Ravenloft Strahd's Possession 23 - Saruman Was Right - Kill The Treants!
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Keywords:
Retro Gaming - PC DOS - AD&D - Advanced Dungeons and Dragons - 2nd Edition - Ravenloft - Strahd - Let's Play
Happy Halloween Month!
But I hope you enjoy this series!
Don't Forget to Like, Share and Subscribe! If you don't, the mists will consume you!
Buy one of my books: https://www.amazon.com/Kevin-Conner/e/B00BO138ZS/
Keywords:
Retro Gaming - PC DOS - AD&D - Advanced Dungeons and Dragons - 2nd Edition - Ravenloft - Strahd - Let's Play
Transcript
00:00 (singing)
00:14 That's from the musical stylings of Kevin Conner.
00:18 And unlike the other days, I don't have my fan turned on.
00:24 So, uh, you know.
00:29 You won't hear like a "shhh" in the background.
00:34 Although you may hear some "shhh" in the background from the actual fan on the computer.
00:39 Because the computer has its own little fan.
00:42 No, I mean I do have a mic, but I haven't been able to set it up yet.
00:47 I'm not in a great place right now.
00:50 So, come on, let's get me YouTube partnered.
00:56 Huh? How about that? Let's get me some monies.
00:59 Monies!
01:02 Okay, so like, comment, share, subscribe, hit the little notification bell.
01:08 I love this game.
01:13 We're getting towards the end. Now we're getting towards the end.
01:15 I said that about six episodes ago.
01:18 I said that about six episodes ago.
01:24 That was wrong!
01:26 I don't even know when this game is going to end anymore.
01:30 I just know that I'm enjoying the game.
01:35 I'm having fun. I'm remembering things that I haven't experienced in a long time.
01:41 It's been a while since I played this game all the way through.
01:45 I found an old site that has... it's a wonderful walkthrough site.
01:50 If you go to it, it's like from 1999.
01:53 I may actually go back and link that site in all these descriptions so that people can see it.
01:58 I'm also going to link my Google site because I actually am...
02:03 I'll link my own maps, okay?
02:05 Because my own maps have some extra notes on it.
02:10 Of course, that walkthrough, the official walkthrough...
02:12 Or not the official walkthrough, but this guy really went...
02:16 Did a great job of making notations.
02:20 There are just a few notes here and there.
02:23 His walkthrough is fantastic.
02:25 But Google keeps sending me to this stupid walkthrough that's on cheats.com or whatever it is.
02:33 Even GameFAQs doesn't have a walkthrough for this game, which is sad.
02:37 But I did find out that this game has become really popular on YouTube.
02:42 It used to be there weren't any videos of it.
02:44 I checked it out.
02:45 There are a ton of videos.
02:46 People who just love this game.
02:48 I actually just discovered it when GOG put it back out, which I think is fantastic.
02:53 And so here I am trying to tell people about this game.
02:57 And a lot of people already know about it.
02:59 And I'm getting half of it wrong because I don't remember it correctly.
03:02 [laughs]
03:03 But you know what? That's okay because it's like I'm playing half of the game all over again.
03:08 So half of the game has been a new experience even though I played it before.
03:13 I did remember correctly though that Strat's Castle sucks.
03:17 Um...
03:18 I mean it really does suck.
03:21 And uh...
03:23 Uh... I mean it's... it's...
03:25 It's okay but it's like I mean I'm just walking around the castle sleeping eight hours every two steps.
03:34 I swear to God I must have camped out in it, squatted in this castle and camped out in it for about two or three friggin' weeks.
03:41 That'd be so funny.
03:43 Have a... have like a comedic version of this game.
03:46 Where people are just saying what I say.
03:49 Uh... you know on commentary.
03:51 I've tried to keep my commentary at a minimum.
03:53 Uh... I used to like run my mouth off on commentary making all sorts of statements but...
03:59 I want to be partnered with YouTube so I gotta tone down the swearing.
04:03 Uh...
04:05 And uh... the belligerence.
04:07 [laughs]
04:09 Uh... but uh...
04:11 Uh... you know because YouTube is cracking down on that.
04:14 They didn't used to crack down on it. They're cracking down on it now.
04:17 Um... you know people who watch my Twitch they laugh.
04:21 Uh...
04:23 And same thing with um...
04:25 Well you know Dailymotion is so difficult to watch videos on.
04:29 You can't leave comments on it so there's no engagement.
04:32 So my Dailymotion just hasn't grown that much.
04:36 Um...
04:37 Anyway so uh...
