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Ep. 69 Blue Pill or Red Pill - Bellum Draconis
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Baal returns back to give news on the Dragon Eggs. The rest of the party have a strange choice to make.
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Intro written and produced by Joseph McDade
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Transcript
Introduction and Casual Banter
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Speaker
Are we pausing? Are we pausing? Are we pausing? I can take this a bit further. Before you need to loop in. I'm making another character, so carry on. Instead of 28 days later. This is crazy.
Character and Role Introduction
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Speaker
Hello everyone and welcome to this week's episode of The Fellowship of the Tabletop Bellendricornus. We are a live play 5 E D&D podcast set in the magical homebrew world of Eryth in the kingdom of Draalak. Joining you for this week's episode we have Will who plays the dragonborn druid Baal Valkon. Sexual harassment panda. You've got Ian who plays the tiefling warlock Nyx Corell. I will smoke your snout all day. Callum who plays the warforged artificer Alpha.
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Gagball, Daron who plays the high elf artifice of rain's haddow, loitering with intent, Gopher, Willy who plays the human decleric Emron, it's getting hard in here, so Nyx has taken off his clothes. My name is Mark and I'm playing the human blade singer Seth, Faro, Reaver and last but by no means least is our maestro of magic, our commander of combat, our DMD of DND, Dungeon Master Danny!
00:01:36
Speaker
Bonjour, you bunch of sexies.
Goldview Journey and Mysterious Encounter
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We are walking through the streets, the mudded streets of Goldview and in a nearby alleyway, we see a small stumbling figure of our friend, old girl, wandering down slowly and he looks up and continues walking. The orb now is resting in his hand down by his side as he takes us in, the listener, and addresses us.
00:02:07
Speaker
Oh, campfire conversations. Damn, that was an interesting one. There's only four eggs left. Oh, shit. Whilst that party sits around the campfire, having their chats. Is Seth part of the group? Is he not part of the group? We're gonna have to wait and find out, I suppose.
Campfire Discussions and Future Hints
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But he done tells us that he was having some spies in Sleekard, keeping an eye out for us. So he wanna send a letter by a sending stone. But that done fucked up because goblins don't know shit, boy.
00:02:36
Speaker
I could've told you that. Damn! Anyway, they done did some rest time. Bal made a move on Nix for a little bit of sexy time. Seth and Reigns, they done did some bonding over the Blight and Lucien Blightfain. And hell, Seth done seen the showdown of Drago and Grazit. Holy shit!
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Speaker
Emron and Alpha, they done had some talking too. They're planning their next steps. Alpha is basically saying, oh, you should not go on ahead on a soap and maybe do a little bit of substance diffusion. And also, if we duns do that, you best go in and fucking blast every bitch up and leave nothing behind. And Emron going all being like, oh, you don't go fully to the dark side. You don't come back. But, uh, hey, yeah, everyone done believing in a chance for redemption, Alpha, and you're too sure.
00:03:25
Speaker
Oh shit, there's fucking tension. Anyway, not dumb passes.
Flying Druids and Environmental Navigation
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Speaker
It's morning time. You get 14 flying fucking creatures coming round. Are they bats? Are they eagles? No bitch, they're druids. They don't pick up them beautiful eggies and start flying to the southbound. Makes a beautiful oasis as they leave and they get on the boats.
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that Alpha Dunn had helped some crafting with, and they get guided back to Shondralikar. It's all rubber dinghy rapids up in that shit. Instead of a day and a half to get there, it takes them about a couple of hours. Oh, dang. But on the way, they don't see six pairs of footprints.
Footprint Discovery and Speculation
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It don't take those characters with a bit of low intelligence quite a bit of time to work this out. But oh, fuck, it's probably prego. But they get back, nicks.
00:04:14
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He is pretty proud of his arachnic fairies. And, uh, oh, is that Marauder lying down? Oh, no, bitch, it's not Marauder, it's fucking Prago. Let's find out what happens next. I'm going to blast a picture of Robert Dinkies. Wonderful. Fantastic. Wonderful, wonderful, and again, more wonderful.
Callum's Humorous Antics
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You approach your oasis. You see what you see before you. He's fucked already. He's fucked already. He's had to put a hand up. Listen, his red face is going. He's muting himself. He's trying to talk to us, but it's not working. He's just laughing, spluttering, coughing. We're witnessing the death of Callum.
00:05:03
Speaker
Right then, my laughter. He's currently wearing Santa's beard as a bib, by the way, listening. If you want to know the state that Calum is in, he's currently got a Santa hat on, a massive brown beard himself, and he's currently wearing Santa's beard as a bib. It's difficult to drink through the beard.
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Speaker
And you'll be listening to this at the end of January, so that would really fuck you up. And we still have it on good authority that Callum, at this point in January, is still sat around at the Santa's house. I was Santa in denial.
Emron Questions Prago
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What are you doing in denial? You're immense. No, I shouldn't say that. We were all thinking it. Right. Seeing Prago underneath the tent, Emron will walk forwards towards, you know, Prago the Dickless.
