1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,319 Previously on Dumbgeons and Dragons. 2 00:00:02,319 --> 00:00:07,200 So as you head down the corridor, light shines out ahead. 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:13,040 Hello there! Excuse my manners. My name is Taraz the Fair, and who are you? 4 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:14,400 He extends a hand. 5 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:15,599 And I gladly shake it. 6 00:00:15,599 --> 00:00:20,080 Thea, you see a line of what looks like sand or salt. 7 00:00:20,080 --> 00:00:20,800 Flynn, wait! 8 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,519 I have to ask, Taraz. What's with the salt on the floor? 9 00:00:23,519 --> 00:00:26,160 I've been trapped here for quite some time. 10 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:30,079 So what you're saying is you're not going to let me out then? 11 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:32,799 I mean, it really doesn't seem like we should. 12 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:39,920 I really don't feel like I want to. Like I want to find my owl, but good gravy. 13 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,200 And I mean, Taraz, we got a real big, like, 14 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:45,600 demon dragon queen to worry about. 15 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:49,039 What did I tell you? Those demons, they are just the shits. 16 00:00:49,039 --> 00:00:50,240 I mean, you heard it here first. 17 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:54,400 You know what? If we need your help, maybe we'll come back and let you out. 18 00:00:54,399 --> 00:00:56,719 Ah, pleasure to meet you, dear Thea. 19 00:00:57,359 --> 00:00:58,560 It's Thea. 20 00:00:58,560 --> 00:00:59,920 That's what I said. 21 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:06,239 I'll pile into the teleportation circle and you find yourselves back in the sundial room. 22 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,920 You run towards the city. 23 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:16,480 You see a large blue dragon and three red dragons swooping and burning up the city. 24 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:21,280 And then you look off to the south and you see a red dragon swooping. 25 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:29,359 And you hear a call and you see guacamole swoop towards the dragon's face 26 00:01:29,359 --> 00:01:33,040 and dig her claws into its open eye. 27 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:33,920 That's my girl. 28 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:36,320 Hashtag fail guac. 29 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:39,920 Welcome to Dumbgeons and Dragons. 30 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:42,640 We're a D&D fifth edition actual play podcast. 31 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:44,159 And I'm your dungeon master, Russ More. 32 00:01:44,159 --> 00:01:45,920 And with me today is Amy More. 33 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:46,879 I'm Amy More. 34 00:01:46,879 --> 00:01:47,680 You just said that. 35 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:49,200 I play Thea Amastasia. 36 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:51,600 And Carla Johnson. 37 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:53,439 And I play new Laura Moonbrook. 38 00:01:53,439 --> 00:01:54,719 And Tom Laird. 39 00:01:54,719 --> 00:01:56,560 And I play Flintfire Beard. 40 00:01:57,439 --> 00:01:59,760 Look how short that was compared to last week's episode. 41 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:01,680 Don't worry. 42 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:02,960 Let's just keep going with it. 43 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:03,600 Oh, yeah. 44 00:02:05,439 --> 00:02:07,760 For more of these short intro episodes, 45 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:13,120 you can join us on Patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast. 46 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:17,360 Well, yeah, and listen to what we have going on there because we don't even do intros. 47 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,440 No, there is an intro free zone. 48 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:23,840 Yeah, it's an intro free zone where we just jump in because you know who we are 49 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,880 and we just want to bring you the goods, the entertainment value. 50 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,000 Here we like to dick you around a little. 51 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:34,800 Consistently tell you our names and our characters like you're sort of an idiot. 52 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:36,480 It's for people. 53 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:38,720 I know, but it's for people. 54 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:41,040 Every episode is somebody's first episode. 55 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:42,080 That's right. 56 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:42,560 That's true. 57 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:44,400 They're probably like, who are these ding-dongs? 58 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:45,440 You know what? 59 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:46,400 Who are these doinks? 60 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,760 Who's been listening to us for now, 59 episodes. 61 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:53,439 They're going to go and be like, this episode was the absolute best episode. 62 00:02:53,439 --> 00:02:55,520 Because they didn't dick us around. 63 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:57,040 Because they didn't dick us around. 64 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:58,960 And then they're going to go share it with their friend. 65 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:00,480 And their friend's going to listen to it and be like, wow, 66 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:02,400 they did not dick you around at the beginning. 67 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:04,319 And we did not. 68 00:03:04,319 --> 00:03:06,400 Not like those other podcasts, am I right? 69 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,520 Listen to episode 58. 70 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:14,640 Like they talked about murder and how to avoid it for a good portion of the episode. 71 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,920 Yep. Yeah, that's exactly what happened. 72 00:03:17,920 --> 00:03:20,480 But don't worry, they'll go back to episode one by that point. 73 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:22,480 And 58 will be just they'll be into it. 74 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,360 Oh, and they'll get to hear our terrible audio in episode one. 75 00:03:26,640 --> 00:03:27,280 So bad. 76 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:28,000 So bad. 77 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:28,560 Yeah. 78 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:29,280 Sorry about that. 79 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:32,880 I mean, I try not to talk about it because every podcast is like, 80 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:35,120 just be kind to our first few episodes. 81 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:36,640 It's like, you know what? 82 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:37,840 Listen to a new one. 83 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:38,720 See where we're at. 84 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:39,920 Listen to an old one. 85 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,160 I mean, we figure it out pretty quick. 86 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,560 But yeah, that first one is not great. 87 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:47,599 Yeah, it's fun, though. 88 00:03:47,599 --> 00:03:48,000 Oh, yeah. 89 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:49,039 It has some fun. 90 00:03:49,039 --> 00:03:53,280 It has it has our daughter in there singing like jingle bells or something in the background. 91 00:03:54,879 --> 00:03:57,680 Amy stops and makes a sandwich at some point. 92 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:00,560 Sounds like me. 93 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:02,960 It's like you're around the table with us. 94 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:03,360 Right. 95 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,719 I think I was making lunch for our child. 96 00:04:06,719 --> 00:04:07,599 Yeah, absolutely. 97 00:04:07,599 --> 00:04:07,920 Yep. 98 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,199 It was just an awkward time because we were in Korea. 99 00:04:11,199 --> 00:04:12,719 So it was like midday. 100 00:04:12,719 --> 00:04:13,920 It was always lunchtime. 101 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:16,720 Yeah, I wasn't I wasn't able to drink. 102 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:18,480 No, there was no drink. 103 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:20,240 Like, I mean, I could. 104 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:20,720 Well, sure. 105 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:22,240 Yeah, it was a weekend. 