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The Eye of the Storm
What happens
- 00:00:32 Brennan's recap: the party gathered in the seance room, Lars found the kitchen wing and the mouse maids' whispers, the portrait with secret eye holes and the secret study, the clash of Sylvester and Daisy, the Vicar's failed last rites (recap).
- 00:01:30 Initiative is rolled to see who acts first: Ally and Sam roll natural 20s, Katie a "dirty" 20 (17 plus 3); the group of Lars, Gangie and Buckster is placed in the kitchen wing and Sam rolls a natural 20 on stealth — 00:01:41, 00:02:02, 00:02:22.
- 00:02:39 Downstairs the house is full of waiting guests; Sylvester, Daisy and Ian go to the Study, the other three move down the back hallway of the kitchen wing toward the elevator, with Buckster's roll letting them pass as calmly walking — 00:02:39, 00:03:49.
- 00:04:33 Buckster wants to look for a keyhole and for any sign of a third floor; Gangie's perception 25 finds the keyhole and the breaker switch Gilfoyle set to off, and a smell of mushrooms — 00:06:13, 00:06:45, 00:08:04.
- 00:08:26 Gangie recalls the elevator from his grave deliveries to Harding and that it has never shown a second landing — 00:08:26, 00:09:19.
- 00:10:56 Buckster tries his key (sleight of hand 13), the group votes, and he turns the breaker to on; "down" does nothing, so they ride up — 00:11:40, 00:13:02, 00:13:39.
- 00:13:52 Perception and a group stealth check (DC 15) on the way up; they reach the top, a barn door of the tower is open onto the rainy hillside; a figure lunges from the doorway — 00:14:45, 00:14:54, 00:16:27.
- 00:17:05 Cut to the Study: Ian, Daisy and Sylvester find Dr. Magpie cleaned up and the bust of Barkus Aurelius gone — 00:17:10.
- 00:18:58 Sylvester examines the wound with Dr. Magpie; Daisy and Ian meet the mouse maid Rosalind Crumb, who sends Ian to the "li-berry" and flirts with Sylvester — 00:19:14, 00:21:22, 00:22:12, 00:23:02.
- 00:24:28 Daisy searches the desk (26) and finds a "p318" bookmark and a live wire; Sylvester, on a natural 20 for medicine, pulls a piece of shrapnel from the squire's heart — 00:25:07, 00:26:43, 00:27:08, 00:28:04, 00:32:02.
- 00:33:56 The metal is Bavarian shrapnel from the Schnauzer War; Sylvester concludes the squire was trying to dig it out and the electromagnetic event pushed it in; Dr. Magpie summons everyone to the ballroom — 00:33:56, 00:36:33, 00:38:03.
- 00:38:34 Daisy questions Ms. Crumb (persuasion 18): the desk was bolted down and the elevator "experts" came while the squire was in London; she hands over the Chronicles of Barkus Aurelius; the "butt" bargain and Daisy's investigation 25 and 21 read page 318 — 00:41:06, 00:41:11, 00:42:41, 00:44:57, 00:46:28.
- 00:48:32 Alone with the body Daisy sees the squire's eyes match the portrait's, and finds stone dust under them; the table debates a fake body and the electric source; she finds a loaded pistol in the desk (23) — 00:49:26, 00:53:37, 00:53:55.
- 00:59:43 Daisy slips back to the seance room (stealth 23) and turns the lights off — 00:59:57, 01:00:42.
- 01:00:42 Ballroom: Dr. Magpie and Sylvester announce the autopsy result; Constance and Jeremy object that Loam Hall has no such apparatus and that the squire never spoke of shrapnel — 01:00:52, 01:03:31, 01:03:57.
- 01:04:37 The Vicar in the library finds the bust (history natural 1, insight 21, investigation 13); Colonel Hawkins arrives and presses him to go downstairs; Ian's deception 11 — 01:05:34, 01:08:03, 01:11:15.
- 01:12:45 Ian stomps out; Daisy (perception 9) and Ian (17) notice noises and the seance room door closed — 01:13:19, 01:13:57.
- 01:14:54 Through the portrait's eye holes Daisy sees Hawkins in the squire's secret study stuffing letters into his coat and dropping something off his coat into a drawer; Ian opens the door (stealth 11), Brennan rolls a natural 2 and Daisy throws a knife to shut the door; Hawkins leaves — 01:15:46, 01:17:50, 01:18:23.
