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Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
Why, hello there. I'm Brennan Lee Mulligan, and welcome to Campaign 4 of Critical Role. Thank you for joining us on this journey as we explore Ahriman, a world of fractured kingdoms, tumultuous rebellion, and sorcery that rises from the graveyard of the gods. You're listening to part one of this adventure, with part two arriving this upcoming Tuesday.
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It's perhaps now only an hour before Hal's big play is set to begin. The elven warrior who you followed out here to the lake made a pointed statement about family. Caddigan, looking out at the water, where are you in this moment?
Dangerously close to the water's edge.
I think thinking those thoughts that come to you when you're alone, and they're not always the brightest.
I think Cadogan is a strong man. But I think when you're strong, you can only bear so much weight for so long. And after a long enough time, it doesn't matter what's getting piled on top.
If it's stones or pebbles or a feather, it all starts to add up.
And I think when... That last jibe came in over the past few weeks. Cadogan's been around more people than he's been around in almost a decade, seven years.
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Chapter 2: What is the significance of Hal's big play?
Shadow. Light. Yawning faces, cackling. Shadow. And all of a sudden, he is gone. His laughter ringing and peeling off the mountainsides.
run toward a home, frantic, searching for my wife and daughter. And though I heard the sounds of a body, all I see are their footprints from the day. There is nothing. No blood. No trail.
Chapter 3: How does Cadogan's past affect his current feelings?
Nowhere to hunt. Nothing to find. I feel... I feel the deepest loss. And the deepest love. But I realize that love stands no chance against power and nature.
And there is nothing I can do as a man.
Laughs of townsfolk. Different taverns on different roadsides. How many years do you search for the sorcerer?
I didn't mean to give up. It just happened. Six years.
Chapter 4: What challenges arise as the characters prepare for their mission?
Six years. At every abbey, every college, every school of magic, everyone I talked to. And no one knew the man.
I'm so sorry I gave up. The trail ran cold.
Of course it went cold, Cadogan. A sorcerer of Ahriman? murdering some drunken crofter's wife and daughter, and of course, there were no bodies, and there was no blood, and perhaps she just thought better of her lot in life than to spend it with you. No, she was happy. Fuck you. We were happy. Well, maybe. Maybe it was all just a dream.
After all, a tracker like you should have been able to pick up some kind of trail.
I snap back to myself at the lake.
Wulfric, by your side.
Sor, I... I look at... I look at him, my only companion. And I look at the scars on his face and the... missing limb and... I think of our years together on the roads and in the wild and...
and I feel lost and angry and happy to have him, but he is my family, but not as I remember a family to be.
He gazes up at you in that sorrowful, canine way, and as he looks at you, you hear movement nearby. I'm going to need Liam and Aabria to come out and join us, please. Um.
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Chapter 5: What magical abilities does Bolaire possess?
It's just the face with the horns and the grass and everything is all stupid.
I'm gonna attempt to just get a download of what it is that Bowler can do, just to understand.
Much like as it would be, normally this would be the attuning of a magical object, except the magical object is down right now and in the mood to be like, yes, I like you, there's no courting period, we're straight to dating. Oh good, Tyranny, it's you.
You are the only one who hears my voice at the moment.
Chapter 6: How do characters interact with Bolaire's mask?
I can hear you. Is this still Bolaire?
Oh yes, hello, darling.
Hello, hi.
You get an image, almost like a waking dream. You can see me sitting in a chair, just in the back of your mind, like you're just an idle thought talking to you. Excellent, and we're in. Oh, and then I say through your mouth, hello, Wick, you did very well.
Thank you? How do we use your mask on other people?
I'm just giving you the download. Much like you learn when you get a piece of paper with all the spells, you now have a list of what I can do. Okay. And we can guide you through it. But one of the things is you now know that putting it on somebody who doesn't want to wear it is a little tricky. Okay.
But if you can either trick someone or put them to sleep, and if they're not too powerful to try and fight me on it, I can totally take it over.
Okay, so what I'm hearing from Bolaire is that we can pick anybody and have Bolaire with us. We should get a servant or something.
Oh, let me help. And I turn myself to your face, so now it just looks like you again. I'm hiding my face on you.
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Chapter 7: What challenges do the characters face during the play?
Great. I'm going to also roll for my hit points, just so I know. Yes, go ahead. You have to level up.
Roll for your hit points. What'd you get? Five. Five. In addition to, yes. Yes, lovely. Rolled a five. Amazing. Tyranny, go ahead and give me Investigation. Okay. 14. 14. You run around, and yeah, there are some Luxes downstairs. You see some people going to and fro. There are a lot of servants.
Would you want to go for a junior, like acolyte Lux, like one of the people that's just changing out the candles and doing things like that? Would you want to go for a servant? Would you want to go for a... You see that there's a...
You recognize, you also, by the way, do have your knife in terms of like, if you wanted to like scan for people, but on a 14, you just, yeah, there's lots of people running to and fro. You don't have like a great bead on any one particular kind of person.
I'd like to find someone who won't be missed. Okay. I'd like to find the hottest Lux in the room, but not prettier than me.
Okay. Impossible.
Okay. And I approach her.
You approach her.
Hello. Hello, aspirant. Yes, I trust that you hear that the Master Wickander is back.
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Chapter 8: How does the performance impact the characters' emotions?
I have a question for you, Adora.
By all means. Does the Lord require me?
He does, for a very important job. He needs the companionship of a beautiful young Lux. We have been out on the road for a very long time. He requires a friend. That's not a, you know. Will you come with me and be his friend for a while?
Give me a persuasion check. Wow.
Gross.
Wow. Wow, we're going full call.
I'm going to spend a luck point.
To roll with advantage, great.
Great. Persuasion?
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