SE07 EP07 - Welcome To The Club

[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. [00:01:25] Speaker D: Basically everyone went up to bed and it's me and you in the lobby where we fought all the gargoyles. You're under a pile of rocks. And I'm just sitting beside you like doing menial tasks. [00:01:39] Speaker E: I should mention I'm taking off my plate armor. While I rest. I'm gonna be in my kinda barbarian garb. [00:01:49] Speaker G: As soon as the battle was over, Beleg was trying to get the fuck to sleep. [00:01:54] Speaker D: Robin, if everyone gets a long rest, seeing as how I only take four hours like half the time, am I good for the long rest? [00:02:03] Speaker B: And we're with the long rest we're gonna be, we're only level 10, aren't we? [00:02:09] Speaker D: If we succeed in the long rest. [00:02:12] Speaker B: Robinater said I'm green light. [00:02:15] Speaker G: Yes. [00:02:17] Speaker A: Everybody is tasting the sweet sweet dreams. And Kaitoa, you are in a state of tinkering. What are you tinkering on as you sit by the rock pile and Rook? [00:02:33] Speaker D: I was trying to crush up some of the stone and try and compress like a bit of a. If it is pretty fragile stone, one would think like a bullet could shoot right through it. So I was trying to make like a bit of a muzzle or like a few of them. Almost like you know how you can like fill up a water bottle and put it on the end of a gun barrel and it's like a one time use silencer. [00:02:57] Speaker A: Yeah. Sacrificial material there. I think that you are then at around 4:30am. Everyone retired at around 12:20 or so after the fight with the gargoyle minions. You are up, Kaitoa, you are now fully alert and in possession of all of your level 10 skills, abilities and statistics. Rest of the party, I cannot say the same for you. [00:03:31] Speaker C: Okay, how long have I been resting for Robin? [00:03:34] Speaker A: At 12:20, you conked out, literally, during the fight with the gargoyles. And Beleg unfortunately did a little shatter and a gargoyle knocked you out into your long rest. But so you would be exactly six and a half hours into your long rest right now. Okay, when, everybody make a constitution saving throw. [00:04:05] Speaker E: Do I want this to be low or high? [00:04:08] Speaker D: I got a 13 Robin. [00:04:10] Speaker E: Please don't fail me now. [00:04:12] Speaker F: Oh, [00:04:16] Speaker E: 26. [00:04:17] Speaker F: Dang. Steve gets a 21. [00:04:20] Speaker D: Yeah, 19. Forgot to add. [00:04:23] Speaker B: Rook gets a 18. [00:04:27] Speaker A: Beleg? [00:04:28] Speaker G: Beleg rolled a three. And then burned an inspiration. And then roll a three. [00:04:38] Speaker D: I just love asleep in the mud bath. Just be like what? Like trying to jump. [00:04:46] Speaker F: Oh, the mud has herpes. [00:04:48] Speaker G: Almost threw my D20 at my TV there. [00:04:52] Speaker D: My hands are all muddy. [00:04:53] Speaker A: Okay, Beleg, you've burned an inspiration there. Johawk and Steve, who are on the balcony of the noontime room of the east tower here. You somehow are not roused by. (Vocalizing) [00:05:25] Speaker D: Are we in the Lion King right now? [00:05:28] Speaker A: Kaitoa, Rook and Beleg, you are roused. I'm just gonna roll someone here for Zozo. There is a ringing in your ears, Kaitoa - of course, you haven't been interrupted from anything. But Rook and Beleg, up there in the mansion in the guest quarters, you're all of a sudden getting pulled out of your slumber. What do you do? Act fast. [00:05:56] Speaker B: Robin, I want to say that shouldn't the rocks dampen the noise since I'm piled on? [00:06:02] Speaker A: Oh, I see you're. Well, I like where you're going with this. [00:06:06] Speaker B: an extra layer of soundproofing around me. [00:06:09] Speaker D: You might also have to make a grapple check rubble around me. [00:06:14] Speaker B: Then that would dampen any noise. And shouldn't it be a lower constitution saving throw to? [00:06:20] Speaker A: Rook, I will have you. Let's see. I'll have you make a intelligence check. [00:06:24] Speaker D: If it does dampen the noise, that also means that my makeshift silencers might actually work better. [00:06:36] Speaker B: That's an 18. [00:06:38] Speaker A: As you reach for two chunks of chalky rock that look like they'll make great earplugs. And you grab these chunks and shove them against your head. And I will actually give you a point of inspiration as you try now to muffle out, you hear that call again. (Vocalizing) It sounds like a loud voice is projecting this call from up atop one of the cliff tops, but now it is muffled. Rook and what are you doing, beleg? [00:07:11] Speaker G: Beleg is taking no notice because he's in the middle of a nightmare with his patron. And all outward noise just comes off as terrifying patron noises. [00:07:24] Speaker A: Well, I'll have you make perhaps a wisdom check. [00:07:30] Speaker D: Kaitoa heard it as well, right? [00:07:32] Speaker A: Yes. And you of course have no long rest at risk of interruption. But yes, you heard it as well. [00:07:41] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:07:42] Speaker G: Beleg rolled an 11 plus one, a 12. [00:07:46] Speaker E: Okay. [00:07:46] Speaker A: Well I would say you've made quite an inspired move here. And so you are embracing the nightmare. [00:07:55] Speaker G: Sounds about right. I'm used to it. It's the tenth time it's happened. [00:07:59] Speaker A: Okay, aware that you are at risk here of being pulled back into the waking morning here. Okay, so it's early morning Beleg and it's a great technique, but unfortunately somebody is now rustling your shoulder. You are definitely being woken up. Rook, you have successfully muffled the call here from the clifftops, and the, yes, kaitoa, that you would certainly whip around and note that this call has come from this temple atop of the cliffs, rather far away from the brass towers. Johawk and Steve, you are just cruising through deep level 10 achieving sleep. Only two hours to go. [00:08:51] Speaker D: Robin, can I quickly run out to the balcony? Could I see it within a hundred feet? [00:08:59] Speaker A: Oh yeah, you can see it. And you can also hear it. And you zoom in. kaitoa, you can see. Yeah, there's a couple of - looks like religious singers - here calling out from this temple top. It's about a half a kilometer away. [00:09:24] Speaker D: Hey everyone, there's a naked wizard gospel screaming in the sun. [00:09:30] Speaker A: As you turn around, Kaitoa, you are talking to no one. Johawk is snoring away. Steve is snoring away. And then you see Rook shoving rocks in his ears. [00:09:43] Speaker E: I'm dreaming about wolves. I'm hunting with them and I'm learning how they hunt. [00:09:48] Speaker D: I'm gonna try and mimic the sound with my little toots and toot back at him. [00:09:57] Speaker A: Okay, Kaitoa, so can you roll a, roll a intelligence? [00:10:06] Speaker D: Oh, that sucks. It's a three. [00:10:11] Speaker A: That's interesting. Well, you estimate then as you let out a couple of tiny steam blasts that kind of mimic this shouted chant, you quickly realize here that you're far too far away for you know, anybody who was in this temple to hear you. [00:10:32] Speaker D: All right. [00:10:33] Speaker A: But you do gauge that, yeah this is some morning prayer. Kaitoa, you see that your party here down camped out on the open air level is still snoozing away. [00:10:49] Speaker D: Is there a way to close this balcony door? [00:10:53] Speaker A: You could roll investigation on the retractable balcony door, this huge 20 foot aperture. [00:10:56] Speaker D: 17, 18 minus 