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Ep. 28 The Match in the Powder Barrel – De Profundis
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Transcript
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But what would he say right now if he saw you two throwing bogeys at each other?
Introduction to Aerith
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Hello, welcome to this week's episode of The Fellowship of the Tabletop. We are a live play 5-E D&D podcast set in the magical home-brewed world of Aerith. My name is Mark, I am a dungeon mouse, and I am full of lovely Chinese food and Camden Hell's lager. And also with us for today's episode, we have Ian, who plays the Dragonborn Barbarian. Aw. Aw, Bay Bay. Dragonborn Barbarian. Dragonborn Bay Bay. Dragonborn Barbarian Dragon. Second week in a row, and you're full of Chinese. Yeah, I love Chinese food. You've got a problem. I don't, because I have a home gym.
00:01:02
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The weights are still out there from when I rage quit the gym earlier as well. Banging and clanging. I literally rage quit. We have a buff DM everyone.
Claude's Communion
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We have Darren who plays the human fighter rogue Robin. Holy ole old Batman. That was some backstory. Darren who plays the human cleric Claude.
00:01:18
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I'm never ready for it. You are? When Darren does these, I'm just never prepared. I'm milking the whole rubbing thing. Do you think he uses the time before he speaks to plan? Absolutely. Or do you think it's impromptu? Darren, is it impromptu? No, there is a mixture of impromptu and planned. I have a series of the great quotes from Robin in the 1960s that I want to roll out. You've got a page of them. We've got Will who plays the Wood Elf Monk out there. Hi.
00:01:44
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And we have Cano who plays the gnome-saucer of Folly Fizzlebank the 9th. Hello! We have a full party, here we go. Right, on last week's episode of the Fellowship of the Tabletop we found ourselves outside the interesting shop in the town of Evershire with the rain slowly coming down. We looked off to the distance and saw the burning embers of the town of Evershire south where Folly Fizzlebank the 9th had used
00:02:04
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his fling wall in order to let the party escape from the cold rats and escape past the fold back to the shop. Drago then re-entered the town, exited the shop into the town. Upon us happening, Foley had looked over his shoulder at the smoldering embers of the town, looked to the group and quickly knocked his staff on the ground and disappeared from view.
Arrival at the Cursed Camel Inn
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The rest of the party, confused by this but more confused by what Drago's face was saying
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led by Claude, walked through, face for saying, anyway, walked through the town of Evershar to find the cursed camel Inn where they spoke to the bartender.
00:02:41
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They spoke to a few members of the patrons. Drago thought he'd seen someone going upstairs that he was interested in. He went up, no one was there. He came back down, got the group, they went upstairs to a room that he had rented for two gold, and he then told his, pliked his story and what the shopkeeper had told him only a few moments ago in Evershire. Upon that, Claude had fallen to the ground, clutching his amulet as he had started to pray, the first time in view of the rest of the party. Entirely, however,
00:03:08
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had said some nice kind words to Drago and had head downstairs for another drink. We find ourselves...
Akiva's Guidance
00:03:15
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stood around in a small, close room with Claude on his knees, his hand clutching his amulet as he almost, his whole body seems to vibrate and shudder as he seems to be communing with another entity. As this is happening, I would stand around, I would see the camaraderie that has formed in the group, I would hear the silence as Claude is kicking off and I would just say to everyone else in the room, which is Drago and Elfyr at this point,
00:03:43
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Well, we can't not share this room tonight. I'm off to book us some rooms. However, I think we need to discuss as a group other things that happened today. You do what you want to do. I'm off to book us some rooms. Well, no, I think this needs to happen now, Robin. Go on then, Alfie. I'm sure this'll be all right. Just before you start that...
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you hear kind of more noises coming from him and you see his eyes have rolled back his head it's knocked back you see a small bit of spit rolling down the side drool almost falling down the side of his face as he seems to have now kind of amped up into a second gear of this
00:04:20
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Communation. Communed communication. Communion? Thank you. Of this communion with Akiva you can only imagine. Now, Danny, do you want them to be in here? Are they okay to hear that? If you commune? So, you close down into your trance state and you grasp hold of your amulet and you start to reach out to speak to Akiva. You find yourself numb and you find darkness enveloping you. You get the sense you're being listened to. What would you like to say?
00:04:50
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master you heard what was spoken by the dragonborn i spoke to you about is he being pursued by an enemy could you give me a religion check please stop i want to go
00:05:20
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For the purpose of this spell, I don't need to make a check to know about it. I find that information out, but I'll make it anyway. It sounds too good, man. I want to go. That's all going. I love it. Careful. Twenty. Twenty. Twenty. You feel a presence approach. You cannot see. But you feel a presence approach you. There are no words that are spoken.
00:05:50
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But with your question, as is the way with Akiva, he gives you an emotional feeling to respond sometimes when he has the energy. And you feel a sense of confidence in you to respond to your question, which of, is he being pursued by an enemy? Okay, I feel confident as a result of saying that. Yes. So what's normally happened is you feel confident when it's a, he has to feel a sense of dread when it's a... Yeah.
00:06:20
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My second question, is Dangan his father living? You feel a weight in your chest start to pull you down as a sense of impending dread pulls over your body and starts to almost weigh down your neck. And my final question today is, what of his brother? Is his brother living?
