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Episode 24 (S3E24) · Tale of The Manticore, a Dark Fantasy Dungeons & Dragons Audiodrama

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Speaker 1: Hi, This is Jason from Natural Glant Bodybuilding on YouTube
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Speaker 1: and you are listening to Tale of the Manticore. The
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Speaker 1: following podcast is intended for a mature audience. Listener discretion
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Speaker 1: is advised. Welcome back to Tale of the Manticor Season three.
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Speaker 1: Like the creature from which it takes its name, Tale
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Speaker 1: of the Manticor is a mashup, a cross breeding between
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Speaker 1: two different species of storytelling. Here you will find the
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Speaker 1: unpredictability of old school paper and dice games with the
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Speaker 1: story craft of a dark fantasy novel. No character is
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Speaker 1: sacred and none will be spared if the dice decide
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Speaker 1: their fate is at hand. According to lore, the Tale
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Speaker 1: of a Manticre is barbed with cruel iron spikes. There
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Speaker 1: will be much pain in the days ahead. Last time
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Speaker 1: on Tale of the Manticor, Chapter twenty three begins with
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Speaker 1: Tentu's decision to leave the chest alone and return to
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Speaker 1: the others. While he has been away, the companions have
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Speaker 1: busied themselves with other things. Fairwind, still unable to see
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Speaker 1: in the dark, goes deep into prayer Duran. He tries
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Speaker 1: to keep himself from following his brother and Achillia and
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Speaker 1: Cord examine the want taken from the Royal Magus's slab.
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Speaker 1: When Fairwind comes out of his meditation, he tells the
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Speaker 1: others that he has been prideful, having cast himself as
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Speaker 1: the redeemer of this land. Now he realizes that altruism,
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Speaker 1: like the kind Achillia and the others have shown to him,
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Speaker 1: is the greatest virtue. To show that he means it,
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Speaker 1: Fairwind performs his first ever miracle of healing, not on
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Speaker 1: himself but on Court. This is about the time that
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Speaker 1: tend to returns. The others are relieved to see him,
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Speaker 1: and although they are interested to learn what he discovered,
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Speaker 1: they decide not to investigate the crypt and its contents
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Speaker 1: any further. The pieces leave the dungeon, and in the evening,
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Speaker 1: as they shelter in Fairwin's chapel, the cleric offers to
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Speaker 1: join the party. Chapter twenty four, Part one Day, seventeen
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Speaker 1: morning mythic of nd meaning propose weapons Party status Achillea
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Speaker 1: nine out of nine hit points, Court fourteen out of
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Speaker 1: fourteen after receiving one point of natural healing. De Renni
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Speaker 1: nine out of nine, Ten Tier ten out of ten,
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Speaker 1: fair Wind eleven out of eighteen after receiving one point
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Speaker 1: of natural healing. Spells available can cast shrink, message and
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Speaker 1: glitter dust. Cord can cast entangle, locate plants and animals,
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Speaker 1: and slow poison. Fairwind can cast purify food and water.
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Speaker 1: Achillia's wand turned out to be a deep violet color,
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Speaker 1: not black as she had earlier thought when she had
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Speaker 1: only seen it by dark vision. She held it while
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Speaker 1: she studied, and the whole time she could feel a
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Speaker 1: spiritual connection to it that helped her focus her thoughts.
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Speaker 1: Perhaps that's why one of her heretofore unreadable spells in
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Speaker 1: her book suddenly became clear and opened its secrets to her.
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Speaker 1: While Achillea memorized your new spell of glitter dust, Fairwind
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Speaker 1: picked up a few belongings his cudgel, a sling, a
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Speaker 1: traveling pack he was using as a pillow, a water skin,
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Speaker 1: some quills and reed lights made from duck feathers and
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Speaker 1: duck fat, a flint and steel, his holy symbol, and
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Speaker 1: finally a slim prayer book. This last item he did
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Speaker 1: not pack right away. Instead, he flipped through his pages
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Speaker 1: and selected a brief prayer for safe travel. By the
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Speaker 1: time he was done, Cord de Renni and Tenttir had
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Speaker 1: returned tender at his new sword in his hand, and
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Speaker 1: looked about as pleased as Achillie had ever seen him.
