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C1 Ep. 48 The Power of Words Chapter Three
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This week on Eberron Renewed we continue the journey back to Stormreach. But first, what in the world is happening with the lycanthropes who just walked out of the Xen’drik jungle? Dex, Beric, and Booyah try to figure things out on their way home.
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Transcript
Introductions and Setup
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D20 radio, your game is roll.
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Speaker
Hello and welcome to Eberron Renewed, a D&D 5th edition actual play podcast set in the Eberron campaign setting. I am your dungeon master, Eric. I'm Philip. I'm Randy. I'm Jeff. And welcome to another episode of Eberron Renewed. Gentlemen, what happened previously?
Assassins and Beric's Battle
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Big fight from assassins. Mm-hmm. Big fight. Long fight. Big, long fight. Mm-hmm. Culinating and Beric stabbing me. Yes.
00:00:52
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Yeah, we all got knocked down pretty good. That was your fault. No, it was. You know, I had a cool idea and it just didn't play out and that's fine. That happens. Yes. No, we fought some assassins and the barrack went down and I was really bloody and Booyah was really bloody. Hard fought victory. Just a rough day all around.
Meeting Sigur and the Lycanthropes
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But then as the fight was over, a couple of a trio of lycanthropes
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came to surrounded us on the road surrounded us on the road as as Barrick might see it. Dex would see it more as approached us friendly like so yeah, we'll pick up right where we left off of this very large man who was previously a bear holding his hands up in a non threatening position decks. We we are aware that up until recently you were a
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a lycanthrope, a werebear, somewhat like myself, but we can get into that.
Understanding Lycanthropy
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But we've been tracking you all for some time to... How? Well, we are
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We initially became aware of decks through a innate ability of my people.
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We are members of the original lycanthropic race. We originate from the plane of Lemania, and so being the forefathers of what members of your plane might consider all lycanthropes to be,
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We become acutely aware when a member of our type of lycanthropy comes into the world. There's a brief bit of knowledge gained about the person. Nothing invasive. I don't know your life story, Dex. I know your name and where you are. Obviously once
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Once you were no longer a lycanthrope I checked in on four square every place we've been so Once once the lycanthropic Nature was removed from you then we
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We just had to rely upon traditional tracking through the jungle. We saw you all enter the giant ruins, camped out, thinking that you all would have to leave at some point and picked up back on your trail. But I, sir, I know Dex's name, but I am not aware of the rest of you and who you are.
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But my name is Sigur, and I understand that some of you may have questions, but I assure you that I'm only here with the best of intentions and ensuring that Dex, if he wishes, receives proper trade.
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I mean, I'm not, I'm not a werebearer anymore. I know. Oh, you're saying you could fix
Training and Control of Lycanthropy
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that. Well, only at your request. I come here as a diplomat of sorts of my order. We have been in Eberron since, well,
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Since the lycanthropic perch, we crossed over. Some mistakes were made. We were manipulated by an outside force we don't wholly understand into essentially invading Eberron because we perceive the people of Eberron as a threat.
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Some of us, like myself and members of my order, did not participate in the invasion, but I do acknowledge that Lycanthropy has a poor relationship with the people of Eberron. And we hope to change that through hearts and minds. And he kind of gives a really sincere yet forced smile.
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I could've killed my friends. I mean, I loved the pros. Don't get me wrong. But man, that one con is big. I don't know if I can go through that again. I don't know if I can put them in that position again. I mean, that's why I agreed to, I think ultimately it wouldn't have mattered if I had agreed.
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Well, to put it in very simplistic terms. Thank you. We view it as learning to fight with any weapon. If I stick a sword in your hand with no training and tell you to go start swinging it standing right next to your allies, you could kill them.
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Uh, without intending to, because you are swinging wildly, you're acting erratically, you don't know how to wield the weapon that's been given to you. And. But I wasn't even myself. I couldn't think, I couldn't reason. It's not a perfect metaphor, but I think you're, you're understanding what I'm trying to say. Um, no, when the,
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when there is a full moon in the sky. All lycanthropes revert to a more animalistic nature. We do as well, but
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there is control to be found in that.
Moral Implications of Lycanthropy
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And precaution. For you. You're like the OG bear. I wouldn't be that. Well, we have members of our order that have acquired lycanthropy, which is the thing that members of Eberron are and should be afraid of in certain cases. I bear no love for
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Um, the dwarf that you saw walk out of the woods snickers at your joke. Yeah. That's what kind of people over there. It would be the boar lycanthropy in, in its pure form, not through biting, but when somebody takes on the lycanthropic gift, it, their nature is reflected in who they are. An evil person becomes a lycanthrope, a lycanthrope. They are going to be an evil lycanthrope.
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A good person that becomes a lycanthrope will not become an evil lycanthrope. Now, when somebody is bitten, that is a more direct exchange from the biter to the person being bitten. So an evil lycanthrope biting a good person, unfortunately, can twist their nature.
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So that is what happened with the invasion. We had an outside entity come into Lamania and manipulate my people into invading. And the worst of us were the quickest to draw arms to borrow a turtle. And
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I do not begrudge what I later came to know as the Church of the Silver Flame for what they did. They did what had to be done, but it is unfortunate that all lycanthropes are now painted with a broad brush. You said protect the world. Yes. From what?
