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C2 Ep. 187 Racing Towards Dread Chapter Four
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It is time to go speak with Reynard's family.
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Introduction to 'Ever On Your Need'
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Speaker
D20 radio, your game is roll.
00:00:44
Speaker
Hello and welcome to Ever On Your Need, an actual play podcast at the Ever On Campaign Setting. I'm your game master, Eric. I'm
Aeris' Cybernetics Scheme
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Speaker
Phillip. I'm Trevor. I'm Randy. I'm Jeff. Welcome to another episode. Gentlemen, what happened last time? Well, you just told us. Lots of conversations, I think. Yeah, we did some scheming. I think our to-do list is, Aeris has some cybernetics to build and needs to figure out how to shrink someone.
00:01:07
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so that we can maybe transport Vigo into the Dreadhold and replace Erin with him if she's cool with that.
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but I think our most urgent thing right now is we're gonna go see if we can't win over House Fierling. Gotta say, in the moment, the shrinking and mice conversation seemed almost normal. I don't know why you guys have cooled on the shrinking and the mice thing. Yeah, looking back. It sounds like a cartoon now. Hearing it spoken back to us. If you thought last week, listening to the episode listener, that that seems strange. We're on board now. I am not. I'm down. Oh, we're still gonna try it. Yeah.
00:01:46
Speaker
I have not cooled on this scheme at all. From a content perspective, it's great.
Reynard's Childhood Home & House Fierling
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I like to think as the GM and kind of arbiter of the story to a certain set, building towards an epic heist with the greatest prison in the known world being met with mice and shrink rays is exactly what I expected when I set up this campaign.
00:02:05
Speaker
I have been a mad scientist for several years. There is no surprise. Let's just flip a story point now. She's cool with it. Trevor is rubbing off on you, Randy. Using the mechanics to just solve the campaign. Okay, so yes, where we were headed is you all were headed to Reynard's childhood home to meet with his brother Alastair.
00:02:27
Speaker
to see how House Fearland would feel about a contract to kidnap Viggo and potentially leveraging Viggo's connections with House Thirani to get a discount in some capacity. So that's kind of where we were at, at least based on my understanding of the conversations that were happening. So unless you all have any stops that you want to make along the way to Reynard's home, then you arrive there without any kind of issue.
00:02:56
Speaker
And before we get there, this is not a stop. It's just, I want to clarify something in character. At some point along the way, Eris would say, okay, so who knows what you did? Who does know? You all? Man, what were their names? The two people would help me. Well, Eldrin, I would assume, Verla's brother. Yeah, what was his name again? His name is... What is Eldrin know? I got it written down somewhere. I don't remember. What is Eldrin know? He sent Leoric.
00:03:26
Speaker
okay isn't the job okay well but i mean it's a question of would leorik have told eldering what happened because that wasn't the job eldering might know am i the arbiter of that or are you the arbiter of that i'm the arbiter i thought so because i'm like yeah sure right so maybe eldering i mean there's there's no reasonable reason to think that leorik would keep reynard's secrets from eldering
00:03:48
Speaker
But is Eldrin likely to be at this conversation? It's not a formal meeting, so I don't think, I don't know. I haven't been to my house since my father died, right? Did I? No. And who will be in charge of things? Who will take your father's place? Well, not me. Right. I would assume my brother. OK. Theden was the name of her brother. Theden, that's right. Are there other people named Theden in this?
00:04:18
Speaker
I don't know what you're thinking about Scientology. They get you. You fell into my trap. I don't like that. So, Aiden, you know, told Verla, so... Oh, man. No, I'm thinking Aiden's pretty professional in his business. Not that. I saw the result of that. A failure in what advantage? I don't like that. I don't know what you rolled for. To mess with you.
00:04:37
Speaker
Alright, and is there any reason to even consider telling your brother? I mean, I've considered it. I think we might lead with our current predicament and then it might be a private conversation.
Meeting with Alastair
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If someone would receive that news well, then it's a useful negotiating chip. That's what I mean. But I don't know. You're the best judge of whether someone would receive that well.
00:05:07
Speaker
believe any of us particularly cared for you know but I don't think anyone's going to jump for joy that he's gone okay I might but not in front of you privately arthur song so what are we offering in exchange for helping us if we're helping us keep that bigger
00:05:26
Speaker
Well, I think we were, we decided not to discuss his ties with Tharani, or did we? I thought we were going to talk about that. Okay. Well, as of right now, I believe my brother thinks that someone in house Tharani killed my father. Oh.
00:05:42
Speaker
so that's useful since i used a thorani dagger too right you know and so i i think the the trade would be we don't like this person you may not like this person someone more cooperative would take his place yes okay right okay i see it so we all know i'm not great at conversation so it hasn't come up a long time a lot
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Speaker
but Eris's one social skill is negotiation. One social skill that Eris is good at is negotiation.
