============================================================ Dragonfly April 28, 2026

SESSION SUMMARY

The party began the session in Kalidnay, liquidating assets to fund their quest. They sold most kanks, wood, and fruit, retaining some for brewing exotic cider with a local brewer who taught Vis the process over 5-14 days. Vis succeeded an Intelligence check (13) for passable quality. They also sold a masterwork steel greatsword to Mo-ul arena champion for 12,000 ceramic pieces despite a failed Charisma check, gaining his promise of a victory in their honor at monthly games. Total earnings reached approximately 21,002 ceramic pieces.

Preparations for travel included purchasing individual Crodlu mounts, storing gear securely for 10 ceramic pieces monthly, and giving each of 10 ex-slaves 500 ceramic pieces as startup funds, informing them of a return in about a week to potentially join for Tyr. The group traveled light without a wagon, estimating two days each way to the City of the Dead. On day one, after dust devils, a purple aurora storm hit; Pip failed a Wisdom save, attempting to attack her Crodlu but failing and taking 1 piercing damage from the fall. Evi cast Order (19 casting check) for a 30-foot cube shelter, aided by the priest's radiant wings, allowing them to dig in safely.

Night one passed cozily in a high ground nestle with foraged spicy scorpions for dinner, no incidents despite Nightstone curse. Day two in haze brought a giant dragonfly encounter; Pip camouflaged with tent cloth, Six cast Starfall (15+8) slamming it for 2d12+12 fire damage. Crodlu panicked but were controlled via Charisma checks including a natural 20. Evi hasted Pip for speed; the party and mounts swarmed, shredding wings and killing it, providing a feast that saved rations. Salvaged materials valued at 3,050 CP including psionic ganglion and wing membranes.

By high noon, they arrived at the mesa-shaped City of the Dead, stealthily entering the first mausoleum via sand-filled ramp, moving 2000-lb stone doors. Inside revealed standing sarcophagi, jackal-headed statue, and two downward passages, setting up for deeper exploration without detecting guardians or funeral procession.

TIMELINE OF EVENTS

  1. Party sells kanks, wood, and fruit in Kalidnay, arranges cider brewing with local brewer teaching Vis (Intelligence 13).
  2. Sells masterwork steel greatsword to Mo-ul arena champion for 12,000 ceramic pieces.
  3. Buys Crodlu mounts, stores gear for 10 CP/month, gives 10 ex-slaves 500 CP each with offer to join to Tyr in ~week.
  4. Day 1 travel at 20 mph encounters dust devils then purple aurora storm; Pip fails Wisdom save, falls off Crodlu taking 1 damage.
  5. Evi casts Order (19) for 30-ft cube shelter during storm, digs in with priest's radiant wings.
  6. Night 1 camps in high ground, forages scorpions for spicy meal, rests without incidents.
  7. Day 2 haze: hears giant dragonfly; Pip camouflages with tent, Six casts Starfall slamming it down.
  8. Evi hastes Pip; party and Crodlu swarm grounded dragonfly, shred wings and kill it for mount feast.
  9. Salvages giant dragonfly materials (3050 CP value: psionic ganglion, wing membranes, eyes).
  10. Arrives at City of the Dead by high noon, stealthily enters first mausoleum via ramp.
  11. Moves 2000-lb stone doors into mausoleum with sarcophagi and jackal statue.
  12. Discovers two downward passages beyond jackal statue.

QUESTS

• Retrieve sacred obsidian orb [In Progress] Party arrives at City of the Dead, stealthily enters first mausoleum via sand-filled ramp, moves 2000-lb stone doors. Finds standing sarcophagi, jackal-headed statue, two downward passages. No funeral procession or guardians detected yet. Next: Explore mausoleum passages stealthily, watch for undead guardians and procession. (refs=T0001,T0005)

CHARACTERS & NPCs

• Ex-slaves (10) - Freed former slaves Housed securely in hostel; each received 500 ceramic pieces for startup (~1.5 years salary); given ~week to explore city and decide staying in slavery-legal Kalidnay or joining party to Tyr upon return; one arena gladiator pursuing freedom independently.

• Mo-ul arena champion - Arena gladiator Purchased party's masterwork steel greatsword for 12,000 ceramic pieces despite Vis's failed Charisma check, swayed by praise; plans glorious victory in party's honor at monthly games shortly after their return.

• Local brewer - Cider producer Taught Vis fermentation process for exotic fruit cider (5-14 days, passable unique quality via Int 13); party invested half best fruit while away on quest.

LOCATIONS

• Kalidnay Party sold most kanks (kept 6), 1000 lbs wood, 500 lbs fruit, and masterwork steel greatsword; arranged cider brewing with local brewer investing half best fruit; purchased Crodlu mounts; stored gear securely for 10 ceramic pieces monthly; housed ex-slaves and gave each 500 ceramic pieces (~1.5 years salary), informing them of return in ~week to decide joining to Tyr.

• Desert en route to City of the Dead Day 1 travel at 20 mph on Crodlu interrupted by dust devils and purple aurora storm; Pip failed Wisdom save, attacked own mount, fell taking 1 piercing damage; party dug shelter in clay soil using Evi's Order spell (19 casting for 30-ft cube) and priest's radiant wings; Night 1 camp in high ground nestle with foraged spicy scorpions; Day 2 haze featured giant dragonfly encounter.

• City of the Dead Mesa-shaped city without walls entered stealthily at high noon; first mausoleum accessed via sand-filled ramp and 2000-lb stone doors; interior holds standing sarcophagi of departed, jackal-headed statue, and two downward passages; no funeral procession or guardians detected yet.

LOOT & ITEMS

• Ceramic pieces (x21002) ~21,002 pieces from selling kanks, wood, fruit, masterwork steel greatsword Note: Sales in Kalidnay; invested half best fruit in brewing

• Crodlu mounts (x6) Multiple purchased for fast travel at 20 mph Note: Individual mounts, no wagon for speed; shared cost

• Giant dragonfly materials Psionic ganglion (psionic potential), wing membranes (leatherworking/glider), eyes (vision crafting); 3050 CP value Note: Salvaged post-combat; fed bulk to Crodlu saving rations

• Exotic fruit cider 1 cask brewing in Kalidnay with local brewer; passable unique quality (Vis Int 13) Note: ETA 5-14 days or weeks; half best fruit invested

COMBAT ENCOUNTERS

• Encounter at Desert haze Enemies: Giant dragonfly (psionic) Outcome: Party victorious; Six's Starfall (15+8, 2d12+12 fire) slams it down, Evi hastes Pip (200% speed, multiple claws shred wings), Crodlu swarm bites/talons finish it grounded. Crodlu panicked but controlled (Charisma checks: 16, nat20). Pip camouflaged with tent. Loot: Giant dragonfly materials (3050 CP value)

• Encounter at Enemies:

NEXT STEPS

• Explore mausoleum passages stealthily watching for undead and procession. • Retrieve sacred obsidian orb from City of the Dead depths.

