Session 5 - Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire

It didn't take long for our Rebels to go on the run again. What will they discover in the dark corners of Fossa's Atoll as they try to escape with their lives? Can they trust their new friend Reggie?

Music: http://www.purple-planet.com/

Outline

Introduction and Setup (00:00 - 00:09)

• Podcast intro and shoutout to listeners to subscribe and review.

• Introduction of hosts and participants: Case Aiken as Dungeon Master, players Corey (Gungan Warrior named Hu Flung Dung), Sean (Ithorian scout Fendir Pickup), Addie (Fringer named Phallus Vagkiller), Ben (Force Adept Keldor).

Bar Fight and Imperial Arrival (00:09 - 00:19)

• Bar fight resumes with hostile patrons drawing weapons; Phelius attempts attack and misses, Force Adept uses power lightning to eliminate threat, intimidating others into fleeing.

• Group collects approximately 100 credits from the bar tables.

‍️ Escape and Pursuit (00:19 - 00:28)

• Group acquires blasters from frightened Bothans to arm themselves.

• High move silently rolls allow group to avoid detection initially, but eventually stormtroopers notice them and open fire; Phelius takes damage.

️‍️ Hiding and Planning Next Steps (00:28 - 00:39)

• Group hides inside a commercial establishment with various alien patrons including Twi'leks, Mon Calamari, Rodians, and a shaved Wookiee.

• Interaction with flamboyantly dressed Mon Calamari who manages the establishment; discussion about the shaved Wookiee and moral implications of slavery.

Transcription

00:04
Announcer
Welcome to Certain Point of View, your first step into a much nerdier world. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast on itunes. Just go to certainpov.com thanks. And now your hosts, Ben Milton and Addie Thomas.

00:22
Misc
Hey, Nerdf Herders.

00:23
Addy
I'm Addy Thomas.

00:24
Ben
And I am Ben Milton.

00:25
Addy
Today we've got Sean with us, we've got Corey with us, we've got Case with us, and we are doing another episode of Star Wars D20. This is session five. And I mean, these episodes, we've seen.

00:38
Misc
A lot of positive responses to these episodes.

00:40
Addy
So I'm excited to see what's gonna happen today. Before we get to that, don't forget, you can check out the weight loss Civil War challenge between me and Ben and the alliances that are quickly forming. We gotta actually put together a page for that. Ben, there is a page. Well, to show who all's part of each other.

00:55
Case
That's a part of it.

00:56
Ben
Okay.

00:57
Addy
I'll modify it with a nice graphic that looks like, you know, the cap Civil War or something like that. Anyway, that's all going to be on our website, certainpov.com. While you're there, be sure to share the podcast with other people. You think who would enjoy this podcast? All our social media is there. All of that again, is@ certainpov.com case Dungeon Master. Take it away.

01:18
Case
All right, guys. Well, as Addy pointed out, I am the dungeon master for this evening. Before we really get started, I'd like everyone to do a quick introduction for who they are. So I'm Case. I'm the dungeon master. I am God to these people. And to my right.

01:31
Cory
Hey, I'm Corey, and I play. You want to go into, like, stats and vitals and stuff or just.

01:36
Case
I mean, you don't need to read off your entire character sheet that you still don't know very well.

01:39
Misc
But this is true.

01:43
Cory
Well, I'm a Gungan warrior. What are you laughing at already?

01:49
Misc
He's gone.

01:50
Addy
Have you even had any alcohol yet?

01:52
Case
I had a beer, okay.

01:53
Cory
Oh, snap.

01:53
Case
It was my first.

01:54
Cory
Okay, well, my warrior is named Hu Flung Dung. Yeah. And you're a Gungan, and I am a Gungan.

02:03
Misc
Do we have to. I think we're gonna have to walk you through this every time. So what else do you. As a Gungan, what is your profession? You're a soldier.

02:11
Cory
Oh, soldier.

02:12
Misc
That's right.

02:13
Cory
Yeah, I am a soldier.

02:14
Misc
Yeah, we may actually need. You guys might need to switch spaces. I think Corey, or who plugged Doug, is already Like a childlike Gungan. He, like, really lives up to this brain damage.

02:28
Cory
He's staying in character here.

02:30
Misc
He's a method actor.

02:32
Case
I mean, he's really smart for a Gungan.

02:36
Addy
But we're so. And of course, yours and my characters are good friends, too, so.

02:40
Cory
Yes, we are. And we both hate the same person.

02:43
Addy
Who'S dead or love the same person.

02:46
Cory
We did.

02:47
Misc
Yeah.

02:47
Cory
That guy's dead, though, so he will be missed.

02:51
Misc
All right, so continuing on.

02:54
Shawn
Hello, I'm Sean, and my character is Fendir Pickup, an Ithorian scout. Excellent pilot, getting over his fear slowly of hyperspace. And excellent cook. We haven't had an opportunity for me to cook anything yet, but I hope that is coming soon. We'll see if our Dungeon Master has that in store for my character. That'd be great.

