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Bishop Raphaniel Charlock
Bishop Raphaniel Charlock is a very wizened and elderly radish in heavy vestments, with a crozier that marks his station as a bishop RW E1·00:09:46. He has served the spiritual needs of the royal family of King Cardoon and his widow RW E1·00:09:46. The widowed queen says he is the only person who gives her solace in troubled times RW E1·00:11:04. He notices that a knight has seen Karna wear a certain visage RW E1·00:15:01.
Raphaniel is the Bulbian Bishop of Greenhold who advises Queen Amangeaux, and at the Comida reception he tells her that she will become a dam RW E1·00:09:46 RW E1·01:33:41. In episode 2 he urges her to return to Fructera for a wedding with Count Tomaté RW E2·00:25:13. He says he spent two years searching church records for the Fellowship and found only splinter sects, the Prophidian Heresy and the Ramsian Doctrine RW E2·00:30:44. In episode 3 he takes part in the ambush with Bardic Inspiration and Heroism, and after the killing in the carriage Brennan narrates that he recognises Queen Pamelia Rocks as a woman who humiliated and mocked him at the Pyramid of Food RW E3·00:15:36 RW E3·00:36:47 RW E3·01:33:04. In the cavern he feels sudden shame and collapses RW E3·02:10:13 RW E3·02:10:31.
In episode 4 Brennan calls him a husk of a man; he confronts Archbishop Colliflour, then accepts her vision with grace while swearing to destroy "this woman" RW E4·00:27:13 RW E4·00:36:47 RW E4·00:40:52 RW E4·00:41:06. He burns his notes on the Fellowship of Destiny's Architects, becomes devout for the first time, and is demoted from bishop to archdeacon and sent to Comida RW E4·00:42:23 RW E4·00:43:24 RW E4·00:49:30. He persuades Colin to return to the sealed cave, which does not open to him, and later he crawls naked into the tunnel and breathes the spores RW E4·00:57:05 RW E4·01:01:20 RW E4·02:16:36 RW E4·02:24:44. In episode 5 he does not cast Shatter at the surprise round because the Saprophians may be "angels of a mushroom god that can save me from perdition" RW E5·00:06:57. He then orders "Kill them" and unmakes a Saprophian with Universal Mockery RW E5·00:32:04 RW E5·00:44:50. He produces a shard of the Bulb and joins the plan to enter as captors RW E5·02:26:17 RW E5·02:34:40.
In episode 6 he opens the battle with a subtle upcast Shatter RW E6·00:11:18 RW E6·00:12:51. He tells Amangeaux "I saw to poisoning your late husband as many times as I could" RW E6·00:37:27. He refuses the Archbishop's offer with "I'm no one's pawn!" and dives into the mycelium RW E6·00:41:15 RW E6·00:41:24. He communes with the heart and persuades it, then dies to the disposal RW E6·01:01:33 RW E6·01:04:16 RW E6·01:41:45. His last words are "I've connected to the first place that ever felt like home." RW E6·01:42:03. In Brennan's epilogue his writings are found by Belizabeth Brassica RW E6·02:19:46.
Character sheet — The Ravening War
The Ravening War sheet of Bishop Raphaniel Charlock (played by Brennan Lee Mulligan). Only what is said in play or shown on the on-screen stat cards; dotted values are derived from spoken rolls. Values shown are the latest up to your chosen episode.