00:06:50
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the way it's lifted and you can stand straight again and you feel a sense of confidence in elation elation not inhalation elation in response to your question thank you master I will continue with your bidding and usually as you relax yourself out of this commune and usually you would seep back into the realm of Erith you remain
00:07:21
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you feel the presence of a figure behind you step forward and you can feel the hairs on the back of your neck standing on end and you can almost hear the breath of a face and a head just over your right shoulder breathing
Mission Warnings and Visions
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very quietly into
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that you can still see yourself feel yourself clasping on your chest this goes on for quite some time and you are stuck static still waiting for something to happen for someone to say something and as an inhalation of breath Claude you have done a great service
00:08:18
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Do not give up your mission. There is great deceit in this world. Be wary of change. You ask after the Dragonborn, but some are not to be trusted. Some are not as they first
00:08:50
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I may say more, but my intent to meddle with the human form and the mortal realm is the least of my worries. The humans and mortals you travel with are important. They are the key to saving me and impart the millions of souls that must return
00:09:19
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That is why it is important you keep them on track. You must close the rift. Do you understand, Claude, that this is one of two rifts? And if you are successful in closing the rift of the emberscar blight,
00:09:48
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The ashen scar blight is yet to close far off to the west. So keep your wits about you. Learn what you can. For the ashen scar blight is a force dissimilar to the blight you will face.
00:10:19
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You must be ready for that. You must stay strong. And you feel the presence start to back away from you. And you feel more in capacity and more in control of your own ability to stay in realm and act and commune. You have the option now to leave and return to the mortal plane and break this religious spell if you wish. I think I'll stay for a bit
00:10:50
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Because Claude's not really clear how the concept of time works when he's in the eternal plane and praying. That just sort of takes some time to re-centre. Because he knows, everything's scary. The eternal plane isn't...
00:11:14
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So if he has a few moments extra to spend, it would just spend meditating almost in the eternal darkness, or whatever it is, whatever, however it looks. During that time, your mind settles, but your senses are still quite active. And as it is almost sensory deprivation, you cannot hear, you cannot see, you're left with your mind and your sense of touch and smell, which again is dead end.
00:11:43
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You think over the last minutes of conversation that has taken place, and you're not sure whether this is imagination, the lack of sensory attunement, or indeed some other kind of vision, but you picture in front of you three tall dragonborn. You see around them a burning forest, and a settlement sacked. You see
00:12:16
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thousands of kobolds, small, vicious, red bloodshot eyes screaming, barrelling down on these three figures, one of them you recognise as Drago. You see them fighting, you see them separated, it seems to jump from image to image as you go through. You hear a call from Sianka, it seems to be more Drago's voice than anything else. You see Drago turn,
00:12:43
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And what you see standing over what you can assume is dengone is a figure you've seen before. You see a tall, thin, dark figure. Horns protruding from its skull. It only flashes up for an instant. But this creature stands at 15, 20, 30 feet tall. Your sense of height is warped. It seems to be wreathed in shadow.
00:13:14
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tall, high above this dragonborn, feet upon feet above this dragonborn. It flits between this figure and that of a shrouded mist of fog, which Drago described, and flits between... Really, really quick between the two, but every time it does, the figure's looking directly at you. It finally pauses on this large figure with its large green eyes staring out. You hear a screaming
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in your head and in your soul, a similar feeling to the time when you saw this figure in one of your previous visions in the forest. It returns in an instance to the fog, to the mist, to the darkness swirling in front of Dangan and you see it envelop him and you see a sword fall from his claw to the ground and then an instant the fog
00:14:12
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Fighting is a bag to finish when suddenly, as Drago rightly says, from the space where his sword is, this energy and explosion fires back, pushing back scores of the Kobolds, knocking Drago down. As the Kobolds stand and scramble, you see a blood-soaked, half-blinded, young Drago groping for family. You see him calling out for his brother, for his father,
00:14:42
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and you see tears falling from his face as he surges through the wreckage. And just as the image starts to fade away, you see him just slumped on the ground by his father's sword, just hunched over it, holding it close to his chest and kind of sobbing quietly, surrounded by a carnage. As it slowly fades, you return to your meditative state in the eternal plane.
00:15:12
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before slowly opening your eyes. And you see your own knees and your knelt on the floor within the towing. As Claude's head is thrown back, and you can see a little line of drool falling down his face as he seems to hit this kind of epileptic level of seizure, it quickly, as fast as it comes, his head kind of lowers itself and flops down towards his knees, and suddenly it stops as quick as it started.
00:15:40
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And, Claude, you can now lift your head up and you're back on the water. Fusely? Sweating? Yes, massively, yep. That's weird. But...
Tensions Rise in the Party
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Hello, back to... You alright? Yeah, are you okay? And he's, Claude's just looking at Drago, profusely sweating. I go to the milk on the side and pour him some milk and offer it to him.
00:16:11
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You're welcome, Claude. And I'll down it. What are you doing in my room? It's not your room. We all came here to chat, remember? Oh. It can't be your room if you need it, though. I can get another one. I'll get some air. Might be nice. Do you want to leave?
00:16:31
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No, we're having story time. I was trying to raise the fact that... Dragga just leans over and opens the window that you locked earlier. I'd raised the fact that there was other things from today we needed to discuss. Sorry, I keep stopping you in this world, but just as it happens, as it happens, the whole tavern burns down, you can't. What happens is that Tally, another drinking hand, comes back up. Okay, you're still up here.
00:16:59
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and it kind of reads the tone of the room and just kind of stands by the doorway having a sip. Drago just spent a long time talking about how he wished to honour his family and quite a lot about his family which was quite interesting and quite honest of him. But we need to address the fact that I was insulted today. Who by? By Drago.
00:17:24
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I've insulted you many times after you've been at pinpoint which time. And now finally taking my name one final time I think is... Is this with a post guy? Yes, but I think the joints of every single time has... Elves don't normally hold grudges, but... This elf does. Yes, this elf does, and I think it needs to be addressed. Fair enough, you have the floor.