- 01:18:50 Back on the hillside Buckster, Gangie and Lars face a tall masked figure; initiative; contest over the gate; the figure's first attack misses, Lars hits back; the figure's natural 20 deals 37 damage to Lars; Lars hits again with a critical hit and uses Second Wind — 01:19:31, 01:21:02, 01:25:59, 01:26:53.
- 01:28:23 Gangie closes the door under a sword attack and takes 7 damage; his shovel hits the figure through the grate (a crunch); Buckster sends the elevator down; a gunshot hits the stone behind them — 01:30:46, 01:32:19, 01:34:20.
- 01:35:38 In the elevator the three guess it is Harding or Armond; they take a group stealth check with disadvantage (8, 7, 12) — 01:35:48, 01:36:33.
- 01:36:52 In the kitchen wing Gilfoyle, staff, Jeremy and Colonel Hawkins see Lars bloodied; Hawkins declares the three under arrest — 01:37:30, 01:38:12.
- 01:38:21 Episode ends; "next time" card "Episode 6: Busted"; bonus scene: Daisy tries to summon a ghost, natural 20, the crystal ball glows and a voice asks for help — 01:38:29, 01:38:35, 01:39:07.
Frames
Key quotes
- “Two nat 20s on the same team, baby.” — Ally 0:01:50
- “Well, the nice thing about it being three beasts is that's a clear vote.” — Sam 0:12:41
- “the bust of Barkus Aurelius is gone” — Brennan 0:17:10
- “All right, offer still stands, so she goes back to dusting.” — Rosalind 0:23:51
- “To the munitions moved by Fletcher Cottonbottom.” — Sylvester 0:33:46
- “How was that for you, did you like it?” — Ms. Crumb 0:47:17
- “myself and Detective Cross have an announcement to make” — Dr. Magpie 1:00:52
- “Vicar Ian drops the Bible, and just stomps out of the room.” — Raph 1:12:45
- “Lars take 37 points of damage” — Brennan 1:25:59
- “And that is all I can tell you.” — Brennan 1:34:48
Who and what appears
Player characters
- Buckster $. Boyd
- Daisy D'umpstaire
- Detective Sylvester Cross
- Gangie Green
- Lars Vandenchomp
- Vicar Ian Prescott
NPCs
- Ambrose Harding
- Armond Armadillo
- Barkus Aurelius
- Colonel James Hawkins
- Constance Brockhollow
- Dr. Corbin Magpie
- Jeremy "Jez" Brockhollow
- Lucretia "Lucy" Brockhollow
- Masked figure
- Professor Simon Shellcrest
- Rosalind Crumb
- Squire William Thornwall Brockhollow
- Thomas Gilfoyle
- Voice from the crystal ball
Locations
- Ballroom
- Drawing room and ballroom
- Freight elevator
- Hillside tower
- Library
- Seance Room
- Squire's secret study
- Squire's study
Items and artifacts
- Bookmark "p318
- Chronicles of Barkus Aurelius
- Daisy's knife
- Great crystal ball
- King James Bible
- Live wire / charging station
- Loaded pistol
- Rapier
- Red silk key
- Sawed-off
- Shovel
- Shrapnel fragment
- Squire's ledgers
Factions and organizations
Creatures
Roll log
| Time | Character (player) | Roll | Result | DC / AC | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:01:41 | Lars (Ally) | Initiative | natural 20 | — | goes first |
| 00:01:45 | Buckster (Sam) | Initiative | natural 20 | — | goes first |
| 00:02:00 | Gangie (Katie) | Initiative | 17 plus 3 ("dirty 20") | — | — |
| 00:02:22 | Buckster (Sam) | Stealth, advantage | natural 20 | — | passes in the kitchen wing |
| 00:03:48 | Gangie (Katie) | Stealth | 16 | — | enough, with Buckster's nat 20 |
| 00:03:48 | Lars (Ally) | Stealth | 11 | — | — |
| 00:06:13 | Gangie (Katie) | Perception | 25 | — | keyhole, breaker switch, mushrooms |
| 00:06:20 | Buckster (Sam) | Perception | 11 | — | — |
| 00:06:38 | Lars (Ally) | Investigation, advantage | 13 and 5 | — | nothing reported |
| 00:11:40 | Buckster (Sam) | Sleight of hand | 13 | — | key fits the breaker |
| 00:13:59 | Lars (Ally) | Perception | 13 | — | — |
