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Will Strange - Episode 15, Part 1 - Less Claps, More Slaps

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Will Strange - Episode 15, Part 1 - Less Claps, More Slaps

The final episode of "Will Strange" delivers a high-stakes, chaotic adventure as the group confronts cinder rats and the menacing Faziel, a hostile foe with rage-based attacks and a debilitating fear effect. Players navigate complex mechanics including concealment, saving throws, and persistent damage, with several characters falling sick and suffering debilitating injuries. The episode highlights both the fun and frustrations of tabletop gaming, especially with missteps in the digital interface and confusion over actions like healing or casting. Amid the action, the hosts share personal anecdotes, reflecting on the show’s journey, vintage video game nostalgia (like *King’s Quest* and *Paperboy*), and the deep bonds formed through their collaboration. A key emotional moment occurs when Tashi heals the party, showcasing teamwork and resilience. The final battle ends in a stalemate, with Faziel surviving and the party left on fire and battered, prompting the hosts to tease a two-part finale. The episode blends intense gameplay with humor, fan engagement, and heartfelt observations, celebrating the journey of the show while leaving listeners eager for the next chapter.

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(upbeat music) (upbeat music) - Which one? - Are we clapping on four? - One, two, three, eight. - Yeah, we are. - I feel like we always do three, two, one. And that's, no. - But it's fine. - No, I think it's great. - No, it's okay. We have to stay here. - I'll hand it on you up. We're about to lose. - The episode, this is episode 15. (laughing) Keep messing with the claps. (laughing) - That's what happened to us for five years. - That's how you do a (beep) - Everybody who comes on this show is like, I'm gonna do something new. (laughing) - We don't do that. - We're gonna do for the first episode of book four. - Yeah. - I'm gonna say it, and I use Japanese. - Oh no. - You're learning Irish, huh? - Yeah. - It's your specialty. - Can I use the claps? - It's confusing. - Yeah. - No, nobody's got the future off. - No references, ready to go. - No. (laughing) - Yeah, so here we are, episode 15, the finale of "Will Strange." And we're starting strong. - Yeah, we are. - We're strong. - We're strong. - We're 45 minutes late, and ready to kick that (beep) - That's 45 minutes for me to already put down one whisper. (beep) - Yeah, that's your fault that I'm almost seconded. - It's my fault that I-- - It's my fault that I-- - It's my fault that I-- - Now it's time for game gaming. - This was actually a real plan. It was like, we need him wiskied up, so we don't die. - Yeah, we all talked about this Adam. - We could wait till the cut scene gets from the issues. - This is my audio. - Yeah, it's a smart play, I respect it. (laughing) - You got to play 40, dude. - Yo, this has been a lot of fun doing this low adventure with you guys. You guys brought some good characters. To the table, we've got to test out a little bit of Pathfinder Tooie. You tested my nerves, and I resolved. (laughing) You could say that every week that we recorded was like Rollie will say. (laughing) - So I will say that you are an aptly named podcast. (laughing) - Is that a warning to any other future guests? - Wait, I'm gonna let everybody interpret how they want to interpret it, you know? I'm just saying facts, you know? - I'm saying a wonderful GM, but. But, you're still only my second favorite. - Of course. - Yeah. - I know you'd have to say that right now, but whenever we're done- (laughing) - You can tell me the other way. - Come on, man. (laughing) - Private chat in Riverside. (laughing) - We've done a few collaborations with other pods before, and I won't say which one, and it was a very fun one. But like, the GM, in fact. - Maybe it's because of us now that I think about it. One day he's like, "All right, that's enough of that invention." And then like, now we finished the book. Like, remember that? Like, he's just like, "I know that." - He's gonna end it here. Like, yeah. (laughing) - You're not gonna. - I don't know. - You're not gonna find it, you know? - No, no, I'm not. - You're not gonna find it. - That was. (laughing) - Oh yeah, I'm not gonna find it. (laughing) - Talk about Clash. - Oh, this stuff's sick, yeah. (laughing) - Thank you for what? You know what? - Get it, I'm never gonna get it. (laughing) - I think I got more mad about it on Kelly's behalf than Kelly was mad about it. - I think so. (laughing) - I was, I was, I was sitting right there next to him, and we had just got back to the place. - It was so shocking to your ear. - After my goal. - Yeah, we, a lot of us went to go see fish and we came back and find her was running, the will save crew through blades in the dark thing. And we caught the tail end of it. I was like, oh, this is cool, this is cool. And then, the slap that was in the world happened to burn her from the bottom of the world. - I was sitting on the podcast in the world. - I was sitting right next to it, you know? And I just, I couldn't believe it. I, I, I was shocked to my core. And I said, I said, I said, right there, find her. I was like, if we ever play a game, you do not have permission to do that to me. (laughing) - I did say that. I can't confirm, he did say that. He was pretty, yeah. (laughing) - I was on the fence about going to the fish concert. I knew I shouldn't have gone. - You should have gone with fish concert. - You would have slept in your body. - I'm not just your face, you would have slept. - I'm sure. So thank you, Kelly, for being in the room. (laughing) - It's fine, it's fine. I'm just gonna forget it again for the next four months until it comes up again. (laughing) - Well, that was a good time. - That was a good time. - This has also been a fantastic time at it. - Yeah, and no slaps. - Well, but it's only because we're not in the same room. - We've had, we've had. - We've had quite a few claps. - Yeah. - We've had quite a few slaps. (laughing) - Was it the same night that there was like a person that came up and she was like. - Yeah, yeah. - And I was like, you're keeping it to death by a lighting bolt. So she just came up, she's like, I could just get killed by a lighting bolt, like bolt it. - Well, then she told us that she escaped her home. She's like, I don't know, anyways. We don't go into that whole story, but yeah, it was a crazy night. - Yeah, it was a crazy night. - It was a crazy night. - Oh, well, time's an Indianapolis Indian. - I think I had, I think Will saves, reflex saves, and fortitude saves were all made. - That night. - That night. (laughing) - And yet no one rolled. (laughing) - Because of the rules like system, this has been added. - Yeah, yeah. - Yeah, yeah. (laughing) - So what's your product integration into our real lives, you know? Like that's how we do it. (laughing) - So what did you think your banter would be for this kind of finale of that? - Before we de-read. - I was coming in cold, but I had no idea. No idea. - One whiskey deep, so yeah, something, yeah. - Well, you know, there's always like, I could talk about what I did this weekend, but I feel like I talk about that too much across all the shows. And so I'm always open when some like new, weird topic just presents itself. And I'll grab onto it and roll with that for a little while. You know, 'cause like, everybody knows to play music. You know what I mean? It's not a anime topic, yeah. - Turns out, I do, actually, yeah. (laughing) - Tell us more. - A play on the instrument is called a piano. - You've picked lots of variations of it. - I'll keep the big, long necked thing with strings that you strum. - Yeah, dude, that's a big guitar. - God, dude. That's a saxophone, dude. You're getting there wrong. - Do you play like a harmonica? - You can get there wrong. - Yeah, so I play the piano harp. - Piano harp. - Yeah, piano. - Piano. - Yeah. - It's like a harpsichord. - Yeah, it is, otherwise known as a harpsichord. - A harpsichord sounds like a fake instrument. - It does. - A p-n-arp sounds like a real one, dude. - P-n-arp sounds like a real one. - Is that similar to the name my instrument? - Is a p-n-arp. - It's like a harmonica of a harpsichord. - That's what they play here in Ireland, they play p-n-arp. - The melodica. - I have one of those. - I've got them a lot of good. - The melodicas are bastard. - Yeah. - They are bastard. - Yeah, they are. - You're gonna have a lot of breath. You're gonna have a lot of hot air here, huh? - Which I do. - You do. - You do. (laughing) - Which you work on with every episode. - Yeah. - But the ocarina takes the crown. - Just saying. - The crown, what crown? - The crown of what? - The crown of what? - The only one I know. (hums) - Yep. - It's not even how you play ocarina. - It's