[0.0s] previously on Dumbgeons and Dragons. [2.9s] In the room you're in now, there is a statue in the center of the room of a god named Loth. [10.1s] And in the portal, you see the face of an ebony-skinned, white-haired drow. [17.4s] And he says, you adventurers have had quite the journey, haven't you? [22.9s] You are the three who I need in order to get the power. [28.6s] Oh, this fucking guy. [33.8s] That was a game, right? [35.5s] And what makes you think we're going to tell you? [39.1s] Well, you're never going to get out of the dungeon without telling me. [43.5s] I've heard that one before. [45.1s] I need to know where to get the train. [48.6s] You continue walking down this hallway and it takes you through a winding path. [52.6s] You see a false stone wall. [55.5s] It pulls out and towards the corner and it reveals an unlocked wooden door. [62.9s] Good catch. [63.8s] Too good to be true or too good to pass up. [67.0s] What do you guys think? [68.0s] Too good to pass up. [69.9s] There is a mosaic of legendary monsters and a buzzing noise can be heard. [77.7s] Flint, you are swiped at by a dragon-esque looking statue. [86.4s] Bring it. [87.0s] And as it punches through the wall, the wall crumbles and out pour four 10-foot wide, [95.4s] hairy, huge spiders. [97.5s] Four giant wasps about the size of halflings zip quickly past your head. [101.7s] It's getting a bit crowded in here. [103.1s] With your leaping jump, crumbles the final gargoyle in the room. [108.6s] When you hear another buzz and you see a blue orb and out steps Tibby. [116.2s] You guys ready to blow this pop stand or what? [118.1s] And then as quick as it began, it ends. [122.9s] You look around and you quickly realize that you are no longer in Faerun. [127.5s] We open on a field to the east of Mirabar. [136.2s] It's on a high hill to the west. [138.2s] You see the town of Mirabar and to the east, the wide open plains of Faerun. [143.8s] The static in the air quickly forms animals scatter from the area [149.7s] and this blue orb appears and you are back in Faerun outside of Mirabar. [157.0s] Not in the dungeon. [158.3s] And you look to Mirabar and you see plumes of smoke coming up from the city. [164.0s] You are a bit stunned having just stepped through the portal [168.3s] and experiencing what you have just seen and done. [172.3s] Thea now owns a book of the druids, which brings into question some thoughts she had [178.3s] on what it means to be a druid and in control of her powers. [181.9s] Flint, as you step through the portal, you hear the anguished cries of Bort, [189.7s] a dragonborn hunter-ranger, screaming at you for having torn him from his land and world. [198.9s] I did not ask for this. [201.1s] Just a heads up. [202.5s] But you have it now. [203.7s] But I mean, if you're going to blame someone, [205.4s] don't blame the guy that just had it thrust upon him. [207.5s] Let's just take a minute and you can maybe discuss amongst yourselves [212.4s] in character some of the things you've seen and done [216.8s] and how you're feeling about now knowing that there are parallel worlds, [221.4s] not just planes as you were used to with the guild, [225.3s] but parallel worlds in other universes. [228.0s] Thea sits down on the ground and pulls out a joint and just lights up and is like, [234.7s] Oh, Jesus. [237.6s] Yeah, guys, this is a lot to take in. [241.0s] I mean, those guys seem great and all. [244.4s] But what the hell is going on? [247.4s] I thought we were dealing with dragons and that was crazy enough for someone [255.6s] who's just a simple person. [257.6s] And now I find out, oh, there's whole other dimensions. [261.4s] There's whole other worlds. [262.8s] There's whole other groups of people that we don't even know about. [267.6s] And now one of them is stuck in Flint. [270.3s] Yep. [270.9s] And the animals, man, the animals. [274.2s] Remember that elephant? [276.3s] Yeah, I don't know. [280.5s] If I was a religious person, I would be having a crisis of faith. [286.6s] Since I'm not, I kind of just want to go like hide in the woods. [292.2s] That's kind of my go-to to feel better. [296.2s] But we got a lot of shit we have to do. [298.6s] We have people counting on us. [300.2s] What's going on over there in Miravar? [302.3s] The whole town's on fire. [305.2s] What happened since we left the dungeon? [307.1s] How long have we even been gone? [309.0s] Oh, God, that's a good question. [310.6s] I wonder if time works the same. [312.6s] Exactly. [313.6s] I look at Flint's face and I throw him a joint. [317.7s] And I say, buddy, you look worse than you did after you got out of the Fist of the Iron Dawn. [324.2s] This is much needed, for sure. [327.7s] Flint, do you want to make a constitution check? [330.6s] Yeah, right. [331.8s] That is a 16. [333.4s] Bort rolled a 20. [337.0s] Out of Flint's mouth, which you guys have experienced this before, [342.5s] Bort begins to scream. [345.3s] It's like it kind of fades in. [347.6s] Why did you bring me back here? [349.8s] Why did you bring me here? [350.8s] Where am I? [351.8s] The elix shuffles back on the ground away from Flint. [355.9s] He said I wanted to come back. [357.4s] I did not want to come here with you. [361.2s] I look at you, Lara. [362.2s] But if the choice was that or die, isn't this a better choice? [367.4s] I don't know. [368.4s] What if we can get you out of his body, into a new body somehow? [373.8s] Do you have that sort of power in this world? [376.6s] Maybe. [377.4s] Maybe. [378.9s] We can certainly search. [382.1s] Flint, you want to make a con check? [383.6s] That is a 18. [385.3s] He rolled a six. [386.7s] Bort is gone and Flint is back. [388.7s] Flint, where did you go? [389.7s] What did that feel like? [390.5s] What's going on, buddy? [391.4s] Tell me. [392.4s] It does not feel good when that happens, I'll tell