1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,399 previously on Dumbgeons and Dragons. 2 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:31,000 This is Lex. 3 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:32,000 Hi, I'm Lex. 4 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:33,000 Pleasure. 5 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:34,000 And I... 6 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:35,000 It's... 7 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,399 I think the pleasure is all mine. 8 00:00:37,399 --> 00:00:40,280 Thank you for getting me out of prison. 9 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:42,519 I really wish you luck finding Donnie. 10 00:00:42,519 --> 00:00:45,719 If I see him, I'll send word to you. 11 00:00:45,719 --> 00:00:46,719 Like... 12 00:00:46,719 --> 00:00:48,840 I guess this is goodbye? 13 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:49,840 I... 14 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:50,840 I guess it is. 15 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:51,840 Can I... 16 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:53,400 Can I, like, put my hands out for a hug? 17 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:55,799 Yeah, I want in on some of this hug action too. 18 00:00:55,799 --> 00:00:57,120 Alright, wizards. 19 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:58,120 And I shout out... 20 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:00,440 Tell Arvich use protection. 21 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:05,520 You just see a very confused look on Leosin's face as you snap out... 22 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:13,000 And there is a flash. 23 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,120 And a rumble. 24 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,000 And an explosion. 25 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:25,680 And you are thrown hard against the side of a building. 26 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:27,280 Welcome to Dumbgeons and Dragons. 27 00:01:27,320 --> 00:01:31,439 We're a D&D 5th Edition Actual Play Podcast and I'm your Dungeon Master Russ More and 28 00:01:31,439 --> 00:01:33,799 with me today is Tom Laird. 29 00:01:33,799 --> 00:01:35,439 Hey, that's me. 30 00:01:35,439 --> 00:01:38,000 I'm playing Flint Firebeard today. 31 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:39,680 And Amy More. 32 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:40,680 That is me. 33 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,040 I'm playing Thea Amastasia. 34 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:44,879 And Carla Maxted. 35 00:01:44,879 --> 00:01:45,879 That is me. 36 00:01:45,879 --> 00:01:49,079 I'm playing TBD. 37 00:01:49,079 --> 00:01:50,760 So many TBDs with this, Carla. 38 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:51,760 I know. 39 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:55,280 It's like every third episode it's a TBD. 40 00:01:55,280 --> 00:02:00,960 Where Carla plays a consistent character sometimes is over on Patreon. 41 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:02,599 Patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast. 42 00:02:02,599 --> 00:02:08,920 We'd love for you to join us over there where we have tons, boatloads, 50 plus hours of 43 00:02:08,920 --> 00:02:13,599 exclusive bonus content ready and waiting for you. 44 00:02:13,599 --> 00:02:15,599 Well, you know what we like to do Tom? 45 00:02:15,599 --> 00:02:16,599 It seems a little excessive. 46 00:02:16,599 --> 00:02:17,599 No, it's not excessive. 47 00:02:17,599 --> 00:02:18,599 Should we delete some? 48 00:02:18,599 --> 00:02:19,599 Is that too much? 49 00:02:19,599 --> 00:02:20,599 We should probably. 50 00:02:20,599 --> 00:02:22,400 We know some of the things. 51 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,520 Carla, Amy and Tom tell me they don't know how to work Patreon, but just because they 52 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:28,599 said they're going to delete something, they're going to figure it out. 53 00:02:28,599 --> 00:02:30,640 So you need to go sign up right now. 54 00:02:30,640 --> 00:02:33,960 Patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast before they actually figure out how to delete 55 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:34,960 things. 56 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:35,960 Go. 57 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:36,960 Go now. 58 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:37,960 Why would you? 59 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:38,960 What are you doing? 60 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:39,960 Don't make us learn Patreon. 61 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:41,680 But when you are a patron, you get an episode dedicated to you. 62 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:44,120 Like today's patron, Craig Zeiss. 63 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:45,120 Thanks Craig. 64 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:46,120 Thank you. 65 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:47,120 Thank you. 66 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:48,120 You rock. 67 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,640 And now, fuck it. 68 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:52,880 Let's play D&D. 69 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:53,880 It's very breathy. 70 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:54,880 Fuck it. 71 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:55,880 Fuck it. 72 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:19,000 As we race towards the expansive city of Calumport, the oldest continuous settled 73 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:25,479 human city in Faerun, over the shining sea we see the largest traffic of ships and freighters 74 00:03:25,479 --> 00:03:33,719 that we've ever seen, all traveling with extraordinary precision through two large seawalls. 75 00:03:33,719 --> 00:03:40,719 We launch up and over the three coastal wards and there are hundreds of merchant ships 76 00:03:40,719 --> 00:03:48,319 loading and unloading goods from not just around Faerun, but all across the world. 77 00:03:48,319 --> 00:03:54,519 Calumport, among other things, is a place of vast trade of spices, alchemical supplies, 78 00:03:54,519 --> 00:03:58,319 gems, and most importantly, magic items. 79 00:03:58,319 --> 00:04:05,000 Calumport, the city of glory, is a town that revolves around the abundance of magic 80 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:10,919 items, both common every day and, for the right price, items you can't find 81 00:04:10,919 --> 00:04:13,240 anywhere else. 82 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:19,600 We see the Kalashite Navy preparing the fleet and recruiting various locals. 83 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:25,560 Some 140,000 people walk the streets of Calumport and as we soar above its streets 84 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:32,040 we see the city's gorgeous architecture of tall arches, squat domes, and slender 85 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:38,560 minarets reaching high into the hot, clear sky. 86 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:43,560 The scene we saw was from yesterday. 87 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:52,560 We see a flash in the merchant ward and runes appear in the sand and Flint and Thea, 88 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:56,560 dressed in her khaki shorts, tank top, and gossamer cape. 89 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:06,560 Flint in his active sandals, Tommy Bahama Hawaiian shirt, and big shorts, not cargo shorts. 90 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:08,560 Just big. 91 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:12,560 appear in the middle of the merchant ward. 92 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:18,560 And as the light from the runes fades and explosions sounds off beside them 93 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:24,560 and they are thrown into the wall of a nearby building. 94 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:32,560 Rushing all around them are the people of Calumport, being chased by an undead army. 95 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:34,560 What the fuck is going on here? 96 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:38,560 Jesus, didn't we just leave an undead army someplace else? 97 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:39,560 What is happening? 98 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:42,560 Oh, my cape is ripped. 99 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,560 Looks like a good time for you to get that amulet. 100 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,560 We're going to be needing it here. 101 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:54,560 You are being rushed by a group of undead soldiers, some carrying swords and shields, 102 00:05:54,560 --> 00:06:01,560 the others carrying arrows, locking them behind them. 103 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:03,560 How far away from us are they, Russ? 104 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:07,560 Like 15 feet from you, the soldiers with shields and swords. 105 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:10,560 The archers are a little bit further behind. 106 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:18,560 Alright, I guess I will pull out my dwarven thrower 107 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:22,560 and throw it at one of the guys with one of the bows. 108 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:25,560 Alright, roll to hit. 109 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:30,560 I'm aiming to like knock the bow out of his hands. 110 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:31,560 To 23. 