Class
Rogue 3 / Bard 6 RW E4·01:40:52 RW E4·02:10:54 RW E5·00:10:13 RW E6·00:12:14Rogue 1 / Bard 4 RW E1·00:59:55 RW E2·00:21:28 RW E3·00:45:28 RW E4·00:27:21—
Subclass
College of Eloquence RW E1·00:59:55 RW E2·00:21:28 RW E3·00:45:28 RW E4·00:27:21 RW E4·01:40:52 RW E5·00:10:13 RW E6·00:12:14—
Level
AC
Spell save DC
16 RW E6·00:12:5915 RW E3·01:29:42—
STR
DEX
CON
INT
WIS
Skills
- Acrobatics: +5 RW E5·01:13:40+4 RW E3·01:04:08—
- Deception: +10 RW E1·02:07:13 RW E1·02:08:02 RW E2·01:05:25—
- Persuasion: +12 RW E5·00:31:00+10 RW E2·00:22:44—
Saving throws
- Constitution: -2 RW E3·01:05:18 RW E3·01:05:39—
- Strength: -2 RW E6·01:41:01 RW E6·01:41:13—
Features
- Telepathic — Character feature on his card; Brennan says he speaks telepathically to Karna, 'for the first time that you've seen me do this in our long relationship'. RW E1·00:59:55 RW E1·02:09:34
- Metamagic Adept — Character feature on his card. RW E1·00:59:55
- Subtle Spell — Casts Detect Thoughts with Subtle Spell, moving it from person to person without probing deeper. RW E1·00:59:35 RW E1·00:59:54
- Staff relic of the Bulbian faith — Casts through his staff, 'known to be a relic of the Bulbian faith'. RW E1·00:59:35
- Bardic Inspiration — Gives Bardic Inspiration to Colin, then to the Queen, Karna and Deli. RW E3·00:15:36 RW E3·00:25:47
- Fell from the carriage hill — Jumps after Amangeaux: he rolls a three on his Acrobatics, he lands prone for one bludgeoning damage, and keeps concentration with an 11. RW E3·01:04:18 RW E3·01:05:39
- Dead-wall Detect Thoughts and collapse — Casts Detect Thoughts on the wall (no Subtle Spell left), hears 'Welcome. You must go. Tell no one.', feels a sudden shame and collapses. RW E3·02:08:22 RW E3·02:10:13 RW E3·02:10:31
- Learns Nondetection and Speak with Dead — Brennan: at his next bard level he gets the spells Nondetection and Speak with Dead. RW E4·00:44:21
- Inquisitive — Character feature on his card, new beside College of Eloquence, Telepathic and Metamagic Adept. RW E4·01:40:52 RW E5·00:10:13 RW E6·00:12:14
- Passive Perception 17 — Asked for his passive Perception at the war tent: '17.' RW E4·02:10:00
- Cunning Action — Runs from the tent: 'I now have Cunning Action, which I didn't have before.' RW E4·02:10:54
- Extend Spell — Heroism with Extend Spell on Karna, Colin and Deli. RW E5·00:51:26 RW E5·00:51:40
- Universal Speech — Speaks to the Saprophians and the mycelium; he rolls a seven and fails. RW E5·00:29:56 RW E5·00:31:29
- Paralysed by the cleric — Fails a Wisdom save with a 10 and is paralysed by the cleric; frees himself at the end of the next turn with a 20. RW E5·01:31:35 RW E5·01:32:30
- Unsettling Words — Spends a Bardic Inspiration on Unsettling Words: the next saving throw she makes before the start of that next turn is minus six. RW E6·00:14:54 RW E6·00:15:24
- Poisoned by the fungus — Takes six poison from the fungus; he gives Karna his last Bardic Inspiration, a d8. RW E6·01:05:40 RW E6·01:06:18
- Hit points before the disposal — Brennan: 'I'm at 21 currently' after 24 piercing damage from the disposal: 'That's gonna bring me to... Zero.' RW E6·01:41:01 RW E6·01:41:39 RW E6·01:41:45
- Death — Dies in the disposal. His last speech begins 'I've connected to the first place that ever felt like home.' and Matt narrates 'A spray of now liquified radish colors the inside of the small opening to the heart of the mycelium.' RW E6·01:42:03 RW E6·01:43:11