03:14
Case
And a fantastic folder of towels.

03:16
Shawn
Yes, me too. Yes. Thank you, Master of Linens.

03:21
Ben
My character's name is Phallus Vag Killer. And he is a Fringer, which means that he's kind of a survivalist from the Outer Rim. And I have a kind of deep seated hatred of Addie's character, much in the same way.

03:35
Addy
Deep seated hatred. It's a rivalry. There's a difference.

03:38
Ben
Potato, potato. And then I also have. I'm also a little bit of a conspiracy theorist, in which I believe that there is something. There is something out there. Okay, I'm gonna start drawing X's on the windows of our spaceship and rename myself Mulder.

03:55
Addy
Mulder.

03:56
Ben
Mulder.

03:57
Shawn
X Files.

03:58
Ben
Jesus. Corey.

04:00
Cory
Mulder. More like the next file. Okay, keep going.

04:08
Misc
I don't know why I stopped for that one. Yeah, I know. I'm Fosho.

04:11
Addy
I'm a Force Adept. Kind of like Chir. It Chirrut from Rogue One. I'm not a full on Jedi or anything, but I have some limited Force abilities. I'm Keldor, which is like Plo Koon from the Clone Wars. So I'm an alien with breathing issues. So, you know, that's very similar to my real backstory then. And I also have.

04:34
Speaker 8
I have.

04:35
Addy
Well, I've had a thing for Ben's character failures. Vodkiller. But he's rebuffed me so many times. I'm trying to fill that void in my life with a Wookiee right now.

04:45
Case
So.

04:46
Misc
So I'm gonna be like a lonely.

04:47
Addy
Wookiee person or a lonely Wookiee lady, if that's the right.

04:53
Ben
Now you're a lady, too.

04:55
Case
You don't know.

04:57
Misc
You don't know what I want to do with my life.

04:59
Case
I'm not judging where he is in his life. I mean, how old am I?

05:02
Misc
Do we know?

05:03
Case
What does his mouth look like?

05:05
Misc
I don't know. Have you thought about it? Yeah. Oh.

05:11
Case
Oh, hey, nice to know. All right, guys, now that we've gotten that out of the way, could I have everyone roll a D20 for me? Come on. 17, 15.

05:22
Shawn
9, 4.

05:25
Misc
He loses again.

05:26
Case
Ben is the winner with that. So, Ben, please give us a recap of what happened last time.

05:31
Ben
Okay, so last time we found ourselves on this starbase where we attempted to kind of basically work on our marketing skills and try to find ourselves, try to get, like, trade our way up to either credits. We found out that there are slave Wookiees and slave Mon Calamari available for purchase on this Trading Post. So Addie desperately tried to convince the rest of the group that we should get ourselves a Wookiee, because we should. In which we found out that it is now canon, thanks to Fendir's brilliant mind that once you get a Wookiee, you have to break it, and that is involved by punching it, peeing on it, and then beating it senseless until you give it a name and then it is yours.

06:23
Shawn
Yes.

06:23
Case
Apparently canon.

06:24
Speaker 8
Apparently canon.

06:25
Shawn
I thought it was something everybody knew.

06:27
Addy
Thanks, Disney.

06:30
Ben
So while everybody kind of argued about that, Fendir went off and tried to negotiate with a droid, ended up finding his way back to our ship. I went and argued with the Gungan and then went and started gambling our money. We had gotten 17 or 1700 credits for our stuff. And so everybody kind of met up at the bar. The emperor gave an impassioned speech about saving the galaxy.

07:11
Case
Great.

07:11
Ben
Again, he was wearing a red hat, which was really cool for the emperor to do. And then it ended up like we got jumped in the bar, and that's where we left off. And then our friend, the clone from the Clone Art Wars, Reggie, kind of jumped in and saved us, and that's where we left off.

07:29
Case
All right. Yeah, that's pretty much all of that. All right, so we're going to cut over to the one person who wasn't in the bar eventually. And so that is findir pickup who was inspecting the ship. Yes.

07:43
Shawn
Yes.

07:44
Case
All right, so you're taking a look around the ship and whatnot. And a comlink goes off one of the communication arrays.

07:54
Shawn
What is going on here?

07:56
Misc
Holy.

07:58
Case
Do you answer it?

08:00
Shawn
Oh, yeah, I guess I do.

08:01
Misc
That makes sense.

08:03
Addy
Makes sense.

08:03
Misc
For anybody who's listened to these episodes, you can see there are a lot of pauses that I ended out.

08:11
Shawn
I'm the reason for those pauses.

08:12
Misc
Oh, everyone does.

08:14
Speaker 8
Everyone does.

08:16
Shawn
Hello.

08:17
Case
A hologram of Fossa shows up directly on the console in front of you. Hello. Is. Oh, it is just you.

08:27
Misc
Yeah.

08:27
Case
What are the rest of your allies?

