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The Luckless, the Abandoned, and the Forsaked (Part 2)
What happens
- 00:00:38 Welcome to "the thrilling finale"; Brennan recaps the stakes: Gnosis can save the planet and disperse itself, or Zortch can be used to trigger the Great Emhatchening; "a planetary cerebroslug shoots into a black hole" — 00:01:08, 00:02:55
- 00:03:29 Top of initiative: the Brigade Tigers surge; Margaret's 2d4 (4 and 2) lets the Harpy blast four Tigers and the other U4F ship two more; UFTP fighters circle the Wurst and fire torpedoes — ten Dexterity saves, the ship takes 39 — 00:04:09–00:08:00
- 00:08:21 Damien Factor asks for the princeps; Jan De La Vega asks whether to "peel" pursuers off or "dive in"; the crew has U4F hang back; the Lady Pike kills two Guernican Tigers; Arcadia Prime and Jan trade insults — 00:09:11–00:12:12
- 00:12:42 Veep 909 and the Vercadian Protector droids chew the shields off UFTP fighters; the Griivarr squadron advances and one UFTP fighter explodes — 00:12:49–00:16:22
- 00:16:22 Command-ship duel: the Griivarr ship jams UFTP comms and Uncle Bob appears on every UFTP screen; its turbo lasers hit for 48, UFTP replies for 24 — 00:16:58–00:20:19
- 00:20:28 Gust Weatherall's flagship climbs and fires twice; Skip's Colonian Turn hides the Wurst behind UFTP fighters and a shot kills one; Guernica chews through the Roid Removers and gives chase — 00:21:30–00:25:46
- 00:25:53 Below decks Barry Nyne is frightened, no longer stunned, and shoots; Barry Syx saves on a dirty 20 and a natural 20 — 00:25:53–00:28:19
- 00:28:42 The Wurst's turn begins: Ally says the ship has taken 74 (Brennan does not confirm it); shields 18; Riva swims to the UFTP bridge and casts a Heightened psychic repulse; bridge crew, engineering and comms fall, speed zero, point defense off — 00:28:30–00:36:21
- 00:37:04 Skip, locked in with "Zortch", disengages, hides and sneak-attacks with the cryo cell blaster; Prilbus's uncanny dodge halves the damage; "I am home, Prilbus." — 00:42:22–00:42:44
- 00:43:14 Barry Syx and Barry Nyne talk it out (Persuasion 26), both put on sunglasses, and with Sidney ride Aurora Nebbins to the bridge doors; Aurora tears them partly open; Sidney's cryo grenades hit exactly 14 and a slug rockets from Zortch — 00:43:19–00:52:00
- 00:52:16 Gunnie, with Margaret on comms, attempts a micro faster-than-light jump with Gnosis; Gnosis rolls a natural 2, Gunnie a 14 for exactly 30; 13 and 3 hull damage; the Wurst jumps 2,700 feet — 00:52:32–01:02:31
- 01:03:17 The cast, wrung out; the Wurst emerges in front of the Fang of Frangus; the team chooses who boards; Brigade Tigers and U4F reposition — 01:05:18–01:12:19
- 01:13:20 Riva phase-walks back; Skip's body lies on the deck; Skip leaves his body to chase his father's slug through the air vents, Handy Annie helping — 01:14:05–01:19:13
- 01:19:15 Norman Takamori, awake and bleeding, is told to keep driving; Sidney gives him 5,000 credits; the boarding party takes Plug's Stuff Hut to the Fang — 01:19:25–01:25:28
- 01:26:39 Skip meets King Prilbus in a psychic "hall of power"; Prilbus wins an opposed check; Loose Duke bursts from a vent — 01:26:47–01:31:42
- 01:33:02 Decoy fight continues; Damien Factor calls for Zortch and Riva deflects — 01:34:50–01:35:32
- 01:36:21 On the Fang: ten cloaked UFTP shock troops spring an ambush; the Barrys guard and fight; Zortch puts Gnosis in the centre — 01:37:27–01:52:04
- 01:52:31 Skip beats Prilbus inside Loose Duke, sneezes him out and shoots him; Riva broadcasts Skip's memory and the Sister Sadie Zeb video; Analinda Weatherall drums Gust out — 01:55:02–02:00:54
- 02:01:28 Servo Sam arrives in the Random Factor pod; shields and hull patched — 02:01:52–02:04:37
- 02:05:42 Swarm closes on the Fang; Zortch is shot to zero and healed; Sidney's technology check; the Emhatchening is reversed — 02:11:36–02:19:04
