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We are here.

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We are playing

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Gerps Konein.

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Queen of the

1:01

Black Coast once again.

1:03

And what does that

1:06

mean? What does that

1:08

mean for us? Well,

1:10

if you didn't tune

1:13

in last time, we

1:15

had kind of

1:18

a unexpectedly

1:20

happy ending. Yeah,

1:22

it was quite

1:24

different from the

1:26

short story. survived

1:28

of course, but

1:30

so did everyone

1:32

else. The whole

1:34

ship's crew, bail it,

1:37

the ship, everything.

1:39

And there was some

1:42

scuttlebutt in the

1:44

comments. Okay, just gonna

1:46

say, people thought maybe

1:49

we went a little

1:51

too easy. Maybe we were

1:53

a little too cautious.

1:56

So this week. We're going to drive

1:58

Conan like we stole him. We're

2:00

going to make tons of

2:03

bad decisions. We're going to

2:05

try to get into some

2:07

combat. We're going to try

2:10

to mix it up a

2:12

little bit and maybe kick

2:14

some winged ape, but so

2:17

we'll see. We'll see what

2:19

happens. But yes, welcome or

2:21

welcome back. We're playing. yet

2:24

again. So I'm not going

2:26

to spend a lot of

2:28

time like I did last

2:31

week talking about what is

2:33

Gerps and what is Conan

2:35

and whatnot. If you need

2:38

a refresher on that and

2:40

you're watching this after the

2:42

live stream and pause this

2:45

video, go watch the start

2:47

of the other video. But

2:49

for the benefit of the

2:52

folks listening or watching the

2:54

live stream right now, just

2:56

really quickly. If you didn't

2:59

catch last week, yeah, what's

3:01

a Conan? Gerp stands for

3:03

the generic universal role-playing system.

3:06

And it is a system

3:08

that is meant to accommodate

3:10

any number of different genres

3:13

and settings. And they did

3:15

a line of books. the

3:17

Konaan, the world of Hyboria,

3:20

yes, Hyboria, I always get,

3:22

I always want to say

3:24

Hyboria, but that's actually just

3:27

a nation in the Hyborian

3:29

region, I guess you could

3:31

say, Hyborian continent, I don't

3:34

know. My knowledge on this

3:36

stuff only goes so far.

3:38

So, yeah, and we're playing

3:41

a solo adventure, Konaan and

3:43

the Queen of the Black

3:45

Coast, which is based on...

3:48

the short story of the

3:50

same name. We've got our

3:52

Conan here. There he is,

3:55

500 points worth of Conan.

3:57

And as we discovered last

3:59

time, that makes for a

4:02

very capable character. Did I

4:04

fail any roles last time?

4:06

I don't think I did.

4:09

Which probably also helped. But

4:11

to be fair, this is

4:13

the version of Conan that

4:16

was in. This book, okay?

4:18

So it's not like I'm

4:20

bringing this version of Conan

4:23

in to this adventure, you

4:25

know, kind of, of my

4:27

own volition. Describe his skills.

4:30

Yes, ma'am. So, what does

4:32

Conan have? He has, I'll

4:34

get that in the frame,

4:37

he has area knowledge of

4:39

a lot of different regions.

4:41

He knows his stuff when

4:44

it comes to weapons. He

4:46

knows axe slash mace. He

4:48

knows bow brawling broadsword He

4:51

can shank you with a

4:53

knife to the tune of

4:55

18. He's got an 18

4:58

skill in knife. Keep in

5:00

mind and remember that Gerps

5:02

is on a 3D6 bell

5:05

curve. You roll 3D6 to

5:07

roll equal to or under

5:09

your skills. So basically Conan

5:12

really can't, almost can't lose.

5:14

I mean, there, there are

5:16

certain hard limits, you know,

5:19

if you were like an

5:21

18, I think. Frankly, I've

5:23

never had a character with

5:26

the skill of 18, so

5:28

if that comes up somehow

5:30

in the game, I will

5:33

double check whether or not

5:35

an 18 is an automatic

5:37

fail. I think it is.

5:40

Anyway, you know, stealth at

5:42

18. because he's a stealthy

5:44

pantherish kind of guy. He

5:47

can shank you with a

5:49

spear as well. He can

5:51

survive in the jungle, the

5:54

mountains. the planes. He can

5:56

swim. He can track. Oh,

5:58

he's got two-handed sword. I

6:01

didn't even know they had

6:03

two-handed swords in the H,

6:05

but apparently they do, and

6:08

he knows how to use

6:10

them. He can fast-draw his

6:12

arrows. He can fast-draw his

6:15

sword. He can even patch

6:17

you up. He's got first

6:19

aid. He can even do

6:22

some blacksmithing on the side,

6:24

which I don't know if

6:26

that's a little... load to

6:29

the John Millius movie and

6:31

his origins as a son

6:34

of a Smith. Riddle of

6:36

Steel. But anyway, that's Kownan.

6:38

Let's look at his advantages

6:41

and disadvantages. He's got a

6:43

bad temper. He's a fanatic

6:45

for bailets. Fobia of magicians.

6:48

Reputation as a pirate. Lots

6:50

of different senses of duties

6:52

to bail it and all

6:55

women comrades Who's bail it

6:57

I hear you ask? Cat

6:59

references one. Yes, please keep

7:02

account Again if you are

7:04

just tuning in this week

7:06

for the first time you'll

7:09

find out soon enough who

7:11

bail it is So Yeah,

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this is our guy and

7:16

I think I don't think

7:18

there's any need to be

7:20

terribly Cautious, yeah, who's not

7:23

a fanatic indeed? All right.

7:25

So, let's get into it.

7:27

And as I did when

7:30

I replayed Greenwater Crimson Stag

7:32

for Dragon Warriors, let me

7:34

adjust the camera a little

7:37

bit here. I am going

7:39

to do some rereading as

7:41

appropriate. But not necessarily reread

7:44

everything. But yeah, so just

7:46

as a reminder, we will

7:48

sometimes be asked to keep

7:51

track of our companions. There's

7:53

a record sheet of the

7:55

crew in the back here.

7:58

There we go, still marked

8:00

up from last time. And,

8:02

but we've got, you know,

8:05

the main, the main characters,

8:07

I guess, up here, and

8:09

then just a bunch of

8:12

other crewmen. Because yeah, I

8:14

mean one thing we did

8:16

do last time was we

8:19

took took a couple of

8:21

away parties with us a

8:23

couple occasions and Yeah, we've

8:26

got the morale rating that

8:28

we have to pay attention

8:30

to so Right off the

8:33

bat here. Let's right morale

8:35

and It's gonna start at

8:37

zero if memory serves Okay,

8:40

we're also going to be

8:42

keeping track of time So

8:44

we've got afternoon evening night

8:47

and morning. All right. Here

8:49

we go. Introduction. I mean,

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sorry. Adventure. Yes, I'm going

8:54

to forget that. Introduction. Cursed

8:56

be the day you ever

8:58

entered Miss Tansha. During your

9:01

stay in the rollicking Argosian

9:03

Port. You ran afoul of

9:05

the law. damned judge, actually

9:08

ordering you imprisoned for failing

9:10

to betray a friend to

9:12

our Gaussian quote-unquote justice. At

9:15

the time, jumping aboard the

9:17

merchantman Argus seemed a good

9:19

idea. Now, seeing the infamous

9:22

pirate galley Tigris gaining on

9:24

your ship, you're not so

9:26

sure. The Tigris is the

9:29

scourge of the coasts from

9:31

Zingara to Cush. She's crude

9:33

by skilled black kingdom spearmen,

9:36

who unquestioningly obey the commands

9:38

of their leader, Bailit. You've

9:40

heard the stories, of course.

9:43

talk about the woman they

9:45

call the Queen of the

9:47

Black Coast. Some say she

9:50

was once a Shemite slave.

9:52

I think I had problems

9:54

with that sentence last time.

9:57

That is a tongue twister.

9:59

Others say her forefathers were

10:01

kings of Asgelen. All agree

10:04

on two points. Her ferocity

10:06

and her beauty. Must be

10:08

quite some woman, you think,

10:11

to keep a crew of

10:13

hardy pirates in nine. The

10:15

galley approaches within bow range.

10:18

Soon they will close and

10:20

board the Argus. Still, you'll

10:22

not go down to hell

10:25

without an escort of pirates.

10:27

Taking up your bow, you

10:29

search the quarter-deck of the

10:32

tiger's for targets. There, that

10:34

white figure among amid the

10:36

black ones, Baylet herself. Just

10:39

one arrow shot, and at

10:41

this range you don't miss.

10:43

A smooth draw, a quick

10:46

sighting, and, following a nameless

10:48

impulse, you drop the chieftain

10:50

to Baylets right. The pirates

10:53

take up bows themselves and

10:55

begin to return fire. Their

10:59

aim is true. The Argus' helmsman

11:01

falls in the first volley, the

11:03

captain in the second. Without leadership,

11:05

the crew shouts in panic and

11:07

confusion. Up lads! you shout. Never

11:09

mind the oars! They'll catch us

11:12

anyway! Take up your weapons! Let's

11:14

give these dogs something to remember

11:16

us by! Taking heart, the sailors

11:18

manage one sparse volley of arrows

11:20

before the Tigris' ram takes the

11:22

merchantman. The grapnels fly, biting into

11:24

the doomed ship's rail, and the

11:26

vicious buccaneers pour over the side.