- His writings found — Epilogue narrated by Brennan: after Archbishop Colliflour vanishes, Colliflour's successor as Archbishop of Greenhold, a young Belizabeth Brassica, discovers his writings on the Ramsian Doctrine, the Prophidian Heresy and the threat posed by the Sanctus Putris, and becomes ascendant with the strength of those writings; she also finds the scrolls of genealogy in his study, maps and plans from when a young Raphaniel realized that if Arthur Cardoon never had an heir it would likely mean war. RW E6·02:18:48 RW E6·02:19:46
Spells
- Mage Armor — Cast on himself with his staff, eight-hour duration. RW E1·00:59:35
- Detect Thoughts — Cast with Subtle Spell, moved from person to person. RW E1·00:59:35
- Enhance Ability — Subtle Spell Enhance Ability for a Deception roll ('a nine, and that's a 17, 27'). RW E2·01:05:25
- Heroism — Cast on Amangeaux and himself. RW E3·00:36:47
- Shatter — Subtle Spell Shatter on the hillside, with Deception 27 to seem surprised. RW E3·00:47:05 RW E3·00:47:14
- Shield — Shield from his staff stops the gummy bear's spear: 'This is a known relic of the church.' Asked for his full AC with the shield's plus five, he says 22. RW E3·01:44:15 RW E3·01:45:04
- Suggestion — Cast on the fleeing agent, who makes a Wisdom save. RW E5·00:10:57 RW E5·00:11:56
- Vicious Mockery — Cast with Universal Speech as 'Universal Mockery' on a Saprophian, which crumbles. RW E5·00:44:23 RW E5·00:44:50
- Silvery Barbs — Used on the Saprophian's natural 20; Matt: 'To a natural one!' RW E6·00:33:11 RW E6·00:33:18
- Cure Wounds — Heals the mycelium for seven hit points: 'finally fuckin' healing something'. RW E6·01:24:48
Items
- Staff — A staff 'known to be a relic of the Bulbian faith', used to cast spells. RW E1·00:59:35
- Skull of the corn agent — Brennan: ties his skull to his belt. RW E5·00:46:03
- Shard of the Bulb — Religion 14: the glowing object is a shard of the Bulb; the Saprophians wince at it. RW E5·01:50:11 RW E5·01:50:41
- Colin's father's skull — Puts the fractured skull of Colin's father into his bag. RW E5·01:54:43
By episode
RW E1: The Seeds of Conflict
- "A very wizened and elderly radish", in heavy vestments, with a crozier "the symbol of my station as a bishop" — 00:09:46. He has served "the spiritual needs of the royal family of King Cardoon and his widow" — 00:09:46
- Notices that the knight has seen Karna: "That knight has seen you wear this visage." — 00:15:01
- Says he will make sure the injured knight is sent "to a hospital very far from the action" — 00:39:59
- Uses his staff, "known to be a relic of the Bulbian faith", to cast Mage Armor and Subtle Spell Detect Thoughts — 00:59:35; he keeps it light: "Not ever probing deeper." — 00:59:54
- Advises the queen on succession, calling her a dam: "you will become a dam" — 01:33:41
- Burns the tea sachet, turns invisible and leaves — 01:56:16
- Later: "I'm just such a tired, little old guy." — 02:10:03; Brennan says he speaks telepathically to Karna for the first time "in our long relationship" — 02:09:34
- His answer to the Fellowship: "I will acquiesce. And if not, then I will smile through whatever consequence awaits." — 02:23:25
- Stat card: Rogue and Bard (levels 1 and 4 in the card's order), AC 14, College of Eloquence, Telepathic, Metamagic Adept; STR 7, CON 6, CHA 18, with INT, WIS, DEX each read as 16 by Apple Vision [?] — 00:59:55
RW E2: Bloody Harvest
- Reads the situation as "the tide has gone back out" and wants to "put a thumb on the scale" — 00:21:28; Amangeaux joining Tomaté "emboldens them to commit, double down on the claim, gives them extra legitimacy" — 00:21:56
