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Episode 26 (S3E26) · Tale of The Manticore, a Dark Fantasy Dungeons & Dragons Audiodrama

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Speaker 1: Hi, This is Jennifer from the Canadian Podcast Awards and
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Speaker 1: you're listening to Tale of the Manticor.
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Speaker 2: The following podcast is intended for a mature audience. Listener
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Speaker 2: discretion is advised. Welcome back to Tale of the Manticor
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Speaker 2: Season three. Like the creature from which it takes its name,
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Speaker 2: Tale of the Manticor is a mashup, a cross breeding
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Speaker 2: between two different species of storytelling. Here you will find
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Speaker 2: the unpredictability of old school paper and dice games with
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Speaker 2: the story craft of a dark fantasy novel. No character
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Speaker 2: is sacred and none will be spared if the dice
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Speaker 2: decide their fate is at hand. According to lore, the
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Speaker 2: Tale of a Manticore is barbed with cruel iron spikes.
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Speaker 2: There will be much pain in the days ahead. Last
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Speaker 2: time on Tale of the Mantikor, in chapter twenty five,
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Speaker 2: Achillie leads the companions as they run to the iron tower,
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Speaker 2: recently spotted on a nearby hill. Unfortunately, by the time
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Speaker 2: they get there, it has once again vanished, leaving behind
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Speaker 2: nothing more than a circle of flattened grass. Achillie is distraught,
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Speaker 2: but her friends offer their support and are any points
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Speaker 2: out that her quest remains the same. With those words,
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Speaker 2: they continue on their journey north in search of the
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Speaker 2: historian o dook Zygog. The day passes uneventfully, but as sunset,
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Speaker 2: the companions hear the howl of wolves close by, and
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Speaker 2: then practically collide with a vicious battle that erupts between
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Speaker 2: two packs of creatures. The eternal fight between good and
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Speaker 2: evil plays out in a combat between dire wolves and
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Speaker 2: blink dogs, with the numbering the latter. The party is
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Speaker 2: forced into the fight when Achille decides utilaterally that they
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Speaker 2: will step in to balance the scales. While the companions
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Speaker 2: end up the victors and save two of the blink dogs,
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Speaker 2: Tenier almost loses his life in the effort.
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Speaker 1: The brooks sweet song, a gentle flow, calls forth the
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Speaker 1: dreams that wander near, while ancient roots hold memories dear
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Speaker 1: in nature's arms, we come to know. And if you
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Speaker 1: chance to look above in dusky sky, the stars at
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Speaker 1: night a tapestry of day and night, and the moon
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Speaker 1: looks down as old as love.
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Speaker 2: That battle at the end of the previous episode was
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Speaker 2: a bit of a wake up call for me. I
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Speaker 2: went into it overconfided that the pieces wouldn't be in
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Speaker 2: any real danger. After all, I rolled a twenty for
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Speaker 2: their stumble Upon and the result of my wandering encounter
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Speaker 2: roll was neutral exotic creatures. The encounter was designed not
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Speaker 2: to be lethal. I thought four injured dire Wolves wouldn't
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Speaker 2: be a real threat to the PCs when they were
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Speaker 2: so focused on the blink Dogs. But I didn't think
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Speaker 2: it through very well, did I. Lesson learned when you
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Speaker 2: introduce combat there is always the chance for things to
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Speaker 2: go badly. All it takes is some bad luck with
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Speaker 2: the dice, and that's exactly what happened. Once the dire
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Speaker 2: Wolves changed targets and started winning initiative roles, things got
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Speaker 2: ugly very quickly. To make things worse, I'd even thrown
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Speaker 2: out a casual decision not to use any moral checks
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Speaker 2: for the fight. Ten tier almost died, and if he
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Speaker 2: had I would have had myself to blame for it.
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Speaker 2: But think aheya. He survived with two hit points remaining
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Speaker 2: ten to manage to get himself out of harm's way
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Speaker 2: in time. I'm sure it's an experience he will not
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Speaker 2: soon forget. And speaking of experience, today is a level
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Speaker 2: up episode for the young Elf. So let's roll some
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Speaker 2: dice and see how he improves for new hit points.
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Speaker 2: I'm rolling a D six. Here we go a three.
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Speaker 2: Not what I was hoping for, but every bit helps.
