1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,399 Previously on Dumbgeons and Dragons. 2 00:00:02,399 --> 00:00:09,800 As you quickly collect yourselves, you notice all of your members appear to be okay, except for Grancis. 3 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:17,199 Off in the distance you see, cresting that hill is a soul humanoid in armor shaped as a dragon. 4 00:00:17,199 --> 00:00:23,000 Let them go and leave with your lives or me and my friend will destroy you all. 5 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,800 I only see one of you, shouldn't be too much of a problem, do your worst! 6 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:32,399 The black dragon circling above lets loose its breath weapon behind you, blocking your exit. 7 00:00:32,399 --> 00:00:38,000 Over the hill comes a plate armored blue dragon. 8 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:49,400 See Grancis raises up off the deck and lets forth many lightning bolts shoot forward into each of the creatures still left standing. 9 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,799 And all of those creatures drop to the ground dead. 10 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:57,400 And you see Grancis' essence scatter. 11 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,600 I'll always be with you. Always. 12 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:06,800 Thea finds herself a little bit more upset about Grancis than she thought she would be. 13 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:11,400 But excuse me, metal clad sir, what is your name? 14 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,800 My name is Sir Largardt Willowden. 15 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:20,200 The rousing banter continues for quite some time. 16 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:26,799 And you all decide to go your separate ways. 17 00:01:26,799 --> 00:01:36,599 And you all set off along the trail saying your sweet goodbyes to your savior in the dragon scale armor. 18 00:01:36,599 --> 00:01:44,400 And head off towards the Misty Forest back on foot as you were many moons ago. 19 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:46,600 Welcome to Dumbgeons and Dragons. 20 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:51,600 We are a fifth edition actual play podcast and I am your dungeon master Russ More. 21 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:54,400 And with me today is Amy More. 22 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,200 Yeah, I love this energy. 23 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:00,800 That was me being really enthusiastically excited. 24 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:01,800 I love it. Right. 25 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,000 Did you watch wrestling too on the weekend? 26 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:13,600 I didn't, but I channeled my inner, I don't know, sweaty grapple. 27 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,600 Any wrestler name. 28 00:02:15,599 --> 00:02:17,599 I also hear Tom Laird over there. 29 00:02:17,599 --> 00:02:23,199 Yeah. And Carla Johnson. 30 00:02:23,199 --> 00:02:24,599 Do it, Carla. 31 00:02:24,599 --> 00:02:26,799 Oh, you guys are the best. 32 00:02:26,799 --> 00:02:30,799 I was having a bad night and you just you guys make me so happy. 33 00:02:30,799 --> 00:02:35,000 Seriously. I mean, yeah, let's do this. 34 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,400 That's what I mean. There it is. 35 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,799 All right, brothers, let's get into this. 36 00:02:39,799 --> 00:02:41,199 I'll tell you what, brother. 37 00:02:41,199 --> 00:02:45,000 Can you smell what Paisley just did under this desk? 38 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:49,199 Yeah. Smell like she stepped into a Slim Jim. 39 00:02:49,199 --> 00:02:51,400 Oh, yeah. 40 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,000 I don't know that reference. 41 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Randy Savage, Slim Jim. 42 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:59,599 Oh, yeah, Macho Man was like the the Slim Jim spokesman for a long time. 43 00:02:59,599 --> 00:03:01,400 Step into a Slim Jim. 44 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,400 Oh, yeah. 45 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:05,400 Oh, gosh, there's so many hand movements. 46 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:07,199 That's because he's all about the hand. 47 00:03:07,199 --> 00:03:09,000 I was doing the hand movements too. 48 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:10,199 I felt it. It was good. 49 00:03:10,199 --> 00:03:12,000 I wish we were video Skyping. 50 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:13,199 Me too. 51 00:03:13,199 --> 00:03:14,800 This comes out February 14th. 52 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:16,600 So happy birthday, Carla. 53 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,600 Oh, yeah. Happy birthday, Carla. 54 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:21,800 It's your birthday. 55 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:23,600 Your happy podcast birthday. 56 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:27,800 FYI, guys, I got Carla the best birthday present. 57 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:28,800 You did. 58 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:30,000 Yep. 59 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,400 Okay, Carla, take your headphones off. 60 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:32,800 What did you get her? 61 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,200 Okay, I'm going to tell you right now. 62 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:37,000 No, I'm not going to. It's going to be a surprise. 63 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,000 Is it a Slim Jim? 64 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:40,400 Oh, yeah. 65 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:42,600 Yes. 66 00:03:42,599 --> 00:03:45,199 Carla, I'm sorry. 67 00:03:45,199 --> 00:03:47,199 And we've ruined her birthday. 68 00:03:47,199 --> 00:03:47,799 I love it. 69 00:03:47,799 --> 00:03:48,799 We're on Patreon. 70 00:03:48,799 --> 00:03:51,599 Check us out over there if you like what we do 71 00:03:51,599 --> 00:03:54,199 and want to find another way to support us. 72 00:03:54,199 --> 00:03:55,799 We would greatly appreciate it. 73 00:03:55,799 --> 00:03:59,400 Although you will get the super sweet bonus episodes if you're a patron. 74 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:01,400 There are super sweet bonus episodes, 75 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:06,799 which always get better and then decline a little bit and then get better. 76 00:04:06,799 --> 00:04:09,400 That's how you appreciate the really good ones. 77 00:04:09,599 --> 00:04:11,800 But Patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast. 78 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:13,800 And you can check out all the rewards and tiers over there, 79 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:15,800 which I have been tweaking a little bit. 80 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:19,199 So there's some sweet stuff to get your hands on 81 00:04:19,199 --> 00:04:21,600 for being part of our community over there. 82 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,600 And thank you to all of our patrons and listeners. 83 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:25,399 We love you. 84 00:04:25,399 --> 00:04:26,000 Thanks, everyone. 85 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:26,800 We do love you. 86 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:28,800 I feel like I just said to Russ the other day, 87 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,399 like I think the people that listen to our podcast 88 00:04:31,399 --> 00:04:34,800 are like probably the best people. 89 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:35,800 Seems like it. 90 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,000 Like we would be friends with them. 91 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:39,199 Like IRL. 92 00:04:39,199 --> 00:04:40,000 Exactly. 93 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,199 Real cool and super nice. 94 00:04:42,199 --> 00:04:46,399 Well, after we determined that it wasn't just Russ in fake mustaches. 95 00:04:46,399 --> 00:04:49,600 Well, I'm 99% sure that that's true. 96 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:50,800 I was accused of that. 97 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,399 No, fuck it. Let's play D&D. 98 00:04:54,399 --> 00:04:58,199 You've headed off from the burning city of Daggerford 99 00:04:58,199 --> 00:05:02,399 with its screaming people in the building 100 00:05:02,399 --> 00:05:06,000 and left the airship crashed at the side of the city 101 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:10,800 and left your new friend flying off in the other direction 102 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:14,199 and headed off towards the Misty Forest. 103 00:05:14,199 --> 00:05:16,399 But you've been wandering for about a day 104 00:05:16,399 --> 00:05:17,800 on the way to the Misty Forest 105 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:22,000 and you find yourself at the edge of the Misty Forest about nightfall. 106 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,600 Thaddeus is with you and he suggests that 107 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:28,399 maybe we should camp here for the night before we head in there 108 00:05:28,399 --> 00:05:31,399 and just kind of get our wits about us. 109 00:05:31,399 --> 00:05:34,800 I thought that he was taking the grungs back. 110 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:36,800 Yeah, he's there now. 111 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:38,199 So let's talk about that. 112 00:05:38,199 --> 00:05:39,400 Let's talk about that. 113 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:43,000 Thaddeus said he was going to go take the grungs back, 114 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,400 but decided to kind of hang out 115 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,800 and maybe he didn't give you an exact reason why. 116 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:53,600 Thaddeus, we're really happy to have you along. 117 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:58,800 But I have to ask, where are the grungs? 