============================================================ SESSION TRANSCRIPT

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Last session, the party arrived in the white marble city of Kaladnay via the north gate and escorted the luxurious house of Kapaa west of the pyramid. They removed slave tattoos from their ten ex-slaves using time and rewind, housed them in a secure hostel and discussed their futures amid slavery and norms. Enjoying the opulent hospitality, they undergo spa treatments, putting massages, grooming, and custom attire. They attend a lavish opera depicting the romance of Kaladnay and her high-temperors That is not the Templar's name. The name is Bakok on. Briefly encountering the Queen's Self. In formal court, they recount their adventures, present exotic fruit feelings as gifts, and in a private audience, accept their permission to return the sacred obsidian orb from the City of the Dead, facing undead guardians and a funeral procession that's already on map. Rewards promised upon success, as long as they don't violate certain conditions. 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According to your character sheets, you guys have 20 gallons of water and 10 pounds of dried meat and fruit and 10 pounds of bread and starch, etc. Which is plenty for a three or six day round trip in the desert. You also have tons of other stuff just kind of sitting in a shed somewhere. I don't know. Do anything about that. I want to do something with the door. I feel like that's the best way. I still didn't push that very easily. I mean that was last session. Okay, I'm just really behind on that sound. I only have one of these running at a time. Switch to this for you. You gotta wait that 10 days before you shoot the brush. I just get lazier and lazier. The further we get from the last session, I just care less. So this is what you have. You have a Proudlu and a wagon. And in that wagon you have all this crap. This is just money, so enjoy. I wonder if we should have some of those... see if we can entice some of those former slaves to work as attendants to our stuff that we leave here so we don't take all the defense. Maybe they'll take a job. I think a copper piece... rate for doing so. I think the copper piece is basically the standard one day's wage for like bottom tier labor. How much is that 500 pounds of proof? So each of you have... If I should dry it or not. So, like you have 500 pounds of wine. You know, gold was sold in the city as a specialty to all these rich- Yes. There is no lumber anywhere near this city. I was wondering if you should ferment it, because I think there might be an actual market for the alcohol that you can produce from it, because it'd be super rare and- Yeah. Yeah, as a non-wicker, I didn't think of that. In Kaladne, these citizens are not allowed to do some. But the foreigners are. So there is a market for it. And also it's a fruit that nobody has. It's a luxury product. Yeah, you can market this as a... So you gave some of it to Ka-Tet. Yeah. Probably like a hundred pounds of it. Enough. This has dried fruit. Six? Okay. You... You were the last one who had any fresh fruit and that was the gift. Except the twins have some fruit too. She is, you know what, she's so interested in making inroads with powerful people, I think she gave her fruit, not Pip's fruit. So Pip still has 500 pounds of fruit in a pregnant leaf and four juvenile mechalots. It's all undergaritated. So if you want to liquidate some of the, where's my place? The odds of none of these 10 ex-slaves being any good at marketing is bad. Let's roll a pretty 100. I don't even have the new pretty dice. You could definitely have them do some of the marketing for you. I'm gonna take the marketing of the alcohol. given my charisma because I really want to get the premium price on it. So I'll take the responsibility of selling that. I think the most important aspect of this is charisma to really negotiate the best price. 500 pounds of fruit can make a lot of cider. And some of the biggest spenders are these foreigners. Not that, you know, Not that the nobles don't send out agents to buy stuff from the foreign market. Oh, reminder to me, please change that password. How many of my fucking passwords are so... Yeah. This is LastPass and a big password of random nonsense. Well, for my computer logging, right? So that's when you kind of have to keep... Yeah, you kind of have to know that one. Most of mine are animal-related. Burt Ball has gone a long way. Map, MapPurpleCat.Tames, and any map you can roll out. As long as you're in the same campaign, it's all good. I got new 3D dice, but not in this version. Yeah, there's a timeout and I keep trying to like relax the restriction but it doesn't seem to relax enough. Okay, well it's also doing the set the two factor. Yeah, I specifically turned that out and it was like nope. It says no, no, you're gonna have that on. You can use phone but only if you use your phone number as the login, nothing you know, which is stupid. Oh, okay. So I need to go to Sexy New Dives. They don't work. Yay, they're broken. Good thing I didn't push this for you. So from choose a campaign, I just go into the campaign and then find a map from there. Yeah, the latest one is 3.0. Daring into smart for two weeks. Am I recording? Yes. I gotta get some lavaliers. We can get clearer audio. Not sure how many lavaliers I can attach to one computer. Three doesn't seem that quick. You're just rolling a prison check, right? Yeah. except this version of you might not have the right . That's right. Pretty good. Okay. I have a guide here. It's described, would describe this brown gold. One day's common rations are .5... Oh, by the way, you guys got a steel greatsword from that dude? That thing's worth a lot. Steel is not cheap. Of writing, Krodlu costs like 50 copper pieces. A steel greatsword might cost upwards of 8,000. Oh. Uh, where's the loot? Uh, well, let's start with the fruit. Fruit, fruit, fruit. So a gallon of broids with copper. Probably make a fancier cider. Why did it give me prices for everything except you? Root. Root. Canke nectar. Oh yeah, you have some canks too, right? Yes, we have a lot of canks. I was wondering about them. Where's the canks? Did I forget the canks? You did. Kank 29 Kanks. Yeah, we can probably offload those. Let's offload some of the Kanks. Kank. The livestock. The value of a mature nectar producing Kank. So these are- A mature nectar producing Kank is worth about 120 copper pieces. If you sold them all, that'd be 3,408. So I want to keep I want to keep three, four females and two males. No, five females. I guess they're all female if they're nectar-producing. They're bugs, so they're probably mostly female and they just have like a few breeders. No one breeds soldier kinks. They would just attack humans. Don't say no one. You might. These females could breed. They could. Oh, here's the trade. I'm going to add, you have six. So five and one? Yeah, because I know I had a couple of really young ones too. So maybe I'll take one of the younger males so I can raise it by. He's young. Yeah, you can keep a Kankun line. So you gain... How much time? 20 times 20. 