{"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 40: The Castle Eschatonica 08","slug":"perpetua-40-the-castle-eschatonica-08","published_at":"2026-04-21T06:44:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friends-at-the-table-977731/perpetua-40-the-castle-eschatonica-08","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friends-at-the-table-977731","url":"https://friendsatthetable.net/perpetua-40-the-castle-eschatonica-08","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/friendsatthetable/Perpetua_40_The_Castle_Eschatonica_08.mp3?dest-id=550849","summary":"At the highest point of the Castle Eschatonica, the crew of the Little Snail and Team ABC finally find some answers to their most desperate questions. And yet, many mysteries remain, perhaps most of all: How can they escape this castle and return to the paths from which they were pulled away? For that, the answer is simple: Walk on… and beware the True Beckonings. This week on Perpetua: The Castle Eschatonica 08 Perpetua Guide [In Progress v.0599] Some Feedback [Page 59 of 60] Alukard83 So does anyone know what happens if you don't resist the beckonings? TheUnforgivenIII That depends on which one it is, right? Don't you just get the thing? Alukard83 But aren't some of them really big changes? Like sure, if you get the pet landshark, you just get the companion added to your sheet. But if Elena retires to takeover her family's bar, doesn't wouldn't that like, end the story for her? FriendOfNei Woah, I didn't get either of those options when I hit the True Beckonings chapter. What the heck! For me, Elena was offered the chance to build her own megadungeon, and there was nothing shark related for anyone (land or sea or otherwise). Anyone know what's going on here?I promise I'm not freaking out and leaving this time, I just really want to know what I missed! xXZelgadyskXx Maybe it's random? Has anyone tried loading up a save from before the Beckonings to see if it's always the same? TheUnforgivenIII I just tried and it SUCKS, it takes SO LONG. The only save point is before you meet Gnova so you have to wait through THAT WHOLE UNSKIPPABLE CUTSCENE and all that text before you get to even SEE the Beckonings again, and it was all the same for me anyway. Doom_Tree_Anne Since the \"True Beckonings\" are meant to relate to what someone really desires deep down inside, maybe it's ti…","meta_description":"At the highest point of the Castle Eschatonica, the crew of the Little Snail and Team ABC finally find some answers to their most desperate questions. And…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5330,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/friends-at-the-table-977731/episodes/perpetua-40-the-castle-eschatonica-08/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-40-the-castle-eschatonica-08.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}