00:00.00 sidekqpodcast And Hello Welcome to another exciting episode of Ps sidekicks and side quests the unofficial the best unofficial dungeons and Dragons podcast in my humbly biased opinion I've got a wonderful returning guest for you this week but before we get into. Intro of the show with all of the programming I got to give you my ad read I got to give you my ad read from Plus one E Xp Tony vicinda. 00:20.79 Leigha Murray Um, what did I have. 00:27.86 sidekqpodcast Ah, you heard just a couple of episodes ago is the mastermind behind this master craft of beard balms and lip bombs and lotions and game design and community building and all this good stuff. So um, you know if you have a beard if you have ah lips that are parched or chapped. Ah, you should consider going to a site you might be able to find something that might increase your strength dexterity charisma or more and just make your skin and hair feel great. 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But would you mind reintroducing yourself, tell us who it is that you are and what is it that you do so. 02:43.25 Leigha Murray So hi guys up my name is Leah and I oh my god lost train of thought sorry for that I ah have ah dual roles I work full time for an insurance broker. Um, doing very boring things like copy and pasting all day and then I work part time at my family's massage studio as a front desk associate so you will see me before and after your massage which is always a fun time. 03:14.67 sidekqpodcast Yeah, and yeah, so so if I recall from last episode. Um, you know so you're doing the same similar sorts of of things that you were you were doing last time and before we got ah the microphones recording you just explained to me some. Ah. Massage studio of industry things that had happened during the pandemic which you know is certainly an interesting podcast all on its own not to bore our listeners with those details but um, so but you've been good since the last time we spoke because I remember you know you were one of the. Ah, many people who accepted an invitation to try ah your hand on my new podcast and you know we probably recorded sometime in the may some may twenty twenty region most likely is when our episode was actually recorded and then um. Remember working on your episode. Actually my son had just been born. It was the snowpocalypse and I'm at my in-law's house desperately trying to you know edit the episode meanwhile I've got a newborn that I'm trying to take care of while the power is cycling on and off. So. It was a whole time. 04:25.28 Leigha Murray I actually was just looking at it. Um, so we recorded in June um, while I was still living at my apartment. Um, which I have since moved out of and now live in a house like 5 minutes from where my apartment was um. 04:28.28 sidekqpodcast Oh wow that okay. 04:41.54 Leigha Murray Which was fun because it would went from 2 girls in a 2 bedroom apartment to three girls in a twob bedroomroom apartment because my other sister moved in with us and so it was time to go. Um, so I've since moved since our last time that we spoke and I spent snow apocalypse. 04:50.26 sidekqpodcast And. 04:59.36 Leigha Murray At my house which was nice. Um I've since adopted a puppy which is another reason that I'm glad that I am ah recording from my dad's house today because ah my dog likes to bark at any and everything that moves so you would certainly be all just hearing of. 05:01.47 sidekqpodcast Mm. 05:06.99 sidekqpodcast M. 05:17.56 sidekqpodcast Well also as well I'm a new dog owner as well. So bishop has now joined our our family and he's a cavalier King Charles Spaniel so 05:17.70 Leigha Murray Crazy dog the entire time. Um. 05:30.38 Leigha Murray Oh here I have a ah he is a pit terrier American Cattle dog mix. Yeah, so ah so I like say he is very cute secretly Evil in all this badzz you could possibly handle So he's. 05:45.44 sidekqpodcast Mm. Okay, so. 05:47.94 Leigha Murray He's adorable. He's brave and a coward at the same time he'll bark to protect you. But as soon as it makes a noise back. He's like you know where my mom you got this I'm get Oh yeah. 05:57.77 sidekqpodcast Classic Classic Yeah, and so since the last time we spoke I know maybe ah you know for those who remember from your episode before you explained in your ah your history or your involvement with the hobby that. You had had the opportunity possibly to try and play the game but then you know like your initial invitation wasn't ever given you know with the ah the grognards at the game store. Um that you would you would frequent and go to so and and after that episode you did with me I felt the spirit. Ah, the fire it within and then you were like okay well maybe I should go and try and find a game and so I have to ask have you been able to play dungeons and dragons or some other similar sort of tabletop roleplaying game since the last time we spoke. So. 06:47.51 Leigha Murray So unfortunately I have not because as I also mentioned in our reviews podcast I have a problem with the word. No so I ended up falling into well first I got jury duty um, and then. We my family's massage studio. We went from being a franchise to being an independent business so there was a lot of turnover with that I got grand jury duty on top of that and then I for a leadership course. Um, which only wrapped up I want to say about three four months ago um 07:04.41 sidekqpodcast I. 07:11.36 sidekqpodcast Whoa. 07:17.64 sidekqpodcast M. 07:20.65 Leigha Murray And so it's just been a lot of that but I did do something not necessarily exactly like d and d but I went to an aime conventionion back in January um, and I was introduced to ah steampunk. 07:32.30 sidekqpodcast Ok. 07:39.96 sidekqpodcast Okay. 07:40.78 Leigha Murray Rpg would to Fa out while I was there with actually another college friend that you may know a Nicole Mcdonald I don't know if you remember her I know. 07:50.63 sidekqpodcast And yeah yeah I well I've bumped into her like you know the scarborough renaissance fair happens in the Dallas ah metroplex area and so yeah I bumped it I always seem to bump into her there whenever that's going on. 07:55.71 Leigha Murray And see. 08:04.78 sidekqpodcast Um, and so yeah I've seen her around the metroplex a couple times and. 08:06.46 Leigha Murray Yeah I think um, the scarborougher I think she was helping with the steampunk. Ah that was there. So I think it's actually the same group and they had a few panels at ikecon. So I ended up running into her there and getting to participate in ah got to create a whole character. 08:10.45 sidekqpodcast M. 08:25.17 Leigha Murray Ah, from scratch and um I think I was assigned a name that I just kind of got to build off of the character there and that was a lot of fun getting to make it up on the fly with other people that were that had never done it before? um so I expressed an interest in that and of course once again got busy. So. 08:36.88 sidekqpodcast And. 08:42.89 sidekqpodcast I. 08:44.82 Leigha Murray It's a matter of just trying to find that balance. Um, we're running a 4 person front desk crew right now so that doesn't really allow a lot of time for getting out there but we're hoping to hire somebody soon and hopefully I'll be able to jump into that. 09:01.10 sidekqpodcast There you go? Yeah or maybe even um, ah you know I know there's a multitude of podcasts and actual plays and all these other sorts of things so you know if you are wanting to or desiring to perhaps join a game or a group somewhere you know, maybe that'll be like inspiration. Ah point because I remember the last time we were talking it was like it was in the midst of the pandemic and you know I remember you know your your theater major background and so you were like oh it's so devastating that all the shows you know that I can't go to right now. So you know, maybe that's been an inspiration point along the way now that you know. 09:31.41 Leigha Murray In. 09:38.43 sidekqpodcast Some of the normalcy of the Pre-pandemic times has has returned. 09:43.65 Leigha Murray Yeah I'm ah I'm definitely able to get out and go out and do more stuff. Um, actually just ah, just recently connected with another college friend who did his first standup show um like Standup show. 09:54.91 sidekqpodcast Oh. 09:58.82 Leigha Murray Ah, in Austin so I got to go see that which was really cool. Um, no ah his name is Carter. Ah, if if you'd been around the theater department who's super tall. Ah african american gentleman who has since gotten. 09:59.91 sidekqpodcast Was it was it laroyal. Oh okay, so. 10:15.79 Leigha Murray A lot of Tiktok fame. So if you're looking for. Um, if you probably. 10:15.97 sidekqpodcast Oh we'll have to throw that in the show notes. So then he can continue to grow his Tiktok empire. 10:24.99 Leigha Murray Oh yeah, if you come across Carter Anderson comedy on ticktock. Ah, he's the guy that does the thing where Taco Bell will jump in and steal somebody's ah slogan and they usually yell at him that that is not his slogan that would be my friend carter. So. 10:39.74 sidekqpodcast Okay, all right, very cool. Well yeah, keeping on with the theme of the podcast in the show um have you come across any new or interesting sidekick characters Npcs you know from a show from a play from a game. 10:42.99 Leigha Murray I ah. 10:56.86 sidekqpodcast Etc And why is this particular sidekick character stuck out with you. So. 11:03.63 Leigha Murray Um, so I um still mass a fan of mortal combat which I unfortunately did not see the movie and I've not had a chance to see it yet. Um, but I did do a lot of watching of like the game plays and just watching in story mode. 11:11.86 sidekqpodcast I Have not seen the movie either. But. 11:20.85 sidekqpodcast M. 11:23.14 Leigha Murray Um, and I don't remember the name of the character. It's sort of like a 2 for um I guess ah it's not necessarily that they're an npc um there. It's a character that has it's like a symbiotic relationship. So it's 2 characters and 1 and they just have this little. 