Lawful Great Adventures (Benjamin Drury)

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The party gathers information about Edoma and their mission to find Tyrees by speaking with the Ledger-keeper of the Torchbearer's Guild Hall, Hausta from the White Gryphon, and a knife salesman at the Old Cathedral Market (Finn causes a scene) until finally sitting down to ponder the mysteries of the strange sword they bought from Perot's Imports.
Here are the Oaths of the Seven Oaths Blade if you missed them in the episode:
- I will make my father pay for what he did to General Malcom Delvin - Tysant Delvin
- Elnaril, I will undo the Whideckse Accords, I promise - Ermar, the Sacred blade of Ybarin
- Ermar, I will strike Gottfried down for what he has done - Elnaril, Sorcercess of Laclya
- I will be the greatest explorer in the world. I will travel from the cliffs of the Daentic all the way to the beaches of the Astolar ocean - Hallis Kelnala
- I will make you proud father. I will fight against injustice wherever it may show itself - Rainer Hallonen, paladin of Laxitor
- I will reclaim my ancestral estate in Kaeldaan - Edrina Melzee
- I will go to Ddwigoa and slay a kaiju and bring its trophy to the emperor himself - Hilnarra Byren

In this session, the party takes a quick break to resupply before delving into the Edoma Undercity to help Drennick retrieve the Eye of Ryllae. Things are not all rosy, however, Drennick is certain to betray the party and Finn has been on edge since the night before.
Welcome to the nastiest dungeon crawl in the game so far.

In this session, the party stumbles upon the Umaellen pilgrims ambushing an Edoman patrol. After bloodying their hands, the party stops at the supposedly haunted town of Whideckse, where the secrets the Quiet City has been hiding begin to unravel.
They finally arrive in Edoma, where Theo is put to a bizarre test.
Thank you to Duroje Gwamna for the theme to Edoma and the marketplace
Thank you to Casey Schultz for the Lawful Great travel music
Thank you to Treesreach for the City Reveal theme
And thank you as always to Julien Journet for our Lawful Great intro music!

In this session, the party guards the announcement by Lord Tallbanner concerning the fate of Brambleweed and Pathostone.
It goes south immediately.

Warren has a polite conversation with a dragon.

Finn is sick! So Alex, Rabbit, and Benjamin sit and talk about how they balance the agency of their players with their own desire to "tell a story" as the DM. It's a loose discussion that drifts between table reminiscences and philosophical musing that might serve as a good primer when thinking about the relationship between the DM, the Players, and "The Story".
If you have an idea for Thoughtful Great Adventures, hit us up on Twitter @great_lawful or facebook!

We start with a quick recap of the prologue so you can pick up from here if you like!
In this episode, the party emerges from the tower to a fleeing army from a beseiged town. The army, thinking the party was sent by the god Kaer, returns to town believing they are saved.
The party meets Captain Otem, the leader of the defending army of Barkflower. Otem insists the party prove their might despite being exhausted and wounded from their battle with the Baba Yaga. If the party succeeds, Captain Otem will help them however he can once the siege is lifted.

In this session, the party meets Otis the inept shopkeeper of his Grandfather's apothecary. This grandfather being Oras, the late chemist of St Brohias. Otis proves to be a valuable ally and helps them get an in with the secret remnants of pious folk in Edoma in exchange for some lessons on alchemy.
The party then heads to Faned Avenue to talk to Winston Ves, the landlord of the cathedral-now-ghetto in hopes of finding some information about the Priestess of Corlesis who they met on the road to Edoma. They are stopped, however, by a smooth-talking man on horseback who has apparently set a trap for them.

In this session, the group sneaks away from town with Alvin Biddy to help him fulfill his compulsion to visit the temple of the god of Institution and Tradition, Eddin. At the temple, Alvin's secret is revealed.
They return in time to attend Alvin's manhood ceremony.