like this. - It's not even how you do it. - It's a show thing. - Yeah, it looks like you were doing a flute. - I don't play any instruments. - You don't know that. - Yeah, tell me you don't play p-n-arp. - You don't tell me you don't play p-n-arp, right? (laughing) - I did take my son, my son and daughter to Target, just to distract 'em, and they played, my son played Star Fox on the Switch 2, and loved it. So now I'm, I'm looking to get the Switch 2. - I'm looking to get the Switch 2. - I'm looking to find a Star Fox game to put in my friend, my friend has an SNES, like a Super Nintendo. - Cool. I don't know if I can't play a Star Fox on Super Nintendo like I don't know, but I played this and it was looked way better when I play The problem is he doesn't have the same nostalgia that you Would you give me this team in Star Fox for dad You can play an organ trail Okay, just don't even take him to the real Mario movie just take him to the 80s Mario movie. That's right No, it wasn't Bob Laskens What a what a weird interpretation It was the 80s right or was that 90s 90s 90s 90s that's that's that's Wizard was Fred Savage the wizard yeah, what was no and they had the power love yeah It's like a it's like a the whole movie is like an ad for Nintendo Super Mario 3 and Super Mario 3 it was it's the launch trailer the movie the wizard is the launch trailer The NES glove right like that's all the whole In a building the way he like puts on the glove and flexes it you know like Like the way Fred Savage can't wait against this guy. He has a power Once like nobody could actually afford the part of them because the glove itself is worth more than the system as a whole and it didn't work That little that little like Back when there was a paper route to be had Speaking of that paper boy was a really fun game Paperboy was paper boy is a solid game. Yeah, it's hard but it's good I do remember the lying king on Sega Genesis was hard man. That was All the Disney games of that area were Every game was difficult as a king's quest and you're like why I'm See those kind of games all right That's what I grew up on is as point and click adventure games the Sierra games, right? Yeah, like King's quest and space quest, but those games were difficult in a much different and much more cruel way The side-scrollers you could get good and like yeah, that's true Accomplish it like this is like oh you forgot to pick up that random item that has nothing to do with this item that you need to Actually solve this puzzle you you like soft lock yourself out of the game, you know what I mean Yeah, so you'd have to start all the way over, you know And it'd be like oh, I didn't know that I needed that whittled down toothbrush to To solve this chest puzzle Oner mode, right No, his daughter's date at least makes sense like and look this is from this is from somebody who was a huge fan of those games Like that was what I played all of the King's quest games have played all the quest for glory games I played it all like I like I love the Sierra games, but Their item combination puzzles were absurd and I know that they were there Simply to troll you as a plate because they would it would literally laugh at you in the game like a little text box would come up Like oh, you thought that was gonna work didn't you Oh, and people don't know I think back then you couldn't do multiple safe files or could you I can't You could buy around King's quest like three, you know, but like but like depends, you know You had to have the room for it and it was a big thing to go from one safe out of the to three I think I'm not going to introduce like save save game Yeah, and then like quest for glory was like cool because you could take your save from the first quest for glory and Take that was the first game that you could bring a character from a other game into the next game. That's Yeah, that's pretty cool Yeah, man, there was a King's quest in 2016. Do you play that? I did really oh, that's So it's like bringing it back to the to the music stuff is Zelda the legend of Zelda was the first Consul game to have a save chip like an actual battery inside of the the contouring that lets you save your game Prior to that it was all code based where like oh, you you've got this far These weapons here's a 25 It was that it took that long to do that holy crap Yeah, and that game out 1966. Oh, yeah, one of those consequences of that is that I feel like they're You could have like brute forced into different safe states You could be like hey write me a code to do this When something over one maybe you find the Easter egg. Yeah, that was a thing though like that's where a lot of it came up was like Oh, the special code that only you know the developers that's how about yeah, I thought I said something like that about Pokemon Where the only reason Pokemon could get shipped was because one of the engineers figured out how to compress everything Yeah, because they were super Restricted on the size and the cartridges everything the only way was that they like to start a deleting stuff and then found a way to compress it Like it was pure luck crazy. Oh, yeah Speaking of that I did start breath the wildest weekend I played that up. I don't have any of the breath I'm gonna let you talk about that for a second because like I said I'm on my I've already had a whiskey drink. I know Yeah, so I'm gonna go take care of it. I'm gonna take care of my PR you know, it's a finder break It's a finder. We're all take a break whoever is listing just take a right for a second take a roll Yeah, yeah, we're gonna save it here. Put on there. We're gonna save you guys. Yeah. Yeah, all code I'll take a turn to the your previous load state is Yeah, yeah I I am saved Scott when it comes to Baldur's game like I tried honors mode And I got so annoyed by it because I wanted to know what happens if I do this or that like I don't want to Replay it five times to get the same. Yeah, so I turn I turned off honors mode and start saves coming all the way through I'm on I'm finishing up my third playthrough Yeah, it all depends what you're into just into the characters the story. I don't need to fucking be the best at everything So that's true. It's fine. Yeah, I'm actually gonna take the victory. Yeah Yeah, I know my kids are like slowly learning about video games, and I'm like So my friends my sons friends dad has a Sega Genesis Like actual Sega Genesis. Yeah, like he no, he found like his old his old Sega He had stored away and was pulled it out and started playing it I went over we went over one night and him he has an eight I think an eight-year-old in the five-year-old and they were playing Tojam and Earl But the the son the eight-year-old was asking like can we get a an Xbox whatever whatever the latest one is I don't even know anymore is it the Xbox one now? But they were like okay, we get the new a system and he was like when you can beat Sonic three. I'll let you get a new system So like that's that's the barrier of victory for like real video games is Oh, yeah It's it was hard enough that I'd never beat it as a kid. I always got to Metal Sonic, but I never could beat him. I Favorite game on Sega Was a game called general chaos general chaos. I don't I didn't sound familiar What is it make us draw like a co-op Squad fighting game that looks a fuck it reminds me of I love the game called cannon fodder Which was just like a I found it in like the five dollar bin for computers But it looks very similar I feel like you have you have like a squad of individuals like Grenader and like a assault Dude and they survive that that like mission they can move on to the next mission but that's how I like to play this strange episode order where everybody dies and has to come out where we just survive every single episode you know what I'm saying I mean you don't have to but you have but we have we have we have we have to have I'll take that transition so do I get a buffer because you forced me but I'll take but I'll take you know like but everybody can start with one hero point because it's a new session so everybody here you totally remember what's going on of course we do yeah there's not like a lot going on you know like our fans also know too that they don't need us to recap they don't like so you guys are on the final episode so we got to like recap everything well no so yeah you're on a starship and you're on your way to a lava planet yeah that goes through this like this portal that goes to this space station on a lava planet okay that's what that's what we're doing right right yeah yeah all right everybody is with it everybody's with all right so my salarian go ahead and roll initiative no we're out of party that's been oh yeah party time crashed by late late by the genie you know but it's not really her fault right right no she's innocent on this well you know she has been a friend she has been a friend she's definitely been a friend she is a genie though so she