1. [00:11:02] Speaker A: Okay, well you've seen it come in and out once by unknown means, you have never seen this level. A door close from the top or from the sides. And there's no evidence of any moving parts. [00:11:19] Speaker D: Well, then I'm just gonna sit here and hang out. [00:11:22] Speaker A: Okay. You hear a third call from the temple. But then as this one rings out, all is quiet. And now there is the red of the fall sun rising on the horizon, Kaitoa - and rest of the party fast approaching. Wakey, wakey time. But Beleg. Yes, there is a small child who is rousing you. And there are tears in their eyes and they are panicking. It is the little Tabaxi girl that Steve kind of picked out from the crowd and almost threw a dagger at. [00:12:02] Speaker G: I ignore her and try to keep sleeping. [00:12:04] Speaker A: Okay. She rustles your shoulder again. And can you make a grapple check? [00:12:10] Speaker D: They're in a separate room, right? [00:12:12] Speaker A: Yeah, he's up in the guest quarters of the Dansion dormitory. [00:12:17] Speaker G: Is that like acrobatics or athletics? [00:12:20] Speaker A: Flavor me with what you want. [00:12:23] Speaker G: Well, it sucked either way. It was an eight plus five. [00:12:26] Speaker A: Well, as you decide whether to flip out of the way in your sleep or squirm out of the way, you sort of do neither. And you know this little Tabaxi girl? Gosh, she's cute. Her tears drip all over your face. [00:12:43] Speaker D: Shitty kitty, crying. [00:12:45] Speaker G: What? [00:12:48] Speaker A: Well, you have a child here who is panicked. [00:12:53] Speaker H: And they say, I can't get back to sleep. Tell me a story. A new story. It's always the same here. Well, tell me a bedtime story. [00:13:10] Speaker A: This must be one of the youngest pupils here. [00:13:13] Speaker D: Tell the story of all the students revolting. [00:13:17] Speaker G: So, there was this badger. And it had heard a loud bang. [00:13:31] Speaker D: The badger that blew up a kraken. [00:13:35] Speaker G: And it was terrified. And then all these creatures came and talked to it and were nice, and I was one of them. And we became friends with it and it just wanted a long rest, so we gave it to it. And you should do the same for me. And then I'll finish the story tomorrow night. [00:13:56] Speaker H: Tell me another one. [00:13:58] Speaker A: And one D12 children have kind of poked their head around the corner here. [00:14:04] Speaker F: No! [00:14:06] Speaker A: Oh, it's only four. It's only four children. And they gather round and say [00:14:12] Speaker H: Tell us another short story with a meandering plot and no resolution. No, no, no. [00:14:22] Speaker G: I dimension door to somewhere where I can long rest. [00:14:28] Speaker A: Okay, you quickly dimension door throughout the Dansion. But you get the impression that these kids, you know, have surely been trying to go back to sleep. Now your efforts have been thwarted once Beleg. Where are you going in the Dansion? Give me a room. [00:14:45] Speaker G: I am going to be under the rocks with Rook nestled up behind. I'm gonna like dimension door to big spoon Rook. [00:14:54] Speaker D: Bring him down to Kaitoa. Kaitoa is up so I can do something. [00:14:58] Speaker E: Go next to Johawk. He doesn't bite. [00:15:01] Speaker A: Beleg, you have rejoined the party down on level 30 there. And now party, you are all rising. You are met by Kaitoa who is already up. But clearly now the sun has risen and you feel somewhat refreshed. [00:15:23] Speaker F: I had a dream I was learning how to fight infernals. [00:15:30] Speaker D: Do all the kids follow down? [00:15:32] Speaker G: They don't know where I went. [00:15:34] Speaker D: Oh, okay. [00:15:35] Speaker G: I sunk into the bed and disappeared [00:15:40] Speaker F: Homer Simpson into a hedge. [00:15:41] Speaker A: Human sloth. The party has not at the moment seen. And Kaitoa, you have seen no student, pupil or wizard apprentice come down the hatch as of yet. [00:15:54] Speaker D: Kaitoa gives like a little like fluttering flute whistle [00:16:00] Speaker A: to draw attention. [00:16:01] Speaker G: Why are you trying to wake everyone up? [00:16:03] Speaker D: Because I don't want to face this alone. I want to ask some questions before we get like a dude yelling on the cliff is not an everyday occurrence. I don't think so. I feel like. You don't know. I don't care. I want to ask some questions before like some authorities get here. [00:16:22] Speaker G: Must be nice to be level 10. [00:16:24] Speaker D: Well, that's. If you had DnD Melatonin, you'd sleep better. [00:16:31] Speaker A: Oh yeah. [00:16:32] Speaker F: I can't imagine Beleg has good sleep health. [00:16:37] Speaker G: No Beleg is a lot like Braeden in that regard. [00:16:43] Speaker A: Well, as the party all wake up, all feeling their level 10 prowess. Unless that isn't clear. Beleg yeah, it does take you about 10 extra minutes and you're feeling fighting, fighting to get that final 5% of your long rest. As the rest of the party wakes up and you're clearly the one who has struggled the most throughout the night. But yeah. Party. It's only now Zozo, who did join Beleg up in the Dansion, who is not with the party. [00:17:15] Speaker H: So. Johawk, Steve, you're up out of your bedrolls. Rook there. There is a pile of rocks all around you, of course. And then you have some rock debris in your ears as well. [00:17:31] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:17:32] Speaker B: Can I burst through the rocks? [00:17:33] Speaker A: Yeah, make a strength check. [00:17:37] Speaker D: Whatever gets your rocks off. [00:17:40] Speaker A: That was last episode's title. 21. Is that a slow clap? [00:17:49] Speaker F: Yep. [00:17:51] Speaker D: Hey, someone had to say it. Come on. [00:17:53] Speaker B: 21. [00:17:56] Speaker A: Rocks burst everywhere. And from beneath comes Rook! [00:18:02] Speaker B: bursted through level 10. I'm just gonna look and see who's around me. [00:18:08] Speaker D: You gotta do like an 80s hair metal intro here. I wanna rock. [00:18:14] Speaker H: Rock. I wanna rock. [00:18:19] Speaker C: Come on. [00:18:20] Speaker D: I'm gonna give. [00:18:21] Speaker B: I'm gonna give kaitoa a little bit of a high five. And I'm gonna take a pebble and throw it at Beleg. Why? [00:18:29] Speaker D: As we high five, a cloud of dust claps and I like start coughing just because rook has been antiqued. Pretty much. I'm just like. [00:18:41] Speaker G: Oh, [00:18:45] Speaker D: well, thanks for taking a nap, Rook. But don't worry, I got you. [00:18:50] Speaker B: Yeah. Thanks for setting me up here. [00:18:53] Speaker D: Appreciate it. [00:18:56] Speaker E: A good time was had by all. [00:18:59] Speaker D: It was. We. We crushed some stones. [00:19:06] Speaker B: I see that you guys rocked. Beleg knocked me out. [00:19:10] Speaker G: It was out of kindness. [00:19:12] Speaker C: It was. [00:19:13] Speaker D: It was well timed. Conveniently timed. You just happened to drop at the right time and I. I took a movement to grab you. [00:19:29] Speaker G: Just so you know. [00:19:33] Speaker B: I appreciate it. Everyone gets one. Good looking out, Kaitoa. And here goes the big guy, Kaitoa. [00:19:41] Speaker D: I. I'm gonna leave Beleg though. I'm not gonna do it for him. [00:19:45] Speaker G: I don't know where I betrayed you. [00:19:47] Speaker E: Oh God. You're right there. Oh, sorry. I mean, yeah. I do the same for my whole party. [00:20:02] Speaker G: No. [00:20:02] Speaker D: If anything, Steve was the one who left me hanging on that cliffside. Or that building. [00:20:06] Speaker G: I. I wasn't gonna say