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Speaker
So Prego, I think it's time for some answers. Is it? You must ask the questions first. Okay. What are you doing following us? Question one. Go on, you got this. Answer now. Ask another one. It is...
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Speaker
Don't ask another one. A matter of efficiency. Please, you've come all this way. Sit. Enjoy. And he raises his goblet of wine to you. Okay, so why are you following us? Question two. For different reasons. I follow different ones of you. How long have you been following us? Question three.
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more than you think i don't know if you get more than three usually in stories you don't get more than three i get as many as i want nix oh that's a flex this one this one is new points at saith ah he he met us at the where we just been which you should know because you were there hmm yes would have been a nasty fall for you no doubt
00:07:20
Speaker
Had someone not intervened? Again, why?
Prago's Cryptic Revelations
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I think you just said he saved you. I know. You should say thank you. But why? Because you saved you. No, no, no, no. I'm talking to Prego, but I'm talking to you. I'm looking at you, but talk to Prego. Oh, sorry. Must you always rush for answers? Look, and Prego gestures behind you where the
00:07:49
Speaker
The waters of the Oasis have parted again and the guide druid that you have yet to really learn more about stands waiting for you to descend. Okay, we're going to come back to this. This he's dealing with. I will be here. Good. Alpha will just hang on a second. Where is Marota?
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Not here. Down there. We left her down
Marota's Suspicious Departure
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there. It's okay. Alpha, she's just down there. Look where we left her. We left her here. Fuck's Marota. She has served a purpose. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. You see you don't like evasive answers now, do you, Nix? Damn fucking right. Where's Marota?
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Speaker
Is now a bad time to ask who is Marota? Yes. Okay. Marota is Marota. When is Marota? Your friend was unhappy that I am here, that I have been watching you. I'm starting to understand and mutually feel what Marota felt. So let's get some more answers. She left yesterday in the direction of Snakerun to look for a means to remove me from your trail.
00:09:22
Speaker
But as some of you know, that is not possible. Now, Marotta wouldn't want to remove you from our trail without good reason, which again makes me think that you're not necessarily here to help us all the time. I also believe that if Marotta wished for this person to be away from our trail, she would handle things herself. She tried. I make a perception check on his sincerity about this. I want to try and underpin if he's
00:09:52
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fucked around. It probably goes to he, yeah. He, yeah, definitely presents his mail.
00:09:58
Speaker
Uh, so I'm trying to find out basically if, uh, he's telling the truth. Maroah did go into the direction of snake run. That'd be an insight check. I will do an insight check there, which is a shame because, um, Mike, I have advantage on and not, well, what the fuck am I saying? Insight. Where's my insight? I've lost my insight guys. Higher than perception. I www.dndb.com
Prago's Unsettling Messages
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13. 13. Do you believe everything you say?
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you believe he's on the level you believe he has explained she has gone elsewhere to try and deal with this deal with Prago's presence what did you have a conversation before she left why why did she just automatically decide that you're not the one who should be following us what have you done what did you talk about fuck all the questions just answer me that one
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He smiles, doesn't move his mouth, and then you hear in a thick Scottish sounding accent, Scottish presenting accent for the sake of players, but for anyone in Aerith, a Drolachian accent. Look, I don't know what you're fucking doing here, all right? But you need to go before I make you go. And then some noises you can't distinguish.
00:11:20
Speaker
Time is confusing. And then again, you hear the sounds that you attribute to when Marota is hit by something painful. Those groans where Marota has been close to death's door and the interventions of the party have kept her from crossing that threshold. A passage of time again. And you hear the sounds.
00:11:51
Speaker
I'm going to find a way to get rid of you. You weird thing. And nothing else. Prager just continues to smile at you. Okay, I don't know a lot about what's going on, who Morata is, who you are, but I know what gives me heebie jeebies. You are my friend or giving me heebie jeebies. I need a good reason for me not to cut the sanity from your mind. By all means.
00:12:21
Speaker
There is nothing there to cut. No, I'm speaking, I think more metaphorically, I will just cut you up until you die. That was what I was going to do. Seth, may I suggest that whilst I also share your
00:12:37
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This satisfaction of what whatever this is that's going on right here. We're here for a reason and currently Prago is distracting us from them now fucked up and Nix is gonna go forward. He's going to put a hand on Prago's throat And grasp hard and he's gonna cast shock and grasp go for it. Whoo
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As he moves forward, the purple energy that comes from his horns turns into the lightning. It starts to crackle down his body and then shoots out through his right arm. And as that juts towards Prago's throat simultaneously, as soon as he touches, because he's not strong, it's not about strength, it's just about that skin on skin. And as soon as that contact happens, there's this purple kind of electric energy that passes straight through the throat, if I managed to get it. It's an 18.
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One moment. Nick's eyes has turned black. Go ahead and roll damage. So that's a nice 10 points of lightning damage that takes hold of Prago. As Nick's face has turned dark, his eyes are black. He's got a very serious expression on his face.