After the party, Warren and Fayne return to the White Gryphon, but on the way encounter the evidence of a brewing problem in Edoma. In the meantime, Felicity Cromwell makes Finn and Theo an offer they literally can't refuse.

The party finally has a name for themselves! The Watched catch up with Hausta and share what they learned in the aftermath of the All Souls Day Raid. Then they check up on Otis before linking up with Ruth Argain to coordinate the resistance.

When the party infiltrates the Smeltbane Estate to find a map of the undercity and  a map of the continent, they encounter Felicity Cromwell, Edoma's greatest detective. They also encounter the olive-skinned woman from the road to Barkflower and soon run the risk of being implicated in a murder most foul.

The Watched split up to take down the Deepwood sage. In this episode, Fayne leads Kilian, Kyler, Vicki, and Regal Beak up the southern foothills of Mt Sigurd to ambush the Sage's camp. But there's more lurking in these trees than the Sage's fanatic followers.

Mercatus - Ashley Son of Owen of Briarthem
Donrai - Renard son of Hendrick of Kaaef
Ryllae - Tyrees the Oracle of Edoma
Ghailen - Mishera Zur of Cadaevia
Arcos - King Mdou Otem of Adwigoa
Eddin - Lady Orlee Tallbanner of Ereyin
Lencellier - Manders Swae, the Merchant of Wicioni
Zelka - The Architect Loquess of Pacan
Corlesis - Dimitri the Argan-Keeper of Adwiala
Astolat - Symond the Penitent of Umaelle
Efdelshedel - Jesel il Raash the Oracle of the East
Heradrel - Queen Sudita of the Aferissian Flatlands
Ahm - Casivir of the Great Pink Plains of Gauwen
Malomb - King Adam Bent-stream of Rheland
Luxitor - Arden Three-throated of Kaeldaan
The Shadow - Masson the Shadow Broker
Kaer - King Gottfried of Laclya
Hemeel - Elnaril, Sorceress of Laclya
Shiom - Ermar, the Sacred Blade of Ybarin
Sheffelfleck - Drszalt of the Sleeping North
Dorral - St Kaladri Brohias of Chaconqua
Nereiv - Emperor Leshar of Kaerfall

A dialogue between Gottfried, Tyrees, and King Otem.

In this episode, we meet our four adventurers from the quiet farming town of Pathostone. There's Theo Rosefield, a farmer and fist-fighter with two younger siblings who carries the title of "Toughest Guy In Pathostone"; Finn Cromwell a woodcutter from a broken home whose father is the town constable, drunk, and bully all wrapped into one and whose mother is the town witch; Fayne Bowen, a shepherd of strange barksheep and huntress who lives with her father; and Warren Hendrickson, the boy genius, amateur chemist, and keeper of the ledger of his parents' inn.
A riderless cart arrives from the town south of Pathostone belonging to a Torchbearer, a mysterious order of masons who keep the road repaired and safe from monsters. The party heads south to Brambleweed to investigate. Along the way they stop at an ancient temple to the god of love and community, Lencellier. After passing the temple tests they meet an agent of Lencellier, a Cassian who gives them a gift.

The Watched travel to Grimsby to hunt a supposed dragon that has been stealing cattle. They have their doubts that it is actually a dragon but the reward is immense.

The Watched recover from their foray into The Shadow. They take some time to butcher Groshell for her valuable parts before setting off on the road towards Kaeldaan... But only after taking a job from a woman named Adina Melzee, whose name the Seven Oaths Blade remembers well.

Finn and Theo sneak into the mayor's mansion while Warren and Fayne rest.
After the party reunites, they put a plan together to confront Shiven and save the town of Icemeet. Before they launch their plan, Theo decides to get in Shiven's face.

The Watched have a few days of respite to build equipment and attempt to cook some dragon meat (it goes okay).
They then proceed to Helm's Brink which is facing an overcrowding problem. Could the trapped travelers trying to find shelter in the last town before Kaeldaan be the work of the Deepwood Sage?

