Barovia IV #21 Whoops

Barovia IV #21 Whoops

Author: Sanspants Radio December 28, 2025 Duration: 55:49

People don’t realise but the true burden of a Monster Hunter isn’t the detective work, or the ignorant villagers, or even fighting the monster itself. It’s the knowledge. The knowledge of what these monsters are actually capable of, how bad it is, the true consequences of failure. That if you make one mistake, draw the wrong conclusion, pick the wrong entry, people die. That even if you do everything at your disposal, there’s a very good chance that you will still fail, and that people will hold it against you for as long as you live. If you cannot imagine the shape of the things that go bump in the night, well, you should consider yourself very lucky.


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Duration: 54:50
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Duration: 51:06
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Duration: 1:00:09
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Duration: 48:31
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Duration: 58:42
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Duration: 55:35
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Duration: 55:58
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Duration: 55:11
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