118 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,800 The grungs are here with us. 119 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,400 Like in your pocket or because there's a lot of them. 120 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,600 Like a satchel? 121 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:11,200 As you guys are asking him about various handbag attire, 122 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,400 he pulls off his backpack 123 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:17,200 and pulls out a long steel cylinder 124 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,800 and on it, in very Granthus-like writing, 125 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:24,600 it says, grungs, good for six months. 126 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:28,800 Oh my gosh, he freeze dried them. 127 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:31,200 And he opens it up and you look inside 128 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:34,200 and there's their entire civilization. 129 00:06:34,199 --> 00:06:39,800 It looks like he shrunk them a little bit smaller even 130 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:42,000 and made it so they could self-sustain 131 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,000 for apparently six months. 132 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:49,000 So I thought being that you guys are going into 133 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,599 a bit of what could be a hairy situation, 134 00:06:51,599 --> 00:06:53,199 maybe I tag along. 135 00:06:53,199 --> 00:06:54,800 And he screws the top back on the lid 136 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:56,599 and puts it back in his bag. 137 00:06:56,599 --> 00:06:58,199 Sounds like a pretty good plan. 138 00:06:58,199 --> 00:06:59,800 We'd love to have you with us. 139 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:01,800 Can anyone else imagine the grungs to be like, 140 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,400 The sun! 141 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,000 And then he covers it back up and they're like, oh. 142 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:07,400 Well, thank you, thank you, yes. 143 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:11,000 And he goes about help setting up the fire 144 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,800 and tents and bedrolls and everything. 145 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:14,800 What are you guys doing? 146 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,400 I'll probably go look for food. 147 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:19,600 I guess we probably took some good supplies 148 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:21,199 from our crashed ship, 149 00:07:21,199 --> 00:07:23,400 but you know, we're in the woods 150 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:26,400 and that's like, I'm in my element. 151 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:29,000 So I'm gonna go, I don't know, 152 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:30,199 like not far from camp, 153 00:07:30,199 --> 00:07:31,800 but see if I can like, 154 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:33,599 rustle up a rabbit or something 155 00:07:33,599 --> 00:07:35,800 for us to eat over our fire. 156 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:37,000 Do we need firewood? 157 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,800 Cause I've got a perfectly good ax for chopping. 158 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,199 You can certainly chop some firewood. 159 00:07:42,199 --> 00:07:43,599 Thea, what are you doing? 160 00:07:43,599 --> 00:07:48,199 Thea pops a squat next to the old fire there 161 00:07:48,199 --> 00:07:52,399 and pulls out a joint and lights her up. 162 00:07:52,399 --> 00:07:53,800 And does as Thea do. 163 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:54,800 Does as Thea do. 164 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:56,199 And she looks over to Thaddeus 165 00:07:56,199 --> 00:07:58,199 and she gestures like, hmm? 166 00:07:59,199 --> 00:08:02,199 And he says, no, no, thanks. 167 00:08:02,199 --> 00:08:03,039 I'm good. 168 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:05,399 But you could be better. 169 00:08:07,599 --> 00:08:09,000 First taste is free. 170 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:12,000 All in the eye of the beholder, I guess. 171 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,000 I'm okay for right now, thank you. 172 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,800 Nulara, you go off into the woods 173 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:19,199 and it's getting dark, 174 00:08:19,199 --> 00:08:21,800 but you go a little ways off the path. 175 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:24,000 Make an investigation. 176 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:25,199 80. 177 00:08:25,199 --> 00:08:26,399 It doesn't take you long 178 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:28,200 before you go into the woods 179 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:32,600 and you hear what sounds like a boar. 180 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:34,800 Not too far off the path. 181 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:37,000 As you are well versed in the forest, 182 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,800 you very stealthily sneak through the trees 183 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:42,800 and come up behind about 20 yards out 184 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:46,400 from a full grown boar. 185 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:48,800 Those are very dangerous. 186 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:50,400 I mean, at least in the human world. 187 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:52,200 I don't know about in the D&D world. 188 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:53,600 Tell me, is it really dangerous? 189 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:54,600 Am I scared? 190 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:58,800 No, no, you know, it's got two big tusks. 191 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,800 So you know exactly what's going on with this boar 192 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:05,600 and how best to take it down if you so desired. 193 00:09:07,399 --> 00:09:09,200 I probably don't. 194 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:10,800 We don't have any way to preserve food. 195 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:14,600 It would be wasteful to kill an animal that large 196 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:20,800 when we couldn't eat it all before it would go bad. 197 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:22,600 I don't think I would want to. 198 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,800 I'm looking for one meal's worth of food. 199 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:27,600 Yeah. 200 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:29,399 Like a bird or a rabbit or something. 201 00:09:29,399 --> 00:09:30,200 Sure. 202 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:33,800 You back off of the boar and quietly move away from it. 203 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:36,399 Make another, just roll a d20 for me. 204 00:09:36,399 --> 00:09:37,800 I will. 205 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:38,800 I rolled a two. 206 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:44,200 So I think it's probably going to decide to kill me now. 207 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:50,200 The boar follows you and recognizes you from its dark past. 208 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:52,200 You killed its mother. 209 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:54,000 Oh, no. 210 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,400 I didn't add anything to that too, 211 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:56,800 but I'm sure it doesn't matter. 212 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:57,600 That's fine. 213 00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:58,400 That's fine. 214 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:02,400 So you, yeah, you come across on your, 215 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:03,600 as you're walking through, 216 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:05,400 I'll give you a couple things that you see 217 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,200 and you can determine what you would stop 218 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,000 and try to take down. 219 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:15,400 You see a deer. 220 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:18,000 There are a couple owls up in the trees 221 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:22,000 and you also see a few rabbits running around. 222 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:23,399 Okay, definitely a rabbit. 223 00:10:23,399 --> 00:10:25,200 Deer, two big owls. 224 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,000 That seems fucked up for some reason. 225 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,600 You come back with an owl. 226 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:31,200 Guacamole will probably eat you. 227 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:33,600 Guacamole will not give me a ride next time. 228 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:35,600 Also, they all just came from their university 229 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:40,399 graduation ceremony, I assume. 230 00:10:40,399 --> 00:10:44,399 They have their caps on. 231 00:10:44,399 --> 00:10:46,399 So rabbit it is. 232 00:10:46,399 --> 00:10:48,199 How about a rabbit? 233 00:10:48,199 --> 00:10:50,000 Sure, just make a, 234 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:51,799 what are you using to take it down? 235 00:10:51,799 --> 00:10:54,600 Oh, did you mean a skill or item? 236 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:56,000 Either or. 237 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:57,000 Are you using your hands 238 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,000 or are you using a weapon of some sort? 239 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,799 Oh my God, I'd love to watch someone 240 00:11:00,799 --> 00:11:02,399 try to catch a rabbit with their hands. 