Nix's Magical Attack on Prago
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The whole time this exchange had been happened, the guitar didn't stop. The lute, sorry, didn't stop. Prego's right hand continues to strum. The mage hand continues to work the fretboard. The left hand with the goblet of wine. Feels this caress to him as he takes it around his neck and in this shocking grasp. Just stops playing for a moment. Calmly sets the guitar, the lute to one side. Smiles.
00:14:32
Speaker
It says nothing. That makes Nick's falter because he knows he hit it through his just iconic something inside him knows this made contact in whatever he's been trying to do. This one worked this connected. So he knows there's a shift of power that happened from Nick's to this person. Just looks a bit doubtful and he tries to strengthen his resolve.
00:15:03
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What are you? A question. To some, a friend. To some, a foe. To four, maybe five, a father. To one, a mother. To you, points at Alpha, a bounty hunter. To you, points at Seth, a foe.
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To you, points at next. A minder. To you, points at rent. Your debtor. To you, points at Amron. Ah, prego is not sure yet. To you, points at Baal. The next few moments.
00:16:05
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I'm sure, will reveal. Not a happy bunny. So, clearly, you need to bash his face in with your fucking hammer. Please do.
00:16:36
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You are my... You are something beyond our Ken. Are you something to do with what we encountered in that strange realm with Nyx? I know not of this. Describe the realm.
00:16:57
Speaker
I can't tell you, it was some place that a nix's patron took us to. Why would you give him more ammunition? Why would you tell him more things? Because he seems to know enough already, Seth, and as you said, sometimes honesty.
00:17:14
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He might as well be the best policy. Yeah, not when he says one of it, he is going to bounty hunt one of you. He's going to, what, fucking, parboil another one. I am his foe. You are, he's not sure. This Bali's going to, like, check after he's dead, probably. This doesn't sound like positive information to know about you lot. And why the fuck am I your foe? I have never met you before. I think your music is aromatic and quite beautiful. Like, what have I done to offend you?
00:17:44
Speaker
Not so much you. Oh, great. So I'm just... You're a master, however. I don't have a master. I'm my own person. Mm-hmm. Okay. If you must... No. And he keeps slipping into Morota's accent. More to provoke than anything else.
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your patron next the sea spider she sends me here to remind you of your debt he slips back
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I've never failed that test. I've never spoken to my patron. I've got powers, yes, but these have manifested from other sources. I've never once had a conversation with my patron. Do you believe that truly? Again, in Morita's voice. Nyx will look away, not answering.
00:19:06
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Clearly there's more about you Prager than meets the eye in a metaphysical, physical and metaphorical sense. Many words. And you notice every time you speak, everyone, he winces.
Prago's Identity Hints
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So you're the one that saved me. Possibly.
00:19:37
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Right. Because if you are, I'd rather know. I don't feel comfortable knowing if I owe you a debt or not. I may have saved you once. I may have saved you twice.
00:20:03
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Yeah, I'm getting the feeling here that the one thing you're getting a kick off is having us dance on your strings, knowing what it is you say. And dance you do. Yeah. Maybe we should just go and give the ex back. Yeah, I think Prego said one thing sincerely, which is there's a very angry dragon down there.
00:20:26
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We probably shouldn't keep it with you. If Maro who is after you, fucking beware. She's going to rip your head off. I hope so. Again, in Marocha's words. Fuck this. Nah. And Nyx will turn away and just walk back down the steps. So, Nyx, you descend. Yeah, very sullen and fucking freaked out, man.
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Speaker
Who's next? Yeah, I'll follow just with a lingering gaze at Prego and yeah, follow down the steps. The moment, Bell, you attempt to do so. The individual Dragonborn we've been referring to as the Guide, but the one you know as Finsel raises
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that recognisable staff towards your chest and shakes his head. You know of the judgement then? You are not to call this place home any more.
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You are lucky. Your entire brood is not exiled with you. Baal will kind of slowly nod and look around as well. Are any more of the golden
00:22:14
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Dragonborn up here. Anything that's not wild-shapen is all presenting blue. OK. As I'm kind of close-ish, am I hearing that as I walk down? Do I get that? Do I not? There was a sense of urgency about your steps. I think by that this is such a delicate and slow exchange that unless you indicate that your momentum was stopping, you're probably not catching this because... OK.
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because you're under the surface. It's like the reverse of a speaker. Baal will kind of look up and lock eyes with Finsel and say, the sovereign mother is just. I thank her for every kindness she has shown me. And I will spend the rest of the fire in my soul.
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making up for the wrongs I have committed and I'll make a kind of a low bow and take a couple of paces to the side and just stand there. He doesn't bow back.
00:23:30
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Reigns is feeling a manner of uncomfortable at what's happening but one of the overriding things that Reigns is feeling is a little bit of guilt for still being so distrusting of Nick especially as he's been so willingly trusting of Seth
00:23:46
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He's heard through hearsay that Nix did something with an illusion to protect him and he's aware that Nix has just wandered off alone into a very angry dragon's den. So Raines is just going to go hell with it. I never had anyone in my debt ever that I would willingly have there.
