SE07 EP03 - Class Is Over

[00:00:02] Speaker A: Welcome, friends and adventurers to another episode of Dungeons and Blaggards. I am the dungeon Master, Robulon. Joining me in no particular order are the players. Brandon! [00:00:16] Speaker B: I am Ekurook Punschley, half orc blood hunter, Level 10, Dark Lord. [00:00:24] Speaker A: Eric! [00:00:25] Speaker C: I play Dr. Zozo Brightfeather, Level 10 Aarakocra artificer potionsmith. [00:00:32] Speaker D: Caleb! [00:00:34] Speaker E: I'm Kaitoa Tata. I'm a level 10 warforged barbarian. [00:00:40] Speaker A: Tomo! [00:00:41] Speaker G: Hey there. I'm playing Steve Tehuman. I am a human Gloomstalker Ranger, level six, Battle Master Fighter, level three. And a little bit of Rogue, level one. Vale! [00:00:56] Speaker H: I am playing Johawk. He is a gnoll champion fighter and totem warrior barbarian. [00:01:05] Speaker I: Hey, I'm Braeden. I'm playing half elf Beleg Dygar, hexblade warlock. [00:01:20] Speaker A: Previously on Dungeons and Blaggards. Well, Rook signs some autographs. Johawk is voluntold to swap in to one of the shackled party members positions. Zozo mends the Minotaur's horn. Miki is rescued from the Moops and transported back immediately to the Western Towers. So now it is a party of six, plus Miki here. Quite surprising indeed. Johawk, you're still chained to this immovable rod that remains suspended between the towers. And you know, the day has worn on a little bit here. There are some gasps as the pudding and the ooze drip off of Miki. And he's been lacerated like dozens of times as well. [00:02:27] Speaker C: Lacerated. [00:02:29] Speaker D: And I guess Steve will help patch him up. [00:02:35] Speaker F: Pudding. Pudding slice. Trapdoor pudding. Trapdoor slice. [00:02:42] Speaker A: You know, Miki is lashing out a bit at the. The air now. He seems to be going through these like, rehearsed motions. [00:02:50] Speaker C: Beleg slaps him. [00:02:53] Speaker A: Could you roll a one D4. [00:02:55] Speaker C: Yeah, I'll do the D4. [00:02:57] Speaker D: I love the D4. [00:02:59] Speaker C: That's a two. [00:03:01] Speaker A: Okay. The intended effect. No damage. [00:03:05] Speaker C: Beauty. Wake up, Miki! [00:03:09] Speaker A: Am I. Am I seeing double? Tell me the truth. If it is you, Beleg. [00:03:16] Speaker C: Oh, it's me, buddy. [00:03:18] Speaker A: The man. [00:03:19] Speaker D: Show him the shaved eyebrow. [00:03:21] Speaker A: The man who would be king. Remember that one there? [00:03:27] Speaker C: Yeah, I didn't think you meant me [00:03:30] Speaker F: Ah, a pudding! [00:03:31] Speaker A: And he looks at the pudding in the little vial Zozo that you have transported back with. Didn't you grab. [00:03:37] Speaker B: I got the black pudding and the gray ooze. I missed the ochre one. [00:03:44] Speaker A: Okay. Yeah. Miki falls prone back and he's kind of scurrying backwards away from your specimens. [00:03:52] Speaker B: I shove him into my bag so he doesn't see. Doesn't see them anymore. They're safe, or you're safe from them. [00:04:01] Speaker A: All right. He is now cowering there. But the crowd in the audience, of course, have resettled into their positions. Party, remember, you are under watchful eyes here. [00:04:17] Speaker E: He looks like he's seen some shit. Anyways. Can you wizards help me send a message? [00:04:29] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. How far? [00:04:32] Speaker C: Beleg Looks skeptical. [00:04:36] Speaker E: Probably two Iz. [00:04:40] Speaker C: Beleg looks more skeptical. Yeah. [00:04:44] Speaker A: Party, while you were away rescuing Miki from his, you know, prison running man levels there, Johawk had requested what precisely? Johawk you know, there were a couple of people asking you about. Yeah, what. What max distance are you talking about here? And I guess, can anybody roll? Yeah. Is that even in range? As you start to hear some max ranges of 1000 miles. [00:05:10] Speaker F: 1000 miles is the furthest that could send the sending spell. [00:05:15] Speaker C: I'm not gonna sing it. I'm not gonna sing it. I'm not gonna sing it. [00:05:21] Speaker E: Well, how far is Iz from here? I've seen no map since my arrival in Maw. [00:05:31] Speaker A: Okay, let's play Price Is Right, Dungeons and Blaggards style. I will give inspiration to anybody that gets under, right. Without going over. So closest without going over. And of course, you know, this will be done by. [00:05:48] Speaker E: Let's see who does this [00:05:50] Speaker D: one mile Bob! [00:05:53] Speaker A: So one of the students comes forward. Oh and it's that very bespeckled little kid here. It looks like a little hobgoblin kid. And he has a very thin, thick tome here. And he comes up and said, [00:06:08] Speaker F: I have the distance right here. [00:06:12] Speaker C: Oh, man, what a poindexter. Milquetoast. [00:06:18] Speaker E: I have to be nice to him because he's not going to give me the distance if I be mean to him. [00:06:24] Speaker C: Well, apparently we all have to guess it. I'm not guessing first. Are we rolling initiative? [00:06:33] Speaker A: You guys can all guess to cast your bets as the child takes out a quill and says, we play this game for the best beds in the dormitory. [00:06:47] Speaker E: We're getting beds. [00:06:51] Speaker C: 942. 943. Bob. [00:06:57] Speaker E: Oh, you bastard. [00:07:04] Speaker C: I've watched enough price is right in my day. [00:07:07] Speaker F: Price is wrong bitch. What about you shit show? [00:07:15] Speaker A: And they're looking at you, Rook. [00:07:16] Speaker B: $1. Bob. [00:07:20] Speaker A: Okay. And Bob the Hobgoblin says, oh that's strategic behoyvin. [00:07:28] Speaker D: Can I use my Ranger ability to know exactly how far away it is? [00:07:34] Speaker A: Does that take you any time? [00:07:35] Speaker D: He determines it in his brain how far exactly it is away from the Wizard's Tower because he's been to both. [00:07:42] Speaker A: Okay, so you are. You're gonna have an advantage on this, Steve. But what number do you think it [00:07:48] Speaker D: is from here to Iz, 1134 miles. [00:07:54] Speaker F: Oh, very specific. [00:07:57] Speaker A: And he's looking down at his book a bit puzzled, Steve. Next up. I'm gonna say 980. Okay. Dr. Zozo, Dr. Zozo, you are self muted, oh Dr. Zozo has been grappled by one of the oozes. The cork pops out of one of the bottles and it is the little. What's it gonna be? Ooh, it is the pudding. [00:08:27] Speaker E: It's his brain. [00:08:29] Speaker A: There's a bit of pudding now just squeaking and squirting out of the bottle. [00:08:35] Speaker C: Oh, man. [00:08:35] Speaker A: Okay, so Zozo forfeits their guess as they begin to be overcome by pudding. And this person, Bob the hobgoblin, says, [00:08:50] Speaker F: this is a strange one, there's two answers in my encyclopedia [00:08:57] Speaker A: And he's looking at you, Steve. [00:09:02] Speaker F: Technically you're correct. [00:09:05] Speaker A: Oh, Zozo, can you make a grapple check? Okay, the pudding's out of the bottle. [00:09:13] Speaker