106 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:22,720 It's fine. 107 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:25,199 Oh, wait, we're dicking people around. 108 00:04:25,199 --> 00:04:25,920 Back on task. 109 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:27,280 I know we started doing it. 110 00:04:27,280 --> 00:04:29,040 Oh, we can't even stop. 111 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:30,000 I'm so sorry. 112 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:30,720 Sorry. 113 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:31,439 Sorry about that. 114 00:04:31,439 --> 00:04:34,960 Anyways, Patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast for for just a dollar a month. 115 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:36,319 You get those sweet bonus episodes. 116 00:04:36,319 --> 00:04:36,800 Two dollars. 117 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,560 You get to hang out with us once a month with those sweet, sweet gook hangs. 118 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:41,040 Oh, yeah. 119 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,879 And every episode is dedicated to a lovely patron. 120 00:04:44,879 --> 00:04:48,800 And today's patron is the one and only ALex McClure. 121 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:53,840 ALex, you might recognize her from such films as. 122 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:57,759 Insert some funny Simpsons things. 123 00:04:57,759 --> 00:04:58,080 All right. 124 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:01,200 Great Simpsons, Simpsons, Simpsons dark side. 125 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:03,040 Yeah, yeah, close enough. 126 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:04,640 Thanks, ALex. 127 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:05,200 You rock. 128 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:06,800 You do. 129 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:07,360 It's true. 130 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,960 So so let's get right into it because there's some action happening. 131 00:05:11,280 --> 00:05:12,400 Oh, she's going down. 132 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:16,160 I mean, you guys have been stuck in a maze for 12 episodes, but it has been. 133 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:17,360 Has it actually been 12? 134 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:22,240 I think it's been pretty close because that seems like the right number. 135 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,640 I guess now we know that time was passing on the outside. 136 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:29,040 Remember, I feel like at some point we discussed like 137 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:31,680 because we were in these weird like portal and the time loop. 138 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:33,120 Maybe no time had passed. 139 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:36,160 Sometimes it's not looking good out here. 140 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:40,640 However, dragons can destroy shit in a very short period of time. 141 00:05:40,719 --> 00:05:41,199 You know what? 142 00:05:41,199 --> 00:05:41,919 You're right. 143 00:05:41,919 --> 00:05:43,439 Especially when there's what? 144 00:05:43,439 --> 00:05:44,079 Four of them. 145 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:48,639 You arrived at Zanthal's Tower in episode 47. 146 00:05:49,439 --> 00:05:51,120 It is now episode 59. 147 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:52,240 So 12 episodes. 148 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:52,639 There we go. 149 00:05:52,639 --> 00:05:54,159 That was a nice guess that I had. 150 00:05:54,159 --> 00:05:55,759 That was a good guess, Ross. 151 00:05:55,759 --> 00:05:56,259 Yep. 152 00:05:57,039 --> 00:05:57,539 Okay. 153 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,039 Well, let's all feel bad about ourselves for just a moment here. 154 00:06:01,039 --> 00:06:02,079 As well we should. 155 00:06:03,439 --> 00:06:04,560 Did I say it? 156 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:04,879 Fuck it. 157 00:06:04,879 --> 00:06:06,240 Let's play D&D. 158 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:07,519 You did not say it. 159 00:06:07,519 --> 00:06:07,919 You didn't. 160 00:06:07,919 --> 00:06:08,959 I almost jumped right in. 161 00:06:08,959 --> 00:06:11,759 That was crazy. 162 00:06:11,759 --> 00:06:13,839 He would have edited it and posted it. 163 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:14,719 This doesn't feel right. 164 00:06:14,719 --> 00:06:20,000 You guys would have been like an awkward voicing to like. 165 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:20,479 Fuck it. 166 00:06:20,479 --> 00:06:21,439 Let's play. 167 00:06:21,439 --> 00:06:22,879 Let's play D&D. 168 00:06:25,039 --> 00:06:26,479 A E I O U. 169 00:06:28,159 --> 00:06:29,519 That's suitably creepy. 170 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:30,639 Yeah. 171 00:06:30,639 --> 00:06:31,759 Thank you for that, Dane. 172 00:06:32,479 --> 00:06:32,879 Thanks. 173 00:06:34,159 --> 00:06:35,839 They didn't know it was Dane Cook. 174 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:37,279 I didn't think I didn't know. 175 00:06:37,280 --> 00:06:39,120 Dane could have just been a cute nickname. 176 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:42,000 I mean, now that you mentioned it, I remember the speaking spell bit. 177 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:42,720 So yeah, totally. 178 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:43,040 Yeah. 179 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:45,120 But I didn't put two and two together. 180 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:45,360 All right. 181 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:47,680 Well, I will edit it out and see if I get called out on Twitter. 182 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:48,000 Right. 183 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:48,400 Okay. 184 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:52,480 Just put a big like over top of this past part of the conversation. 185 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:52,800 Sure. 186 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:52,960 Yeah. 187 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:54,720 That'll be really great to listen to. 188 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:55,920 Perfect. 189 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:57,440 Be like our episode one audio. 190 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:02,160 So you made it out of the maze, 191 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:05,040 but you made it out and there was some things happening. 192 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:12,960 Uh, you were greeted by the terrible sound of villagers screaming, a dragon roaring, 193 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:19,280 lightning bolts and flames tearing houses to splinters and light setting them ablaze. 194 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:27,200 You saw a blue dragon who knew Laura and Thea recognized as Lennathan, 195 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:33,759 the blue dragon you fought when you were brand new baby adventurers back in Greenest. 196 00:07:33,759 --> 00:07:35,360 We didn't even fight him. 197 00:07:36,399 --> 00:07:36,560 I mean. 198 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:38,159 We just ran from him, didn't we? 199 00:07:38,159 --> 00:07:41,120 No, he was attacking the town of Greenest and you guys stepped up and. 200 00:07:41,839 --> 00:07:43,599 That was like our first big adventure. 201 00:07:44,319 --> 00:07:45,519 This was before the podcast. 202 00:07:45,519 --> 00:07:47,920 So don't go back and listen to episode one because it's not going to be there. 203 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,039 This is like episode negative 87. 204 00:07:52,719 --> 00:07:53,120 Wow. 205 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:55,439 That is a long ways back in the catalog. 206 00:07:55,439 --> 00:07:58,560 Yeah, it really feels like, like it's hard to. 207 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:00,399 Remember what happened last episode? 208 00:08:00,399 --> 00:08:01,279 Yes, I do. 209 00:08:01,279 --> 00:08:01,920 Yeah. 210 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:06,720 Nevermind before you guys left the country most joyously. 211 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:10,160 And what probably caused everybody to cheer out loud as they were listening 212 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:16,319 is the return of guacamole as she struck into one of the red dragon's eyes as it 213 00:08:16,319 --> 00:08:22,000 was lighting ablaze houses within the city. 214 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,160 I yell, that's my girl. 215 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:24,560 And she. 216 00:08:25,199 --> 00:08:32,720 I mean, we really need to fact check what owls do here. 217 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:34,159 Yeah, I'll put it in a sound effect. 218 00:08:34,159 --> 00:08:34,720 It'll be fine. 219 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:36,960 Make it majestic, kind of like a trill. 220 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:38,960 Not like Thea's schlorping. 