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[87.3s] We're a D&D 5th Edition Actual Play Podcast and I'm your Dungeon Master Russ More and [91.4s] with me today is Tom Laird. [93.8s] Hey, that's me. [95.4s] I'm playing Flint Firebeard today. [98.0s] And Amy More. [99.7s] That is me. [100.7s] I'm playing Thea Amastasia. [103.0s] And Carla Maxted. [104.9s] That is me. [105.9s] I'm playing TBD. [109.1s] So many TBDs with this, Carla. [110.8s] I know. [111.8s] It's like every third episode it's a TBD. [115.3s] Where Carla plays a consistent character sometimes is over on Patreon. [121.0s] Patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast. [122.6s] We'd love for you to join us over there where we have tons, boatloads, 50 plus hours of [128.9s] exclusive bonus content ready and waiting for you. [133.6s] Well, you know what we like to do Tom? [135.6s] It seems a little excessive. [136.6s] No, it's not excessive. [137.6s] Should we delete some? [138.6s] Is that too much? [139.6s] We should probably. [140.6s] We know some of the things. 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[191.0s] As we race towards the expansive city of Calumport, the oldest continuous settled [199.0s] human city in Faerun, over the shining sea we see the largest traffic of ships and freighters [205.5s] that we've ever seen, all traveling with extraordinary precision through two large seawalls. [213.7s] We launch up and over the three coastal wards and there are hundreds of merchant ships [220.7s] loading and unloading goods from not just around Faerun, but all across the world. [228.3s] Calumport, among other things, is a place of vast trade of spices, alchemical supplies, [234.5s] gems, and most importantly, magic items. [238.3s] Calumport, the city of glory, is a town that revolves around the abundance of magic [245.0s] items, both common every day and, for the right price, items you can't find [250.9s] anywhere else. [253.2s] We see the Kalashite Navy preparing the fleet and recruiting various locals. [259.6s] Some 140,000 people walk the streets of Calumport and as we soar above its streets [265.6s] we see the city's gorgeous architecture of tall arches, squat domes, and slender [272.0s] minarets reaching high into the hot, clear sky. [278.6s] The scene we saw was from yesterday. [283.6s] We see a flash in the merchant ward and runes appear in the sand and Flint and Thea, [292.6s] dressed in her khaki shorts, tank top, and gossamer cape. [296.6s] Flint in his active sandals, Tommy Bahama Hawaiian shirt, and big shorts, not cargo shorts. [306.6s] Just big. [308.6s] appear in the middle of the merchant ward. [312.6s] And as the light from the runes fades and explosions sounds off beside them [318.6s] and they are thrown into the wall of a nearby building. [324.6s] Rushing all around them are the people of Calumport, being chased by an undead army. [332.6s] What the fuck is going on here? [334.6s] Jesus, didn't we just leave an undead army someplace else? [338.6s] What is happening? [339.6s] Oh, my cape is ripped. [342.6s] Looks like a good time for you to get that amulet. [345.6s] We're going to be needing it here. [348.6s] You are being rushed by a group of undead soldiers, some carrying swords and shields, [354.6s] the others carrying arrows, locking them behind them. [361.6s] How far away from us are they, Russ? [363.6s] Like 15 feet from you, the soldiers with shields and swords. [367.6s] The archers are a little bit further behind. [370.6s] Alright, I guess I will pull out my dwarven thrower [378.6s] and throw it at one of the guys with one of the bows. [382.6s] Alright, roll to hit. [385.6s] I'm aiming to like knock the bow out of his hands. [390.6s] To 23. [391.6s] That will hit. [392.6s] Describe to me what it looks like when you hit through this onslaught. [398.6s] I throw the thrower and it zings past the first couple of dudes that are running towards us [409.6s] and yeah, kind of smashes into the guy's left hand [413.6s] as he's drawing it back his bow with his right hand [416.6s] and knocks the bow out of his hands. [418.6s] Perfect. [419.6s] The group rushing towards you kind of scatters. [423.6s] The one cocking the bow, it goes wide and breaks the bow [429.6s] and then it rushes back to you. [430.6s] What do