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C2 Ep. 164 Slaughterman's Legacy Chapter Seven
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Everyone's fortunes turn around!
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D20 radio, your game is roll.
Introductions: Meet the Game Master and Players
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Hello and welcome to Eberron Renewed, an actual play podcast set in the Eberron campaign setting. I'm your game master, Eric. I'm Phillip. I'm Trevor. I'm Randy. Jeff. Welcome to another
Recap of Previous Adventures
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episode. Gentlemen, what happened last time? Fun, fun, fun. Nothing good. Yeah, who wants to go first? Had a very bad time at a party. Yeah. And Hobb had a pretty rough time at a club.
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And Sana had a really bad time at a party. And Milo wanted to make sure everybody was having a good time, but no. And some people just can't have a good time. Raynard had a time in general.
Kath's Appearance Stirs Trouble
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Some time passed around Raynard. We went shopping and went to the party. Eris wore what she wanted this time. Eris wore a compromise between what she wanted and what Sana would accept this time.
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And she's armed. She tried to talk to Harbin and went bad. Harbin hates Eris. Vengefully and with a burning. Wrong sentiment, but and we saw a lira coming towards us and we rolled a triumph or ever rolled a triumph. And somehow we used it to cause Kath to appear and kidnap some people and make things worse.
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That's what happened on me and Myla's end. Yep.
Nightclub Misadventures with Eldred
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And on our end, we continue our misadventures in the nightclub, the Ebony Vale. And we met Eldred and I don't know if it was Rainard's first impression, but if it was a less than stellar one.
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Well, no, I think our pressure with him was fine. It was the impression with everyone else. That wasn't great. Fair. He was just somewhat confused. Yeah. Like I'm going to shoot you guys straight. I'm really trying to remember how he felt about us at the end of the episode. Well, he only showed up at the very end. I think I used a triumph to make everything terrible and summoned the Ram. But I think I spent advantage or something on saying he had a favorable impression of me. Yeah, you had made a good impression in the past or something.
Arrival at Consistent Bird Bar
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and we got out the back and are headed to the bird. The only kind of good first impression is that Reynard can make when the reins aren't in Trevor's hands. Off screen. Okay, so we are going to pick up with Hob and Reynard headed to the consistent bird. You all are able to arrive
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easily and without incident heading to Middle Dura where the consistent bird is. And as you all approach, you actually notice that the exterior, it seems Raffin has maybe done a couple of upgrades, updates. The sign still has the clockwork bird look, but now it has the bird
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It's like when glamor weave outfits have illusory three-dimensional effect where now the mechanical bird is actually flying around the sign and will occasionally land on a perch and kind of look around and then take off and fly again. But it changes colors into like pinks and purplish hues as it flies around the sign.
Automaton Service and Tense Moments
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And yeah, as you all walk in, there there's been not a full on facelift, but just a bit more of leaning into the aesthetic that you had encountered before. Lots of it seems like if in our world you went to a steampunk themed bar, that's the vibe in a lot more like pipes, gears on the wall, stuff like that.
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and a bunch of clockwork designs. You still see the automatons walking around. Raffen, the pink-skinned tiefling behind the bar, and she is laughing with some guests as you all enter. You do see the host stand there with an automaton awaiting, like just staring at you, an elder and kind of looks around. This is not
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My type of place. Very bright. That was my first impression as well, but give it a chance. It's fun. You'll love it. Okay. Where do we sit? How does this work? Why is there a suit of armor just staring at me? I will ask for a table. And he just looks at you expectantly, Reynard.
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Hob steps forward. Hob still works for Raynard until Raynard tells Eldrin he doesn't. Hob steps forward and says, we would like a table for three, please. The automaton lurches to life and grabs three pieces of paper that are on slabs of wood and begins to walk away from you all towards the table.
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Is Hob known here now? Because he's come here, like this is his meeting place with people that aren't part of the group. This is where we have to go. Raffin would recognize you. She's the only sapient member of the staff. But yeah, Raffin would recognize you. And there would be a couple of regulars here and there. I didn't know if the automata could retain memory or not.
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No, these are very, they, they serve the function that they serve, but that there's no real intent to imbue them with personality. There's a bit of a moral gray area of making automaton that would be too close to a war forage. Then you're starting to get like morally weird. So Raphan stays away from that line by just making automaton that function for the job that they were created to serve. Sure. So it's Chuckie cheese.
