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* GagBoobs: Maq is sure to mention Cacophony's giant bosom when first describing her.
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* FastBallSpecial: Artie is strong enough to toss one of his compatriots in the air. The first time he uses this, though, is throwing Aelfgifu up so she can help him cheat at a hedge maze.



* HedgeMaze: There's one found behind Wyn's door in the personal dreamscape from Taphos. It's a replica of a real one owned by the Noblewoman she defeated in her origin story.



** Cacophony and Xilwin own several sweatshirts from various universities.

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** Cacophony and Xilwin Xilwyn own several sweatshirts from various universities.



* YouOweMe: A lot of information exchange works like this in Providence Bay. Xilwin sought out the reason behind Aelfgifu's disappearances, and in return indebted herself to the proprietor of Club Gehenna. Upon informing Captain Bondar of this situation, she's greeted by a loud "You did '''what'''?!"

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* YouOweMe: A lot of information exchange works like this in Providence Bay. Xilwin Xilwyn sought out the reason behind Aelfgifu's disappearances, and in return indebted herself to the proprietor of Club Gehenna. Upon informing Captain Bondar of this situation, she's greeted by a loud "You did '''what'''?!"
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* SecretTestOfCharacter: While on Taphos, the party are sent to a dreamscape that takes the form of a crystal palace, and in order to escape they have to face several challenges representing their personal anxieties.
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* CallBack: Episode 100 starts with the party being spirited away to a mysterious room, and both Jyll and Aelfgifu compare it to last time (at Castle Kronos). Which resulted in mixed feelings for them.
** The same episode also has Aelfgifu remember that last time the party didn't check for traps, a rug tried to eat Cacophony.
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** When recapping the events of episode 99, which involved crabs, Alexi refers to [[VideoGame/{{Blaseball}} the greatest blaseball team ever]].
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* FoulWaterfowl: Aelfgifu meets a Swan on Harenna, and is disappointed to learn that, like most swans, it's a jerk. Unlike most swans it's also racist against non-elves.
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** Later on, Jyll's research points towards Ethla being stuck in Ysgard.
** When Jylliana encounters Baphomet, he says that Ethla [[spoiler: burned out all her energy to protect a single little world, and now she's asleep as well as stuck in Ysgard]].


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* TermsOfEndangerment: The god Baphomet refers to Jylliana as "Little Angel", and it's rather unnerving.
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Our story begins after a strange and fantastic series of falling stars land in the wilderness surrounding the coastal city of Stormhaven. Three part-time adventurers--the boisterous elven bard Cacophony (Maq), the no-nonsense aasimar cleric Jylliana (Annie), and the stoic human ranger [=Æ=]lfgifu (Vicki initially, with Alexi taking over later)--come across a disheveled woman trying to reach one of the landing sites. As they help her they discover the stars are actually ships that sail beyond the limits of their planet, and soon they are embroiled in a cosmic adventure. Later on they're joined by feisty pirate triton Artie (Rio), and together the party encounters all manner of ancient monsters, political intrigue, and sexy book clubs.

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Our story begins after a strange and fantastic series of falling stars land in the wilderness surrounding the coastal city of Stormhaven. Three part-time adventurers--the boisterous elven bard Cacophony (Maq), the no-nonsense aasimar cleric Jylliana (Annie), and the stoic human ranger [=Æ=]lfgifu (Vicki initially, with Alexi taking over later)--come across a disheveled woman trying to reach one of the landing sites. As they help her they discover the stars are actually ships that sail beyond the limits of their planet, and soon they are embroiled in a cosmic adventure. Later on they're joined by feisty pirate triton Artie (Rio), (Rio) and bookish orc druid Lachlan (Anna), and together the party encounters all manner of ancient monsters, political intrigue, and sexy book clubs.

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* AlienLunch: [=Æ=]lfgifu goes to a space station pub for lunch and orders the chowder. It looks at her funny.


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* WeirdWorldWeirdFood: [=Æ=]lfgifu goes to a space station pub for lunch and orders the chowder. It looks at her funny.
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* DarkSkinnedBlond: Jylliana has dark skin but platinum blonde hair, which causes her to stand out despite her wanting to blend in.
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* IsleOfGiantHorrors: The party must navigate one on Taphos that's populated by, among other things, Chimeras, Wyverns, and Perytons. There's also a dragon turtle somewhere in the area as well.
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* ForcedTransformation: Jylliana gets hit by polymorphing curses throughout the battle with Kronos, turning first into a [[spoiler: wolf]] and then a [[spoiler: giant toad]]. Because she had cat Radiant Soul earlier, all of the animals have big glowing angel wings.