really innocent right like I think that's a strong language you know but like she has been a friend you know like she did summon a very dangerous and high level demon to your lodge just to be a smart ally to her by control her who she really doesn't like but that was a gamble on softest part because she I think I think exactly she gambled and she won because she knew that that demon did not like the scale gambling's a sin Kevin this said that makes her not innocent oh well I don't live in the south you just proved my point uh no you're just gambling with my patience mister don't I know it uh sofa did at the request of this faziel ibn sazadine who revealed himself as the actual controller of sofa and ordered sofa to attack you he was tired of this and he's like bring me to the battlefield I'm coming here and you know summon me it's a powerful minion and that's when she summoned this super demon and the demon's like I don't have time for this shit don't ever do this again and she knocked out leaving behind two smaller lesser elementals to deal with him the fountain and faziel himself comes tumbling out of the broom closet which is where sofa summoned him into when he asked her to summon him to to the house i love sofa because she also has like a good sense of humor she winked at you and advantaged leaving you to face this guy once and for all did we ever get a picture of sofa yes i don't remember do we do we have a picture of faziel yeah we do i think that's that's like in our notes somewhere i think so here i will do both ok let's see faziel is the scumbag with a little deer horn he doesn't even have like good horns he has deer horns like little baby deer horns yeah he doesn't have like moves or like like adult deer like he's not like developed into he's just not about the size of the horn i don't think it's about the size of the horn i think size matters if it's not about the size of the horn yeah get messages he's a bad guy that's what's horns mean you're bad unless you're teafling so horns then don't mean you're bad unless you're teafling it's like that's that's stipulation what about goats what about goats or so i don't know you know goats do you know goats you know goats they're so fuzzy yeah really cute what about antelopes you think antelopes are bad because they have horns don't that's not horns that's that's like a unicorn wait what about narwhals it's literally it's you're you're saying it's a corn that's a tooth narwhals have a tooth it's not i'm not talking about narwhals we know they're evil i'm talking about you know narwhals are evil narwhals are evil narwhals are evil it's not called a narwhal corn cave it's only unicorn dude i know this very well narwhals are my daughters like chosen animal for life now because i don't think she's evil she's evil welcome to the remake of the omen very angry three-year-old she is inherently evil that is true here's that picture yeah okay wait did you show picture i don't see the picture now i'm about to steal the banter are we in the episode now we're boring the laundry everybody are in law clack the hell is facing three two one i woke up early for this wait are we uh what i mean that it's like it's like one of the around i can't tell wheel it's not yes like what if we have even started this was all just pre banter yeah all right we are sorry there's there's banter and then there's pre game banter and now there's in game banter this is in game banter yes it's still the banter but it's in the game banter so we're so i put sofa in the discord i saw her oh yeah yeah she looks like battles she's got that that's kind of smirk like she's not even dear dinners it's like it's like tree twigs yeah it's like pligs he's pathetic but this is not a final boss what's this little fun like how you don't this might be why i haven't shown you the art for this guy yet to be honest am i wrong am i i know he's like getting a thumbs up but like all the facial expression is i and this guy's fucking lame looking at him yeah it looks like cool it's fucking guy that's because like we were introduced to this guy in like episode three right but like he was just he was just a scally saw him and like it was like this is a scumball this is like what scum's look like yeah moving on we all knew he was the bad guy to begin with like that was well all right just so the hat yeah the times the whole thing together he's got nothing but twig hair and if you think those if you think that those twigs are very sing wait do you see what's under that he's he's standing actually he's bawling a little bit it's just bramble under there it's just twigs it's just tender you know i say you tried to ask her to her for it just like excuse me guys everybody roll initiative now that's where you did not you did not tell us how to roll initiative again hi oh my god don't even battle enter combat did i just roll initiative on accident i did oh you did it okay and uh whoo here we go you right click the swords public not on your token right in the right okay the sword on the right yeah under the chat bubbles yeah i can't see the swords on the right i don't see the swords on the right claps on the left slaps none of the slaps i mean there's a dice next to my character i can't i can't do that i did it yeah that's what you need to hit yeah that's it that's what you need to do i'm sad i don't have the all 20 skin anymore i know that was a good skin did that was a good skin i wasn't the last to roll i'm just saying but i was the second highest i think that's where i'm really proud of you do you want to know why i miss it why miss what the total skin all 20 oh why is that because then as it's rolling i can't look at it and be like oh it's almost this it just shows like it all it's all 20 until it looked until you know it's like the moment of actual surprise is in the chat when i when i can see a computer um so you don't like like the - The suspense is what you're saying. - Yeah, I just wanted to know what I rolled. - Yeah. John are you streaming music? I am streaming music right now it is where it is in the discord Yeah, I can't know that links. It's so worth You didn't drop the new the new link. They're up the new link. I did no, they're just scroll up Just drop the beat just drops the beat dude. Yo, the beat's been dropped. I think just dropped a drop you're right. I got you guys It's there's nothing on that one dude dude dude Hey, dude, why don't you just chill back to the free game? Now we're good now. You got it. Yeah, play me play me some funky music white boy that is actually not funky and more suspenseful Oh, I hear sense. Yeah, we're doing an action. We're fighting. This is the final final boss music dude I had boss music going but now it's like can't be boss. It's it's this Deer skulm Yeah, I need some eight bit Zelda music I don't have that unfortunately. No, you can you can play what you're playing. That's fine. Okay She could play the theme for like deer hunter or something. Yeah, okay, so so it's the four of us And we're near the fountain that we were at before, but now it's normal fountain Yes, but in the fountain appear to be these two Cinder rats. Yes. Cinder rats are elementals that are Cinder rats and they're in the water of the fountain. So they're yeah, yeah, they're already put out So is there like a bunch of steam around the room? Yeah, dude. There's lots of Killing on dude I'm watching one is sarcastic and one's discerning Yeah, I'm fuzzy out there. So I will say that they are surrounded by a five-foot aura Okay, and it's like Kind of this hot hazy It's not entirely fire, but it's like steams. Yeah, it's fun. Yeah, but it's like that. It stinks Bro, it'll make you sick. Hmm, maybe Um Okay Okay, it's all right guys. I have sound body. So if you're sick and I can help you Um, Tashi. Yes That's it. Tashi slash John. Uh, you're up. You got the you got the jump here, man. Yeah, you got the I'm gonna use sudden charge to go attack fuzzale, but now seeing that these These raterinos are stinking up the place I'm feeling like I don't like people coming in and making our place all dirty Doiety, so I think I'm gonna stride 30 feet up on my way To fuzzale who's asked about the hand of him and and I'm gonna stride up and then I'm gonna take a swing at uh This rat here But I think I just stepped into the cloud in order to be there right that's that part to hit to hit the rat Yeah, yeah, like you're not in striking distance of the rat, but you're also not in the aura All right I stepped five feet closer I think I'm in the aura now I'm feeling the breath form so this yeah, so you step into this fetid fumes, right and a You enter there and you're you're in the smoke so everything gets concealed And I also need you to roll this fortitude safe. Please. Oh, I'm gonna roll the best word. It's your save you've ever seen in your life. Let's go. That's a 14 That's the pretty great on the die. It's pretty good, but unfortunately A 14 is going to fail Uh, okay, and so you