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Every Day is Our Wurst Day
What happens
- 00:00:36 Brennan welcomes viewers and recaps: the crew took the Blue Heaven job from Hyacinth Khrome (25,000 credits to make a Royal Blue Mastiff named Aurora Nebbins disappear for a day), Riva's Pleasure Putty bachelorette party, Admiral Gust Weatherall finding Skip, the "It's wearing off" feeling, Margaret's room key under Madeline Maud tied to Lucienne Rex, and Warfare Whitney — 00:00:49–00:03:51
- 00:03:51 Steam room in the spa of the Obfusion Arms, cycle 220 AnarchEra; Gunnie's Tech 18 shows a bath is bad for his gears, Riva is in a pod, the group discusses Warfare Whitney — 00:04:32–00:10:21
- 00:10:25 The crew have one suite with a single king bed; Margaret has the Madeline Maud key card and wants to go to that room — 00:10:25–00:11:14
- 00:12:22 Margaret gives Gunnie 500 credits for chef's tools (80 credits left in total); Gunnie and Barry leave while Sidney, Skip, Margaret and Riva stay — 00:12:22–00:15:22
- 00:15:46 Gunnie and Barry go to the Emerald Comet House of Fortune; Gunnie's Investigation 9 and Barry's nat 1 find no kitchen-supply shop — 00:16:27–00:17:13
- 00:17:13 Plan at the Obfusion Arms: Sidney turns off the elevator with On/Off and shocks it; they take it to the 28th floor, the cameras go dark; Skip guards the main staircase; Riva swims in the ceiling aquarium channel — 00:17:55–00:24:45
- 00:24:45 Margaret walks the 180-foot hallway with Handy Annie on her shoulder, hears nothing, then asks a cleaner to open the door; he draws a blaster and hotel security burst out of the stairwell — 00:25:02–00:30:54
- 00:30:54 Initiative; a stun grenade, Disarm, Skip's run, a nat 1 from the plant, Margaret's grapple, Riva's Affliction and Psychic Shunt; Skip kills the blonde UFTP man with a Sneak Attack — 00:31:08–00:46:46
- 00:46:58 Skip loots the body (credit card, UFTP clearance badge, fake personnel document); Riva cleans the room, the body goes into the cart — 00:47:08–00:50:34
- 00:50:44 Margaret opens the room: blinding light, a floating Princeps Zortch and a pulsating quasar; "It's not what you think!" — 00:50:59–00:51:46
- 00:51:50 Gunnie and Barry at the casino: free drinks, blackjack, chef's tools turn out to be "utensils", a 500-credit Box of Doom hand lost, the guns bet and lost, casino security flag Gunnie's cybernetic eye and his loans move to Repo Reapers — 00:51:50–01:08:52
- 01:09:11 Barry and Gunnie head back to the Arms; upstairs the room is wrecked, Zortch is unconscious on the bed beside Gnosis — 01:10:04–01:12:16
- 01:12:16 Sidney touches Gnosis and gets a full hard reboot; Margaret reads Zortch's phone with Lucienne's texts and answers as Zortch — 01:12:26–01:17:23
- 01:17:26 A phone pings on the dead man; the contact reads N-C-C-L-C-B and the content of the message is encrypted; Skip finds the hotel security gone — 01:17:26–01:19:03
- 01:19:35 Margaret and Skip boot Sidney back up; she senses that Gnosis is afraid and learns its name — 01:20:09–01:23:49
- 01:23:54 Riva's attempt to calm Gnosis fails (Insight nat 1); the crew wrap Gnosis in a sheet, hide it under a balloon hologram, put the unconscious Zortch in the cart and pull the fire alarm — 01:24:33–01:26:55
