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C1 Ep. 103 Recovered Kingdom Chapter Five
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Our party finds themselves face to face with a new entity. But will this unknown figure turn out to be an ally, or will they lead the players on a far more dangerous path?
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Introduction and Sponsors
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Chaotic Expedition Scene
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The last sounds I heard from the rest of the expedition were screams and the whirring of a hundred drow boomerangs as I tackled the princess and dove over the waterfall.
Podcast Introductions and Campaign Setting
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Hello and welcome to Everon Renewed, a D&D 5th edition actual play podcast set in the Everon campaign setting. I'm your dungeon master, Eric. And I'm Philip. I'm Randy. I'm Jeff. I saw you in the middle of that yawn. I was wondering if you were going to finish it up before it got around to you. People would have never known if you hadn't said something, Eric. But I wanted them to know that you yawn professionally. It is 10 in the PM here.
Combat Recap and Slod Encounter
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So let's get going. What happened last time?
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We... Was that two combats? We fought two combats. One was not much of a fight and the other one like was. Like really was. So we are walking down there and...
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We come across some, essentially, actual former living body scarecrows. And Dex, being curious, wanting to find some information out, gets too close, and almost gets choked, and we dispatched
The Drow Girl and Healing Magic
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those guys. It was nothing. But then, four Slods showed up and put up a real fight, but we did manage to kill all four of them.
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We killed three of the four and, uh, barracks at the other one on all it's all expensive vacation back home. Um, and then we found a girl in a bag, a drow girl, a bit reductive, but yeah, I mean, too long. Didn't read version.
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Slott had a bag, bag had a lady. Whoa, whoa, whoa. She doesn't seem very impressed with three of the four, really any of the four of us, because Dracarys is slummin' it with three service dwellers. We don't know that, we don't speak under comment.
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That's true. I did pick up that she was upset with us, though. Yes, that was apparent. You could probably pick up her tone. So we're going to do that cool thing that happens on animated shows when you buy them on DVD where they would repeat the same line before and after the commercial break because children have some attention pains. And I know that Drakir had a great response to her line. So what are you doing with surface dwellers? Drakir. Drakir is now sort of flipping the
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Bloody-ended claw, he tore loose back and forth through his knuckles. And he says, in Undercommon, they are stratos. She kind of looks at each of the barrack decks and Booyah up and down. Wow. Very well. It's gonna become so evident that that's a lie so quickly.
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Come here, what? I'm doing this. She tries to stand up and kind of leans up against the the wall of the cavern and winces in pain. I hear we'll move forward and lean down and he reaches down to his belt where the
Undercommon Discussion and Mythological Connections
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Dragon orb is hanging and touches it and casts Cure Wounds, putting his hand against her broken leg.
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So you, you see the wounds begin to mend. It's clear that she's still going to walk with a limp and like, it's going to take time to recover, but she's no longer in grave. What do you want? Hit points or yeah, go ahead. Okay. Can I say while this is going on, Booyah sits down and begins muttering to himself and it's going to take about 10 minutes of muttering still in this little bubble. Yep. Still in his little bubble. And
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Where'd it go? Sure gains 30 hit points. Okay. Wow. Yeah. I rolled three eights on those five dice. Um, do you have Bismintany with your tribe?
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Do I have what? Bismarckney. Bismarckney? That's what she's saying? Yes. Does Drakir understand that word? Um, it's, it's under common for immortal, deathless, uh, basically you, Drakir, you, you all do not have Bismarckney in your tribe. Um, or at least that you know of, but, um, you are vaguely aware, um, they're more,
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to you mythological than anything else. Besmertni are drow that have been, quote unquote, touched by the enemy and are now outcasts. But rather than being killed and discarded, they are sent as part of their own kind of exiled tribe to go kill as many aberrations and do as much chaos as they can before they die.
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Like Grey Wardens. Well, the Deathless Dwarves from Dragon Age that are set down. Yeah. That's what Grey Wardens do too, right? Well, it takes them to go into the Deep Roads. Yes, yes, yes. Kills my stuff. Yes. What kind of drow is she based on her speech? She seems to be Umbra. Okay. At some point, Dex has leaned over to Barakon.