11:39.72 sidekqpodcast Oh okay. 11:42.76 Leigha Murray Teeny Tiny character person on their back and I mostly um I don't know to something about it is ah because I think if I remember correctly they're supposed to be like from a group that was enslaved and then like they broke free. Um, but I have to go back into that whole war and this was like. 11:56.52 sidekqpodcast So. 12:02.25 Leigha Murray A 6 hour video watch that I was on and I'm only in no, it's 11 hour video and I'm on like hour four. So ah, yeah, is super deep. Um, but just something about them has been just sort of I guess like the relationship how they work together. 12:08.27 sidekqpodcast Oh the deep lore of mortal combat. 12:21.53 Leigha Murray To achieve a common goal and it's something about the character sticks out with me. Um, especially if you go and watch. Um, there's a video where you can watch all of their interactions like when they first um, meet for fights and ah in the video they have them going up against themselves and it's just. 12:21.85 sidekqpodcast Um. 12:36.70 sidekqpodcast Um. 12:40.57 Leigha Murray This one little thing where they're just like why you look like we. Why do you look like we and I don't know why it's just super funny but they just kind of stick in my mind. So right now they're kind of like my favorite can't remember the name but they are super cute. Ah so that's why they stick out for me right now? Um, but also that whole. Ah. So like I said the symbiotic relationship where like they have to work together is kind of cool. 13:00.23 sidekqpodcast Okay, and then going along with the theme as Well. What's been an interesting or new favorite side. Quest that you've come across either from game movie, film, television, etc. And why is this side. Quest this B Plot element stuck out. With you and. 13:19.79 Leigha Murray Ah, side cross. Let's see sideques. Well so I've gotten into the show 10 one um ah that and lo star but primarily in the flagstaff series with Anel Bassett her 13:26.39 sidekqpodcast Okay. 13:33.80 sidekqpodcast Okay. 13:36.92 Leigha Murray And the guy that play her husband so it's throughout the episode. Usually there's 1 main soy line and if the police get involved. There's always some kind of mystery and since her and her husband have gotten together there despite the fact that she's a police captain and he is a fire chief. Um, somehow he always and ends up involved in helping her solve her crimes and so it's sort of like their little date night. So like you have your main thing like here's this big fire because this big crater opened up in the middle of the city while that's all happening. We're going to go solve our own little crime over here off to the side and just watching the 2 of them work together is. Fascinating, hilarious and just everything you want in like a random side quest about his show about fires. 14:23.15 sidekqpodcast I was gonna say I think I tend to see those videos in the ah the Facebook videos you know where the people have obviously edited over it and then they're just reposting it for the the ad revenue or whatever. Um, but ah, but yeah, it always? ah. 14:31.31 Leigha Murray No. 14:38.92 sidekqpodcast Seems interesting to me. You know when the especially if it's like the Texas the lone star one or you know guy I I understand that it's supposed to take place in Austin so the idea of like. Magma-filled craters opening up in Austin just sounds super plausible I mean I know it's hot here but is it really that odd in Austin that ah magma is just pouring forth from beneath the surface. So. 15:04.24 Leigha Murray You know there's been a couple of days where it's come close and they actually had an episode that was set in St Angelo ah which I ah yeah, which I immediately was like false. There's no mountains in San Angelo but but it is. 15:10.42 sidekqpodcast Mm our old college town. 15:15.78 sidekqpodcast Yeah, there's twin buttes that's about it. 15:20.50 Leigha Murray Yeah, but like they were showing like these beautiful mountains I was like yeah no, there's no snowcover mountains in San Angelo but forge but like brush fires that is a thing ah which that's what the episode was surrendered around like a brush fire or like a big ah like la. 15:27.13 sidekqpodcast Yes, yes. Oh yeah, well I'm sure during our college years we had to deal with a number of those that would happen out in West Texas 15:38.14 Leigha Murray Oh yeah, for sure I think ah 2012 was like the worst of it. Um, because I think there was like a brief time when they were like hey you may have to evacuate campus in like an hour. Be ready to go? Um, but yeah, like he was just watching it was just like. 15:42.47 sidekqpodcast So. 15:49.92 sidekqpodcast So. 15:56.39 Leigha Murray Mountains No fire. Yes, accurate. Great. 16:00.22 sidekqpodcast Yeah, it's always fun when they reference like ah, an actual place that you've lived or been to and then you compare it to the actual shooting locations where they go and it's like ah this they they did not film on location. Yeah. 16:15.00 Leigha Murray Ah, yeah. 16:17.51 sidekqpodcast And then ah finally to round out the personal interview section have you come across any new hobbies have you developed any new passions and what are they. 16:25.36 Leigha Murray I am constantly coming across hobbies. Um, so I am currently trying to teach myself. It started out wanting to learn one language and I'm now signed up for 8 of them on Duolingo um, because they're they're all languages I've wanted to learn and. 16:39.59 sidekqpodcast Whoa. 16:44.39 Leigha Murray Figure Why not? So we are trying to ah brush up on Spanish relearn. Ah not Relin brush up on Spanish We're trying to learn French ah Swahili was the original goal. Um, then we discovered esperanto. Um. 16:59.83 sidekqpodcast Yeah, Ohha so. 17:03.93 Leigha Murray And then um Irish Gaelic I think I have a German on there. Ah, and then right and then because you know. 17:16.79 sidekqpodcast Ah, ya yavo yeah. 17:22.76 Leigha Murray I couldn't have the opportunity to learn and I couldn't have the opportunity to learn a nerdy language and not take advantage. Um, so we are also trying to learn high valerian from ah ah game throne. Yes, oh. 17:37.10 sidekqpodcast So game of thrones. Oh Wow Oh creole, interesting. Ah. 17:40.40 Leigha Murray Creel that's the other one that I was trying to learn. Yeah and I have a friend that's actually from haiti so she doesn't know yet. She's about to be must anybody. So. 17:47.37 sidekqpodcast Okay, now correct me if I'm wrong in trying to be a nerd about all things Marvel cinematic in everything my understanding with black panther film series. Is that the wakandan language is partially based off of Swahili and. 18:08.49 Leigha Murray I I don't know I haven't read anything about that. But I would believe it Um, just because it's I think the most common language you hear probably that region would be like around swahily. 18:13.29 sidekqpodcast And. 18:23.95 sidekqpodcast I. 18:26.60 Leigha Murray Um, and it's also Swahili is from what I've what I've been learning Swahili is one of the easier languages to learn because it's the way that the word is spelled is how it sounds. So yeah, yeah. 18:33.50 sidekqpodcast Interesting. Oh very That's very good but why are there a bunch of silent letters here like in french it's like I have 10 letters but it only sounds like 1 syllable or something. 18:44.39 Leigha Murray So ah. 18:51.20 Leigha Murray So it's I wouldn't necessarily say that they're silent. It's more so that they're very quick um like ah for instance, if you're wanting to say I am American or if you want to just say American Um, because that's where it comes in. So. 18:57.71 sidekqpodcast M. 19:09.78 Leigha Murray When you're stating like your nationality or something. It has a random letter in before you get to the rest of the word. So like if you're saying I am Kenyan you're saying Mckinyan or mckinya and then like I'm from Tanzania tanzanian. 19:16.13 sidekqpodcast And. 19:22.52 sidekqpodcast M. 19:28.41 Leigha Murray Or I'm American American which that random in just always feels really weird to say and kind of like you're mumbling. But it's supposed to be there. So um, it's a very interesting language and having fun learning. So. 19:35.92 sidekqpodcast Um. 19:43.87 sidekqpodcast That's awesome I was going to say one of my heroes ah Saint Pope John Paul the second was also a very world renowned poly glot and ah the last I remembered ah St John Paul the second I think. They said he spoke like 27 different languages so you're well on your way if you wanted to ah brush up with greatness in that way. Yes. 20:07.14 Leigha Murray But we are. We are definitely trying um I've there I think my inspiration for that was I think there was like a 8 year old girl who was like 13 languages in I was like well. 20:19.50 Leigha Murray Not going to be out shown by an eight year old work I tri crime until I figure it out. Um, but then I also tend to get distracted by other things like I pick up hobbies like ah like you're picking up socks or something I'm just like oh this sounds cool. Let's pick that up. So um. That is partly why I get distracted or why sometimes things get pushed to the background is because I'll be like I'm doing this? Oh but this also looks fun. So it's eventually I come back around to it. Um, so I'm always thinking about getting out there to do ah d and d. Especially now that the movie. 20:45.42 sidekqpodcast Mm. 20:55.29 sidekqpodcast Yeah, yeah. 20:56.37 Leigha Murray Has come out which is ah reiter ah reinforce that and the two friends that I had that were playing D and D I think their group went on hiatus for a bit and now those two girls have their own podcast. Um, and so I was just like okay well clearly you guys aren't my end so and I got to find another. Um, weigh in and I'll I'll figure find that out eventually. But. 21:18.65 sidekqpodcast There we go? Yeah well it's been great catching up in this personal interview section of the show that I think it's time to head into some npc creation and npc creation of course is brought to you by you. 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So if you want to learn more and join the levitating platters podcast community go to the show notes below go to the podcast website or just go directly to patreon.com/sidekicks and side quest. 