241 00:11:02,399 --> 00:11:03,799 There are going to be a couple more checks 242 00:11:03,799 --> 00:11:04,799 if that happens. 243 00:11:04,799 --> 00:11:07,600 I guess I have a light crossbow. 244 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:10,799 So sure, let's give that a shot. 245 00:11:10,799 --> 00:11:14,399 I'm not going to flame sort it. 246 00:11:14,399 --> 00:11:15,799 And it's cooked now too. 247 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:17,000 Pre-cooked, yeah. 248 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,000 Exactly. 249 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,600 It's convenience food. 250 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:27,600 So I just rolled a nat 20 on rabbit hunting. 251 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:29,000 Of course you did. 252 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:35,000 Tell me how you skillfully murder this rabbit. 253 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,800 I take one shot and it hits it 254 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,200 in exactly the right place to kill it instantly 255 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:42,400 so it feels no pain. 256 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,000 Then I go collect it, 257 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:47,000 say a brief prayer of thanks to the rabbit 258 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:48,600 for giving its life so we could eat 259 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:51,200 and then I collect it and take it back to camp. 260 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:55,200 New Laura's got mad respect for nature. 261 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:58,000 Clint, you're going to chop down some wood? 262 00:11:58,000 --> 00:11:59,399 Yes, sir. 263 00:11:59,399 --> 00:11:59,799 All right. 264 00:11:59,799 --> 00:12:01,600 Well, there's lots of trees. 265 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:03,600 So are you going for a big tree, a little tree? 266 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:06,000 What kind of tree are you going for here? 267 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:10,399 I'm going to go for a medium plus size of tree. 268 00:12:10,399 --> 00:12:11,000 All right. 269 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,200 All right. 270 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:13,800 Give me give me a strength check 271 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:16,800 to see how quickly you take down this piece of... 272 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:18,200 That is a 21. 273 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:20,200 Best rolls we've ever had. 274 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,000 We're fucking catching dinner 275 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:25,000 and chopping down firewood. 276 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:26,200 It takes you a couple of swings, 277 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:29,000 but yeah, you fell this tree 278 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,000 and chop up what you need there 279 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:36,600 and bring it back to the fire 280 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:44,800 where Thea and Thaddeus are just sitting, waiting. 281 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:45,800 He hops up and he says, 282 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:48,000 oh, good, the firewood. 283 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,399 I'll get started on the fire. 284 00:12:49,399 --> 00:12:51,200 So Thaddeus goes and starts up the fire. 285 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:52,399 Are we all back here now? 286 00:12:52,399 --> 00:12:54,800 Yeah, everybody's back. 287 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:57,600 I look at New Laura and I go, 288 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,800 only one rabbit has a munchies. 289 00:13:04,399 --> 00:13:05,200 You'll be fine. 290 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:08,200 We have lots of other supplies from the airship. 291 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:09,200 Fair enough, fair enough. 292 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,000 I pass her a bag of Cheezys. 293 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,400 That's what rations means. 294 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:15,400 I get that. 295 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:17,200 Cheesy poofs. 296 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:18,000 I look at them and go, 297 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,000 I wish they were Cheetos. 298 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,200 So yeah, Thaddeus goes and he starts the fire 299 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,800 and everything gets cooking there. 300 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:28,000 So wait, Thaddeus started the fire? 301 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:28,600 I don't know. 302 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:30,800 He hopped up because he was tired of sitting 303 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:32,000 in awkward silence with Thea 304 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:33,800 and came over and grabbed some wood for a meal. 305 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,400 Well, we didn't start the fire. 306 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:39,600 But was it always burning since the world was turning? 307 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:43,200 Thank you, Amy. 308 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:44,000 Thank you for fighting along with me. 309 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:44,600 You're welcome. 310 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,000 I totally caught on. 311 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:47,200 Wait, Thaddeus started. 312 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:50,000 I was like, well, we didn't start the fire. 313 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,000 And he is... 314 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,800 Just moving along. 315 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:00,800 Everybody's sitting around and Thaddeus pipes up 316 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:04,800 and he says, so... 317 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:07,600 How long have you guys been around with Grancis? 318 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:10,000 It seems like forever. 319 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,800 You know, Grancis is one of those guys. 320 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,400 It just it doesn't matter how long you're with him. 321 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,800 It just seems like eternity. 322 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:20,400 And then God rests his soul. 323 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:23,800 Then it's gone all too fast, isn't it? 324 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:25,800 Yeah, a little bit. 325 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:27,400 Thea gets a little nostalgic. 326 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,600 She's like, remember that time? 327 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,200 He served us mashed potatoes and we all shrunk. 328 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:35,000 Oh, I do remember that. 329 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:36,600 Boy, do I. 330 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:39,200 What a fun adventure that was. 331 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:48,200 Yeah, he had a knack for messing up spells, didn't he? 332 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:50,800 Well, sure saved our ass at the end. 333 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:52,000 Yeah, he did. 334 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,000 And the airship came in really handy a lot of times. 335 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:56,000 He was a good guy. 336 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:57,600 We weren't with him too long. 337 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:03,000 And even in the time we knew him, we didn't spend a lot of time with him. 338 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:06,800 He kind of just picked us up and shuttled us around. 339 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:16,200 And that's mostly it, except for that whole mashed potato grung thing. 340 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:20,200 Well, I spent some more time with Grancis. 341 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,800 We had a bit of a falling out. 342 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:34,000 But yeah, we traveled a lot back, well, when I was more your ages of sorts. 343 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:42,400 We had a team of adventurers, you could say, who went on missions not unlike yourself. 344 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:46,000 Not quite to the scale that you guys are doing here with the world saving. 345 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:55,799 But I remember a time we were in the thick of a large battle with some goblins. 346 00:15:55,799 --> 00:16:02,399 We were supposed to go stop this tribe of goblins from wrecking this little civilization, 347 00:16:02,399 --> 00:16:06,200 this little settlement that was having problems with them. 348 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:10,200 It was supposed to be an easy in-for-some-out job, that sort of thing. 349 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:15,600 But their colony was much bigger than what we had been led on. 350 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:21,600 We found ourselves with our backs against the wall, and then out of nowhere, 351 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:25,399 Grancis remembers that he can polymorph things. 352 00:16:25,399 --> 00:16:28,399 And he polymorphed our fighter. 353 00:16:28,399 --> 00:16:30,399 What was his name? 354 00:16:30,399 --> 00:16:32,800 Romaine Broadsword. 355 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:37,600 Polymorphed him into a T-Rex, just right there. 356 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,800 Should have seen the look on those goblins' faces. 