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You think she's one of the murder angry kill ones? That's what we call a callback everybody. Or is she half city? I don't know, I don't know these people. So yeah, you you vape, you know the best Mertonie, but mostly from like bedtime stories kind of thing, like talking about these
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Not really, noble's the wrong word, but just they have a very kind of crappy calling. So
Dex's Infection and Cure
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yeah. Okay. Shakir shakes his head. We do not. Do you know what we are? I have heard the stories.
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She kind of pulls down her shirt, for lack of a better term, to just below her collarbone, and you see this... Looks like somebody took an ice cream scoop, but it's been burned, like cauterized, and she says, one of them gave me an extra eye here.
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We scooped it out and burned the wound but we do not know if they can still see through me or what have you so I am exiled but I need to
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I need to get back to my tribe. Normally, I would just tell you to kill me and not be any trouble to anybody, but I have information. Of course. I have information vital to our war effort, and I must get back to my camp. So illuminate Philip for a second. In Philip's imagination, there was just the one
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the one Umbrigen group in this place. So is she from near where, would she be from where near I am? They're scattered all over. I mean, with the nature of Drow life spans at some point potentially, I kind of envision it as like the tribe did start out as very centralized and like everybody knows your name kind of thing. But just through venturing deeper into Khyber, getting split up a bit, there's,
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You all are still one tribe, like Drakir's tribe would probably know where her tribe is, but may not have had contact with them. Okay. I am also trying to return to my tribe. What, what have you learned?
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Well, the best men who I'm trying to get back to, we are trying to retake an ancient drow stronghold near here that the Slog have overtaken. The monsters have taken.
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But I have found some secret entrances that my people must know about if we are going to take the ruins and use it as a staging ground.
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Well, if you are trying to return to Umbridge and Lance, we are going this direction. Beth Mertany are not permitted back in Umbridge and Lance. My camp is, I presume, far closer than where you are trying to go. I see. Sorry, I was referencing her tribe before she was exiled, uh, when we were talking just then. I see.
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Hey, I've got a question. Yes. How's Dex feel physically right now? Kind of gross. Do I know something was going on with that one? You've got a bit of a boom, boom tummy. Is the nature of this, can I feel that something is off with that one injury? Yeah, you feel fatigued and the slashing from the claws that caused the infection feel really warm.
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Um, you don't feel good. Um, I just, I wanted to know how I could, I feel like I should alert the group. Yes. But I didn't know if I could do that. Basically you could, you could, you could say, Hey fellas, I feel weird. Okay. Um, did I, did I get the, does that get impression? Nope.
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Listeners, let me know. Anyway, do you want to do that now? I'm going to. Hey, fellas. I feel weird. Hey, I'm not feeling so hot. Like, well, actually, that's not true. I literally feel warm. One of those claws got me and it feels real strange. In Under Common, the woman that you're talking to, Drake here, just says, kill him.
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Strathos no longer useful, he will become Slod. So Rakeer sort of lays this off, that it's time for that. And starts trying to get a description of where, where her group are. And when Booyah's done praying, everybody regains 22 hit points. Oh, except for next.
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Yep. Barak would love to help Dex out, but has absolutely no capacity to do anything about Dex being sick. So Barak looks concerned and waits for our cleric to do something.
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and hopes that the Claret can do something. I just want for someone to tell Dex that it's okay we can fix this if they in fact know that they can fix this. I don't know what it is. I don't think I can find out. There's the one guy who does but he's being a real tool shed over there talking to our new friend. I don't know if Dracure knows what's wrong.
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You don't think he'd know common slot infections? Well, that lady just told him that he was going to be a slot. Yeah, that lady knows him. He has the disease. Chaos phage. You will turn into a slot. Uh, it's a disease. So if anybody can cure diseases, what?
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What does Dex speak? Drakir would know these things by now. Elvish, orcish, common, thieves can't. Well. Drakir. Drakir turns around, just looks over his shoulder and says, calm down, you're just becoming a slob. And then. And Dex says, what's a slob?
