(Cthulhu D20): FogGate FG-1 - (Pilot Episode): Cold Open

[00:00:05] An artifact in the North Sea leads to a discovery of a portal network, something between science and sorcery that links our world to others in the galaxy. Operating out of an ocean platform fronted as an oil rig, a clandestine international division carries out expeditions through this

[00:00:29] misty threshold. The project is codenamed Knight Errant. But the crews that travel through to other planetary spaces have their own nickname for the AWP, Foggate. Hi there, welcome to One Less Die, a Call of Cthulhu D20 actual play podcast. We are trying

[00:00:53] something different today. We're gonna do a game we're gonna call, affectionately, Grumble Hammer Foggate FG-1. You'll never guess what the inspiration is. Yeah. So it's 1999, and the Division T3, clandestine government, corporate organization, has discovered

[00:01:19] an artifact in the North Sea known that they've designated the Gate of Avalon. Basically, it

[00:01:26] is a device that is, well, it's a gate. It's some kind of a gateway to some other space, or some other place in the galaxy, perhaps. The gateway itself creates a fog wall, and when you pass through it, it seems to send you to different locations across the stars, as far as the bigwigs and the brain trust can tell.

[00:01:55] So, they've got a few, this department, this project is called Project Night Errant, but the local, like the people that are involved basically know it as the Foggate Project. What was the name of the clandestine group again? Division T3. So can we call them the Painkillers? No. Though they often say, when you get a mention from them, they're like, have you filed taxes? Have you filed taxes?

[00:02:24] Because it's T3. Hmm. No, but I took some time on all of them capping and coding. Yeah. But the T3, in the setting, the T3, like basically there's the three T's of the Division, which is Track, Terminate, or Tickle. No. You sure? T's. What the hell was it? It was like Track, Terminate, or Tranquilize. That's what it is.

[00:02:49] It's basically like, track down strange things, either terminate them if they're hostile, or Tranquilize them and bring them in for research. We know where their priorities are though. Fuck. The right to kill before all the people will bring them in a lot. Well, there's hostile things that you gotta do. That's true too, but you can still try them. But yeah, so the main base of operations for the Fog Gate initiative is on an old oil rig that the Division has procured in the North Sea, away from prying eyes of different countries and such.

[00:03:19] And also in international waters, if anything explodes. Or something bad comes out of the Fog Gate. It's better to have it on a little platform somewhere at sea. Not in a small New England town, that's a terrible idea. Or inside of Cheyenne Mountain, that'd be ridiculous. That's too super stupid. Yeah. So, yeah.

[00:03:38] You guys are one of the first teams of explorers and expeditionists going into the Fog Gate network, as the bigwigs have coined it. They activate it using strange sigils that their consultants aid with.

[00:04:01] And once the Fog Barrier comes up, they send in a drone to see, make sure, you know, the air and atmosphere is breathable, or at least the conditions are good for human life. Most of the time it is. Most of the time it is. Although there's been a few cases that have, well, we haven't gotten the drone back, so let's just shut down and start over. But, yeah. But, yeah. You guys have come into this one. You're in your briefing room.

[00:04:26] General Hammer, or Commander Hammer is the FG Command's leader. I was like, gentlemen and lady, we have a team. We have a mission for you. We are, from what our drone has been able to send us back through telemetry, the planet ahead of us is, seems to be a sub-Arctic, tundra-like world.

[00:04:52] And there seem to be some ancient, some kind of, some kind of artificial structures off in the distance, away from the gate on their side. We'd like you to go investigate the, these structures and see what we can find. Any questions? How do we know they're artificial? That will be up to you guys to decipher.

[00:05:18] From what our experts can see on the scans and telemetry, they appear to be artificial. They don't appear to be natural. Question. Is there a time limit before the gate closes? Like, 38 minutes for instance? So, you guys will be provided a, your team lead will be provided an amulet that one of our consultants have given us.

[00:05:42] Um, and that will re- uh, the, once you guys enter or like pass through the gates, the fog barrier will, will dissipate. And you'll have to reactivate it using the talisman. I know it's a little, not exactly scientific, there's a little bit of a, some, some mystical mumbo jumbo going on, but we've, we've been running some tests and it does seem to work consistently, so. Um. Question. Yes. Sir, in this universe, does magic actually exist? At all?

[00:06:11] That is uh, I'm up your pay grade, but uh, he just kind of like taps his nose. Gotcha. Actually, and then, and then the door opens and, I could answer that! And you see a, a strange like man in a, in a, in a, in a jumpsuit and in a, in a, in a, in a ass mask. Um, hello, my name is Professor Petonius. I would love to, of course it is. Why do you stick like fist bait?

[00:06:35] This is one of our consultants, uh, he's the one that's providing the uh, the uh, the talisman to uh, reactivate the, the mist of the Avalon gate. Um, but uh, yeah, so as, as this debriefing's going on, let's introduce, let's introduce the team. So starting with my left. There it. Ahhhh. Okay, so I'm playing uh, Jessica James. Uh, formerly of the CIA. I'm an agent.

[00:07:04] Um, yeah, so like, 27 year old blonde girl. 5'2". Worked my way through college as a stripper. Got a, a master's in abnormal psychology. Got recruited cause I used to shoot stuff real good. Yeah. Alright. They took me off the uh, the Islamic extremism test. I'm sure that won't cause any problems here in 1997.

[00:07:34] Yeah. Hmm. Moving on to Aaron. Uh, I'm playing uh, Simon. I'm a uh, blue collar guy. Uh, there's nothing that I can't figure out how to drive or fly. Um. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I uh, you know, blue collar construction sites. This mission will, like sometimes these missions, you guys can requisition. Tanks. Not tanks. But uh, maybe it's a vehicle that will allow you guys to travel farther from the gate.

[00:08:05] Whoa, old attack ships. No, this isn't. Maybe not yet. The Battlestar Galactica. Yeah. Can we get Vespas sir? No. Damn. We can't even get Vespas. We can get all terrain. We can provide ATVs, but. Ahhhh. ATV all terrain Vespa. Yeah, there you go. Is it just a Vespa with raised suspension and bigger tires? Damn right it is. And it's camo. Oh. Camo.

[00:08:35] God. Alright, and then we have Chris. Crystal Chris. Hi, I'm Crystal Chris. I'm playing Wayne Brown or the Brown Bomber. Anyway. Pause for laughter. Um, I'm a military chemical science specialist and my specialty is explosives and chemical accelerants?

[00:09:05] To a degree. Okay. Um. Uh. Duh. 38 years old, 5'11 and a half inches and I'm bald. And yeah, I like to blow shit up when I'm allowed to. I thought you were gonna say he likes to blow something else. No. I mean, who doesn't? It's not relevant to the mission. What do you do in the barracks on your own time? Mm-hmm. So I see, I took a two ball and ran. And we went up to David.

[00:09:35] Interesting transition. So did it. Uh, I'm playing Calvin Davis. Which is totally not my, uh, a slight change to my standard throwaway character name of Colin Davis. Or David's rather. Um, I'm a, I'm a just, I'm a FNG, the fucking new guy. Um, I'm a soldier, Canadian. Considering we're going to a place that's cold, that's probably half the reason they called me. Uh, they need someone that can, um. It's not always the case, but yeah.

[00:10:04] Us as Canadians, we have a natural, uh, like plus 5 to, like cold resistance. Fuck it, right? We have a negative 5, like heat resistance, but like whatever, right? Well, until you're 60 plus. Oh yeah. And then, uh, and then if you get the bonus to a heat resistance and it comes with a, uh, uh, a house in Florida. Yeah. Nice. Alright. Well hey, since you're Canadian, I have a question for you.

[00:10:33] If old guys score three goals in a row, or not in a row, but three goals in a hockey game, would that be a Jerry hat trick? Hell yeah. I feel like we're getting off the topic of this. High five. High five. Yeah, this is like, so yeah, this is your, you guys like first mission, like, and from the sounds of it, like they've done some like preliminary missions out, but like mode, this is like the, the start of like their main expeditionary missions. Uh, out into the, out into the fog, as it were.

[00:11:02] Um, yeah, so you guys, uh, any other questions about the mission or are you guys just like pretty slow explanatory? Can I throw a grenade in the portal before we go? No. Okay. Well, I was just asking. Are we allowed to know anything of explicit detail or is that our job? Well, we don't know anything. Like you, you're going in to find out what, what's up with this planet. Right. So, like. Well, how far away do you think that thing is there? Probably, uh, probably a click or two. We get a car.

[00:11:33] We can provide an ATVs. Uh, we're obviously dealing with the first contest. Are these metric clicks or imperial clicks? Don't know. What is a kilometer? They don't, they don't call a mile a click. No. Yeah. Um, we can provide, uh, ATVs. We won't, but we can. Thanks guys. We really like this like. Sorry. Seriousness of this game. That's out of character. Yeah. Obviously.

[00:12:02] What are our rules of engagement? Uh, we're obviously dealing with the first contest. Uh, situations. So, try to, um, uh, open up communications. Uh, but if they turn out, or, uh, end up hostile, uh, defend yourselves and reconnoiter back to the, the fog gate. Understood. And if you could collect some samples of the, uh, of any local organism, says, says Petonius, the, uh, the, the, the, the, the, the gas mask man behind, uh, Commander

[00:12:32] Hammer, or Commander Hammer. Uh, uh, and any, uh, any, um, uh, artifacts that you retrieve, uh, uh, we would be most grateful. If we get some really super samples, can we like, upgrade some stuff? We, we'll see, we might be able to get, give you guys some, uh, some better requisitions. Yes. Nice. Alright, so keep your eyes open for Cock Rock. Yeah, of course, yes. Ha ha! Alright! The buddy bunkers, obviously. Yeah. Uh, alright. Down to the, uh, down to the gate room.

[00:13:01] Cock and Rock, what kind of I mean? Wait a minute, who's in charge of this fuckin' model for you? Commander Hammer. Oh. Uh, well, uh, we're gonna be, uh, we're gonna be, uh, we're gonna be Uh, is the, uh, is the commander of the, of the operations. Uh, I think what he's asking there is, uh, who's in charge of this team? Oh, yes, yeah. Yeah, who, yeah, we have, which one of you guys is the, uh, team lead? Is it just commander or major commander Hammer? Cause then we call you MC Hammer. It is commander Hammer. Unfortunately. But I won't. Yeah, which one of you guys is gonna be the team lead? Well, I have the military experience, so I guess it should be me.

[00:13:31] I have military experience, but let's just blow it shit up, so. Well, I got a Christmas 15, uh. 14. 16. No. Yeah, but you are expelled from being the team leader. I don't really want to be the team leader. So it's between you two. Alright, take it. Oh, I was gonna rock, paper, scissors. I thought we already agreed that we would follow her. Yeah. I'll be the same to your own. Tits.

[00:14:00] No, we'll follow your lead. Alright. Nice tits. I'll point the way. Tits. Tits. Tits. Tits. Tits. Tits.

[00:14:30] Tits. Tits. Tits. Tits. through the gate now.

[00:15:00] Before you guys get any questions, has anything else come through? The terms are no point yet us. As you guys proceed through, there is a momentary... Actually, everybody roll sanity. Because it's weird. It's fucking weird. So roll your percentiles. It's like, sirs? It's weird. Everything's weird. We have to roll under our sanity.

[00:15:29] You're rolling under your main sanity. Fuck yeah, 40. I got a 7%. What? So 00. I got a 008. So you guys are all like, this is fucking deep. I'm fucked! 83! Fuck! Just to see what's about to do, I'm like, he's going to roll 100. Take two sanity as it is...

[00:15:58] Everybody else is having like, it's great. You pass through it, it's like a little bit of a... It's like a misting as you pass through. There's an odd scent, but not an uncomfortable scent. And then you pass through and it's a lot colder suddenly. For you, they're... Calvin. Calvin. You hear whispers. Whispers. You go through the fog and you're in free fall. You have this feeling of free fall and you're not passing through the fog yet.

[00:16:28] Why am I not passing through the fog yet? Why has it been five minutes? Why am I hearing whispers? And you're through. Okay. And it is much colder than it was in the... In the game. He passed through... He showed up exactly the same time as you guys. The Emperor on campaign. Yeah, yeah, yeah. A little bit. Yeah, he also looks a lot like... A lot of others have gray hair, a beard,

[00:16:58] like five minutes. Five long. Yeah, he does look a little haggard as he's coming through. It's like two fucking seconds. It's like five whole minutes. Cal, get a hold of yourself, Futter. Why? It was five whole minutes. It felt like walking through the cool zone at Canada's Waterland. No big deal. I wish. I wish. Did you guys hear the voices? What, in the... No. Was that in Canada's Wonderland? No. No, they were advertising.

[00:17:27] Did they do a psych sweep on him before? They did one on me. He's very thorough. I don't know. I heard some shit. That's all I'm saying. Let's continue on, Mish. Nate? Yeah, so you guys look ahead of you and you see, like, again, it's a frozen tundra-like landscape. There are structures off in the distance as was disclaimed by Commander Hammer. They look almost, like, pyramid-like and even, like, like large spires

[00:17:56] that are on strange angles. And there are some other objects between you and those structures off in the distance. Like, could almost be, like, trees, but they're covered in ice and snow and other materials, other particulates. It is minus 15 based on your equipment. Oh, it's T-shirt and shorts weather. Talk about it.

