's some .

Speaker 2

If we ever .

Speaker 3

Yeah , take this away . If we ever find ourselves in Munch , we should , we should investigate it .

Speaker 2

Munch is over here .

Speaker 3

Yeah , fleabag County , we've never even been there . Gosh , just so many places we haven't been .

Speaker 1

So many places to go and things to do , I wonder what fools are . And he was on .

Speaker 3

Yeah , curious , most curious .

Speaker 2

Indeed , uh-huh . Were you trying to find materials , or what kind ?

Speaker 1

Yeah , I was gonna say is that at the end of each leg ? I forget , at the end of each leg you can search or fish , or is it at the end of one day's travel ?

Speaker 2

Yeah , each leg if you succeed in your check .

Speaker 1

Yeah , which you did , okay . So then let me roll a exploration . I'm gonna pick some herbs Just to see what happened .

Speaker 3

I will look for elements .

Speaker 2

Gail rubbed off on me , you know .

Speaker 1

Yeah , you know , but she , she , her potions had something like kind of fresh to them , like a mint or something , I don't know , and I'm seeking to replicate that and the potions that I don't craft myself . But one day I want to , that's wow . Okay , I choose an herb from the table .

Speaker 2

It's amazing , it's twelves all over the place .

Speaker 1

I'm using them at the most useless times . I will find I'm gonna go through the tables in my downtime and find an herb that is herbaceous .

Speaker 2

All right , move your little chit . You're choking . All right , james , you want to make a realms check ? Oh yeah , cheese For the second leg of the day 12 . That's another discovery . That's amazing .

Speaker 3

That's amazing .

Speaker 1

Roll the d12 . D12 is give and take away . I love the . I love the d12s .

Speaker 3

They do . This is like the most pleasant adventure , yeah , thus far .

Speaker 2

All right , you , uh . You come upon an entrance to an old tomb covered in mud and lichen . There's a sign that reads grave robbers , beware .

Speaker 3

Interesting . You want to check it out , Galen .

Speaker 1

Do I yeah , why not ? I mean , we still have full hit points .

Speaker 3

I do not intend to rob a grave , so we're fine .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I , on the other hand , just saying Literally after reading the warning Well , I know what we got to do . Um , okay , cool , let's , yeah , let's , let's poke our heads in .

Speaker 2

Um , all right , you kind of you go down these stairs into this tomb and when you turn the corner , you see , you see a ghost , um , who is kind of mock , eating Like oh , it's like slimer , but it's very dainty and eating , using its coffin as a dining table . Um it , it turns and addresses you , but doesn't like speak or anything . It just points to a sign that's written in blood .

Speaker 1

I bowed courteously . What does it say ? And I read the sign .

Speaker 2

The sign says you're welcome to pay your respects , but take anything and you'll be a ghost yourself . And that's when you notice there's treasure everywhere , just piles of gold and silver , oh man , oh man Um .

Speaker 3

I uh , it's a ghost man Like yeah , how do we deal with a ghost ?

Speaker 1

I know , I know what I want to do . Uh , and it doesn't involve stealing . I actually just want to pay my respects and leave some copper and add to the hoard .

Speaker 3

Good idea , let's let's , let's do it .

Speaker 1

I leave a pouch of copper . I bow courteously and pay my respects to the ghost .

Speaker 2

Nice it uh it nods and like holds a fake glass up . You .

Speaker 1

I pull out my drinking skin and I hold it up and we both drink .

Speaker 2

Um , you're filled with uh courage , oh , awesome .

Speaker 1

I flex .

Speaker 2

I am courageous . You gain four temporary courage for the session .

Speaker 1

Amazing 20 out of 16 baby .

Speaker 3

Um , cool , let's uh tip our hats and continue our adventure .

Speaker 1

Get on out of here . Yeah , I start doing a cost benefit analysis of his . His one copper pouch worth for courage and I'm not sure if it is , but I accept it . It's much better than getting killed .

Speaker 2

Uh so where ? Where are you headed on the map ?