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and they was not said last time. And Drakir sort of kicks one of the corpses by way of answer. Oh, dang. What? This place sucks. Wait, you say he gonna be slot? No, he won't become green one. Green ones are useful in cast spells. Wait, Booyah. If he no cast spell, he become red one. They are useless. They're a father. Yes. I forget, you'll be red, not green. Oh, in that case, all right, great. Hey, somebody do something.
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Booyah walks over. That was just just vaguely enough Will Ferrell's Harry Caron. It didn't hit into that way a bit. Booyah walks over to Dex and says, points to his Halo. You see Halo?
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Yeah, Booyah. And then Dex breaks into a Beyonce song. No, Dex doesn't. Yes, I see it. I've seen it. You'll be okay.
Misunderstandings and Humor
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And Booyah reaches out and touches Dex on the... But doesn't cast a spell. On his hip, I guess, because he probably can't reach much higher. Dex checks his pockets.
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You, uh, your disease is gone. Thanks to the halo. All right. I mean, I would have been cool 22 hit points ago, but thank you. He didn't know you had the disease. No, of course not. I'm joking. It's my brand. I make the dumb joke. What is that item that you have that's walking around? Oh, it's also Stratos, but his little goblin in
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Can. I was gonna say Stratos and a can. Stratos and a can. Oh, you know what though? Is Stratos the same and under common as it is in common? Oh yes, Stratos is an under common. Oh, so I'd definitely say, hey, why you keep pointing at us saying Stratos? I'm explaining what you are.
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I'm not, but- No, to be fair, the only time you've heard him say Stratos is about the raven and the falcon, right? And the ghost tiger and the course. Okay, fair enough. I was really hoping you thought it meant bird. No, I think it means pet. But how will I ever explain what it means to Dex? That's why he thinks it means pet. Because it's only been animals.
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Yeah, you've heard them both say Stratos back and forth. I'm offended, but not yet angry.
Drow Culture and Tattoos
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So my camp is not far. I'm not quite sure where I am, but if we head back the direction they were dragging me, I'm sure I can gain my bearings and lead you back to my camp. And then you can go.
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Uh, Drakir turns to the group and says, we are going to take her back to her camp. I mean, now, I don't know guys. What do y'all think? What do you independent thinkers think about this opportunity? Should we, should we seize it? Of course we're going to go. He knows the way around here.
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Yeah, I don't, I don't see, we have much choice. Okay. I look at Rick here and I say, make me. Um, uh, Drake here walks to here. Do you do that? No, no, no, no. But I do say, Hey, uh, I, I turned to her though. And I say, do you, do you speak common? What does it say to me? She does not speak common.
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I ask if she speaks Elvish. What is it saying to me? It wants to know if you speak surface, Elvish. It sounds like Slod. It does. It says you sound like Slod. I mean, I heard those guys. I do not sound like that. Can you please tell it to be quiet? It's very arresting to listen to. She listens you to Steve Stocking.
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You say we need- I do not care. You say we need help her go back to tribe? Yes, we are taking her back to her tribe. Abuya, Abuya, happy help. Let's go. This way. Next starts humming. Because of all the healing that washed over here, she is able to walk without a limp at this point, but she does not have
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any of her gear or weapons, so she's smart enough to know that she's kind of a sitting choker out here, so. It's kind of why Dix feels confident humming. Before we go, Drakir goes over and tears out two more of the finger claws. Okay. And hands them to her. Oh, this is. So that she's not unarmed. She kind of grabs the, where the hilts would be and spins them around. It's like, these will do. Good thing.
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You know, I was going to change my form back to something more Monday while we're down here, but she's definitely going to think I'm a slot if I do that. So I'm going to not. So she begins leading the way. And you said she has a tattoo.
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Would you describe the tattoo around her face on her face again? So the tattoo on her face is- Is it a mythical dragon from outer space? No. You okay, Jeff? Reference not acknowledged. Oh, 30 rocks. Oh, it's been a while. Yeah. Although in Eberron, there actually is a mythical dragon in outer space. That's a bruise. And 30 rocks. At least. Yeah, I mean, yeah. One presumes.