111 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:32,560 That will hit. 112 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:38,560 Describe to me what it looks like when you hit through this onslaught. 113 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:49,560 I throw the thrower and it zings past the first couple of dudes that are running towards us 114 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:53,560 and yeah, kind of smashes into the guy's left hand 115 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,560 as he's drawing it back his bow with his right hand 116 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:58,560 and knocks the bow out of his hands. 117 00:06:58,560 --> 00:06:59,560 Perfect. 118 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:03,560 The group rushing towards you kind of scatters. 119 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:09,560 The one cocking the bow, it goes wide and breaks the bow 120 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:10,560 and then it rushes back to you. 121 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:11,560 What do you do? 122 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:17,560 I immediately cast Eldritch Blast. 123 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:18,560 13? 124 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:19,560 Yeah. 125 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:21,560 Oh, okay, cool. 126 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:28,560 And I hit a beam of crackling blue energy streaks towards 127 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:32,560 that hit the chest of the three, any archers. 128 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:34,560 I'm aiming for the archers. 129 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,560 So you're all aiming for archers, cool. 130 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:39,560 Wait, sorry, how many are there? 131 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:40,560 A lot. 132 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:41,560 Okay, yeah, aiming for archers. 133 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:46,560 Okay, yeah, so hammer zips by, 134 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:49,560 the crackling energy shoots over top of the soldiers 135 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:51,560 with swords directly in front of you 136 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:54,560 and goes towards the archers behind. 137 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:57,560 The soldiers in front rush towards you 138 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:02,560 and swing with their blades down on top of you. 139 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:08,560 That's going to be a 25 against Flint and a 22 against Thea. 140 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:10,560 What is my armor class now? 141 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:12,560 You're in a Hawaiian shirt, man. 142 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:15,560 Exactly, so what's my armor class now? 143 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:19,560 Whatever your, it's like 10 plus your dex. 144 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:21,560 Okay. 145 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:24,560 Oh, I have to change my armor class too. 146 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:27,560 Well, yours is an Enchant Self, right? 147 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:28,560 Oh, yeah, so I saw it. 148 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:32,559 Where as Flint thought he was going on vacation. 149 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:35,559 They rush towards you with their swords drawn 150 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:42,559 and as they raise them, a figure exits a door behind you. 151 00:08:42,560 --> 00:08:45,560 Who exits and what happens? 152 00:08:45,560 --> 00:08:46,560 Well, you probably don't notice, 153 00:08:46,560 --> 00:08:49,560 but from behind you a woman steps out. 154 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:53,560 She has dark skin, short dark hair. 155 00:08:53,560 --> 00:08:56,560 She's dressed like everyone else around 156 00:08:56,560 --> 00:08:58,560 in that she's wearing sort of loose linen pants. 157 00:08:58,560 --> 00:09:01,560 They're of a very fine quality though 158 00:09:01,560 --> 00:09:06,560 and a red tunic with gold embroidery all over it. 159 00:09:06,560 --> 00:09:12,560 She is human, but maybe not quite. 160 00:09:12,560 --> 00:09:14,560 There's something a little bit unusual 161 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:16,560 just about the way her features sit, 162 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:17,560 but you're busy. 163 00:09:17,560 --> 00:09:19,560 You probably don't notice any of that. 164 00:09:19,560 --> 00:09:26,560 What you do notice is this huge wave of divine energy 165 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:30,560 that emanates from where she stands. 166 00:09:30,560 --> 00:09:34,560 She steps out and this wave crushes into these undead 167 00:09:34,560 --> 00:09:38,560 and sends them sprawling back into the street. 168 00:09:38,560 --> 00:09:40,560 You have a moment of reprieve. 169 00:09:40,560 --> 00:09:43,560 I whip my head back to see. 170 00:09:43,560 --> 00:09:44,560 Yeah, I willow. 171 00:09:44,560 --> 00:09:45,560 I whip my hair back and forth 172 00:09:45,560 --> 00:09:49,560 and then I look over to see who's there. 173 00:09:49,560 --> 00:09:53,560 You should quickly follow me. 174 00:09:53,560 --> 00:09:55,560 Flint, Fia, come with me. 175 00:09:55,560 --> 00:09:56,560 Oh, okay. Yep. Yep. Coming. 176 00:09:56,560 --> 00:09:57,560 Oh, all right. 177 00:09:57,560 --> 00:09:58,560 So you rush into the building? 178 00:09:58,560 --> 00:09:59,560 Yeah. 179 00:09:59,560 --> 00:10:00,560 Or wherever she goes. 180 00:10:00,560 --> 00:10:03,560 Yeah, I'm going to get them into this building 181 00:10:03,560 --> 00:10:09,560 and then I've already sussed out an amazing escape route. 182 00:10:09,560 --> 00:10:11,560 That's where we're going to go. 183 00:10:11,560 --> 00:10:12,560 Okay. 184 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:14,560 Are you going to like a hideout? 185 00:10:14,560 --> 00:10:18,560 Are you going to a known place to you? 186 00:10:18,560 --> 00:10:19,560 Where do you want to go? 187 00:10:19,560 --> 00:10:22,560 I guess how overrun is the city? 188 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:23,560 Like totes? 189 00:10:23,560 --> 00:10:24,560 Totes overrun, would you say? 190 00:10:24,560 --> 00:10:27,560 Yeah, the camera zooms up and out 191 00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:29,560 as you run into this building 192 00:10:29,560 --> 00:10:31,560 and the city is completely overrun. 193 00:10:31,560 --> 00:10:33,560 Walls are being climbed over. 194 00:10:33,560 --> 00:10:35,560 Barricades are being knocked down. 195 00:10:35,560 --> 00:10:38,560 The city guard is being completely overrun 196 00:10:38,560 --> 00:10:41,560 and you see undead sprawling for miles. 197 00:10:41,560 --> 00:10:45,560 Well, let's at least get them into this building, 198 00:10:45,560 --> 00:10:48,560 into an interior area away from the undead 199 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:50,560 so we can... 200 00:10:50,560 --> 00:10:52,560 I mean, they just appeared. 201 00:10:52,560 --> 00:10:55,560 It's poor folks. 202 00:10:55,560 --> 00:10:57,560 Flint might want to change his outfit. 203 00:10:58,560 --> 00:11:02,560 I do assume you did put your armor in my bag of holding. 204 00:11:05,560 --> 00:11:08,560 You head into this building 205 00:11:08,560 --> 00:11:10,560 being led by this woman 206 00:11:10,560 --> 00:11:18,560 and she pops a door in the floor. 207 00:11:18,560 --> 00:11:20,560 It looked like stone. 208 00:11:20,560 --> 00:11:22,560 It was partially covered with sand 209 00:11:22,560 --> 00:11:26,560 and there are steps that descend into the earth. 210 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:28,560 Quickly, quickly, come with me. 211 00:11:28,560 --> 00:11:30,560 Should we have our weapons ready? 212 00:11:30,560 --> 00:11:32,560 What can we expect down here? 213 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:34,560 We'll be safe for a few minutes. 214 00:11:35,560 --> 00:11:36,560 You rush down 215 00:11:36,560 --> 00:11:38,560 and she closes the door behind you. 216 00:11:38,560 --> 00:11:40,560 You hear the door blast open 217 00:11:40,560 --> 00:11:42,560 from up in the main room 218 00:11:42,560 --> 00:11:43,560 where you just left. 219 00:11:43,560 --> 00:11:45,560 Footsteps running around 220 00:11:45,560 --> 00:11:46,560 and then running back out 221 00:11:46,560 --> 00:11:48,560 and screaming out in the streets. 222 00:11:48,560 --> 00:11:52,560 You're now down in an underground tunnel system 223 00:11:52,560 --> 00:11:56,560 lit by torches 224 00:11:56,560 --> 00:12:00,560 sparsely placed all the way down. 225 00:12:00,560 --> 00:12:03,560 Looking at it, it looks like a labyrinth 226 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:06,560 but this woman begins to lead you down 227 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:08,560 a specific path. 228 00:12:08,560 --> 00:12:10,560 She knows exactly where she's going. 229 00:12:10,560 --> 00:12:12,560 I stop and I grab her by the arm. 230 00:12:12,560 --> 00:12:14,560 Gently, I'm not like, 231 00:12:14,560 --> 00:12:15,560 and I'm like, 232 00:12:15,560 --> 00:12:16,560 thank you. 233 00:12:16,560 --> 00:12:17,560 Who are you? 234 00:12:17,560 --> 00:12:19,560 Oh, Thea, welcome. 235 00:12:19,560 --> 00:12:21,560 I am Yenbl. 236 00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:24,560 I believe, I believe my friend Leosin 237 00:12:24,560 --> 00:12:26,560 said to look for me. 238 00:12:26,560 --> 00:12:28,560 Yes, oh my gosh. 239 00:12:28,560 --> 00:12:31,560 Well, I'm really glad you found us first. 240 00:12:31,560 --> 00:12:32,560 Yeah, I mean, what are the odds? 241 00:12:32,560 --> 00:12:33,560 That was super quick. 