2760 copper pieces. That's good. Now the wood is worth 2.5 copper per pound. You guys have some wood. 500, 500, 500. No one sold their rules. So you guys have 1500 pounds on that. Um, not all of it. I like to keep some to build with at the... back at the Hill Hall, there might be something else. It's useful. It's a little more valuable here than is in Tyr. Um, Tyr has better access to... But it's the rarity of the rule. Well, yeah, it is a special rule. Now you can probably... Get a premium on... Let's see. Let's give you 500 pounds. You can certainly fit in your trunk. If you just sell a thousand, but you get a premium, that'll be 37.50. I'm going to delete the wood from everyone's character sheet and add the remaining 500 pounds to the Party Treasure. You gotta do the fruit too. So you have fresh fruit. So this is normally the price of fresh fruit, but this is rare. I think with your salesmanship, you can get this price up quite a bit. Plus it's got the added of the Queen's, you know... Exactly. This is what the Queen's eating. Exactly. I'll give you... I'll give you 2,500 ceramic pieces for you. I can set up, maybe that's what I'll do. Oh, I know what I'm gonna do. So, listen, listen, let me, the wood I'm going to make cats' sysiotto, and then as we grow the fruit, we'll ferment it in the cats' interior for the guild hall. Oh yeah. Let me roll. It's like you did keep, you have plenty of seeds. Yeah, exactly. Planting seeds in maintenance. There is a Small chance that one of your two craftsmen is either a cast maker or a brewer. Nope. And I'm keeping the dry fruit for them. Is this something Vis wouldn't know anything about? Probably not. You, uh... You could maybe make a deal with a local brewer. Not that people here know much about brewing. There are slaves here, foreign slaves. So none of the slaves among ours had any experience in brewing? Only two of them were experts. One of them is an arena gladiator, one's a child, and the remainder are just common leaders, farmers. I mean, they know how to farm, not what to do with the fruit afterwards. But let's say I'm probably pretty good at experimenting things. You can find a brewer and make a deal and say, I'll let you brew some of this into a unique brew that no one else is selling if you teach me how to do it. Okay, that's very true. How long does it take? Sardew Valley. Five to 14 days, upward of three to four weeks. Okay. Well, so we can leave it to brew while we're gone. Yeah. Like, it's while we're going to check. We have one cast of exotic fruit cider ETA for weeks. Roll an intelligence check to follow the directions given to you. Follow directions, you say? Exactly. I'm just gonna assume the provisions you guys have are accurate. 45 pounds of dried fruit, that's like Like a backpack. Well, I mean she needs it for her leaner. 20 gallons of water is a lot of water. That's too much for a human. I mean, it's doable, but it's... And Crodlu, they're not great at carrying, but if you guys bring your wagon, they will, the wagon will slow you down a lot. Crodlu can move at 30 miles an hour, you know, over short distances. That's why I wanted to pay them to attend to the quality. and stuff that we can leave here in a safe place. I can't reach guys compound. Having trouble. And then this impersonate online anymore. So, Crodlu distance. A Rider and Gear plus 250. Okay. You guys are pretty light. You could probably scrap that water to the cover. So... Bosturgists can go two to three days without their past. Yeah, I can't fix my character sheet because it's fuckery. What fuckery? It's there. It's called New Pit. You can see it? New Pit? What macro am I on? 3.0. So not true Pit. New Pit. It was also Burbank. And probably needs to be good. You can just use naked dice. Yeah. Or you can use physical dice. I'll assume there are packs designed for a front loop. Saddle bags. It can carry 80 pounds of water. We want to travel a lot, so taking like, almost take a tiny- I rolled a 13. So we can travel faster. Yeah, if you can just stay on the Crodlu without the wagon, you will make it much better. And cut at least a day out to travel. Or possibly two days if you really want to push them. And they're going to need the lion's share of that water. What'd you get? I rolled a 13. Pretty smart. I have your other character sheet. says you have plus zero. But 13, I think it'll be passable. It might not be the best, but it's unique. No one knows what this CIDR is supposed to taste like. Right. There can't be any expectations on something that is totally random. It is. So it is... Oh my goodness, quality. You will leave your Mekkolots. You can put them to work. They keep asking what they should do and what you want them to do because they're used to being slaves. If you want them to do some sort of work while you're gone, they could maybe process some stuff. Well, that's something they would tend to keep our stuff safe. Yeah. And tend to any animal she wants to leave on night so we don't have to take them with us. True. Oh, we're just going to sell Sell them. Do you want to sell your Masterwork Steel Greatsword? Or your Frost Steel Shortzord? Does anyone here use that? I mean, no one in the party is particularly interested in the Greatsword. I think, I mean, Vis could definitely use the Frost Steel Shortzord as a stabby, but the Greatsword's a little too big for him. He's a big guy. We do have an arena gladiator. He is interested. Since he's free, he's a little less commit than the others, so he's just gonna go check himself into the arena and see if he can win enough wealth to truly be free. He doesn't... Sure, he can take it. If he wants. It is worth a lot of money. We're not gonna let him just take it, but he can use it in the In the pursuit of his freedom, he can use it in the pursuit of using it. It's worth way too much for us to just give it away. It's like giving away a freaking like diamond-deering. We can get past an installment plan, I guess. The economics of the Reigners are sending the Volutists and the owner of the gladiators and the owner of the slave. I'm taking that Warhammer for this mission. I think you should take the Warhammer. The highest-rate gladiators command approximately 15,000 sesterciers on board. The owners will be off of payment, but a surviving gladiator, if free, was legally entitled to a portion of money. The Roman legionary can earn 1,200 sesterciers per year. It's a single win for Top Gear Gladiator. It can be several years of a soldier's summer. Monthly games, probably 500 to 1500 ceramic. A grand game festival might have a prize of about 5,000 to 10,000 CP. Yeah, I think he's just gonna go join the Ludus. He'll send the story. You get the sense that you may not see that story. But the Ludus How does that actually work? Yeah, I know that he's not getting- Thousands of- Yeah, he cannot take it. He cannot just take it. If he joins a Lutis, they'll provide him with this. Exactly, then he can just- he can get one when he joins his Lutis. He's taking that with him. He's probably- he would probably just sell it and buy an inferior weapon that costs much less. He could buy like a house for that thing. Um... If you do- I say to you, Meek. Are you too tired and you don't know where to go to sleep? It just so happens there is an arena champion who's fairly well-armed who might be looking for a fine weapon. Hey, Vis. See if you can Riz. Give him that Riz, Vis. Vis, Riz. Natural one. No, I put it in the outside fridge because I didn't want Wesley to eat it. Do you have any questions? Perhaps one of you can Yeah, so we are doing a charisma check for what? Like, if it's charisma, I can absolutely cover it. None of you look like you would. Oh, yeah. That's a good time for that. So what are we selling? We're selling the Greatsword right now? So... Let's see, what is this... What is this... arena champion? Probably a Mo-ul. They're the best gladiators. About six foot eight and just like muscle upon muscle. He's middle-aged but still Still strong enough to best all the- Oh, she strokes his ego with his muscles, muscle-muscle worship. He is very into your old Irene thing. He's, uh, he wants to earn your favor with a glorious victory of- What's that praise? You'll get the highest value of the range. 