you that much. [396.1s] So is Flint aware and can hear everything that's happening? [399.0s] Or is it like he has a fugue state and blacks out [401.6s] and finds himself in a completely different location? [405.2s] Why am I covered in tattoos? [408.2s] Basically, how I am going to treat it is there are two drivers at the wheel. [414.5s] When Bort wins the con, he takes control and he can say and do whatever he wants [421.9s] Flint's body to say and do. [423.7s] They probably not right now, but probably very soon I'm going to have Flint and Bort [429.5s] have a conversation about what they want. [433.4s] But for the rest of the episode, we're going to say Flint is in control. [437.0s] But Flint, you feel like there's someone always pulling at your mind [443.0s] to try and get control of your body. [445.6s] Sweet. [446.0s] So I have to concentrate all the time? [448.5s] Yeah. [449.8s] That sounds uncomfortable. [451.3s] This is going to go great, guys. [453.9s] Maybe you don't want to take that joint now. [455.6s] Maybe you don't want that. [459.1s] Fuck it, Bort. [459.8s] You just take over. [460.6s] You just take over. [462.0s] Bort, I'm tired. [463.1s] I need some Flint time. [464.9s] So you just go right ahead. [466.6s] Should we go down to Mirabar or should we just go back to Luskin? [471.7s] That's where we were going to take the box, right? [473.8s] We need to go get your armor. [475.7s] Oh, my God. [476.2s] Yes. [477.0s] Yeah, right. [478.0s] I've forgotten all about my armor. [480.2s] I just get a tingly feeling all up and down. [482.3s] And possibly a new trucker hat for Donnie. [484.8s] Guys, we have to go back because Primsbane probably has control [489.3s] of the entire Mirabar army by now. [492.6s] We can't just let them run rampant over the whole world. [497.4s] Thea lays down in the grass. [499.7s] It's like, can't we? [505.3s] Thea's having a crisis of druidness. [510.1s] As you lay down in the grass, you begin to feel a rumble. [515.2s] In the ground. [517.4s] Pardon me. [521.0s] Not that kind of rumble. [522.9s] You begin to feel a very even-paced cadence. [529.0s] Guys, someone's marching. [531.2s] And as you look to the east over the top of another large hill, [535.5s] you see the remaining soldiers of the Axe of Mirabar marching towards Mirabar. [543.2s] Oh! [543.6s] Guys, they haven't made it there yet. [545.5s] Primsbane probably isn't controlling them yet. [547.8s] If we can cut them off, maybe we can work together to stop Primsbane, [552.4s] and then we can try and figure out what to do to get Bort out of Flint [556.7s] because this is an unmanageable situation. [561.9s] Oh, it is not working for anybody. [564.3s] Okay. [564.9s] Thea, are you okay? [567.3s] Sure, let's go. [568.2s] Oh, yeah. [572.3s] So that joint kicked in. [573.7s] You're a bit more relaxed. [575.1s] So Thea does a somersault. [576.7s] Just like a little, like, woo, in the grass and gets up [579.6s] and starts walking towards the army. [581.4s] Everybody else just does laissez-faire about it, [583.8s] or you guys have a different notice? [586.4s] I'm ready. [587.2s] I want to cut them off, [588.6s] and if we can get an army on our side fighting this dumb bastard, [595.6s] I'm happy to do it. [597.4s] Let's get some help. [598.9s] How far out are they? [600.1s] They're a fair ways out, maybe just under a kilometer, [604.2s] but you're about halfway between them and Mirabar. [606.8s] Do you guys want to hop on? [608.6s] I know you shouldn't smoke and fly, but... [612.8s] But Guacamole would be the one flying. [615.0s] Yeah. [615.8s] Do you guys want to hop on and get there fast? [617.7s] Let's do it. [618.3s] Good. I don't want to run. [619.6s] And? [620.1s] What if Guacamole gets a contact high? [624.2s] My joint is done. [627.5s] I pulled that back pretty fast. [629.0s] This will also give us a chance to observe from a distance [634.6s] or easily retreatable if they're under Prim's Bane's control, hopefully. [641.4s] Guacamole has really good sight vision, and we can... [645.3s] Really good sight vision? [646.3s] Yeah. [647.5s] Yeah, sight vision. [649.0s] Shut up, Russ. [650.0s] I'm not high right now, actually. [654.1s] Those words just came out of my mouth. [655.7s] Guacamole has really good vision. [658.7s] You bastard. [659.8s] And we can talk to each other telepathically, [663.1s] so I can ask Guacamole if they look like... [667.4s] Because they looked weird, right? [668.6s] They looked undead. [669.6s] Yes. [670.1s] Right? [671.4s] So, okay, I summon Guacamole. [675.4s] Gwak! [682.0s] And my wonderful Jade Serpentine Owl. [686.2s] Comes forth from the... [689.0s] Is that what you say when Guacamole comes up? [690.8s] Yeah, I do now. [692.1s] Perfect. [693.5s] Hi, Theodos. [695.7s] Gwak! [697.1s] So, yeah, we telepathically communicate. [699.8s] So we hop on, because she's already wearing a saddle, [702.7s] and we... and off we fly. [704.6s] You fly up and you're up in the air. [706.5s] You're able to see Mirabar better. [709.0s] And it looks like there are buildings on fire. [712.6s] You can see soldiers of the acts of Mirabar in the city, [717.6s] and you can see people running from them. [719.8s] So the soldiers in town are... [721.5s] Oh, but we knew that. [722.3s] The soldiers in town were all overtaken. [725.4s] Yes, and as you fly more towards the army [730.9s] that's coming towards the city, [733.4s] they see you and they stop their position, [736.1s] and you hear them readying their archers [739.1s] as you fly down and near them. [741.7s] And they yell up to you. [743.2s] If you don't want to be shot from the sky, [745.9s] you should probably come down now. [748.2s] Do they say that in unison, or does like a dude say that, [751.6s] or do they say it like a bunch of people say it at different times? [755.2s] A single dude at the front says that. [758.0s] Can