242 00:12:33,560 --> 00:12:34,560 I've been waiting for you. 243 00:12:34,560 --> 00:12:36,560 I wanted to welcome you to this 244 00:12:36,560 --> 00:12:38,560 beautiful, most wonderful city 245 00:12:38,560 --> 00:12:40,560 in the whole world and instead 246 00:12:40,560 --> 00:12:42,560 you come to this. 247 00:12:42,560 --> 00:12:45,560 It is, the city is under attack. 248 00:12:45,560 --> 00:12:47,560 There is an undead lich. 249 00:12:47,560 --> 00:12:49,560 It is, it is, um, 250 00:12:49,560 --> 00:12:50,560 not how I, 251 00:12:50,560 --> 00:12:52,560 not how I wanted to welcome you to my city. 252 00:12:52,560 --> 00:12:54,560 Undead lich, hey? 253 00:12:54,560 --> 00:12:55,560 Cool. 254 00:12:55,560 --> 00:12:56,560 All right. 255 00:12:56,560 --> 00:12:58,560 How long has this been going on for? 256 00:12:58,560 --> 00:12:59,560 Just since yesterday. 257 00:12:59,560 --> 00:13:01,560 There is, um, 258 00:13:01,560 --> 00:13:04,560 there are undead armies, you saw. 259 00:13:04,560 --> 00:13:05,560 Um, 260 00:13:05,560 --> 00:13:07,560 they are the armies of the twisted ruin. 261 00:13:07,560 --> 00:13:09,560 They are, are led by a council 262 00:13:09,560 --> 00:13:11,560 and there is a lich, Shangalar, 263 00:13:11,560 --> 00:13:13,560 and he lives in a floating fortress 264 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:16,560 above the marching mountains and I, 265 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:18,560 I've spent some time there but 266 00:13:18,560 --> 00:13:21,560 they, they just took over the city yesterday. 267 00:13:21,560 --> 00:13:23,560 I, I was hoping to help you 268 00:13:23,560 --> 00:13:24,560 on your mission. 269 00:13:24,560 --> 00:13:27,560 You are looking for something specific, yes? 270 00:13:27,560 --> 00:13:28,560 Yeah, we're, we're in, 271 00:13:28,560 --> 00:13:30,560 we're hunting down that amulet of wonder. 272 00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:32,560 Any, any leads? 273 00:13:32,560 --> 00:13:35,560 Well, um, yes. 274 00:13:35,560 --> 00:13:37,560 Actually, um, our- 275 00:13:37,560 --> 00:13:38,560 I mean, that's great news. 276 00:13:38,560 --> 00:13:39,560 What are the odds? 277 00:13:39,560 --> 00:13:41,560 It, it's, it's not 278 00:13:41,560 --> 00:13:43,560 the best news I could give you because 279 00:13:43,560 --> 00:13:44,560 it is with- 280 00:13:44,560 --> 00:13:46,560 It rarely is in our experience. 281 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:48,560 It is with Shangalar. 282 00:13:48,560 --> 00:13:50,560 Oh, that is real crappy. 283 00:13:50,560 --> 00:13:52,560 The Lich, whose undead army has overtaken the city 284 00:13:52,560 --> 00:13:55,560 and he, he's very powerful. 285 00:13:55,560 --> 00:13:57,560 Great. 286 00:13:57,560 --> 00:14:00,560 All right, well this means two birds one stone. 287 00:14:00,560 --> 00:14:02,560 We help your city 288 00:14:02,560 --> 00:14:04,560 and we get the amulet back. 289 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:05,560 Well, that's true. 290 00:14:05,560 --> 00:14:08,560 What means two birds one stone? 291 00:14:08,560 --> 00:14:09,560 We only have to do one thing 292 00:14:09,560 --> 00:14:11,560 but we get two really good things out of it. 293 00:14:11,560 --> 00:14:14,560 Oh, you have to, uh, 294 00:14:14,560 --> 00:14:17,560 common is my sixth language, 295 00:14:17,560 --> 00:14:22,560 so I do not always, uh, find the words. 296 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:25,560 Stop me any time I'm talking too much gibberish. 297 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:29,560 I will, I will. 298 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:30,560 Thank you, Thea. 299 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:33,560 I have, I have a friend 300 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:35,560 or a man I know, Manix Fallenleaf. 301 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:38,560 He, he has connections with the Silpasha 302 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:42,560 who, who sort of is, uh, the government, 303 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:45,560 the government of Kalimport and, and 304 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:48,560 he knows where there is a portal 305 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:50,560 leading to this flying fortress. 306 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:52,560 It is a lot to ask 307 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:54,560 when you've just arrived moments ago, but 308 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,560 we go where the amulet is. 309 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:58,560 Yeah, we came here to get a job done, so 310 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:00,560 now we just have two to do. 311 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:03,560 Also, we're so friggin' tired 312 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:06,560 of all this undead bullshit. 313 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:09,560 There is a lot of undead where you come from? 314 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:11,560 We've, we've had some run-ins. 315 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:15,560 Just really recently, whole city. 316 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:17,560 Oh, I'm so sorry. 317 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:20,560 They are...disgusting. 318 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:22,560 Yeah, they're not the best. 319 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:25,560 Um, I'm, I'm gonna keep leading them. 320 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:27,560 I assumed this whole time once we started talking 321 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:30,560 we probably, like, resumed our brisk walking 322 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:33,560 through this tunnel system that I know so well. 323 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:34,560 So well. 324 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:35,560 Yes. 325 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:38,560 Um, you, you lead them for quite a ways through, 326 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:41,560 like, the, Flintia, you realize that this entire 327 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:44,560 tunnel system could sprawl the entire 328 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:47,560 city of Kalimport itself. 329 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:50,560 After a while, 330 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:53,560 some good 10 or 15 minutes 331 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:56,560 of traveling through this underground tunnel system, 332 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:59,560 passing various stairs that go back up, 333 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:02,560 um, hearing explosions and screams 334 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:05,560 rumbling down through the ground itself, 335 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:08,560 you come to a staircase 336 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,560 where Yen Bull motions that 337 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:13,560 you are to go up. 338 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:15,560 Please follow me. 339 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:18,560 You head up and Yen Bull opens up another 340 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:21,560 trap door and it opens 341 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,560 into a, 342 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:27,560 a dimly lit room. 343 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:30,560 The calls 344 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:33,560 of, of the army outside 345 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:36,560 is faint. Um, 346 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:39,560 you can't exactly 347 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:42,560 hear, not, not as loud 348 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:45,560 as where you were, so it leads you to believe that you might be further 349 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:48,560 away in this part of the city from where 350 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:51,560 the main fighting was happening. 351 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:54,560 And it's a very shadowy room. 352 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,560 Only a few candles in it. 353 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:00,560 And as the three of you step up and into this room, 354 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:03,560 the trap door closes behind you. 355 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:06,559 You hear a very soft voice 356 00:17:06,559 --> 00:17:09,559 come from a shadowy corner 357 00:17:09,559 --> 00:17:12,559 that says, 358 00:17:12,559 --> 00:17:15,559 Yen Bull, it's been some time. 359 00:17:15,559 --> 00:17:18,559 What can I do for you? 360 00:17:18,559 --> 00:17:21,559 Hello, forgive me for intruding. 361 00:17:21,559 --> 00:17:24,559 I have my friends with me. 362 00:17:24,559 --> 00:17:27,559 And we thought, 363 00:17:27,559 --> 00:17:31,559 we thought you might be able to get us to the floating fortress. 364 00:17:31,559 --> 00:17:34,559 Ah, you wish to 365 00:17:34,559 --> 00:17:37,559 take on 366 00:17:37,559 --> 00:17:40,559 this problem head on? 367 00:17:40,559 --> 00:17:43,559 Well, I do not wish to. 368 00:17:43,559 --> 00:17:46,559 It, I cannot have 369 00:17:46,559 --> 00:17:49,559 my beautiful city overtaken by undead. 370 00:17:49,559 --> 00:17:52,559 Also, Flint needs 371 00:17:52,559 --> 00:17:55,559 an amulet. 372 00:17:55,559 --> 00:17:58,559 We must, we must try and find it. 373 00:17:58,559 --> 00:18:01,559 Of course, 374 00:18:01,559 --> 00:18:04,559 Shangalar has a hold on the city. 375 00:18:04,559 --> 00:18:07,559 You're safe here to rest 376 00:18:07,559 --> 00:18:10,559 and do your 377 00:18:10,559 --> 00:18:13,559 friends need armaments, 378 00:18:13,559 --> 00:18:16,559 weapons, shields? 