221 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:39,279 Yeah. 222 00:08:41,759 --> 00:08:43,360 I forgot about the schlorping. 223 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:44,720 I mean, you heard it here first. 224 00:08:46,399 --> 00:08:47,039 What do you guys do? 225 00:08:50,159 --> 00:08:53,279 I think I'm not acting with my brain. 226 00:08:53,279 --> 00:08:57,279 I think I'm going straight with my heart and I start to gallop. 227 00:08:59,279 --> 00:08:59,839 Yeah, you're a wolf. 228 00:08:59,839 --> 00:09:00,319 Wolf around. 229 00:09:00,319 --> 00:09:00,959 Yeah, that makes sense. 230 00:09:00,959 --> 00:09:01,839 I don't know. 231 00:09:01,839 --> 00:09:02,240 Yeah. 232 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:07,839 Toward like underneath where guacamole would be like. 233 00:09:07,839 --> 00:09:08,159 Okay. 234 00:09:08,159 --> 00:09:10,000 She's quite a ways away into the city. 235 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:10,879 So are you going? 236 00:09:10,879 --> 00:09:14,000 I'm running for her and I yell, guac, I'm coming for you, baby. 237 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,319 So Thea takes off at full wolf run. 238 00:09:16,319 --> 00:09:20,000 Flamikins grabs hold of her fur and leaps up on top of her. 239 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:21,679 Fucking riding me again. 240 00:09:21,680 --> 00:09:23,680 Let's ride, motherfucker. 241 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:26,880 I don't even notice. 242 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:29,120 I'm just like single-minded. 243 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:30,080 You're just so in it. 244 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:33,680 Is it just the dragons? 245 00:09:33,680 --> 00:09:38,720 I don't mean that the way it sounds, but there's no like ground troops, just the dragons. 246 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:43,040 From your position, you see no ground troops, only the swooping dragons. 247 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:46,160 And there are four of them, three red and the one blue. 248 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:47,600 So is anyone riding them? 249 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:48,400 Do we see any? 250 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:50,640 There appeared to be no riders on them. 251 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:51,440 Okay. 252 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:51,920 Okay. 253 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:55,520 Well, I mean, it's hard to fight dragons when they're flying. 254 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:56,480 This is the trouble. 255 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:59,360 This is one of the many troubles with dragons, you guys. 256 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:05,600 I look around and see if there are like people that need help getting to safety or like, 257 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:08,480 I mean, we're going to like jump into action, right? 258 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,600 So whatever seems conceivable to do. 259 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:12,160 Okay. 260 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:16,400 So we'll say Thea takes off Flamikins, pops onto her back. 261 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:20,240 Flint, Nularaaaa and Thaddeus take off following. 262 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:26,639 You get to what looks like the main street and you have the blue dragon, 263 00:10:26,639 --> 00:10:29,039 we'll say to the north, to your right. 264 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:33,759 And Thea is taking off down the main street towards one of the red dragons 265 00:10:33,759 --> 00:10:36,240 and where Guacamole is to the left. 266 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:41,440 The three of you, Flint, Thaddeus and Nularaaaa, which way do you go? 267 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:44,399 Do you follow Thea or do you go towards the blue dragon? 268 00:10:44,399 --> 00:10:46,080 Is the blue the largest dragon? 269 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:49,519 Like, is it seem like the most imminent threat? 270 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:51,840 Or is it just the one that's different? 271 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:55,200 Yes, it looks like the largest. 272 00:10:55,200 --> 00:11:01,360 Russ, can I roll a history check to see what, if I know anything 273 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,399 that maybe the blue dragon mask might be able to help us 274 00:11:04,399 --> 00:11:06,399 in a situation involving a blue dragon? 275 00:11:06,399 --> 00:11:09,120 Oh, hey, hey there. 276 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:10,080 Good thinking. 277 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:10,720 Sure. 278 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:11,440 Clever. 279 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:12,080 Yeah. 280 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:14,000 I'd already forgotten we had the blue dragon mask. 281 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:15,360 All right, so that's a 28. 282 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:15,860 Me too. 283 00:11:16,639 --> 00:11:17,600 Holy shit. 284 00:11:18,560 --> 00:11:19,039 Well then. 285 00:11:19,599 --> 00:11:26,240 Yes, so you know that the blue dragon mask has powers with a 28 286 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:27,360 or whatever the fuck you roll. 287 00:11:28,319 --> 00:11:33,839 You know that each dragon mask, there is one for every chromatic dragon, 288 00:11:35,919 --> 00:11:43,599 gives its wearer or should give its wearer the power of the dragon's breath. 289 00:11:43,599 --> 00:11:45,439 For blue, it would be a lightning breath. 290 00:11:45,439 --> 00:11:47,759 For black, it would be acid and so on and so forth. 291 00:11:48,399 --> 00:11:48,879 Oh, OK. 292 00:11:48,879 --> 00:11:54,720 So it doesn't like maybe help us like take control of said dragon. 293 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:55,919 Just gives dragon powers. 294 00:11:55,919 --> 00:11:56,480 OK. 295 00:11:56,480 --> 00:12:00,319 Not that you are aware of it, but yeah, it would give the bearer 296 00:12:01,039 --> 00:12:03,840 some of the powers of the dragon's color. 297 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:08,080 You got this, you have this new information or you have this information that you know. 298 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:08,639 What are you doing? 299 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:12,000 I have the stats on lightning breath here somewhere 300 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:16,000 because I actually do have that ability as a theme of your book. 301 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,000 How far does it go? 302 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,919 Like, how far does the cone go? 303 00:12:19,919 --> 00:12:20,799 You get it to work. 304 00:12:20,799 --> 00:12:25,679 It's going to be farther than the one you do being of your descent. 305 00:12:27,039 --> 00:12:29,200 More like the dragon that's in front of you. 306 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:36,480 You see it unfurl a lightning breath into a set of buildings. 307 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:38,399 And maybe to help make your decision, 308 00:12:38,399 --> 00:12:41,600 you see down at the end of the way towards the red dragon where Thea is, 309 00:12:41,759 --> 00:12:50,159 there is a family in a building and they look huddled towards one of the doors 310 00:12:50,159 --> 00:12:55,840 as the red dragon is being attacked and another one is swooping down towards that. 311 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:56,240 All right. 312 00:12:56,240 --> 00:13:01,120 Am I able to unleash this lightning breath towards that swooping red dragon? 313 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:02,800 You most certainly can try. 314 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:04,080 Excellent. 315 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:06,560 What do I need to roll? 316 00:13:06,560 --> 00:13:08,160 What do I need to roll, Russ? 317 00:13:08,879 --> 00:13:11,919 Explain to me what you do with this mask to try and get it to work. 318 00:13:12,719 --> 00:13:18,879 I essentially hold it up to my face as I'm running and put it on my face 319 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:24,159 because I assume any mask, if you were to attach it to your face, 320 00:13:25,759 --> 00:13:27,679 that should be the way to go, right? 321 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:28,179 Yeah. 322 00:13:29,279 --> 00:13:31,199 And you're running in that direction, yes? 323 00:13:31,199 --> 00:13:31,699 Yes. 324 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:35,279 And Ulara, you are running in the direction as well? 325 00:13:36,079 --> 00:13:36,799 You betcha. 326 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:40,080 So everybody begins running and following down behind Thea. 327 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:45,840 Flint is putting the mask to its face, trying to find a way to activate it 328 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:50,720 and make a arcana check. 