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Speaker 2: His current score improves to five out of fifteen. Next,
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Speaker 2: our potential stat increases. In the last level up, there
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Speaker 2: were none, so I'm hoping to see something happen here.
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Speaker 2: Let's begin strengths. The three means no change intelligence. We've
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Speaker 2: got a four, and how about wisdom another four? Dexterity
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Speaker 2: a four. Again, this isn't looking good. Constitution a one, Charisma,
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Speaker 2: last chance. The three once again a lackluster level up,
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Speaker 2: but also, like Derenyis, there's a silver lining. Tener will
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Speaker 2: get a basic attack bonus of plus one to hit
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Speaker 2: for both missile and melee attacks to reflect the expertise
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Speaker 2: he has gained thus far, and there is another reward
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Speaker 2: for the whole party as a result of surviving the
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Speaker 2: last fight. A natural twenty stumble upon indicates some kind
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Speaker 2: and of significant boon for the PCs, and it will
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Speaker 2: be a big one, partly because of the added risk
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Speaker 2: I forced the companions to take on, but also because
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Speaker 2: they managed to save both blink dogs if they had
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Speaker 2: died or if only one had made it, the reward
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Speaker 2: would have been commasurately smaller. As to what the reward
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Speaker 2: is going to be, well, you'll just have to wait
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Speaker 2: and see Chapter twenty six, Part one day twenty sunset
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Speaker 2: mythic event meaning propose weapons, party status. Achillea nine of
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Speaker 2: nine hit points, Court fourteen of fourteen, do any, twelve
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Speaker 2: of twelve, ten Tier five of fifteen, fair Wind fourteen
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Speaker 2: of eighteen supplies. The companions have been without food for
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Speaker 2: one full day and have twelve portions of water remaining.
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Speaker 2: Spells available. Achillia can cast message and glitter. Dust Cord
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Speaker 2: can cast and tangle and slow poison. Fair Wind can
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Speaker 2: cast purify, food and water. Blood covered the grass and
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Speaker 2: the ground. Likewise, the fur of the two surviving blink
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Speaker 2: dogs was plastered to their sides, dark patches against white
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Speaker 2: where they had been clawed and bitten. Achillea crouched down
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Speaker 2: as the magical animals approached her. One was limping, holding
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Speaker 2: a front paw lamely in the air. It whined with
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Speaker 2: a retreating, high pitched stund, tilting its snout upwards. The other,
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Speaker 2: also injured, but less egregiously, panted heavily and came right
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Speaker 2: up to Achilia, who now squattered with the backs of
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Speaker 2: her thighs against her calves. Achilia warned, fair Wind was
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Speaker 2: her simple, confident reply. She held forth a hand palm
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Speaker 2: up to prove it, as though in confirmation. The panting
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Speaker 2: blink dog licked it with its pink, wet tongue.
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Speaker 3: See, she said.
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Speaker 2: The dog regarded her with eyes so faintly blue that
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Speaker 2: they were almost white. There was a deep intelligence in
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Speaker 2: those eyes. Then all of a sudden, both animals disappeared.
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Speaker 2: Achillia almost fell over in surprise. The other is gone, too,
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Speaker 2: observed Ferwind. The clerk was right. The third blink dog,
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Speaker 2: the one that had been killed before the party had
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Speaker 2: joined the battle, was gone. Only a quintet of black corpses,
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Speaker 2: each lupine face frozen in its death. Agony remained on
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Speaker 2: the blooded grass now as Duraniu spoke, and his tone
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Speaker 2: belied an inner struggle.
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Speaker 3: Achillia, you saved me from the orcs, saved my life,
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Speaker 3: but you almost cost me my brother. Just then, why
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Speaker 3: did you rush into battle like that?
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Speaker 1: I stammered, kill Could you not tell that those creatures
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Speaker 1: were magical and good?
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Speaker 2: Derennie ignored the question and pushed on.
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Speaker 3: You did the same thing. When the tower appeared, you
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Speaker 3: rushed ahead of everyone.
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Speaker 2: Achilia's face flushed hot with emotions she couldn't quite pin down.
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Speaker 2: There was shame and guilt, and also reflective anger. The
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Speaker 2: latter went out for a moment.
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Speaker 1: You don't owe me anything, to Rennie.
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Speaker 2: By the expression on de Rennie's face, she might as
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Speaker 2: well have slapped him.
