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00:00 Hello, hello, hello everybody out there in video land. This is a recording of the
00:09 live stream so those of you who are in chat with live stream, hello, go ahead
00:14 give a follow, say hi. I know I've got a couple viewers. Not all viewers like
00:19 to like to be chatty. Anyway, so we left it off saving the poor old Paladin and
00:34 what do we do now? I think that we may actually have to, in order to get into
00:40 the graveyard we have to go into the church and if I'm gonna go into the
00:43 church I'm going to, I'm gonna have to get that mage. So yeah, I'm going to go
00:51 and see if that mage is smarter than the elf and if he is, I think he is, then he
00:58 is going to be my man Friday and I'm going to use him from here on out. Now
01:07 the thing that sucks is that I do need a thief and I think I might actually have
01:18 to use the the Japanese, the ninja who's also a cleric. I may have to use her just
01:30 because I need a thief which means I have to go to the Ivalice. So I think
01:35 that those guys are the best. I mean I've played with all of the characters before
01:40 and I just remember that I think I like the male wizard. I'm pretty sure he
01:49 joins the group. I think I like him more than anyone else. So let's get started.
01:54 Let's have some fun and you know I love the music when it's actually playing.
02:02 A lot of times you hear dead spots. The music for this game, if you
02:08 haven't noticed now, I mean it will play a really ramped up theme and then, boom,
02:12 cut out. Which was fine because it gave you a sense of all of a sudden it's
02:18 eerily quiet. I think I'm gonna play Stone Prophet after I play
02:25 Strat's Possession and then I don't know if I'm gonna play Menzo, Beren, Zan or
02:30 not. I don't know if I will ever play Dungeon Hack. I might actually want to
02:35 play the new successors to Dungeon Hack. Grimrock. Grimrock was kind of
02:42 difficult. I don't know. I have to figure out what I'm gonna play. Anyway, so
02:48 without further ado, let's get going.
02:55 the symbol
03:24 thank you for returning it to me now it is my task to open my heart to return to
03:34 the ways of faith and spirit before the final hour comes and darkness with it
03:41 but first allow me to open for you a chamber whose well-concealed bounty will
03:47 become your full reward
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03:53 yeah we already did that
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04:22 for the record slings are badass they actually work in this game and I use
04:32 slings on and ranged objects almost exclusively in the sequel it's almost
04:38 impossible to fight hand-to-hand at higher levels
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07:27 might as well record what this guy says and what you say is the goblin prisoner
07:38 merchant you smell much better can we share a moment of peace in your humble
07:42 home I you're welcome good to see you alive welcome to Barovia a forsaken
07:51 place nestled between the peaks of Mount Sparrow talking gackas but home of
07:55 the sweetest brandy wine and all of Ravenloft as you've no doubt noticed
08:00 you'll find few offers of help in this town and my offer to join you still
08:04 stands so you can either say let's join up but I don't want him anymore I mean
08:12 he worked well but this is a point where we need to start using magic so number
08:18 one is well met well met again merchant fellow and yes I for one would
08:24 appreciate your little friendly wit at my side would you come along and number
08:29 two is glad you made it to town sir you do smell better now that you're you're
08:34 free of the goblins but you need more time to recover rest here a while before
08:38 joining up on anything dangerous ah yes well I'm loathe to admit weakness but I
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10:42 oh right the woman who looks like strads reincarnated wife that's right oh well
10:55 not wife it was actually strads brother's wife that's how strad became a
11:01 vampire anyway long story by the way strads an elf people think that he's
11:08 human and he got pointy ears because he turned to a vampire no he's actually an
11:12 elf and that's why he hates all the residents of Barovia is that none of them
11:17 are elves all the elves left or almost all the elves left and almost all of them
11:25 went to Scythicus when it was formed but he's forced to rule over a land of
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11:34 oh and here's that what she says number one madam if you don't mind my saying so
11:39 you have an air about you almost royalty are you in hiding you were mistaken my
11:45 blood is the poor blood of this land no better than any other maidens in Barovia
11:49 and I hide from no one in truth if you perceive some special quality in me
11:54 might I impose upon you might I join your company
11:59 Oh what does she do
12:08 ah damn I'm gonna say no first and then I'm gonna say yes I think I'm gonna
12:19 replace the the elf wizard so let me say no and yes okay one is it is a pity your
12:28 safety cannot be guaranteed and because it cannot you must stay here it is safe
12:31 here is it not okay that's me saying no and then yes is my lady your company
12:35 would be greatly appreciated I'm certain your warm smile and funny disposition
12:39 will brighten our path can you be persuaded to come along this place is
12:47 secure after a fashion to whatever degree a home in Barovia can be it is
12:52 the weariness that surrounds my heart like the mists the tedium of living
12:56 every day within these walls that will undo me I thought I saw in you an
13:00 opportunity to get away you may be back this way and if you come again my door
13:04 will remain open to you my interest in walking away with you the same as now
13:10 and see the game really wants you to keep her it doesn't kill out like when
13:23 you say no to everyone else it stays unless you say yes I learned that by
13:28 accident the first time and I think I did drop I can't remember who I dropped
13:33 the very first time I played this game it was I basically had a party like this
13:37 and I dropped one of the two women I couldn't figure out who to drop then I
13:41 couldn't find him and I kind of freaked out and then I found him in the tavern
13:48 I am a free woman unmarried and with none to tend to for all that you'll take
13:53 me as your equal or not at all the tedium here is not so great I'll trade
13:57 it to become a serving maid to an outland party I beg your pardon old one