00:06:16
Speaker
right looming so please feel free to jump in when i inevitably falter you also have just a reminder so much charm your heroic ability also oh yeah which lets you remove a purple and a black from any charm checks that you make after the roll has occurred nice nice nice nice that's true so did you know about i did know about it but i just remembered it remembered or were reminded remember right when you told me i remember shut up i was reminded of the information that i knew at some point
00:06:46
Speaker
So, anything else we want to discuss? I don't know if I should charm them. I mean, use what you got, man. Just be a level of a little scam. Persuasion, like you're persuading them. It's just, but if you want to rely on negotiation. Persuasion based off personality more than... I would imagine there would be more than one role made in the course of this. Fair. Think of it more about shared history than your personality and that might seem more plausible.
00:07:08
Speaker
Not a winning personality. I do. Raynard does not. Okay, so you all arrive park Tasha nearby and approach Raynard's childhood home. Raynard, I mean, Alistair, in your last conversation, explicitly said that you could return home as a family member, if not a member of the house.
00:07:28
Speaker
So, to that end, does Raynard knock? Does Raynard walk in? Like, how do you approach? I think it'd be more uncomfortable if he knocked, so probably just walked in. Okay. Why are you walking into? The door opens, you all enter, and you all see Alistair standing in the foyer. The foyer. It's the foyer. It's only a foyer, yeah. French doesn't exist in this. I'm flipping. The Norfolk. My story point. You see Alistair having a conversation with Eldrin and Baron Elvinor.
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Dave Yarlen and they all kind of turn and see you all walk in and Alistair's like, right on. Oh, no. Oh, wrong house. An elder and kind of smiles and looks at you and then gob. He's back.
00:08:13
Speaker
God, I don't know what to, uh, he knows, right? Yeah. That was a joke. Yeah. Okay. I really couldn't remember. Yeah. Alistair kind of has a moment and looks at Baron Elvinor. Baron, this is my brother, Reynaud and his associates. Oh, he doesn't know we met. Oh, that's true.
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Did you meet Elvinor? I think so. No, you never met. Yeah, I talked to her. When? Didn't I didn't I? No, you just talked to Eldrin. You talked to Eldrin because he was going to make the introduction. We were going to go to him, her through him. I thought then the hilarious four episodes of nonsense happened and we got kind of off the rails. So I thought for some reason, I didn't scare quotes around hilarious. Did you play as her for something? No, I've never has never showed up. I really thought I had talked
00:09:02
Speaker
Listeners let us know if I'm wrong and Trevor's right. This is probably not right. Hello. I am I guess I should say drain here Oh, yeah, he would have said drain here not Raynard when you walked in apologies. I'm here pleasure to meet you. These are my associates That was absolutely in Canada radar turning to hob taking a bite of a donut that you all picked up on the way
Vigo Boromar Plan Negotiation
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Speaker
Hub. This is Milo. Greetings. And this is Eris. Eris just puts a hand up. Baron Elvinor walks to each of you and shakes your hand. Cold. Pleasure to meet each of you. Apologies if you had business with your brother. We were just coming to discuss arrangements in the wake of your father's untimely passing. I understand. My condolences to you. Thank you.
00:09:55
Speaker
Thank you. Well, I suppose we can finish our business later, Alistair. Yeah, I, Drania, will this take how much time, or? I don't believe so. Maybe a couple minutes. Ben, Elvin or Eldrin, if you want to go to the sitting room, I'm sure that the servants could look after your needs while I handle whatever business my brother may need.
00:10:22
Speaker
Well, we will wait. And she turns. Come along, Eldurin. And Eldurin nods at each of you and they depart the foyer into the sitting room and shut the doors behind them. Well, the whole family is pretty. Good grief. It's true.
00:10:42
Speaker
What's what's going on well should we go probably I guess father's office all right and Alistair awkwardly walks the other direction away from the sitting room and opens the door and kind of nods you all in and Calvary's office is set up there is a Desk with a chair behind it and a couple of seats facing the desk, but there's also a small sitting area near some bookshelves and stuff and
00:11:06
Speaker
And Alistair takes a moment and looks at the desk and then immediately turns to the sitting area and goes and takes a seat there. Please take a seat, everyone. Nice to meet, I'm trying to remember who Alistair has met. None of you? I don't think so. None of you. I don't think so. I think we all name it Basil. Nice to meet all of you.
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Speaker
I hope that my brother hasn't gotten you all into too much trouble this time. Not this time! Very well. So, Drenia, what brings you here? Oh, I just thought of something. Yes! Something bad. Marvellous. Yes! Work it in! I don't... It's gonna look bad if I know it was a Thirani dagger. Because I don't know if anyone's... He mentioned Thirani when he had the conversation with you. Also, yeah, look, our mentioning Thirani might prompt him to provide that information.
00:11:59
Speaker
Also remember, you failed your deception check. So Alistair knows he thinks that like Basil told you some stuff and you were like, but he knows that you're being kind of shifty about all of this. Oh, that's right. That's right. He doesn't necessarily think that you did it, but... Well, we have sort of a favor to ask, I guess, of the house. It's an interesting time to come calling for one of those, but go ahead. Yes, it is. It is, but time is somewhat of the essence.