11:28

It is slaughter. The pirates outnumber

11:30

the remaining sailors five to one

11:33

and are far better warriors. It

11:35

is not your way to be

11:37

butchered like a calf, however. Taking

11:39

the initiative, you leap onto the

11:41

now lightly manned galley. You are

11:43

immediately surrounded by foes, no matter.

11:45

They are unarmored, an easy bait

11:47

for your sword. Your superb armor

11:49

is proof against their clubs and

11:52

spears. Breaking free from the pack,

11:54

you fight your way to the

11:56

mast. Ten pirates die in mere

11:58

moments, and many others fall sorely

12:00

wounded. A tall subchief barked out

12:02

commands and the pirates pressing you

12:04

withdraw, drawing arms back to cast

12:06

their spears. Shugging your mighty shoulders,

12:08

you prepare to hurl yourself into

12:11

their midst and die like a

12:13

warrior. Hold! The shrill cry rings

12:15

over the battle. The spearmen frees

12:17

in place. Bailot leaps in front,

12:19

beating aside their points. Time seems

12:21

to slow. She is a goddess.

12:23

Live, yet voluptuous. Rippling black hair,

12:25

eyes like glowing black coals. This

12:27

is the loveliest woman you have

12:30

ever seen. Walking like a jungle

12:32

cat. The ship is well named,

12:34

you think, dazedly. She boldly moves

12:36

up to you, careless of your

12:38

blade. Who are you? she demands.

12:40

I have sailed these coasts from

12:42

Zuntal to Pickland, and never have

12:44

I seen a man like you.

12:46

You state your name. Alert for

12:49

any sudden moves. She is unarmed,

12:51

save for a dagger. Yet her

12:53

name is legend for a thousand

12:55

leagues, and she'd be dangerous no

12:57

matter what. But you begin to

12:59

believe that you have nothing to

13:01

fear, not from this woman, not

13:03

now. And my name, stranger, I

13:05

am bailet, she cried, as an

13:08

empress might speak at her coronation.

13:10

Look at me, stranger, I am

13:12

queen of the black coast, ruler

13:14

by fire and steel and slaughter.

13:16

No man was worthy of me,

13:18

none till now. Come with me,

13:20

bold one. Follow me on this

13:22

sea till world's end. I am

13:24

queen, be thou my king. Startled,

13:27

you look about you. Join these pirates

13:29

whose mates you've slaughtered. Yet, looking over

13:32

the ranks of warriors, you see no

13:34

signs of jealousy or anger. Twas all

13:36

in good fun. You realize that bailets

13:38

hold over these sea wolves is absolute,

13:41

that to them she is more than

13:43

a woman. Her commands are obeyed without

13:45

question. You look at the argus, slowly

13:47

sinking, littered with the bodies of her

13:50

sailors. You look over the ocean and

13:52

think of the glory, the riches, the

13:54

riches that might await. and above all,

13:57

to quest at the side of this

13:59

glorious woman. of sail with

14:01

you. You growl, shaking the red

14:04

drops from your blade. She leaps

14:06

to your side and you take

14:08

her into your arms as a

14:10

roar goes up from her crew.

14:13

You have found your queen. The

14:15

times are good. The Tigris pillages

14:17

the waves. The queen of the

14:20

sea finally has a mate, whose

14:22

ferocity in war matches her cunning

14:24

and sea skill. So long as

14:27

there is gold to win, battles

14:29

to fight, and bail it at

14:31

your side. What does it matter

14:34

where the ship sails the ship

14:36

sails? You love the life. Turning

14:38

south, you raid the coast of

14:40

the Black Kingdoms. The crew, however,

14:43

has been heavily thinned by raiding.

14:45

Turn to paragraph one and begin

14:47

your adventure. All right. The morning

14:50

is still young when the Tigris

14:52

anchors. Nearby is the mouth of

14:54

a broad, slow-moving river. Odd, you

14:57

think, a river this large, usually

14:59

have a settlement at the mouth.

15:01

but there was no sign of

15:04

man. Only white beaches and the

15:06

emerald jungle exists. As far as

15:08

the eye can see." Baylet points

15:10

to the sluggish murky waters. That

15:13

is the river's archaiba. Once I

15:15

was chasing a stigian vessel down

15:17

this coast and it fled into

15:20

the river mouth. Here I anchored

15:22

and waited. Some days later, the

15:24

ship drifted out of the river.

15:27

When we boarded, we found her

15:29

deserted. The decks were bloodstained as

15:31

if a great battle had been

15:34

fought. One survivor we found, but

15:36

he was raving something about winged

15:38

demons and he died a day

15:41

later. She laughed. What did it

15:43

matter? What destroyed her crew? The

15:45

cargo was intact and none of

15:47

my bold followers needed to die

15:50

to take it. But it set

15:52

me to thinking, what was up

15:54

the river? She has aroused your

15:57

curiosity. And, you ask. I have

15:59

listened to the tales the sailors

16:01

tell. Some, despite the deadliness of

16:04

the river and the legends, have

16:06

dared to sail some length up

16:08

river. They have glimpsed far off

16:11

purple to towers and ramparts. My

16:13

love. There is a great city

16:15

or ruin on that river. We

16:17

fear nothing. Let us go sack

16:20

that city. All right. So, last

16:22

time we pointed out the depletion

16:24

of our crew. So this time,

16:27

we're all in. Sounds good to

16:29

me. Loot the city of the

16:31

ancients, perhaps? By all the gods,

16:34

there'd be enough treasure to make

16:36

an emperor grown in delight. Afire

16:38

with eagerness, you quickly agree to

16:41

bail its plan and bark out

16:43

orders to the sailors to make

16:45

ready for the trip. All right,

16:48

turn to 2021. All righty. All

16:50

right. All right. I think we

16:52

all just groaned into light, Kenny.

16:54

It's true. on the big board.

16:57

There we go. All right. The

16:59

Tigris rounds the bend into the

17:01

Zarkaba. Roers taking up the beat

17:04

to forge against the sluggish flow.

17:06

The jungle soon blocks out much

17:08

of the morning sunlight, leaving a

17:11

pallid glow to illuminate the ship's

17:13

passing. The waters are clouded and

17:15

unusually dark. The waters of the

17:18

Zarkaba are poisonous, says bailid. Nothing

17:20

can abide them but the serpents

17:22

of the river. The Subaz avoid

17:24

the river and claim it is

17:27

a cursed. The

17:29

sounds normally heard in a

17:31

jungle are ominously absent. No

17:34

animal comes to the bank

17:36

to drink. No bird flies

17:38

overhead. The only signs of

17:41

life are on the river

17:43

Sandbars, where reptiles wholly unknown

17:45

to old Enyaga's lore, arrive.

17:48

They lit orders the helmsman

17:50

to keep a long distance

17:52

from the sandbars. Set the

17:54

current time to afternoon. Okay.

17:57

All right, and turn to

17:59

29. All

18:03

right, so the cruise morale

18:05

is zero and the current

18:07

time is afternoon So we're

18:09

going to 18 roll one die.

18:12

Okay, so here's where already we're

18:14

getting into some You know

18:16

possible branches here is a

18:18

narrative branches. Let's see nope

18:20

I rolled the exact same

18:22

thing I rolled last time. Let's

18:24

roll something else. Nope still rolling

18:27

three. I guess it's meant to

18:29

be okay 134 While

18:32

securing a stay a crewman loses

18:34

his balance and plunges into the

18:37

poisonous waters of the river All

18:39

right this gives me a chance

18:41

to make up for last week

18:43

where I Didn't dive in immediately

18:45

after him The crewman shrieks in

18:47

terror As he tries to swim

18:49

back to the ship quickly buccaneers

18:51

swarm the rails preparing rescue measures

18:53

All right, let's jump in and

18:55

save him You

18:59

leaped to the rail

19:01

tensing mighty muscles to

19:04

dive in after the

19:06

course air. No, my

19:08

love shrieks bail it

19:10

The Zarkaba is deaf

19:12

to enter let my

19:14

sailors handle this Okay,

19:16

so do we ignore

19:18

her and jump in

19:20

anyway? Reconsider and try

19:22

to find a safer

19:25

means of aiding the

19:27

crewman or obey and

19:29

let the crewman rescue

19:31

the man. What do

19:33

we think folks? Mighty

19:35

muscles indeed. I know

19:37

tensing them jump Don't

19:39

listen to your wife.

19:41

Wait. My real life

19:43

wife or Baylett? Conan's

19:46

wife. Wait. Jump. All

19:48

right. Let's do this.

19:50

All right. We're going

19:52

to ignore her and

19:54

jump in anyway. Okay.

19:57

Leaping from the rail, you dive

19:59

into the zircade. the water feels

20:01

oddly viscous. Oh God, so it's

20:03

just like a river dog saliva

20:05

basically. As you swim towards the

20:07

pirate, roll against your health at

20:09

a minus three. Add one if

20:12

you have swimming at 15 or

20:14

better, subtract three if you can't

20:16

swim at all. Wow, that would

20:18

have been quite the move. All

20:20

right, no course there left behind,

20:22

that's right. Okay, so I have

20:24

swimming at a 15, very good,

20:26

very good, very good. All right,

20:29

so I get to add one.

20:31

and my health is a, whoops,

20:33

told myself I wasn't going to

20:35

jostle the camera and I lied.

20:37

Okay, my health is a 15,

20:39

rolling at a minus 2 to

20:41

that means I have to roll

20:43

a 13 or less. That's a

20:45

10. All right, ah, but I

20:48

have to see how much I

20:50

made the roll by. I made

20:52

it by 3, so I made

20:54

the roll by 4 or less

20:56

as it says it says here.