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Chuck E. Cheese, if the band also served the pizza. Yes. And yeah, you are seated in a booth and left with menus in front of you. The automaton produces out of their chassis. They open a door and you feel a rush of cool air as they pull a bottle, a glass bottle of water out and set it on the table. And there's glasses already set on the table for you. And then it walks away.
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Well,
Reynard's Admission and the Quest for Information
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certainly some novelty to all of this. Yes, isn't it fun, something new? What is a war-forged whetstone steak that sounds dreadful as Eldrin picks up the menu and begins to peruse it? I haven't tried that one yet, but anything with cheese is great. Cheese. They have cheese, right? Odd. On Earth as it is in Everon.
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They have cheese. Yes. Yeah. And there's, there's about 10 people. It's not super busy in here, but there's five pairs of various tables of people talking. You were sat in a section. So there are people in the table right near you. You see a halfling with bright red hair and a, what seems to be a very like dark olive skinned human man that looks like a pirate captain.
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sitting with a very cheerful and playful halfling with bright red hair who's tinkering with something on the table. But that's the table closest to you all. What we rushed out of that, you said you wanted to speak to me. Yes, I do. And he just bring it up now. Don't leave me in suspense.
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Ah, man, now it's just awkward because it's been a month. It feels like it, certainly. Just as you start to talk, Raphin approaches the table. Hey, Hob, how's it going? I'm doing well. Raphin, how are you? Good. What can I get for you all to drink any food? I can also put that order in as well. I think I know food. Hob's just trying to do something.
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Cabbage and chicken? Is that what we're doing again? I love it. I recently tried something. I was just told by my employer here, and he lays that on for Raven. Because she's smart. She's going to get it, I hope. That everything you make with cheese is good. So I was thinking maybe some cheesy rice this time. Okay. Yeah, we can do cheesy rice. Yeah. Awesome.
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Chicken in the cabbage. Let's not be ridiculous. And water course. Yes. Water. Okay. And Raynard just orders himself a glass of wine, but then points to what he assumes is the strongest drink on the menu for Eldrin. You two give me a perception check real quick with a, just two purple difficulty. Okay. Okay. Remembering how to play two purple. Okay. Yeah.
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I'm fairly certain Hobb just ordered the deconstructed version of a casserole my mom used to make. Yeah, basically, have your eyes. Yeah. Oh, I got success. OK, good for Hobb. You have three advantage to spend, but Raynard, as soon as Rayfin calls you Raynard, Eldarans eyebrow twitch up and look at you. Whoopsie. Oh, I didn't even catch on to that. Oops. Raynard did.
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Yeah. Oh, we have nicknames here, just like how they called glob hub. And my nickname is my name backward. Right. So clever. Ha ha. I would like to use the three advantage to boost trade hearts. Deception check. Get a free upgrade with three advantage. That feels like a charm check to me.
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You are lying 100%. Glob is not Hob's nickname. No, in fact, Hob does not like it. Okay, what is the difficulty? Oh, this is going to be against Eldren's perception. Famously, Fjirlin spies and assassins terrible at perception. Raynard, have you ever taken a talent that helps you lie more effectively? I don't even know if there is one because that ain't Hob's style, but it seems like there'd be something to boost your
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I took a lot of charm. So no. That is going to be three red. Three red? It's an opposed check against his perception. Wow. He's a spy. It's part of his job to know when people are lying to him. Okay. How many story points do we have?
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You have four, and you have a free upgrade from Hobbs, three advantage. Yeah, I took that. Okay. If you just hadn't just needed to call me glob again, this could be Charv, because your nickname is your name backwards. But you had to dig in at Hobb a little bit, didn't you? It still would have been a lie. Okay, you're writing for this disaster? Rain arts and alias, not a nickname.
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That feels like semantics. OK, two failures and three advantage. Hee haw hoo. Hee haw hoo. Hee haw hoo. OK, no, you rolled incorrectly, Trevor. That doesn't get you a boost. It gets you an additional green. So just roll a green and we'll replace the boost die with it. It won't. So it's still a wash, unfortunately. Yeah. But three advantage. So what would you like to do with the three advantage?