[00:18:24] Right now, it's... Celsius or Fahrenheit? Celsius, yeah. And there is... There's actually... Let's see how many... Let's see something here. It's minus 15 Kelvin. There we go! There is one large sun, like, maybe a little bit... It's weird because it is a little bit closer to... than Earth's sun. What color is it?

[00:18:54] It's brilliant white. Okay. And... Brilliant. Yeah, brilliant. But, yeah, that's the environment that you guys see ahead of you. The sky's about the same... same color as Earth, like, blue. Mm-hmm. And such, so... Thank goodness. What's the ground look like? Ground is mostly rock, like, kind of exposed bedrock and snow and ice. Okay. In front of the... In front of the fog... The fog gate, there's a...

[00:19:24] There's a patch of exposed, like, bedrock where, like, almost like there's a... Like, the gate itself creates, like, a small pocket in front of it. Okay. Is there any sign of, like, human stuff around? No. No? No. It's just, uh... Some dried vegetation, maybe, like, that's a little bit, like, exposed from the snow. Okay. But that's about it. Didn't they say they sent something in before us or no? They sent in a drone. Oh, it's just a drone. Yeah. Okay. It came back. The drone did come back, yeah. Okay. Yeah, the drone...

[00:19:54] They also said the drones sometimes don't come back and that's when they just said shut down and restart the gate. All right, let's not go to that location. All right, so let's sample... Let's not go to Camelot. It's so nice. Let's sample the snow and the red rock and the vegetation. You got it. All right, eat some snow. You guys... You guys also probably were provided with, like, again, like a larger, like, multi-person, like, ATV or something system and it does have

[00:20:24] some equipment on it for, like, doing tests and such. Like chemistry kits. Or, like, one of those four-seater side-by-sides? Yeah, something like that. Well, it basically just has a cooler on the back for the snow. Well, it's got, like, some device... It's got, like, a duffel bag full of equipment. Like, research equipment. First thing you would do is just, like, melt it and then do a witness test. Sure. That's me! I can do a chemistry roll for that. Yeah, make chemistry roll, right? It would kind of be good to know if the snow was acidic. Yeah. Come to think of it.

[00:20:53] Hold on, Nat 20. Nat 20, let's go. Yeah, it is regular, as far as you can tell, it is standard H2O. You can start taking a handful and I'm like, it's safe! Put it on a mic under a microscope. Oh. Well, I suppose we'll do that. Do it again. H3O. Do I have to do another roll for that? No, no, not 20. You put it under an microscope. There are some microorganisms in the water, like,

[00:21:23] in the water, but, like, this, like, standard amoebas. Mm, okay. You do little, like, black ones with devilish tails and stuff. Yeah, no, no. No, the standard, like, everything seems to be normal and copacetic here for now. Yeah. I mean, if you want, if you want, you have, like, you'd have to, like, maybe, like, boil the water here if you want to drink it, but.

[00:21:53] I doubt it's potable. Yeah. Um, yeah. Let's head for the structures. Okay. I'll drive. All right. Do we, we have one ATV? Yeah, it's a, it's a, it's a multi-person, like, larger, like. We have a warthog. Yeah, basically it's, it's basically a warthog. I'm on the gun. Yeah. There you go, there's no gun. I'm standing on the back hanging onto it with my gun out of them. Uh, all right, everybody roll perception, or,

[00:22:23] everybody roll spot. I'm rolling to drive. Yeah, this game has spot and listen separate skills. Love that. And by love that, I mean, I hate that. Same with, like, same with, like, your spot. Your stealth rolls are hide and, hide and group silently. As separate rolls? Uh, it's an 18 on my drive. Yeah. Okay, you are able, like, easily able to, like, maneuver around, despite, like, snow, the ice that's hidden behind you to snow and such.

[00:22:52] I got a 22 on my spot. Damn. 15. 5. I see shit. Yeah. It was, whatever this is, it wasn't on your side. That's a whiz. 21 on my spot. 21 on your spot? Oh, we see. Okay. Um, as you are, uh, as, as three, as you guys are, as you guys are traveling along, there's no path, and you're just kind of, like, beelining from the, the gate to the, uh, the,

[00:23:22] the larger structures. Uh, you are passing by a bunch of these, like, again, they look like something is under, under snow, like, almost like trees or some kind of vegetation, like, so he did a donut, and then we went towards the area. So, uh, three of you, outside, outside of, uh, what's, what's Merit's character's name? Jessica. That's a pretty good name. I probably get, like, characters written up. Jessica. Jessica, yeah. I just, Jessica. There's a reference there. I don't think anybody else got it.

[00:23:52] Nope. Sorry. Aaron, what's your character's name? Simon. Simon. Simon says, uh, what is Chris's? Wayne. Calvin. Calvin. Calvin Klein. Nope. Just nope. all right, so, yeah, outside of Jessica, Simon, Wayne, and Calvin, you all, uh, notice something peculiar. It definitely looks like those are trees that are covered by snow, like,

[00:24:22] large clumps of snow over top of, like, um, some kind of, you're not sure, like, they look like trees, like, they're definitely a tree analog. Um, you think you see something, like, like, under, like, some, some snow falls off as you guys are passing by, and you're pretty sure you see something's limb, like, dangling underneath the, the clump of snow. Like a tree limb? No, like a, like a, like a, like a things, like, like a skeletal limb. Does it look human? Um, it has digits,

[00:24:52] you're not sure how many, as, uh, as you're passing by. Okay. Uh, Simon, I think we saw something. Oh, right. You might want to, it's like, he didn't have his seatbelt on. No, I pull the e-brake, spin the wheel. Once I get, once I get turned so that we're backwards and sliding, then I'll hit the gas and spin the tires. Yeah. Damn right. All right. And you, you get, uh, close to, how close are you getting to this, uh, this,

[00:25:21] this tree or this tree? 30 feet. 30 feet. Okay. You stop. Within point blank range. Uh, you do see, um, it from this distance, it doesn't look human, um, but it is skeletal. Uh, like it's like a four limb of some kind that's just draped down. And the rest of it is like covered by the large, like blanket of snow that's on the rest of the, the, like the canopy of this tree. How low is it hanging? Uh, it's about 10 feet off the ground.

[00:25:54] He laughed first. As soon as I was saying it, it's like someone's going to respond to this, but I've already said it. Low and lazy. Yeah. Um, also the, the, the bark on the tree is different. It's like, like almost like obsidian looking. Like it's like shiny black on the, uh, the, the trunk of the tree and like the, the branches that are, that you can see that are exposed. Just through this, to the snow. Okay.

[00:26:21] We have like a pick or like a knife or anything that we can like make a, like collect samples of the tree and limb. I got a knife. You guys have, you guys have like equipment. So I got a pot. I mean, like I got a pocket knife, but I didn't really, let's play it safe. Call that a noise. We're going to collect samples with explosives. That's true. I mean,

[00:26:41] I'm going to make a snowball and throw it out the hand. Okay. Uh, make a throw check. How do I do that? Range attack.

[00:27:11] Just standard range attack? Yeah. It's a 18. Easily. Yeah. You nail it. Nice. Um, the, uh, nailed it. The limb, like the, the limb starts swinging a little bit. Uh, and actually enough to give like the snow, uh, above begins giving like coming off in sloths. We're standing underneath it. No, you guys are far away or a little bit farther away. Yeah. and, uh, yeah, it looks like, um,

[00:27:40] it is some kind of bipedal creature. Um, like it had two legs, two arms. Um, it's mostly mummified, like just like freeze drive, you'd say. Okay. Um, and it's impaled on this obsidian, uh, this like razor sharp obsidian tree. Do we have like a fucking camera? A video camera? Yeah, you guys have, yeah, you guys would probably have like, yeah, let's have basic, basic expedition, like standardized. Pictures should be here. So like cameras and some of that.

[00:28:09] We've got a ruggedized digital camera. Yeah. It's this big. Yeah. It's all about it. It is 1999. Yeah. And it takes pictures in 256 square resolution. And Polaroids. We got Polaroid cameras. I've got one of those old Ninja Turtles cameras. Yeah. Cowabunga dude. You guys all have body cams on. Actually, so then are you camera Calvin?

[00:28:38] I could be cameraman Calvin. Yeah. I imagine you guys probably, like they would have fitted you guys with some kind of, that's an operation. I mean, you know, just so you guys can like see whatever, like, like, so we can like record the, uh, expeditions better. So that we can check our pit boys and see what everybody else has seen. Yeah, exactly. No, so when we're going through like the hostel area, those back at base can see our, our cameras go out one by one. Yeah, exactly. We're all dying. I do love that joke. Mm-hmm. Uh, but yeah,

[00:29:07] that's what you see. Um, um, it seems to be a bipedal alien life form impaled on a, on this tree. How tall does it seem like it would be? Uh, so the tree itself, like not the tree, the, the dead thing. Um, it probably is about six feet. Okay. In size. Um, it looks like it had a tail as well. Mm-hmm. And like, it's got like an elongated, you'd say it's like, either like almost like a, like a canine or even like a, an alligator kind of,

[00:29:37] kind of snoot. Okay. Head. The goddamn right. Uh, I guess you could probably make a sand roll for this. Cause this is a fucking alien. First signs of an alien, like an alien horse. So. Um, my people, this is reading. Yeah. 66 under 70. 36. 36. Is that under yours? No, way under. Okay. Miles under. 42. 42. Okay. I rolled a six.

[00:30:07] Okay. And what'd you get there, Chris? Uh, 66 under 70. Okay. Yeah. You guys are all good. Uh, yeah. Again, you, it's dead. Yeah. It's kind of weird how it died. It seems like it's impaled on the top of the, these like fractal, like not branching out spikes on this, uh, this, you're, now you're looking at it. It's like, it looks like a tree, but there's no way this is actually like a plant. Maybe some kind of like weird, like fractal rock formation. And you're looking around at all,

[00:30:35] like the surrounding like region. It's like, there's tons of things. It's almost like a forest, but like a forest of these obsidian trees. It's probably some kind of crystalline life form. It could be. I think the guy got up there. You think someone threw him up there or like, no, tossed him, tossed him up on. Nobody tosses a dwarf. Tosses a dwarf. Nailed it. Um, or maybe he's just walking around and all of a sudden,

[00:31:06] yeah, yeah, that's my bet. So, why do you have a snowball throw to the tree trunk? Okay. Cause I, it could be alive for all I know. Negative throw. I'm just going, oh. Not 20, let's go. Yeah. You nailed that, uh, that trunk like, yeah, it doesn't move. It does move? No, it doesn't. Oh, okay. Okay. Really? Oh, no, fucking sand roll. Fuck for sure. I'm gonna touch it with my hand. Okay.

[00:31:36] It is, do you have gloves around with that? Yes. Okay. It is smooth. Uh, it's like definitely like slip, kind of like slick, but like, it's not, not moving. Okay. It's cold to the touch. Uh, or if you, if you pull your glove off and touch the leaf area. It's just, it's smooth, like surface. Like it's not, there's no, again, like there's no bridges or anything. It's just like, like multifaceted, but like smooth, like obsidian glass. Basically. I'll turn to look to everyone else. Give it a thumbs up. I think it's okay, guys. Does it attack me when I do that? No. Okay.

[00:32:06] Cause it should. Totally. Uh, you do see, if you're right next to the, uh, the body, you do see, um, in its hand, it actually, in its clawed hand, it has something gripped in its clawed hand. Oh dear. Okay. I will investigate. Okay. It appears to be, uh, either like some kind of carved, like large tooth or claw or something like that. Like almost like a knife, like a rudimentary knife. Hmm. Okay. Ooh. Apparently it had a death grip when it, when it was holding.

[00:32:36] How big is it? Uh, it's about, about half the size of its forearm. So about like a foot and a half, about a foot in size. Well, is it fashioned into a knife or is it literally just a tooth slush ball? It looks like it's, it's, it looks like it's been carved. Like, like there's a, where, where, where it's, where it's gripped it. There's, um, there's definitely like a handle that's been carved into the tooth. It's serrated blade. It, it, it, it has serrations on the edge of the actual like tooth. If you're going to have to put it, it almost looks like a T-Rex tooth.

[00:33:07] That's cool. Dibs? Or like a, like a, like a very long sharp tooth. It's kind of what like the, the blade looks like. And by dibs, I mean we should take this back to show command. Okay. I'll come over and, uh, chop the arm off. Okay. You just chop the arm off. I've got, I got a saber, so I'm just going to chop the arm off. You're a saber. He brought, he brought a saber. That's awesome. Yeah. You chop it up, limb, uh, hits the ground and into the, and like puffs into the snow. Mm-hmm.

[00:33:36] I also have a shield. In case it's bugs. You don't have a shield. Do you have a shield? I have a shield. Do you have a light shield? Yeah. Nice. How do you have a light shield? Is it the equipment list? I didn't know what we could and couldn't take. You had to ask. Can I have a machine gun? You have a shield. Can I have a light machine gun? You can't, you gotta have a shield. It's too light now. God damn it. That's fine. Were you trying to get the stalwart? Yeah,

[00:34:06] a little bit. Yeah. Call it in. Yeah, true. It's not that kind of game. Well, I'm stumped. Open the duffel bag. It's already in there. Yeah. Well, I'm stumped. I'm pretty sure we just have to keep moving on, so I'm going to let it. I'm going to let it. You're going to let the forearm of this alien creature. I do have cigarettes and lead. Did you take a chip with the obsidian? I don't know. Do we need teeth? I don't think we really. It seems like the unexpected. I did not, but we should. We should. Petonius is going to want it.