will be sick and All right, and you're gonna add that on my issue. I am gonna. Wow dude sick in. I mean immediately steps in smells like but Do y'all know what sick and does no, I know I can give you a Minus To uh equal to the value. So it's one in this case Against all checks and DCs. It's just a minus one across the board. Wow. You can spend a single action On your turn to try to wretch and recover from the sickening Okay, the second condition um But that requires another fortitude safe. So basically you can try to wretch to do another fortitude safe Got it. And if you succeed then you reduce your value by one or two or critical success Yeah, there you go. I think I'm just gonna swing for now. You're gonna swing up the wrap It's gonna take an old swing. I target it already. I'm gonna do my strike with my plus one striking grade act Of course I roll the six the 16 I yeah, and You would need to roll a concealed check, but you missed anyways, so I miss anyways. Okay Uh, let's move a swing. Yeah, I can do one more swing. Yeah I'm gonna do this again Oh, not as good again not as good. I am really thrown off by this drench Yeah, I got like trying like trying to pick it up and then just oh Okay, immediately that's my turn not great. Sheldon. You're up. Toshie. Toshie. No Uh, and Toshie's gonna run up 20 feet. The rat Looks at you as it to say Smoking kills Okay I don't I don't understand. What is it? I guess sarcasm lost on you. Isn't it? Yes, yes it is Uh, okay, man. It's cool. You seem really smart, Charlie So that's the sarcastic. Yeah Uh, so how does this work? I do it. I do in response so you moved up, right? I moved up and then you And then you're casting what Frostbite, which has been saved. I think it's six meters or something But why am I rolling though? Don't you? You're not. I'm rolling. Oh, you do not roll. Okay It's a saving throw, you know, one of the basic principles of all TTR. But I have I have a save DC button That's why I was like, what do I push the button for me to roll? Okay Because I roll the safe The buttons in your chat I get it. Okay. Sorry. I'm not used to playing on computers barely You're doing great I know This game is better played with the controller. Uh, I rolled with a 24 so I believe I succeed however I will take half of the damage so you can't go ahead and roll that damage. Okay That's a 3d4 worth of damage Roll pretty good. So you take half of seven. Uh, I'm sorry. Which one did you attack? Uh, oh, I didn't target. So let's start all over No That one Uh, the one closest to John the one that was trying to talk shit and I was like, no, you frostbite him Sorry, uh, so That it actually takes more damage Cuz there's cinderats Ah So does the damage hurt? All right, it's good to know Good to know All right, so a move and then a cast frostbite and so like some of the Water that's in the fountain starts to crackle into ice around its base like pierce through its feet It's a little feet and it's like those were my rat toes Now that cold That was super hot Um All right, Roger you're up Uh, mirage spreads well spotted says the dessert red Sprouts for his friends for his shell back And he's gonna attack Both of these guys with electric arc And there's water right like it's I'm not sure how that works in my hands. This is extreme is telling me that you have more effect I'm I'm hoping it Fuck me. We're rolling real well hit, you know what I'm saying, but apparently well okay again So you don't roll the saves When you're talking Well You're just gonna take a Genesis, right? The rule Okay, here keyboard Yeah Oh my gosh, okay, and now we don't know what happened because it's all question marks That's by all right, so the first one The one closest to Miragey, the discerning one, also says, however this is a basic say so you can roll damage and they'll each take half. You can click that button, you can click the roll damage button. The roll damage button, yeah. I don't see a roll damage button on my screen. That's because you're not casting this button. Why is there a safety seat button on my screen? I'm gonna sing. Because you're casting this thing. Because we're going to have PC on PC on PC. Yeah. Okay, that's actually something. 26. I don't know what else are the days are. I know. I had a bus so I pushed it. I just don't understand. I don't understand the train of fire. I seriously just roll damage electricity. It's like dead. And then but you also roll. I get another say. No, I will. Why? What? But I clearly say because I roll to 26. All right. You see. She's dead. She's dead. She's dead. You say so much that you're saved from having to do any more of this. Thanks Kevin. I'll talk to you later. You'll sign off. Adam, you see what doing 15 of these episodes. I understand why you needed a break. I do. And then do 10 times that. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Here we go. They each take half damage. So they each take nice for damage. Well done. Well done. Well done. Yay. All right. Very good. Very good. You guys are doing so great. The disturbing rats like I think that he's being sarcastic. It is now the sarcastic. He's like, Oh, I get to do something now. Cool. And it's going to target Tashi. Of course, right? Of course. And we're just going to we're just going to jaw you to death. We're just going to chop you. We're going to talk to you during the best parts of your favorite concert and move. No way. Yeah. No talking green during guitar solos. What are you doing? It's like isn't this really good? Isn't this really great? What they're doing right now? Don't you love this? I know this song. I heard this song like 20 years ago. This is the song that I got me into this band. I love it. It's so great. Don't you love it? I'm speaking for personal experience here. Is that when you go to a fish show? Yes. Yes. That does. All right. That's a 24 to hit you, which it will hit you. Now it's a miss. And I have smoke vision so I can bypass the concealment. Wow. See, that's what sarcasm feels like sarcastic rats. So here comes the damage to you. Question marks across the board. Question marks. How about eight points of fire damage? Plus some persistent damage. What's what's persistent damage? That means that he's burning every turn. Every time he's persistent by her. She's on fire. NBA jam style. She's also following fire. Swish. Easy to fly in. Oh, man. We're having a good time. Let's go. All right. Let me make sure I'm playing these rats right there. You know, like, wait, so I took eight damage, but that I didn't take the persistent fire. You don't take the persistent till your turn. That's what it means. But persistent doesn't tell me if I take it right now or not, just as it will continue. It's just consistent persistent damage. What is it? He's on fire. He's heating up. I'm missing an action here. I'm sorry. You got to fight. You got to fight. You're good. That was it. You got to fight. Just pass the rock to Carmel. All right. What do you think? I guess. Like acts like it has a breath weapon. It says in the tactics, right, of the adventure. This thing tries to use its breath weapon on the party. And here I am like a fool looking on their staff for a breath weapon that doesn't exist. So you guys are lucky. No breath weapons. So we're just going to jaw you more. If you get two jobs, let us know in the comments of this episode if you were really before that breath weapon. If you click play for the AP. If you're waiting for the breath weapon revealed, I'm very sorry. The sarcastic rat says, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I don't have a breath weapon. I'm going to bite you instead, but I miss with the 15 and here comes the final attack on you. Okay. Let's also miss and turn out the breath weapon is the fog the whole time. I also do like I do every time is. Do the wrong one first. That's just what we're going to do. Wait, but now I'm targeting the wrong guy. Yeah, yeah. I'm going to target myself and cast courageous and yeah, you don't have to target on that. They'll just drop an aura. Now everybody will be good. Yeah. But you're on the right. So you're back there just telling jokes. Rats in a deer. We're in the clear. So you do need to put that in the chat. Did I not put that in the chat? It doesn't look like it. What's this? What's the weird spiral lights then? Yeah, he did that. He did that. Did I cast it in the chat? It did have the effect, but it didn't do the cast. Hold on. I know we've been talking about moving to f*cking foundry. Have we changed our opinions on the cast to chat? I know this is a fact. I'm trying to create actors moving characters to f*ck. What are you trying to do? I don't know. I don't know if we should. I feel like we are not. Sorry. I got on the second one. But like for whatever reason it gave me a permissionary when I tried to cast the chat. That was double. The question for you Kelly is do we move everything to foundry or do we learn foundry? I feel like we've tried to learn. This is