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Speaker 3: I never said I did owe you anything, Achilia.
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Speaker 2: The el said in a tight voice.
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Speaker 3: I don't follow you out of obligation or debt. It
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Speaker 3: is something I choose to do. But how can I continue?
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Speaker 3: If you only put yourself first, Achilia tend toer could
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Speaker 3: have died.
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Speaker 2: Achillia clinched her jaw to keep herself from saying more
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Speaker 2: that she would regret. Something in her heart told her
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Speaker 2: that de Rennie was right, but it was no easy
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Speaker 2: thing to admit it. She put her face in her
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Speaker 2: hands and drew a deep breath. Chords stepped towards her,
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Speaker 2: as did fair Wind. While the cleric couldn't understand the
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Speaker 2: words being exchanged, the meaning was clear enough. He crouched
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Speaker 2: down beside her and put a hand on her slight shoulder.
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Speaker 2: It made Achillia guess about what the cleric had gone through,
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Speaker 2: and when she looked at his face, she saw no sermon,
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Speaker 2: only compassion and sympathy. She took another deep breath and
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Speaker 2: got up. You're right, I'm sorry, she said. At last,
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Speaker 2: she looked at Tentier, who could barely stand. So badly
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Speaker 2: hurt was he I.
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Speaker 1: Put myself ahead of the group. Please forgive me.
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Speaker 2: In some ways, it was the most eleven thing she
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Speaker 2: had ever said. I think that Achillia and Dorenni's relationship
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Speaker 2: has been strained, but not broken. They will reconcile as
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Speaker 2: they make camp nearby. And speaking of making camp, I
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Speaker 2: find myself wondering something is wolf meet edible? A little
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Speaker 2: Internet research later I have my answer. It turns out
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Speaker 2: that while it has a reputation for taste awful, wolf
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Speaker 2: meat is edible, and so by extension, I will allow
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Speaker 2: that dire wolf meat is edible two, even though it
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Speaker 2: probably tastes even worse. With the application of a purified
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Speaker 2: food and water prayer from fair Wind, I think there's
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Speaker 2: enough meat here to provide three days or twelve portions
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Speaker 2: of food. Four portions will be consumed on this day,
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Speaker 2: number twenty as they have not yet eaten. Now, this
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Speaker 2: is not the boon the pieces received for getting a
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Speaker 2: natural twenty stumble upon. I'd be a miserly DM indeed
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Speaker 2: to do that. No, the real reward will come later on.
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Speaker 2: This brings me to hex rolls for day twenty one.
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Speaker 2: Let's get started for weather A nineteen is a great role.
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Speaker 2: I penalize the companions recently for a low roll, so
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Speaker 2: I'll say that sunshowers throughout day twenty one are enough
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Speaker 2: to refresh the pieces and even allow them to collect
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Speaker 2: some water that clings to nearby leaves and bushes. Next
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Speaker 2: is the stumble upon roll. A fifteen means no result.
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Speaker 2: Will the party's magically aided forging B six despite having
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Speaker 2: two days worth of wolf meet. There's no harm in
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Speaker 2: trying for more food. A one to three on a
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Speaker 2: D six will indicate success A one all right, I'll
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Speaker 2: say that the party discovers a hickory tree with plenty
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Speaker 2: of nuts. They're able to get a day's worth of
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Speaker 2: food that won't quickly go bad from it. This is
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Speaker 2: proving to be a very lucky day, at least so far.
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Speaker 2: I still have to make a wandering encounter check A
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Speaker 2: five or six on a D six means there will
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Speaker 2: be one the role A three means there is not
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Speaker 2: no complaints with Day twenty one. I could use a
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Speaker 2: few more like that. This feels like a good place
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Speaker 2: to take a quick break. I'll be right back after
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Speaker 2: this brief message. Chapter twenty six, Part two, Day twenty
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Speaker 2: one evening mythic event meaning proposed weapons. Party status Achillea
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Speaker 2: nine out of nine hit points, Cord fourteen at fourteen,
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Speaker 2: de Rennie twelve of twelve, ten Tier six out of
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Speaker 2: fifteen after receiving one point of natural healing, fair Wind
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Speaker 2: fifteen out of eighteen after receiving one point of natural healing. Supplies.
