Timestamps #1 0:00:00 Start 0:00:15 Announcements 0:02:41 Character Building Question 0:05:04 CURTAINS OPEN: Once upon a time... 0:07:43 SCENE BEGINS: enter stage left, Blandon and Kuuvalo 0:12:37 Meeting Kuuvalo 0:14:54 Meeting Blandon 0:18:01 Approaching Dreadport, with smiles to a Tabaxi man guarding the road 0:19:43 THE FIRST ROLL, made by Kuuvalo with Blandon's help 0:23:13 The Hook & Falchion 0:23:54 ... Immediately interrupted by a connection issue 😭 0:25:02 Dreadport's dreadful port, and The Gluttony 0:27:21 Perico Enterprise's ship 0:29:14 Kuuvalo meets a potential new friend 😊 0:32:52 Blandon's Life Lesson #1: Don't call them that. 0:34:13 Braum's Boozehall 0:35:14 Blandon's Life Lesson #2: Watch out for pickpockets. If you're bumped by someone, grab their arm to make sure they didn't take anything. 0:37:20 Entering Braum's Boozehall
Timestamps #2 0:38:14 SCENE CHANGE: enter stage right, Samuel 0:42:43 Meeting Samuel, and his beachside shack 0:46:48 Guided by dreams... 0:48:36 Samuel's first roll, scoping out Dreadport at midday, keeping an eye out for travelers through the docks 0:50:41 Entering The Hook & Falchion 0:51:29 Samuel greets Starcatcher, a Tabaxi bartender at the Hook & Falchion, asking about tremors and travelers 0:53:49 Montse saves Mason's DnD books from their cat, Bandit 😭 while Samuel reclaims money that was never spent in his dream 0:56:20 JUMPSCARE WARNING 0:57:39 Samuel eats his favorite part of a meal first 0:58:46 Samuel spots Dario, a Human man, who appears to be the only traveler around. 1:00:27 Samuel greets Dario with an ale 1:01:54 Dario explains who he is: a recruitment officer for Perico Enterprise, which Samuel doesn't recognize 1:02:47 Dario gives Samuel his best (?) recruitment pitch. Gods help him. 1:05:22 Y'all, do NOT go to The Leaky Bucket! 😭😭😭 Its got like 2 stars on Yelp and they WILL throw their latrine bucket on you 1:07:24 Samuel convinces Dario to join him as he heads to Braum's, introducing themselves to each other 1:09:29 Braum, whose name stands for "Braum's Really All aboUt fishiMg!" 1:11:01 Alfonso, a half-orc man and Braum's main bartender 1:12:57 Samuel asks Alfonso about any departing sailors, hearing about one new group of questionably-skilled sailors, as well as the month-long absence of the Sea Barons 1:15:49 An hour of drinking with Dario, who is surprisngly amiable, if not a bit stilted regarding his job 1:16:41 The first sounding of the bells... 1:17:39 Barons' Court, and Barons' Stand 1:19:12 Mad-Eyes, Sea Baron of Dreadport 1:21:53 Samuel suggests a plan to Dario: "Barons' Sloppy Seconds" 1:23:28 Samuel and Dario return to The Hook & Falchion 1:26:00 A mysterious red-haired teenage girl, mogged by Mad-Eyes' Tabaxi crewmate before she gets to their captain 1:27:50 "What are you doing at our table?" 😭
Timestamps #3 1:29:33 SCENE CHANGE: re-enter stage left, Brandon and Kuuvalo 1:29:58 Entering Braum's, the two meet Alfonso 1:31:53 Blandon's Life Lesson #3: 1 gold is a bit too much for stew. 1:33:23 Tallis, mysterious benefactor, enters Braum's 1:34:42 "So you see, that's where the trouble started. That nod. That damned nod." 1:36:33 Blandon's Life Lesson #4: Miss Kuuvalo probably reads too much. 1:37:44 Blandon's Life Lesson #5: Bringing people a drink might help make a good impression. 1:38:31 Meeting Tallis Ainsley, and getting a closer look 1:41:07 Tallis asks Blandon and Kuuvalo where they're from... 1:42:57 And then, what they're looking for. Blandon replies that he'd like to hear if there's news from Varona... 