- 02:19:12 Rubian V is refilled; Gnosis disperses; debts erased; 20 billion pilgrims wake; UFTP surrenders — 02:19:35–02:25:21
- 02:26:00 Shock troopers finished off; Lucienne found alive in a closet and fired; Griivarr takes over the UFTP ship; Arcadia Prime departs — 02:26:24–02:33:44
- 02:33:47 Last enemy: Gust Weatherall's command ship; Aurora carries the team back; Gnosis hardens the prow; the Wurst rams and destroys the ship; 650,000 credits cleared — 02:34:25–02:50:55
- 02:51:25 That evening: Skipper thanks the crew; Gnosis shows other cerebroslug cultures; the slug goes back into Skipper; Skipper gives Gunnie his wings — 02:51:42–02:56:23
- 02:56:23 Warfare Whitneys packed up; wedding of Plug and Bambi at Barry's Big Win Casino — 02:56:23–03:00:17
- 03:01:14 Farewells: Riva's Aguatunisian exit; Zortch the chef; Gunnie cuts in; Barry Nyne introduced; Lucienne the cook; Margaret opens Smash 'n Grab — 03:01:58–03:07:23
- 03:07:23 Sign-off — 03:08:15
Frames
Key quotes
- “We return to pitched combat in this, the final episode of Dimension 20: A Starstruck Odyssey.” — Brennan 0:02:55
- “A green ship with a fanged fish on the front, nautical theme. How derivative.” — Arcadia Prime 0:11:53
- “Oh my God, calling your dad by his first name.” — Emily 0:42:26
- “Make up some insane rigmarole so I can say yes to it, please.” — Lou 0:53:10
- “The duty of the son to kill the father.” — Siobhan 1:04:26
- “Loose Duke's been on the ship the whole time.” — Brennan 1:30:48
- “I'm so fucking proud of our crew.” — Ally 2:16:15
- “Hey, I got hit over the back of the head with some kind of pipe, and put in this room.” — Lucienne 2:27:58
- “This is gonna be our last gamble of the season.” — Brennan 2:37:57
- “I've been crying for days.” — Lucienne 3:00:17
Who and what appears
Player characters
- Big Barry Syx
- Gunthrie "Gunnie" Miggles-Rashbax
- Margaret Encino
- Norman "The Skipper" Takamori
- Riva
- Sundry Sidney
NPCs
- Analinda Weatherall
- Arcadia Prime
- Aurora Nebbins
- Bambi Leroux
- Barry Nyne
- Bob Griivarr
- Bridge crew
- Captain Dan Scrap
- Captain Jan de la Vega
- Damien Factor
- Guernican Art Squad
- Gust Weatherall
- Handy Annie
- Jimmy the Snout
- Khloe Karter
- King Prilbus
- Lamelia Lefarve
- Loose Duke
- Lucienne Rex
- Plug Strutt
- Princeps Zortch
- Raymond Zam
- Servo Sam
- Veep 909
- Warfare Whitney
Locations
- Barry's Big Win Casino
- Fang of Frangus
- Griivarr Worlds
- Madrugada Station
- Plug's Butt-Ugly Stuff Hut
- Rec 97
- Rubian V
Items and artifacts
- Cryo cell blaster / power cell
- Gnosis
- Holofract
- Pleasure Putty
- Runalunian Absynthe
- Skipper's wings
- The Random Factor
Factions and organizations
Creatures
Roll log
| Time | Character (player) | Roll | Result | DC / AC | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:04:19 | Margaret (Ally) | 2d4 for Raymond's email | 4 and 2 (6) | — | Harpy kills four Tigers |
| 00:06:54 | Skip (Zac) | Dexterity saves x10, second batch | 18, 17, 16, 18, 11 | — | 7 successes, 3 failures; ship takes 39 |
| 00:08:42 | Sidney (Emily) | status | 13 shields, 24 or 25 hull | — | — |
| 00:12:34 | Margaret (Ally) | d20, U4F group attack | nat 1 | — | result not stated |
| 00:14:18 | Sidney (Emily) | 4d6+8, Vercadians | 14 + 8 = 22 | — | UFTP fighters lose shields |
| 00:16:12 | party | Griivarr attacks, lower of two d20 | Murph lower 9 (hit); Emily 3 and 7; Zac 3 and 5; Lou lower 2 | — | UFTP fighter five destroyed |
| 00:19:39 | Skip (Zac) | Strength save, advantage | 17 | — | tractor beam fails |
| 00:22:09 | Skip (Zac) | Colonian Turn power die | 5 | — | 250 feet |
| 00:23:17 | Gust's flagship (DM) | two attacks, disadvantage | 16 and 3; 17 and 9 | AC 17 | miss; kills a UFTP fighter |
| 00:24:27 | DM | Guernican attack (Lou calls out "One" as the number the crew wants) | 10 | — | Roid Removers die |
| 00:25:42 | Guernican ship (DM) | attacks | 6 + 7 | — | two misses |
| 00:27:00 | Barry Syx (Murph) | Dexterity saves | dirty 20; nat 20 | — | Barry Nyne's shots 34 halved to 17 |