08:30
Shawn
I don't know. Drinking lots of water and getting some sleep.

08:33
Ben
I see.

08:36
Case
Well, I just wanted to offer a courtesy message to you. Shay informed me of some of the work that he had done and, well, I wanted to check in and see how things were. I would probably recommend that you contact your friends and have them meet you here shortly. They may wish to inspect the ship. It would be nice for me to. I would be remiss if I did not inform you that some of the redundant equipment that we have removed from the ship has created some spaces beneath the floor panels that you may want to inspect sometimes in the near future. Wink, wink.

09:13
Shawn
I'll be sure to check those out. Thank you very much. But I did know some towels are missing from. From the back of the ship.

09:20
Case
Yes, it's a fantastic addition. I actually personally saw to them being added to my chambers. Are you the one responsible for that?

09:27
Shawn
Yes, I folded those linens myself.

09:29
Case
That was fantastic.

09:30
Ben
Thank you.

09:34
Speaker 8
Well, very good.

09:34
Case
I will have Shay and possibly Reggie look into the whereabouts of your allies.

09:41
Shawn
Thank you.

09:42
Case
Yes. In the meantime, I would make sure to inspect every nook and cranny of the ship.

09:49
Misc
Will do.

09:50
Case
You should. Very shortly.

09:53
Shawn
Okay. You can go away now.

09:55
Case
I intend to.

09:57
Shawn
Thank you.

09:59
Case
And he fades out. Do you do anything with this information?

10:06
Shawn
Well, I'm gonna go check out the ship.

10:08
Case
All right, so you're looking around the ship. We're gonna cut back to the bar where a man's head was just blown out with a blaster.

10:14
Ben
To be fair, he had it coming.

10:16
Case
He did have it coming.

10:17
Misc
He did.

10:17
Addy
He was reaching for his gun and he was gonna go for us.

10:19
Case
Yeah, he had it coming. He only had himself to blame from.

10:23
Ben
A certain point of view.

10:25
Misc
Hey, drink.

10:28
Speaker 8
Alright, Fair.

10:31
Case
Might as well get it started. Everyone else, the bar is not a calm environment right now. So can I get initiative rolls from everyone, please? People are starting to draw vibro weapons. Failius, you are up for. Most of the people started to flee, but there are three people hooligans in the bar who are beginning to show blades.

10:53
Misc
That's Trisman. Mista thinks we in trouble.

10:57
Shawn
Yeah.

10:57
Case
Wait your turn, champ.

10:58
Speaker 8
I got my vibro blade.

11:01
Ben
I'll pull my vibro blade out. I ain't afraid. I ain't afraid of no ghost.

11:05
Case
It's a pretty tight space. You can easily move to any of them, but they're not right in reach of you at the moment. Are you going to do any particular thing to distract them? Are you going to be preemptive? What do you want to do? I'm just right into the fray.

11:20
Ben
We're going full on attack mode.

11:22
Case
So you just saw someone's head explode, and you're just like, okay, we're getting in. It's game time.

11:25
Ben
This is a bar fight.

11:26
Case
This is not time to think about this. All right, so the one that's closest to you just sort of, like, lunge at with your vibroblade.

11:34
Misc
Yeah.

11:34
Case
All right, give me an attack roll.

11:37
Misc
Seven.

11:38
Shawn
Okay.

11:40
Case
So you don't hit it. No kidding.

11:45
Speaker 8
So you lunge.

11:47
Case
Fortunately, all you did was get close to him, and he dodged it. He didn't exactly. You didn't move into a vulnerable position. So you're fine at the moment.

11:56
Misc
Cool.

11:56
Case
Foe, you're up next.

11:59
Addy
I'm going to go ahead and target. I'm going to channel a little power here for the first time. Force, like.

12:04
Case
Okay, let me bring up a quick check on this one, dude.

12:07
Speaker 8
Power.

12:09
Shawn
Go. Force lightning. Go. Force lightning. Go.

12:18
Case
All right, so you're going to. I know. Let's see.

12:22
Ben
Did you have your spells written yet?

12:24
Misc
No, I can't.

12:25
Addy
So I can't chant my spells yet. But I did. I did write scripture for Kaldorian Force lore, so. Yeah.

12:34
Ben
I'm so proud of you right now.

12:36
Misc
I know, right?

12:37
Case
All right, if you do this, the vitality cost is gonna be six points.

12:40
Misc
Holy snikeys. Do it.

12:45
Addy
Yeah. Let's go for it.

12:46
Ben
I got this.

12:46
Misc
He wants me to die.

12:47
Case
That's why this is just a pretty straight up shooting lightning out of your hands.

12:51
Misc
Yeah.

12:51
Case
All right, so you're gonna give me a D20 check. All right.

12:56
Misc
19 plus 5.

12:57
Addy
4. So 23.

12:58
Ben
Is it dead?

12:59
Speaker 8
23.