Speaker 1

Probably continuing to 21 16 . Uh , just , James made the check right and then we'll head here . Uh , so we're close to the lake , we can . Can we camp at the lake edge for the for the night ? We're like right there , yeah .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

Um , yeah , yeah , We'll , we'll set up for the night . Does anyone want to do anything like maybe cool fishing or something ?

Speaker 3

I will look for elements .

Speaker 1

Okay , um , I will assist your role .

Speaker 3

Okay .

Speaker 1

I keep losing my page .

Speaker 3

Yeah , I keep losing the search chart .

Speaker 2

You know , because of your role , you could uh .

Speaker 1

Sorry the noodle when noodle attacks .

Speaker 3

When noodle attacks .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I love it .

Speaker 2

You could also done what George did , and , and I'll just pick . Yeah , I mean like a make a check based on your travel check 10 .

Speaker 1

Um , I was going to aid uh Riley and the elemental check . I just wanted to see what I had to roll for it . Fish hunt , gather materials . Is that a gather materials check ? Yeah , yeah , okay . And then let me roll a might check to assist . That's 12 . I render assistance . No , it's so on a six plus , I add plus one to the acting PCs check . The check can only have a max bonus of plus three . Um so it's an 11 .

Speaker 3

Yes .

Speaker 1

I guess you could bump it to a 12 if you want to choose the elemental component . If you had something in mind .

Speaker 3

I ? I don't have anything in mind yet , I've just been sort of collecting them . Yeah , oh , that's not the forest Used to be forest . 11 . Gray glitter or oh .

Speaker 2

Gray glitter or Uh zone in bark , sort of looking around and he says , uh , I have her tail of a Mine that is close to here . There's haunted .

Speaker 3

Probably the mine that's to the north of us . We both just ignore a zone in back ?

Speaker 1

Yeah , it is .

Speaker 2

it is being called the hell growth , mine Hell growth .

Speaker 3

Hell growth mine .

Speaker 1

I say zone , what ? What more do you know about the hell growth mine ?

Speaker 2

Locals report the clinking of pickaxes Despite the mine being abandoned for years .

Speaker 1

Do you know what they mind there ?

Speaker 2

I do not know . All I know is there was a disaster .

Speaker 1

How terrible , I say , these spirits there . Perhaps they need to be put to rest so they don't toil for eternity in the helmet Hell growth . Yeah , we just met with this spirit .

Speaker 3

He was seemed like a nice enough guy .

Speaker 1

Yeah , well , he was having fun , he had a hoard .

Speaker 3

He had a whole short stack of pancakes . Bunch of treasure . Nobody messes with that guy . Sign written in blood . Okay .

Speaker 1

I say , uh , zona , that's thank you . I'm so glad you're with us on this adventure .

Speaker 2

I , I wasn't really suggesting that we go there . I thought it was interesting , but I , I do not suggest anything .

Speaker 1

You simply present information , precisely . We do with it what we will .

Speaker 2

And then I write down what you do .

Speaker 3

Yeah , and you judge us silently . He's trying to goose the narrative . This guy is trying to send us into perilous situations . We can get a best seller on his hands .

Speaker 1

He's like these guys have too many temporary points on their hands .

Speaker 3

I'm writing a novel . Your misfortune will be my fortune .

Speaker 1

The next great Mucklin's novel .

Speaker 3

I'm not sure if it's a good one . I'm not sure , I'm not sure , I'm not sure . Yeah , um , I , I let's check it out while we're here .

Speaker 1

I mean , why not , is it ? Is it the end of the night , though , ben , or is it ? Uh , it is the end of the night . Yeah , we'll . We'll settle in Cause , cause Galen's had a burning question he wants

Discussion on Gambling, Chins, and Adventures

Speaker 1

to ask Riley Uh . When we , when we settle in , galen thanks back to the uh , the way that Riley looked when he was . She was gambling with spending the oil and troll . And and Galen says Riley , you know , I don't remember you gambling when we were kids . When , when did you have get this horrible addiction ?

Speaker 3

Oh , I gambled all the time when we were kids , just not with you , Cause I knew that you'd . You know , rain on my parade . I was a champion Pog player . At a slammer I won a million times in a row sorry is Pogs cannon we are now .