357 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:43,000 So awesome. 358 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:44,800 A T-Rex, you say? 359 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:46,400 Yeah. 360 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:48,400 Um... 361 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:51,400 I have a little question. 362 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:52,400 Yeah. 363 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:58,000 Now, we know that Grancis could do some awesome stuff. 364 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,000 Of course. 365 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,600 And he always had the best intentions. 366 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:04,600 Mm-hmm. 367 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:06,200 Did... 368 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:11,200 Did Mr. Broadsword ever make it back to his original form? 369 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:12,800 Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. 370 00:17:13,799 --> 00:17:17,799 I was wondering the exact same thing. 371 00:17:17,799 --> 00:17:21,799 We met a cool T-Rex, and I thought, it's a pretty small world. 372 00:17:21,799 --> 00:17:25,799 It'd be pretty crazy if that T-Rex I made friends with 373 00:17:25,799 --> 00:17:31,799 was actually Grancis' old friend that he didn't morph back. 374 00:17:31,799 --> 00:17:34,799 No, yeah, I mean, he morphed back pretty soon after that. 375 00:17:34,799 --> 00:17:39,799 I mean, what happened between polymorphings later? 376 00:17:39,799 --> 00:17:43,799 I mean, I suppose anything is possible, but no, no. 377 00:17:43,799 --> 00:17:47,799 Romaine, he turned back, just as you do, 378 00:17:47,799 --> 00:17:50,799 after a polymorph spell, and he... 379 00:17:50,799 --> 00:17:53,799 Yeah, he told that story a lot. 380 00:17:53,799 --> 00:17:55,799 And was it just the three of you, 381 00:17:55,799 --> 00:17:58,799 or was there other adventurers in your group? 382 00:17:58,799 --> 00:18:00,799 No, we had a... 383 00:18:00,799 --> 00:18:03,799 We had a team of eight of us. 384 00:18:03,799 --> 00:18:05,799 Whoa. That's a lot. That's a lot. 385 00:18:05,799 --> 00:18:07,799 Yeah. 386 00:18:07,799 --> 00:18:10,799 You know, strength in numbers, as they say. 387 00:18:10,799 --> 00:18:13,799 But yeah, we had a well-versed crew 388 00:18:13,799 --> 00:18:15,799 who went out a lot of the time. 389 00:18:15,799 --> 00:18:17,799 You guys ever fight a dragon? 390 00:18:17,799 --> 00:18:20,799 Yeah, we fought a dragon before. 391 00:18:20,799 --> 00:18:22,799 Did you win? 392 00:18:22,799 --> 00:18:25,799 Well, we got away. 393 00:18:25,799 --> 00:18:28,799 Hey, nothing's wrong with the win. 394 00:18:28,799 --> 00:18:31,799 Not dying. It's the win in my column. 395 00:18:31,799 --> 00:18:35,799 Yeah, I hear you guys have been going up against some dragons. 396 00:18:35,799 --> 00:18:38,799 Well, obviously we have, because that was yesterday. 397 00:18:38,799 --> 00:18:40,799 Well, yeah. 398 00:18:40,799 --> 00:18:42,799 But others as well. 399 00:18:42,799 --> 00:18:44,799 Thought you might have some hot tips, 400 00:18:44,799 --> 00:18:47,799 some hot dragon-killing tips, but guess not. 401 00:18:47,799 --> 00:18:52,799 Don't use your things that require saving throws. 402 00:18:52,799 --> 00:18:55,799 Or just use lesser things with saving throws 403 00:18:55,799 --> 00:18:58,799 and save your big stuff to the end. 404 00:18:58,799 --> 00:19:00,799 Solid advice. 405 00:19:00,799 --> 00:19:02,799 What's a saving throw, I mean? 406 00:19:02,799 --> 00:19:04,799 I don't know. 407 00:19:05,799 --> 00:19:07,799 A flash of things. 408 00:19:07,799 --> 00:19:09,799 Some divine inspiration. 409 00:19:09,799 --> 00:19:12,799 He says, oh, God, sorry, and fixes her top. 410 00:19:12,799 --> 00:19:14,799 So... 411 00:19:14,799 --> 00:19:17,799 Hasn't been a boob or a dick joke yet. 412 00:19:17,799 --> 00:19:20,799 Yeah, it's true, and we're really far in, so it was good. 413 00:19:20,799 --> 00:19:22,799 He needed to get it. 414 00:19:22,799 --> 00:19:26,799 Thaddeus, how long do you think you're going to stay with us? 415 00:19:26,799 --> 00:19:29,799 Do you have a plan, or are you just going to see how it goes? 416 00:19:29,799 --> 00:19:31,799 No plan. 417 00:19:31,799 --> 00:19:34,799 I mean, I came with you guys to help Grancis with the grungs, 418 00:19:34,799 --> 00:19:38,799 but it seems that, you know, 419 00:19:38,799 --> 00:19:41,799 our path has taken us, brought us together 420 00:19:41,799 --> 00:19:44,799 for what's to come in this dragon, 421 00:19:44,799 --> 00:19:48,799 cult of the dragon battle that we have going on here, 422 00:19:48,799 --> 00:19:53,799 so I'll stick with you until it seems that I should go somewhere else. 423 00:19:53,799 --> 00:19:55,799 What, uh... 424 00:19:55,799 --> 00:19:57,799 Or you have enough with me. 425 00:19:57,799 --> 00:20:00,799 Hey, if we could keep Grancis around for as long as we did. 426 00:20:00,799 --> 00:20:02,799 I think you're all right. 427 00:20:02,799 --> 00:20:05,799 Speaking of Grancis, and you don't have to tell me if you don't want to 428 00:20:05,799 --> 00:20:07,799 because I'm just being snoopy, 429 00:20:07,799 --> 00:20:10,799 but why do you guys have a falling out? 430 00:20:10,799 --> 00:20:12,799 No, it's fine, it's fine. 431 00:20:12,799 --> 00:20:14,799 We, um... 432 00:20:14,799 --> 00:20:18,799 We were on another job. 433 00:20:18,799 --> 00:20:23,799 This was, I don't know, 30 years ago or so. 434 00:20:23,799 --> 00:20:27,799 And... 435 00:20:27,799 --> 00:20:32,799 It wasn't looking good for us. 436 00:20:32,799 --> 00:20:39,799 And Grancis, in his all, in his haste, 437 00:20:39,799 --> 00:20:44,799 miscast a spell, a lightning bolt spell, 438 00:20:44,799 --> 00:20:49,799 and it instead targeted our team 439 00:20:49,799 --> 00:20:55,799 as well as the foes we were fighting. 440 00:20:55,799 --> 00:20:59,799 It was a group of orcs and bugbears, 441 00:20:59,799 --> 00:21:01,799 and they... 442 00:21:01,799 --> 00:21:06,799 I was the only one that survived. 443 00:21:06,799 --> 00:21:10,799 And after that, I just couldn't trust them anymore. 444 00:21:10,799 --> 00:21:13,799 Well, that's reasonable. 445 00:21:13,799 --> 00:21:15,799 That seems... 446 00:21:15,799 --> 00:21:19,799 Well, first of all, terrible, I'm sorry, 447 00:21:19,799 --> 00:21:30,799 but that is certainly a thing to end a friendship over. 448 00:21:30,799 --> 00:21:35,799 But then you decided to help him with the grungs anyway? 449 00:21:35,799 --> 00:21:38,799 I guess it had been a long time, but... 450 00:21:38,799 --> 00:21:43,799 It had been a long time, and I'm a man of faith. 451 00:21:43,799 --> 00:21:48,799 I've been holding back a lot of resentment towards him, 452 00:21:48,799 --> 00:21:52,799 and I didn't want that to hold me back and to hold him back, 453 00:21:52,799 --> 00:21:57,799 because I felt having that possible connection 454 00:21:57,799 --> 00:22:01,799 could have propelled him back into what he could be. 455 00:22:01,799 --> 00:22:03,799 So I took a chance. 456 00:22:03,799 --> 00:22:06,799 He begins to get a little choked up, 457 00:22:06,799 --> 00:22:09,799 and he says, 458 00:22:09,799 --> 00:22:13,799 Well, it's getting late. I'll pack it in here. 459 00:22:13,799 --> 00:22:16,799 You just wake me up when it's my turn for watch. 460 00:22:16,799 --> 00:22:21,799 And he goes to his little tent 461 00:22:21,799 --> 00:22:25,799 and lies down in the bedroll he has laid out there. 462 00:22:25,799 --> 00:22:27,799 What do you guys do? 463 00:22:27,799 --> 00:22:33,799 Probably the same, or else we just decide on watches and go to sleep. 464 00:22:33,799 --> 00:22:36,799 Want to see you guys got any marshmallows? 465 00:22:36,799 --> 00:22:39,799 You want to make some s'mores? 466 00:22:39,799 --> 00:22:43,799 Theo wishes she had marshmallows. 467 00:22:43,799 --> 00:22:45,799 I'll take first watch. 468 00:22:46,799 --> 00:22:48,799 No, you did not. 469 00:22:48,799 --> 00:22:51,799 If I fall asleep now, man, I'm not getting up. 470 00:22:51,799 --> 00:22:55,799 That's true. You're all high and shit still. 471 00:22:55,799 --> 00:22:58,799 All right, I'll take second watch then. 472 00:22:58,799 --> 00:23:03,799 As you guys are determining watches, 473 00:23:03,799 --> 00:23:07,799 some smoke comes off of the fire, 474 00:23:07,799 --> 00:23:11,799 and it kind of hovers there for a minute. 475 00:23:11,799 --> 00:23:14,799 You hear an eerie... 476 00:23:22,799 --> 00:23:26,799 I say, Did anyone else hear that? 477 00:23:26,799 --> 00:23:29,799 I look at my joint and I'm like... 478 00:23:32,799 --> 00:23:35,799 You guys hear that? 479 00:23:35,799 --> 00:23:38,799 How strong is that stuff, Theo? 480 00:23:38,799 --> 00:23:41,799 I feel like it's affecting me. 481 00:23:44,799 --> 00:23:47,799 I don't think it's this. 482 00:23:47,799 --> 00:23:49,799 Grancis? 483 00:23:49,799 --> 00:23:51,799 Oh, you can hear me. 484 00:23:51,799 --> 00:23:53,799 Yeah. 485 00:23:53,799 --> 00:23:55,799 What's up, G-man? 486 00:23:55,799 --> 00:23:59,799 The smoke swirls into not a material form, 487 00:23:59,799 --> 00:24:04,799 but more of a ghostly apparition of Grancis. 488 00:24:04,799 --> 00:24:06,799 He says, Oh, I've been kind of hanging out 489 00:24:06,799 --> 00:24:09,799 following you guys for a little while. 490 00:24:09,799 --> 00:24:12,799 Must have been on ghosts and wind and stuff. 491 00:24:12,799 --> 00:24:15,799 Maybe that just stopped it. 492 00:24:15,799 --> 00:24:20,799 Anyways, thank you for saying all those nice things about me. 493 00:24:20,799 --> 00:24:23,799 The mashed potatoes, they were really good. 494 00:24:23,799 --> 00:24:25,799 You didn't mention the pancakes. 495 00:24:25,799 --> 00:24:28,799 Those pancakes, man, they were legendary. 496 00:24:28,799 --> 00:24:30,799 I was thinking about them. 497 00:24:30,799 --> 00:24:33,799 Yeah, no, it appears. 498 00:24:33,799 --> 00:24:36,799 Ghosts sometimes get locked to things 499 00:24:36,799 --> 00:24:39,799 and then they can't leave. 500 00:24:39,799 --> 00:24:42,799 I'm pretty sure I'm locked to the grungs. 501 00:24:42,799 --> 00:24:44,799 Do you want us to tell Thaddeus 502 00:24:44,799 --> 00:24:48,799 and get him to return them right away? 503 00:24:48,799 --> 00:24:51,799 You think you've got to get them back home? 504 00:24:51,799 --> 00:24:54,799 Don't tell Thaddeus that, 505 00:24:54,799 --> 00:24:56,799 because he'll just want to... 506 00:24:56,799 --> 00:24:58,799 You know, they're good for six months. 