[00:34:39] Petonius loves a big body. Maybe I have like a little pickaxe or a... He does. Hammer or... You guys have some basic equipment. Yeah. I'm not going to be like, oh, do you remember to bring this? Like, no, I'm going to say, you guys have things. I'll take, I guess I'll take like a collection vial and like try and break off a little piece of it. Yep. So nothing happened. Okay. No, it's all right. It's like you, the chipping sound. It seems like we're wasting a lot of time on something that's very benign.

[00:35:06] We were literally sent here to investigate this area. This is true. Get samples of everything. It is weird. how did this dude like fall on this? Like either this, like this tree like sprouted up on him or like somebody tossed him on top of this thing. Yeah. Or like maybe he fell from the sky onto it. Possibly. But then like, what would have like been big enough and strong enough to carry this, like carry, like it's a six foot size humanoid,

[00:35:35] like Gator Man or like, or Rat Man thing. He tried to talk to the giant at the beginning of Skyrim. Yeah. Just rocked it off. Just yeets the fuck out of you, dude. Especially in the first edition. Flagling halfway across the map. But yeah, you guys get samples of the obsidian. You have a honking sample of the creature.

[00:36:04] There's still like some scaled like flesh left on it, but it's definitely desiccated probably from like the, but it is scaled. Yeah. There's some scales on it. Yeah. So like a containment truck or anything that we can put the samples in? Yeah. You guys have like a large hard case. The wire, inside of the wire tab. Yeah. You guys have some like hard case, like, like those like heavy duty, like, like, uh, sample cases. I don't know if we want to be exposed to the samples. That might not be a good idea. Who knows? I'm not exposing myself to samples. More fun for me. I mean,

[00:36:34] we, I did literally chop an arm off. So there is a hand. Yeah. That's true. Yeah. Once you guys, do that, you guys have like continuing on? Yeah. Okay. Uh, I'll get back in the driver's seat and continue driving. Of course. Uh, you guys are on the road again.

[00:37:05] Start blaring Metallica on the fucking. As you're singing on the road again. No. All right. So, um, you guys, uh, nothing, there's not much else to like, uh, impedes your continued journey to the, uh, the large structures. again, you're just traveling through what, like a scattered rush land of these obsidian trees that have snow covered over their canopies and such. Um, there's a few that have less snow than some of them. Like some of them have more snow, like,

[00:37:35] like the one that you guys found with the body. Um, possibly that like there's other trees that have bodies on them, but, uh, you'd have to investigate those more closely. Um, but you eventually get to the outskirts of the structures and they are large. Uh, it almost looks like a small village of these, um, uh, these, these large spires and, and even like a pyramid at the center. Um, there's almost like a rudimentary, like road, uh,

[00:38:03] roadway or like kind of between the buildings and stuff or between the structures. Um, you do see bodies, um, in the streets, uh, or like at first you, you just see like mountains of snow, but then like a large, a strong wind kind of blows through the, through the, through the corridors of this, of this, these buildings and structures. And some of the snow gets wiped out and you see similar, uh, anatomy of the, the thing that was on impaled on the tree. Mm. Uh,

[00:38:30] and then there's like some other ones that are like next to, next to the walls of some of these buildings. And they're just like slumped down, um, all desiccated, um, as if like, as if they're freeze dried. Mm. Okay. So they've been here for a little while. Looks like, yeah, it looks like, uh, the, the structure, the actual structures themselves are made of, uh, what looks like some kind of basalt, uh, like material. So like, uh, think of like bedrock. Mm. Wow. They're made of black. Basalts? Yeah, it's made of basalts.

[00:39:00] All the skeletal creatures start rising up and like throwing their intestines at you. And they're naked. They're all naked. Why are they naked? Uh, no, uh, it's like, like roughly granite, like structures. Um, there are no windows or doorways. They're just large spires. There's some carvings into them. Um, you think of like, you know, in, uh, Breath of the Wild, like the, the giant spires that go around Hyrule. Yeah. Castle. Um, they're kind of like those, like they're like giant obelisks that are like on angles.

[00:39:30] It's 1997, sir. What the fuck are you talking about? Yes. Um, they're like obelisks, like from ancient Egypt. Um, but they're on, they're on wrong angle. They're on like, they're not like straight up, like 90 degrees. And they're, they're on like 30 or 60 degrees. And they're black? Yeah, like black rocks and stuff like that. Is it the same color as the tree? Uh, not the same. It's not the same. It's like a, more like granite versus like obsidian. Okay. No escaping. Yeah. It's like rough human, um, like granite. Okay.

[00:40:01] Uh, and then there's a pyramid like structure often, like, like probably about two or three blocks away. Like probably about, um, about the size of, about the distance of a football field. Are these spires wide enough that they could theoretically be housing? You'd think so. Yeah. Okay. That's what's weird that there's no doors or, uh, windows. What the fuck happened here? Is there any obvious cause of death to the desiccated corpses? Uh,

[00:40:28] you'd have to make a check to find out about that. Could it be a source check? Probably a, probably a heal check. Hmm? What? Would it be a heal check? Yeah. It would be a heal check. You're like doing like medicine. Yeah. Or like the, maybe like medicine. Yeah. Well, yeah, because there is no medicine check. Well, the medicine is actually healed in this system. Um, yeah. Fair. 11. 11? Um, there's some definitely like some, uh,

[00:40:58] uh, you pull a couple away. Like some, a lot, a lot, there's a lot of the bodies as far as you can tell are like, they fell forward onto the street. Um, and like some of the ones that are like leaning against the wall, um, their necks been slashed, uh, by something. Have they all fallen in the same direction? They, actually, you're looking at that, um, yeah, it looks like they were all running up, trying like, it looks like they're running in the direction away from the pyramid. Hmm. Oh,

[00:41:27] not right now. Basically. They're like, if this place is a town, they're running away from town. They're trying to go out of town when they all died. Okay. Oh, what was that? I start doing an autopsy. What was that Roman colony? That fucking died because of a volcano? Pompeii. Pompeii. This is like the, this is like reverse Pompeii. Yeah. Except they weren't coded in Pyroclastic. No, no. They just died. Yeah. Um, actually, except there were slashes. There are some slashes on the,

[00:41:56] the next of the ones that are by the walls. And actually, as you're looking at the, the backs of the ones that have like fallen forward, um, on the street, you do see some slashes, some gashes in there. Um, like in there, uh, in their back. How big are the gashes? Pretty bad. Um, like the snow is covering some of it, but once you brush from the snow away, you see like, oh no, that's a pretty nasty like gash. Like probably the size of the butcher knife. I probably should be asking this question because I didn't do the, the check, but is it a singular slash or is it multiple? Uh, two, two slashes. Okay.

[00:42:27] On all of them? Like it's consistently two? Yeah. Are they parallel? Uh, yeah. Almost like, double blades weapon. Yeah. Yeah. Or a two fingered claw. Mm. And that claw would have to be the size of a butcher's knife. Like this one? The, kind of similar to that. Yeah. In a way. Hmm. Hmm. So there's a certain faction of these guys that put two of these together and use those as one weapon. Clearly.

[00:42:57] Or not actually. Well, let's circumnavigate the pyramid and see what we see on the other side of it. Mm. Right. There must be a door somewhere. Um, should we investigate these spiders at all? To see if there's a way in? In? Because we just kind of like looked at them. Are there sigils on it? There's some sigils like, like 20 feet above the surface, like the ground. And then every 10 feet up to the very top. And like these spiders go up to like about like 50, 60 feet.

[00:43:27] Hmm. Okay. Weird. Indeed. These are going to be important. They're not just here for no reason. It's a very peculiar, like again, very alien town. Because like, like these are homes and these are buildings, like dwellings. They're like very peculiar. Like they're all like jutting off at angles, not going up and creating like straight, like sight lines and stuff like that. Yeah.

[00:43:59] Are they all slanting in the same direction? No, they are not. It's a jumble. Oh, so it's not even like an X situation down the street. It's just whatever. It's our camera. Some of them crisscross, like some of them are like, some of them like have like the same, are going to the same angle. It's just, it's whatever they were, it just seems like however they were planted, basically, or built. Hmm. Hmm. I wonder if they're just at weird angles because there was some sort of seismic event that came through here and just kind of messed with the foundation

[00:44:27] as this whatever was happening through here. It's possible. Do we have knowledge geology? I don't. I have no knowledge, actually. Should I have written something down? Maybe, if you had, if you had anything in your occupation. You are the soldier though, so. Hmm. Knowledge bullets. I'm not killing my gun. I kill with my bullets. All right, so you guys are, are heading over,

[00:44:56] like trying to like see around the, the pyramid, or are you going to like, we're going to take a lap. Lap? Okay. Mm-hmm. See if there's any openings on either side. Okay. Uh, why don't you guys give me a spot and listen. Nice. Yeah. 19. 24 on spot. 19 spot, 11 listen. Yeah.

[00:45:26] I'm going to highlight these two, because we're going to be using these a lot. I know they're in ABC order, but we'll be looking at that with me. Okay, well, I didn't see shit. I got, nine for spot, and I got a nat 20 for listen. Damn. Okay. Uh, got a total of 20 for my listen, and the spot was 24, I think I said. Okay. I rolled a really good. Listen is,

[00:45:56] 18. Spot is 10. Spot is 10. Okay. And I'm sorry, where did you get there, man? 19 spot, 11 listen. 11 listen? Okay. He totally heard me let out his squeaker. Yeah. And not out the back. Uh, so as you guys are traveling around the pyramid, again, see no, no visible, um, like, entryway, like, no, like, like, cavity or,

[00:46:24] or entrance, uh, that you can make out. Um, however, you, some of you do spot, um, one of the, this one also, the, the pyramid likely, like the spires also have glyphs, about 20 feet above, uh, from the, from the base, and then 10 feet. And this, the pyramid's about 50, uh, the pyramid's about 100 feet up, feet high. Um, and it's a comfort, like, the actual, like, width of it, uh,

[00:46:52] is probably about 100, 150, um, feet across. And then, like, it's equal, it's an equal size pyramid. Um, and you do see that one of the sides, uh, I'll say, like, you guys try and get your bearings, uh, do you, maybe pull a compass out to see if there's a north and some of that here? No. Yes. Okay. Uh, roll sand. No. Nope. No, no. You don't have to roll sand. You don't have to roll sand. You don't have to roll sand. You don't have to see that the, uh,

[00:47:22] the magnetic fields of this place are not of earth, because it is just like, what? Great. Compasses are useless. Good to know. Your compass now has a digital display. What? What? What? What? The, the, the, little needle in the, uh, in the compass, uh, just forms a hand and slaps you across the face. No, um, yeah, you, you, north of that river. You see like, on one side of the, uh, of the, uh, the pyramid,

[00:47:52] um, facing away from the, uh, from the rest of the spires. Um, one of the glyphs, the base, the base glyph is glowing. What color is it glowing? Uh, it's faintly red. Oh, that's bad. Red's always bad guys. That's very Eurocentric. Yeah. In other cultures, red is a perfectly good thing. I mean, fair. Red is the easiest wavelength to see in darkness. Because it travels in darkness. Oh, really? Yes. Look at you, Mr. Scientist. No.

[00:48:23] Um, uh, everybody, I think even Merit, uh, or Jessica, um, hears, uh, first you're like, is that the wind? Is that flapping? Flapping, not fapping. Oh, I'm sorry, I'm just fixing my pants. God damn, yes. I didn't say it. It sounds, it sounds like,

[00:48:52] Merit told me that I heard Jessica, uh, part, and you said that I heard flapping. God. Oh. No. Okay. Yeah, you guys, it's, sorry. Are you done? Like, what kind of flapping are we hearing? Like, the beating of wings. The thing that makes that noise normally? Yeah. Yeah.

[00:49:23] Okay. Um, like, like a, like a big bird or a small bird? Um, it sounds pretty, it sounds pretty big. Like, again, like you guys all heard, like, it's like, woof, woof, woof, and then it kind of like, stops. Like after a couple of, after a couple of, um, uh, actions, I guess. Okay. And after hearing it, looking around, I don't see it? Um, who had the best,

[00:49:53] uh, mine was 18. 18? I think his was not 20. Mine was not 20. Uh, Chris, Chris, Chris, you, are you, everybody else is like, where did you go? You look by the, by the tip of the pyramid, and you see some kind of a silhouette, um, like pass, like go behind the, the pyramid. How far was the pyramid? Uh, the pyramid is right in front of you guys. Like you guys are probably like, I don't know how far, how close you guys are, we're like going around it, but, um, how big do I figure it is? Uh,

[00:50:22] probably about the size of a horse. Um, several people. Is it yellow and half-striped legs? Uh, no. It's obviously specific. It's a big bird. Oh. It's a big bird. Okay. shit. But, uh, regardless, I'm going to point out the, uh, the red glyph in case, uh, other people haven't seen it. Yeah. How do you do, fellow kids?