20:58

So, turning a 69, I doubt

21:00

this will be very nice. You

21:02

quickly realize your mistake. The strength

21:04

leaches out of you into the

21:07

evil water. You barely make it

21:09

back to the ship and the

21:11

sailors must drag you out. Take

21:13

one D damage to your health

21:15

and lose one point of health

21:17

for the remainder of the adventure.

21:19

Subtract one from the cruise morale

21:21

rating. Oh, brutal. All right, morale

21:23

is a negative one. And

21:26

let's see. So health

21:28

is temporarily reduced to

21:30

14. And I took,

21:32

it was an odd

21:34

way of phrasing it,

21:36

I took six points

21:38

of damage. So, ah

21:40

ha ha ha, yeah,

21:42

I called it, didn't

21:44

I? They said one

21:46

D and I said

21:48

six points. And yeah,

21:50

I called it. All

21:52

right, so I guess

21:54

I am down now.

21:56

Here's the thing they

21:58

told me to take

22:00

one. of damage first

22:02

before reducing my health

22:04

by one point. So

22:06

I am down to

22:08

nine hit points. Okay,

22:10

going and got Giardia.

22:12

Okay, turn to 64.

22:14

Here we go. Come

22:16

on now. Okay. Advance

22:18

the current time by

22:20

one watch. Note this

22:22

time on your scratch

22:24

sheet. It is now

22:26

evening. Okay, turn to

22:28

29. That was a

22:30

nice Conan we had

22:32

once. Yeah. So what

22:34

happens when you don't

22:36

listen to your wives

22:38

fellows? All right. So

22:40

we are back at

22:42

our little staging ground

22:44

here and the current

22:47

time is evening and

22:49

morale is not negative

22:51

six or less. So

22:53

we can turn to

22:55

137. Roll one die.

22:57

A two. All right,

22:59

215. Then tell me

23:01

if I rescue that

23:03

sailor or not. All

23:05

right. do. One of

23:07

the crewmen cries out

23:09

pointing to the sky.

23:11

As your eyes adjust

23:13

to the gloom you

23:15

know a large winged

23:17

shadow soaring overhead. It

23:19

doesn't look like a

23:21

bird. For one thing

23:23

it's far too big.

23:25

All right I can

23:27

try to shoot it

23:29

down. Observe it further

23:31

or ignore it. I

23:33

mean come on. We've

23:35

got we've got a

23:37

bow. We've got arrows.

23:39

I think I think

23:41

we got to try

23:43

to take this thing

23:45

out right. Put an

23:47

arrow in its gob.

23:49

Let's do it. Okay,

23:54

they spent time saving my muscular

23:57

ass. Yeah, that's true. That's true.

23:59

The creature is at a height

24:01

of 30 hexes and is traveling

24:03

at a speed of 14. If

24:05

you aim for one or two

24:08

seconds before shooting, turn to 150.

24:10

If you aim for three seconds,

24:12

turn to 223. If you shoot

24:14

without aiming, calculate your modifiers from

24:17

the table and B 201, then

24:19

roll a hit, the creature dodges

24:21

on a roll of eight or

24:23

less. Okay, so there's a lot

24:25

of Gerps speak in that passage.

24:28

I'm glad we're getting a little

24:30

bit more into the system this

24:32

week. This is good. I think

24:34

Steve Jackson just had a thing

24:36

for hex, hex mats and hexagons.

24:39

Gerps maps, always use hexes. Let

24:41

me see if I can find

24:43

one here. There we go. This

24:45

is from the adventure that comes

24:48

in the basic set that you

24:50

can see there. Good old combat

24:52

map on hexes. So, yeah, so

24:54

one hex equals one yard. So

24:57

really what they're saying there

25:00

is the creatures 30 yards

25:02

away Okay, so then what

25:04

we have to do Check

25:07

this out We consult the

25:09

speed range table baby. Look

25:11

at that. Oh, yeah So

25:14

So we have to look

25:16

at the speed and the

25:18

range so it's 30 yards

25:21

away Okay, and it's moving

25:23

at a speed of four

25:25

14, which we would bump

25:28

up to the next highest

25:30

interval there, which is a

25:32

15. So we would combine

25:35

those two, right, and that's

25:37

a negative 12 modifier. All

25:39

right. Hey, Harrison. Yeah, Hex

25:42

Maps superiority, absolutely. So my

25:44

bow skill is a 16.

25:46

And what do we say

25:49

there? a negative 12 so

25:51

that gives me 8th chance

25:53

of four or less on

25:56

3D6, not great. So I

25:58

can aim. So aiming, as

26:00

you might expect, gives me

26:03

bonuses. The longer I do

26:05

it, the more bonuses I

26:07

crew. So if I spend,

26:10

so combat turns in Gerps

26:12

are one second long, okay?

26:14

That's how granular the system

26:17

is. But if I spend

26:19

one turn, aka one second,

26:21

aiming, the bow has among

26:24

its stats, something called accuracy

26:26

or act as it's rendered.

26:28

And so I'll assume I

26:31

have a regular bow here.

26:33

So we have our stats

26:35

there. So a regular bow

26:38

has an act of two.

26:40

Okay, so if I, if

26:42

I spend one second aiming,

26:45

I go from a four

26:47

to a six, and then

26:49

you can aim for up

26:52

to three seconds. So it

26:54

says if you aim for

26:56

one or two seconds before

26:59

shooting, turn to 150. So

27:01

obviously it would be foolish

27:03

of me not to spend

27:06

at least two seconds aiming.

27:08

Each. turn of aiming after

27:10

the first, you just add

27:13

a further one. So that

27:15

would take me from a

27:17

six to a seven. If

27:20

I aim for three seconds,

27:22

I'd be at an eight.

27:24

Right. Yeah, I'm thinking three

27:27

seconds. It might get away.

27:29

I know, I'm sorry. There's

27:31

a, it is crunchy, but

27:34

there's not a lot of

27:36

cross referencing going on. It's

27:38

true. For that, we would

27:41

need to be playing role

27:43

master most likely. Yeah, let's

27:45

give it two seconds. I'll

27:48

have a seven chance of

27:50

seven or less, but let's

27:52

turn to 150 first and

27:55

foremost see what it has

27:57

to say You'd

28:00

better shoot quickly you think otherwise

28:03

the chance might be lost add

28:05

to to your effective both skill

28:07

for aiming Is that on top

28:10

of the accuracy or is that

28:12

just telling me to add the

28:14

accuracy? You know I feel like

28:17

I could use all the help

28:19

I could get so I'm just

28:22

gonna I'm gonna read that literally

28:24

and think that in addition to

28:26

the modifiers, right? I'm cheesing it

28:29

a little bit. I'll admit We

28:31

play these solo games, you know,

28:34

you gotta, you gotta give yourself

28:36

as many breaks as you can.

28:38

So that's an eight or less.

28:41

I roll an eight. All right,

28:43

glad I took that two plus

28:45

two bonus. Okay, it had a

28:48

dodge of eight or less as

28:50

well. Give it a chance to

28:53

dodge. 11, no. Okay, great. So

28:55

I hit. 77.

28:57

The plus two might have been

29:00

for its size modifier, actually, because,

29:02

uh, let's see. Yeah, that's if

29:04

it's a three yards, three yards

29:07

long, so that'd be like a

29:09

nine foot creature. We'll go with

29:11

that. Okay, so, we hit the

29:13

thing. Your shot flies true. The

29:16

arrow plunges into the monster's breast.

29:18

To the rockest cheers of the

29:20

crew, it plummets into the river,

29:23

sinking into the river, sinking into

29:25

the river, sinking into the river,

29:27

sinking You unstring your bow smiling

29:30

grimly. If it can harm you,

29:32

you say to the crowd, it

29:34

can be harmed with honest steel.

29:37

I haven't met a monster yet

29:39

who withstood blade or bow. Add

29:41

two to the cruise morale rating.

29:44

There we go. Now we're back

29:46

in the black. Morale of one.

29:48

And turn to 64. Advance

29:53

the current time by one watch.

29:55

Note this time on your scratch

29:57

sheet. It is now night. Okay,

30:00

and we're going to then

30:02

turn to 10. It's nighttime.

30:04

Okay, and I suspect we're

30:07

going to roll a die,

30:09

although memory serves, they change

30:11

it up on you at

30:13

some point, but no, we're

30:15

going to roll a die.

30:17

Okay. Crew loves me. I'd

30:19

love me. A three! Do

30:22

we get that last time?

30:24

We might have. We'll know

30:26

a minute. Can't roll a

30:28

six to save my life

30:30

on these random encounters. You

30:32

approach an off-duty oarsman offering

30:34

him a mug of weak

30:36

native beer. Damn. All right.

30:39

Ho! Yasunga, you say. A

30:41

drink of this will take

30:43

their fatigue away. Make a

30:45

reaction roll adding all modifiers

30:47

you have with the crew.

30:49

The role is good or

30:51

better turned to 162 All

30:54

right. Let's see here. I

30:56

have a plus two for

30:58

my charisma and Don't get

31:00

any bonuses from my sense

31:02

of duty I might see

31:04

here Oh, I think it

31:06

notes it here on the

31:08

crew sheet reaction to Conan.