anything. [00:20:11] Speaker F: Sure. Get the little boy to lift a giant robot. [00:20:16] Speaker G: I'm not picking it aside here. I'm just deflecting away from me. [00:20:21] Speaker D: Robots never forget, bro. [00:20:23] Speaker E: Am I missing a story? [00:20:26] Speaker G: Yes. [00:20:27] Speaker F: Yeah, it's probably not the one you want to hear. [00:20:33] Speaker D: You know the movie My Giant? This is more like, Giant. You're on your own. I'm just kidding, guys. I'd do anything for you. I'm kind of chaotic neutral now, so I do anything you ask me to. [00:20:55] Speaker F: I go wherever the winds take me. [00:20:57] Speaker D: My morals are slightly flexible. [00:21:00] Speaker E: Doesn't chaotic feel so good? [00:21:02] Speaker D: I can be influenced easily. [00:21:05] Speaker G: Got it. Feels awesome. [00:21:07] Speaker E: It really is the best way of life. [00:21:09] Speaker D: I do like having the whole Magic 8 Ball approach to everything. Outlook good. Outlook not so good? Hey guys. I have this moon mask. [00:21:23] Speaker G: Should I have that. Throwback? [00:21:26] Speaker D: Yeah. Should I wear it? [00:21:28] Speaker F: He just puts it on for notice. [00:21:30] Speaker E: What does it do? [00:21:31] Speaker D: I. I don't know. Yeah. Can I attune to this right now? Just like sit down. [00:21:35] Speaker E: And I think Rob has been dead because he hasn't been saying anything. [00:21:42] Speaker C: He's here. [00:21:42] Speaker H: He just. [00:21:44] Speaker A: Oh, God. This is the best. [00:21:45] Speaker F: Okay. [00:21:46] Speaker D: I think this is the only time the party's actually got to like shoot the shit. Yeah. [00:21:51] Speaker A: As the party cajoles and shares some brief pleasantries, you do withdraw the moon mask from its bindle and are reminded of the time quite some many months ago that you retrieved this odd and alluring mask from the hurt locker in the White Chain. [00:22:16] Speaker G: I tried to put it on once and it almost can I try to attune to it. [00:22:22] Speaker A: Well, we can even all even retroactively say. I mean, you've certainly attuned to it. You could have used one of your hours here of rest to attune to it. Or any of these times along the way. All these artifacts that the party carries, you would know it to be some ritual mask. And there is an immediate danger to even trying to attune to it. You would feel the same draw that beleg felt. So anytime you try and touch this thing, it is a wisdom saving throw. [00:22:59] Speaker G: Don't do it. [00:23:00] Speaker D: I kind of want to do it. [00:23:02] Speaker G: Don't. [00:23:04] Speaker D: I'll save it till I'm like about to die, and then I'll just throw it on like Jim Carrey. [00:23:09] Speaker G: Save it until I'm about to die and need three hours to attune to something. [00:23:14] Speaker D: Hey, no. I've already attuned to it, so I'm just gonna throw it on and roll the dice. [00:23:20] Speaker G: All right. [00:23:21] Speaker D: All right. I'm gonna wait till Corge gazes around and. [00:23:26] Speaker G: Corg? Corge. [00:23:29] Speaker D: Maybe I'll ask Corge. [00:23:30] Speaker H: Ho Ho. I hear my name. Wow. Breakfast. [00:23:36] Speaker A: And you hear the voice of the corgi from up the hatch. kaitoa. [00:23:42] Speaker G: He's taller than I expected, by the way. [00:23:45] Speaker H: I hear you. I'm wearing lifts today. Timberlands. [00:23:47] Speaker D: lifts. Isn't that against like all standards and practices? [00:23:55] Speaker H: Jacob, get me a ladder here. [00:23:57] Speaker A: Jacob. And then you see a. A magic. That same magic ladder kind of come down. [00:24:04] Speaker E: Sorry. I just got Jacob's ladder. [00:24:05] Speaker D: Jacob's ladder. [00:24:06] Speaker F: Yeah. [00:24:08] Speaker A: And guys, the corgi wizard now does descend down to your level. And he's actually beckoning you upwards. [00:24:18] Speaker G: Upward to where? [00:24:20] Speaker H: Breakfast. Oh, wait. I'm down here. [00:24:22] Speaker A: I'm closer now. Ho ho. Breakfast. [00:24:26] Speaker D: Hey, Corge, have you ever heard of a moon mask? [00:24:31] Speaker H: Artifacts? They'll be taken into inventory for the trial. [00:24:36] Speaker H: I'm - I don't want to mess with those things. We're all in this together. [00:24:40] Speaker D: What do you mean, we're all in this together? [00:24:43] Speaker H: Oh, glad everybody got their long rest in. You look refreshed. But the wizards are coming down very soon now. Everybody's up late. [00:24:55] Speaker H: Some kids, they didn't get the long rest in! [00:24:59] Speaker D: But haven't you worn this moon mask before? [00:25:02] Speaker A: I don't know what that is. [00:25:04] Speaker H: What is that? [00:25:05] Speaker D: I don't know. You should try it. [00:25:07] Speaker C: On [00:25:09] Speaker D: Ho ho. I don't think so. [00:25:10] Speaker A: And the corgi kind of circles around and away from you. Yeah. Party. Dr. Zozo? [00:25:20] Speaker C: I'm here now. [00:25:21] Speaker A: Oh, Dr. Zozo, you awake in the dansion. In the guest quarters portion of the dormitory. It is empty [00:25:29] Speaker C: I heard somebody say breakfast. [00:25:31] Speaker A: There are no students and pupils around you, but you hear shouts of breakfast from the great hall. [00:25:38] Speaker C: I head straight there. [00:25:40] Speaker F: Okay. [00:25:40] Speaker A: And then party. What are you doing down on the lower level here? [00:25:44] Speaker D: I'm gonna. Did I successfully make a silencer roll? [00:25:49] Speaker A: A skill of your choice. And we'll kind of see what you made. But yeah, with Rook's proof that the chalky stone is quite good at muffling sound, this could work. [00:26:01] Speaker D: Well, I have nothing good to roll. [00:26:06] Speaker H: Yeah. Survival. [00:26:09] Speaker D: All right, well, survival 13, 12 plus one. [00:26:16] Speaker F: Okay. [00:26:17] Speaker A: Roll a 1d4 [00:26:17] Speaker D: 4. [00:26:21] Speaker F: Okay. [00:26:22] Speaker A: You leave with four - what you feel are sacrificial silencers or ballistic mufflers. I mean, you're pretty sure these things are going to shatter dust if they are put around the barrel of Zozo's thunder cannon. But we'll see. You know, do they, do they remove this huge loud bang? Maybe. [00:26:42] Speaker D: He's. [00:26:44] Speaker G: Sacrificial Silencers is actually the name of Beleg's punk band that he had as a teenager. [00:26:52] Speaker A: Is the party going upstairs? [00:26:54] Speaker E: I am beelining it to the breakfast. I'm pretty sure I can smell where it is, so I don't even need directions. [00:27:01] Speaker D: I'm gonna hand these off to Zozo being like - one time use only. [00:27:06] Speaker C: Oh, wow. Thanks. [00:27:07] Speaker D: I hope they work. [00:27:09] Speaker C: We're gonna find out. I can take a look at that mask of yours there if you wanted me to. [00:27:16] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:27:16] Speaker D: And I also slide him the moon mask. [00:27:19] Speaker C: Okay. [00:27:21] Speaker D: Her. Or her. [00:27:22] Speaker C: Sorry. [00:27:24] Speaker D: Yeah, I'm sorry. It's the manly voice. [00:27:28] Speaker G: Yeah, it's 2019. There's no such thing as a manly voice. [00:27:34] Speaker A: It's actually 1807. [00:27:37] Speaker F: Right? [00:27:38] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:27:40] Speaker F: Beleg is extra woke this morning [00:27:46] Speaker E: Even though he got less sleep. [00:27:50] Speaker G: Oh, dude, I got that sleep dep wokeness. [00:27:52] Speaker D: So when I hand Zozo the moon mask, inside is also the brass towers brooch that I have. Okay. [00:28:04] Speaker A: Two of those artifacts. [00:28:05] Speaker