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00:00 (Humming)
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00:25 Anyways, so yeah, that knife. Thank God, that knife.
00:31 I'm sure if you watch the videos and maybe you'll remember that I kept walking past a knife that was on the ground.
00:39 That throwing knife is actually incredibly important because it's high damage.
00:44 I mean, you know, they say it's 1d4 damage, right? Throwing a knife.
00:49 And it's something like a +1 or +2.
00:52 Let's bring the game up.
00:55 Alright, so it's a knife of throwing.
01:01 Oh, dagger of throwing.
01:04 I swear to God, it's more powerful than just 1d4.
01:11 Let's see what improved identify says.
01:18 +2, yeah. So it's 3-5 points of damage every time it hits.
01:24 And it sometimes can hit an enemy twice.
01:29 So you're almost always doing 5 damage from like 6 squares away.
01:35 So you're doing like 15 damage before the enemy even comes up to you.
01:39 Which is usually half the hit points.
01:41 And when you're fighting in the graveyard and you've got these ghasts and whatever, vampires and whatever, it's really important.
01:51 So this dagger is an incredibly powerful weapon in this game.
01:56 In fact, I venture to say that even though the Rod of Smiting is 4-11 damage,
02:03 even though the Paladin's Sword is 1d8 to 1d12 +3,
02:12 this knife is worth a lot more.
02:15 Because you can stand from way far away and just peg people now.
02:20 That's why it's important.
02:22 So yeah, make sure you don't lose that knife if you do go back and find it.
02:27 You can't destroy items in this game.
02:30 You can use them, which will screw you.
02:33 One time I accidentally used Cure Disease, the special scroll of Cure Disease, and I couldn't cure the werewolf.
02:41 But yeah, basically that's it.
02:47 So, without further ado, let's go into the graveyard.
02:56 [music]
03:06 Did she lose any levels?
03:10 [music]
03:16 Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and reload this.
03:20 [music]
03:24 Those things are nasty.
03:28 So yeah, doing this over.
03:31 You didn't see me do that.
03:33 I need to make sure. Level 6, almost level 7, level 8, level 7.
03:38 Okay, 6, 8, 7.
03:41 [music]
03:52 I can't imagine any rest in peace here.
03:55 There are undead about in numbers sufficient to wake the dead and do grievous injury to the living.
04:00 [music]
04:03 Yeah.
04:04 So, um, yeah.
04:07 So, let's see if I can get through.
04:11 [music]
04:16 [music]
04:36 [music]
04:44 [music]
04:52 [music]
04:55 [music]
05:01 [music]
05:09 Alright, the thief.
05:17 I may keep him. I don't always use him.
05:20 I wonder why. I wonder if his stats suck.
05:22 Well, we'll see. Soon enough.
05:29 You, halt where you are or by Helm you'll find yourself in residence here permanently.
05:34 Explain yourself, man.
05:36 Ha! What's to explain?
05:42 Only one reason to be here this time of day.
05:45 Aren't we all after a few trinkets?
05:47 Whatever's left behind to ease these souls through the night.
05:50 Does a dirty job? Yes, 'tis.
05:53 Not for the dimmed.
05:58 Number one, I'll agree that it takes a certain courage to rob Barovian graves.
06:03 Can you thieve as well for a common goal?
06:06 Number two is courage you may have but not of a sort I'm willing to stomach.
06:10 Only because your blood might stain my hands.
06:13 Do you stand alive?
06:15 I'll do the rejection first and then I'll go ahead and pick him up.
06:20 How 'bout that?
06:21 Well, bless my soul.
06:26 Oh, you waste!
06:28 May gold always fill your purse and an honorable quest pay your way.
06:32 I've survived longer than you know and I'll make no apologies for my skills.
06:37 When you find yourself bloodied and needful, come back on your knees.
06:41 He ain't wrong.
06:43 Ha! What's to explain?
06:51 Join you, you mean?
06:54 Aye, and the likes of you wouldn't be about robbing graves.
06:58 No, you're after something more noble than the trinkets of the dead.
07:03 Joining you?
07:04 It might be I could find something more noble for myself.
07:07 Something better than this dirty trade of mine.
07:10 Yes, I'll come along with you.
07:13 Thank you.
07:15 (I'm not sure what this is, but I think it's a bit of a weird thing to do.)
07:20 (I'm not sure what this is, but I think it's a bit of a weird thing to do.)
