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Reactor Charlie
What happens
- 00:00:39 Cold open: Aabria cannot come up with a new greeting for the cast; Brennan rates it "six out of 10" (00:01:05).
- 00:01:09 Recap (recap): the family split up, the kids spent four minutes in education and got Lukas, Sybil told the mothers of a secret in the lab, the family snuck in and heard the log of Dr. Wenabocker, and "one clue, Reactor Charlie, on every stoat's lips". The scene resumes the next day after a long rest.
- 00:02:46 Ava wakes in her blue cubby; Rashawn makes sleep masks from the sashes (Dexterity 12, a mask for everyone); Ava wants to see Truck.
- 00:04:33 Ava wakes Thorn; they speak of the day before; she tells him he has not made her regret that he married her daughter; she sets out alone to look for Truck.
- 00:07:56 Ava's Perception 8 finds no Truck; she sees striped lines painted on the concrete; a Wisdom save (10) keeps her from learning to read; Survival 13 takes her along the outside of Last Bast to the spiny elk pen.
- 00:14:33 Ava sneaks up on a meeting of Bennett, Carter, Pep and a huge stoat in gold decoration, the Director Kiran; she tries to get the First Stoats to meet Viola and Thorn; Persuasion 5; Kiran says the humans are coming back and that the stoats will obliterate them; Ava's natural 20 Insight shows Kiran lied about never having met a human.
- 00:29:31 Kiran asks what caused the dust, and offers Ava a place in Defense; Carter and Pep escort her away to show her something about trucks in the garage.
- 00:32:35 Thorn lies awake; he and Viola talk about their first fight, the Light made by the humans, and Reactor Charlie; Tula overhears the end (Perception 22).
- 00:37:47 Tula takes the children to the breakfast line; Thorn asks Viola that the decision to run or stay be theirs together; Viola's Arcana 18 reads the layout of Last Bast as a bunker with no escape plan; Thorn: "we stay and fight".
- 00:46:39 In the food line Tula, Jaysohn and Lila meet Lukas (congested) and his mother Meredith; Tula cures his nose with Lay on Hands; the children blurt out "lab secrets"; Tula's Insight 24 shows Meredith's work in the lab is the unspoken subject.
- 00:56:11 The children recount the dead; Meredith turns cold; Tula's Insight (16 against 23) sees she has "logged a problem"; Tula's Deception 10 blames Education; Tula scolds the children.
- 01:03:29 Perception: stoats with copper wire on their sashes watch the family; Jaysohn warns Tula (Stealth 26); Tula teaches the children about not being noticed.
- 01:06:54 The family gathers in the cubby; Thorn smells a strange scent on Tula and the children; Aabria says someone marked them with musk; Lila and Jaysohn's checks find nobody listening in the cubby; Thorn proposes to talk quickly rather than leave.
- 01:19:24 Thorn explains that stoats mark prey to follow it; Tula says the scent should stay unless they bolt; Ava reports Truck; Lila goes to Sybil.
- 01:21:28 Lila and Jaysohn wake Sybil; she explains Population Support and the rule of not asking; she calls Kiran "the dictator"; she gives a map with X's.
- 01:31:15 Lila gets the map from Sybil; Thorn visits Teedles and Olliver in their nest and asks Teedles to join Population Support.
- 01:36:59 The family decides to go to Reactor Charlie; Ava reveals what she learned from Kiran, Carter and Pep; Tula: "I think we should go to this Reactor."
- 01:40:06 Lila reads the map (Investigation, critical success, 29); they choose a hidden route; Jaysohn's Survival 27 leads them through the ventilation to dusty tunnels marked with the letter C.
- 01:47:55 The Reactor map is revealed: a stone floor of eight squares above a glowing pool; a cattle-prod stoat ambushes them and hits Viola for 17; combat; Tula kills the stoat with a smite.
- 01:57:01 Tula heals Viola; the body is not thrown into the pool; Jaysohn tries to use the prod and is shocked for 7; Tula's outburst ("Let's solve the puzzle and leave forever!").