329 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:51,860 Okay. 330 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:57,600 Does anyone else feel like he's going to have this power but not be able to wield it 331 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:01,280 and it's going to come shooting out kind of like a fireman's hose? 332 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:05,280 And it's going to be all over the place. 333 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:06,080 That's a 14. 334 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:10,880 So you put it to your face and are trying to find a way to activate it, 335 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:13,280 but you don't seem to make it work. 336 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:15,040 Okay. 337 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:17,200 It doesn't appear to activate for you. 338 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:22,560 So you continue running down trying to find a way to do this 339 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:25,280 and you get about three quarters of the way down. 340 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:25,760 Are you done? 341 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:30,400 I mean, obviously she isn't. 342 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:33,760 I know, it's still happening. 343 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:34,720 Jesus, I'm sorry. 344 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:37,279 Don't apologize to Jesus. 345 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:39,840 He doesn't want to hear it anymore. 346 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:43,920 Yes, yes, you're sorry. 347 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:46,800 Oh my God. 348 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:47,279 I'm sorry. 349 00:14:47,279 --> 00:14:49,279 I'm just getting like the, I just- 350 00:14:49,279 --> 00:14:52,480 I know, as I'm like struggling to put this fucking mask on my face. 351 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:55,200 Like you're running and you're yelling like, activate! 352 00:14:57,040 --> 00:14:58,160 Why won't you work? 353 00:14:58,160 --> 00:14:59,200 Lightning breath! 354 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:01,360 Or you're just like, ah! 355 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:04,480 I'm sorry. 356 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:06,160 I love it. 357 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:07,519 There's debris everywhere. 358 00:15:07,519 --> 00:15:09,040 It's amazing he doesn't just trip. 359 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:11,200 It's pretty incredible. 360 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:12,560 Well, I got a low center of gravity. 361 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:13,360 I'm pretty sturdy. 362 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:14,000 That's true. 363 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:14,480 That's true. 364 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:15,360 I'm sorry about that. 365 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:17,519 Okay, so by this point, 366 00:15:17,519 --> 00:15:21,040 Thea, you've made it down to the door where this family is. 367 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:27,040 Flint and Thaddeus are about three quarters of the way. 368 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:29,519 Thaddeus and Flint make a perception check. 369 00:15:29,519 --> 00:15:30,560 I'll make Thaddeuses. 370 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:35,840 That is a 13 for Flint. 371 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:37,120 He got 13 as well. 372 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:41,680 So you guys look and you're still focused on this family, 373 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:44,080 but you look and you see Nulara has stopped. 374 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:45,760 She's not behind you anymore. 375 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:48,480 Nulara, you are standing, 376 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:53,520 we'll say 150 feet back down the street, 377 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:57,120 looking at this scene as your friends are rushing towards this building. 378 00:15:57,120 --> 00:16:01,279 You begin to get deja vu. 379 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:06,240 You recognize the events that are occurring 380 00:16:07,279 --> 00:16:08,639 and you are in a, 381 00:16:09,759 --> 00:16:13,519 what you recognize as a medium to large size town 382 00:16:13,519 --> 00:16:15,200 that is going up in flames. 383 00:16:16,399 --> 00:16:17,279 Crazy. 384 00:16:17,279 --> 00:16:20,639 And you're looking around trying to see signs on buildings 385 00:16:20,639 --> 00:16:22,560 and one that says Sheriff's Office, 386 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:25,120 another the Brandy Bear Inn 387 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:28,960 and another in big letters that says the Riteanna Panda Hut 388 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:36,159 is coming soon to Zanthal's Tower as it falls from the sign. 389 00:16:38,879 --> 00:16:43,279 Red dragon swoops overhead and a massive flame 390 00:16:43,919 --> 00:16:46,399 explodes a building to your right. 391 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:52,159 And you look to the sky and see that there are these three other dragons soaring above 392 00:16:52,159 --> 00:16:54,079 and whatever is happening here, 393 00:16:54,079 --> 00:16:59,120 you now know as you have seen this before doesn't end well. 394 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:02,559 You hear a call from down at the end of the street. 395 00:17:02,559 --> 00:17:03,600 Nulara! 396 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:08,079 And you see Flint and Thea rushing towards a burning building 397 00:17:08,079 --> 00:17:11,119 with the family huddled outside. 398 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:12,960 Thaddeus, protect them! 399 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:17,759 You begin to run towards them and as they get to the building 400 00:17:17,759 --> 00:17:20,559 another red dragon swoops in from behind it 401 00:17:20,559 --> 00:17:26,159 and the building explodes out in a fiery blaze knocking you back 402 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:29,200 and you hit your head on the ground. 403 00:17:30,879 --> 00:17:33,200 You are dazed for the moment. 404 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,240 Flint, Thea, Thaddeus and Flamikins, 405 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:45,279 you find yourselves covered in smoke and rubble but it's not touching you. 406 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:52,079 There is an invisible field protecting you 407 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:57,759 and as the rubble falls towards the ground you have made it to the family 408 00:17:58,879 --> 00:18:02,960 and you see Thaddeus holding up his hands. 409 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:09,599 They're glowing with divine power as he protects you from this huge explosion. 410 00:18:09,599 --> 00:18:17,679 You turn and you see Lanathin down the street and he says to you, 411 00:18:19,599 --> 00:18:21,199 The mask, you fools! 412 00:18:21,759 --> 00:18:24,240 The mask is what I've come for. 413 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:28,959 Give it to me and I'll leave these crawling ants with their miserable lives. 414 00:18:28,959 --> 00:18:30,799 The Queen is returning. 415 00:18:31,519 --> 00:18:34,159 Who are you to hope to stop her? 416 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:39,360 Give me the mask! 417 00:18:41,360 --> 00:18:42,880 We're just like dumbfounded. 418 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:43,759 I'm dazed. 419 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:46,160 That's true, she has an excuse. 420 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:53,360 You can pry it from her cold dead hands, you scaly motherfucker! 421 00:18:54,080 --> 00:19:00,800 You see in his mouth the blue energy of lightning begin to 422 00:19:01,599 --> 00:19:09,119 form as you see a ball of lightning about to emerge when you hear 423 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:15,919 the loudest roar you've ever heard come from off in the distance 424 00:19:17,039 --> 00:19:24,319 as Lanathin, amid all the chaos, is struck down by a gold dragon 425 00:19:24,319 --> 00:19:29,439 that you recognize as Protanther. 426 00:19:31,519 --> 00:19:36,079 He knocks him to the ground and begins tearing at his wings. 427 00:19:36,079 --> 00:19:40,480 The other dragons are soon attacked by other gold dragons who have come in 428 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:43,599 and they are chased off over the hills. 429 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:50,000 Lanathin manages to scramble out from underneath Protanther, 430 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:55,680 bleeding very badly but has the ability to fly off 431 00:19:56,319 --> 00:20:00,400 as Protanther swoops around the city and lands down in front of you. 432 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:03,759 Oh my god, are we glad to see you! 433 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:06,480 Long time no see! 434 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:07,440 I was all talk. 435 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:08,160 It was all talk. 436 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:12,640 I nudge Flynn with my head, I give him the mask. 437 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:19,039 Why, don't we need to take it to like the council? 