The Fellows Bold

Deep in the belly of a sinking ship, caught between a vessel-crushing giant cephalopod and four foul and fearsome flying ghasts, the Fellows face their toughest challenge yet: a wet rope ladder!Is Jac really going to drown? Can Bethrynna carry a paladin in chainmail up a 30ft climb? Will Wanderheart get to collect the tiny spiders she needs to seek her revenge? Will they all just sink in the ship that Bad Ryan sent them to salvage?

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Krell still unconscious and safely stowed on their small sailing boat, the Fellows set to exploring the rest of the ship, Emperor of the Waves. Their mission is to recover Bad Ryan's long-lost treasure, and thus far they've found nothing remotely treasure-sque. 

On Jac's suggestion, Bethrynna and Wanderheart investigate a room off the main deck that leads to a nearly-deadly surprise attack. After a narrow escape, they stumble upon a trapdoor leading into the cargo hold, and there meet a group of voracious ghasts. 

Bethrynna makes a death save. Jac plays the hero. Wanderheart folds some maps. DM Abi, so pedantic about the doors in the first chapter she ever DM'd, White Plume Mountain, is completely unable to accurately describe the presence or appearance of a single door. 

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In which an elf, a goliath, and a human hassle the holy half-orc headmaster Krell about his cobweb covered shrine to the Demon Queen of Spiders.

Bethrynna rolls her eyes, Wanderheart rages, and Jac unleashes the demon! Among all this chaos one of them loses a shoe.

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A long-missing ship looms, lopsided, just beyond the Bay of Whitewyrm. Popular local nobleman Bad Ryan says it's his, is full of treasure, and he wants The Fellows Bold to help him get it back. After Fellows Jac, Lucis, and Wanderheart humiliated him when he came to collect his missing magic item (the Bone of Truth - at the end of the last chapter), and with Acting Command Officer Mrs Thomas having to answer some difficult questions down at City Hall, the Fellowship has no choice but to take the job and try to salvage Bad Ryan's ship - and their relationship. There should be some gold in it, too. 

For this chapter, we welcome this season's constant guest player, Dan Jenkins, as well as returning guest player Rachel Stockton, and brand new guest player Tamsyn Protheroe! Abi Staniforth DMs.

For this season, we are working our way through the adventures in Wizards of the Coast's Ghosts of Saltmarsh; in this chapter, Salvage Operation. 

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Having already basically aced this dungeon by impressing the Lizard Queen Othokent and the entire student body of her warrior training class, the Fellows are forced to take part in DM Abi's homebrew Crime Scene Investigation game. The lizardfolk have been recruiting allies to join their fight against an as yet unnamed foe (will anyone ever think to ask?!), but a brutal murder suggests they cannot all be trusted. Jac, Lucis, and Wanderheart must solve the crime and find the traitor, or the lizardfolk's campaign will surely be doomed to fail. 

Back at the Command Centre, Bad Ryan comes looking for his recovered magical artefact and leaves with a bucketful of humiliation. With guest appearance from Saul's cat, Link! 

We're on (a sort of) lockdown here in the UK, and recording episodes from our respective homes with the help of Audacity, Roll20, and Discord. It's really cool that we're able to do this! We're sending love and hoping you're all staying safe and well

It's time for the Fellows to face Thousand Teeth - but first they should probably solve a couple of mysteries like "Where is Thousand Teeth" and "Actually, what IS Thousand Teeth?". Also, Jack soaks his trousers, Wanderheart feeds a snake a healthy iron-filled snack, and Lucis unleashes the eldritch powers of bureaucracy. 

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It's time for a new chapter and new characters! Noble paladin Jac Tegwyn (Dan) is joined by smooth talking Tiefling warlock Lucis Freeman (Saul) and tough young Goliath barbarian Andrena 'Wanderheart' Kulanekali (Rachel). In this adventure the three Fellows are tasked with investigating a neighbouring community to find out why they are stockpiling weapons and rallying soldiers. Are they planning an attack on the Fellows' home city of Whitewyrm? Or are they preparing for war against a terrifying new foe? Either way, Whitewyrm needs to know and The Fellows Bold won't rest until they find out!

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Upon remembering none of them speak "ship", the Fellows decide to find a way to get out to the boat they've been trying to signal to on the horizon. Their new friend Ned is jettisoned through a window (involuntarily), and Jac goes through the floor (voluntarily). Geraint loses his ham, and Ghid decides he's really, well and truly, had enough of the ham room. 

On the boat, the trio successfully convince the smugglers that Ghid is their leader, Sanbalet, and that he wants them to start unloading the stolen goods onto their little rowing boat. Geraint finds a box marked with a stamp that will be of particular interest to the Fellowship.

Can Geraint, Ghid and Jac save the mission before it all goes up in smoke? Can anyone remember what the mission objectives were, anyway?

First episode of Chapter 2 to be released in 2 weeks (6th April 2020). Wherever you are in the world right now, we hope you are well, staying safe, and staying home if you can. 

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This week, we finally stumble in to some plot points - hurray! Geraint, Ghid and Jac devise an obstacle course worthy of Takeshi's Castle. They discover the truth of the old alchemist who was rumoured to haunt this house, and Geraint gets a nasty burn for his troubles. Ghid gets a new hat. 

Upstairs, the trio set to investigating a panoply of mouldy bedrooms. Jac finds more than some old Christmas decorations in the attic, and Ghid finds a man in his pants. 

We hope you're enjoying the new season, and aren't missing us too much in the off-weeks of our new schedule. Next episode will be released on Monday 23rd March (2020). We'd be grateful if you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and/or recommend us to your pals on social media - we don't pay to advertise, so the only way our audience grows is by word of mouth. Thanks in advance! #FellowsBold 

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The mysterious Mr. Sandwiches is dead, having sprayed all the blood out of his body via a suddenly appearing hole in his neck. With the angry basement dweller so expertly dispatched by Ghideon, it appears safe for Geraint and Jac to regroup in the cosy subterranean bed & breakfast hall that these Fellows have come to call "The Ham Room".

Also in this episode; Geraint finally finds a clue, Ghideon enjoys some 'alone time', and Jac continues to test the limits of hubris and his own mortality.

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