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before Eldrin reacts. Oh, God, I don't know. I'll make something up if you want. How about him remember that's what he liked about me? So you rapskin. I would say an environmental distraction, but Eric's been playing pretty hard and loose with those lately. I was going to say, that's real dangerous, man. Don't let me distract anyone ever again in this game. What if the drinks show up as he's and his drink looks like nice enough to take a sip of or something? I have no idea. Something to chill him out a little bit.
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If he's even mad, he hasn't even left the table yet. Yeah, but OK. Can Ray Finn say you're right? That's right. That's what we do here. He's still going to know it's a lie for Trevor. You failed to check is the problem.
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but everyone's on the lie. It's more fun when everyone's in the lie. We could do something of, he started off with a friendly disposition, three advantage. He doesn't jump straight to hostile. He's not going to, he's going to be curious and inquisitive as to what the heck's going on as opposed to outright, okay, I'm out of here. Y'all are being weird kind of thing. Does that sound good? Don't you be fair. We are being weird. Yes, that's fine. That's great. That sounds manageable.
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We're on episode four of the quest to just have a conversation with Eldred. This is me washing my hands. You decided he wasn't going to be there when we showed up, so it could have been one episode shorter, Eric.
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I bear no responsibility for this. Oh, you accept no responsibility? That's different. No. Okay. Eldrin, like, eyebrow shoots up at you, Raynard, and he turns to Rayfin and says, yes, I'll have the clockwork charmer to drink and the Warforged Wet Zone steak, whatever. That's just, yeah.
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And Raphin seems excited that he ordered the steak. So Raphin's, okay, great. I will put those orders in.
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Is it like a steak that's been seared on a hot stone or something? Like I don't understand. It's slowly cooked by the sparks off a whetstone. And so then Eldering kind of what's the seating for? Like, is it Raynard and Hobb on one side of the table and Eldering on the other? Or what's the seating arrangement? I assumed around the table, but it's not. No, it's a booth. OK. Oh, I think Raynard in the middle.
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And the other three of us have the same side? What are you talking about? Is it a round booth? No. What is a round booth? You know, like a corner booth. Like a U-shaped booth. I know what he's talking about. The fancy corner booth at Pizza Hut. Like they would have at Chunky Cheese. Oh, yeah, I guess Eric and I have eaten at a round booth together in the last month and a half. How about if it would be reasonable, they both sit in the cushioned booth seats and I pull a chair up to the end so as to provide some privacy and security.
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Okay, so they're face-to-face and I'm staring down the barrel of the table. So, Elderin, as Raffyn walks away, shifts his way and leans against the wall and kicks his feet up onto the bench that he's sitting on and looks at the two of you and says, so what's going on? Reynard. That is a very good question that you have, my friend. I'm expecting a very good answer. Now I'm confused.
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me too oh now i'm talking to eric as trevor oh he knew that i just don't know how to approach this now because now it was like hey let's find information and the other half is now i feel like we're just gonna have to kill my dad
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If you want to come clean on some aspect of something so that it's clear to Hob that he's no longer pretending to be your bodyguard, he can speak more freely. I'm not saying I can fix this, because I don't think we might be past that, but I can help a little, but I'm still pretending to be- All right, Jeff, who's Hob's toxic father figure? Because I guess we're just killing all of them.
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I don't know how to tell you guys this, but I think his name is R.X. Stormpool. R.X. Stormpool. All right. OK. I think we're never at starboard. You have an insane charm check. You could just give me the bullet points of what you would like Raynard to say. Make a check to see how well it lands and then you can role play it out. Like you don't have to. There you go. Raynard speaks like very well.
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And presumably because of that handles pressure like this a lot better than Trevor, the human does. So you can rely on the dice in a moment like this. Also, I was going to say, I was going to start by being honest and be like, okay, this isn't my
Return to Party Chaos and Pursuit of Kath
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bodyguard. It's my friend. Yeah. I mean, you can, yeah, you could do all of that would all fall under the purview of charm. Like a, a mayo culpa can be charming. Okay. There's nuance to honesty. I would like to do that. I would like to just come clean and say,
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Half-lied about something. This is not my bodyguard. This is my friend. His name is Hob. That's a better name than Glob. I will say that much. Brother, I agree. I don't know. Isn't Hob a halfling name, though? It is. Hob is actually a nickname. Glob is a nothing. Hob is a nickname. When I came to Eberron, I was taken in by a halfling family.
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Sharn came to Sharn, the world's... Where are you from? Speak to me of your strange world.