13:00
Case
All right, so the DC then, for this guy to survive, this is a. Is a 25. Then as a result, it is forced to say that he does not make it. So if he fails, and he will, he takes. So roll for me. Three D8s.

13:20
Addy
So 8.

13:21
Case
8 and 6.

13:25
Ben
22.

13:26
Speaker 8
Oh, wow.

13:28
Case
This guy's heart stops.

13:30
Misc
Oh, sweet. Rebels. Rebels. Rebels.

13:35
Case
Everyone who's in the room, give me intimidate checks on this one. What?

13:41
Ben
Gun.

13:41
Cory
Gun is intimidating.

13:43
Misc
Yeah.

13:43
Shawn
This one.

13:45
Cory
Seventeen.

13:46
Addy
Eleven.

13:46
Ben
Oh, hold on.

13:49
Shawn
One.

13:51
Misc
Come on. The force lightning was intimidating in and of itself, so.

13:56
Ben
But you're over There doing the chicken dance afterwards.

13:58
Misc
I'm so excited.

14:01
Shawn
So.

14:02
Case
So Phelius and Hoof both step forward like teeth bared. Like weapons drawn I guess. Yeah, weapons drawn. And Reggie steps in front of all of you and he like raises his right foot and then you hear this like hydraulic noise as his foot just slams straight into the ground. Give me listen checks on that one.

14:27
Ben
Listen.

14:28
Cory
Yeah, with ears like this I can.

14:30
Ben
Hear what the rock is cooking.

14:35
Case
What you need to stop, dude. No.

14:39
Addy
11.

14:39
Case
2.

14:40
Misc
No, no, sorry.

14:41
Ben
14. 14. Oh wait, no, I take that back.

14:45
Case
12.

14:47
Shawn
All right.

14:47
Case
Anyone who rolled over a 10 heard well enough that you can infer that hydraulic noise indicates that part of his leg is bionic. Not. Not a huge reveal, but yeah, but it is covered up by the pants he's wearing so it's not like quite as immediately apparent. And the other two guys freak the fuck out at the like thick three very intimidating people stepping forward from the man who just shot lightning from his.

15:15
Addy
Hands.

15:17
Misc
Who'S doing the chicken dance. Right.

15:20
Case
One of them grabs the person who's heart stopped and drags him out of the bar. The other one just straight up pieces. So the room's empty.

15:29
Speaker 8
You guys just cleared out the room.

15:31
Case
By way of lightning powers.

15:34
Addy
Is there cash on the tables?

15:35
Case
That's exactly, yeah. There are some credit cards. Grab em. All of em.

15:43
Ben
As many as we can.

15:44
Case
Poof.

15:44
Misc
You have long ears. We can just put them in there for storage.

15:48
Case
Yeah. So like the storage system for the individual credits. You grabbed a few of them. So you guys between it all probably got about 100 credits.

15:57
Ben
All right, what else do we see? Is there anything else of value around drinks?

16:03
Case
The room was. No one in the room had anything particularly.

16:08
Misc
Valuable.

16:08
Case
Valuable that you could grab onto easily. Like the bar itself had some stuff like monitors and things like that were probably worth a little bit of money but not. Not something that you could just easily like take on your person. And Reggie goes, it's like Fasa told me we need to get you guys out of here. You guys better follow me.

16:29
Cory
Are there any more fire extinguishers I can grab real quick?

16:32
Case
Yeah, there's one over by the door. Done. You grab the fire extinguisher by the door.

16:39
Ben
All right, Reggie, lead the way. We'll follow you. You know where we need to go.

16:46
Case
Reggie like waves and like rushes out the door. We are going to cut here to back over to fender at the ship. The loading dock doors begin to open. Doesn't matter if you're inside or outside the ship because There's a force field holding the atmosphere in, but it opens up, and several Imperial transports start to enter the loading dock. Fender, you were inspecting the ship. Are you inside the ship? Are you outside the ship?

17:23
Shawn
I am in the interior. Interior? That's the inside of the ship checking out these empty storage compartments that I was made aware of.

17:34
Case
All right, so you hear the rumble of the loading dock doors opening up. The force field sort of flexes as the atmosphere shifts around, but it holds. And Imperial transports are coming on board. If you push poked your head up and looked out one of the portals, you could see them coming on. And in the distance, you can see Star Destroyers positioned outside of the station. They're there. You don't really see an easy way out from that. As they come on board, the ships land, and troopers start to pour out. If you duck your head back down, they're going to inspect the vessel and not see you because they're dumb. And from there, while you're taking cover, they are stormtroopers. We're gonna cut back to our drunken brawlers as Reggie leads them out.

18:35
Ben
Reggie, what happened?

18:38
Misc
What do you mean, what happened? We saw it. We're badass.

18:42
Speaker 8
We need to get out of here.

18:43
Misc
Rebels.

18:44
Ben
Yeah.

18:45
Case
Okay.

18:47
Speaker 8
Why?