00:17:53
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My problem is that you have taken liberties with my name and I want an apology. I'm sorry. That was quick. It was, really. The fact that we weren't going to have discussion, Robin wanted to avoid discussion, but none of my friends actually truly tried to stand up for me, which I found a bit disappointing. So you want an apology from everyone? Yes, I do. Guys, can we just apologize?
00:18:19
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Yes, but I've had enough of Drago being Drago, because quite frankly, it's just... I'm tired of his shit. It's too much for you out there. Yes, it is. Why has it suddenly changed now? He's always been like that. We've always just dealt with it. But... I don't know what the problem is. The fact that he's pushed this so far... He always takes your name. Yes, he does, and it's a personal insult to me to do so.
00:18:44
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then this is something for you to raise with him many times before now and I'll expect the rest of us to do it for you. Well no, I'm raising it now because I feel it's come to an end and it needs to be said if we are to continue. What do you mean? I'm raising it because I am unhappy with the way Drago is acting and... This is about your name, yeah? Yes. Okay, I'm just making sure.
00:19:12
Speaker
My name was given to me, as I said, before my elders and before my gods when I came of age. The fact that you take it now continuously has just been enough, especially in this world where I don't have connection to my gods is even worse. And that is the problem I have with this. I'm sorry, Corgi Elfies. I don't- You're not the problem, Claude. I'm so sorry. That's the first time. I like not being the problem.
00:19:42
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Noted, Elthir. Anything else? Yes. Okay. I think... perhaps it's time that this party changes. What do you mean? Change? What's wrong with how we're doing? We're dysfunctional. It doesn't... Yes, it doesn't work. Not all the time, but it does some of the time. I don't understand why you want to change it, Elthir.
00:20:12
Speaker
I'm quite happy with the way it is. I'm not. Anyone else? If you have something to say off here, stop the cryptic messages and say... OK, I feel that either Drago should leave, or I will. Drago has no offering in the Old Amazing here. Well, he stays or goes. If you two need to resolve something, I suggest you resolve it. And I'm going to book us some rims for the evening. And I'm going to go.
00:20:40
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I think that together you... Sorry, sorry, just check Robin if you left. I'm just gonna go downstairs and book us some rooms. Robin's just found this a bit. Just gonna go downstairs, get a nail, book some rooms and come back. Together with Robin, you three have achieved more an error than any company of three I've ever known.
00:21:08
Speaker
I understand it might get hard, but you're making real changes in this world. And it's very important that you think about that. You might not like each other right now, but there might be times where you do like each other. Just to point out, I have no problem with Elphir. Elphir, I look to you as the person who helps me understand things.
00:21:38
Speaker
Thank you. I'd like it to stay that way. So don't go.
00:21:46
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I can't see it staying this way without Drago changing, and I don't think he will. I think he has changed. Since I met him, he tried to kill me, and he no longer tries to kill me. Well, that is a good change in my book. He tried to kill Folly, and then he didn't. He tried to kill me when we first met each other, and then he stopped. It's something he does to everybody. It's not really a change in behaviour I've seen.
00:22:13
Speaker
I don't wake up thinking I might get stabbed by a dragon. Man born. Dragon man born. Suppose you would. But I think that it's very important that you recognise that together you do great things. Apart, it will be harder. Arthur, to your point. You are right. I'm probably not going to change.
00:22:39
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To others point, I'm not asking anyone to change nor do they ask anyone else to change. It appears you have the problem here. And although you wanted apology, it doesn't seem to be enough if you want me out of the group.
00:23:03
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no issue here but if you were expecting me to get down on my knees and wish for you to stay you know me well enough by now to know that that is not what I do every person chooses their own path they do indeed you must do what you have to do and if my time has come in this group then
00:23:33
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with keys and probably caught just the end of Drago's speech there.
Reflecting on Shader's Death
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You and you, looking at Drago and Elfir, owe it to your friend Shader.
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to get on past this. He didn't die so that you two would go off in different directions. He didn't die so that it would cause a rift between you all. If it wasn't for Drago, he probably wouldn't have died. I don't think that's true. See, I was thinking the other day about that whole evening, and I think I was the problem. So you're to blame.
00:24:14
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Yes. I don't think anyone is to blame. I shouted down the hall about Ericas and I think that might have caused Drago to believe it was Ericas and then he went down the hall. Claude, trust me, you don't want to wrestle with someone's death and your conscience and don't do discredit to Shader. He did choose to go into battle. Yeah, but what would he say right now if he saw you two thrown
00:24:43
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bogeys at each other. He would probably say let's just all sort this out with a battle right now. Let's do that. Alright then I hit him. Ok I rolled a hit. Let's do that.
00:24:59
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Oh man, that's a one. Okay, you stand perfectly still though, Drago, as your back is against a wall and Elphie and whether it's something... I'll take the second attack action as well. Yeah, you will. Whether something innately stops this fist or just the...
00:25:16
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The blindsidedness of Drago's straightforwardness caught you off guard. Your punch rolls off to the side and you capture the wall as you quickly pull your fist back for your second hit. Uh, natural 20. Okay, natural 20. Yep, roll damage. Double damage. Thirteen points of magical bludgeoning damage. Okay, cool. Do you want that? And then take a insane throw please. Just for the start. Yeah. That...
00:25:42
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is a 23. Yeah, he passed. So this punch catches you squarely around the face, hitting you with his left arm as you hit and then as you hit again. Take a deep breath. Feel better. No. One point to you, Alfie. Drago, your turn. I have had more pressing things to deal with today.