- 01:27:13 Lore and Technology checks on the phone's contact and GPS; Margaret's Hacker's Kit (die 16, DC 23) unlocks the phone; Siobhan spots the initials as Lucienne's fiance and Brennan gives the name Natalia Cicero Connie Lee Carter Bajar, Lucienne's fiancee; the phone is left behind — 01:27:13–01:30:10
- 01:30:22 Group Stealth; the trash chute drops 28 levels to the back door; a Luck check goes badly for meeting Gunnie and Barry — 01:30:22–01:32:09
- 01:32:24 Gunnie and Barry find the Arms surrounded; Agent Oscars of a private security firm asks about Margaret and orders his agents to seize them; Flash, a leap from the edge of the tier down hundreds of levels — 01:33:45–01:44:55
- 01:45:36 Back at the ship Sidney hacks the dead man's data card (500 credits); Barry and Gunnie report; the agents are UFTP "kill switches"; the ship name can be changed for 1,200 credits — 01:45:38–01:49:46
- 01:50:09 Sidney tells the Gnosis story; Technology checks identify a holofract; Telemetry shows endless properties; Gunnie defibrillates Zortch — 01:50:35–01:57:01
- 01:57:01 Zortch wakes, is told they are being kidnapped, and says they are a member of the royal family of Rubian V — 01:57:01–02:00:22
- 02:00:44 The crew decide to leave the dock; Brennan assesses their exposure — 02:00:44–02:02:19
- 02:02:56 Margaret levels with Zortch (Reddit user Hotbox420), Persuasion checks, then Zortch explains Gnosis, the Monarch and Lucienne's offer of safe passage — 02:03:03–02:10:14
- 02:10:34 Tracker check, Zortch's phone retrieved and location disabled, Zortch cries, movie night, the crew debate keeping Gnosis, the Mona Medina message — 02:10:40–02:15:05
- 02:15:05 Long rest; morning; Zortch makes French toast; Gnosis is left with Raymond Zam on the coffee table; Zortch points out a box marked "Jib-Job" with utensils in the kitchen ("There's a ton of utensils in the kitchen." 02:16:13), the chef's tools they sought; Margaret warns Raymond — 02:15:35–02:20:45
- 02:20:45 The freighter truck to Blue Heaven (40 credits, Rec Pols knock on the truck); arrival at The Dome for the 78th Cyclical Carbine Kennel Club dog show — 02:20:56–02:22:47
- 02:22:47 Reconnaissance, Aurora Nebbins described, plans to carry, blind or break the dog; entry by front (Danny C then Salazar) and back (loading dock, Sidney scanned: "Whitney") — 02:22:51–02:35:28
- 02:35:32 Inside: Hyacinth Khrome is told by telepathy to pay at the Emerald Comet; Skip is licked by the pug Melon and addressed as Prince Valdrinor; the Great Emhatchening; the owner starts shooting — 02:35:32–02:46:08
- 02:46:24 The theft: Hallucination, reboot, grenade and Minor Hologram; Aurora bites off Myalor Nabthacks's head; Barry guards Zortch; the mohawk mercenary is knocked out and escapes by jet pack — 02:46:24–02:53:19
- 02:53:24 The escape: Sidney rides Aurora through Blue Heaven, Skip takes the jet pack to the Emerald Comet and gets the 25,000-credit card from Salazar; the Pleasure Putty factory explodes; Skip is Wanted for the murder of 12 sisters; Rec Pols and brigaders converge — 02:53:24–02:59:35
- 02:59:40 Brennan ends the episode with an initiative call; the rest is the next-episode teaser — 02:59:40–03:00:30
Frames
Key quotes
- “The ball is rolling up.” — Murph 0:02:30
- “Dude, we need a huge win.” — Barry Syx 0:56:18