00:24:05
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you ain't there either prego we'll deal with this later and range is going to turn and disappear down there with the same amount of urgency after nyx down there you're not impeded you are permitted to pass alpha emeron seth i think alpha will have kept eyes locked with prego while nyx has moved away range has moved away and
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ball and Alfa is going to take a few steps towards Prego and just kind of crouch down in front of him, still eyes locked, just trying to study the face, the visage that this kind of person gives off. Unjaws kind of how to proceed with such a person who
00:24:57
Speaker
infuriating with no logical sense he's going to just remove a dagger very slowly from his person he's going to reach out and he's going to cut the loot strings just very very slowly that Prego's playing put the dagger back in his pocket stand up and then walk away to
00:25:27
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begin making his way down the stairs. Could you make aging hard on? It's with the manliest thing he's ever done in his life. Could you make a constitution saving throw for me, please? I've killed myself. Oh, shit. Oh, god. It's a five. Don't touch the loot. You touched his loot. I should have not touched the loot. Five. Five. Five. I'm going to die. OK, this is a six string guitar. Could you please roll a D6 and tell me what the number is?
00:25:57
Speaker
Oh God. Oh my God. Oh fuck. This was a fuck around and find out that's what this meme is right now. Yeah. Okay. So now I rolled a five. So now I get a high rolls drink five. Thank you. Oh my God. I've done something. Okay. Down dead instantly. So as you go to pluck that blade,
00:26:28
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Can you tell me how many items you're attuned to currently? Callum's been fucked anyway. Oh, shit. You fucked both Callum and Alpha all at once, because Callum's like, what is attunement? I know what attunement is. I believe it's what's attunement. I'm attuned to one at the moment, which is the sending stones. It's normally, no, yeah, no. No, that's an attunement.
00:26:54
Speaker
What about the coin? Yeah, no, it's just going to be the coin, isn't it? The sending stones aren't an attunement, they're an infusion. Do you have to be tuned for a lot of different infusions? I'm sure they count as an attunement, I'll check, but I'm sure they count. I didn't think they did. I've got the book here, don't worry. Pleads are a double check. Callum will tip X out of that book. I have different things. The backpack. I have different things as well. You're attuned to that, that's gone. I have a different category for attunement and for infusions. Bullshit. So, dragon teeth, they're fucked, they're gone.
00:27:23
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So at the moment, I think I'm only attuned to the coin. And write us what the coin is for the listeners. The coin was a gift from old gal, which basically gave me advantage on a d20 roll. However, gave me disadvantage on the next d20 roll. That was like a double sided coin with an angel and a demon. Quite literally. Callum, it depends on the item. There's a list and it either has a demon, yes or no next to them. Which one is it you've got? Sending Stone.
00:27:53
Speaker
No, you're all right. That is a no. You are correct. You are not attuned to those. So, what happens, Callum, is... Whereabouts on your person does that coin exist? It is on a thing around my neck. So like a medallion? Yeah. Okay. The moment you break this string, your chest feels incredibly hot. And as you sort of look down,
00:28:18
Speaker
there is this scorched mark around that has like almost branded that metallic plate that exists on your chest. This item is cursed now and cannot be unequipped, save for a high level cleric spell that you don't have the information right now.
00:28:44
Speaker
I mean, it can't be unachined. Can't be unachined. I can't take it off. I can't take it off. I am stuck with
Alpha's Cursed Coin Discovery
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it. Until remove curse is used, but you don't know that in game. No, no, that's fine. As this coin is like almost branding me with a mark and I'll say it's like almost fusing to my actual kind of metallic chest. I'm going to attempt to not recoil in and show no emotion, no reaction to this kind of
00:29:13
Speaker
branding that's currently happening. And um, remind us your hit point total. Oh God. You had to try and act and style it out. You couldn't have just gone, ow. You had to be a dick. This happens, but there we go. 27 is my max hit points. Not anymore, bitch. In 27 days, you will have zero of zero maximum hit points. You will lose one point every 24 hours until the curse is removed.
00:29:43
Speaker
Oh shit! That's amazing. We don't know that yet. I don't know that yet. Oh my god. I need to somehow stumble across a healer. You just feel that warmth on your chest and that branding that has sort of appeared and you're unable to move that now. It doesn't even really react to gravity. It's sort of like soldered on now that coin. Still does the regular effects that it benefits you.
00:30:11
Speaker
They actually come cursed. How can you flip a coin that's branded to your chest? Fair point. Handstand. We've got to flip the column. Flip the alpha. Flip the alpha. Flip me. Flip me. We've got a cartwheel everywhere. Fair enough. Alpha's just going to still walk away with this branding on his chest. He's clearly feeling it and feeling the effect, but he refuses to show any kind of emotion. Why did I go to cut the strings? Why?
00:30:42
Speaker
I thought I was being clever. No. Well, well, well, if it isn't the consequences of my action. Prego continues to play the lute and just accepts that that string is now missing. So everything sounds as discorded. A bastard fucking wanker. Seth would have watched that happen and then turn and walk directly up towards Prego, stare at him for an uncomfortable like 15 or 16 seconds.