I see how they look from here? [759.8s] From what you can see, they look to be normal. [763.7s] They are all wearing full armor and with their headgear and stuff, but... [768.7s] Can Guacamole see anything? [770.3s] You or Guacamole see nothing [772.2s] that appears out of the ordinary with them. [774.5s] Okay. [776.1s] Guacamole lands like a good, you know, [778.9s] a decent distance away, like away, you know, for safety. [783.6s] And the guy who yelled at you, [786.8s] he looks like he's got much finer plate mail. [789.5s] You could say he's probably the commander or leader of this squad. [793.8s] Then he yells out to you and says, [795.9s] you need to start explaining to yourselves what's going on here. [798.9s] Why is there fire in Mirabar? [800.6s] And what are you doing flying towards us? [803.8s] Guys, he seems like he doesn't know anything about what's going on. [806.8s] This is perfect. [810.6s] What's going on? [812.6s] What's your name, sir? [813.5s] I'm Commander Hammerstryker, [815.6s] and I am the commander of the acts of Mirabar. [817.9s] Okay, Hammy, listen up. [819.3s] You want to make a history check first? [821.6s] Are we all making history checks? [823.0s] Yeah, everybody can. [824.2s] History. [828.0s] 16. [829.1s] 19. [831.0s] 16, only because I rolled a 10. [832.6s] That could have been real good, though. [834.0s] You all know that the acts of Mirabar [836.5s] is commanded by Commander Torgar Hammerstryker, [840.8s] and he has been the commander of the militia and the army in Mirabar [846.0s] for close to 300 years now. [848.2s] So that, to you, checks out. [850.6s] Hammy, my man, Ham the man, Ham the man. [856.6s] Who are you? [860.3s] I'm Thea Amastasia, and these are my compadres. [865.1s] What's your group name? [870.6s] None of your fucking business. [872.6s] That's our group name. [873.4s] Oh, let's dial it down a notch there. [875.9s] You see some of the soldiers get a little more agitated. [879.5s] Sorry, I'm sorry. [881.2s] Someone else start talking. [883.7s] Elbow Flint, go talk to him. [885.5s] You've got your charm belt. [888.4s] Dwarves love to other dwarves. [890.5s] It's all the dwarf love. [891.6s] I put my axe away, and I walk up and I say, [895.3s] Torgar Hammerstryker, you've come just in time. [898.4s] There are some serious problems going on in Mirabar. [902.2s] Well, I see that, but what is happening? [904.9s] Sorry, who are you? [905.9s] My apologies. [906.9s] I'm Flint Firebeard. [908.4s] I used to be with the Fist of the Iron Dawn. [913.4s] What do you know? [914.2s] What's happening? [915.0s] We arrived in town a few days ago, [918.1s] and it turns out my old company was here on some unsavory business, [923.8s] which is part of why I left their ranks. [928.2s] A bit of a plot has unfolded since then. [931.8s] There's an elf wizard that seems to have cast a charm [935.3s] on the rest of the acts of Mirabar. [938.8s] Here in town, that has corrupted them, [941.6s] and they're all in his control, [944.9s] and who knows what they're doing, [946.6s] because now we see that the city's on fire. [949.0s] Did it just start getting on fire? [953.4s] I don't know. [954.4s] We were transported to... [956.6s] It's a long story. [957.7s] I don't know. [958.5s] We just got back from where we were, [960.5s] and we saw the town burning. [962.9s] Okay. Well, that's not good. [966.8s] We have half of our army here. [970.4s] There were 500 soldiers left in the city, [974.0s] and 500 were scheduled to return before we got back. [978.6s] So that's... [979.5s] If he has charmed them all, [982.7s] that's a thousand soldiers that he has under his control. [986.6s] Do you know anything about the charm? [989.0s] Yes. Take off all your clothes. [992.0s] I beg your pardon? [993.4s] Who is this? [995.0s] He's asking you, Flint. [998.2s] This is Thea Amastasia. [1000.4s] She's a druid, [1001.8s] and I've been traveling with her for the last few months. [1004.3s] Great. [1005.2s] He's charmed the armor. [1007.4s] Charmed the armor. [1009.6s] Okay. [1010.7s] Yes, because we met another person from the acts of Mirabar [1015.2s] who was named... [1017.1s] Anyone? [1018.8s] Do you know a dwarf named Ostrich Battlehammer? [1021.5s] He's a close friend, yes. [1023.0s] We met him. [1023.9s] He was uncharmed because he was off duty, [1028.1s] not wearing his armor, [1030.4s] and he appears to be one of the only soldiers [1034.1s] not affected by this charm, [1036.4s] and their minds appear to be gone. [1040.2s] I'm sorry. [1041.0s] I know these are your soldiers, [1043.5s] but they are overtaken by this elf, [1048.3s] and he is controlling their words and their actions. [1051.9s] Do you know if this is a reversible charm? [1055.0s] We tried removing the armor, [1057.0s] and it had no effect. [1058.6s] We don't know if there's a magical cure, [1060.6s] but just removing the armor didn't do anything. [1064.9s] So if we go in under this with our armor on, [1069.4s] we are at risk, as you understand, [1072.5s] to become charmed as well. [1074.3s] Perhaps. [1075.0s] Not so crazy now, am I? [1076.4s] Perhaps. [1076.9s] It could have been a one-time cast of a spell that he did, [1082.1s] but we're not exactly sure, [1084.2s] so it could be anything at this point. [1087.0s] He may have set up some sort of mist tent [1089.6s] because it was hot, [1090.5s] and they all walked through it wearing their armor. [1094.8s] Sure. [1095.3s] Yeah, I get it. [1096.0s] Anything's possible. [1097.7s] Yeah. [1100.1s] Okay, you don't know how you got out. [1107.8s] Okay. [1109.9s] Well, this is tough. [1113.8s] There is a sewer entrance into Mirabar. [1119.7s] I don't want to take all of my soldiers beyond this point, [1123.6s] really, in case whatever's happening turns them, [1128.0s] but I could come with you [1129.9s] and try and get in without my