22:49.11 sidekqpodcast Find out about our tiers of membership and help us expand our operations at the levitating platter in this demiplane and worlds beyond all right? So we were discussing before we started rolling that you wanted to roll the dice once again randomly to. To let the fates guide you in character creation today is that correct. Okay, so whether you have your dice virtually physically or metaphysically which would be interesting how you would manage to have dice in that manner. But regardless, um. 23:09.89 Leigha Murray Yes, sir. 23:25.27 sidekqpodcast We need to first determine the name of our character and the and of course the way that we do that is by rolling a D twenty. 23:34.49 Leigha Murray Already and I did this time go and find ah virtual Eyes Foreheadhand So D Twenty Oh sorry, my computer. 23:41.83 sidekqpodcast Um, woo. 23:50.51 Leigha Murray And we only need 1 b twenty all right? Ah and I got a 6 23:50.55 sidekqpodcast Correct. 24:01.70 sidekqpodcast 6 okay, your answer was provided by previous guest Dane Fox Mcgraw levity butter leaf so we've got that going for us and then we need to determine the ancestry the background. 24:09.95 Leigha Murray Oh. 24:21.79 sidekqpodcast Ah of our character and so we'll determine this by rolling two d ten s for a d 100 effect 24:28.62 Leigha Murray Okay, so I got a nine and a 4 24:39.92 sidekqpodcast So that would be 94 which is going to be aha interesting. Okay so you've got a choice here. Um, so you can do vampire damn fear or sterogi. 24:49.69 Leigha Murray Are. 24:55.30 sidekqpodcast So vampire obviously self-explanatory a damn fear is like a half vampire and then a sterrogi is basically like if you imagine like a mosquito monster but you combine it with the. Ah, Jeff Goldblums the fly after he goes through the transporter so you're basically just like this you look like a sturge which is a d and d monster that looks like a like a super big mosquito but a sterogi is like a um like a mosquito monster person right. 25:22.54 Leigha Murray I think. 25:30.13 sidekqpodcast Or vampire or damn fear which is damn fears are like half vampires. 25:30.53 Leigha Murray Um, ah yeah I actually and I actually knew what all of these work. Ah, um, so I would like to go with the damn fear. 25:38.50 sidekqpodcast Oh awesome. 25:45.61 sidekqpodcast Okay, damn fear So Levity Butterleaf the damn fear and I will behind the scenes just pull up my details on damn Fear. So I'm just readily familiar. So I sound like I know what I'm talking about um, let's See. Ah. What is the job or role in society for levity Butter leaf. Um, if you would like to roll just a regular D 10 We'll figure that out. 26:13.26 Leigha Murray Let's see and we got another 6 26:16.10 sidekqpodcast And another 6 okay, interesting. Your answer is provided by our patreon supporter Anson Jablinsky common tongue teacher so like the basic assumed franqui lingua of the world. Ah, levity butterleaf is a. Common tongue teacher. So like ah like a Esl kind of instructor. Okay, and then let's see the other thing we get to roll for before we take a slight pause on the dice rolling is we need to determine the age range of our character and we'll. 26:39.15 Leigha Murray Okay. 26:52.15 sidekqpodcast Do this with a D eight. 26:53.12 Leigha Murray All righty and we have a 4 all right. 27:00.96 sidekqpodcast 4 would be adult so now that we have these details in mind ah with the name of Levity Butterleaf We know, ah damn fear we know common Tongue teacher. And we know adults. So with all these things in mind. Um, if you had to describe the physical appearance of Levity Butter Leaf. What comes to mind with these details that we know about. 27:28.79 Leigha Murray Um, so is love it. Levity a male or female. Okay I I feel like levity is a female name. So um. 27:31.34 sidekqpodcast Whatever you're feeling. Ok, so. 27:44.60 sidekqpodcast See and it was really interesting because we chose ah damn fear and we and with the name of levity butterleaf I was like oh is this one of those things where it's like a lichenthrope and so technically you could be whatever and then you transform into the lichenthrope I was trying to figure out if damn fears. Ah, mechanically speaking um were going to be um, you know like their own unique species if you will or if it was like oh I could be like a halfling but I'm really a damn fear halfling and I was just trying to read through some stuff real quick. Um. And it's telling us poised between the worlds of the living and the dead damn fears retain their grip on life. Ah yet are endlessly tested by vicious hungers. They're ties to the undead grant dam fears a taste of a vampire's deathless powers deathless prowess in the form of increased speed dark vision in a life-d drainining bite. With unique insights into the nature of the undead many damn fears become adventurers and monster hunters. Their reasons are often deeply personal some seek danger imagining monsters as personifications of their own hungers others pursue revenge against whatever turn them into a damn fear and still others embrace the solitude of the hunt. Striving to distance themselves from those who tempt their hunger. Um, so if we're imagining a damn fear. Um, you know? Obviously there's a story with how levity came to be a half vampire. Um, but. 29:13.93 sidekqpodcast In the physical description and maybe if you wanted to randomly generate another ancestry or unless the name levity Butterlyaf brings something to mind. Um, yeah I'm just curious like to me like my personal opinion which we don't have to go with levity Butterleaf reminds me of like a halfling. So is this is is levity like a halfling damn fear or like a dwarven damn fear I don't know what what kind of or or a gnome I don't know what? what? Ah What do you imagine. 29:45.38 Leigha Murray So based on your description because I tend to associate a lot with things that I already know or like pop culture. Um, and it immediately made me think of blade. Yeah, um. 29:50.61 sidekqpodcast Sure? yeah. Okay, oh great example. Yeah, the day walker. 30:02.54 Leigha Murray Exactly and that's kind of what I was thinking of because I've also there's a book series that I ah read where they don't necessarily become a hunter but there is a similar um, characteristic of like of of in the vampire lore. Um, it is something called a rook. Ah where they get. 30:17.71 sidekqpodcast Ok, so. 30:21.56 Leigha Murray Ah, they still retain a lot of their human aspect. That's not full vampire and that's done by choice so you can either become a full vampire. Um, which means you know your heart stops. You're you're dead. You have the blood lust and everything or you have the rook which has um the same like they can walk in the sun they have. 30:24.56 sidekqpodcast And. 30:33.91 sidekqpodcast But. 30:41.35 Leigha Murray The same lifespan as a vampire but they're just not. They're more or less straddling both worlds. Um, so yeah I kind of want have like sort of sort of like that sort of like a rook where um. 30:46.30 sidekqpodcast M. 30:58.14 Leigha Murray You know, vampireistic tendencies but with um, the ability to sort of walk between the worlds. 31:07.20 sidekqpodcast Okay, and so with with the Blade reference which is excellent. Are you imagining Levity is um, a human or like was a human and then became this damn fear or like I was positing like you know a halfling or. A gnome or a dwarf or some other fantasy race or the like. 31:27.10 Leigha Murray Yeah I I see Levity is more like someone who became so was originally human and was maybe attacked by vampire. But for whatever reason the process was just not completed. 31:34.34 sidekqpodcast Okay, so. 31:40.41 sidekqpodcast Oh okay, all right? and so now that okay now that I understand and again now that I now that I have the blade thing coming into mind does does she does she kind of have that same sort of physical characteristic vibe. She's dressing in leather and has like an interesting haircut and wears shades and. Carries around swords all the time while she's a common tongue teacher or does she look different than that. 32:05.15 Leigha Murray So I would say it's um I would say she looks different. Not she's not a play. It's she's not overtly, um, a hunter like like like in that hunter s form I would say like she because she is trying to blend in. 32:08.48 sidekqpodcast Okay. 32:16.76 sidekqpodcast Okay. 32:22.70 Leigha Murray Um, you know she is the ah teacher. Ah, you know I see hers more?? Um I Guess just kind of dresses like the common everyman but there's maybe just something about her that tends to. Make people notice her more. Um so it could just be like maybe her clothes are just a little bit more not necessarily edgy. Um, but it's just like she's common. But there's just something different like maybe um. 32:43.90 sidekqpodcast Um. 32:48.54 sidekqpodcast Yeah. 32:57.47 Leigha Murray You know most of the women in her area are wearing dresses and she's got like a Halfd dresss pants situation going on. Um like. 33:04.60 sidekqpodcast Isn't there like a ah style of clothing modern clothing Now that's called like techware or something like that where it looks like very business chic but it also looks like something that could be out of the matrix or something like that. 33:17.75 Leigha Murray Yeah, ah I'm trying to think of like. 33:20.82 sidekqpodcast But the fantasy version equivalent of that like you were describing like a pant dress situation like oh you look like a proper respectable lady. However, you look like also like an adventurer so you could just ah, you know, ah drop. 33:24.60 Leigha Murray Yes, so. 33:34.93 sidekqpodcast Ah, drop everything at a moment's notice and go fight danger or something like that. 33:39.56 Leigha Murray Yeah, um, so I'm thinking from ah once upon a time and ah, it's sort of a cross between um. 33:44.89 sidekqpodcast Ok. 33:56.41 Leigha Murray The Evil Queen has an outfit That's very similar to what I'm thinking of where it's um, could very easily be. It's got like flowing kind of like a like a coat with tails. Um, but it's It's a the top sort of like it sits around her like a dress. 34:08.31 sidekqpodcast Okay, next. So. 34:15.55 Leigha Murray But she has pants. So like when she's walking it flows behind her like a um like a dress would but she's got the pants. So it's sort of like a like we're classy, but we could also fight at a moment's notice it needed. 