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Well, I'm assuming you don't just mean in general, all ills. We, members of my order, have been traveling far and wide through, um, all of Eberron. We have been to Corvair, Zendrick, um, Arenal. Um, and we begin, we've begun to pick up on a pattern of sorts that we're not the only plane that was manipulated. We're not the only people that,
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were attacked from within for lack of a better term. And obviously our primary concern is protecting our people. If, if there is somebody out there trying to do good in the world, that is a lycanthrope and somebody wishes them ill, we stand up for, but those of us within the, the same room order,
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We want to protect our home, Lamania, from anything similar to what happened before. And we want to protect our new home, Eberron,
Dex's Decision on Training Offer
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from a similar fate. And for that, we need members, capable members of our order that believe in the same things we do. And I have reason to believe, Dex, that you are somebody like that.
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Anybody else have any questions or y'all just watching? You don't think Booyah good enough? All right. Uh, first let me, let me say this. You're telling me that if I come under your tutelage, I would have enough control that even when I turning into my will, I wouldn't attack
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Beric or Booyah or Orgev. Eventually, that's why when people first come
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When people first come under our tutelage, they're not given the gift. There's training. There's discipline that you have to undergo discipline to prove. I believe that you are capable decks, but I need to be shown that you are capable. Um, I want to roll an insight just on the whole idea that they actually have, have taught people how to control them when they're in full animal form.
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Oh, hey. Oh, that's a 19 19. You, you get no sense of duplicity. All right. He's straight and shooting at me. Here's the thing. I got appreciate that. You feel that I could be a member of this thing. Um, and don't think I'm not considering it. I look at bear. Can I go? Bear can't see, uh, or Phillip can't see. Um, this is true, but, uh, uh, it was a shrug. Um, but, uh,
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I'm already in the middle of saving the world, uh, and I don't think it'd be wise for me to take time off from that right now. I mean, weird.
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We're, uh, currently fighting our way back to our home where we're originally from Corvair. Well, not we really actually just Merrick at this point. Uh, but, uh, to, to continue the fight that we've found ourselves in, and I can't.
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Just leave to go sit in your dojo. Oh, I completely understand. And I would not ask you to abandon your compatriots. I mean, having observed the fight we just did, they clearly are benefited by your presence.
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I merely wanted to extend a helping hand to give you a greater toolset to fight against whatever you are fighting, because if you are seeking to save Eberron, then your goals align with our goals. We're at. So this is merely an offer, an extension of my hand.
Return to Stormreach and Observations
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I'm more than happy to answer any questions that you have.
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If you do not, and you need time to think about it, it's totally fine. It's a big decision. Um, in most major cities in Corvair, and we do have one in Stormreach, um, the Black Dog Inn, um, is clever, our network of, of headquarters. Well, Booyah didn't go through what Theradak and Beric went through. So, you know, he's kind of,
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He's probably thinking if it's beneficial, he doesn't really care. Barrick went through what Saradac and Barrick went through. Yeah. Well, uh, yeah, I do need time. Um, I noted black dog in, we're heading back to storm reach. Um, obviously we're going to end up back in, in Corvair. If I got to get to sharn, what's it called in sharn? Black dog in? No, they're all black dog. Gotcha. It's like a chain.
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Yes, that's it. Um, but, uh, suppose I now you said that you, I wouldn't be turned immediately. I'd have to prove to the drink. Suppose I get through the training and I decide it's not for me. Am I free to make that decision to go? Yes, absolutely. Um, and how exactly is he supposed to go through training if you're not going to interrupt what we're doing? Well, the way we operate when we make contact with,
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people of your sort that are going about the countryside, writing wrongs, things like that. Whoever is training you is sent as a companion, for lack of a better term.
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not really to get involved in your quest or what you're doing, but during downtime, when you're resting, that's when lessons take place. So it could be in between assignments whenever you're not going about ancient ruins, things like that. So one of you would follow us around.
00:15:39
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Or if it's more amenable to your companions, you could simply return to a specified Black Dog Inn if you all are near a city and do your training there. I think if I go for this, that's probably the one we're going to have to do.
00:15:56
Speaker
Yeah. Uh, I mean, listen, I, I think it first blush sounds rad. Uh, but, um, I don't want to lose, uh, Philip, uh, Philip has no problem with lycanthropy. I mean, I mean, uh,
00:16:21
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Let me, let me talk with him for just a second. We, we have a location right in storm reach. That's where me and my companions will return. All right. If you want to talk about it on your walk back. What are y'all's names? Um, I am cigar. You're cigar.
00:16:38
Speaker
Uh, my companion over here, any gestures to the elf woman is traina. Is traina my trainer? And this gentleman here is O'Dorn.
Political Turmoil in Stormreach
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Speaker
O'Dorn. Hey, thanks for the, thanks for backing me up on that joke earlier, by the way. That was a- Yeah, it's funny. Yeah, thank you. Alright, I like your style, little man. Uh, alright, um, um, but no, if, because you have experience as a werebear,
00:17:07
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Part of your training is to see which gift would be best suited to your skills, but I would be the one doing your initial training. Right. Sure. Okay. Um, well, thank you. Um, I'm going to, uh, pass out now because I have 12 hit points and when I wake up, I will have a conversation with my compatriots and, um,
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I will find a way to send word to you if I don't if I don't get there myself I'll send word to you it's a black dog if I'm still considering it or I've made a decision and if you if you need to get in touch with me later on if down the road you're in sharn and decide this sounds like a good idea go to a black dog in say you have a message for cigar you'll know what that means all right
00:17:55
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And with that, you see the three of them transform back into their animal forms and begin to disappear. No, wait, wait, wait. Let me ask one more question. The bear turns around and looks at you. You've proven that you're pretty good at tracking and following. You're leaving as B now, right? You're not going to sit and listen in on our conversations? The bear just kind of gives you a curtain nod and... That's a 16 insight check.