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Speaker 1: De Renni carried a bucket filled with water. He filled
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Speaker 1: their water skins and used what was left to clean
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Speaker 1: Fairwind's bandage. The diagonal cut across the clerk's chest where
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Speaker 1: the undead Warrior's sword had cut him, looked angry and puckered.
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Speaker 1: The bandage had absorbed a lot of blood, and the
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Speaker 1: water in the bucket was soon tinted red with it.
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Speaker 1: Derrenni had been unable to find any of the plants
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Speaker 1: he might have used to make a poultice, so the bandage,
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Speaker 1: after being wrung out, was once again applied directly to
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Speaker 1: the wound, as the elf carefully wrapped it around Phairwin's chest.
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Speaker 1: After that it was time to go. Farewin gave one
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Speaker 1: last bittersweet look around his modest home and then stepped
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Speaker 1: out the door, wondering if he would ever see the
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Speaker 1: place again. It looks like the hex's crawl is about
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Speaker 1: to resume, so I'm gonna need some dice. Let's see
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Speaker 1: at D twenty for weather. I got a six. By noon,
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Speaker 1: it will be a hot and sweaty day, not ideal
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Speaker 1: for a long hike, but not so bad. The next
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Speaker 1: role is for stumble Upon and nineteen the gods are
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Speaker 1: teasing me as they like to do, and nineteen is
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Speaker 1: close but no result. Well, all I really want for
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Speaker 1: the party is a nice, safe day of travel that
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Speaker 1: brings us to wandering encounters for this region. Only on
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Speaker 1: a five or six will there be one the role
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Speaker 1: the two that's relief. It only took a half hour
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Speaker 1: for the companions to reach the northern boundary of the
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Speaker 1: kymor Lands. Along the way, they passed by plenty of
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Speaker 1: shapeless ruins overgrown with crabgrass and coarse brack. As they
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Speaker 1: picked their way over and around the toppled stones, der
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Speaker 1: Renni occasionally stopped the group to just Fairwin's bandages, which
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Speaker 1: refused to stay in place. Finally, mildly frustrated, he asked
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Speaker 1: Achillia to ask the cleric if he could not heal
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Speaker 1: himself the way he healed Cord the day before.
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Speaker 2: I could, yes, but I will not.
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Speaker 1: The scar that forms here, Farewyn said, drawing an imaginary
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Speaker 1: line across his front.
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Speaker 2: Will ever be a reminder of who I am supposed
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Speaker 2: to be.
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Speaker 1: That was all the answer he provided, so Derni had
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Speaker 1: to accept it. He also had to admit that he
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Speaker 1: didn't know much about divine magic, so who was he
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Speaker 1: to judge. The Kymoor settlement was nestled inside the bend
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Speaker 1: of a river that cut a horseshoe shape in the land,
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Speaker 1: and so the companions knew they were leaving it when
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Speaker 1: they reached the water connecting this bank and the far
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Speaker 1: one was the ruin of a bridge. Most of the
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Speaker 1: structure was still intact. He was a flat plane resting
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Speaker 1: atop a series of five arches, all in stone. The
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Speaker 1: bridge was in such good condition that the face of
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Speaker 1: a woman sculpted on the right side was still easy
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Speaker 1: to make out, despite being time worn. By the way
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Speaker 1: the face's mouth hung open, the chilia guess that it
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Speaker 1: would once upon a time have spouted water, but it
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Speaker 1: no longer did so, perhaps whatever hidden pipe or channel
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Speaker 1: that would have fed it had become clogged over the centuries.