armor, obviously, [1135.0s] and see if we can't figure things out [1138.6s] and then hopefully drop whatever charm [1141.3s] or figure out if we can't all come in [1143.8s] to help clear the city. [1146.0s] We released Ostrich. [1148.2s] We were all trapped in the dungeon together, [1150.3s] so it's possible he escaped [1154.3s] and we could find him, [1155.5s] and maybe he has learned more in our absence, [1159.8s] or he could now be possessed or dead, [1168.3s] but you say he is a good friend of yours. [1171.3s] Yes. [1171.4s] If you know where he may be, [1172.9s] that might be a good starting destination for us. [1175.6s] He's the only one we saw that wasn't under this spell. [1179.4s] Well, I know a couple places [1181.0s] we could probably look for him. [1184.2s] Hopefully, the entire place hasn't been completely overrun, [1187.0s] but yeah, we need to get in there somehow, [1191.0s] so let's get your armor. [1195.8s] Or, you know, save the town, but either one. [1198.7s] We do have some armor being made. [1203.0s] Okay, maybe that's a good place to go, [1204.9s] because if I can't get in with my armor, [1208.3s] maybe there is another armor that I can be outfit with, [1212.7s] but yes, let's go do that. [1214.3s] He begins to take off his armor [1216.2s] and give his next-in-command orders [1219.8s] to hold their position until they hear otherwise [1223.6s] or see a signal that is safe to enter the city. [1228.5s] I would like to roll a perception check [1230.6s] to see what Thea's reaction to him taking his armor off is. [1238.7s] What's Thea's reaction to him taking his armor off? [1242.9s] She sings inappropriately, [1247.2s] and he says, all right, guys, let's go in through the sewers. [1251.8s] And he leads you to the south of the city, [1255.0s] where the river is, [1257.0s] and there you find an entrance to some sewer tunnels. [1262.1s] Gross. [1263.1s] I mean, yay. [1264.3s] You enter into these sewer tunnels, [1265.8s] and Flint and Hammerstriker, [1268.2s] they are able to walk through quite well, [1270.7s] but Thea and Nularaaaa, you gotta duck a little bit. [1274.8s] I complain about it. [1275.8s] Well, you're quite tall, aren't you, Thea? [1277.7s] I'm almost six feet tall. [1279.9s] That is quite tall. [1281.0s] And he says to you, he's like, [1283.4s] so where are you getting this armor from? [1288.6s] The guy in the shopping district? [1294.2s] This is the day they realize [1295.3s] they need to ask names and locations. [1299.1s] He has an underground entrance as well. [1303.4s] The entire city of Mirabar has an underground entrance, [1306.2s] but there are two blacksmiths of decent quality, [1309.5s] because this sewer will tie into those tunnels, [1312.2s] and we can probably go check them out. [1314.2s] Well, this blacksmith had a bunch of kids, [1316.3s] if that helps you out. [1317.6s] Oh, Patrick. [1318.7s] Then we'll go see him. [1320.3s] Yeah. [1321.7s] So you travel through the sewers, [1324.0s] and you don't see or hear some ruckus above, [1327.5s] from the streets above, [1329.0s] but you come to a side tunnel [1332.6s] that eventually connects into the underground [1336.3s] Mirabar tunnel network [1338.2s] that you had been in previously [1339.4s] when escaping the dragon. [1340.8s] It takes a little while, [1341.8s] but you get to the same blacksmith entrance [1346.2s] that you were at before. [1347.7s] Hammer Stryker goes up [1349.0s] and kind of peeks through the door. [1351.2s] He kind of gives you the wait a second hand signal, [1356.5s] and he sneaks in. [1358.5s] You hear some shuffling about, [1360.6s] and then he comes back and waves you up, [1362.4s] and you walk into the blacksmith, [1364.3s] and it looks like it's been turned over, [1366.2s] like everything is knocked off the walls. [1368.6s] No. [1371.8s] And... [1372.7s] No! [1375.3s] Thank you for reacting appropriately. [1377.4s] Sorry, everyone else got to do it, [1379.0s] so I wanted to get in on the fly. [1380.1s] Well, he was real nice, [1382.0s] and I just feel bad. [1383.6s] Made it through the dragon attack, [1385.2s] and now this dumb soldier has probably attacked him. [1387.8s] Under the spell of this primsbane bastard. [1390.6s] I start sifting through the remaining things, [1394.1s] trying to find maybe the armor, [1395.8s] because I asked them for it to be fancy. [1398.2s] Are you trying to be quiet when you do this, [1399.8s] or are you just kind of milling stuff about it? [1401.5s] No, I'm trying... [1402.2s] Well, first, I'm just looking around, [1404.0s] but if I do move anything, [1405.4s] I would like to be quiet about it. [1406.8s] Should I make a stealth check? [1408.2s] How about first we say... [1410.9s] Hail, Patrick! [1413.2s] Rather than just walking in [1414.3s] and digging through the piles of rubble. [1416.9s] Thea's high. [1417.7s] Thea don't care. [1418.6s] Oh, you're right, you're right. [1419.8s] Thea don't care. [1421.3s] Thea goes in and starts just rummaging through things. [1425.0s] Very quietly she starts rummaging through things, [1427.9s] because you got a good stealth check there. [1430.3s] But Nularaaaa, you do yell out, [1432.3s] and you hear from a side room, [1438.6s] you hear kind of a stir, [1441.3s] and like a picking up of a sword and shield, [1444.9s] and you hear... [1447.0s] Who? Who's there? [1448.2s] Patty! [1449.9s] Oh, it's you. [1451.9s] Did you bring the army, too? [1453.5s] You brought the dragon. [1454.5s] Did you bring the army? [1455.8s] And he kind of slowly walks out of this back room. [1459.1s] Looks like he's been in a bit of a battle, [1462.5s] but he looks okay. [1464.5s] Just looks like he's been roughed up a little bit. [1466.6s] Do he and Hammerstriker embrace or anything? [1470.4s] They know each other? [1471.8s] Do they kiss on the mouth? [1473.4s] Hammerstriker... [1473.8s] Do they kiss on the