Oct. 19, 2025

Nat 20 and Unwind: After The Curtain Falls

Nat 20 and Unwind: After The Curtain Falls
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The stage lights have dimmed, the applause has faded, and the laughter still echoes a little too long. The crew gathers around the table—not for battle, but for breath.

Join the cast of Crit Happens! as they unwind after the House of Fun arc: talking through the traps that tested their nerves, the confessions that cost blood, and the lessons hidden behind the jokes. From near-death theatrics to Nyros’ rebirth and Zebulon’s vow of water-only discipline, the players pull back the curtain on what it felt like inside Virelios’ most dangerous carnival.

Expect laughter, reflection, and maybe a little chaos as the party decompresses, debates their best (and worst) rolls, and shares what they learned about their characters—and themselves—inside the House that wanted to understand them.

“You can’t spell ‘fun’ without ‘uhhh.’”

🎙️ A special roundtable episode where the players of Crit Happens! step out of character, pour a drink (or just water), and unpack the madness behind the magic.

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This podcast exists to celebrate storytelling, friendship, and the unforgettable chaos of rolling dice together.

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It's fine.
It's fine.

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It's fine.
I'm just curious if if Kaz they

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eluded anything off my body
while I was dead.

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On that note, on that note,
welcome to Nat 20 and unwind

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here on Spotify.
Thank you so much for listening

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to the House of Fun.
Hey, how we feeling everybody?

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Oh, you know.
Nearly dead.

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Like dead emotional support
Penguin.

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Thank you, it came in handy
tonight.

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All right, I got to know Neros.
What was the role for today's

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day?
Let.

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Me go back.
It was called the Echo Jackal.

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Let me go up here.
You like a?

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Divinity Wizard or what?
Was that No I So I'm a cleric of

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Valora who's like the memory
goddess and I'm like one of her

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servant people that basically
captures and records the

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memories like a reliquary of
memory.

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So I get special things
depending on the memories that

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I'm instilling and upholding.
So at the start, just as a

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character flaw I guess you'd
call it, but it's also the trait

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and personality.
At the start of every session I

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roll to see which of the
memories is like the prominent

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1.
So tonight it was feral

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curiosity, treating secrets like
meat and conversations like

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hunts.
Prowling, testing others,

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prodding, taking trophies.
Just far more violent and

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without any sort of concern for
himself or others.

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See, that still fits what the
first session of this was like

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because you rolled chaos.
Yep, yeah.

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Yeah, Yep.
OK.

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So.
So where we will go forward from

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here is I am going to, as the
just and powerful DMI I am, say

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that Zebulon will use the
teleportation circle to get

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everybody back to the Whisper
Fang Tavern.

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I'm not going to charge you
Zebulon for that.

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So from there, Whisper Fang
Tavern will breathe you in warm

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amber light, low beans, and the
bittersweet smell of spilled

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cordials.
I feel the air.

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The doors shuts out Sweetness
Carnival hum if you will.

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And for the first time tonight,
no one but yourselves are

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listening.
You claim the corner booth

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beneath the the cracked mirror.
Zebulon will of course take

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inventory of where everything is
with his Tavern.

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And the next one through the
door is Melvera Wax Fang Tryst,

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who is the quartermaster for
Sweet Nest.

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And she says high command said
day off.

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She says, almost in a deadpan
tone.

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I heard you almost wrestled a
crocodile and fireball the

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theater.
I don't know anything about any

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fireballs.
Give me a section check.

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I think that was the I think
that was the Barker.

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I thought we decided it was the
Barker.

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For crying out loud, the circus
was not the Barker.

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It was the Barker.
I got a dirty 20 the.

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Parker, she believes it.
She's like, huh?

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OK, well I heard different, but
you know you were the ones

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there.
So your oath binder Ledger.

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Banging my head on the table.
Yeah, the same.

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Just been grown and just like
bounce bong bong bong.

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Your oath binder.
Is kind of shoot, shoot a wink

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over at him.
Your your oath binder ledger's

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from In Quiet Sync as one by one
she stamps all of your Ledger

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pages with a black seal right
next to your name.

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So it says House of Fun
complete.

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Now I need everyone to make me a
perception check.

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I will say right now, out of
game this is a very high DC.

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How high?
Like over 30?

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Because I don't think anything
could be possible within over

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30.
It's not a 30 I'm. 28.

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Oh shit.
Can.

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I.
Can I threaten myself?

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Oh God.
Well, Neros, this isn't going to

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apply to you and.
Someone being perceived.