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Speaker 1: The stone face was not pleasant to look upon, and
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Speaker 1: every member of the party was reminded of the queen's
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Speaker 1: wraith and how she looked not dissimilar. Nobody mentioned it, though,
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Speaker 1: and the companions crossed the bridge in silence, with Tenere
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Speaker 1: in the lead, followed by do, Renni, Cord and Robin,
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Speaker 1: then Achillia and Fairwood on the far side. They took
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Speaker 1: the opportunity to drink all they could manage and to
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Speaker 1: fill their water skins till they could not follow the
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Speaker 1: river and still head north. They maintained their single file
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Speaker 1: order and resumed the march, leaving the Kymore ruins and
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Speaker 1: the river behind. The Land on this side was more
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Speaker 1: vibrant and more great. Even the air was fresher here,
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Speaker 1: and so despite the hot sun, the midter clothes sticky
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Speaker 1: with sweat, their spirits were high. After a time, Fairwind
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Speaker 1: tapped a Killia on the shoulder. She looked back and
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Speaker 1: raised her eyebrows in question, without breaking stride. Why is
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Speaker 1: it that we walk in single file? He asked. Akilia
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Speaker 1: had been wondering the same thing since she meant to
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Speaker 1: Rennie and was not certain of the answer.
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Speaker 2: It is the elf and way, was her vague reply.
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Speaker 1: Fair Wind was not satisfied. Yes, but why do the
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Speaker 1: elves do it that way? My old friend and.
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Speaker 2: I would always walk side by side so we could talk.
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Speaker 1: Past the time the Killia was thankful that Dornian Tentir
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Speaker 1: could not speak the common tongue because she had to
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Speaker 1: take a guess. Elves walk in single file to hide
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Speaker 1: their numbers.
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Speaker 3: Of course, Achillia.
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Speaker 1: Correctly guessed the main reason that elves walk in a
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Speaker 1: single line, But there is a reason. Unlike humans, they
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Speaker 1: prefer to move without much talk. This keeps them more
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Speaker 1: alert it is less likely to scare off game. With
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Speaker 1: all the chatter at the rear of the line. It
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Speaker 1: won't be long before Durnni gives Achille to the eye,
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Speaker 1: and she's smart enough to take the hint. After that,
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Speaker 1: the companions will spend the rest of the day walking
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Speaker 1: in silence. Now, I don't think it would be very
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Speaker 1: interesting to narrate that, so I'll skip ahead saying they
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Speaker 1: eventually find a good place to make camp and do so.
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Speaker 1: That means it's time for another set of hex crawl rolls.
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Speaker 1: For weather on day eighteen. Ooh but two, I'm going
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Speaker 1: to say that they face sweltering heat and are forced
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Speaker 1: to use two days worth of water to cover the
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Speaker 1: usual distance. It may affect how other roles play out, too.
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Speaker 1: Stumble Upon, I got an eleven. Nothing there I need
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Speaker 1: to add an on the go forging role for this day,
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Speaker 1: Day seventeen, probably should have had one, I now realize,
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Speaker 1: but that's no big deal. I can imagine they all
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Speaker 1: finish up whatever broth was left over from Fawn's duck
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Speaker 1: before they set out out. The rules say that foraging
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Speaker 1: is only successful on a roll of one on a
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Speaker 1: D six, but I've already ruled in the past that
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Speaker 1: if chord casts locate plans and animals, the chances would
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Speaker 1: go up to three and six. So a one to
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Speaker 1: three on a D six will indicate success the role.
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Speaker 1: A three chord is able to find a single pear
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Speaker 1: tree with enough fruit to sustain the PCs for a
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Speaker 1: single day. Last up is wandering encounters. A five to
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Speaker 1: six will mean there is one rolling a D six
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Speaker 1: A one. That's another day without incident. Very lucky. You
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Speaker 1: know I should break up all these mechanics with a
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Speaker 1: bit of story, So let's do that, But first an
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Speaker 1: actual break be right back after these messages. Chapter twenty four,
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Speaker 1: Part two, Day eighteen, late afternoon mythic of end meaning
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Speaker 1: propose weapons status Achillia nine out of nine hit points,
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Speaker 1: Cord fourteen of fourteen, Derni nine out of nine, ten
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Speaker 1: Tier ten out of ten, fair Wind twelve out of eighteen.
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Speaker 1: After receiving one point of natural healing supplies, the companions
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Speaker 1: have no food and twenty portions of water. Remaining spells available.
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Speaker 1: Achillia can cast shrink, message and glitter dust Cord can
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Speaker 1: cast entangle and slow poison. Fair Wind can cast purify
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Speaker 1: food and water. The pair's cord had found for them
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Speaker 1: in the morning had been tasty, but by late afternoon,
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Speaker 1: marching north in the sweltering heat, the companion's hunger was back,
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Speaker 1: but far worse was their thirst. They stopped frequently to drink,
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Speaker 1: and Achille noticed with some alarm that the weight of
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Speaker 1: her waters skins was already significantly lighter. It was during
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Speaker 1: one of these water breaks that ten Tier began to
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Speaker 1: complain ju Jin's braid.