- 02:02:12 The puzzle: History, Investigation (Lila natural 20, 29), Bless, Arcana; the tiles are moved by pressure plates and by the Light; a wolf skull and a human skull lie below.
- 02:12:35 Ava recalls the humans she saw and the hat invention; the center tile opens on a roiling Blue; Lila and Jaysohn fail the Wisdom save and run for the pit; Tula, Ava and Thorn try to stop them; Thorn's Thorn Whip (14) saves Jaysohn.
- 02:20:28 Viola covers the central hole; Thorn threatens Jaysohn; Tula: "Everything new is bad."
- 02:22:08 Ava slides the last stone; the full radiation symbol appears and the floor capsizes; Dexterity saves are called and the episode ends (02:23:15).
- 02:23:33 "Next time" clip: [NEXT EPISODE - Episode 7: The First Stoats]; preview only.
Frames
Key quotes
- “Oh, good morning, Ava.” — Bennett 0:16:57
- “I know where you live.” — Kiran 0:22:40
- “The humans are coming back. We know that to be certain.” — Kiran 0:26:21
- “Mint, Mama! I had mint and I need it to live!” — Lukas 0:47:57
- “You are full of secrets.” — Meredith 0:58:06
- “We have to find this fucking Reactor!” — Sybil 1:27:22
- “The dictator?” — Sybil 1:25:43
- “I think we should go to this Reactor.” — Tula 1:39:22
- “Let's not jump to the scariest experiment right away.” — Tula 1:59:07
- “I'm a mother!” — Rashawn 2:20:31
Who and what appears
Player characters
NPCs
- Beatrix
- Bennett
- Curtis
- Dr. Robert Wenabocker
- Humans (Burrow's End)
- Kiran
- Lukas
- Meredith
- Olliver
- Quentin
- Simon
- Sybil
- Teedles
- The cattle-prod stoat
- The spiny elk
Locations
- Central spaces and wall doors
- Education
- Last Bast
- Reactor Charlie
- Sybil's nest
- The blue cubby / the blue corridor
- The food distribution room
- The garage
- The lab
- The red corridor
- The road that circumnavigates Last Bast
- The spiny elk pen
- The ventilation system
- The yellow corridor
Items and artifacts
- Mint
- Paint chips
- Sashes
- Sleep masks from the sashes
- Striped lines on the concrete
- Sybil's map
- The pack of the dead stoat
- The prods
- The scent mark
- The stone floor of Reactor Charlie
- Truck
Factions and organizations
Creatures
Roll log
| Time | Character (player) | Roll | Result | DC / AC | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:03:50 | Viola (Rashawn) | Dexterity (sleep masks) | 12 | DC "deeply low" | a mask for everyone |
| 00:08:20 | Ava (Erika) | Perception | 8 | — | no sign of Truck |
| 00:09:45 | Ava (Erika) | Wisdom saving throw | 10 | "higher than ... A 12" learns to read | resists |
| 00:12:19 | Ava (Erika) | Survival | 13 | — | follows the scent to the elk pen |
| 00:15:09 | Ava (Erika) | Stealth | four | — | Bennett hears her come up and turns |
| 00:23:02 | Ava (Erika) | Insight | "a dirty 20" | — | reads Bennett's alarm |
| 00:25:29 | Ava (Erika) | Persuasion | 5 (with negative four) | — | Kiran grows condescending |
| 00:28:02 | Ava (Erika) | Insight | natural 20 | — | sees Kiran's "No" is a lie |
| 00:33:39 | Viola (Rashawn) | Perception | 6 | — | Aabria waives the roll; she wakes |
| 00:37:25 | Tula (Brennan) | Perception | 22 | — | hears the back half of the talk |
| 00:43:21 | Viola (Rashawn) | Arcana | 18 | — | the layout, no escape plan |
| 00:52:48 | Tula (Brennan) | Insight on Meredith | 24 | — | the lab is the unspoken subject |
| 00:59:01 | Tula (Brennan) | Insight on Meredith | 16 | Aabria's 23 | no antagonism, "logged a problem" |