07:23 (I'm not sure what this is, but I think it's a bit of a weird thing to do.)
07:32 (I'm not sure what this is, but I think it's a bit of a weird thing to do.)
07:47 (I'm not sure what this is, but I think it's a bit of a weird thing to do.)
07:50 (I'm not sure what this is, but I think it's a bit of a weird thing to do.)
08:11 (I'm not sure what this is, but I think it's a bit of a weird thing to do.)
08:14 (I'm not sure what this is, but I think it's a bit of a weird thing to do.)
08:18 (I'm not sure what this is, but I think it's a bit of a weird thing to do.)
08:22 (I'm not sure what this is, but I think it's a bit of a weird thing to do.)
08:27 (I'm not sure what this is, but I think it's a bit of a weird thing to do.)
08:31 (I'm not sure what this is, but I think it's a bit of a weird thing to do.)
08:35 (I'm not sure what this is, but I think it's a bit of a weird thing to do.)
08:39 (I'm not sure what this is, but I think it's a bit of a weird thing to do.)
08:42 (I'm not sure what this is, but I think it's a bit of a weird thing to do.)
08:46 (I'm not sure what this is, but I think it's a bit of a weird thing to do.)
08:50 (I'm not sure what this is, but I think it's a bit of a weird thing to do.)
08:54 (I'm not sure what this is, but I think it's a bit of a weird thing to do.)
08:58 (I'm not sure what this is, but I think it's a bit of a weird thing to do.)
09:02 (I'm not sure what this is, but I think it's a bit of a weird thing to do.)
09:07 (I'm not sure what this is, but I think it's a bit of a weird thing to do.)
09:10 And there you saw it.
09:13 There you saw it. It lost a level.
09:16 That's why this graveyard's dangerous.
09:19 (That's why this graveyard's dangerous.)
09:22 (That's why this graveyard's dangerous.)
09:25 So, I'm going to go ahead and get the thief again, and then...
09:29 (I'm not sure what this is, but I think it's a bit of a weird thing to do.)
09:32 Oh wow, that's a noise.
09:35 Okay, TV decided to give me a warning.
09:38 So, you're going to have to do this all over again, so I'm going to go ahead and pause it and jump cut...
09:46 ...to the point after I get the thief, and I'm going to have to get the thief first, and...
09:52 Oh god, I guess I do need to cast some negative plane protection on my characters.
09:58 We'll see how this goes.
10:02 Negative plane protection protects you from losing a level.
10:05 It's actually very, very powerful, except I don't think my characters are big enough to use it too often.
10:14 Let's see here. How can...
10:18 Oh, I do have four. I do have four uses of it.
10:22 Alright, so I'm going to go ahead and do that.
10:26 And, let's see here. Pray.
10:30 Let's see what else I can get.
10:32 Cure serious wounds.
10:35 One, two, three, four, five.
10:38 One, two, three, four, five.
10:41 Alright, done.
10:44 And, memorize. Let's see what I can get.
10:48 I'm going to go ahead and...
10:51 "Detect undead is almost useless in Ravenloft."
10:59 Bone knock. I won't need it.
11:01 But, um...
11:04 Ice knife should be good.
11:07 Let's see there.
11:10 Uh, ice storm.
11:13 Alright.
11:16 And, uh, go ahead and rest.
11:19 Go ahead and cast this spell.
11:26 Here, let me turn that back on.
11:28 And, uh...
11:31 Alright, that was saved, and I'm going to jump cut.
11:37 Have fun.
11:39 Alright, alright. Jump cut, jump cut, jump cut.
11:43 Got a ton of experience, and it was really difficult,
11:48 because you have to run in circles, and you have to run in circles,
11:54 and it's really difficult, because you have to run in circles.
11:57 If you know what kiting is, this is kiting,
12:01 where you hit an enemy, you run in circles,
12:05 and you just pick them off before they can hit you.
12:10 And, that's basically it.
12:14 You have to make sure you don't get hit.
12:18 I got hit once, but thank god he didn't drain my level.
12:24 All of these enemies can drain one level off your character,
12:28 and/or strength off your character.
12:31 And, you can see I used a wand.
12:36 I used... Burning Hands is probably the most effective spell,
12:42 and it would have been better to have my, uh...
12:46 that, uh... I keep calling her a bard.
12:51 But, basically she's a bard. She's really a triple-class character.