31:11

Oh for my loyalty to

31:13

bail it. I get a

31:15

plus two. Okay, cool. So

31:17

By the way, Baylets rock

31:19

in a plus 11 on

31:21

her reaction rolls. Here, how

31:23

some of this, how do

31:25

you say, swill? All right,

31:28

so let's see, what did

31:30

it tell me to do

31:32

there? Okay, uh-oh, first time

31:34

I've lost my place, not

31:36

too bad though, I just

31:38

found it, just found it.

31:40

All right, B-205. B stands

31:43

for basic set, by the

31:45

way, folks. Gerps uses a

31:47

cross, kind of a cross-reference

31:49

system of referring between books

31:51

by their abbreviations. So Kona

31:53

might be. C or C.

31:55

All right. Okay. So we're

31:57

adding a plus four. So

32:00

we've got a pretty good

32:02

shot and I'm pressing this

32:04

dude. By the way, here

32:06

is the mighty reaction table.

32:08

The higher I roll, the

32:10

better. So basically in Gherps,

32:12

it's always a roll low

32:15

on skill rolls. And then

32:17

for damage and reactions, it's

32:19

always a roll high. It's

32:21

a little you know like

32:23

nowadays. They would just be

32:25

like no it must always

32:27

be one or the other

32:29

but it makes sense to

32:32

me All right 12 plus

32:34

4 is a 16. That

32:36

is a very good reaction

32:38

We're in He obviously takes

32:40

my referring to his beer

32:42

as swill as a good-natured

32:44

ribbing rather than the drive-by

32:47

that it actually is Yasunga

32:49

is the youngest of the

32:51

oarsman, barely 16 years old.

32:53

Oh God, he's dead. He's

32:55

as good as dead. Okay.

32:57

But already a blooded warrior.

32:59

He takes the flag and

33:01

gratefully, taking a long pole,

33:04

and wiping his lips. Damballa's

33:06

blood, my friend. I needed

33:08

that. Almost as much as

33:10

the rest, he confides. You

33:12

eye his sunken face and

33:14

ask, Too long without a

33:16

break. Yasunga. He shrugs. The

33:19

great queen has had us

33:21

rolling all rowing all day.

33:23

We can row for a

33:25

great while yet. I and

33:27

fight too, but... But the

33:29

crew would be better for

33:31

a rest, you interject. I'll

33:33

see what I can do.

33:36

Oh, I'll see to it.

33:38

Conan wouldn't say I'll see

33:40

what I can do. Yeah,

33:42

Conan wouldn't say I'll see

33:44

what I can do. He's

33:46

like, okay, say no more.

33:48

I got this. All right,

33:51

so we will yeah wearing

33:53

a red shirt for sure

33:55

or this plucky youth will

33:57

survive the adventure, no doubt.

33:59

Plus one crew reaction. Okay.

34:01

There we go. All right,

34:03

turn 64. I think last

34:05

time we had had a

34:08

nice philosophical conversation with Baylett,

34:10

which was nice. It was

34:12

nice. All right, advanced the

34:14

current time by one watch.

34:16

This morning. I'm liking the

34:18

replayability, though. Like, this is

34:20

already a very different experience.

34:23

Last time. All right. Are

34:25

the expressal concerns to the

34:27

management? All right, time is

34:29

morning. How the hell does

34:31

your cruise morale end up

34:33

at a bit of negative

34:35

six? Maybe I don't want

34:37

to know. Over the tops

34:40

of the trees, you see

34:42

towers looming in the distance.

34:44

Finally, the lost city and

34:46

its riches. Calling Baylett to

34:48

your side, you point out

34:50

the spires. Her mouth wide

34:52

in excitement she calls for

34:55

the crew to make ready

34:57

and arm themselves. Add one

34:59

to the crew's morale and

35:01

turn to 129. Nice. All

35:03

right. The Tigris clears a

35:05

wide overgrown point in the

35:07

river. The city beckons beyond.

35:09

Once it must have been

35:12

splendid with wide plazas, tall

35:14

buildings and broad avenues. Now

35:16

it is a ruin. Weeds

35:18

and grasses split the paving

35:20

blocks of the streets, the

35:22

wharves, that could birth a

35:24

fleet lie shattered, mighty towers

35:27

sway drunkenly against the dark

35:29

sky. Everywhere the jungle encroaches

35:31

on the remains. In the

35:33

middle of the city stands

35:35

a marble pyramid topped by

35:37

a column. There is a

35:39

dark statue surmounting the column.

35:41

Make a vision roll. Oh

35:44

yes, we all know what's

35:46

up there. Krom! I'm still

35:48

at six hits. Or six

35:50

hit points down. You know.

35:52

I'm going to go a

35:54

little bit off track here

35:56

and try and first aid

35:59

myself. Let's see here.

36:01

Let's find the rules for

36:03

that. Real quick, as I

36:06

discussed last week, fourth edition,

36:08

Gerbs has been out for

36:11

over 20 years now. So

36:13

although third edition is very

36:15

similar in many ways, oh

36:18

look at that. Wait a

36:20

minute, wait a minute. Look

36:23

at that. It's Conan. Binding

36:25

his own wounds. Hell yeah.

36:27

All right. I'm assuming that's

36:30

going on. Anyway, so yes,

36:32

I can't be entirely sure

36:35

what has changed. All right,

36:37

simple bandaging, even done by

36:39

a totally unskilled person, will

36:42

restore one lost hit point

36:44

per fight, but no more,

36:47

no matter how badly you

36:49

were hurt. This takes 30

36:51

minutes per victim. Otherwise, I

36:54

can roll first aid. Restoring

36:57

a variable number of hit

36:59

points depending on a tech

37:01

level of first aid skill

37:04

and the degree of success,

37:06

a minimum one hit point

37:08

is always restored. This is

37:11

not cumulative with simple bandaging,

37:13

i.e. sometimes first aid is

37:15

no more effective than plain

37:17

bandaging. Okay, so I'm going

37:20

to roll my first aid,

37:22

14 or less. Yep, got

37:24

it. Okay, and so, groups

37:27

uses tech levels, which, you

37:29

know, other games, like Traveler,

37:31

like Traveler, like Traveler, like

37:34

Traveler, like Traveler Traveler, like

37:36

Traveler, like Traveler, like Traveler,

37:38

like Traveler, like Traveler, like

37:41

Traveler, like Traveler, like Traveler,

37:43

like Traveler, It's kind of

37:45

mandatory if you have a

37:48

universal system where you could

37:50

travel through time or whatever.

37:52

So the world of Gertzkona,

37:55

the Hyborian world is tech

37:57

level three, which is kind

37:59

of equivalent to medieval. And

38:01

that restores 1D minus 3

38:04

hit points minimum of 1.

38:06

Oh! All right, one point.

38:08

Okay. Well, hey. Now I'm

38:11

only down five. Okay. All

38:13

right, so we're making a

38:15

vision roll. That's based off

38:18

my IQ in third edition

38:20

and I have alertness plus

38:22

three. So 16 or less.

38:25

Whoa, whoa, so 15. Needed

38:27

that alertness there. Okay, let's

38:29

see here. Okay, making a

38:32

vision roll. Where were we?

38:34

Oh, I can see the

38:36

checkboxes there for exploring the

38:39

city. We'll get back to

38:41

that. Let's see. Making a

38:43

vision roll. Oh God, you

38:46

know, I really should mark

38:48

the page here. Let's see,

38:50

Tigris Clear is now, Long

38:52

Labor, no, sliding, no. There's

38:55

a hyena. Let's see, panting,

38:57

no. Okay, make a vision

38:59

roll, no. Good Lord. Fast

39:02

talk. No. I'm seeing a

39:04

lot of entries that are

39:06

ending with Your Adventure is

39:09

over and And yeah, I

39:11

don't like that Let's see.

39:13

Nope. I thought that was

39:16

it One die. Where the

39:18

hell was it go? I

39:20

feel like I've completely lost

39:23

my place now. Oh God.

39:25

It's my worst nightmare All

39:27

right, let's see, bear with

39:30

me folks, bear with me.

39:32

Okay, let's see, nope, I

39:34

miss severe explanations, nope. Okay,

39:36

oh, there it is, there

39:39

it is, okay. All right,

39:41

it's always really obvious once

39:43

I find it, literally right

39:46

in front of me. Okay,

39:48

202. Your key

39:50

vision spots movement from the shape

39:53

atop the column. It seems to

39:55

be alive as the crew watches

39:57

it unfolds huge wings and flies

39:59

off into the jungle and Yaga

40:01

shapes takes his head, a winged

40:04

ape, or some manner of demon.

40:06

We should never have come here.

40:08

I'm giving him kind of an

40:10

anime voice this time. This place

40:12

is surely a curse. Bailot scoffs

40:15

at the shaman's superstition and orders

40:17

the galley tied up at one

40:19

of the intact whorves. Okay, turning

40:21

to 20. Baylett

40:23

is the first to disembark

40:25

from the ship. Her eyes sparkle

40:28

as she surveys the ruins.

40:30

You are close behind, followed

40:32

by the rest of the crew.

40:34

The brooding silence of the

40:36

necropolis deadens the spirit of all

40:39

save Baylett, it seems. You grip

40:41

your weapon as if to

40:43

reassure yourself. Baylett notices your nervousness

40:46

and pokes you gently in the

40:48

arm. Why so gloomy? She

40:50

laughs. So the place is deserted.

40:52

Is that so bad? The plunder

40:55

is all the easier to

40:57

take, she waves to the spearmenmin.