| 01:01:01 | Tula (Brennan) | Deception | 10 | — | Meredith will check with Education |
| 01:03:31 | Jaysohn / Tula / Lila | Perception | 21 / 10 / 14 | — | Jaysohn sees the watchers |
| 01:04:44 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Stealth | 26 | — | warns Tula unseen |
| 01:07:17 | Ava / Viola / Thorn | Perception | 13 / 5 / 15 | — | Thorn smells the mark |
| 01:09:29 | Lila (Izzy) | Investigation | 14 | — | nothing seen in the nest |
| 01:09:38 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Perception | 19 | — | listeners would have to strain |
| 01:13:13 | Ava (Erika) | Wisdom saving throw | 3 | — | no new knowledge of flat teeth |
| 01:26:00 | Lila / Jaysohn | Insight | 17 / 19 | — | "dictator" means control |
| 01:32:28 | Thorn (Jasper) | Perception | 19 | — | about to burst into the Beacons' nest |
| 01:40:41 | Lila (Izzy) | Investigation (map) | natural 20 ("Critical... Success"), 29 | — | Aabria honors the crit |
| 01:43:59 | Tula (Brennan) | Stealth (disadvantage) | 29 | — | — |
| 01:44:03 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Stealth | 17, then 19, then 27 with inspiration | — | — |
| 01:44:20 | Viola (Rashawn) | Stealth | 18 | — | — |
| 01:45:05 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Survival | 27 | — | leads through the ventilation |
| 01:46:36 | Ava / Tula | Deception / Insight | 4 / 28 | — | Ava's lie is seen through (Tula's follow-up, 01:46:56) |
| 01:49:37 | Stoat (Aabria) | Attack | natural 20 | — | Viola takes 17 lightning damage |
| 01:49:50 | Tula / Jaysohn / Viola / Thorn / Ava / Lila | Initiative | 17 / 23 / 8 / 8 / 9 / 21 | — | Viola and Thorn tie at eight; Thorn wins the reroll |
| 01:50:48 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Attack | 17, then 26 | — | first misses, second hits and knocks prone |
| 01:52:27 | Lila (Izzy) | Attack (disarm) | 24 | — | kicks the prod away |
| 01:55:07 | Tula (Brennan) | Attack with advantage | 12, then 27 | — | second hits |
| 01:55:22 | Tula (Brennan) | Smite damage | 22 | — | the stoat dies |
| 01:57:17 | Tula (Brennan) | Cure Wounds | 8 | — | nine left to heal |
| 01:59:50 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Intelligence saving throw | die 3, 2 with -1, 4 with +2 (total 4) | not said | seven thunder damage follows — 02:00:11 |
| 02:00:33 | Jaysohn / Tula | Deception / Insight | 10 / 14 | — | not stated (14 against 10); Tula asks about his hair and for the prod |
| 02:02:20 | Tula (Brennan) | History (disadvantage) | 14 | — | familiar, jumbled |
| 02:04:05 | Lila (Izzy) | Investigation | natural 20, 29 | — | finds how the tiles slide |
| 02:07:58 | Viola (Rashawn) | Arcana (advantage) | 10 | — | tile wiggles |
| 02:14:03 | Lila / Jaysohn | Wisdom saving throw | natural 1 / 14 | DC 16 | both rush for the pit |
| 02:15:06 | Tula (Brennan) | Athletics (grapple) | 17 | — | pins Lila |
| 02:15:33 | Jaysohn / Ava | Grapple contest | 23 / 14 | — | Jaysohn gets away |
| 02:17:06 | Thorn (Jasper) | Bless die on attack | 4 | needs 9 on the d20 | — |
| 02:18:29 | Thorn (Jasper) | Thorn Whip attack | 14 (d20) | AC 19 | hits and pulls Jaysohn back |
Natural 20s: Ava 1 (00:28:02), Lila 2 (01:40:41, 02:04:05), Aabria's stoat 1 (01:49:37) · Natural 1s: Lila 1 (02:13:59). Damage after the Thorn Whip: Brennan tells Izzy "Four damage to Lila." — 02:20:15 (slam damage, Tula had pinned Lila; Aabria asked for a d6 — 02:20:02); Jasper says "This is actually nine damage." — 02:20:18 (recipient not named).