Speaker 1

I love it . I say , yeah , riley . I just , I guess I never had you pegged for that , but I guess you're also trying to protect me by not doing it around me .

Speaker 3

I think it's . I've got kind of a thrill that I get from gambling .

Speaker 1

I've gotten addiction to taking chances yeah , I mean it reminds me of the same way you looked at welder , that felmog outpatter . You know , we just . You see things that are a bad idea and you just want to take a chance well , I mean , don't get me wrong , he's a handsome guy , but he's kind of a jerk , you're not a handsome , I mean , if you read that really like angular chin he's got , like you know oh yeah , but then he's got that five head to .

Speaker 1

You know , I don't understand , I don't see the attraction . Yeah , his hairline has receded .

Speaker 3

He's like your girls armies few gentlemen that can pull off bald .

Speaker 2

I agree with gaylin I I I've never seen this man , but I detest chins . Wow he tests chins .

Speaker 1

Today we learned that , zoning him back , he tests chins . I say well , you know . I like to myself as they're talking and just like touching my own chin , yeah yeah , I just shake my head and I I nod in a sense of the zone . I say , yeah , zone . I know it's me too much . Chin is not a good thing just flat it's like . It's just like flat and like a mouth smiles on the stock .

Speaker 3

Yeah to folks without chins I like hold up my tea yeah , yeah , oh yeah , let's roll some rations oh .

Speaker 1

Riley's stomach knows the feast . She's tiny , she just munches .

Speaker 3

I eat all the grubs that I have . I just like whoa you a old group everything go on is a delicious .

Speaker 1

They do taste exactly like an acadonc tube stick but with a tin , just something to kind of get you know right . Yeah , back there . I feel like Ben's rolling way too much right now . I saw that one .

Speaker 2

I didn't like it well , you've , you've , you've encountered some wandering creatures , but they seem happy , go lucky . They're their group of boggles and they sit down with you as you guys are eating what ?

Speaker 1

what's a boggle then ?

Speaker 2

little goblin type creature . Like they're the cousins of goblins , but they're tiny . They've got long , pointy noses and big ears amazing .

Speaker 1

I immediately love boggles , but hey , like .

Speaker 2

I love boggles . You know what I mean .

Speaker 1

Give me some of that meats they sit down and I recline , but my hand touches the bear skin of trivia and something comes to mind and I say I think we're not supposed to feed boggles after midnight another gremlins yeah , what do you want to die here ?

Speaker 2

what are you calling me a gremlin ?

Speaker 3

she said it no , I said gremlins . You're not supposed to feed a gremlin after midnight , or or ?

Speaker 1

oh so they're okay , oh yeah , no one wants to feed amps ever though is it imps or you're not supposed to ?

Speaker 3

they're not supposed to write letters to each other after delving day .

Speaker 1

I forget or maybe it's white maybe it's all wearing my who knows , I break one of the grub grubs in half and and offer it over to the boggles . They all like take a piece . Yeah , they're so tiny , like half a grub is more than enough for as a feast of stuff . The stuff one is it a one or two that uses up the ration , or is it just a one , one or two ? Okay , so they they party hardy , give me , give me what .

Speaker 2

I'm so glad you could join us yeah , we're really glad we found you guys . You know this place got spooky . You know , heading over to to .

Speaker 1

You know , fleabag County oh , you're going to Fleabag County . Are you going to munch , by a chance ?

Speaker 2

yeah , I mean we wasn't planning on it , but what ? Why ?

Speaker 1

I don't know what to want to have a liver the news or are you want to hold on to it for ourselves ? I don't really care other way like .

Speaker 3

Well , it might be proper to like let them deliver the message if they're headed to munch just because it seems important , that's yeah yeah , okay , I'd say you know we got this .

Speaker 1

We found this letter on the road , kind of half covered in mud . It's to some lady named Marla in munch . If you're going that way , you think you could just swing by and drop it off . It seems pretty important oh , whoa , yeah it .

Speaker 3

I think she's like a princess of something princess Marla yeah , yeah , I'll take that well , we'll hold on to it and I give it here . Yeah , yeah .

