Episode 125

This is Episode 125 of Dice, Camera, Action.

Summary

Episode 125 - Three Ships

The Party

(Holly) Strix - Tiefling Sorcerer

(Anna) Evelyn - Human Paladin of Lathander

This episode was a live show at PAX South 2019. Chris Perkins was not at the event. He gave the group sealed envelopes with scenarios in them and the players will be DMing each other.

We start off with Paultin's scenario. Jared is going to run it.

Paultin

Jared opens the envelope and notes that the sheet inside is like a choose-your-own-adventure.

Paultin is playing in sold-out shows throughout the city. Simon accompanies him playing on wooden pipes. He has amassed a large following of fans who worship him. Paultin is in the Dock Ward and spots three massive ships in the water. The names of the ships: The Heartbreaker, the Hellraiser, and the Eyecatcher. The first two are docked. The third one is anchored in the middle of the bay.

The Sea Maiden's Faire has come to Waterdeep. Simon is enthralled with it - he wants to see the animals and decorations with his dad.

Simon takes Paultin to the animals. Paultin spots a wine from Phlan, called the Wine of Radiance. Paultin cuts a deal with the seller to show off his wine on stage and gets the wine for free. The wine is very potent.

Simon says that he wants to join the circus. Simon and Paultin go aboard the Hellraiser. The main deck of the ship has a circus tent on it where there are shows - a guy with a fire whip. Paultin wants to try to steal the whip. When the show is over, Paultin asks to use the whip and starts doing tricks with it.

The next morning, while Paultin is drunk, Simon packs up his things and heads out to join the Sea Maiden's Fare. He is welcomed and becomes a carnie. He gets a job cleaning the beast pens. Evelyn isn't happy. Simon comes home from work and tells them about all the things he saw and did.

A customer enters the group's home/bakery. It is Mattrim "Threestrings", a bard that he ran into in the Yawning Portal a while back. Paultin stole his three-stringed lute. Mattrim explains that the lute he stole is actually a magical listening device that allowed Mattrim to hear certain things. Mattrim would like to ask Simon a few questions about his time in the carnival.

Mattrim asks him about it, and Simon says that the crew spoke a strange language and that in one of the cages was an owlbear.

That's the end of the first one. Jared notes that there was a whole separate scenario if Simon doesn't join the circus.

Strix

Strix is being run by Nate. Strix is at the Waffle House. She has noted that Waffles has become temperamental and difficult to control. One day, she hears loud thudding coming from upstairs. Strix goes to check it out, and she sees Waffles ramming her head into the wall. She takes a bite at Strix and tears a hole in her robe.

A few days later, the Sea Maiden's Faire comes to town. She thinks it might be nice to take Waffles to the Dock Ward to check it out. Waffles is still being temperamental. The beast handler of the faire takes a look and thinks Waffles is trying to have a baby. Strix quietly wonders if they'll have to eat her, too. they spot the owlbear that is part of the carnival. It is a male. Waffles approaches the cage and tries to back into it. The male owlbear's name is Throatripper.

They owlbears meet on one of the ships. When they meet, they start fighting. Once tired, they adjust to each other's presence. Strix is baffled. Over the course of the night, Waffles rejects Throatripper over and over again. Eventually, she acquiesces, and the owlbears get it on. Strix has never heard something so loud and terrible in her life. Once done, Waffles is brought home and she sleeps soundly in her room.

End of Session.