- Urges Amangeaux to return to Fructera: "A wedding between you and the Count Tomaté" — 00:25:13; "The Bulb blesses all with a good heart" — 00:26:12
- Orders Sir Allium to protect "these pilgrims" in "their identities" — 00:28:44
- Spent two years searching church records for the Fellowship: "a dirty 20", finding only splinter sects, the Prophidian Heresy, the Ramsian Doctrine and missing pages — 00:30:44, 00:30:47
- Wrote Deli a letter on unity from the Book of Leaves — 00:34:46
- Recurring visions of "Darkness. Whirring, strange reflective teeth. The sound of a high-pitched whining scream" — 00:35:52
- Suggests to Karna a trophy who has "been a problem for the church" and names Drunon — 00:41:18, 00:41:50
- To Karna: "Vegetania doesn't need heroes." — 00:44:09; "I would prefer not to be remembered." — 00:45:51
- Subtle Spell Detect Thoughts on Karna reads nothing — 00:47:19; Detect Thoughts on Quichéi shows "He's in it for the money." — 01:50:32
- Starts an anti-nationalist propaganda push in Greenhold: "it's not like a pro-Amangeaux like what a great lady. It's like, you're bad at politics" — 01:00:59
- Goes to Brightgarden to enlist Sister Ryely Underbake — 01:12:24
- Presses Colin about his past at length — 01:54:45–01:57:53
- Stat card: Rogue and Bard — 00:21:28
RW E3: Yonder Where the Fruit Do Be Lyin'
- Plans: "Cutting off their escape is a necessary part of the plan." — 00:05:16; "me on level ground means that if one scout breaks away, I will certainly be murdered" — 00:25:04
- Bardic Inspiration to Colin and then to the Queen, Karna and Deli — 00:15:36, 00:25:47; Heroism on Amangeaux and himself — 00:36:47
- Investigation 18 on the blueberries; (in character) "wild shit happens from time to time" — 00:18:59, 00:19:23
- Gleefully proposes a rockfall: "Drop the blueberries down on them! Crush their legs! Break their shins!" — 00:20:03
- Subtle Spell Shatter on the hillside (Deception 27 to react surprised) — 00:47:05, 00:47:14
- Jumps after Amangeaux: Acrobatics "a three", lands prone for one bludgeoning damage; concentration kept on an 11 — 01:04:18, 01:04:31, 01:05:39
- Shield spell from his staff stops the gummy bear's spear: "This is a known relic of the church." — 01:45:04; telepathic retort: "We're all headed there one day." — 01:44:49
- Subtle Spell Shatter inside the carriage; Brennan narrates that Raphaniel, in a "horrifying, bloody screaming place within himself", recognises Pamela Rocks, "a woman who humiliated and mocked him at the Pyramid of Food" — 01:29:00, 01:32:39, 01:33:04
- Raphaniel's thought, as Brennan says it: "he is a fool and a pawn" — 01:33:04
- After: "Not like this!" — 01:34:53; "Did they know that the Queen of Candia was in that Watermelon Carriage?" — 01:50:35; she is "the sovereign Head of State for Candia, the lone nation that has stayed outside of the conflict" — 01:50:59
- Arcana 22 (with Silvery Barbs advantage) on the mold creature; "How deep run the shadows of this world?" — 02:01:12, 02:02:10
- "I'm beginning to feel that we are being used... And not in a manner as simple and crass as being blackmailed." — 02:08:03
- Casts Detect Thoughts on the wall (no Subtle Spell left): hears "Welcome. You must go. Tell no one." and asks "Can the blades find me here?" — 02:08:22, 02:09:52, 02:10:04; feels "sudden shame" and collapses — 02:10:13, 02:10:31
RW E4: The Light and the Shadow
- Brennan: after the cave he is "a husk of a man" — 00:27:13. Parts from Karna: "I will return to Greenhold. There are questions that need answering." — 00:30:40; "this world cannot be the one that matters" — 00:32:39.