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You, Kazea, ask that when when
Malvera stamps Neros's Ledger of

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Fun, the sigil that is stamped
is much darker than the rest of

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yours, the ink still wet before
another line crosses it out,

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saying True Resurrection
witnessed question mark.

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OK.
What do you think of the records

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about?
I got a 34.

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Well this the the check is in
regards to you.

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That makes sense.
Yeah, that's why I was I was, I

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don't was like ignoring you, but
the check was against you.

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So what I just told caste is
that your sigil that she stamps

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with the House of Fun is much
darker than the rest.

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And it also has a line kind of
scribbled next to it that says

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True Resurrection witnessed
audio listeners, you're going to

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get a little bit of a clue as to
what's going to happen here.

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This is going to be the starting
point for you.

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And you and I know exactly what
that means.

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Oh, OK, cool.
So.

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You get a little bit inside
audio listeners and whispers

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congratulations to you all.
So with the stamps, the Tavern

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light fills, fills in Neros.
You do see, as you are kind of

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settling down and kind of, you
know, assessing where you are as

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the Tavern lights kind of fill
in the creases of where you're

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sitting, you notice that on your
forearms, on your veins, they're

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almost like arcane purple scars,
faintly luminescent, spidering

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to the wrists.
And when you flex your hand into

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a fist, it almost emanates a a
purple glow.

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You guys, I got stigmata.
It's.

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Just wait, wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait.

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Is it?
Is it?

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Is it anything like the scars
that I have?

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No.
OK.

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So Melvera does clock, does
notice it and doesn't flinch.

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She looks at Nero's and says you
left the shape in the glass and

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brought a different one back.
Price paid.

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Some debts echo, you know.
Cover them when you prefer fewer

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questions, don't when you want
the right ones.

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And as Zebulon comes to the
table with a first round.

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Just water for me I.
Was going to say gentle

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reminder, Zeb.
Goodman the water for Zebulon.

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With a knowing grin, you begin
to trade war stories.

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And yes, of CISA.
That was exactly what I was

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thinking of.
Audio listeners, we love you to

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death of CISA just sent me a GIF
of Rumi from K Pop Demon hunters

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with the stars and it's exactly
what I was envisioning.

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So did I.
Not say that.

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Did I not say that?
What?

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No, I didn't.
You did.

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And it was what I was thinking
to.

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You, I said it was.
Tape happy.

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What is this Caleb name on this?
I did not hear that, so I was

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about to ward O cease an
inspiration Savara.

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No, I gave it to her.
I'll just give it to both of

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you.
I'm OK with both of you.

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Have any inspiration?
Okie dokie.

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Perfect.
And now the debrief.

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You'll be debriefed at
Whisperfang, the Tavern.

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So for those of you who haven't
seen in the Discord RP and for

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audio listening again, we love
you.

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Whisper Fang Tavern is the
Tavern that is now owned by

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Zebulon in the Shatter Peaks,
correct?

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Zebulon it's in, yes, it's in.
It's in the the Shatter Peaks.

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So that's where you are
currently and that's where you

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will end tonight's session at
Whisper Fang Tavern in the

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Shatter Peaks.
Again, as of right now, there

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are a few rooms to use for
resting things along those

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lines, and I have a sneaky
suspicion that with tonight's

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session, you guys will rest for
what will feel like forever, so

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you will also.
Now lock.

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My door gold out of this?
Yep, you will also each get 700

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gold.
Wow.

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I can abort some stables for
this Tavern now.

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And any additional items, I will
just take a quick peek at my

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book and come up with things as
the night progresses Tonight for

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me because I got to tell you, I
am hungry and I got a jettison

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out of here.
So we're going to sign off on

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that 20 and unwind.
Thank you so much again for

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listening.
Real quick note as well, we just

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eclipsed over 400 followers on
our Facebook page.

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So if you are one of those 403
people, I should say that are

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here.
Thank you so much.

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This is just.
The thing that this.

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Is just the thing that I wanted
to just kind of do for fun and

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it kind of turned into this.
So, you know, it's a lot of fun

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playing D&D with the people and
friends that you know, and

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having people listen to your all
of the idiotic and chaotic

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things that we do.
Damn doors.

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Yes, so I died.
You did die.

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But did you?
Die, but did you die?

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So we will sign off.
We will sign up for tonight on

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that 20 and and unwind.
I am supposed to heart for

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everybody here at the P3 Podcast
network.

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We will see you guys next time
for another adventure of the

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Scale Mount Syndicate and Crit
happens.

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Good night everybody.