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A forgotten realm, if you will. What else are you saying, Trevor? What would you like Raynard to convey? Don't worry about saying it word for word. I guess I need to start stepping into why we nabbed him. How do you bring that up? How do you start that conversation? Well, you haven't nabbed him. You just wanted to talk to him. That's true. He did come willing. I'm not abducted anyone.
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You invited him to dinner. If you let him go into that bar, his day would have been much worse than it is right now. It's very true. I'm trying to jump too far into the deep end because I just want to ask, what do you know about my dad? But that seems like... What do you want to lead with? Do you want to lead with, what do you know about my dad or do you want to lead with something potentially saying your mom's leadership is
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being questioned because that might, he may roll his eyes or get concerned looking where you might have a better idea of where he stands. I'm concerned with, I don't know. There are rumors. The buzz is. Above all, I'm a company man, so I'm coming to you to ask how your mother is doing. I heard it to the grapevine.
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Here, Trevor, go ahead and make me a charm check. Okay. I just don't know exactly what to say to not jump into like the meat of it. But this charm check will indicate to you what his reception to it is going to be. And so that might take the pressure off a little bit of you, like feeling like you might say too much to turn him sour. Okay. So the difficulty is going to be one red, two purple. Okay.
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But add a black to it because you, you did lie to him and he knows that you lied to him. Okay. Okay. And I'm rolling. You're rolling. Okay. Two success, two threat. Two success and a wash because he gets to advantage on any successful charm checks when I'm around.
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Yes. So two success. Okay. Best friend, hey. Not quite that, but amiable to listen. So yeah, how much info do you lead in with Trevor? Yeah, I think it would be better to start with something about his mom. Man, how is she? How is her... God, I can't ever be a politician.
00:20:12
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Yeah, among the reasons why is this? If you're going for the truth, go for the truth. We've heard a rumor that there's a push against your mom's leadership. Because you can also check his deception with your perception if we don't know that he actually seems concerned about it. That's fair. You know what I'm saying? That's fair. Okay, so yeah, let's just say something like, I think I'll be a tiny bit arrogant because that's who I am.
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And say, how do you feel about these rumors about your mother's leadership being questioned and possibly pushed out? Oh, and Eldering kind of shrugs slightly. It's try not to put too much stock in the murmurings of people that are just looking for an interesting story, something to pull their
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dreary lives out of the the mucky muck but yeah i've heard that it's the nature of the game isn't it that as soon as somebody down the ladder perceives weakness in those above them they strive to cut them down it's nothing new but i think my mom is powerful enough to handle any oncoming assaults to her power but if not an elder and gives a half shrug
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Wait, I'm sorry, but if not, you're okay with something bad happening to her? I'm confused. No, I'm not okay with something bad happening to my mother, and I would certainly never participate in such an attempt. But when you decide to take in a position of power and leadership within this family, it's in the fine print that you're co-signing on for having to look over your shoulder every day for the rest of your life.
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You'll get an argument here on that point, for sure. I do wanna do a perception check when he, specifically when he said, I would not be a part of anything to hurt her. What was it that he said? Yeah, yeah. So this is going to be a three red check. Okay, I assumed it might be. Can I get a boost for listening so hard? Just kidding. You can have a boost for Reynard's successful charm check earlier. And you have three story points.
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Yeah, go ahead and give me one. Because why not? Let's see what happens. Okay. Okay. Three success with an advantage. You can tell that he is being he is not being deceptive in what he's saying to you. Okay. I have something for the single advantage if you want that kind of builds off of your perception of what he's saying if you'd like a bit more information in terms of his position. That's exactly what yes. There's a hint of
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exhaustion, like undercutting, like his tone, that he just seems not engaged with the topic of conversation, I guess is the best way to put it. Okay. Like apathetic. Does Raynard also notice that? Raynard didn't roll perception check. I know. I was asking if Raynard wanted to roll a perception check. Trevor, if you would like to roll a perception check, you can.
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Against what? Three red is talking. Yeah, you don't have to, it's fine. I do not want to risk a despair. I'm trying to think how... I guess Ob just says, Raynard, I think we need to either... Raphon returns with a tray, or one of the automatons comes with a tray with Raphon in its wake.