00:26:13
Speaker
Trust me, of all people I understand an angry hit, have another one. Chargo skips his turn. Health here! Right. I'll hit him again. I suggest punching him harder. First hit's a 17. Second hit is a 20 plus. Yeah, both hit. Okay. 18 points of magical bludgeoning damage. Okay.
00:26:41
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And I'll take these two big hits. And I'll just stun him again. One to the face, one to the stomach. No, I got one here. Apologies. As you take these hits quite violently. 16. Ah, you've just beat me. Pass it again and you get this feeling of something trying to stop you from moving as you manage to shake it away.
00:27:00
Speaker
Deep breath again. The heat in the room is rising and you can feel the looks from person to person starting to dart around the rest of this group. Even Tally looks very concerned at what's happening. Do you want to go, Robbie? I don't think so. Tally? Fancy slapping the old driver? She doesn't respond. She looks worryingly at the situation.
00:27:29
Speaker
Yeah, okay. 15 and a 21? Yeah. So the first one misses, and as you do that naturally, as he's bringing his head up to almost get ready for the next hit, you don't expect he stands slightly taller, you just want the first hit to miss under the chin, and the second hit hits directly on the nose. Takes another eight points of magical burden of damage.
00:27:58
Speaker
And take another con save. Charlie calls that at this point. Healthier. 11. Stunned. Another deep breath though. I'll take my bonus action to actually hit him. So I'll use my bonus action to hit him. Okay. At an advantage. 25. Yep. Do another six points of metal dodging damage. Charlie calls that again. Healthier. It's okay, Charlie.
00:28:27
Speaker
The hell's there? Hit him again. Critical hit on that first hit. It is in the create wheel, sorry. So I know it's an ability you've got. Sentinel at Death's Door. So that first attack will do six points of magical positioning. Second attack... 15? To hit? Yeah. Oh, no. Sorry, I thought that was 15 points. No, no, no, sorry. Apologies. And then I'll...
00:28:52
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take my, do another Con saving throw. EDA, you passed that one. And then I'll take my bonus attack, because that might still start. That means no longer starting. You know, you're starting until the end of this go. And that go, yeah, misses again, it's another 11.
00:29:18
Speaker
I think he wants to have a conversation now, Elphir. I think perhaps you have hurt him a bit. It's on you. Like I said, I understand the need to rage. Carry on. Are you feeling better now, Elphir? No. Maybe try a drop kick this time.
00:29:43
Speaker
Elphir is going to drop into an orcish guttural language. I'm going to cast Hex on Drago. Okay. What has he got to roll it? He doesn't. He's got to get to the Hex and just explain to him. Hex. So you get disadvantage on Consume and Throws and if he hits you get a plus one D6. I get a plus one D6 when I hit him. Okay.
00:30:11
Speaker
Uh, as it hurts me to say, can we all roll initiative, please? Did anyone get 20 plus? 15 to 20. 19. 19. 10 to 15. 14. 14. 13. 13. 13. I've got a Dexo set of a four with my modifier. Oh shit, is it? I have three. Elphin. So I cast Hex.
00:30:42
Speaker
17. Yep. So you take 6 points of magical bludgeoning damage and 6 points of necrotic damage. Do I fail a roll? That disadvantage. Because the hex means you. Because I was making these con saves. Still good. That is at the lowest. 21. Yeah you pass.
00:31:07
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So you're still mobile, you're still moving as he takes two more hits. He cut his eyes, go dark for a second as he presses a shape into your chest and you feel yourself become weak. And I speak orcish language. Dark language. Yeah, I'm not speaking common, speaking orcish. And then he cucks you once more in the face as the same feeling of...
00:31:27
Speaker
tightness seemed to seep over your body, but you managed to fight it off yet again, Draco. Is that the end of your turn? Yes. Uh, yeah, cos I've used my bonus action. You feel a strange static in the air, and in and amongst you, suddenly... Folly just... appears on the ground in front of you. Hello. Tali. I'm Tali. Shit. I mean, Folly... What the f... Where did you be...? It's best you don't think about it.
00:31:56
Speaker
And as you see this towering above you in a tiny little room, which you've managed to track them down on their little adventures, after you've had your own little adventure, in this tiny room with, basically, Drago pinned up against the wall with Elthea beating the shit out of him, you can see serious marks of damage on his face, Drago has his sword sheathed, his arms are down, and Elthea is, you've seen him just kind of lay this last punch at him. What do you have to do? Are you guys with me? Yes, it's your turn now, yeah. Excellent, absolutely.
00:32:26
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I can do you say words as you cast this on me yes I am mumbling to myself cool 12 okay I'm going to cast levitate on you I'm just going to make you float
00:32:44
Speaker
You know what can only go as high as the room is? Yeah, but you can't hit Drago if you're floating up on the ceiling. So your room's not that big there, how high is the room? The saw was big enough that Drago could if you remember getting the saw up and over his head. So it's his height, plus then probably three or four feet above that. So you've got to kick him on each other. Seven and a half. Seven and a half, so we're talking ten, eleven feet tall. So it's quite a high ceiling actually. Can I kick him?
00:33:09
Speaker
Well, you can definitely try on this. Your turn. Anything else you want to do, Folly? I will basically look at Elphir and say, Elphir, what on earth are you doing? Why are you attacking a comrade? Can I reply? You've been six seconds worth, yeah. Settling a score. Drag go. Your turn. You just see Folly just appear out of nowhere and then Elphir just kind of look a bit concerned for a second before he just floats up. It's OK, Folly. He's got to do what he's got to do.
00:33:40
Speaker
Do you want to attack? Do you want to do anything? No, that's the end of my turn. Okay. Tyler's going to step into the room. Can we make a wisdom saving throw, please, Alfie? Yeah. She looks up at you, she opens a book and reaches a hand out towards you. Ah, rolling turns. Eight. You feel a cold seep over your body.