mouth? [1475.4s] ...was clearing another room, [1477.0s] but he walks in at the same time, [1479.9s] and they don't kiss on the mouth. [1484.3s] They acknowledge each other, [1485.4s] and Hammerstriker asks him if he's okay, [1488.7s] and then Patrick says... [1491.1s] Well, the Axa Mirabar came in here [1493.7s] and just started looting and tearing stuff off the walls, [1496.4s] and I didn't know what was going on. [1498.3s] I fled through the tunnels, [1500.6s] but managed to sneak my way back in after they had left. [1504.5s] What's going on? [1505.7s] But you guys, you three, [1508.1s] there's bad news bears about you. [1509.9s] Every time I see you, something bad's going on. [1514.9s] Well, you're not wrong, [1516.6s] but we don't cause it. [1518.2s] We try our best to help. [1519.9s] And that's not really true. [1521.7s] The second time you saw us, [1523.0s] it was a quiet afternoon when we came to order armor. [1525.4s] Yeah, so what, two out of three times [1527.9s] it's been a total shit show? [1529.8s] It's not so bad. [1532.5s] It's pretty bad. [1533.8s] Speaking of which... [1537.4s] Did anyone steal my armor? [1540.1s] Surprisingly, no, [1542.3s] but the price has gone up. [1544.1s] But it was free, [1545.2s] and then I also paid you for it, so... [1547.9s] Yep, the price has gone up. [1549.5s] All right, Hammy, you know what to do. [1553.4s] Okay. [1557.5s] I fucking love Thea. [1559.0s] It's so great. [1561.3s] You got this, right? [1563.2s] I'm making not clear gestures. [1571.1s] He looks at you like, [1573.1s] what are you talking about? [1575.2s] And he looks at Patrick. [1576.4s] He's like, [1577.2s] Patrick, we need some armor. [1580.2s] I am not wearing my armor [1582.2s] because apparently these folks say [1584.2s] that there's a charm on the acts of Mirabar armor, [1587.4s] which has turned them into something, [1590.9s] something that's not normal. [1593.8s] I mean, you made a deal with her. [1595.3s] You should probably just give her, [1597.4s] even if she's paid. [1599.0s] Patrick says, [1599.6s] Fine, fine. [1601.5s] I'll give you the armor. [1602.6s] Thanks, Patty. [1603.5s] You're the best. [1606.0s] And I should have something in your size there, Torgar. [1608.7s] So he goes into the back [1610.5s] and brings out armor for Torgar and for you. [1615.4s] How pretty is it? [1616.9s] It is very pretty. [1618.5s] It is very shiny. [1620.2s] It is plate armor. [1622.2s] You lift it and it is light as a feather. [1625.0s] I give him 30 gold pieces [1627.4s] just because I'm so happy. [1629.6s] Why do you gotta, [1632.6s] whatever. [1633.7s] He takes the 30 gold. [1638.8s] You are hilarious with the money. [1640.8s] A watching contradiction. [1643.0s] But then I pay him anyway. [1644.9s] Yeah. [1646.7s] This is how I do it. [1648.0s] He hands the armor to Torgar [1651.4s] and you both now have armor. [1654.2s] I put mine on and I go to Nulara [1656.0s] and I go, zip me up. [1657.0s] I zip her up. [1660.6s] Sure, it's a zipper. [1661.6s] Why not? [1664.7s] I was just being funny, [1665.7s] like how girls put on dresses [1667.0s] and then they have to get someone to zip them up. [1668.6s] It's a zipper. [1669.4s] Okay. [1670.7s] The only zipper in Faerun. [1673.4s] You've got it. [1674.2s] That would be amazing. [1675.4s] You know how complicated it is to put on armor? [1678.7s] You need a page to put it on you [1681.9s] and tie it up piece by piece. [1683.7s] It's exhausting. [1684.8s] Zip, zip. [1685.6s] This is amazing. [1686.4s] That was worth the 30 extra gold you just gave him. [1688.6s] Certainly was. [1689.5s] What's my armor class now? [1691.3s] You have a 16 armor class. [1694.4s] Hoping for 18, but okay. [1696.1s] What kind of armor do you think is gonna give you? [1697.8s] I don't even have 18. [1699.2s] I was gonna say I don't have 18. [1701.7s] Damn, badass. [1703.1s] I'm wearing badass scale mail [1705.0s] and I don't even have 18. [1706.2s] Your armor class without armor is 11. [1709.0s] So you have plus five armor. [1710.3s] Damn, that's nice. [1712.3s] Okay, amazing. [1713.6s] I just feel like I get hit a lot. [1715.9s] Well, you do because you put yourself [1717.4s] in the middle of gargoyle. [1719.5s] You do kind of jump right in. [1721.8s] That room was small. [1723.4s] Yeah, we were all in the middle of some stuff [1725.4s] in that dungeon. [1725.7s] That room was tiny. [1727.8s] You are a squishy druid. [1729.9s] Just keep that in mind. [1732.4s] But now you're a little less squishy. [1734.1s] So you guys are all armored up. [1738.6s] Patrick, can you tell us anything about the soldiers? [1742.9s] Did you make their armor? [1744.2s] Did you notice anything different about it? [1746.3s] We're trying to figure out how to fight these guys [1749.5s] or how to stop the charm that Prisbane has on them. [1753.6s] There's me and another blacksmith in town [1755.8s] that have been making the armor [1758.2s] and they do use a rare metal alloy [1761.4s] that we've been developing. [1762.6s] It's not used for any other type of armor. [1767.0s] That's the only real difference. [1769.0s] What's the metal called? [1770.8s] Well, we've been working with Clan Ironstar [1773.3s] to use their dark steel alloy [1775.4s] and combine that with mithril armor. [1777.9s] A dark mithril alloy, if you will. [1780.6s] And no one else in town is allowed to use it. [1783.1s] It's specifically for the acts of Mirabar. [1786.0s] But, you know, seems kind of big now. [1789.5s] But really that's the only difference though. [1792.0s] I bet that has something to do with the spell. [1795.1s] It'd be an easy way to target it, wouldn't it? [1798.7s] Do I know any, like, out of character, [1801.3s] do I know of this spell? [1803.4s] Is there any way that I can... [1805.8s] You know that there are... [1808.6s] Did I ask this already? [1810.0s] Now I