14:01 should you find my language unmaidenly but now that we understand one another I
14:05 would be glad to accompany you
14:15 truly this parting comes at a thirsty time I have every hope of making my way
14:20 back to the tavern what's it called blood of the wine blood of the vine
14:23 something like that should you need my aid once more come and buy me a tankard
14:28 for luck and we'll be off again
14:32 that's something I really like about this game when you dump somebody from
14:36 the party they're like yeah fun come meet me up again they don't like go oh
14:41 don't leave me or I hate you like so many other games do this one is like
14:46 yeah we had fun yeah let's do it again sometime peace I like that I like that
14:54 cuz it doesn't make you feel bad for dumping somebody you know um especially
14:59 if you're trying out new characters that's why I always like to try out new
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15:07 oh crap she's just a friggin fighter
15:32 she has really trash scores yeah I'm dumping her the first chance I get
15:39 oh and for the record this robe is just a blue robe it's not actually a magic
15:59 robe but they use the same tint for magic robes when you have to take magic
16:04 on as they do for the color of blue oh I hate it I hate it that they did that but
16:11 yeah that's what they did so yeah I'm gonna go ahead and
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23:02 I've totally forgot where to find the red key
23:06 uh oh my god I wonder if it was
23:12 no because I picked everything up in the in the catacombs
23:18 the red key is oh I think that oh yeah that's right the red key is from the uh jeweler
23:23 all right so that's where the the red key and every key is used yeah
23:28 well it looks like this is getting up to be the half hour mark so I'm going to go ahead and visit the blood of the vine and this will be the
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28:36 I'm gonna pick her back up before I get to the wizard our friend from Sithicus it's a it's fair to chance upon you again how go your studies
28:54 by now I can tell one vintage of tweaker from another and I know when an inferior brandy wine or a watered brandy wine is offered to me
29:02 ah but that's not what you mean stupefyingly boring is how my studies progress I fear no book of worth rests on any shelf in the entire town
29:12 please when you are ready to leave know that my interest in journeying with you remains keen
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29:21 okay so I'm gonna refuse her first then I'm gonna accept her and refusal is number two though your tongue is sharp perhaps you've too great a thirst for brandy wine to be at the immediate service
29:39 will you be staying on here that's the refusal the acceptance is number one if your spells prove as sharp as your tongue you may be of some use would you be willing to join our party
29:50 now I mean at one point I might actually do a playthrough with the girl who's a reincarnation of Strahd's lust but I don't
30:05 I don't think that it actually changes the ending because I've never seen anybody suggest that it does and I know people have beaten the game before with her I mean at one point I might but you know I could do that the very end at the very end I could go grab her in my party and then beat Strahd just to see but this was really before there were multiple endings I mean they spent a lot of money to create just one ending
30:31 so yeah but I still may see if there's any if there's any extra dialogue that'd be interesting
30:38 I I will but be assured I stand ready to be of service when you return
30:56 by now I can tell one vintage of Tweaker from another and I know when an inferior brand
31:02 well I already know what is of use in this place and what is not if we tarry for any purpose it should be to relieve our host of his stores of sweetmeats and tweaker but other than a drink and a song in friendly company we may leave by your leave
31:24 whatever reason you have for abandoning me like this in faith I don't wish to hear it no don't bother walking another pace at my side I'll make my own way home and when you come to your senses you know where to find me
31:39 okay so I guess she is the only person that gets pissed off when you abandon her she'll be she'll be bitten and turned into a vampire soon enough that's what Strahd always does with it with the reincarnation of his love
31:57 they always become like mindless bloodsuckers and then he abandons them in the graveyard you'll see soon enough all those vampires that we kill they're the reincarnation of the woman that he tried to steal away from his brother
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33:31 number one innkeeper will you welcome us under your roof we've been long on a chill road and would welcome a fire in a friendly hearth two we've been attacked on the road for by highwaymen brigand brigands is the law so weak here that travelers risk their lives on Slavic Road three what can you tell me in keeper about the Vistani so that I'm gonna go through all of them I believe
33:59 would you now outlander well it's never been said Bray Marta Kovar turn a stranger away from his tavern and I'm Bray so be welcome come in and warm yourself you're in Strahd's land now you know so I expect you'll behave yourself and pay your bills on time
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34:26 we have simple laws pay our taxes to the burgomaster and be ready to turn over to Strahd anything else he may desire be it your gold your labor or your life and I tell you worse than thieves roam our Barovian nights once the Sun deeps below the peaks of the Balinok horrors you can't imagine stock our misty alleys the villagers themselves often vanish at night never to be found
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34:56 we have simple laws pay our taxes to the burgomaster and be ready to turn over to Strahd anything else he may desire be it your gold your labor or your life and I tell you worse than thieves roam our Barovian nights once the Sun deeps below the peaks of the Balinok horrors you can't imagine stock our misty alleys the villagers themselves often vanish at night never to be found
35:13 this Strahd you speak of okay Strahd whatever I I've heard his name before could you suggest some way in which I might speak with this man
35:23 no I am by helm whatever land you come from it breeds valiant souls Strahd is rarely seen he resides in Ravenloft a castle perched on a precipice north of the road brooding over the village by law anyone entering the castle uninvited is put to death of course I know of several invited guests who have suffered the same fate perhaps you should have a talk with our burgomaster
