Adventures In Erylia

SUMMARYThe girls, still nervous about Ariel being attacked by the shadow creature once more, decide to have a sleep over in Ariel’s room. While preparing, Kenina and Tempest both find letters in their rooms instructing them to meet with the guild masters tomorrow. Meanwhile, Rem heads to his room, where he, once again, finds himself dealing with the aftermath of his Fort falling.After a full night’s rest, the party has a number of errands to run, but before they can get started, a note is slid under Ariel’s door, requesting that she meet the guild masters. Now. Alberich leads them down to where Verna is waiting for them in The Vault. The shadow creature had appeared, only it appeared at the spear. SHOW SPONSORSThis episode is brought to you by Fred on Fyre, and Evora Dawn. If you'd like to join them in supporting the show, consider joining our Patreon. SHOUT OUTS GonnaGeek Promo – Play Comics – Play Comics is a fellow GonnaGeek podcast that compares and contrasts video games with their comic book source m

SUMMARYThe party has some time off before they get ready for their next adventure. Naturally, after being gone for so long on their first real adventure, they have to do some resupplying and they realize some things that they are missing for long journeys away from the city. After a group stop at Gregorio’s General Emporium of the Regular and Mundane for general supplies, the party splits into a few groups to do some focused shopping of their own.Kenina, Tempest, and Ariel visit the farrier to acquire saddles for the horses as well as inquire about getting armor for the horses. Rem revisits Gizgig, the Alchemist, before returning to the stables to drop some stuff off. After the farrier, Ariel makes her way to the farmers market area of Riven to buy treats for the horses, while Kenina and Tempest visit a blacksmith to inquire about getting armor and weapons for the cart, as well as armor for the horses, since that was not something the farrier offers.Hell breaks loose at the stables as everyone eventually find

SUMMARY After much time away, the party is finally back at The Guild Hall and can relax for a night, or so they hope. Kenina finds herself whisked away in a dream once again to confront Doitean and learns a lot about the history of Dragons.Upon waking up the next day, each member of the party finds themselves called in front of the guild masters, alone. Rem is given a mysterious letter and a package. Ariel is asked about her experiences with the spear. Kenina confesses about her meetings with Doitean and her connection to Fioch is brought up. Everyone is asked if they believe Tempest is a good fit for their group and if she is ready for the journey ahead. Believing that everyone is on board with the path that has been laid out in front of them, the Guild Masters call the entire party in together in order to point them in what they believe is the next best direction. The party is told that they should seek an audience with The Queen of The Faevale. SHOW SPONSORSThis episode is brought to you by Gabe and Jeff,

SUMMARYAfter what has felt like years, though has really only been a few weeks, our adventurers have finally returned to the city of Riven. After saying their goodbyes to Thorstag and the crew of the Iron Cask, they make their way to The Guild Hall to meet with the Guild Masters to debrief them on the situation with Grimfang and The Spear, as well as see what they have learned about The Axe. The party, including Tempest, are given one last chance to turn away before entering a one way door into a saga that will change the course of their lives, and perhaps all of Erylia.SHOW SPONSORSThis episode is brought to you by Gabe and Jeff, over at Inter-Party Conflict, Fred on Fyre, Evora Dawn, and MotoGhoul. If you'd like to join them in supporting the show, consider joining our Patreon.CASTDamian - The DMChris - RemChrista - ArielChantalle - KeninaCaitlin - TempestJOIN THE GUILDIf you like what we have been doing, consider joining our Patreon. You can donate monthly to show your support and help us cover our ope

SUMMARYAs the party tries to sleep, it becomes clear to them that Ariel’s attempt to cleanse The Spear has not worked. After Thorstag and the crew are woken up by the commotion, he levels with them that they need to talk to the crew about what is going on. The party meets with members of the crew to make it clear that the issues that have been happening since they boarded will leave with the party once they land in Riven later that day.SHOW SPONSORSThis episode is brought to you by Gabe and Jeff, over at Inter-Party Conflict, Fred on Fyre, Evora Dawn, MotoGhoul, and Polka Dancer. If you'd like to join them in supporting the show, consider joining our Patreon.CASTDamian - The DMChris - RemChrista - ArielChantalle - KeninaCaitlin - TempestJOIN THE GUILDIf you like what we have been doing, consider joining our Patreon. You can donate monthly to show your support and help us cover our operating expenses, as well as potentially fund upgrades and other media going forward.Have Discord? Want to hang out with the