D: Yep. Yeah, man. [00:28:07] Speaker G: Why weren't you replicating those as your menial task for the last several long rests? [00:28:13] Speaker D: I don't know. Because I'm neutral and I don't give a. [00:28:20] Speaker G: It'd be really handy if we had something that could make exact replicas of these. Every time he took four hours off his long rest. [00:28:27] Speaker D: Shit hits the fan. I'm gonna jump out this window and [00:28:31] Speaker A: you're on your own. [00:28:36] Speaker G: Steve. [00:28:36] Speaker E: I think I have the HP to do that. But I'm not one to walk away from the fight. [00:28:40] Speaker D: Johawk like ready to jump? Yeah. [00:28:44] Speaker A: So the scene is this. The party sits the head of one of the large tables trading artifacts and jesting a little bit. The rest of the students here are depressed. I mean there is a certain change in the atmosphere from yesterday. Although there are tons of the invisible servants like serving a huge breakfast buffet. There are pale, sad, withdrawn and anxious looking faces all around you, Party. [00:29:20] Speaker F: Steve is not at the breakfast table. [00:29:22] Speaker A: Sorry, say again Steve. And then beleg. Gotta turn your levels up here. [00:29:27] Speaker F: Steve is not at the breakfast table. [00:29:30] Speaker A: Where have you gone? [00:29:33] Speaker F: He's still there. He's still where? He was chained so to speak. [00:29:39] Speaker A: Oh well in this case you're quite fortunate because one of the extra dimensional Dansion servants appears to have come down and is offering you like a small buffet to these prisoners here. Has anyone else stayed down or Johawk did you just like you totally shirked the whole brass anklet. [00:30:04] Speaker E: Basically ran to breakfast. [00:30:11] Speaker A: Love it, love it love it love it. [00:30:12] Speaker D: Broken free. They're idiots. [00:30:17] Speaker A: There's no way they don't know. [00:30:19] Speaker D: We've already like slipped that. [00:30:22] Speaker F: Yeah. [00:30:22] Speaker C: Steve was walking around the Dansion. [00:30:24] Speaker D: Yeah, dumb. [00:30:27] Speaker F: Hey man. What happens in the Dansion stays in the Dansion. [00:30:29] Speaker E: Intelligence of eight [00:30:34] Speaker G: In my defense and everybody in the Dansion's defense intelligence of eight years old. [00:30:45] Speaker F: That wasn't regular Steve. That was dream Steve. [00:30:53] Speaker D: You Robin is that guy's that morning call from the mountain was a one time thing, right? [00:31:04] Speaker A: As you say that Kaitoa. Oh look, it's that little gnoll pup sitting near the party. They've taken a bit of an affinity to you Kaitoa. And after crafting venomous bows and they look up and go. [00:31:18] Speaker H: It's the temple of Jebda. [00:31:21] Speaker D: How often does he make that sound? [00:31:25] Speaker H: Every morning. The priests of Jebda. [00:31:30] Speaker D: Why are all the children having bad dreams? [00:31:33] Speaker H: Well, every month or when the Dansion appears. It's a fun night, but a frightening morning because punishments to be dealt out. Perhaps some promotions to higher wizard levels [00:31:49] Speaker D: and some deaths. You all have to perform. Correct? [00:31:55] Speaker H: We already have performed hopefully. [00:31:58] Speaker A: And he looks around a little bit nervously at the four praetors. You know when you guys notice actually those four headmost wizard pupils are curiously absent here at breakfast in the moment. You know the Minotaur and the mint cloaked sorceress and the Corgi who is back down. They're with you actually Steve, the corgi has stayed down with you? Yeah. [00:32:26] Speaker D: I hand him the artist adze. And I say like. Like tell me what actually happens here. And I hold open my palm frame to scribe on my palm. [00:32:37] Speaker A: Can you roll a persuasion I guess on the little Gnoll pup as you hand out the artist? [00:32:42] Speaker D: Yeah, yeah. So he can temporarily like write a message on my palm. Okay, what do you want me to roll for persuasion 14. [00:32:55] Speaker A: Okay, party. You see kaitoa strike up a little conversation with the Gnoll pup who now draws three little pictograms where you're indicating kaitoa. He draws one of them, it looks like a hand being crushed. The other one, it looks like a noose where somebody might be hung. And then the third one looks like a cliff. [00:33:20] Speaker D: And can I ask him like what do those represent? [00:33:23] Speaker A: Punishments. [00:33:26] Speaker D: What's the requirement? [00:33:28] Speaker H: Curiously absent are the headmistress and the superintendent. The high magi dole out their decisions once a month. Must follow the agenda. Terrifying if you have not studied. But I have. [00:33:47] Speaker A: And you know this Gnoll pup taps his little spellbook and this he seems totally confident. And yet there are tons of nervous stares still around the party. Now Beleg. What did you shout? [00:34:01] Speaker D: I don't remember. [00:34:03] Speaker A: I think right before Kaitoa you said like why. Why are you all so bummed? [00:34:09] Speaker G: Yes, I did say that. Why are all the kids all sad? But now it makes sense. Like I think he's satisfied now. [00:34:16] Speaker B: Why they're all having nightmares. [00:34:19] Speaker A: Oh yeah, this is like cafeteria style, you know. Like the party hears the interaction between the Gnoll pup who's - nobody's asked his name still. [00:34:30] Speaker B: What's his name? [00:34:32] Speaker H: Oh noble half orc. I think you signed my spellbook, Ekurook Punschlaye. I'm Dustbin. [00:34:43] Speaker B: Dustbin. [00:34:44] Speaker D: Dustbin, you're the best. [00:34:48] Speaker F: Yeah, and he kinda diamond. [00:34:50] Speaker A: He kind of, you know, bears his gnollish teeth. And yeah, you do remember this little Dustbin has been casting like some wind and gust of wind based spells. So yeah, it kind of adds up. And anyways he taps his spell book and this kid seems totally non anxious. But Party, as the unseen servants of the Dansion come and serve you. There are a couple of kids who are around you Beleg, and remember, you know, you talk to them about food and they say: [00:35:28] Speaker H: Strangers? Suggestions for brunch. Do you have any new ideas? It gets very boring around here. It gets very boring and bland. Something some ideas from the outside for brunch. [00:35:42] Speaker A: Some barley. [00:35:43] Speaker G: Well let me tell you. [00:35:46] Speaker E: Have you ever tasted halfling before, young man or woman? [00:35:50] Speaker D: I was gonna say I know someone who loves halfling ribs. [00:35:54] Speaker A: Okay, kaitoa Johawk, you start mentioning halfling. It looks like Bob the Hobgoblin is actually taking down some notes. But to the horror of some children, immediately a roasted halfling appears. [00:36:12] Speaker E: Oh my God, really? [00:36:14] Speaker H: The Dansion provides. [00:36:16] Speaker A: Yes. Says Dustbin off to the side. [00:36:19] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm gonna say. Don't listen to him. He doesn't know what the heck he's talking about. [00:36:24] Speaker E: Can Johawk live here? [00:36:27] Speaker A: I'm never leaving. Beleg, you were saying? [00:36:33] Speaker F: Oh yeah, yeah. [00:36:37] Speaker G: I've written a brunch menu or two in the past. Like I'm thinking some yellow dragon belly bacon, poached eggs, some Danandaise sauce. Or Holland-dan sauce. Depends on what you prefer. A bit of cilantro back halfling bacon. No, no, no, no halflings. Beleg doesn't want to eat halflings. He's not a big humanoid eater. But we are going to top it with