S06E03: The Gang Fires Up the Propaganda Machine

## Background

Remember how Nissa turned Kanye into a giant eagle, and Kanye dropped Taldric Loudry from the sky and he exploded?

We’re still in the valley.  Ogres have scattered. We’ve rescued dwarves and a tablet

## Session

The gang is ready to teleport back, but the gang can't take the dwarves with them. The dwarves look capable of getting home on their own.  Nissa checks with the captain and asks whether they need further assistance to get home. The captain insists that they are more than capable of getting home on their own, so Nissa shakes his hand and thanks him for his service.

As Kanye investigates his work on Taldric, he drags Taldric's clothing out of the blood and guts. 12 gold pieces fall out of his pockets.

Um leans over the body to look at what they've done. He utters a single, uncharacteristic, "Huh." Nissa notices this shocking outburst and comes over to see what Um has discovered. Among Taldric's remains, there's a bracer that looks similar to the Drakeguard bracers, but with arcane writing on it that the gang cannot read.

Some of Tadlric’s tattoo is intact and Nissa takes it as evidence/proof, *not a trophy.*

Kanye swoops to the ground as an eagle, trying to do a sweet transformation into running. It’s incredibly graceful.  Everybody is impressed.  Several of the dwarves applaud. Kanye strikes a pose.

> **Kanye**: Kanye Cantaliber, tell your friends.
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The gang teleports back.  They head to Bosley’s office.

### Bosley's Office

Bosley has taken over the second in command’s office.  Sorith pulls Taldric's bloody arm and bracer out of his bag and slams it down on the desk. Nissa queasily pulls the tattoo out of her bag and lays it on the bracer. Bosley doesn’t want our body parts. They're very impressed that we've done away with one of the Horsemen. She asks us to take our disgusting bloody parts to Qualish.

Kanye inquires about launching a disinformation campaign touting the achievements of the MCVFD. Bosley says that the gang can ask the Intelligence Division about that type of thing.

### The Medical Bay

The gang goes to the medical bay. We find Amelia, of the Frostbite Platoon, and let her know that her father is alive.

Amelia takes Nissa aside and also asks about a cute private-- he survived too! Which is good, because Amelia's got big plans for him.

### Qualish's Office

Qualish’s office is a real bitch to get to.  In the basement, down the hallway, there is a door next the the broiler. So on brand.

He’s got some new books. He’s reading research from the Darkeguard archives.  Lots of diagrams of incredibly odd-looking components. Organic? Mechanical? Not from this world, not made by humans.  Nissa guesses it’s planar stuff.

Sorith throws the bracer onto his worktable.  He’s interested! This is like the Drakeguard bracers that the gang has.  Kanye wants to know if it can be used for farspeech like our bracers.  He leans over and taps on the “microphone”-- HELLO? Nothing happens. Qualish thinks it could be used for teleporting and communication.  We may be able to use it to find the others … oh no they can triangulate us? He puts the artifact in a shielded box.  So many possibilities for how we could use it!

Qualish asks whether the others were there-- perhaps the others don’t know he’s dead yet? The gang could get the communication circuits working and listen to them talking. The gang directs Qualish to try and hack their comms without letting them know ASAP.

Kanye asks about installing a mechanism for flavoring and carbonating the drinking water that recycles his fluids in the power suit. Together, they invent the Soda Stream, which comes from the last bit of spare space in the armpit.

Kanye takes off the power armor in the middle of his workshop. Turns out that Kanye doesn't wear anything under the armor. Why?

> **Scott**: comfort, fashion, low wisdom score.
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Woodhouse pulls Kanye's terrycloth bathrobe out-- *almost but not quite in time to stop the free show*-- and wraps him in it. All of Kanye's clothing now has carrying straps on it for Nissa, so she hops on in.

### Around the Island

Sorith wants to start a nanobrewery. He finds some people in the kitchens making a still, prevents them from blowing themselves up. He unpacks his travel brewery kit and set up shop. He’s got big plans to land and expand. Sorith starts planting seeds for an apple orchard and then remembers, uh, MAGIC, and instantly has a grove of trees to start making apple cider.

Nissa uses our bike polo results from the future and makes some bets on the side.  Hopefully she’ll get 1000 gold from that.

### Intelligence Division

Kanye is hatching big plans. As they walk, he asks Nissa whether she thinks she could pull together an epic ballad extolling the virtues of Kanye and the rest of MCVFD.

> **Nissa**: Yes, yes, a thousand times yes! I thought you'd never ask.
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The gang goes to the Intelligence Division.  We meet Intelligence Director Tom Clancy.  Kanye asks whether he can spread our intel for him.  He says he can seed the information without the recipient knowing that it’s false. What should he spread about the gang?

> **Kanye**: First, Kanye is awesome. Second, the MCVFD is awesome.
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Kanye requests a secret word implanted that will cause people to come to our aid.
Tom digs in on the unclear request. Is MCVFD looking to become celebrities? There’s a promotional arc where we’re seeding the idea you’re not to be messed with.  Sow seeds of doubt.  The other approach is seeding the idea of an underground resistance.   Kanye wants to make sure that the horsemen know that we are coming and that we are to be feared.

> **Clancy**: “....you could just send a letter?”
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Kanye learns for the first time that there are pros and cons to being famous -- everyone will recognize him and/or the MCVFD. But then everywhere he goes, people will know who they are and may help or hinder them as a result.
Kanye’s gonna get famous. What should Tom spread about Kanye?

> Kanye is so brave he faced down a Horseman of the Apocalypse.
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> Kanye is so brave he always announces himself to his enemies to give them a chance to surrender. Then he unleashes his patented death yodel, which kills them instantly.
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When Nissa completes her canon work, the department will make some variations and spread it throughout the bards.  Kanye is a folk hero whose fame is growing.

Sorith will make a themed beer that we can release into the taprooms.  It’s gonna be a best seller!

### Fantasy Costco! Where all your dreams come true

Sorith learns about the existence of the band fund!!! Look at all this gold!

Soirth gets some bracers of protection and attunes them.

Kanye gets a sweet belt.

## Coming Soon

The gang hears a knock and the power armor is outside the door, with a note from Qualish saying “come see me.”