Chapter 6, Episode 4 - I'm Not Crazy About "Family Trees" But It Works Well Enough

On this week's episode, our heroes are greeted by the familiar (but much older) face of Lak'hot Reinleaf, the evangelist for Moander that travelled with Amalessya so many years ago. Will he let the party continue on their way without an altercation? Will the party be able to just turn around and leave? Will Fennec create a fireball big enough? Find out for yourself in this week's episode!

I'm really happy with how this episode turned out, even if there were a lot of aspects of it that I completely biffed and forgot multiple times throughout. But that's how it is running a game like this, so I'm sure all of you will understand. There's still plenty of excitement and intrigue to come, though, so try and contain yourself over the next few weeks!

Thanks to everyone for listening and following along, as we near the home stretch. See you all next week!

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Chapter 6, Episode 4: Family Trees

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Curse of Radiance Chapter 6, Episode 3 - The Boob Armor Is Canonically Justified

This week, the three heroes encounter Alias and Dragonbait, the two protagonists of the Azure Bonds novel and subjects of Clyde Caldwell's stunning cover art. Alias explains her story to the best of her ability, the party makes some assumptions about what's still to come, and they begin the treacherous journey down into the hidden temple of Moander- where a familiar face is waiting for their arrival. What will come of this venture? Find out next time!

This was a fun episode, though admittedly it's largely a huge lore dump. I had seriously been waiting for the party to come and meet Alias and Dragonbait since the start of the campaign (they could have come here as early as the second chapter, but I guess it just wasn't in the cards) so it was great to finally get here. And I'm really happy with how this episode (and the rest of this story arc) turned out! Hopefully you all will be too!

Thanks to everyone for following along, and catch you next week!

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Chapter 6, Episode 3: Alias and Dragonbait

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Curse of Radiance Chapter 6, Episode 2 - Lore Never Changes

In this week's episode, the party hitches a ride to Hillsfar, in the hopes of requesting aid and safe passage through Yulash to find the cult of Moander hidden there. (In case you forgot, this is a follow-up to a suggestion one of the players made ALMOST A YEAR AGO, way back in the first arc of the campaign.) But when they get there- what's this? The city is under new management? And the new management is a racist pile of refuse? That can't be good!

I really think this is an interesting episode because without spoilers, we as a group took a short break and talked about campaign expectations and goals in the middle of the episode. I really considered cutting a lot of that during editing but in the end I decided to leave it in because this sort of thing can be a learning experience for listeners as much as it was a learning experience for us as the players. Sometimes, you need to set the game aside for a few minutes and figure out what everyone wants out of the game!

And another quick reminder: if you want to listen to the two-part bonus "Beach Episode", the second part goes live on our Patreon today! It's a ton of fun and you can get it (as well as all of our other bonus content) for one measly dollar. What's not to like about that?

Thanks for following along, and I hope you enjoy this week's episodes!

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Chapter 6, Episode 2: Unwelcome Alliances

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Curse of Radiance Chapter 6, Episode 1 - It Has Been So, So Long

We're back in the present, finally! All except Torunn, that is- somehow, the dwarven fighter has been replaced (or swapped, or something) with Benjil Turcott, the halfling mercenary that stole the blade of Lathander- and then, supposedly, died two years ago. As the party copes with the loss of one ally, and the fact that Benjil seems to have been cursed with the Azure Bonds as well, they plan their next move- which means travelling to an unwelcome city and asking for help.

I'm overjoyed to finally be at this point in the story, and in fact I'm so overjoyed, that I have a special announcement! Have you heard we have a Patreon? You have now! This week and next, everyone on our $1 tier will get a two-part bonus episode that we recorded with Freeman a little while back, to get him up to speed and acclimated to the group. They're a ton of fun, and along with them, joining our campaign also gets you a ton of outtakes and other cool stuff! I highly recommend you go check it out.

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Chapter 6, Episode 1: The Unexpected Guest

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Curse of Radiance Chapter 5, Episode 7 - That's A Lot of Gods

In this week's episode, the three cultists- Amalessya, Lak'hot, and Entro- have come face-to-face with the guardian of the source of Verishanta Monastery's mystical power. And that guardian, it seems, is not just a dragon- it's one of the Eight Million Gods of Kara-Tur. (And of course, it isn't going to give up its charge quite so easily.) So assuming the three of them can defy one god... if they're successful, will Amalessya be able to defy a second? Find out in this episode, the last episode of the Legend Lore chapter!

It's the end of the year, and I have been BUSY! I've got about a week off from work so I've been sitting at the editing machine trying to get the last few episodes of this show edited. I've gotten most of it done so far (a few of these episodes have been a slog and a half- we got really sloppy on our last few recordings) so mostly I have a bunch of re-records and such to do before this is all done. But the end is in sight, and with any luck, I'll have a day or two before the end of this break where I can sit and play video games without feeling like I have this responsibility looming over my head. I'm so excited.

Anyway, I hope you all had a wonderful winter holiday, and I hope you're all staying safe and warm out there! The year is using its last ounce of strength to try and get me sick again (my wife is currently under the weather and we aren't sure if it's something I already had or not) so I hope you're all in a better position than me.

Have a great week, and I will see you all in 2026 (hopefully in a better spot than we all are now)!

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Chapter 5, Episode 7: Legend Lore - To Defy a God

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Curse of Radiance Chapter 5, Episode 6 - All Elves Are Created Equal, But Some Elves Are More Equal Than Others

Before I get into the post, let me just wish a Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday to everyone out there! I really hope you're all staying safe, staying warm, and staying healthy out there. It's been one hell of a month so far- I got Covid a couple weeks ago, and then immediately after that was done I caught Swine Flu- and this is after at least a couple weeks of all sorts of things going wrong for me, with the biting freezing cold on top of it all. So seriously, I want you all to stay safe and careful out there. Take care of yourselves. Whatever it is you think you're hustling for, it'll get along just fine if you take care of yourself first.

With that said, welcome to this week's episode! Much like children getting what they want during the holiday season, this episode begins with Amalessya being allowed to make a wish at the Verishanta (the Living Tree). Will it come true? Was it even specific enough to be within the scope of this flashback? Keep listening and find out! But after the wish is made, we get some casual fantasy race talk, we get some sneaking around after-hours, and we get a fun tease for what will surely be an exciting session next week. This episode has it all!

Thanks so much to everyone for listening. This year has been such a rollercoaster for me, and a big part of that has been the fact that we've finally been able to release this show to the public. So if you're here, if you're listening, I want to give you a sincere thank you.

I hope you all have a great week, and I'll catch you next time, with our last episode of the year!

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Chapter 5, Episode 6: Legend Lore - Wishes and Plots

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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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