B: Okay, I rolled a seven. [00:09:15] Speaker A: Oh, no. Yeah, no, definitely. This is what prevented you from guessing the distance from Iz to Kozzem. And yeah, the hobgoblin is sort of looking at Steve and seems to be looking at their book as well, sort of citing a bit of a technicality. [00:09:32] Speaker E: So it's not close enough? [00:09:36] Speaker F: It is close enough technically from where we are in Kozzem, but the old center of Tonwin used to be further inland. So technically the boy is correct. [00:09:57] Speaker E: This has been a long answer to a really simple question. [00:10:01] Speaker F: Well, you can make a call and the boy will get the pick, if you're staying overnight. Who do you want to call? You have to describe them to somebody. It can be done. [00:10:13] Speaker A: Look, and again, a couple of those kids who volunteered before kind of stand forward. And it does seem like some of them are mentioning, you know, sending and message type spells. [00:10:24] Speaker E: Her name is Gnollene. She wears plate armor. She has auburn hair. She's a gnoll. [00:10:31] Speaker A: Of course she has auburn hair. [00:10:34] Speaker E: flaming locks of auburn hair. [00:10:38] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:10:39] Speaker A: So party, as you look on, Johawk seems to be making an attempt at a long distance call here. And of course, he must have described them out loud, but one of the kids was clearly taking mental notes. And yes, one of these children has come forward. Looks like a small human. They look to be about 12 years old. [00:11:03] Speaker E: What are the parameters of my message? [00:11:06] Speaker A: You can ask a question and you can keep it under about 12 words. [00:11:14] Speaker C: The call you're trying to make is long distance. Please hang up and dial 1 before the area code to call again. [00:11:21] Speaker E: Okay, I Have my message. Tell me, how are you? How are the kids? How is the tribe? [00:11:31] Speaker C: Sup [00:11:35] Speaker D: you up? [00:11:41] Speaker C: ASL [00:11:44] Speaker E: I have another one that I would like to message after this. Not to the same person. Can you do that? [00:11:52] Speaker A: Johawk, you hear a familiar voice. There is sort of an echoing as if, you know, this voice is coming to you, perhaps in a cavern of some type. And you hear the voice saying, what's that voice in my head? [00:12:09] Speaker E: That's it. Oh my God. Well, she's alive. It's a tripod. [00:12:19] Speaker C: Auburn haired Noah. [00:12:24] Speaker E: I have eight intelligence. I don't know any difference. [00:12:30] Speaker D: One Knowles as good. [00:12:32] Speaker E: Did it, did it sound like Gnollene? [00:12:35] Speaker A: Yes. Even with your, you know, passive intelligence there, I mean, you would know the voice of your mate. She's alive. And then just as that connection is sort of being broken, this person says, oh, you got about eight words left then. Send nudes. [00:13:00] Speaker E: They have eight. Could I tell them to say eight words or less and they'd have eight words. Wait, did this just go against my word count? [00:13:10] Speaker A: Am I talking aloud again? As you say that over the channel, you hear four words come back. [00:13:19] Speaker F: Acid spray! The ankheg! Ankheg! [00:13:27] Speaker E: Oh, okay, she's having fun without me. [00:13:37] Speaker C: That's what you guys are into. [00:13:41] Speaker A: And of course this was a very strange sort of thing because you heard the voice of this young wizard who was sort of channeling it and making it happen. And he sort of has the words on his lips as now the voice transfers back to his voice and he says, ankheg, and looks around at a couple of his young pupil friends. [00:14:04] Speaker E: Yeah, you don't have ankhegs here. They're in the plains. They infest the plains. [00:14:11] Speaker A: Okay, there's murmuring from the crowd and you know, party. You've seen Johawk there, you know, again, make use here of a little bit of this now calm period as Miki seems to, you know, still be slumped there covered in ooze. He still has lots of lacerations on him. And you guys remember those sort of levels of blades and oozes that you saw him navigating. You see a trapdoor now open to the level up above clearly this level. And a little ladder comes down. A couple of the students begin to get their things off of the benches. [00:14:49] Speaker C: Class is over. Beleg sits in a corner. [00:14:56] Speaker E: Wait, wait, what about the other sending that I said? [00:14:58] Speaker A: oh, what was that? And it's Perry, the one who looks very much like Beleg. [00:15:05] Speaker E: I need another one done. [00:15:07] Speaker A: Where are you sending all of these messages? [00:15:11] Speaker E: Well, one was to my wife. This next one is to my Pack Lord. [00:15:17] Speaker A: Oh, we have a long time. Sure. Get the kid to make a ring. And you know, you describe Oldfoot. You know, or you begin to describe Oldfoot. Rest of the party. What are you guys doing? [00:15:30] Speaker B: Can I try to recapture that moop that got away? [00:15:34] Speaker A: That squirty little moop? Yeah, yeah, sure. Can you quickly roll? Just a dexterity skill check. [00:15:42] Speaker D: I think Steve is crouched over Miki, and I am probably using some sort of salve from one of my many collected bits and bobs to. To soothe whatever. Whatever fevered state he's in. [00:16:00] Speaker A: Do you want to roll a medicine or some such? [00:16:04] Speaker D: Yep. Yeah, I'll roll medicine. [00:16:08] Speaker A: Oh, you're lucky there. Okay, perfect. And are you re repopping the cork back on this little sucker? [00:16:14] Speaker B: Yeah, I make sure it's in there extra tight. [00:16:17] Speaker E: Okay. [00:16:18] Speaker A: It pops the cork off again immediately. [00:16:21] Speaker B: Can I wrap it in something? [00:16:24] Speaker A: What are you wrapping around it? [00:16:26] Speaker B: Probably like some, like a scarf or something. [00:16:31] Speaker A: Oh, that's nice. Okay. And yeah, this is a feisty little pudding. And you said, Steve, you rolled on medicine on Miki? [00:16:40] Speaker D: Yeah, 15 altogether. [00:16:43] Speaker A: Yeah, well, you see probably about two dozen lacerations. It's like he hasn't been treated. He also looks like he is exhausted. He's emaciated and, yeah, still in a puddle of ooze. [00:16:59] Speaker D: I'm gonna, like, hydrate and gorp him up while trying to clean up the wounds. [00:17:06] Speaker C: Gorp me up, but, baby, just to let me down. [00:17:11] Speaker D: While I'm doing that, though, I am also using my whisper spell to try and get information out of what. What's been happening, what. How he's been treated, that kind of thing. [00:17:25] Speaker A: Well done, boy. It's probably better that you hadn't come. [00:17:30] Speaker D: It's too late for that now. [00:17:33] Speaker A: They're blackmailing Mem. [00:17:36] Speaker D: Yeah, we can't seem to figure out how to get to him yet. We can see him, but we have no idea how to get up