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Speaker 2: The companions have twelve portions of food and twelve portions
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Speaker 2: of water. Remaining spells available. Achillea can cast shrink times
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Speaker 2: two and glitter dust. Cord can cast entangle and slow poison.
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Speaker 2: Fairwind watched and listened as Achillie and Dournny off to
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Speaker 2: the side engaged in some kind of intense conversation. Deurnni
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Speaker 2: did most of the talking. He kept on pointing between
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Speaker 2: tent Tyr, who sat with Cord and Robin, and the
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Speaker 2: awful tasting strip of meat in his hand Earlier, when
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Speaker 2: they've made camp Fairwind had blessed the wolf meat to
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Speaker 2: reverse any decay and to make it safe to eat.
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Speaker 2: It still tasted fowl, and he knew from the previous
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Speaker 2: meal that the flavor would linger in his mouth for hours,
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Speaker 2: but at least it kept him fed, and this time
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Speaker 2: they could chase the meal with a few hickory nuts.
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Speaker 2: The most of those needed to be saved. Ferwin poked
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Speaker 2: the little camphire they had made with a stick. Its
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Speaker 2: flame was weak, and he was considering adding more kindling
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Speaker 2: to it. When Achillia cleared her throat. He said, his.
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Speaker 1: Name, brother, Fairwind. She began, Doretti wants me to ask
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Speaker 1: you if you could try to heal tenttire the way
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Speaker 1: you did for court.
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Speaker 2: Fair Wind put down his stick and faced the pear.
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Speaker 2: Dorenni was looking at him intently.
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Speaker 4: Alas Sidal will grant me but one miracle each day.
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Speaker 4: I will need to prove my wisdom and good judgment
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Speaker 4: before he will grant more. In short, Killia, I may
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Speaker 4: either ensure that the food we eat does not spoil,
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Speaker 4: or I can heal some of Tanya's wounds, but not both.
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Speaker 2: Aquilia looked nonplussed for a second, then turned to do
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Speaker 2: Renni and translated the clerk's reply. Dorani did not hesitate
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Speaker 2: to answer.
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Speaker 1: He wishes you to heal his brother.
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Speaker 2: Achillie spoke the obvious very well. Ferwind replied, but.
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Speaker 4: I cannot do so until tomorrow.
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Speaker 2: Another quick exchange between Achillia and Dorani.
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Speaker 1: Followed, why can't you do it today?
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Speaker 2: By way of answer, Fairwind held up the half eaten
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Speaker 2: strip of wolf mate in his hand. Were thus settled,
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Speaker 2: The companions ateward They could of the bad tasting food
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Speaker 2: and discarded the rest. Then they kicked dirt over the
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Speaker 2: ashes of their little fire and broke camp, hoping to
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Speaker 2: make a few more miles before it got dark. They
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Speaker 2: walked in single file as usual, but now Doranni took
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Speaker 2: the lead would tentder behind him, followed by Achillia, then Cord,
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Speaker 2: with Robin perched on his shoulder and twittered constantly in
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Speaker 2: his painted ear. Erwind brought up the rear. The rolling
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Speaker 2: landscape became more dynamic with each mile they passed. The
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Speaker 2: hills grew taller and the valleys deeper. Eventually, the companions
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Speaker 2: came to a large woods so densely packed with thorny
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Speaker 2: cockspur that they could not go through it, and were
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Speaker 2: forced to alter cour horse and go around. It was
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Speaker 2: an hour after sunset when they found a place to
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Speaker 2: make camp on the side of a rock strew knoll.
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Speaker 2: Achillie sat apart from the others and read from her
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Speaker 2: book of spells by moonlight. Earlier that day she had
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Speaker 2: memorized her shrink spell twice, since during the fight with
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Speaker 2: the dire Walls she had been unable to contribute much.
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Speaker 2: Fairwind and de Ranny both took to their bed rolls early,
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Speaker 2: while Robin and Court kept each other company, preparing to
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Speaker 2: keep watch over the others through the coming night. Tenty
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Speaker 2: was tired, but his injuries had made it hard for
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Speaker 2: him to sleep the night before, and he knew they
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Speaker 2: would again, so he stayed up, sitting with the sword
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Speaker 2: of lear Hane across his lap, running his finger over
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Speaker 2: the little etchings and wondering what they might mean. At
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Speaker 2: one point he looked up and thought he saw one
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Speaker 2: of the blink dogs watching him from another hill, But
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Speaker 2: just then a cloud passed in front of the moon,
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Speaker 2: and all became dark. When the cloud passed by, and
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Speaker 2: the moon's silvery light returned the creature was gone. A
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Speaker 2: typical magic sword in D and D has a plus
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Speaker 2: bonus and may or may not have other powers besides.