507 00:24:58,799 --> 00:25:01,799 I packed them full of seeds and stuff down there 508 00:25:01,799 --> 00:25:03,799 and they should be fine. 509 00:25:03,799 --> 00:25:06,799 I think he really needs to be with you guys. 510 00:25:06,799 --> 00:25:09,799 I'll just kind of hang out. 511 00:25:09,799 --> 00:25:12,799 Grancis, what is the afterlife like? 512 00:25:12,799 --> 00:25:15,799 Right now it's... 513 00:25:15,799 --> 00:25:20,799 There was a bright light. 514 00:25:20,799 --> 00:25:25,799 And then it's hard to keep myself together. 515 00:25:25,799 --> 00:25:27,799 Did you go toward the bright light? 516 00:25:27,799 --> 00:25:30,799 Yeah, and then it's just there. 517 00:25:30,799 --> 00:25:31,799 I still see it. 518 00:25:31,799 --> 00:25:33,799 And he points over your shoulder. 519 00:25:33,799 --> 00:25:35,799 And you try going towards it. 520 00:25:35,799 --> 00:25:38,799 Yeah, and I keep getting drawn. 521 00:25:38,799 --> 00:25:41,799 It's like I'm walking 522 00:25:41,799 --> 00:25:43,799 and he's moving his arms, 523 00:25:43,799 --> 00:25:44,799 but he has no legs. 524 00:25:44,799 --> 00:25:46,799 They're kind of the willy-willy wisp. 525 00:25:46,799 --> 00:25:49,799 But I'm not going anywhere. 526 00:25:49,799 --> 00:25:51,799 Do you see other ghosts? 527 00:25:51,799 --> 00:25:53,799 Thea has a lot of questions. 528 00:25:53,799 --> 00:25:54,799 I know, me too. 529 00:25:54,799 --> 00:25:56,799 This is amazing. 530 00:25:56,799 --> 00:25:58,799 We're building the whole afterlife right now. 531 00:25:58,799 --> 00:26:00,799 This is creating a world of fantasy. 532 00:26:00,799 --> 00:26:03,799 Are we surrounded by spirits we just can't see? 533 00:26:03,799 --> 00:26:05,799 I mean, there's some spirits everywhere. 534 00:26:05,799 --> 00:26:06,799 You should have known that. 535 00:26:06,799 --> 00:26:08,799 You're tapped into the nature of the... 536 00:26:08,799 --> 00:26:10,799 everywhere. 537 00:26:10,799 --> 00:26:13,799 How are your senses? 538 00:26:13,799 --> 00:26:16,799 Do they still function the same way? 539 00:26:16,799 --> 00:26:19,799 You know, I... 540 00:26:19,799 --> 00:26:20,799 No. 541 00:26:20,799 --> 00:26:22,799 No, I can see everything. 542 00:26:22,799 --> 00:26:24,799 I can hear... 543 00:26:24,799 --> 00:26:27,799 Sometimes things get a little muddied 544 00:26:27,799 --> 00:26:28,799 with the hearing. 545 00:26:28,799 --> 00:26:31,799 It's like there's a barrier between 546 00:26:31,799 --> 00:26:33,799 where the ghosts kind of hang out 547 00:26:33,799 --> 00:26:35,799 and the spirits kind of hang out, 548 00:26:35,799 --> 00:26:37,799 and sometimes you can kind of sneak through 549 00:26:37,799 --> 00:26:40,799 and pop through like I'm doing right now. 550 00:26:40,799 --> 00:26:44,799 But, you know, 551 00:26:44,799 --> 00:26:48,799 I can't really hold anything to taste it. 552 00:26:48,799 --> 00:26:50,799 I haven't figured that part out yet. 553 00:26:50,799 --> 00:26:53,799 I've got to find someone to talk to back here. 554 00:26:53,799 --> 00:26:55,799 Do you have friends? 555 00:26:55,799 --> 00:26:58,799 I mean, I've been dead for less than 24 hours, 556 00:26:58,799 --> 00:27:00,799 so it's tough to make friends right away. 557 00:27:00,799 --> 00:27:01,799 Yeah, it would be for you. 558 00:27:01,799 --> 00:27:03,799 Yeah. 559 00:27:06,799 --> 00:27:09,799 Thea says it really sincerely. 560 00:27:09,799 --> 00:27:11,799 That was out of game laughter. 561 00:27:11,799 --> 00:27:12,799 Oh, yeah. 562 00:27:12,799 --> 00:27:14,799 Oh, totally. That was out of game laughter. 563 00:27:14,799 --> 00:27:17,799 That was Carla laughing at Amy being hilarious, 564 00:27:17,799 --> 00:27:21,799 not new Laura laughing at Thea. 565 00:27:21,799 --> 00:27:23,799 No, I think it's being really earnest. 566 00:27:23,799 --> 00:27:25,799 Like, yeah, you're a handful, man. 567 00:27:25,799 --> 00:27:28,799 Like, yeah, you're going to need more than 24 hours there, buddy. 568 00:27:28,799 --> 00:27:31,799 Yeah, no, I get it. 569 00:27:31,799 --> 00:27:35,799 And, you know, hopefully sometime fall goes to plan. 570 00:27:35,799 --> 00:27:38,799 I'll be able to be able to reach that light at the end there, 571 00:27:38,799 --> 00:27:42,799 and maybe I'll see some friends. 572 00:27:42,799 --> 00:27:46,799 So you haven't got any like great knowledge 573 00:27:46,799 --> 00:27:48,799 that you could share with us 574 00:27:48,799 --> 00:27:52,799 that you didn't have before you passed. 575 00:27:52,799 --> 00:27:55,799 Yeah, can you read our minds? 576 00:27:55,799 --> 00:27:59,799 Thea starts thinking real hard about stuff. 577 00:27:59,799 --> 00:28:01,799 Big bag of dicks. 578 00:28:04,799 --> 00:28:05,799 No, I agree. 579 00:28:05,799 --> 00:28:07,799 Now is it like a tote bag? 580 00:28:07,799 --> 00:28:08,799 Is it like a plastic shopping bag? 581 00:28:08,799 --> 00:28:10,799 Like, what are we going with here? 582 00:28:10,799 --> 00:28:11,799 Oh, no. 583 00:28:11,799 --> 00:28:14,799 No, I'm getting a visual of you and a dragon 584 00:28:14,799 --> 00:28:16,799 thinking of a big bag of dicks. 585 00:28:16,799 --> 00:28:20,799 Oh, I must be able to see the future or past or something. 586 00:28:20,799 --> 00:28:22,799 Hmm, that's weird. 587 00:28:22,799 --> 00:28:25,799 No, I don't have any great ideas for you right now, 588 00:28:25,799 --> 00:28:28,799 but I feel like that I've become this plot device 589 00:28:28,799 --> 00:28:31,799 that if something needs to be said, it can be said. 590 00:28:31,799 --> 00:28:33,799 Self-righteous of you. 591 00:28:33,799 --> 00:28:37,799 Oh, you know, I'm Francis. 592 00:28:37,799 --> 00:28:39,799 But yeah, if I find anything out, 593 00:28:39,799 --> 00:28:42,799 I'll gladly let you know. 594 00:28:42,799 --> 00:28:44,799 Come up with some questions. 595 00:28:44,799 --> 00:28:46,799 I'll see if I can figure them out. 596 00:28:46,799 --> 00:28:48,799 We were just going to like go to sleep now. 597 00:28:48,799 --> 00:28:51,799 Is there anything we can do for you? 598 00:28:51,799 --> 00:28:54,799 No, no, I just want to touch base. 599 00:28:54,799 --> 00:28:57,799 I'm going to go see what's going on behind the muffly part 600 00:28:57,799 --> 00:28:59,799 of where the rest of the spirits are. 601 00:28:59,799 --> 00:29:01,799 I see what's going on there. 602 00:29:01,799 --> 00:29:04,799 I'll just, you know, if you think you need me, 603 00:29:04,799 --> 00:29:06,799 just don't tell Thaddeus that I'm here 604 00:29:06,799 --> 00:29:08,799 because he'll try. 605 00:29:08,799 --> 00:29:10,799 He doesn't like spirits hanging in limbo. 606 00:29:10,799 --> 00:29:12,799 He likes to move things along. 607 00:29:12,799 --> 00:29:15,799 Just, you know, do your business, OK? 608 00:29:15,799 --> 00:29:18,799 Is there any way we can contact you? 609 00:29:18,799 --> 00:29:21,799 Or do we just have to wait till you pop back 610 00:29:21,799 --> 00:29:23,799 into our fire smoke? 611 00:29:23,799 --> 00:29:26,799 Oh, I think you just got to wait until I pop back 612 00:29:26,799 --> 00:29:27,799 and he pops away. 613 00:29:27,799 --> 00:29:29,799 OK. 614 00:29:29,799 --> 00:29:32,799 All right, well. 615 00:29:32,799 --> 00:29:33,799 You guys. 616 00:29:33,799 --> 00:29:34,799 Hey. 617 00:29:34,799 --> 00:29:36,799 Wow, that's a thing, hey? 618 00:29:36,799 --> 00:29:38,799 Just when you think. 619 00:29:38,799 --> 00:29:40,799 He's gone for good. 620 00:29:40,799 --> 00:29:44,799 Yeah, it's again just night and you guys are... 621 00:29:44,799 --> 00:29:46,799 Thaddeus stays up. 622 00:29:46,799 --> 00:29:49,799 I'm leaning against a log. 623 00:29:49,799 --> 00:29:53,799 I've put away my joint because I am on watch. 624 00:29:53,799 --> 00:29:54,799 Yeah, no. 625 00:29:54,799 --> 00:29:56,799 I take it seriously. 626 00:29:56,799 --> 00:29:59,799 Everybody goes through the night and watch is totally fine. 627 00:29:59,799 --> 00:30:00,799 Cool. 628 00:30:00,799 --> 00:30:02,799 You get up with the sun the next day 629 00:30:02,799 --> 00:30:04,799 and Thaddeus is the last one to take 630 00:30:04,799 --> 00:30:06,799 the last little bit of watch. 631 00:30:06,799 --> 00:30:08,799 And everybody's packing up 632 00:30:08,799 --> 00:30:11,799 and getting ready to move on from the camp. 633 00:30:11,799 --> 00:30:12,799 Perfect. 634 00:30:12,799 --> 00:30:15,799 And head into that misty forest. 635 00:30:15,799 --> 00:30:17,799 Well, I was hoping we'd be moving on up 636 00:30:17,799 --> 00:30:19,799 to that deluxe apartment in the sky. 637 00:30:19,799 --> 00:30:20,799 Well, eventually. 638 00:30:20,799 --> 00:30:22,799 That's where Grancis should be heading, 639 00:30:22,799 --> 00:30:23,799 but apparently not. 640 00:30:23,799 --> 00:30:24,799 Yeah. 641 00:30:24,799 --> 00:30:28,799 Thaddeus says, Grancis, what? 642 00:30:28,799 --> 00:30:30,799 You know when people leave you, 643 00:30:30,799 --> 00:30:32,799 but you just don't feel like they've left? 644 00:30:32,799 --> 00:30:35,799 Grancis was that kind of presence, you know? 645 00:30:35,799 --> 00:30:36,799 Yeah. 646 00:30:36,799 --> 00:30:38,799 Yep, I know that. 647 00:30:38,799 --> 00:30:41,799 Also, I saved a couple pancakes 648 00:30:41,799 --> 00:30:43,799 that he made there in my pack. 649 00:30:43,799 --> 00:30:45,799 It's like he's always with me. 650 00:30:45,799 --> 00:30:49,799 How old are those pancakes? 651 00:30:49,799 --> 00:30:50,799 Hard to say. 652 00:30:50,799 --> 00:30:52,799 And Thea kind of trudges off to the forest. 653 00:30:52,799 --> 00:30:55,799 He put that same stuff on it that he put on the grungs, 654 00:30:55,799 --> 00:30:57,799 so it was good for six months. 655 00:30:57,799 --> 00:30:59,799 Oh, I guess that makes sense. 656 00:30:59,799 --> 00:31:00,799 All right. 657 00:31:00,799 --> 00:31:05,799 So you guys start trekking into the misty forest. 658 00:31:05,799 --> 00:31:09,799 So you know there are different elven settlements 659 00:31:09,799 --> 00:31:11,799 within the misty forest. 660 00:31:11,799 --> 00:31:13,799 Do I know any of those elven settlements? 661 00:31:13,799 --> 00:31:15,799 Do I have family anywhere? 662 00:31:15,799 --> 00:31:16,799 I don't know. 663 00:31:16,799 --> 00:31:18,799 Where is your family from, Thea? 664 00:31:18,799 --> 00:31:19,799 Oh, no. 665 00:31:19,799 --> 00:31:20,799 Don't look at your character sheet, 666 00:31:20,799 --> 00:31:23,799 because you guys never came up with family backstories. 667 00:31:23,799 --> 00:31:24,799 I wasn't looking for my kids. 668 00:31:24,799 --> 00:31:26,799 Karla came up with the fact that she has six brothers, 669 00:31:26,799 --> 00:31:28,799 but nothing about anybody's parents or lineage. 670 00:31:28,799 --> 00:31:29,799 I don't even remember that. 671 00:31:29,799 --> 00:31:30,799 I can't remember. 