00:31:12
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I'm not going to wait that long. And then drop down onto one knee, head bowed in a prostrate, kind of like bowing position. And you'll just, you're the only one there, but you'll hear him say,
00:31:26
Speaker
Amidst the shadow and ash I find purpose, grant me the skill to be the singer and the strength to strike without mercy. In the chill of the night under the moon's gaze I embrace the silence when my actions be swift, my decision is keen as I tread the stone of the hunter. With each footfall I pledge to the forgotten, in each breath the scent of conflict, grant me resilience, grant me cunning as I traverse through the
00:31:47
Speaker
realm of shadows, guard my hand through this twilight shroud, in the midst of chaos, let Dreyoch complete in the mortal battle against thee. For the lost and the obscured, in the quiet moments I remember, as I unsheathe the blade, let the weight of their memory fortify my resolve. You are my foe and I am yours. Stand up, nod, walk off. And as you do that,
00:32:18
Speaker
Oh yeah. Let's go. What you know is you've got- Fucking cursive, cursive. God damn it. Second, I'm just checking the sink. Yeah, those blades are gone. Fucking sink's not a bitch. Let's go.
00:32:32
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There's no, there's no blade there. I didn't do anything. I just had some words to myself. He lets you say the entire thing and he hears it and he sort of nods along. And as you go to stand and you rise, just make a wisdom saving throw as you just see this grin and the smile just almost for a second almost seems to augment out of him and just appear as a projection in front of you almost. He's going to fucking take your legs. As a heads up, that was, that was one of the kind of like mini
00:33:00
Speaker
Hymns almost of the sleep guard surge they used to say. That was sick. Real cool. Now you've lost your mouth. 15. Like the Matrix. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Straight up. What use is a phone call? 15.
00:33:15
Speaker
You say you're him. You make that solemn expression. Stand, turn. There is an audible silence from everyone who can hear this. And then you snigger Seth at the absolute loudest. And it turns into full belly laughter within seconds as you are just laughing at your own words. And it gets to the point where you have to hold your stomach because the laughter is so fierce.
00:33:45
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you fall prone for a few seconds, and you are just giggling uncontrollably on the floor at what you said, picking out phrases and lines, finding it hilarious, that was even said, and after about a minute, come back to, continue to do whatever it is you'd like to do. Yeah, at the moment it seemed funny, but it's not really, it's meant to be serious.
00:34:14
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as you're still trailing out a couple of giggles. If you were not telling the others what happened here, that would be, it's been very, very painful for me to admit that it got in my head. Your secret is safe with me. Thank you.
Seth's Dragonborn Warning
00:34:48
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Go down there towards the entrance underneath the lake.
00:34:52
Speaker
Okay. That sounds like a... No, that sounds like a sensible place to go. Underground. Yup. And as you approach Seth, the top of that step, the staff, again, just taps you on the chest like it did for Baal. Don't touch me. Enter at your own risk. The mother is likely to burn you alive the moment she smells you.
00:35:21
Speaker
Fuck! Did we hear that? I think you're in the ground mate. You're fucking underground, you're with us, alright? Fucking medallion. Jesus. I'll have you know I'm cursed. Has Alpha come under yet? I probably won't ever yet.
00:35:38
Speaker
Uh, so just, just to check who, who is in my vicinity, like it's ball just there. Or is he? Yeah. Ball sort of moved off to the side after he was denied entry. Everyone is still around. Prego is still around. There's a handful of alligators. And then there is this, this individual who has been sort of the mouthpiece of, of your visit here, um, just showing you a really life threatening warning. We could take him. Okay. Um,
00:36:05
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Seth is going to shoot a look towards Baal and kind of like nod with the top of his head towards this imposing Dragonborn with the staff in the chest. Kind of like, is he for real? Kind of like, yeah? Kind of like, is this actually, yeah? Am I actually going to get burnt alive if I go down there? Or then a nod. I mean, I've got good insight. My passive insight's never seen. He'll just say, for real?
00:36:33
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I'm going to get you to roll the insight, Bal, just because you're contemplating a lot right now of being essentially put into exile, but your passive probably isn't just like ticking over like you would expect to just roll for it. That's right. I beat it with a 20. Great. That's your, that's your take. Okay. Uh, yeah, understanding this, I'll look Seth dead in the eye. He will be obliterated in a matter of seconds. Do not try it.
00:37:01
Speaker
Oh, sleet's breath. I really wanted to go down there. Oh, right. I'll come up, stay with you. If that's okay. Well, I'm not going anywhere right now. Oh, brilliant. Neither am I. We're on this, you know, at the same page, you and I. Not quite.
00:37:20
Speaker
No, I'm sorry. I'm still a bit, I don't know what happened with the laughter. It's, it's, it's a bit awkward. I'll just, I'll just sit in the sand for a while. I'll, I'll shut up. And he's going to just sit down confused and worried and not really sure what's going on. Prego's mage hand just sort of brings a bottle of wine over towards you. To me. Yes. Oh, he's not going to touch it. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope
00:37:51
Speaker
Everyone spent this entire time looking at Prago and... Come on, everyone. It's morphin' time. Let's go. Celestial bitch time. Let's go. He's contemplating a lot of things. Aye, aye, aye. And he will look at Prago. There is more to you than meets the eye. You hear back. There's more to you than eats the pie.