438 00:20:19,759 --> 00:20:23,039 Isn't that the, oh yeah, they do want the mask, that's right. 439 00:20:23,039 --> 00:20:24,079 To return them. 440 00:20:24,079 --> 00:20:26,480 One of the dragons, yeah, one of them definitely, 441 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:28,879 they wanted at the end the masks returned to them. 442 00:20:29,759 --> 00:20:34,960 Plus it seems like, you know, we would just be attracting more and more dragons to us. 443 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:37,039 And it'd be a good safe keeping spot for it. 444 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:39,039 Yeah, it's his problem now. 445 00:20:39,039 --> 00:20:44,639 Nularaaaa, you begin to get your wits about yourself and you begin to stand up 446 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:51,040 and you see that there are now a group of gold dragons swooping over the city 447 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:57,759 and Protanther between you and your friends down at the end who are thankfully okay. 448 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:05,120 I run to her to see if she's okay but I want to sneakily do something like, 449 00:21:05,120 --> 00:21:06,160 like she's not going to expect. 450 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:08,960 I'm going to run over, I don't know how to play this out, 451 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,920 I'm going to run over and I'm going to say like, 452 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:14,480 oh my God, Nularaaaa, are you okay? 453 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:19,120 But as I run up, I'm not going to stop and I'm going to take my big ass wolf teeth 454 00:21:19,120 --> 00:21:23,600 and I'm going to tear off her belt and get that dagger away from her 455 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:25,840 as she's coming out of her like stupor. 456 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:30,320 Okay, make a check and justify what check you're using. 457 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,519 I will use athletics, I suppose. 458 00:21:33,519 --> 00:21:36,640 You're not, nobody's expecting this, I'll give you advantage. 459 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:38,800 Oh, thank God, because I rolled a two. 460 00:21:38,799 --> 00:21:42,240 Two, that's only a six. 461 00:21:42,879 --> 00:21:44,000 So that's an eight. 462 00:21:44,799 --> 00:21:45,519 It's not great. 463 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:51,599 So I'm running up to her in a, hey buddy, you okay? 464 00:21:51,599 --> 00:21:54,480 Like we saw you go down hard kind of way 465 00:21:55,359 --> 00:22:01,599 but instead of stopping short at her, I go like right to her 466 00:22:01,599 --> 00:22:06,000 and I tear off her belt without any like, or her like the sheath to her 467 00:22:07,039 --> 00:22:08,559 wherever she's keeping that demon. 468 00:22:09,279 --> 00:22:10,720 The old demon dagger. 469 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:14,399 You run up and you say this and you jump for it 470 00:22:15,279 --> 00:22:21,119 and it's like you hit a wall with your mouth. 471 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:21,919 Oh, I whimper. 472 00:22:23,039 --> 00:22:30,319 You grab hold of the sheath and you take 17 piercing damage 473 00:22:31,919 --> 00:22:33,839 as your mouth begins to bleed. 474 00:22:35,839 --> 00:22:36,480 Rude! 475 00:22:37,120 --> 00:22:44,319 And Nulara, as this happens, you feel a course of energy come from the blade 476 00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:50,559 as you see the two ruby gems glow on the blade 477 00:22:51,120 --> 00:22:55,279 and you gain 16 health from that. 478 00:22:56,079 --> 00:22:56,960 Aw, damn. 479 00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:58,319 So nice of you, Amy. 480 00:23:01,279 --> 00:23:02,319 Well, that didn't work. 481 00:23:03,839 --> 00:23:04,880 To say the least. 482 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:07,920 I snarl and growl. 483 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:11,040 Protanther looks down on you with a disgusted look. 484 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:16,160 You're destroying villages and trying to steal your friend's things? 485 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:20,960 Hey, that dagger bewitches her and makes her really stabby. 486 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:23,920 You care to try to take it off her? 487 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:24,420 No. 488 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:31,680 Hey there, I'm your dungeon master, Russ More. 489 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:34,800 Thanks for joining us for episode 59 of Dumbgeons and Dragons. 490 00:23:34,799 --> 00:23:36,879 The battle for Xomthal's Tower. 491 00:23:36,879 --> 00:23:38,399 It's intense, isn't it? 492 00:23:38,399 --> 00:23:41,440 Big thanks to our supporters and you supporting the supporters who support us. 493 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:45,119 But if you want to support us directly, ha, keep up with that. 494 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:47,839 You can join us in our Patreon community 495 00:23:47,839 --> 00:23:51,440 where we are growing every month and we are having a great time over there doing it. 496 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,480 In fact, we just had our monthly gook hang yesterday. 497 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:57,519 And if you want to come hang out with us, that's just $2 a month. 498 00:23:57,519 --> 00:24:01,919 But for $1 a month, you're definitely helping make the show better with every episode. 499 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,120 Plus you get a whole backlog of monthly bonus episodes. 500 00:24:05,120 --> 00:24:08,160 New episodes come out on the 15th of every month. 501 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:11,200 Plus you get little glimpses of all the other tears that we got going on there. 502 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:13,360 So if you want to join us, we'd love to have you there though 503 00:24:13,360 --> 00:24:15,920 because we're building a great community with awesome people 504 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,720 who love to chat about the show and about D&D. 505 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:23,519 So check out all the details at Patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast. 506 00:24:23,519 --> 00:24:27,039 Another way you can support the show is to share a link to your favorite episode 507 00:24:27,039 --> 00:24:29,279 or just the show in general to social media. 508 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:33,599 Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, wherever you got it, you can share it. 509 00:24:33,599 --> 00:24:35,519 Talk to your friends and family about us. 510 00:24:35,519 --> 00:24:40,000 Or write a review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever else you can write reviews. 511 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:42,960 In fact, I believe it's the next episode, 512 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,920 we got in a few special reviews and Tom said that we would 513 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,319 read them on the show and that's what we're doing. 514 00:24:48,319 --> 00:24:52,000 So if you give us a review, we'll read them and we will thank you. 515 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:55,519 Every little bit you can do to share the show helps get us out in front of more people 516 00:24:55,519 --> 00:24:58,879 which will help the show grow, which will allow us to do bigger and better things 517 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:02,880 and more fun and go to different places and all that stuff. 518 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,600 I'm just very excited today about all this. 519 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:08,160 All of our social media links and more about us and the show 520 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:09,840 can be found at dumbdragons.com. 521 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:12,400 I'm sorry if you can't follow this, I'm a little bit all over the place. 522 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:15,440 So go check out the website and join, follow or like where you can today 523 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,880 and a huge thank you to Sirenscape for some of the amazing atmosphere 524 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:21,440 and music that you have heard in the episode today. 525 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:24,880 Make sure you check them out at sirenscape.com to bring your games to life. 526 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:28,320 Links for everything mentioned today, you know where to find it down in the description. 527 00:25:28,399 --> 00:25:32,639 The next episode will be out Wednesday, October 31st and you know what, that's Halloween! 