there. [00:17:43] Speaker C: What are they blackmailing him with? [00:17:46] Speaker A: Steve, how does your message work? Is it one on one? Yep. Beleg. All you see is Steve aiding Miki right now. But you can probably intuit that the ranger boy is doing. You know, he is given a little wink and nod, and the gnome is silent and calm. But, yeah, he says one more thing as he responds to the message in your mind, Steve, he says, they've rounded up a lot of people and things. While you were here? And now he sputters, and there's like, about 5 ounces of pudding that comes right out of his gullet. And Steve, you're now actually tapped on the shoulder by the young wizardess in the mint dress. And she says to you. So, we gonna talk? [00:18:43] Speaker D: It's been a. It's been a long while. You look pretty good. [00:18:52] Speaker A: That's what you want to talk about? [00:18:54] Speaker D: Well, like I said the last time I saw you, a long time ago. You've definitely changed since then. [00:19:04] Speaker A: Things changed after you came to my little town. [00:19:09] Speaker D: Oh yeah, there's a habit of these things happening whenever I tend to pass through. [00:19:17] Speaker A: There is. Our crops failed, and within two seasons an emissary followed after your visit. The Wanderer. [00:19:30] Speaker B: At least he didn't burn your. [00:19:31] Speaker D: Are you sure it was me? Yeah, usually it's a lot more violent and a lot quicker. [00:19:39] Speaker A: Well, you were the Wanderer and you seemed innocent enough. And she, you know, looks you in the eyes, Steve, you know, and you remember your interactions with this person like what it would have to be like two plus years ago when you were sent on your first rounds of, you know, delivering messages and going from this town and that. [00:20:04] Speaker D: I wasn't alone though, was I? [00:20:07] Speaker A: All it took was you visiting our town, little town to shake things up. You know, as she looks down at her wide, wide feet. [00:20:16] Speaker D: Yeah, she got those extra digits right? [00:20:20] Speaker A: You know, I can read surface level thoughts as a cantrip. [00:20:25] Speaker D: Oh well, alright then, I'll stop thinking about your boobs. Hey, I'm 16. [00:20:32] Speaker A: You know, I can also do the stop time spell, which is not what you think. I actually get to take three moves while nobody does anything else. Look at this smart ass. And you have the manacle back on your right ankle. Yeah, party. This woman in the mint, this young woman in the mint sorcerer's cloak or wizard's cloak, seems to have barely moved. But again there is the chain around Steve and then Johawk and then the third chain correctly is dangling and there's a dead goat, you know, hanging by its neck, suspended 60ft down from the immovable rod. And you know, so although the, you know, conversation here is pleasant, there's still a little bit of tension in the air. Party, what are you doing? [00:21:30] Speaker D: I do it like this. [00:21:31] Speaker A: Ah, I'm done. I'm going upstairs to the mansion. And she begins going to the ladder. And indeed, like most of the sort of younger pupils or lesser wizard practitioners of magic, they're going up this little ladder into the hatch very quickly now. [00:21:50] Speaker B: Should we follow them? [00:21:52] Speaker A: You're welcome to those without chains. [00:21:56] Speaker B: Maybe we should have a talk with Gurm about the. The fish fryer. [00:22:01] Speaker C: Ah, I wouldn't mind Doing that. [00:22:04] Speaker A: Oh, has anybody got something to eat? [00:22:08] Speaker F: I don't want to see another pudding. I don't want to see another pudding. [00:22:13] Speaker E: I have. Wait, no, I don't have the meat tubes, do I? That's Kaitoa. Yeah, Kaitoa has meat tubes. [00:22:23] Speaker D: Me too. [00:22:25] Speaker C: I think Beleg thoroughly enjoyed that encounter that Steve just went through. [00:22:31] Speaker D: Hey, Mr. Charisma of eight. Not doing very well whenever he opens his mouth. [00:22:37] Speaker F: So, [00:22:39] Speaker A: yeah, I'm gonna give. [00:22:40] Speaker D: That's what it is. You let him talk, and then I [00:22:45] Speaker B: want to follow upstairs, see what's going on up there. [00:22:49] Speaker A: Okay, Corge here, the little corgi shouts out, ho, ho. I'm staying right here by the ladder with my boy here, Frosty. And, yeah, this is the guy who's constantly seeming to cast what looks like a frozen sphere between his hands, like he's got this spell prepared. Remember, only those who don't have chains can come up the ladder. [00:23:17] Speaker F: And even then, there's a bit of an initiation into the dormitory. But ho, ho, you will have to stay here you who are chained. [00:23:25] Speaker C: Beleg casts confident conversation. [00:23:32] Speaker A: Okay, this is my favorite part of this spell. What is the cover subject topic? [00:23:39] Speaker C: Oh, the cover subject is asking Steve what the heck went down with that girl he was just talking to. [00:23:46] Speaker F: Wait, that's the cover subject? [00:23:53] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. [00:23:54] Speaker A: And beneath that, you're going to be talking about something different. [00:23:58] Speaker C: Well, whether or not we should go upstairs. [00:24:02] Speaker D: I can't. I have a chain on my leg. [00:24:07] Speaker C: Yeah, I know you can't. [00:24:10] Speaker A: Beleg as you cast the spell all of the words of the party will be about Steve's past and this person who you've just seen him interact with, you know, sort of as much as that is the surface conversation. Beneath that, the party's now under this cloak of private conversation. It lasts for 10 minutes. Now all the students have left except for Selaine n the mint, who stands by the ladder. Corge, the corgi, who stands by the ladder, beside the corgi, the young person there casting the frozen sphere. And then the minotaur is sitting on a bench, and he's looking in a mirror at his new horn. And then Beleg is, he's twirling a quill in his hands, and he looks like to be writing in a book. [00:25:00] Speaker E: What happened to the one that was gonna send a message [00:25:02] Speaker A: Wait, like Perry? You said Beleg. Yeah, that guy who's, well, formerly Beleg. [00:25:08] Speaker C: Formerly Beleg. Yeah. [00:25:09] Speaker A: I mean, they look so similar. You know, the more you look at them, they just. They almost look identical. [00:25:15] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:25:16] Speaker D: What's the deal with that. [00:25:18] Speaker A: Okay, now remember, party. Whatever you say is about Steve. How do you know that girl? But underneath that, I'm gonna mute myself and you guys can talk about what is your strategy here? You remember, of course, 21 hours and countdown till tomorrow noon when you've been told there is some sort of descend of the brass council. [00:25:41] Speaker C: So, you fuck er? No. Little bit of locker room talk for the boys. [00:25:51] Speaker D: Am I right? [00:25:53] Speaker E: Do you intend