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And Hob, you've been here enough that Raven doesn't come to tables like that. It's very clear that you are, she's somebody that you, she enjoys you coming in. And so she is coming to your table to chat and engage with you, if that makes sense. Yeah. And so she's all right. I have the chicken cabbage and cheesy rice. I have the warforged whetstone steak and sorry, Trevor, what did Raynard order? Just wine.
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Just wine and a wine. For the other place. Yeah, you see the the steak, the plate that's put in front of Eldrin has gorgeously seared steak on it, like crust, exactly what you'd want, cider mashed potatoes, glazed carrots. But there is a tiny figurine. It's an uncut steak.
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And there's a tiny figurine of a warforged on the plate with a massive sword held up in an attack pose. And Raphon taps its head and it brings the sword down and it does a slice, step, slice, tap to where it slices the steak in the perfect against the green slices for presentation as it walks down.
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And then it just freezes. And Ray Finn goes, you can take that with you, by the way. And she just seems very happy that it worked. And Ray Finn walks away. Oh, isn't that fun? Wasn't that fun? You don't get that everywhere, do you? Is this a children's restaurant? I never considered it before.
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But maybe I like the food and the lack of people around. Does that make sense? Points? Yeah. Points for creativity, I suppose. I can cut. I guess I don't have to cut my own steak now. She said I could take this with me. And if it works for wonder if it's measured for an elder and just holding his hands out, measuring the steak. I wonder if it's if it can sense how big the steak is and cut it based on that or if it's.
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Anyway. See, you're already considering how cool. That's the thing. It looks strange. And then immediately you're like on board. And also the cocktail that he ordered is blue, but it's champagne and it's got like silver flecks floating in it. And he takes it. That is quite good. Okay. So what's going on with my mom? What do you know in terms of rumors? I just looked to Rainard. This is his to decide how much he tells now. Um, uh,
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Man, what should I start with, though? Whenever you want to kill your mom. The murder. Oh, the murder. Lead with. Wait, I should tell him I'm supposed to kill his mom. No, tell him that your dad wants his mom dead. Oh, OK. That part. I was like, I don't think that's a good way to. Passive tense, passive voice. We can lead to he asked me to do it, and that's why I've come to you. But let's start with.
00:26:50
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Okay. Man, I'm treating this as a real conversation. It is not. This is a fantasy world. This guy's fake and Eric is your friend. I just had that realization that I'm like, no, this is not how, I don't need to tie this conversation. Someone else does. Like Raynard. Yeah. Who doesn't watch what he says. So great. This is going to be awesome. It is a bit concerning that my father does want your mother dead.
00:27:19
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isn't that just that's been going on for quite a while now right i think it's to the point where he's actively asked someone to murder her oh that's i think it's to the point i know it is oh okay calveir de fjarlen has sorry please go ahead no no after you go hop thank you calveir de fjarlen has asked
00:27:48
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Reynard here. To be the one who does the job, and Reynard, I think you can conclude by coming to you, has decided that is not something that he wants to do. Give me a charm check, Jeff.
00:28:02
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Fine. Can he assist? Can I get a boost because he's here? Because I smile. I smile at him, too. You know, when you smile, it makes it more difficult to speak, Reynard. I have one yellow and one green in charm. And how hard is this going to be? One red and two point point. Spin the story point. Yeah, I'm spending the story point, but we're still boned. OK, I got a success and an advantage. I guess I'm maybe being a bit histrionic.
00:28:33
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Why did you have a boost on that? Oh, I did. I did not mean to boost. No. Yeah, that's right. That's right. You got to boost. Yeah. Yep. I clicked boost when I asked to boost because I was already clicking on dice and then I didn't hear it. He said yes or no. I just went. Okay. Elder and kind of nods. What do you want to do with the advantage? Just pass a boost. Yeah. Yeah. Okay.
00:28:58
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Elder nods like that's, so what's, I've met your dad and he's not, doesn't strike me as the most patient or forgiving man for not doing what is asked of him. No, definitely two things I would never call him. You being here and based on what your friend here has said, you don't intend to kill my mom. So how are you going to deal with your dad? Cut to you.
00:29:24
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Okay. Chris and Olive, you all are out on the street having just, Eris, you've laid out how awful the interaction with Harbin went. Olive understood and empathized.