you do? [431.6s] I immediately cast Eldritch Blast. [437.6s] 13? [438.6s] Yeah. [439.6s] Oh, okay, cool. [441.6s] And I hit a beam of crackling blue energy streaks towards [448.6s] that hit the chest of the three, any archers. [452.6s] I'm aiming for the archers. [454.6s] So you're all aiming for archers, cool. [457.6s] Wait, sorry, how many are there? [459.6s] A lot. [460.6s] Okay, yeah, aiming for archers. [461.6s] Okay, yeah, so hammer zips by, [466.6s] the crackling energy shoots over top of the soldiers [469.6s] with swords directly in front of you [471.6s] and goes towards the archers behind. [474.6s] The soldiers in front rush towards you [477.6s] and swing with their blades down on top of you. [482.6s] That's going to be a 25 against Flint and a 22 against Thea. [488.6s] What is my armor class now? [490.6s] You're in a Hawaiian shirt, man. [492.6s] Exactly, so what's my armor class now? [495.6s] Whatever your, it's like 10 plus your dex. [499.6s] Okay. [501.6s] Oh, I have to change my armor class too. [504.6s] Well, yours is an Enchant Self, right? [507.6s] Oh, yeah, so I saw it. [508.6s] Where as Flint thought he was going on vacation. [512.6s] They rush towards you with their swords drawn [515.6s] and as they raise them, a figure exits a door behind you. [522.6s] Who exits and what happens? [525.6s] Well, you probably don't notice, [526.6s] but from behind you a woman steps out. [529.6s] She has dark skin, short dark hair. [533.6s] She's dressed like everyone else around [536.6s] in that she's wearing sort of loose linen pants. [538.6s] They're of a very fine quality though [541.6s] and a red tunic with gold embroidery all over it. [546.6s] She is human, but maybe not quite. [552.6s] There's something a little bit unusual [554.6s] just about the way her features sit, [556.6s] but you're busy. [557.6s] You probably don't notice any of that. [559.6s] What you do notice is this huge wave of divine energy [566.6s] that emanates from where she stands. [570.6s] She steps out and this wave crushes into these undead [574.6s] and sends them sprawling back into the street. [578.6s] You have a moment of reprieve. [580.6s] I whip my head back to see. [583.6s] Yeah, I willow. [584.6s] I whip my hair back and forth [585.6s] and then I look over to see who's there. [589.6s] You should quickly follow me. [593.6s] Flint, Fia, come with me. [595.6s] Oh, okay. Yep. Yep. Coming. [596.6s] Oh, all right. [597.6s] So you rush into the building? [598.6s] Yeah. [599.6s] Or wherever she goes. [600.6s] Yeah, I'm going to get them into this building [603.6s] and then I've already sussed out an amazing escape route. [609.6s] That's where we're going to go. [611.6s] Okay. [612.6s] Are you going to like a hideout? [614.6s] Are you going to a known place to you? [618.6s] Where do you want to go? [619.6s] I guess how overrun is the city? [622.6s] Like totes? [623.6s] Totes overrun, would you say? [624.6s] Yeah, the camera zooms up and out [627.6s] as you run into this building [629.6s] and the city is completely overrun. [631.6s] Walls are being climbed over. [633.6s] Barricades are being knocked down. [635.6s] The city guard is being completely overrun [638.6s] and you see undead sprawling for miles. [641.6s] Well, let's at least get them into this building, [645.6s] into an interior area away from the undead [648.6s] so we can... [650.6s] I mean, they just appeared. [652.6s] It's poor folks. [655.6s] Flint might want to change his outfit. [658.6s] I do assume you did put your armor in my bag of holding. [665.6s] You head into this building [668.6s] being led by this woman [670.6s] and she pops a door in the floor. [678.6s] It looked like stone. [680.6s] It was partially covered with sand [682.6s] and there are steps that descend into the earth. [686.6s] Quickly, quickly, come with me. [688.6s] Should we have our weapons ready? [690.6s] What can we expect down here? [692.6s] We'll be safe for a few minutes. [695.6s] You rush down [696.6s] and she closes the door behind you. [698.6s] You hear the door blast open [700.6s] from up in the main room [702.6s] where you just left. [703.6s] Footsteps running around [705.6s] and then running back out [706.6s] and screaming out in the streets. [708.6s] You're now down in an underground tunnel system [712.6s] lit by torches [716.6s] sparsely placed all the way down. [720.6s] Looking at it, it looks like a labyrinth [723.6s] but this woman begins to lead you down [726.6s] a specific path. [728.6s] She knows exactly where she's going. [730.6s] I stop and I grab her by the arm. [732.6s] Gently, I'm not like, [734.6s] and I'm like, [735.6s] thank you. [736.6s] Who are you? [737.6s] Oh, Thea, welcome. [739.6s] I am Yenbl. [741.6s] I believe, I believe my friend Leosin [744.6s] said to look for me. [746.6s] Yes, oh my gosh. [748.6s] Well, I'm really glad you found us first. [751.6s] Yeah, I mean, what are the odds? [752.6s] That was super quick. [753.6s] I've been waiting for you. [754.6s] I wanted to welcome you to this [756.6s] beautiful, most wonderful city [758.6s] in the whole world and instead [760.6s] you come to this. [762.6s] It is, the city is under attack. [765.6s] There is an undead lich. [767.6s] It is, it is, um, [769.6s] not how I, [770.6s] not how I wanted to welcome you to my city. [772.6s] Undead lich, hey? [774.6s] Cool. [775.6s] All right. [776.6s] How long has this been going on for? [778.6s] Just since yesterday. [779.6s] There is, um, [781.6s] there are undead armies, you saw. [784.6s] Um, [785.6s] they are the armies of the twisted ruin. [787.6s] They are, are led by a council [789.6s] and there is a lich, Shangalar, [791.6s] and he lives in a floating fortress [793.6s] above the marching mountains and I, [796.6s] I've spent some time there but [798.6s] they, they just took over the city yesterday. [801.6s] I, I was hoping to help you [803.6s] on your mission. [804.6s] You are looking for something specific, yes? [807.6s] Yeah, we're, we're in, [808.6s] we're hunting down that amulet of wonder. [810.6s] Any, any leads? [812.6s] Well, um, yes. [815.6s] Actually, um, our- [817.6s] I mean, that's great news. [818.6s] What are the odds? [819.6s] It, it's, it's not [821.6s] the best news I could give you because [823.6s] it is with- [824.6s] It rarely is in our experience. [826.6s] It is with Shangalar. [828.6s] Oh, that is real crappy. [830.6s] The Lich, whose undead army has overtaken the city [832.6s] and he, he's very powerful. [835.6s] Great. [837.6s] All right, well this means two birds one stone. [840.6s] We help your city [842.6s] and we get the amulet back. [844.6s] Well, that's true. [845.6s] What means two birds one stone? [848.6s] We only have to do one thing [849.6s] but we get two really good things out of it. [851.6s] Oh, you have to, uh, [854.6s] common is my sixth language, [857.6s] so I do not always, uh, find the words. [862.6s] Stop me any time I'm talking too much gibberish. [867.6s] I will, I will. [869.6s] Thank you, Thea. [870.6s] I have, I have a friend [873.6s] or a man I know, Manix Fallenleaf. [875.6s] He, he has connections with the Silpasha [878.6s] who, who sort of is, uh, the government, [882.6s] the government of Kalimport and, and [885.6s] he knows where there is a portal [888.6s] leading to this flying fortress. [890.6s] It is a lot to ask [892.6s] when you've just arrived moments ago, but [894.6s] we go where the amulet is. [896.6s] Yeah, we came here to get a job done, so [898.6s] now we just have two to do. [900.6s] Also, we're so friggin' tired [903.6s] of all this undead bullshit. [906.6s] There is a lot of undead where you come from? [909.6s] We've, we've had some run-ins. [912.6s] Just really recently, whole city. [915.6s] Oh, I'm so sorry. [917.6s] They are...disgusting. [920.6s] Yeah, they're not the best. [923.6s] Um, I'm, I'm gonna keep leading them. [925.6s] I assumed this whole time once we started talking [927.6s] we probably, like, resumed our brisk walking [930.6s] through this tunnel system that I know so well. [933.6s] So well. [934.6s] Yes. [935.6s] Um, you, you lead them for quite a ways through, [938.6s] like, the, Flintia, you realize that this entire [941.6s] tunnel system could sprawl the entire [944.6s] city of Kalimport itself. [947.6s] After a while, [950.6s] some good 10 or 15 minutes [953.6s] of traveling through this underground tunnel system, [956.6s] passing various stairs that go back up, [959.6s] um, hearing explosions and screams [962.6s] rumbling down through the ground itself, [965.6s] you come to a staircase [968.6s] where Yen Bull motions