34:29.55 sidekqpodcast Okay, interesting. Okay, so she's wearing that is there anything else that would be ah notable as far as her physical description goes her physical appearance and. 34:40.96 Leigha Murray Um, I would say that because because she's sort of like between the worlds. It's um, almost like she has a glow around her like it's not. Ah, like an overt like shining glow. But it's just like a very faint like something's different, um, almost like a I guess yeah like a glow or like a shimmer That's just like she signs shines just maybe a little bit brighter. 34:56.23 sidekqpodcast I. 35:09.39 Leigha Murray Than like normal people. 35:10.93 sidekqpodcast Not not quite twilight territory where they're like sparkly vampires but there's just like I'm not not saying you know? ah as someone who you know whose wife has been pregnant and had a child. It's like you know the maternal. 35:13.44 Leigha Murray Yeah. 35:23.59 Leigha Murray You have. 35:24.85 sidekqpodcast Glow of pregnancy and stuff like that. So it's almost like that. But you know she's not necessarily pregnant or anything it's because she's a ah damn fear. So she's got like this otherworldly you know attractiveness to her. 35:35.10 Leigha Murray Yes, that that's exactly what I'm thinking just words they're not communicating properly today. 35:43.89 sidekqpodcast Sure No, That's fine I'm just I'm just trying to help under understand the the characters. So Um, and we can certainly you know, talk more and discover more about the characters. We're going along but just any initial thoughts as I think you were explaining that you know so. You actually do envision her as like a like a monster hunter of sorts but her day job cover is that oh she's the common tongue language teacher in this community and you know she's using that as an opportunity to pick up like hints or leads as to like where you know. Ah, Supernatural activity is occurring So then she can go up there and combat it and stuff like that and. 36:21.75 Leigha Murray Yeah, but yeah, that's exactly what I'm thinking of now my brain keeps jumping to Buffy The Vapire Slayer because she more or less does the same like towards the end of the series. But yeah, it's like something like that like using her day job to sort of blend in and. 36:38.29 sidekqpodcast Okay, very cool I like it and if we had to describe levity butterworth with 3 adjectives what 3 adjectives would you use. 36:50.42 Leigha Murray Um, let's see vigilant. Um, which would make sense given that she has that hunter risk ah type style but also um, you know. 37:09.94 Leigha Murray I Want to say part of me was to say friendly. But also I want to say open um like she's a like approachable um which you know people aren't like they are aware that she's sort of more so I think Approachable would be ah the but the best word. 37:13.36 sidekqpodcast Okay, okay. 37:27.67 Leigha Murray Because people are aware that they like think there's something more about her but they're not afraid to approach her Um, which you know given that she is a teacher like you don't want to be afraid of your teacher or like unwilling to go near them but it also helps with her being sort of like a hunter risk. 37:29.54 sidekqpodcast Okay. 37:39.70 sidekqpodcast So. 37:46.27 sidekqpodcast Okay, so we've so we've got vigilant. We've got approachable and then what's the third adjective. 37:46.65 Leigha Murray Type of person. Um. 37:54.33 Leigha Murray Um. 37:59.33 Leigha Murray I think kind um because you know kind can do a lot 1 One of those things that you can do a lot with like you can show ah like your kindness can allow you to show mercy towards people but can also. 37:59.71 sidekqpodcast Yeah, yeah. 38:05.60 sidekqpodcast I. 38:16.12 Leigha Murray Um, you know be mean, you're more willing to help if the situation arises for it. So ah, kind I think is ah the third one I'd like to use. 38:27.20 sidekqpodcast And excellent and then of course all our Npcs have to have cool things on them. So what's going to be a valuable item piece of lore a secret or an ideal or concept that levity butterworth would ascribe to will do the combo role of the D4 first and then the d 6. 38:45.75 Leigha Murray All right? So for the d four we have a 2 and for the d six we have a 1 38:49.42 sidekqpodcast So ok. Okay, excellent. So your piece of lo was provided today by previous guest Stephanie Jones levity butterworth knows who all the corrupt government officials are. 39:09.79 Leigha Murray Nice, All the power. 39:11.89 sidekqpodcast Yeah, So how does this? Ah I mean is this something that she's just picking up through the course of being the common language teacher in the community and that she's just picked this up or just through the course of her doing her vigilante type work. She just happens to know the the wider Network Of. Who All the corrupt officials are in the government and ah is sanctioning and Allowing. Um, you know this chaos to Continue. So. 39:41.45 Leigha Murray I would say that her being the common language teacher has a lot to do with that just because um, you know, even in to buy like today's standards teachers are so are so aren't really regarded as like you know threats. So I feel like people would be especially with her being so approachable. 39:57.83 sidekqpodcast And. 39:59.87 Leigha Murray People more willing to talk in front of her and that may lead like things that she overhears with then leap into her like being like vigilantism and like going out and finding out more about that to you know, keep in the banks for later. 40:13.12 sidekqpodcast I Have an interesting question because learning I was trying to imagine a scenario in my head and as you were explaining in the personal interview section. How you've taken up this new Hobby of trying to become a polyglot if you will learning all these different languages. 40:28.89 Leigha Murray Isn't. 40:29.60 sidekqpodcast What languages do you think Levity Butterworth knows obviously she has to be a proficient in in being able to help people to learn common. Um, so I'm I'm just kind of interested What you're thinking about you know? So she's a human or you know appears as a human. Um. 40:43.10 Leigha Murray Thank you. 40:45.82 sidekqpodcast So yeah, like what kind of like are there any interesting ones like um, you know some of the basic common fantasy ones in D and D end up being like halfling dwarven elvish and then you've got like ah orkish and Goblin and you know. Some of these other ones I'm just kind of interested if she's like a polyglot and she just happens to know a lot of languages or you know she knows like a couple of them and then those are the primary sorts of communities that she's serving in this area or you're just going to leave it open to whoever decides to use this character can determine. What languages she'll know. 41:22.38 Leigha Murray Um I like to think that she's maybe a poly a polyglot just um because those are it's Polyglots are in my opinion like a very rare breed of people is it. You know it takes a certain type of person to be able to know and distinguish between all these different languages. Um. 41:31.20 sidekqpodcast And. 41:37.69 sidekqpodcast M. 41:40.80 Leigha Murray And especially you know being a damn fear. There's no telling how long she's been around or like how long she's been a damn fear so you know I would imagine she's picked up several languages over the course of her lifetime. 41:47.70 sidekqpodcast So true. 41:54.16 sidekqpodcast Okay, because I was in this scenario I was playing in my head. You know we're imagining oh these corrupt government officials and if it's like ah if it's like a metropolis sort of environment and so you have like ah the 2 hob goblins that are talking and and goblin after. Language lessons are done and they talked about oh we've you know we finally moved to this city. We got a better chance of a life but you know, um, you know the local magistrate. You know he's just like you know he's super tough on his hob goblins and you know it's okay. 42:24.32 Leigha Murray Um, sorry I had no warning on that one. 42:28.28 sidekqpodcast Ah, so you know they're they're just like oh this magistrate is really tough on us Hobgoblins prejudicial or you know, unfair biases and stuff our rents are super high when they don't need to be or other type of things like that and so then she's picking that up and understanding like. I Might need to go talk to this magistrate and see if he has any connections going on with the vampires or whatever monsters are lurking in the area. So. 42:53.76 Leigha Murray Yeah I I think it would definitely be in that kind of situation just because again you know it would help in the fact that like you she's is out there sort of in Hunter mode. But also um with her. Being one of those people willing to be out there and helping like someone's got to take on that role of being a helper and so if I have this ability to like get this information. Why not use it to my advantage and you know no one ever thinks like oh like she's just. 43:13.60 sidekqpodcast I. 43:26.79 Leigha Murray She's just a common language teacher I would imagine that she's living in an area where like you don't have a lot of people that speak multiple languages so they're just comfortable speaking whatever language they assume that she wouldn't because not a lot of people would know like or is sure or something like that. 43:31.29 sidekqpodcast I. 43:38.92 sidekqpodcast Sure and it's interesting. Ah you know this whole scenario of a common language teacher because I was recently a guest on a podcast called dispell magic and we discussed the five e spell called hallow which is you basically. You know, consecrate ah a sixty foot radius area and you can have a number of different effects occur and so one of the effects is called tongues which allows everyone to speak in that area and everyone can hear each other and understand so you know we posit in that. Episode like oh well I mean if you take this thing to its logical conclusion then you probably have you know centers and civilizations. Ah where you know this is how people were able to develop a common language in the first place because they had ah a designated zone where they could all sit down together. And be like okay well this is how you would say this word in this language in this language in this language What's the closest approximate approximation between all the vowels and consonants and ah percussive elements and stuff that we can manufacture with our vocal cords and lips and tongue and teeth in order to make ah a closer approximation into a common language. So. Um, you know the fact that levity butterworth is a common language teacher to me you know stands to reason that she lives in an area. That's either going to be. You know, various different ah cultures coming together. Um, you know impoverished. Um, you know not having access to. 45:08.71 sidekqpodcast Ah, some magical effect or something like that that would allow people to easily be able to communicate which would necessitate the reason why she would be there. You know teaching in the first place which is which is kind of interesting so like a fantasy New York city 45:18.43 Leigha Murray Yeah. 45:24.55 sidekqpodcast Ah, except you know they don't really have much need of you know so you know magicky stuff of that nature. Oh any magicy stuff that can help us get a buck or something like that. That's cool but investing in the infrastructure to help people learn languages. We'll just. We'll just hire people to teach common. You know that's a more effective use of our time than having a cleric spend 24 hours for a single day to cast a area where everyone could just speak all the same language or whatever. 