| 00:32:41 | Riva (Siobhan) | psychic repulse damage | 22 | DC 16 | UFTP bridge crew hit |
| 00:33:15 | UFTP (DM) | Dexterity saves, disadvantage | engineering 19 and 8; weapons 13; pilot 6; comms 3 | 13 | engineering, comms, pilot down |
| 00:35:06 | UFTP (DM) | point defense save | 3 | 12 | point defense off |
| 00:36:01 | Riva (Siobhan) | Perception | 21 | — | hears the bridge |
| 00:37:52 | Skip (Zac) | Stealth | 16 | — | hidden |
| 00:38:42 | Skip (Zac) | Perception versus sleight of hand | 26 | — | succeeds |
| 00:39:46 | Skip (Zac) | cryo blaster attack | 21 | — | 23 cold; halved to 11 |
| 00:41:42 | Zortch (DM) | Constitution save, disadvantage | 11 and 11 | 14 | slowed; 2 more cold, 13 total |
| 00:44:58 | Barry Syx (Murph) | Persuasion, advantage | 26 | — | Barry Nyne softens |
| 00:47:27 | the Barrys | DC 27 Athletics, 4d20 | none 16 or higher | 27 | door holds |
| 00:48:43 | Aurora Nebbins (Emily) | attack and damage | 19 + 6 = 25; d12 12 + 4 = 16 | threshold 15 | door half destroyed |
| 00:50:48 | Zortch (DM) | two Constitution saves | 16; 15 (Brennan reads both as saved) | 16 | half damage; Sidney's 14 exactly |
| 00:56:39 | Gnosis (DM) | astrogation | nat 2 | — | three equations |
| 01:00:44 | Gunnie (Lou) | astrogation with advantage | 2 and 14, +16 | 30 | exactly 30 |
| 01:01:37 | hull damage | 2d20 | 13 and 3 | — | 16; hull from 25 to 9 |
| 01:15:01 | Skip (Zac) | Perception | 15 | — | no |
| 01:15:40 | Skip (Zac) | Perception, advantage from Direct | nat 20 | — | slime trail seen |
| 01:26:31 | Skip (Zac) | Perception for Loose Duke | 15 | — | not seen |
| 01:29:39 | Skip (Zac) | opposed piloting | 11 + 10 = 21 (Prilbus 14 + 10 = 24) | 24 | loses |
| 01:35:23 | Riva (Siobhan) | persuasion or deception | 19 | 19 | Damien Factor accepts |
| 01:41:27 | trooper (DM) | attack on Barry Syx | natural 20 | — | 7 halved to 3 |
| 01:45:04 | Barry Syx (Murph) | rotary cannon rapid shot, damage | 26 | — | trooper dead |
| 01:47:00 | Sidney (Emily) | attacks | 21 hit; 26 hit | — | 9 damage; 17 damage |
| 01:50:12 | Barry Syx (Murph) | attack with Margaret's +5 and call to the guards | 2 + 8 + 5 = 15 | — | 23 damage, trooper dead |
| 01:53:33 | King Prilbus (DM) | piloting, plus 10 | 22 | — | stalemate range |
| 01:55:02 | Skip (Zac) | d20 x2 | 18; 10 or 11 | 17 or higher | wins |
| 01:58:55 | Riva (Siobhan) | psychic power attack | 27 | — | broadcast succeeds |
| 02:03:15 | Servo Sam (rolled by Lou, with Gunnie's stats) | shield regeneration | nat 20 | — | 8 shields; Gunnie's own hull patch repairs 3 |
| 02:10:48 | UFTP troopers (DM) | 1d6+3 | 6 and 9 | AC 18 | Zortch at 0 |
| 02:12:12 | Sidney (Emily) | med pack | 4 and 4 + 8 = 16 | — | Zortch up |
| 02:15:10 | Sidney (Emily) | stun grenade | 7 and 11 | DC 16 | two stunned |
| 02:17:20 | Sidney (Emily) | technology, box of doom | 14 and 5 | 25 | succeeds |
| 02:26:24 | Barry Syx (Murph) | reckless attack | 23 to hit; 19 damage | — | dead |
| 02:32:59 | Riva (Siobhan) | deception | 21 | — | Arcadia Prime believes |
| 02:34:40 | Gust's flagship (DM) | attacks, disadvantage | 5, 8, 2 | — | misses |
| 02:39:23 | Riva (Siobhan) | boost shields | d8 8 | — | 8 temporary |
| 02:40:29 | Servo Sam | shield regeneration | 7 | — | 7 more |
| 02:43:48 | Barry Syx (Murph) | ship attack | nat 20 | — | 62 damage |
| 02:45:18 | Sidney (Emily) | ship attacks | 19; 17 | — | 19 and 21 damage |
| 02:47:56 | Gust's flagship (DM) | defence, disadvantage | 13, minus 1 = 12 | — | — |
| 02:48:53 | Skip (Zac) | ram check, advantage | 2 and 15 | 12 | success |
| 02:49:33 | Skip (Zac) | ram damage 2d8+9 | 7 + 9 = 16 | 15 hull | Gust's ship destroyed |
"Dirty 20" is a total, not a natural 20; a bare "one" result is a total unless "natural"/"nat" is said. Natural 20s: Barry Syx 2, Skip 1, Servo Sam 1, DM 1 · Natural 1s: Margaret 1 (group roll) · Natural 2: Gnosis 1 · Dirty 20: Barry Syx 1