that [971.6s] you are to go up. [973.6s] Please follow me. [975.6s] You head up and Yen Bull opens up another [978.6s] trap door and it opens [981.6s] into a, [984.6s] a dimly lit room. [987.6s] The calls [990.6s] of, of the army outside [993.6s] is faint. Um, [996.6s] you can't exactly [999.6s] hear, not, not as loud [1002.6s] as where you were, so it leads you to believe that you might be further [1005.6s] away in this part of the city from where [1008.6s] the main fighting was happening. [1011.6s] And it's a very shadowy room. [1014.6s] Only a few candles in it. [1017.6s] And as the three of you step up and into this room, [1020.6s] the trap door closes behind you. [1023.6s] You hear a very soft voice [1026.6s] come from a shadowy corner [1029.6s] that says, [1032.6s] Yen Bull, it's been some time. [1035.6s] What can I do for you? [1038.6s] Hello, forgive me for intruding. [1041.6s] I have my friends with me. [1044.6s] And we thought, [1047.6s] we thought you might be able to get us to the floating fortress. [1051.6s] Ah, you wish to [1054.6s] take on [1057.6s] this problem head on? [1060.6s] Well, I do not wish to. [1063.6s] It, I cannot have [1066.6s] my beautiful city overtaken by undead. [1069.6s] Also, Flint needs [1072.6s] an amulet. [1075.6s] We must, we must try and find it. [1078.6s] Of course, [1081.6s] Shangalar has a hold on the city. [1084.6s] You're safe here to rest [1087.6s] and do your [1090.6s] friends need armaments, [1093.6s] weapons, shields? [1096.6s] Well, I'm all armored up. This is just a glamour, but [1099.6s] Flint, you? [1102.6s] Yeah, I mean, I should probably [1105.6s] throw a little something on that's better than this [1108.6s] Tommy Bahama shirt. [1111.6s] Well, I mean, your shirt and pants are really big and baggy though. You could probably [1114.6s] wear them over whatever armor they have. [1117.6s] If I may, you do look like a [1120.6s] tourist. It's [1123.6s] it's a little embarrassing. [1126.6s] Did you, did you come for [1129.6s] the triple or did you come for the beaches? [1132.6s] Well, battle, but I thought beaches would be [1135.6s] a nice, like, side trip. [1138.6s] Yes. Well, and sometimes we go for the triple B, the battles, [1141.6s] beaches, and bitches, but. [1144.6s] Oh. Funny friends [1147.6s] is what you've brought me. Good. [1150.6s] They've come from very far away. I can tell. [1153.6s] I can tell. [1156.6s] Get your preparations done. I will [1159.6s] see what I can find. [1162.6s] He stands up and comes out of the shadows [1165.6s] and the person you see [1168.6s] before you is a [1171.6s] a two foot four halfling. [1174.6s] Very small. [1177.6s] Adorned in a black and white [1180.6s] robe. And he heads off [1183.6s] into another room and you see him pull a book [1186.6s] off of a shelf and begin reading and writing [1189.6s] out of this journal that he's [1192.6s] consulting. What you reading there, friend? [1195.6s] I am trying to find you a way [1198.6s] in. [1201.6s] Excellent. Anything we can help with? [1204.6s] How exactly do we get to a [1207.6s] flying fortress? [1210.6s] There is rumors of a portal [1213.6s] to get you into [1216.6s] Shangalar's fortress. [1219.6s] We would need to find you a way out of [1222.6s] the city, though, which at the time [1225.6s] appears to be somewhat difficult. [1228.6s] I mean, we're pretty [1231.6s] good at sneaking, if that helps. [1234.6s] We can be sneaky. We can sometimes like [1237.6s] pass without a trace. [1240.6s] Would it help if we only needed a one way ticket? [1243.6s] Because, I mean, we've crashed giant air [1246.6s] castles. Oh, that's true. We have done that. [1249.6s] This is not our first in the air [1252.6s] castle rodeo. [1255.6s] Just if that helps at all. [1258.6s] Give me a moment [1261.6s] and I shall [1264.6s] find you a rodeo [1267.6s] out of here. [1270.6s] That's not really how you use that, but [1273.6s] okay, that sounds good. I know. [1276.6s] You have crashed [1279.6s] an ice fortress. [1282.6s] It is no wonder you are so famous, [1285.6s] even here in Kalimshamn. [1288.6s] Oh, you're too kind. I honestly didn't think you guys [1291.6s] would know about us at all. [1294.6s] Well, I don't know [1297.6s] if all people know, [1300.6s] but my friend Leosan, he [1303.6s] has told me much of