Ep 43 - What's your Rabual score?

## Episode 43 - What's your Rabual score?

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Bantaro reveals a terrible lie he has told and it's so terrible the Janni Squad doesn't even really grapple with it. Just add it to the heap! Janni's brain is in a worse state that usual, and the gang decides to do something about it instead of ignoring it and hoping it goes away. They teeter on the edge of breaking up, but don't worry, they make a much worse choice instead! Onto Rabual the Generous!

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## NPCs in Description

**NPCs in this episode:**

* Bantaro Valentine - Shadowend Commander specializing in music and performance.
* Taft Warsoul (mentioned) - Shadowend Commander specializing in combat and dungeoneering.
* Rachiel Windstar (mentioned) - Shadowend Commander of the Paladin Squad (Castien's squad).
* Bovil Flashforge (mentioned) - Advisor to the Janni Squad at Shadowend. Keeps an extensive diary about the timeloop, currently in the team's possession. Believes he is destined to be the next demigod of Hybdall.
* Berl Stanton (mentioned) - A Winterguard lieutenant. Prince Erling claims that Stanton escaped and killed Gamwir, but Taft knows this isn't true.
* Rabual the Generous - a mystical wish-granting being that lives in the sewer. He swapped Duke Marth and Paris France's minds.
* Paris France - A Reskarian ratfolk who dreamed of being a chef. Swapped bodies with the now-deceased Duke Marth. Soul currently residing in Janni.
* Sasha (mentioned) - Patty befriended her, using the fake named Maddy, during the team's arc in Faenalin. Currently incarcerated at Bitterhold Dungeon because of her connection to Patty.
* Molni - The catfolk demigod of Gavelyne.

## Summary

* At the Vilnit estate, Bantaro Valentine tells the squad that he helped orchestrate the Gamwir conspiracy by blaming Bovil of helping Stanton kill Gamwir, in order to prevent Taft from being blamed.
	+ He gave them the Vilnit assignment to distract them while Windstar lured Bovil to a sea fort.
* The squad discusses their options: go to Nan Tahrum to stop Bovil from activating the meteorite, or go to Molni so Janni can warn him.
	+ Zelf says some cruel things and the party nearly splits (both in the temporary and permanent sense).
* The next morning, Janni wakes up still bleeding from his constitution damage. He and Zelf talk about the spirits inside him, and Janni says that Glorihan keeps trying to warn him about Astra.
* Zelf shows the squad the latest copy of Astrology Today: the Patty Hurts edition.
	+ Madame Ogavia is planning to release her book, which is plagiarized from Astra's "Train Your Brain Gremlins."
* The squad goes to Mealnor's catacombs to find Rabual the Generous, an efreeti who makes deals with people. Based on your Rabual score, you can use someone's body for a period of time in exchange for someone else using your own body later.
	+ Janni makes a deal that will allow him talk to Molni, and Rabual agrees to also take the extra spirits out of his body.
	+ Patty makes a deal that will allow her to rescue Sasha and her sorority from Bitterhold Dungeon.
* Janni goes into the body of Tabbi, a catfolk who is at the Temple of the Rising Light where Molni is.
	+ Molni greets him warmly and Janni tells him all of his fears and concerns about what's been going on.
	+ Molni says the godkiller sword is protected by 4 keys (held by himself, Algalash, Elarinya, and Gafanrit), and that he will meet up with Janni to make sure it's safe.
* Rabual removes the spirits of Glorihan and Paris from Janni. He tells the squad that there's a third entity in there called Tommi Embereyes.
	+ As Rabual is telling the squad this, suddenly two time spiders climb their way out of his mouth.

## Trivia

* An episode preview was posted on the BCBP Twitter and Tumblr.
* Bovil Flaskforge's last name is misspelled in the NPC description.
* The cast's Rabual scores are posted in the Discord.

## Characters

### Player Characters

* Astra Blep
* Janni Brightchild
* Patty Hurts
* Zelf

### Actually Showed Up

* Bantaro Valentine
* Rabual the Generous
* Marmosets
* Paris France (as a body)
* Tabbi\* (as a body)
* Stella
* Molni
* Glorihan Phirel (as a spirit)
* An entity calling itself Tommi Embereyes

### Mentioned

* Prince Erling
* Queen Davenhall
* Gamwir
* Berl Stanton
* Taft Warsoul
* Rachiel Windstar
* Adrienne Mistmourn
* Bovil Flaskforge
* Harvel Glasscannon
* Alok Vilnit
* Ministry of the Fleeting Zodiac
* Smol Blep
* Pahpa Phirel (unnamed)
* King Aimway VIII
* Ironeye
* Orim
* Ebnir
* Ogavia
* Caeda Shol (unnamed)
* Lunas
* Gavelyne
* Sasha
* Remy
* Algalash
* Elarinya
* Gafanrit
* Duke Marth

## Locations

### Visited

* Mealnor
	+ Vilnit estate
	+ Catacombs
		- Rabual's palace
* Errosia
	+ Locela\*
		- Temple of the Rising Light

### Mentioned

* Shadowend (Fort Adven)
* Newhaven
* Waypoint
* Whispering Woods
* Faenalin
* Reskarus
	+ Bigrim
	+ Nan Tahrum
* Arrowpeak
* Bitterhold Dungeon
* Olvadell

## References

1. ↑ It's pinned to #new-episode-discussion