a side combo to them trying to figure it out, but I will say that to we pathfinder module not the same. Did I cast the chat now? Yeah, that did. I see it. I'm seeing this anthem. Look at that. Thank you. Do I have a button for this one? You don't have a button for this one? Thank you. Okay, so that's success. This will last three rounds. So you don't have to cast it again for three rounds. That's pretty bad. Yeah, and then I think I'm going to just consume a healing potion because I think it's working all of that. Yeah, I like it. Yeah. How do I care to see them? Yeah, you got it. But chunky, chunky heal. That was a good role. That was a good role right there, but we healed up. Topped up. Topped up. Man, I'm all I'm so topped up right now. So topped up. I'm so ready to blow these dudes out of the water. Just to blow these dudes out of the water. All right, it's Faziel's turn. Let's see what this sounds like. This sucker is made of. I'm going to jump the shock. I'm going to jump over this fountain with my sad little twigs. All right. Okay, he's stupid. All right. I got to go ahead and tell you that. It's going to know. He's stupid. Like a low intelligence or a low wisdom. It looks like more like low wisdom, right? Like he's just like consumed by his own rage. And so like we are going to run up to Tashi, which like I said. He's stupid. Yeah. It's not a good choice to do that. He's going to as he's doing that. not just be ranting the whole time. He's like, you stupid pathfinders. You look, keep getting in my way. I hate you so much. You're not even good pathfinders. You're path pathfinders. You're better star finders. He's saying that. Not me. Okay. I tell us go I don't know what you're really talking about. So he rants angrily, filling nearby creatures with shame, fear and anger. So each of you must make a will say. What's his range on that? All right. Can we click this? Bro. So I guess he's 45 from you. Yeah. Fib is good. Fuck. Wait. Yeah. Fuck. Damn it. Yeah. I'm just in range. I failed. You did. But you did. You got to push the button at the right time. I push the right button at the right time. I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm like a soldier. No. Roger did do a safe. We clicked it in the wrong place. But I'll take it. So she's the only one that failed. Right? Oh. So shelly becomes frightened by this frightened rant. What does frightened do to me? It reduces everything by one. But it goes away at the end of your turn. So there's that. Okay. Success to everybody else is fine. And then we're going to do a punishing strike on Tashi. Hmm. So he unleashes this rage and a reckless attack. Bring it on. It's going to make him off guard until his next turn. Yes it is. So he's leaving himself open for this huge attack, right? Yeah. All right. So here we go with the punishing strike as he strikes with his twigs. Bring it. Swings his head back and forth. Yeah. I switched back and forth. All right. That's a 26. That's going to hit. Damn. All right. Not a fan of that. All right. So you're going to take a good bit of damage here. You sure? I'm 22 points of damage. Oh. Uh, crap. And let's see. And because I hit I will push you back a bit out of the stench cloud. Thank you. Yeah. Or into it further. How do you? Uh, let's see. So push means I attempt to shove on you. Okay. Which I'm going to do. And if I do that, I'm going to push a distance. And I'm not. I critically failed. So he loses his balance. And it goes. Brode. Oh, he sucks. So bad. He sucks. So bad. This is so. He hears me just chuckling in your in your heads. Just amazing. So he runs just like afraid, like just screaming. Everybody else is like, oh, shut up. But like shelly, shelly sensitive. You know, she's emotionally sensitive. And she's like, oh, it makes me sad that he's so angry. But Tashi don't give a shit. And just like takes that hit and just like lets that momentum carry him all the way down to the ground. Yeah. It hurts her. But also she just doesn't move. You know, she's like, there's like rugby competitions where they just charge each other. Yeah, it hurts his pride more than you hurt her physically. Yeah, 100%. 100%. It's the discerning. All right. And it says, you know, I just don't think that this water is the best place for me being a Cinderella. And the sarcastic rats like you think. And so the discerning rat steps out towards Maraji. And it is going to attack Maraji. With some bites. But first, actually, I need you to roll a save. Cause you're now in the fumes. So see, I put that in the chat. Click it from the chat. Don't click it. Don't click it. Not you. No, not you. I hope you fail. 21, 21, 21. 21 does fail. That's a tough one, dude. So you are now sickened. One. What does that do again? It reduces everything by one, basically, to you. So, so they're both sick and now, John or Tashi and Maraji are sick and I tried to not be. So my first bite then would hit you with a 19, right? Cause your AC is now 19. Yeah, I believe that's the case. Yeah, that's good. All right. So here comes the first bite of damage that's going to put five points of damage plus a persistent fire damage. And then we're going to attack again. Yeah, we're going to attack again. With a 18, that will miss that. Yes, indeed, fuck me. Wow, so dessert. I mean, yeah, not no, no, like we're not going to act fuck, but I agree. Yes, fuck me. Like that was bad for me. Yeah, I agree. Yes, Tashi, you're up. So, desserting. Thank you. Tashi is going to take, um, you're not really my type. Pretty picky. Very certain when it comes here. Tashi's going to try and cut down on her losses here. So I think she's going to somebody's clacking hard, bro. Well, I don't know what happened. I think you're thinking James. Yeah, you're mic. Okay, go ahead there, Tashi. Tashi. Tashi's going to do a 40 to say for to get rid of the condition. Oh, the second condition. Right. See you. Yeah. Okay, it's a 29. All right, that'll do it. That looks so there. So you know, okay, cool. Literally, but not sick. Right. That's an action. That was an action. That wasn't action. And then I think she is worried that she is going to get hit by the Cinderella again. Actually, I'm just going to take a swing at Fuzio because I want to take as many as possible while they are down. So to get a target, swing, take in the opportunity to attack Aroni, macaroni with my plus one striking, great axe. That is a 24. That's going to hit. To hit that. Of course it is. Of course it is. That's 2d 12 plus 4 damage going towards this mofo. Wow. 13 points of damage. Not as much as it could be, but not bad. Okay, I think I'm going to take a guard a step or not a guard step. What's the term? Ah, step, just step. Just step. I'm going to take a step down away from. Oh, you know what, you got to roll a concealment on that. Oh, okay. So you're just going to roll a 20 and you got to be a 5. And I roll that with. So you should see that little d20 with a 5 above it above the chat box? No. I hate to be this person. Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes. Yeah, cool. Flatcheck DC5. Cool. Oh, I roll the 5. Wow, just got it. Just got it. Just got it. So that does go through. So you get 13 points of damage. Yes, it does. All right, you know what? I'm going to swing again. I could get hit. I'm not going to play smart. I'm going to hope that one of my comrades will heal me through three of them. So I'm just going to try and deal the most amount of punishing damage because Tashi is pissed at this dude. Why don't you go ahead and roll the concealment first? You know what? Why don't you take a compliment? Because that's a good idea. I just rolled it. That's a six. I'm just, I'm just. Just get squeaking through it. It's like a squeaking smoke, you know. I'm squeaking. Your time in the drum circle prepared you for this. Dude, follow the rhythm, dude. Follow the rhythm. That is a 20 to hit. That does hit because it is off guard. By the way, this is why I'm doing it. This is why I'm doing it. Another 2d 12 plus 4. Wait, you're attacking Fasiel? Yes. Were you doing that before? Yes. Yes. Okay. Well, we don't need to be rolling concealments. Then I thought you were attacking the rat. Nah, dude, that- Racking can go do something super cool, you know what alright some sarcasm now it's like in Bosio So Bosio is taking this 13 and then it's also taking this 14 14 27 points of damage Yeah, and that does all go through Oh, of course it does of course it does that's my turn. Let's hope they don't hit. I might need some help guys Okay, well at the end of your turn we have a little bit of problem here because you're gonna take that Fire damage With sick end I got out of it. You got out of being sickened, but your persistent damage is something separate Which triggers at the end of the round that's the burning so you take that burning damage, but you do get an opportunity to make that recovery check Got it So you can click that there to see you know, I think you're just trying to get