12,000. He's going to use it to win a great victory in your honor. Which will be, if all goes well, shortly after you guys get back. It's a monthly game. I will come to his game. Only then should be worthy. So you have tanks, you got three. Root. Okay, so there's a bunch of money. Let's add it all. 21,002. We need to put in half the best stuff in the brewery. That brewery is pretty clean. Yeah, you got that keg right. We're investing related. Each year is 5,000, 52, 52, 5. So, 5, 25, 7, 75. Plus presumably the twins have that same one. You have a shattered shield. You have a cloak of displacement. That's the one. and I think I'm going to take the suggestion of where it's along with the war hammer. We're going to be going into a place where we might be the brave stone. Well, I'm not super strong actually being here. You're probably the strongest member of the party, naturally. Although Vis has a bold garnet so he can wield it with some natural strength if not any real proficiency. Alright, I'm gonna put it on your character sheet. Oh, where were those? They're all in that big... You just never want any drinks, so I pay you to just drink your water. Bug of displacement has been claimed. Stalagmite breaker. and Kee the Pregnant. Did you need a lemur? I guess it was named Maki-Maki. Oh, is it- According to- It gave it its own name. It's- It's a sound that the lemur can make. You have one cropping, so you might need some croppers. And I'll let- I'll let, um, I'll- Essentially, since I'm going to use the Warhammer, I'll let Piz use the Frosty a Short Sword in the duration of this adventure. Because I'm the one who originally looted that from... That was more of an ego prize. That was the pride and joy of the... That's our demon family. ...Firbolg fighter who got one shot by that gas canister of doom. I guess they'll have a Shattered Shield and anyone cares about shields, you've got a potion of invulnerability. You've still got a lot of like drugs. Just that willow bud. Maybe just bring that to back the guild and have fun with it. Yeah. Yeah, that's the plan. I think that's not, it's not, we're thinking about things that are going to weigh us down and increase travel time. Imagine you have like four garbage bags filled with blood. Enough to last the whole guild for a long time. Are you gonna play like Rochambeau to see who gets the one Crodlu? Or do you just like distribute the cost of the Crodlu? We'll distribute, it's fine. Whatever. I'll buy it. That way, it's mine. We'll drop each of you Wait, that's not how that works. 9000 divided by 225502. These taste exactly like the wine and the grape juice at my church. 3D glass man. It's just... It's price-less. We're not selling that. No, that's coming home with us. Like, I kind of just examine it, because it doesn't represent a place we know at this stage. It's just a, like, fantasy crater. It's just a crater somewhere. The Tablelands, which all these people around you know as the known world, are basically like the inner third of that. And there's just so much beyond it. I think your workers can, you know, make themselves useful. Explain to them that they're free and they can just get jobs and do whatever they want. But we're gonna offer two of them, the competent two that want to protect our stuff here, because we're not taking all of that stuff with us. And the boy... It doesn't have to work. Yeah. They do have schools here. I don't know if they have a... I think, you know, education is a holy ministry for them. I think they would establish a foreign school for all the foreigners' children. And they actually have an excellent educational program here. It is, you know, theocratic, but they teach all the stuff, girls and boys, and it's Compulsory attendance. And it is managed by the priesthood of course. You know, better than being ignorant. I'm sure all of our bodies weigh consistently with my auto and to ensure that we can make sure the benefit has been taken upon return. Are we planning, so what is the plan? Are we planning on going out to that other little Dungeon-y spot, and they come back here. So we're not going to Tyr? No, it's a little too far. Get her a jump. So, Canada's value. That's nice. I figured we can, um, yeah, we can go light. I just didn't want to, because I don't know if we're ever gonna come back to the city or not, you know? How much would you say a very Bountiful cannabis plant. Once you pluck all the bud, like how much of a trash bag is that? At least one. Think how tall our fucking neighbors' pot plants were. And one of those is probably a trash bag. So the California 2026 street value of what you had is probably about 20, like 30,000. Okay. It's not actually that much in ceramic pieces, but probably more useful in recreational value. Can I set a limited time lock on the place we store this so that we can open the doors until such a time as we return? Basically, that limits the parameters of a time, essentially a... I'm sure somebody offers a storage service equivalent to like renting a storage unit locked up and guarded for a very reasonable fee. It costs like 10 surrounded pieces a month. Okay, perfect. You can fit basically all of your stuff, I think. and we let all the freed slaves know we'll be back in X amount of time if they choose to want to leave with us to Tyr. So yeah, they have 10 days essentially to think about it or whatever we think. Make our lives here if you're out in this town where slavery is legal. Or you can come back with us when we head back to Tyr and about... What is our current estimate of getting to this site? So you're confident you can get there in two days, back in two days, or anything wonderful to put it? Surely it won't take like a whole day to delve into Dungeons. So you're hoping to be back in a week. Conservative estimate will be about a week to think over your decision because it will give you time to explore the city and everything and decide whether there's a viable place for you here. You want to go back into slavery? This is probably a slew. I mean they treat them a little better here than in some ways. Viz is gonna give Yeah. 500? I can't hear that in my words. This gives each of them 500 ceramic pieces to try to make some sort of start, which is kind of a comically large amount of money. That's like a year and a half's salary. That could easily get stolen from them, especially the kid. Put it in the bank. They got eggs. That's a lot. I think the surrounding pieces are big too. Yeah. Um... I could get them to silver but that's much smaller. You can put 50 silver in a small bag. So I think that's a day of shopping stuff. So you now each have your own Krodlu. You're loaded up with provisions, ready for adventure. 