Speaker 2

I'll do your favor , you know .

Speaker 3

I mean we don't want to put you out , we're going to Bogtown .

Speaker 2

Anyway , munch is just a hop , skipping a jump oh , but I wouldn't want to put you out .

Speaker 1

It's not good , it's not the reward is ours , is everybody chill , everybody be cool all right , cool , cool cool we're all cool .

Speaker 3

If I was evil , I'd let them know that , like a couple of miles back , there's a , there's a cave filled with treasure , and then you can check it out . But that's too bad , I won't do it all right , you know be more interesting though . I'll tell you we found a treasure , or do you gotta go check it out ?

Speaker 2

yeah he's couldn't hear it all with us . Are you talking about health growth , mine ?

Speaker 1

oh , yeah , yeah we're headed now yeah , we're gonna go check it out .

Speaker 2

You're headed over now . I don't have to say probably , don't go there probably don't go there oh it's got a bad rep .

Speaker 3

What do you know about that place ?

Speaker 2

look , it's like filled with ghosts or something . I mean there's clinking and whatnot and you know it's unstable , like there was some huge cataclysm . You know , I worked for subterranean pits and layers for a while , okay , hmm , oh okay , I say do you know a taskmaster done dude heard of them got a good or a bad rep .

Speaker 2

I mean , all taskmasters are pretty much jerks okay , nice , I carry on with your story . Yeah well , you know there's a rumor that you know sub subterranean pits and layers was behind . You know the destruction of this mine over here was big talk of the town for a while . Wow , you know , decades ago wait , talk of what town .

Speaker 1

Is there a town near here ?

Speaker 3

it's just next question oh , we like look out into the wilderness just like black joy slant . I say that's pretty terrible .

Speaker 1

Is that why you quit SPL ?

Speaker 2

no way I quit because they pay nothing hmm , hmm , this .

Speaker 1

They keep telling us they're gonna pay us an exposure . I don't know what that means .

Speaker 3

I'll like elbow Gailen be like looks like we're not gonna get that triple yeah , I guess three times , nothing is still nothing yep , yeah , I don't know what to tell you so that's a that's .

Speaker 1

That's good info , though we still might check it out you guys like a dungeon he is , or ?

Speaker 3

something we're on a . We're on our way to be folk heroes actually actually I'm a night , aaron , and oh , big bad night , oh yeah no , no , no , just Aaron , you know .

Speaker 2

I don't know what that means . None of us people the knife .

Speaker 3

I don't know what that means . I'm his partner . We're on an enterprise to hunt down the Sarpathie . If you've encountered them before , they're a nasty punch oh yeah , sarpathie , that's .

Speaker 2

That's also bad news , like you guys are getting into just bad , bad business . There's some been Sarpathie sightings with SPL just eating people and whatnot oh my goodness yeah , they're pathing you just didn't work in a mine . Just you know picking your acts , as they say , and yank you , plucked into the darkness some guy with two snake arms comes up behind you and just grabs you . Fred over in sector seven .

Speaker 3

Gone , never seen again our whole village was attacked by Sarpathie when we were growing up took everything wow , but not our freedom and that's why we're on the road , that's why we're gonna check out hell growth . Mine , we're gonna make a difference in this , in this used to be forest , yeah well , listen , you know , I feel kind of bad .

Speaker 2

I feel like you guys are , like you know , doing , you know , the work of . I don't believe in a God but kind of like gnomes work .

Speaker 1

You know gnomes . Gnomes do a lot of good stuff . We're just trying to all the examples by them .

Speaker 2

Not a fan of gnomes , okay , okay yeah , good to good shoes .

Speaker 3

I don't like bones . Yeah , they got a long history yeah , I say yeah , that's .

Speaker 1

That's kind of what we're doing , you know . We're just trying to make this place a better place to adventure it , a better sandbox , if you will .

Speaker 3

Yeah the entire time we're having this conversation , galen and I are like , absentmindedly packing all of our stuff . I folded the letter to the mother , put it into my thing , getting on the tortoise rains in hand wait all right well we'll take your fire .