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out there and i took a few with them but it looks like the letter to the letter the letter six is the six i'm about to say this guy went to college it looks like the number six but like the the top part has a little bit of a flair to it
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Um, is it, it's a Russian script. Like it's, it's surreal. It's surreal. Sure. Is it, I mean, is it an under common rune? Is that it's, it's the letter B in under common essentially. Is that.
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Is that correct? Like, does that seem right? You remember hearing that the Bess Mertony were marked in some way, so they could not sneak back in to society because Drow were killed sometimes because in the early days of the Bess Mertony, they would sneak back in, like fearful of their exile, and they would get people killed. So now they are marked for life. The other tattoos on her
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Um, she basically seems to have white tattoos going all the way down from her mid, uh, bicep down to her wrist and onto her fingers. Okay. Um, and they seem to be some elaborate, um, marking system that you don't understand. All right. Uh, Drake here stays up with her. So why are you coming from the surface?
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I am a collector. Ah. Weapons? Yes. Enstratus, apparently.
Arrival at Drow Camp
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Well, it is useful to bring some twin travelling in Kyber, you know. Where's your tiger? Behind you.
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Cool. Cool. Okay. Where was he when I got slotted? Behind you. Making sure you didn't run away. I hate it down here. I was literally ready for it to pounce if you feared and ran away. Gosh.
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um hey you would have thanked me if i had done it in that moment i certainly would have would have been great um i still hate it down here uh unless there's more conversation you want to have jr um no i don't i don't think there's a lot of conversation to be had here uh so he
00:23:39
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He sort of proceeds along with her in general. Well, okay. Because we're so very practical at some point through here, it doesn't go. My name is Venera. Noda.
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No duh? Was that, was that her last, was that her name or is she expressing the fact that she has? Yeah. Right. She was making a joke. Um, the Vrim, no duh. Uh, Drukir, Drukir laughs uproariously and goes, Hmm. Wait, did Drukir laughs uproariously? Yeah, he went, Hmm. Oh, okay. I thought you, it was like Dex stopped moving. Um,
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Tiger bumps into him. It's adorable. But I didn't do a good job of describing her when she came out of the bag. She she's obviously wearing just under clothes essentially because her armor was taken from her. She has like
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closely cropped hair, not a shaved head, but like a shaved head three weeks ago kind of look. And the scars all over the place, just slashing wounds, scarred up.
00:25:15
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So yeah, that's what she looks like. About 5'10". And yeah, pretty muscular. So yeah. At some point, Dracure plants his back at decks and says, in that bag, we have any,
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Equipment, automata, that sort of thing. I mean, it was just her, right? Yeah, in the bag that you found her in, yeah. No, no. Your bag. The bag of holding. My bag of holding? There were some more forged parts, gave those, like the Kavarn. Let's see, you got... Two vision, just walking around, like... Well, I guess, isn't the conceit of it that you think of something and then you reach in? Yeah. Okay, Dex is, because I can't remember, so Dex goes,
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armor and reaches his hand in and pulls out. Well, that's my question to you is would you have like sold your old armor when you got the dragon scale armor? If so, we never got any money for it. I literally did not think about that. So no, it would be in the bag. I changed clothes. I was in I was in Roat for a couple of weeks. Didn't think about the armor. I'm resplendent in my new armor. We don't think about X's when a better thing walks into our lives.
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Got weird there at the end. So yeah, so I toss. I'm gonna do it, but she's just gonna think that he ordered me to give her armor.
00:27:05
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Yes. Yes, I tossed my studded leather armor that I had, I worked hard for to uh, Drakir to give to her. I got this. Give it to her. Gonna be a little bit. What? Oh, I just accidentally cut you off twice so I was just gonna shut up and let you say something. I said give it to her.
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I actually give it to her. I tossed it to you. Yeah, then in that case, Drakir passes it over to her. Thank you. She stops for a moment and slips it all on and she kind of... I just see it doesn't smell good.
00:28:00
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It went straight from on Dex to in that bag for weeks. Smells like a sloth. Are you sure your Stratos is not sloth that is shape changed? How long have you known the Stratos? I've had it long enough, to be sure. You've loved it long enough. Dex goes, quit saying Stratos. Yes, we know that you are. I'm sorry, what?