00:18:25
Speaker
The bear seems to be telling the truth. All right. Sure, it's not animal handling. I don't have it. And you see them disappear into the jungle headed headed north. So can we get a ride to Stormy? Well, what do you think?
00:18:51
Speaker
If you all would like to take a short rest real quick, post that fight. You can spend hit dice if you like. Yeah, I'm going to. Eric finally drops out of a fighting stance and gives you an incredulous look in response to that question. All right. So I turned to booty. I said, well, barracks on the fence. What do you think? Boy, I don't care. All right. It's next life.
00:19:22
Speaker
We get one hit dice per level of each class we're in, right? It's like 1d12 and 6d8s. And how do they replenish? It's when you rest. When you get a long rest, you get half the total back.
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So if you expend all of them, you would get three back during the long rest. But you also go back up to max hit points here. You all do notice as Barash just sits down and kind of sticks his sword into the ground, the pure adrenaline is beginning to wear off and he's kind of catching his breath after that fight. That's only fair. That was a good fight. Well, I guess Barak, it sounds like we're going to have to have a discussion sometimes.
00:20:07
Speaker
As a side note, perhaps when people announce they've been tracking us, don't mention my name six or seven times in the conversation. I felt I could trust him. Based on what exactly? Real cool bear. All right. Yes. The several insight checks I rolled. Outrolled by his deception. Did you trust the vampire too? That get a good feeling off him too. No, I did not. I'm a fairly good judge of character.
00:20:39
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Um, so are you all talking while you're on the road back to storm reach now? I don't even know that this is a time that Dex would want to talk to Barrick about it. We're just, just had this fight. Yeah. They showed up. I think it's table. Okay. Currently. And I know Barrick's not going to bring it up. So during the short rest, of course, Booyah is enthralled with his book. Okay. You can mark another hour off on your,
00:21:08
Speaker
really good story in book right right ironically it's a story about a like and no not really um is it about a goblin reading a book he doesn't have any idea where it came from and he sucked into it at the end of it oh i hope not that'd not be good for booyah
00:21:28
Speaker
You get really angry at Beric because the story that you just started was about a goblin reading a book and you just think he spoiled the story for you. Beric sort of looks around and says, now, wait a minute. I just want to be clear. Everyone's fine with him reading that book because it has a white leather cover, but because mine has a scary face on it, we're all convinced that I shouldn't even have it. Like that's, that's where we're standing. Boyan never said that.
00:21:56
Speaker
I mean, I didn't say nothing about nothing. Barak is mostly looking at work out here. Barak is the one that pipes up his leg. The book that you have is clearly emanating evil, Barak.
00:22:10
Speaker
I don't get the same vibe from Booyah's book. In fact, it's gonna be good. We're really judging our entire basis of the world off of the vibes that we get off things now. Is that how we operate? Okay, as a paladin, I say vibe, but I'm actually meaning detect good and evil, you tw- Yeah, I can do that too, you moron. You know, Adexa suddenly remembers the cloak he's wearing and he says, come on, guys.
00:22:39
Speaker
Maybe Barrick's book isn't so bad. I'm sure they're both fine books. Um... Dex, see if your book have a good story. Barrick. Oh, Barrick. What'd I say, Dex? Yeah. It's cool. It's all good.
00:22:56
Speaker
You all begin to see the stonework of the ruins of the outskirts of Stormreach peppering the jungle now, and you know that you are very close to re-entering the city after an extremely long journey through the Zendric jungle. You all probably just smell amazing right now.
00:23:17
Speaker
And you begin to see a few tents of the Giants that you encountered on your way out of the city. You all can stop in and talk with that giant whose name I definitely remember. We brought literally nothing back. We brought a stone. Yeah, the one thing you had with Drakir took off into the jungle.
00:23:36
Speaker
Oh yeah. Whoops. Okay. So, um, any immediate things that you want to do when you get back into storm reach, or you just headed for bar borrowed time wants to find it in and pay for a bath. Okay. Cause I cannot imagine how filthy I feel right now. Yeah. I'm on board with that. Yes. Okay. So, um, separate bath.
00:23:59
Speaker
Booyah's just taking it all in. This is big stuff. Oh, yeah. I mean, you are overwhelmed. And okay, go ahead and give me a streetwise check to see how reputable a bathhouse you could find. There's no such thing. Oh, what? Investigation, probably. Yeah, investigation.
00:24:22
Speaker
Twenty-five. Seventeen. Eight. Eight. It's all unreal to Booyah. You're all... Booyah's just walking around screaming bath at people. No.
00:24:40
Speaker
Um, very index, you're able to kind of talk, ask around and, um, there's actually a pretty notable bath house in the three niche district of the city. That, um, sounds like it's right up your alley. Um, everyone give me perception checks. Those you're navigating the city.
00:25:00
Speaker
There's nine. No, 12. You're whistling dicks. Twenty. Twenty-one. Twenty-one. Um, contextually, Booyai, I don't think it makes sense for you to notice this, but Barak, as you finish, um, talking to this, uh, innkeep that knows where the bathhouses are, um, you notice that storm reach is a little bit quieter than when you left it. And as you kind of begin to look around, you see probably
00:25:32
Speaker
Every third person that you glance at has their nose buried in paper, like they're reading something. And it seems like they're all reading the same thing. And you recognize the script on the top of it as you're glancing as being the sharn inquisitive. Um, all right. Eric will attempt to obtain a copy. There are news paper boy. John inquisitive for sale.