18:47
Ben
Why are we on the run? Like you said, Faso wants us to hide.

18:50
Case
Faso wants you to hide? The Imperials are coming. What the imper. Look, listen, once we get to my quarters, we can discuss this a little bit more. We're a little too out in the open. Everyone, just keep your heads down and keep moving. Everyone give me move silently check. Not exactly silently, but we're. I'm gonna do this for keeping out of attention as you run.

19:14
Shawn
That include Fendir?

19:16
Speaker 8
No.

19:16
Case
Well, yeah, actually. Give me the same or give me a hide check for yours. This is going on in the background.

19:22
Ben
Sorry, guys.

19:22
Cory
My ears are too loud flapping behind.

19:24
Case
Me, but I rolled a four.

19:26
Misc
Oh, Lord. Gungans can't move silently.

19:28
Addy
I think we know that he has.

19:30
Case
A decent Dex score. He's actually not that bad.

19:32
Cory
I'm a good shot. Just don't take anywhere.

19:35
Misc
I have to be quiet.

19:36
Case
Right?

19:37
Misc
That's like real life. It's like real life.

19:39
Addy
I have a 9.

19:40
Ben
9 as well.

19:43
Case
You guys don't avoid suspicion, particularly because you have, like, a big cyborg human running through the streets. The only person with a gun anywhere near or that you've seen so far in this area, people, like, scream. It's like, hey, those must be the guys. Where's your magic?

20:05
Misc
Take a break. I just Took, like, six health damage.

20:08
Case
Reggie runs to a closed door. He raises up his right leg, and without extending his knee, the foot just launches out and kicks down the door.

20:20
Addy
Nice.

20:21
Case
He's this way.

20:22
Addy
Nice.

20:25
Case
And you run in.

20:26
Addy
We'll follow him if we want to live.

20:29
Cory
Follow me.

20:30
Case
Drink. Okay, guys, you guys all run in. There's a bunch of scared Bothans, and Reggie's holding a gun to one of.

20:40
Speaker 8
Their faces, like, I know what you have. Give it here. We need it now.

20:47
Case
And one of the Bothans pulls back a sheet that's covering the table in front of them, revealing an open box with several blasters.

20:55
Speaker 8
Take them, guys. We need.

20:57
Ben
Grab a blaster.

20:58
Case
So these are just standard blasters.

21:02
Speaker 8
Now. Come on.

21:02
Case
I know you guys needed some protection, but we need to keep going.

21:07
Ben
Thanks, Reggie.

21:08
Case
He leads you out. And you guys run up to one of those. The ramps up to the spokes that run perpendicular to the platform you're on. And as you start running up, you see in the distance, stormtroopers are coming along. Promenade. They're kind of in a distance, so everyone give me a move. Silently. Check to see if they spotted you.

21:29
Misc
19, 19. 4, 3, 19.

21:35
Addy
Nice.

21:35
Misc
I'm not the only one. Thanks, man.

21:37
Ben
I'm here with you.

21:38
Misc
Solidarity, brother.

21:40
Case
Fosho sort of makes his way along with Reggie. But as the other two are coming around the edge of the ramp, it's.

21:46
Speaker 8
Like, is that a Gungan?

21:47
Case
And gunshots are going off. Everyone, what's your ACS?

21:51
Speaker 8
Oh, crap.

21:54
Case
Your armor or your defense?

21:56
Addy
14, 12.

22:04
Speaker 8
It's underneath.

22:04
Misc
Usually I'm doing it for him.

22:06
Ben
If you look underneath your main stats, where it's decks, Constitution, intelligence, we're gonna.

22:10
Misc
Need to remember that the next time we do it. One of these sessions, we're just gonna have to see Court next to me.

22:15
Addy
Yes.

22:18
Case
Blaster shots go off from the crowd. Balius, you take seven points of vitality damage. Oh, snap. A blaster shot. Well, vitality damage doesn't work exactly as you being hurt and you shrugging it off. It's so much that you narrowly miss it, but now your chance of avoiding is getting lower and lower. Yeah, I get it. But they fire off shots at Hoof, and he totally is fine. They're just, like, firing.

22:48
Addy
Can't.

22:48
Case
Stormtrooper fire.

22:50
Cory
That's Gungan style right there.

22:52
Ben
What are the chances that we can.

22:53
Cory
Use my fire extinguisher as a diversion this time?

22:56
Ben
Can you make it into, like, slim to none?

22:58
Misc
Let's go.

22:59
Speaker 8
Hold onto that.

23:01
Case
And as you guys are running like Reggie Grabs the fire extinguisher from you and chucks it into one of the archways where there was an evaporation field. And the fire extinguisher explodes. And there's this, like, light mist of white foam right there. And he grabs you and chucks you through it. And you're fine as.

23:20
Misc
You're the best.

23:23
Case
See, we needed a.

23:23
Speaker 8
Everyone, come on.

23:24
Ben
You asshole.

23:25
Speaker 8
My quarters are up ahead.