| 00:14:07 | Buckster (Sam) | Perception | dirty 20 | — | — |
| 00:14:09 | Gangie (Katie) | Perception | 16 | — | — |
| 00:14:12 | Lars (Ally) | Perception | 13 (said again) | — | same roll restated, no re-roll asked |
| 00:14:45 | Gangie (Katie) | Group stealth | 15 | 15 (two of three) | — |
| 00:14:48 | Lars (Ally) | Group stealth | 21 | 15 | — |
| 00:14:52 | Buckster (Sam) | Group stealth | 10 | 15 | group passes |
| 00:23:25 | Sylvester (Grant) | Insight | 16 (first said 15) | — | Rosalind either wants to fight or leave |
| 00:25:07 | Sylvester (Grant) | Medicine | natural 20, 26 | — | finds the truth of the wound |
| 00:26:43 | Daisy (Rekha) | Investigation (desk) | 26 | — | bookmark, live wire |
| 00:41:06 | Daisy (Rekha) | Persuasion | 18 | — | Ms. Crumb talks |
| 00:44:57 | Daisy (Rekha) | Investigation, advantage | 25 and 21 | — | page 318 |
| 00:53:37 | Daisy (Rekha) | Investigation, advantage | 23 (and 17) | — | pistol, real squire |
| 00:59:57 | Daisy (Rekha) | Stealth, advantage | 23 | — | slips into the seance room |
| 01:05:34 | Ian (Raph) | History | natural 1 | — | no answer |
| 01:05:45 | Ian (Raph) | Insight | 21 | — | date logic |
| 01:08:02 | Ian (Raph) | Investigation | 13 | — | no secret passage |
| 01:09:19 | Ian (Raph) | Insight | 16 | — | Hawkins rattled |
| 01:11:15 | Ian (Raph) | Deception | 11 | Hawkins plus 6 | Hawkins keeps pressing him; Brennan's Box of Doom result is not said |
| 01:13:19 | Daisy (Rekha) | Perception | 9 | — | muffled noises |
| 01:13:57 | Ian (Raph) | Perception | 17 | — | the door is now closed |
| 01:14:45 | Ian (Raph) | Stealth | 11 | Hawkins plus 6 | — |
| 01:17:50 | Brennan (Hawkins) | Box of Doom | natural 2 | 5 or higher bad | party not discovered |
| 01:19:41 | Buckster (Sam) | Initiative | natural 20 | — | first to act |
| 01:20:28 | Gangie (Katie) | Initiative | 5 | — | — |
| 01:20:31 | Lars (Ally) | Initiative | 8 | — | — |
| 01:21:49 | Lars (Ally) | Athletics, disadvantage | 27 and 25 | opposed | — |
| 01:21:56 | Buckster (Sam) | Athletics, advantage | dirty 20 and 10 | opposed | — |
| 01:23:37 | Masked figure | Attack 1 | 3 | AC 17 | miss |
| 01:23:57 | Lars (Ally) | Riposte attack | 16 | — | hits, 17 damage |
| 01:24:40 | Masked figure | Attack 2 | 3 | AC 17 | miss |
| 01:24:40 | Masked figure | Attack 3 | natural 20 | AC 17 | 37 damage to Lars (33 plus 4) |
| 01:26:53 | Lars (Ally) | Attack | 19 to hit; crit roll natural 20 | — | crit, damage 13 and 10 (23) |
| 01:29:50 | Gangie (Katie) | Sleight of hand | 6 | 20 | door closed anyway after attack |
| 01:30:24 | Brennan (figure) | Box of Doom attack | 12 | hits on 7 or higher | 7 damage to Gangie |
| 01:31:44 | Gangie (Katie) | Shovel attack | 4 (wrong button) | — | later re-rolled 17 |
| 01:33:58 | Gangie (Katie) | Shovel attack | 17 | — | hits, 13 damage with sneak attack |
| 01:32:47 | Lars (Ally) | Insight, advantage | 11 | — | re-rolled |
| 01:34:20 | Lars (Ally) | Insight (re-roll) | 18 | bronze | hears a crunch |
| 01:36:42 | Gangie (Katie) | Group stealth, disadvantage | 8 | — | — |
| 01:36:48 | Buckster (Sam) | Group stealth, disadvantage | 7 | — | — |
| 01:36:50 | Lars (Ally) | Group stealth, disadvantage | 12 | — | best 12 |
| 01:38:35 | Daisy (Rekha) | Roll to see if ghosts are real | natural 20 | — | crystal ball glows |
Natural 20s: Lars 2 (initiative, attack), Buckster 3 (initiative, stealth, initiative), Sylvester 1 (medicine), Daisy 1 (summoning), masked figure 1 · Natural 1s: Ian 1 (history) · Brennan natural 2: Hawkins's Box of Doom roll. "Dirty 20" (not natural): Gangie 1 (initiative), Buckster 2 (perception, contest)