- “Do you want to just take 500 and bring back the change?” — Margaret 0:12:43
- “Roller blades suck.” — Skip 0:36:48
- “It's not what you think!” — Floating Princeps 0:51:46
- “Sorry, everyone. I just thought that would be a more interesting way to learn about the object.” — Sidney 1:21:28
- “I just didn't want you to think I was fucking the computer.” — Zortch 1:57:05
- “Our moon has become sentient, and not only sentient, but a super-intelligence.” — Zortch 2:08:05
- “Your majesty. It's you. We've found you, after all this time.” — Voice from Melon 2:44:46
- “I've been Warfare Whitney. You can't trust me!” — Emily 2:49:29
Who and what appears
Player characters
- Big Barry Syx
- Gunthrie "Gunnie" Miggles-Rashbax
- Margaret Encino
- Norman "The Skipper" Takamori
- Riva
- Sundry Sidney
NPCs
- Agent Oscars
- Announcer (Starstruck)
- Aurora Nebbins
- Blonde UFTP man / cleaner
- Dog show passerby
- Freighter truck driver
- Gust Weatherall
- Hotel security
- Hyacinth Khrome
- Jimmy the Snout
- King Prilbus
- Lucienne Rex
- Melon
- Melon's owner
- Mona Medina
- Mr. Miggles-Rashbax caller
- Myalor Nabthacks
- Natalia Cicero Connie Lee Carter Bajar
- Prince Valdrinor
- Princeps Zortch
- Putty mongers
- Raymond Zam
- RecPol
- Rootersnoos
- SQ
- Salazar
- Security at The Dome
- The Malignant Mercenary
- Waiter, dealer and casino security
- Zvoon
Locations
- Blue Heaven
- Carbine Kennel Club
- Emerald Comet House of Fortune
- Hecatoncheires Asteroid Cluster
- Obfusion Arms
- Pleasure Putty Factory Outlet
- Rec 97
- Rubian V
- The Wurst
- Vale of Tiers
Items and artifacts
- 25,000-credit card
- Blaster pistols
- Box of Doom (Starstruck)
- Chef's tools
- Cleaning cart
- Data card
- Dead man's items
- Dead man's phone
- Defibrillator
- Gnosis
- Grenades
- Heavy repeater
- Heavy repeater, light pistol
- Holofract
- Ion grenade
- Jet pack
- Pleasure Putty
- Stun grenade
- Zortch's phone
Factions and organizations
- Amercadian Space Brigade
- Jib-Job
- Repo Reapers
- Rubian V monarchy
- Sisters of the Cosmic Veil
- United Free Trade Planets
Creatures
Roll log
| Time | Character (player) | Roll | Result | DC / AC | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:05:09 | Gunnie (Lou) | Tech check | 18 | — | he and the drone should not be in the steam room |
| 00:13:02 | Barry (Murph) | Insight | 10 | vs Gunnie's Deception | sees Gunnie sweating |
| 00:13:04 | Gunnie (Lou) | Deception | 14 | — | — |
| 00:16:40 | Gunnie (Lou) | Investigation | 9 | DC 10 | fails to find kitchen appliances |
| 00:16:43 | Barry (Murph) | Investigation | natural 1 | DC 10 | — |
| 00:25:31 | Riva (Siobhan) | Perception | 14 | — | nothing much to see |
| 00:25:33 | Margaret (Ally) | Perception | 11 | — | nothing much to see |
| 00:26:34 | Riva (Siobhan) | Insight | 12 | — | "All good." |
| 00:27:23 | Margaret (Ally) | Perception, advantage | 20 (not a natural) | — | silence; Handy Annie finds electricity |
| 00:29:25 | Margaret (Ally) | Deception | 16 | — | cleaner |
| 00:29:43 | Margaret (Ally) | Insight | 21 | — | notices the clues |
| 00:31:14 | Riva (Siobhan) | Initiative | natural 1 (actual 3) | — | — |
| 00:31:43 | Sidney (Emily) | Initiative | 23 | — | — |
| 00:31:47 | Skip (Zac) | Initiative | 19 | — | — |
| 00:32:08 | Margaret (Ally) | Initiative | 7 | — | — |