23:30
Case
And you guys, all followed to his quarters. He shoves open the door. It's like, all right, now.

23:35
Speaker 8
Come in, come in.

23:38
Case
So Fasa called the Imperials. Wait, what? This station is important for rebel information. It's too important to potentially risk by having anyone find out that Fasa aided you. So we knew that we had to call them. But Fasa knew that if they talked to me, I'd have to explain everything. I'd have to answer them. So he told me to make sure you get out of here alive.

24:12
Speaker 8
Okay.

24:13
Ben
All right. I guess that makes sense.

24:13
Addy
I must have really liked the towels.

24:15
Case
They were great towels.

24:16
Ben
I mean, Fender did do a great job. Let's be honest. I haven't seen towels like that.

24:21
Case
Mary, I could take some notes. Fasa knew that if you guys truly are with the Rebellion, if you came from yavin4, if you've got that ship out there, he owed it to you.

24:36
Addy
Thank you.

24:37
Case
He owes it to the Rebellion.

24:38
Ben
Well, great. I'm glad that he feels that way. What do we need to do next? How do we get out of here without getting blown to bits?

24:46
Speaker 8
I've got some stuff.

24:48
Case
And he pulls out some bags. I've always been ready for a moment like this. And he pulls out this massive bag that's about the size of a person. And he's like, one of you take this. And he's just holding it up.

25:01
Ben
I'll take it.

25:02
Case
Okay, you grab it. Give me a strength check. Just D20 plus your strength.

25:07
Ben
19 plus 12. So 31.

25:11
Case
Your modifier, not your total strength.

25:14
Ben
20.

25:14
Case
20.

25:15
Addy
All right.

25:16
Case
You are able to hold it. It's really fucking heavy. Nice.

25:20
Ben
I'm a beast.

25:21
Case
Okay, Beast mode activated. Sling that on your back. And then he grabs two other bags that he's actually dragging. They're much smaller, but they apparently are quite a bit heavier.

25:32
Ben
Okay.

25:33
Case
And he sort of balances the two bags on his shoulders. It's like, all right, it's time to go.

25:40
Ben
Is there anything in this bag that I'm holding, Or is it an empty bag? It's just heavy.

25:44
Case
It's. It's our way out of here.

25:47
Ben
Okay.

25:50
Addy
Yes, Ben, It's a heavy empty bag.

25:51
Cory
Heavy empty bag.

25:53
Ben
I don't know what it's made out of. Could be made of gold thread.

25:59
Case
Reg is already out of the room. He spent no time besides just grabbing his prepared bags already. You guys are welcome to follow. Super.

26:06
Shawn
I love it.

26:11
Misc
Follow that dude. Follow that cyborg clone.

26:16
Case
You guys are running down the corridor. And before you, Cyclone.

26:20
Misc
Cyclone.

26:21
Case
At the end of the corridor, several stormtroopers pop out and start opening fire. Reggie slams into a door. It's metal, but he bends it, or, like, bends through it with just sheer mass and leads you guys through. He runs in and like, hack or, like, types in some codes into the wall or, like, into a wall panel. Another door opens and it's clearly into a different apartment. And he runs in. You hear screams from people that are inside. And he keeps doing this as you guys go. He's like, security chief.

26:50
Speaker 8
It's all good, it's all good.

26:55
Case
Nice. Finally you come far enough where he comes to the door, out to the hallway where he does the same thing, walks out. And if you guys move silently, the stormtroopers who are now starting to pour past, you won't notice. So everyone give me move silently checks.

27:09
Cory
So have a good history with 20. Oh, nice.

27:14
Case
Fifteen, zero.

27:20
Misc
You loud, obnoxious.

27:23
Case
So as you're coming out, that bag you're holding, you bang against the wall. And the stormtree thought the bag was empty. Hear the clanging metal sound of it and turn around and goes.

27:41
Misc
Hey, fool.

27:42
Speaker 8
Come on.

27:44
Ben
Oh, I was gonna use diplomacy, but.

27:46
Misc
Okay, I'll follow him.

27:49
Case
But they get a couple of shots off him.

27:51
Addy
Nuts.

27:55
Case
Failius, how many vitality points do you have left?

28:01
Ben
9 minus 22.

28:02
Case
22. Okay, wrong.

28:05
Ben
You have four.

28:07
Case
You take 21 points of vitality damage.

28:09
Cory
Okay, okay.

28:10
Case
Nope, sorry, I'm bad at math. 15 points of vitality damage.

28:13
Ben
Oh, that's on you. That's harder.

28:16
Case
I got mid packs and foe. You take seven points of vitality damage. Okay, okay.

28:26
Addy
Down to three.

28:28
Ben
Oh, I hope you die. Follow me.