00:34:03
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and neck goes stiff. You have had hold person charged upon you, and she looks up at you and screams, Delphia! Stop this! You're not yourself! Just stop!
00:34:19
Speaker
It's the end of our turn. Claude, your turn. We're going to cast Restoration on Drago and remove his Hex. I was going to say, are you aware of me having cast it on him, but you would have seen him casting it on him that time, yeah. No longer Hex. The Hex is removed to the 1d6. I can't do that. Two spells. Never mind. That's the end. Is that your turn? Going to... just cast Spare the Dying on...
00:34:47
Speaker
Drago in the eventuality that he falls to zero hit points. Okay, thank you very much. Robin, your turn. What did you like to do? I am going to... Robin is going to step into the room. He's going to step next to Drago. He's going to look squarely at Elf here and say, that's enough, Elf here.
00:35:13
Speaker
And I'm going to ready an action which will trigger if the circumstances go that way. You need to be very clear about what they are. Explain the circumstances. So what do you want to... Okay. What do you want to trigger the action? And what is the action? Okay. I am going to ready...
00:35:33
Speaker
Do you know what actually, for this term that's it. Okay, so you're not doing any of the actions. Okay, thank you very much, Althea. I'll take my wisdom saving throw then, so... Okay, try and get out of this whole person. 13. I'm not very good at wisdom saving throws. That fails unfortunately, as you try to re-go out to this Althea, the spell continues to habitat you. Okay. The newest highly continues to look up at you concentrating on the spell that she's casting up at you.
00:35:59
Speaker
That's the end of your turn, Robin. Sorry, that's the end of your turn, Elph here. Folly, your turn. What do you like to do? Um, with the levitation spell, it still... But for 10 minutes, it's still on me. Yeah, I'm not casting another spell at the moment. I'm just going to basically look up you and still talk. There are bigger things to fight than your fellow comrades at the moment. What on earth are you playing at?
00:36:27
Speaker
Okay, now that's the end of my turn. Thank you very much, Drago. Back around to you. You can see him struggling up there. Alright, it's okay everyone. You can let your spells down. And Althea, it looks like you have a choice. You can keep hitting me. I'm not gonna attack you, as you can see. Or we can look to move beyond this. Like I said, I understand why you're raging. Okay. But it seems that
00:36:58
Speaker
Everyone wants to work together here. Apart from you. Thank you, Dragro. 18 hit your ammo class. Well... Yes! Okay, Talia, she's cast Firebolt at you out of rage. Aimed it not to kill you, but just to end you. Okay. Take 4 points of fire damage. She shouts out, Get to your senses! This isn't you!
00:37:29
Speaker
She would get up at her turn. It's spell casting. Claude, top of the round. Gonna look at everyone. Get quite emotional. I have something to tell everyone. If you'd all stop hurting each other, please.
00:37:48
Speaker
And I'll reach out and I'll cast a 5th level Cure Wounds on
Healing and Revelations
00:37:51
Speaker
Drago. Oh, thank you. 5th level. That's some love right there. That's some love. That's some Drago love. Some sexual healing like that. 27 points of healing. Thank you. Bloody hell. Robin, it's your turn. What would you like to do? I've travelled with you for over a year and you'll know very little about you.
00:38:15
Speaker
You said we had a choice between you and Drago. I've voted Drago stays. You don't like that, you leave. It's up to you, my friend. I don't like what I've seen here this evening.
00:38:29
Speaker
Okay, thank you, Robin. Elphir, your turn. Could you make a wisdom saving throw to break the whole party? Yeah. Oh, that's one-one. Continue to held. Yeah. You're held there as your body is slowly, NASA-style, just kind of floating, but totally stiff. Not like that, but just stiff. It is a narrow to work. Turning over, but you can hear everything that's going on and everything that's being said. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Volley. He's aware. Anything you'd like to do?
00:38:57
Speaker
hearing Drago's requests and what he seems to be doing, I will look again, still look at Elthea. I said, know this Elthea, I'm going to put you down. If I feel a comrade's life is in danger, I will end yours and won't think twice. And he's going to deactivate, levitate and just have him
00:39:23
Speaker
Slowly. Uh, gently. Claude would put himself under to try and capture your paparazzi out of style. Oh, thanks. Kay, thank you very much for the drug. I have your turn. Anything else to do? Just... Maybe Robin was right. Healthier, and we should heed his advice. A night, perhaps. A sleep. Cooler heads prevail.
00:39:59
Speaker
Tanya's not gonna do anything. She's gonna be staring up at Althea with a look of anger in her eyes. Claude, your turn. So with Althea in my arms, sort of, not fireman Carrie, but a proper, like, baby Carrie, I'm just gonna lean into his face, do a little Gucci goo on his cheek. I'm just gonna say, you stay with us.
00:40:28
Speaker
so we can return Shader to his home. Okay? Okay. Okay, thank you very much, Robin. Your choice, Alfie. Let him go, Targa. It's Alva's turn first, unfortunately. I'll take all the wisdom to him first. No, ten again. It holds folly.
00:40:54
Speaker
I've lowered him fully, basically, on standby with his staff waiting to see what happens. Okay, lovely. Anything to talk about? No, just stand there and just... Yeah, entirely. I appreciate the gesture, but you can let him go. Try to let your rage dissipate. Trust me, you don't want to lose yourself to it.
00:41:18
Speaker
Tully looks over to you for a second and quickly slams the book shut and with it, Althea's body is released and she steps back into the corridor of the room with her facing into the room, staring into the room with some anger in her eyes. Claude, you've now got a limp and awake and cogent Althea in your hands, in your arms. Under no magical effects. No magical effects.