Speaker 2

You know we were settled in for the night this yeah , yeah , go on and go to hell growth mine in the middle of the night .

Speaker 1

Yeah , it's a great idea no , yeah , it's not the middle of the afternoon . We just see Riley right off into the dark because back eventually , it's dark out there a sorry guys to you guys like a .

Speaker 2

Thing .

Speaker 1

I say no , are you interested ?

Speaker 2

and I put my hand on my sword yeah , you know , I have never been with boggles before , but you're cute so yeah , oh , I meant I thought you were interested in the shrimp or that all right hold on .

Speaker 1

Galen doesn't know how to do .

Speaker 3

It doesn't know to respond any of this maybe just look at each other and then look at the boggles and are like these boggles are crazy , yeah boggles , be boggles baby two of them already fallen asleep yeah , we follow suit shortly after with our hands on our swords .

Speaker 2

Yeah , all right , the morning comes . Morning has broken .

Speaker 1

We picked six we exchange goodbyes with our boggle camp mates and head on our way yeah , I just want to put this out there again .

Speaker 2

If you want to give us that note , we'll do a you a favor tell you oh , we'll meet you halfway .

Speaker 3

Here's another note . Didn't want to talk about this one , but if you are heading to fleabag county , this , this is something you might want to pursue between friends , and then , like , let me give you the great coordinates , like I'll just like write some nonsense about . You know , there's a whatever treasure hoard at whatever like 3911 , you know , yeah , roll it up and hand it to them like some trickery . You're like , we'll catch you later , all right hopefully we don't ruin a good relationship you want to roll trickery trickery ? Yes , I will .

Speaker 1

I'm gonna inspire Riley's check . Yeah , yeah , like I just like , I just feed into it and reaffirm everything she's writing down like yeah , yeah , yeah , now this will be just be good . So they roll . Inspire first , I do it , you have a plus so you know what I'll say .

Speaker 3

Head down to the crack , this guy named Sven the yodeling troll he's always hiring .

Speaker 1

You'll probably be able to find a great gig with him .

Speaker 3

Great guy , way better than SPL seven .

Speaker 2

You have a plus two from me , nine , yes oh , all right , just got to mention your names , right ? Yep , yeah , I had one .

Speaker 3

Mitch and Donna , riley and Galen . Yeah , mention our names , looks like we got ourselves a job .

Speaker 2

Boys cut to them like getting punched by a yell check , just like hauling giant beams on their backs yeah , best work we ever had all right where you headed to the mine yeah , I'm curious about the mine .

Speaker 3

Now I can't help it .

Speaker 1

I want to explore it , is it my role ?

Speaker 2

yes , I think yeah , yeah , okay , I moved us already to tan okay , awesome , you make it there without incident and you actually , before you get close to the mine , like right to the mine , you see a long bearded just like shabby looking goblin , kind of huddled against some rocks co-beards men he's . It looks like he's got a little tent set up the next now like he lives there okay , yeah , we'll stop in .

Speaker 1

Say a good morrow , elder goblin whoa , whoa you .

Speaker 2

You're an elder goblin okay , yeah , yeah , they called . They caused me a old noggin , I guess old noggin well , good day to your old noggin . What , what why are you ? Why are you here ? I can't quite remember . You see , got hit on the head hence the noggin .

Speaker 1

What that makes sense . Yeah , see where we're helping you out already .

Investigating Lord Orphan's Crimes

Speaker 1

You wouldn't have by any chance have been involved in that calamity .

Speaker 2

In the hell growth oh it was Lord Orphan , he did it . Lord Orphan destroyed it , killed it . There's one thing I know , that's , that's what I know .

Speaker 3

I know , or Kong destroyed the mine is Lord , lord Orphan . He's the founder of SPL , isn't he that ?

Speaker 2

he is . Why would he do ? You must be taken down , you . You got to go in there .

Speaker 1

You gotta find a proof does he hand us like 500 sheets of paper with the insane scribblings and old ?

Speaker 2

man you see those all strewn about his , his makeshift .

Speaker 1

Some of them have been used to wipe exactly his glasses , his glasses , oh yeah , yeah yeah , what are we savages ?