528 00:25:32,639 --> 00:25:37,359 And we're starting a fun little two-part Halloween themed episode thing going on there. 529 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,359 Make sure you hit that subscribe button if you don't already so you don't miss out on that. 530 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:42,799 It's gonna be a blast! 531 00:25:43,439 --> 00:25:46,639 Let's dive back into the fray though and see if the adventures can save the day. 532 00:25:46,639 --> 00:25:48,319 Have a great week, we'll talk soon. 533 00:25:53,919 --> 00:25:56,879 Do you have any thoughts on how we can get rid of it? 534 00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:01,680 A cursed or possessed item usually has one thing that it needs. 535 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:06,000 You just need to find out what that thing is. 536 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,360 Well, luckily this talks to her. 537 00:26:07,360 --> 00:26:09,920 So, Nelora, you better start asking some questions because 538 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,680 that was like the worst flossing experience of my life. 539 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:18,560 Like a real aggressive dental hygienist just really got in there. 540 00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:21,520 I asked for no scaling, I got scaling. 541 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,880 Is this really the most important thing you could be doing? 542 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:28,240 Trusting one of my teammates is very important and I thought, 543 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:32,320 using the element of surprise, I would be able to rid her of this affliction 544 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:34,080 and make her a more useful part of our team. 545 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:36,400 Wrong again, Elf. 546 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:37,760 I appreciate you. 547 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:41,920 I appreciate you trying to get rid of this cursed item off of me. 548 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,040 Protanther, thank you for your help. 549 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:48,960 Without you we would have certainly been dead. 550 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:50,800 You most certainly would be. 551 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:52,480 And you, Thaddeus, thank you. 552 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:58,640 Yeah, he coughs a little bit as he's struggling to stand up. 553 00:27:01,039 --> 00:27:03,440 A lot of energy expenditure on that one there. 554 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:07,200 Well, and plus you got stabbed in the heart recently, so. 555 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:09,279 It was rough. 556 00:27:09,279 --> 00:27:12,079 Hence why we wanted to get rid of that dagger. 557 00:27:12,079 --> 00:27:14,240 Hey, I mostly healed him after that. 558 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:16,640 I feel like I just saw you three days ago. 559 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:17,839 Oh, it's been a few days. 560 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:22,720 Perhaps it feels like it's been longer than it's actually been. 561 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:26,640 Well, we got stuck in that maze over there that has a bunch of fun, 562 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,120 like time situations going on in it. 563 00:27:29,120 --> 00:27:30,240 So, yeah, it's been a while. 564 00:27:31,120 --> 00:27:32,000 Makes sense. 565 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:33,440 I think we have something for you. 566 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:38,400 Oh, yeah, and I take the mask from off of my face 567 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:42,480 as I'd been trying to hold it on there and I walk it over to him. 568 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:47,040 Protanther reaches out taking the mask and begins inspecting it. 569 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,440 It appears you have brought me a piece of blue wood. 570 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:52,800 It's one of the dragon masks. 571 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:53,840 Is that not what you want? 572 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:56,960 I mean, we'll take it back. 573 00:27:58,080 --> 00:27:59,520 Protanther hands it back to you. 574 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:00,480 Oh, my God. 575 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,560 So this was not what we were looking for. 576 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:06,080 What were you looking for? 577 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:07,520 The blue dragon mask. 578 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:08,020 Hmm. 579 00:28:09,120 --> 00:28:12,160 It's a very close replica, but. 580 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:14,400 Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool. 581 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:18,160 It contains none of the powers of the blue dragon mask. 582 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,320 It appears you have been duped again by the very cult 583 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,400 that has brought you so many issues before. 584 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:27,680 I look up to the sky and I yell, Gwak! 585 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,120 Gwak swoops down to you. 586 00:28:31,120 --> 00:28:32,160 Oh, we cuddle. 587 00:28:33,360 --> 00:28:36,720 I imagine it's like she like tackles you and. 588 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:37,200 Yeah. 589 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:38,240 Feathers of fur. 590 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:39,440 Oh, yeah, for sure. 591 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:40,240 Kisses. 592 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:45,039 Perhaps you wild shape back into Thea during that. 593 00:28:45,039 --> 00:28:46,240 I hug her big time. 594 00:28:48,079 --> 00:28:49,599 Well, I mean, I don't know. 595 00:28:49,599 --> 00:28:52,640 I guess this was all a giant fucking waste of time 596 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:54,240 then coming here for this mask. 597 00:28:55,359 --> 00:28:56,720 It certainly feels that way. 598 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:58,319 We did get those cool diamonds, though. 599 00:29:01,519 --> 00:29:02,019 Good. 600 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:06,400 I'm glad we've joined forces. 601 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:11,840 Some extreme sarcasm coming from you. 602 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:13,680 Yep, quite a bit. 603 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:16,880 What else has been going on? 604 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:19,200 We've been trapped in this maze and this tower 605 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:22,480 for what feels like an eternity. 606 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:26,640 Something like 12, at least 12 lengths of units of time. 607 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:35,440 Truthfully, you left the nether mountains three days ago, so. 608 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:37,360 The dragon council was three days ago? 609 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:38,400 Yeah. 610 00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:39,279 Yeah, you spent. 611 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:43,440 God damn it. 612 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:45,360 Our timelines are so fucked up right now. 613 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:50,320 You spent a night in Waterdeep with Grug 614 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:55,120 and then you spent the day with the council talking to Varam. 615 00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:56,640 And then a day traveling on the airship. 616 00:29:56,640 --> 00:30:03,039 And then a day traveling and then half a day at most. 617 00:30:03,039 --> 00:30:03,600 Oh, God. 618 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:08,480 In the maze, because each episode in the maze 619 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:10,880 was only like six minutes. 620 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:16,640 Because each scene was in battle and in encounter. 621 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:18,640 So that's why I kept rolling for time, too, 622 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:20,880 saying like 30 seconds to go down this, 623 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:22,480 60 seconds to go down this. 624 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:23,040 So yeah. 625 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:24,720 It hurts my brain. 626 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:27,440 I just feel tired. 627 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:30,080 I'm just so tired of the bottom line. 628 00:30:30,639 --> 00:30:37,519 But anyway, that means there hasn't been a lot of cult progress either. 629 00:30:37,519 --> 00:30:38,000 No. 630 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:38,639 Hopefully. 