1:43:36 and Kuuvalo asks about earthquakes they felt. Tallis explains Malacath's Crater to them 1:45:54 Tallis begins his pitch, ranting about how much cooler Dreadport folk are... 1:48:09 Tallis' job 1:48:55 And the promised reward... "Two hundred gold and a free getaway are yours, if you help me out." 1:49:31 Kuuvalo asks about Tallis' target, a "blue-colored stone." 1:50:26 "A Julian stone." (Like King Julian.) 1:52:07 Watching for eavesdroppers before they get more details, and noticing a shorter cloaked figure watching them... 1:53:23 Kuuvalo remembers that she is chaperoning Blandon 😅 1:54:45 "Could we back out at this point?" 1:56:05 Kuuvalo teaches Blandon about Fey honesty 1:58:29 DISCORD AUDIO ISSUES Blandon and Kuuvalo return to hear Tallis out 1:58:58 Spell scroll 🤤 1:59:37 AUDIO ISSUES FADE 2:00:22 Blandon asks about backup from Tallis, leading to a brief yet important explanation of a part the Dread Code 2:01:42 Kuuvalo consults her magical tome 2:03:06 Who would be upset by the job 2:03:45 The job's timeframe. 2:04:25 Counting votes for taking the job, then 2:04:40 Will Tallis "come back to bite"? 2:05:12 Blandon makes his first roll, trying to get his best read on Tallis while Kuuvalo is hypnotized by the spell scroll being offered. 2:06:07 Kuuvalo asks her final question before they accept: who is the job being done for? 2:07:10 A commotion and a discreet handoff of the scroll, as Blandon and Kuuvalo accept the job. 2:08:34 Blandon's Life Lesson #5: "Luck is real; it's always listening." Also, defenestration is a valid means of leaving a building.
Timestamps #4 2:09:21 SCENE CHANGE: enter stage right, Gaia, Maggie, and Nico 2:10:54 The trio recall their settings: two cells onboard a ship (the Gluttony, unnamed as of yet), previously guarded by a man named Guy 2:11:47 Nico's first roll, trying yet failing to break free from his restraints, which were both tied loosely and in front of his body 2:12:43 Maggie's first roll, likewise trying yet failing to help Nico break free with her hands bound behind her back 2:14:30 Gaia's first roll, trying and succeeding to break free from her own bonds in her seperate cage. Thus commences Dope Monk Shit. 2:15:17 "Whoa." "That was so badass! You could do that the whole time?" "We've been sitting here for like twenty minutes!" "What the hell?" "Why didn't you do that earlier?" 😭 2:16:13 Gaia frees Nico from his bonds, who frees Maggie. Thus begins their misadventures... 2:17:09 Mason reminds the trio of their prison's magic-punishing enchantment as they consider their options 2:19:13 Maggie's Sorcerous Burst triggers Poison damage 2:22:06 Daniel asks if he should begin introducing his character, but Brenna suggests they wait till the group meets the other Player Characters to keep us in suspense :P 2:22:32 Nico punches the same cage's lock with his Arcane Gauntlets 2:24:58 Gaia gives her separate cage's lock a solid punch, but it fails to damage it 2:26:12 She follows up by focusing to channel her Elemental Attunement, punching their damaged lock with an Acid blast to finish it off. 2:28:19 Maggie casts Sorcerous Burst twice on Gaia's cage lock 2:29:25 Brenna informs the rest of the players how poorly their Session -1 went 😅 and Nico tries to follow up by casting Magic Missile on the lock 2:30:31 Gaia mercifully finishes her lock with another Acid punch, finally freed 2:31:06 They scope out the rest of the room before listening at a door together 2:32:52 Gaia points out that she should leave their prison first, and the trio continue their escape 2:33:29 The rest of the deck 2:34:47 Gaia takes point leading the group out of their room...