[00:50:52] For the guys at home, Aaron suddenly has his, his ball cap, uh, turned back. Nice. He's in fact a radical dude. Because he's laying on the floor. Uh, which by the way, the floor down here is amazing for laying on because it's cold. Yes. No. Um, pardon me. Uh, so, what does the glyph look like? Uh, it is, um, it's got like, kind of looks like talons, like,

[00:51:22] like several talons, like in, in a configuration. Of course it does. Yeah. Was it glowing the whole time? Like when we rounded the corner? When you guys rounded the corner, it was like, it's like, it's like faintly red. Okay. Cool. All right. But there's no, there's like the surface of the, like at the base of the pyramid, the surface of the wall is basically the same as the other, the other ones. The pyramid is also this like granite kind of thing? Yeah. Okay. All right.

[00:51:52] Okay. Well, either way, like I said, I'm bringing up the sigil. Um, I don't know if we know way in, but here's a glowing sigil. I don't know if anyone wants to touch it or not. We didn't touch things. I've only, yeah, I've touched everything so far. You might be able to run up the pyramids, like the pyramids at a right, uh, enough angle. You might be able to run up and touch the sigil. Oh, I thought it was down low. No, it's, it's 10, it's about 20 feet off the ground. Oh, okay. You might be able to run up the, the surface of the ramp to the pyramids. Okay. Okay. Do you want to try?

[00:52:22] I don't know. What do you think we should be doing here, Jess? Wayne, go touch it. You go touch it. Touch yourself. That's insubordinate. She's your superior browser. I said that under my breath. Well, listen. What was that? Is that a court martial here? What would that even be? That wouldn't be climb. Uh, it would actually be climb because you're, well, it would be balance. It might be balance.

[00:52:52] Yeah, it might be balance. You're running because you're trying to run up a ramp. It's probably a smooth ramp too. It's a free, well, it's, it's not, yeah, it's like rough hewn, uh, granite. I'll give it a shot. And it is like, at like, it's a steep angle. Fucking plus one. I don't get one. Better roll. I've got to do 20. 12. Okay, now roll a tumble. If you, if you have tumble, if you don't, uh, roll, uh, you're rolling decks.

[00:53:22] Fucking 10. Okay, so he goes to run up, like, directly up, like, toward the, the red, twin light. And he, you just, he just, no clips through the, uh, through the wall. Fuck! Going into the back rooms, boys. Yeah, there's just like, he, he just like, he goes, he goes to run, and like, he just, it's like quicksand. Directly, like, just falls inward, into, it falls into the wall. So now I'm gonna have to, directly beneath the,

[00:53:52] God, Chris, why are you always getting separated from the party? I don't know, but that's what we always do anyway. uh, you do take, uh, some, you take a little bit of harm, not too much. Uh, you take two harm. Two harm? Yeah. As you fall on your ass on a cobbled, stoned, um, hallway, uh, there is some, it's low light in here, uh, it's like a, a ten foot, by ten foot passage. I don't need to roll a sand check. Oh, roll a sand check. I mean, like, what happened? In fact, everybody's roll a sand check,

[00:54:22] because, oh shit, he just no-clicked. As far as you guys are concerned. I mean, it's, yeah. Uh, oh, yeah. Yay, 65 under 70. Alright, you're fine. I failed. Oh, no. Take one. One sand? Yeah, one sand. It's just, you're free to, you just, it's just like, you got like, murdered in front of you. As far as you know, it's, three, hot three. That's mad, it was my time. What did you get there, Dave? I rolled exactly what my current one is.

[00:54:52] Okay, that's fine. Then what does that mean? You're good. That's fine? Yep. Okay. Meter B. Gotcha. Yeah, he just, as far as you, as far as the three of you guys are concerned, Wayne just, like, he went to go run up, and as soon as he, like, as soon as he got, he, his foot hit the, hit the, was on the stone, he fell forward and into the, into the stone. You can say it. Weird. Um. Oh my god, what the fuck? He fell to the wall, what the hell? And maybe a hologram of some kind? Or that like, Pertonius guy said, maybe magic's real, so.

[00:55:23] Pertonius. I met the man once, I don't remember his name. I thought it was Per, Per, Per, Per, Per, I don't know. I don't remember either. You're, you're currently, Oh, I'm not there. Oh, actually, uh, yeah, Wayne, you there? As I try to use the radio. Can I hear it? Um, yeah, that you, you're hearing some crackling of static, but you do, there's some interference, but you do hear, um, your name being called. Hello? Wayne, you accident in there?

[00:55:58] Points. I'll just try to send back, like, I just, I fell, I'm inside of it. Now. Yeah, you're in like a 10 by 10. Hello? Hallway. Hello? I hear you, Wayne, you're good. It's, it's definitely some static going through, but you're able to hear, there's some interference, it's all kind. Everyone else should also come inside. Gross. Uh, are we going in, Jess? I guess, I guess that's the plan?

[00:56:28] It looks, it looks safe. It's safe-ish. Safe-esque. Let's do this. What was I rolling, God? What? What am I rolling? Was I rolling, God? To run up there and get in? Yeah, no, he, you, you go, okay, so, who's, hold on, hold on. No, hold on. I was going to try to join him. Hold on. Can I, I have rope. I actually have rope. Okay.

[00:56:53] Can I like try and throw rope through whatever I felt in through so that they can grab some rope? So you throw the rope through the, because you look over in the, it's just, it's just a wall, but you throw the rope through it. Um, it lands, it's about five, it, you guys see a rope suddenly appear, materialize through the wall, um, about five foot, five feet from the ground. And basically just like plop down on the, on the, on the snow and rock. Oh, it didn't come in from when he fell in? No, he, he did,

[00:57:22] he didn't even make it off the ground before he just got, Oh, I thought he ran up a bit. Sorry, misunderstood. Okay. He went, he meant to like go run up that thing and he didn't, like just like, vanished into it. Oh. So then you just walk in? You can try. Oh. Like, has to make sure it's like, you know, you literally took two hours eating shit. Yeah. Yeah. He's ready to go up at the fam. It's like walking in a phantom stand. That's exactly what happened. I was like, see if I can't poke my head out. Yeah. It's like,

[00:57:52] it's like, it feels, it feels kind of gritty. Um, but like you put your head through and yeah, you see his head poke through. I was just about to go through his face. And you kiss. No. Rossan. You fail, you like it. Don't ask, don't tell. Yeah. Yeah. His head just pokes out like where it would be normally. Yeah. If he was on the ground, like on surface level.

[00:58:22] Well, Calvin, you know, he was asking you to come inside. I mean, you right. All right. So I guess we're going. Actually mission. Back to the fair. We have a thing to do before we do the thing. All right. Uh, you go first and then me and then you like watch my back. Okay. Okay. Sounds good. You're on the nice. Simon. Nice. Simon,

[00:58:51] as you're enjoying your team leads, fine ass, roll reflex or rolling, um, what is it? yeah, roll reflex. I'm just going to run into a fucking solid wall. Reflex. Wait a minute. 23. Okay. Um, you feel like as you're, as you, uh, as you're about to, as you pass through the, the gritty, like,

[00:59:20] like not solid wall, uh, you feel a breeze, like something just quickly passes by your back as if it was about to grab you, uh, from the outside of the, the pyramid as you pat, as you're, and then you're, but you're in the hallway. Okay. That was horrifying. Mm. Yeah. Why? You just walked through the wall. I thought, I thought we got, I thought we got over that. Yeah. We're not over that yet? I'm over it. What happened? No, the thing that almost grabbed me outside.

[00:59:50] Are you sure you're running yourself? Yeah. I'm sure I wasn't grabbing myself. Oh, okay. I see Foggate, uh, got their best and brightest. Yeah, absolutely. We're, we're actually just sacrificial lambs. A little bit. We're G-class. Yeah, yeah, they just tell you guys, it's like, this is, you're really, FG1's just G-class, uh, they just send in expendables. Yeah, we're the E team for expendables. So, what do we see inside?

[01:00:19] we're the F team for fucked. A little bit. We're team 86. What do we see inside? Uh, it's, uh, low light, um, there's some, uh, some little light sources, kind of, uh, in the corners of the wall, or of the, of this corridor. It's, um, cubic in, in, uh, in design. Um, there's cobblestone, um, floor, are like, kind of, um, it's like,

[01:00:49] I guess like, larger, like, tiled, um, like stone, or like, kind of fitted stone tile. Um, and it goes for about 20 feet into the pier. What's, what's the colors of the area? Uh, mostly like, the same material, the same, the same kind of dull, like, kind of brownish black gray as the, uh, It's like Darmid. Fader built this fucking place. A little bit. The, actually, I will say the, uh, the cobblestones are obsidian. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. So, uh, and then, there's blackness, um,

[01:01:19] like up ahead, like there's complete darkness up ahead, like past the, the, the main hallway that you're in. And it's a 10 by 10, uh, hallway. Okay. So. Hmm. Well. What? What now? Do you travel deeper into the pyramid? Oh, you can always go deeper. You must go deeper. Mm-hmm. This is what we're here for. Let's keep going. All right. Well. All right then.

[01:01:49] Let's go. I'll start going because no one else is going. This place is scary. You got a lot of what's going forward. Right? You're walking, uh, like you have, carefully going forward. You have a flashlight that's on your gun or person? Do I? You tell me. You can, if you want. Sure, yeah. Let's just say we all have flashlights. Yeah. Thank you. Maybe. Come explore tool. Mm-hmm. You got those like big battery pack flashlights. Yeah, the 90s. The big square ones. Yeah, the 90s. From the 90s.

[01:02:17] With a giant incandescent bulb on it. Yeah, but it's on the end of my gun, so it's like, brr. I have, I have one of the, uh, old Milser's cow-shaped ones. Oh, yeah, that's good too. There is, there is a scent to those things. Um, you guys know, like, petrichor? The smell of petrichor? No. Like, it's, uh, when, like a rain, like, like the damp earth kind of smell. Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah, that's petrichor. That's what it's called. Petrichor. Um, the, uh, it's like that smell, um, but mixed with like rancid rotten eggs.

[01:02:46] It smells like something died in the middle of fall. Oh, great. Demons. Yeah. Uh, it's also a lot more humid in here. Like, it's, it's, it's definitely not 15 degrees, minus 15 degrees. It's more like, more like, like 20 degrees Celsius. Oh, there's something a lot warmer and nicer in here, but it's also, like, in the good way. In here? Mm. Major sweat going on here. Uh, and as you're, you're going deeper in, you're like, you're shining your light on stuff. Um, make a spot and, uh, listen. Ugh.

[01:03:16] 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, I got, uh, 16 spot and,

[01:03:47] eight, listen. Eight, listen? Okay. Uh, so, you guys all, like, see that through the lights. Um, uh, as you guys get, like, as you get past it, the 20 to 30 foot hallway, um, it opens up into a larger chamber. Um, again, the stone, like, the, the makeup of the, of the, the walls and the ceiling, or the floor are the same as the, the hallway. Um, however, there is some additional material coating the walls. Um, it's almost like a resin, like,

[01:04:16] kind of carapace-like material. Um, kind of, like, organic-like material that's coating the walls. Um, and there are bodies, more bodies of, uh, of creatures of the, of the, or, like, not so much full bodies, but, like, bones. Piles of bones and skulls of, of the, the creatures that are the, the citizens of this town. Okay. Um, and, so we definitely took a portal to hell. A little bit. Uh, and at the center of the, the chamber, um,

[01:04:45] you can kind of see it through your flashlights. Everything else is pitch black in here. Um, you can see, uh, there are a bunch of, um, uh, more of those mounds of, of bones, but also, like, the bones are being held together in cohesive, in cohesion with that resin-like material. And there is a cluster of what look like eggs, like, almost like frog spawn-like eggs, in the center of, uh, at the very top of the pile. How big are the eggs? They're like the size of footballs. Okay. And like,

[01:05:14] and they're, they're just like, they shine in your, uh, with the flashlights, they, they glow, iridescent, slightly iridescent with the flashlight. Uh, and then that's when the people that got over 10 on their listen, hear, um, chittering above you, and off in the darkness beyond the pile. Oh, fuck. Oh, we are definitely not alone in here. Um, I think we got contact guys, back up, run away. Uh,

[01:05:44] you guys begin hearing some footsteps. Like, like, very irregular footsteps, just like, boom, boom, boom, boom, and then coming in from the darkness behind the pile of bones and resin and eggs. Okay. I will unfortunately want to look up and see what the noise is above me, so I'm going to move the flashlight up to the ceiling. Oh, roll sand. Yeah, I gotta know. I guess you probably rolled sand earlier, but no, roll sand for this. This is, this is not what you wanted to hear. This is just like, you were primed earlier.

[01:06:18] 67. Don't say it, Chris. That's over. Over? Okay. Uh, you, get, lose two sand. As you see, about a dozen, um, human sized, like, grayish black, wasp like creatures, um, with, uh, with, with like, they've got mandibles chittering, but they've also got like, piranha like jaws,

[01:06:49] clamping down and chittering. It's like a predator face situation? Kind of like a, like a, like a pred alien. Yeah. Cause it's got the alien, like the xenomorph almost like, like chittering like mouth, like my mouth, and, but it also has the mandibles on the sides. I hate that. it has a frillon of, just like a fron of spikes on its, on its head. Um, it's, uh, got leathery, it's like a mix of like leathery bat wings mixed with those of a wasp's wings. Mm. Like there's like different, like there's like two layers of it.

[01:07:18] Um, and they've got a giant horrible mandibles, or not mandibles, thorax, or, or the, the giant bulb at the, on the back of an insect. Is that a thorax? An abdomen? An abdomen, yeah. Yeah. They've got like a horrible abdomen with what looks like a stinger. Um, and, but they, they've got like, like large cat, like, like big cat, like, uh, like arms and legs. And how many are up on the ceiling? Um, there's about a half a dozen, six, seven, maybe. Okay.