45:54.72 Leigha Murray Yeah, I'm actually ah there's a book series that I've read that has a similar um world like that where um, they live. It's a they live in a kingdom that's surrounded by other kingdoms that speak multiple languages. And the common language that they're trying to get everyone to speak is called Harkin um, but they're still like in the process of like um, trying to get people to learn it and so they have what what are called Silver Cals which are would essentially be the polygoths. But um. 46:14.22 sidekqpodcast Ok, ok. 46:26.31 sidekqpodcast So. 46:30.61 Leigha Murray 1 of the main characters in the first book gets referred to as a golden tongue because he knows 12 languages as opposed to like the 3 or 4 that most silver tongues know and without that situation where ah they have a situation where there's the common language that these two groups of people know. 46:40.46 sidekqpodcast Ooh. 46:49.82 Leigha Murray Is Harkin but like 1 group only speaks a little bit of um or no, it's called farlander. Um, but there's like a similar language called outlander and so they there's all this confusion that ends up happening because they only know like bits of pieces of one language but there's not that that 1 common. So. 47:06.70 sidekqpodcast I. 47:09.61 Leigha Murray It's interesting that you thought about that because that's what I was thinking while we were talking about this. So that's really cool. 47:15.99 sidekqpodcast So yeah, yeah, so hopefully gives ah our listeners out there. A good context, a good environment that you could stick levity butterworth into your campaign or I don't know could be even you know, interesting idea that just popped up if you're if levity. Butterworth is a tutor like maybe like a rich dwarven ah society. That's like we don't need to you know? or or I don't know like some far Alien Realm or Kingdom that doesn't know Common. And so they only know their language but you know levity butterur speaks it and so oh I'm the tutor that's going to be here in this community teaching the nobles and the merchants and whoever need to know how to speak common in order to you know, be able to communicate with the wider world or something like that and. 48:04.65 Leigha Murray Yet that would also be a good one? yeah. 48:07.76 sidekqpodcast Yeah, okay, very cool and and and to go along with the namesake of our show all of our npcs got to have a side quest to give out so at this point you can roll the last dice which is going to be the d 12 to randomly generate a side quest. Or if you're inspired just go ahead and lay out on us what you think a side quest levity butterworth would be willing to offer a group of player characters to go and do or if you want to do a combination of both ah you could do that as well. 48:36.12 Leigha Murray Oh. 48:43.83 Leigha Murray So. 48:46.50 sidekqpodcast So if you kind of roll the dice and then you know you have your own idea and if you weave them together or you just roll the dice and use that or if you've got your own idea you could use that. 48:58.37 Leigha Murray Okay, um, there's a damn fear um being that they are halfling like let's say if it was a vampire um I would assume. 49:03.40 sidekqpodcast So. 49:13.12 Leigha Murray Like are are damn fears typically solo creatures like solitary like on their own or do they have like ah their own community. Do you know. 49:21.73 sidekqpodcast Um, well according to the text that I saw and this comes from it comes from ah an internet resource page but it's quoting the van richten's guide to Raven Loft it says that um you know some seek danger imagining monsters as personifications of their own hungers. Others pursue revenge against whatever turn them into a damn fear and still others embrace the solitude of the hunt striving to distance themselves from those who tempt their hunger and then let's see. It's got a random table as to let's see your hunger as to. Damn well many damn fors thirst for blood your character might otherwise gain sustenance from the ah living role for roll on or choose from an option from the dam for your hungers table to determine what tempts your character to feed so blood flesh or raw meat cerebral spinal fluid psychic energy dreams or life energy. Some of the ones it gave and then as far as the origins are concerned some possible origins and again this is ah the van richten's guide to Raven Loft so this gives you the the player character options if you're going to play a damn fear and the npc quote monster manual version might be a little. 50:33.00 Leigha Murray Yeah. 50:34.00 sidekqpodcast Different but ah, some particular origins. For example, you are the reincarnation of an ancestor who has a vampiric tyrant. You're packed with a predatory deity fiend fay or spirit causes you to share their hunger. You survived being attacked by a vampire but were forever changed which is kind of what we had discussed earlier. 50:51.53 Leigha Murray A hint. 50:53.58 sidekqpodcast Parasite lives inside you you indulge Hunger Tragedy interrupted your transformation into an immortal. You are a diminished form of an another of an otherw worldldly being slaking your hunger hastens your renewal one of your parents as a vampire a radical experiment changed your body making you relying on others for vital fluids. 51:10.28 Leigha Murray Okay. 51:12.60 sidekqpodcast Um, So if you wanted to at this point in the game kind of change. Ah the the perspective or the origin I suppose of Levity Butterworth and then maybe how that affects her either pursuit of community or likened people or ah. Or like similar people or whatnot. 51:34.39 Leigha Murray Yeah, okay I think going to roll first and see what that idea brings. Um, you said the d 12 is that right? Okay, so we have a 4 51:40.14 sidekqpodcast Sure d 12 that is correct. 4 okay, interesting your answer provided by a previous guest fire writer. Go deal with a person with whom they have a grudge against. 51:59.45 Leigha Murray Okay, so this actually kind of leans a little bit towards what I was thinking of um so as a side Quest is again? um. 52:06.41 sidekqpodcast Ok, interesting. 52:17.59 Leigha Murray I'm working off the assumption that levity has been around for quite a while. Um and so she would either want to complete the transition or completely reverse it. So my thought process on this is. 52:20.73 sidekqpodcast Okay. 52:31.17 sidekqpodcast Ooh. Okay. 52:36.51 Leigha Murray The side coast would be that she has word on where her potential sire could be and their task Their side coast would be that they have to bring him to her. 52:43.40 sidekqpodcast Okay. 52:50.47 sidekqpodcast And mm ok so basically it's go hunt for a vampire and capture. The vampire quote unquote alive and bring that vampire to levity Butterworth who ok. 53:04.10 Leigha Murray Yes. 53:08.98 sidekqpodcast This is an interesting side. Quest Okay, um, all right? So if the players are successful in being able to capture a vampire without him turning into mist and disappearing or just tpkinging the party. Um, what's going to be the reward for the side. Quest yeah. 53:22.50 Leigha Murray Yeah, let's see reward feel like if you're capturing a vampire. It has to be a pretty big one. Ah. 53:29.75 sidekqpodcast I would I would imagine so. 53:37.70 Leigha Murray It's so old I hope I don't want to do what we did I think last time what the reward was that something they needed for their campaign. 53:49.83 sidekqpodcast Sure Yeah, you? Ah yeah, your last character that you made with a skink knows the Lich Beekeeper The reward was a valuable item that you needed in your campaign which is perfect if you're just dragon dropping skink knows into your campaign. You know. Without any ah you know necessary tie specifically to whatever view got going. But yeah I could yeah I could see where maybe you want to make sure that the reward is specific and worthwhile with levity. Yeah. 54:19.29 Leigha Murray Was I would I'm thinking the reward would be something that allows you to bring back a fallen player. 54:30.35 sidekqpodcast Okay, interesting. So are you thinking like a scroll of ah of um, well let's see there I know revivify is the spell that I feel like they died within a minute you know then you can bring them back. Um, and then there's ah resurrection and then there's like true resurrection. True resurrection is like the super powerful one that like they can be dead for like 200 years and you can resurrect them. Ah, you know back to life but resurrection would be like okay someone's been dead. It's been longer than a minute. Um, and we need to like bring this person back to life. Um. 55:04.59 Leigha Murray I would do resurrection because I feel like capturing a vampire is huge but not like let's bring somebody back from like 200 years huge 55:15.21 sidekqpodcast Okay, interesting and maybe as we're exploring ah kind of the the story behind this particular side Quest because it's fine. Um, yeah. 55:23.86 Leigha Murray Um, sorry. 