Failed Pursuit and Mysterious Developments
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And just as Olive is about saying, how about we go back to the cauldron and just you hear screaming from inside the party. This is
00:29:50
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Probably the wrong move, but Eris draws the hand Fletcher and runs back towards the party. Eris. Oh God no. And Olive runs after you. And yeah, Milo, you see the blood drain out of Sana's face as the figure goes, crashes out of the window. Eris, you run in just in time to see a figure.
00:30:11
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exiting the window, not enough to see exact features of who it was as you and Olive run back in. And yeah, you see the group of Milhatch individuals that were talking are shouting and screaming guards or pulling swords. There's kind of chaos and pandemonium going on. Milo, you do see Alira begin to turn and look and is obviously distracted. So you have a window of time where you are not the focus of her attention.
00:30:39
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Right, Milo reaches up and grabs Sana by the hand and says, come on, quick, let's go this way. Come on, Sana, let's go.
00:30:51
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Sana just limply follows you. She's not like falling over, but she's, her brain's shut down. Eris, you're able to see Milo and Sana. What direction are you running? Milo, are you ready? We're headed towards just the leap, the exit. Okay. However we can get there without being noticed. You were noticed by Eris because Milo and Sana are running straight at you, Eris. Eris wants to know where.
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Iris is looking around to see where Harbin is because that's her first thought. Yeah. Give me a perception check. This is going to be a three purple difficulty hard with a setback die because of the chaos going around on around and make one of those a red. I'm going to spend a story point to upgrade the two ones. OK. OK. Two success and three advantage.
00:31:38
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OK, yeah, you can see a couple of figures have got their arms around Harbin and are keeping his head down as they're rushing him towards a back room. There's a doorway that they are rushing him towards is what you have three advantage. Are those individuals obviously legitimate? Yes, they seem to be like members of Harbin's entourage that are taking him to safety. OK, I have three advantage.
00:32:09
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love to learn more, but it seems to stretch credulity to for there to be anything else to learn about what just happened. Given how quickly it did. That people could be shouting things, people could be crying out. Yeah, yeah, someone's shouting about what just happened to someone else. So it gets a rundown of what just went down without
00:32:40
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having to pause for any kind of real conversation. Yeah. Yeah. There are people shouting, like, obviously there's a lot of, there's a lot of pandemonium and you hear two names being shout, shouted. Like they got, somebody says they got Thaddeus is one of the names being shouted. And the other one is Kalis is the other.
00:33:09
Speaker
Thaddeus, like E.U.S. and Kalis is K.A.E.L.I.S. OK. Eris, I guess, is by the door and Milo's coming towards her so she will. Wait long enough, but she's obviously looking at the window and trying to. Estimate where where the assailant might have
00:33:39
Speaker
Might've gone. Yeah. So as you're looking at my lookups over, yeah. Yeah. Milo, what are you immediately, is Milo talking straight away to Eris as soon as you get with an earshot or. Wait till I get.
00:33:54
Speaker
wait till I get up to Eris. I don't want anybody else to overhear anything that I might say. Come on, we have to go. Alira's here. She's seen me. I can explain more as soon as we're out of here. But what's the actual thing that just happened? I will explain when we're gone.
00:34:16
Speaker
Harris turns and gets three feet out the door. So what just happened? And Milo reaches up and like tugs Harris down to your level. Cath just happened. Which way did she go? Through the roof. She came in. Harris's fly is reckless. Harris turns and just tucks the
00:34:44
Speaker
Hand Fletcher into its into its back holster and just starts going up the wall. Eris, all of that. That's not what I intended. She went up top, obviously. You're going by yourself. The only one with boots that could do it is. Is there any capacity for somebody else to fly Tasha? Tasha flies, Tasha. Would Tasha respond to anyone else, I guess?
00:35:13
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because Harbin brought Tasha. Right. At the last gala we went to where there was an attack through the window. Yeah, Harbin drove through the wall and crushed someone. Okay, Olive grimaces and turns to Milo and says, come with me, and begins running towards Tasha. Come on, Sana, let's go. Sana is following but not keeping pace.
00:35:41
Speaker
And okay. So Eris, you are climbing directly up. You give me a, give me some kind of check to try and get a beat on where Cath went. Perception is probably the only real thing I can think of to use. That would certainly be. I'm trying to work out how I can argue street wise because it's so much better or.
00:36:12
Speaker
Yeah, Streetweiser skill Dugry in that Eris is. For a long time, Eris was very aware of. Points of egress and how I would run away if I had to run away. And so when she gets to the top.