00:26:02
Speaker
Alright. Five coppers. Where? I'm sure that I have five coppers. Assuming you guys didn't rob me while I was dead. Rob is a strong word. Yes, I have 15 gold, so I have five coppers. You were dead. They assumed they were executors of your estate, I mean. That's fair. That's totally reasonable. I mean, Drakir was your next of kin. He had every right to take your stuff.
00:26:32
Speaker
Tell me what it says, Beric. It says, everything's fine and shard. Those guys are cool. Let them back. Please hold. Eric is writing a shard inquisitive article. I'm still mad that guy got away. Oh, are we near the pier? The dock? No, the docks on the other side of the city. I wanted to see if there was a sharn branded boat. I want to find that guy and I want to put him in a box.
00:26:59
Speaker
He's the only one that knows we're traveling with you. He's the only one that knows what Beric looks like now. Can I roll a perception check to see if Dex notices Phillips and grossing this now and want to get one myself? Sure. 16.
00:27:14
Speaker
Booyah notices he just doesn't care. You're looking at all the people. I'm checking everything out. So yeah, Dex, you take note of how engrossed Beric is with this article and just has kind of stopped even breathing. The headline reads, unprecedented power granted to King, Prime Minister outraged.
00:27:37
Speaker
In light of escalating incursions with the swords of liberty, Brielish parliament has granted virtually full control of Brelin to King Borinil Irenan. He now has unlimited power over the Brielish military, the local governors, and all passage of laws to ensure a quote safer and more secure Brelin. This in combination with the already existing King Citadel makes King Borinil the most powerful man in Corvair.
00:28:03
Speaker
Prime Minister Rook and Ikhlan fought on the floor of Parliament against the measure, advocating a unified Brelyn in the face of the threat, rather than, quote, giving up all control of our sovereign nation to a rustic man in an outdated position. Ikhlan stormed out of the capital with a small retinue of opposing members of the legislative group.
00:28:21
Speaker
The Prime Minister spoke with the inquisitive upon his arrival to Sean after the measure was made public. This ravaging of democracy will not stand. King Borenel has grown more and more bold in recent weeks. He has struck out against Drowam without seeking the Council of Parliament, declared agents of the Brieish government as outlaws without evidence, the transgressions grow and grow without any opposition.
Reflections at the Bathhouse
00:28:43
Speaker
King Boerneil spoke from the Citadel in Roan to announce the new structure of Brielet, quote checks and balances, to a rather agitated crowd. He explained, quote, Brieland is at war with itself currently. We suffer from infighting from extremists who wish to see our country burn.
00:28:59
Speaker
We are surrounded by a nation of monsters in Drowam, uncivilized woodsmen in the Eldean reaches, our enemies of the Last War, an untrustworthy nation of gnomes, a warband of goblins, and a land that stands as a reminder of what the Last Wars cost while producing a never-ending stream of refugees that seek for Brelyn to allow them into our borders when less than a decade ago they were our enemies. The swords of liberty's numbers continue to grow with each passing day, but where do they come from?
00:29:29
Speaker
I refuse to believe that honest, greelish citizens would cause such death and destruction. No, it must be taken as a fact that these terrorists are coming from other nations. I believe that it is the nations of Antares, Thrain, and most of all, Kaia, that are ripping our noblest of nations apart." End quote. The newspaper in Barak's hand catches fire. Okay.
00:29:58
Speaker
and incinerates and walks back into the inn that we just came out of and orders the largest, strongest drink available. That sits down. It looks like lake water. What is handed to you? It begins drinking it rapidly. It tastes like lake water, but burning. Is it getting the job done? Yes. Oh, a Dex goes.
00:30:26
Speaker
Yes, we're delivery I remember that that King sounds like a real douche All right remind me Jeff I'm sure Dex would remember cuz it really only has been a matter of days The king is the one that is in league with the red owl right the red owl is a member of the
00:30:51
Speaker
Is living in his caste palace or something? All you know is you found out who the red owl was. Right. And then Hadith Irenarn, who the red owl was, claimed that you all had kidnapped her to the king and the king branded you outlaws. Whether or not there's a connection between him knowing she's the red owl or not. Right. And Rookin is not a friend, but he's not a foe either. And his nephew or whatever is actually a friend.
00:31:16
Speaker
His nephew's a... Rube. Opportunist. All right. And Booyah, all that was Greek to you. You have no idea what anybody's talking about or why they're so worried about. Why upset Beric? Beric finishes the drink, leaves the black beer mug on the bar. OK, so that's still happening. I was going to ask.
00:31:45
Speaker
Uh, and walks back out and heads towards the bathhouse. Okay. Um, you all are arrive at the bathhouse fine. You still are passing person after person. That's just nose deep in this paper. You walk in through a door, um, that is, is unmarked, but you are certain based on your investigation check. This is, this is the place.
00:32:06
Speaker
and you walk in and you hear just faint instruments playing beautiful music. And smell of sandalwood. Yes. And you see a very shorter than normal elf man standing behind a podium rather than a counter. He's like, welcome to the tranquil serenity bathhouse. How may I be of service to you today? I want a bath. What's it cost?
00:32:36
Speaker
Well, that entirely depends on what type of bath you would like. If you just like a standard fair of just something to get you clean, well, that would run you about five silver pieces. But if you want a more nourishing experience for the soul, then that would obviously be more expensive.