- Confronts Colliflour: "We were there, under the pyramid, together." / "does it further the cause of the church to see Queen Rocks killed?" — 00:36:47. Swallows his rage: "I accept your vision with grace" — 00:40:52; swears "to destroy this woman and burn every aspect of her and her companions from the face of Calorum" — 00:41:06.
- Burns his notes on the Fellowship of Destiny's Architects, casts Heroism on himself to hold his hand in the fire — 00:42:23; "In the great blender of the void can all things be made one!" — 00:43:04
- "Raphaniel becomes devout for the first time in his life." — 00:43:24; pulls scrolls on "the Ramsian Doctrine" and eschatology — 00:43:24; "The smoothie of this world must be blended and made ready to be devoured in one fell gulp." — 00:44:08
- At his next level of bard learns Nondetection and Speak with Dead — 00:44:19; Investigation 14 on the Sanctus Putris — 00:45:21; builds a faction of clergy cleared by Detect Thoughts — 00:47:17; Deception 22 loses to Colliflour's 25 — 00:48:39, 00:48:42; demoted from bishop to archdeacon and sent to Comida — 00:49:30.
- Persuades Colin to return to the cave: "Would you come back with me to the cave?" — 00:57:05; "I can shroud you in gold and let your hand be the hand of this church." — 00:58:30. Recommends Colin's knighthood — 00:59:07
- At the sealed cave: "Open to me. Open to me! You let me in once!" — 01:01:20; casts Shatter (not subtle) and takes 7 bludgeoning damage, then Detect Thoughts finds nothing — 01:01:24, 01:01:31, 01:01:46, 01:02:00. Resolves: "It's time to turn our attention to the war." — 01:02:47
- Writes essays against the "Profidian Heresy" and keeps them secret — 01:30:18. Letter to Deli: "I would not hold much hope for your warlord Basha Myaso." — 01:33:49
- Persuasion/Deception 26 to hide his motives from Amangeaux's Insight — 01:41:34
- Looks frail: Brennan says "Raphaniel looks like shit" — 01:40:28; rides a small durian — 01:38:42. Cannot sleep: "every time he closes his eyes he just sees teeth and tearing" — 01:51:54.
- At the war tent Passive Perception 17 — 02:10:00; runs, "I now have Cunning Action" — 02:10:54; "The creature! The creature from the cave!" — 02:11:34
- Crawls naked into the tunnel — 02:16:36. Detect Thoughts and Persuasion 22 on the creatures — 02:21:22, 02:21:32; "I am ready now." — 02:22:48. Breathes the spores: "Yes!" — 02:24:44.
- "I need to know what to say. I can feel them withdrawing from me. This is my last chance. My body is dying." — 02:27:06
- At the end: "Shatter." — 02:29:10
RW E5: The Seventh Kingdom
- Does not cast Shatter at the surprise round: "I am not gonna cast Shatter, not 'cause I'm worried about cave-ins" — 00:06:47; his reasoning is that the Saprophians may be "angels of a mushroom god that can save me from perdition" — 00:06:57
- Suggestion on the fleeing agent (Wisdom save) and Persuasion 26 for "Tell your guards to stand down." — 00:10:57, 00:11:56, 00:12:05
- Universal Speech to the Saprophians and the mycelium: "The robed figures of the over-world use you to their ends, which are not for the good of your people." — 00:29:56; Persuasion fails on a 7; then "Kill them." — 00:31:29, 00:32:04
- Universal Mockery (Vicious Mockery with Universal Speech): "People have been telling me I am not ready, not included, not to be given mask or robe." (the line is said twice, the second time without "People have been telling me") — 00:44:23; "You had a chance to have me as a friend, and now I'll pull your roots out of this wicked earth myself." — 00:44:23; the Saprophian crumbles — 00:44:50