Timestamps #5 2:35:05 SCENE CHANGE: Samuel, seated with Dario and the fiery-haired youth 2:36:27 "It's about that time." A Tabaxi man leads the rest of Mad-Eyes' crew out of the Hook & Falchion 2:37:54 Dario gives his recruitment pitch to the teen girl... (He sounds like he's in a textbook teaching people to speak English 😭) 2:38:37 Samuel playing the ultimate wingman by giving her this face: O_O 2:39:46 "I'll think about it." 2:40:25 Dario gives them both a carved wooden coin, and informs her that he and his fellow greencoats will be around for 2 days 2:41:35 Samuel and Dario follow Mad-Eyes' crew to The Barons' Court outside 2:41:51 Enter stage left: Blandon and Kuuvalo leave Braum's and join the gathering crowd 2:43:04 Samuel recognizes the occasion: a duel between the Mad-Eyes' Tabaxi man vs. a Human man, with Mad-Eyes herself presiding 2:45:04 Blandon and Kuuvalo position themselves to watch the duel, intrigued (and with Kuuvalo preparing to have the duel sketched) 2:45:46 Mad-Eyes takes the stage 2:48:16 The duel: back-to-back, step 20 paces, turn and shoot, then a fight with blades. Death or surrender 2:48:54 Samuel warns Dario of the crossbow bolts before cheering, and Rose gets confused out-of-character 😭 2:50:39 Kuuvalo barely sees that only the Tabaxi seems to be wearing a blade 2:51:14 The duel begins. 2:53:20 Blades clash. 2:54:44 One falls, and he and the crowd's cheering dies. 2:55:38 Right as Blandon suggests he and Kuuvalo move for The Gluttony, a tremor begins 2:56:44 Samuel tries to reach the injured crowd and help stabilize them. Dario, undaunted by the tremors, starts to lead them 2:57:58 Blandon and Kuuvalo start to move to the docks 2:59:28 Kuuvalo sees a dark-skinned man run for The Gluttony, while his captain Mad-Eyes stands firm with her crew 3:00:24 Samuel, following as Dario looks for a basement in The Hook & Falchion, spots Kuuvalo and Blandon in the crowd 3:01:08 Samuel redirects Dario to the docks, suggesting they get on the water. They follow the strange Elf and Human teen 3:02:31 CURTAINS CLOSE: Intermission.
Timestamps #6 3:03:20 CURTAINS OPEN: Gaia, Maggie, and Nico carefully exit their prison room. 3:03:52 Nico casts Light to help the trio scout out the deck, and all three agree to look for their confiscated belongings 3:06:53 They decide to do a quick and quiet scan of the current room before moving on. Maggie points out that their stuff likely won't be here. 3:08:05 CINNAMON MENTIONED, LET'S GOOOOOOOO 3:09:18 Nothing but footstuffs, raw materials, and potential tradegoods. They investigate the other door 3:09:47 Behind the door, Nico hears someone breathing restfully 3:10:44 The trio decide to head up first 3:11:25 A small room, with a desk, map, barrels and a door 3:12:18 Maggie checks the map, finding nothing immediately helpful, and pockets it 3:14:21 Hearing the commmotion outside, the trio move on. Maggie suspects their things might be in the captain's quarters 3:15:43 A peek at the main deck. They see the running man talk to a pirate woman guarding the ship, panicking over the tremors 3:17:00 The trio discuss their options, spotting a keyring on the woman's side
Timestamps #1
0:00:00 Start
0:00:15 Announcements
0:02:41 Character Building Question
0:05:04 CURTAINS OPEN: Once upon a time...
0:07:43 SCENE BEGINS: enter stage left, Blandon and Kuuvalo
0:12:37 Meeting Kuuvalo
0:14:54 Meeting Blandon
0:18:01 Approaching Dreadport, with smiles to a Tabaxi man guarding the road
0:19:43 THE FIRST ROLL, made by Kuuvalo with Blandon's help
0:23:13 The Hook & Falchion
0:23:54 ... Immediately interrupted by a connection issue 😭
0:25:02 Dreadport's dreadful port, and The Gluttony
0:27:21 Perico Enterprise's ship
0:29:14 Kuuvalo meets a potential new friend 😊
0:32:52 Blandon's Life Lesson #1: Don't call them that.
0:34:13 Braum's Boozehall
0:35:14 Blandon's Life Lesson #2: Watch out for pickpockets. If you're bumped by someone, grab their arm to make sure they didn't take anything.
0:37:20 Entering Braum's Boozehall
Timestamps #2
0:38:14 SCENE CHANGE: enter stage right, Samuel
0:42:43 Meeting Samuel, and his beachside shack
0:46:48 Guided by dreams...
0:48:36 Samuel's first roll, scoping out Dreadport at midday, keeping an eye out for travelers through the docks
0:50:41 Entering The Hook & Falchion
0:51:29 Samuel greets Starcatcher, a Tabaxi bartender at the Hook & Falchion, asking about tremors and travelers
0:53:49 Montse saves Mason's DnD books from their cat, Bandit 😭 while Samuel reclaims money that was never spent in his dream
0:56:20 JUMPSCARE WARNING
0:57:39 Samuel eats his favorite part of a meal first
0:58:46 Samuel spots Dario, a Human man, who appears to be the only traveler around.
1:00:27 Samuel greets Dario with an ale
1:01:54 Dario explains who he is: a recruitment officer for Perico Enterprise, which Samuel doesn't recognize
1:02:47 Dario gives Samuel his best (?) recruitment pitch. Gods help him.