[01:07:49] Uh, and they are just looking down at you through the, the, the light. Uh, their eyes begin to start glowing and they're, they're actually, they're, as soon as the light hits their, their, uh, abdomen, you said it was? Yeah. Yeah. Uh, that actually begins to glow, uh, mildly, um, phosphorescent. Color? Uh, green. Okay. Uh, those, uh, glow sticks. Hmm. Okay. Um, I hate this. Fuck. Yeah.

[01:08:19] borders? What are we doing? Copper and fire! All of you guys are seeing that as well. We'll say it. Yeah. Uh, if you guys are all looking up and stuff. I was unfortunately at the back with the main flashlight. So, yeah. Cause I'm well under. We're at the front round. I'm well under. Well under? Okay. We did one still. Oh, really? Yeah. 91 over 70. So, okay. You're saying damage? Is there like a threshold where if you're so, if you're over it more than you get? So, if you roll 99, it's crit. Failure. Oh,

[01:08:49] really? Yeah. Oh, right. And if you lose a certain amount of sanity, that's a bad thing too? Yeah. What does that do? I don't remember. Um, what do you mean? If you lose 20% sanity. Or is it just like? Temporary insanity. Yeah, temporary insanity. So basically we roll from a sand, from a table for some. Okay, gotcha. Um, so you're, you still take, uh, uh, Jessica takes one. Dave, you got two, or sorry, Calvin got two. Um, Wayne, you are taking, you failed, right? Yeah, I got 91 over 70. All right, so you take two. Um,

[01:09:19] I succeeded. So you also take one. Uh, as you are, you guys are horribly outnumbered by these giant wasp aliens. Oh, that's fucking new. And there's more, and then you start seeing, and then you're realizing like the ones that are on the ground level are coming into view. And there's a horribly outnumbered. There's five of us. Five of you and half dozen on the ceiling. Yeah. Like five of you. What? Yeah,

[01:09:49] we got a grumble hound. No, you did not bring the grumble. You didn't, we didn't talk about the grumble hound. So you guys, this mission does not have. You said you can have a grumble hound if you want. We don't. I said yes. We don't have a grumble hound, sadly, in this, on this mission. If you survived, I didn't imagine you can have a grumble. What was his name? If we had him, you clearly would have named him. Gremlin. You don't have a grumble hound, I'm sorry. AMC Pacer. Yeah,

[01:10:19] so yeah, there's like half a dozen of these things up on the ceiling. You see at least four of them on the ground coming around the pile of bones and the eggs and such. Running's always an option. So, I'm going to, uh, G11 straight up, full mag dump, call for an Australian peel back. Okay. Australian peel back? Yeah. Is that run and shoot? Touch for the first guy shoots, everybody else runs. The next guy shoots, everybody else runs.

[01:10:49] Oh, okay, gotcha. Okay. Okay. So, initiatives. Does he get a surprise run? Nope. Great. I rolled two dice for my initiative for some reason. That's weird. We should roll. You don't have advantage. Uh, it's fine. They both came out as 15. Wow. That's awesome. Uh, so that'll be 17 total. 17,

[01:11:19] fuck. Oh, 20 total then. 20, okay. Nine. Nine. Nine team. Nineteen. Nine? Nine. Nine. And let's see what the wasps get. Can I have the, uh, D20 Cthulhu book? Yep. Sure. Can I just have Cthulhu? Ask him. Definitely use that as a good distraction. Get the fuck out of here.

[01:11:50] Alright, so, um, fortunately, the, most of you guys are going ahead of these things. Unfortunately, Wayne is not. Nope. Um, so, let's see, one, two, okay, how does 3.5 work again? Is it three actions still? Uh, no, you get an attack, or you get a standard action, move equivalent action. Okay. And no bonus action? There are no bonus actions.

[01:12:19] There are technically free actions, but, they're so few and far between, we don't have any. So a full round action would mean you would not be able to move, while doing it? Correct. Okay. I ask because, full auto is a full round action. Yep. So, top of the round is Jessica. Uh, full auto magnum. Okay.

[01:12:49] How does that work? You roll, um, do you have any feats for, um, to deal with full auto stuff? No. Okay, then you're rolling negative six. Okay. We roll three times. Okay. I assume you're shooting at the, top points. The ones at the lower. Yeah.

[01:13:20] That's a hit, right? Yes. Oh man. I rolled, I didn't roll anything above a ten. Yeah. Three rolls. You shot around all of them. Yep. I missed with everything, and you used my move action. Mm. Yeah, no, that, yeah, nothing hits anything. So you, you shot the shit out of the, out of some of the walls around them. Yeah. Also, I don't recall how many shots you actually shoot in full auto mode. Yeah. I went full serial fingers, and just, all right.

[01:13:51] I believe it's ten. Is it? I believe. Okay. We have 40 round mags in those. So Calvin. Okay. Okay. Jessica suggested that we like move and shoot. Yeah. So, I will move first. So I'll retreat back my movement distance. Mm-hmm. And, uh, once I get there, turn around and, uh, put a burst into,

[01:14:21] probably the one that she's already shooting at. Okay. Just because they're already illuminated from closer up. Yep. I'm grabbing a pencil for a roll. Is this considered a swarm, or are they individual? No, they're individuals. Eh, fucks me. There's just a lot of individuals. Yeah, damn it. Mm-hmm. Well, I've got a nat 20 and a 13. Nat 20 and a 13, damn. Does a 13 already hit? Uh, a 13, a 13 wouldn't hit. It would not? A 13 will not hit. Okay, well, how about a 19? A 19 will hit. Okay, cool, because that's it with my bonus.

[01:14:51] Okay. A 19 will hit. Okay. So you roll a 20 and a 19? A nat 20 and a 19. Nice. Uh, nat 20, um, roll to confirm. Oh, fuck. Yeah, we have to do that in the beginning. Uh, confirm just has to be a... Roll a 12? Roll a 12, but it's not confirmed. Piss! That's fine. Either way, two hits. And you're shooting one of the games. Shooting one of the wasps? Yes.

[01:15:22] Yes, I am. All right, well, that's the damage. I need 2d6. That's usually firing him off your... What weapon, what gun are you using? G11. G11, yeah. That's pretty damn good rolls. Mm-hmm. Uh, there's no bonus on the damage, right? It's just the roll? Is it? Uh, yes, yeah. Okay, so that's, um, 11 damage. Okay, well, you killed one of the wasps. Oh, yeah. It just gets perforated with the bullets and then just,

[01:15:51] uh, but also high period, like, there's like, there's a undertone of, like, there's a bass guttural sound, but then there's like an overlaid, higher pitch, like, chittering, like, screech. And then it just, like, falls to the ground in this, like, with this neon green, um, ichor, um, just splashes on the, on a bunch of the bones and such. That's fucking metal. Yeah. Does it melt the bones? Uh, it does not. It just coats them in a phosphorescent, uh,

[01:16:22] green. Kind of like the, uh, the demons in that, uh, Warhammer 40k, um, secret level episode. Mm. Uh, except it's not, uh, that, like, phosphorescent blue, it's like phosphorescent, like green. Like, like a xenomorph, uh, blood, but it's not acidic. All right. Like, like, uh, what is that called? You know, fluoritic acid or anything like that. Yeah, I know. Um, and then next up is Simon. You want to go next?

[01:16:52] No, because I don't know how this shit works. You said you knew all about how this shit works. That's true. You didn't. We didn't use shotguns, like, at all in the 1920s campaign. It's, yeah, I'm trying to figure out how exactly they work, but it looks like they work exactly the way that everything else works. They're not actually a AOE. Oh, okay. Um, yeah. So it's just flavor text,

[01:17:22] basically? You have a shotgun instead of whatever else? Well, no, because mine, the damage changes based on range increment. Oh, okay. Yeah. so my pick the most crunchy thing possible. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Nice. Also, buck or birdshot? Okay. Because that was the other, that was the one time we used shotguns in the 20s, was to save Nathan's character's life. he's like, was the, did the hobo have buckshot or birdshot in the shotgun?

[01:17:51] And he was like, uh, birdshot. I was like, sweet, so you're not rolling those nice sixes, you're rolling back fours. Yeah. Uh, okay, so then, um, yeah, I guess in that case, I will, uh, fire a couple of, stop and turn and fire a couple of shots at, um, whoever's closest. Yeah, it does seem like, so the, the ones that are getting, are becoming active and attacking you guys are the ones that are coming down from the ceiling, from the ceiling. The four that were by the eggs have stopped in view of the, like,

[01:18:20] basically around the egg pile. They're more likely like, they're just protecting, it's almost like they're protecting the eggs. But the, uh, the ones on the ceiling are the ones that are the real threat. Okay, so I'm going for the ones on the ceiling. Okay. No, that doesn't sound right. So does it create a cone or a blast cone? Nope. That's weird. I thought it didn't. It didn't. Yeah. Okay, so, uh,

[01:18:49] that one is a 16 to hit, and that one is a 13 to hit. Uh, sorry, what was the first one? 16. 16 will hit, the 13 will not. Okay. Also, I'm assuming burst fires three rounds. Uh, uh,

[01:19:19] so that's six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve. Twelve points of a piercing damage from some buckshot. Okay, um, one just explodes in carapace and phosphorescent light, or phosphorescent green, uh, ichor, and dyes. Hell yeah. Splats to the ground. But, so you are down to four of the, of the, the ones that are actually threatening you guys. Um, next up, however, is, uh, one of those wasps,

[01:19:47] and it's coming down on, hmm, let's see, who's it going to come down on? Your firearm. Yes. It's auto-fire? Yes. Okay. It's an auto-fire weapon. So you have any of the auto-fire feats? Yes. Which one? Which one are you using? Uh, multi-shot, or sight shot and point one. So multi-shot. Multi-shot. So, you get three attacks, at minus four each. Yeah.

[01:20:17] Okay. I didn't ask that. Who asked? I asked, for doing a, um, a burst shot, which is not the full auto one, the one before that, uh, how many bullets does it use? Because you said ten for the full auto. I'm assuming three for burst. Oh, that depends on the firearm. Really? Yes. Because if it's, if it doesn't have a burst fire setting, in its stat block,

[01:20:48] then it's five rounds. Can I get a, oh, really? Sorry? 17. 17? Okay. Armor checks. Oh. Uh, currently 18. 18? Unless I pull out my riot shield. Gotcha. 17. 17, and what are you, Chris? 16. 16? Okay. Um, both attacks from the, uh, the lost creature, um, like both of its claw attacks as it swoops down on Jessica, uh, miss. Nice. Come swing down,

[01:21:18] tries to get a slash at you, and you just, like, doesn't, uh, is unable to, uh, to land a hit. Um. I got that uncanny dodge. Yeah. So, uh, next up is, uh, is Wayne. Oh, fuck yeah. So, uh, I'm going to shoot, I guess, is there only one left? No, there's four left. Okay, well I'll shoot at the, there is one then. Probably the one that's flying back up to the, from swooping down. wait. I was going to look at the real G36, it's three shot burst. So then it uses three shots.

[01:21:48] Okay. Wait a minute. That's. Uh, 17 hit. 17 will hit. So that was one of the reasons why we liked the MP5 before? Uh. Is it a burst fire? Because it had a two shot burst fire. Uh, nine damage. Nine damage? Uh, you clip it, but it is, uh, still alive. Back, and then I'm going to move my movement back towards the door. Yeah. That's what I was going to ask. Did you move?

[01:22:18] Aaron? Mm-hmm. Okay, cool. Yeah, you guys are basically like, I assumed you guys are all like firing and then moving. How far would you guys be able to move? 30 feet. 30 feet? 30 feet? So basically up to the entrance. Like basically to the exit. Okay. Or to that exit wall. So. Unfortunately, Jessica has not moved. Over the wall. So far we've left our captain. Our captain. Actually, we can move 60 feet because that is a charge. Mm-hmm. Does that use an action to do that? Is that like a full round action?

[01:22:50] Yes. Why is your question mark on that? You must charge and attack. Yeah. We're attacking with ranged weapons, so we can charge in the wrong direction. And then, really? Yeah. I mean, I don't see why not. Well, if you guys do, are you guys going past the 30 feet? I'm not. Okay. Is anybody, anybody so far? No. Okay. I think it's the inspection. Okay. In that case. It's a tactical advance to the rear. Mm-hmm. So let's see how, so who's, okay, yeah, I guess I'm just gonna make,

[01:23:20] I'm just gonna roll again to see if this thing swoops down again on you guys. Jessica's getting targeted again. Um, they're so sexist. Who is this? This is my son. Uh, you said 17 was your, uh, yes. Yeah. That's probably gonna hit both, both of those claw attacks are gonna hit. It was multi-time. Yeah, it does, it does. It does, it does. Uh, yeah, that definitely hits you. Um, this, this isn't,

[01:23:49] this isn't fifth end. No. We're not, we're not heroic characters. I know, but this is also like, I'm fine killing you guys because this is, like, TPK. Like, I especially not heroic. I'm an officer. You say that, but you told all of us to run. Because you initiated that. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Oh no. So the first, the first claw lands with five damage, or five, five slashing damage. Okay.