00:32:56
Speaker
Nourishing and experience for the soul involve people being in the room? No, no, no. It's just... The fragrances, what we put in the water, we provide a great deal for you, but then we leave you be for your own thoughts. And just letting the woes of the day wash away into the bathwater. The expensive one come with wine.
00:33:19
Speaker
Oh, yes. In fact, the most expensive one, which is only a mere 25 gold pieces, comes with all the wine you can drink. Well, let's back down on that one a little bit. What was the cost of the second one? We can provide you with the full experience minus the unlimited wine and give you a bottle for, I would say, 15 gold pieces.
00:33:47
Speaker
Alright, what if we took the base one with a wine add-on? Oh, very good. Um, she will take you back and this elven woman comes and takes, like, kind of guides your shoulders, Booyah, as you kind of just flop back.
00:34:04
Speaker
Well, can I? Sorry, I'm Dex now. No, oh no. I'm not. And I'm Dex, but I'm not Lyle. What's your new voice? Oh no! I mean, Dex sounds like Dex. Like, that voice is... I said initially it was a put-on, but I don't think it is. I think it's his actual voice. We established your brother, Tom. I think that's just the Sarloan accent now. Right.
00:34:30
Speaker
I'll pass. Er, no, I'll pass. I'll request Texas. Um, but, uh, I do look different. Um, I say, uh... And real quick, before anybody says anything, no, Sam is not a changeling for Mar- the Sarlona. That's just a different country accent. Please don't think that. Just want to get ahead of that before... I say it with my- with my resplendent new elf body. I say, Hey!
00:34:57
Speaker
What? What? What can a fella- What can a fella get for three gold pieces?
Beric's Dark Book Dilemma
00:35:01
Speaker
No, I'm st- No, I'll stop. I'll talk. Wait. Barrick walks out of the room. He's got a lot of face problems. What can a fella get for three gold pieces? Let me ask you this, rather than, uh, picnicking back and forth.
00:35:17
Speaker
Uh, how much would you like to spend today? What is your budget for an experience here at Tranquil Serenity? I literally just said three gold pieces. Well, three gold pieces would provide you with a moderate level of relaxation and a bottle of wine.
00:35:37
Speaker
Or if any Eric puts three gold pieces on Very well No, but I'd like to hear the rest, please If you if you forgot the wine the bathing experience will be heightened to make up so luxurious, but soberly That doesn't sound worth it. Give me the wine. Here's three gold pieces. All right So describe your bath, baby
00:36:01
Speaker
Booyah, you are taken to a room that is kind of dark. It's near the front. You were on the first door on the right, and there's just a wooden tub with some water poured into it. And you stick a foot in, and it's warm. It's not great. It's not that good nourishing. But then again, you've mostly bathed in rivers. So it's like a warm lake on a hot day.
00:36:30
Speaker
That's pretty good. And there's just a strange white rectangle next to the the tub on a little stand that you can't quite make heads or tails of. It's a little slippery and if you play with it bubbles start to form but that's all you can really get out of it.
00:36:50
Speaker
You two are taken back a little bit further. You're taken into separate rooms and the employee taking care of you sets down a bottle of wine and holds it to you for you to check the vintage and make sure it's up to your standards. And Dex has wine, right? Yes. It'll work. Okay.
00:37:12
Speaker
um and they another person comes in with just a basin of steaming hot water that they pour into a brass tub that is in the room um with you can still hear the faint music there's some flowers and nice ornate vases um and they they hand you a cup and says now just
00:37:34
Speaker
Relax with the time that you've paid. You have an hour, if you so wish, to spend in the bath. But please don't go over. We do tend to need the rooms to rotate, but thank you for your patronage. And if you would like to spend more time and get another bath, we'd be more than happy to arrange that. For those of you at home wondering about the currency exchange, a gold piece is roughly three weeks' wage, is roughly a week's wage.
00:38:02
Speaker
a skilled laborer so this hour of bath time will cost us three weeks wages yeah but how often have we used money I know I'm just money's for suckers in the adventuring game these are really you I told you this is like the primo bath house like dismisses the sermon opens the bottle of wine and begins drinking quickly from it
00:38:31
Speaker
Then he dunks his head in the bath. And then he takes out his sword. And remembers that the raven informed him that he had quite a bit more control over it than he thought. And so he forces it to become a much smaller and very sharp knife. OK. Go ahead and give me a charisma check.
00:38:59
Speaker
With that, I can do 20. You succeed. And he proceeds to gather up his hair, which is probably quite long by now, and then just cuts it off. Okay. And then proceeds to, as close as he can, simply cut the hair straight off of his scalp. Okay. And then he climbs in the bath and sits there drinking the rest of the wine.
00:39:29
Speaker
unless the sword go back to its normal form, lays it across the bath and says, fine, what do you want? Dex just takes a bath.
00:39:44
Speaker
Booyah fiddles with the soap and wonders what in the world this stuff's for. Booyah eats the soap. He sees it float, just watches it float in the water a little bit. Ooh, it's kind of like boat. Very cool. They give Booyah a boat play with. Finishes his bath, then he's clothed, then he's out front. Is that Booyah's first bath? In a tub. Fair enough. What do you mean, Vedic? I don't understand.
00:40:12
Speaker
What do I want? What do you need me to do? The origins of the Pact were in response to not only the oppression of the Elven people by the Giants, but the impending invasion of an outside force seeking to overtake Eberron. And while
00:40:38
Speaker
Those that wielded the pact and gave their power briefly over to their giant overlords were able to cut off the invasion and the invading forces and ensure that they can never directly invade again.