00:38:26
Speaker
But one good deed deserves another. And M1 will step forward. And unless you stopped, I'm going to cast mending on your broken loot string. Go for it. I cast mending. Prego nods and appreciation and raises a goblet for you.
00:38:54
Speaker
I was suggesting it to offering it to him. And one will take it. I apologize. Alpha is young and he sometimes acts in a way that he thinks is smart, but he's not. Do not apologize. I have known Alpha for some time. Yeah, that still disturbs me. Are you a God? To some, yes. To others, no.
00:39:21
Speaker
Right, that sort of answers my question, but doesn't. And everyone will take a drink from the wine. It's the same stuff that was found at the Chrisco Trading Post. Still a good vintage. Travels well, it seems. I don't know who or what you are. But if you have saved me, then you have my thanks. And quiet what this is.
00:39:51
Speaker
we will get to the bottom of it. As long as you are not a threat to this group and what our mission is, then so be it. What is your mission? Now there's a fucking loaded question. My mission in life was to just get by and just have a life. Seems like you're getting dragged into fucking other stuff.
00:40:14
Speaker
You make... It seems our mission is to free Sleek God of the Upcrisker, it would appear. You make the wrong friends if you just wish to live a solitary life. Well, not a solitary life, just... I never thought my life was for great things. Seems that sometimes as these things happen, great things are thrust upon us.
Emron's Philosophical Exploration
00:40:37
Speaker
I sense destiny is strongest with you. Fuck.
00:40:45
Speaker
Uh, I'll do what destiny and what Alito and pregos is the leader's path the moment you mentioned that name. If Alito wants me to do this and that's my path, then so be it. As someone once told me when it comes to destiny, is it the Walker that chooses a path?
00:41:14
Speaker
Or is it more of the path choosing a walker? Anyway, thank you for whatever you've done. I'm sure we'll only... We'll talk again. And everyone will get up, put the glass down having finished it, nod and walk over towards the waterfall. Or the entrance. Yeah, he'll just smile during this exchange.
00:41:41
Speaker
Still remaining on the surface, Seth I'm sure really were to place himself after something really quite sacred to him was diffused and made light of. Baal really similar actually, something really sacred and important to you now feels severed below the surface, descending those very familiar steps once again, Alpha, Reigns, Nyx and Emron.
00:42:09
Speaker
you descend for 15, 20 minutes. The beads of sweat that you become accustomed to feeling traversing the desert again hit you here as you're doing this different sort of workout. After about 20, 30 minutes, it levels out again and you arrive in that small anti-chamber and the tunnel of truth in front of you. Do you all continue?
00:42:40
Speaker
Don't get naked again, Alpha. Unless the, uh, will it ask us to bear all again? I won't. I didn't like that. I didn't like that at all. I just want to say guys, like I felt powerless. Yeah, you and me both. You and me both. Where is Bao? Where's Seth? Bao wasn't allowed down here. I get the impression that we're about to meet a very angry dragon in the
00:43:11
Speaker
I don't like what we're doing. And I'm confused as fuck. Nix will just walk down the hole of truth. You say the same things again. You see your reflection. You see the sort of spiraling fountain of blood. And you see this eight legged arachnid figure as you walk down. Nix isn't looking. He's aware in your peripherals, you know, when you can see the images,
00:43:40
Speaker
but they make you feel like he's not looking to be strong willed. This is uncomfortable as fuck, like seeing these images. And so he's just purposely shifting his gaze away from it. This isn't a strong walk. This isn't a strong stride. This is a very uncomfortable, unsure, nervous character. And he's not particularly enjoying himself right now.
00:44:07
Speaker
I don't like it confused as fuck. There you have it, Rains. You have complete affinity and understanding with Nyx Carell. Okay then. And Rains himself is going to walk straight down there. And as Rains goes, he's going to wince and particularly keep his gaze away from the ancestor who he assumes he's had over the third, who of course he famously knows was roasted alive by a dragon.
00:44:35
Speaker
Yeah, it's hard to know with certainty that that's what it's showing, but certainly your father is the most immediate and recognizable, past that your grandfather, past that, it's just hazy. There are features that look haddolian for one other, but a collective nameology there. And it just, it's continuous. It just goes back and back and back and back and back until the figures become like almost seeing yourself in a reflection so many times that you know it continues, but you can't,
00:45:04
Speaker
visibly recognize him. There will almost be like a strange gallows comfort in the fact that he can't pinpoint the ancestor who met the fate that he now fears is about to come to him. But it's fleeting and the dread kicks back in and he just powers through after Nyx. Alpha, clothed currently? Alpha definitely clothed.