[01:24:18] And then the second claw gets you for five slashing damage. So I am down to seven hit points. Yep. As you are horribly clawed. But hey, now you like, looking at, looking at the wounds that you've incurred, oh, those look like the claw marks of all those, all those other, of those, uh, townsfolk there outside. Oh, they're like double? Yeah, they've got like double claws, like, like, like, take a look down at your gash, and then you also see the wounds.

[01:24:46] Dirty man. Dirty, dirty man. Dirty. Um, but then there's the next, uh, next wasp creature. Um, it's on the list. And, this time it's Simon that's getting attacked. So let's see how this goes. Uh,

[01:25:16] the first strike lands, and the second one does not. So you get hit with one of the claws, as it swoops down, and tears at you guys. Uh, that is gonna be... Keep thinking that my AC of 18 is really good, and that I remember that this is third edition, and it's really not. Uh, five slashing damage. Okay.

[01:25:46] I'm dead? No. Uh, and then... Not quite. Yeah, so that was... That's... If we were first level, I would've been dead. Yeah, you guys would've been toast. Yeah. And, Jessica, you're getting targeted. Oh my! On the last one. Oh, fuck. Are you doing like RNG to see who they target? Yeah. Fuck, you're definitely getting hit with both those tracks. That's the problem. Yeah, that's definitely gonna hit you both accounts. And there's no like, down but not out situation in this, is there?

[01:26:16] Oh yes, there is. There is. Oh, is there? Um, you have up to negative ten hit points. Okay. Okay. Negative five. Negative five? Ten. So, six slashing from the first attack, from the first claw? Six? Yep, and then seven from the other one. So I'm at negative six. Yep. Does it easily bleed over like that, or do you go to zero on that? Yeah. So he's at negative six hit points. And Jessica is unstable. He is unstable, unconscious, and dying. Fuck,

[01:26:45] every round he loses one hit point until he's at negative ten and then he's dead. Okay. y'all should probably run. I'm not a stat to this character. We're actually killing them though. You're also the team lead and have the medallion to get home. Fuck. Yeah. Fuck. So yeah, that's top of the round, and as you guys basically have made it to the wall to escape, the wall is firm. Oh, fuck. The wall is solid.

[01:27:16] And you are bottling it. Just rub it a bunch, after a few minutes it will get soft again. Yeah. Yeah, it is rock. Hate that. You're not helping by saying that. So now do we have to do the opposite, charge, and attack now? Or you could try and blow up the, you know it wasn't that far, it wasn't that thick, the wall, the barrier, when you phase through, it wasn't that thick.

[01:27:46] Maybe you could blow it up. Mr. Hype Bomb Man. It's hard was not that thick. I forgot to roll for my portents. Hmm? I forgot to roll for my portents. You don't have portents. You son of a bitch. So I'm going to roll hide, and then I'm going to use my bonus action. You guys are not bottle necks right now? You're literally in a bottle's neck. Yeah. And you're in like, so like, and the wasp creatures are now like getting close to the ground and like walking on the, kind of climbing on the walls of port, like coming in toward you guys. Okay,

[01:28:16] so whose turn is it? So top of the round is Jessica. Oh. Oh. Too soon. Too soon. Jessica. I guess, yeah, Jessica is, like, is there any, she can't do anything. I honestly don't recall. I will take a look and see if there are rules on. Well, technically, since it's her turn, now she has to take one damage. Yeah, is it? I'm pretty sure this game specifically, especially like, as far as like 3.5 games are concerned, this one's pretty lethal. So,

[01:28:45] I don't see it having like a safe, like safe death rose, but maybe. No, I'm at minus 7. When your character's current hit points drop below 0, but no more than negative 10, they're dying. They immediately fall unconscious and can take no actions. The end of each round, starting with the round in which the character drops below 0, roll a die 10 to see whether they stabilize. This is known as a percent roll. On a roll of 1, they become stable. If they don't, they lose one hit point.

[01:29:15] So you have a 10% chance to become stable. Okay, are you going to get a D10? Is that a percent? Yeah. I have a D10. Am I stupid? No, I failed. Okay, so you take one harm. Yes. Yep. And then, yeah, so that's your turn's over. Calvin. I'm shooting bullets. Okay. So, Jessica's on the ground. Yeah. There's other ones on the ground. Is there more on the ceiling too? The ones that were flying down from the ceiling? Have now crawled in

[01:29:45] on the walls and the ceiling and the floor. Bottleneck, like, basically you guys are stuck between a rock and a hard place. Okay. Great. Awesome. So I'll just choose the next appropriate one and shoot bullets, I suppose. Okay. So I'll do that. I'll do a full round action of bullets. That's three attacks. That's three attacks. One of these guys. My full round action of bullets was not effective. Nope.

[01:30:15] But I'm technically specked into it. That did not help. I shouldn't have sat down. I should went and I'm sorry, I let a moth in. I didn't realize that. I'm doing that. Did you get one? That's fine. Yeah, not Jimbug. Just a more Daka. Brr, brr, brr. Okay, so first one is 19 to hit.

[01:30:45] That hits. Then that's 13 and 14. 13 will not hit and 14 will not hit. Fuck! But the 19 will. Okay, well either way I hit. Okay. Then we got these guys for damage. Bam. Whoops. Oh, hang on. Were either of those one away from hitting? One was. Then I would have hit because they're within 30 feet. I took a perk for it to give me a plus one when they're within 30 feet. So I hit twice. I rolled two anyways.

[01:31:15] I assume that hits one target, right? At this point they're starting to encroach in on a 10 foot by 10 foot square. Statistically based on what I read is basically you target one enemy and you burn them down. It's not an area attack. So I'm hitting one guy twice while I'm throwing 10 bullets in the general direction. So that is 7 for the first one. You should throw them into its general

[01:31:45] tail. Well, it's per hit actually. So it would be 8 actually. Because I get plus 1 because they're within 30. So yeah, 8. Okay, 8. That one is super dead. Hell yeah. Just like you vaporize its face. That was the one that was already like its wings had been partially clipped by previous attack. Yeah. So it is just dead. But there are now 3 that are crouching in. There's like, this whole room is just,

[01:32:14] you guys are bathed in green like, almost like radiation light. Almost like, basically like iridescent green light. And next up is Simon. Okay. So there's one, I guess, right at me because it attacked me last round. So I'm going to pull my trigger twice. Okay. What's the profile, Aaron?

[01:32:44] Palano was 10 bullets, not 5, right? Correct. Okay. Sounds like business. It kind of does actually. Okay, so that's a 14 and a 12. 14 and a 12? Mm-hmm. Oh! 14, a 15 and a 13. 15 will hit. I guess point blank. The 15 will hit. Point blank.

[01:33:13] Not the 13. You guys are definitely point blank rage at this point. Okay, uh, 13 points of damage. Dead. Just splatting them. You guys are down to two of them in the hallway. Now, at this point, because you guys have killed and rendered all the other ones down, there are two left and they

[01:33:43] go before Wayne. Fuck. No, no, no, they go after Wayne. Stop. They go after Wayne. So, does that mean I get two shots then? If you do burst fire, you do two shots. But I don't have a burst fire weapon, so. What are you using for your weapon? Oh, then you just shooting one. Oh, no, no, no, okay, I just wanted to clarify, yeah, because we get two actions, but, so what? Well, no, you have one action and one move action, so you can shoot and move. Okay. Oh, okay. And, yeah,

[01:34:13] I'll shoot first. I'm going to ask questions later. It's a 19. 19 will definitely hit. Oh, yeah. Oh, that's not lots of damage. That's four there. Jessica! That's a nerd! Just kidding, it was so cold and

[01:34:42] just screaming to be screaming. So fucked! Alright, well, it's cool, but it's fucked! So, with that, the two wasp creatures are now attacking, so, let's see, one of them is going to go for Jessica, but you're shielding her, so it's going to target you. Alright. Speaking of shielding, don't you have a shield, Aaron? Yes, I do. That is hella going to hit you.

[01:35:13] And that is going to be three slashing damage from the first attack, and then four, no, hang on, not three, five slashing damage, and four slashing damage from the second. So, nine. You guys are just horribly slashed at these as busy velociraptors of wasps around you. Pretty much. Eight points of health. The loss of wasps after you. I have eight points of health left.

[01:35:43] I'm hurting. And then, let's see, where the last one attacks. Simon. Jesus. Do they not try to target me? If you want, the last one will attack you. Oh, I'm just saying, because I'm hanging out there at the back just shooting bullets. No one gives a shit. That's why, you're at the back. Yeah, I guess. You're behind everybody. They gotta get through them first.

[01:36:14] But that's okay, because... It's like fucking starship troopers. That doesn't actually... I was getting hurt. A little bit. Yeah, no, those slashes actually managed to land a hit. So, on who? On Simon. On the whiff. So yeah, that one just doesn't manage to get a good hit on. And top of the round. So, Merritt may need to make another percentage. I think, right? He does.

[01:36:44] So what, he has to roll a one? He has to roll one out of d10. Jesus. Or, just to possibly stabilize. And when we get to him, we have to roll heal? Yeah. That would be... Sorry. Alright, so you're taking one more hit. Are you on... What are you at? Eight or nine? You're obviously tenderblins. Alright. So, next up is Calvin. I shoot bullets. So there's two of them, right? Yep. And there's

[01:37:14] an unconscious friend on the ground and another friend running towards them with a revolver. There's one unconscious... one of your team leaders on the ground dying. Your demolition man is wounded. He's wounded as he's shielding her from attacks. And then there's one right up in Simon's grill. Okay. Simon has a shield. He's fine. Simon says.

[01:37:44] That's a joke. Honestly, you know what, Simon, you should have your shield, the right shield, on the front says sets. That's what it says. It says stopped. It's really just a stop sign with some straps on the back. It's a buckler, Yeah. You're a buckler. Okay, I'm putting a burst into the one that's harassing Jessica and Wayne.

[01:38:14] A hyperburst. And that one on one of those. That's not good. That's unfortunate. But it's a 21 on the other one. 21 will get it. Okay. With one but... Minus, like, when it's actually like a minus one, is that on for attacks or for skill checks? Like when something bad happens on that one.

[01:38:44] That's just for attacks. For attacks? Okay. Because nothing bad has happened on a one yet. You did roll on that one. I understand. And we're shooting over your friends. Well, I rolled a nat one and I died. Yeah. I was going to say, you rolled a nat one on your gun and nothing really bad happened because of that. I missed every shot. I could be a dick. And say that for the 20 that you got, you can do the damage for the monster. For the monster, for the nat 20, you can

[01:39:14] roll damage against You mean the nat one. The nat one, sorry, yeah. You can roll damage against Wayne. Since you're shooting in that vicinity. Yeah. I do have the precise shot feat, but that makes it so I don't take negatives in the first place. That doesn't negate negatives, or ones, obviously. Yeah. Alright, so yeah, sorry Quinn. Oopsies. Do it, Justin,

[01:39:43] I'm here to see you. Five damage. I'm still alive. Okay. Ow! Somehow. You also get to roll damage for the monster, too. Oh, I already did that. What was the four? Four? I hurt you more than the monster. Shockingly, this 2,000 RPM hyperburst, one of them hit you.

[01:40:13] I'm sure that was dead. Okay. It must have been right beside you. Oh, no, that was not It was like just coming down to get you. No. And like the first one like clips your ear and then the other two go in and hit you the monster. You don't trump me. You mean the billionaire? Yeah. Oh, sorry. I'm like out of Home Alone 2. Yeah. Yeah.

[01:40:43] But yeah, so you don't actually kill the wasp creature but you do manage to like wound it more. Yeah. Alright, and then next up is Simon. Oh, shit. I rolled my damage wrong. I just realized that it's 2d6 per shot. It is. Which means that, okay. I didn't know. Should we roll it? Alright, well then it would have taken both of

[01:41:12] these, which was 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 total. That kills it. Okay. You did kill it. Unfortunately. You didn't manage to kill it. Roll 2d6 plus 1 to fight you as well. Wait, do I only need to throw? No, he's right. Because each 1, guys? Wow, I rolled 2 1s. Snake eyes. So that's I'm still alive. It's 4 damage though, actually. No, wait, no. It's 3 damage. Oh, I'm down. Yes, because

[01:41:42] that's 1 bullet. I'm down. That's 0. Okay, hang on. So 0. So 0, you are still conscious. Okay. But you can only hang on, guys, because also, not to cut you off, but his, did you erase the damage that he incurred before? Or is that game? You can get it for the same attack twice. Yeah. Sorry, not to cut you off. So I had a, he hit me with 5. Erase that 5. Yeah, erase that 5 first.

[01:42:11] Oh, okay. So 8. Okay. So I have 4. Oh, 10. Sorry, Aaron. I knew, I saw, I realized like he might be like adding extra damage. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. So, okay. I don't even know. What were you going to say, though, Aaron? We're interested in what you're going to say. It doesn't matter. Yeah, but it's good information to have for the folks at home. Shh. Information's killing us. You look really disappointed that you didn't get to say it. I am. Then say it. It's over now. I want to know. I really want to know. Oh, no.

[01:42:41] We're moving on. Let's move on. Alright. Simon. Okay. I'm going to kill the GM. I rolled an 18 on the first attack. Okay. That hits. Yep.