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Speaker 2: Over my gaming life, I've noticed that static attributes like
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Speaker 2: these can pose a problem over long campaigns. Here's what
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Speaker 2: I mean. A plus one sword is a great find
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Speaker 2: for a fighter at low and mid levels, but later
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Speaker 2: in the game it might seem kind of inadequate. To
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Speaker 2: remedy this, dms will commonly introduce new and better weapons
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Speaker 2: as the characters proceed to achieve higher levels. Have you
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Speaker 2: ever been in a game where a character finds a
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Speaker 2: new magical weapon that renders their old one practically useless.
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Speaker 2: You might have seen fighters carrying around old plus one
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Speaker 2: swords or even outright abandon them because they found something better.
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Speaker 2: I've seen that plenty of times, and it's pretty immersion
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Speaker 2: breaking stuff. In an effort to solve the problem, I
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Speaker 2: had an idea last season that I'm going to start
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Speaker 2: using more and more magical weapons and potentially other magical
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Speaker 2: items as well. Will level up as those who willed
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Speaker 2: them do her on a one to one ratio, But
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Speaker 2: for every few levels ten two reaches, I'll likely decide
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Speaker 2: that the sort of lear Hane will improve too. It
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Speaker 2: might become plus two, or latent powers might be quote
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Speaker 2: unquote unlocked. I think this solves the problem of having
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Speaker 2: useless magic items, and it frees me as the DM
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Speaker 2: from feeling like I should drop more magical weapons as treasure. Anyway,
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Speaker 2: for now, ten two shord is simply a plus one
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Speaker 2: short sort. With that detail covered, I think it's time
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Speaker 2: to make hex crawl rolls for day twenty two for weather,
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Speaker 2: then eighteen The beautiful weather continues with cooler temperatures brought
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Speaker 2: on by the previous day's showers. Stumble upon A two. Yikes,
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Speaker 2: that was close. I'm not ready for any more nasty surprises.
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Speaker 2: A role for foraging is next. The six means nothing
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Speaker 2: edible is found. Finally, there's a chance for wandering encounters
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Speaker 2: A five. Okay, somehow I knew there would be one.
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Speaker 2: I'm going to make the rest of the rolls off.
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Speaker 2: Mic hang on for just a second. Okay, I'm back,
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Speaker 2: and I have got the random mcounter figured out, but
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Speaker 2: I'm going to save it for the next episode because
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Speaker 2: I have a sudden urge to make a hard left turn.
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Speaker 2: Chapter twenty six, Part three, twenty two years ago, somewhere
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Speaker 2: in the woods near Summer Hill. I propose we all
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Speaker 2: lower our weapons, said Ulalun. The elf maiden held a
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Speaker 2: curved short sword in her hand, and its gleaming ad
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Speaker 2: remained up Despite her suggestion. Ulalun eyed the sprites as
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Speaker 2: they buzzed around her, but trying to count and keep
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Speaker 2: track of them all would be impossible. There were at
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Speaker 2: least ten, maybe more. She was in a very bad situation.
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Speaker 2: The sprite she addressed was not flitting about as the
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Speaker 2: others were. It hovered in front of her, holding a
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Speaker 2: beetleskin buckler in one hand and a tiny spear in
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Speaker 2: the other. It's tip, she noticed with some concern, was
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Speaker 2: smeared with something green and oily. Twin coils of orange
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Speaker 2: hair fell over the spright's shoulders. Its eyes were like
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Speaker 2: flecks of emerald. It did not smile as it waited
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Speaker 2: for her reply. You need to go, it declared in
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Speaker 2: her tongue.
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Speaker 1: You kiss every I did not intend to.
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Speaker 2: Trespass, was Ulalun's reply. To be honest, she had no
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Speaker 2: wish to submit to this fairy. She was a fierce warrior,
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Speaker 2: both headstrong and proud. She was also wise enough to
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Speaker 2: see that there was a little chance of fighting out
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Speaker 2: of the situation. The spray seemed to be growing angrier by.