| 00:33:09 | hotel security (Brennan) | Con saves vs stun grenade, DC 14 | one succeeds, one fails | 14 | — |
| 00:34:27 | Skip (Zac) | Insight | 16 | — | security is surprised |
| 00:35:00 | hotel security (Brennan) | save vs Disarm | fails | — | Sidney takes the pistol |
| 00:37:28 | Hotel security (Brennan) | attack | hits | AC 20 | 8 energy damage to Sidney |
| 00:38:30 | UFTP man (Brennan) | attack | natural 1 | — | misses Skip |
| 00:39:17 | Margaret (Ally) | Insight | 15 | — | thinks he is UFTP |
| 00:40:37 | Margaret (Ally) | Athletics grapple (Intelligence, Critical Analysis) | 21 | 17 | takes the gun |
| 00:42:00 | UFTP man (Brennan) | Con save vs Affliction | natural 1 | — | fails |
| 00:42:38 | UFTP man (Brennan) | Strength save vs Psychic Shunt | 19 | — | succeeds, stays upright |
| 00:43:21 | hotel security (Brennan) | save vs Disarm | 5 | — | magnet stays out |
| 00:43:51 | Sidney (Emily) | Intimidation | 11 | — | "This is not your fight." |
| 00:45:54 | Skip (Zac) | Skills Exploit, Perception vs Sleight of Hand | 15 | — | not enough |
| 00:46:17 | Skip (Zac) | attack, Sneak Attack | Dirty 20 (a total) | — | hits |
| 00:46:26 | Skip (Zac) | damage d8 plus d6 | 6 and 7 | — | kills the plant |
| 00:47:08 | Skip (Zac) | Sleight of Hand | 22 | — | loot |
| 00:55:41 | Gunnie (Lou) | d20 blackjack | 15 | — | doubles two credits to four |
| 00:56:12 | Gunnie (Lou) | d20 blackjack | 2 | — | credits lost |
| 00:57:32 | Gunnie (Lou) | Persuasion | 18 | — | waiter gets info about utensils |
| 01:00:41 | Barry (Murph) | Box of Doom | 8 | 13 | dealer wins |
| 01:01:25 | Gunnie (Lou) | Deception | 18 | — | hides the card counting |
| 01:04:00 | Gunnie (Lou) | Box of Doom | 6 | 13 | loses guns |
| 01:04:52 | Gunnie (Lou) | Technology (count cards) | natural 1 | DC 20 | — |
| 01:05:02 | Gunnie (Lou) | Deception, disadvantage | 16 and 12 | — | — |
| 01:06:36 | Gunnie (Lou) | Insight | natural 1 | — | casino security |
| 01:06:55 | Barry (Murph) | Perception | 4 | — | — |
| 01:12:37 | Sidney (Emily) | Intelligence save | natural 1, rerolled 21 | — | keeps her Intelligence |
| 01:12:39 | Sidney (Emily) | Wisdom save | 5 (plus d4 2 = 7) | — | — |
| 01:12:45 | Sidney (Emily) | Charisma save | 18 | — | identity kept |
| 01:15:42 | Margaret (Ally) | Investigation, advantage | 19 | — | cracks Zortch's phone |
| 01:17:15 | Margaret (Ally) | Deception | 21 | — | convinces Lucienne |
| 01:18:42 | Margaret (Ally) | Perception | 12 | — | not UFTP code |
| 01:18:58 | Skip (Zac) | Perception | 24 | — | security gone |
| 01:20:53 | Margaret (Ally) | Tech check, advantage | 18 | — | boot up Sidney |
| 01:21:20 | Margaret (Ally) | Defiant d4 | 3 (total 21) | 20 | Sidney awake |
| 01:24:42 | Riva (Siobhan) | Insight | natural 1 | — | no idea how Gnosis works |
| 01:27:27 | Margaret (Ally) | Lore, advantage | 13 | — | N-C-C-L-C-B is a contact |
| 01:28:26 | Sidney (Emily) | Tech check | 25 | — | phone has GPS |
| 01:28:58 | Margaret (Ally) | Hacker's Kit | die 16 (+7 = 23) | 23 | unlocks phone |
| 01:30:37 | Sidney (Emily) | group Stealth | 22 | — | — |
| 01:30:39 | Riva (Siobhan) | group Stealth | 7 | — | — |
| 01:30:42 | Skip (Zac) | group Stealth | 26 | — | — |
| 01:30:46 | Margaret (Ally) | group Stealth | 3 | — | group passes |
| 01:31:58 | Brennan | Luck check | 9 | 11 | Gunnie and Barry do not find the others |