631 00:30:38,639 --> 00:30:41,199 Since we last spoke, the council of Waterdeep came 632 00:30:41,199 --> 00:30:44,000 and made good on the promises that you made. 633 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,319 And as such, you have earned our support. 634 00:30:47,439 --> 00:30:50,319 They have tasked our forces around Faerun as protectors. 635 00:30:51,279 --> 00:30:54,720 Fortunately for you, I was sent your direction. 636 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:56,720 That was very fortunate for us. 637 00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:58,720 We really do appreciate the save. 638 00:30:58,799 --> 00:31:00,480 I'm like practically dying over here, 639 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:02,319 and I'm not even being dramatic about it. 640 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:06,480 Let's help this village put out some fires 641 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:11,759 and see if there's a place to rest for a little while, maybe. 642 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:13,279 Yes. 643 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:16,319 That sounds like a very, very good idea. 644 00:31:16,319 --> 00:31:19,920 Yeah, a rest would be real advantageous. 645 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:22,480 Do you want anything else of Protanther and the Gold Dragons? 646 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:25,680 Just, you know, you keep doing you, buddy. 647 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:27,759 Like you guys are doing a fantastic job. 648 00:31:27,759 --> 00:31:28,879 We really appreciate it. 649 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:32,480 I mean, a few of the things you said was hurtful, sure. 650 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:35,359 But I mean, all in all, I guess it all evens out 651 00:31:35,359 --> 00:31:36,720 considering you saved our lives. 652 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,440 Yes, I did save your lives. 653 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:44,319 Well, I hope we can return the favor in the coming battles. 654 00:31:46,319 --> 00:31:46,960 Felt right off. 655 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:47,599 Yeah, right? 656 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:49,279 He's not wrong. 657 00:31:49,279 --> 00:31:51,440 Wait to see you on the battlefield. 658 00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:53,039 But like as a friend, right? 659 00:31:53,039 --> 00:31:53,839 Like an ally. 660 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:55,359 Naturally. 661 00:31:55,359 --> 00:31:56,400 Okay, all right. 662 00:31:56,400 --> 00:32:00,880 I do not wish to fight you because it would be such a weak fight. 663 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:02,240 I wouldn't even break a sweat. 664 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:02,740 Touche. 665 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:05,680 I mean, hurtful, but Touche. 666 00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:06,320 But fair. 667 00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,400 Again, hurtful, but fair. 668 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:09,280 That's accurate. 669 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:09,840 That's fair. 670 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:12,480 Oh, hey, Protanther, before you go, 671 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:18,800 do you know anything about a devil named Taraz the Fair? 672 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:21,200 You've been around a long time. 673 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:25,360 Taraz the Fair was an elemental, not a devil. 674 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:28,640 But I haven't seen or heard from him in a while. 675 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:30,400 Yeah, he's in that tower. 676 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:35,360 Well, he was known to cause a lot of mischief and pain to a lot of people. 677 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:37,760 He's really not a great guy. 678 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:40,160 Yeah, that's kind of the impression we got. 679 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:41,440 I'm glad we left him there, then. 680 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:44,240 Did seem like one of those ironic nicknames. 681 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:45,440 Yes, he was fair. 682 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:46,400 The Fair. 683 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:49,520 But fair in a swift need to murder people. 684 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:50,960 Mm hmm. 685 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:55,440 It's like when they put the great, the end of like, 686 00:32:56,879 --> 00:32:59,759 they were great at murdering and beheading people. 687 00:32:59,759 --> 00:33:00,480 Yes. 688 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:00,980 Yeah. 689 00:33:01,519 --> 00:33:02,000 Okay. 690 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:05,279 So wait, does that mean like Ivan the Terrible was actually a good guy? 691 00:33:05,279 --> 00:33:07,119 No, I think that one was accurate. 692 00:33:07,119 --> 00:33:07,680 Okay. 693 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:08,000 All right. 694 00:33:08,559 --> 00:33:15,440 If we could, we would like to rest for a while or maybe we could rest while we ride, 695 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:22,720 but our airship unfortunately has been destroyed by these motherfucking awful red and blue dragons. 696 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:29,279 Would it be possible for you to give us a lift back to Waterdeep? 697 00:33:29,279 --> 00:33:30,000 Of course I can. 698 00:33:30,559 --> 00:33:31,920 Is that where we're going? 699 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:35,120 I'm just trying to look because we had like, you know, a list of things we wanted to do. 700 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:38,720 It's just like a thousand pages of the maze. 701 00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:45,519 Because yeah, the options were Xanthal's Tower or Well of Dragons? 702 00:33:45,519 --> 00:33:46,160 Is that so? 703 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:46,559 No, no, no. 704 00:33:46,559 --> 00:33:47,600 Red Wizards of Thay. 705 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:48,880 The Wizards of Thay. 706 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:49,839 Wizards of Thay. 707 00:33:49,839 --> 00:33:51,759 Wizards of Thay, yes. 708 00:33:51,759 --> 00:33:55,680 But I mean, we want to go back and report. 709 00:33:56,799 --> 00:34:01,279 Yeah, the way to get to Thay because it's so fucking far away was they had someone who 710 00:34:01,279 --> 00:34:04,160 was going to teleport the three of you there. 711 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:05,200 Right, right, right, right, right. 712 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:08,320 So you would have to return to Waterdeep. 713 00:34:08,720 --> 00:34:10,400 Because that's where their representative was. 714 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:10,880 Okay, cool. 715 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:13,280 I was good at remembering stuff. 716 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:17,519 So we'll do a clean-up travel montage. 717 00:34:17,519 --> 00:34:22,640 So we go, yeah, and like be part of the Bucket Brigade. 718 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:30,559 Thea and Guacamole fly with, I fly on her back with buckets of water to help 719 00:34:30,559 --> 00:34:33,360 put out fires on rooftops. 720 00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:38,000 I think that we will go... 721 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:41,840 Donnie's real happy that he's so strong these days because he's big. 722 00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:48,079 So we're going to go kind of move debris out of the roadways and see if people 723 00:34:48,079 --> 00:34:49,840 are trapped anywhere. 724 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:57,440 And he can actually use his big, big guy dragon muscles to be physically helpful 725 00:34:57,440 --> 00:34:58,880 in a way that he couldn't before. 726 00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:05,200 You managed to move several caravans and wagons off of trapped villagers, 727 00:35:06,559 --> 00:35:07,360 saving them. 728 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:10,400 And from beneath rubble inside some of the houses, 729 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:15,280 you're able to rescue some people as well. 730 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:19,119 Flint and Thaddeus and Flamingons, tell me what they're doing. 731 00:35:19,119 --> 00:35:25,519 They're going to help me with various workings, whether it's wood or metal, 732 00:35:25,519 --> 00:35:29,599 in an effort to rebuild things for people that have lost everything, apparently. 733 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:33,519 I've been working on the village. 734 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:35,360 Oh, okay. 735 00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:40,480 I accidentally dump a bucket on top of Flamingons. 