to? [00:25:56] Speaker D: Not with this chain on my foot. [00:25:59] Speaker C: Oh, so you're not into that? [00:26:01] Speaker D: She was. She was a lot nicer when I knew her before. She also knew how to take a joke back then, I suppose. [00:26:10] Speaker C: Yeah, she doesn't take jokes when she's in a position of power, that's for sure. [00:26:14] Speaker E: It's a shame. I had such great tips. [00:26:19] Speaker A: Okay, so party. That is a sample of the surface conversation. It's so funny how you guys can't get off it. I think you just used the first minute of the conversation to talk about the actual conversation. [00:26:38] Speaker C: We're setting the surface conversation up right now. [00:26:42] Speaker F: Hey, Beleg. [00:26:44] Speaker C: What? [00:26:45] Speaker A: You're using a powerful fourth level spell under the nose of the Wizard's Guild. Use your time wisely. Dum dum. [00:27:04] Speaker C: What's the game plan? [00:27:07] Speaker B: I want to poke upstairs and see what's going on. Yeah, I agree. I think we should rock up those ladders and see what's going on. [00:27:14] Speaker C: So what, there's four of us that can go upstairs and then there's Steve and Johawk that have to stick down here with the. With the Seinfeldian group. [00:27:24] Speaker B: I'll stay down here with them. [00:27:25] Speaker E: I'll stay down here. [00:27:27] Speaker D: Miki's down here with us too. So I'll keep seeing what he knows. From what? [00:27:33] Speaker B: Is there anything you guys want us to look for specifically while we're up there? Or just anything we can find out? [00:27:40] Speaker D: Maybe a way out of these chains? [00:27:45] Speaker C: Yeah, Raymer doesn't have any more horns to fix, does he? [00:27:50] Speaker B: I mean, we could probably break the other one off. They're magical, man. So they're not like lock and key? [00:27:58] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:28:00] Speaker D: Yeah, I'm gonna find out. [00:28:02] Speaker B: I don't know if he. Zozo could check that book that Raymer had. Yeah, I've got his spell book. I could. I could fly out to the rod if. If somebody makes a distraction. I could check out, see if there's a way to deactivate the rod. [00:28:20] Speaker E: I'm good at very loud distractions. [00:28:26] Speaker C: Flatulence. [00:28:29] Speaker E: Sure. [00:28:33] Speaker B: Miki, do you have any. [00:28:36] Speaker C: A plan? How do you like my new spell? [00:28:42] Speaker A: Oh, Mickey is totally passed out after Steve's like, triaging and gorp treatment and just some basic dressing of wounds. But I mean, resting right now. I mean, you know, in fact, it looks like he could use a long rest. [00:29:02] Speaker C: Yeah, we feel that. [00:29:03] Speaker B: Yeah. Are we planning on sticking around until tomorrow to meet the High Magi, or are we. Are we going to try to make a run for it? [00:29:13] Speaker C: I'm down for either, but I could. [00:29:16] Speaker E: Yes, I could go for either. [00:29:18] Speaker B: Well, if we're sticking around, we should probably rest up. [00:29:21] Speaker C: We have 21 hours, right? [00:29:23] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:29:24] Speaker C: So we got time to go upstairs and see what's going on in the dorms and then come back down and do a little resty poo. [00:29:34] Speaker E: I still need to talk to one of the kids to send a message to Oldfoot. [00:29:39] Speaker C: We're not sure we want to let you do that. [00:29:42] Speaker B: I don't think you're gonna get a response. [00:29:45] Speaker C: I am curious to see if there's a response. [00:29:48] Speaker E: Yeah, if there is no response, I suppose I'll trust you more. [00:29:53] Speaker D: This number is out of service. [00:29:56] Speaker A: I still do not believe. [00:30:04] Speaker C: Hello, Patrick speaking. Oh, wrong number. [00:30:09] Speaker D: I don't think we had new phone. Sorry, [00:30:13] Speaker C: just another call about Oldfoot. [00:30:20] Speaker E: Okay, [00:30:22] Speaker C: so first order of business, three of us go upstairs to see what's up and then come back down and long rest. [00:30:29] Speaker B: I will. [00:30:29] Speaker D: I will get started on that long rest [00:30:31] Speaker B: because we can try to figure out a way to get rid of these chains. Like we. Yeah, let's go poke our head up there and figure out what's going on. Rob, I can, like, do menial tasks while repairing myself for a long rest. I might be able to just wander around up there while I'm tinkering away. Rob, I'm gonna head up that ladder. Those stairs or ladder. [00:30:55] Speaker A: Oh, watch. [00:30:57] Speaker F: Watch your step. Better bring your quick responses. [00:31:01] Speaker A: And as you pop your head up there, Rook, there looks to be four of these pupils who've set up like right around where you pop your head up through the hatch. [00:31:13] Speaker D: Right. [00:31:13] Speaker A: So there's one in front of you, one to your left, one to your right, one behind you. And they immediately say it's a rather older one here. Oh, look, it's might be actually a young half orc. A little bit of stubble on his chinny chin chin. And he looks at you and says, fly with no wings. Cry, but no eyes. Where I go, darkness always follows. What am I? And he turns over a small sand hourglass. [00:31:53] Speaker B: I'm gonna relay it down the line [00:31:55] Speaker A: and see, okay, you repeat that quickly. [00:32:00] Speaker B: I pass on the message. [00:32:03] Speaker A: And then, Rook, the ladder seems to disappear that you were holding on to it loses all purchase and you come crashing down on your ass. Can you make a dexterity saving throw? [00:32:16] Speaker D: Son of a bitch. Oh, shit. [00:32:19] Speaker A: And you hear, too slow. [00:32:24] Speaker C: Wow, that's a fast hourglass. [00:32:26] Speaker A: Seven. Seven. That was your saving throw? [00:32:30] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:32:31] Speaker A: No, you take six falling damage. [00:32:35] Speaker B: Ah, son of a [00:32:38] Speaker A: Who said they were going up next there? [00:32:40] Speaker C: I want to now. [00:32:43] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:32:45] Speaker B: Beleg. [00:32:45] Speaker C: Fuck yeah. Beleg. [00:32:47] Speaker B: Well, was it a rain cloud? [00:32:48] Speaker A: Beleg. You come up and you see one of these kids and they seem to be wearing not their sorcerer's robes, these ones, but like some night robes, you know, like a dressing gown type thing. And they have them pulled over their heads in a menacing way, but it's not really that menacing because they ask you a riddle. What belongs to you? But others use it more than you. [00:33:13] Speaker C: My name. [00:33:15] Speaker A: You are in there. [00:33:18] Speaker D: You go. [00:33:18] Speaker A: And then a kid shouts, slow mo entrance. Slow mo entrance. And then Beleg. I don't know if you're gonna react to this, but somebody is totally casting a slow spell on you. [00:33:34] Speaker C: Do I have to do a saving throw? [00:33:36] Speaker A: You can. Or you can voluntarily fail the save. [00:33:40] Speaker C: Okay. I was going to say, like, if they say slow mo entrance, I'm getting in with these kids. This is an opportunity. So I'm like. I'm doing a full, like chariots of fire. Climbing up. [00:34:02] Speaker A: They are mightily pleased. There's laughter and a little bit of clapping. Okay, party. You see Beleg. Like, no problem. Get up the rematerialized ladder. Who's going up next? [00:34:14] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm gonna try. [00:34:15] Speaker A: Okay, Kaitoa, you pop up and you see four like, hooded figures. And they say, what falls often but never gets hurt? [00:34:30] Speaker B: Yeah. Rain. [00:34:33] Speaker A: And just as they put the timer down, they didn't even have a chance to put it down. You say rain. Yeah, yeah. And there's a huge clapping. And a whole bunch of your construct parts as well seem to animate a bit. And then you hear somebody call, slow mo entrance. Slow mo entrance. And Kaitoa. You feel a scream spell being cast upon you. You can volunteer and fail the save, or you can roll against it. [00:35:03] Speaker B: Yeah, I don't care. So I'll just take it. [00:35:07] Speaker A: And Beleg already seems to be surrounded by about like four or five young wizards. [00:35:14] Speaker B: Hey, Rob, Was the answer to the first one a cloud? [00:35:17] Speaker A: Yes. And Kaitoa, because Rook relayed that riddle to you guys as he crashed down you. All of A sudden say that aloud. Hey, was the first one a cloud? And a bunch of the kids kind of come up to you and clearly think that you are wise. Party, you see the huge feet of Kaitoa, who's still got like a barrel from the transport around his midsection. He's like barely recognizable as you know, the Kaitoa that you met all those months back. But now party you are are looking at still the Corgi, the ladder, the wizardess and those four praetors they've been called. Plus he who has a holstered cold spell. [00:36:10] Speaker E: Oh, how either are you going to help me with my call? [00:36:16] Speaker B: Are you gonna take another shot, Rook? Yeah. Oh, I know it. [00:36:22] Speaker C: From up top they hear, man, this dorm is so cool. I'm so happy I answered that riddle right. [00:36:30] Speaker D: The beds are so soft. What are these, like 500 count? Oh, man, [00:36:38] Speaker B: are all these snacks for free? [00:36:44] Speaker C: Why yes. [00:36:45] Speaker A: I'll have a cocktail. Party downstairs. Can you please roll for fear of missing out? [00:36:56] Speaker E: Natural 15. [00:36:58] Speaker A: There's so much cajoling. And so Johawk, you did ask for assistance and yeah, you see, there isn't enough time. But I will let anybody roll a wisdom roll before they hear the next clue. If you nat 20 out on it, you will get the answer. [00:37:18] Speaker E: I am decidingly not going up. [00:37:20] Speaker B: Okay, Rook's going back up. And I rolled a 19 on the wisdom, so. All right, so this is gonna help him. [00:37:30] Speaker A: Well, here you go. And the kid actually who's asking this, he's a very young one. He says, feed me, I live, yet give me a drink, I die. And turns over the little timer, Rook. And Zozo, you heard that clue as well. [00:37:48] Speaker B: I got a 21 on the wisdom. [00:37:51] Speaker A: And Zozo, you think about Rook and how one of his blood rite magic elements is fire. [00:38:02] Speaker B: She whispers, fire. [00:38:04] Speaker C: Fire. [00:38:06] Speaker A: And you hear just down the ladder, Rook, you hear the owl Dr. side mouth upwards to you. And you're just in time as the last grain of sand comes down. Huge uproarious applause. And as you hop up there, there is a spell being cast. There are casters all around you, but you get slowed down. [00:38:25] Speaker C: You know, it's really refreshing seeing a group of young kids value intelligence over everything else. If you want to hang out with them, they are all very progressive. [00:38:36] Speaker E: This is the most wholesome frat party I've ever seen. [00:38:41] Speaker D: Yeah, they're all magic users. Of course, they're all Poindexters. [00:38:47] Speaker F: Strength is my dump stat. [00:38:51] Speaker A: And that hobgoblin, Johawk would Growl with that. The hobgoblin is always taking notes there in his big. Okay, so, Rook, what are you doing with the spell? You feel slow? [00:39:04] Speaker B: I'll just let it happen. [00:39:06] Speaker A: Okay. What do you do? As clearly you are being beckoned to strut and display some flamboyance, [00:39:14] Speaker B: I'm gonna put both arms up and twirl around and slowly walk into where I'm thinking there's gonna be snacks and all this good stuff and be sorely disappointed by Beleg and. [00:39:30] Speaker C: Hey, that's what you think. Rob hasn't explicitly explained what's going on yet. [00:39:34] Speaker A: That's true. So you go to where Kaitoa and Beleg are standing, and, like, you guys appear to be at the entrance to something. Beleg and Kaitoa, all the kids around you, and clearly not all of them are here. There's only about, like, half of them. Clearly. It feels like you're standing in front of some sort of doorway on this floor. And so, Rook, as you finish twirling around, party. What are you doing downstairs? As Rook, the half orc has now disappeared. [00:40:04] Speaker B: Zozo says, I went to college. I've been through enough of these initiations. I think Zozo's gonna start inspecting the chains. [00:40:18] Speaker D: Okay. I'm gonna. [00:40:19] Speaker B: I'm gonna cast identify. I know if there's any spells, magic is involved. Yeah, I cast that. [00:40:29] Speaker A: Okay. When you say you cast something and you talk about college and books and Dr. Zozo, like, is this magic right now? Or what is this? [00:40:41] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. There is a magical component to alchemy. It's she. You know, she does use a lot of, you know, more basic spells in the. In the process of doing alchemy. [00:40:54] Speaker A: All right. Okay. So then as. As you do so here, you learn something about these chains. There's some sort of, like, there's no seam. There's no lock. They seem to be, like one cast ring. And so you clearly sense there actually is some metallurgy going in on here. And clearly you would, I guess, start to intuit that, yeah, brass is very malleable. And so you see that these chains are. They're rather soft. They're made of the exact same material as everything around you. [00:41:29] Speaker B: Okay. [00:41:31] Speaker A: Okay. And then as you finish casting whatever this spell looks like, you notice there is somebody else who has stowed away down on this level with you is that little Gnoll pup. And they seem to be taking notes, Zozo, looking at what you are doing. And then they also go over to the spider patch. And start harvesting like wool off the back of the spiders that have been crushed. And they seem to be putting them away in like a spell component pouch. [00:42:06] Speaker B: I tell him, don't forget to squeeze the venom out. That's