[01:43:12] So that's going to be 15 points of piercing damage to the motherfucker who just tried to slash me. That dies. Okay. Now I'm going to swing my shotgun around and go for somebody else. There is nobody else. Oh, yeah. There's only two of Wayne. I'm going for the GM. Yeah. You look around. All right. Where's the next one? You can see off in the distance the four that are

[01:43:40] still by the pile with the eggs. they are remaining vigil. No. 45 to hit. All right. Four new enemies. I cannot roll that high. I don't know. You look back and you're like, everything's dead. It's not going to be in front between you guys. Or in front of you and in front of those ones that are standing in the darkness. They're just watching you like protectively

[01:44:08] over the speed clip thingy and rack in four more shells. That hadn't been meant. Apparently they've been doing that for a long time. I already pulled out a mag from a G11. Shh. They pulled into like a arrow from a quiver. You all hear a gurgling death knell of Jessica. Oh, yeah. Jessica has a reloaded cool.

[01:44:42] Who has medical training? I know I do. Jessica did. Fuck. I have a six on heel. What does everyone else have? Three. What would you weigh? Hold on. Two. I'll roll. I'll do it. I'll do it. You pull out the emergency first aid kit. Yep. I actually made sure to take one. Does that give bonuses or anything? Sorry? Does the first aid kit

[01:45:12] give bonuses or anything? I don't think so. No. Okay. It just lets you do it? Yeah. Quick plug or dash. Can you perform mouth to mouth on an open wound? Fifteen. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. Oh, God. Oh, actually, no. Hang on. Hang on. Take this fifteen. All right.

[01:45:41] Oh, if characters have negative hit points and is losing hit points for a round, you can stabilize it. Okay, yeah, on fifteen, yeah, you stabilize the wounds. You're like wrapping, applying pressure and just like, yeah. Live, damn it, live! Yeah. What does that mean for... So Jessica is now at like, what, minus nine? But it's stabilized. But it's stabilized. It will not be incurring any more damage. Oh, so my

[01:46:11] roll didn't actually wake her up or heal her? No, it just heals her. It just stabilizes her. Oh, okay. I'm just no longer actively bleeding to death. That's good. But still unconscious. Yeah. And the wall is still solid. Great. Okay. All right. Who's next in line for command of the squad? Call not it.

[01:46:40] I guess. I guess it is you. Cool. What are we doing, boss? Can I make a suggestion, boss? Yeah, you can make a suggestion. We got a guy with a pipe bomb. I saw it. He had a pipe bomb on him. There's a wall there. It was pretty thin coming in. Maybe we should just blow it up and we should get the fuck out. Definitely try. Fuck yeah. Okay. I'll investigate the wall. See if I think that'll work with them collapsing the structure since, you know, I'm blue collar so obviously I know how to build things.

[01:47:10] Yeah, this alien pyramid. You knock on it, it definitely sounds like you can hear the... It's just like building with oak back home. Yeah, roll the change. Intelligence based. Plus two. 19. Yeah. Yeah, you're pretty sure like this stone material.

[01:47:40] You're like hitting it, you definitely hear like it's thinner than when you try the walls on the inside of the pyramid, like the hallway. And those are solid and deeper. That one, you can definitely hear an echo that indicates a thinnerness of that one. Thinnerness. Yes, a thinnerness. Yes. It's an architectural term. Oh, that's a good idea. You trust me, I have a talent.

[01:48:17] Pick it up. You can do next two racial bones. My construction works. Oh, that's horrible. Anyway. Chimita, he's thin, chimita. But yeah, so you think like an explosive would definitely be crumless. All right. Set your bomb here-ish. Okay. Blow this shit up. Fuck yeah, I do it. Don't tell me to it. All right, I'll roll your demolitions roll. Oh yeah, plug your ears, this shit's gonna

[01:48:47] be loud. Oh yeah. Oh yeah, also remember, you almost got snapped by something out there, so we need to immediately get the cover. Not that there's any out there. Uh, 17. Okay, yeah, you guys get back in, like get back away, like it's a 30 foot like tunnel, a hallway. You get back down, you're probably keeping your guns on those ones that are staying vigilant in the center of the main chamber. They are not attacking, but they are just guarding.

[01:49:16] But you guys like kind of hug the walls as then so there's a boom in that corridor and more rubble and like phosphorescent ichor and insect body part like material flies out and like kind of just like rolls out of the hole, the hallway. Yeah! And you see light beyond, so you can see like the light of the outdoors and like the sound of the cold wind blowing in. Okay, I guess I will stow my shotgun and fireman

[01:49:46] carry Jessica. Okay. Since I'm carrying something now I guess I have to switch to my sidearm. Because that's how things work in Helldivers. Of course. So your sidearm is your saber obviously. Oh, yeah, in this case you're a saber. Yeah. Alright, and here you guys are basically just trying to run I guess to the ATV. Yes. Or the large, I don't know, would that still be an ATV? I guess it would still be an L-T-U-TV. A U-TV, yeah.

[01:50:18] What does mean? Ultimate train vehicle. Hell yeah. Utility train. You, maybe. You guys hike out there, holy crap it's cold, like they're getting a temperature difference. I like when he's like that. 20 degrees Celsius to minus. Ultramarine train vehicle. Actually, you guys get outside, it's darker outside, almost like the sun's starting to set, and it is now minus 20 outside. So it's dropping in temperature. Okay. Does I actually need anybody notes? I'll turn on

[01:50:47] my powered socks. Nice. So the three of you that are still awake, make a spot check. Get the spot check. Spot check. As you guys get to the YouTube. Oh, not one. Nothing. Oh, well, one, eight. Right? Yeah, but it's not, though. Yeah, but we discussed that. It doesn't matter. It doesn't work for skill checks.

[01:51:18] really? For attacks. Okay. Total of nine. 13. So, Chris, roll a reflex. Oh, no, I didn't see. Reflex, that's, reflex is saving throw. Saving throw, yeah. Oh, okay. You haven't done a saving throw yet. Nice, 22. Cool. you feel, like, you, like, instinctively feel, like, the hairs on the back of your neck, like, go up, it's like, shit, and you

[01:51:48] just instinctively, like, reflexively duck as something large swoops past you, and you all suddenly see this thing swooping by. It is like one of the wasps, but it is double the size. Oh. It is a bigger, like, fully grown version, perhaps, coming, swinging around, coming in for another pass. Can you like, you guys are getting to the ATV? Can you like, can the pedal go further in? We're not at the ATV. Oh, fuck, we're about it. This happened as you guys arrived.

[01:52:17] As we did. So you have to get him, or you get Jessica put into the, like, get her positioned on there and strapped in, and then get on the ATV. It's time to evac this shit's foobar. Yep. Yep. Yep. I'm going to put some rounds at this thing. Sure. just to try to piss it off? No, I wanted to think about coming back. Oh, faster. Do you want to try my skeet gun? Skeet, skeet, skeet?

[01:52:47] Skeet gun? Yeah. I mean, yeah, I probably should. Not that it'll help my roll, but it makes sense in the canon of this game right now. Yeah. Well, I mean, it's a flying thing, so why the hell that? So it falls under multi-shot, so you get two attacks at minus two. How does it multi-shot? Just because it's shotgun? Or because any gun can have a multi-shot? Because it's semi-auto shotgun, so it gets multi-shot. Yeah, it's not a shotgun, it's just a bang,

[01:53:18] bang, bang, bang shotgun. Oh, so if I put my assault on semi, I can still shoot twice with no negative? Yeah. Oh. Or I can do, oh, so on burst I can shoot twice two bursts actually, because burst isn't a full round action, but the full auto one is. So I think I could do double burst. Is it four shots? But the negative is I'm wasting more ammo when it's harder to hit. Yes. Yes. Okay, either way, I'm shooting it twice. Okay.

[01:53:52] It's bigger, so its AC should be shittier. You would think. But this is called Cthulhu, so. Yeah. 12? 12 is not enough. How close is it? It is probably within about 30, 40 feet above you guys. Oh, God. So 30 feet? Yeah. It's about 30 feet. So you get that plus one. Yeah, it does not. No, no. That's only 14, right? Plus the laser sight on my shotgun. That's true. Plus one. You got some heat seeking shot in it as well. He's trying to find a way to have importance of the importance.

[01:54:24] A little bit of turkey. This is third edition. We get potuses from Africa. It's a Tuesday, so that's an extra point. The creature is approaching you guys from the sun's away from it. It's got full view. It's also a full moon, and that's within my luck horoscope. Rocks fall, you'll die. Planet was

[01:54:53] right on the cusp of a supernova. I was going to die anyway, it's fine. That was about two shots, right? Yeah. Okay. Wait, did you roll them separately or together? I rolled them at the same time. I said the one that was the highest and that missed. So, ship. My shotgun, I'm not used to it. Sorry. I should let you shoot. I'll hand it back to you and pick up your Okay, I'll just shoot it out the window one-handed. Also, roll your driving at minus two.

[01:55:24] Okay. Get a plus seven. Do you have the drive-by feet? No. Because you need the drive-by feet. It's a good thing you didn't get a nat one because then you would have fell in the snow. I'm sure that I don't need the drive-by feet. I'm sure that the penalties just really suck. that's what it is. the penalties suck. You make your shotgun pick up the two empty shells and hand them to you. This is on the floor of the UTV. No, it's outside.

[01:55:54] We're in the UTV. You guys are loading Jessica in as this thing's flying away and I'm going pow, pow. outside. I thought we were already moving. I will say at this point you've gotten her strapped in and you guys all hop in after the fatal shotgun blast. Roll your drive. Okay. 17. 17? Okay.

[01:56:24] You make it out of the town in quotes of spires. crash through a couple of the desiccated and frozen corpses. This thing is just keeping up flying overhead and getting ready to swoop down on you guys. I assume this vehicle probably isn't fully encased. I don't know what is it. No, it's not.

[01:56:55] Okay. But it does have a deployable rocket pod. So that's good. It does not have that. However, it is going to. And we work for the shittiest paramilitary organization ever. Our vehicle. Okay. You remember the Aurelia song? He's got that little UTV drives around wherever it is. It was one of those. So everybody except for Jessica,

[01:57:25] do you want to keep the initiatives from previous or do you want to roll the initiatives? I mean because you guys will be in the ATV for trying to run this thing to out. I probably keep in mind just because I did so good on it, but that seems like cheating. What is the size? 17. 17? It's okay, the same. All right. Damn it.

[01:57:55] 26. 11. Okay. Jessica, I'm just going to cross it. Yeah. So, well, no, Jessica still has to be in the initiative. Oh, no, she's stable. Yep. Okay. Looks like a hit again. So, top of the round, Wayne, you are, you can see this

[01:58:25] thing, like, the vehicle doesn't have a roof necessarily, so this thing could get at you guys, so it's starting to swoop down. Oh, I'm going to shoot it, for sure. 17. 17, we'll hit. Yes, sweet. So, you're a slightly sleuthy hot girl. Yeah. His character's name is Wayne. Yeah. I should've been dairy. The letter can he

[01:58:55] damn it? Oh, then you could've been squirrelly Dan. Yeah. You could've been Dan. Yeah. Hey, sorry, what was that, Chris? Seven damage. Seven damage. All right, we'll do that. It's not enough to kill it, but it is, you definitely took a chunk out of it. Wouldn't it be no one, no one? Fucking that. Right? Can he shoot again? Can he shoot again with the revolver? Yeah, you can get multi-shot with revolvers. Okay. As long as they're double

[01:59:24] action. But he doesn't have the feats for it, so his penalties would be insane. Yeah. Simon, what are you doing? I'm driving evasively. Okay, roll drive. I'll say this will give you guys a bonus against your ACs. That's an 18. 18. Okay. Yeah, you guys, I will also clear my notes here that you guys have... Wait, we have a plus two to our AC.

[01:59:54] Right now, because of evasive driving. I'm also going to pull my shield out and use it as like a window. Or a lack thereof. Because there's no window. Oh, yeah. All right. We're using it in front of you just because snow hitting you in the face or something. No, I'm sure it has a windshield. It might not. This is pretty shady stuff we're getting. The best thing we've been given is G11s. I mean, I do love Benelli M4.

[02:00:24] Wayne, one of the attacks manages to actually clip off part of its claw on the ATVs bar, one of the bars or something on the ATV. Smokes your roll cage. However, it does manage to get a claw attack in. Oh. And does hit you. So you take six slashing damage. So I'm now at minus two health. Okay.

[02:00:54] Damn. I'm going to go ahead. Your seat belted in and it's like, oh. Wayne, no. And next up is Calvith. I will shoot with bullets. It's right there in your faces. I go full meek. It looks like one of its claws was ripped off when it was slashing at Wayne. And that's embedded in the side of the car. Okay. Full auto G11 right in his face. I get no

[02:01:24] benefit from him being literally right in my face. I did. Is there a feat for like getting even more of a for like range purposes? It's called shot. Those are all bad. They're all bad. They're all bad. How? My best one is the gods want us to die. They do. They really do.

[02:01:53] 14 is my best. That is not enough. Somehow I went full auto with 10 bullets and missed. I'm just about to unload into one and then like the UTV hits a bump and it's like into the sky. It could have worked. guys got like that's what was like just straight both him and I. If we do make it through the portal maybe three of us will be like in

[02:02:26] round. So you are about a third of the way there. You got one more round after this to get to the gate. And top of the round is Wayne. I'm unconscious. your four so I take one more day. You're negative what? Three now. Okay. Simon. I'm going to continue to

[02:02:56] drive evasively. This will maintain 14 plus 7 is 21. Okay. You maintain the plus 2 to your ACs. Next up is going to be the megawasp. It is going to target Calvin. Oh okay. Something's actually going to target me. 14 will not

[02:03:28] got one attack because it lost the second attack with its claw. Awesome. That's cool. I'm going to shoot it with bullets. I'll try my best. Maybe we should not do a whole burst and take extra negatives. Stormtrooper to a little bit. How big is the magazine on these things? 40. Okay. How much you got left?