a bugbear rib. [00:37:08] Speaker F: They said you weren't a humanoid eater. [00:37:10] Speaker G: Yeah, they don't count. [00:37:13] Speaker F: They're barely humanoid. [00:37:14] Speaker G: Technically they're. But no, I don't count them. [00:37:20] Speaker A: Any more suggestions, as Beleg everything you describe materializes by way of the servants and the kitchen staff of the Dansion. And the children are thrilled. There's a huge uptick in the mood and the atmosphere. [00:37:36] Speaker E: How about some bacon? It tastes just like human. [00:37:37] Speaker A: Sizzling skillets of bacon appear. [00:37:44] Speaker D: Can I nudge the Dustbin and be like, who's actually providing this? [00:37:52] Speaker H: Tis the Dansion otherworldly sustenance. Tis filling and flavorful, but not material so. [00:38:00] Speaker D: But who's controlling the Dansion? [00:38:04] Speaker H: Dan - Inandandro, brother of Jebda. Both who sacrificed themselves to usher in this era of the world. He created the Dansion spell so that wizardry and sorcery would have a place to flourish. Praise Dan, they say. [00:38:22] Speaker D: And I laugh. And it'd be like and. And Rube's not a cube in the ground? [00:38:31] Speaker G: Beleg starts to think of all the places he used to go as a child that had All Fey Breakfast. [00:38:37] Speaker F: Jesus. Jesus Christ. [00:38:42] Speaker A: Well, Kaitoa the gnoll pup laughs nervously at your comment. And Beleg, as you sort of entertain and brunch winds down, is there any other information that you guys would extract from the students here? While the Praetors don't seem to be around and it's getting on about 9:30. [00:39:06] Speaker B: Rook, would pipe up and say I. I could really go for a nice dark ale right now. Where could I find one of those? [00:39:16] Speaker A: Steins, frosty and dark and just to your orcish tastes, appear by way of the Dansion kitchen staff. And some of the kids are raising their hands to see if they can imbibe some alcohol this morning. [00:39:30] Speaker B: Yeah, sure. Everybody get in on it. [00:39:32] Speaker A: Okay, you see a couple of the kids summoning themselves, various drinks and rest of the party there. What are you doing? [00:39:43] Speaker E: I'm describing all of the ways you can cook halfling to see how many halflings can sit on this table. [00:39:49] Speaker F: Okay. Piles of halflings. [00:39:52] Speaker A: The maximum amount of food that can be served here is for 100 guests. So considering that the numbers of the pupils here are clearly smaller than intended by the size of the Dansion, I mean, there is about four times as much food summoned here as you could ever possibly get through, Gnoll, and I would say about maybe, maybe six or seven score ways of cooking halfling you are describing. [00:40:22] Speaker E: Oh, Kaitoa. [00:40:27] Speaker A: Some of the halfling children, clearly a couple halfling children, are steeling themselves against the view. But they are actually not all that perturbed. Remember? I mean, it's all illusionary. In the Dansion. [00:40:44] Speaker C: While breakfast is going on, Zozo takes 10 minutes to identify the moon mask. To cast that as a ritual. [00:40:54] Speaker A: Party, would you have given Dr. Zozo the letter of identification that you got from Mem about this mask? [00:41:02] Speaker G: Likely. [00:41:04] Speaker D: I didn't have it, but yeah, I think we would. One would think it's attached by now. [00:41:12] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:41:13] Speaker D: Check this out, Zozo. [00:41:17] Speaker A: You open up that letter from the desk of Mem and as you look at this mask again, you know you reread the note. [00:41:29] Speaker C: Yeah, I can see that. [00:41:31] Speaker A: What does it say? [00:41:33] Speaker C: Okay, so it's from Mem. It says, how did you come into possession of this item? Based upon my initial research and the well known preserved friezes in the vault, this mask is a component of the fabled spirit forge. Ancient texts and oral histories all indicate the spirit forge was destroyed along with Anatakan in the distant past. Perhaps not. As I look into the mask, it is beautiful, but missing six pieces around the eyes. It is perilous to even gaze at it. [00:42:07] Speaker G: Infinity gauntlet. [00:42:11] Speaker A: Yeah. So, Dr. Zozo, are you or are you not testing your mettle against the wisdom saving throw of the mask, which clearly the party's informed you of. [00:42:25] Speaker C: So to to cast identify on it, I have to touch it. So would touching it require me to. [00:42:33] Speaker A: Yes, it will definitely provoke this attraction, this allure. [00:42:39] Speaker C: All right, so it's a wisdom. [00:42:41] Speaker D: Yeah, it's wrapped In a cloth, I think, because no one wanted to touch it. [00:42:46] Speaker C: Okay, yeah, I'm gonna risk that. Take a wisdom saving throw. [00:42:50] Speaker A: That is 16. Okay. [00:42:56] Speaker D: Inspiration. [00:42:59] Speaker A: You got anything to add to that? [00:43:00] Speaker E: That just barely worked. [00:43:02] Speaker C: I don't have any inspiration. [00:43:05] Speaker A: Well, I mean, I have one. If you look into the mask, you find it very, very difficult to struggle against. It's literally like it's trying to put itself on your face. Can you make a strength saving throw? It's trying to affix itself to your face. [00:43:25] Speaker B: Rook sees this and he's gonna. Yeah. Jump and smack it out of his hand. [00:43:29] Speaker C: Okay. [00:43:29] Speaker A: You look at the help action from Rook first. [00:43:32] Speaker C: I rolled an 18 for strength saving throw. [00:43:36] Speaker A: Okay. Well, I think it is the combined shock of the party seeing this mask almost like clamp itself onto your feathered face that also aids you and it clatters onto the floor. [00:43:51] Speaker F: Hello. [00:43:52] Speaker B: I'm going to grab it. Or I'm going to grab the cloth that it was wrapped in and quickly wrap it back up. [00:43:59] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah. You should probably take it away from her because I think she kind of wants to try again. [00:44:04] Speaker D: I'm gonna hold on to it again because I had it before. I'll wrap it up in the cloth. [00:44:09] Speaker G: This mask seems like a mushroom trip where we can all try it as long as we have babysitters waiting there to knock it out of our hands. [00:44:17] Speaker D: No, it's like salvia, where it's like everyone. Like, everyone's gotta watch. I'm gonna do salvia. Does everyone watch me do it? [00:44:25] Speaker G: Except I don't know if this mask just lasts 15 minutes. [00:44:30] Speaker D: It might. It might not. [00:44:32] Speaker A: So, Zozo, nothing new learned other than a first hand experience at the tempting and kind of magically provocative nature of this item. Clearly, there is a. There's a frightening draw. [00:44:52] Speaker G: Beleg looks at Zozo and says, welcome to the club. [00:44:59] Speaker D: Also, Zozo, you've still got that brooch. [00:45:02] Speaker F: Oh, the. [00:45:03] Speaker C: The brass towers. [00:45:05] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:45:07] Speaker E: Do we. [00:45:08] Speaker C: Should I try to identify that? See if there's any. Anything magical? [00:45:12] Speaker A: Sure. You know, as you trade. Another thing you're. You're identifying stuff. Beleg breakfast concoction. By the way, Beleg, can you roll for deliciousness? [00:45:23] Speaker G: You know I will. And it'll be my only good roll of the night. [00:45:27] Speaker D: Natty as a 19. [00:45:34] Speaker E: By Johawk's roast halfling. [00:45:37] Speaker A: Yeah. And you know what? Actually, some