379 00:18:16,559 --> 00:18:19,559 Well, I'm all armored up. This is just a glamour, but 380 00:18:19,559 --> 00:18:22,559 Flint, you? 381 00:18:22,559 --> 00:18:25,559 Yeah, I mean, I should probably 382 00:18:25,559 --> 00:18:28,559 throw a little something on that's better than this 383 00:18:28,559 --> 00:18:31,559 Tommy Bahama shirt. 384 00:18:31,559 --> 00:18:34,559 Well, I mean, your shirt and pants are really big and baggy though. You could probably 385 00:18:34,559 --> 00:18:37,559 wear them over whatever armor they have. 386 00:18:37,559 --> 00:18:40,559 If I may, you do look like a 387 00:18:40,559 --> 00:18:43,559 tourist. It's 388 00:18:43,559 --> 00:18:46,559 it's a little embarrassing. 389 00:18:46,559 --> 00:18:49,559 Did you, did you come for 390 00:18:49,559 --> 00:18:52,559 the triple or did you come for the beaches? 391 00:18:52,559 --> 00:18:55,559 Well, battle, but I thought beaches would be 392 00:18:55,559 --> 00:18:58,559 a nice, like, side trip. 393 00:18:58,559 --> 00:19:01,559 Yes. Well, and sometimes we go for the triple B, the battles, 394 00:19:01,559 --> 00:19:04,559 beaches, and bitches, but. 395 00:19:04,559 --> 00:19:07,559 Oh. Funny friends 396 00:19:07,559 --> 00:19:10,559 is what you've brought me. Good. 397 00:19:10,559 --> 00:19:13,559 They've come from very far away. I can tell. 398 00:19:13,559 --> 00:19:16,559 I can tell. 399 00:19:16,559 --> 00:19:19,559 Get your preparations done. I will 400 00:19:19,559 --> 00:19:22,559 see what I can find. 401 00:19:22,559 --> 00:19:25,559 He stands up and comes out of the shadows 402 00:19:25,559 --> 00:19:28,559 and the person you see 403 00:19:28,559 --> 00:19:31,559 before you is a 404 00:19:31,559 --> 00:19:34,559 a two foot four halfling. 405 00:19:34,559 --> 00:19:37,559 Very small. 406 00:19:37,559 --> 00:19:40,559 Adorned in a black and white 407 00:19:40,559 --> 00:19:43,559 robe. And he heads off 408 00:19:43,559 --> 00:19:46,559 into another room and you see him pull a book 409 00:19:46,559 --> 00:19:49,559 off of a shelf and begin reading and writing 410 00:19:49,559 --> 00:19:52,559 out of this journal that he's 411 00:19:52,559 --> 00:19:55,559 consulting. What you reading there, friend? 412 00:19:55,559 --> 00:19:58,559 I am trying to find you a way 413 00:19:58,559 --> 00:20:01,559 in. 414 00:20:01,559 --> 00:20:04,559 Excellent. Anything we can help with? 415 00:20:04,559 --> 00:20:07,559 How exactly do we get to a 416 00:20:07,559 --> 00:20:10,559 flying fortress? 417 00:20:10,559 --> 00:20:13,559 There is rumors of a portal 418 00:20:13,559 --> 00:20:16,559 to get you into 419 00:20:16,559 --> 00:20:19,559 Shangalar's fortress. 420 00:20:19,559 --> 00:20:22,559 We would need to find you a way out of 421 00:20:22,559 --> 00:20:25,559 the city, though, which at the time 422 00:20:25,559 --> 00:20:28,559 appears to be somewhat difficult. 423 00:20:28,559 --> 00:20:31,559 I mean, we're pretty 424 00:20:31,559 --> 00:20:34,559 good at sneaking, if that helps. 425 00:20:34,559 --> 00:20:37,559 We can be sneaky. We can sometimes like 426 00:20:37,559 --> 00:20:40,559 pass without a trace. 427 00:20:40,559 --> 00:20:43,559 Would it help if we only needed a one way ticket? 428 00:20:43,559 --> 00:20:46,559 Because, I mean, we've crashed giant air 429 00:20:46,559 --> 00:20:49,559 castles. Oh, that's true. We have done that. 430 00:20:49,559 --> 00:20:52,559 This is not our first in the air 431 00:20:52,559 --> 00:20:55,559 castle rodeo. 432 00:20:55,559 --> 00:20:58,559 Just if that helps at all. 433 00:20:58,559 --> 00:21:01,559 Give me a moment 434 00:21:01,559 --> 00:21:04,559 and I shall 435 00:21:04,559 --> 00:21:07,559 find you a rodeo 436 00:21:07,559 --> 00:21:10,559 out of here. 437 00:21:10,559 --> 00:21:13,559 That's not really how you use that, but 438 00:21:13,559 --> 00:21:16,559 okay, that sounds good. I know. 439 00:21:16,559 --> 00:21:19,559 You have crashed 440 00:21:19,559 --> 00:21:22,559 an ice fortress. 441 00:21:22,559 --> 00:21:25,559 It is no wonder you are so famous, 442 00:21:25,559 --> 00:21:28,559 even here in Kalimshamn. 443 00:21:28,559 --> 00:21:31,559 Oh, you're too kind. I honestly didn't think you guys 444 00:21:31,559 --> 00:21:34,559 would know about us at all. 445 00:21:34,559 --> 00:21:37,559 Well, I don't know 446 00:21:37,559 --> 00:21:40,559 if all people know, 447 00:21:40,559 --> 00:21:43,559 but my friend Leosan, he 448 00:21:43,559 --> 00:21:46,559 has told me much of you. 449 00:21:46,559 --> 00:21:49,559 Oh, has he? 450 00:21:49,559 --> 00:21:52,559 He has. I worry for him 451 00:21:52,559 --> 00:21:55,559 sometimes. 452 00:21:55,559 --> 00:21:58,559 His hair probably is a lot grayer than when you 453 00:21:58,559 --> 00:22:01,559 last saw him. 454 00:22:01,559 --> 00:22:04,559 Oh, I have never seen him. Leosan and I, 455 00:22:04,559 --> 00:22:07,559 when we were very young children, were part 456 00:22:07,559 --> 00:22:10,559 of an exchange of 457 00:22:10,559 --> 00:22:13,559 writing friends. I don't know. Oh, pen pals. 458 00:22:13,559 --> 00:22:16,559 Yes. So we have been writing to each other 459 00:22:16,559 --> 00:22:19,559 for all of our lives. 460 00:22:19,559 --> 00:22:22,559 That's really sweet. So when he told me he was sending 461 00:22:22,559 --> 00:22:25,559 friends here to the most wonderful city in the world, 462 00:22:25,559 --> 00:22:28,559 I was delighted to make my way back here 463 00:22:28,559 --> 00:22:31,559 and be your guide. 464 00:22:31,559 --> 00:22:34,559 Where did you come from? Well, I am from here, but I have traveled 465 00:22:34,559 --> 00:22:37,559 all over the world. Well, 466 00:22:37,559 --> 00:22:40,559 all over my world, all over Kalimshamn. 467 00:22:40,559 --> 00:22:43,559 The spider swamps, 468 00:22:43,559 --> 00:22:46,559 the marching mountains, I have been 469 00:22:46,559 --> 00:22:49,559 all over this whole country and met many, many 470 00:22:49,559 --> 00:22:52,559 interesting people. Now when you say spider 471 00:22:52,559 --> 00:22:55,559 swamps, is that a literal name or 472 00:22:55,559 --> 00:22:58,559 something else going on there? 473 00:22:58,559 --> 00:23:01,559 No, it is not one of those 474 00:23:01,559 --> 00:23:04,559 ironical names. It is 475 00:23:04,559 --> 00:23:07,559 a great ghastly swamp with many, many 476 00:23:07,559 --> 00:23:10,559 spiders and other very large 477 00:23:10,559 --> 00:23:13,559 creatures. It is not 478 00:23:13,559 --> 00:23:16,559 a place for your tourist clothes. 479 00:23:16,559 --> 00:23:19,559 Now why did you go to the spider swamps? 480 00:23:19,559 --> 00:23:22,559 Well, I wanted to see 481 00:23:22,559 --> 00:23:25,559 the whole world and 482 00:23:25,559 --> 00:23:28,559 the spider swamps are part of the whole world. 483 00:23:28,559 --> 00:23:31,559 It just seems like a place you could have taken someone's word about. 484 00:23:31,559 --> 00:23:34,559 I say we should crash the big 485 00:23:34,559 --> 00:23:37,559 in the sky castle. Oh, into the spider swamps. 486 00:23:37,559 --> 00:23:40,559 Thanks for the idea, Yenvel. 487 00:23:40,559 --> 00:23:43,559 Mannix, you hear 488 00:23:43,559 --> 00:23:46,559 small footsteps behind you. 489 00:23:46,559 --> 00:23:49,559 He's holding a very large book in his hands 490 00:23:49,559 --> 00:23:52,559 and says, I can 491 00:23:52,559 --> 00:23:55,559 get you to 492 00:23:55,559 --> 00:23:58,559 the next city. 493 00:23:58,559 --> 00:24:01,559 We must move quickly though. 494 00:24:01,559 --> 00:24:04,559 Yes, what do you need from us? 495 00:24:04,559 --> 00:24:07,559 Look to Flint. 496 00:24:07,559 --> 00:24:10,559 Yeah. 497 00:24:10,559 --> 00:24:13,559 Did we ever figure out that armor situation? 498 00:24:13,559 --> 00:24:16,559 Did you really not bring your armor? 499 00:24:16,559 --> 00:24:19,559 I mean, I assume it's in her bag. I really thought it would be. 500 00:24:19,559 --> 00:24:22,559 I rummage around inside and I'm like, 501 00:24:22,559 --> 00:24:25,559 this adventure is going to take a very different turn, if not. 502 00:24:25,559 --> 00:24:28,559 I mean, that's fine if that's the way you want to play it. 503 00:24:28,559 --> 00:24:31,559 I start to haul out his armor. 504 00:24:31,559 --> 00:24:34,559 These. Pull them from the bag. 505 00:24:34,559 --> 00:24:37,559 And Flint's putting everything back on. 506 00:24:37,559 --> 00:24:40,559 Mannix is standing there 507 00:24:40,559 --> 00:24:43,559 waiting. 508 00:24:43,559 --> 00:24:46,559 Dressing you with his eyes. 509 00:24:46,559 --> 00:24:49,559 Last piece, 510 00:24:49,559 --> 00:24:52,559 I put the headband of intellect on. 511 00:24:52,559 --> 00:24:55,559 All right, good to go. 512 00:24:55,559 --> 00:24:58,559 Mannix comes over as you're 513 00:24:58,559 --> 00:25:01,559 slipping it on and begins looking at it and says, 514 00:25:01,559 --> 00:25:04,559 where did you find this piece? 515 00:25:04,559 --> 00:25:07,559 From a shit bird. 516 00:25:10,559 --> 00:25:13,559 Funny friends you have brought me. 517 00:25:13,559 --> 00:25:16,559 Funny friends. 518 00:25:16,559 --> 00:25:19,559 I mean, it was really from a shit bird. 519 00:25:19,559 --> 00:25:22,559 Unfortunate. 520 00:25:22,559 --> 00:25:25,559 Mannix, aren't they fascinating? 521 00:25:25,559 --> 00:25:28,559 Oh, they are something, aren't they? 522 00:25:28,559 --> 00:25:31,559 Well, if we are ready, shit bird, 523 00:25:31,559 --> 00:25:34,559 we shall go. 524 00:25:34,559 --> 00:25:37,559 Oh my. 525 00:25:37,559 --> 00:25:40,559 Mannix goes over and grabs a staff 526 00:25:40,559 --> 00:25:43,559 off the wall that is not much taller than he 527 00:25:43,559 --> 00:25:46,559 and stomps it on the ground and the trapdoor 528 00:25:46,559 --> 00:25:49,559 opens back up and says, 529 00:25:49,559 --> 00:25:52,559 lead them to the edge of the city. I will be behind you. 530 00:25:52,559 --> 00:25:55,559 And I go down into the tunnels. 531 00:25:55,559 --> 00:25:58,559 We follow. 532 00:25:58,559 --> 00:26:01,559 Oh yeah, I definitely follow. 