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C1 Ep.0: Welcome to Exumoria · Smooth Critical

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  Hey everyone, it's me of me, the Dungeon Master of Smooth
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  Critical. Smooth Critical is an actual
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  play D&D adventure where I lead my three gorgeous gladiators
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  slash real life college friends, He, my Harry, and Charlie as
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  they adventure through the homebrew world of X Humoria.
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  Enter a world shaped as much by monsters and magic as by the
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  party's wildly inconsistent relationship with NPCS Allies
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  become enemies, enemies become friends, and every conversation
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  is a persuasion check waiting to go wrong.
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  Expect epic moments, bad decisions, heartfelt role play,
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  and dice rolls that absolutely wreck all of my plans.
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  But that's improv, baby. So let's do a little EX humorial
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  or drop, or as I call it, Avni ASMR. Take it away past Avni
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  Centuries ago, 5 great powers shaped the world.
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  The four empires of Ignovarum, Pharaoh, Malik's Noctavalis, and
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  Salvorum Rex fought endlessly for dominance, but beyond their
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  reach stood a fifth round. Now only known as the Lost
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  Empire, it was a place of unmatched magic and prosperity,
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  content to build rather than conquer.
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  That changed with the War of Ash and Ether.
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  General Kylus Pyrion of Ignovarum united the four
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  against the Lost Empire, warning that it's unchecked power
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  threatened the world. The alliances assault shattered
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  mountains, sundered seas, and erase the Lost Empire from the
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  map. As a last ditch effort, an
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  unknown force shattered the Lost Empire.
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  All of its people fell. This land is now known as the
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  Verelian Shards, a cursed archipelago comprised of the
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  Screaming Reef, Ash Quartz, Hollow, Mirror Vault, and
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  Caldrith's Halo. It's a place where compasses
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  fail, magic falters, and strange horrors roam.
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  In the chaos that followed, the four standing empires signed the
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  Pact of Salt and Smoke, vowed never to return to the Shards or
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  speak openly of the lost Empire. It became a pact of peace
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  between the empires. General Pyrion in this battle
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  won the favor of the fire God Astraxian and was transformed by
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  the Flame to become the undying Imperator Eternal of Ignovarum
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  as a phoenix. Over the next 500 years the
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  empires rebuilt, but peace proof.
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  Fragile rivalries festered, alliances fractured, and old
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  ambitions resurfaced. Direct war has been avoided, but
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  political maneuvering, espionage, and proxy conflicts
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  are constant. One of the most influential
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  forms of power became gladiatorial combat.
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  What began as Ignovarum tradition grew into a worldwide
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  obsession. Part sport, part political
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  theater, champions fight not only for personal glory, but as
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  symbols of their empire strength.
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  Regal and imposing, Imperator Chylas Pyrion has LED Ignovarum
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  for centuries, shaping it into a culture of spectacle and honor
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  where the arena is sacred. He's a serious man who, at his
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  age, still yearns for power. He rules Ignovarum, A volcanic
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  empire built mostly of Obsidian. It is the birth place of the
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  Games, with arenas covered by molten rivers.
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  Domina Varelia Farah was born human, but now is more machine
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  than flesh. Varelia is a master of strategy
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  and discipline. Her rule is precise and
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  efficient, favoring innovation and order above all else.
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  In her empire, strength is measured as much in machinery as
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  in muscle. She rules Pharaoh Maleks, an
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  industrial powerhouse of steam, precision, and martial law.
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  Augmented gladiators fight in mechanical arenas.
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  The people of Pharaoh Maleks are innovators and inventors who
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  have in recent years created airships and Paratrix.
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  Seraphine Vexalia is a cancus sorceress cloaked in mystery.
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  Seraphine rules with charm, cunning, and layers of illusion.
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  Rumored to be faded by the goddess Elie Thar to live 1000
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  years, she is as unpredictable as the mists that blanket her
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  empire. She rules Noctavalis, A realm
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  literally covered in fog and darkness.
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  Gladiator matches here mix combat with deception.
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  Here you may find shady people to befriend and secret black
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  market dealings. Rex Thalor Verdanax is a wood
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  elf druidic technomancer whose golden antlers and bark like
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  skin mark his bond with the natural world.
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  His beastly companions surround him wherever he goes.
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  He rules Salvorum Rex. A realm or life and machinery
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  grow together, but the wild is never truly tamed.
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  In the arenas here, you may find yourself fighting wild beasts or
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  living plants. While this empire focuses on
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  nature, it still appreciates the innovations that machines bring.
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  Then there are the Verrillian shards.
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  It remains forbidden for anyone from the empires to travel to.
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  To most, they are a graveyard. To a desperate few, they are
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  placed beyond the reach of imperial law.
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  Above mortal land are the gods, ever present and shaping mortal
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  affairs. The Paragons are the eldestry
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  astraxian. The Molten Warden ignites the
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  world's courage, wielding dominion over war, flame, and
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  the rebirth that follows ruin. Silvira, the silent Bloom, moves
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  like a quiet root beneath the earth, guiding the cycles of
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  nature and death and guarding the secrets buried with them.
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  Vedrus, Keeper of the Drowned Sun, watches from the deep,
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  shaping the tides, the wandering of dreams both past and future,
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  and all that exists in the unknown.
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  Then there are the scions, the younger gods.
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  Dravenel, the Gilded Butcher, exults in the roar of the arena,
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  embodying glory, one in struggle and the thrill of bloodsport.
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  Thesmira, Lady of Broken Chains, rides the rebel Wind, the
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  Whisper behind every shattered chain, fanning both Freedom
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  Spark and the flames of uprising.
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  Elithar, the Mirror of Wills, threads unseen patterns through
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  the world, holding sway over fate's design and every oath
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  that binds. Nixivar.
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  The Smiling Shade dances on the edge of shadows, reveling in
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  trickery and the bending of luck.
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  Now tensions are high. Each empire eyes the others with
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  suspicion, their leaders unwilling to risk open war but
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  eager to prove dominance in the arenas.
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  The upcoming tournament in Igno Varms Ugly Arena, celebrating
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  the 500 year anniversary of the Pact of Salt and Smoke will be
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  more than entertainment. It may decide the next chapter
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  of history.