00:28:31
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He said that nunderkommen to her. He was very proud of his status. That's a good enough joke. We're all a while. I go bear. Oh, is that what it is? Now my jokes have to meet your standards. I mean, I am the editor. Fine. Uh, he keeps calling us his pets. I noticed that.
00:29:01
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What the heck, man? Have you not noticed that your care is rather exceptionally friendly for a drow? No, I don't know many drow and he is not friendly. Well, have you recently in your mind compared him to all of the other drow that we met?
00:29:23
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Well, let's see. There was the one that wanted to send us to the front lines of a war. They were all the ones that attacked us. Your dad seemed fine, but... Wow. Holy cow, man. Let's unpack that moment. That just sort of stops. No, the whole point of that moment was to make Philip question
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I say, no, you're right. I guess of them, he's the nicest one. Except for your dad, he was real nice. But honestly, here's what Dex knows of Barak's dad. He was not present for Barak growing up, yes, but he also died to resurrect him. That's literally all that he knows of Barak's dad.
00:30:18
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And Booyah has just taken this all in stride. He knows, he knows, he knows about her or what she is and what she probably thinks about us. That's fair. Yeah. Booyah has a good sense of drought. So, um, I'd imagine he's just speaking her language. I mean, he's literally speaking her language. On the other hand, you'll see him rather fond of the tiger. So become a term of affection.
00:30:50
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I mean, I'm pretty sure it just means pet, but whatever. We'll go with that and drop. Wait, what do you, what do you mean? All right. We'll just drop this lady off and he'll probably let it go. No, no, and he'd better let it go. Um, so after a bit of walking, um,
00:31:15
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you all reach a ridge. She's leading the way and she kind of steps out for a moment and looks down over this cliff's edge next to you to your gear and says, do you have darkvision? Yes.
00:31:32
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then they won't fall to their deaths. And she turns and begins to walk along this like two foot wide ledge that's overlooking this gigantic cavern that you see ruins that seem to be based on Ural's experience, kind of a mix of elf and giant, like giant architecturally, but
00:31:58
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Functionally for elves, yes. I mean, are they similar to the ruins that we saw? No, because those were giant size, like those are functional for giants. Gotcha. But the lower level wasn't. That's fair, yeah. So yeah, similar to that. And seems to be based on Ural's keen architectural eyes and archaeological know-how. Seems to be from around the same time period as well.
00:32:26
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All right. So she just starts trekking along. It's probably about 200 feet up above. And you all can see, actually no, also I'd have dark vision, so they wouldn't have lights. So yeah, you just see darkness. But yeah. But you see the ruins down there, so. Does Dracure know anything about these ruins?
00:32:55
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Driqueer does not. Driqueer has encountered from time to time like the city that Driqueer's tribe was trying to take back was just like ruins that they occupied. Like there's not a lot of construction going on. It's just finding what you should get.
Tensions and Misunderstandings
00:33:15
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So this seems to be similar, although far older than the ruins that Driqueer's people live in. Okay.
00:33:24
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Um, uh, trickier glances. Is this the city you are trying to take? Yes. This is occupied by Slod.
00:33:41
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Slother what we know of. They are the front line in this war. We've killed. I've killed dozens and she kind of references her arm. It is very practical when the trophies become cumbersome after a time.
00:34:06
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Besmirtni do not take such things. We have very few possessions. Less for a tribe to deal with once we die. Sure. Have you fat-slawed?
00:34:27
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I've encountered them once before today. But these were larger than the others I encountered. It's ironic that the smaller the slot, the more dangerous. Yes. Yeah, you all... You begin... Everybody give me perception tricks.
00:35:02
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18. Is passive acceptable? Sure. 16 for Barak, 25 for Drakir. 27. Okay. You all are pretty... Well, that depends. Well, no, because I rolled it first. Are we stretching Cradula? Do you call this natural setting still? Since it's practically a city underground. Yeah. Okay. I still rolled the 27 first. Okay. So you all can see up ahead what appears to be a
00:35:32
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a drow scout or guard or something standing in front of a mouth leading, not a literal mouth, but cave mouth, leading in from this ridge that you all are walking along. And he sees you all coming and kind of stands up and...