feel like it may have asked already. [1811.7s] And you said you know that there are control spells. [1814.2s] In character, you know that there are [1817.1s] spells that can control minds, [1819.1s] usually done by necromantic wizards. [1821.8s] However, you know those spells have limitations. [1825.3s] You know, usually if they're going to do that, [1827.7s] there's a set number of targets [1830.8s] that they are able to control [1833.9s] while maintaining concentration. [1835.8s] But what you've seen is likely [1838.2s] he has control of 1,000 soldiers, [1842.5s] which is far outside the realm [1845.6s] of what you know could be possible [1848.4s] by a spell of that sort. [1850.3s] I imagine him sitting in a room somewhere [1852.1s] with the look of like consternation, [1854.3s] just the constant focus [1857.1s] of trying to keep track of 1,000. [1860.7s] But you know that there likely [1863.8s] could be something else at play [1866.8s] along with some sort of control spell. [1868.9s] Well, I want to hit things, you guys. [1871.6s] I want things to hit me. [1872.8s] I want to test this metal. [1875.0s] Where to? [1875.9s] Should we try to find the other dwarf? [1881.4s] Or should we try like, [1883.3s] do you want to just like go find Primsbane? [1887.5s] I don't really, I feel bad actually. [1891.8s] Maybe you guys can just remind me. [1893.4s] When we fought the dwarves in the dungeon, [1897.8s] like, did they ever come back to themselves? [1901.0s] Like, do we have to kill all of them? [1902.7s] Or can we break the spell? [1905.8s] We tried taking off the armor [1908.6s] because that was the only thing [1909.9s] that we could think to really do. [1911.0s] And we're not like super magical. [1913.4s] So there might be a magic fix, [1915.0s] but taking off the armor didn't help. [1917.1s] No, and their faces were blue [1919.0s] with like black veins and stuff like that. [1923.4s] So I guess like my inclination [1925.5s] would be to go to the source [1927.2s] and see if that, [1928.9s] like if we kill Primsbane, [1931.0s] if they become uncharmed [1932.7s] rather than just like fighting [1934.3s] and killing a bunch of people, [1935.8s] like it's not their fault. [1937.1s] Yeah. [1937.5s] Oh, no, for sure. [1938.4s] We should try to take out Primsbane. [1940.3s] Yes. [1941.0s] Okay. [1941.5s] Hammer Stryker, where do you think Primsbane is? [1945.8s] He's the one we need to find. [1947.6s] We need to kill him [1949.2s] and see if we can save these soldiers. [1951.4s] The most fortified location in the city [1953.8s] is likely where you were [1956.8s] when you were in the brig. [1958.4s] That building has the most fortified position. [1963.8s] It's the hardest to get into. [1965.4s] There's only really two entrances, [1968.1s] the front and there's one getaway exit [1972.8s] out the rear, [1973.9s] which exits into the tunnels. [1977.3s] So we do have a way in [1980.3s] through the underground system. [1982.3s] My guess is if he's in town [1984.4s] and doing this, [1985.5s] that's where he would be. [1986.8s] Back to the dungeon. [1987.9s] I guess we don't know if he's in town, [1989.6s] but it's a good starting spot. [1995.0s] Let's go. [1995.8s] Should we try to find Ostrich? [1997.4s] On the way. [1999.0s] Keep an eye out. [2000.5s] Hammer Stryker, is there a way [2002.2s] you said you thought you might know [2003.8s] where Ostrich was? [2005.6s] We could use more help. [2008.2s] Can we swing by, [2010.5s] pick him up on our way to go kill the Dark Elf? [2013.0s] Well, we can. [2015.1s] There are a couple safe houses [2016.5s] that we could get to [2017.7s] that aren't on site. [2021.2s] So we can go try and swing by there [2022.7s] and see if maybe he's holed up. [2024.2s] Let's do that. [2025.0s] You guys head back down. [2026.0s] Patrick stays behind. [2027.5s] He's not coming with you, [2029.0s] but you four head down into the tunnels [2032.2s] and it takes you a little while. [2035.2s] You don't run into anybody [2037.4s] before you make it to an exit [2039.1s] from the tunnels, [2040.4s] which brings you out into a street, [2043.7s] which Hammer Stryker says, [2045.6s] okay, the safe house is just [2047.0s] across the street here. [2048.9s] He looks out into the road. [2050.8s] There appears to be some guards [2053.8s] down at the end of the way. [2055.5s] So we just have to make it [2057.0s] across the street, [2057.8s] down a couple of doors [2059.2s] and get into the house [2060.6s] without them seeing us. [2061.8s] Nulara, you know what to do. [2063.8s] Oh, yeah, yeah. [2066.3s] I'll pass without a trace [2070.3s] and we'll be real sneaky. [2075.7s] Hello, welcome back. [2081.3s] It's been too long [2082.5s] and I've missed you so much. [2083.8s] It's me, your dungeon master, [2085.2s] Russ More. [2085.8s] Thank you for listening [2087.0s] to episode 15 of Dumptions and Dragons, [2089.1s] this one titled, [2090.1s] A Stutter in Time. [2091.8s] This episode is dealing [2093.0s] with the portal jump [2094.3s] that Flint, Thea and Nulara [2096.0s] made to Enan, [2097.1s] the world of bros and dragons. [2099.3s] If you missed that episode, [2100.7s] it's their episode 32. [2102.9s] So you should head over to iTunes, [2104.6s] check them out, [2105.4s] bros and dragons [2106.4s] and specifically episode 32 [2108.8s] to hear some of that crazy stuff [2110.6s] that went down [2111.3s] and what we're dealing with now. [2112.6s] That's all I've got. [2113.5s] The next part in our adventure [2114.7s] will be available June 28th. [2116.8s] I know, so far away. [2118.9s] It'll go quick though, don't worry. [2120.1s] With episode 16. [2121.8s] Let's get back out there [2122.7s] and see if we can't start [2123.8s] cleaning up this quest log though. [2125.8s] Talk to you next time. [2126.7s] Last up to one hour. [2136.2s] Must stay within 30 feet. [2137.8s] Yeah, we've