1:05:22 Y'all, do NOT go to The Leaky Bucket! 😭😭😭 Its got like 2 stars on Yelp and they WILL throw their latrine bucket on you
1:07:24 Samuel convinces Dario to join him as he heads to Braum's, introducing themselves to each other
1:09:29 Braum, whose name stands for "Braum's Really All aboUt fishiMg!"
1:11:01 Alfonso, a half-orc man and Braum's main bartender
1:12:57 Samuel asks Alfonso about any departing sailors, hearing about one new group of questionably-skilled sailors, as well as the month-long absence of the Sea Barons
1:15:49 An hour of drinking with Dario, who is surprisngly amiable, if not a bit stilted regarding his job
1:16:41 The first sounding of the bells...
1:17:39 Barons' Court, and Barons' Stand
1:19:12 Mad-Eyes, Sea Baron of Dreadport
1:21:53 Samuel suggests a plan to Dario: "Barons' Sloppy Seconds"
1:23:28 Samuel and Dario return to The Hook & Falchion
1:26:00 A mysterious red-haired teenage girl, mogged by Mad-Eyes' Tabaxi crewmate before she gets to their captain
1:27:50 "What are you doing at our table?" 😭
Timestamps #3
1:29:33 SCENE CHANGE: re-enter stage left, Brandon and Kuuvalo
1:29:58 Entering Braum's, the two meet Alfonso
1:31:53 Blandon's Life Lesson #3: 1 gold is a bit too much for stew.
1:33:23 Tallis, mysterious benefactor, enters Braum's
1:34:42 "So you see, that's where the trouble started. That nod. That damned nod."
1:36:33 Blandon's Life Lesson #4: Miss Kuuvalo probably reads too much.
1:37:44 Blandon's Life Lesson #5: Bringing people a drink might help make a good impression.
1:38:31 Meeting Tallis Ainsley, and getting a closer look
1:41:07 Tallis asks Blandon and Kuuvalo where they're from...
1:42:57 And then, what they're looking for. Blandon replies that he'd like to hear if there's news from Varona...
1:43:36 and Kuuvalo asks about earthquakes they felt. Tallis explains Malacath's Crater to them
1:45:54 Tallis begins his pitch, ranting about how much cooler Dreadport folk are...
1:48:09 Tallis' job
1:48:55 And the promised reward... "Two hundred gold and a free getaway are yours, if you help me out."
1:49:31 Kuuvalo asks about Tallis' target, a "blue-colored stone."
1:50:26 "A Julian stone." (Like King Julian.)
1:52:07 Watching for eavesdroppers before they get more details, and noticing a shorter cloaked figure watching them...
1:53:23 Kuuvalo remembers that she is chaperoning Blandon 😅
1:54:45 "Could we back out at this point?"
1:56:05 Kuuvalo teaches Blandon about Fey honesty
1:58:29 DISCORD AUDIO ISSUES Blandon and Kuuvalo return to hear Tallis out
1:58:58 Spell scroll 🤤
1:59:37 AUDIO ISSUES FADE
2:00:22 Blandon asks about backup from Tallis, leading to a brief yet important explanation of a part the Dread Code
2:01:42 Kuuvalo consults her magical tome
2:03:06 Who would be upset by the job
2:03:45 The job's timeframe.
2:04:25 Counting votes for taking the job, then
2:04:40 Will Tallis "come back to bite"?
2:05:12 Blandon makes his first roll, trying to get his best read on Tallis while Kuuvalo is hypnotized by the spell scroll being offered.
2:06:07 Kuuvalo asks her final question before they accept: who is the job being done for?
2:07:10 A commotion and a discreet handoff of the scroll, as Blandon and Kuuvalo accept the job.
2:08:34 Blandon's Life Lesson #5: "Luck is real; it's always listening." Also, defenestration is a valid means of leaving a building.
Timestamps #4
2:09:21 SCENE CHANGE: enter stage right, Gaia, Maggie, and Nico
2:10:54 The trio recall their settings: two cells onboard a ship (the Gluttony, unnamed as of yet), previously guarded by a man named Guy
2:11:47 Nico's first roll, trying yet failing to break free from his restraints, which were both tied loosely and in front of his body
2:12:43 Maggie's first roll, likewise trying yet failing to help Nico break free with her hands bound behind her back
2:14:30 Gaia's first roll, trying and succeeding to break free from her own bonds in her seperate cage. Thus commences Dope Monk Shit.
2:15:17 "Whoa." "That was so badass! You could do that the whole time?" "We've been sitting here for like twenty minutes!" "What the hell?" "Why didn't you do that earlier?" 😭
2:16:13 Gaia frees Nico from his bonds, who frees Maggie. Thus begins their misadventures...