40:59

Come along. Let's explore. Make an

41:02

IQ roll. Okay 13 or

41:04

less All right succeed it Which

41:06

one is a smooching number?

41:08

I don't remember Yeah missed

41:10

out on that miss down the

41:12

smooching All right 93 wait

41:14

you say to bail it.

41:16

Let's not leave the ship unwatched

41:19

I'll send some men to

41:21

keep an eye on her Roll

41:23

against Baylett's IQ of 12. Yes,

41:26

she succeeds. Turn to 239.

41:28

It's funny, some sentences are easier

41:30

to do in this like horrible

41:32

fake arny accent and others

41:34

are not as easy. Good idea,

41:37

Baylett says, do it. With

41:39

a command, you send them

41:41

in off. Select 10 men to

41:43

guard the Tigris. You have

41:45

the plot word guarded. Okay,

41:47

our first plot word. Guarded.

41:52

All right, I marked the

41:54

10 men last week and

41:56

they are still marked, so

41:58

off they go. Let's

42:01

see here. Mm-hmm. Turn to

42:03

47. Baylett sends you and

42:05

a picked team off to

42:08

search for loot. Select your

42:10

men. You may take no

42:12

more than 10, including as

42:14

many as two subchiefs, and

42:16

note this on your crew

42:18

record sheet. Oh, those were

42:20

the guys, actually. When you

42:22

are finished, turn to 120.

42:25

Okay, so I have to

42:27

select the other 10 men.

42:29

I mean, they all have

42:31

the exact same freaking stats.

42:33

One, two, three, four, five.

42:35

Okay, so I'm going to

42:37

send crewmen numbers 71 through

42:39

80 to guard the ship.

42:42

We're taking two sub-chiefs and

42:44

eight other crewmen numbers one

42:46

through eight with us. Okay.

42:48

But yeah, so I'm not

42:50

sure why... Well, so yeah,

42:52

I'm thinking that... That

42:55

there are certain paths here

42:57

where where a lot of

43:00

people start dying because that's

43:02

what happens in the story

43:04

so All right, let's see

43:07

here. So we're gonna head

43:09

off and And do that

43:11

to do that to the

43:14

Oh I lost my place

43:16

again. This is ridiculous Okay,

43:18

let's see here. So I'm

43:21

selecting some crewmen and we

43:23

are heading off. Let's see

43:25

here. No. No. Tops of

43:28

trees. Yep. Okay. The box

43:30

is difficult to open. Nope.

43:32

Jungle Lizard. Jungle Lizard. Nice.

43:35

Let's see here. Okay. Select

43:37

10 men. Nope. Don't recognize.

43:40

Oh flowers. Oh God. I

43:42

just remembered. I just remembered

43:44

some of the ways this

43:47

could go All right. I'm

43:49

not going to drop too

43:51

many spoilers. Don't worry. All

43:54

right. Let's see So, selecting

43:56

crewmen. See, every single time

43:58

I lose my place, I'm

44:01

like, I don't need to,

44:03

like, put my finger on

44:05

the entry. I'll remember. Let's

44:08

see here. Selector man. There

44:10

we go. Number 47. Okay.

44:12

When you are finished, turn

44:15

to 120. Team Cannon fodder.

44:17

Yeah, absolutely. They're all special

44:20

in their own way. Certainly,

44:22

certainly. All right. Oh yes,

44:24

of course, this is the

44:27

exploring the city thing. All

44:29

right, so remember, there are

44:31

four things we can explore,

44:34

but as soon as we

44:36

get to the fourth thing,

44:38

we have to turn to

44:41

another entry, so we can

44:43

really only explore three. Walking

44:45

through the ruins requires care.

44:48

The paving stones are cracked

44:50

and overgrown. by weeds

44:52

and grasses and footing is uneven

44:55

at best. Your wary eye also

44:57

notices that the cover is excellent.

44:59

If there are lurkers waiting in

45:01

ambush, they'll be hard to spot.

45:03

You resolve to keep alert. While

45:05

the city is largely ruined, there

45:08

are several intact landmarks. Choose which

45:10

building you wish to search. Make

45:12

a mark in the box next

45:14

to the entry and turn to

45:16

that paragraph. You may only choose

45:18

an entry with an unmarked box.

45:21

As you mark the fourth box,

45:23

erase, all the marks and turn

45:25

immediately to 55. Only turn to

45:27

55 once. If you return to

45:29

this paragraph after you've been to

45:31

55, do not market boxes and

45:34

do not return to 55. You

45:36

may continue to explore the city

45:38

freely. Oh, that's interesting. Okay, so

45:40

there is a chance you could

45:42

come back and search the fourth

45:44

one. That's good to know. You

45:47

may also choose to leave the

45:49

city. If you decide you have

45:51

enough treasure and wish to leave

45:53

the city, it turned to 269.

45:55

Okay, so I think the last

45:57

time we started with the docs,

46:00

and that was actually very fruitful,

46:02

and if memory serves... One place

46:04

we didn't check were the buildings.

46:06

So let's do the buildings first.

46:08

Let's see, mark this buildings. Okay,

46:10

149. Which to explore, you think

46:13

to yourself? Because obviously I don't

46:15

have an accent when I'm thinking

46:17

to myself. There are so many

46:19

of them. Finally, you choose one

46:21

of the buildings at random. Roll

46:23

one die and turn to the

46:26

paragraph indicated. Oh, yeah. That's what

46:28

I'm talking about. Three!

46:30

Wow, I just keep on

46:33

rolling threes. That is turned

46:35

to 184. In the demolished

46:37

ruins of what must have

46:39

once been a sumptuous villa,

46:41

you see the helmsman poking

46:44

gingerly at a granite wall.

46:46

Oh, Master Guitha! you call.

46:48

What have you there? The

46:50

Corsair rubs his chin. I

46:52

think it is a small

46:55

door built into the wall.

46:57

You should look. Were you

46:59

not a thief once? Yes,

47:01

I took three levels in

47:03

thief before I multi-classed into

47:06

barbarian. All right. Well, maybe

47:08

you've dabbled in burglary once

47:10

or twice, but it's nothing

47:12

you brag about. Hey, I

47:14

climbed the tower of the

47:17

elephant. I think that does

47:19

deserve some recognition. Still, you

47:21

examine the smooth weathered stone.

47:23

There does seem to be

47:25

a door of some sort

47:28

that seemed there. Yes, you

47:30

work enough dust and silt

47:32

out of the cracks with

47:34

a dagger to expose a

47:37

small door. Make a traps

47:39

CL3 roll. Some skills are

47:41

tied to tech levels. Yes,

47:43

it is for the course

47:45

to decide. Okay, I don't

47:48

have traps. Oh. Defaults to

47:50

IQ minus 5 or decks

47:52

minus 5. Okay, obviously we'll

47:54

choose decks. So that's a

47:56

10 or less. 13. I

47:59

did not succeed. Wow. my

48:01

first failure. Can't believe it.

48:03

You look for traps but

48:05

find none. It's perfectly safe.

48:07

Gonna open the door. Let's

48:10

do it. The door swings

48:12

open and you hear the

48:14

sound of shattering porcelain inside.

48:16

A small, oh God no,

48:18

a small puff of purplish

48:21

mist comes from the recess.

48:23

Make a decks roll. Look

48:25

at the 15 or less.

48:27

Okay, thank God. All right,

48:29

I succeeded. Staring at the

48:32

wall from the ground on

48:34

which you flung yourself, you

48:36

watched the fine mist blow

48:38

away in the breeze, breathing

48:41

a sigh of relief, you

48:43

and your companions rise and

48:45

brush off your clothes. Yeah,

48:47

yeah, not good. Not good.

48:49

If you look into the

48:52

recess, of course. I mean,

48:54

that was surely the only

48:56

trap. Inside the hole, the

48:58

light glint off a metallic

49:00

object. You reach in to

49:03

remove a long glittering knife.

49:05

Holding it to the sun,

49:07

you marvel at its beauty.

49:09

It is like no other

49:11

knife you've seen before. Jet

49:14

black metal, beautifully fashioned with

49:16

a razor keen blade. It

49:18

fits snug and heavy in

49:20

your hand. An obvious weapon,

49:22

you remark, showing the weapon

49:25

to Guithar. Quite our nods.

49:27

Aye! That blade was made

49:29

by a master. Note the

49:31

find on your sheet. It

49:33

is a large knife, finally

49:36

made, with a plus one

49:38

added to both swinging and

49:40

thrusting damage. It is also

49:42

unbreakable and cannot shatter under

49:45

any circumstances, including critical failures.

49:47

Wow, nice. That's pretty nice.

49:49

All right, so we'll say

49:51

finally made a dagger. And

49:54

whoops, wrong line. Okay.

49:57

Let's try that again.

49:59

There we go. Finally,

50:02

made dagger. And we'll

50:05

just make a note

50:07

that we get a

50:10

plus one plus one

50:12

on the impale and

50:15

the cut damage. Okay.

50:18

And if we need

50:20

to, we can copy

50:23

the stats down, but

50:25

I don't think so.

50:28

Okay, so we have got

50:31

this finally made dagger and

50:33

we are going to turn

50:35

to 120. Yeah, that will

50:37

impress Bailit, no doubt. Hey,

50:40

Bailit, check out this cool

50:42

knife I found. All right,

50:44

ladies love knife guys. Okay,

50:46

so let's see, we can

50:48

examine the pyramid, then you

50:51

can explore one of the

50:53

many towers or search the

50:55

dockside area. What do folks

50:57

think, what should we do

51:00

next? Should we, I mean,

51:02

we kind of know a

51:04

little bit, you know, so

51:06

it's a little, you know,

51:09

maybe a better way to

51:11

ask would be, what do

51:13

we not want to explore?

