{"podcast":{"title":"Friends at the Table","slug":"friends-at-the-table-977731","podcast_index_feed_id":977731,"rss_url":"https://friendsatthetable.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://friendsatthetable.net","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/7/d/8/1/7d815f6a3dd6d5f6d959afa2a1bf1c87/PerpetuaCover-20250314-66jtvbngjf.jpg","author":"Friends at the Table","episode_count":546,"summary":"Friends at the Table is an actual play podcast about critical worldbuilding, smart characterization, and fun interaction between good friends. Find us (and a listener guide) @Friends_Table on Twitter.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friends-at-the-table-977731"},"episode":{"title":"Perpetua 37: The Castle Eschatonica 05","slug":"perpetua-37-the-castle-eschatonica-05","published_at":"2026-03-15T16:18:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friends-at-the-table-977731/perpetua-37-the-castle-eschatonica-05","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friends-at-the-table-977731","url":"https://friendsatthetable.net/perpetua-37-the-castle-eschatonica-05","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/friendsatthetable/Perpetua_37_The_Castle_Eschatonica_05.mp3?dest-id=550849","summary":"It moved towards Antistrophe, Caoimhe, and Nicky through the dark as something other than itself. A creature of guile and hunger, whose taste for life is well developed and whose limbs are the limbs of others. Meanwhile, amidst the revelers of the High Masque, the moonlit wing's adventurers mix and mingle. Will they try to puzzle their way through the rhyming door, or sate themselves on delicacies and dances instead of dungeoneering… This week on Perpetua: The Castle Eschatonica 05 Perpetua Guide [Community Addendum Part 03] What's up every-freakin-body. It's THEUNFORGIVENIII and I decided to pick up on Nei's slack. Maybe he'll see what a good job I'm doing and come back to try to one up me. Then the real rivalry will begin… Anyway, it's boss fight time. I made a few updates to Nei's format. I KNOW that he says he doesn't wanna get some specific spoilers in these enemy rundowns but I think that's pretty fuggin lazy. Maybe you can learn a few things from a real gamer, Nei. (bcuz i KNOW you're secretly reading along) Strange Hornet [NMSH] LEVEL : 10 RANK : SOLDIER TYPE : BRUTE TRAITS : CORPSE, PUPPETTED, UNDEAD STATS : DEX 8, INS 6, MIG 10, WLP 8 DEF : 8 MAGDEF : 6 HP : 70 MP : 45 INITIATIVE : 7 ATTACKS Buzzing Bash : Melee, [MIG + MIG], [HR + 10] PHYSICAL DAMAGE Stinger Shot : Ranged, [DEX + MIG], [HR + 5] PHYSICAL DAMAGE SPECIAL ABILITIES Brute : +1 to all accuracy and magical accuracy rolls Just a Puppet : \"When the strange Hornet is reduced to 0 Hit Points for the first time, it is instead reduced to exactly 1 Hit Point and Malathornia, Wicked Weaver is revealed.\" ELEMENTAL INFO : Vulnerable to Fire and Light IN-GAME DESCRIPTION: It's moving weird… EXPERT INFO: If you think \"we're really kicking this guy's ass, this must be a fakeout,\" then you're at least a class B…","meta_description":"It moved towards Antistrophe, Caoimhe, and Nicky through the dark as something other than itself. A creature of guile and hunger, whose taste for life is…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6215,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/friends-at-the-table-977731/episodes/perpetua-37-the-castle-eschatonica-05/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friends-at-the-table-977731/perpetua-37-the-castle-eschatonica-05.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}