00:12:26
Speaker
how best do we word this? We have someone who has been quite the menace to us and we thought we had taken care of him and now he's kind of free again and it's not a good situation. He he well he tried to frame us for the murder of Satan Boromar. Remember the name? Thank you you're welcome. The gayest thing I've ever seen in 20 years. Well I got some things to show you.
00:12:58
Speaker
I know. By, you know, we have, I guess, a sort of correlation with our family and the Thrawny house and he tried to frame, well, I guess specifically me,
00:13:08
Speaker
By by planting a therani dagger on on Satan's body your dagger a cop my dagger Okay, what copy of my dad that the therani cousin had stolen from me. Yes. Yes, that makes more sense that which I said Seamlessly in conversation and so we we got him, you know taken care of by the authorities but now he somehow is free again and Yes as she said the authorities suck
00:13:37
Speaker
Oh, no arguments there. So I'm assuming this is Viggo Boromar that we're talking about. Oh, yes, yes. He said he was smart. He gave me a lot of dots to connect. I mean, he didn't really prove that here. But tell him about Jason. Yes, you probably remember more than I do.
00:13:54
Speaker
He's got a henchman who goes by Jason, but he's not. What are we learning his name was? Ignacio? Ignacio Dithurani, who does his dirty work for him.
00:14:08
Speaker
didn't he is not your dethroni though he's dead yes yes killed in the streets but by coincidence some people by fire was it some by some people who has the highest deception among this group oh no I mean being generous and taking the highest deception not that well actually it might be Eris
00:14:31
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Eris has a four cunning and two ranks in deception. Okay, so I'm two and one, you're two and two, right? Yes, I would be two and one. Depends on what Reynard's cunning is. But surely you've got more ranks in it.
00:14:46
Speaker
Whoever is making it, if it's not me, they get to act. No, I'm determining the difficulty of his perception check because you all are lying about... Deceptions to yellow, one green. Okay, so Erisis is the highest. We're doing a really bad job of it. I think you should receive a boost. Yep, that's fair. Doki so goes away. I think he succeeded. Yeah, one success, one advantage. So he'll pass a boost to his next check, or whatever next check I make.
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Speaker
We could be on the same side by the next hit. He kind of looks at all of you and is like, we can speak freely here, Drania. Okay, we murdered him. Yeah, Ignacio murdered Milo's wife and burned down his... His establishment. I was going to say establishment, but there was another word for place of work, right?
00:15:37
Speaker
I'd have said more. I don't know. And so, yeah, we got him. He's not the first Thoronic agent that we've run into. Did you all do Okan then as well? Yes. I believe so. Okan is who you were questioned about by Verla that showed up all burned last night.
00:15:58
Speaker
Well, who's the guy I wired in the face? That was another cousin that didn't die from that. Just, yeah, yeah. No, we did not do Okan. When did that one happen? Last night. We didn't kill anyone last night. We were in no state to kill people last night. So, well, still, that mystery remains unsolved.
00:16:16
Speaker
In our time taking jobs from the Boromar Clan, and we have often been given our jobs by Viggo, there have been a suspicious number of encounters with Therani agents. It is our belief.
00:16:30
Speaker
that Viggo has some sort of understanding with that house. And if his faction of the Boromar Clan remains the dominant one, that would seem to work against your interests. Thorin's foothold grows greater. And Thorin is not even supposed to really be operating in that capacity in Shahn. This is our territory.
00:16:52
Speaker
the influence has been growing little by little over the past year so it makes sense that maybe in addition of course he wants to kill us that's where our interests come into this we have a rough plan to replace him okay but we would need someone we can't get close enough to him and my understanding though is that Ilya Boromos in charge of
00:17:16
Speaker
Yes. And we have a replacement in mind there, but it requires us to first deal with Vigo to give us some maneuvering room. And so we are looking to kidnap him.
00:17:34
Speaker
Okay, so it sounds like you are seeking to create a contract between yourselves and House Fjallen for the extraction of a individual and delivery to you. In general, yes. We're hoping that you will see the ways in which this aligns with the interests of your house during a time of crisis. Yes, I do see that at the same time, you know,
00:18:02
Speaker
gaining the ire of the Boromar Clan at this time would be also a great risk to us. Anybody that would like to give me a perception check on Alistair as he's talking just kind of pick up any
00:18:18
Speaker
nuances of what he's saying there is something there is something to notice if anybody wants to make the check i got two yellow one green the difficulty will be one red one purple two yellow one green is your brother yeah do i get a boost for reading my brother sure since he's your brother
00:18:34
Speaker
He's my brother. One red, one purple. Well. Well. There it is. I got two success, one advantage. Two success, one advantage. And Randy, what did you get? Nothing. One success and a despair. No, because the despair cancels out the success. Just the despair. To despair and nothing else. There's only despair. Good news first.