51:15

What is, what is the,

51:17

what is the, what is

51:20

the, L.L. Cool, K. G.

51:22

I love it. What

51:24

is the location we

51:26

don't care to explore

51:28

this time around? Pyramid?

51:31

One of the many

51:33

towers or the dockside

51:35

area. Yeah, also we

51:37

don't want to explore

51:39

our feelings. That's true.

51:41

That is true. Any

51:43

strong opinions? Otherwise, I'll

51:45

just randomize it. I'll

51:47

just roll a D3.

51:51

We don't want

51:54

to explore the

51:56

docks. Go cruising.

51:59

Okay. Oh, okay, so you're

52:01

saying you want to do the

52:03

docks next. Okay. Okay. Um, cool.

52:06

Whatever leads to more ape? Sadly,

52:08

we don't know. We don't know. Um,

52:10

okay, let's do the docks next.

52:13

You scout the crumbling

52:15

wharves and warehouses with

52:17

no success. As you search, a

52:20

messenger finds you. Bailot thinks

52:22

she's found something important. Over

52:24

here, she beckons as you

52:26

backins as you approach. You

52:28

face a row of columns

52:30

leading to a high tottering

52:32

tower. In front of the

52:34

tower is a huge stone

52:36

slab, traces of massive walls

52:38

around the columns. The ruin

52:41

is huge, impressive, and vaguely

52:43

sinister. It must have been

52:45

the temple of the city, Bailot

52:47

says. Okay, so we can

52:50

examine the tower, examine the

52:52

pillars, examine the slab, argue

52:54

against disturbing the temple,

52:56

choose each option once only.

52:58

when you've done all these

53:01

things turn to 81. Okay, well

53:03

we might as well just go

53:05

in order. And I'll make a

53:07

note, number eight. I'm sure it'll

53:09

direct us back, but I'm still.

53:11

All right. The tower looms over

53:14

the slab thrusting defiantly into

53:16

the naked sky. Make

53:18

a role against your

53:20

IQ or engineer CL3,

53:22

if any skill, whichever is

53:24

higher. I do not have

53:26

engineer. I'm just gonna, I

53:29

don't even need to look

53:31

at my character sheet.

53:33

All right, I made my

53:35

IQ roll. Turn to 192.

53:37

Mm-mm-mm. You walk toward

53:40

the tower, it doesn't take

53:42

much to realize it is

53:45

quite rickety and

53:47

might be in danger

53:49

of collapse. As

53:51

you examine the tower more closely,

53:53

you notice it is covered with

53:55

fresco's winged beings making sacrifices of

53:57

writhing men to their dark gods.

54:00

This is surely an evil

54:02

place. All right, examining

54:04

the pillars next, 73.

54:06

There are 10 marble

54:08

pillars, which undoubtedly held

54:10

up the temple's roof.

54:12

After some minutes of

54:14

examination, you are satisfied

54:17

that there are no

54:19

secret niches by them,

54:21

where treasure might lie.

54:23

Certainly. Let's examine the

54:25

slab. You

54:31

examine the slab of granite. It

54:33

must have been the altar of

54:35

the temple. The discolorations from centuries

54:37

of hellish rites still remain. A

54:39

thousand years of rain is not

54:41

washed a clean, muses bailet. Okay,

54:43

we can examine the altar further,

54:45

of course. Roll IQ plus two,

54:47

adding any levels of alertness you

54:49

may have, so it's an 18

54:52

or less. Thank God for that

54:54

bonus. I rolled a roll to

54:56

16. Okay, if you succeed, yes.

54:58

I was almost high enough for

55:00

me to have to go and

55:02

look at look to see what

55:04

an automatic failure is when your

55:06

effective skill is in 18 or

55:08

better. After a moment's examination you

55:10

find sets of handholds on each

55:13

side, oddly unsuited for human hands.

55:15

Baylett leaps up smiling. The temple

55:17

loot may be under that altar.

55:19

Some of you grab those handholds

55:21

and try to lift it. Make

55:23

a roll against Baylett's IQ IQ

55:25

of 12. She makes it. 54.

55:29

As you grip the altar, Baylett

55:31

shrieks. Everyone freezes except you. Whipping

55:33

around, weapon drawn, you look questioningly

55:36

at her. There is a serpent

55:38

of the weeds here. Come and

55:40

kill it. She weighs at the

55:42

coarser. The rest of the course

55:45

airs. The rest of you lift

55:47

that altar. Irritated squealing about snakes

55:49

is out of character for Baylett.

55:52

You scan the grass for the

55:54

snake. In the meantime, the warrior's

55:56

heave at the altar at the

55:59

altar. A gas the other spearmen

56:01

rushed to the pile of Baylett

56:03

holds you back. I lied, she

56:05

whispers. There's no snake. I fear

56:08

to trap. Let us clear away

56:10

the stones. What the hell happens

56:12

if she fails her IQ roll?

56:15

Do you get crushed by the

56:17

tower? After long labor, the rubble

56:19

is cleared away and the mangled

56:22

bodies of your comrades borne to

56:24

their death place. A great stone

56:26

lid is uncovered, concealed beneath the

56:29

altar. Well, go ahead, snaps Baylett.

56:31

One traps enough for any treasure.

56:33

Get it open. That's my that's

56:35

what I say. That's my motto.

56:38

Put that on a t-shirt. Two

56:40

sailors obey and bend to the

56:42

task. She's not a great boss.

56:45

And yet she always wins boss

56:47

of the year award from her

56:49

crew. It's weird. The blaze of

56:52

color as the lid is moved

56:54

aside is almost blinding. The pit

56:56

is filled with jewels. A king's

56:59

ransom. No, even a god's ransom.

57:01

diamonds, moonstones, opals, rubies, gems of

57:03

all kinds, catching the light of

57:05

the day and turning it to

57:08

liquid flame. Crying out with wonder,

57:10

Baylett leaps into the pit, swimming

57:12

in the stones. She extracts a

57:15

priceless treasure, a golden necklace strung

57:17

with huge rubies. The pirate queen's

57:19

eyes are dazzled as she regards

57:22

the plunder. Make a litter and

57:24

take the jewels to the ship,

57:26

she says huskily. I tried to

57:29

do husky last time. It didn't

57:31

work. Amaze with at the colossal

57:33

fortune you watch for intruders as

57:35

bailot supervises the taking of the

57:38

gems. The find is, for all

57:40

practical purposes, priceless. Such a find

57:42

would be worth $5 million redooves.

57:45

At least, note the gems on

57:47

your scratch sheet and add three

57:49

to morale is a five. Absolutely,

57:52

just backstroking through the gold. All

57:54

right, 120. Okay, so we have

57:56

done the docs. We did the

57:59

buildings. That's... I remember the pyramid

58:01

was kind of a letdown, so

58:03

let's do the towers. 260. Ozzy

58:05

dollars, that's right. Dollary dues, as

58:08

they're called, officially. All right, there

58:10

are many towers in varying states

58:12

of repair. Which one to inspect?

58:15

Blast it. None looks much different

58:17

from the rest. Dice for it?

58:19

Saysingora smiling. Why not? You reply,

58:22

it sounds as good as anything

58:24

else. Roll one, die. A three

58:26

again, what the hell? It's like

58:29

all I roll on these random

58:31

rolls here. You search diligently through

58:33

a cluster of ruined towers but

58:35

find nothing except rubble, debris, and

58:38

stone shards. If there's loot in

58:40

the city, it isn't here. The

58:42

pyramid did suck, yeah. All right.

58:45

Okay, so, turning immediately. to 55.

58:47

Okay, we have the plot word

58:49

guarded but not the plot word

58:52

victory. Okay, where do you get

58:54

victory? All right, 128. In the

58:56

midst of your explorations, you hear

58:59

a horrible scream from the direction

59:01

of the wharf. Look, cries one

59:03

of the spearmen in your group

59:05

pointing toward the ship. Another vessel,

59:08

snarls baylet, worrying around. No! That

59:10

way, you reply. From the prow

59:12

of the tiger's at dark shape

59:15

rises, soaring into the jungle. The

59:17

winged one is spying on us,

59:19

mutters in Yaga. What of it,

59:22

says Ask Baylet. The men on

59:24

board drove it away. Where are

59:26

you going? To check the galley,

59:29

you say. If the gods drove

59:31

it away, why haven't they signaled?

59:33

We don't know what happened. What

59:35

if it attacked the ship? Taking

59:38

five pirates and rushing to the

59:40

tiger as you spring aboard. There

59:42

sprawled on the deck are the

59:45

bodies of the watchman torn apart

59:47

by powerful clawed hand. Okay, so

59:49

we can examine the vessel, rush

59:52

back to inform Baylett and take

59:54

my men with me and remove

59:56

the plot word guarded, remain aboard

59:59

the ship, or leave the five

1:00:01

behind and report to Baylett. So

1:00:03

I think last time we left

1:00:05

the five behind and went to

1:00:08

report to her. Let's see. I

1:00:10

want to examine the vessel. Let's

1:00:12

give it a look. No, I

1:00:15

don't know. I think guarded is

1:00:17

a good keyword, frankly, because we

1:00:19

need to remain on guard, right?