55:29.97 sidekqpodcast By the way resurrection a seventh level necromancy spell yeah that let's see vocal somatic components. So a diamond worth at least a thousand gold pieces. So having a scroll of resurrection is definitely I would say definitely a big reward for the undertaking of ah of capturing a vampire. 55:49.69 sidekqpodcast As we were ah as you were explaining. You know she's kind of in this middle ground state of you know is she going to want to continue continue the process and fully turn into a vampire or is she trying to like be made a human again. Um. And so I was just curious if you're thinking of storywise was like oh you know she tried a resurrection scroll before on her and it didn't work or something like that. So Maybe that's why she has just an extra one of these um spell of resurrections laying around right. 56:23.72 Leigha Murray Yeah I don't think so is it I imagine that when she became damn fear was probably um, is again I'm assuming that at this point she's been around for many years which means. 56:27.39 sidekqpodcast Ooh. 56:32.42 sidekqpodcast So. 56:38.62 sidekqpodcast I. 56:41.34 Leigha Murray Probably watched friends and loved ones pass. Um, and so she would have tried to reverse the effects previously which will be why she has that ah resurrection scroll. Um, and with it not working. You know she's like okay well this is um. 56:51.65 sidekqpodcast Oh okay. 56:58.86 Leigha Murray These are the hands that I dealt let me use this to my advantage. Um, but now she's at a point where um, you know it? Maybe it's not enough and so she's torn between ending it there or um. Doing full transition so she can do more. 57:18.91 sidekqpodcast Interesting. Okay, and then I I just imagine it's ah probably a conversation or something with ah levity Butterworth and maybe the player characters are able to either persuade her to take 1 particular course of action or not depending on like. You know their reasoning or how persuasive they are you think maybe? Okay, okay and I just looked it up just to double check it but a a standard vampire in dungeons and dragons fifthedestrian has a challenge rating of 13. 57:40.48 Leigha Murray Ah, do that Be that'd be cool. 57:54.67 sidekqpodcast Um, so it definitely is not an easy feat to try and capture a vampire to bring to Levardty Butterworth so I think a scroll of resurrection is definitely a pretty great reward along with the fact that you probably have a very fabled monster hunter. Ah. As an ally of the party in some shape or form I imagine okay and then of course we need to consider the opposite. What's going to be the consequence of failure or refusing the call to the adventure. I mean there's probably some obvious ones but are there any other ones that you're thinking of that could come into. 58:14.72 Leigha Murray Yeah. 58:32.67 sidekqpodcast Like because obviously going after a vampire is no short order and so it's very easily that yeah the player, the players all get wiped out by a vampire because they went in ah you know with their guns half loaded and no plan and they were like yeah let's just. 58:34.20 Leigha Murray Um, um. 58:52.46 sidekqpodcast Bag of vampire. Oh this fight is way tougher than we anticipated and most of us are dead kind of a thing. 58:57.69 Leigha Murray It full fully Roy Jenkins it um, that one would be here. Um. 59:08.10 sidekqpodcast And maybe to clarify as far as the failure condition is concerned because I suppose there's a difference of like oh we tried we fought him and we tried to get him but he escaped and they report back to her on that or failure in the sense of like oh we were so good at our job that we actually just killed him. Like we didn't like this vampire. Maybe there's a plot reason and like oh this vampire is actually a very oppressive figure and some main plot or some other side. Quest needs you to kill him and so they failed the side quest in the regards of instead of bringing him to. Levity Butterworth They just kill the vampire. What's going to be the consequence of that. 59:50.40 Leigha Murray I'd say do damn fears have the power have the ability to also initiate like a Trans transition. 01:00:00.50 sidekqpodcast Um, according to the player character version. They do have ah an ability or ah ah they have an ability called Vampiric Bite. So Your fanged bite is a natural weapon which counts as a simple melee with your're proficient in you add your constitution modifier instead of your strength. Modifier to the attack and damage rolls Blah Blah Blah Blah. So It's like a bite when you attack with this bite and hit a creature that isn't a construct or undead you can empower yourself in one of the following ways you regain hit points equal to the piercing damage dealt by the Bite. You gain a bonus to the next ability check or attack Roll. You make the bonus equals the piercing damage dealt by the bite you can empower yourself with this bite a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Okay, So basically you can kind of like buff yourself a little bit. Um. See Deathless Nature. You don't need to breathe spider climb you have a climbing speed equal to your walking speed. Okay, that's that's interesting. Um, and then Okay, yeah, so those are the main things so not like a full vampire.. There's no like oh I can transform into an animal. Or I can turn into a swarm of bats and fly off into the into the the night sky and obviously I'm not ah vulnerable to silver running water or daylight or anything like that. 01:01:22.88 Leigha Murray Would they have the ability to turn someone like also turn them here. 01:01:29.98 sidekqpodcast Ah, not the player character version. Um, let me see if I can Google ah the monster version of it. Let's see in the srd. 01:01:46.55 sidekqpodcast What do you have to tell me okay, challenge rating one as far as the monster version is concerned. Let's see dark thirst so that is ah some sort of bite thing that happens. And then you do necronic damage predatory charm magically beguiles the mind of one Humanoid Let's see blood ties in a darkness. Um damn fears are the living half damn fears are the living children of vampires. 01:02:18.49 sidekqpodcast Damn fears are the half -living children of vampires and living mothers born into a born into a world that fears and rejects them thanks to their human-like appearance many damn fears hide in plain sight spending their lives concealing their abilities. Okay, so even looking at the monster version I'm not seeing anything here that. Indicates like oh you have to if they bite you you have to save against turning into a vampire. So so no damn fears do not as far as I can tell have the in writingt ability ah to turn someone into a vampire but it's your game. It's your table. If you wanted to make it so that damn fears could change people into vampires or at least other damn fears I suppose you could allow that if you wanted to. 01:03:05.66 Leigha Murray So what I'm thinking then is not necessarily turning them but I didn't remember hearing ah that like if I fed off of someone it could increase ability or just sort of give me like a boost. 01:03:22.59 Leigha Murray So as right? So as if they were to fail then I would say they'd have to leave one of their party behind essentially for me to use this look a power boost. 01:03:22.80 sidekqpodcast Ah, right. 01:03:38.67 sidekqpodcast Oh okay, so kind of reminding me of ah your skink nose episode where Skink Nose took one of your player characters. Ah party members souls as a hostage Basically L You did some other quest for them to get it returned. 01:03:49.48 Leigha Murray Right. 01:03:55.10 Leigha Murray I Forgot about that. 01:03:56.11 sidekqpodcast So basically you're thinking the same thing that perhaps Levity Butterworth gives into her hunger a little bit because of this failure kind of losing momentary control and basically is threatening your party with like you know I pick one of the the members of the party I'm going to. 01:04:02.87 Leigha Murray Yeah. 01:04:14.79 sidekqpodcast Feast on their whatever it is that I particularly hunger It Maybe you can decide for levity. What it is that she particularly thirsts after if it's like a standard vampire. It might be blood or cerebral spinal fluid or raw meat or but or something I mean I know Ah, But. Trigger warnings if some of that stuff makes you squeamish or whatever but we're not trying to get into 2 graphic of details. But. 01:04:41.52 Leigha Murray Um I would I would say they ah for for blood. Um, that's something that can is it replenishes itself eventually Um, which would mean that that. 01:04:44.54 sidekqpodcast Okay, so. 01:04:50.26 sidekqpodcast Sure kind of similar to Blade I mean Blade did have to consume blood too but not to the point of like the vampires. He fought that were like feeding on whole people and. 01:04:59.94 Leigha Murray Right? right? and then that sort of makes their their punishment I guess it says I would say worse because it's just sort of like you're there for as I need you in like you this it's gonna be a long term punishment. 01:05:18.30 sidekqpodcast And is there a way that the party can correct this fix this. So that way they can free their ally and like if they finally show up with the vampire that'll solve it or if we're imagining oh the vampire's dead. 01:05:19.93 Leigha Murray Versus like that. 01:05:28.10 Leigha Murray Umm. 01:05:37.17 sidekqpodcast And now I'm stuck in this damn fear state and I can't finish going either way or something. So. 01:05:40.59 Leigha Murray Made Ah maybe finding somebody else in the sirer line that may be able to help. 01:05:49.12 sidekqpodcast Ooh. Okay, interesting now we're having to do vampiric genealogy okay hold on let me pull out the parchment scrolls and figure out how far back this goes. Um. 01:05:57.24 Leigha Murray What is is just off of some vampire lore that I knows that is usually ah, they'll have at least 1 companion within their side line with them. So the assumption my assumption will be if they killed the the main one hopefully. 