00:18:58
Speaker
So you had one success, one advantage. I had two success, one advantage. Two success, one advantage. So with the success, you can tell, and yeah, it makes sense. He's your brother. Alastair is trying very hard to intone and gravitate. Like he's trying to be like your dad. He's trying to like,
00:19:19
Speaker
be the head of the house, negotiate, and he is struggling with it, because, yeah, he wasn't prepared to be in this role at this point. Wouldn't doing this be a good show of leadership? Yeah. With the advantage, what would you like to do with the advantage? Let's pass a boost, because I feel like we're going to need it with that despair. Randy, roll the boost on your check to see if... Well, it wouldn't make any... because you can't cancel out the despair. I can if you let me. I'd be like, no. No, we didn't do it. Didn't happen. It's been a story point. It didn't happen.
00:19:48
Speaker
On the perception check. Those have been the bane. Lose that other eye. With the despair. I'm just going to kind of keep it simple at this stage. Alistair notices you eyeing him, Milo. And so there's going to be an upgrade on the next check made by somebody. Like just going to impose an upgrade on the difficulty of the next check. No, it's not earth shattering or anything. I'm happy with that. Yeah. I'm giggling because eyeing.
00:20:15
Speaker
Yeah, so Alistair kind of takes a moment and notices Milo. So, while yes, this would be very beneficial for us to take care of this problem, still would need something. What are you all offering in exchange for the contract? The price will be significantly less steep because it's mutually beneficial, but... I am an extremely skilled maker of gadgets. Okay.
00:20:39
Speaker
and i'm hoping to be soon unemployed so are you looking for a job no i'm thinking that i'm going to stop working inside organizations and maybe do contract work so are you offering well first and foremost an exchange of services do you have anything that you've made that i could see as proof of competency not if you don't want everything to stay intact in this room
00:21:07
Speaker
Eris does the, the movie trope of someone who's carrying way too many weapons being disarmed before walking in. And so it's like, she takes off the, the, the bracer and sets it on the table and little knife pops out of it. And she takes out the hand Fletcher and sets it on the table and she unslings the Fletcher and sets it on the table. And she, well, she didn't make the goggles. She's not going to claim someone else's work.
00:21:28
Speaker
I think it's definitely one thing she takes off, puts on the table, and Hobbs like, wait, that too? She wear that all the time? Is that dangerous? She walks over to the wall and just puts one foot on it and lifts herself off the ground, on the boots, and comes back down. And then she's also this. My arm really hurts right now, but it works just fine.
00:21:48
Speaker
I pulled up his tattoos. Oh yeah. I did those and his arm wraps. Do you pull out any of the teleportation hand grenades? Should she? I'm just asking. Trying to think when the last time I used one. I'm just asking questions. No, I'm just trying to think when the last time I used one, whether Eris would have a functional one. I don't think I used one during the moving the ship adventure.
00:22:15
Speaker
Last time I recall you using one is when... Was it at the party? I think so. That was the gala. Our second gala excursion. People are gonna stop inviting us to those things. And Eris could not be happier. Oh, she pulls out... She's got Sana's gloves. Yeah.
Alastair's Agreement
00:22:31
Speaker
Or not Sana's, she's got Cass gloves. She pulls out Cass gloves and sets them down so that they flex just right and the claws pop out of them.
00:22:38
Speaker
I don't know how to demonstrate this to you because it's limited charge but this is a short range teleportation device. So that's one of the little pucks on the ground. Alistair picks that up and looks at it. Where does it land? It's a part of a pair and so you set one and then when you activate that one
00:23:01
Speaker
It takes you to the mate. And Alistair kind of turns to... It spins the charge of it. So it has to be re... repaired. Alistair turns to Reynard. You've seen this work? I believe I've been teleported. Alistair sets that back down on the table. I made these little communication devices that we're all wearing. I'm really quite good at this. That ship we fly around in is of my design.
00:23:29
Speaker
tell you what you if you make me four sets of these and he holds up the teleportation puck upon delivery we'll execute the contract done okay and obviously that will establish a relationship and we'll pay you for any further work but i have i have terms for further work that are important that's fine and that is primarily that you don't ask where i work and if you ever figure out where i work and
00:23:55
Speaker
Any agent of yours appears at my work. They'll be horribly killed by a four-armed golem. Noted. He just kind of goes, come on, man. Like, not out loud. Eris, are you in my privacy? We haven't had that conversation yet, but if things go a certain way, Raynard, they're draining your account in that sphere, or? I have sometimes invited Drang Yee.
00:24:18
Speaker
So my safety with theirs is always up in the air. So if I did want to communicate with you where you work, I could send it generally. Yes. He knows how to contact me. Okay. Okay. So just to make sure that terms are clear, your ask is that we collect Vigo Boromar and deliver him to you.