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pulls a weapon out about halfway through and says in Undercommon, Venera, are these your captors coming to kill us? And she kind of scoffs and
00:36:16
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No, I would not lead my captors back to you, you bishnik, which, Drakir, you know, is a very foul word in the Undercommon. And he kind of chuckles as he sheaths his sword and looks to you, Drakir, and kind of regards you. And are you from the surface?
00:36:46
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No, I have been on the surface because I am a collector. Ah. Well, I am Taras, and he extends his hand out. Trick here. Does the appropriate drow greeting gesture? I just want so badly for Dex to like point between him and Barak is go bratos.
00:37:15
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fitted by the image of that made me laugh really hard. Which which I have decided is a fist bump. Okay. Now it's the turkey greeting like you extend the you extend the fist and he grabs it. It's definitely a fist bump. So you all punch each other's hands. And he kind of looks past you all and are these dratos
00:37:42
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Yes. And Dex just throws his hands in the air. I feel ill-advised on this ledge. Dex trees? They are to help me in making my way back to my tribe. We normally do not bring Stratos into the camp. Would they be fine waiting out here?
00:38:08
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Well, if this is your camp, Venera, then we can continue on our way, and your people need not be troubled with this. Very well. If this long journey back to where your tribe is, if you wish to
00:38:26
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Uh, rest here. My, my tribe would, would have at least you, your Stratos, and they probably won't kill them. Um, yeah, I would love them not to kill them. That's a joke again. Um, well, I think if I left, left this Stratos, left my Stratos alone out here, they might flee or be eaten by something. That's fair. Darn things just wandered off.
00:38:55
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If they are valuable, Stratos, then I think our leader would be fine with them being in the camp, if you wish to rest up and continue on your way later. But if you wish to just press on, that's fine as well. Drakir turns and says in a very stern tone, but in common, that inviting us to stay
00:39:30
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Dax looks back and goes, bye! Booyah can rest. It is Drow Village. Clearly. Why are we so angry? If you still have not figured out what I am doing at this point, then perhaps you would be better off as some Drow Stratos. Oh, you son of a-
00:40:02
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I hate it down here. I advise you to speak very respectful. Dracure, this is ridiculous. Now, okay, it's Drow Village. What? You are Stratos here. Fine. From that point on. Dracure turns back and says, we will rest.
00:40:31
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and then continue after. What is wrong with that one stratos of yours? He seems awfully loud. He is not disrespectful. It is stupid. It's very, very useful in fights, but he does not understand things very well. Often have to say the same thing two or three times for him to really understand. It's better to give him very simple instructions at the time.
00:40:59
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And I just go, I'm Dex! I'm just kidding. Terris kind of smirks and looks at you, Jerkir, and is like, I think I have spent some time on these surfaces. Well, let me throw out any lot size with you, Dex, and goes, calm! And kind of just- That was so loud. That was oppressively loud.
00:41:30
Speaker
Okay, we go. We got tired. Very good. We are walking in textures. Oh, definitely. I'm
Reflection and Preparation
00:41:44
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mad, man. This sucks. I'd call me Stratos. I'll show you Stratos. I ain't nobody Stratos. All right. So we go in and
00:41:59
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are given a place to rest. So yeah, you see that this is this is literally a camp like there are. Some bed rolls laid out. There's a. A very small fire with some meat cooking over it. Those of you not from the depths of Kyber, it does not seem appetizing at all.
00:42:28
Speaker
But the Drow here seem, they're much more reserved than the Drow that you encountered. That ain't hard. And they just, they regard Venera and a terrorist does not walk in there. He stays at his post.
00:42:48
Speaker
They regard Venera and Nod and kind of look at Drakir, unsuspecting Link, or not unsuspecting Link. You do not expect their looks. Just unsure of your presence. They do not look at you three or the Ghost Tiger. Actually, the Ghost Tiger seems pretty cool. They look at the Ghost Tiger. Drakir unslings his pack and just throws it at Dex.