672 00:31:30,799 --> 00:31:31,799 I can't. 673 00:31:31,799 --> 00:31:33,799 I can't be held responsible 674 00:31:33,799 --> 00:31:35,799 by any kind of saying game. 675 00:31:35,799 --> 00:31:37,799 So everybody's homework for next week. 676 00:31:37,799 --> 00:31:42,799 Pick a point on the map where your species comes from 677 00:31:42,799 --> 00:31:44,799 and come up with where you come from. 678 00:31:44,799 --> 00:31:46,799 OK, good, because I can't do that right now. 679 00:31:46,799 --> 00:31:47,799 Today's not the day. 680 00:31:47,799 --> 00:31:48,799 No, I said before next week. 681 00:31:48,799 --> 00:31:49,799 I know. 682 00:31:49,799 --> 00:31:51,799 Yeah, and you're going to need to text us that, 683 00:31:51,799 --> 00:31:53,799 because I will forget as soon as we stop recording. 684 00:31:53,799 --> 00:31:55,799 Oh, motherfucker. 685 00:31:55,799 --> 00:31:56,799 Yep, got it. 686 00:31:56,799 --> 00:31:58,799 I'm going to go put it in my calendar. 687 00:31:58,799 --> 00:32:00,799 OK. 688 00:32:00,799 --> 00:32:05,799 So yeah, you guys start heading along a path of sorts. 689 00:32:05,799 --> 00:32:12,799 And it comes to a clearing that has a large boulder in the center of it 690 00:32:12,799 --> 00:32:14,799 and splits into two paths, 691 00:32:14,799 --> 00:32:16,799 one more towards the north 692 00:32:16,799 --> 00:32:18,799 and one more towards the south. 693 00:32:18,799 --> 00:32:20,799 Anybody got a preference here? 694 00:32:20,799 --> 00:32:22,799 How south sound everyone? 695 00:32:22,799 --> 00:32:23,799 Good. 696 00:32:23,799 --> 00:32:24,799 Sounds good. 697 00:32:24,799 --> 00:32:25,799 Good decisiveness, Flint. 698 00:32:25,799 --> 00:32:26,799 I like it. 699 00:32:26,799 --> 00:32:31,799 I think we should just walk until we reach a settlement. 700 00:32:31,799 --> 00:32:34,799 I'm sure the Elven villages talk to one another. 701 00:32:34,799 --> 00:32:38,799 If things are going down with Nerenvane, 702 00:32:38,799 --> 00:32:42,799 they're all bound to know about it and give us some sort of information. 703 00:32:42,799 --> 00:32:44,799 Seems plausible. 704 00:32:44,799 --> 00:32:45,799 I agree. 705 00:32:45,799 --> 00:32:47,799 We got to find some people and find out what's going on here. 706 00:32:47,799 --> 00:32:52,799 So yeah, you guys turn south and you carry on for a little ways 707 00:32:52,799 --> 00:33:00,799 and you travel for a few hours and you come to what looks like a small settlement. 708 00:33:00,799 --> 00:33:02,799 It's very quiet, though. 709 00:33:02,799 --> 00:33:05,799 It doesn't look like there's any people or anything in there. 710 00:33:05,799 --> 00:33:06,799 Thea calls out. 711 00:33:06,799 --> 00:33:08,799 Hello? 712 00:33:08,799 --> 00:33:10,799 Is anyone here? 713 00:33:10,799 --> 00:33:11,799 No answer. 714 00:33:11,799 --> 00:33:12,799 And what do we see? 715 00:33:12,799 --> 00:33:15,799 Just like a few huts or...? 716 00:33:15,799 --> 00:33:16,799 Yep. 717 00:33:16,799 --> 00:33:21,799 There's a few wooden huts of sort. 718 00:33:21,799 --> 00:33:24,799 Everybody make a... 719 00:33:24,799 --> 00:33:25,799 I assume you're looking around and stuff. 720 00:33:25,799 --> 00:33:28,799 So make an investigation check. 721 00:33:28,799 --> 00:33:29,799 A nat 20. 722 00:33:29,799 --> 00:33:32,799 No, why are we rolling so well for shitty thing? 723 00:33:32,799 --> 00:33:34,799 Well, I got a three, so I just... 724 00:33:34,799 --> 00:33:36,799 Yeah, six. 725 00:33:36,799 --> 00:33:37,799 Okay, I see stuff. 726 00:33:37,799 --> 00:33:39,799 You guys are picking your noses. 727 00:33:39,799 --> 00:33:43,799 Nularaaaa and Flint are a little more in the lead 728 00:33:43,799 --> 00:33:46,799 and they're kind of looking around at the huts, kind of peering in. 729 00:33:46,799 --> 00:33:49,799 It looks like there's been a scuffle in there of sorts, 730 00:33:49,799 --> 00:33:53,799 but then Thea and Thaddeus come up behind them 731 00:33:53,799 --> 00:33:58,799 and just grab their head and point it up. 732 00:33:58,799 --> 00:34:06,799 And you look up and everybody sees a second level to this settlement, 733 00:34:06,799 --> 00:34:10,800 which is a treetop settlement. 734 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:15,800 And you see pulley systems that look like they lead down. 735 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:19,800 But again, there's nobody that you can see walking along any of the gang planks. 736 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,800 There's nobody through any of the windows that you can see 737 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:24,800 or the openings that you can see. 738 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:31,800 It looks like this settlement has been abandoned of sorts. 739 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:33,800 I call up. 740 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:37,800 Hello, my name is Thea Amastasia. 741 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:39,800 Is anybody up there? 742 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,800 We've come to help. 743 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:47,800 You call a couple times and you hear a... 744 00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:49,800 Everybody's looking around up. 745 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:55,800 And you hear a growl come from behind you. 746 00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:57,800 I spin around. 747 00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:08,800 You are about 15 feet from a large, snarling winter wolf. 748 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:12,800 It doesn't look like it's making a move to attack you, 749 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,800 but it doesn't look like it's friendly at the moment. 750 00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:18,800 Can I do an animal handling roll? 751 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:20,800 Do it! 752 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:22,800 I don't even know what that means, but I never get to... 753 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:25,800 Handle that animal, girl! 754 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:27,800 Oh, God. 755 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:29,800 I threw it. I got to try again. 756 00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:30,800 You were so excited. 757 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:33,800 I was. I was so excited because I always try and do this to something 758 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:37,800 that's clearly attacking us and it does not work, of course. 759 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:41,800 It's like on top of you. You're like, animal handling. 760 00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:44,800 You can do it with advantage if you want there. 761 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:46,800 That's okay. I had a good roll. 762 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,800 I have a plus six, so I'm pretty good at it anyway. 763 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:52,800 I had a 17. 764 00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:55,800 I'm like, hey, puppy. 765 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:59,800 You know, general dog chit chat like you do. 766 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:01,800 Sure. 767 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:03,800 You step between Thea and the winter wolf, 768 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:04,800 and you're trying to calm it down. 769 00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:07,800 It seems to soften in its face 770 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:10,800 and kind of give you a little bit of a confused look, 771 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:11,800 but it stops snarling at you. 772 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:13,800 Like the dog head tilt? 773 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:15,800 Yeah. 774 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:17,800 I mean, I lean over. 775 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:20,800 I lean over Nularaaa's shoulder and I whisper in her ear, 776 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:26,800 if you talk to me like that when I'm a dog, I'll bite you. 777 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:28,800 Hey, good idea. 778 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:31,800 If you turn into a dog, can you talk to that dog? 779 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:32,800 We can talk to that dog. 780 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:35,800 Hello, are you a person in there? 781 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:36,800 I say it in Elvis. 782 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,800 The winter wolf doesn't say anything, 783 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:42,800 and you hear from behind it come through the trees, 784 00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:46,800 a bellowing gruff voice that you've heard before, 785 00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:49,800 calling, Laska, Laska, come back. 786 00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:52,800 And Delaine Winterhound comes out and says, 787 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:53,800 there you guys are. 788 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:56,800 Hey, Delaine. 789 00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:57,800 What's up? 790 00:36:57,800 --> 00:36:58,800 How are you? 791 00:36:58,800 --> 00:36:59,800 Our airship crashed. 792 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:00,800 It was kind of bad. 793 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:02,800 I'm glad we ran into you. 794 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:08,800 Well, hello. 795 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:09,800 I'm your Dungeon Master, Russ More. 796 00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:13,800 Thank you for joining us for episode 32 of Dumbgeons and Dragons, 797 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:15,800 titled, Fireside Reflection. 798 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:18,800 It was a nice episode that I feel gave Tom, 799 00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:21,800 Carl, and Amy a chance to practice some NPC chat 800 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:24,800 and continue treating NPCs as real people 801 00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:26,800 who have their own story to tell. 802 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:28,800 Quick thing before we get into this business, 803 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:30,800 go check out a new podcast called, 804 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:32,800 Tales from the Five Nations. 