04:39 Oh God it's already four minutes in.
04:41 I better shut up.
04:43 My point being that um...
04:45 I don't even know what my point is.
04:48 My point being that uh...
04:50 There's so many things that make fun of.
04:52 Like let's say you just camp all the time in this guy's thing.
04:56 You see a bunch of other adventurers camping and just hanging out in the dungeon.
05:00 They say "Oh yeah we're here to kill the big bad guy."
05:03 And one guy says "I've been here 40 years."
05:07 [laughs]
05:08 You know that would be so funny to develop a game like that.
05:11 You say "Yeah yeah this is good loot."
05:13 The bad guy just...
05:14 You know people say "Oh the adventurers tried to kill this man but they've never returned."
05:19 Yeah they never returned because they're all camping out.
05:21 They got their own little society.
05:23 Like the bad guy is afraid of them so he just beats up on little town commoners and everything.
05:30 When you finally find the bad guy you find out that he's been hiding in this hovel in the middle of town for like years.
05:37 "I haven't even raped and pillaged in 9,000 or 10,000 years but people still are chasing me."
05:48 You know you find out that the people have basically just been screwing him up.
05:52 The guy goes out and punches somebody for his milk money.
05:55 "I am the evil."
05:57 That'd be a great game.
05:59 I just gave away a great game idea.
06:01 That'd be so funny.
06:03 [laughs]
06:04 So on to Ravenloft Strats Possession.
06:08 Alright.
06:09 Now let's see what I'm supposed to do.
06:28 [music]
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07:09 This village is an old man, weary and worn out.
07:23 It looks ready to lie down and die without so much as a word of protest to mark its fate.
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08:09 [music]
08:11 I'm pretty sure I've already asked this before but I'm going to go again.
08:22 Innkeeper, I call upon you to redeem your worth- worthless life by offering a free drink to those in need.
08:31 What say you?
08:32 [laughs]
08:33 I call upon you to redeem your worthless life.
08:36 Boy, I'm like...
08:38 It's like just super abusive.
08:41 Oh god, in my video game I'd have to have like merchants be like super ultra powerful.
08:46 Just pound the shit out of a player who says the wrong thing.
08:51 [music]
08:53 My friend, I say my life is worth less every time I give away another tankard of my brandy wine.
09:00 It's honest coin passing from hand to hand and it enriches my experience.
09:05 From now on you will find that to be the sum of our relationship.
09:09 [music]
09:11 Young Vistani, as a gypsy you must know a great deal of the land outside of this town.
09:26 May we converse with you a moment?
09:28 Ah, Giorgio, greetings.
09:32 There are few places in Ravenloft our Vardo caravans haven't seen, that's true enough.
09:37 We're traders, entertainers, and escorts to the realm.
09:42 That being said, allow me to act as a merchant and sell you the most excellent Vistani potion I am carrying today.
09:50 An antidote to the venomous fogs of Barovia.
09:53 [music]
09:55 An agreement can be...
10:00 [music]
10:02 Finally! Okay, I zapped past the other two things.
10:06 Okay, so, Vistani, we have at last the price of the potion.
10:11 Allow me to buy it from you.
10:13 At 15 coins!
10:15 Noble traveler, I knew at once you were a person of quality.
10:22 You carry yourself the way rich men do, haughty and self-assured.
10:27 Yes, the potion is yours for 15 coins.
10:31 And remember, all who would pass through the fogs of Barovia must partake of this counteractant.
10:37 Otherwise you will find yourself choking, your guts rotting from the inside out.
10:43 [music]
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11:16 So yeah, there's nothing left for the Vistani to say.
11:19 You and Bray are like, um, abusive toward each other, and, uh, but you got the potion now, so, um...
11:28 Oh god, I don't even know where to go right now.
11:34 Let me, um...
11:45 I don't know if I take the potion now and then go to Strad's again.
11:49 I think that's what I do. I take the potion now, then I go to Strad's.
11:56 Alright, let me save.
11:58 And, uh, I'm gonna go to, uh...
12:06 Where can I find the... Miss?
12:11 [music]
12:13 Uhhhh...
12:32 I'm gonna go ahead and pause it and go and see where the, um, uh, Luke Cage is.
12:38 Uh, just to put him on the map.
12:40 Jump cut!
12:42 Okay, so, uh, Luke Cage.
12:44 He is here, right by the entrance. I mean, he's just right there.
12:49 He's like, "Alright, come on. Let's, let's, let's kick ass."
12:54 Right?
12:57 And, uh, I think I can go into the Miss from here.