12:55 Uh, you know, I mean, this was early days of 2nd edition,
13:01 where you didn't really have bards and stuff like that.
13:05 Uh, but she had Burning Hands.
13:08 I wish... you know, I mean, I don't know.
13:11 I do need the thief.
13:14 Um...
13:18 He's a level 7 thief compared to her.
13:21 She isn't nearly that high in level.
13:25 So, um... yeah.
13:29 I took care of the vast majority of them,
13:32 and you can see me cleaning up here.
13:35 And, uh...
13:37 When I ran around in circles, I actually managed to get, like,
13:40 ten of them together in a group twice.
13:44 And so I used Burning Hands the first time,
13:48 and then I used Ice Storm the second time.
13:51 Uh, it may seem like they're constantly respawning,
13:58 but they actually aren't. There is a limit to the number of, uh,
14:02 monsters in this graveyard.
14:05 Uh, every once in a while... I mean,
14:08 once you kill the limit, then you get, like, the stragglers.
14:12 One or two appear, you know,
14:14 especially when it shifts to night time.
14:17 Uh, but essentially,
14:20 you know, it's not like...
14:23 a ton of them.
14:26 So I'm gonna continue... oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
14:29 Uh, yeah, I need to... ah-ha!
14:32 Here we go.
14:36 [sounds of a campfire]
14:38 Those vampires...
14:51 vampiruses are really...
14:54 terrible. I mean...
14:58 just... just hard to kill.
15:01 As they should be.
15:04 But, uh, the whole stealing of levels
15:06 is painful.
15:09 And if you lose a level, you're screwed.
15:12 So, yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and jump cut again
15:15 after I clear more out. In fact, um,
15:18 I need to do some things, so I'm basically gonna pause the game.
15:21 And, uh, continue on some more.
15:26 I mean, 'cause this is just not...
15:30 this isn't fun to watch.
15:33 I don't think.
15:35 You get the basic gist.
15:38 I play these games for the story, so that's basically
15:41 what this is for, this story.
15:44 And you get the idea of what to do.
15:47 And after a certain point, monotony is no longer fun to watch.
15:50 So, um, magic!
15:53 Bloop, bloop, bloop! Jump cut!
16:02 Alright, alright, alright, alright.
16:04 Alright, so let's see here.
16:07 Just killing all those freaking ghouls.
16:10 I mean, it's not...
16:13 You saw what I was doing. Imagine that times ten.
16:16 That's how long it took for me to get up here.
16:19 I'm not even sure if this is the right grave.
16:22 It says, "Not so hasty in passing.
16:25 This curious herald upon the wall deserves examining.
16:28 All information is of use in a strange land."
16:31 I don't know what the information is.
16:33 "In death our sister
16:36 wards below,
16:39 secure in this her lover's tomb.
16:42 Her voice an angry, grieving shadow
16:45 raised to avenge her lover's doom.
16:48 Her cry a wail through all eternity
16:51 doth strike, doth slay the intruding foe
16:54 at this place where evil jealousy
16:57 did deal the evil blow.
17:00 In death elves to Avernath must go,
17:02 but this our prince denied.
17:05 So here with faith
17:08 through darkest fate
17:11 we stand watch in immortal pride.
17:14 Dust to dust our blessing gains,
17:17 a magic to calm our sister's soul,
17:20 and then below seek out the sin
17:23 that to Avernath will release us all."
17:26 Okay, this is actually the tomb of the Banshee.
17:29 I think it's the woman that Strad
17:31 loved, fell in love with,
17:34 and murdered his brother for and all that stuff.
17:37 This is in the far right,
17:40 so I'm going to mark this and
17:43 I'll show you where I'm marking it.
17:46 Let's see here. Banshee.
17:57 Now, I've been through here.
17:59 I think...
18:02 Grimmig is...
18:05 I think he's over there.
18:10 So I'm going to go over there and check it out.
18:13 Bloop bloop bloop!
18:16 Magic jump!
18:19 [roaring]
18:22 [roaring]
18:26 [roaring]
18:28 Okay, so jump cut.
18:31 Just so you know,
18:34 you do not allow any ghouls or ghasts
18:37 or anything near a door that you exit.
18:40 They will show up there.
18:43 So don't enter a door
18:46 with ghouls and vampires or whatever running around.
18:49 They will attack you the moment you get through.