533 00:26:01,559 --> 00:26:04,559 I'm just going to chill here. 534 00:26:04,559 --> 00:26:07,559 The three of you head down 535 00:26:07,559 --> 00:26:10,559 and just kind of checking over your shoulder, 536 00:26:10,559 --> 00:26:13,559 you see Mannix come down the stairs behind you. 537 00:26:13,559 --> 00:26:16,559 Any light that was coming down into 538 00:26:16,559 --> 00:26:19,559 the stairs, you hear the door close 539 00:26:19,559 --> 00:26:22,559 and the light disappears. 540 00:26:22,559 --> 00:26:25,559 And then he begins moving his hands 541 00:26:25,559 --> 00:26:28,559 and softly speaking to himself. 542 00:26:28,559 --> 00:26:31,559 And above, you hear 543 00:26:31,559 --> 00:26:34,559 the sound of battle 544 00:26:34,559 --> 00:26:37,559 come back in an instant. 545 00:26:37,559 --> 00:26:40,559 Like it was right outside the door and he dropped 546 00:26:40,559 --> 00:26:43,559 a curtain that allowed the sound to come 547 00:26:43,559 --> 00:26:46,559 rushing in and you hear it crash 548 00:26:46,559 --> 00:26:49,559 into the building above and then you see 549 00:26:49,559 --> 00:26:52,559 a black aura 550 00:26:52,559 --> 00:26:55,559 filled light come from his hands 551 00:26:55,559 --> 00:26:58,559 and it coats the staircase 552 00:26:58,559 --> 00:27:01,559 and then the sound softens again. 553 00:27:11,559 --> 00:27:14,559 Hey, we're in the middle. 554 00:27:14,559 --> 00:27:17,559 Good to see you. Hopefully you're enjoying this huge 555 00:27:17,559 --> 00:27:20,559 episode. Is this the new 556 00:27:20,559 --> 00:27:23,559 arc that you promised people, Russ? Yeah, baby. 557 00:27:23,559 --> 00:27:26,559 It's so big. So big. So exciting. 558 00:27:26,559 --> 00:27:29,559 So good. I'm just so very happy about it. 559 00:27:29,559 --> 00:27:32,559 You know what? It's really untoward 560 00:27:32,559 --> 00:27:35,559 of you to talk about your big arc like that. 561 00:27:35,559 --> 00:27:38,559 You're making everyone feel very uncomfortable. 562 00:27:38,559 --> 00:27:41,559 You're right. Dick jokes. You're welcome. You're welcome. 563 00:27:41,559 --> 00:27:44,559 Bonus interlude. Dick jokes. 564 00:27:44,559 --> 00:27:47,559 Check the box on your bingo there. Yep. 565 00:27:47,559 --> 00:27:50,559 We have some cool things over on our Patreon 566 00:27:50,559 --> 00:27:53,559 for you. We talk about it a lot, but we have a very special 567 00:27:53,559 --> 00:27:56,559 game time episode that is available 568 00:27:56,559 --> 00:27:59,559 to everyone. It's public. What? 569 00:27:59,559 --> 00:28:02,559 You can go listen to it right now. The Normies can too? 570 00:28:02,559 --> 00:28:05,559 Well, I mean, if you want to call them that seems... 571 00:28:05,559 --> 00:28:08,559 I don't know. Anyone listening to our podcast definitely does not 572 00:28:08,559 --> 00:28:11,559 fall into the category of normie. Yeah, no. 573 00:28:11,559 --> 00:28:14,559 But the link is down in the description. We played a game time 574 00:28:14,559 --> 00:28:17,559 game last month. What is game time? It's like 575 00:28:17,559 --> 00:28:20,559 party time. It is excellent. It's where we play a game with our 576 00:28:20,559 --> 00:28:23,559 patrons. And I ran the one last month, which 577 00:28:23,559 --> 00:28:26,559 is in a canonical game set 578 00:28:26,559 --> 00:28:29,559 in the world that we are currently playing in. 579 00:28:29,559 --> 00:28:32,559 So there are ramifications that happened in that game 580 00:28:32,559 --> 00:28:35,559 that will affect things that will happen in the game. 581 00:28:35,559 --> 00:28:38,559 The link is down in the description or just visit Patreon.com 582 00:28:38,559 --> 00:28:41,559 slash dumb dragon cast as well as all the other game time 583 00:28:41,559 --> 00:28:44,559 episodes are all up there for you to listen to. 584 00:28:44,559 --> 00:28:47,559 And we have another one coming up this month. We have them come up 585 00:28:47,559 --> 00:28:50,559 every month, but Amy is Dungeon Mastering 586 00:28:50,559 --> 00:28:53,559 the one this month and she is supes excited. You can't see 587 00:28:53,559 --> 00:28:56,559 her face, but she's just smiling ear to ear. 588 00:28:56,559 --> 00:28:59,559 How excited she is. Not at all. Did you see how big 589 00:28:59,559 --> 00:29:02,559 my eyes got? Just a 590 00:29:02,559 --> 00:29:05,559 line of a mouth and wide open eyeballs. That means 591 00:29:05,559 --> 00:29:08,559 happy, right? Super happy. Am I smiling? 592 00:29:08,559 --> 00:29:11,559 It's her birthday month. So she's going to be 593 00:29:11,559 --> 00:29:14,559 DMing the game and there's already a couple 594 00:29:14,559 --> 00:29:17,559 people playing. Yep. There's a lot of tradition that comes 595 00:29:17,559 --> 00:29:20,559 along with my birthday that usually revolves 596 00:29:20,559 --> 00:29:23,559 around punishing myself somehow. So I've got that 597 00:29:23,559 --> 00:29:26,559 under control here. 598 00:29:26,559 --> 00:29:29,559 But it's true. We have two people signed up already. 599 00:29:29,559 --> 00:29:32,559 I'm not at all terrified and I 600 00:29:32,559 --> 00:29:35,559 promise I may or may not kill somebody. 601 00:29:35,559 --> 00:29:38,559 In the game. In the game, folks. So there's your little tease. 602 00:29:38,559 --> 00:29:41,559 Remains to be seen. So go check that out. 603 00:29:41,559 --> 00:29:44,559 Patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast. You can see all the details on the 604 00:29:44,559 --> 00:29:47,559 game time games as well as all the other tiers because 605 00:29:47,559 --> 00:29:50,559 the game time tier is our highest, but we do have a 606 00:29:50,559 --> 00:29:53,559 whole ton of other great stuff for 607 00:29:53,559 --> 00:29:56,559 any budget, as they say. And we'd 608 00:29:56,559 --> 00:29:59,559 love for you to go check it out. Before we let you get back 609 00:29:59,559 --> 00:30:02,559 to the episode, we just want to say a huge 610 00:30:02,559 --> 00:30:05,559 thank you to you for listening to us. 611 00:30:05,559 --> 00:30:08,559 Especially during this crazy, crazy time. 612 00:30:08,559 --> 00:30:11,559 And we hope that we're giving you a little bit of an 613 00:30:11,559 --> 00:30:14,559 escape from your house. 614 00:30:14,559 --> 00:30:17,559 Your house. If you're instantly self-isolating. 615 00:30:17,559 --> 00:30:20,559 A little 616 00:30:20,559 --> 00:30:23,559 jet off to another world. And we hope that you 617 00:30:23,559 --> 00:30:26,559 and yours are being safe and self-isolating 618 00:30:26,559 --> 00:30:29,559 and just being cool. Washing those hands. 619 00:30:29,559 --> 00:30:32,559 Doing all those things you're supposed to do to stay 620 00:30:32,559 --> 00:30:35,559 safe because we love you. We do. 621 00:30:35,559 --> 00:30:38,559 So with that, we'll get you back to the 622 00:30:38,559 --> 00:30:41,559 ruckus episode that we have going on here. 623 00:30:41,559 --> 00:30:44,559 And hopefully you enjoy it and we'll see you all next week. 624 00:30:44,559 --> 00:30:47,559 Okay, bye. Bye. Bye. 625 00:30:47,559 --> 00:30:50,559 After you see that display, 626 00:30:50,559 --> 00:30:53,559 Mannix almost glides 627 00:30:53,559 --> 00:30:56,559 forward to come behind you 628 00:30:56,559 --> 00:30:59,559 and yells up to Yen Bull, 629 00:30:59,559 --> 00:31:02,559 Remember to the edge of the city. 630 00:31:02,559 --> 00:31:05,559 Move quickly though. 631 00:31:05,559 --> 00:31:08,559 The four of you dodge down tunnels 632 00:31:08,559 --> 00:31:11,559 and pass by 633 00:31:11,559 --> 00:31:14,559 some stairwells that go deeper 634 00:31:14,559 --> 00:31:17,559 but also some caverns 635 00:31:17,559 --> 00:31:20,559 that go deeper. And you hear sound 636 00:31:20,559 --> 00:31:23,559 and soft light coming up from below. 637 00:31:23,559 --> 00:31:26,559 Almost a 638 00:31:26,559 --> 00:31:29,559 mixture of a 639 00:31:29,559 --> 00:31:32,559 jovial sound and one 640 00:31:32,559 --> 00:31:35,559 that is like a full on bar brawl. 641 00:31:35,559 --> 00:31:38,559 Like those two just kind of mash together. 642 00:31:38,559 --> 00:31:41,559 Sounds like 643 00:31:41,559 --> 00:31:44,559 there's a party down there. 644 00:31:44,559 --> 00:31:47,559 Don't go down there. 645 00:31:47,559 --> 00:31:50,559 Yeah, we don't have time for that, do we? 646 00:31:50,559 --> 00:31:53,559 No. Do we? 647 00:31:53,559 --> 00:31:56,559 No. You might not come back from down there. 648 00:31:56,559 --> 00:31:59,559 Sounds like quite the party. 649 00:31:59,559 --> 00:32:02,559 It takes you an hour. 650 00:32:02,559 --> 00:32:05,559 Some of the tunnel 651 00:32:05,559 --> 00:32:08,559 is beginning to cave in in areas like 652 00:32:08,559 --> 00:32:11,559 not completely, but you see movement within 653 00:32:11,559 --> 00:32:14,559 the tunnel as explosions are going up above. 654 00:32:14,559 --> 00:32:17,559 And you make it to the edge 655 00:32:17,559 --> 00:32:20,559 of Calumport. 656 00:32:20,559 --> 00:32:23,559 And you exit further from 657 00:32:23,559 --> 00:32:26,559 where a massive wall has been erected. 658 00:32:26,559 --> 00:32:29,559 And you see just 659 00:32:29,559 --> 00:32:32,559 swarms of undead crashing into 660 00:32:32,559 --> 00:32:35,559 and climbing up over. 661 00:32:35,559 --> 00:32:38,559 And ahead of you, you see a 662 00:32:38,559 --> 00:32:41,559 boat waiting 663 00:32:41,559 --> 00:32:44,559 on the edge of 664 00:32:44,559 --> 00:32:47,559 the coast. This looks like a small river 665 00:32:47,559 --> 00:32:50,559 boat. It's crashing up against the shore. 666 00:32:50,559 --> 00:32:53,559 And Mannix yells up and says, 667 00:32:53,559 --> 00:32:56,559 I will take you up the river to Kelta. 668 00:32:56,559 --> 00:32:59,559 I will be joining you because my home 669 00:32:59,559 --> 00:33:02,559 is no longer there. 670 00:33:02,559 --> 00:33:05,559 More of the Merrier. 671 00:33:05,559 --> 00:33:08,559 Make a break for it? 672 00:33:08,559 --> 00:33:11,559 The four of you begin to run towards the boat. 673 00:33:11,559 --> 00:33:14,559 You look behind you 674 00:33:14,559 --> 00:33:17,559 and 675 00:33:17,559 --> 00:33:20,559 the sounds of wings 676 00:33:20,559 --> 00:33:23,559 come up and out of the mass that is surrounding 677 00:33:23,559 --> 00:33:26,559 the city and 678 00:33:26,559 --> 00:33:29,559 giant, zombified 679 00:33:29,559 --> 00:33:32,559 vulture-like birds 680 00:33:32,559 --> 00:33:35,559 come flying up and they begin 681 00:33:35,559 --> 00:33:38,559 to soar around the city 682 00:33:38,559 --> 00:33:41,559 and make a stealth 683 00:33:41,559 --> 00:33:44,559 check, everybody. At disadvantage because 684 00:33:44,559 --> 00:33:47,559 you're in kind of an open area. 685 00:33:47,559 --> 00:33:50,559 Okay, good. I rolled even lower than my 10. 