16. Just as a standing thing, I think she's collecting those jewel bugs wherever we find in the desert because they're such good art and essentially I can use them for jewel crafting or for charcoal water. Kingstone. That's always a good omen for your first day. Yeah, maybe we won't actually leave them. The land is very flat. Exactly. You can wait it out and see how it goes. By 9am it clears up. So it's an hour. It's a, it's, it's, I don't know how there are dust devils if the wind is calm. I guess it's my, a small wind, but the soil around here is so fine that it doesn't take much. It's on a picture and it's very dry. You can outrun the dust devils and probably... You do a quick burst of speed. You're going about 20 miles an hour at a trot. They can do that for about an hour from the rest. That's good, because that's how it's on the dust devils. You see the signs in the sky, the weird purple aurora. It looks like an aurora, like it's like a fire in the sky that goes up, but it spreads the way flame spreads on an oil-covered surface. And it is a situation you could stay out in. Some weird stuff can happen. These storms are specially powerful for psionic people. The non-psionic buffer protects you to some degree. But, uh, do you want to hide, or do you want to keep going? I'm gonna proceed. Roll with it. Yeah. Do I still encounter the same- Yes. Vis doesn't suck today. With my gloves and everything, do I risk the same? I think you have advantage on this, because it is protecting your mind. I rolled a 14, I have no idea what my modifier is. Not negative one. Yeah, you just kind of harden your minds. It's basically just wild psionic power. So when it hits your brain, it becomes a sensation, an emotion. You just have to kind of center yourselves. So that's a what check am I doing? Wisdom wins 13. Like I said, my hunger is starting to come back even though I feel full. This drug doesn't last Forever, who start to adapt to it and lose its effectiveness. I think it's a very interesting thing given the curse. You're just hounded. It's like intrusive thoughts. They're just random, but then you follow them and kind of obsess. I'm wondering if it just knocks out the celestial and gives the... Yeah, it kind of knows what's going on here. Let's see. Is that a d10? Is that like if her like a spare moment of like, help, that bitch has my voice and I can't- Exactly. Yeah, it has to roll a check as well. Wait, I'm actually trapped inside here. So, interesting. Well, okay then. You suddenly, without warning, make a melee attack against the nearest creature within reach, which is of course your problem. Oh shit. Your melee attacks are nothing to fuck with. No, that's really bad. That's really bad. I gotta reinforce this character. It's broken. Level one adventure. No. You just did all this. It's not level... You still have no maps. So delete me is little 7, but... What is going on here? All of the character sheets are just fucked? Cool. We're fucking programming. Alright, back to... Can I try using time to go for a different result of the failure? You have something, I want to say, some sort of reaction. You can dodge yourself, and that doesn't really make sense. You have... You're not really inspired by this situation. Ring of Mindshielding. Look at Tempus real quick, let's see. Not Wildsurg, just like a regular power. Okay. Haste is slow. It was one of those later powers where different versions of reality. Like that was a number level spell, but that was more for her to change. You can ritual cast, but you can't ritual cast as a reaction. Roll a d20, we're gonna... Roll a claw. Well, none of your macros work. I guess. None of my macros work, so I should just roll it here. Yeah. All of the actions are broken. You can roll dice, but you don't have any character actions. There are only a d50s. A good time to get a one. You have this moment of just feral rage and you snarl as you pull the... your intention was to grab it. But it sensed that and it just throws you off and runs. Roll a dex save where you take a small amount of fun. I would probably take that damage because that's a 5. You take a point of damage. Ugh! You were going like 20 miles an hour and it just throws you onto the side and looks like that. And they're powerful animals. Well, I'm gonna just count on my friends to see how the animal's back is. They're like, what the fuck just happened? I think I got affected by the storm and I was about to kill it. They stop and then Vis realizes he should probably chase down the running creature. Running creature, please. Then you just kind of have an absentee here. Yeah, we should do something about this. I have priest. She has a character sheet, but it's probably fucked. God damn it. Stupid Claw. Yep, she's a level-on adventurer with no... Well, she can have whatever powers we want, I guess. Does she have... I know she has Holy Light. Can she protect... She has the Wings of Freedom. Lord Sheridan. So she's going to create these radiant wings above the party that kind of shield you from the sound of storm, but that's a concentration thing. So if you have the confusion clears, shelter. You could dig. It's easy work digging, but you also have to dig carefully because it's so silty that the ground won't hold. Or you, as you... I don't know if you brought it all because that's too much for a quadrille, but you did say you had some wood. You could build yourself a little... ...called... ...sadding. or something more interesting come up. You can use order, but it's not formal. Collections of objects, lay your hands on a damaged or ruined object. Yeah, that's more like repair. But I could order, we're gonna build, I could order the soil to be more stable towards the top and make it easier for her to build. True, it is in, let's see. Ruins, Disorder, Collection of Small Objects. There might be better collaboration for trying to protect us from this. It's kind of a sideways, like, kind of turning Ordo into the Terra power. You're sorting the particle size. By grain. A five-foot cube, so it's not very big, but That makes it much easier to clear off that top layer of silt. Roll a silt casting check. DC. You might need a bigger cube because you have to climb. That's a 19. You can make it like a 30-foot cube. Which really only works on the fluid upper layer, but you've essentially taken all of the lightweight particles and pushed them into one corner where they can then be shoveled away and start digging. The Kralu can dig too, they've got big claws. And the soil here is... It's... it's... it's clay underneath all the silt. Which is good, it'll hold its shape as she's just focusing on its spell. You dig and dig. And you can't really make a roof, but you can, you know, you have like a tent and stuff, and that helps a little bit. And just being underground helps a lot. You can just sort of wait out the storm. Where's that weather? Okay. 1d8. It just seems like she's listening to something. It's sad. I'm giving her a little bit of buzz. Well, might as well have some dried fruit. Drink lots of water. It's slightly cool. The clay, you know, just like six feet down is like Which feels quite cool to touch. It's like a bond of a... Clear signs? Very nice. As the storm fades, there's little wind. It's hot, it is the hottest part of the afternoon, but it's not too hot to travel. You lift yourself like a ramp so you can They're ready to go another Koi Moans. They can go at a slower pace. These shovels definitely hurt their coast. They're sweaty. Probably