Episode 225 - Bath Time

## Intro

**Episode description:**
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**Opening Quote:**
***Sean***: “Pretty casual talking for a naval battle right now!”

**Player introduction:**
*Sean:* “Hello and welcome to another episode of the Tabletop Champions Podcast. I’m Sean your Dungeon Master and with me tonight—I don’t have Roll 20 pulled up. For whatever reason, I’m forgetting you guys’ names—**Matt**, who plays **Cyrus**.”

*Matt:* “Look into my eye.”

*Sean:* “**Ben**, who plays **Kallas**.”

*Ben:* “Greetings.”

*Sean:* “**Lauren**, who plays **Dagna**.”

*Lauren:* “I’ll tell you what I know about dwarves: very little.

*Sean:* “**Kyle**, who plays **Cam**.”

*Kyle:* “Ah-bib-bib-buh-buh-buh-boo.”

*Sean*: “And **Steph**, who plays—ugh, why am I blanking on your character name?”

*Stephanie:* “**Boone**!”

*Kyle:* “Boone.”

*Sean:* “Boone! You’re also not in roll20.”

*Stephanie:* “Yes I am!”

*Sean:* “No you’re not.”

*Kyle:* “I’m not!”

*Sean:* “I see Matt, Kallas—”

*Stephanie:* “Oh shit! I’m Raquel right now. Hold on! Dumpster fire.”

*Lauren:* “When we’ve ever started an episode with all of us on?”

## Episode Summary

### Act 1

* The episode opens with our heroes being confronted by **captain Nathayel** in her cabin on the **Plane of Mischief**. She tells the group that it has been two months of insane naval battles that are with 60-80 story tall **Grifto**, six galleys, and a giant rubber duck "playing" with them as if they were toy-sized. The **Windbreaker** crew calls these battles **bath time**, and each instance they have narrowly escaped by fleeing the area. At the end of bath time, a whirlpool emerges from the ocean and the galleys and duck disappear until the next encounter. The crew's plan is to follow the water down the drain as a last-ditch effort to escape. Cam has decided to try and woo the captain throughout their conversation.

### Act 2

* A naval battle ensues. The galleys are filled with straw dummies and armed with harpoons and water cannons. One of the galleys harpoons the *Windbreaker* and Kallas severs it with his dagger. The rope is animated and attempts to noose Kallas, pulling him over the deck, but he ducks out of the way in time. Boone, using the *boat steery thing*, rotates the boat toward the duck. The captain orders the *big windy boy* to be raised and the *Windbreaker* sails onward.
* Dagna loots the captain's footlocker and picks up a **hat**, with a **golden feather** dangling from it. She then proceeds to give *bardic inspiration* to Cyrus. Cam goes to the *boat tip spot* and shoots a jet of fire at the galley. The boat bursts into flames as it is revealed that the entire enemy ship is made of straw and immediately sinks in the inferno. Cyrus tries to *Eldritch Blast* the surrounding galleys but finds them buffed against magical energy. The *Windbreaker* is harpooned again, this time in three directions, while enduring shots by the water cannons.
* Kallas unrolls his **magic carpet**, holding one of the ship's harpoons, and prepares to fly with Dagna up to the duck in order to remove it's drain stopper. Boone runs to one of the implanted enemy harpoons and cuts the *Windbreaker* free. The rope unfurls, making a rude gesture as it fails to grab onto Boone. The *Windbreaker* crew manages to free itself from another harpoon. While another crew member makes a critical success of threading the harpoon through the loop on the duck's stopper and hooking it tight.
* Seeing that the *Windbreaker* crew managed to secure the duck, Dagna yells out to cancel the carpet plan. She instead casts *Arcane Hand (Forceful Hand)* to help pull the stopper. Lauren cashes in her *inspiration* and the stopper pops off the duck. This creates a whirlpool and the boat begins to drift. A bright blue sky can be seen through the eye of the whirlpool.
* Grifto slaps his hand into the ocean, causing a tidal wave. Dagna is knocked prone and goes sliding toward the *boat tip spot*. She manages to grab onto the side railing and is dangling off the edge. Some of the *Windbreaker* crew goes overboard as the wave crashes and breaks the main mast. Cam, wants to save the captain, hoping this will woo her. He fails, as the boat is nearly vertical at this point. The captain slides past Dagna, who manages to grab her in time. The boat starts sliding back and the captain takes damage from the mast as it collides with her.

