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Episode 74: Roots Between Worlds

Bells Hells, in seeking answers surrounding Ashton's history, and possible opportunities to prepare themselves better for the coming showdown with the Ruby Vanguard, you find yourselves in the Shattered Teeth, a collection of islands left in the destruction of the once continent Domunas. Here, you've gone onto a ghost ship to find passage to the island of Kalutha. Upon taking this journey across the sea with them, you helped bring a long separate romance you helped bring a long separate romance to a singular unit between the captain and their navigator. You had a celebration, and then were dropped off rather rapidly on the outskirts of the island you seek.
As you perused the black pebble beaches, you found a couple of caverns, one that led up to the actual clifftop surface of the island itself for a better view. Upon clambering through the caverns, a sight was missed on one of the creatures that apparently called it home, and you did a battle with a terrifying massive worm creature that was intent on making you its next meal.
Surviving the encounter, destroying the creature, and gathering a few odd objects from its nest that gave you some clues as to the denizens of this island, you clambered out to the surface, where you could see the mist shrouded island stretched out before you. Not as dense as the central sea, and the previous island you had ventured towards, but still somewhat obscured by the shifting fog but still somewhat obscured by the shifting fog that seems to blow with the wind over the stretching jungles and rainforest before you. The mounting massive shadows of the three mountains that mark a central portion of this region of the island, seemingly a signifier of your destination.
So, Bells Hells, having taken a short rest, stepping up into the late morning midday obscured sun, the disparate disseminated fog filled daylight that gives some visual perspective on the path before you, what would you like to do?


Previous Episode "Kindling the Spirits"

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[–] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'd also like to thank you, @Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone for what seems to be thankless work for building a community here. Hats off.

[–] thisisdee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Want to echo this, Ultragramps is MVP in this community.

[–] Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You're very welcome! Our fearless moderator Dee deserves credit, too.

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[–] Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kombat Law!


Bonus Nightmare Fuel

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[–] Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

The lights are such a bright green for this new jungle. Makes it look like a spell.

[–] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So, Sam finally brought made Matt take a lap around the table for the first time in years and it was completely worth it!

[–] Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

~~Matt~~Taliesin really gave Sam an opening on that one.

[–] Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Pretty sure after Laudna failed her roll and FCG failed his grapple (crossing the river), Sam says "Byeeee" in a reference to the podcast SmartLess

[–] Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The shadow gnomes that did the necrotic damage definitely remind me of a Ghibli creature. I'm thinking Mononoke Hime.

[–] Hogger85b@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

As did the shovel.pigs

[–] Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago
[–] Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Taliesin stuck in the neck brace when everyone else gets to throw their head back laughing. It hits my funny bone so hard.

[–] Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

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[–] Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So, they referenced Tenacious D with "That's Fuckin Teamwork!" and the animated video done with Klasky Csupo (Ren & Stimpy) isn't on YouTube, but I found it on vimeo. *Warning: Loud and Disturbing Screaming at start and NSFW content

[–] Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

The new language reminded me of that Star Trek: TNG episode "Darmok" with the Tamarian language of allegory. "Temba, his arms wide" "Shaka, when the walls fell"

  • My promise to Shotas
  • My love of my children Ro and Sakagi
  • My faith in the cycle of destruction and creation, endless
  • My guilt over my father, Gyodoba
  • Iffodola
[–] Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The recent sponsorship from Mortal Kombat 1 is with Warner Bros, the studio behind the Barbie movie. I have a plan for a character based on "Weird Barbie" as a Wild Magic user.

[–] Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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Memorable Moments

  • 00:13:22 Quivers & Shifts
  • 00:38:58 A River Runs Through It (High Five)
  • 00:44:34 "I was just, sort of, you know, contemplating the meaning of my existence as a construct that's only really given purpose when it has to bring itself to bear to your command. So , yeah, napping." - Pâté de Rolo
  • 00:48:22 SmartLess "Byeeee"
  • 01:07:15 "Sublime!"
  • 01:40:22 "Giant Beaver...THATs what that smell is."
  • 01:42:48 "UCwutIdidthar?" - A.J.
  • 02:36:00 Marisha references a phenomenon known as "The Call of the Void"
  • 02:44:00 "Shoebill!"
  • 03:09:00 Evontra'vir the Tree lore dumps on Ashton while he gives it a shotgun hit of his happy tobacco.
  • 03:18:06 Hand Gesture Silent Theater
  • 03:43:53 "So, you're the Key Master?" Ghostbusters reference
[–] Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

"Fuck Off!"... "Yeah! You tell 'em, Mom!"