Speaker 3

so he , he thinks Lord Orphan is the one that destroyed the mine is . Can we like take a look at his hovel and see if there's like crazy conspiracy theories yeah , like any actual proof .

Speaker 2

Any like look for ledgers or anything that like make it look like he's legit or make a lore check , a disadvantage , because he's used these things to wipe his glasses they're just smutty , smutty .

Speaker 1

Oh , those are both great rules , man .

Speaker 3

Yeah , 10 .

Speaker 2

So he has like in his possession official paperwork from the Asimov Corporation and they're like all stamped and proved and signed by various people which is probably one of them .

Speaker 1

I'm not familiar with the Asimov Corporation .

Speaker 2

Well , with your lore check , james , you find out . The Asimov Corporation was actually one of the big players many years ago .

Speaker 1

Oh , before okay .

Speaker 2

And they actually had a city in Dunk just like built around their corporation and they had actually Fire Damp used to be owned by Asimov Corporation . Wow .

Speaker 1

Wow , it's like a whole part of Land of Ema . I didn't know about .

Speaker 2

And in the past and a long time ago , they were sabotaged .

Speaker 3

By SPL Wow .

Speaker 2

There's no like hard proof of this . But their organization just came crumbling down real quick .

Speaker 1

I say , is there anyone from the Asimov Corp still around the what ?

Speaker 3

The Asimov Corporation .

Speaker 2

Oh , I remember that .

Speaker 1

His shirt just like as an old but ragged Asimov .

Speaker 3

He just like literally says he's like got a name tag .

Speaker 1

Yeah , my name is Biff .

Speaker 2

There's no name tag , but he does have the garb .

Speaker 3

Yeah , Interesting . Can I point it as garb and be like ? Did you used to work for Asimov Corporation ?

Speaker 2

Oh .

Speaker 1

I guess I did . He immediately starts stripping it all off because he wants to look at it . Now we just have like a naked old goblin standing in front of us , but everything's covered by the beard , so it's still PG-13 .

Speaker 2

He's skin and bones yeah , not good eating , no , no .

Speaker 1

I mean , he has not been eating well , that's what I'm trying to say .

Speaker 3

I glance at Gail and like what are you ?

Speaker 2

He's a cannibal .

Speaker 1

I turn his only and bug . I say is it only cannibalism if he was a bog roll ?

Speaker 3

He's right about that technically .

Speaker 1

Cross it out . Cross it out . Strike that from the record . Irrata yeah , he is just a weird guy who would eat anything .

Speaker 3

So I mean , but SPL kind of runs the show . Now what would proving that Orphan did this do anyway ?

Speaker 2

What I wanted to do was pay for his crimes . Okay , it's Lord Orphan still alive , don't you got a sense of justice ?

Speaker 1

Of course , Of course Gailan like , immediately stands up so tall he hits his head on the support of the tent and says justice , I am a justice , you know .

Speaker 3

The only thing is we're going to need some evidence .

Speaker 2

That's why you got to go in there . That's why you got to find it . It's in there , I know it . There's got to be something .

Speaker 1

All right , here's our plan . We go in , we get the evidence , we bring it to Dunk to the old remnants of the Azimuth Corp oh , not about it . And then we get profit . Okay , yeah , justice , not profit , justice .

Speaker 3

Let's do it , let's investigate it . We both peer into the cave and just like here and she's wailing , and then it's like all right .

Speaker 1

It's going to be one of those we both like . We both before the scene like wipes . We both look at each other and say six key myth accord . Yeah , all right .

Speaker 3

Six key myth accord . I'm going to ask Dagen like hey , like we heard this , mine is haunted . What do you know about that ?

Speaker 2

Oh yeah , you can hear them picking away . You can hear their cries . Every night I fall asleep to it .

Speaker 3

And the evidence is down there . You say it's .

Speaker 2

Uh , I've tried going down myself , but I'm so weak .

Speaker 1

What if we escorted you ?

Speaker 3

I don't know . I think we got to get this guy sandwich and then not have to be in the way .

Speaker 1

Yeah , that's true . He's the last proof besides the proof we're going to get .