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* ForcedTransformation: Jylliana gets hit by polymorphing curses throughout the battle with Kronos, turning first into a [[spoiler: wolf]] and then a [[spoiler: giant toad]]. Because she had cat cast Radiant Soul earlier, all of the animals have big glowing angel wings.

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* BalefulPolymorph: Jylliana gets hit by polymorphing curses throughout the battle with Kronos, turning first into a [[spoiler: wolf]] and then a [[spoiler: giant toad]]. Because she had cat Radiant Soul earlier, all of the animals have big glowing angel wings.


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* ForcedTransformation: Jylliana gets hit by polymorphing curses throughout the battle with Kronos, turning first into a [[spoiler: wolf]] and then a [[spoiler: giant toad]]. Because she had cat Radiant Soul earlier, all of the animals have big glowing angel wings.

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* AbsoluteCleavage: Cacophony is introduced wearing a tunic with a ''very'' deep v-cut.


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* NavelDeepNeckline: Cacophony is introduced wearing a tunic with a ''very'' deep v-cut.
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* FlatWorld: Taphos is a flat disc balanced precariously on the back of a gigantic bull, which itself is standing on the inside of the sphere when they enter. Whenever the bull adjusts it's footing it causes Earthquakes on the disc.



* FragileSpeedster: The Kesterl is a ship version. It's very fast, and can occasionally hold its own against weaker opponents thanks to it's skilled crew, but Captain Bondar stresses that in ship-to-ship combat it can only take a single hit, ''maybe'' two before it goes down.

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* FragileSpeedster: The Kesterl Kestrel is a ship version. It's very fast, and can occasionally hold its own against weaker opponents thanks to it's skilled crew, but Captain Bondar stresses that in ship-to-ship combat it can only take a single hit, ''maybe'' two before it goes down.

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* ChristmasInJuly: The Midwinter Birthinox (the Christmas equivalent for the Temple of Ethla) episode came out on July 9th due to the WebcomicTime of the show.



* YouMeanXmas: Midwinter Birthinox, a celebration out of the Temple of Ethla held on the longest, darkest night of the year and symbolic of everybody's birthday. It's a huge party that lasts from sunrise to sunrise the following day, there's a fake fire and parties and drinking and laughter, and at the end the Crimson Abbess and Bone-White Jacques come by to ask everyone riddles and you have to give them coffee and buns. Based on those descriptions it seems to combine elements of standard solstice festivals and Welsh Christmas traditions.

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* YouMeanXmas: Midwinter Birthinox, a celebration out of the Temple of Ethla held on the longest, darkest night of the year and symbolic of everybody's birthday. It's a huge party that lasts from sunrise to sunrise the following day, there's a fake fire and parties and drinking and laughter, and at the end the Crimson Abbess and Bone-White Jacques come by to ask everyone riddles riddles, and you have to give them coffee and buns.buns and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick confirm you've been good or the Abbess feeds Jacques your name]]. Based on those descriptions it seems to combine elements of standard solstice festivals and Welsh Christmas traditions.
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* TheStarsAreGoingOut: Jylliana had a dream about this shortly before she met Aelfgifu and Cacophony (pre-series). She didn't think too much of it until [[spoiler: Aelfgifu]] has a similar dream.

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* ChekhovsGun: The Ethlan artifacts stored in the Broken Palace on Port Meridian include include a horn. Later the crew gets a prophecy via Legend Lore stating [[spoiler: "The world of Meridian broke, but the will of the Ethlans did not. Find the horn and it will open the way to Ysgard".]]



* EldritchAbomination: Atra's definition of The World Eater, according to Lizardfolk lore. [[spoiler: It's not a thing that is motivated, it's just a thing that is. It's a creature of the negative energy plane. If someone is forming a cult around it, there's somebody at the head that's not the World Eater.]]



* FloatingContinent: The Gnomes managed to get their capital, Gnometopia, to first fly above the ground and now is capable of space flight. It currently travels from sphere to sphere.



* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Cacophony gets these when she's possessed in episode 18.



* GuestStarPartyMember: Grak the Dohwar (penguin-person) joins the group in "Port Meridian", played by [[https://twitter.com/vriosart Rio]].
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Cacophony gets these when she's possessed in episode 18.

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* GuestStarPartyMember: Grak GunshipRescue: While things are looking a little concerning for the Dohwar (penguin-person) joins the group in "Port Meridian", played by [[https://twitter.com/vriosart Rio]].
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Cacophony gets these
crew when she's possessed in episode 18.fighting undead on Iolara, they're rescued by [[spoiler: the appearance of a gnomish ship armed with a flamethrower]].



* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Nevaris was investigating something called "the World Eater" and its associated cult, who are responsible for the attack on Stormhaven.

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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Nevaris was investigating something called "the World Eater" and its associated cult, who are responsible for the attack on Stormhaven. The Lizardfolk know of it as "The Worm that Whispers", which isn't any better.


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* SequelHook: In episode 28, Max leaves the Kestrel to check on his family and tells the crew not to help him (and Kit tells them not to follow because it's not a sidequest, it's a way to get him out of the plot temporarily). Whenever they check up on him every arc or so, he's clearly still deeply entrenched in this plot.
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*** For that matter, Jylliana's Space Fun Helmet goes "wee woo". And everyone forgets about it until she has to use it.

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*** For that matter, Jylliana's Space Fun Helmet goes "wee woo"."wee-woo". And everyone forgets about it until she has to use it.
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* CoolHelmet: Inverted. Jylliana loots [[https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/117107/whats-the-story-behind-the-spock-helmet the Space-Fun Helmet]]. While it does reveal invisible objects and give advantage on saving throws, it also makes her look like an asshole.

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* CoolHelmet: Inverted. Jylliana loots [[https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/117107/whats-the-story-behind-the-spock-helmet the Space-Fun Space Fun Helmet]]. While it does reveal invisible objects and give advantage on saving throws, it also makes her look like an asshole.



*** For that matter, Jylliana's Space Fun Helemt goes "wee woo". And everyone forgets about it until she has to use it.

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*** For that matter, Jylliana's Space Fun Helemt Helmet goes "wee woo". And everyone forgets about it until she has to use it.
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* NonHumanUndead: The boss fight in Episode 90 includes the party fighting a minotaur skeleton.
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* FragileSpeedster: The Kesterl is a ship version. It's very fast, and can occasionally hold its own against weaker opponents thanks to it's skilled crew, but Captain Bondar stresses that in ship-to-ship combat it can only take a single hit, ''maybe'' two before it goes down.


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* MadScientist: Gnomes have this as their hat. Artie says they have "shit you've never seen before - probably because they invented it". After being described in various ways during the Biancarda mission, they make their first appearance in episode 89...in a spelljammer with a ''flamethrower'' attached.


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** While helping defend Biancarda, the party face a ship crewed by undead and made from the corpse of a Kindori.

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* LizardFolk: Finn the cook is a Kobold.

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* LivingBattery: The forces of the World Eater are after [[spoiler: Starhearts, because their connection to the Plane of Radiance enables them to power Lifejammers indefinitely]]. Of course they'd still be tortured by the process, so it's not like any of them would willingly join.
* LizardFolk: Finn the cook is a Kobold. There's also an alliance of more traditional lizardfolk who created an interstellar hatchery for their young orbitting Iolara.

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* CapturedOnPurpose: The party gets cornered by the Senagora city guard and are charged with [[spoiler: the murder of the Fiore twins and attempted murder of Countess Tornincasa]]. They realize that this could work in their favour since it would put them in the same building as Tornincasa, who they're trying to take down anyway.

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* CapturedOnPurpose: The party gets cornered by the Senagora city guard and are charged with [[spoiler: the murder of the Fiore twins and attempted murder of Countess Tornincasa]]. They realize that this could work in their favour since it getting arrested would put them in the same building as Tornincasa, who they're trying to take down anyway.anyway.
* CastFromLifespan: Lifejammer helms can give a spelljammer a ''lot'' more power than normal methods, at the cost of basiclaly torturing the pilot to death (unless they're extremely powerful, like a [[spoiler: Starheart]]).



* CelestialBody: The constellates are beings hundreds of miles wide and made of light that live in Wyldspace, and are seen as constellations from planets. [[spoiler: Jylliana sees the Serpent Constellation from the deck of the Kestrel, and it looks back at her.]]

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* CelestialBody: The constellates are beings hundreds of miles wide and made of light that live in Wyldspace, and are seen as constellations from planets. [[spoiler: Jylliana sees the Serpent Constellation from the deck of the Kestrel, and it looks back at her.]]her]].
** There are also Starhearts who, thanks to a twist of fate involving being born in wildspace, have a portal to the Plane of Radiance where there heart would be.



* ForceFieldDoor: Cacophony improvises one by casting Tiny Hut in the entrance of a tunnel, since only her allies can move and attack through it.