drank like two gallons of water each today. And the Krodlu, they actually bulk up on water. and they can go without drinking water for several days. As dusk falls, the Crodlu will get a hold of that. And sure enough, at sundown, you get a ranger who can try to find you a nice campground. There's not a lot out here. This is very flacky. I think for early evening he might also help for optimizing a route and squeezing a little bit more time and more effective travel. Yeah. There is a road of sorts, but you guys are specifically avoiding it because you don't want to encounter that party that's coming back. Right. So you have to make sure you're staying on the course and you're sufficiently far from that road. So you've actually kind of gone all the way over to the Highlands. There's a little bit of elevation. And you look and look, but after a couple hours and the light fades, you haven't found anything as forgiving as a cave. But you find a little nestle between some high ground that gives you some sort of protection. And it's just too friggin' dangerous to travel. Put down some steaks. I have to eat. Probably eat one of them. You don't have any live animals, although there could be something. I could take a quick... Yeah, there's nothing bigger than a cockroach. You want some cockroach? Sure. Yeah, I'll get them up for a while to see. No, I'm not worried about that. Are you a bug using your power to lure bugs to the surface only to eat them? If we're hungry. You get some scorpions. Perfect. Just... I'll just give you a knife to the head. You get a- they're all small scorpions, but you know, bite-sized. They're spicy. They taste like spicy crab. Oh. And... Like a French. Good French. If you cook them long enough, the chitin becomes brittle enough to chew. I don't- I eat them long. They're tastier that way. Just pull off the poison part of the tail. You get a little fresh fruit with all your dried fruit. All that dried fruit and meat makes you thirsty. It's almost like sushi. It's just like, get some sushi here. Fuck sushi. Nah, that rock would be way too heavy to steal. Visually like the heat rock in the hotel. Because then you don't have to have a fire which can attract predators. It gets- Can't be subtle. I'd like to ask our daytime companion if she can make one of those because I think that should be an unreasonable thing for her to be able to make before she spends with us for sunset. I think that's... I think it's... It's a, there's a, this, this sort of, I don't know if I could reproduce it. It's probably more than just, but maybe. He draws the symbol. It doesn't magically become a bit more to it than that. But yeah, they were technically made through instruction. So Vis could learn how to make notes, but instead you just You just get into your sleeping sacks. Probably animal skin with fur on the inside. And you just zip up real good, cozy. Everybody comes together in one big pool. And hope it doesn't rain or hail or something. Yeah, exactly. Hope the wind doesn't act too bad. You probably have tents if you want. Yeah. But the conditions remain nice. It dips down to about 34 degrees. It's very very dark. I am definitely towards the center of that pile. It's more reptilian sort of creature. And this is day two, so you're not at peak yet. Day two. Eighteen. Did anything cost you from the nightstone? One hour, D20 plus a piece. Midnight, stroke a minute. What a curse. This is not the silk sea, but it is kind of a silk sea. You're just staring. You can see very faintly some stars through the haze. You can feel more than see the microwave radiation that penetrates the... Ironically, microwave would be easily blocked by atmospheric water, but it's so dry that it's getting through. It just kind of tells you where to look, and if you just leave your eyes open, it's slowly like a long exposure, and you start to see the brighter stars. That's an interesting encounter. Nothing. Nothing happens. Morning brings noon. Well, you're already encamped in a good spot. Just without waiting out which hour we leave. We can't leave at 5. Like, just as you were thinking of... ...shit. Alright. It's a hazy hazy. Oh, no, it's not that. It's going to be hazy? Oh, wow. Oh, good. We should be able to travel today and just hazy weather. Just gotta keep an extra alert for shit that's out hunting in the haze. Yeah, the visibility is really low, but you know where you're going, and as long as you keep a heading, which the guiding star could tell you, like, and it's probably like a DC 17 to just say City of Red Dead, and like a 15 or something to say, like, Northwestern. So as long as you stay, like, every 10 minutes you, like, Just double check to see if you guys are going the right direction, because visibility sucks. But they're not gonna see you. No one's gonna see you, and not many things hunt in this weather here. Not many things... except... Yes. Something that doesn't need visibility. Damn, I wish my BDD was a good product. It's not that kind of requires. Wisdom checks your survival. You hear this droning sound. You immediately understand what this is. This is not a trance music. This is like... Giant ponderous stinky music. No. This is a giant dragonfly. They eat everything. I guess I like the way the character cheats. Do I have the genie? I don't think I have the genie. My initiative has been crap lately. I'm sorry. Import Phoenix down. Develop a broken care. I'm gonna pull the tent stuff out of it and put it over us so that it gives some camouflage to Rodlu and try to hide. Yeah. Then we can attack it if it comes too close. They have nearly 360 degree vision. They detect ultraviolet light polarization and motion. They rely almost entirely upon superior eyesight. At least confuse their vision by waving the... the sheets. They have some all-time pink. Like those, um, kids' persons. Dragonflies don't actually have a sense of humor. They have no tympanic membranes or ears. I'm gonna delete the ones that say delete me. Ebbing is teleported. Copy to that. Yeah. Oh, yeah, there it is. Copy to that. Excellent. And there is a feature, I think, in this version. Certainly in my current version. I don't see a Crodlu. Generate. What I'm doing is I'm taking the tent and I'm waiting and the Marties and the prey animals. Yeah, the Kral Luna one second. I have my plan too. I'm going to try and do a Starfall to Cribblet's Wing. It's not very threatening without wings. I mean, they have legs. If it has like one broken wing, it's going to be off malice. Let's see if it's in browser. Do we have any... we're good at long range? Spells! This is my long range option. We've got a Priest of Archemist and a Druid of Wichwara. Whatever the fuck you want. It's pretty much that. Generate the Ava. She's just Druid because that's the magic of the land. This is a lot of processing. I just heard your fans start blowing. My um AI models, oh there it is. Alright. AC15, that looks good. Alright. I had artwork. Google. Crodlu. Yes, the face detector. I do like them a lot. I tried to use the denim to kind of be reminiscent of the fingerprint that we've been moving towards with the imagery. Is that the new thing? I mean, that's what most of the autism population seems to have settled on as a better... I like the sunflower, but... More as like symbology overall. That in public. But like this as just like marketing and stuff like for awareness. Nobody likes the puzzle piece. Nobody