00:40:55
Speaker
Clearly that was not enough. As long as whatever attempted to invade continues to exist, it will never stop. It will always seek to manifest as nightmares and walk.
00:41:19
Speaker
upon Eberron's soil and the Pact and its nature dealt with eradicating this threat, not simply stalling it. I'm sure that your forefathers thought they were fulfilling the Pact when they cut off these invaders, but it simply wasn't true.
00:41:49
Speaker
So we have to find the source of this invasion. And I'm sure that you've been picking up on the same pattern I have with talks of
00:42:06
Speaker
of manipulation and these invasions occurring multiple times, but we have to figure out what is behind this and stop it. And once we have truly and honestly stopped this threat, I think that will be enough. How? Well, I don't know. Beric shuffles around in his bag and pulls out the black book. Okay.
00:42:35
Speaker
Oh, that black book. Okay. Do you know anything about this? I lay it against the hilt of the sword. It is evil. I can tell as much, but I got that. I do sense great power within it. It's useful.
00:43:06
Speaker
Potentially. For what we need to do? I mean... Potentially. I cannot tell you exactly the nature of its power, but it is immensely powerful. Anybody who wielded this type of power would be a force to be reckoned with. And on top of the immense power that you have and the power that continues to grow daily within you, I...
00:43:35
Speaker
If you truly believe that you are strong enough to overcome its evil nature, I think this power would be immensely useful. Book is locked? No. That was the difference. The Black Book did not have lunch. That's right. It's ready and willing to be read. Open the cover and find out the title.
00:44:01
Speaker
Does it have a title? The title? For a moment, it's in a script that you cannot read. Make a wisdom saving throw for me. 20.
00:44:14
Speaker
20. Okay, so you see the scrolling on the page begin to morph and change into common lettering. And you see that it says, you see the Book of Vile Darkness written. Have a subtitle or anything, any other information to say on author?
00:44:36
Speaker
No, no authorial line yet. There is a subtitle of a chronicling and guide in the history of immense power, wrongdoing. It's not. There is no peace, only passion. No. And arcane invasiveness. Okay. I close it and put it back in my bag. Is there like a waiting room out there? Are these guys? Yeah, there's a little receiving area. You can be sitting on a small bench. No, he's going to be enthralled with his stories yet again.
00:45:05
Speaker
Okay. Um, go ahead and mark another one and you that's probably my hour. Um, do you, do you flip beyond the title screen or the tech? Not yet. Okay. I want to find out. I'm going to try to find out more before I do that. Um, the title is
00:45:22
Speaker
The title is not seductive in the evil. It's not evil in a seductive way. No, you rolled well. It's evil in a pretty glaring stop sign way. Eric's in a pretty dark place, but I don't know if he's quite there yet. So I put the book away, climb out of the bath, dry off, put my clothes back on, and finish the bottle of wine.
Aftermath of Bathhouse Visit
00:45:51
Speaker
and then stalk out of the bathhouse. Make a constitution saving throw for me real quick Dex. What's going on in my bathtub? Well, that's a four. So Dex got drunk and drowned in the tub. Barak and Booyah are out in the receiving area kind of waiting and Dex you are awoken to a
00:46:13
Speaker
You're hours up and you are just hammered in this hot bath. You kind of kicked back that wine bottle in one go.
00:46:29
Speaker
Um, sir, if you pay, if you pay three more gold pieces, you can stay longer. Um, and we'll give you another bottle of wine. Well, well, well, I don't, I don't think I need another bottle. Uh, but, uh, what?
00:46:48
Speaker
I got more- I got more- I got more gold. I- I got- I got- I can't understand anything you said. Not at all. I mean, I got gold, but I don't- I'll just- I'll just get dressed. Hang on. And I stumble out of the tub and you're just here banging around and sloshing as the water is just- Oh, I got- Not your floor all wet.
00:47:20
Speaker
Sorry. And then he gets dressed and his shirt's on backwards and he kind of opens the door and leans in the door to him and he goes, that's a good tub. You got a good tub there. And then he, okay, you all see Dex stumble out of the back area, properly sloshed. And you guys get a little white ball play with too? Probably.
00:47:49
Speaker
Barak just doesn't, Barak doesn't, doesn't react to that. You also note that Barak is now hairless. Probably buzzed, probably can't, probably don't, I didn't actually obtain like, I didn't have any like shaving cream or anything. It's probably just like as close as he could get it with a knife. Dex tries to reach out to rub it. Uh, I was, you were in a bath house. I will say if you want to have a shaved head, you can. Like there would be, it's fine. Okay. It's fine.
00:48:17
Speaker
Uh, no, I, I, I imagined it just a very close crop, essentially. Um, are you going to let him rub your head? No. Dex, you fall over as you lose balance as Beric steps out of the lead. He slashed my hand. We have to bring him back. Okay. Okay. Um, where to now? I don't know the answer to that. Oh, to your ship. Go to the boat. Go. Go to the boat.
00:48:48
Speaker
I suppose. I don't know where we're going once we're on it. That's a good point. Where should we go? Derek turns and starts walking towards the boat. All right. I don't remember, you know the way? To the ship, yes. I know the way to the ship. I'm gonna follow you. Okay, Booyock coming. I gotta sober up. You wanna stop off of the black dog again and become a werebear?
00:49:19
Speaker
No, I don't want to do that yet. So, nah. Don't do what you want. Um, so you all, as you approach borrowed time, um, you notice that the ship looks a little different. Um, carrots, hunky tiki, or, uh, Christmas lights all over it. There's a skate ramp on the deck. Has he been using, has he been using it as a party boat? Has he been renting it as a party boat?