[02:03:57] Well, we didn't talk about how many mags we had. I assume I had at least one more reload mag. The two of you reloaded You guys weren't going to the last box. You were doing expeditionary things. Realistically, you probably have like two reloads, I'm assuming. Minimum. I'm not using that plug! This is like turning into like fog beat and FG1 is kind of like Star Wars SG-1 meets

[02:04:25] Michael 13, where they just send that guy out to die in the different alien so they can learn from his mistakes. Okay. So, um... We only get to follow SG-1, like a flagship team. Do you know how many gate teams they probably lost over the course of that series? Oh yeah, absolutely. From black holes, alien parasites, diseases, Jaffa. So many Jaffa. Space syphilis. Replicators.

[02:04:56] 21 for one hit. That'll hit. Okay. 16 for the other one? 16? Yes. You'll hit. Okay, cool. Double hit. So yeah, that's two bursts. And each burst does two damage. So that's... One and two. Okay. So I've used bullet dice for shooting bullets. Makes more sense. Those are all bad.

[02:05:26] These two are okay. These ones were three, I think. They rolled. They rolled. I saw that they were both threes. Maybe you shouldn't use those dice. Well, no, it's fine. It's just because it's sitting on my lap and I should have left on the floor. Regardless. He's obviously within a range. Within 30 feet, rather. So that's... Two. So that gets plus one. That gets plus one. 18. My favorite number.

[02:05:58] Never illegal. Total of 19 damage. 19 damage? Yes. You kill it. The bullets just pepper it pretty neatly. And then it just kind of like... Falls off the... Where it was clinging onto the bars and the shell of the ATV. It just kind of falls off. Goes under one of the wheels. And it just like tumbles.

[02:06:25] It just eats snow and dirt. Nice. Just eats shit. Yeah. So yeah, you killed the megawasp. I did it! Yep. I did it! Simon! Or Wayne, I did it! Uh-oh, Wayne. Wayne! A lot of blood... A lot of red color in the snow. I'm going to pull the car over real quick. Okay. And then get out and grab my rope and go tie it around the neck of that wasp and then to the bumper of the car. Nice. Honestly, not a bad idea.

[02:06:55] We're bringing back a sample. Yeah. The best sample I could find. While you're doing that, I will roll a heel on Mr. Guy that's bleeding up. Right meow? No. That's not very good. Uh... Nine? Nine. Nine? Nine is not enough, I don't think. No, nine is definitely not enough. So he is doomed to die. Okay. Um...

[02:07:24] And I did say he'll take another round. So, uh, Chris, when you get back in or somebody wants to roll a percentile for him? Dave, roll my percentile! He's still bleeding out. Just a die ten. In his tray. Oh, good. If he rolls one, he stabilizes. Don't worry, I always roll low. Eight. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Uh... God damn it. Yeah.

[02:07:53] All right, so, uh, he takes a... Yeah, so he's, uh, lost another hit point of damage. Can I try heal again? I mean, how does that work? No, you can't. Okay. You run out of bandages, basically. Yeah. Um... We'll be fine with the... And, uh, you get to... But you manage to get back to the gate. Uh, it is still, like, it's not active. Uh, but you do recall your, like, you guys get some training on, like, how to activate it. Okay, I'll punch the thing on Jessica's chest. Yeah. Uh, it does require blood, no. It is actually a book.

[02:08:21] If you do that, I'll get the hearthstone off of her and try that. Yeah, you get the hearthstone, basically. I'm just glad that you didn't roll with that. Oh, you know what? I'm also gonna reach into Jessica's purse and, uh, find a, uh, tampon. And then, uh, jam it into, uh, Wayne's... Injury and just plug it. I know that that, like... That that is an actual thing you can do. You're both... Yeah, I know that that's actually not you being vulgar.

[02:08:49] That is actually a tactic against bleeping out. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Yeah. Actually, I think I'm pretty sure that was used... That's used in the nose, right? Well, no, that's what the original purpose was. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They were supposed to plug bloodshot wounds, but apparently a gash works as well. That was the original purpose of it? Apparently, team leads God is not fucking shark week over here. God. Um...

[02:09:14] So, yeah, you guys, uh, yeah, you, you, uh, Calvin, you go and grab the, uh, the medallion, uh, off of, uh, off of Jessica. Mm-hmm. Um, and you, like, alright, we'll just put it here, and over here, and then you run over to the other side, and over here, and as soon as you do, you hear that, you hear that whispering, actually, as from the gates. Yeah. Uh, and then, basically, it begins from, from the three points, like the, uh, two at the

[02:09:38] base, and the one at the top, it begins flooding in fog and mist into the, uh, into the, um, the archway, uh, itself. Mm. It's breaking out a little bit, but it doesn't get very far out from the, the actual archway. Uh, and it's there, it's ready, it's prime, ready to go. Okay. Time to get the fuck out of here before, um, Wayne bleeds out. Okay. Okay. I will drift the car in a circle, and then fire it straight through the gates. Yeah.

[02:10:07] Um, you, you do so, um, everybody who's awake and cognizant to roll a sand check. Okay. You don't have to roll me. You're fine. You're, you're dead. Where's your, triple zero. Triple zero? Okay. What does that mean? Zero. I think that's aught zero. Oh no, triple zero. Okay, so, normal. That's a hundred. No. No, not in this case. Oh. It is not a hundred in this case.

[02:10:36] What is it then? It is zero. I rolled zero? Yes. Within the scope of this game, it actually says this in the rules, is that you can only roll zero to ninety-nine. Gotcha. Okay. So that's a, so that's a nat on. Yes. So you don't hear any whispers. You're like, you pass through the fog and you're, within seconds, you're within a second, you are, you see, you're suddenly rushing into the, the command, onto the command platform. Mm-hmm.

[02:11:04] Where the, or onto the, into the gate platform where like the turrets are there. It's like, oh, what? It's like, hold your fire. It says, says, command of hammer. Mm-hmm. As they come in. And then, um. I rolled a double oh nine. Yeah. You're, you're fine. Calvin is so sane. He decides not to go with that ninety-nine CD bundle. Yeah. For a penny. Yeah. Yeah. Um. He did not join Columbia record. Uh, do you, I would like you since you are just like, like zero to sixty through the

[02:11:32] gate, uh, do roll a drive to break and not everything in the room? Okay. To, to not crash head on into the, uh, the, the, the, the safety wall? Nah, we all died. Twenty-six. Oh man, I kinda wanted us to just like, yeah, we made it. I mean, it's twenty-six, so it's whatever I intend. Drive test dummies just, that's true.

[02:12:00] Yeah, no, you, you, you, urrrr, you, Akira, Akira slide right into the, uh, into the, uh, into the main, uh, barricade wall. Um. The turrets, like, they, they, they hold, like, they, they stop, um, like, let go of the handles, like, not to fire any of that. And then, as you. They deploy back into their hell pods. Yeah. Uh, and then as that's going on, the rope that you had that was, like, latched onto the, the wasker, the wasker just comes barreling over you guys and splats onto the, onto the,

[02:12:29] onto the, of the, of the main visor window, observation window of, of FG Command. And there's, like, a, like a bug on a, uh, with, Commander Hammer just sitting there cross-arms. Bleh! It's set. Petonius is like, oh, I mean, I'll be right back. And he starts walking over to the exit to go, ah, Perry Tonyson. I gotcha. Uh, it's, it's Petonius, but yes, I would love this, uh, this is a very interesting specimen. Uh, and then, at that point the gate closes.

[02:12:56] Uh, and, and Commander Hammer is, like, Hammer, Commander Hammer is just like, alright guys, uh, good job, uh, medics. Yeah, can we get a medic here? And yeah, medics are brought in and you guys are. Help me! Uh, and you guys, uh, you should debrief, um, uh, what do you, what do you, uh, like, they do have your, uh, your body cam information and some of that. Mm-hmm. But, like, yeah, they want, like a, like a report, so, like, what do you guys, uh, fill them out on? Well?

[02:13:24] Basically everything, like, when I went through, I heard voices. When I was about to leave, I heard voices. Don't shoot me. I'm not, I'm not insane. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Uh, yeah. There was a weird wall that we can go through and then we couldn't go through it. Ah, it was a nanite, perhaps nanite technology or some kind of phase, phase glyphs, perhaps? Maybe, who knows. Maybe, who knows. I don't know.

[02:13:49] Actually make a, uh, you, uh, as you guys were running out, it was a bit harrowing, uh, but the two of you that are still conscious, because the others are going to be sent to sick bay. Yeah. Uh, or med bay. Uh, roll a, uh, just a base intelligence save. 18? Okay. 14. Alright, I'll actually say this is most for, um, uh, uh, Kelvin.

[02:14:17] Uh, you do recall when you looked back at the pyramid as you guys were, like, making your escape, like you were looking, like, watching and stuff, you did notice the glyph above where you guys blew through the pyramid, into the pyramid, uh, was no longer glowing. Okay. So, perhaps, like, the, uh, the sigil is, uh, when the, uh, the wall is, is able to pass through, the sigil activates, or perhaps it was just running out of power and that's why it died.

[02:14:42] In fact, you're wondering, maybe all those, how those buildings, those structures, had these, like, phase, these, uh, these, uh, these, uh, this, like, solid pass system. It's weird that they would have, like, that kind of advanced technology, but they had a knife like this, as they, like, have the, uh, like, claw knife. I mean, it's cool. I would make one too. Yeah, you guys, oh, yes, this is a very fun question. Uh, perhaps, this is the time, obviously.

[02:15:08] Uh, perhaps, uh, they weren't the original, uh, occupiers of the, uh, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of those structures. Perhaps they were just a, uh, they were the, uh, a, a, a remnant civilization, or it was a post-apocalyptic civilization, uh, like, situation. Or, perhaps they were merely a, um, a secondary species that existed on the planet. I mean, they're all, they seem to have been heralded by this, uh, this predatory species. Yeah. That's like Haitians moving into Toronto Pondos. Ha! Ha! Ha!

[02:15:39] Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Yeah, so the, um- You're not wrong. Ha! Ha! So, yeah, the, uh, the mission was- I mean, you guys collected a bunch of samples, and they're very pleased with that, and, uh, your, your two comrades where are currently in Med-Vay, they will be, um, um, uh, they will be healed up with the best, uh, and Bryce, uh, that the, uh, that the group has to offer. Mm-hmm.

[02:16:07] Uh, and you guys will be ready to go, uh, in no time, uh, to back out into the, uh, back out into the fog. I'm sorry? Yeah. I'm sorry. We did our job, sir. Well, as for your contract, it's the NDAs and the binding contract that you are working with us and exploring new civilizations and whether they be extinct or not out in the vastness of the cosmos. We'd have some downtime in between. Oh, there will be some downtime.

[02:16:36] We'll take some time for those friends. We'll have like three hours of downtime. It'll certainly be more. Yeah, you won't be going like today. The commander is like, yeah, you're not leaving today. Go rest up. You've got a couple of days. Great. But then we're sending you back out there. Cool, because I need to get some new kit. Yeah, I have a very important question though. Dude, we level up. And that's right. This is Grumblehammer FG1.

[02:17:06] Perhaps if we run this again next time, you guys will actually be kitted up with a Grumblehound. Hell yeah. Now that you guys have survived the first mission. And yeah, so comments, questions, Justin, how do you guys like this? They hurt. They're scary. It's lethal, man. I really miss being a bee. Yeah, would you cry? Something you have fear of death. Yeah. Yeah, I do miss being able to turn into a bear

[02:17:35] where I have an extra pool of hit points. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that was a lot. That was actually pretty fun. Just like seeing you guys squirm. I kind of wanted to advance further and see what the loud thumping noise was in there. Because I'm assuming that was like a boss entity of some kind one way or another. No, it was the Guardian ones. Yeah. The ones that were watching vigil over. They were moving on their...

[02:18:05] Oh, I thought that there was like different ones in there as well. I kind of wanted to break the eggs and steal one. Yeah. That would have been a clusterfuck. Probably. Yeah. I'm sorry, throwing me a little wallet. I realized like, oh man, I found like six or seven of them. Holy shit. What's the stats that I think? Oh. Well then. Well, I'm sure they can deal with this creature. Anyway, I borrowed the stats off another thing. But like I just, yeah, it's a decent stat for an alien boss creature.

[02:18:33] It was about as dangerous as you could have done it without a party wipe. Yeah. If there's one extra guy... It was almost a party wipe. Like I almost got half of you guys. Yeah. Shockingly, they just never cared enough to hit me. No. Like I somehow got out of there unscathed. I was rolling like a die four to see who was going to get hit. And it just, nothing ever landed on you. Which also kind of made sense because you were in behind everybody else. Like you were... Yeah. You were like the farthest away from them. I was also making the most noise though.

[02:19:03] But I don't know. These alien wasps, make them giant immediately. Yes. So if there's nothing else to be said, we'll talk to you all next time. All right? Goodbye. Bye. Goodbye. Goodbye.