you. [1306.6s] Oh, has he? [1309.6s] He has. I worry for him [1312.6s] sometimes. [1315.6s] His hair probably is a lot grayer than when you [1318.6s] last saw him. [1321.6s] Oh, I have never seen him. Leosan and I, [1324.6s] when we were very young children, were part [1327.6s] of an exchange of [1330.6s] writing friends. I don't know. Oh, pen pals. [1333.6s] Yes. So we have been writing to each other [1336.6s] for all of our lives. [1339.6s] That's really sweet. So when he told me he was sending [1342.6s] friends here to the most wonderful city in the world, [1345.6s] I was delighted to make my way back here [1348.6s] and be your guide. [1351.6s] Where did you come from? Well, I am from here, but I have traveled [1354.6s] all over the world. Well, [1357.6s] all over my world, all over Kalimshamn. [1360.6s] The spider swamps, [1363.6s] the marching mountains, I have been [1366.6s] all over this whole country and met many, many [1369.6s] interesting people. Now when you say spider [1372.6s] swamps, is that a literal name or [1375.6s] something else going on there? [1378.6s] No, it is not one of those [1381.6s] ironical names. It is [1384.6s] a great ghastly swamp with many, many [1387.6s] spiders and other very large [1390.6s] creatures. It is not [1393.6s] a place for your tourist clothes. [1396.6s] Now why did you go to the spider swamps? [1399.6s] Well, I wanted to see [1402.6s] the whole world and [1405.6s] the spider swamps are part of the whole world. [1408.6s] It just seems like a place you could have taken someone's word about. [1411.6s] I say we should crash the big [1414.6s] in the sky castle. Oh, into the spider swamps. [1417.6s] Thanks for the idea, Yenvel. [1420.6s] Mannix, you hear [1423.6s] small footsteps behind you. [1426.6s] He's holding a very large book in his hands [1429.6s] and says, I can [1432.6s] get you to [1435.6s] the next city. [1438.6s] We must move quickly though. [1441.6s] Yes, what do you need from us? [1444.6s] Look to Flint. [1447.6s] Yeah. [1450.6s] Did we ever figure out that armor situation? [1453.6s] Did you really not bring your armor? [1456.6s] I mean, I assume it's in her bag. I really thought it would be. [1459.6s] I rummage around inside and I'm like, [1462.6s] this adventure is going to take a very different turn, if not. [1465.6s] I mean, that's fine if that's the way you want to play it. [1468.6s] I start to haul out his armor. [1471.6s] These. Pull them from the bag. [1474.6s] And Flint's putting everything back on. [1477.6s] Mannix is standing there [1480.6s] waiting. [1483.6s] Dressing you with his eyes. [1486.6s] Last piece, [1489.6s] I put the headband of intellect on. [1492.6s] All right, good to go. [1495.6s] Mannix comes over as you're [1498.6s] slipping it on and begins looking at it and says, [1501.6s] where did you find this piece? [1504.6s] From a shit bird. [1510.6s] Funny friends you have brought me. [1513.6s] Funny friends. [1516.6s] I mean, it was really from a shit bird. [1519.6s] Unfortunate. [1522.6s] Mannix, aren't they fascinating? [1525.6s] Oh, they are something, aren't they? [1528.6s] Well, if we are ready, shit bird, [1531.6s] we shall go. [1534.6s] Oh my. [1537.6s] Mannix goes over and grabs a staff [1540.6s] off the wall that is not much taller than he [1543.6s] and stomps it on the ground and the trapdoor [1546.6s] opens back up and says, [1549.6s] lead them to the edge of the city. I will be behind you. [1552.6s] And I go down into the tunnels. [1555.6s] We follow. [1558.6s] Oh yeah, I definitely follow. [1561.6s] I'm just going to chill here. [1564.6s] The three of you head down [1567.6s] and just kind of checking over your shoulder, [1570.6s] you see Mannix come down the stairs behind you. [1573.6s] Any light that was coming down into [1576.6s] the stairs, you hear the door close [1579.6s] and the light disappears. [1582.6s] And then he begins moving his hands [1585.6s] and softly speaking to himself. [1588.6s] And above, you hear [1591.6s] the sound of battle [1594.6s] come back in an instant. [1597.6s] Like it was right outside the door and he dropped [1600.6s] a curtain that allowed the sound to come [1603.6s] rushing in and you hear it crash [1606.6s] into the building above and then you see [1609.6s] a black aura [1612.6s] filled light come