Back in Arc 1, Billabus was tasked with delivering a note from Theo to Warren. When he arrived he had apparently been in a few scrapes... But what happened to BIllabus?

Step 1) Fight the forest
Step 2) Fight the forest fire
Step 3) Rite of the Gallon

The Watched meet with Jezel Il Raash, who is a peculiar young girl that experiences time differently. They ask her to help their map remember a time 1000 years in the past.
Then they link up with Hausta in Kaeldaan to plan their next move.

Warren and Finn check in at the library, before they are rudely interrupted by the peal of fire bells across town. What could possibly have happened?
Then, The Watched embroil themselves in the politics of two old librarians and the mysterious old woman Fayne and Theo saved from Gottfried.

The Watched tie up loose ends in Edoma then set out with some friends towards the nearby Temple of Zelka on their way to Kaeldaan.

The party takes some time to craft items, deal with a shakedown from Felicity Cromwell, and then stumbles on the deepest secret hiding above the noses of every citizen of Edoma. The location and true identity of the mysterious Oracle, Tyrees.

Welcome to our new series of one-shots using the Quest system! This episode features Luna from Shared Experience and Ryan from Dice Populi, check them out!!
The Irregulars are given a mission to bust a gang of sand-skiff riders who have gotten a hold of some dangerous magic and funding from a mysterious source.

The Watched begin the evacuation of Kaeldaan. When night falls, they stake out the entrance to the Temple of Astolat, but Gottfried has other plans and The Watched are caught desperately unprepared.

Special thanks to @Kyellan on Twitter for the piano music at the end, which he wrote after being inspired by Gottfried von Kaer!
Another thank you to @GamerMomLuna and her daughter for listening and loving the show! The character Neptune was written for Luna's daughter!

Theo comes up with a plan to defeat Sinadt and free Melzee Manor from his dangerous heresy. What ensues is a brutal fight that pushes The Watched to their limits.

The Watched investigate Melzee Manor at the behest of a ghost trapped in Fayne's sword (seriously catch up if you haven't)
But the manor is far more grim and complicated than it seems. It may even be a place that the Gods cannot look upon.

Stumbled I on Shiven's ol' bones
Skin and sinews slipped away
And mark'st the moment I'll reap from sow
An hour, a minute, a year, and a day

The Watched confront the Deepwood Sage, only to find that Fayne's long-lost mother and sister are in his care. The Sage reveals his plans, and it sheds light on all the destruction the party has seen on the road to Kaeldaan

In the aftermath of their battle with Shiven, The Watched rest in the town of Icemeet. During this time, they reconcile a tenuous ceasefire with Kilian Cannen and discuss the new problem on the horizon, The Deepwood Sage. After recuperating, they set out on the road towards Kaeldaan before being offered another job at the next town to the south.

Warren cuts a deal with a merchant before the Watched head down the road to Kaeldaan to visit the Shrine to Ahm. At the shrine, they are given a vision about Kaeldaan's fate and meet an unlikely ally against the Deepwood Sage.

The Irregulars get hired to show Clint "The Bruiser" Bask a good time to convince him to play Zephyrball for a local professional team. But all is not well as the mystic gang Scepter Eight wants Clint to arrive at his signing too damaged to play.

In this episode, the party is in hiding at the temple of Lencellier when Sir Elgar approaches them with a plan to spare their lives and reputations.
The plan involves framing Marvin Bowen, Fayne's father, for the murder of Lord Tallbanner and drugging him with a sleeping poison so he appears dead. The party makes camp just outside of town where they meet a quirky but friendly drake by the name of Fogrunner.

The Watched first visit the Council of Twenty-Two to ask them to ration their white sand and evacuate the city. After the frustrating meeting, they find a craftsman who can work with dragon bone before they finally split off. While running their own errands, Fayne and Theo venture into the borough of Astolat, which starts quiet, and ends bloody.

In this session, the party revives Theo from near death and returns to Barkflower for their reward.
After taking some well-needed rest in Barkflower, they prepare to set off on their journey to Edoma to find Tyrees and hopefully a way home.