00:43:18
Speaker
Let's sit over there. And Dex goes, yes, Commander, we will sit, bleep, blop, bleep, bleep, blop, and really... I don't understand what you are imitating. The Earth Joker laughing their heads off. The Commander will want explanation from you of why you are here.
00:43:47
Speaker
I will be glad to give one. So is anybody going to continue to follow Drake here or are you all going to go with Dex to go sit? Or is Dex going to go sit? I mean,
00:44:04
Speaker
I hate Drakir right now, but I understand what's happening. And yet the ghost tiger begins hurting you? No, I'm going to go sit because I do understand what's happening. This seems like the most fun Philip has had in this campaign in about 18 months.
00:44:22
Speaker
You know, I've learned something, it took me, was this 102 episodes. I don't like Dungeons and Dragons. I'm just kidding, I'm having a good time. 103 actually. Actually technically 104, because we had that one unnumbered episode, so. We don't talk about that. Who you got, what year do you, what year do you, how many people are in this area right here where we are? There's about 18. There's 18 people. 18 of them.
00:44:52
Speaker
I was about to say there's about 15 to 20, but I was like, you could just count that amount. 18 and they're, they've got food on a fire, huh? And all of them have the same distinct white mark above their eye. Um, and you see, uh, some drow that look a bit older.
00:45:11
Speaker
have their entire like torsos covered in similar markings as Venera has on her right arm and you see a couple of drowd that seem adolescent and in fact there's one drowd that you would guess hasn't even hit adulthood yet and they just have one mark just above their wrist on their right forearm but they're kind of sitting. They seem the most
00:45:39
Speaker
uneasy, like they're they they kind of still they have some anxiety about him. So anyway, are any of them nursing any injuries of any kind? There's one that's laying next to the fire and kind of holding holding their ribs and trying to get comfortable. They have some bandaging wrapped around. OK.
00:46:01
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Um, so Drake here, um, Venera leads you, uh, and you approach, um, a, a bed roll that's kind of off, uh, separated from the rest of the camp. Um, and you see this drow, um, that does not have the mark over her eye. Um, but you see that her, she doesn't have any white hair.
00:46:29
Speaker
her hair has been replaced with tentacles that she's kind of tied back and they're the same color of drow skin like they they would look natural if not for being tentacles and she kind of looks up and glances at you and she seems like
00:46:50
Speaker
Not an older drow, like not past adulthood, but definitely the equivalent of human age, probably in their mid to late forties. So, Venera, you made this back alive. Good. What have you brought us? And she kind of looks to Jukir and
00:47:19
Speaker
I do not presume to speak for you and she gestures. Your sentry and Venera here suggested that I and my Stratos could rest here before continuing my journey to my tribe. I'm a collector. I've been on the surface for several weeks and I'm making my way back.
00:47:49
Speaker
Ah, very good. What, uh, what tribe are you from? Have we ever established a actual name? No. Okay. It's cool of you to make me do this on the spot. Uh, for some about names. Um, I'll look, I'll look high. I'll look high. Write that down.
00:48:19
Speaker
What is that, Philip? It's a Mongol tribe. One of the part of the Tartar tribal confederacy. I know of the Alukai. The good fighting tribe. Mostly, yes.
00:48:45
Speaker
So what brought you to this part of Kyber? We encountered a group of Slaad. When we killed them, we discovered Venera in a bag that one of them was dragging. And she said it was not very much out of our way to see that she made it back to you safely. It's good of you.
00:49:16
Speaker
No, I'm more meant your tribe lives far south of here. What brings you this far north? As I said, I was on the surface for many weeks collecting. Very well. Well, you're more than welcome to
00:49:42
Speaker
Use the camp as if it were your own. Rest up. Eat some food if you wish. You may talk to my soldiers if you like. But Veneta, did you get the info? And she kind of...
00:49:57
Speaker
cuts her off, you're getting a kind of informality by way of urgency with these drow. Yes, I have found the secret entrances. You gave her your name? No.
00:50:18
Speaker
Yes, yes. Well, the look here I am Anushka Demeter. If you have need of anything, please do not hesitate to ask. Otherwise you may rejoin your status and they may be fed to just not too much. And yes.