useful stuff. [00:42:11] Speaker A: Oh, the venom. And he takes his quill out and jots it down. Doctor, I heard you muttering to yourself. Did you say that alchemy has a magical component? [00:42:24] Speaker B: It does, yeah. [00:42:25] Speaker A: Oh, I'll get it. Get that down. And he furiously jots it down. And yet now he's squeezing and milking the spiders. [00:42:34] Speaker B: So I, I, kind of go up to Steve and, and side mouth. I, I think I can, I think I could melt through these, these chains with a bit of acid. They worked on the floor and they seem to be made out of the same stuff. [00:42:47] Speaker D: I'm going to use my whisper spell back and I want to say, okay, let's get through it, but I want to keep this, keep up airs that I am still in a chain. [00:42:57] Speaker B: Okay. [00:42:58] Speaker C: You also probably want to keep your foot. [00:43:01] Speaker D: Yeah, well, hopefully it doesn't melt through my foot. That would, that would be advantageous to us later. Yeah, I don't want to let out, let up that I'm, that we're, we're able to get through this until we need to. [00:43:15] Speaker B: Okay. You could cast a minor illusion if you've got the. [00:43:20] Speaker D: I, I certainly can. In fact, right now I am not wearing this chain. Or am I? [00:43:28] Speaker B: I called Johawk over as well. [00:43:30] Speaker E: What is it? [00:43:32] Speaker A: Hey, Jojo. [00:43:35] Speaker B: So if you guys stand still here for, for a sec, I can get you out of these chains. [00:43:43] Speaker E: I'm pretty sure I could give them off myself. [00:43:46] Speaker B: Okay, well if you, if you'd rather do that. [00:43:51] Speaker E: If you want to waste materials burning through this [00:43:54] Speaker A: be careful to conserve resources. So this little gnoll is sort of overhearing the conversation and guys, they, they sort of, they sort of creep up to you and say it's been done before by those who get the rod who are chained up here like you, if not you, it's a student and it's been done before. Make sure you leave something in the chain. And the gnoll pup, you know, waves a little furry finger. [00:44:27] Speaker B: Leave something in the chain. What do you mean by that? [00:44:32] Speaker A: And they kind of wander away and they seem quite pleased with themselves. And now they've gone up the ladder and you hear them. [00:44:38] Speaker E: Get back here! [00:44:41] Speaker A: Yes, Pack Lord. I was just going to go do my riddle. [00:44:45] Speaker E: I need you to explain what you just said to us. [00:44:50] Speaker A: Oh, make something stay in the chains. [00:44:55] Speaker E: I'm gonna look at one of the hand axes holstered to my side. [00:44:59] Speaker A: They are now dashing up the ladder. And then so still, guys, you three down there huddled on this open air floor here are perfectly aware that the remainder of the party appears to be one level above you. And yeah, the sun now is such that it is no longer lighting the inside. And this level that does have some windows has some miraculous views out on the cliff city of Kozzem. And it does appear though that the chained people were intended to in some way remain here. So what are you doing? [00:45:42] Speaker D: I've slept. [00:45:42] Speaker E: Gonna go back to Zozo. I think if we tie something inside the chains and then melt it beyond that point, we could get out. Okay, I was. [00:45:54] Speaker D: I'm gonna whisper. Use whisper again. What if we melt the point against like a, you know, whatever it is we're going to put in its place like a hilt of something or a. I guess I've got like a hammer. [00:46:11] Speaker E: I've got two good hand axes, but I'm willing to part with them. [00:46:17] Speaker A: Could you guys roll something combined as you hatch your scheme quietly here. And it does seem like, you know, you're making kind of a screen for your activities with the body of slumped germ there. Roll something combined and a skill of your choosing. And we'll set the DC at. How many of you are there down there? There's three of you. [00:46:41] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:46:42] Speaker A: So let's set the DC at 40. Acrobatics. Do a flip. [00:46:54] Speaker D: Yeah, I mean stealth would be. Would be advantageous. [00:46:57] Speaker E: Okay, my Stealth total is 17 you [00:47:00] Speaker A: and you and Steve both rolling stealth [00:47:03] Speaker B: Zozo, would investigation make sense? [00:47:06] Speaker E: Sure. [00:47:07] Speaker A: Yeah. As these two focus on kind of screening your activities. That makes sense. [00:47:12] Speaker B: Okay, so I rolled non natural 20. [00:47:16] Speaker A: Oh, so you guys totally succeed. So can you describe how that plan that you were concocting begins to happen in. In front of your eyes? And then I would ask like, what is the screen that you guys are making? And upstairs, guys, oh, hey, look, here comes that little gnoll pup. The gnoll pup pops up and they seem to quickly answer a riddle. And yeah, guys, downstairs, what does it look like? As you successfully do this, [00:47:49] Speaker E: I turn my back to everyone that I don't want to see my lips moving. And I kind of kneel my head below my chest so they don't see my lips. And there's maybe a physical buffer between what I'm saying and them. [00:48:06] Speaker B: And I don't have lips. [00:48:07] Speaker E: So. [00:48:13] Speaker A: What are you doing with your stealth or your screening activities? [00:48:17] Speaker D: Yeah, well, I've arranged it to look like Steve is retiring and putting in some rest. So I think it's like I've taken my bed roll out and made it look like I'm trying to make the best of my chained up situation. [00:48:32] Speaker A: Okay, very nice. Okay, so I'm using some illusion there. And Dr. Zozo, you're experimenting. [00:48:38] Speaker D: Yeah, I guess I've also got the illusion spell too. So [00:48:42] Speaker B: we're gonna use the hand axes on one condition. [00:48:47] Speaker E: Okay. I want my brother's hand axe back. [00:48:51] Speaker D: Which hand. Sorry? Which hand axe? [00:48:54] Speaker A: Steve, can you roll a. I think I'm gonna have your roll. Deception. [00:48:59] Speaker D: That's a very good one. [00:49:01] Speaker E: He's already insinuated that I'm. That he has it. I'm sure [00:49:09] Speaker D: that's a nine. [00:49:12] Speaker A: Yeah, well, it's like back in maw, you feel the gnoll, like, piercing right back to that moment when, like, he knows you took it. You know he knows you took it. But you've been so clever and evasive. It's becoming unclear where that thing is. [00:49:30] Speaker E: Do I roll a insight check? [00:49:32] Speaker A: Sure, roll it. Roll an insight. But clearly, I mean, like, Steve is not putting up a good facade. He looks guilty as all damn. [00:49:40] Speaker E: Let me use my good die natural. 