got to stay within 30 feet [2140.3s] and we just get a plus 10 [2143.3s] to stealth checks [2145.3s] and we leave no trace also, hence. [2148.1s] Yeah, you leave no footprints and stuff. [2149.8s] Yeah. [2150.4s] You cast pass without a trace [2151.9s] and you feel [2152.9s] and the magical wave wash over you [2155.4s] and it appears to have succeeded. [2158.3s] So make a, as you head out [2160.3s] into the street, [2161.0s] make a stealth check everybody [2162.7s] with a plus 10 bonus. [2165.5s] Oh, it's a good thing it's a plus 10. [2167.0s] Plus your stealth. [2167.9s] 24. [2170.1s] Nice. [2172.1s] 20. [2173.2s] 18. [2174.2s] Hammer striker got 14 [2175.8s] but that's still good enough [2177.0s] to make it to the safe house [2178.5s] across the street and you get in [2180.4s] and as you get in [2182.0s] and shut the door, [2183.5s] you are unnoticed. [2184.9s] You go into the safe house [2186.6s] and it looks like it has been [2189.0s] turned over as well. [2190.1s] Hammer striker calls out [2192.0s] and says, [2192.6s] Ostrick, are you here? [2194.5s] And you wait a second [2195.4s] and there's no call back. [2196.6s] Well, shit. [2198.0s] There was several safe houses, right? [2199.9s] Yeah. [2200.4s] Okay. [2200.7s] Well, we're invisible for an hour. [2202.0s] We can traipse all over [2202.9s] this goddamn town if you want. [2205.1s] Sure. Yeah, absolutely. [2207.5s] It says maybe we can look around here [2210.2s] and just see if [2211.5s] see if there's anything left behind. [2213.4s] Oh, for sure. [2214.7s] I go upstairs. [2216.3s] Is there an upstairs? [2217.3s] I don't know. [2219.8s] Okay. [2220.1s] I go into the next room. [2221.3s] It's a rancher. [2222.1s] They don't do well with stairs. [2223.4s] You just want to do [2224.3s] investigation checks. [2226.2s] Yep. [2227.6s] Fuck my rolls. [2232.3s] Five. [2234.6s] 16. [2235.8s] 12. [2236.3s] Takes about five minutes [2238.5s] and hammer striker calls you [2240.9s] as you're each searching rooms [2242.8s] and says that he found a small stone soldier [2248.5s] that he knows that Osric owns. [2250.7s] And he says he found that tucked behind [2253.7s] one of the cabinets. [2254.6s] So he feels that he has been here [2256.5s] and he might be at one of the other locations. [2259.0s] Okay. [2259.7s] Great. [2260.1s] Let's go. [2261.0s] Sneakily. [2261.6s] As you head back out into the street, [2263.5s] do you guys want to take the tunnels [2265.1s] or do you want to just take the street? [2266.9s] I guess whatever's faster. [2268.6s] Like the spell lasts for a while. [2271.5s] So as far as we know, no one is looking for us. [2278.0s] So I guess the most direct way we can get there. [2281.3s] Hammer striker says, well, we can head through the streets. [2283.5s] That'd probably be the quickest way. [2286.2s] It's a little twisty down underneath [2289.2s] but we're more than likely to pass by a few guard posts. [2293.1s] But yeah, we can head through the streets. [2294.5s] It'd take us about 10 minutes to get there. [2296.1s] They're on the far side of town there. [2298.5s] So you guys head out [2299.4s] and you're walking through the streets [2302.1s] Has anyone else noticed [2303.4s] that Russ is really making mentions [2305.0s] of how much time things take? [2306.1s] Yes, I did also notice that. [2308.9s] It's important to know. [2310.2s] Totally. [2311.0s] I'm so torn. [2312.0s] Like I want it to be other bad guys, not soldiers. [2315.3s] Like this is their commander [2316.6s] and he's going to have to fight them. [2318.1s] There are a lot of moral implications [2319.8s] that I'm not that comfortable with. [2321.5s] Oh, for sure. [2322.4s] Yeah. [2322.7s] So you head out into the street [2324.3s] and you take a turn away from the first guards [2328.2s] that you saw. [2329.8s] You walk out into a main road area [2333.6s] and you're sticking kind of to the side [2335.6s] but you see a group of 10 soldiers marching up. [2339.4s] Make a stealth check. [2342.6s] 24. [2343.2s] Still plus 10? [2344.3s] Yeah. [2344.8s] Sweet. [2345.6s] 29. [2346.8s] 17. [2347.4s] Hammer striker got 16. [2348.6s] So you guys make it by. [2351.7s] Hammer striker trips as he's walking by [2355.4s] and all of the soldiers turn their heads to look [2357.8s] but they just keep walking. [2359.0s] So you make it by them [2360.1s] and you make it to the second safe house [2363.0s] without alerting anybody. [2364.5s] He leads you in there and it looks very similar. [2367.0s] So he calls out and he says, [2369.8s] Osric and nothing. [2372.5s] You don't hear anything back. [2373.8s] You want to make investigation checks? [2375.4s] Nope. [2377.8s] 18. [2378.5s] 19. [2379.0s] Five. [2381.9s] All right. [2382.3s] Hammer striker got four. [2383.6s] Thea, you are searching rooms [2385.8s] and this safe house is bigger than 30 feet. [2389.0s] So you guys are extending beyond the range of the spell [2393.3s] but you step into one of the rooms [2397.6s] and just kind of pass through [2401.8s] where the range of the spell is [2403.8s] and you hear a startled yell [2408.2s] and as you become visible to Osric [2411.8s] he swings down at you with his axe. [2415.3s] Make a deck saving throw. [2418.2s] 16. [2419.0s] He misses you and looks at you and says, [2421.3s] where have you guys been? [2423.2s] Around. [2425.1s] Jesus. [2426.1s] Hey guys, he's in here. [2427.7s] Wait, we were around Jesus? [2431.1s] Well, you know, some of those dragonborn had long hair. [2436.7s] All right, yeah, fair enough. [2438.9s] Okay, we join them. [2440.7s] Then do we all disappear again? [2442.2s] Wait, that's what I'm trying to figure out. [2445.0s] You stay by the front door. [2447.0s] But it's concentration, right? [2449.1s] So I can choose for us to not be invisible [2451.8s] but before I do that, does he look okay? [2455.9s] Is he him? [2456.6s] He