2:17:09 Mason reminds the trio of their prison's magic-punishing enchantment as they consider their options
2:19:13 Maggie's Sorcerous Burst triggers Poison damage
2:22:06 Daniel asks if he should begin introducing his character, but Brenna suggests they wait till the group meets the other Player Characters to keep us in suspense :P
2:22:32 Nico punches the same cage's lock with his Arcane Gauntlets
2:24:58 Gaia gives her separate cage's lock a solid punch, but it fails to damage it
2:26:12 She follows up by focusing to channel her Elemental Attunement, punching their damaged lock with an Acid blast to finish it off.
2:28:19 Maggie casts Sorcerous Burst twice on Gaia's cage lock
2:29:25 Brenna informs the rest of the players how poorly their Session -1 went 😅 and Nico tries to follow up by casting Magic Missile on the lock
2:30:31 Gaia mercifully finishes her lock with another Acid punch, finally freed
2:31:06 They scope out the rest of the room before listening at a door together
2:32:52 Gaia points out that she should leave their prison first, and the trio continue their escape
2:33:29 The rest of the deck
2:34:47 Gaia takes point leading the group out of their room...
Timestamps #5
2:35:05 SCENE CHANGE: Samuel, seated with Dario and the fiery-haired youth
2:36:27 "It's about that time." A Tabaxi man leads the rest of Mad-Eyes' crew out of the Hook & Falchion
2:37:54 Dario gives his recruitment pitch to the teen girl... (He sounds like he's in a textbook teaching people to speak English 😭)
2:38:37 Samuel playing the ultimate wingman by giving her this face: O_O
2:39:46 "I'll think about it."
2:40:25 Dario gives them both a carved wooden coin, and informs her that he and his fellow greencoats will be around for 2 days
2:41:35 Samuel and Dario follow Mad-Eyes' crew to The Barons' Court outside
2:41:51 Enter stage left: Blandon and Kuuvalo leave Braum's and join the gathering crowd
2:43:04 Samuel recognizes the occasion: a duel between the Mad-Eyes' Tabaxi man vs. a Human man, with Mad-Eyes herself presiding
2:45:04 Blandon and Kuuvalo position themselves to watch the duel, intrigued (and with Kuuvalo preparing to have the duel sketched)
2:45:46 Mad-Eyes takes the stage
2:48:16 The duel: back-to-back, step 20 paces, turn and shoot, then a fight with blades. Death or surrender
2:48:54 Samuel warns Dario of the crossbow bolts before cheering, and Rose gets confused out-of-character 😭
2:50:39 Kuuvalo barely sees that only the Tabaxi seems to be wearing a blade
2:51:14 The duel begins.
2:53:20 Blades clash.
2:54:44 One falls, and he and the crowd's cheering dies.
2:55:38 Right as Blandon suggests he and Kuuvalo move for The Gluttony, a tremor begins
2:56:44 Samuel tries to reach the injured crowd and help stabilize them. Dario, undaunted by the tremors, starts to lead them
2:57:58 Blandon and Kuuvalo start to move to the docks
2:59:28 Kuuvalo sees a dark-skinned man run for The Gluttony, while his captain Mad-Eyes stands firm with her crew
3:00:24 Samuel, following as Dario looks for a basement in The Hook & Falchion, spots Kuuvalo and Blandon in the crowd
3:01:08 Samuel redirects Dario to the docks, suggesting they get on the water. They follow the strange Elf and Human teen
3:02:31 CURTAINS CLOSE: Intermission.
Timestamps #6
3:03:20 CURTAINS OPEN: Gaia, Maggie, and Nico carefully exit their prison room.
3:03:52 Nico casts Light to help the trio scout out the deck, and all three agree to look for their confiscated belongings
3:06:53 They decide to do a quick and quiet scan of the current room before moving on. Maggie points out that their stuff likely won't be here.
3:08:05 CINNAMON MENTIONED, LET'S GOOOOOOOO
3:09:18 Nothing but footstuffs, raw materials, and potential tradegoods. They investigate the other door
3:09:47 Behind the door, Nico hears someone breathing restfully
3:10:44 The trio decide to head up first
3:11:25 A small room, with a desk, map, barrels and a door
3:12:18 Maggie checks the map, finding nothing immediately helpful, and pockets it
3:14:21 Hearing the commmotion outside, the trio move on. Maggie suspects their things might be in the captain's quarters
3:15:43 A peek at the main deck. They see the running man talk to a pirate woman guarding the ship, panicking over the tremors
3:17:00 The trio discuss their options, spotting a keyring on the woman's side