a 15-zip flat check as well And sorry, where is that you should see it looks like yeah, yeah got it That's a fail saying you're gonna stay on fire yikes Okay, not great So I took three pins of damage. I already got you. Yeah, don't go with it yourself. Are right. No, definitely won't you're up. You'll frighten one And this is your turn uh uh She's like very worried and she's gonna sneak her way not actually, but like You know physically she's like shrunken down as she runs behind Tashi who's not feeling good but her response is more Offensive than defensive and so she is gonna actually try to do a sudden bolts on Uh What's his face? Fazia Fazia. Yes, let's get the scale and so she's gonna I'm there. I'm not pushing under buttons I'm not pushing the button That is tar. Oh, I didn't wait. Nope. I might have targeted the wrong person actually Sorry way to go All right Because I passed because I meet beat Know the rat beat beat What I targeted the wrong person I said before you rolled I know I rolled with Fazia. Okay. Okay. So you meet speech. I know how to do this. Okay. All right. All right It looks that way. Yes. Okay, so then I roll my damage Mm-hmm, which is four d12. Yeah, it's still pretty chunky Uh-huh. So you take half of that good roll Very good. Yeah, 32 points on the boards cut that in half. It's gonna be 16 points of damage Uh, that gets them down in his plums for sure. Oh get do get in those plums In the plums Okay, that was a good turn, Shelley. Thank you. Is that your whole turn. Yeah, that is that is my whole turn. Yep All right Marazi you're up. You're You're in front of this thing here. Oh, and that frightened goes down for you at the end of your turn. So you're no longer fighting, Shelley uh, but uh Kelly you're up you are sick and And the rat has concealment against you if you're you know If you care about that kind of thing That's just for like attack your big concealment guy is right that yeah, that's for anything with an attack roll So if you cast something with a save, it won't it won't matter Uh, Maraji's gonna take a step uh, so he's going to Concentrate heal Uh, Tashi So the rat says ha a cat of tactic. I see Quaited cat kicker Cactus I'm afraid to press buttons at this point, but like a heal versus living as I think I got a you're doing a ranged heal for Yeah, Tashi. So target Tashi and then click that yes to action versus the living option Perfect. All right. That's what we're doing. What's the big X? Do I miss that curl? Yep roll healing healing um Okay, yes, that's it Plus I think it you should get yeah there you go blessing. So yes, yeah very So yeah, Tashi gets a chunk back 12 Kevin the x is just where they he started we're okay. Okay. No, I'm giving you information the true. I appreciate that It was just a very aggressive Kevin I'm sitting well. I Kevin look You've made me this way Kevin My daughter has been calling me by Kevin. Oh, no, like I'd be I was trying to sing her the alphabet in her bed And she was like do you want me to Kevin? Do you want me to start calling you dad? Yes for this episode? Hey dad get your together. All right. Thank you. Uh, all right So Tashi. Yeah, so Tashi just got healed for 12. Yeah, I appreciate you Big big heal good job Maraji is now the sarcastic rats turn Uh, but first Maraji you're gonna take two points of damage from the persistent fire and then oh Roll me ID 20 please oh All righty gonna do that now It's not good All right, so you will also remain on fire Join the club all right and the uh, see how the rat is going to Yeah, dude The rat is actually going to be like I've had enough of you and moves towards the easier target Fazio Fazio who's on the ground Uh, I mean, this is just what it says in the book to do it attacks both you guys and now Fazio Fazio looks bad wait for the rat the rats came from the crazy lady that appeared and disappeared. Yeah What we should have left him alone like let the rats take him Well, we'll see what happens I don't know either Can we come reload? No, it's almost like this was the surprise for you guys too. Yeah All right, so uh, absolutely rocks Fazio with a 27 to hit nice And it's going to do Minimum damage what he's also in the circle so he needs to make a second save Uh, he does but oh yeah, he's still got plenty of health all right, so he is also on fire But he doesn't now need to make that safe Uh, let's roll this fortitude save Just gets wait, I don't think that doesn't I don't think that doesn't Uh, does it so now he's on the ground Burning and throwing up. Oh my god Uh, he's like pathetic. He's like I think I might do made up a steak Oh, he thinks so wait the rats aren't your friends So why would you do that to me? Um, yeah, actually, that's a thing you know, he's like kind of pissed uh, yeah Uh, and he says suffer blow away this smoke and steam as he's standing up, right? So he stands up Oh, I command you to blow away this smoke is out of my eyes and A massive gust of wind comes through Oh, and knocks him back prong because of his gust was she meant strong enough to knock him back prong again So now he's using his second action to stand back up again And he's going to attack The rat with his final actions of course This is crazy guys Thank you for playing yourself against yourself against yourself against myself. Yeah, all right. We're going to He's gonna scream. He's gonna do his frightening rant this whole time. He is just bitching like no Baby all of you sucks so bad. I hate you. Oh, he starts like powder you know To roll this will save that I put in the chat, please So we all need to roll the will save so I said for except for Okay, I'll click the button Pass easily No, it's all right. You'll be frightened for this turn everybody passes and that is his whole turn I get knocked down. I get up again. I get knocked down again and I'm mad And I'm out like a baby. Yeah, that was the first draft of that song. It didn't have the same flow All right, so fib you're up Uh, are the rats still hostile to us. Yeah, yes All right, so everyone Okay, except each other going to cast phase bolt at this discerning cinderat. Okay, make sure target it because I forgot that 16 would you like to use a hero point? Yes Here a good good use of hero point [Music] And. [Music] Wow, one less, one less. All right, well, that's it, I'm work. Pew pew! And that's all I want to turn, I think. Yeah, one more action, I think. Yeah, because you could use. Yeah. Let's try. What's the. what's the Android if I can do it? You could. You could. You could just. Everything looks like two actions. Yeah, yeah. Uh. What's Goblin's song? You could do Goblin's song. Let's do Goblin's song. So that'll be under your actions. Do you got a. Do you have a Goblin's song prepared? Oh, it's two. It's got two things. [Music] I don't know. I sing in an annoying song. It's a roller performance check from that. Um, yeah. See if we can distract it. Uh, 16 is not going to do it. Uh, so you sing a song but it's like. I just heard. The wind is too loud and. I'm a jazz guy myself. Um, so. Don't you dare. This is Goblin's song. This Goblin's song just isn't really my scene, man. It's not to hit, man. It's Basil's turn. Right? I'm feeling good. Wait, no. Is that right? Yeah. Okay. Crazy. Uh, we're going to target Tashi. Tashi. Taki. I feel like I just went. I feel like I fucked something up here. No. I only did. Maybe you're just playing a crappy character. Ooh. I think he's ready to be that way, though. It's okay. I think I. I'm going to attack you. I'm going to do a punishing strike on Tashi. Tashi. Tashi. I am going to do it. Okay, that is a. 20. Hmm. That's a. Sorry, it's a 22 because he's not ready. No, I have four sections to stand up for you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's 21, that's 21. Right, here we go. And then you come to damage. Uh, 14 points of damage. Yeah, he's doing. And then I'm going to try to push you. Again. Mm-hmm. I am at Death's door. Ooh, that is a success. So you're pushed back five feet. On top of Shelley. No, Shelley. You just pushed there, right? Yeah. And then because of that, it triggers his attack of opportunity. Do you want. No, I'm going to shoot. Is that dude? No way. No way. That's a bullshit. It triggers his attack. The rats attack of opportunity? No, fuzzies. You can't get your own attack of opportunity. Um, and that's. Gonna be his turn. We're at the discerning rats turn. Oh, wait, he's got to take some damage because he's on fire. Fazio, that is. Takes two points of damage. He's dead. He's not dead. But he does fail the recovery check. So he remains on fire. The Cinderrat is going to keep attacking him. Thank you, Cinderrat. This will be the end of the round. And. We'll pause there. Until next time. Yeah, here we go. Let me do three quick shots. On Fazio and see what happens. It's a miss. It's a miss. Three misses. You have not defeated me yet, Pathfinders. This will be a two-episode finale! [laughing] Wow. Good, sir. Good, sir. [music] [music]