00:36:32
Speaker
She will be able to easily identify paths one could take in escape, and she knows generally where Kath's lair is. Yeah, because we found this layer on the rooftop. Yeah, the nest of bones. We found a layer. I don't know if it's the current one, but it's the best thing I've got. OK, yeah, give me a skullduggery check.
00:37:00
Speaker
It will once again be hard difficulty, but I'm going to flip a story point. So turn one red into two purple. OK. Wait, turn one red into two. Oh, no, sorry. Turn one purple into a red. I don't know why. So one purple, one red. OK. No, it was originally three purple check. OK, there were two purple, one red, one red. Yes. Got it. It's been a long weekend. Ah.
00:37:30
Speaker
No success, one advantage. There were no success or failure rolled on any of those dice. It's just a bunch of threat advantage. Yep. You've never done any crime in this part of town, Eris. You've maybe. This is way outside of my league. Yeah. Maybe. Except that statue we stole, I guess. Yeah. We technically did do crime in this part of town, but Eris has probably had a fair state. If I ever wanted to steal from Wargrave University, this might be, but there's never been any serious consideration given.
00:37:59
Speaker
Yeah, Eris is only ever needed to go in through one window at more grave. OK, then Eris is on the roof and Kath is just not to be seen. You have an advantage. You could find a baby. Find claw marks. I find claw marks. That's how I that's how I tracked her the first time. Yeah. But I find some claw marks.
00:38:21
Speaker
Yeah. That gives you a general sense of a direction to head. After a couple of minutes, not after a minute, Milo, you, Olive, you and Olive reach Tasha. Sana is still handful of steps behind you all as Olive hops into hops in the driver's position. You go up and I'll stay back with Sana. What are you going to know? I need your help to try and find Kath, Milo. Sana, hurry. Let's go. Come on.
00:38:51
Speaker
Milo rushes back to try to urge Sana on. Give me a check. How much should I make it out for? Give me a picture. Are you going to try to charm her? Are you going to coerce her? Are you going to lie to her? What's Milo going to say? I'm going to charm her. Okay. I know it's difficult right now, but if we got a chance to catch up to Kath, perhaps we can stop her. Please. Let's go.
00:39:18
Speaker
One red, one purple, two black, because Sana is, it's been a rough year for Sana. How many story points do we have? You have three currently. Okay, can I flip one to turn a green to a yellow? You certainly can. All right. That's a wash. That's just pure.
00:39:45
Speaker
Zero. Yeah. Sana like begins to like openly cry Milo and she shoves you away and she said, just go. Just go. I don't wish to leave you here by yourself. Go. Is she going to charm Milo to leave? No, she's going to start walking away. Olive, Sana, you promised me you would be OK. Milo, we've got to go. Yeah, I'm going to I'm going to flip a story point.
00:40:15
Speaker
Sana turns back to you, Milo, and says, Milo, I don't owe you anything. Go. Well, that hurts. Milo hangs his head, and it's very well. The hop's on where Tasha can take us. As soon as you're in Tasha, Olive is like,
00:40:35
Speaker
vertical. Milo tumbles back and yeah, she gets as high as she can to try and get a vantage point as to where both Eris and Kath are. Is Milo in a state to try and look for Kath at this point or is Milo in his feelings? Milo's in his feelings a little bit. He would try to look but it... Okay. But probably not as effective as he could.
00:41:01
Speaker
Give me a perception check, add a black to it, but this is going to be a hard check. So three purple and one black. Three purple and a black. All right. One failure, two threats. Oh my gosh, man, the dice are not good to us. Nope. Okay. So yeah, Milo, you're just, your mind, your heart's not in it right now. I think is the best way to put a two threat.
00:41:31
Speaker
Which makes sense because I think between the two Milo is closest to sauna. So yeah, we stop looking with your heart and start using your eyes. The two threats. That seems like too much for just two threat.
00:41:50
Speaker
It is, it definitely is. Agreed. No, my thinking was like all of this chaos happens and then a group of people sprint out of the building might raise some suspicions. But once again, I feel like you all getting. We get arrested again.
00:42:07
Speaker
The two threats are, we'll just pass this set back on the next check. Miley, do you hear Olive say, I see Aeris and Olive begins to fly Tasha. Aeris, you're on the rooftops and Tasha flying towards you. Blue haired girl in punk party clothes. Yes. Subtle, that's what you're saying. There's 20 of them on the rooftops, but Aeris had them. We're always on the rooftops, yeah.
