Riptide Episode 12: The Endless Game (ft. Ranboo)

> "In this guest episode with Ranboo, the party risks it all aboard a floating casino and meet a new friend, who is a terrible influence. Jay develops multiple addictions. Chip loses his chips. Gillion goes all in. Clorten can’t stop winning." -*Episode 12 Official Description*
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## The Endless Game

### Characters

Chip, Gillion Tidestrider, Jay Ferin, Clorten

## Summary

The party enters a giant casino and meets Ranboo's character, a dragonborn named Clorton. They gamble all their money away until they realize that they are being charmed by the casino. Bouncers realize they've learned this and move to attack them.

## Episode Events

The episode opens with the Riptide Pirates on the Albatross, looking at a gigantic floating casino called the "Royale Casino" to the side of the ship.

The crew leaves Earl on the ship, rushing to enter the casino. they are stopped at the door and have a changing montage to change into more formal clothes: Chip wears a dapper, light blue suit with wave and fish patterns, Jay wears a shoulder-less, crimson, sparkly dress with frilled sleeves and golden accents, and heels, and Gillion wears a dark blue suit with white, ruffled sleeve edges and golden embellishments, and a cape.

They enter the casino's main room, which is hexagonal and split into several sections for different attractions. The ones they immediately see are Blackjack, High or Low Tide, Mussel Man, Riptide Roulette, Ship Shuffle, Salts, Frogtopus Races, and a stage for dancing. All of the staff are fish people. Gillion grabs Chip's hand.

They make their way to the Blackjack table, and see Clorton, a dragonborn in a large pink suit, for the first time. He has obviously been playing for a long time, and he uncannily good at the game. A waitress named Karina offers them lobster cocktails, and everyone takes one. Clorton tries to explain poker chips to Gillion, and Chip steals his chips. Jay and Gillion sit down to play, and both lose. Clorton plays, and wins. The crew makes charisma saving throws against the cocktails they drank, and everyone except for Gillion feels more compelled to stay and gamble, and they see the people there as humans rather than sea creatures.

Gillion enters Pretzel into the Frogtopus Races. He gives her a toothpick, a flail, and a mace. She looks extremely determined. After three laps, she loses the race to a green frogtopus named Coral.

Jay walks up to Ship Shuffle, bets all of her money, and loses.

Gillion and Clorton try out Mussel Man, a game where you try to crack open a giant mussel. Because Pretzel is upset, Gillion hits the machine with a Divine Smite, and it breaks.

Chip attempts to steal Coral the frogtopus, and instead flirts with her owner. He loses all of her money on Riptide Roulette.

Everyone rerolls their charisma saving throws and pass it. Clorton realizes that he has been held in the casino against his will. Chip realizes that the woman he has been courting is a giant eel. The bouncers begin to close in on the crew.

## Transcription

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