- Saws at the corn agent's neck and wants to "scoop the brains out" — 00:45:16, 00:45:24; "I have their bones. I have their minds." — 00:45:35; ties a skull to his belt — 00:46:03
- Heroism with Extend Spell on Karna, Colin and Deli — 00:51:26, 00:51:40
- Fights beside Colin: Cunning Action Dash, Acrobatics/Athletics 16, Arcana 23, Shatter at the cleric for 18 — 01:12:49, 01:13:40, 01:14:37, 01:16:23; "I don't care how attractive that Bulbian priest might be." — 01:15:45
- Paralysed by the cleric (Wisdom save 10), frees himself at the end of the next turn with a 20 — 01:31:35, 01:32:30
- Religion 14: the glowing object is "a shard of the Bulb" — 01:50:21, 01:50:41; Investigation 19 finds the upper skull of Colin's father — 01:53:36; Colin's father's skull goes in his bag — 01:54:43
- Investigation 31 of the metal (advantage, Karna's d6 "Two"); hears "Deus." — 01:59:10, 02:00:34. "I have seen this metal before, many times." — 01:57:51
- Tells Karna by telepathy that his claim about the child "was not a calculation of dates and calendar" — 02:06:04
- Insight 26 on the Saprophian civilians — 02:12:26; first attack of his life, not a hit — 02:18:29, 02:18:56
- Clutches the metal until it starts to pierce his hand; Amangeaux puts a hand on his forearm and he says: "It wouldn't be the first time, just the first time it happened outside my mind." — 02:03:43, 02:03:58, 02:04:04
- Produces the shard of the Bulb and looks at the pizza agent — 02:26:17
- Intimidates the pizza agent (19): "I am possessed of the art of healing." <…> — 02:26:49. Calls him "our flatbreaded friend" who "has outlived his use" — 02:33:07
- Plan: "We've been played for years as pawns. Today, we've reached the other side of the chessboard." — 02:33:56; poses as captor — 02:34:40
RW E6: The Heart of the World
- Initiative 23, top of the order — 00:14:06. Has Heroism running until the Elder's spores break his concentration: "Sorry, no more Heroism. Lost concentration." — 00:29:10
- Subtle, upcast Shatter before the battle (20 thunder, DC 16 Constitution) — 00:11:18, 00:12:51, 00:12:59. Second upcast Shatter with Unsettling Words is made to vanish; his Unsettling Words still apply: "the next saving throw that she makes before the start of that next turn is gonna be minus six" — 00:14:54, 00:15:24
- Dodges the Blueberry's stab (natural two) and uses Silvery Barbs on the Saprophian's natural 20; Matt: "To a natural one!" — 00:32:13, 00:33:11, 00:33:18
- Round 2: speaks of "visions of a blender of teeth" and understands the chant: "What a fool I was." — 00:34:51. Drops the steel, draws out the shard of the Bulb, tells Amangeaux "I saw to poisoning your late husband as many times as I could" — 00:36:38, 00:37:27
- Shouts a blessing, charges with the shard held aloft; Insight 22 on the Archbishop's offer; refuses: "I'm no one's pawn!" and dives into the mycelium — 00:38:19, 00:40:12, 00:41:15, 00:41:24
- Round 3: communes with the heart, Persuasion 22 (Enhance Ability), unlocks its lair actions; takes six poison from the fungus; gives Karna his last Bardic Inspiration (d8) — 01:01:33, 01:04:16, 01:05:40, 01:06:18
- Round 4: Cure Wounds into the mycelium (seven), Insight 19; telepathic speech to the Saprophians — 01:24:48, 01:25:42, 01:27:00
- Dies to the disposal: Strength save 12 against DC 14, 24 piercing against 21 hit points — "That's gonna bring me to... Zero." — 01:41:13, 01:41:17, 01:41:39, 01:41:45
- Last speech: "I've connected to the first place that ever felt like home." — 01:42:03. Matt: "A spray of now liquified radish colors the inside of the small opening to the heart of the mycelium." — 01:43:11
- Epilogue (Brennan): his writings are found by Belizabeth Brassica — 02:19:46