of the kids are trying the halfling back bacon. [00:45:45] Speaker E: I very. I enjoy this campaign. [00:45:49] Speaker A: Hey, man, it's work. Hey, these kids are from Polb. But maybe who knows? [00:45:56] Speaker G: They've been eating halfling their whole lives, they just didn't know. [00:46:00] Speaker A: Yeah, I was gonna say. [00:46:01] Speaker C: Yeah. Yeah. [00:46:02] Speaker A: Actually, you know what, guys? The campaign's over. I finally got somebody to talk about Hollandaise or Hollandan's Sauce. [00:46:13] Speaker G: Does that mean I win? [00:46:14] Speaker E: I'm gonna tell all the kids. You should get some more of that. It'll make you grow strong. [00:46:18] Speaker D: I, who is like the. Oh, fuck that. We got the moon mask from Oldfoot. [00:46:28] Speaker B: No, we got it from the. No, it was in the chamber. No, it was in the chamber. It was in. [00:46:36] Speaker G: I had one. [00:46:37] Speaker B: We found that moon mask in Nafre's office. That's where we got the moon mask from. [00:46:43] Speaker D: Brandon - award you Inspiration. [00:46:47] Speaker B: That's right. [00:46:48] Speaker G: Nice. [00:46:49] Speaker A: Kaitoa, the little gnoll pup to your side says, psst. [00:46:55] Speaker H: So, are you not agents of Nafre? That's what some of the students think. [00:47:02] Speaker A: I don't think so anymore, says the little gnoll. [00:47:05] Speaker G: Oh, God. [00:47:07] Speaker D: What do you know of Nafre? [00:47:10] Speaker H: Former emissary. [00:47:12] Speaker A: And then you hear some murmurs around, you know, as the party's been talking out loud here. You hear the. A couple of opinions kind of piping up, and then. And that's Bob the Hobgoblin over in the side saying, clearly, they're here bidden to kill the Wizards Guild. Look, they've cleared out all of the defenses. [00:47:37] Speaker G: As soon as he says that, Beleg leans forward and pretends to point his finger at him just to scare him a bit. [00:47:44] Speaker D: Ooh. [00:47:45] Speaker A: Oh, and hey, Beleg. All of a sudden, like you're not sure where he came from, Perry is beside you and says, psst. Hey, Ixnay on the Orlockway. [00:48:00] Speaker C: Zozo asks, are you sure we got all the defenses? [00:48:05] Speaker F: What other defenses would there be? [00:48:11] Speaker A: Perhaps it's Bob the Hobgoblin saying - the Grist, his five lieutenants we dispatched to maw. [00:48:20] Speaker A: Not my idea. Squandering of resources I said. A hundred gargoyle minions. Well, only the Moops. [00:48:32] Speaker E: Am I in earshot of this? [00:48:34] Speaker A: Yeah. All the party hears this. And Steve? [00:48:37] Speaker H: I don't know. Have you joined upstairs? Where's Steve? [00:48:41] Speaker F: No, Steve is down downstairs with the Corgi eating gorp. I've decided to decline the Dan food. Okay. [00:48:49] Speaker A: You dismissed that Dansion servant long ago. And so it's just you and the Corgi. [00:48:54] Speaker E: Yeah, they attacked us every time. Every time. Unprovoked. [00:49:06] Speaker C: For our last, I suppose. [00:49:10] Speaker E: I'm picking up a D20 in case I have to roll. [00:49:12] Speaker F: Deception. [00:49:13] Speaker A: Yeah, I'll have you roll a Deception. And then Zozo, can you also roll deception [00:49:21] Speaker E: Natural one. [00:49:21] Speaker C: What? [00:49:22] Speaker A: Oh, as a couple of the kids say, we were woken up by three loud bangs. Oh, we didn't get our long rests. [00:49:36] Speaker C: I rolled a nine for deception. [00:49:38] Speaker A: Johawk and Zozo, you just have very guilty looking expressions. [00:49:45] Speaker C: Well, bangs? I mean, it definitely wasn't my gun. I mean, you know, a gun. I don't have a gun. Do you have a gun? [00:49:53] Speaker A: As kaitoa like hands you the stone mufflers? [00:49:58] Speaker D: Yeah, it's a stone fleshlight. [00:50:05] Speaker F: So gritty. So gritty against your skin. [00:50:08] Speaker A: Yeah, that's totally what it looks like. [00:50:13] Speaker C: Does it have to? [00:50:18] Speaker A: And you slip it over the barrel. Well, the, the responses here are varied and shocked. A couple of the kids are. That word is on their lips. [00:50:32] Speaker H: Gun. Gun? [00:50:35] Speaker A: You have shocked a couple the kids into silence. And now the servants begin to take away a lot of the plates. But I mean it's sort of only just for show. I mean it's all illusionary stuff. Your bellies are full. [00:50:49] Speaker D: Like gunnel. [00:50:51] Speaker A: Like gunnel. [00:50:52] Speaker D: Like he meant gunnel. [00:50:54] Speaker F: It's just some navy talk, baby. [00:50:57] Speaker A: Okay, Kaitoa, would you like to roll a quick deception as well? [00:51:03] Speaker D: Oh, 16. [00:51:05] Speaker H: Oh, like a boat. Oh, we're not suspicious anymore. [00:51:11] Speaker A: And a couple of the kids seem to be enraptured actually by you, Kaitoa explaining about the gunnels of a boat. [00:51:20] Speaker D: And then I quickly dive into the whole Krizblik story of like us being on a gunnel of a boat and us like waging heavy seas and then a kraken coming up at us throwing the Krizblik bomb. [00:51:37] Speaker H: Mister, Mister. Mister. [00:51:39] Speaker A: And there's a small tabaxi girl pulling at your leg armor piece kaitoa. [00:51:45] Speaker H: Is that the same story as master Beleg was telling last night to get us back to bed? [00:51:56] Speaker D: Yes. [00:51:57] Speaker H: I like the badger. [00:52:01] Speaker G: We like the badger too. [00:52:03] Speaker D: We all love the badger. I like kaitoa bonded heavily with the badger. There's many tales to be told about the robot and the badger. [00:52:18] Speaker F: She was our best badger. [00:52:21] Speaker A: Well, as the party wraps up and the breakfast brunch party wraps up, there doesn't appear to be too much of that apprehension left hanging in the room. All of the students though are rushing back to the dormitory now they seem to be dawning the little wizard pupil cloaks and robes and party. What are you doing? As clearly now there is a sense of urgency and you are aware there Beleg ,Perry, you know, stayed by your side. There is the wizardess in mint. Corgi and Steve, you're down on the lower level. And he kind of looks at you munching on your. Your gorp with a bit of folded paws and says, I smell really good things up there. [00:53:04] Speaker H: Brunch. [00:53:06] Speaker F: I'll offer him a handful of gorp. Oh. [00:53:09] Speaker H: Oh. [00:53:09] Speaker A: You know, we really crave things from the outside here. Well, the path of a magic practitioner is sort of a lonely one. What's in the gorp, boy? [00:53:20] Speaker F: Yeah, you'll probably like these beetles. They're pretty good. They taste like nuts, but they're not nuts. [00:53:26] Speaker A: Oh. Oh, beetles. Oh, is this dried babaya? [00:53:31] Speaker F: Yeah, yeah, I picked that up a few weeks ago. There's not much of that left. There's. There's a fair bit of moss and fungus that I pulled off the rocks as we were waiting to be brought up here. That's. It's pretty good. [00:53:46] Speaker A: And he's. He's devouring some of it. So finally there, Steve, you notice that the. You know, the corgi. I guess in this moment you do notice that he carries a wand and no spell book. You know, and then this moment we exchanged some of that. You seem to have built some goodwill and equally party you seems to have built some goodwill at brunch. Even you, Johawk. And now just the final carts of illusionary halfling cooked in 42 ways are rolled out of the great hall. What are you guys doing? Was I able to identify the brooch? Yes, it is a mundane brass brooch all. [00:54:30] Speaker F: All along. [00:54:30] Speaker