00:24:37
Speaker
yes where would you like the delivery to be what would be a good place for that um where was that warehouse we just met yeah yeah you got a whole warehouse place i have a thought that can make this simpler for you all make a fifth one but keep the other fifth set right yeah that makes sense and then they just send them to us yeah okay make for an awkward dinner well they won't do it until we deliver the things so we can control the timing of it
00:25:02
Speaker
Well, we'll always ask for one extra seat, just in case. Eris just sticks the other one on the side of a building. Yeah, just under side of a sky. Oh no. Philip has a face. Several faces. I've always had one. He has a face that's doing a thing that concerns me. This is an out of character thought, but if I can figure out how to manage the range, we could just send that puck through. Yeah. And then when they grab him, they just pop him in. What is the range?
00:25:31
Speaker
Well, it's... I mean, per the book I drew this from, practically infinite. I have not pushed that because that's the book that we drew a lot of Eris's devices from is meant to be like crazy super science. Yeah. Realistically. Like for some sort of fantasy setting where Magic Egg is? Is that what we're dealing with here?
00:25:53
Speaker
I would probably need to make something special to get along teleportation. Realistically, the pucks that Eris have made can cover most of Sharn. If you were on like the Skywalk and you were down, the other one was down in the cogs, there might be an issue. But also at the same time, Eris doesn't know what that issue would be. Viggo might just turn into goo. Like, so... Either way, problem solved. But yeah, you don't know what would happen if the... Because they're not going to admit someone broke out of the drip hold anyway.
00:26:21
Speaker
Or it might just not work if it's out of range, that's the other thing. Or they will decide that apparently Erin vaporized in her cell randomly. If you get out of Dreadhold you heard it. Way to go, that one's on us. So yeah, well it sounds like we have an accord here and an agreement so I will await delivery on the
00:26:43
Speaker
teleportation devices including the half of an extra set and once that happens we will execute and send Vigo your way. Can you when that time comes will you be able to give us some sort of estimated time of delivery just so we aren't just walking down the street and then Vigo bursts out of my pocket. It appears in her pocket.
00:27:07
Speaker
Yes. It feels like an unneeded to be spoken. Or just some sort of warning before you teleport him. Yeah. We will be able to give you an estimation on, you know, once we begin executing how long it will take. We're going to begin doing our due diligence now to try picking up his patterns, figuring out where he's staying, et cetera. But it's unfortunately not an exact science. So I can't tell you precisely this time it will happen.
00:27:32
Speaker
and any number of things in a job like this could go wrong. But I will do my best to give you an estimation once we know more information. Anything else?
00:27:44
Speaker
Hop was going to offer services as well, but if Ares has it taken care of, then he's not going to, obviously. So I do want to point out that you said you were going to execute and then send him to us. And Dranyer didn't say, no, we want him alive. And that's growth. So we're all very, very proud of him. Well done Dranyer. All right. Well, thank you all for coming by once again. It was lovely to meet the three of you and do try to
00:28:07
Speaker
keep my younger brother out of trouble insofar as you can. Please don't hold us to that. I wouldn't put that on anyone, so. I may have a moment. Right, yeah. And Alistair gets up and opens his office door for you all to exit. Where'd you find those donuts? You're never gonna believe this! Raynard brought them! Shall we go to the sitting room?
00:28:27
Speaker
Alistair closes the office door and turns back. Yes. And like kind of the facade drops like, yes, Joanne. Moments ago, you made the choice to not sit at Father's desk.
00:28:38
Speaker
yes and to sit over here in this the sitting area and i just want you to know that you you also have the choice to not do things the way father did i know but listen we we were both raised in this life we both know i mean i you all needed to kidnap somebody and i'm guessing i wasn't low on your list of people to come talk to you this isn't a job or this isn't a position for
00:29:04
Speaker
good people I don't want to be like father and I won't be as cruel to my family as he was but at the same time I and you see Alistair's eyes kind of shoot to the desk and I don't know I had always hoped that someone else would step up and I wouldn't have to be in this position but
00:29:24
Speaker
That didn't that didn't happen. So I don't suppose there's really any of the option for the stability of the family in the house at this point and Elvin one made that rather clear when we were talking when you arrived so You're not officially part of the house Well, and that wasn't me trying to say that I was hoping that you would step up obviously just
00:29:49
Speaker
Yeah, we have a big family. And I don't know. Well, mother's not too happy about it either. Thank you for helping us. Of course. Even though it is a technically seated job, you're doing the right thing. This is someone that hasn't a lot of wrong. I believe you. You know, I wasn't gonna tell you no. So you need help. I'll always be there.
00:30:12
Speaker
Well, we should, we should probably be going. Yeah. If you need anything, come talk to me. Otherwise, once your friend Eris is done with the, uh, the teleportation devices, then we can get to work on, on this business. So, okay. I'll see you soon, Drenio. Yes. Thank you. Well, this conversation is happening. Cut to the foyer.
00:30:33
Speaker
Hobbs says, how do you think he's going to take her when he says he killed her dad? Very loud. The doors to the sitting room open and Baron Elvinor walks out and she sees the three of you standing there.
Baron Elvinor's Engagement
00:30:45
Speaker
Sorry, I was just looking for one of the servants just needing something, but I assume your business with Alistair's finished?
