Time's End Tavern: Bad Company - Episode 25

As you walk over to try to get the shackles open, he does kind of recoil and shake as you approach from your touch.

But you do manage to get him unmanacled, and he falls to the floor.

The helmet seems to really be weighing on him.

It's holding his head down.

That also has a locking mechanism on it, and you use a key on that as well.

Or you think you could use a key on it if you wanted to.

No, Rob,

he uses the key on it.

I attempt

to use the key on it.

All right.

Yeah.

So the helmet falls away from his face and he looks, swings his head up.

You see a long hair, scraggly bearded, gnomish man.

Little Leonardo DiCaprio-esque.

Yes.

The gnome in the Iron

Mask.

Right.

Yeah.

When he looks up in the lantern light, you can see his eyes are cloudy white and glowing.

Oh,

he mad.

As he looks around, you do kind of see the kind of dark impression, like the shadow of his pupils kind of floating in and out of his eyes.

Are you okay?

Yeah,

we're here to

help you.

Who else is coughing?

Who are you? We

were sent by, uh, by, uh, fuck, Laren? I whispered to Cass, was that their name again? Yeah, that sounds right.

Yeah, Laren sent us to get you out of here.

Laren is here.

Well, like, not here, but potentially very nearby.

He starts to kind of stagger to his feet.

We need to get to the top of the tower, and then we're going to have an airship come to take us all away.

Tower.

Yeah.

Uh-huh.

Right.

What? What? I hate this character.

Wait, sorry, you were interrupted.

You say something very important.

What? Where am I? Oh, you're in some fucking really dank tower with, like, two guards spaced very evenly, like, all the way down.

Yeah, and there's a whole bunch more above us, so we gotta get moving quick.

Yeah,

we don't have a lot

of time.

Good.

And he just starts staggering forward toward the staircase.

Careful, careful, careful.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, there's something going around.

Do you need some water or anything? Do

you need a lantern?

Uh...

He snatches

the lantern from

you.

Yeah.

He's just walking toward the staircase.

He's not really acknowledging you.

Okay.

Like your initiative.

Yeah.

Let's go.

We're right here.

Oh, we follow him.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay, you're letting

him take point?

Yeah, he seems so cool.

We're just, like, enamored.

How fast is he moving, Rob? Because I might pick him up.

He's not moving that fast.

It seems like he's still trying to get his feet under him.

I just take the initiative to pick him up and put him on my shoulders.

Sorry, dude, we gotta move faster than this.

Totally get it, though.

He looks at you.

He glares at you.

Give me a persuasion check.

So

disrespectful.

You just pick him up.

I can tough talk much better than I can just like be persuasive, but let me see.

Uh, what is actually, what is my, I mean, however you

want to try, try to do it, but you're, he's going to need some,

you get on my shoulders, fucker.

I say, and then I, I craft, uh, Oh, and it's at a minus two.

Cause you're also.

But no, I do assertively pull him up and tell him, get on my shoulders, motherfucker.

And if that does fall into my street justice feet, which is tough talk, which is a creature's hostile attitude, doesn't impose disadvantage on my charisma checks to influence a creature.

Would that count in the situation? That would count, sure.

So in other words, can I do an intimidation check, I guess?

Yeah, if you want to try it

that way.

Respectfully intimidating him.

Yes, I'm respectfully intimidating him.

look you're a real cute little guy

you're

a cute little fucker now get

off my

shoulders it's an 8 altogether look with all due respect I love you and you're pretty cool but fuck you get off my fucking

shoulders you piece of shit wait

what is your intimidation bonus

Just plus two.

So then minus...

Oh, so it negated.

Yeah, exactly.

So I just

got an even eight.

He kills you instantly.

Power would kill.

His head explodes.

Mind

blown.

His head explodes.

Motherfucker.

And you picked him up, right? yeah

i said there's not time we've got to move and i picked him up yes

so yeah um actually with that uh he looks down towards you he places a hand on your forehead and i need you to make an intelligence saving throw oh he's mad

he's

got intelligence he's got a plan

already

how intelligent okay i'm medium intelligence It's a 15.

You take two psychic damage.

And you're holding him.

You say that to him.

Then he just places a hand on your forehead and you just hear, it's like your head is filled with static being punctuated by screaming demons as he places a hand on your forehead.

But you're still running with him upstairs.

Now you're just screaming bloody

murder the whole time.

Yeah, pupils have gone white.

I'm just screaming.

Are you

okay? You also lost your reaction, but I don't know if that's hurting it right now.

I dropkick him back into his jail cell.

No.

You put the thing back on his head.

I put the helmet back on him.

I lock him up again.

Wait, can I take the helmet with me, though? Can I legit carry it with me?

Sure.

Yeah, I have it in the bag holding.

Okay.

Like I said, near as you can tell, it's a wrought iron helmet that can be locked with the silence spell imbued into it.

Dope.

Yeah, make sure I have the keys and the helmet with me.

But yeah, Rob, as long as that doesn't stop me from moving, I just continue screaming and haunted by demonic...

It doesn't.

Like I said, based on what I'm seeing, like I said, you don't have your reaction.

You can absolutely, as he rests his hand on your forehead, like I said, you hear the static and the screaming demons as you rush forward.

That is okay.

Yeah.

Okay, so yeah.

So at a much faster clip, we head back towards that staircase to head back up.