28:33
Case
I know a place where we can hide. So you rush on through and you come to one of the ramps back down onto the promenade. You run into the crowd, and it's hard to even follow Reggie where he's moving, but he sort of raises his mangled hand and you see his three fingers and you follow him, waving into what appears to be some kind of. It might be a shop. From the outside, it's hard to really say. It's fairly nondescript, but it seems to be some kind of commercial establishment. And you run on through and there's curtains draped down rather than a proper door. And when you come on in, there's a bevy of different ladies who come up to you. A bunch of female twi', leks, as well as some mon calamari and a couple Rodians. And one shaved Wookiee.

29:33
Misc
Oh, gross. So disgusting.

29:39
Addy
I guess they're all types in the galaxy.

29:41
Misc
If we're getting a wookie, it's of kind to be that one.

29:44
Case
Brought to you by Jules.

29:47
Ben
We had a deal.

29:48
Speaker 8
You wouldn't be coming in here.

29:50
Case
Wait, who said that? You just hear this voice and a mon calamari steps up. He's very flamboyantly dressed in long, bright robes.

30:01
Ben
He's your speed, Eddie.

30:04
Speaker 8
We had a deal. I make sure that everyone is happy, and then you don't have to deal with anything. Have you changed your mind about some of the stuff here? Are you all about maybe a little bit of wookienooky?

30:20
Ben
Well, I wasn't until then.

30:22
Misc
Until just now. I kinda am. See what a catchy slogan can do for you.

30:27
Case
This shaven Wookiee starts rubbing her fingers along you. Give me a spot check, by the way.

30:36
Ben
He likes it.

30:37
Misc
What spot are you gonna check in on?

30:38
Case
That one.

30:46
Addy
Eighteen.

30:47
Misc
Okay.

30:47
Case
You notice that when she, like, walks over to you and starts stroking your arm that she. She seems to be putting a lot of weight on the rear of her feet. And also you could. You think the first digit on all of her fingers have been cropped?

31:05
Addy
Oh, that's messed up.

31:07
Ben
This is my kind of Wookiee.

31:08
Addy
We need to get Rogaine for this Wookiee.

31:15
Misc
Grow the hair back. I can't look at this thing. The hair's not the worst thing. It cut off its toes. I know all of these are terrible things collectively, but the hair alone is so. It's so horrifying.

31:36
Speaker 8
Hey, what's up? You wince away from my bitch. Hey, what did my flipper say to your face? He said, it's a slap.

31:46
Misc
Oh, God, it's a slap.

31:52
Case
And smacks you across the potatoes.

31:55
Speaker 8
I wrote a drink, by the way.

31:59
Misc
Oh, my God. Oh, I was not prepared for this.

32:08
Shawn
God, did I just.

32:10
Misc
Did I just get pimp slapped? Yes, by a mod calamari over a bald RuPaul toad. Toad busted up Wookiee. It's a great story to tell later. Oh, my God.

32:21
Ben
I gotta get a tattoo.

32:22
Case
Gus, we're trying to lay low here.

32:24
Speaker 8
I don't care. Are you saying that there's something after you.

32:30
Case
Gups. These people. We need.

32:32
Speaker 8
We need to keep them hidden.

32:36
Case
It's the thing we talked about.

32:39
Speaker 8
Well, that's not my problem. You are participating in a system that makes all of us people have to do what we do.

32:48
Case
Ooh.

32:48
Speaker 8
To survive. What are you giving me? What are you bringing me?

32:55
Misc
What are you giving Moss to Bald Wookie. Like, why is she shaved? I don't understand.

33:04
Case
Cuffs.

33:06
Ben
She embraced.

33:07
Speaker 8
You know what I gave you? I gave your freedom.

33:11
Addy
Have I?

33:13
Speaker 8
You said you wouldn't talk about that. You said you wouldn't talk about that.

33:18
Case
These people. These people need.

33:21
Speaker 8
We need to get them back.

33:23
Case
You need to get them clear of here.

33:30
Shawn
I'm not gonna sleep.

33:31
Speaker 8
Mon Lamani.

33:32
Misc
I know right about the shape Wookie.

33:35
Speaker 8
I sprint and solo. What are you doing, Misa?

33:39
Case
You, sir.

33:40
Misc
Oh, no.

33:41
Speaker 8
We're not here for those kind of treats. We're on the run, remember?

33:49
Case
Listen, listen.

33:52
Speaker 8
Just give me a minute.

33:52
Case
I need a room. You guys.

33:55
Speaker 8
We're gonna have to figure out a way to get you back to the ship. Give me a second.

33:59
Ben
Okay.

34:01
Case
And he steps out to a room. There's still all these Twilight girls and everything in there. And they seem to be waiting, winking at you. But you can hear stormtroopers, kind of like inspecting all the different commercial areas there. So you're not sure how much time you have. Like, you can. You can tell that areas are being searched.

34:22
Ben
Are our credits good here?

34:24
Speaker 8
Oh, credits are always good here. Credits are always good. Credits are the way. That's the way the world works.

34:33
Ben
I understand that, friend. How much. How much would it be for us each to spend time in a room with one of your lovely ladies here?