Speaker 3

I'm going to use cooking and like , cook up a barbecue with the last of my rations Amazing and feed us all to give him some courage . And then let's uh , I'm full , I don't need to roll the courage , just like I want to use the cooking to feed this guy . Um , I guess like we're going to go down there , probably next adventure .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

Awesome , all right .

Speaker 1

All right , dungeon crawl out of one and into the other man .

Speaker 3

Here we go , we'll see .

Speaker 1

We'll see . It's either going to be a random or it'll be something else .

Speaker 3

I'm excited . I can't wait yeah .

Speaker 1

Well , this was . This was a remarkably combat free adventure .

Speaker 3

Yeah , this was like I mean we did . Oh no , no , there was like one he fought a mom , he fought a mom , but it was , yeah , worked out . Yeah , it's worked out . This was like a good travel session , kind of a relief after the butt kicking , we took the last couple times yeah . We're a little . We're like a third of the way . There too , we did . Even though we stopped in the crack , we made some headway .

Speaker 3

We got tickets to Crogland and we have tickets to Crogland , so we can celebrate once . Once Sven's bridge gets installed , we'll celebrate by going to Crogland .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 3

All right Awesome . Well , next time we'll have the dungeon crawl and yeah , we will continue our journey to the town of Dunk all the way down the drippy downs which you can't even see because it's so far away it's like the pan .

Speaker 2

This troll ridge here is dangerous .

Speaker 1

It's going to be interesting .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

It could always go south and go up the river . This is also dangerous .

Speaker 2

This is very dangerous here .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I'm not , I'm not liking the look of the serpent's tower . Yeah Well , we're going to definitely have to destroy that .

Speaker 2

Not on the map yet , but this is the high wilds .

Speaker 1

Oh , it's like level 46 creatures .

Speaker 3

Yeah , it has a lot of grinding .

Speaker 1

Got to kill a lot of boars and get their intestine .

Speaker 3

We need a ton of hops . We're going to grind there .

Speaker 2

Got to get that hops .

Speaker 1

Got to turn it into a brewmaster rigatoni at Dunk and brewmaster rigatoni , and then we're going to get a barrel that we got to use in another quest . Three other barrels of alchemyl Awesome . So do you want to snuck out XP real quick ?

Speaker 3

Yeah , and then I say we can spend some XP before we begin the dungeon crawl into Hell . Growth Mine next week .

Speaker 1

I love it . It's great .

Speaker 3

I'm totally going to use my XP to level too . I'm going to level five .

Speaker 1

I keep meaning to do that as well .

Speaker 3

Okay , did we solve a quester objective or complete a quester objective . We did not .

Speaker 1

The check done was Sven . Yeah , we had a little side quest with the kazoo guy yeah , I mean you resolved that .

Speaker 2

Yeah , that counts . Yeah , one XP .

Speaker 1

I would say that we solved the problem of Gale in a particularly creative way by retconning her disappearance .

Speaker 2

I was actually going to count that as like role playing XP . I think , okay , that's cool .

Speaker 1

Yeah , that's good .

Speaker 2

I like it . Was there any other instance of creative problem solving ?

Speaker 1

I don't think , so I can't think of anything .

Speaker 2

Yeah , like everything today was just succeeded . Yeah .

Speaker 1

It had a couple of bad ones in the beginning , but it didn't spiral out of control .

Speaker 2

Explore a new location or point of interest .

Speaker 1

Definitely .

Speaker 3

We discovered two discoveries . We found that cave .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 3

Did it just count Sure . Sure , now we should mark the map for where we discovered it , so we could go back for role playing purposes later .

Speaker 1

Okay , that was probably 2316 .

Speaker 3

Yeah , I was just about to say .

Speaker 1

Yeah , so 23.16 was the haunted cave with the treasure horde and the ghost dining on his coffin .

Speaker 3

The most treasure we've ever seen .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

Well , you did find a mythic horde that's got a rank up there .

Speaker 3

Yeah , that's true .

Speaker 2

That's true . Okay , encounter a new creature .

Speaker 1

Have we fought a monk before ? And oh , I haven't encountered a boggle .