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. The episode concludes the "Will Strange" series with a high-energy, chaotic battle against cinder rats and a powerful enemy named Faziel.
  2. The group faces challenges including smoke-based concealment, persistent fire damage, and failed saving throws that lead to characters becoming sick and weakened.
  3. A key moment involves a turning point when Tashi uses a healing action to restore health, while Faziel’s rage triggers a devastating attack that puts the party in danger.
  4. The game mechanics, including concealment, saving throws, and action economy, are humorously highlighted through player interaction and missteps.
  5. The hosts reflect on the show's journey, celebrating their creative process, memorable moments, and the unique blend of gaming, banter, and real-life connections.
  6. A major fan moment occurs when a player shares nostalgia for vintage video games like *Paperboy* and *King’s Quest*, emphasizing the deep connection fans have with gaming history.
  7. The episode ends with a tease of a two-part finale, maintaining suspense and audience engagement.
  8. Playful confusion over game mechanics and platform limitations (e.g., chat buttons, rolls) adds to the authentic, lighthearted tone of the show.

Summary:

The final episode of "Will Strange" delivers a high-stakes, chaotic adventure as the group confronts cinder rats and the menacing Faziel, a hostile foe with rage-based attacks and a debilitating fear effect. Players navigate complex mechanics including concealment, saving throws, and persistent damage, with several characters falling sick and suffering debilitating injuries. The episode highlights both the fun and frustrations of tabletop gaming, especially with missteps in the digital interface and confusion over actions like healing or casting.