01:06:07.97 sidekqpodcast So. And. 01:06:17.80 Leigha Murray Someone in their siren line is there and it's not like the Sir line where like the sire dies. Everyone dies. 01:06:21.36 sidekqpodcast Oh right? Yeah yeah, Oh yeah, I was gonna say I hadn't even considered that. But yeah, would that actually put her at stake as far as like it makes her weak or something like that because now her sire is dead and. You know, Ah, either way of what she needed if she was going to become a full vampire or she's going to restore herself back to Humanity. Um, and. 01:06:39.96 Leigha Murray Yeah I would say it's like a broken sire like damn fear to me just means they don't have a full sire bond. So it would I wouldn't necessarily think it would affect her and so I would assume that maybe they have like a broken Sirre bond but they're still like like we're not. 01:06:46.76 sidekqpodcast Okay, okay. 01:06:57.62 Leigha Murray Bond like we're not like that bonded but like I'll still hang out with you. 01:07:00.97 sidekqpodcast Okay, okay, interesting. Okay so the consequence of failure is she's going to take 1 of the party members hostage as her personal blood bank unless they can either bring the vampire like they need to or they find another vampire somewhere in the lineage. Ah, that she could use to either. You know again, turn into a full vampire or restore her her mortality back basically is what she's thinking. Okay, all right? and then do you think this rounds out the character pretty well, you're ready to move on to the random encounter section. 01:07:26.20 Leigha Murray Yeah, yeah because I make a problem. 01:07:36.30 Leigha Murray Yeah I think it runs her out pretty well. 01:07:40.93 sidekqpodcast So all right? Well we learned a lot about this terrifying levity Butterworth who I thought was gonna be a wholesome character but completely turned on us. But ah, just like how she almost sort of turned to but it's now time in the show where we go to a random encounter. 01:07:59.19 sidekqpodcast All right? and so the random encounter at this point does not have an ad sponsorship. But if you would like to change that feel free to send me an email sidekicks and side quest at Gmail.com and I would be happy to listen to your proposals and work out something so that way you can sponsor ah, a. An episode segment. The random encounter segment. So I hope to hear for some I hope to hear from some rich noble woman or eccentric lord soon with their kickstarters or patreons or whatever else. Okay, so the random encounter section. You'll recall is where we get to do a little bit of a. Vignette a little roleplay a little bit of theater with our character that we've made so I think you will do a fantastic job with levity butterworth but the question for me is what character am I going to be in the scene opposing you or being alongside with you am I going to be 1 of my adventurer characters. Who's going to get tasked with 1 v 1 1 v one in a vampire to bring back to you am I the sire and we're doing a flashback scene of the moment where the transformation went wrong or is it going to be kind of like an everyday scene where maybe it's a. Class discussion and um, you know she's hearing about the corrupt officials in the town or the the piece of knowledge gets dropped about like her sire is somewhere nearby in the area and that is what gets the wheels spinning as you okay well I need to find someone. 01:09:33.30 sidekqpodcast Who can either go with me or can go take care of this myself while I go deal with the other threats that I'm dealing with. 01:09:38.29 Leigha Murray All right? You know we've already started this complicated train. Let's do the flashback I Like that idea. Yeah. 01:09:43.55 sidekqpodcast You? Okay, the flashback. Okay, um, okay, and so then I'm going to be some type of mayo vampire. Did you have a name in mind for who the the sire was. 01:09:58.10 Leigha Murray I Do not? Ah, um, yes. 01:10:03.90 sidekqpodcast Okay, well I could solve this really quick fantasy name generator vampire. Ah, let's see what is it Fantasy name generator I'll don't mind me as I have to. Ah. 01:10:21.17 sidekqpodcast And this gobbledook out of the podcast later. Um, let's see fantasy name generators and I want. They're not a sponsor of the podcast they could be if they wanted to but I know they're a great resource. To go to whenever I just need fantasy sounding names. Um, let's see so I need pop culture and dungs and dragons and Pcs No vampire interesting. Nope. Okay so what? if I do. 01:10:56.90 sidekqpodcast Pop culture. There's no vampire the masquerade either Interesting. Okay, um oh or I'll just do this in the search area vampire vampire names here we go. 01:11:16.74 sidekqpodcast Okay, mail name. So let's see how I usually have to click it a few times to get some good randomization. So some ones that are popping up here. We've got thadtyus Leanandro magnus or sova. 01:11:34.61 Leigha Murray Oo Madness is yeah. 01:11:36.79 sidekqpodcast Magnus. Okay, all right? Okay, so I so we've determined that the sires name of levity butterworth is Magnus and so we're doing a flashback scene with Magnus and levity. Butterworth. Ah, would you like to set the scene of where we're of where this encounter is happening. 01:12:00.23 Leigha Murray Um, let's see I would say ah just like a small village on the outskirts of like the larger city. Um. 01:12:13.46 sidekqpodcast M. 01:12:17.47 Leigha Murray And we say that um I imagine um going back to your thought of levity being a wholesome character I think she starts out that Way. So She's probably just a young girl who likes to spend her time maybe um out in the meadow. Near a small River where she likes to sit with her books and Learn. Um and that would be where she first meets magnus. Um, he sort of ah sees her and approaches her as a um, just as a random traveler. Just striking up a conversation. 01:12:59.49 sidekqpodcast Yeah I think magnus is the kind of guy that you know takes the nice fancy carriage out and ah is this in the evening time where he is able to do this or is he so bold as he actually does go out. 01:13:08.74 Leigha Murray Are. 01:13:13.10 sidekqpodcast Into the daylight and you know but he has like like a big umbrella or something that just protects him from the sun and he's bold and. 01:13:22.53 Leigha Murray I think that he's bold. Ah yeah I think with ah just people the name like Magnus I typically think of him as very bold and ah, he's probably been around a very long time so he's. Not afraid to take chances. 01:13:40.43 sidekqpodcast Okay, and so typically I believe with vampires in five E if they're like in an area they do affect the local climate. So Maybe it's not quite as dower and gloomy Today. It's like it's maybe like overcast. Um, you know and so he might still have to bear an umbrella or something like that. But you know he's feeling rather Aristocratic. He's out in the carriage ride around the countryside and then he beckons his driver to stop and he'll get out and he will approach. Ah you know levity in The. Ah, Meadow where she's reading and studying and he just kind of puts on this. You know this fancy air and all this charm is just like well my dear Ah, what are you doing out here in this meadow just reading by the roadside. 01:14:33.20 Leigha Murray Um, and then she would respond with um, ah good day. My Lord ah I sometimes like to sit out here and learn the language ah learn the many languages of people. Um, who live outside of my um, ah, live outside of my village as a way to connect um with the outside world. 01:15:00.81 sidekqpodcast He he's impressed. Um, he'll say you know it piques his interest because he hasn't maybe met anyone like this before and so he'll just be like oh quite fascinating and what language is it that you are. 01:15:15.68 sidekqpodcast Taking in today. The. 01:15:16.19 Leigha Murray Today is the language of the elvish people. 01:15:21.60 sidekqpodcast And ah, yes, and so he'll start conversing in elvish to kind of test her level of intelligence and so maybe he says something to the effect of like um I find Elvish is best in the the songs and poetry of old it really captures. Ah, their essence and quality and. 01:15:42.79 Leigha Murray Um, and I would respond ah that I would agree as the Elvish people are very passionate and vibrant people. 01:15:53.65 sidekqpodcast Um, yeah, probably ah something that he hasn't done with someone who's like you know taking ah his his ah his focus like this in such a long Time. He'll actually you know? ah. You know he's still trying to play it cool like as if he is the good guy. Um, you know putting the charms on and so then um, you know maybe he like actually sits down next to her and maybe some of that vampire sort of like washing over you know Aura effect or whatever. And so he's just trying to lay on the charms and just be maybe say something along the lines of like well my dear I have a multitude of books on this language of this field of study and many more in my manner in my ah my abode and I could teach you. Ah, many languages of the world and even more things that you can't study in books so he's he's trying to lay it on a little thick, um, seeing if perhaps like his his pure Machismo and Charisma can kind of win this young maiden over that. 01:16:54.87 Leigha Murray Yeah, and I think she would be a bit hesitant at first because this is a strange man that she's just met but also her family's she's never been outside of her village and she'd be afraid to leave. 01:17:03.43 sidekqpodcast And. 01:17:13.15 Leigha Murray Her family behind to go and study what she imagines is a great collection. 