19 total. That's the total too. [00:49:47] Speaker D: I don't know what you're talking. [00:49:48] Speaker E: I'm just going to look at him sternly. [00:49:51] Speaker A: So, Zozo, as you see your. Your people here, their ankles, you're able to release them through. What precisely were you doing? [00:50:00] Speaker B: I was mixing up a small amount of acid and just like dripping it onto the metal. [00:50:06] Speaker A: Oh, very good. Okay, so what we're left with here is. Guys, Gnoll, you're sitting there freed. But of course, none of the praetors or that student with the ice ball are aware of it. You're just. You're just there, but you're aware you've been freed. There's an illusion. Illusionary Steve. That's quite convincing. That's like rolling out his bedroll and appearing to acquiesce to the fact that he is not making it to the dorm. And you got the good doctor who now Gurm whispers in your ear. Doctor, it's. It's been a long time. I'll answer me a riddle. I quite fancy getting into the mansion. And asks for your assistance there Zozo. Yeah, I can give you a hand getting up the ladder. [00:50:54] Speaker A: Righto. Just. Just sling your little pudding specimens around the other side there. [00:51:00] Speaker B: Sure, yeah. I'll leave them with Steve. [00:51:02] Speaker A: I don't Want to see another pudding for the rest of my life. [00:51:05] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. [00:51:07] Speaker A: Long rest is what I need. [00:51:09] Speaker E: I'm gonna point at the pudding he coughed up and I'm gonna say, are you gonna finish that? [00:51:14] Speaker A: Yeah, there's like a five ounce pudding. It's like a jello. Oh you're like my cat. [00:51:23] Speaker B: So. [00:51:23] Speaker A: Yes. Steve and Joe Hawk, you see Zozo. Zozo, what are you doing right now? As the little corgi ushers you up and goes, you'll no have no problem there, bookie. [00:51:38] Speaker B: I'm just kind of supporting him, putting his arm over my shoulder and as we walk, making sure he's able to get up the ladder and everything. [00:51:47] Speaker A: All right. And you see? So you're up at the top of the ladder. [00:51:53] Speaker B: Yeah, I'll help him get up. [00:51:56] Speaker A: You get grilled immediately. There is a riddle being thrown at you. Everybody buys me to eat, but nobody eats me. What am I? And the timer gets turned over. [00:52:15] Speaker C: Well, there's a few answers to that one. [00:52:17] Speaker D: Oh yeah. [00:52:18] Speaker A: And Beleg. You know, you hear it. Everybody upstairs. Kaitoa, you hear this riddle, Rook, you hear now that Zozo and Miki are kind of just up at the hatch top of the ladder, [00:52:33] Speaker E: a plate? [00:52:35] Speaker F: Zozo, can you make a dexterity saving throw? [00:52:38] Speaker A: As the ladder disappears, you tumble down. The corgi is laughing. And Johawk, you have a moment of inspiration. I could have said that earlier. [00:52:57] Speaker E: Wait, I get inspiration for that. [00:52:59] Speaker A: You get one point of inspiration as you see the doctor, what'd you roll there, Zozo? [00:53:04] Speaker B: 22. [00:53:05] Speaker A: Okay, you pass. But I think that Gurm's gonna roll at disadvantage. [00:53:09] Speaker D: Oh, 3. 11. [00:53:11] Speaker A: So gonna take the three. [00:53:13] Speaker B: Was I still carrying Gurm? [00:53:15] Speaker A: Well, he was slung over in one of your [00:53:18] Speaker C: Oh, I thought you went up alone. I would have helped you out if I knew Gurm was there. [00:53:22] Speaker A: Yeah, you guys just saw Gurm's little nose. So we have four damage. And Johawk and Steve, you see the owl and Gurm smash back onto your floor. [00:53:33] Speaker E: So how was that time in school? [00:53:37] Speaker B: I thought it was Gurm's turn to answer. I didn't realize they were. [00:53:43] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. Okay. So Gurm says, all right, boost me up on your shoulders. So my little. [00:53:48] Speaker B: That was a bit of an excuse. She was a little embarrassed. I help him back up. [00:53:59] Speaker A: Gurm gets a, gets a shot at this. Okay, we're gonna roll for Gurm. Oh, okay. That's so fitting. What never asks questions but is always answered? And Gurm says, easy. Ding, ding, doorbell. And then, you know, he is hoisted up and he does a little shuffle. He's clearly like recovering from the, the trauma of the oozes. [00:54:28] Speaker E: I'd like to imagine one of the wizard students use prestidigitation to make a doorbell noise. [00:54:36] Speaker A: It's a rook. Kaitoa and Beleg up there. You're joined by Gurm Miki and he's much recovered now and he rubs his hands together and says, I can't wait to get into the mansion, you know what they call it. And a couple of the kids, all of them say in unison, the Dansion! [00:54:59] Speaker C: The Dansion. Oh yeah, going in the notes. [00:55:06] Speaker A: And party, a door opens between the four of you here. As you know, Zozo, you're still down there on your ass. And Steve and Johawk and you know, three of you plus Miki clearly are being let into an illusionary mansion. It has this gorgeous foyer and it's much bigger on the inside, but it's contained in this level of the brass towers. [00:55:31] Speaker C: Steve, this treehouse is way better than yours. [00:55:36] Speaker D: Fuck you, Minty. [00:55:44] Speaker A: And Minty is now glaring at you because of course they all look at you. Fuck you and your wide feet. And she actually gives you a little wink, Steve, and says, are you going to pull off your little trick? [00:56:04] Speaker C: Ooh, she's smart. [00:56:06] Speaker A: Now goes up the ladder and so has the Minotaur. And so now it's just the Belegian figure Perry and the corgi and the child here he looks exhausted. Here he's been casting this little ice sphere for it seems like an hour and a half. And the corgi says hurry it up and taps his little foot on the brass floor. [00:56:35] Speaker D: So I get the feeling like my little trick has been seen through for sure. [00:56:42] Speaker F: Psst, boy from Moy. We're playing hooky. Get on with it. [00:56:48] Speaker D: I do like that. All right, let's do it. [00:56:51] Speaker A: Just get back in the shackles by noon tomorrow. [00:56:57] Speaker D: Can I leave like a little like Steve dummy, like a Ferris Bueller's day off thing, out of my backpack, various bits of gear. [00:57:06] Speaker B: If you want to roll an effigy and layer your illusion over and really do the best you can to make it like Steve has never left. [00:57:16] Speaker D: This is Steve Tehuman's day off. [00:57:19] Speaker C: Love it. [00:57:20] Speaker A: Johawk, you see Steve rustling around and it's very unclear what's happening here. Steve, can you make a stealth roll? But Johawk, very quickly this floor is emptying out. [00:57:32] Speaker E: I'm going to go to the balcony and set up my bedroll. [00:57:38] Speaker A: You see a gorgeous vista out there. And it's now, you know, sort of. It's late in the afternoon here. It's still late spring getting on to be early summer, though. My, how the seasons have changed and how time has worn on since this adventure began. That little balcony there did retract right where the goat fell out. [00:58:02] Speaker B: Oh, right. [00:58:03] Speaker A: But now you notice