* The Western Kingdoms

* A little bit of background of the Elven Nations book.

* The placement of the Western Kingdoms and relation to Sereatha.

* Overview of the western kingdom's political structure.

* Individual domains each ruled by a ranelle, called a gerryth.

* Collectively called the Gwydenro, or "heartland".

* The founding ranelles of the western kingdoms.

* The legend of Sereatha's founding.

* Ancient past, relationship to Wyrm Wood.

* Tales developed to justify the way things are.

* How the tales lead to Shosara's heresy.

* Providing monarchs for the Rose Throne.

* Lots of BS called out in this episode!

* Josh's headcanon of elven high court politics.

* The Orichalcum Wars and the Scourge.

* Emergence after the Scourge and Sereatha's fate.

* Reactions to the Blood Wood and Shosaran reconciliation.

* The Roheline Wood and the Wastes.

* Present-day political situation in Sereatha.

* Sereatha's orthodoxy and the strength of cultural narrative.

* The three-sided political struggle over the fate of elvendom.

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* Mailbag episode!

* Lou provided some insight into other pieces written by Sam Witt

* Aleyn sent us a bunch of adventure journals!

* We talk about character journals back in the day.

* Email from Brendan: Penalties for sleeping in armor?

* Josh suggests: Reducing recovery tests by the Initiative Penalty.

* How long to put on armor? Related somehow to Physical Armor rating?

* Email from Kenneth: House rules for thread weaving/spell casting.

* Spell casting "cantrip" knacks and extra threads.

* Legend Point cost for spells and the thinking behind it.

* Email from Stefan: Enchanting Deep Dive.

* Player perspective vs GM perspective.

* Mechanics vs story.

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* Parlainth Adventures: Threads

* Return to form; facing a Horror threat.

* Higher challenge.

* Roots lie in Parlainth's history and is now threatening Haven.

* Does not require as much established NPC relationships as earlier adventures.

* Can benefit from some foreshadowing and build-up.

* Hired to investigate escalting violence in Haven.

* Fairly linear, can run into "mystery adventure" problems.

* Some guidance into how the adepts can notice weird magic.

* Not so much about the investigation, just following the thread to the cause.

* How these adventures sidestep the "investigation" phase.

* Some ideas for expanding the early stages.

* Excursion into the ruins.

* The Cult of Pain and what has gone before.

* The Abomination and its plans.

* "Kaer crawl" in the Western Catacombs.

* Analyzing the Horror's stat block.

* Linear and traditional, but not bad for it.

* Sidebar about mystery and investigation plots.

* Gumshoe, Brindlewood Bay, and Apocalypse Keys.

* Levels of success on Perception tests.

* Final thoughts.

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