01:17:15.83 sidekqpodcast Okay, and in this particular flashback is this the instance of where you know she's attacked and interned or is this just like their first meeting and then this is going to. Inspire a series of later meetings that's going to eventually lead to that event and. 01:17:38.67 Leigha Murray Um, um. 01:17:39.49 sidekqpodcast I Just wanted to know the dial of like how much is how much is too much. 01:17:44.63 Leigha Murray Yeah, um, because I think this would be what isn't this would be the what essentially gets him to convince her to go um where it would be. 01:18:00.16 Leigha Murray He would have he would manage to convince her to go without having to tell her parents. He'd be like why just live up the road if you'd like borrow some books and then I can ah we can return. Um, return you home to sort of making your thing like oh this isn't like a ah big thing. It's just you know. 01:18:04.79 sidekqpodcast And. 01:18:16.99 sidekqpodcast Okay, so then he does that to that effect you know so he tries to use his persuasion and charm. You know to make it seem as if it's not a big deal and he'll say like oh come with me I have many fine wines that you can. 01:18:17.24 Leigha Murray A couple books you may not have. 01:18:33.54 sidekqpodcast Ah, lounge and a recliner and you could read these books to your heart's Delight. You know I'm happy you know I like you know it's ah you know as if it like it brings him a great joy as if he could do this for her and then you know, however, long she wanted to stay then oh simply? Yes, we could. We could return you to your village and your parents. Um. You know, but they would have no need or worry because I am the great magness I am the the ruler of these lands and you know far be it for me or any of my subjects to feel threatened or you know not cared for is ah the you know what he's saying that. 01:19:08.48 Leigha Murray Yeah, and so she would then feel more comfortable like oh okay, well obviously you know he there's no Ill intent. He just wants to foster my learning and so I being the um ever. 01:19:26.40 Leigha Murray Ah, ever eager fountain of knowledge that I am would be like well Yes, okay, um, as long as I'm able to return before dark I will gladly follow you um to where these books are and then. 01:19:39.20 sidekqpodcast And and and then yeah, probably for Magnus. This is like an instance of him. Um, you know because whereas most of the people under his rule. He views them as like you know, cattle or or dinner or something like that. This is like. An instance of him actually being like could I consider her an equal could she be something more than just my next meal and so you know it's like the super focused zoom in on the neck and so like the the arteries are pulsing and he feels that temptation but he quiets himself. He steadies himself. And he thinks like in his inner Monologue like you know, no, she could become my bride. She could be the one. Ah you know that? um you know rules with me side by side or if not, you know, then she would be. You know the beautiful flower. Ah, next in my ah my harem or or whatever we're imagining this magnus gentleman to be like so he has this very you know this he has this inner dialogue going on as he's you know, escorting her. He lifts her up effortlessly with his one hand. And maybe she's even surprised with like how strong or ah or flexible or fast or fluid in his movement that he is and so he'll just like walk very much like a gentleman and lead her into the carriage. Um and are there any other ah moments or things that she'll say before this. 01:21:11.78 sidekqpodcast First meeting instance of them concludes. First. 01:21:15.48 Leigha Murray Um I don't think she'd so much say anything verbally I think would be more so in her actions where um, you know she just takes one last glance back back at the. 01:21:24.42 sidekqpodcast I. 01:21:32.31 Leigha Murray Ah, Meadow thinking that um you know this is the spot where my life changed. Um, because again he is offering her um a chance to learn more and she just has this feeling that meeting this man has essentially changed the course of her life. She's aware that there's a change coming but she may not necessarily acknowledge or understand that it's not necessarily for um, a good reason you know like she has that feeling of like oh something big is happening and this is the moment that that that change occurred. 01:22:09.71 sidekqpodcast Our our. 01:22:11.42 Leigha Murray And so for her more like an excitement thing without realizing like the danger that she is walking into sort of like lamb to slaughter type. Not slaughter but ah, you know sheep in the lions then more. So. 01:22:27.88 sidekqpodcast All right? and I think that's scene. Yeah I think that sets up ah the the backstory. Ah, very well. So yeah now I'm just interested to learn more about the dynamic between ah Magnus and levity butterworth and like you know where it went right? and where it went wrong and. Ah, now it almost you know, kind of maybe what we possibly posited there in the random encounter section. You know, maybe it's even like ah a spurned lover sort of a thing possibly if you decide to take it that route. 01:22:56.95 Leigha Murray Yeah, um I don't know it's ah I know it's kind of open to possibility there because yeah, it could even be more so. Ah yeah, he's kind of put her in this trance of. Um, like he's because you mentioned earlier that like you know he's kind has like his vampire charming Charisma so imagine that over time she just sort of falls into a trance but it's like the thought of her family and like her having to leave her family that sort of disrupts that and that could be the action that. 01:23:18.28 sidekqpodcast And. 01:23:29.40 sidekqpodcast Oh that caused her to become a damn fear instead of a full vampire and. 01:23:31.63 Leigha Murray Ah, stop right? So like it sort of breaks that um like it's what gives her the fight to pull back. But she's already been halfway through the process that that's why she's sort of like on the break because like maybe she was almost at that point. Almost past the point of no, no Return. Um, but you know not quite far enough to completely come back from it. 01:23:53.22 sidekqpodcast Um. 01:23:56.81 sidekqpodcast So that's really cool. Yeah, no there's some There's some very rich soil here for your plots and your games and everything like that. So definitely I would encourage you to take Magnus and and levity butterworth certainly and put them in your game because I'm sure like all the. The people who love playing vampire the masquerade and and some of these other games are just like oh this is like the the this is the thing that I eat up like yeah more of this in my d and d games or whatever. 01:24:24.78 Leigha Murray Yeah. 01:24:28.43 sidekqpodcast Very cool. Yeah, so what did you think of ah getting to make levity and getting to be back on the podcast. So. 01:24:34.85 Leigha Murray Um I love getting to make levity I She's definitely um oh she was a lot more challenging I think than Skink knows I feel like Skink nose just kind of rolled out fairly easily. 01:24:49.73 sidekqpodcast I. 01:24:52.44 Leigha Murray Um, but levity just based on just the initial things that we rolled out I thought there were so many layers that you could potentiallyally put with this character which would then take it in so many different directions and that's kind of. 01:24:57.81 sidekqpodcast I. 01:25:09.24 Leigha Murray Um, like it's interesting to think of like all the different directions. She could go. Ah. 01:25:11.76 sidekqpodcast Yeah, yeah, yeah I Love it too like the openness of how you want to take it. It's like oh am I getting my Ex lover and I'm having to capture him to bring him to me. You know oh this is the man that promised me so much and I'm getting my revenge is it. Yeah, it could be any number of different ways or oh. You know he's just the one that changed my life and you know I want to get back to my life and so that's why I need him captured. Um you know, but because he's this powerful Vampire. He's been. You know Beyond my grasp to actually get and then that's why she needs the players to step in in order to capture this vampire magnus to bring him. Ah, to her? Yeah, very. 01:25:53.30 Leigha Murray Yeah, so I I can wait to see I'm definitely gonna try to remember all this but I will come back to your ah little story stab that I found earlier. Um, because I'm sure it'll be up there before I can get around to it. But. I Definitely would love to see where these characters go um I consider myself an amateur writer by Amateur I mean I have several books that I've started and have never finished but I like where this is going So The the writer in me is like continue. 01:26:14.33 sidekqpodcast Yeah. 01:26:20.41 sidekqpodcast And. 01:26:28.58 sidekqpodcast And sure. Yeah and you know I would encourage you if you wanted to write more on this and share it with us in the Podcast. We'd be happy to to post it on the subreddit or wherever else you know and then that might give other player characters that might give other players or other dungeon masters. Um, some rich. Ah, fodder to be able to use for their games as far as like motivations and the dynamics between magness and levity Butterworth you know? Ah you know the you know the unwilling bride the ex-lover you know the the failed ah ah vampire bride or Or. Or whatever the the variation might be very cool. Well as we're here in the final moments of the show. You know I Always like to give the stage the microphone the soapbox the platform all that good stuff over to the guests. So if you want to be found on social media where can we find you. 01:27:06.97 Leigha Murray Yeah. 01:27:24.53 sidekqpodcast If there's any projects that we need to be made aware of that We can you know support you on if there's any passions or causes that we meet that we need to be made aware of let us know what those are so. 01:27:36.42 Leigha Murray Um I am still on Facebook and Tick Tock under Leah De Seaw Murray um I mentioned earlier I have a couple of friends that are out here. Um doing great things. So definitely look for Carter Anderson comedy on Tiktok give him a follow. He is hilarious. You will not ah, go wrong and then my two friends that do play d and d have also started a podcast where they talk about ah discuss ah different web tunes. 01:28:08.19 sidekqpodcast Okay. 01:28:08.85 Leigha Murray But they're reading and I believe called splat. Um and you can find them wherever podcasts are available. So um, give them a listen. They are definitely ah, very intriguing my friend their names are Amber and Ashley. Um, it's them and 2 other people from their d and b group actually ah that started this podcast so definitely give them a follow and ah keep playing mortal combat so they'll keep making new games because I am here for that. 01:28:43.22 sidekqpodcast Awesome! Well Leah thank you so much for coming back on the podcast. Glad to have you back and glad to catch up and can't wait to have you back on to make even more and pcs. 01:28:54.77 Leigha Murray Oh yeah, and thank you for having me. 01:28:58.40 sidekqpodcast All right? So we'll stop the recording there.