it is beginning to reset. It is slowly extending back out. And so there is a bit of a space where you could lay out and look up and see the stars. [00:58:16] Speaker D: Rob, my Stealth roll is 29. [00:58:19] Speaker A: You manage then to, like, escape away from where you actually are. Then what? What now, Steve? There is the ladder. There is the corgi and the Belegian figure and that other student, the icy Frosty and so what are you doing? [00:58:37] Speaker D: They are part of this party or are they? [00:58:40] Speaker A: They're looking at the ladder. The corgi seems very impatient. The moment that you heard the chorus of The Dansion from upstairs, everybody seems to be getting impatient. [00:58:50] Speaker D: Well, I'm sure as hell gonna try to stealth buy them. [00:58:53] Speaker A: Okay, so you're with your roll. You dash up this ladder that you've seen, like, disappear and get yanked out from people the moment they fail a riddle. And so you manage to do it, and all of a sudden you and your poncho are up and you surprise the riddle jury. You surprise them, and quickly they whip around. But don't worry, they're prepared. They say, oh, the boy from Moy. What gets broken without being held? [00:59:23] Speaker D: Wind. [00:59:34] Speaker A: And there's tons of kids now saying, whoa. And somebody says, legitimate answer! And then it looks like, you know, this jury of four, they're voting, like, for the first time. The party sees that there is a contest of the answers. And they're muttering and they go [00:59:54] Speaker C: you couldn't say promise, huh? [00:59:58] Speaker D: It's way more funny if I do this. [01:00:01] Speaker A: One of the kids looks at you, Steve, and says, I'll make a joke of my own. You pass with your wind answer. [01:00:11] Speaker C: Ah, passing wind. [01:00:16] Speaker A: And so, Steve, you have impressed them. And there is a casting of a slow motion spell. You feel it from your tippy toes right up to the top of your head. Are you resisting it or are you going with the flow? Slow mo entrance, Dan Mansion entrance. [01:00:33] Speaker D: Yeah, I'll do this. Hopefully there's no ulterior reason for this, but okay. [01:00:38] Speaker A: And there's about a dozen kids cheering you on. What are you doing? [01:00:42] Speaker B: Slow motion fart. [01:00:49] Speaker D: Just like the end of, like Breakfast Club just mid air. [01:00:56] Speaker A: Okay. You get a whole bunch of kids looking at your cloak there, Steve. They seem very interested in the threads that make up your urban poncho there. Very interesting. A couple of them sort of say. Okay and then In a flash, Dr. Zozo and Johawk, you have been surpassed by Steve. You just saw him disappear up there. And the corgi looks furious that he has missed someone. [01:01:32] Speaker F: Oh, I'm getting furious. Corge is getting upset. I want to get up into the Dansion. I'm leaving you here, Frosty. And so the corgi goes up, and now there it looks like there's only the Belegian figure and the frosty sphere kid. [01:01:51] Speaker E: So it's just me and Frosty, and Zozo still. [01:01:55] Speaker A: Hey, Zozo, you've recovered. You definitely felt a whoosh of air as Steve went by. [01:02:03] Speaker D: I'm glad Steve's sense of humor is at the level of children. [01:02:07] Speaker E: I'm gonna take out my maul and look at Zozo. I'm gonna extend it out towards him. Do you want this back? [01:02:17] Speaker B: You can hold onto it for now. [01:02:19] Speaker C: Are you okay down here? [01:02:21] Speaker B: If I head up there, [01:02:23] Speaker E: I just sleep under the stars. [01:02:25] Speaker B: All right, well, I think I'm gonna go up with everyone else. Very well. Yeah. [01:02:32] Speaker A: Okay. You pop up there. Oh, boy. These four, you know, wizard children, or perhaps sorcerers, as you guys know, they are clearly wanting to get to the Dansion. And they whip out a book very quickly, say, you can crack me, you can make me. You can tell me. You can play me. What am I? [01:02:56] Speaker E: Oh, that's easy. A joke. [01:02:59] Speaker A: And you say, joke, Zozo. [01:03:02] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:03:03] Speaker A: And the kids again. Immediately, their hands go up. Some of them are clasping their hands, some of them are clapping, and some of them are whistling. As you hear from the back, slow mo entrance. Slow mo entrance. [01:03:20] Speaker B: You feel I resist it? [01:03:22] Speaker A: You do. Okay, so roll a wisdom saving throw. [01:03:27] Speaker B: That is a 14. [01:03:29] Speaker A: A 14. You are not slowed. [01:03:33] Speaker B: I walk swiftly. [01:03:38] Speaker A: And then somebody from the back says, you're gonna get your hands broken for missing that one. And it's the corgi now looking very sternly at the clearly the kid who failed their spell. [01:03:54] Speaker D: Oh, you broke someone's hands, man. [01:04:01] Speaker A: And then, Johawk, you're now left with this young wizard practitioner who finally puts their hands away. And this little frosty ice cube actually falls out from between their hands and kind of clatters onto the floor and breaks a little bit, and they seem exhausted. And they dash up the ladder, and you are left there alone. I mean, the ladder is still dangling there. Now the sun does begin to set across the horizon. [01:04:37] Speaker E: I'm gonna sit on the extending balcony and watch the sunset. And when I go to bed, hopefully, I get visited by the wolf aspect of the beast that I'm getting this level. [01:04:50] Speaker A: Okay. And party. I am about to describe to you. Get your imaginations ready. Prime yourself for the most expansive, luxurious, magical anything you could want Mansion pocket realm experience. And that is the spiritual ending to our episode tonight. [01:06:19] Speaker D: Can I leave Johawk's Tomahawk in the mansion? I was just about to give it back to you, but I put it down and man, it was just so much fun. [01:06:36] Speaker E: I've been thinking about Kaitoa's shield that he got from Oldfoot. Like, I might start. If I don't get the Tomahawk. I'm gonna start asking Kaitoa for that [01:06:47] Speaker D: I'll say, like, as a player, Steve has enough time with the Tomahawk to know what it does and he doesn't want it. [01:06:58] Speaker E: Johawk does not know anything about it. [01:07:01] Speaker D: Yeah, Steve spent some time, like, researching it, and it's. It's not a good idea for Johawk to have it right now. [01:07:09] Speaker D: I'm like that mom that knows that, like, if I put this in your hands, I know what it can do. And I know you want to play with that, but it's gonna be bad for everyone if you do. [01:07:20] Speaker C: Oh, man, if only mom had that feeling when I had a bent nail tied to a piece of string. She did not. And now I'm one eyed and it sucked for everyone. [01:07:35] Speaker D: You need to get a Delorean. [01:07:38] Speaker E: All I've been told the hand axe does is that it does 1d4 psychic damage in addition to normal slashing. [01:07:46] Speaker D: There's definitely more to it than that.