18:52 Okay, so. "Not so hasty in passing that curious herald
18:55 and his abuse of the strange land yet."
18:57 "Here lies Victor Grimmig,
19:01 rich in jewels but poor with hate.
19:04 He fought with life and hoped to cheat his fate."
19:07 Alright, let's kill him.
19:10 Let's get my character back.
19:13 Let's make my character great again.
19:16 Now...
19:20 You know what?
19:24 I think I dumped the...
19:26 Oh, I think I dumped the stupid,
19:29 stupid keychain.
19:32 I think I dumped it.
19:38 And I don't know where I dumped it.
19:41 Let's see if I can find it.
19:44 Oh, I don't think I brought it with me.
19:47 I should have put it in there.
19:53 Look at that.
19:55 Let's see here.
19:59 Okay, let me see if I can pick that lock.
20:03 "By the crafty hands of Altac,
20:08 master thief of the realm, and my mentor,
20:11 this lock can't be picked. I've tried all I...
20:14 Oh, great, great.
20:17 So, I need to find the key.
20:22 Oh, don't you love 80s games?
20:24 So, um, yeah.
20:28 Prepare for another jump cut.
20:31 Jump cut! Found it!
20:37 It was with the paladin. Yay!
20:40 Oh...
20:44 You know, there's a strong argument
20:48 that this Ravenloft game is surreal.
20:51 That Ravenloft game is survival horror.
20:53 Because it is a horror city.
20:56 And you constantly have to deal with, um...
20:59 You constantly have to deal with the, uh...
21:03 Inventory screen, right?
21:08 Except, I'm also pretty badass.
21:11 But then again, I'm pretty badass
21:14 when I play Resident Evil, so...
21:17 I mean...
21:20 Whatever.
21:22 On to Victor Grimmick's tomb.
21:25 Alright, alright, alright.
21:28 Jump cut. Now I'm back at Victor Grimmick's tomb.
21:31 Time to use the keychain.
21:34 And, uh, let's go ahead and go in.
21:39 [Alarm blaring]
22:08 That was almost anticlimactic.
22:11 [Alarm blaring]
22:13 [Roaring]
22:35 [Alarm blaring]
22:37 My bones ache.
22:42 They have ever since we neared that rod.
22:45 If the thing could speak to us, it would have something to say about bones.
22:48 Yes. Bones.
22:51 [Alarm blaring]
22:55 [Alarm blaring]
22:57 [Alarm blaring]
23:10 [Alarm blaring]
23:16 [Alarm blaring]
23:18 We have accomplished what you asked of us, oh vengeful spirit.
23:27 Will you leave now and be done with us?
23:30 Aye, you are free.
23:34 Now I will join my family.
23:37 Those joyful spirits taken from me so many ages past.
23:41 For your troubles, I give you a key.
23:45 With it, you may open a door within my house.
23:48 And there, find my greatest work of all.
23:51 Wonderfully cut, it is worth more coin than you have ever seen.
23:56 May Helm guide you, and farewell.
24:00 [Music]
24:02 Finally, I'm done with that curse.
24:29 You know what?
24:31 I'm going to end this episode by, uh...
24:39 Yeah, I'm going to go ahead and I'm, uh...
24:43 I'm going to get that treasure.
24:46 And next episode, I'm going to resurrect that little cleric.
24:58 And apparently monsters are now getting more and more common.
25:02 They are starting to respawn everywhere.
25:05 And I believe that's specifically...
25:09 To help people gain in levels, because there isn't too much that you can do after.
25:17 And I think I'm also going to cure the werewolf.
25:27 Next time, so...
25:29 Let's see.
25:32 Ah, but this gem is neither for spending nor the nimble fingers of a thief.
25:47 It's one of the pieces needed to escape the land.
25:50 This land. Remember Trimia's catalog?
25:54 Like the rest mentioned on the scroll, it will be kept safe until the proper time.
25:59 (Sounds of the werewolf)
26:26 Now, time to quit.
26:28 Love y'all. Take care. Thank you for watching.
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26:42 And I hope all of you in Twitch, you have a good day, good night.
26:46 I'm going to... I might stream some audio on Twitch.
26:53 If you're on YouTube, I like to stream some public domain audio on Twitch from time to time.
26:59 Especially when I'm at work.
27:01 Anyway, take care. Love y'all. Bye.
27:04 (Sounds of the werewolf)
27:33 (dramatic music)