736 00:35:41,119 --> 00:35:41,759 Oh, God. 737 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:43,119 Sorry, bitch. 738 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:45,920 I don't think she's sorry. 739 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:46,719 Do you? 740 00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:49,199 I definitely don't think she's sorry. 741 00:35:49,199 --> 00:35:49,920 God damn it. 742 00:35:50,639 --> 00:35:51,519 All right. 743 00:35:51,519 --> 00:35:53,519 Well, cool. 744 00:35:53,519 --> 00:35:54,480 Let's keep hammering. 745 00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:57,360 And you do so. 746 00:35:57,360 --> 00:36:00,800 And you manage to put out many fires throughout the village. 747 00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:05,599 And as you finish and it seems to be settled down, 748 00:36:05,599 --> 00:36:07,920 Protanther approaches you and says, 749 00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:08,400 All right. 750 00:36:09,119 --> 00:36:12,159 Are we ready to go, tiny people? 751 00:36:12,159 --> 00:36:13,199 Yes, giant dragon. 752 00:36:13,759 --> 00:36:14,400 Then come on. 753 00:36:15,119 --> 00:36:18,000 Hop on my back as demeaning as it is. 754 00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:22,800 I hug Guacamole like real tight around the neck, 755 00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:25,360 and I nuzzle my face against her beak. 756 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:34,800 And I give her beak a little kiss, and I whisper, nap time. 757 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:43,360 And then she turns back and I tuck it safely in my pocket. 758 00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:43,860 Perfect. 759 00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:47,199 You do that and you climb aboard Protanther, 760 00:36:47,199 --> 00:36:51,440 and he, with a few great beats of his wings, 761 00:36:51,519 --> 00:36:55,760 takes you up and off and back towards Waterdeep. 762 00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:57,280 Got anywhere you'd like to be scratched? 763 00:36:58,079 --> 00:36:59,599 Don't touch me. 764 00:36:59,599 --> 00:37:00,099 Okay. 765 00:37:00,639 --> 00:37:04,960 You spend a day flying back towards Waterdeep. 766 00:37:05,519 --> 00:37:11,200 And as you get to the outskirts of the area around Waterdeep, 767 00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:13,760 you see that when you left, 768 00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:16,240 there were lots of caravans going to Waterdeep. 769 00:37:16,240 --> 00:37:19,200 But now the city seems to be overflowing with people. 770 00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:22,480 There are tents and there are caravans, wagons, 771 00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:26,880 all set up around the perimeter of the city. 772 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:30,560 The city can't physically take more people at this point. 773 00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:35,120 There are crude camps set up, 774 00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:40,080 people who look like they've been through wars themselves, 775 00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:43,520 battles themselves, women, children, and men 776 00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:47,520 of all different races coming to Waterdeep. 777 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:52,240 Protanther lands you near King's Court, 778 00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:56,240 and you climb off, and he says, 779 00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:59,760 Until we join forces on the field of battle. 780 00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:04,560 And he beats his wings and heads back towards 781 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:10,240 Zanthal's Tower and the area the gold dragons were designated to look after. 782 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:33,680 Yes. 783 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:37,760 So you know that the blue dragon mask has powers. 784 00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:41,440 But actually for white dragons. 785 00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:41,940 Oh. 786 00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:44,080 It's strange. 787 00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:44,640 They're color blind. 788 00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:45,140 I like that. 789 00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:48,080 Let me flip to their powers. 790 00:38:48,079 --> 00:38:50,559 I'll be right back while he's flipping to the powers page. 791 00:38:50,559 --> 00:38:51,059 Okay. 792 00:38:51,519 --> 00:38:52,019 Yep. 793 00:38:53,199 --> 00:38:54,159 Flip faster. 794 00:38:54,159 --> 00:38:54,880 Is it an Austin Powers page? 795 00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:56,960 Yeah, it is for our Austin Powers podcast. 796 00:38:58,639 --> 00:39:00,159 It's podcast, baby. 797 00:39:00,159 --> 00:39:00,659 Yeah. 798 00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:04,400 I mean, danger is his middle name. 799 00:39:06,799 --> 00:39:07,440 What did I miss? 800 00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:08,639 Did he get to the powers page? 801 00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:12,239 Yeah, you missed our Austin Powers podcast reference yet again. 802 00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:14,079 Oh man, that's such a good podcast. 803 00:39:14,079 --> 00:39:18,079 It's really topical too. 804 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:20,480 Sorry, little side note. 805 00:39:21,039 --> 00:39:22,000 Just had to search. 806 00:39:22,799 --> 00:39:26,239 There are two podcasts, one called Austin Powers Minute, 807 00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:29,039 and then Il Podcast de Austin Powers. 808 00:39:29,039 --> 00:39:30,559 Spanish language podcast. 809 00:39:30,559 --> 00:39:31,920 That's fun. 810 00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:35,759 Austin Powers, baby, would be an okay one for us to take over. 811 00:39:35,759 --> 00:39:37,679 Yeah, good. 812 00:39:37,679 --> 00:39:38,179 Perfect. 813 00:39:39,759 --> 00:39:41,199 All right, next year. 814 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,560 Special Patreon bonus episode. 815 00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:46,400 Us talking about Austin Powers. 816 00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:48,160 Has nobody seen in how many years? 817 00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:53,840 I know we'd have to watch it again and I bet it does not hold up. 818 00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:56,560 But let's get on the horn with Mike Myers. 819 00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:59,040 Get him to come out with a new Austin Powers. 820 00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:00,320 That way it'll be relevant. 821 00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:02,480 Do we want to unleash that on the world? 822 00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:03,600 I don't think we do. 823 00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:07,440 I don't want to be responsible for yet another Austin Powers. 824 00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:09,360 The first two, pure gold. 825 00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:10,800 Anything after that. 826 00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:12,000 Absolute garbage there. 827 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,080 I said it on recording and everything. 828 00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:16,560 That's a good question. 829 00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:23,440 Also, I want to know if he puts on the mask, does it? 830 00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:24,720 Is it like gym clothes? 831 00:40:24,720 --> 00:40:26,400 I can't like get it off of my face. 832 00:40:27,840 --> 00:40:30,640 And I do a bunch of zany like physical stunts. 833 00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:33,120 And there's a cute dog. 834 00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:34,240 That's true. 835 00:40:34,240 --> 00:40:37,360 So as you're running, you're putting this mask to your face and you. 836 00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:40,160 Easy, Amy. 837 00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:41,940 Easy. 838 00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:47,120 I keep having the visual of like. 839 00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:52,160 Two page, but he says. 840 00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:55,519 What up, suckers? 841 00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:57,600 Long time no see. 842 00:40:58,320 --> 00:40:59,680 Remember me, bitches? 843 00:41:00,240 --> 00:41:00,880 He says. 844 00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:03,680 Russ is Googling. 845 00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:05,600 No, no, I'm not. 846 00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:08,480 Was Ivan the Terrible really that terrible? 847 00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:10,240 ALexa. 848 00:41:10,240 --> 00:41:14,960 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a Dumb Dragons production.