00:45:30
Speaker
going to start to walk down the tunnel of truth and i assume he sees again this elven reflection staring back at him he's going to pause for a moment as he goes down and he's going to kind of put a hand out against the tunnel always meeting hands with this elven reflection who he still knows nothing about taking in
00:45:57
Speaker
every aspect of the face, the body, the build, the colour, absolutely everything. And almost like you get the sheen in the tunnels, a sheen is going to come over Alpha. And as he steps out of the tunnel,
00:46:19
Speaker
he's actually going to be having to nix and reigns. You're not going to see the alpha that you know. You're actually going to see this elven character that alpha's seen within the reflection itself. The clothes are still the same, but the face, the body, it's now this elven reflection standing before you instead of alpha.
00:46:43
Speaker
It's worth saying as well, if you wanted to in those moments where you're in the tunnel looking at that, so immediately it's your reflection. So when you put your hand against the glass, it's just your pure reflection and then beyond that is the old figure. If you want, feel free to make an investigation check and just sort of try and study those features a bit more. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. That will be fantastic. 13.
00:47:11
Speaker
It's hard to get a lot. Elvin, yes, definitely female. No, it's hard to pinpoint age. It's hard to pinpoint sort of racial attribution.
00:47:31
Speaker
Yeah, because it's not a clean, flat image either, like there are so many bumps and convergences in the wall itself. That's what you ascertain, but definitely feminine features. So the replica that you guys would see when Alpha exits the tunnel is just a rather kind of bland
00:47:54
Speaker
simple looking female elf. There is no noticeable characteristics about it. No scars, no indentations, nothing. If it is a very kind of simplistic looking female elf that comes out of the tunnel. Okay. Alpha does not notice this either. And then M. Ron, you step through the tunnel.
00:48:21
Speaker
Do you look, or do you just continue to power through? M1 will look. And again, you see those two forms. To what everyone else would understand, the film of Chilwa, and then this other that is so shrouded in this blinding light that has some sort of features that aren't you and aren't Chilwa. Can I stop?
00:48:51
Speaker
try and investigate the one that that's not tilwha sorry please before you make an investigation check now that's a six so i can tell nothing you're sort of blinded by like it's it's the brightest sort of light in this tunnel like the the the tunnel of truth relies on this like low blue um ultraviolet like lighting and then this is just sheer radiant light and it's just too blinding to find that those features okay
00:49:19
Speaker
But do you eventually cross? Yeah, and then I will continue. I will walk over to the end of the tunnel. So as you get to the end of the tunnel and to four of you stand on this platform, it's all fully lit. The pretense from before doesn't exist.
Dragonborn's Reward Dilemma
00:49:35
Speaker
There is one large brazier of a blue flame in the middle of this platform. There are two blue scale dragonborns much further back this time. They aren't holding rank like they did before.
00:49:50
Speaker
That blue willow wisp style entity appears from the flames and begins to dart around. That rumble kicks up again, and Alpha it's on you to translate now, which you do. Once you've now you've had a chance to learn this sort of dialect of Draconic, you pick it up quite fluently. I'll say these words, but please pretend it's Alpha translating.
00:50:19
Speaker
So few of my children returned. I promised you a reward for all of their return. Yet I am grateful for those who are back in my halls. Two of you will leave here rewarded.
00:50:49
Speaker
Three of you will not. Your friend left. She chose not. I want to know that my rewards are going to those worthy. Each of you will be offered a choice of two rewards.
00:51:21
Speaker
one of greed and one of selflessness. I cannot which one you pick. But you must choose without conferring. And in this moment, the fire freezes and all four of you freeze in this pause of time almost.
00:51:52
Speaker
And what I'm gonna ask Callum, Darren, and Will to do is to take any ability you have to hear off as only Nix will hear Nix's offer. That's a sad scare.
00:52:20
Speaker
Wow. This is spoken directly to you almost telepathically. The rumble doesn't exist. As Shondralika knows, you don't speak this language. Or at least assumes. Correct. You hear power or protection. An offer to remove you of your detour.
00:52:51
Speaker
the one who will eventually come calling to collect your contract, or the location of the siren's eye, the most sought after treasure amongst pirates and thieves. And what I want you to do, Ian,
00:53:20
Speaker
is you have to write down somewhere protection, which was offer one or power, which was often offered to or pass. And I need you to be as honest as you can and never alter that answer until it needs to be revealed. Okay. Okay. Okay. Next. Okay. Bye. Alpha.
00:53:50
Speaker
I need you to be the only person who listens to this. Just alpha. Alpha. This is spoken to you in Draconic. For other people it has not been and it's been communicated differently. So you are doing a live translation. I offer you knowledge or adventure.
00:54:22
Speaker
the knowledge of the location of an ancient monument of a forgotten age which will allow you to learn who the echo is that exists in your memory rune and I have a name or adventure I will replace that which arms you
00:54:52
Speaker
for scales of mine and own. And what I need you to do, Alpha, is write down whether you want knowledge, whether you would like adventure, or whether you would like to do a hard pass and allow for someone else to have theirs. You have to write it down. You've got to be very honest and not deviate from that answer, okay?
00:55:17
Speaker
Thank you. I'm going to ask you to go on for reference. I've written it down top left of fresh clean page. Great. What my answer is. Thank you. Okay. We're going to shoot over to rains. So just rains is going to hear this. Raines. This is spoken telepathically as Shondra la car expects. You don't speak Draconic, but that is an assumption.