likes to use like the puzzle piece. I guess I can understand it. So that's why I'm appreciating towards the fingerprint because I think it's beautiful messaging of like everybody's different. Everybody on the spectrum presents differently. So I was like, yes, there might be their own types, but they're all different. And the gay people stole the rainbow. I saw somebody present one that was like a rainbow fingerprint. I was like, there's no reason you couldn't do that. 20 seconds or so. Dragon time. So I made a mountain picture, which is currently broken. But you can mount a token and then you'll both move together. It would put you in the middle and on top. And it works when I tested it. That's something I've seen in the days. Essentially like a roguin, a druid who can help me get my mount back. It'll be out of your original range and like a round dragon. That looks kinda like a Dragonfly. I feel like they're big targets too. It'd be hard to miss when it's just the size of a dragonfly. Yeah, it's the size of a Hellcatcher. This thing is fun. Sounds like one. It is... Its wingspan is like Kalox, but its core body is merely... Well, at least that works. So she hears which direction it's coming from, and she's going to very pragmatically cast Power Warship. I'll get 15 points of fire, Richard. Crodlu! Crodlus are panicking. Uh, let's see. The Crodlu... Yeah, I wanted to handle it. You want to, and you must. Right now, Vis has to. Handle out. Whoa, whoa, whoa, please don't run away and kick me out. the Humanities at a moment. Just in time, the giant dragonfly. Buzz! So many targets. Let's see, against one, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, one, two, three. Viz! Viz looks juicy. Buzz! Hungrily descends Seeing that there's a lot of... Well, it doesn't matter. This isn't a natively. It uses its primary attack mode, meaning it starts with my voice. Fuck. Am I wise? Not that wise. Not very. Stunner. He- average, you know. I'm just gonna say dazed. Then he follows that up by taking a little nibble. Nibble. That easily hits and easily does damage. Approved. Where's his fucking health? Who knows? He takes it right to the firework ship. Pip, you've got a chance in your hands. In your mind, this thing wasn't the size of a flying elephant. Yeah. I'm gonna handle animals on the Crodlu. With Chinese seeing this as a... Like, really like a... Yeah, exactly. Like a matador for both the fly and the Crodlu. Kind of spreading yourself a little thin. Yeah, but I'm really wanting to protect the Crodlu from the dragonfly. I trust everything else that we can take out the dragonfly. You can- you kind of just drape it over the Crodlu, which also has a calming effect like horse blinders. And since this thing is visual, it might not recognize that as food anymore. You successfully bagged the Crodlu. You don't have to make the check yet. You have to make the check when your mount goes. You're reacting before your mount could pass. But you're still mounted. Okay. Your mount will preemptively calm it? If you want to, yeah, you can take a swift action to handle animal. Or ready it, I guess. Does that make more sense? To just ready handle animal? I mean, it's basically something you're forced to do as an immediate action anyway. And so... Unless you want it to do something in particular, it can attack. Well... Actually, I want it to separate to go its own direction so that I can target the creature because it's also going to have a large pivot radius so I'm going to run to the right of it. You can dismount. Blind it. Just have it. Kick it. It's like, oh, run away. It's going to eat you. Don't tell me twice. Like leaving it in the huddle and I exit go around to attack. for whatever I can move to my max. Yeah, you were here. You could get here if you want to be that close. No, I'm going to take some separation from the group. If it's going to come after me, it will come after me, but I'm aiming to try and take it down on the starter next with my starfall. You can starfall it now if you want. I do. Della? It's not. Oh, the J-sip. Almost got that. You can call down a meteor. Roll a spellcasting check. That's an AoE. Heavy fire damage. creates a difference of terrain, not that that matters, but flying crazy. Okay, so 15 plus whatever monty, monfire. I think it's 8. You're good. It tried to dodge, but it just didn't know how. It's not familiar with worlds falling from the sky. You do 2d12 plus 12 damage. It drives it to the ground. It doesn't get pinned, but just slammed into the ground. Panicking like, what the fuck? Before it can do anything, Mia's problem ranks, and she does not know much about it. It panics in the worst way, taking her with it. Oh shit. It runs 20 squares away. Oh no, it can go further. No, no. But weren't they covered? Wasn't there a chance that they wouldn't be panicking anymore? I mean, her tent could cover only one crock. It's not like a circus tent. Can barely cover them. They're huge. is... is... is... is... adult Crodlu 1. That's yours. Um... yeah. Gonna do exactly what you're saying. Ta-da! And adult Crodlu 3. That's you, Pip. That's my boy, and that's my boy. I need to roll a handle handle check. That is good. You are pretty good. Plus six. So that would be 12. So it runs, you have the choice to fall off or stay with it. I'll stay with it. Yeah, mine runs. Or a direction. Runs here. Okay, what would you like to do with the rest of your action now that you are... Um... Shit. You're still technically within range. Can I take my turn to get the animal under control? You can definitely handle animal as an action. Roll another charisma check. So that'd be a 16. Okay. You can order it to do something. It technically already took its move I just want to get it under control. Technically that's a Swift action. You could use a standard action. What else I can really do? Great, it's Silver. Mine's gonna need to be correct. It's out of the faction. It's out of the faction. You're within Ranger spells. Yeah, but I'm trying to figure it out. I really can't think of anything to do with the rest of my turn except get the handle control and if it can't go, I'll stay with it. No problem. I'll make it back. Yeah, we lost all of your I'm gonna screw up with this character machine. I don't even know what fucking power you have. Drainzol is here. Oh, I know what I'm gonna do on my next one. I'll paste your project so you can select our... She's gonna ditch this fucking handle. Right in the power machine. I'm so fucking far away. Krodlu, that's gonna be fun. Take kids to be like a horse cow. Monster Rancho. Radiant Sammage. Adults Krodlu to who? Seven, eight, nine, Icon, Initiative, Trib, Focus, and Reborn. Alright, which one's number two? That is this? Yes. Alright. It's going to attack the Dragonfly. Fuck you. Why? It's because it's pinned now, so this bridge is gonna be done. Nine to hit. There's no damage. Somehow, can't hit a Dragonfly that's on the ground. Pinned? Not pinned. Just on the ground. Oh, okay. The meteor was ephemeral and it goes away. Dissolves into stardust. BOOM! I'm not at half health yet so I don't pin. Instead, attack. I'm gonna bite this stunned loser. Hits easily but his damage is completely fucking wrong. Minus 10, that takes 9. Ow! Fuck you! Pip. You might want to wait because I go present. Yeah, I'm going to wait for her. Reorganize? That didn't work, but I'll just say it's your... Okay, I'm going to haste her problem with my primary action and then I'm going to I'm gonna do my own move action to leap on or try and get onto the dragon flying pin or whatever I can do. I'm gonna position myself so I can try and tear it into my claw. You are flanking and that is helpful as Pat would say. It's probably claw is waiting. I'm gonna try but I don't have to jump with the actions for it. Technically you have to roll the haste, you might fuck it up. I think it's 15. 