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35:54 yeah and you know what I know you're supposed to speak with this guy before you go to the burgomaster but I swear to god I owe the quests always lead me around in a circle and I go to the burgomaster before I ever come here I don't I think only on like two playthroughs did I ever come to this tavern before visiting the burgomaster
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36:18 why ask me there's a Vistani at the bar that's him now as a caution I best advise my customers to make a wide path about the gypsies if Strahd has eyes and ears watching over us the Vistani are such but this one he seems regular enough never asked for credit and always keeps my patrons entertained
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36:51 all right so talking with the Vistani guy number one young Vistani as a gypsy you must know a great deal of the land outside of this town may we converse with you a moment
37:01 ah Giorgio greetings there are a few places in Ravenloft our Vardo caravans haven't seen that's true enough we're traders entertainers and escorts to the realm that being said allow me to act as a merchant and sell you the most excellent Vistani potion I am carrying today an antidote to the venomous fogs of Barovia
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37:31 I'm interested perhaps we could come to some agreement if the price is right what are you asking for the potion and number two is you called yourself an escort might you be persuaded to take us to your camp
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37:44 that's right this is the whole camp thing okay so um you know what I'm gonna stop the video here and we're gonna go ahead and pick up uh visiting the camp so otherwise this will be I don't know no maybe I'll just continue the video here you know this is gonna be a double-sized video uh just because uh it's not enough to warrant its own video but uh
38:13 it's also kind of cool um yeah I might as well continue it here
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38:21 an agreement can be reached easily enough 15 coins is the price we'll start there are you there and finish there Giorgio 15 coins and a potion is yours
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38:40 I see 15 coins is all you will accept unfortunately is more than I can pay regardless of the potions quality Vistani
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38:49 no need to grow surly friend times are hard especially for a young Vistani such as I in faith I will make you this promise that I shall hold the potion for you until you have acquired coin enough returned men and we will conclude our business
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39:10 Giorgio outsiders are not welcome in camp well not often you don't know how the villagers treat us why Braymartykova is the only one who smiles when I enter the blood of the vine I I suppose I might be able to introduce you to one of our camp elders perhaps even a seer you're not a villager after all but you would have to be blindfolded
39:34 to be blindfolded is too great a risk is there another way number one is if we were to achieve our goal we can't afford to join in to join in petty squabbles and prejudices blindfold us I like never choose to I can't even remember if you're even allowed to go back to the camp after you chose to I did once and I remember it kind of screwed my game up so I always choose one
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40:05 let me let me see
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40:13 yes yes I can escort you to the camp without the blindfolds of course we'll have to kill you in the morning and move our caravan the only way anyone will ever see the warmth of a gypsy fire is as I have said you may not have meant offense when you're ready to accept my terms you may ask again
40:31 okay I've never heard that option so I don't know what the hell happened the first time I chose no it was almost 30 years ago that's all right I'll choose yes
40:44 if you're willing to put that much faith in me I shan't let you come to harm though I can't answer for my elders they're most likely to have you thrown from camp you must know as well that it will take some time to reach my people not until next evening when you hear our gypsy fiddles and tambourines our lamentations echoing in the cold mountain air
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41:12 after hours of hard travel the dark uncertainty of the blindfold is taken away
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41:32 safe escort has been provided to the Vistani camp and as promised the Vardor Messiah is pointed out Madam Eva awaits
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42:11 secluded within the Sia practices her ancient art
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42:25 the cards she explains are reluctant to reveal the fate of outsiders an accurate reading may be impossible
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42:40 hesitantly Madam Eva admits to a missing card to the one face of the Taroko which has been stolen by another of Ravenloft's Georgios
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42:56 Madam Eva suspects Lord Strahd himself of acquiring the card perhaps to employ in his own dark rituals at Castle Ravenloft
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43:13 as the meeting comes to a close farewells are bid Madam Eva assures that a safe escort will again be provided beyond the secret encampment of the Vistani
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43:47 ah Georgio greetings there are a few places in Ravenloft our Vardor caravans haven't seen that's true enough
43:55 we're traders entertainers and escorts to the realm that being said allow me to act as a merchant and sell you the most excellent Vistani potion I am carrying today
44:07 an antidote to the venomous fogs of Barovia
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44:16 an agreement no need
44:22 yep that's it that's it that's all you got so long
44:32 I think I already have my screen cap with the blood of the vine and
44:39 all right
44:41 I'll go ahead and leave it on the
44:46 image of the sign
44:51 and then it will be good luck until next time so for all of you out there in video land
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