SUMMARYAs our adventurers draw closer to Riven and The Guild Hall, members of the group start to think about the future of the party. With Rem staying in the cabin to keep Ariel company, she takes advantage of the private time with him to try and figure out his intentions with group and if he will stay with her after this mission is over. Meanwhile, Kenina seeks out Temptest to more directly ask her to join the guild and to continue on wherever their adventures take them. SHOW SPONSORSThis episode is brought to you by Gabe and Jeff, over at Inter-Party Conflict, Fred on Fyre, Evora Dawn, MotoGhoul, and Polka Dancer. If you'd like to join them in supporting the show, consider joining our Patreon. SHOUT OUTS Kenku.FM – Kenku.FM is a lightweight way to play audio on your computer for all of your friends in a remote session. It integrates with a self-ran Discord Bot that we have been using in a unique way to play music in our Discord server for people to just hang out and listen to.Identeco (After Dark) –

SUMMARYWith Ariel choosing to stay locked in their room aboard The Iron Cask, the rest of the party take turns spending the day with her while the others explore the ship. Rem breaks out his new fishing gear and Tempest has a chat with Thorstag, revealing that she used to be a part of a sailing crew. Meanwhile, Kenina and Ariel get back to their work outs and teach each other how to play some games from their childhoods. Ziggle brings the entire party a choice piece of the salmon that Rem had caught before they turn in for the night. Though the ride is smooth, some ones dream leaves them shaken. SHOW SPONSORSThis episode is brought to you by Gabe and Jeff, over at Inter-Party Conflict, Chaiikaii, Fred on Fyre, Evora Dawn, Zach B, and Dungeons and Randomness. If you'd like to join them in supporting the show, consider joining our Patreon. CASTDamian - The DMChris - RemChrista - ArielChantalle - KeninaCaitlin - Tempest JOIN THE GUILDIf you like what we have been doing, consider joining our Patreon. You c

SUMMARY The whole party is shaken after Ariel was attacked by the shade in her sleep. Realizing that a new threat seems to be after them and the ship is not as safe as they expected it to be, they chose to set up watches for the rest of the journey. Ariel calls every for a meeting and tells them that she thinks it is best if she stays in the room with The Spear in case something happens again. Kenina takes this opportunity to tell the party about her recent dream about Doitean and prods the rest of the party to share any strange dreams that they may be having. SHOW SPONSORS This episode is brought to you by Gabe and Jeff, over at Inter-Party Conflict, Fred on Fyre, Evora Dawn, Moto Ghoul, and Polka Dancer. If you'd like to join them in supporting the show, consider joining our Patreon. SHOUT OUTS Daniel Lee – We have commissioned our first NPC Portrait from Daniel Lee. This is the same artist that we have been commissioning artifacts from but we have decided to pivot over to some character art. Our first

SUMMARY The party remembers they had one last thing to do in Port Norsal before they were distracted by The Midnight Carnival. On the morning of their planned departure, they head over to City Hall to meet with someone from one of the leading families and let them know what had happened with Grimfang. Once that info has been passed along, they head back to The Iron Cask to set sail to return to Riven. Though the ride of the ship is comforting, someone’s new demons make it clear they are not done yet… SHOW SPONSORS This episode is brought to you by Gabe and Jeff, over at Inter-Party Conflict, Fred on Fyre, Evora Dawn, MotoGhoul, and Polka Dancer. If you'd like to join them in supporting the show, consider joining our Patreon. SHOUT OUTS Daniel Lee – We have to continue giving a shout out to the wonderful artist we have been working with these past few months, Daniel Lee. We now have art for two of the Dragonbonds, Grimfang’s Spear, and are currently having a portrait done for Biri Yarjerit of The Mage

SUMMARY After playing some of the games outside, the party makes their way back into the Port Norsal arena to see what has been set up now that the main event is over. They find an archery range, melee ring, a strange mechanical creature people are trying to ride, and a mysterious tent in the colors of the Midnight Carnival. Tempest and Kenina are most excited head over to the mechanical creature to try their luck and endurance with it, though they convince Ariel to give it a try too. Afterwards, everyone goes to see what the mysterious tent is all about and learn it is a fortune teller. They sit through a couple rituals before making their ways back to get food and head to their room, while Rem goes to check on the status of his armor. SHOW SPONSORS This episode is brought to you by Gabe and Jeff, over at Inter-Party Conflict, Fred on Fyre, Evora Dawn, MotoGhoul, and Polka Dancer. If you'd like to join them in supporting the show, consider joining our Patreon. SHOUT OUTS Our Patreon Supporters – Tha