15, 17, somewhere. But with my roll, it's still fine. It's a 16. Yeah, it's... You get 100% hits on the ground. And a 200% speed increase. That thing is fucking fast. My goal is to go across to the left ground, and then swing down, and then swing down, and then swing back. So next move action. is now 40, no, 30 squares, and you get four. So here's the first move. Now that's two moves. But that's a double move. And then you're... I rolled a 19. Okay. It trusts you. And then you want to go... Down. ...to the other crowd. That is a single move. So the Crodlu has one more action left. Well, I, yeah. But you don't. The Crodlu can try to say, buddy, buddy, please. Leave my Crodlu charisma. Natural 20. They trust each other. They're all under control now. Adult Crodlu. He's gonna come join the pack. He loves it when I'm planking. Usually it's helpful for him. Please don't fuck it up. Anything else? Mind glasses? Okay. Okay. It is just one. That's not a safe thing. That's a fucker. I'm enjoying my Frostfield shorts or the planking bonus. Good thing you have that planking bonus. Are you kidding? The higher of the two roles was a five. It's that Kitan. Sorry to get through. Adult Crodlu won. And it's this one. I'm just gonna say all the Crodlu are not going. Yeah, it's not making sense. We shall return to this battle. Nia. Healing Zap? Healing Zap. Gonna heal. Oh, Kokon has no hit points. Giant Dragon Glide. There's another dragon. This one's not stabbing me, so maybe I should eat this one. Do not penetrate your arm. Like, ah yes, I'm not a threat. Go ahead and try to face it. Yeah, I'm getting on it. I'm getting on it back to actually literally go after it. I'm gonna do a fucking time screen with an empty animal dust. I'm gonna try to take it to you. Take and roll two plot attacks and it's considered threat. Just shredding the wing membrane. Like on it, like writing it, just shredding it. I can't, it's my deck, right? 15. Yeah, there it is. Plus... Alright, I just hit the AC on that one. Just barely. Plus two... 18, so a 20 in the second. Each one does 2d8, plus Four. Seven. Yeah. Okay, so 17 on the first. 11 plus. Six. Did that accurately track a stage? Okay, I'm gonna do one more point. Yeah, it's correct. Okay. Okay, it's, uh... It is now grounded, taking too much damage to fly in. And it wants to escape. And flaps its wings and it's just not getting enough lift. And instead a herd of hungry Crodlu defend on it. Like the job of Wormit is. Go forth my minions! All four of the Crodlu attack with advantage. We've got our Crodlu! They get a nice Crodlu meal. As they bite from every insect sound. They try to whack it with its tail, but they're so fast, and they just leap over the tail. And yours is going extra rampant on it. And all four of them get a good beak in their huge velociraptor-like talons. It's hilarious imagining the hasty one going out. It's a blur of motion. claws and feathers and they feast well on the juicy tasty meat of this giant dragonfly. Not leaving any for us but you know. Whenever we fed them they'll be satisfied for a while so some of our Russians... I'm gonna assume that it weighs like a quarter as much as an elephant. Yeah I mean they're lightweight because they couldn't fly. Still weighs about a metric ton. So they will eat well, and so will you if you like the Dungeons & Dragons. Why not? I need you. Does the dragons offer you any treasure? It's a psionic creature. It might be able to salvage some of its wing cloth. They're pretty cool with the names. And I was actually thinking within their eyes, there might be, I know there's, within Kat's eyes, they have some crystals because of the way you need to refract light to, I'm not sure the way a dragonfly's eyes are constructed, but I'm just thinking it's hard to find. There is a, you know of a dual crafting recipe that uses the eye of the giant dragonfly that gives you basically all-around vision. Is he an inscription or an alchemist? This is Alec. It doesn't happen. I will give you... 3,050 CPU materials. The Interesting. Intagling membranes. Yeah, those leatherworking mats could actually be used to create an nitride. Basically, let's just fly. Of course, you guys know. Might be useful for the one non-flying. Exactly. We should probably start thinking about getting ahead of that purpose. When we actually get to flying, we can't be leaving him behind, so we should be thinking ahead on that. and Sionic Gangly. It has a raw, one of its organs, it's juicy with a psionic palate. Not a lot of psions. Memory. Dragonfly. She wants to take that for potential exploration of healing her memories. That's entirely possible. Let's see. The male dragonfly has a complex T-part dental system. The female dragonfly is on the back of the head even if Donald Plath is finding a tandem pair. From a distinct wheel shape female inserts eggs to the plant's density, so she wouldn't necessarily have a larva. What, eggs? I mean, maybe they're tasty. The larval stage of dragonflies lasts one to five years. Much longer than expected. They grow in water, so bad news for the Asian dragonflies. Maybe they grow in silt. You guys were... Yeah, you were just walking through the veins. We're making good time, so... It is high noon in the city, or rather, outside of the city. And being home, it's still just a... No terrible way. Emerging from the haze to the edge of your visibility, you see a man-made sculpture, a mesa shaped with reinforcements of the corners. The City of the Dead doesn't have walls. It doesn't really need them. Which means you can enter from any direction. Which may be useful to avoid patrolias. You don't sense any sign of the funeral procession. Nor do you see any guardians. Do you want to be indoors or just stay indoors? and direct them carefully. He stealthily approached the city looking for any sign of movement. This first mausoleum you encounter is definitely a large enough for the corner. The entryway is a ramp that goes downward. Much sand spilled down the ramp. The doors are closed. The natural Tony, the traps had already worked. But he still, he takes the barrel. It's exposed to me working together to one of these doors. It's... It doesn't have a roller or anything. You're just moving like a... 2,000-pound slab. And there's a lot of sand that's crunching under the thing and it's slowing it out a little. All right, birds too. You can guide them by a lead. Yeah. They're like, I don't know. I don't follow the rule of does my head fit because my body is much bigger than this. But they're squeezed through. There's still birds. Inside, it's quite dark until she casts a light spell. You see an array of standing sarcophagi on both sides carved in the image you've presumed of the dearly departed and a single statue with a jackal head standing silently In repose beyond this statue there are two passages, possibly to the same stairwell, going down. And the statue looks down. Next time. Next time. and the other one.