Anarchy in the Astral Sea

**Anarchy in the Astral Sea** is a six-part campaign running in the second quarter of 2022. It is set in the Astral Sea, and is DMed by Emma Rose.

## Player characters

* Norodom, played by Ed Cartwright
* Incorrect, played by Chris Hislop
* Dr B’Leph, played by Sam McKay
* Riki, played by Krissy
* Toast, played by Lola Johnson

## Plot

We meet the crew. previously of the (late) Wave Rider under the (late) Captain Glorp. marooned on a giff enclave that looks like a medieval town, connected by walkways, floating through the Astral Sea. Clashing with their hosts (and owing them a considerable fine for crashing the Wave Rider and being rescued), the crew are given a steer by Pipsqueak the Broker, a hadozee, who directs them towards a captured nautiloid.

The crew manage to take the ship, which exhibits a slightly worrying tendency to devour souls, by Toast and Riki sneaking on board and getting the spelljammer helm on, and Incorrect, Norodom and Dr B'Leph fighting off the giff guards. The ship escapes the enclave, convincing the ooze that protects it to release them and flying away at great speed, with only a short dogfight with a giff galleon.

After escaping, they find a stowaway - a githzerai called Dranzirn, who asks to be taken to a nearby githzerai monastery - and the crew agree to help. After some shenanigans with some leftover mind flayer wine (and renaming the ship The Big Purple People Eater of Souls 2, at Norodom's suggestion), the crew arrive at the monastery, and discover it has been destroyed, and a githyanki riding a red dragon attacks the ship!

After defeating them, Dranzirn reveals that they have information wanted by Vlaakith, Lich Queen of the githyanki: the location of the body of a dead god that still contains a spark of divinity, conferring upon the wielder divine powers. The crew debate what to do with the spark, but agree to help Dranzirn find the spark and protect it from the Lich Queen.

Heading for the dead god's body, the crew rest - but not before Dr B'Leph reveals a hidden family and a wide net of failed financial products that will leave him more destitute the more gith are defeated. Arriving at the gigantic body of the dead god Kiputytto, the ship refuses to head down to the plague-ridden surface of the ex-god of disease, so the party step out to search for the shard of divinity themselves. After an encounter with a gigantic worm, the party rescue a berbalang, who informs them that the shard had been consumed by an Astral dreadnought, and that the githyanki are in hot pursuit.

Close to giving up hope, the ship reveals that it can track down the dreadnought by leaping through various colour pools - and after misadventures in Bytopia, the Abyss, Waterdeep and the Elemental Plane of Water, arrived at the Astral dreadnought, currently under attack by githyanki. They watch as a githyanki ship is destroyed and swallowed, and promptly follow after it into the Astral dreadnought's gullet. Entering the donjon demiplane inside the Astral dreadnought, they find a varied mix of Astral Sea detritus, including a cloud of skeletons and a team of githyanki heading for the shard of divinity.

In a complex running battle, Norodom is downed (and saved by Incorrect) whilst Riki and Dr B'Leph head for the shard. A haste spell allows Dr B'Leph to reach the shard first, but he is promptly possessed by Kiputytto. Riki manages to get the shard and holds off Kiputytto, but the githyanki commander tries to retrieve it - and is shot and felled by Toast. With the shard in tow, they head back for the ship...

## Trivia

* It has been established through multiple Talk Together episodes that this show was already being planned and recorded before the announcement of Spelljammer: Adventures in Space.

## Twitch Clip Archive

* Riki lick to inflict wounds
* The POWER OF FRIENDSHIP!
* aaaand even Paladin sticks with the bodily orifices theme...
* Nyancorrect tastes the rainbow!
* Sudden Mario Kart
* Norodom's Personal Fleshy Tunnel...
* A new wiki category?
* Do not use water as lubicrant
* Norodom's stick
* Consent given
* What's the vibe?
* A Pirate's Life For Me
* Calm emotions, Riki style
* A perfectly normal request
* Hand gestures
* PG sign language
* A wholly personal choice
* Fleshy protrusions
* They have needs
* What did the Dragon say?
* When Moths attack...
* Duud went splat...

## Media

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