SUMMARY Having secured a way home, the party has the rest of the day to explore more of The Midnight Carnival. Tempest is the first to find some games to play, but is quick to try to get the other to play. Meanwhile, Rem takes some time to go through his new gift from Ariel. As everyone gets back together they decide to see what has set up inside of the arena now that the main event has passed. SHOW SPONSORS This episode is brought to you by Gabe and Jeff, over at Inter-Party Conflict, Fred on Fyre, Evora Dawn, MotoGhoul, and Polka Dancer. If you'd like to join them in supporting the show, consider joining our Patreon. SHOUT OUTS DMs Guild – While coming up with the inspiration behind the Midnight Carnival, I turned to the DMs Guild for some help with getting ideas and coming up with things to keep the party interested. Two specific supplements that I used were Festivals, Feasts, and Fairs by Ashley May as well as Taverns, Inns, and Taprooms by JB Little. These helped me speed up the process and hand

SUMMARY Feeling unimpressed and put off by the main event of the Midnight Carnival, the party spends some time seeing what else the faire has to offer before turning in for the night. After waking up the next day, they decided to go their own ways to take care of some business before leaving the city. Rem visits an armor smith, Kenina visits the Farren Travel Company, and Ariel and Tempest find a ship named The Iron Cask, before Ariel goes off to find a bait and tackle shop.   SHOW SPONSORS This episode is brought to you by Gabe and Jeff, over at Inter-Party Conflict, Chaiikaii, Fred on Fyre, Evora Dawn, Zach B, and Dungeons and Randomness. If you'd like to join them in supporting the show, consider joining our Patreon. SHOUT OUTS GonnaGeek – The GonnaGeek network is home to all things geeky and nerdy. Fellow network member Chris is the host of Play Comics, a show about videogames based on comics and how well they stick to the source material. The show branches out from there to look at other medi

SUMMARY Upon reaching the city of Port Norsal, the party is stopped at the gates and informed that inns in the city are quite full, on account of The Midnight Carnival being in town. They are told that if they wish to stay in the city square, that their main options were going to be higher end rooms at some inns right next to the arena, or they could look deeper in the city if they were looking to save some coin. Wanting to treat themselves, the party decided to stay at the VIP Suite of the Farren’s Favour. They got to experience some of the highlights of being an adventurer during their stay and also chose to see what the Midnight Carnival was all about. They were met with hundreds of stalls selling goods of all sorts, including a few things special to the event. While wandering around, they also ran into Eldeth once again who loaded them up with her Dwarven bread. The show itself was quite a spectacle, ran by a mysterious man named Amandan, The Ringmaster. Though things took turn in the end that left the

SUMMARY This is a special episode that goes over some listener and group questions about Adventures in Erylia. In true AinE discussion fashion, we took those simple questions and embellished them into lengthy wandering discussions. Check the bottom of the show notes for a breakdown of questions and some of the topics we wandered off to.   SHOW SPONSORS This episode is brought to you by Gabe and Jeff, over at Inter-Party Conflict, Fred on Fyre, Evora Dawn, and Pwrful Condor. If you'd like to join them in supporting the show, consider joining our Patreon.   SHOUT OUTS This episode’s shout outs are a little different than usual. We didn’t do any specific shout outs, but I did grab a few of the specific things we talked about to include them here. Zee Bashew – You cannot get rid of cursed dice. You hide them and they are passed down to someone when you die. C4 Labs – Local Company that makes RPG related products. Chantalle has bought into their gear dice tray and a rolling tower and Christa has bough

SUMMARY This is a special episode that goes over the history of how Adventures in Erylia got started. We talk about how the group formed, how we got into D&D as a whole, and how things changed (pretty quickly) from a home game into being an actual play podcast. Check the bottom of the show notes for breakdown of topics.   SHOW SPONSORS This episode is brought to you by Gabe and Jeff, over at Inter-Party Conflict, Fred on Fyre, Evora Dawn, and Pwrful Condor. If you'd like to join them in supporting the show, consider joining our Patreon.   SHOUT OUTS GonnaGeek Network – During our hiatus, Adventures in Erylia was given the opportunity to join the GonnaGeek Network. Damian has been close with a few shows form the network for a few years now and we were more than happy to accept the offer when asked. GonnaGeek features many shows of various geeky topics. If you want to keep up with general geeky news about tech, gaming, and space, then check out the Official GonnaGeek show. Across the network you