A: Since you guys slayed Emis in the sewers under the walls around Hewgill Castle, this brooch has been tried to be identified by arcane means. It seems to only be a brooch of some prestige to wear and perhaps very unique, but mundane and non magical. [00:54:54] Speaker C: Okay, [00:54:57] Speaker A: okay. [00:54:58] Speaker G: Beleg looks over at Perry and whispers, give me a wink when it's okay to use Orlockway Agicmay. [00:55:07] Speaker D: Wink and the gun? Wink wink. [00:55:12] Speaker A: Evernay, evernay. [00:55:15] Speaker G: I avhay a eelingfay hattay ightmay appenhay odaytay [00:55:34] Speaker A: drichelay aspey earhay elegbay. [00:55:40] Speaker E: I didn't know you all spoke Gnoll. [00:55:45] Speaker A: Well, and you know, as Beleg and Perry exchange clearly fluent ancient Elvish. This is a bastardized version of old Elvish called Pig Elvish. [00:56:04] Speaker G: Yeah, it's like Quebecois. [00:56:07] Speaker A: Exactly. And perhaps not the beautiful phraseology of ancient elves, but something that approximates it. And so you understand that, Robin it's Faeseology. Exactly. You understand though that this Perry character is absolutely giving you the hush hush message. [00:56:29] Speaker G: Yeah, I get it. [00:56:31] Speaker A: Party you now see all of the students, there's about 12 on the sorceress origins side. And there's about 12 on these wizarding ways side. They're in their full attire, and you now see them going out the Dansion. And the doors of the Dansion are now brilliant and sparkling, but they are starting to recede. And rest of the party. What are you doing. [00:57:03] Speaker D: Robin, I'm quickly gonna nudge Dustbin being like, what's going on right now? [00:57:09] Speaker B: Back, Dusty. [00:57:10] Speaker H: Back to the benches. Back to the pews. Wizards are coming. Oh, gosh. I got it. What rhymes with pews? You got to impress Nim. Oh, pews. Nothing to lose. Haha. [00:57:22] Speaker B: Fuse. [00:57:24] Speaker E: What about that spell I asked for you all to cast? [00:57:28] Speaker H: Oh, sending. There's a couple over there from the illusionary school who dabble in Sending. [00:57:36] Speaker E: Hey, you. [00:57:39] Speaker A: Can you roll intimidation or persuasion, Johawk? [00:57:42] Speaker E: Oh, I'm proficient with that. [00:57:43] Speaker A: And this is like the hallways, right? You're catching everybody going down the hatch, party. [00:57:48] Speaker E: 23, intimidation. [00:57:52] Speaker A: Okay, there's like those same three kids. Like, one of them was like, warging, One of them did the sending. They come rank and file up and say, yes, m'lord. [00:58:04] Speaker E: I need you to send a message to a dwarf. [00:58:07] Speaker H: Again with the sending. That's this one. [00:58:10] Speaker A: And this other kid kind of comes up with a low head and says, [00:58:15] Speaker H: Same drill as yesterday. Tell me how the reception is. [00:58:20] Speaker E: Do I have to describe him first? [00:58:22] Speaker H: Yes. [00:58:23] Speaker E: Old dwarf, no arms. Wears some metal man armor. [00:58:30] Speaker D: Can I bring the shield forward for them to, like, touch and connect to him? [00:58:35] Speaker A: Yes, if you have an object. If you have an object, you now decrease the difficulty. Yes. [00:58:41] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:58:42] Speaker H: Okay. [00:58:42] Speaker A: So that's the shield mortale. You grab it off of Rook's back where it's slung, this yellow shield with a black stripe across it, diagonally across it. And the kid touches it and he goes. [00:58:54] Speaker H: Okay. Did you say no arms? [00:58:58] Speaker E: He doesn't have arms, right? [00:59:01] Speaker D: He's lost his arms or. No, he has arms. [00:59:05] Speaker B: He's got a backpack. [00:59:07] Speaker D: Yeah, yeah. [00:59:08] Speaker E: Not necessarily no arms. [00:59:10] Speaker A: What is the quad? [00:59:11] Speaker G: Excuse me, I'm not helping out with this. [00:59:14] Speaker H: Excuse me. What is the quantity of nubbins of this Oldfoot? [00:59:19] Speaker E: Two nubbins. [00:59:21] Speaker G: Well, it's foreign. No, I'm not helping. [00:59:24] Speaker D: He's got it. [00:59:25] Speaker E: Well, I. I personally do not know what Oldfoot looks like, but Johawk could describe him with perfect clarity. [00:59:32] Speaker D: He had enough to grab my sword. [00:59:36] Speaker H: Sending! [00:59:37] Speaker A: And the kid now presses his fingers to his temples, Johawk. And now his brows are full, furrowed. And as he opens up his eyes, you know they've rolled back into the back of his head. He comes back towards you and says, oh, my head. [00:59:59] Speaker H: Deep, deep. Oh, you must have given me a bogus description or this. This person is deceased. [01:00:10] Speaker B: Rob, I'm gonna go the shield back. Make sure I have it. [01:00:14] Speaker F: Okay? [01:00:14] Speaker H: Yep. [01:00:15] Speaker F: Steve, I wanted to. While the. The corgi was getting deep into the gorp and, and enjoying the wonderful flavors of the outside world, I wanted to see if I could steal his wand. [01:00:32] Speaker A: Yeah, well, as he was getting down with the gorp, you could to make a sleight of hand. [01:00:39] Speaker F: Yes. [01:00:40] Speaker D: Okay. [01:00:41] Speaker E: I would like to. [01:00:42] Speaker F: I want, I want. I'm going to. I'm very good at understanding timing and I want to find the best time possible. [01:00:52] Speaker H: Okay. [01:00:52] Speaker A: So party. As you're. As you're kind of questioning some of the kids and Johawk, as your. As your failed sending request wraps up. You do notice Steve's down there back near the shackles. [01:01:05] Speaker F: Would you like me to roll? [01:01:06] Speaker D: Oh, yeah. [01:01:09] Speaker F: How about a crit 20 plus 8? [01:01:12] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh. Well, you know, I think it's. I think it's almost like. I'll just let you describe how did Steve lift this? It's like roughly an 8 inch wand. It seems like of a hardwood. So it's a wooden. It's a wooden. Dark wooden rod. How did you lift it? [01:01:32] Speaker F: Well, I would like to, in fact, if this is the case, do a little like chin scratch, Indiana Jones, presto, change-o kind of flip and put something of equal, equal weight. So I have a flute and my, my little flute that I've. That I've had, that I've traveled with, seems to be probably the closest thing in size and dimension. And I have basically just flipped it. [01:02:04] Speaker G: I hope this doesn't bite us in the ass. [01:02:06] Speaker A: Oh, ingenious. [01:02:07] Speaker E: He's gonna need that flute someday. [01:02:10] Speaker A: Replace what you. [01:02:12] Speaker F: I made it myself and travel. So it's just a piece of wood that I've carved out as I was, I don't know, on a boat somewhere. [01:02:19] Speaker D: Yeah. [01:02:19] Speaker A: You replace what you feel is an approximation of the same size. And this little corgi's wand is in your possession. What have you done with it? [01:02:28] Speaker F: It's just gone into the folds of my. Of my. My poncho. [01:02:32] Speaker F: It's one of the. One of the many little compartments. [01:02:35] Speaker C: Okay. [01:02:36] Speaker A: It's effectively disappeared just in this moment that the corgi finishes a mouth of gorp and flips around and sees that lots of people are coming down Jacob's ladder and some of the students are filing back into the pews and the benches down here. And so party. There go the students you've questioned - some of them. Joe, your sending thing didn't unfortunately produce a result, but it did produce an answer. They felt it was either a bogus description or