00:42:32
Speaker
Okay. Yeah. Eris has a general direction, so she waits for Tasha to get down, and as soon as Tasha is close enough, she grabs the edge and swings herself up into the boat. Okay. And points in a direction. All right. And Olive takes off in that direction towards the direction that the claw marks were in. Okay. What check would you all like to make in the pursuit of Cath? I really want to argue for something other than perception, but I just got nothing really.
00:43:02
Speaker
I think it's just got to be looking for her at this point. We're not down on the roof, so I can't like create some sort of. Detectiveness, so I think it's just a perception. OK, what is my difficulty?
00:43:18
Speaker
Uh, hard with a setback from the two threat previously. Cool, cool. I'll spend a story point, upgrade one of them. And that's all I can really do about it. So here we go. Hey, everything got worse. I've got one failure for advantage and a despair. Yay.
00:43:44
Speaker
It's still good. It's okay. We can make this work. This is awful. It's not okay. No, it's super bad. It's super bad. We've failed all of the checks. If it makes you feel better, we're killing it over on Arvin yet. That's true. Things seem to be going pretty well over there. You're held up a finger, and I don't know if that's a technical difficulty finger or, oh, I need to look up this horrible thing that I had planned. I didn't see which finger it was. He might just be mad at you.
00:44:08
Speaker
After all the fun we had at Jeff and Trevor's expense last time, I feel we're being paid back. Oh, I think somehow we're being paid back for all the fun you had at our expense last time too. Actually, none of this, none of what's going on in ours is from Eric. Eric's being exceptionally fair on our side. We're making our own nightmares. Aren't we, Trevor?
00:44:32
Speaker
I think it's going. It seems to be. He's working with you so far. Yeah, that is true. Now, will it continue to go? Probably not. It just took forever to get to this conversation. Once we're at this conversation, it seems to be going OK, because our social check person is over there. Where? You. That would be right now. Unfortunately, our chase people across the rooftop person is also over there.
00:44:59
Speaker
I mean, I know most of this is going to get cut, but the length of this pause. Well, Eric figures out what he's got to do to us is concerning. Yeah. OK, so we have one failure for advantage and a despair. So the. Despair. Do you have any thoughts for the advantage? Obviously, we have failed to spot Kath, but this might be small for for advantage, but some.
00:45:29
Speaker
We have some evidence that we are going in the right direction. Obviously, we can't we can't gun it like obviously we could catch her if we saw her in Tasha, but we can't gun it because otherwise how are we going to see anything that's going on as we're skimming the rooftop? We're seeing some evidence that we're moving in the right direction, but we obviously aren't spotting.
00:45:50
Speaker
Yeah. Um, yeah. Yes. That works for me. What it is going to manifest as is you spot one of the, oh no.
00:46:05
Speaker
You spot the, yeah, we've established these are a thing for them. You see a glint of something on one of the rooftops and is all of kind of sweeps down. You see the name badge of Thaddeus. So yeah. So Thaddeus is the name that you see on the badge. Well, if we look down close enough that I can see what the name on the badge, Eris reaches out and grabs it just in case anyone else is trying to follow. She doesn't want to leave the trail for them. For the despair.
00:46:35
Speaker
Yeah, you all. Don't see this occur. It's a third party thing where that's my least favorite kind of despair kind that I am unable to react to. Oh, it'll come up soon as you all have swooped up and gone handful of minutes have passed and you were near ish enough of the right district, the city sauna walking into her parents home.
00:47:05
Speaker
And you see her walking through like the main area and heads to a, yeah, why not? Heads to a bookcase and pushes it, revealing a door and goes down some stairs. And you see her like enter dark, artificing area, like dimly lit and drawther sitting at a workstation and Sana says,
00:47:36
Speaker
It's gone too far. And Jother looks up and just...
00:47:40
Speaker
looks back down and nods, and he slides Parcel across the workstation towards Sana and just hangs his head. Thank you all so much for listening. I have been your game master, Eric. We did this recording in one big, massive file, so we're splitting it up manually. So 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 all of our socials, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok.
00:48:29
Speaker
Thank you all so much for listening. I've been your game master, Eric, and I will see you next time.
00:48:39
Speaker
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