SUMMARY As the party makes their way along the Norgeld Road back to Port Norsal, a strange person approaches them from the forest. Darodem greats them as a protector along these roads who has started to take watch over the area again now that the gnolls are taken care of. While they offer to keep the party safe as they camp for the night, they can do nothing for what is inside these adventurers’ minds. SHOW SPONSORS This episode is brought to you by Gabe and Jeff, over at Inter-Party Conflict, Chaiikaii, Fred on Fyre, Evora Dawn, Dungeons and Randomness, and Mike K. If you'd like to join them in supporting the show, consider joining our Patreon. SHOUT OUTS Adventures in Erylia is part of the Gonna Geek Network. You can find other shows related to many geeky hobbies over at gonnageeknetwork.com Better Podcasting – Better Podcasting is an amazing resource for hobby podcasters like us. I have been listening to them for years and they are how we got involved with the Gonna Geek Network. Stephen and SP f

SUMMARY 1:30 – Brief recap of Arc 1 and how we got to the start of Arc 2 5:40 – Random Thoughts As We Get Going Forgotten Healing Potions (5:40) Mysterious Spice Pouch (8:30) Meeting Eldith (9:50) “You’re gonna kill Grimfang right?” (12:57) The Adventuring Lifestyle (14:55) Who Should Really Climb? (16:49) 18:25 – Ulal’s Offer 23:40 – Journey Into The Forest 25:58 – Skill Check Challenge Discussion 28:47 – Backtracking to the Wolves on The Road 31:53 – Discussing Morale in Encounters 32:52 – Back To The Forest / Skill Check Challenge 37:11 – Gnoll Scouting Parties 40:41 – Who Is Leirien? 44:35 – Not All NPCs Are Important 48:39 – Discussing Our New Reviews StealthSuitStanley – 2 Stars (48:46) Our Growth As A Show (not a review) (55:30) Leks Drakos – 5 Stars (1:02:43) DefenderOfBrulix – 5 Stars (1:03:58) 1:06:20 – Returning to Starren / The Black Guards Proposition 1:09:35 – A Reveal From The DMs Notes 1:12:06 – Ulal’s Change In Demeanor 1:18:05 – What’d You Think of The Blackguard

SUMMARY Having defeated the gnoll leader, Grimfang, the party and the dwarven Blackguard make their way out of the forest. Ariel has chosen to safeguard the spear the he wielded personally. As everyone sets up camp to rest before returning to the village of Starren, Adriel makes her way around the group, sharing some of her dwarden, and congratulating everyone on a job well done. After returning to the village, the part meets up with Ulyean, the captain of the Blackguard, to discuss the events that had transpired, as well as divide up their spoils. He also gives the party two letters. One that essentially buys them the horse and cart from the travel company that they had been renting, and one that tells the Guild Masters in Riven about what the party has done in the region. Their day ends with the party having a small celebration at Lift’s Rest, the local tavern, though each celebrates in their own way, and not all of them seem cheerful. SHOW SPONSORS This episode is brought to you by Gabe and Jeff, over

SUMMARY Our group of adventurers, along with their small contingency of Dwarven Blackguard, have made it to the edge of the forest, near where they had entered previously in the search for Grimfang. They awake on a hazy day and prepare themselves for the trek and battle ahead. Though they run into little trouble along the way, they reach the camp and hear the sounds of gnolls milling about. A quick scout from the top of tree reveals Grimfang himself for the first time, a gnoll larger than any others with a skeletal visage, wielding a weapon none have seen before. After some brief planning for how to attack the camp, action starts. SHOW SPONSORS This episode is brought to you by Gabe and Jeff, over at Inter-Party Conflict, Chaiikaii, Fred on Fyre, Evora Dawn, and Dungeons and Randomness. If you'd like to join them in supporting the show, consider joining our Patreon. SHOUT OUTS This episode doesn’t have any particular shout outs in it, however I wanted to take a moment to give a shout out to some of t

SUMMARY Our adventures sit down at Lifts Rest, once again, to discuss the Blackguard’s proposal. Rem has already received payment for the information they were able to bring, but they need to decide if they will involve themselves further in eliminating Grimfang. Having decided to finish the job, Rem informs Ulyean that they will prepare to help the Blackguard kill Grimfang. They set off the next day, accompanied by 5 members of the dwarven elite guards. After a hard day’s ride, they near the point they will enter the forest from one last time. It is at this time, that they hear a gasping snarl come from the woods. SHOW SPONSORS This episode is brought to you by Gabe and Jeff, over at Inter-Party Conflict, Chaiikaii, Fred on Fyre, Evora Dawn, and Dungeons and Randomness. If you'd like to join them in supporting the show, consider joining our Patreon. SHOUT OUTS Our Discord Server – Over the last few months, we have been building a lovely community over on our Discord. If you are reading this now, yo