1:00:22

This thing's hunting us. It's hunting

1:00:24

us for sport. Make an IQ

1:00:26

role, adding any levels of acute

1:00:28

vision or alertness you have. Okay,

1:00:31

so let me remind myself here.

1:00:33

There'll be a 15 or less.

1:00:35

Okay, that's an 11. Turning to

1:00:38

page 9. Or number 9, I

1:00:40

mean. Be kind of hilarious to

1:00:42

try and do this adventure with

1:00:45

like a standard 100 point character.

1:00:47

I don't think you'd last very

1:00:49

long. Ignoring the curses of the

1:00:52

sailors, man, what the fuck is

1:00:54

wrong with you? You examine the

1:00:56

bodies more closely. You realize that

1:00:58

the deck is spotted in several

1:01:01

places with dark blood, far darker

1:01:03

than that shed by the pirates.

1:01:05

Curious, you glance at the spearheads

1:01:08

of the victims. Two of them

1:01:10

are coated in the same fluid.

1:01:12

So it can be hurt by

1:01:15

steel, you realize. That shouldn't help.

1:01:17

Yeah, well we already realized that

1:01:19

I shot one of those dudes

1:01:22

out of the sky. Leaving the

1:01:24

five behind with orders to clear

1:01:26

the decks and keep a lookout

1:01:28

for the creature, you rush back

1:01:31

to bail it and tell her

1:01:33

the news. Listen all of you,

1:01:35

you say to the crewman. It

1:01:38

may be a killer, but whatever

1:01:40

it is. It may be hardy

1:01:42

and clever, but it can be

1:01:45

slain. See the proof. You throw

1:01:47

the bloodstained spears of the cobblestones.

1:01:49

They're clattering echoes in the silence.

1:01:52

Oh yeah, this is the Conan

1:01:54

predator predator predator predator predator crossover.

1:01:56

Predator crossover crossover crossover. we all

1:01:58

wanted. So take Hartman, if it

1:02:01

comes... again that's greeted with steel.

1:02:03

Add one to the cruise morale

1:02:05

rating. Oh damn, getting it up

1:02:08

to a six. What do we

1:02:10

have last time? It wasn't that

1:02:12

much. Oh wait, I think I

1:02:15

tossed out the page. Oh well,

1:02:17

I don't think we got to

1:02:19

a six. Okay. Add one of

1:02:22

the cruise morale rating. Note that

1:02:24

in any future encounter with the

1:02:26

winged one, it has suffered six

1:02:28

hit points of damage. When you

1:02:31

are done, turn to 120. All

1:02:33

right. Winged one minus six hits.

1:02:35

Okay. If it lead, we can

1:02:38

kill it. Absolutely. All right. Oh,

1:02:40

wait. We're going back to 120.

1:02:42

Let's just make sure I got

1:02:45

that right. Yep. Back to 120.

1:02:47

Okay. So we can check out

1:02:49

the pyramid. Maybe we also choose

1:02:52

to leave the city. We decide

1:02:54

we have enough treasure and wish

1:02:56

to leave the city turned to

1:02:58

269. If we decide to leave

1:03:01

the city even though we don't

1:03:03

have very much treasure turned to

1:03:05

229. Okay, so we have $5

1:03:08

million in treasure. Is that enough?

1:03:10

Or do we want to keep

1:03:12

searching? Because really, we know that

1:03:15

the pyramid's going to be, I

1:03:17

mean, romantic gaming here, okay? We

1:03:19

know the pyramid's going to be

1:03:22

kind of a meh. So there's

1:03:24

really not going to be much

1:03:26

there. I can't say in all

1:03:28

honesty that we don't have very

1:03:31

much treasure because that's literally how

1:03:33

it's worded. If you decide to

1:03:35

leave the city even though you

1:03:38

don't have very much treasure. I

1:03:40

suspect if we do that, Baylett's

1:03:42

going to try and talk me

1:03:45

out of it, right? Yeah, is

1:03:47

it enough for Baylett? Exactly. Exactly.

1:03:49

Yeah, we could have a pizza

1:03:52

party in the Tigers's break room.

1:03:54

That's true. Oh.

1:03:57

If I decide we

1:04:00

have enough treasure, see,

1:04:02

it's my decision, right?

1:04:04

So I'm gonna go for that,

1:04:06

but I'm gonna put my finger

1:04:08

here, mark the page, in case

1:04:11

this is an abrupt ending. Yep,

1:04:13

yep, yep, okay, this is the

1:04:15

ending we got last time.

1:04:17

You found treasure enough for

1:04:19

this trip and head back

1:04:21

to civilization, you stored the

1:04:23

loot on the Tigers, turned

1:04:25

183. All right, screw that. We're

1:04:28

gonna keep pushing. 229. All right.

1:04:30

Wait a minute. Okay, see, we're

1:04:32

leaving anyway. All right. What

1:04:34

the hell's going on around

1:04:36

here? I want my ape man. How

1:04:39

do I get my ape man? Come

1:04:41

on. All right, I guess we'll check

1:04:43

out the pyramid. I'm going to

1:04:45

push for for some here. The

1:04:47

pyramid is made of old

1:04:50

weathered granite. On one face, two

1:04:52

narrow stairways ascend to its peak.

1:04:54

You ascend the steps, snorting. This

1:04:56

heap of rocks is ridiculously small,

1:04:58

compared to the huge edifices in

1:05:00

Stigia, which you've pillaged. On landing

1:05:02

on top, an altar once stood,

1:05:05

strange discolorations appear here and there,

1:05:07

hinting at long forgotten dark rites.

1:05:09

Atop the pyramid is a marble

1:05:11

column high as a ship's mast.

1:05:13

There is a pedestal capping the

1:05:15

column, where a statue might have

1:05:17

once rested. Well, start looking around,

1:05:19

you tell your search party. You tell your

1:05:22

search party. You tell your search party. You tell

1:05:24

your search party. Roll two dice,

1:05:26

add one if you have alertness.

1:05:29

That is a 10 or more,

1:05:31

barely. All right, 33. Oh,

1:05:33

we might actually find

1:05:35

something this time. A

1:05:37

careful search of the

1:05:39

pyramid's base reveals a weather

1:05:42

door. Nice. All right, inspect

1:05:44

the door for traps, open

1:05:46

the door, decide not to

1:05:48

look for loot here. Pshaw.

1:05:50

Well, let's give a, you

1:05:52

know, we didn't find the

1:05:54

trap last time, but it

1:05:56

doesn't mean we can't try again. All

1:05:58

right, IQ minus 5. since I

1:06:00

don't have the trap skill,

1:06:02

failed again. God, oh no.

1:06:04

You diligently search for traps,

1:06:06

needles, or any hazard, but

1:06:08

the intricate carvings on and

1:06:10

around the door totally baffle

1:06:13

you. I baffled. All right,

1:06:15

let's try to force the

1:06:17

door open. I'm sure it's

1:06:19

fine. How many things can

1:06:21

be trapped in one city

1:06:23

I ask you? After

1:06:25

some prying and pulling, the stone

1:06:27

door slides to one side to

1:06:30

reveal a dusty passageway, it is

1:06:32

quite narrow. Anyone entering must crouch

1:06:34

and travel single file. We're going

1:06:36

in. The passageway is very narrow,

1:06:39

less than three feet wide, and

1:06:41

difficult to diverse. It slants downward

1:06:43

at a sharp angle. After perhaps

1:06:45

20 feet, the passage levels off

1:06:48

onto a landing. A short, wow,

1:06:50

a whole dungeon level. This is

1:06:52

crazy. Wizard Dungeons are lousy with

1:06:54

monkey men. That's true. That's true.

1:06:57

Or wizard mansions. Yes. All right.

1:06:59

So, let's see here. A short

1:07:01

distance beyond the landing, you can

1:07:03

see a doorway in the dim

1:07:06

light. Note on your sheet whether

1:07:08

or not you have your weapon

1:07:10

drawn. Okay. So I think I'm

1:07:12

going to have my fancy dagger

1:07:15

out. I'm going to be like

1:07:17

holding a reverse grip, right? You

1:07:19

know, like ready to. Shang someone

1:07:21

who comes up on me. If

1:07:24

you have night vision intuition or

1:07:26

danger sense, okay, I know I

1:07:28

have night vision and and danger

1:07:31

sense. Ha ha! Make a roll

1:07:33

against your IQ. Otherwise roll against

1:07:35

IQ minus five. Ouch. IQ 13

1:07:37

or less. What? What? A 16?

1:07:40

Oh God. Okay, this is it.

1:07:42

This is it. No, it's not.

1:07:44

Okay. The floor rips beneath you

1:07:46

as you try to cross it.

1:07:49

It is made of peppier mache.

1:07:51

Make a decks roll if you

1:07:53

have the acrobatics. than your decks,

1:07:55

roll against that instead. No, I

1:07:58

do not. If you are holding

1:08:00

a weapon, subtract four from the

1:08:02

roll, it's just a dagger. Come

1:08:04

on. You may drop your weapon

1:08:07

to avoid this penalty. Oh God.

1:08:09

If you do so, your weapon

1:08:11

is lost for the rest of

1:08:13

the adventure. No way, man. I'm

1:08:16

holding on to this finally made

1:08:18

dagger even if it kills me.

1:08:20

All right, 11 or less. Come

1:08:22

on, we can do this. We

1:08:25

can't. A 16 again. My God.