In this session, the party leaves the Edoma undercity to count their loot and lick their wounds. They take some time to try to understand the properties of the Eye of Ryllae, tie up some loose ends around town, and then finally break into Drennick's front to dig up his vast trove of secrets.

The party must survive Drennick's obvious and inevitable betrayal, but to claim the Eye of Ryllae they will have to face a danger far more ancient and powerful than a shady information broker.

When Kilian Cannen and Felicity Cromwell crash the cleansing ceremony, a massive fight breaks out that threatens to burn down the Thick Branch Inn and kill everyone inside. What's worse, this occurs in the middle of the ritual to consecrate the bones of St Brohias. And if they can't finish the ritual in time, Theo will be trapped in The Shadow forever.

In a VERY SPECIAL session we partnered with Angry Orchard to do a quest celebrating the favorite drink of our table!
When Jeffrey Crist, the owner of the Crist Family Crazy Crabapple Cidery asks the party to cleanse his apple orchard after the Pilsner Brothers put a curse on it, the party accepts in exchange for all the crisp, refreshing, hard apple cider they can drink.
Listen responsibly!

The party arrives in Brambleweed to find it abandoned.  Their investigation reveals the journals of some of the survivors and a supernatural threat that may have killed or driven everyone away.

The party must escape the burning brothel with the bones of St Brohias and the unconscious body of Theo who is still trapped in The Shadow. While trapped, Theo meets the bio luminescent monkey that he has seen visions of, and the party makes their intentions in Edoma publicly known while searching for a safehouse. 

We answer YOUR questions and read YOU a bedtime story, dear listener.
OMG SPOILERS

In this session, the party meets a pair of benevolent spirits who inform them of the fate of Brambleweed.
After further investigation, they discover the town was destroyed by a terrible creature called the Baba Yaga with the help of a man in black armor.

The Watched reunite as Edoma is besieged. While trying to figure out a way to save the city, they encounter Ruth Argain.

Get to meet our characters and the world of the Dessidiac in this short introduction to Lawful Great Adventures!

The Watched are asked to investigate a mystic named Shiven who has taken up residence in the town of Icemeet and is trying to get the people there to disband and take their chances in the wilderness.
Unfortunately for Icemeet, the local bar features axe-throwing and the party gets distracted.

As Finn struggles to stay alive and the Watched rush to stabilize him, Warren comes up with a plan to go into The Shadow while the moon is still full to bring him back and gain the blessing of St Brohias for their journey.

In this session, the party launches a suicidal plan to destroy the trebuchets harrying the city of Barkflower to repel the invading army from Edoma. They also take a moment to perform some light breaking and entering.

In this episode, the party scrambles to deal with the arrival of Gottfried Von Kaer, the man in black armor who destroyed Brambleweed with the help of the Baba Yaga.

The Watched fight for their lives to escape an ambush over a fast-running stream! But what has caused the forest to grow so suddenly? Could it be the Red Smoke that Shiven used to nearly destroy Icemeet?

The Watched continue on their path to the Temple of Zelka when they stop to help a new Torchbearer with a problem along the road.

In this episode the party meets with Warren's uncle, Inspector Fellman. He helps them drive off the Wilderness as they bury the Torchbearer and bless the road. They return home and check in with their respective families. Then finally, the group meets with Lord Edwin Tallbanner who makes them an offer.

Each member of the party is offered a chance to commune with The Shadow to learn the fate of their families. The cost, however, is that they must confess aloud one thing they have left unsaid through their journey so far. Their confessions push Finn to his breaking point.

Featuring Patch from Discount Dungeons and Jarred from Monsters and Multiclass!
The Irregulars get their biggest job yet from a conspiracy theorist named Lean Watchdog. Apparently a dragon plans to destroy a crystal that will cause the whole city to collapse as part of a psyop to... control... something?
Anyway the pay is good so the party takes the gig!