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Speaker 2: How much farther did you say we had to go?
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Speaker 3: If Volkin was right, we are almost halfway there.
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Speaker 1: Was Duranni's answer. Halfway, sputtered ten Tier, spitting over the
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Speaker 1: top of his raised water skin.
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Speaker 3: Halfway live a mouse, and don't waste your water.
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Speaker 1: Ten Tier fixed the plug on his skin and scowls.
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Speaker 1: All this walking is killing me.
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Speaker 2: I wish we could just be there already.
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Speaker 3: I kill you.
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Speaker 2: Can't you just wave your wizarding stick and take us there?
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Speaker 1: All though his words were clearly meant in sarcasm, there
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Speaker 1: was no lightness in his tone. Neither was there any
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Speaker 1: hint of a smile in his eyes when he huffed,
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Speaker 1: let's just get on with it. Ten Tier might have
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Speaker 1: been tired and unhappy, but as they fell back into
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Speaker 1: line and resumed the march, Achillie could not help but
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Speaker 1: smile inwardly. The young ELF's comments had awakened a sweet memory.
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Speaker 1: Dravatis persona a Chilia.
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Speaker 3: Oh, I hate all this work, said ten year.
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Speaker 1: Old Akillia, pouring another bucket of water into the big cauldron.
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Speaker 1: It was her fourth trip back from the river, and
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Speaker 1: she still had two more trips to go before she
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Speaker 1: would be done.
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Speaker 2: Don't say that, beg.
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Speaker 1: Me, Oldve chast dies gently.
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Speaker 2: There's nothing wrong with honest toil.
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Speaker 3: It's boring and it's heart and I hate it.
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Speaker 1: Akilia pouted her best pout, but Alve appeared to be
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Speaker 1: immune to it. Couldn't you just teach me some kind
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Speaker 1: of spell to make it easier? Not yet up, she
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Speaker 1: winded him. What's the use of magic if you don't
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Speaker 1: use it to make life easier.
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Speaker 2: Perhaps you do need a break.
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Speaker 3: Can I stuff for the day?
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Speaker 2: No, but you can take a rest and have some tea.
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Speaker 2: I'll tell you a story while you drink it.
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Speaker 1: Achilie was disappointed not to be free of her chores early,
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Speaker 1: but she did take the offered break and set about
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Speaker 1: making tea. While they drank from their steaming cups, Alta
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Speaker 1: told her a fable that she would quickly forget, but
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Speaker 1: that remember again years later. This is how it went.
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Speaker 2: Once upon a time, in the small village of Droth,
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Speaker 2: there was a fletcher named Tomar who spent long hours
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Speaker 2: crafting arrows from dawn and till dusk. Tomar often dreamed
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Speaker 2: of days when he could rest and enjoy life outside
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Speaker 2: the workshop. One morning, while gathering wood in the forest,
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Speaker 2: he stumbled upon a smooth, pretty stone in the middle
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Speaker 2: of a circle of toadstools. On impulse, he picked it up.
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Speaker 2: It was at that moment that a tiny face, it
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Speaker 2: was no bigger than your thumbacilia, appeared from behind the
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Speaker 2: largest toad stool. The face belonged to a little man,
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Speaker 2: pale as snow and naked as a baby. Behind his
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Speaker 2: back were folded wings like bees wings, and on his
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Speaker 2: head was a circlet made from an acorn cap. This
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Speaker 2: is a magic stone, said the strange little man. With it,
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Speaker 2: you can wish away the hours of work, and time
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Speaker 2: will pass, so you may do as you please. This
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Speaker 2: was truly a treasure. Tomar thought, is it mine to keep?
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Speaker 2: He asked ecidedly. Of course not, replied the tiny man.
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Speaker 2: We fairy folk never give or take, but we will
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Speaker 2: always make a trade. Tomar was a little disappointed. He
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Speaker 2: did not think he had anything of value to barter with.