805 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:35,800 It's an actual play podcast in the Eberron setting, 806 00:37:35,800 --> 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00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:08,800 Yeah, it seems like nothing really good 850 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:10,800 has been going on anywhere. 851 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:14,800 My reports clearly have been right, 852 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:16,800 and King Melandrich is full of shit. 853 00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:19,800 That's why his eyes are brown. 854 00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:22,800 You noticed that, did you? 855 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:23,800 Yeah, pretty clear. 856 00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:25,800 So you've met Laska? 857 00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:27,800 Laska says, hey, what's up? 858 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:29,800 What's up, Laska? 859 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:32,800 I was just gonna try and bite your face off, 860 00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:36,800 but you gave me the whole good puppy thing, 861 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:38,800 and it felt kind of nice. 862 00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:39,800 It felt kind of nice. 863 00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:43,800 So I just thought you didn't want to do any harm. 864 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:45,800 Hey, appreciate it. 865 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:46,800 Totally appreciate it. 866 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:48,800 Hey, Delaine, what have you learned? 867 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,800 We've only been here overnight. 868 00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:52,800 Well, I've been through a couple settlements like this. 869 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,800 This one looks like they may have got warning 870 00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:57,800 before attacks came, 871 00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:00,800 but the last one that I was at is a slaughter. 872 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:03,800 Were you coming from the south, right? 873 00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:05,800 No, he's coming from the north. 874 00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:06,800 Coming from the north, okay. 875 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:08,800 Waterdeep is from your current location. 876 00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:09,800 Sorry, I'm having a trouble. 877 00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:10,800 From your current location, 878 00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:13,800 Waterdeep is north and west towards the coast. 879 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:14,800 Okay. 880 00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:16,800 So you're very close. 881 00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:19,800 Misty Forest is on the other side of the serpent hills 882 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:23,800 from where you were when you were hunting for ram. 883 00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:27,800 Just if you're trying to plot it out on a map there. 884 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:30,800 This is the first settlement we've come across. 885 00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:32,800 The others are looking worse? 886 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:37,800 Yeah, the other one that I went to, 887 00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:40,800 there were no survivors left. 888 00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:47,800 Everyone was killed by what looks like a dragon attack or sword. 889 00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:51,800 So it leads me to believe that cult attacks are happening 890 00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:53,800 and they have a dragon, 891 00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:56,800 which does not bode well. 892 00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:58,800 We have actually seen that dragon. 893 00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:00,800 You have? 894 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:02,800 Yes. 895 00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:05,800 Just yesterday. 896 00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:07,800 Which dragon? 897 00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:09,800 Big black dragon. 898 00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:10,800 Yeah, that one. 899 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:14,800 That's more disturbing because reports from my agents 900 00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:18,800 from the Emerald Enclave state that a green dragon 901 00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:20,800 has been seen in the area. 902 00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:22,800 So there's more than one. 903 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:24,800 Well, yes. 904 00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:27,800 I mean, we're fighting the cult of the dragon, but... 905 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:30,800 The cult of the dragon? 906 00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:32,800 Now there's two? 907 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:34,800 They're going to need to rename. 908 00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:36,800 That's fair. 909 00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:38,800 They also report that there is a settlement 910 00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:41,800 in the Misty Forest that is still standing 911 00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:45,800 and that may be the best place to start. 912 00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:48,800 That city is Altend. 913 00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:50,800 I can give you directions. 914 00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:52,800 I'm supposed to meet up with some other agents 915 00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:55,800 and I can come meet you after I'm done with that. 916 00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:59,800 The latest reports have them holding their ground right now, 917 00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:03,800 so everybody who may have fled from any of these other settlements 918 00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:04,800 might be there as well, 919 00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:07,800 and they may have reports that might help us. 920 00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:09,800 How far away is that settlement? 921 00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:12,800 It may take you a day to get there. 922 00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:14,800 Okay, I guess. 923 00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:15,800 Point us in the right direction. 924 00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:17,800 We need a destination, 925 00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:19,800 and that sounds like a good place to start 926 00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:22,800 figuring out what's going on and where Narenvain is 927 00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:24,800 and, you know, hack if he's evil or not. 928 00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:25,800 You know, just run out of the millstone. 929 00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:26,800 Or hack. 930 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:27,800 Yeah, absolutely. 931 00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:30,800 And he gives you directions. 932 00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:33,800 He says most of the way there is path, 933 00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:35,800 which it looks like you've been following 934 00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:37,800 one of the paths from the edge of the forest, 935 00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:39,800 but you will have to cut through some area 936 00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:41,800 where there's not. 937 00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:44,800 So are you guys okay going through the forest? 938 00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:48,800 Well, this is my preferred terrain. 939 00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:51,800 Wonderful. Mine as well. 940 00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:52,800 Or something like that. 941 00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:54,800 Favored terrain. There we go. 942 00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:55,800 All right. 943 00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:57,800 Well, as long as you guys think you can make it okay, 944 00:42:57,800 --> 00:42:59,800 he gives you directions and he says, 945 00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:02,800 I will meet up with you. 946 00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:04,800 I should be only about half a day behind you 947 00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:06,800 once I get to where I need to be. 948 00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:07,800 Sounds good. 949 00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:10,800 And he calls for Laska, 950 00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:14,800 and they head off back into the forest. 951 00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:17,800 I guess we head in that direction, I assume. 952 00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:18,800 Yeah? 953 00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:19,800 Yeah, friends? 954 00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:20,800 Yes. 955 00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:23,800 So you've been traveling for most of the morning now, 956 00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:25,800 and you walk along the path, 957 00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:29,800 and you get to the point where he said 958 00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:33,800 it turns from path to just open brush, 959 00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:35,800 and you start heading in there, 960 00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:38,800 and you feel, after walking a little while, 961 00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:43,800 you get the sense that something's been following you, 962 00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:47,800 Nulara and Nulara especially. 