34:45
Speaker 8
Do you have time for that?

34:47
Ben
I don't know. Do we?

34:49
Speaker 8
Well, this might be your last day on Earth.

34:51
Ben
It might be a great way to go out.

34:53
Shawn
You get a Twilight to go.

34:58
Ben
So.

34:58
Cory
I knew he liked the wiki. He liked him.

35:02
Speaker 8
It's gonna be a hundred credits if you want to spend some time with Big Nella.

35:10
Ben
Okay.

35:10
Speaker 8
A wookie extraordinaire.

35:14
Misc
Little bookie with wookie. Wookie dookie.

35:17
Case
Twilight girls run for $252.50.

35:20
Speaker 8
We've got a human girl, but I wouldn't recommend her.

35:23
Ben
Why is that?

35:24
Speaker 8
I. I wouldn't recommend her, but she goes for 175.

35:29
Case
Okay.

35:30
Speaker 8
And if you are into some more guppy love we.

35:35
Case
Some of the mon girls are over here.

35:38
Speaker 8
Now, they don't have the normal parts because they've got eggs, but they can make it work. They can make it work.

35:47
Ben
Yolks on you, Addie.

35:49
Addy
That's what you're getting. What?

35:51
Misc
I didn't agree to this.

35:52
Addy
Plus, we don't have enough cash for any of this.

35:54
Ben
Oh, I didn't. Tell you.

35:56
Addy
What?

35:57
Ben
Oh, I. I sold some of the stuff off the ship. We got 1700 credits.

36:01
Addy
Oh, and then we got that extra.

36:02
Case
Hundred from the bar.

36:04
Addy
Yeah.

36:04
Ben
All right, so we got like 1800 credits.

36:06
Speaker 8
Yeah.

36:06
Addy
Let's spend on this.

36:07
Misc
No.

36:08
Ben
What happens when the stormtroopers come walking in here?

36:11
Addy
Yeah, you want to have those credits?

36:12
Case
Want to take a look outside and see what kind of timeline we're looking at?

36:16
Cory
I want to look outside.

36:17
Ben
Sure.

36:18
Case
So it's going to be two things. It's going to be a move silently to look outside without being spotted, and then a spot check to actually get information.

36:28
Speaker 8
All right.

36:29
Ben
Do you know what you roll in there?

36:32
Case
So that's your move. Silently first.

36:34
Misc
Okay.

36:34
Ben
So what's your modifier on move silently?

36:36
Case
I believe it's a two. So it's a seven. So. Yeah. So you put your head out discreetly. And now give me a spot check to see how well or what you actually identify.

36:46
Shawn
2.

36:46
Ben
Jesus Christ. He doesn't open the door.

36:50
Cory
I see a ficus.

36:55
Misc
He just looks straight down is what he just did.

36:58
Case
You look your head out. You sort of angle your head and your ears in such a way that it looks like just more of the drapes. But looking out, there's such a commotion. You can't really identify any particular direction or distance than any of these stormtroopers are at. But it is a really packed crowd of people.

37:16
Addy
Who.

37:16
Ben
What do you see out there?

37:18
Addy
Nothing.

37:19
Cory
I see a packed crowd of people.

37:23
Ben
Alright. Well, we have a little bit of time.

37:26
Speaker 8
Mine. Lenon, we need.

37:28
Case
I'm gonna need some help in a second.

37:31
Speaker 8
Do you.

37:32
Case
You seem to be the voice of your people.

37:34
Speaker 8
Yeah, when I'm ready to go. Do you guys have a plan to.

37:37
Case
Get back to your ship?

37:39
Ben
We're just following the cyborg's lead.

37:42
Case
That is the voice of the cyborg.

37:45
Ben
Reggie. Reggie's telling us. No, dude, like, we're following you.

37:51
Speaker 8
Perfect. Perfect.

37:53
Ben
I don't even know how to get to our ship from here.

37:55
Case
Sho.

37:55
Speaker 8
Foe, do you have any more of those tricks?

37:58
Addy
I could cast an illusion in a direction. If we do, you want us to draw stormtroopers away or into another area?

38:05
Speaker 8
Yeah, that could probably work.

38:08
Ben
Yeah.

38:10
Case
And Reggie steps out in this sort of like mishmash of white armor that looks like it's a bunch of different pieces and goes.

38:23
Speaker 8
I'm gonna need you.

38:24
Case
Guys to pull out all the stops. From this moment forward, we gotta do everything we can to get off this ship. He takes up this white Mark 1 clone trooper helmet and puts it on his head.

38:39
Misc
He's called himself a clone, too. Still cool to see. Don't take this from me, for I am dead.

38:47
Case
As of this moment, we are all dead.

38:49
Speaker 8
We go into battle to reclaim our lives.

38:52
Case
This we gladly do. Victory is life. And with that, we're going to end the first session.

39:04
Addy
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39:22
Announcer
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39:32
Shawn
Com.