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Speaker 2: I am but a poor fletcher. He declared, what can
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Speaker 2: I offer you? You have eyes the color of mistletoe,
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Speaker 2: said the fairy. This was true, Tomar did have beautiful eyes.
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Speaker 2: I will take the green of them and you may
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Speaker 2: have the stone without hesitation. Tomar agreed. He put the
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Speaker 2: stone in his pocket and went home. Later that day,
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Speaker 2: he sat at his workbench, and, with his goose feathers
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Speaker 2: and pots of glue, and his arrow shafts and heads
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Speaker 2: all about him, set to work. After only a few minutes,
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Speaker 2: his curiosity got the better of him. He took the
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Speaker 2: magic stone from his pocket and wished that the work
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Speaker 2: day was over. In an instant, everything changed. His work
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Speaker 2: table was now clear of equipment and had a score
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Speaker 2: of arrows complete and bundled on it instead. When he
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Speaker 2: looked out to the window, it was dark. The stone
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Speaker 2: had worked. He jumped out of his chair and danced
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Speaker 2: around the single room of the house where he lived
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Speaker 2: all alone. The next day, he couldn't resist trying it again.
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Speaker 2: Once again, the magic worked. Another score of arrows had
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Speaker 2: been finished without an ounce of effort. Now Tomar felt
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Speaker 2: like the luckiest man in the world. Imagine he would
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Speaker 2: never know toil again for the rest of his life.
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Speaker 2: Tomar used the stone every morning from then on, and
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Speaker 2: bundle after a bundle of good quality arrows appeared on
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Speaker 2: his desk each evening. All he had to do was
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Speaker 2: buy the materials. Eventually, he found he could also use
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Speaker 2: the stone to avoid the hassle of buying those, as
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Speaker 2: well as doing his shopping, cleaning his house, and cooking
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Speaker 2: his dinner. One day, many years later, Tomar reached for
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Speaker 2: the stone and noticed that his hand had become wrinkled.
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Speaker 2: He touched his face and found a long, stringy beard
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Speaker 2: on his chin. He blinked his eyes and suddenly let
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Speaker 2: out a great sob. He was an old man. He
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Speaker 2: had no memories, no interests, and no one had ever
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Speaker 2: asked him why his eyes had changed color because he
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Speaker 2: not one single friend. Tomar had wished away his entire life.
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Speaker 1: You know, I think I've been carrying the germ of
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Speaker 1: that fable in my head for years. During much of
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Speaker 1: my working life, I found that, like Tomar, I was
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Speaker 1: often wishing my life away, trying to make it to
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Speaker 1: the next weekend or the next holiday. Nowadays, I don't
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Speaker 1: feel like that anymore. Every day is just a day anyway.
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Speaker 1: I hope Olvay's story was a nice palate cleanser, because
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Speaker 1: it's time to get back to the game. This episode
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Speaker 1: is a level of episode for de Renni. Usually I'll
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Speaker 1: try to tie these two distinct moments in the narrative,
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Speaker 1: but it isn't always possible. I think this is one
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Speaker 1: of those cases where nothing is really happening in the
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Speaker 1: moment to justify the change. However, considering what Dernny has
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Speaker 1: just been through, it's a mountain of experience. For reaching
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Speaker 1: level three, he's going to get a D six of
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Speaker 1: no hit points, chances for stat increases, and best of all,
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Speaker 1: he'll enjoy his first bonus to hit of plus one.
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Speaker 1: This modifier applies to missile and melee attacks, but not
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Speaker 1: to damage. Okay, here comes a D six for new
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Speaker 1: hit points A three. Well, that's a little disappointing, but
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Speaker 1: you can't win them all. I guess his current total
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Speaker 1: and maximum of nine goes to twelve. Next step is
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Speaker 1: potential stat increases for strength, I've got a four intelligence
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Speaker 1: A two. How about for wisdom? Another two dexterity and
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Speaker 1: this would be nice. No, I've got a five constitution
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Speaker 1: A two and last chance charisma the three whoof that
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Speaker 1: was a bit underwhelming. I'd call it a level of
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Speaker 1: dud if it weren't for the attack bonus. At least
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Speaker 1: that's something we're sure to see in action. Well, with
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Speaker 1: that done, we are back to daily hex rolls for
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Speaker 1: day nineteen. Weather A twelve. The heat is gone and
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Speaker 1: the day is mild and comfortable. Stumble upon seventeen. Nothing
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Speaker 1: there foraging with Chord's help A two. That's a success.
