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Crit Happens!
Welcome to Crit Happens! A new Dungeons and Dragons Actual Play Podcast from the P3 Podcast Network! Join DM Spencer Hart, and his rotating cast of characters as they accomplish their missions each episode with The Scalebound Syndicate inside of the world of Virelios, a dark, and moral ambiguous world filled with horror, and fear.
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Jan. 16, 2026

Nat 20 and Unwind: "The Pyreheart Accord Fallout"

Nat 20 and Unwind: "The Pyreheart Accord Fallout"

After the Pyreheart Accord arc ends, Nat 20 shifts into a lighter breakdown of the chaos that unfolded. The cast steps back from the tension to talk through the decisions, the betrayal, and the fallout in a casual format. They share highlights, favorite moments, and the choices that shaped the story. This episode gives space to breathe after a heavy arc and helps the audience understand where the team stands before the next chapter begins.

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Yeah, that'd be really bad.
Honestly.

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I just got back.
Please, it's not another one of

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you.
Bite the fucking dust, please.

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Hello hi, welcome to net 20 and
unwind here on Spotify and

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Facebook.
OK so I have a feeling I'm about

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to be single.
I hate.

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We already talked about it,
Nelson.

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I hate.
You.

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I really actually might hate you
right now.

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I love you, but I hate you.
That was so good.

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Though you can't eat them that
much.

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Oh my God.
Yeah.

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So before we go any further, I I
have to commend you all.

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That was quite literally the
best episode of the show that

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we've done so far.
Well, the role play, like even

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people that aren't like the
heavy role players, right, or,

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or, or haven't been like
everyone stepped up game tonight

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and it was crazy cool to be a
part of.

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Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.

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And, and I'm excited because you
guys don't know it quite yet,

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but this is the start of the
actual campaign that I had in

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mind for this show.
Oh my God, are you kidding?

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Me, yeah.
We killed a guy in the pre log.

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Yeah, Jesus, guys.
I'm going to have the prom, so

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like, yeah.
So please do it on Sundays in

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the morning.
Nope.

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Nope.
So you don't want to, you don't

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want, you don't want a game with
me before I've had my coffee in

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the morning.
OK, we'll start it well. 4:30

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AM.
I would be I would be on The

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Walking pad, usually with music
bumping and that rattles the

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floors.
But all right, let's talk about

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it.
Castilla, What's what's going

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through your head right now?
What's going on?

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What's going through your head
right now?

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I'm wondering if my DM wants to
be single or if this is just the

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violence he's chosen.
I woke up on the violent side of

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the bed.
Yeah, honestly, I I want to

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elicit the best response from
your character and especially

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from you.
And you've tonight fucking

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nailed it when you and I'll see.
So we're having that scene right

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at the end.
I legitimately was just sitting

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here like tearing up.
It's the first time I've teared

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up in this in this, this this
podcast.

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And honestly, Patty, to you, you
guys were amazing during that

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scene.
No kidding.

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Good God, This is why I love
playing with a mix of I don't

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want this to sound hurtful, but
amateur players versus people

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that have been playing for years
and years and years is.

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They both shine in their own
different way and.

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To see their development.
Because when you're like newbie

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ish, you go from being newbie to
being like, oh, I'm really

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excited about this.
And it shows in in how you play

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your character.
Exactly.

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I I decided to go on the other
side, like last minute.

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It was on the fly, yeah.
It seemed like much of the rest

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of the party could have gone
that way also.

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Yeah, yeah.
Oh, Savara, absolutely.

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Like walking into that, I didn't
exactly know where Savara was

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going to go.
It depended on what Nero said

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because she didn't necessarily
have any strong like motivations

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to stay with the the syndicate.
And it also meant if she went

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back to the syndicate, it meant
a failure.

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And she has some pretty deep
rooted like problems with

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failure.
So it it was, it was completely

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up in the air on how Neros
approached that I think with.

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I think with Ogeman, the only
strong root that he had was

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Neros, so he's just like.
Yeah, I gotta go with my bro.

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Yeah, I got, I got, you know,
sorry guys, 'cause I just having

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fun it's.
How?

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Old are your.
Memories.

