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[E24 Q&A] Grasping Hands Make Bloody Work

Props to Adam for taking Sean’s characters and making them racial cannons. Zawaz voice on Grasping hands really makes the Earth Genasi feel like we has seen them before.

Max said he intends to frenzy every time he rages by default. Not the best choice, but it was discussed.

Max has said before that he defaults to frenzied rage and only does a normal rage if he specifically states such. Adam is just following Max’s preference.

I pity how Berg traded one shackle for another. Azriel should never have bought property here. They could have left town if it wasn’t for the armor! Oh well… Life goes on in the Court of Coins, where gold greases palms and blood spills onto gilded carpets. Also, I like how Azriel thinks he has the same bargaining power as Grasping Hands, when he is being treated as a dog that is told to follow his commands to fetch and obey. Good episode. Loads of suspense between the street scuffle with the bounty hunters and negotiating with Grasping Hands. Think I am going to like him more than Kukrit. Heck, maybe if they fall under Grasping Hands employ he could keep Kukrit from going after Berg! Ha ha… then again, indentured servitude isn’t much different than slavery.

You cant rage and frenzy on the same turn. They’re both bonus actions. And when Max tried to Rage and Frenzy, Adam corrected him.

indeed he is! Though I could see why folks think Goliath, too.

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That’s not how it works. When you use your bonus action to rage, you choose whether to Frenzy or not.

If it required a SECOND bonus action to activate that would be a horrible ability.

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Yeah, I definitely definitely took a cue from Zawaz to do the voice.

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Max specifically told me that he always frenzies.

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I would wonder if Kukrit and Grasping Hands have had a conversation…

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Okay correction you cant Rage and attack twice on the same turn. Because there both Bonus Actions.

So @AdamKoebel @itmeJP @gassy @DansGaming, how do you feel about chat poking your face saying “eh eh eh, you’re doing it wrong, eh eh eh” :itmejplol:

Great show as always.
Real question for @DansGaming, since the death of Raz Azriel is kinda lost. We saw that he still is a fanboi of the Fountain. But why working with Grasping Hands ?
Is it because he thinks he’s an agent of Devil ? Is it because he felt cornered and didn’t have any choices ? Is it because he fells that he needs a new patron (serving the Devil is serving the Fountain after all) ?

For @AdamKoebel, we have discovered a part of a very important community in any society which is the criminal underworld.

  • Is this criminal underworld always linked to the Devil ? And therefor, are members actual believers or people who saw an opportunity in the cultural environnement to justify their actions ?
  • Is there a real church of the Devil ?
  • Are Tieflings linked to the Devil like a Spirit Folk (Half Human, Half Spirit) ?

Ow and when we talked masked for @gassy I thought of Noburo in the Okko comics :
http://www.2dgalleries.com/planches/2015/316/0/9/hub-affcihe-publiee-1wcm.jpg
The relationship between Noburo and Okko looks like Berg/Azriel, especially with the lion dog mask (Noburo is the protector of Okko cuz Okko saved his life)
Is it how Berg feels towards Azriel ? Indebted ? Or more “I’m stuck with that guy, let’s help each other” ?

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Oh no they made the perfect choice ! Look at all those cool NPCs :itmejpgmlol:

Adam :itmejpwtf: You dog you. You had Grasping Hands buy Berg from Kukrit! Now Berg can’t escape when they come back from their mission because he will be Grasping Hand’s property :itmejplol: I think I am going to greatly enjoy the coming episodes :itmejpgmlol:

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This criminal org is tied directly to the Devil, but I think the Devil always has work for idle hands. It is an aspect of the arcana that is obsessed and hungry for material things. Whether these are true believers or not remains to be seen.

Absolutely there is, the worship of the Devil varies widely in dogmatic content. Tieflings are linked to Hell and to the Mara.

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I hope @DansGaming manages to persuade Grasping Hands to let them do whatever job it is AFTER they’ve gotten their new armor.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT

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I have far greater plans with this band of devils than just the armor.

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I’m loving how Dan is taking the lead in this vignette, really digging into his character is so cool to see.

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Well I kind of have to as my two companions can’t really talk, one is very simple minded and the other can only mimic things it hears lol

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