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Speaker 1: Durny has the idea to ask if Cord could use
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Speaker 1: his magic to find them a rabbit, and he does.
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Speaker 1: They only managed to catch one, but it's enough to
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Speaker 1: feed everyone. For the day. The last role will be
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Speaker 1: for wandering encounters. A five or six on a D
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Speaker 1: six will indicate that there is one. If that does happen,
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Speaker 1: I'll need to cook up a new table. Here's the
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Speaker 1: role A four. Ooh, that was close. No wandering encounter, however,
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Speaker 1: I'm going to flash my DM badge at this point
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Speaker 1: and force an event. Chapter twenty seven, Part three, Day nineteen,
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Speaker 1: early evening mythic event meaning propose weapons party status. Achillea
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Speaker 1: nine of nine h points, Chord fourteen of fourteen, de
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Speaker 1: Renni nine of nine, ten Tier ten of ten, fair
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Speaker 1: Wind thirteen out of eighteen. After receiving one point of
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Speaker 1: natural healing supplies, the companions have no food and sixteen
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Speaker 1: portions of water. Remaining spells available. Achillia can cast shrink,
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Speaker 1: message and glitter dust. Cord can cast entangle and slow poison.
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Speaker 1: Fair Wind can cast purify food and water. Earlier in
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Speaker 1: the day, when they had taken their first rest in
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Speaker 1: ten here had started complaining again. Achilia had entertained the
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Speaker 1: rest of her party with Aldvay's story about Tomar the
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Speaker 1: Fletcher and his magic stone, translating for fair Wind and Cord.
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Speaker 1: As she went the cleric had nodded sagely the story's
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Speaker 1: obvious moral lesson saying.
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Speaker 2: Hm true true scripture tells us that the end of
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Speaker 2: the melody is not its aim.
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Speaker 1: In contrast, Derrenni, intent here had exchanged conspiratorial grins before
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Speaker 1: bursting into laughter. What's so funny, Achillie had asked. Dorenni
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Speaker 1: had wiped a mirthful tear from the corner of his
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Speaker 1: eye and replied, it's just.
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Speaker 3: That no self respecting fetcher would ever use goose feathers.
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Speaker 1: Achilia had knit her brow in response, while muttering, I
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Speaker 1: don't think that's the fables intended take away. Dorenni had
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Speaker 1: then produced one of his own arrows and showed her
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Speaker 1: the fletching.
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Speaker 3: Eagle feathers if you can get them, wild turkey if
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Speaker 3: you can't. Also, the glue is unnecessary. A skilled fletcher
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Speaker 3: cuts grooves like soup.
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Speaker 1: Achillia had just rolled her eyes and suggested they keep going.
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Speaker 1: The day's march took them through a small wooded area,
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Speaker 1: then a grassy sward to where pointed out a good
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Speaker 1: place to hunt, and ten tiers shot a rabbit for
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Speaker 1: their dinner. After that, the land began to rise and
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Speaker 1: the companions had to alter their course slightly to avoid
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Speaker 1: the occasional hillock. They had just come round one of
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Speaker 1: these when they saw it, a tower of metal atop
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Speaker 1: a hill not a quarter mile distant. It got the
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Speaker 1: rays of the sun which was still high in the
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Speaker 1: western sky, making it gleam like a star. Thank you
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Speaker 1: of old school and actual play just works. Production quality
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Speaker 1: I'd like to thank my fabulous cast of actors. The
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Speaker 1: core cast is here Kyellen as Derenni, Kevin Barringer as
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Speaker 1: ten Tier, and David Cooper as fair Wind, and I
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Speaker 1: am always thrilled to have Andrew Flinging back the mix. Andrew,
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Speaker 1: did telling the Fletcher's tale too. Thanks Kyellen, Kevin, David,
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Speaker 1: and Andrew. For those curious to learn a bit more
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