looks to be him. [2458.2s] Yeah, he doesn't look like he's taken over. [2460.1s] It looks like he's been in more battle [2463.8s] than when you last saw him [2465.7s] which looks like he had been interrogated with force. [2468.7s] Because I got some questions. [2471.0s] Yeah, for sure. [2471.8s] How long have we been gone? [2473.5s] Uh, you guys have been gone for three weeks. [2477.4s] What? [2478.1s] What? [2479.1s] That was unexpected. [2480.5s] Yeah. [2481.3s] Okay. [2481.8s] And what, I mean, I think we can surmise [2484.6s] but what has happened since we left? [2487.4s] The armies just run rampant, destroying the town? [2490.7s] Well, you guys disappeared. [2492.2s] Yep. [2492.5s] And Leonid and I, we didn't know where you went [2496.0s] or what happened, obviously. [2498.3s] So we tried to escape and were confronted. [2501.6s] I managed to make it out [2502.7s] but Leonin was taken prisoner again [2504.7s] and I haven't seen him since then. [2506.9s] I managed to make it to one of the safe houses [2509.3s] and it was ambushed. [2510.6s] All of them were. [2512.2s] I fought my way out, went into the tunnels [2514.8s] and hid for quite a while [2516.4s] and I've been hopping between them ever since. [2519.4s] Leaving clues, hoping someone would come back [2522.1s] from the other troops unaffected [2523.9s] but after you guys left, [2526.0s] 500 more of the soldiers came back [2528.5s] and literally, when they hit the city limits [2531.1s] they turned into the same monster, [2533.8s] zombies, not themselves. [2536.9s] Well, we know that it's the armor now, at least [2541.4s] because this fine gentleman right here [2544.8s] is not wearing the armor that was, you know. [2549.2s] You know. [2551.3s] You know. [2552.0s] Hammer Stryker says she's apparently been smoking [2554.4s] and I don't really care for her. [2556.1s] Listen, if you were in an alternate dimension [2558.2s] that you didn't even know existed [2559.8s] and where one day was actually three weeks back home, [2563.8s] good sir, you would need a little something too. [2567.5s] Yeah, he looks at you like you smoked way too much. [2571.9s] And off in the background, [2573.1s] I just make that crazy person [2575.9s] like finger around the head in a circle kind of motion. [2579.8s] Little did you know, Flynn's doing it for himself [2582.2s] because he's got a screaming dragonborn in his headstone. [2585.4s] Oh yeah, it's not great in my head right now. [2588.0s] Hammer Stryker and Osric are discussing [2591.7s] what the situation is [2593.2s] and Osric has come to the conclusion [2594.9s] that he believes that Primsbane is also [2596.8s] in the town hall area where the brig is [2601.0s] but it is overrun with these soldiers. [2603.4s] The only quick way in would be the tunnels [2606.2s] but he feels that that's going to be [2607.6s] fairly heavily guarded as well. [2609.2s] Is there a way that we can get a message [2611.0s] out to the thousand troops [2612.5s] that are outside of Mirabar right now? [2614.6s] I don't know. [2614.9s] We'd have to find a way to give them a signal [2617.6s] what did you want to tell them? [2619.0s] Find different armor, come back, save the city. [2624.1s] I still think we're better sorted [2626.5s] to do like a small mission [2629.6s] where we take out the leader [2630.9s] and see if it fixes everything. [2632.3s] I suppose so. [2633.5s] Yeah, because again, [2634.3s] we don't want the soldiers to have to... [2636.0s] I mean, if that's what it comes to, [2637.4s] that's what it comes to [2638.4s] but they're not going to be real keen [2640.5s] to come and fight their compadres. [2643.6s] Could we at least send a message [2645.4s] saying something like, [2646.4s] it is the armor under no circumstance [2649.9s] should you come near the city [2651.1s] with your armor on? [2652.1s] Because the last thing you need... [2654.1s] They know not to come [2655.0s] unless they're signaled. [2656.0s] So I think if we don't signal them at all, [2657.9s] that would be the better solution. [2659.8s] Okay, I'm just trying to be proactive. [2661.8s] Well, let's go and kill some dark elf. [2666.4s] It sounds like a couple of bad options. [2668.6s] So what do you guys recommend? [2670.3s] This is your town. [2672.1s] You know the lay of the land [2674.0s] way better than we do. [2676.7s] Are the tunnels the better option? [2679.1s] What do you suggest? [2680.6s] Because we have to take this guy out. [2682.5s] Osric says... [2683.5s] The tunnel, as guarded as it may be, [2687.4s] there are 500 soldiers [2689.2s] standing outside their front door. [2691.6s] I think the tunnel is going to be [2693.0s] the easiest way in. [2694.5s] That said, there will still be [2696.2s] some hard fighting to get in there, [2697.7s] though, I think. [2698.3s] Once we are in, [2699.1s] we may be able to bar the bulk [2700.7s] of their soldiers from getting in. [2702.5s] If we are able to get past [2703.9s] some of their defenses. [2705.7s] Tunnels it is. [2707.0s] Let's do it. [2708.0s] As you turn to leave, [2710.2s] Nularaaaa, you hear... [2712.5s] Well, all of you hear, [2713.7s] but the source is coming from Nularaaaa. [2716.1s] You hear a static charge, [2719.4s] like a electric shock, lightning. [2722.6s] Not that you're shocked, [2723.5s] but that kind of sound. [2724.9s] And you hear a voice crackling in. [2728.5s] The sound is coming from your arrow quiver. [2731.3s] And you hear the voice of [2734.2s] what you think is Salazar. [2736.9s] And it's coming in through static, [2739.4s] and he says... [2740.5s] Tibby, Tibby, where are you? [2743.8s] Where did you guys go? [2744.9s] We just, we just got your signal back. [2747.0s] Ah, you stupid mech. [2761.3s] Music in today's episode was by Kavin McLeod [2764.1s] of incompetech.filmmusic.io. [2766.4s] Dumbgeons & Dragons is a Dumb Dragons production.