00:30:55
Speaker
It's really hard to swallow the donut that's most I pulled up the donut box towards her. Oh She very gingerly like with two fingers grabs one and takes but but it's a bear claw takes a small bite
00:31:14
Speaker
Where'd you get these? I mean, this place is called Busy B's. We got them from Donuts, Donuts, Donuts. Hmm. To the Donut District. You may need to check it out sometime. So do you all do work with House Fjallen frequently? Insofar as we work with Dranyir frequently. Is he back in in the house? I don't know how any of that works. As best I can tell he was never out of the grace of his family but not officially.
00:31:43
Speaker
and I don't know where he stands there right now. His brother's always we're happy to see him. Interesting. So what do you all do?
00:31:50
Speaker
Wouldn't she know if he was back in the house? I mean, unless it was an extremely recent, like, development. I guess she's not texting every development in the house, though. We heard some dude. Here's the thing. Like, and you all would know this through conversations with Raynard. Calvair was the one that kicked Raynard out of the house. Calvair is dead now. So she doesn't know if, like, this morning Alistair's first act as new head of the Charne division was getting his brother back in. I don't know, what did she just ask us?
00:32:18
Speaker
What do you all do? I'm a majorite. I'm a bouncer. One day I hope to once again own a bar. Where I shall bounce. Interesting. It's also a very interesting scar that you have there. It seems like that would have an interesting story about it.
00:32:38
Speaker
Yes, it occurred when my bar collapsed in the head with a beam. I really thought she was talking about his eye. There's actually a lot going on. Have you put anything to cover it or is it just the the flesh patch? Like did you? Yeah, I've got like a wrap around it. And it's still smoking. Yes, I haven't quite figured out how to prevent that.
00:33:04
Speaker
He's tried gum, he's tried patches. This book! I like fire. It's an easy way to keep your head from smoking. Is it, like, is the scar magical? Is that why it continues to smoke that way? It, I believe it is, yes. You believe it is? Yes. Since anything odd happened since the fire? Well, I can cast some magic and I'm assuming that the scar has something to do with it. Interesting. But I'm not sure what. What kind of magic can you cast? Well, I'm not entirely sure because sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
00:33:33
Speaker
But is it illusory? Is it primal? Is it divine? You see, before this occurred, I was just a simple barkeeper. And it's all still rather new to me, and I'm not well versed in all these different types of magics. So I don't know. Sometimes it causes some fire. Other times it might be ice. Interesting.
00:34:00
Speaker
Eris is screaming in her head, this is a stranger. Yep. Other times, mindflayers appear. Well, if you're ever interested in some extra coin, if you're at least skilled with your magic, we are always seeking talented individuals. Same with, I don't know what, what specifically in the mage rights sphere do you craft? Eris. I can make anything.
00:34:23
Speaker
Anything. Interesting. Interesting. And are you... So I assume that being a majorite you are licensed with Kenneth and...
00:34:32
Speaker
You can assume that. You have to do a perception check on that statement. What would be the difficulty? Because Eris didn't lie. But she's obfuscated. Obfuscated as rude. It's probably still... It's probably still it. Eris is doing her mimicking thing from our detective episode. Where it's like, spies don't tell each other things in plain words. Is she really triumphing us? She knows everything about us. But did she succeed? Or is Eris going to have to figure out what... She succeeded. Okay. Once... Eris going to have to figure out what a failed triumph looks like for...
00:35:01
Speaker
to success three threat and to triumph so she's scared of what i can do right so yeah she picks up on what aris is saying that aris is an unlicensed mage right in the city the what what do you all want for the three threat i don't know i mean the the thing that jumps to my head is obviously
00:35:23
Speaker
In her mind, in the circumstances in which she met you all, you all have a working relationship with House Vierlen. So it would be a detriment to her to leverage Aerys's unlicensure against you all because you all are presumably working to the benefit of her house. Seems good. Okay. And the triumph. Fine. Hmm?
00:35:49
Speaker
I mean, this person's not an enemy, exactly, so it's probably okay. This is a weird, okay, this is a weird triumph because... I mean, from a meta standpoint, triumph, like, yeah, it is weird because the character that rolled it isn't antagonistic, but... Neutral, essentially. It's a neutral triumph. If she wanted to find anything out about us, she probably could.
00:36:11
Speaker
That was probably already true. Yeah. Yeah. Alistair was like on his heels a bit in that conversation, but he also found it a little like cute as the wrong word, but endearing the heiress was like, don't try to find out where I live. And it's like, you're going to be working for us. We're probably going to try to find out where you live, but we'll be cool about it. Triumph, triumph, triumph. The Ram versus where's the elf? Finally, there's so many of them. The whole house here is right here.