686 00:33:50,559 --> 00:33:53,559 First one was a 19. Oh, wow. 687 00:33:53,559 --> 00:33:56,559 How about an 8? Second was a 25, so we'll go 19. 688 00:33:56,559 --> 00:33:59,559 How about a 6? 689 00:33:59,559 --> 00:34:02,559 Both Yenbul and Thea are yelling, 690 00:34:02,559 --> 00:34:05,559 You're not going to get us! 691 00:34:05,559 --> 00:34:08,559 She's on the way to the boat. 692 00:34:08,559 --> 00:34:11,559 Two of the birds, if that's what you want to call them, 693 00:34:11,559 --> 00:34:14,559 catch sight of you and 694 00:34:14,559 --> 00:34:17,559 begin diving down towards you as you're 695 00:34:17,559 --> 00:34:20,559 running for the ship. What do you do? 696 00:34:20,559 --> 00:34:23,559 I will turn 697 00:34:23,559 --> 00:34:26,559 and cast. 698 00:34:26,559 --> 00:34:29,559 How big are these birds? 699 00:34:29,559 --> 00:34:32,559 The closer they get, the bigger they get. 700 00:34:32,559 --> 00:34:35,559 These things are 701 00:34:35,559 --> 00:34:38,559 they look like vultures, but they're like the size 702 00:34:38,559 --> 00:34:41,559 of a pterodactyl. 703 00:34:41,559 --> 00:34:44,559 Wonderful. Wingspan of about 704 00:34:44,559 --> 00:34:47,559 25 to 30 feet. Alright, I'm going to 705 00:34:47,559 --> 00:34:50,559 call lightning upon them. 706 00:34:50,559 --> 00:34:53,559 I stop running for a moment 707 00:34:53,559 --> 00:34:56,559 and my feet kind of like 708 00:34:56,559 --> 00:34:59,559 skid stop in the sand. 709 00:34:59,559 --> 00:35:02,559 I put my hands out and a crackle of energy 710 00:35:02,559 --> 00:35:05,559 comes from them and then a storm cloud 711 00:35:05,559 --> 00:35:08,559 appears over top of these two 712 00:35:08,559 --> 00:35:11,559 bird things in the sky. 713 00:35:14,559 --> 00:35:17,559 A bolt of lightning flashes down from that cloud 714 00:35:17,559 --> 00:35:20,559 and each creature within five feet of that point, 715 00:35:20,559 --> 00:35:23,559 which I'm making 716 00:35:23,559 --> 00:35:26,559 over top one of the birds, I guess. 717 00:35:26,559 --> 00:35:29,559 Must make a dexterity saving throw. 718 00:35:29,559 --> 00:35:32,559 That's going to be a 13 and an 18. 719 00:35:32,559 --> 00:35:35,559 The 18 will save? The 13 will not? 720 00:35:35,559 --> 00:35:38,559 Is there stormy conditions 721 00:35:38,559 --> 00:35:41,559 by any chance or is it like 722 00:35:41,559 --> 00:35:44,559 a bright sunny day? Just curious. No reason why. 723 00:35:44,559 --> 00:35:47,559 No, it's pretty clear 724 00:35:47,559 --> 00:35:50,559 hot sunny day. 725 00:35:50,559 --> 00:35:53,559 Then 726 00:35:53,559 --> 00:35:56,559 I will not get an extra one D10. 727 00:35:56,559 --> 00:35:59,559 That's fine, whatever. 728 00:35:59,559 --> 00:36:02,559 He's not, sorry. I get to roll 729 00:36:02,559 --> 00:36:05,559 five D10 730 00:36:05,559 --> 00:36:08,559 and the one that's saved will take half. 731 00:36:08,559 --> 00:36:11,559 That is 35 732 00:36:11,559 --> 00:36:14,559 lightning damage. 733 00:36:14,559 --> 00:36:17,559 Lightning crashes down through these 734 00:36:17,559 --> 00:36:20,559 birds, these undead creatures. 735 00:36:20,559 --> 00:36:23,559 The one that takes the full damage, like a wing 736 00:36:23,559 --> 00:36:26,559 gets like blown off and it spirals down 737 00:36:26,559 --> 00:36:29,559 to the sand and the other 738 00:36:29,559 --> 00:36:32,559 takes a huge hit and you see it kind of 739 00:36:32,559 --> 00:36:35,559 smoldering but still flies towards you and Manix 740 00:36:35,559 --> 00:36:38,559 says get to the boat. 741 00:36:38,559 --> 00:36:41,559 Yeah, let's hustle. 742 00:36:41,559 --> 00:36:44,559 The three of you run and you sense that Manix 743 00:36:44,559 --> 00:36:47,559 turns and is standing 744 00:36:47,559 --> 00:36:50,559 almost like playing chicken with this thing. 745 00:36:50,559 --> 00:36:53,559 You see it begin to 746 00:36:53,559 --> 00:36:56,559 careen down towards Manix. 747 00:36:56,559 --> 00:36:59,559 I pull out a necklace from in my shirt 748 00:36:59,559 --> 00:37:02,559 and start rubbing it and 749 00:37:02,559 --> 00:37:05,559 sort of close my eyes and speak to Ithgara 750 00:37:05,559 --> 00:37:08,559 and spirits come out to 751 00:37:08,559 --> 00:37:11,559 protect us. 752 00:37:11,559 --> 00:37:14,559 They look angelic. 753 00:37:14,559 --> 00:37:17,559 So all of my friends are unaffected 754 00:37:17,559 --> 00:37:20,559 by this but the bird's speed 755 00:37:20,559 --> 00:37:23,559 is halved and then when 756 00:37:23,559 --> 00:37:26,559 it enters the area for the first time, which I assume 757 00:37:26,559 --> 00:37:29,559 it probably will soon, it needs to make a wisdom 758 00:37:29,559 --> 00:37:32,559 saving throw. 759 00:37:32,559 --> 00:37:35,559 So it's like an area around each person? 760 00:37:35,559 --> 00:37:38,559 Yeah, 15 feet. 761 00:37:38,559 --> 00:37:41,559 We'll say the bird keeps going 762 00:37:41,559 --> 00:37:44,559 speed halved. 763 00:37:44,559 --> 00:37:47,559 Almost as 764 00:37:47,559 --> 00:37:50,559 so you rub an amulet, is it obvious that you're doing 765 00:37:50,559 --> 00:37:53,559 something to the people around you? 766 00:37:53,559 --> 00:37:56,559 Perhaps, but I mean these like 767 00:37:56,559 --> 00:37:59,559 little angelic creatures come out to protect us 768 00:37:59,559 --> 00:38:02,559 and hopefully see that? 769 00:38:02,559 --> 00:38:05,559 Flint and Thea make a perception check at disadvantage 770 00:38:05,559 --> 00:38:08,559 not to see the spirit things but to see if 771 00:38:08,559 --> 00:38:11,559 you see the cast. 772 00:38:11,559 --> 00:38:14,559 I roll a 9 and a 10, but then I have 773 00:38:14,559 --> 00:38:17,559 plus 9 so 18. 774 00:38:17,559 --> 00:38:20,559 My perception is not great so that's a 15 on the first one 775 00:38:20,559 --> 00:38:23,559 and a 7 on the second. 776 00:38:23,559 --> 00:38:26,559 Flint blinked again. He was getting ready to throw his thing. 777 00:38:26,559 --> 00:38:29,559 So Thea, I think you see kind of 778 00:38:29,559 --> 00:38:32,559 I don't know if you put two and two together 779 00:38:32,559 --> 00:38:35,559 but you see... That's a spellcaster, I think I might. 780 00:38:35,559 --> 00:38:38,559 Maybe. Yen Bull stop 781 00:38:38,559 --> 00:38:41,559 and reach for an amulet and then 782 00:38:41,559 --> 00:38:44,559 you're surrounded by these spirit 783 00:38:44,559 --> 00:38:47,559 beings and you see 784 00:38:47,559 --> 00:38:50,559 Mannix also and this bird begins to slow down 785 00:38:50,559 --> 00:38:53,559 and as it gets near, two things happen. 786 00:38:53,559 --> 00:38:56,559 One, it has to make a saving throw for your 787 00:38:56,559 --> 00:38:59,559 spirit thing. Yes? 788 00:38:59,559 --> 00:39:02,559 Sorry what kind of saving throw was it? 789 00:39:02,559 --> 00:39:05,559 It's going to be 19. 790 00:39:05,559 --> 00:39:08,559 Jesus, fucking smart bird. 791 00:39:08,559 --> 00:39:11,559 Rolled really well. So nothing happens? 792 00:39:11,559 --> 00:39:14,559 No, so it will take half as much damage 793 00:39:14,559 --> 00:39:17,559 which is 13 so it'll take 794 00:39:17,559 --> 00:39:20,559 6 damage. What type of damage is it? 795 00:39:20,559 --> 00:39:23,559 Radiant damage. So as the bird enters 796 00:39:23,559 --> 00:39:26,559 this spirit's sphere 797 00:39:26,559 --> 00:39:29,559 you see its beak and its head begin 798 00:39:29,559 --> 00:39:32,559 to singe and as it gets close to 799 00:39:32,559 --> 00:39:35,559 Mannix, Mannix raises its hands 800 00:39:35,559 --> 00:39:38,559 and in an instant it turns, just like 801 00:39:38,559 --> 00:39:41,559 right angle turns away from Mannix 802 00:39:41,559 --> 00:39:44,559 and begins to soar up into the sky 803 00:39:44,559 --> 00:39:47,559 and lets out this shriek, this hideous 804 00:39:47,559 --> 00:39:50,559 unbearable shriek and then 805 00:39:50,559 --> 00:39:53,559 begins to like ash 806 00:39:53,559 --> 00:39:56,559 away and fall back to the ground 807 00:39:56,559 --> 00:39:59,559 as it's going up into the sky almost like it's burning 808 00:39:59,559 --> 00:40:02,559 away but there's no flames 809 00:40:02,559 --> 00:40:05,559 it's just dissolving and pouring down 810 00:40:05,559 --> 00:40:08,559 onto the sand around you. Mannix turns 811 00:40:08,559 --> 00:40:11,559 and says, what are you waiting for? 812 00:40:11,559 --> 00:40:14,559 I'm already in the boat. 813 00:40:14,559 --> 00:40:17,559 I said I run to the boat. You get to the boat 814 00:40:17,559 --> 00:40:20,559 and you see and hear the city 815 00:40:20,559 --> 00:40:23,559 almost collapsing behind you 816 00:40:23,559 --> 00:40:26,559 screams coming, boats are 817 00:40:26,559 --> 00:40:29,559 rushing out of the port into 818 00:40:29,559 --> 00:40:32,559 into the open sea 819 00:40:32,559 --> 00:40:35,559 you climb aboard the boat, Mannix gets behind 820 00:40:35,559 --> 00:40:38,559 the wheel and says, I can't see over the 821 00:40:38,559 --> 00:40:41,559 steering wheel. We need to go 822 00:40:41,559 --> 00:40:44,559 over to the river. 823 00:40:44,559 --> 00:40:47,559 Why would you get behind the wheel, Mannix? 824 00:40:47,559 --> 00:40:50,559 Nobody else was. 825 00:40:50,559 --> 00:40:53,559 Flint, you want to drive? 826 00:40:53,559 --> 00:40:56,559 I mean I'm not too much taller. 827 00:40:56,559 --> 00:40:59,559 Alright, I'm into this, let's get on here. Everyone hold onto 828 00:40:59,559 --> 00:41:02,559 your asses and I like start to press 829 00:41:02,559 --> 00:41:05,559 like buttons or how does it 830 00:41:05,559 --> 00:41:08,559 It's just a big wheel. 831 00:41:09,559 --> 00:41:12,559 How do I make it go? 832 00:41:12,559 --> 00:41:15,559 Mannix unties a rope 833 00:41:15,559 --> 00:41:18,559 which signals Flint and Yen Bull to do the same 834 00:41:18,559 --> 00:41:21,559 to another couple ropes and the 835 00:41:21,559 --> 00:41:24,559 in the waves the boat kind of comes free 836 00:41:24,559 --> 00:41:27,559 and 837 00:41:27,559 --> 00:41:30,559 as if by some 838 00:41:30,559 --> 00:41:33,559 magic propulsion you begin to move towards 839 00:41:33,559 --> 00:41:36,559 the river. The sound 840 00:41:36,559 --> 00:41:39,559 of battle fading behind you 841 00:41:39,559 --> 00:41:42,559 as you enter the open mouth of the Calumport 842 00:41:42,559 --> 00:41:45,559 River. And if anyone was to look 843 00:41:45,559 --> 00:41:48,559 at me right now as I sort of watch my beloved 844 00:41:48,559 --> 00:41:51,559 city under attack 845 00:41:51,559 --> 00:41:54,559 my eyes are sort of glowing a strange 846 00:41:54,559 --> 00:41:57,559 color as I as I fight back 847 00:41:57,559 --> 00:42:00,559 tears. 