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Welcome to Crit Happens! A new Dungeons and Dragons Actual Play Podcast from the P3 Podcast Network! Join DM Spencer Hart, and his rotating cast of characters as they accomplish their missions each episode with The Scalebound Syndicate inside of the world of Virelios, a dark, and moral ambiguous world filled with horror, and fear.
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Feb. 13, 2026

Nat 20 & Unwind: The Devil in the Details

Nat 20 & Unwind: The Devil in the Details
Nat 20 & Unwind: The Devil in the Details
Crit Happens!
Nat 20 & Unwind: The Devil in the Details

This episode of Nat 20 & Unwind is less of a recap and more of a group therapy session.

We unpack the moment everything went off the rails. The decision to draw from the Deck of Many Things. The instant regret. The devil shaped consequences. And the exact second the campaign politely stopped following the outline.

Spencer breaks down how The Unwritten Favor was supposed to continue, how chaos rewrote the session in real time, and why Svara’s pull sent everything into a tailspin. The cast laughs, winces, and processes the kind of fallout only tabletop games deliver.

No spoilers held back. No plans survived. Plenty of feelings.

Pour a drink. Take a breath. This one needed a cooldown.

0:00 You know what you signed yourself to then. What happens when we wing it? Yeah, the first time I used it, it went pretty well for us. So yeah, it did, you know. And you know the chances of going bad twice in a row is like, so unlikely, right? Right. Right, I'm going to. Draw another card right now. Right now. Welcome to Nat 20 and unwind here on Spotify and Facebook. Good fucking God, Savara. You almost got us killed, and then you almost made me kill our ferret. Well to be fair she would have like the moment you actually tried to attack Asisa she would have gone after you hard like Savara.

0:57 But you all were at least a turns distance away from me so I would have got 6 attacks off. No, I would have got to you. That's what I had crept is I have a teleportation ability. Oh. OK, so one of you would have got to damage me. Yeah, with one, one damage, probably. Right, right again would. Have been something. Hey, that was a great one damage. I don't think we could have gone without it. It's true it. Contributed. Right, it did and I helped. I got. Not hit. Hey, you did better than I did. I got taken prisoner and half killed by my own feet. In the face you're like, hey, aura purity, I'm here to help. Oh yeah, Bam.

1:48 Bam bam are. You trying to help me? I forgot the sound of it. There's. A Snapple. I could do radio damage. I could do all the things, and I was like, no, I didn't mind, all right? Who's doing the doc? All right, there's only one person that gets Jesus Christ. Oh. My. God. All right, so thank you. Thank you. All right, so before we get too far in tonight's session, let's do our standard thing with our friend Zebulon here. Oh sure, check in with the Tavern. OK, weren't anything down on fire today. Yeah.

2:37 Let's see what you burned down this week. All right. As always, would you like any of the maintenance insurance, things like that? Yeah, I guess maintenance, insurance and security. OK. So go ahead and take 40 gold off of your current gold total, all right? And then your current business valuation number is still 23, correct? Yep. Gorgeous. We haven't been back to base in a while. Yeah. All right, go ahead and give me AD 100.

3:20 We got 72. All right, so Jesus, this is phenomenal for our section that we just had. A large talking toad takes up residence in the alleyway next to your Tavern, claiming to be a beautiful Princess under a curse. People flock to see this fascinating attraction, so next week you will get a + 20 bonus to your business result table roll. Nice. All right, that sounds delightful. All right, let's do AD 100 for the Tavern or for the Wait, we just did that.

4:06 Wait, I'm an idiot. You rolled a 72 on the business results table. Oh my God, pretend none of that happened. I'm going to cut this out. OK, Bron. OK, players, all right, go ahead and roll me a single D6. All right, we got a 5. You will get 32 gold this week. All righty. And then roll me AD 100 on the Tavern events table. 72.

4:48 Yeah. 77. 77 OK, all right. A gnome magician begins frequency frequenting the Tavern and delights the crowd with their clever tricks. You will gain a + 10 bonus on your next role on the business result table. All right, been talking about how we need some entertainment around here. Perfect. All right, so now let's talk about chaos. Good God. I am the chaos buyer.

5:32 I am the chaos. I. Kind of know it's me. It's me. You did great. Thanks. Wait, you were talking to me? Both Oh, you're so sweet, why not all? Both. Both. Savara had some pent up energy to get out. I see that and I love it. How you feeling, Spence? How about we turn this interview around? What exactly went through your mind as you saw that? What Savara and Kozdea were chatting about. Slamming my fucking balls in a waffle iron and screaming racial slurs at the top of my lungs.

6:22 There you go. That's about it. So no. And and so here's the thing. We've been playing together, what, 6-7 months? I expect chaos at this point. Yeah, Yeah, you're right. Much more, I suppose. It's almost February. January is the longest month ever. But yeah, it's not uncommon for me to think how can Katie bring chaos this week and this week. I honestly, this week is like, oh, you know, Katie, I think she said she had kind of a long day. So it'll be kind of a chill session. We'll get, we'll get the plan done, get most of it done.

7:03 No, you guys were right. Who do I have to kill? It's Kenzie because I can tell if he's laughing at it. Was it me? I don't think it was. Anyway, at a certain point, it's I I've expected. I've expected. I don't even know where to find these things. I don't. I'm happy. Oh my gosh. I saw that one was you today. Is on full unleashed.

7:49 Chaos is fully unleashed. Yeah, the cloth I saw that one was you. Oh, that was you too. I'm being good. I'm being good, I swear to Jesus, I'm. I'm just trying to hear what you want to say. Yeah, it's what are we talking about? What are we talking about now? You know, at a certain point, chaos comes with this group. So it's nothing I haven't expected and just kind of made my peace with. And of course, now adding Veronica into the mix doesn't help. So yeah. Talking about bro.

8:31 What are you talking about? No. So yeah, it honestly, I completely I had this thought at the beginning of the session and I was like, it's going to be nice to see that they get everything done. Nope, Nope. So I have to rename the episode. I think. I think I'm just going to call it the devil in the details because yeah, that was that was about right. You could just call it. Fucking Savara. I can just leave it at that. Just call it God damn it, Savara. Honestly, I wouldn't be mad if you did.

9:11 I would laugh. I might have now. Title. I kind of like it. That was the new noise. God's green earth was that. I don't know. All right, who knows? In an UN completely unrelated note, Savara, please make me a perception rule. OK. We didn't kill him, did we? 17 plus. It's like he just kind of like, disappeared.

9:51 Yeah, you. Do this. So 22. OK. All right. Well, that's all I've got for not 20 and then one day, well. Hey you. Can't just. Hey, you did not. See, you want to bet you're sweet, baby? I can't do whatever. We'll find out next session what that role was for, but well, that is going to be the end of the most chaotic episode of crit happens that I think we've ever had. Outside of the UNIT episodes of course, but that's a completely whole realm of its own.

10:37 But. Wait before we end this. You know the things that say like gaming and stuff? Has anyone clicked on mine? Yeah, in fact, I can steal it. I mean, I've got like I like this the thing that I set for my stuff, like today I said the and D night. I want to smash, I mean. You all did fill my hole. Yep. And with that, that's going. To do it for that. I was. Like in there looking. You, you made it burst with heat. And that's going to do it tonight's episode of Net 20. And then why?

11:25 Thank you so much for listening. Dear God, I need a fucking drink for everybody here. Shower. Jesus, Everybody here at the P3 Podcast Network. I am Spencer Art. We'll see you next time.