1:08:27

Well, I mean consolation there is

1:08:29

even if I had dropped my

1:08:31

dagger, I still would have failed

1:08:34

that role. Oh boy, this is

1:08:36

it. This has to be it.

1:08:38

This has to be it. Yep.

1:08:40

Missing with your frantic try for

1:08:43

a grip, you plummet into the

1:08:45

pit, landing on a bed of

1:08:47

tapered stone spikes. The defenses of

1:08:49

the ancient tomb have claimed another

1:08:52

victim. Your adventure is over. All

1:08:56

right, folks, we're barely just over

1:08:59

an hour into this adventure. Normally,

1:09:01

I do wrap it up when

1:09:04

a character meets their end, but

1:09:06

we need, we need to get

1:09:08

to our monkey man. We need

1:09:11

our monkey man. So we're gonna,

1:09:13

I'm gonna, I'm gonna, you know,

1:09:15

I kept my finger on the,

1:09:18

on the page. We're gonna pretend

1:09:20

I made that role. And we're

1:09:23

just gonna keep going. pantherishly, perhaps?

1:09:25

You grasp the edge of the

1:09:27

pit and hoist yourself up on

1:09:30

the other side. That was close.

1:09:32

Oh, wait, I'm thinking this. That

1:09:35

was close, you think to yourself.

1:09:37

Involuntarily, you peer into the gloom

1:09:39

of the pit, seeing the pointed

1:09:42

stone spikes that your body was

1:09:44

meant to decorate. Brutal. All right.

1:09:46

Yeah, we can't. After the disappointment

1:09:49

of Frogtown, you know, we need

1:09:51

monkeys. We need monkeys. We need

1:09:54

flying apes. We need flying apes.

1:09:56

We need flying apes. The darkness

1:09:58

envelopes you as you enter through

1:10:01

the doorway. Let's see here. I

1:10:03

think I don't think that was

1:10:06

correct. 75? Yeah, yeah, that was

1:10:08

right. Stumbling about, your hand touches

1:10:10

a hard metal object, a torch

1:10:13

crescent. Taking out flint and steel,

1:10:15

you light the torch. The glow

1:10:17

reflects back at you. The chamber

1:10:20

is filled with bars of gold.

1:10:22

There are 50 ingots, each weighing

1:10:25

10 pounds. The tomb you expected

1:10:27

to find is not here. Crafty

1:10:29

devils, you say. Why bother jamming

1:10:32

dead bodies in here? I mean,

1:10:34

the important thing is to protect

1:10:37

the loot. Each bar is worth

1:10:39

$15,000 making the hordes total worth

1:10:41

a colossal $750,000. Yes. Note the

1:10:44

treasure on your scratch sheet. Okay,

1:10:46

if you have the plot were

1:10:48

defended, turn to 268. We do

1:10:51

not. All right, 750K. Otherwise, turn

1:10:53

to 120. Okay. Hmm, interesting. So

1:10:56

it bumped us back to the

1:10:58

choice point there. We've examined the

1:11:00

pyramid, we've examined everything else, and

1:11:03

our only choice left is to

1:11:05

leave the city. Okay, and as

1:11:08

I determined earlier, we leave the

1:11:10

city one way or the other.

1:11:12

Wow, so I guess that is

1:11:15

the end of the adventure. My

1:11:17

god. All right, let's just let's

1:11:19

just play it out here. Maybe

1:11:22

we get ambushed by apes. Who

1:11:24

knows? I was just making an

1:11:27

assumption Okay, you found a treasure

1:11:29

enough for this trip and head

1:11:31

back to civilization. You store the

1:11:34

loot in the Tigris turn to

1:11:36

183. Come on. Come on monkey

1:11:38

ambush Nope. The sail snaps out

1:11:41

with the sea breeze as the

1:11:43

tiger leaves the river's mouth and

1:11:46

turns into the broad ocean. With

1:11:48

a delighted laugh, Baylet playfully drapes

1:11:50

a rope of pearls across your

1:11:53

shoulder. And what now, my hero,

1:11:55

we have all the wide world

1:11:58

to plunder. Shall it be the

1:12:00

coast of Argos or Zingara or

1:12:02

Dark Stigia itself? You smile and

1:12:05

ease the jewels around her slim

1:12:07

white throat. Who cares? It matters

1:12:09

now to me whither we go

1:12:12

from here. Just so long as

1:12:14

the wind fills our sail, and

1:12:17

there are foes for our steel,

1:12:19

and you will be with me.

1:12:21

I'll ask nothing of the gods.

1:12:24

This adventure is over. Turn to

1:12:26

270. Congratulations. You have survived the

1:12:29

adventure. If you escape with more

1:12:31

than half the original crew. I'm

1:12:33

pretty sure I did. Award yourself

1:12:36

one character point. If Baylett is

1:12:38

still alive, award yourself one character

1:12:40

point. For every significant cash of

1:12:43

treasure uncovered, earn one character point.

1:12:45

Okay, so that's four so far.

1:12:48

And if you have the plot

1:12:50

word victory, I do not deduct

1:12:52

one character point of the cruise

1:12:55

morale rating drops below minus five.

1:12:57

No. As well as for each

1:13:00

of the following plot words, cautious

1:13:02

solitude and grief. Okay, so we

1:13:04

got four character points this time.

1:13:07

I think we only had a...

1:13:09

What? One or two last time.

1:13:11

Okay. Yeah, Heisenberg's monkey man indeed.

1:13:14

It was anti-climactic. It was anti-climactic

1:13:16

last week, too. I mean, I

1:13:19

like this adventure. Don't get me

1:13:21

wrong. Like I said, it does

1:13:23

have a high replayability value. I

1:13:26

just feel like if you're basing

1:13:28

an adventure on on a short

1:13:31

story. It should be a little

1:13:33

easier to find the plot of

1:13:35

that short story so that you

1:13:38

can see how you do up

1:13:40

against the plot of the story

1:13:42

because there's this whole other plot

1:13:45

that happens in the story with

1:13:47

black Lotus flowers and monkey men

1:13:50

and and you fight a monkey

1:13:52

man and then Baylets ghost comes

1:13:54

back and saves you. I mean

1:13:57

yes I did shoot the flying

1:13:59

ape out of the sky maybe

1:14:02

that was the only one no

1:14:04

but there was a there was

1:14:06

a flying ape that killed the

1:14:09

crew so there were at least

1:14:11

two. Yeah, what am I supposed

1:14:13

to do to get in the

1:14:16

weird shiz? If it bleeds we

1:14:18

can somehow avoid it. Exactly. Exactly.

1:14:21

You need the fan service of

1:14:23

the proper references to the folks

1:14:25

with insight knowledge are satisfied. Absolutely,

1:14:28

I agree. So there are four

1:14:30

Conan Adventures solo adventures total. This

1:14:32

is my first one that I

1:14:35

played. Let's see out of a

1:14:37

total of possible five crumbs. I

1:14:40

would give this one three and

1:14:42

a half crumbs and And maybe

1:14:44

play it again, but You know

1:14:47

I don't want to repeat myself

1:14:49

too much so But yeah, so

1:14:52

that's Conan and the Queen of

1:14:54

the Black Coast But I think

1:14:56

I'll pick up the other three

1:14:59

these are all available as a

1:15:01

print on demand volumes and I'll

1:15:03

pick up the other three and

1:15:06

this is going to be the

1:15:08

last stream in this series. I'm

1:15:11

going to take a little bit

1:15:13

of a break but I think

1:15:15

I will return and when I

1:15:18

do we'll do more Conan because

1:15:20

this was fun and it was

1:15:23

definitely I enjoyed the Dragon Warriors

1:15:25

ventures but they were very variable

1:15:27

quality for one thing because they're

1:15:30

fan products, let's be honest. And

1:15:32

also, of course, Dragon Warriors is

1:15:34

like super deadly. So it was

1:15:37

it was nice to actually succeed

1:15:39

most of the time. I actually

1:15:42

sort of enjoyed the fact that

1:15:44

this time there was a bit

1:15:46

of peril and, you know, technically

1:15:49

I died. You know, if I'd

1:15:51

just been playing this the first

1:15:54

time around, I would just been

1:15:56

like, oh, I died. Okay, well,

1:15:58

shit, you know. But yeah, technically

1:16:01

I died, which was actually kind

1:16:03

of cool, but got most of

1:16:05

the way into the adventure before

1:16:08

that happened. So. Yeah, I don't

1:16:10

know. This feels like now I

1:16:13

must defeat this scenario by actually

1:16:15

figuring out the path that leads

1:16:17

to bail it getting killed, which

1:16:20

kind of sucks. But yeah, no,

1:16:22

you did not scare me away

1:16:25

from streaming in the future. This

1:16:27

has actually been unexpectedly a lot

1:16:29

of fun. I really wasn't sure

1:16:32

how I would go. So it's

1:16:34

been really great having everyone come

1:16:36

out. go along with me on

1:16:39

these on these silly little ventures.

1:16:41

And yeah, we'll definitely do it

1:16:44

again. I've heard that I think

1:16:46

there's one called Beyond Thunder River

1:16:48

for Conan that I remember seeing

1:16:51

someone say that was the best

1:16:53

one. So maybe we'll do that

1:16:56

one next and just see if

1:16:58

that one's worth five out of

1:17:00

five crumbs. But until then folks,

1:17:03

take care of yourselves and each

1:17:05

other and the immortal words of

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Jerry Springer. And yeah, that was

1:17:10

really fun. So we will do

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more. I promise. But yeah, absolutely.

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