00:49:49
Speaker
Guys, what's the name of it again? Borrowed time. Borrowed time. I've never, I mean, I don't remember my name half the time. So you see that the airship is kind of parked where the backside of it is facing the city. And so you're walking up on facing the rear of the boat and you see that into the wood
00:50:09
Speaker
has been burned along the back, uh, the borrowed time and kind of an arcing text, um, with, uh, done well. Yeah. Like done pretty well. Um, with a, what looks like a pocket watch kind of underneath the text that's wrapping around it. Now we did not discuss as a logo.
00:50:29
Speaker
We did not discuss logos. You can see, um, the sale is like half rolled, but you can definitely tell having seen the pocket watch that that same pocket watch design has been painted on the main sale. Um, and you just see, um, you just see Gerald on the, uh, on the boat and he sees you all coming. Well, let me make a perception check.
00:50:53
Speaker
No, because he's a giant clock pendant now. He's like Flavor Flav. His hair is kind of tied up in a bun. No shirt on, just cloth pants. And he's... What other thing are pants made out of? You said cloth pants twice now. Leather. Leather.
00:51:13
Speaker
Um, you don't, you don't see him. He's just doing rigging stuff. Probably still trying to fix the mess that Dex made before you all left. Hey, I don't touch that. That's good work. He kind of stops it. Hey, you came back. What is up guys? How was that? Wait, wait. Where's their dad? Oh,
00:51:42
Speaker
Yeah. Whoa. Yeah. This is Booyah. Hey, Booyah. I'm Gerald. Nice to meet you. Booyah. I think he's a god. Yeah, you notice just blue or ornate blue markings all over his body.
Back to Borrowed Time and Future Plans
00:52:03
Speaker
Say you god. You god?
00:52:06
Speaker
Not really sure on that one yet. I, I can like make storms and lightning whenever I want and like really powerful, powerful. Not like, did you guys see the design work I did on the back? I did that with my lightning. It was crazy. Yeah. Um, and as you all are kind of getting up on the ship, you just see random burn marks. Like we're clearly, there was some accidental, um, discharges. Yeah, it flies.
00:52:37
Speaker
No, it's fine. It's totally safe. We got here and we got attacked on the way too. I mean, most people don't remember it because there was no like chronicling of us being attacked on the way over there, but it definitely happened. Um, um, well, there's some people that have been like hanging around. Well, obviously crass is down below deck still waiting on you guys. Yeah. Did he was he hiding the whole time?
00:53:06
Speaker
Yeah, or given Russia at this point. Okay. So with you. Okay. They had some lovely baths too. Oh, well, I wouldn't know. Nevermind. Um, yeah, he probably got that 15 gold bath. Couple.
00:53:26
Speaker
Um, yes. Uh, I said, I just get this out of the way. I said earlier that I wanted to do a perception check or investigation or whatever, uh, to see if I recognize any like, sharn or British guard insignia on any sales or boats or anything. Yeah, you can check that. I am however drunk. You are drunk. So do I just do it or are you going to flavor this up? On the other hand?
00:53:51
Speaker
The sigil of Relund is a bear. So you probably pretty easily recognize her. All right. That is a 19. 19. Yeah. You're not going to be disadvantaged. Good. Um, you.
00:54:10
Speaker
You see quite a few ships with Relation Signia. I mean, to be fair, there is a whole district of the city dedicated to Relation Signia. Sure. I guess I specifically meant if there was something that looked part of the government, as opposed to just a like a shipping vessel or something.
00:54:27
Speaker
And you can't really get a beat on that. Um, there were a couple of people that came looking for you. They keep coming back pretty frequently to see if you ever come back. Dude named Sam talked funny. Um, and, uh, last site, last site, I think was his name. He seemed real worried. Like.
00:54:57
Speaker
He was kind of freaking out that you all had been gone as long as you are. Was that our patron? That was the guy who invited us to the party. Yeah. Um, so yeah, those, those two dudes wanted to see you. I think that's it. It's been pretty quiet. Uh,
00:55:23
Speaker
Yeah, nobody else has really come asking about you guys, so good job. Oh, he never asked why there was some drunk elf with Beric. Oh. Hey, who's this guy? That's Booyah. Who are you? My... Does he know your... Does he know your correct name? No. My name's... My name is... Dick Brisket.
00:55:50
Speaker
Everybody's mad. Barak turns to you and says, no, it is not. Alright, it's me Dex. That changed. Oh. Hey. Did I know you could do that? Who can tell? I don't think I knew you could do that. Guess what bud? Surprise. You don't got the claws and stuff anymore though. I did notice that. Yeah, well. No, I don't. And you don't say anything else.
00:56:18
Speaker
So, yeah, what's the plan, guys? I mean, obviously, Crass is downstairs. We could... I mean... I have three proposals. I thought you'd never ask me, or yes, a thousand times yes. You're dumb.
00:56:38
Speaker
Now I'm getting sleepy drunk. Well, I wish I had restoration of some kind. I make you not drunk anymore. I'm sobering up. I'm sorry. I was having too much fun with it. I cast Frostbite on you. What does that do? Makes you cold, I guess. Make a constitution saving throw. Oh, that's not gonna go well. Thirteen. You take six cold damage. Ow! A kin!
