Curse of Radiance Chapter 5, Episode 5 - The Word I Was Looking For Was "Balneary"

In this week's episode, Amalessya, Lakhot, and Entro wake up the morning after they arrived at this mystical monastery off in the far east (and after Entro sabotaged their food supply) in search of a great power that Moander wishes them to steal. As they get to know the people and learn the goings-on in this cloister, this great power just might make itself known...

I don't have a ton else to say about this episode, so I'll take a moment and plug our Patreon! If you head over to Patreon.com/InterPartyConflict, for a measly $1 a month you can get a ton of outtakes from the show so far. (There have been a LOT during this story arc, and I've been trying to include context so Patrons have an idea of what sort of stuff was going on behind the scenes.) And technically, if you wanted you could join for one month, download all the stuff that's on there, and then dip out (I'm not a cop, do what you want) but I should let you know, next month there's going to be something big going out exclusively on the Patreon, so you might want to stick around until then!

Anyway, thanks to everyone for listening, and I hope you enjoy what we still have in store!

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Chapter 5, Episode 5: Legend Lore - Monastery of the Living Tree

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Curse of Radiance Chapter 5, Episode 4 - Cultists and Cane Toads and Monks, Oh My!

And here we are, beginning the third and final flashback of the Legend Lore arc! Ildana experiences the memories of Amalessya, an elven cultist of Moander (who isn't actually a cultist of Moander) traveling with a side salad and decaying brunch at the behest of the Jawed God himself, on a mission to steal a source of great power from an ancient monastery in the far-off eastern nation of Wa. What significance will this monastery pose in the future? Keep listening and find out!

This flashback was a lot of fun to make, and underwent quite a few drastically different iterations in the planning phase. (Fun fact: if Jay hadn't left when he did, this segment would have been utterly unrecognizable from what we got. His departure left us with a lot of time to retool some things that we were all planning, and Chris did a lot of work that led to this flashback becoming what it was, and it will have long-lasting effects on the campaign moving forward!) While I think this flashback as a whole could have been tightened up a little bit, I'm extremely pleased with how it turned out!

I really hope you all enjoy this story arc, and I hope you continue to enjoy what comes after!

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Chapter 5, Episode 4: Legend Lore - A Distant Power

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Curse of Radiance Chapter 5, Episode 3 - Mired in Quicksand (Literally and Figuratively)

The exciting conclusion of the second Legend Lore flashback! Benjil Turcott, gnome mercenary, has just gotten done killing a guardian of Lathander's temple so he and his band can plunder the holy relics for the Zhentarim. However, one of the relics speaks to him- a sword with a ruby-quartz blade- and begs him not to go through with this job. There is much at play in this story, says the sword, and Benjil has an important role to play as well. Will this request- as well as the urging of an old friend- be enough to turn Benjil from completing his end of the deal? And if he decides to go through with it... can the Black Network even be trusted not to betray him?

I really like this episode. It was difficult to make- there were a lot of logistics going on behind-the-scenes that made this one a unique challenge- but after editing out all of the difficult bits I think the end product is fantastic. This is also an example of the kind of games we had to play with the existing canon of the Forgotten Realms- as much as possible I wanted to adhere to and involve the lore that existed, but in so many cases there's so little to go off of that I really had to stretch what little I could find. But, like I said, I'm happy with the result!

I hope you all enjoy the episode, and next week, tune back in for the last (and longest) of the Legend Lore flashbacks!

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Chapter 5, Episode 3: Legend Lore - Broken Promises

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