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So like.
All the.

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Motive was.
Just a heads up, as you might

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have already guessed, Mimi is
going to be a lot more of a wild

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card.
Good.

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I'm excited because a good
character development, you know,

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it's.
It's.

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So awesome to see all of your.
I mean.

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I think.
Normally Mimi would let Mimi

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would hear her out, but she was
like now fuck this shit, I'm

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slitting your throat.
I would like to just apologize

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for the whole person thing that
everybody got but.

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Everybody got but.
Mostly just.

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Me my bad.
But hiding, she's on a war

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rampage now.
And now it's just gotten worse.

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It's just going to get worse.
It's good luck.

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Honestly.
Yeah, character development.

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Yep.
I'm a 5 or a four foot 5

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firecracker is when I'm gonna be
in about 5 seconds.

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I really.
I really want you Spencer to

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like play on the the and pull
out Derna.

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Honest to God, if you start
having some of that like

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involved in like manipulation
from Nero's that wolf.

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Yeah, yeah.
And that's, you know, not

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putting the cart before the
horse, but that's honestly right

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now on my computer, I have
everyone that's given me a

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character.
The the originally when we

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started this show and this was
before, I think Jean, Jesse,

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Patty and Archie and McKenna all
joined us.

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So I got to get you guys to fill
this out yet.

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I, I sent them a just like a, a
Google form with just different

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questions, like mundane
questions you wouldn't think

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would have anything to do with
anything.

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And this was honestly, you know,
half the cast that was

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originally on this, this
character question sheet are are

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not on the cast anymore.
It's, it's all you guys now.

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And this was a lot I forgot.
That.

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Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
I never.

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I haven't sent it to you yet.
So I really think it was only

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Bob Ivy and I that got it and.
Yep.

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Yeah, and.
Might as well fill it out as

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miros or glaive or both.
I'm going to at this point

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because of Neros turn, I'm just
going to have you photos Glaive.

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Same thing with Eugene Gene.
Actually, I might have.

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Still has the opportunity to dip
backstab neros if it kind of

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called for it kind of thing.
Yeah, but there were just like

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standard questions.
You know that.

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Didn't necessarily.
Have anything to do with

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anything but I I have Katie's
up, I have Kenzie's up.

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I have.
I have.

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I have blot twist, yeah.
Blot Twist.

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Pokémon just wants to piss on
Neros.

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Some weird cake thing.
Just wants to piss on neros to.

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Be fair, Okemon just wants to
piss on everyone so right?

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Just his eye sockets, that's it.
Fill him with liquid.

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God.
Like a bowl of.

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Cereal.
While doing shocking grasp,

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Yeah, yeah.
So I'll get that sent out to all

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you guys tonight that have no
idea yet or haven't seen it yet.

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I'll get that sent out to you
guys right after we're done

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recording tonight.
I'm just so you can get that

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well filled out but.
So am I going to have to do 2 of

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those for I'll?
Have you fill out too just

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because?
Also, Mimi is now the party

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cook.
I'm cooking it up.

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I'm chefing it up.
You guys won't know what's in my

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mystery meat.
You guys will eat it.

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Yummy.
I mean, I feel like I've been.

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On board for that as like the
Taverns, like yes, we need

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someone in the kitchen.
Please cook.

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Not good food.
Not asking questions.

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Yep.
I got you guys I'd.

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Love it.
The missing person posted on the

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wall.
Don't worry about it.

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Don't worry about.
It as long as there's alcohol

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involved, I will eat whatever.
We're good.

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We're good.
All right, before we sign off

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Zebulon, let's revisit your bar
real quick.

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Yep, we'll start with the same
question as always.

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Would you like to purchase any
of the?

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We'll start with the just the
normal that we always start

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with.
You want to buy the maintenance,

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insurance, extra security, extra
service.

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My hope was to do a beer
festival upon return.

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Is that part of this or would
that be a separate thing?

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That'll be a separate thing.
You and I will.

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Let's see here.
Even though they failed, was

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there any compensation for the
Pyre Hart accord for everyone

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else?
Obviously not glaive.

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I mean technically like, like
people died.