| 01:34:37 | Barry (Murph) | Deception | 12 | — | — |
| 01:34:39 | Gunnie (Lou) | Deception | 9 | — | — |
| 01:37:24 | Gunnie (Lou) | Flash, six d10 | 8, 17, 19, 20, 24, 33 | — | three agents blinded |
| 01:38:26 | Barry (Murph) | Perception | 14 | — | — |
| 01:40:37 | Barry (Murph) | Athletics, advantage | 18 (plus d4) | 20 | protects Gunnie |
| 01:42:56–01:43:25 | Brennan | fall damage | 3, 8, 35, 38, 58, 67 | — | 67 halved to 33; Barry left with 6 hit points |
| 01:46:05 | Sidney (Emily) | Hacker's | natural 20 | 22 | 500 credits |
| 01:51:28 | Sidney (Emily) | Technology | Dirty 20 (a total) | — | holofract |
| 01:51:32 | Gunnie (Lou) | Technology | 25 | — | holofract |
| 01:57:17 | Sidney (Emily) | Insight | 13 | — | — |
| 01:57:21 | Margaret (Ally) | Insight | 16 | — | Zortch's feelings |
| 02:01:10 | Sidney (Emily) | Investigation | 15 | — | exposure |
| 02:01:11 | Riva (Siobhan) | Investigation | 17 | — | exposure |
| 02:01:19 | Margaret (Ally) | Investigation | 19 | — | exposure |
| 02:04:29 | Sidney (Emily) | Persuasion, advantage | 22 | — | Zortch believes her |
| 02:04:39 | Margaret (Ally) | Persuasion, advantage | 20 (not a natural) | — | — |
| 02:11:10 | Sidney (Emily) | Technology | 15 | — | no tracker |
| 02:22:59 | Gunnie (Lou) | Perception | 17 | — | finds Myalor |
| 02:23:02 | Sidney (Emily) | Investigation | 18 | — | — |
| 02:23:07 | Riva (Siobhan) | Insight | Dirty 20 (a total) | — | — |
| 02:23:12 | Margaret (Ally) | Forgery | fail | — | — |
| 02:23:14 | Skip (Zac) | Perception | 11 | — | — |
| 02:30:02 | Sidney (Emily) | Stealth | natural 20, becomes 26 | — | finds the back loading dock |
| 02:30:04 | Skip (Zac) | Stealth | 21 | — | — |
| 02:31:20 | Sidney (Emily) | Charisma save | 7 | — | — |
| 02:31:51 | Sidney (Emily) | Deception | 5 | — | scanned: Whitney |
| 02:32:56 | Margaret (Ally) | Persuasion vs Insight | 17 | — | security charmed |
| 02:38:06 | Sidney (Emily) | Investigation | 15 | — | finds Aurora |
| 02:38:08 | Skip (Zac) | Investigation | 23 | — | finds Aurora and the pug |
| 02:38:59 | Skip (Zac) | Insight | 12 | — | the pug |
| 02:43:01 | Margaret (Ally) | roll on the peach pug | 12 | — | — |
| 02:44:16 | Barry (Murph) | Insight | 2 | — | — |
| 02:47:12 | Sidney (Emily) | Animal Handling | 18 | — | rides Aurora |
| 02:47:22 | Aurora Nebbins (Brennan) | check vs Skip's Skills Exploit (Angle Perception) | natural 2 | — | fails; then fails its Wisdom save against Hallucination 02:47:30 |
| 02:48:30 | Mercenary (Brennan) | attack vs Guard, disadvantage | natural 1 | — | misses Zortch; Barry gets in the way, Zortch dives for cover |
| 02:53:41 | Sidney (Emily) | Animal Handling | 10 | — | monster delighted |
| 02:54:31 | Brennan | Luck check | 3 | — | Salazar needs confirmation |
| 02:55:10 | Skip (Zac) | Intimidation | 12 | — | — |
| 02:55:47 | Skip (Zac) | Perception | 22 | — | sees the news chase |
| 03:00:03 | Brennan (teaser) | DC | 16 | — | next-time footage |
Natural 20s: Sidney 2 (Hacker's, Stealth) · Dirty 20 (total, not natural): Skip 1, Sidney 1, Riva 1 · Natural 1s: Riva 2 (initiative, Insight), Gunnie 2 (Technology, Insight), Barry 1 (Investigation), Sidney 1 (Intelligence save, rerolled) · Brennan's natural 1s: UFTP man attack, Affliction save, mercenary attack