Warren insists on taking a detour to seek a boon at the Temple of Zelka, the god of travel. There are many warnings along the way to turn back, but the Watched decide to meet the temple challenge.

The party is led to the White Gryphon tavern for some much needed R&R, but they find out quickly that drawing attention to themselves can only lead to trouble when they are approached threateningly by Drennick, the official "Royal Greeter of Travellers".
They return to the Firsag Bazaar to begin their search for Tyrees, and in search of a red wagon with pink smoke to ask for "Something on discount"

In the final session of the Prologue, the party springs their trap on Gottfried Von Kaer and the Baba Yaga.
What happens next will determine the fate of their town, friends, and families.

We start off with a recap and special thank you to friends of the show, Dice Populi, check them out here:
https://www.commongeekingprogram.com/dicepopuli
The party puts a plan together and makes a move to break into the Edoma stockades to free the political prisoners and their friend, Otis the Alchemist. But there's still a ghoul infestation, Kilian Cannen is certain to strike at any time, and Captain Otem's men are within days of the city.
Warren wisely decides to take up Tyrees' offer for dinner and conversation... So stay tuned for a special bonus episode!

In this episode, the party puts a plan together to stop Gottfried Von Kaer from destroying Pathostone. They have three days before the arrival of the Baba Yaga, but they have some help from their Wilderness spirit friends Brooke and Fogrunner.

Featuring streamer, voice actor, and co-host of Verbal Components, Diagnosed Matt!!
The Irregulars take a job to assist a doctor trying to keep up with a riot situation, but the cause of the rioting turns out to be something perhaps more sinister.

In this episode, the party tries to settle a dispute between a squad of Edoman border guards and a band of pilgrims from Umaelle. The outcome is something of a mixed bag. They move on to Fort Tysant to meet with General Tobias Delven, then finally continue their journey to the Quiet City through a road that takes them to the peaceful mountain village of St. Brohias.

In this special "in-story one-shot", the party meets Oras the Chemist and Qadaalf the Architect in the town of St Brohias. When Finn drunkenly stumbles on the body of Qadaalf in Oras' home, they perform some light breaking-and-entering in this wild romp full of animated enemies, terrible accents, and the only @#$%ing mimic I'll ever use I hope for the rest of my life.
No need to catch up, just listen to this episode and enjoy!

It's Theo's birthday!!!
The party shares their gifts with Theo while they recover at Big June's Juniper Joint in St Brohias. The next day, they'll head further down the road to Edoma to see Tyrees in the City of Secrets.
WARNING: The vibes in this ep are super chill, so bring your most aromatic of teas
Thank you to Casey Schultz from You Probably Haven't Heard of Them for the piano travelling music
Thank you Duroje Gwamna for the cool midi tracks. I love them. Get a twitter so people can support you, dude.
Enjoy!!

We talk about Arc 2 and answer viewer questions! Then talk an awful lot about Oaths of the Heart

Beatrice treats us to an excerpt from the first edition original print copy of The Oath of The Heart, a trashy bodice-ripper about Paladins who are too chaste to love.

Special thanks to Zadkiel Vaske-Huff for penning such a fine piece of writing to tantalize the senses of our dear listeners!

The Watched collect themselves after their defeat in the temple of Astolat. Then, when a riot breaks out in the city, they take their chance... But Tyrees has other plans.

The Watched continue to evacuate the city and help finish their items made from the bones of Groshell. Warren's study is interrupted by an insurrection at the Borough of Mercatus

This four-part series of mini-vignettes covers the last day of preparation before the Siege of Kaeldaan and how the Watched spend their time tying up loose ends and dealing with the threat of death.

Finn talks to the Deep Wood Sage about his disconnection to We. Fayne talks to her mother about what to do now that they're reunited.

Warren confronts King Otem.

Theo tries to conquer the Wheel by drinking and fighting it

Where is the sunset that I asked for?