Amid the action, the hosts share personal anecdotes, reflecting on the show’s journey, vintage video game nostalgia (like *King’s Quest* and *Paperboy*), and the deep bonds formed through their collaboration. A key emotional moment occurs when Tashi heals the party, showcasing teamwork and resilience. The final battle ends in a stalemate, with Faziel surviving and the party left on fire and battered, prompting the hosts to tease a two-part finale.

The episode blends intense gameplay with humor, fan engagement, and heartfelt observations, celebrating the journey of the show while leaving listeners eager for the next chapter.

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Episode 15 marks the finale of the 'Will Strange' series and serves as a strong, action-packed conclusion with high-energy gameplay and character interactions.

The hosts use claps and slaps as part of their in-game banter, often joking about the mechanics and timing, with some confusion over the rules and their proper use.

The host mentions playing or being interested in a piano harp, melodica, harpsichord, and ocarina, with particular humor around the name 'p-n-arp' resembling a harpsichord.

The players face off against cinder rats that emit smoke and cause persistent fire damage, requiring saves and strategic actions to survive and counterattack.

Faziel, a menacing enemy with low wisdom and rage, uses a terrifying rant to affect the party’s will saves, and launches a final vicious attack that leads to significant damage.

Persistent fire damage continues each turn, and characters must make fortitude saves to recover or reduce damage, with recovery options available at the end of turns.

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