848 00:42:00,559 --> 00:42:03,559 I don't look right at you because like you know 849 00:42:03,559 --> 00:42:06,559 you're having an emotional moment but I put my hand 850 00:42:06,559 --> 00:42:09,559 on your shoulder and give you a squeeze. 851 00:42:09,559 --> 00:42:12,559 And as I do that 852 00:42:12,559 --> 00:42:15,559 I whisper a little 853 00:42:15,559 --> 00:42:18,559 a little something and I take a short read 854 00:42:18,559 --> 00:42:21,559 from my pocket and I 855 00:42:21,559 --> 00:42:24,559 kind of break it up in my hand and I've cast 856 00:42:24,559 --> 00:42:27,559 water breathing on all of us 857 00:42:27,559 --> 00:42:30,559 that will last for 24 hours. 858 00:42:30,559 --> 00:42:33,559 Just as a precaution we are 859 00:42:33,559 --> 00:42:36,559 in the water. Is it a concentration? 860 00:42:36,559 --> 00:42:39,559 It is not. Cool beans. Yep it's 861 00:42:39,559 --> 00:42:42,559 just kind of it's just doing it it's a 862 00:42:42,559 --> 00:42:45,559 transmutation spell y'all. 863 00:42:45,559 --> 00:42:48,559 Does anybody want to do anything specific before 864 00:42:48,559 --> 00:42:51,559 we flash forward in scene? I would like to learn a 865 00:42:51,559 --> 00:42:54,559 sea song of some kind. 866 00:42:54,559 --> 00:42:57,559 Like a shanty? 867 00:42:57,559 --> 00:43:00,559 Have you heard the tale of Flamikins? 868 00:43:00,559 --> 00:43:03,559 Flamikins! 869 00:43:03,559 --> 00:43:06,559 Flamikins! That is exclusive to 870 00:43:06,559 --> 00:43:09,559 patrons over our five dollar and up tier. 871 00:43:09,559 --> 00:43:12,559 So much stuff over there. Oh god too much 872 00:43:12,559 --> 00:43:15,559 stuff. I drive 873 00:43:15,559 --> 00:43:18,559 this self-propelling boat propelling 874 00:43:18,559 --> 00:43:21,559 guys. Propelling! 875 00:43:21,559 --> 00:43:24,559 Okay well I'll tell you during your travel up the 876 00:43:24,559 --> 00:43:27,559 river aside from some bumpy rapids the 877 00:43:27,559 --> 00:43:30,559 further up you go nothing 878 00:43:30,559 --> 00:43:33,559 major of incident 879 00:43:33,559 --> 00:43:36,559 occurs so if there's any. 880 00:43:36,559 --> 00:43:39,559 Sorry are we on a river or in the open sea? 881 00:43:39,559 --> 00:43:42,559 You're on a river. You went to the mouth of a river 882 00:43:42,559 --> 00:43:45,559 so now you're going up a river. Okay. 883 00:43:45,559 --> 00:43:48,559 So you're going inland now. 884 00:43:49,559 --> 00:43:52,559 See it does unnecessary things 885 00:43:52,559 --> 00:43:55,559 like licks her finger to feel which way the wind is blowing. 886 00:43:55,559 --> 00:43:58,559 Mannix walks over to Flint 887 00:43:58,559 --> 00:44:01,559 and says 888 00:44:01,559 --> 00:44:04,559 why do you require the amulet? 889 00:44:04,559 --> 00:44:07,559 Well 890 00:44:07,559 --> 00:44:10,559 it's a bit of a long story but basically 891 00:44:10,559 --> 00:44:13,559 I have a 892 00:44:13,559 --> 00:44:16,559 that's the best way to put this. 893 00:44:16,559 --> 00:44:19,559 I have the soul of a dragonborn 894 00:44:19,559 --> 00:44:22,559 inside me. And I yell over my shoulder and not like 895 00:44:22,559 --> 00:44:25,559 you know I've got the heart of a lion kind of thing not like that. 896 00:44:25,559 --> 00:44:28,559 Yeah thanks no like 897 00:44:28,559 --> 00:44:31,559 legitimately his soul is also occupying 898 00:44:31,559 --> 00:44:34,559 my body. Interesting. 899 00:44:34,559 --> 00:44:37,559 And I kind of pull down like my 900 00:44:37,559 --> 00:44:40,559 plate and tunic and everything and show him the 901 00:44:40,559 --> 00:44:43,559 scales going up the neck. Mannix is on tiptoes 902 00:44:43,559 --> 00:44:46,559 reaching up examining. Disrobing you. 903 00:44:46,559 --> 00:44:49,559 Not disrobing you but examining what you're trying 904 00:44:49,559 --> 00:44:52,559 to show him. Says this is very 905 00:44:52,559 --> 00:44:55,559 interesting I've seen soulbound creatures before 906 00:44:55,559 --> 00:44:58,559 but none that have taken 907 00:44:58,559 --> 00:45:01,559 a physical iteration. Where did you come by this 908 00:45:01,559 --> 00:45:04,559 ailment? Oh jeez it was 909 00:45:04,559 --> 00:45:07,559 the hell was the name of that place? 910 00:45:07,559 --> 00:45:10,559 Thea what was the name of that place we went to? 911 00:45:10,559 --> 00:45:13,559 It was in another dimension. 912 00:45:13,559 --> 00:45:16,559 It was in the library of the dead. 913 00:45:16,559 --> 00:45:19,559 Okay. 914 00:45:19,559 --> 00:45:22,559 In another dimension. 915 00:45:22,559 --> 00:45:25,559 Interesting. 916 00:45:25,559 --> 00:45:28,559 I'm going to have to read up on this. 917 00:45:28,559 --> 00:45:31,559 He turns around and sits back down and opens the 918 00:45:31,559 --> 00:45:34,559 one book that he had brought with him. 919 00:45:34,559 --> 00:45:37,559 Is that the book of everything? 920 00:45:37,559 --> 00:45:40,559 Most things. Yes. 921 00:45:40,559 --> 00:45:43,559 Can I, can I look at it? 922 00:45:43,559 --> 00:45:46,559 I love books. 923 00:45:46,559 --> 00:45:49,559 In a previous life I was a scribe. Of course. 924 00:45:49,559 --> 00:45:52,559 He hands you the book. 925 00:45:52,559 --> 00:45:55,559 I hand Yenbo the wheel. 926 00:45:55,559 --> 00:45:58,559 Okay. Good test. 927 00:45:58,559 --> 00:46:01,559 And I start to 928 00:46:01,559 --> 00:46:04,559 flip through the pages what do I see? They are empty. 929 00:46:04,559 --> 00:46:07,559 Is it like an invisible ink? 930 00:46:07,559 --> 00:46:10,559 Do I have to like breathe on it? 931 00:46:10,559 --> 00:46:13,559 Mannix grabs it back and says no. 932 00:46:13,559 --> 00:46:16,559 See you. Writings. 933 00:46:16,559 --> 00:46:19,559 Why can you see them and I can't? What kind of 934 00:46:19,559 --> 00:46:22,559 enchantment is this? 935 00:46:22,559 --> 00:46:25,559 I wanted to see if you were 936 00:46:25,559 --> 00:46:28,559 worthy. Oh shit. 937 00:46:28,559 --> 00:46:31,559 Of the information in these tomes. Okay. 938 00:46:31,559 --> 00:46:34,559 Brutal. Alright. Only saved the world a few times but that's fine. 939 00:46:34,559 --> 00:46:37,559 Only if nothing but 940 00:46:37,559 --> 00:46:40,559 impure intentions but whatever. I mean you didn't save it with 941 00:46:40,559 --> 00:46:43,559 your reading abilities. Guess not. Guess I shoulda. 942 00:46:43,559 --> 00:46:46,559 It's only slightly hurtful. 943 00:46:46,559 --> 00:46:49,559 Mannix but it's fine. 944 00:46:49,559 --> 00:46:52,559 I apologize. I will see if we can rectify that 945 00:46:52,559 --> 00:46:55,559 by the end of this adventure 946 00:46:55,559 --> 00:46:58,559 that we're on. Can I see the writing in the book? 947 00:46:58,559 --> 00:47:01,559 Oh sorry. Oh no yes. 948 00:47:01,559 --> 00:47:04,559 Sure. 949 00:47:04,559 --> 00:47:07,559 Well I'm not sure you can see it 950 00:47:07,559 --> 00:47:10,559 but I assume Thea takes the wheel back. 951 00:47:10,559 --> 00:47:13,559 I'll take the wheel back. I mean I was just creeping over her 952 00:47:13,559 --> 00:47:16,559 shoulder. Slightly disheartened. Not over her shoulder cause she's much taller than me. 953 00:47:16,559 --> 00:47:19,559 I'm only 5'6 but like around the edge. 954 00:47:19,559 --> 00:47:22,559 As you are flipping through 955 00:47:22,559 --> 00:47:25,559 you see a lot of blank pages 956 00:47:25,559 --> 00:47:28,559 but as she's flipping through you see like patches of things 957 00:47:28,559 --> 00:47:31,559 show up. Are you all like 958 00:47:31,559 --> 00:47:34,559 oh no I don't see anything either. 959 00:47:34,559 --> 00:47:37,559 Don't make me feel bad. 960 00:47:37,559 --> 00:47:40,559 Welcome to the club Thea. 961 00:47:40,559 --> 00:47:43,559 Can't read that book club. 962 00:47:43,559 --> 00:47:46,559 Russ hates it when you try to read a book. I know. 963 00:47:46,559 --> 00:47:49,559 Why we had to be illiterate in the last 964 00:47:49,559 --> 00:47:52,559 episode. 965 00:47:52,559 --> 00:47:55,559 Well there's a common underlying theme of just 966 00:47:55,559 --> 00:47:58,559 fucking hate literature. 967 00:47:58,559 --> 00:48:01,559 Are we there yet? 968 00:48:01,559 --> 00:48:04,559 Yeah after 969 00:48:04,559 --> 00:48:07,559 a couple days travel upriver. I think that's the only 970 00:48:07,559 --> 00:48:10,559 time in the history of the world that's ever worked. 971 00:48:10,559 --> 00:48:13,559 Are we there yet? Yes actually. Yeah fuck yeah. 972 00:48:13,559 --> 00:48:16,559 After a couple days travel 973 00:48:16,559 --> 00:48:19,559 you see along the side of the river 974 00:48:19,559 --> 00:48:22,559 another city come into view. 975 00:48:22,559 --> 00:48:25,559 It's much smaller 976 00:48:25,559 --> 00:48:28,559 than Calumport was. 977 00:48:28,559 --> 00:48:31,559 Still large but much smaller than the vast 978 00:48:31,559 --> 00:48:34,559 expanse that is Calumport. 979 00:48:34,559 --> 00:48:37,559 You don't really know where the undead came from but this one looks 980 00:48:37,559 --> 00:48:40,559 this city looks to be untouched by 981 00:48:40,559 --> 00:48:43,559 any armies at all. 982 00:48:43,559 --> 00:48:46,559 You pull up to 983 00:48:46,559 --> 00:48:49,559 a riverside dock. 984 00:48:49,559 --> 00:48:52,559 Not large ships here 985 00:48:52,559 --> 00:48:55,559 not large boats here. 986 00:48:55,559 --> 00:48:58,559 Pull up and tie off and you enter 987 00:48:58,559 --> 00:49:01,559 you follow behind Mannix 988 00:49:01,559 --> 00:49:04,559 and Mannix leads you through 989 00:49:04,559 --> 00:49:07,559 the streets of this town 990 00:49:07,559 --> 00:49:10,559 that he referred to as Kel-Tar. 991 00:49:10,559 --> 00:49:13,559 Do you do or say anything? 992 00:49:13,559 --> 00:49:16,559 I think at least Thea walks quietly 993 00:49:16,559 --> 00:49:19,559 and just kind of observes and is 994 00:49:19,559 --> 00:49:22,559 ready for you know just in case an undead pops 995 00:49:22,559 --> 00:49:25,559 out from behind somewhere. 