Speaker 2

That's surprising .

Speaker 3

I mean .

Speaker 1

I feel like we've never encountered a boggle .

Speaker 2

Yeah , I mean , I don't know if you encountered a ghost either .

Speaker 3

Right .

Speaker 2

So 3XP significant encounter within an NPC .

Speaker 1

And old noggin . Oh yeah , I think this is a pretty like . It's like he's added a quest to our quest log .

Speaker 3

Yeah , a whole dungeon crawl .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

Um , relationship XP . I thought I think you should write a little sentence about that , james , about gambling , the gambling , and also Gale . Like how would Galen feel about that if you ever found out that that's how it went down ? Resentful yeah .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I'm going to put that . Galen believes that Gale has fallen madly in love with Dr Kabad-Lundi and he's he hopes , he wishes the two of them well .

Speaker 2

Is there any part of Galen that's liked Gale ?

Speaker 1

I think in the moment . Except she got very , very clingy very , very quickly and like , while there was fear attached to it , there was like more psychosis than fear , I think . I think Galen could feel that and he instinctively knew to bounce that thing wrong with her , except for the crazy bits you know . And then I made another note saying that Riley definitely has a gambling problem and likes to take chances on bad things . I can't believe she used to hide it from me .

Speaker 2

So I'm going to say that's 2 XP baby , oh heck it .

Speaker 1

Yeah , Look at that . Building on some stuff , I didn't no individual or no ideal their flaws from my end .

Speaker 3

Yeah , same .

Speaker 2

So that's six total .

Speaker 1

Kind of miss clutch .

Speaker 3

That's funny .

Speaker 1

Miss having that guy around , miss talking with him .

Speaker 3

There will be other NGC's , george , I promise .

Speaker 1

You guys can make your own , like , yeah , we can make yours , baby , a little bit . That's six XP , that's a lot of XP .

Speaker 3

It is .

Speaker 1

You know , it's nice that we were actually able to have some time and do some campfire stuff , because it doesn't always present itself .

Speaker 2

Right , I think that was a trade off , like less things actually happening but like more role playing and stuff .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I like that about this system is that you know you're you're not necessarily rewarded for like killing a ton of monsters . You can have an equally , if not more , like profitable XP journey with just exploring party dynamics .

Speaker 3

All right , I think it's all about the XP profits .

Speaker 1

baby , I am the munchkin of the group .

Speaker 3

I like . I like turning the breath in between the stress because , like I , felt like we were like taxed and stressed , like two quests in a row where we barely survived everything . It's nice to have like a continued journey where we're not in mortal peril , but can still advance our characters .

Speaker 1

They took my net , man that's true , we do it .

Speaker 2

Eats at you every day .

Speaker 1

Well , we know where it is that , like hurts more than anything . Yeah , we can always go back and get it .

Speaker 2

Yeah , good luck trying to find the same trap . Yeah .

Speaker 3

That's how we die , George . It's like getting lost . I hate that .

Speaker 2

I'm trying to generate a dungeon . Imagine like what are the odds of trying to roll the exact same roll ?

Speaker 3

We're never going to find it .

Speaker 1

That net is going to be easier to find that net randomly in another treasure hoard . You never know , it might happen . Well sweet , all right , this was a good quest .

Speaker 3

Super fun , all right . Thanks everybody for joining us for our land of Eem actual play . It was fun , as always . And thanks again for sharing and liking and commenting and , of course , to all of our patrons on Patreon that help fuel the creation of fun stuff like land of Eem , as well as new projects that we're going to be announcing soon , including Rikety Stitch Book 3 . And if you haven't checked out the Rikety Stitch in Jalina's goo , the land of Eem is actually inspired by Rikety Stitch and it's the story of a skeleton bard who goes on an epic quest to find out who he was when he was alive . And all the links to the free land of Eem RPG beta Rikety Stitch Patreon is in the description of video and we hope you join us next week .

Speaker 2

Indeed , well said Same time same Eem channel . All right , see you everybody next week for a session 15 . Bye , bye , hey , get easy .

Speaker 3

Bye , bye , bye .