00:41:44
Speaker
you okay and I'm also going to use that super action that failed last time and probably felt every time I do it but I'm going to use divine something yeah divine intervention so I've got a raw percentile dice and if it's less than 10 Akiva intervenes in the situation does he have to know how to intervene in a way that is you have to ask like
00:42:15
Speaker
What's the wording of it? As an action, request your deity's aid and roll percentile dice and describe the assistance you seek. Pass it and then what do you have to roll? Under 20. Under my level. And I haven't. I've rolled. I've rolled. I've rolled. Unless this is a zero, then it's seven. No. 47. Okay. So fortunately that doesn't work. You call out to Akiva and you hear no response. Your hands are still kind of cold and twisted from the ground.
00:42:47
Speaker
Thank you very much for that. Robin. I'm done. Althea, you know, welding your faculties. Althea, so, Claude says, put me down, Claude. Okay, look at them. Okay. Ten of the others. It takes a moment. Looks at all the party members.
00:43:15
Speaker
I think everyone's made their thoughts quite clear. Robin has asked for a night. Maybe we should take the night, but I think just in case I'll take my share of our gold within the bag of holding in case I decide to leave earlier. I take out the gold. I put it on the table. I'll walk up with it.
00:43:44
Speaker
Arthur takes the gold. And we'll have a last look as you're doing that. And before Robin is completely out of e-sharp, I will shout, Sayangar's alive and not look at Drago. I'll stop. Well, and just look at Drago.
00:44:12
Speaker
Healthier. Keep taking the gold. Keep, clean, clean, clean, clean. Look, he's my part member. Look to Tally. There is obviously disappointment in his eyes. You just look at her. Look to Drago. There is still hate in his eyes. Drago is away. He's not even there. Oh, sorry, fine. Look to Robin. No, he's there, he's there. Look at Robin. I think you see disappointment in his eyes. You go straight back, my friend.
00:44:41
Speaker
Thank you. And then he turns around. Did you book his rooms? Yes. I'll have another key then. Takes a key. OK, you've got G, which is three doors up on the left from where you currently are. Cool.
00:45:11
Speaker
The rest of you are left. I'm struck along with your DM at the events. It's just taking place. What do you want to do? I'm just, Claude's just going to stay there in a stunned silence waiting for Drago to make the first sound before he looks up from his thing he's focusing on the floor. Are you okay, Drago?
00:45:39
Speaker
I've had a lot to process today. Claude, can I just trust that you were saying that in a heat of a moment? To convince Elthir not to go? No. You might need to explain yourself. Folly, just so you're in the loop, Sian guards my brother who I thought was long lost.
00:46:01
Speaker
If you need to know more, listen to last week's episode of the Fellowship of the Tabletop. Where can I find such an excellent episode? Well, it's funny that you can ask, actually. You can find it on most good... most podcast providers, including Spotify, Google Play... Oh, shit, I don't know where they are, actually. Where are they? Spotify, iTunes, Audacity... No, Audacity's the... We're breaking the fourth wall!
00:46:26
Speaker
All good yoga podcasters and... And where did the episodes normally release them, Ollie? I believe I heard they did something to do with Friday. It's 7am! It's 7am! Is that right? You could say it's Fellowship Friday. All day? And we all worked directly into the camp. And then quickly snapped back in. So I'm cut. Explain yourself. Fo-Folly?
00:46:55
Speaker
Tally. Robin. Perhaps this is a conversation that Drago should hear by himself first. No, I'm okay with everyone being here. You're sure? Yes. Your brother is breathing. Okay. He is not of the dead and never was. Okay. The person who is pursuing you, the other dragonborn. Well, you know, you know,
00:47:27
Speaker
Okay, they're just a... from the big... How do you know this? The Master knows. Oh, that's unsettling. Okay, so the Dragonborn pursuing me, you know who it is. I don't know who it is, but he means you harm, and I also know that your brother is alive, and I saw a vision, and it was of the place that you told me about.
00:47:57
Speaker
I saw you and well you were a young you less wrinkly and and the muscles were tiny sorry they were you were a child almost maybe and your brother was there and the person what looks like you now what I can only assume was your father I saw everything that you told us about and more and
00:48:27
Speaker
And this, the, hmm. Akira showed you this. Akiva. Not the Japanese anime. Your, yes. Akiva. He showed me it. And I also saw your father and I saw what was in this mist that you spoke about.
00:48:51
Speaker
Uh... Trigo's hands kind of clench here and he almost falters for a bit like he needs to grab onto something trying to hide it so he just grips the nearest thing to him like the desk and just kind of pushes himself back up. Carry on. I saw the moment when your father's sword fell and all this energy came out of it.
00:49:22
Speaker
and then the mist it sort of dissipated and then I returned to Akiva's dining table and I stayed there for a bit and I woke up in the sweat and dribbles and then you were getting punches from Elf here. Okay, this all sounds pretty on point to my father. Syengard, what do you know of him? Do you know where he is?
00:49:46
Speaker
I don't know where he is, but I know that this person who was here recently, and said the thing about his sword, Dengue's Revenge. Dengue's Decep... Deception. Yeah, Dengue's Deception. That one. I'm just making sure you didn't change that. That... The person who came inquiring about that means you harm. Thanks for telling me. He had skin what looked like yours.
00:50:15
Speaker
Are you meaning to tell me that the Dragonborn after me is Sayangar? I've never seen Sayangar's face, but I know that his skin matched yours. Okay. But you don't know for sure if Sayangar is in Aerith or the Sword Coast. I think he's in Aerith. And if you had to place a bet, would you say he's the Dragonborn who's after me?