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Speaker 1: The word not of bees woods.
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Speaker 2: U La Loon replied, in what she hoped was a
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Speaker 2: calming voice. You at me, Perhaps a bargain can be struck.
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Speaker 2: U La lou knew enough about the small folk to
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Speaker 2: be aware of their fondness for barter. You like word
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Speaker 2: the sprite in a voice of tiny. In response, the
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Speaker 2: other sprites began to orbit her more rapidly. Then she
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Speaker 2: felt something sharp poked the back of her knee and
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Speaker 2: could not help but let out a little cry.
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Speaker 1: Ah you.
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Speaker 2: Yu Laluon felt another jab, this time in her left side.
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Speaker 2: Out please stop. She moved her sword by instinct. Another
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Speaker 2: little spearhead went into the back of her neck. Now
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Speaker 2: she felt the ground roll beneath her feet as though
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Speaker 2: she were drunk, and knew the fake poison would come
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Speaker 2: over her soon. The tiny voice continued to threaten, what
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Speaker 2: you desperately. Not thinking clearly, she had slashed the air
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Speaker 2: in front of her and cut the spright leader clean
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Speaker 2: in half. The top and the bottom fell to her
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Speaker 2: feet and began to ooze blue blood. The commotion of
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Speaker 2: buzzing exploded around her, as though she had just disturbed
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Speaker 2: a dozen hornets nests at once. Then, as her blurring
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Speaker 2: vision made out the shapes of four of the sprites
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Speaker 2: forming up at a line in front of her, she
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Speaker 2: swooned and collapsed to the ground. Thank you for listening
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Speaker 2: the show, there are lots of ways to do so.
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Speaker 2: You can recommend it online or to friends. You can
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Speaker 2: like a repost episode announcement on social media. You can
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Speaker 2: pick up one of my offerings on drive through rpg
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Speaker 2: for example my new one Shot in the Dark expansion
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Speaker 2: module and maker kit. You can also buy a Tale
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Speaker 2: dot store. Finally, you can rate or review the show
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Speaker 2: on your podcatcher of choice. I'm extremely grateful for your support.
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Speaker 2: At this point, i'd like to share a listener review.
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Speaker 2: This one was left by op Mugiwara on Apple Podcasts.
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Speaker 2: Op Mugiwara writes, I've always been a fan of D
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Speaker 2: and D and lacking the time to play RPGs, this
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Speaker 2: podcast was a huge blessing. The storytelling is captivating and
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Speaker 2: not redetermined, none of the characters are safe, and anything
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Speaker 2: can happen, making it really suspectis I'm enjoying the dice
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Speaker 2: rolls during the story, giving it an added thrill, and
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Speaker 2: we can feel like we're sitting at the same table
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Speaker 2: as the DM makes me want to do my own
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Speaker 2: die roll and see how I would have done. Keep
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Speaker 2: up the great work. I started listening a week ago
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Speaker 2: and I simply can't stop. Glad there are a few
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Speaker 2: more seasons to go. My commutes are now enjoyable, Op Mugibara.
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Speaker 2: This is the kind of review that podcasters dream about,
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Speaker 2: and it really means the world to me. I love
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Speaker 2: that you feel like you're at the table with me
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Speaker 2: as I play. How fantastic is that. I'm also thrilled
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Speaker 2: to a major commute a bit better. I remember feeling
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Speaker 2: the exact same way about The Iron Realm when I
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Speaker 2: first discovered that show, and so I am more than
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Speaker 2: happy to be paying it forward. Thanks very much for
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Speaker 2: your review. Next, I like to thank my fabulous cast
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Speaker 2: of actors. Two members of the core cast are here,
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Speaker 2: Kyellen as Derenni and David Cooper as fair Wind. Ula
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Speaker 2: Lune is beautifully played by Liz from the Arcane Discoveries
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Speaker 2: podcast and the sprite leader she accidentally slices in half
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Speaker 2: is voiced by the excellent and prolific Mike Taylor, head
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Speaker 2: of Chaotic Chronicle and co host of the side Quest podcast.
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Speaker 2: For those curious to learn a bit more about Tale
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Speaker 2: of the Manticor, I keep a blog where I post
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Speaker 2: all kinds of show and RPG related stuff like art, maps, tablescrafts,
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Speaker 2: you're so inclined. The adventure will continue on the next
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