13:01 So I'm gonna go ahead and talk to him, then I'm gonna use the Miss.
13:04 Alright. Let's see here.
13:06 [music]
13:08 "Well, you spoke truly! Here you are in the woods.
13:18 Has your spirit healed from the terrible imprisonment in which we found it?"
13:24 "Spirits embody both, friend. I'm ready now to take revenge on Strahd, if such is possible.
13:31 I was hoping I might pursue such a task with a friend such as you."
13:36 Alright, I'm going to accept him and I'm also going to decline him.
13:42 I'm gonna use a save so you guys get his text.
13:45 Uh, one, "For certain your strength could be of use.
13:48 What say you? Will you come along with the party, as you say, of good hearts and true?"
13:52 And two, which is, I'm gonna load, I'm gonna get it.
13:55 "Grandfellow, I thank Helm I've had, uh, hand in setting you free from Strahd.
13:59 But go now. You need not risk yourself further in this place."
14:02 I think I'm also gonna get his party, uh, leaving text, too.
14:06 "I'll join with you gladly.
14:10 And be sure I have no intention of being taken again by Strahd's evil will.
14:16 Not alive, anyway.
14:18 Nor would I desert you, if your luck ever came out as bad as mine."
14:23 "For me to leave now is no more and no less than a day requi-"
14:36 [music stops]
14:38 [music starts again]
14:44 "Of course."
15:02 [music starts again]
15:04 "Glad I am that I was able to serve with you as long as I have.
15:13 But it's time I return to the woods, to heal my soul in green and tender company.
15:19 Should you need me, always come west of Barovia to the forest.
15:25 I'll be waiting."
15:27 [music stops]
15:29 I say- I- I- I say I'll say, son. I'll say, I'll say that I'm a better voice actor than that man who plays Luke Cage.
15:41 Uh, really, he's- he's not- he's not very good.
15:45 Uh, uh, and- and I don't mean like- he's not bad enough to be epic.
15:51 Like, in the first Resident Evil game. Like, they were so bad that it's epic.
15:55 Like, I don't want to hear anyone but those voice actors for Resident Evil.
16:00 Uh, but, uh, yeah, this guy's just not- he's not bad enough to be good and not good enough to be anything but bad.
16:08 "Spirits in-"
16:18 "I'll never tire of thanking you for my freedom, and my strength remains at your call when you desire it.
16:25 Should you need me, always come west of Barovia to the woods.
16:30 I'll be waiting."
16:32 Alright, so that was it.
16:39 And, uh, let me go ahead and save.
16:43 And, uh,
16:48 [music]
16:50 Let's go ahead and- and jump cut real quick.
16:53 Alright, alright, alright, jump cut, we're back!
16:56 And, uh, for those of you on Twitch, no, you did not hear me stutter.
17:00 I repeated it twice because I forgot to hit unpause for the YouTube video.
17:04 Alright, so, let's have some fun.
17:07 Um, yeah, I have to take the potion and then leave, and somehow I think that's when I come across things that I need.
17:16 [silence]
17:38 Let us drink to our health! The potion will serve badly in but one of us.
17:44 But now that we have shared the antidote, our preparations are made.
17:49 We may enter the fog without fear.
17:52 Why will it serve badly in but one of us?
17:58 Whaaat?
18:00 That doesn't make any sense. I don't- I don't understand what they were going with that line.
18:06 There's- there's no-
18:08 In other words, somebody's going to get sick off the potion.
18:13 I don't think they knew what they were writing.
18:15 [gulp]
18:18 [roar]
18:25 [snore]
18:37 [snoring]
18:54 [music]
19:17 Well that sucked!
19:19 [laughing] What the hell?
19:21 What the hell happened there?
19:24 My god!
19:26 I totally forgot that I get- you get like friggin' raped by a bunch of freakin' trees!
19:33 Dear god!
19:35 Oh my- oh man, I'm gonna-
19:38 I- I- I don't know what to- I need to, like, get all my fire potions out, I guess.
19:45 Oh my god! Give me a second!
19:48 Jump cut!
19:49 Alright, alright, alright, jump cut, right back.
19:51 Okay, let's try this again!
19:54 Um, dear god.
19:56 [gulp]
20:04 This is so badass.
20:10 I love that raven thing.
20:13 [music]
20:31 By the way, I accidentally clicked on the pause button.
20:34 [music]
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22:07 That was an accident, going out of bounds.
22:09 I hope to god that I didn't become immortal.
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26:30 Hell yeah.
26:45 Son of a bitch.
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