00:50:45
Speaker
I've never seen any other dragonborns would look like you. So it would make sense that if there's another one that looked like you, they would be trying to find you. Thank you for communing with your God on this. He's not only my God, he's everyone's God. Robin, you said earlier that you believed
00:51:17
Speaker
as we carry on. I do. I agree. Rest. I think that's what we all need. I'm going to talk to Elsir now. I would leave him, of course. He has a decision to make. I know. I don't think it's for any of us to tell him. I have to tell him something. If we must. I haven't seen him. I've got enough keys for room for all of us. Yep. Thank you, everyone, for...
00:51:46
Speaker
listening and for your support it's new to me and I might not show it all the time but I do appreciate it we're all we've got Jage we have to stick together I'm starting to see that
00:52:20
Speaker
to a room, and that's saying anything else. I'll dish out the remaining keys, assuming Drago's keeping the one he's paid for this room. That's got my blood in it, haven't we? And go and find one of the rooms I've had as well. Folly, what are you up to? Folly is going to head to his room for now. Okay. Folly!
00:52:49
Speaker
Yes, Drago. I achieved my sword. And everyone's left at this point as well. You like things? Yes. Yes, I do. You've shown interest in this before? Your sword. Yes, very much so. I think it's going to be quite important going forward, so could you find out what you can about it? Anti-
00:53:16
Speaker
You wouldn't be able to carry it, would you? I'm stronger, you. Small characters can't carry it. I wouldn't be able to carry a great foot in your backpack. What you can do is rest it on top of the backpack. So it's like almost resting on a table. I'd be too excited if I put it in your backpack. You could, but it'd be difficult for me to get back out. Okay. Actually...
00:53:40
Speaker
Folly, how about I take this into your room? No, no, you can put it in the backpack, I'll cast Levitate on the sword and bring it back out of the backpack, then I can put it back into that position. Yeah, just to shift it around as to where I actually need it. Understand me when I say this sword is my life, and that is not an exaggeration, but I think more information on it
00:54:10
Speaker
as Drago almost like, I'm gonna do it, no, no, I'm not gonna do it, I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna do it. And he just drops it in, and then that's it, the conversation's done. As you do drop it in, following literally the scan, stumbled back a little bit, he still felt the weight of this sword going in, even though it's an enchanted backpacker, he's gone like, wondering now, how the hell does he wield this thing? But yeah, with that, he looks at Drago and says, I shall treat it with the respect it deserves, Drago. Thank you.
00:54:39
Speaker
follow my legs a little, head over to his room. And Draghi is staying in this room as well. Yeah, Draghi is going to get another beer.
Drago's Reflections
00:54:47
Speaker
He's going to, once the room is quiet and everything seems to settle down, he's going to just kind of let out along as the injuries from Elthir kind of take their toll on him. It was a beating, I was close. It just kind of takes a moment.
00:55:07
Speaker
another drink I think and goes out and heads downstairs and just kind of motions to the barkeep with just some silver, yeah silver, we'll go silver before another drink, just all inside with like tamper bars. He quickly brings one out, there's a couple of patrons still in the bar that he's busy talking to, three hands over, nods, takes a silver piece, he walks off, leaving you to yourself, anything you want to do while you're down there and you're happy just drinking it?
00:55:37
Speaker
thinking of pasts, thinking of my father, thinking of my brother, thinking of the Dragonborn who's chasing me, thinking of Althea, thinking about what went down there, thinking of the Blight. And each time you think about this,
00:55:54
Speaker
A new thought comes to mind, another drink goes down. A new thought comes to mind, another drink comes down. And then unless anything interrupts him otherwise, he just slowly takes himself upstairs and comatose out on the bed. Okay, just going around quickly in case there's anything people want to do during this time. Robin, anything you'd like to do? Robin would sit on his bed. He would take out his parchment and his ink.
00:56:19
Speaker
and he would begin just to make a big bum. He'd begin just to make encountered scribbles on the page, none of it making any sense, just a series of scribbles. And then at a certain point, Robin will put his hands over the scribbles, consult the scroll, one of the scrolls in his bag, and he'll cast illusory script on the scribbles.
00:56:44
Speaker
merging the scribbles together to create another form of arcane image. He'll try and firstly recreate, recreate, recreate, recreate an image of his family, the family that he grew up with under Neverwinter. That probably wouldn't succeed but then on a second go
00:57:06
Speaker
he would try and hone that in and he would just try and cause, as the ink weaves and starts to form another image, the image of his sister thinking about the day's events, he would recall his own family, the fracture and falling out, so his own family, his inability to stop Belprachs going down the path he went down.
00:57:27
Speaker
A lot of this is hit home for Robin tonight. Could you roll Akana, please? Robin, just to see how effective you are at wielding this image of your sister. 16. Yep. You successfully managed to move it into matching an image you have in your memory of your sister, Ren, and have casted into quite an accurate likeness of her mid-section, so kind of waist up to the face as well, but mostly detail obviously on
00:57:57
Speaker
I fold it and put it into my... Your door closed. My door is probably two. I would probably have closed the door. I didn't know if I was walking past and I saw you kind of moving in shit. You would have heard.
00:58:16
Speaker
You would have heard me saying something under my breath. Yours is first on the left. Rob Draggers. Okay, fair enough. You would not have walked past someone's door. Folly, anything you want to do in this evening as everything's kind of cooling off?
Folly and Robin's Plans
00:58:31
Speaker
Folly is actually going to go and have a quick word with Robin. Okay. Yeah.