### Act 3

* As the boat crashes through, the crew and our heroes find themselves off the coast the island near **Jildos**. Cam, as part of his his charade, rushes to the captain to cast **Lay on Hands**. Although the healing is successful, she pushes Cam out of the way to get to Dagna, who she plants a kiss on.
* Hunk shows up with his boat to tow the *Windbreaker* to the shores of Jildos. During the tow, Dagna persuades the captain to borrow her *Boatswain Whistle*. In exchange, Dagna must meet the captain for a date at the *Yellow Caravel*. An inspection reveals that the whistle has a gash across it.
* The crew later reveals that they suffered **Drow** attacks along with *Bath Time* while in the Plane of Mischief. During the attack, two boats with Drow attacked the crew and the captain was slashed across her chest, but the crew was able to fight them off. Dagna believes that **Cadran** was involved in the attack and could possibly seek revenge.
* Hunk tells our heroes that he successfully circumnavigated the continent and fought a **kraken**. He also says that he is a **Pirate King** and captain. He shares his liquor that has the seals of Cin Amon. Cam and Cyrus suggest to give up on the mission and just sail the oceans with Hunk.
* Dagna plays with the *Boatswain Whistle* to assess the damage. When she plays it, her breath seems to blow through the scarred hole jarringly. The loud reverberations of the tone causes Hunk’s ship to crack, twirl and twist.

### Act 4

* With a small popping noise, the group finds themselves in a small windowless room that is candlelit and has a single door. The door appears to be concealed, as if it is behind a bookshelf. There are frescoes on the walls of **Asmosdeus** that have been changed, scratched out. The images have been replaced with images of **Kri’zakth**.
* Cadran’s voice permeates Dagna’s mind, welcoming her back. His voice seems to be different. Boone opens the door with the plan to kill whatever is on the other side. The party finds themselves in a large, well-decorated dining hall where a figure in fine black robes is playing the piano. Boone attempts to cast *Hold Person*, but the spell fails (presumably because the creature is undead). The figure turns and reveals himself to be Cadran, but he is now gaunt, with gems for eyes. The episode ends as Dagna recognizes the room; it is Cadran’s grand dining hall. He ominously welcomes the group to his mansion.

## Memorable Quotes

**Stephanie**: “Then how do I move the boat?”
**Sean:** “Umm, let me see. I don’t know what check it would be—”
**Ben:** “Is it a boat check?”
**Sean:** “Yeah, it’s a boat check.”

**Stephanie**: “Hey guys, there’s this weird thing on the duck’s head. And then, umm, I don’t got this! Someone needs to do this other than me.”

**Sean**: “The boat is only—it’s like, right off the bow. That’s what it’s called! That’s what the tip spot is! It’s the bow!”
**Lauren**: (clapping) “I’m proud of you.”
**Ben**: “It’s the *boat tip spot!* What are you talking about?”
**Kyle:** “All right, yes. So, I run up to *the boat tip spot*. Where it is, of course, canonically called. I don’t even know what you just said. I blacked out while you were talking.”

**Ben:** “Kallas still has the carpet, right?"
**Sean**: “Yes, Kallas does have the carpet. Nope! Sorry, Lisan has it. I’m the DM now!”

## Trivia

* Many of the official TTC canon correct boat terms are used in this episode (see image for reference).
* Matt points out that Ben rolled a Natural 1 on his perception and it was still a 13. Which is just impressive.
* Kyle jokes that the national drink of Cin Amon is "Fireball". (It isn't. The drink the *Circle City* is known for is *"Byford's Curse"*.)
* Dagna loots a hat with a golden feather attached to it from the Captain's footlocker.
* Lauren has cashed in her inspiration during this episode.