As you walk over to try to get the shackles open, he does kind of recoil and shake as you approach from your touch.

But you do manage to get him unmanacled, and he falls to the floor.

The helmet seems to really be weighing on him.

It's holding his head down.

That also has a locking mechanism on it, and you use a key on that as well.

Or you think you could use a key on it if you wanted to.

No, Rob,

he uses the key on it.

I attempt

to use the key on it.

All right.

Yeah.

So the helmet falls away from his face and he looks, swings his head up.

You see a long hair, scraggly bearded, gnomish man.

Little Leonardo DiCaprio-esque.

Yes.

The gnome in the Iron

Mask.

Right.

Yeah.

When he looks up in the lantern light, you can see his eyes are cloudy white and glowing.

Oh,

he mad.

As he looks around, you do kind of see the kind of dark impression, like the shadow of his pupils kind of floating in and out of his eyes.

Are you okay?

Yeah,

we're here to

help you.

Who else is coughing?

Who are you? We

were sent by, uh, by, uh, fuck, Laren? I whispered to Cass, was that their name again? Yeah, that sounds right.

Yeah, Laren sent us to get you out of here.

Laren is here.

Well, like, not here, but potentially very nearby.

He starts to kind of stagger to his feet.

We need to get to the top of the tower, and then we're going to have an airship come to take us all away.

Tower.

Yeah.

Uh-huh.

Right.

What? What? I hate this character.

Wait, sorry, you were interrupted.

You say something very important.

What? Where am I? Oh, you're in some fucking really dank tower with, like, two guards spaced very evenly, like, all the way down.

Yeah, and there's a whole bunch more above us, so we gotta get moving quick.

Yeah,

we don't have a lot

of time.

Good.

And he just starts staggering forward toward the staircase.

Careful, careful, careful.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, there's something going around.

Do you need some water or anything? Do

you need a lantern?

Uh...

He snatches

the lantern from

you.

Yeah.

He's just walking toward the staircase.

He's not really acknowledging you.

Okay.

Like your initiative.

Yeah.

Let's go.

We're right here.

Oh, we follow him.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay, you're letting

him take point?

Yeah, he seems so cool.

We're just, like, enamored.

How fast is he moving, Rob? Because I might pick him up.

He's not moving that fast.

It seems like he's still trying to get his feet under him.

I just take the initiative to pick him up and put him on my shoulders.

Sorry, dude, we gotta move faster than this.

Totally get it, though.

He looks at you.

He glares at you.

Give me a persuasion check.

So

disrespectful.

You just pick him up.

I can tough talk much better than I can just like be persuasive, but let me see.

Uh, what is actually, what is my, I mean, however you

want to try, try to do it, but you're, he's going to need some,

you get on my shoulders, fucker.

I say, and then I, I craft, uh, Oh, and it's at a minus two.

Cause you're also.

But no, I do assertively pull him up and tell him, get on my shoulders, motherfucker.

And if that does fall into my street justice feet, which is tough talk, which is a creature's hostile attitude, doesn't impose disadvantage on my charisma checks to influence a creature.

Would that count in the situation? That would count, sure.

So in other words, can I do an intimidation check, I guess?

Yeah, if you want to try it

that way.

Respectfully intimidating him.

Yes, I'm respectfully intimidating him.

look you're a real cute little guy

you're

a cute little fucker now get

off my

shoulders it's an 8 altogether look with all due respect I love you and you're pretty cool but fuck you get off my fucking

shoulders you piece of shit wait

what is your intimidation bonus

Just plus two.

So then minus...

Oh, so it negated.

Yeah, exactly.

So I just

got an even eight.

He kills you instantly.

Power would kill.

His head explodes.

Mind

blown.

His head explodes.

Motherfucker.

And you picked him up, right? yeah

i said there's not time we've got to move and i picked him up yes

so yeah um actually with that uh he looks down towards you he places a hand on your forehead and i need you to make an intelligence saving throw oh he's mad

he's

got intelligence he's got a plan

already

how intelligent okay i'm medium intelligence It's a 15.

You take two psychic damage.

And you're holding him.

You say that to him.

Then he just places a hand on your forehead and you just hear, it's like your head is filled with static being punctuated by screaming demons as he places a hand on your forehead.

But you're still running with him upstairs.

Now you're just screaming bloody

murder the whole time.

Yeah, pupils have gone white.

I'm just screaming.

Are you

okay? You also lost your reaction, but I don't know if that's hurting it right now.

I dropkick him back into his jail cell.

No.

You put the thing back on his head.

I put the helmet back on him.

I lock him up again.

Wait, can I take the helmet with me, though? Can I legit carry it with me?

Sure.

Yeah, I have it in the bag holding.

Okay.

Like I said, near as you can tell, it's a wrought iron helmet that can be locked with the silence spell imbued into it.

Dope.

Yeah, make sure I have the keys and the helmet with me.

But yeah, Rob, as long as that doesn't stop me from moving, I just continue screaming and haunted by demonic...

It doesn't.

Like I said, based on what I'm seeing, like I said, you don't have your reaction.

You can absolutely, as he rests his hand on your forehead, like I said, you hear the static and the screaming demons as you rush forward.

That is okay.

Yeah.

Okay, so yeah.

So at a much faster clip, we head back towards that staircase to head back up.