00:58:37
Speaker
He ordered gently knock on his door. As you do that, I start staring at the parchment that I have just managed to cast this arcane enchantment over. I fold it off my pocket away and I open the door. F Ollie. Robin, I wondered if I could just have a quick word with you, if that's all right, in private, of course. Of course you can. Shall we go in? I gesture F Ollie into the room and I close the door.
00:59:07
Speaker
And tell me, how long have you been able to use magic? I don't think I've ever seen it. You've used it before since today. Well, it's been probably a couple of days. I've been studying scrolls for some time, though. Truth be told, I've only been able to do it with Talia's aid and the aid of her spellbook. That seemed to be the catalyst for me. I see. I see. Well, in all...
00:59:36
Speaker
It's difficult to talk but tonight has been interesting to say the least. I don't quite know what's going to be happening with the party as it were but things are changing and I don't know where we're going to end up. I still have my mission to do regardless of where anybody else goes or what anybody else does but I have a gift for you if you would like it.
01:00:02
Speaker
And what he does, he has Meijan basically bring out my sword, you asshole. I've got a strength modifier. If Meijan can lift that thing off...
01:00:20
Speaker
Mechan basically brings out a scroll and passes it to you. After today, you are a valued companion and this is a very powerful magical scroll. I don't like people using these because they normally use them for bad purposes. However, I believe you can be responsible with it. I would only advise you use it
01:00:50
Speaker
in time of diremost circumstances. What I have given is one of my tier 3 stock magic scrolls. My days. Just the scroll, the stock magic scrolls. You could blow yourself up with it mate. You quite possibly could but it could also save your life. I've been passing an Arcana check, which I feel I'll do with you off here in the battle of belief more actually. I'm passing an Arcana check, you then roll it for cental dice and can roll up to a mental
01:01:16
Speaker
So if you failed, is that when the bad things happen? Then you roll on the stock magic to revenge. You did have me roll a d20. I did, very true. You didn't make an arcana check, but yeah. Then you roll the stock magic to revenge, which has only one good thing, and the rest are either weird or permanent things like you lose a hand, your constitution drops by one,
01:01:40
Speaker
Basically, Markborough revenge for every time I've had you roll on the wild magic. Yes, I have. There's a couple of good things. There's also a couple of curses in place that you've heard from, that you will have heard from as well, but the majority of it is negative. But the chance to wield such magics is sometimes too much to bear and having that scroll there. It was good, man. I felt it. It's like a lottery ticket win that most likely has the winning numbers on it. It's that kind of feeling you have.
01:02:12
Speaker
I'm sure I'll put it to use when the time's right, Folly. Thank you. Folly, there was something I've been meaning to ask you. That vial I gave you. Any success? I wish to study it a little bit more. It has a very...
01:02:34
Speaker
unusual aura about it. Something not of this world, I'm not sure which world yet. How was it you came across it again? That sword that's currently sticking out of your bag, which is the most bizarre thing I think I may have seen today, and I've seen some strange things today. It was used to cleave in part
01:03:00
Speaker
a creature that was emerging through a dark light portal in the Sword Coast before we came here. That creature was responsible for many things, including the death of my family. I was worried that what it was is related to what's happening here, and if so, it means the Sword Coast is in grave danger.
01:03:30
Speaker
There was actually one other thing I'd like to follow on from what you were saying. Go on. I agree. We don't know what we're going to face over the next few weeks and... groups like us that don't pull together and are divided will...
Inspecting Drago's Sword
01:03:52
Speaker
will fall. We will lose. I'll do my part.
01:03:59
Speaker
to keep this together and just do yours. I've not really been part of this group for very long, Robin. Well, you're a part of it now. Would you like your thoughts? I would like to say that both Drago and Alfie would listen to me, but I just don't see it. I've travelled with them both and this was coming to a head for some time.
01:04:26
Speaker
Alfie will make his decision and drag others' mateys. As you said, Robin, let us wait till morning and see what new light has been shed on the character. Those of us who are still here, we're going to have to stick together. You're a part of that, Folly, and I appreciate you helping us. It could have gone a lot worse at Bleakmore without you.
01:04:50
Speaker
Good night, my friend. Good night. And with that, Folly will leave, head back to his room. Erm... Oh, Folly? This bag? Oh, oh, right. Sorry. Yeah, big kiddo, puts the bag on. Then he walks out.
01:05:10
Speaker
You're going back to your room. Yeah, I'm going to head back to my room. You're basically going to cast Levitate on, you're going to shut the door, lock it as best you can. Cast Levitate on the sword, rest it gently onto the floor, and then you go to see what he can find out from it as a bequest of Drago. No problem. I'm afraid this is an ongoing thing that you go over a couple of nights to really get there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just in case you wanted me to roll for anything, I'm just telling you that's what I'm going to be spending. I'll probably do it at the end, you don't feel all that we do. I should probably say we'll take a couple of nights, fuse it.
01:05:43
Speaker
As your door shuts, claw your door opens as your beaded face pops out to look down the corridor as you move down. You walk down, creeping past as much as your chain, your plate mail will allow you. Many people can probably hear you moving down the corridor, but you still walk tentatively. You turn one more time over your shoulder to look down the corridor before turning to face Althea's door.
Cliffhanger Revelation
01:06:11
Speaker
You reject a hand to knock twice.
01:06:14
Speaker
on the door, and just as you start to hear the click of the door open, that's where we're gonna end the episode for this week's fellowship on the table top. What the fuck? You assholes. So somber. So somber. Man. Oh, shit, it's me. Thank you very much for listening to the episode, everyone. Especially if you made it to the end of this, it's gonna get more hype and more
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Speaker
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Speaker
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