00:36:42
Speaker
Unfortunately for you a cousin tinsel's in town for the funeral and he's crazy I know what the triumph is you all hear the yeah doorbells would be a thing in everyone you hear the doorbell ring and one of the servants comes to the foyer as you all are talking and asking questions and the door opens and verla mordain is
00:37:05
Speaker
is staying there. Okay. And sees all of you standing there and she and the servant. Detective, how can I help you? I'm here to speak to Alistair Dufyarlan. Yes, let me go retrieve him. Please wait in here. And the servant heads to Alistair's office and Verla looks at the three of you and
00:37:29
Speaker
Hi Baron Elvinor. This is Baron Elvinor. We are familiar with each other. Yes, funny running into the three of you here and Alister's office door opens. Raynard walks out and is like, great. It's visiting family. There's been a loss in the family.
00:37:57
Speaker
interesting things you know we're working on things it's not surprised you i think reynard being reynard oh no alistair is also a step behind you but walks closer to to verla saying something like verla it's so kind of you to come to comfort the family no no alistair i need to speak with you about a case that i'm working on and very well let's step into my office and you immediately pick up on the
00:38:25
Speaker
tone of his voice drops a little bit going back into trying to be Calvert mode and he turns to the rest of you like thank you for coming by I appreciate the the gesture and if our family needs anything we'll be sure to let you all know and Alistair returns to his office with Verla in tow anybody that would like to give a perception I know I'll just give this one to you Verla gives you a little bit of stink eye as she turns as Alistair closes the door
00:38:52
Speaker
a therani agent died last night so obviously fjarlin would be on her list of and so seeing you in house fjarlin like yeah so what'd you do she came to visit with me and asked about oh con to see if i had anything to do with it and right but now we're here okay oh that's therani agent yes is there a reason why she would suspect you in a therani agent's death
00:39:16
Speaker
Seems she's just about any time anything happens. It feels like to me... She and Ray not have a difficult relationship. Yes. That as well. She really plays hard to get. It's cute really. I don't think you understand the nature of your relationship with that person. Thank you! Thank you! Right? Well, you don't have all the context. We do. I'll provide some context. She hates him.
00:39:44
Speaker
She gave me a cat. That she did. I think that's evidence in Hobb's point. It's a great cat.
00:39:54
Speaker
It's obviously a shapeshifted cop. Do you like cats? It's not. It's just talking. It's not. I don't know. Wait, do you like cats? I don't dislike cats. I'm not much of a pet person if I'm being perfectly honest. No, that's fine. That's fine. How's life? Busy, Drennier. It's rather busy. Who are you talking to right now, Raynard? Baron Elvinor Difrarlin.
00:40:15
Speaker
No, Verla's out of the room. Verla went with Alistair into the office. Which is a very pointed question because I saved her life. But she does not know. I know. It's been busy with the unfortunate death of your father, but we're just trying to figure out what exactly happened.
Reynard's Family & Business
00:40:31
Speaker
We don't understand why Calvair was where he was when he died. We don't understand why
00:40:37
Speaker
Thorani would make a move such as this. So there's a lot of things called triumphs. A lot of big questions that need answering. So I'm trying to use my resources to find those answers. Yes. And how's, how's Eldrin? Eldrin is well, is he not here? He's still in the city room. Okay. Elvin Orr stepped out to go and grab a servant and got caught up in this conversation. He's well, he told me about your exciting
00:41:04
Speaker
conversation and kind of the uh unfortunate what happened to the ebony veil but uh they're repairing and working on that just for context here i'm remembering correctly that that exciting conversation involved telling eldrin that calvair was intending to murder this person yes but you don't know if that like um
00:41:25
Speaker
that specifically came up. I assume that's the exciting part of the conversation. Rainard gets nervous. What else did he tell you about that evening? Oh, just that the Ebony Vale was destroyed, some warforged came through and you and your friend here stopped him from going in and took him to this wonderful little hole-in-the-wall spot and had dinner and he showed me the little warforged figurine that he got.
00:41:52
Speaker
Oh, right. But no, it's just he I attempt to provide a certain level of Consistency in elders life and so when that gets shaken up he enjoys that for some reason So, um, I I did want to ask and forgive me if this is a bit too much right now given everything but I know that you and your father Didn't always see eye to eye. Were you all able to? Come to a level of understanding before these unfortunate events occurred
00:42:19
Speaker
Well, I would say that the last time we spoke, I was finally able to, you know, feel strong and kind of stand up for myself. So that was nice. You're still definitely trying to conceal the truth to a certain extent, I would say. You didn't lie, but you are. Oh, and how did he take that gesture? You know, I didn't see him again after that.
00:42:45
Speaker
I will let you roll charm. It is going to be three red, but because of the despair before, we're adding a purple to it.
00:43:00
Speaker
Well, I get, so do I, do I have to roll a black because of my heroic ability or? No, no, no. I could, if there was a black, I could just take it. So really it's just this purple. Yeah. Well, I think I want to spend a story point. Okay. Add a green. Was there any other advantage on the table for us? I was someone there when you, there was a boost out somewhere, right? Didn't I think I had an advantage that I didn't use. Yes. You passed a boost and none of us have rolled. Okay. Are you going to use your heroic ability?