deceased. [01:03:06] Speaker E: Was it really a bogus description? Like, do I really not know Oldfoot ? [01:03:11] Speaker D: He won't admit that he's dead, you know. [01:03:15] Speaker A: Johawk, can you roll a 1D4? [01:03:17] Speaker E: Have you. [01:03:18] Speaker A: Did you ever see Oldfoot out of his armor? [01:03:22] Speaker E: I'm pretty sure that did happen in the one shot. [01:03:25] Speaker A: You saw him. [01:03:26] Speaker D: Yeah, it's true. [01:03:27] Speaker A: You saw him, his upper body. You saw the shaman getting him into his armor. But actually, no, you didn't see whether he was also missing legs, which he is, or was. Two... [01:03:40] Speaker D: He's totally dead, man. Dude, we blew him up. [01:03:46] Speaker F: You just tried to telephone call Kraken poop. [01:03:49] Speaker D: If he's bigger than a Kraken, he lived. If he's smaller than a Kraken, he died. [01:03:58] Speaker E: Boy. One more message? [01:04:00] Speaker G: He was my favorite NPC party. [01:04:03] Speaker A: As your gnoll companion tries to tap the sending prowess here, the kid shrugs, Johawk, and says - spell slots. [01:04:13] Speaker E: What does that mean? [01:04:15] Speaker H: I've used mine. I'm a little nervous now. Going in front of the Wizards guild. They say always conservative spell slot. [01:04:25] Speaker E: I guess I'll tell the bone reader myself when I get back. [01:04:29] Speaker G: Y'all, burning spell slots, Stealing wands. [01:04:35] Speaker D: What's your name, kid? [01:04:38] Speaker H: Me? Pus. [01:04:42] Speaker D: Pus pus. [01:04:45] Speaker H: I'm the sender. [01:04:47] Speaker D: Well, all right. [01:04:50] Speaker A: Oh, and those three illusions, they go down the hall. Can I have that shield? No. Okay, party. This interaction has taken all of five minutes. Now, are you all intending to be rejoined here? As you're clearly aware that Steve actually spent the whole night and morning and brunch down on the other level. [01:05:14] Speaker D: Uh, Kaitoa is like the first to go down with the party or like with the. [01:05:20] Speaker G: Beleg is just following the kids, preparing for whatever is happening with the. [01:05:24] Speaker E: I'll follow the kid. I'm obviously dejected. [01:05:28] Speaker D: Zozo's sticking close to the party the whole time. [01:05:32] Speaker A: Okay, Zozo, Sticking close. Rook? [01:05:34] Speaker B: Same. Okay, okay, yeah. [01:05:39] Speaker A: The Dansion remains, but you folks can sense the rooms starting to collapse in on themselves, you know. The extradimensional mansion here begins to fold back into itself and the foyer is maybe the last thing here to still be present as you step outside the foyer and down the hatch. Here you are rejoined all on the noontime room of the east tower. There is silence as everybody seems to be assuming some sort of position very similar to what you saw yesterday. [01:06:18] Speaker D: I left my wallet in there. [01:06:23] Speaker A: Okay, kaitoa, One of the servants, the extradimensional servants comes out and immediately is asking you about the details of your missing billfold. [01:06:33] Speaker F: Your Costanza. [01:06:35] Speaker A: Keep the Dansion open. We might have left something in there. [01:06:37] Speaker D: Yeah. [01:06:38] Speaker A: These servants take this as serious business. They are clearly out to please guests. [01:06:45] Speaker D: Of course. [01:06:46] Speaker C: Yes. [01:06:47] Speaker B: What's our move? Are we just waiting for the Wizards Guild and gonna go in front of them? [01:06:53] Speaker E: Well, I'm gonna start arguing with Rock. Are you sure I can't have that shield? [01:07:01] Speaker B: Yes. [01:07:03] Speaker E: Oldfoot is dead. I am his successor. It's mine by inheritance. [01:07:08] Speaker B: That's nice. I carried him around for a while. He left it with me. [01:07:13] Speaker D: Rook, we all carried him around for a while. [01:07:16] Speaker B: I was the last to carry him around. [01:07:21] Speaker E: And my brother was the first. [01:07:24] Speaker B: That's nice. [01:07:26] Speaker F: First is the worst. Second is the best. [01:07:31] Speaker D: Hey Johawk. Would you be willing to trade a weapon maybe for that shield? [01:07:41] Speaker E: I pull out the caustic hammer. [01:07:48] Speaker F: We're all trading weapons. It looks like. [01:07:51] Speaker E: I give him the sad Gnoll eyes, the puppy dog eyes. [01:07:58] Speaker B: Who wants the caustic hammer? Kaitoa? [01:08:00] Speaker D: Actually, can I have that back. [01:08:03] Speaker E: I want the shield. [01:08:06] Speaker D: Actually give me that classic hammer bag. [01:08:09] Speaker E: Yes sir. And I give him the caustic hammer. [01:08:12] Speaker B: Rook's not very quick to give him back his shield here. He's not very trusting of Johawk. [01:08:21] Speaker G: Beleg is looking at them being like, come on, let's fucking go. [01:08:25] Speaker B: I'm just gonna give the shield to Kaitoa and walk away. You do it. You do what you want with it. [01:08:33] Speaker D: Johawk. I think like you proved yourself. You're here for this party. You've given your life for us. So in turn we'll give your life for you. [01:08:49] Speaker G: Speak for yourself. [01:08:54] Speaker D: Well, I'm gonna get. I'm gonna make peace with Johawk. Because me and him have been like beefing the whole time. [01:09:03] Speaker E: Taking notes. Kaitoa is my favorite. [01:09:05] Speaker D: Two barbs going at it. I'm gonna be like, you know what I'm gonna like settle it. Man, Oldfoot's gone. Like, I blew him the fuck up with Krizblik. [01:09:20] Speaker D: Like if Oldfoot's alive, then I pray for all of us. Because that Kraken is alive as well. And we're all fucked. [01:09:32] Speaker E: I thought he was unstoppable. He was the dwarf that could tame Gnolls. He was going to lead us to greatness. [01:09:44] Speaker D: He was a bit of a drunkard. [01:09:47] Speaker E: I know, but I looked past that. [01:09:50] Speaker D: Yeah. But he was a part of our party and he believed in us. So if it means anything, here's the shield. He believed in us. So if you can believe in us, [01:10:05] Speaker E: I take the shield. You have done me a great service. I will have to find time to mourn him later. [01:10:14] Speaker D: Yeah. You may both know we have bigger things going on right now. And I hope this shield does you well. [01:10:23] Speaker A: You are now in possession of the shield mortale. And the student body looks on. And you do hear a couple of the kids muttering, the chosen ones. I told you, they're the chosen ones. [01:10:43] Speaker D: Then I look back and go, I'm not crying. [01:10:47] Speaker E: Johawk is. There's a. There's a singular tear. [01:10:52] Speaker D: Robots don't cry. [01:10:57] Speaker A: And party, that is the spiritual ending, the halfway point of this episode of Dungeons and Blaggards. The clock is ticking, though, and in fact, don't cry. It is none other than Raymer, the Minotaur wizard who turns over a massive hourglass that seems to be counting down white sand. And there is an ominously short amount of time indicated. And that is where we will have to leave you until the next time on Dungeons and Blaggards. [01:12:49] Speaker E: That was great stuff. [01:12:51] Speaker D: It's great. [01:12:52] Speaker C: Very emotional. [01:12:54] Speaker E: Johawk won't kill Steve because Steve brought him to the point of near death. He won't kill Kaitoa because Kaitoa is awesome. [01:13:06] Speaker F: That is all. The rest of you will die. [01:13:12] Speaker G: I don't trust anybody. [01:13:16] Speaker C: I'm still pretty wary. [01:13:19] Speaker B: Yeah. I gave it to Kaitoa to make a decision with, and he chose sorely wrong.