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Yeah.
These ones didn't, and they want

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gold.
Well, unfortunately, Zebulon

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Ogeman's not there anymore to
help you with funds.

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Yeah, it sounds like I've got a
new patron though.

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Perhaps.
So to answer Zebulon's question

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first, we will say that within
the 24 hour or the 48 hours

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between you guys coming home and
the syndicate meeting occurring

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that you would have taken the
day of downtime to prepare for

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the beer festival.
Give me, give me.

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Roll me 6D6.
Oh here one SEC.

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I've got 66 in my office in
another room, but also, yeah,

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we're going all out.
I think as of last session I had

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heard of a new vintage of wine
that was popular, so I got a big

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bonus to the results table.
What was that bonus do you

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remember?
I think it was 20.

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I guess the sheet I'm looking at
doesn't have it the number

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written down.
Let me look at the Tavern events

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real quick and see if I can
remember what it was.

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Yep, New Vintage of wine proves
very popular with the with the

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locals.
Gain a + 20 bonus on your next

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roll.
So yeah, you'll add 20 to

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whatever you roll on the D100.
So which is what you want to do

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first?
Let's do well, let's do the beer

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festival first, because whatever
you roll with 66 will be added

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to your D100 roll as well.
All right, do these have

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exploding dice or no?
These do not.

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Probably not, no.
And am I adding them all up or

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just like telling you each?
One add them all up.

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Yep.
One moment, don't say C That

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can't be right.
But that's a six, and it's

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poorly printed 25. 25 All right,
so we will add 45 to your D100

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roll.
So go ahead and roll for me.

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What's that number that I have
for you for the?

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Valuation is 20. 323 OK, cool,
go ahead and.

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You just say, what's that
number?

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That number you're talking
about, All right, give me AD

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100.
Right, we got 81. 81 plus what

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did we say 40?
40 something. 4545 yeah.

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So that would be 126.
So I'm doing.

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Very successful beer festival.
Very 8/14/18.

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Everyone drowns their sorrows in
the best wine around. 28 So, so

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with your business this time,
this go around, you will earn 5

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D 10 * 7 gold pieces, which
which results in 196 gold.

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And then go ahead and give me
another D100 on the Tavern

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defense table.
We'll see what occurs during

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this 10 day. 65. 65 One evening
a patron has an allergic

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reaction to what a new mutton
Stew that you have prepared and

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dies.
This doesn't mean business is

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depressing, so you will take a
-15 penalty to your next role on

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the business results table.
I told him might be a little bit

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too spicy.
He didn't heed my warning.

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I told him it was spicy, I told.
Him.

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OK, we signed up for this, I
guess.

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We've caught the.
Business we'll cover for you,

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but like, know your audience,
please next.

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Time next time, right?
Yeah, Yeah.

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Yeah, whatever, whatever.
OK, I'm a go look for Brookie.

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I'll be back.
New since since he died, Mimi

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has something new to cook.
Oh yeah, I'm about to make the

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most busting Swedish meatballs
you've ever tasted.

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And they will be some.
Sweeney, Tots.

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Yeah, say they'd be made from
real sweets.

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Some meat pie.
Mrs. Lovett's meat.

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Meat pies?
Hell yes.

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That's exactly where my
inspiration came.

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From for me, I'm good So Oh no,
before we sign off today, I just

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need to say it one more time to
all of you.

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I'm insanely proud of this
episode in general, but how much

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you guys have grown in the last
what, four months that we've

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been doing this tonight with I
think is not only the end of the

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I guess we'll say trial period
of this show.

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It's now the beginning of what I
want this endeavor, this passion

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project of mine to be.
So again, I am so proud of you

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guys.
So with that being said, we're

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going to sign off for today.
You guys have earned a nice

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night to yourselves for the rest
of the night, so we are going to

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sign off here from Nat 20 and
unwind.

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Thank you so much all for
listening.

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Go to our website,
podpage.com/crit Happens.

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You can find the newest
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You can also find all of our
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We'll get it there eventually.
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as well.
So from everybody here at the P3

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Podcast Network, I am Spencer
Hart and we'll see you next

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time.
Bye.

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Bye, bye everyone, everybody.
Makes it hard.