963 00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:50,800 You see out of the corner of your eye 964 00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:53,800 flashes of different color, 965 00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:56,800 something small, not something large, 966 00:43:56,800 --> 00:44:00,800 and you hear almost faint laughter 967 00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:02,800 coming through the trees. 968 00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:05,800 Okay, I'm going to do a... 969 00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:07,800 Sorry, I had to find the book to... 970 00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:09,800 because I actually wanted to see 971 00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:11,800 what favored terrain got me, 972 00:44:11,800 --> 00:44:13,800 so I'm going to do some good stuff. 973 00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:18,800 So I guess we'll do a perception check 974 00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:22,800 to see if I have an idea of what is, 975 00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:24,800 I don't know, following us, 976 00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:25,800 or what makes that sound, 977 00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:27,800 or the light flashes, or whatever, 978 00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:30,800 just to see if I can figure out what that's all about. 979 00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:31,800 Sure. 980 00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:36,800 And my proficiency bonus is doubled, 981 00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:38,800 because I'm amazing at this. 982 00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:41,800 I'm going to proceed with the shit out of this. 983 00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:43,800 29? I got a 29. 984 00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:46,800 Do you alert anybody to what you're doing, 985 00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:47,800 or do you stop? 986 00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:49,800 What are you doing when you do this? 987 00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:51,800 Yeah, I think so. 988 00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:54,800 Probably just kind of like slow down 989 00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:57,800 and do the classic SWAT team maneuver, 990 00:44:57,800 --> 00:45:00,800 like hold up a hand, like wait. 991 00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:02,800 I mean, there's only four of us. 992 00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:04,800 It shouldn't be that hard to get their attention. 993 00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:06,800 Thea gives you a big thumbs up. 994 00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:07,800 Yeah. 995 00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:12,800 And I kind of just do what that winter wolf did 996 00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:14,800 and like cock my head and listen 997 00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:16,800 and try and figure out what's going on. 998 00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:18,800 You hear, you listen for a little while, 999 00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:21,800 and it seems like everything is, the noise has stopped. 1000 00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:26,800 And then you hear a snap of a twig off to your right. 1001 00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:30,800 And you look, and there's like a rustling brush, 1002 00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:32,800 but you can't see an animal, 1003 00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:35,800 and you can't quite figure out at first 1004 00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:37,800 what would be making the sound. 1005 00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:38,800 Who goes there? 1006 00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:41,800 I don't think I just wait and let something follow us. 1007 00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:43,800 I need to know. Drive me crazy. 1008 00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:48,800 You hear kind of a giggling laughter, 1009 00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:51,800 two giggling laughters coming from the brush, 1010 00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:54,800 and it's moving around a little bit more. 1011 00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:55,800 Show yourselves. 1012 00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:57,800 The rustling stops, 1013 00:45:57,800 --> 00:46:04,800 and you see slowly coming up from behind this bush, 1014 00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:09,800 small antlers, and then what looks like a human face, 1015 00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:12,800 big smiling, two of them. 1016 00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:16,800 And they look like almost bearded sprites 1017 00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:20,800 with huge, for their size, 1018 00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:22,800 antlers on top of their heads. 1019 00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:24,800 And they say, hi. 1020 00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:46,800 Music in today's episode was by Kavin McLeod of Incompetech.Filmmusic.io. 1021 00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:51,800 Why do Google Hangouts change their name from G-Chat to Google Hangouts? 1022 00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:53,800 You know how easy it is to say G-Chat? 1023 00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:54,800 Real easy. 1024 00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:56,800 You know how irritating it is to say Google Hangouts? 1025 00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:57,800 It's a lot more simple. 1026 00:46:57,800 --> 00:46:59,800 Just say Gook Hangs. 1027 00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:03,800 Just Gook Hangs. 1028 00:47:03,800 --> 00:47:05,800 You guys got some Gook Hangs? 1029 00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:07,800 Oh, those sweet Gook Hangs. 1030 00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:10,800 You can change your mind. 1031 00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:12,800 And if you change your mind. 1032 00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:14,800 I'm the next in line. 1033 00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:15,800 Yes. 1034 00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:20,800 I didn't know the lyrics or I would have jumped right into it. 1035 00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:24,800 I'd have pretty good chuckle when Russ Pride Grants is back. 1036 00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:31,800 I'll be perfectly honest. 1037 00:47:31,800 --> 00:47:36,800 One thing you should know is Grants is my pride and joy. 1038 00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:39,800 He was supposed to be the greatest NPC of all time. 1039 00:47:39,800 --> 00:47:40,800 I think he is. 1040 00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:44,800 He's certainly the one we've had the most feelings about. 1041 00:47:44,800 --> 00:47:45,800 Oh, yes. 1042 00:47:45,800 --> 00:47:46,800 That's true. 1043 00:47:46,800 --> 00:47:48,800 Yeah, the most interactions. 1044 00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:50,800 All those feelings. 1045 00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:51,800 I'm sorry. 1046 00:47:51,800 --> 00:47:58,800 Is anyone else picturing Thaddeus like Sam Elliott? 1047 00:47:58,800 --> 00:47:59,800 Yeah, I could see that. 1048 00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:00,800 I am now. 1049 00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:01,800 That is exactly it. 1050 00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:06,800 Because he's an older gentleman, a little rougher on the edges. 1051 00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:09,800 Yeah, in my head he's Sam Elliott. 1052 00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:10,800 I like it. 1053 00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:11,800 Perfect. 1054 00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:16,800 If anyone knows Sam Elliott and he wants to guest star on our podcast, please make that happen. 1055 00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:18,800 Who are you talking to? 1056 00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:19,800 Anyone listening. 1057 00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:20,800 Listeners? 1058 00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:21,800 Oh, anyone. 1059 00:48:21,800 --> 00:48:22,800 Anyone. 1060 00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:27,800 You're more than welcome to if you know Sam Elliott, but I was more so talking to our listeners. 1061 00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:32,800 I don't know if Sam Elliott tweets, so I probably don't have like a tweet venue. 1062 00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:36,800 And you know, I only have two more favors with him. 1063 00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:38,800 That is the question. 1064 00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:41,800 I mean, that's all we really need is the mustache to come on. 1065 00:48:41,800 --> 00:48:44,800 Wait, how many favors did you have originally? 1066 00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:45,800 Four. 1067 00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:47,800 What did you use the first two on? 1068 00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:48,800 No kidding. 1069 00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:50,800 Can't say. 1070 00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:51,800 Oh, wow. 1071 00:48:51,800 --> 00:48:54,800 Dumbgeons & Dragons is a Dumb Dragons production.