00:57:07
Speaker
I guess that's the equivalent of like a bucket of ice water being dumped on your head like All right Sorry, sorry about my drunken monkey shines Beric or Philip. I'm not sure which one's more Philip thought that was deeply hilarious I love every minute of that You got very committed to the drunk. It was fun. Hey big Dex's back to deck You know base level decks, which isn't much better to be around
00:57:37
Speaker
And he said, Barrick, I swear to God, if you hit me one more time, I'm gonna, I don't know, I'm still scared of you. I'm not sure what you can do. I guess I'm just gonna take it. Well, I'm gonna go sleep this off. Hold on. We need to decide what we're doing. All right. We can go back to missed March and see what Speaker Tigor can tell us about the stone and its use. Right.
00:58:08
Speaker
We can stay here and be pirates. I like that option if you're listening to me. Hey, I have a question. The airship. Can it? Like, you can just take us right to Miss Marsh, right? Like, we don't have to dock somewhere. Well, you would need to air jump like we did that one time on Waving Badger. If you want to actually park it, we would have to go to that city a little bit north of it.
00:58:38
Speaker
What he said. Star Last? Star Lasker, I think, is where we picked it up. Oh, right. I mean, that just seems like a pretty good idea. If we decide to go back to Ms. Marsh, doing a jump. But then where would I go? Because then I couldn't pick you up.
00:59:05
Speaker
No, you're gonna win there. Well, um, no, a bear can't fly. It was a time. It's lost, it's lost to the wind. I don't remember that. You were on the boat. Um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um,
00:59:35
Speaker
We could attempt to break into the Dreadhold and rescue someone I met in death. Whoa, boy. Oh, well, uh, rip that Band-Aid off. Yeah, I gotta tell you, that came out of nowhere, but, uh... Can I ask everybody a really serious question? Why is your- Wait, who are we right now? Is that Gerald? Gerald. Okay. Okay. Krasst is still under deck. He doesn't even realize you are here. His surfer accent shrank just enough to prove where I was uncertain.
01:00:03
Speaker
Can I ask everybody a really- Whoa, hold on. Before any decisions are made, why is your new friend just holding a bar of soap? No, this, what we're on, is a boat. No, that's soap. Hey, hey, hey, Gerald. He's soap what good for. He's float water. Rub it on you. Why do that for?
01:00:30
Speaker
Look, Booyah, that's one of the things that helps you get clean when you're in the bath. We weren't gonna ruin your boat pun, but... So rub on self, and that's why make bubble. There you go. Yeah, that's why make bubble. I just now have this vision of Booyah standing there completely dry, rubbing this bar of soap on his clothes. On his clothed body. Clean clothes. Um... He puts his soap in his pouch. Um... Alright, uh...
01:01:00
Speaker
Well, I mean, tell me more about this, the breaking in and playing. Well, I imagine, you know, the Dreadhold is like Alcatraz. I would know that. I would know that. Okay. Yeah. And you said you met, you said you met someone in death. Yes. But they're alive because they're in the Dreadhold. No, I think she's dead.
01:01:28
Speaker
but her body's petrified in the Dreadhold and if she was un-petrified she could be brought back to life.
01:01:34
Speaker
Ooh, what? We don't need to go there this episode. Gerald will be confused about the whole in-depth thing. Right? All right. Just, Gerald, we're going to say some things aren't going to make any sense to you and we will fill you in, but we just don't have the time right this second. Cool. Yeah. We're going to say things like bear and in-death and, um, um, I don't know what the hell else. Druckier, uh, and things. Boy, y'all say we here.
01:02:04
Speaker
You have friend here want speak, let's speak friend.
Episode Conclusion and Listener Engagement
01:02:07
Speaker
I don't think I could say it any better than Booyah did. Very succinct, that gobble. Oh, okay. Sorry, I was putting together what Booyah meant by that. Booyah thinks we should talk to Varen. That's what we are saying.
01:02:25
Speaker
I think that's a good, I think that's a good first step. Perhaps in piddling around piratey things, we might find out some. Dreadhold stuff. I should, uh, go speak with Varen anyway, given that it was partnership with him while it's looking for new settlement prospects for Kaya. So she probably go check in with him anyway. Fair enough. All right. All right. So you all depart the boat. End of episode.
01:02:53
Speaker
Uh, well, this has been, this has been everyone renewed bathtub edition. Um, we just want to thank Kevin McLeod for the use of all of his music. You can find it over at incompetent.com. Um, we would also like to thank everybody for all of their support and kind words over on the Facebook group. If you want to join the conversation,
01:03:15
Speaker
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01:03:55
Speaker
You know, I forget, I listened to it on like 1.5X, so that might not be what the song sounds like. It might be like... It's not that slow. Like I hear it.
01:04:11
Speaker
I hope everybody enjoyed that session of D&D. Yeah, no, it was good. Yeah. I really do have a hard time distinguishing between Philip and Barrick as far as reactions to the things I say sometimes. All right. Let's go ahead and fill in that last appeared on slot on Barrick's Wiki page.
01:04:30
Speaker
Man, I, okay, so the reason I changed him to the guy. If the darkness dissipated before the fight was over, I was gonna, because I know thieves can't, I wouldn't have to talk. I could thieves can't to them something about, this is a really cool weapon, huh? But then assume that if you guys saw me attack them with Rivenweave, you all know what I can do. Well, Barashia doesn't.
01:04:59
Speaker
Yeah, I thought it'd be a neat thing to happen, but it didn't. Oh, that would have been really cool. It sure didn't play out that way. Oh, you mean something you planned out and thought was going to be really awesome didn't happen in the D&D session? I have no idea what that feels like, Jeff. Okay.