00:50:41
Speaker
I will, uh, I will speak to you if I have need. Um, grateful for your hospitality and he backs out of the tent and heads back over and sits down, uh, kind of vaguely near, uh, the others, but not, not like with them, like where, you know, friends or something. And Booyah has taken steps toward the one that's laying down.
00:51:10
Speaker
Oh, as soon as they say that's gotta be a bad idea. I thought they have heard Booyah help. Yes. And do you suppose they'll appreciate being touched by you? Booyah not gonna touch. Booyah just speak word.
00:51:38
Speaker
I mean, I think we can probably handle ourselves if it comes to that, but I think I can't think of a lot of ways better to start a fight with these people than casting a spell on unrequested. They'll care. Ask if they want help person. Booyah cast spell help. Drakir looks over, sees the other drow and walks over.
00:52:07
Speaker
and says, one of my stratos has healing magic. Would you like me to have him take care of your injury?
00:52:19
Speaker
The draw that's kind of lounging with the bandage up ribs is a very burly. He does not need any healing. No, he's he's very wide with a bit of a gut like imagine a dwarf version of a drow like if that makes sense and he kind of looks over and. Snickers a bit as he looks at the three Stratos and says. Which one?
00:52:47
Speaker
little one in the can very silly start those but very well if we hit it with a stick would it hurt we're very bored he glances back at Booyah and sort of looks appraisingly
00:53:14
Speaker
Does it hurt you when things hit you while you wear that suit? I love the question you gave him to ask and that being the response he comes back with. Booyah kind of cocks his head quizzically at trickier. No, no, don't hurt. What? Somebody hurt with weapon might hurt, but
00:53:43
Speaker
Just, no? That mean he won't heal? No won't heal. Drakir takes the claw and just chucks it at Booyah's head. Booyah, you have to give me a dexterity saving throw to see if it catches you off-guard and you stumble backwards. Because I'm just imagining Hitchhiker's Guide at this point, so very top-heavy. Hey, what was that? 15.
00:54:06
Speaker
20 something. So yeah it hits you and you kind of take a step back but you're no it hits you but you don't stumble backwards. 24. You're not hurt. Okay. Hey did those claws do the combat thing? Booyah picks it up. What? Do those claws like aren't they venomous? Yes. Does that hurt? Booyah picks it up. No that don't hurt why you throws it. We play game he throws it. No he just threw it. He just threw it back.
00:54:37
Speaker
Not to hit hard like he just do it. Kir could probably catch it. Kir does. Roll. We play game. Why we do this? He want heal, no heal. What he want? I think he wants heal, but they also like to throw things. They're bored. They want throw things at Booyah because they bored. Yes. And you are in a can.
00:55:08
Speaker
Oh, this crazy. Yeah. Uh, I mean, no, no, no, throw game. No, throw stuff. Booyah cause bored. Can Booyah throw stuff? Them cause he bored. You know, of course not. You want to tell them that obviously you want to tell them that we're the reason that Venera came back. Like, no, that, that's definitely not the case. I am definitely. Booyah know what you're. Now James.
00:55:42
Speaker
He is extremely weak and frail and he is carrying several things that are useful to my tribe. So if it is all the same, I would prefer that he not be damaged. As you turn around, you see that he already has a rather large size stick in his hand and he says. And he just tosses his eyes like he. Booyah say one throw. He may heal me. Booyah, heal him. OK.
00:55:59
Speaker
Drinkier turns back.
00:56:12
Speaker
Cast. I forgot I was going to cast after all this time. Healing word. Healing word. That guy. You want me to roll for it? No, you can just use the spell slot. OK, so yeah, he feels it like. And he grabs a rock and tosses it. It just dinks off your head. I was like, can I try to catch it?
00:56:40
Speaker
That's why they like throw things. Does yours, Stratos? Thank you. I feel much better. Drakir walks back over and sits down where he was again. Gonna throw things down the cliff into the city. Restful you can. We should not stay here long. Okay. End of episode.
00:57:06
Speaker
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00:57:57
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