00:55:48
Speaker
I don't know. Okay. I offer you influence or a promise. The influence is the means to gain the trust of the sleep guard family. The promise is information on the ancient pact
00:56:18
Speaker
of House Haddow. What I need you to do, Darren, is I need you to write down on a piece of paper whatever you've got, either influence, promise, or pass. Okay? A pass means that you allow one of the other players to get their reward. Only two rewards will be given. You choose. Does that make sense?
00:56:46
Speaker
It does. Great. Thank you. I need to somehow summon Will. So this one is for Will. Okay. Will. What's going to happen? Emron Will.
00:57:16
Speaker
I'm talking about. What's going to happen is you're going to hear this telepathically as Sean Drellikar assumes that you don't speak Draconic, okay? So, I offer you divinity or heritage. Divinity being the location of a Lido's fall. His last steps on Aerith
00:57:46
Speaker
A site known only to those most devout. Or heritage. You may take some of my true glass. And once a month, you may speak to your other form. And what I need you to do, Will, is choose divinity, heritage, or pass. Okay? And I'll allow one of the other players.
00:58:14
Speaker
to get potentially their rewards. That makes sense? Okay. That moment of frozen time ends. And Alpha, you're back to translating and that rumble kicks up again. Speak now, all of you, your choice.
00:58:49
Speaker
Power. I shall pass. Yeah, like Alpha said, pass. Emron. Pass. The fire bursts this bright blue flame.
Nix Learns About Siren's Eye
00:59:14
Speaker
And Alpha, you're going to need to translate as this rumble booms out.
00:59:20
Speaker
the sirens eye a jewel fabled of being capable of cursing entire armies controlling winds silencing storms and finding uncharted lands is under lock and key on board the corrupted coward the captain
00:59:48
Speaker
by Juana Roughdog Nightshade. Though not one who sails on that vessel knows the jewel is contained below decks. Do you get all that? Hang on, I'm just muting everyone.
01:00:15
Speaker
Do you mind awfully saying that all again, just for the actual, it's quite an important thing. The siren's eye. A jewel fabled of being capable of cursing entire armies, controlling winds, silencing storms, and finding uncharted lands. Currently under lock and key, aboard the corrupted coward. Captained by Juana Roughdog Nightshade.
01:00:45
Speaker
though not one who sails on that vessel knows the jewel is hidden below decks. And then, since Emron, Alpha and Rains selflessly passed, I'm going to roll a dice. And dice will decide who gets the other reward.
01:01:17
Speaker
So, one to six, one is alpha's first, two is alpha's second, three is emeron's third, emeron's fourth, five is rain's fifth, rain's sixth. I rolled a five. Brains. And you're narrating this alpha.
01:01:47
Speaker
influence, the means to earn the trust of the sleep guard family. A phrase that will lead whomever, whomever speak it to certain doom, if said too loudly, but whispered in the right places will give you all you seek.
01:02:17
Speaker
In scorch helm, in gold view, in moonrise,
Significant Phrase Reverberations
01:02:27
Speaker
in ereth entirely, speak thus. And you can't translate this, but alpha, because it's only in Draconic. Bellum Draconis.
01:02:51
Speaker
And as that echoes throughout the lair of Chandrallaka, ripples in the oasis above. It's enough to startle any. Prago stands to his feet in caution of what has rumbled below.
01:03:15
Speaker
It takes 10 seconds or so for that reverberation, that bouncing, that echo to cease. The fire turns golden. That is where we're going to end this week's episode of the fellowship of the tabletop.
Conclusion and Call to Action
01:03:40
Speaker
My lord.
01:03:44
Speaker
He said it! You can't pay him to con us on that! It was a literal roll credits moment. It was said it was a literal roll credits. Like the silence. You're just, you're just gonna eat in that silence right up. It was a meal in between each word. It was a fucking meal, man. Like, oh. Yummy. Oh, delicious. Shit's gotten heavy. Oh, damn. Oh, damn.
01:04:15
Speaker
I don't want that to go. Let's keep going. I'm the one who has to sign this off, so I'm fucking not doing that. I want it. Audience want it. We all want it. Let's keep going, Ben. I'm just honest. Come on. Let's find out what happens next time. I guess we're going to have to wait a week, which means thank you for listening and tuning in and making us a party every day week. We love you for it. If you wanted to do us a solid, let a friend know, let a family member know, give us a review.
01:04:40
Speaker
Just get our name out there. We would love you even more. Then, if you wanted to, you could let us know that you've done such things on our X pages. We have the main page, which is at Fellowship Table, and then we have our individual pages that you can follow us on. I'm at iVold1. Darren's at... Darren Page06. Callum's at... TheD20Gamer. Mark is at... Hey, see the role, DM? Alpha Will is at... TheD20Gamer.
01:05:08
Speaker
Peter Will is at. Fellowship NPC PC. And oh, oh my God, our grandiose of a DM is at. Total Party Thrills. Until next time, guys. Farewell, everyone.