00:43:29
Speaker
Eleanor heavily suspects you. Okay. You are number one on her suspect list. Well, then sure. I'm using my hero. Well, it might roll it blank. Like you might not need to use it. We'll see what the results are. Okay. So I don't have any failure or I've one failure. So that takes that. Those go away.
00:43:51
Speaker
So I have three success, one triumph. Three success, one triumph. Yeah. And two threat. Those, those took away that. So yeah, I still have the two advantage. Okay. So two six or three success, two advantage and a triumph. So she buys your vague story that your last conversation, your last conversation with Calvair went your way and you felt good about it. Two advantage.
00:44:19
Speaker
What would y'all like to? I'm probably going to need that later. Yeah. Pass a boost to set aside some boosts. Pass two boosts to the next check. Yeah. I think that's fair. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. I think at this moment, we can not predict what the next check is. No, we're there. Yeah. Which is nice. Yeah. She can ask us if we can deny, deny, deny. And the triumph. Oh man. The triumph. I mean, I kind of want to make it that Eldarne doesn't know, but
00:44:45
Speaker
Eldrin doesn't, I see. You can try to control something about the Verla conversation that's happening. Yeah. Wait, you want to make sure you want to make it that Eldrin doesn't know. That I killed my dad. You killed your dad. Yeah. It could also be that Eldrin does know and is sympathetic that you saved his mom. True. I mean, yeah, I like that. I like that too. The reason you're the number one subject is actually because Eldrin said, Hey mom, just so you know, Raynard saved your life. Yeah.
00:45:09
Speaker
But let's go with that. I like that. So sorry, what is the triumph? Well, at minimum that Eldra knows and favors me for it. Okay. Maximum, the Baron likes me too. Super maximum 50 gold. Can I use a triumph for more money? In certain circumstances, like when you're negotiating. Yes. I've definitely used a triumph to just find some dragons. That's for real estate.
00:45:32
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, my my thinking was for the triumph and this kind of aligns with what you're saying just to flush it out and make sure that you're OK with it, because it kind of I mean, you got a triumph because you made the check, but kind of messes with why you would even need to make the check is that the Baroness or the Baron is kind of screwing with you a little bit like she hated Calvair.
00:45:54
Speaker
Eldrin did tell her like, hey, Calvary's plotting to kill you. He winds up dead. Great job. I love whoever did it. And Eldrin is like, well, I, I know who
Reynard's Potential Role
00:46:04
Speaker
did it. Like, um, and so yeah, you're, you're like, you're number one on the suspect list and you're number one on like the people I really like right now list. But she's toying with you. Yeah, but because you don't get it because it's fun. She doesn't like cats because she is a cat. She likes to play with her food.
00:46:22
Speaker
perfect she's arthur has been the whole time wait is she ginger is arthur yeah arthur is a little ginger cat okay listen if you were gonna disguise yourself as a cat why would you make it the same color as your hair i don't know how anamorphous sizing works i mean gingers are just the biggest cats so i don't know if that's scientific just in my experience gingers are always the biggest cats
00:46:45
Speaker
Yeah. Elvinor puts a hand on your shoulder and kind of smiles at you, Reynard. And like you can see in her eyes, like, and she says, well, I'm glad that you were able to resolve things with your father. And I would personally like to, in this trying time, like to have a conversation with you about some opportunities that might be afforded to you within the house, given your father's absence, if you wanted to talk.
00:47:13
Speaker
And you all pick up on, this is a very positive vibe. What do I have to roll to realize that she knows? I mean, she's not trying to conceal. She's trying to be very, very open that she knows and she likes it. Right. And so she turns to the other three of you and is like, if you don't mind terribly, I would like to borrow Dragnier here for a bit just to have some conversations about his future in the house, if that's okay with you all and you as well, Dragnier.
00:47:43
Speaker
Yes. Thank you. We'll go to the foyer's foyer. I'll return to him soon. Return him to you soon. We're getting progressively kicked out. I think Drenia, Eldred, and I will adjourn to my home to have these conversations and I can catch up with Alistair later. A proposal. You're being kicked.
00:48:02
Speaker
he's being invited to brunch so yeah elvin or kind of be two things guide you towards the sitting room and says i'll have him back by
00:48:21
Speaker
this evening unless things go especially. What? She laughs. Yeah, hang on. Radar is terrible at picking up to be silent once already. I know. I'm trying not to. I mean, do you do you say anything or resist or anything as she is guiding you into the sitting room? No. Do you say anything to them? Wait up losers. I'll call if I need something. Don't talk to her like you talked to Verla.
00:48:43
Speaker
Well, she's not attracted to me. Yes, keep that a whole time. End of episode. Thank you all so much for listening. If you want to be part of the conversation surrounding this episode, you can head on over to our Discord, the link to which you can find on our socials, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, at The Geek Pantheon. We also have a YouTube channel, youtube.com slash The Geek Pantheon, where you can check out TTRPG videos made by myself and now Phillip's gonna plug something.
00:49:06
Speaker
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Conclusion & Community Invitation
00:49:23
Speaker
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