* InternalReveal: The spell "Planeshift" is decently known to D&D players, but Jyll is floored when she is told that it's even a possibility. She's been stressing about not always being in contact with Ethla, so being told that travelling to her realm is not only possible but for some people ''easy'' is a major gamechanger.



** Atra claims to have once helped invent a god.



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* WriteWhatYouKnow: Occasionally a location will be inspired by a landmark in Edmonton, Alberta that Kit is familiar with. Stuff, Tasty Tom's, and the lizardfolk hatchery were all influenced by the city.

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* FormulaBreakingEpisode: Episode 78 "JAILJAMMER" takes place while the main cast is arrested, so the players take up different characters to break into the Arsenal and help break their main characters out.



* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Episode 78 "JAILJAMMER" takes place while the main cast is arrested, so the players take up different characters to break into the Arsenal and help break their main characters out.
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* ExplosiveBreeder: Lizardfolk are described as this, having a huge clutch of eggs and relying on the law of averages to mean their young survive. That's why Iolara is such a big deal - a planet-sized hatchery run by multiple factions of lizardfolk represents a major change in how they approach both child rearing and community at large. If it keeps up, they could easily become a major power in Wildspace in a few generations - ''their'' generations.


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** Jylliana assesses a situation on Iolara, where the party might be able to set up bottleneck of traps to fight off the approaching undead forces, and compares it to that old folk tale about [[VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies the plants and the zombies]].


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* VaguenessIsComing: The World Eater has this vibe for many of it's early appearances.
** A more neutral variation is highlighted when the party are helping Atra on Iolara. She performed a divination, but states that such acts are not exact - she knows an attack is coming between one and six hours from then, and she knew help was coming but not who it would be.
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* OnceForYesTwiceForNo: The party encounter a floating eyeball watching them on Iolara and try to communicate with it by telling it to blink once for yes, twice for no. When Kit informs them that it's just a ball, no lids, they tell it to ''spin'' once for yes, twice for no. That ends up working.

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* TwoDSpace: Lampshaded in episode 85. Artie and Aelfgifu want to attack a suspicious ship they've spotted, but Captain Bondar points out that in order to be in range they'd have to land directly beside it, opening themselves up to attack as well. The two tell her they should just go sideways, but Bondar counters that doing so would cause the other ship to orient it's own gravity plane on them and cause everyone to slide off the ship.
-->'''Annie:''' Delightful, ''Spelljammer'' has it's own reason for stupid gravity.



* IHaveThisFriend: When Lachlan describes his first experience flying a ship, he mentions "a certain person" taking the reentry angle wrong and nearly burning the ship up, which was a bad time for "a certain plant person".

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** Jylliana has concerns about Max's Sendings became very brief and brusque, and voices her concerns to the party as questions about a book she's reading and what they think that means. Pretty much everyone catches on to what she's implying, despite Jyll's insistence to the contrary.


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* RingWorldPlanet: Iolara, the hatchery for many spacefaring Lizardfolk, used to be one. However at some point it was broken into multiple pieces, though they are still in orbit around the star.
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* FunetikAksent: Jyll's attempts at signing with Finn can come close, as Annie will often spell out words or stutter through one word before substituting a simpler one as a representation of Jyll forgetting certain signs or fingerspelling.

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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Thazita casually tells Jylliana that she thinks all gods are selfish and more trouble than there worth, and doesn't even notice Jyll becoming angry when she refers to worshippers of Ethla as a "cult", or shares theories that all deities are actually facacdes put on by extraplanar beings.

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** The Party are responsible for this towards Natalia Cervantes. When they first meet her they recall her being mentioned in Nevaris' notes along with the term "Starheart", and assume it's a codeword of some kind. [[spoiler: It's actually a term for someone who was born in space and has a miniature portal to the Plane of Radiance in place of a heart. This makes them very useful for powering Lifejammers indefinitely. Natalia is one, so she automatically assumes that the party knowing the term meant they knew about her and were threatening her, and every time she helped the party it was under duress from her perspective]]. Countess Aguilar calls the party out on this after they finish up in Senagora.



* NoodleIncident: Cacophony, [=Æ=]lfgifu, and Jylliana have had a few adventures before the story proper starts, on account of the players having adventures with the characters as well. One such mission mentioned to Alanna involved stopping a murderous scarecrow rampaging through town.

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Cacophony, [=Æ=]lfgifu, and Jylliana have had a few adventures before the story proper starts, on account of the players having adventures with the characters as well. One such mission mentioned to Alanna involved stopping a murderous scarecrow rampaging through town.town.
** When asked if he can sign a Tome of Shadows so the owner can Sending to one of the party, Artie states he's no longer allowed to sign legal documents.

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