996 00:49:25,559 --> 00:49:28,559 Walking through up to the city and through 997 00:49:28,559 --> 00:49:31,559 the streets you see there's primarily farmland 998 00:49:31,559 --> 00:49:34,559 in and around this area. 999 00:49:34,559 --> 00:49:37,559 Calumport 1000 00:49:37,559 --> 00:49:40,559 was surrounded by desert 1001 00:49:40,559 --> 00:49:43,559 it's a little more greenery the more you went up the river 1002 00:49:43,559 --> 00:49:46,559 and Mannix 1003 00:49:46,559 --> 00:49:49,559 leads you to what looks like 1004 00:49:49,559 --> 00:49:52,559 from the outside an old 1005 00:49:52,559 --> 00:49:55,559 worn down temple. 1006 00:49:55,559 --> 00:49:58,559 And begins 1007 00:49:58,559 --> 00:50:01,559 walking up the steps to the large 1008 00:50:01,559 --> 00:50:04,559 double doors. 1009 00:50:04,559 --> 00:50:07,559 He pulls them open 1010 00:50:07,559 --> 00:50:10,559 dirt and dust falls down 1011 00:50:10,559 --> 00:50:13,559 from the hinges 1012 00:50:13,559 --> 00:50:16,559 and from the frame around it 1013 00:50:16,559 --> 00:50:19,559 and ushers you inside. 1014 00:50:19,559 --> 00:50:22,559 I have not been to this temple before 1015 00:50:22,559 --> 00:50:25,559 I have been to Kel-Tar and sampled the figs 1016 00:50:25,559 --> 00:50:28,559 and the wine and the oils but I 1017 00:50:28,559 --> 00:50:31,559 have not seen this temple before. 1018 00:50:31,559 --> 00:50:34,559 This temple doesn't look like it's seen many people 1019 00:50:34,559 --> 00:50:37,559 recently either. 1020 00:50:37,559 --> 00:50:40,559 Mannix says this is the house 1021 00:50:40,559 --> 00:50:43,559 of the broken god. 1022 00:50:43,559 --> 00:50:46,559 Inside you will 1023 00:50:46,559 --> 00:50:49,559 find a portal that will take you 1024 00:50:49,559 --> 00:50:52,559 to marching mountains which will take you to the 1025 00:50:52,559 --> 00:50:55,559 entrance to Shangri-La's 1026 00:50:55,559 --> 00:50:58,559 floating pyramid fortress. 1027 00:50:58,559 --> 00:51:01,559 Okay this is it. 1028 00:51:01,559 --> 00:51:04,559 Yeah off to Shangri-La we go. 1029 00:51:04,559 --> 00:51:07,559 Let's do this. 1030 00:51:07,559 --> 00:51:10,559 Alright funny ones. 1031 00:51:10,559 --> 00:51:13,559 Mannix leads you up the center aisle of this temple 1032 00:51:13,559 --> 00:51:16,559 and pews are covered in 1033 00:51:16,559 --> 00:51:19,559 old fabrics. It really looks like nobody has used 1034 00:51:19,559 --> 00:51:22,559 this building in a long time. 1035 00:51:22,559 --> 00:51:25,559 The further in you go though 1036 00:51:25,559 --> 00:51:28,559 you see a single candle lit down at the end 1037 00:51:28,559 --> 00:51:31,559 of this aisle that you're walking down 1038 00:51:31,559 --> 00:51:34,559 and the closer you get the more the light 1039 00:51:34,559 --> 00:51:37,559 emanates and the closer to the light you get 1040 00:51:37,559 --> 00:51:40,559 the more the room looks new 1041 00:51:40,559 --> 00:51:43,559 and fresh and like 1042 00:51:43,559 --> 00:51:46,559 it's been kept up over the years. 1043 00:51:46,559 --> 00:51:49,559 Mannix 1044 00:51:49,559 --> 00:51:52,559 walks to the candle and grabs it 1045 00:51:52,559 --> 00:51:55,559 and says follow me. 1046 00:51:55,559 --> 00:51:58,559 He leads you down a flight of stairs 1047 00:51:58,559 --> 00:52:01,559 to an old 1048 00:52:01,559 --> 00:52:04,559 cellar and inside there are 1049 00:52:04,559 --> 00:52:07,559 runes on the wall. 1050 00:52:07,559 --> 00:52:10,559 Mannix walks over to them 1051 00:52:10,559 --> 00:52:13,559 and runs a hand along them and 1052 00:52:13,559 --> 00:52:16,559 although they look new under this light 1053 00:52:16,559 --> 00:52:19,559 that is being produced by 1054 00:52:19,559 --> 00:52:22,559 this candle, dust 1055 00:52:22,559 --> 00:52:25,559 falls from his hands you can hear it hit the ground 1056 00:52:25,559 --> 00:52:28,559 you can't see it but you can hear it 1057 00:52:28,559 --> 00:52:31,559 and the runes begin to glow as he runs his hand along them 1058 00:52:31,559 --> 00:52:34,559 and the stone wall 1059 00:52:34,559 --> 00:52:37,559 in the middle of them begins to glow 1060 00:52:37,559 --> 00:52:40,559 a soft blue swirling with black. 1061 00:52:40,559 --> 00:52:43,559 He says when you're ready 1062 00:52:43,559 --> 00:52:46,559 we shall step through. 1063 00:52:46,559 --> 00:52:49,559 Will you be joining us? 1064 00:52:49,559 --> 00:52:52,559 I am uncertain that the funny ones 1065 00:52:52,559 --> 00:52:55,559 will make it back without me. 1066 00:52:55,559 --> 00:52:58,559 And what about you Yenbul? 1067 00:52:58,559 --> 00:53:01,559 Oh I promised Leosen that I would 1068 00:53:01,559 --> 00:53:04,559 stay with you and help you in any way I could. 1069 00:53:04,559 --> 00:53:07,559 Alright no hard feelings though 1070 00:53:07,559 --> 00:53:10,559 if he didn't want to like come on this one way death trip or anything. 1071 00:53:10,559 --> 00:53:13,559 Yeah it's not our first one of these. 1072 00:53:13,559 --> 00:53:16,559 I have heard much about your adventures. 1073 00:53:16,559 --> 00:53:19,559 I have been to the Marching Mountains before 1074 00:53:19,559 --> 00:53:22,559 I have friends there although they are 1075 00:53:22,559 --> 00:53:25,559 elusive perhaps we will find them 1076 00:53:25,559 --> 00:53:28,559 before we need to take on 1077 00:53:28,559 --> 00:53:31,559 our greater enemy. 1078 00:53:31,559 --> 00:53:34,559 We're happy to be fighting alongside you. 1079 00:53:34,559 --> 00:53:37,559 Alright Manix Depressive let's go. 1080 00:53:37,559 --> 00:53:40,559 After you. 1081 00:53:40,559 --> 00:53:43,559 I'll go first. Alright Flint after you. 1082 00:53:43,559 --> 00:53:46,559 I go through. 1083 00:53:46,559 --> 00:53:49,559 Yenbul and then Flint 1084 00:53:49,559 --> 00:53:52,559 and then Thea and then Manix 1085 00:53:52,559 --> 00:53:55,559 behind step through and each of you 1086 00:53:55,559 --> 00:53:58,559 as you step through you step into a lush 1087 00:53:58,559 --> 00:54:01,559 green forest at the base of mountains that reach 1088 00:54:01,559 --> 00:54:04,559 up past the clouds in the sky. 1089 00:54:04,559 --> 00:54:07,559 As Manix steps through 1090 00:54:07,559 --> 00:54:10,559 there is the same portal with runes just illuminated 1091 00:54:10,559 --> 00:54:13,559 not on a wall 1092 00:54:13,559 --> 00:54:16,559 but just in space. 1093 00:54:16,559 --> 00:54:19,559 And as Manix steps through 1094 00:54:19,559 --> 00:54:22,559 the portal sucks behind 1095 00:54:22,559 --> 00:54:25,559 and it closes. 1096 00:54:25,559 --> 00:54:28,559 You look around and take in your surroundings 1097 00:54:28,559 --> 00:54:31,559 and as the clouds begin to move 1098 00:54:31,559 --> 00:54:34,559 and swirl around the tops of these mountains 1099 00:54:34,559 --> 00:54:37,559 there is a crack that comes through and a beam of light 1100 00:54:37,559 --> 00:54:40,559 from the sun comes down and hits your general area. 1101 00:54:40,559 --> 00:54:43,559 You look up and beyond the clouds 1102 00:54:43,559 --> 00:54:46,559 as they begin to part you see 1103 00:54:46,559 --> 00:54:49,559 a massive pyramid 1104 00:54:49,559 --> 00:54:52,559 floating high in the sky 1105 00:54:52,559 --> 00:54:55,559 above the mountains. 1106 00:54:55,559 --> 00:54:58,559 No biggie. 1107 00:54:58,559 --> 00:55:01,559 Is this like the one that you crashed? 1108 00:55:01,559 --> 00:55:04,559 Yours was more of a castle. 1109 00:55:04,559 --> 00:55:07,559 Much smaller. 1110 00:55:16,559 --> 00:55:19,559 The intro song Nowhere Land 1111 00:55:19,559 --> 00:55:22,559 is by Kavin MacLeod of incompetech.filmmusic.io 1112 00:55:22,559 --> 00:55:25,559 All other music and sound effects 1113 00:55:25,559 --> 00:55:28,559 can be found at epidemicsound.com 1114 00:55:28,559 --> 00:55:31,559 A huge thank you to our supporting producers 1115 00:55:31,559 --> 00:55:34,559 Christian Brown, Creighton's Raven 1116 00:55:34,559 --> 00:55:37,559 Devin Michaels, Gabriel Lynch 1117 00:55:37,559 --> 00:55:40,559 Jacob Madden, Joshua Dixon 1118 00:55:40,559 --> 00:55:43,559 Cat Waterflame, Skull King 20 1119 00:55:43,559 --> 00:55:46,559 and Stevie. To find out more how you can support 1120 00:55:46,559 --> 00:55:49,559 Dums and the Dragons, visit Patreon.com 1121 00:55:49,559 --> 00:55:52,559 slash dumb dragon cast. Thank you for listening. 1122 00:55:52,559 --> 00:55:55,559 Have a great week. We'll talk soon. 1123 00:55:55,559 --> 00:55:58,559 On your mission you are looking for something specific, yes? 1124 00:55:59,559 --> 00:56:02,559 Yeah, aren't we Flint? 1125 00:56:02,559 --> 00:56:05,559 I'm pretty sure we are. What are we looking for Flint? 1126 00:56:05,559 --> 00:56:08,559 You're the only reason we're here. 1127 00:56:08,559 --> 00:56:11,559 We are looking for the Amulet of Wonder. 1128 00:56:11,559 --> 00:56:14,559 Amulet of Wonder? Yeah, there we go. 1129 00:56:14,559 --> 00:56:17,559 I was like, it's a potion? Amulet? You're gonna die. 1130 00:56:17,559 --> 00:56:20,559 That's when you said amulet and I got really confused about 1131 00:56:20,559 --> 00:56:23,559 I was like, do I already have the amulet? Are you saying the power was with me? 1132 00:56:23,559 --> 00:56:26,559 All along. All along. 1133 00:56:26,559 --> 00:56:29,559 There's a lot of like glowing like bright blue, white spots everywhere. 1134 00:56:35,559 --> 00:56:38,559 Yeah. 1135 00:56:38,559 --> 00:56:41,559 Yeah, had to. There hasn't been a dick joke in a while. 1136 00:56:41,559 --> 00:56:44,559 Might as well make it dirty. Yeah, sorry I didn't give you that 1137 00:56:44,559 --> 00:56:47,559 opportunity until right now. 1138 00:56:47,559 --> 00:56:50,559 To make a dick joke? That's okay, I'll always find my in. 1139 00:56:50,559 --> 00:56:53,559 Amy needs to make her own opportunities for dick jokes. It's more satisfying that way. 1140 00:56:53,559 --> 00:56:56,559 Can you say it like, get to the chopper? 1141 00:56:56,559 --> 00:56:59,559 Get to the bow. 1142 00:56:59,559 --> 00:57:02,559 Get to the bow. 1143 00:57:02,559 --> 00:57:05,559 The further in you go though, you see a single candle 1144 00:57:05,559 --> 00:57:08,559 lit in, lit in the fuck. 1145 00:57:08,559 --> 00:57:11,559 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a Dumb Dragons production.