O I have seen a myriad sunsets, each different
With their colors draped over the fields
In glowing hues that shimmer and sing
But not the sunset I have longed to see

Pressure from the south drives
Briney rain and fresh sea air and
Clouds grasping northward, clawing
Away the sky every solstice

There is no sun on the morning the city
Was designed to see. There is no glint
Of star Hemeel in the night beneath
The thunder, heavy and warm overhead

And in the fading light of the last day of Kaeldaan
I do not blame the rain.


Where are my children?

O I have many children, some old some young
With their colors draped across their shoulder blades
And spears in hand and baskets of food
Apples in springtime for cider, barley in the fall.

Pressure from the north drives
Desperate footfalls southward and
Tiny hands grasping for mothers, clawing
For their home as they cry and plead at the gates

There are no children on the morning the city
Was designed to rear. There is no hopeful laugh
As my son brings a stray dog home and
No more hearth, heavy and warm within

And in the lost laughter of the last day of Kaeldaan
I do not blame the children.




Where is my immaculate city?

O I have walked her myriad streets, her colors
Draped across marquees and hanging from
Shop windows. But I do not find my city
On any map any longer. She is here but not.

Pressure on the edge of the forest
(there was a forest here before? It is here but not)
Drives hungry men with spears and
Empty carts where food once was.

There is no city on the morning there was
Supposed to be a city. Supposed to be a red
Brick wall and white smoke, the smell of lavender
The morning after the solstice.

And in the silence of the empty city, the city that is not
I do not blame the hungry men.

Theo, Warren, and Fayne face down Tyrees the Dragon while Finn fights King Otem to the death.

The Watched pick up the pieces after the siege and prepare for their journey into the wilderness to confront Gottfried once and for all.

The Watched head into the Wilderness to face Gottfried at the Wall of a Million Eyes, but the Wilderness does not intend to make the journey easy.

We gotta take a week off due to computer issues! Here's a prompt from friend of the show Kyellen about crafting great NPCs!!

The Watched are ambushed (again) on the edge of the ancient Laclyan battlefield, but this attack is different from the others.

The Watched venture into a part of the forest that seems more curated than the rest. When they happen upon a clever little Fey Mailbox that trades items, they stumble on some incredible discoveries.

The Watched honor their agreement with the Korred to kill the creature eating their Korredkinder.

The Watched venture into the Black Vine Swamp with the help of their Korred allies, but the swamp has denizens they did not expect, and the Korred might not be capable of keeping their promise of keeping the party safe.

The Watched enter a wide open plain, deal with the consequences of their actions, and come face to face with their past and their future.

The final confrontation with Gottfried von Kaer begins with conversation, and ends with destruction.

Thank you for listening, stick around for Campaign 2 coming soon!

The gang talks about campaign 1 and takes listener questions! Next up ------- WHAT IF!?

We take a big dive with listener and table questions about possible ways the story could have gone by changing actions the players could have taken throughout campaign 1!!

Here's the teaser for next season! Coming October 2021!!!

We go through Orbital Blues characters in order to run a one-shot!!!!

The crew of the Lady of the Midnight Train steal a car and do a domestic terrorism in this playtest of Orbital Blues!!!

We reintroduce the show and our characters and go over some bits of lore that will be important for the story to come!!

The Watched are introduced to Laclya, and Laclya is introduced to the Watched. As they find the hospices of the lost city incredibly generous, there belies only one question.

Azimuth stumbles on Warren and Theo, who treat her with suspicion at first, before deciding that a chronicler would be nice to have along.

Finn meets the eccentric Dr Curio, the first physician of Laclya, and becomes his apprentice.

We meet Gizzard and his crew, and then poor Gizzard's crew befalls a terrible fate.

We meet the blue himbo Vashanu, and his not blue, not himbo dad.

Theo does a dark ritual. It goes exactly as planned and nothing bad happens.

Fayne finds Billabus, but something has changed.

The party face Bezravnis

We catch up with Dr Curio in his clinic, with his most challenging patient yet.