from his hands [1615.6s] and it coats the staircase [1618.6s] and then the sound softens again. [1631.6s] Hey, we're in the middle. [1634.6s] Good to see you. Hopefully you're enjoying this huge [1637.6s] episode. Is this the new [1640.6s] arc that you promised people, Russ? Yeah, baby. [1643.6s] It's so big. So big. So exciting. [1646.6s] So good. I'm just so very happy about it. [1649.6s] You know what? It's really untoward [1652.6s] of you to talk about your big arc like that. [1655.6s] You're making everyone feel very uncomfortable. [1658.6s] You're right. Dick jokes. You're welcome. You're welcome. [1661.6s] Bonus interlude. Dick jokes. [1664.6s] Check the box on your bingo there. Yep. 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[1817.6s] A little [1820.6s] jet off to another world. And we hope that you [1823.6s] and yours are being safe and self-isolating [1826.6s] and just being cool. Washing those hands. [1829.6s] Doing all those things you're supposed to do to stay [1832.6s] safe because we love you. We do. [1835.6s] So with that, we'll get you back to the [1838.6s] ruckus episode that we have going on here. [1841.6s] And hopefully you enjoy it and we'll see you all next week. [1844.6s] Okay, bye. Bye. Bye. [1847.6s] After you see that display, [1850.6s] Mannix almost glides [1853.6s] forward to come behind you [1856.6s] and yells up to Yen Bull, [1859.6s] Remember to the edge of the city. [1862.6s] Move quickly though. [1865.6s] The four of you dodge down tunnels [1868.6s] and pass by [1871.6s] some stairwells that go deeper [1874.6s] but also some caverns [1877.6s] that go deeper. And you hear sound [1880.6s] and soft light coming up from below. [1883.6s] Almost a [1886.6s] mixture of a [1889.6s] jovial sound and one [1892.6s] that is like a full on bar brawl. [1895.6s] Like those two just kind of mash together. [1898.6s] Sounds like [1901.6s] there's a party down there. [1904.6s] Don't go down there. [1907.6s] Yeah, we don't have time for that, do we? [1910.6s] No. Do we? [1913.6s] No. You might not come back from down there. [1916.6s] Sounds like quite the party. [1919.6s] It takes you an hour. [1922.6s] Some of the tunnel [1925.6s] is beginning to cave in in areas like [1928.6s] not completely, but you see movement within [1931.6s] the tunnel as explosions are going up above. [1934.6s] And you make it to the edge [1937.6s] of Calumport. [1940.6s] And you exit further from [1943.6s] where a massive wall has been erected. [1946.6s] And you see just [1949.6s] swarms of undead crashing into [1952.6s] and climbing up over. [1955.6s] And ahead of you, you see a [1958.6s] boat waiting [1961.6s] on the edge of [1964.6s] the coast. This looks like a small river [1967.6s] boat. It's crashing up against the shore. [1970.6s] And Mannix yells up and says, [1973.6s] I will take you up the river to Kelta. [1976.6s] I will be joining you because my home [1979.6s] is no longer there. [1982.6s] More of the Merrier. [1985.6s] Make a break for it? [1988.6s] The four of you begin to run towards the boat. [1991.6s] You look behind you [1994.6s] and [1997.6s] the sounds of wings [2000.6s] come up and out of the mass that is surrounding [2003.6s] the city and [2006.6s] giant, zombified [2009.6s] vulture-like birds [2012.6s] come flying up and they begin [2015.6s] to soar around the city [2018.6s] and make a stealth [2021.6s] check, everybody. At disadvantage because [2024.6s] you're in kind of an open area. [2027.6s] Okay, good. I rolled even lower than my 10. [2030.6s] First one was a 19. Oh, wow. [2033.6s] How about an 8? Second was a 25, so we'll go 19. [2036.6s] How about a 6? [2039.6s] Both Yenbul and Thea are yelling, [2042.6s] You're not going to get us! [2045.6s] She's on the way to the boat. [2048.6s] Two of the birds, if that's what you want to call them, [2051.6s] catch sight of you and [2054.6s] begin diving down towards you as you're [2057.6s] running for the ship. What do you do? [2060.6s] I will turn [2063.6s] and cast. [2066.6s] How big are these birds? [2069.6s] The closer they get, the bigger they get. [2072.6s] These things are [2075.6s] they look like vultures, but they're like the size [2078.6s] of a pterodactyl. [2081.6s] Wonderful. Wingspan of about [2084.6s] 25 to 30 feet. Alright, I'm going to [2087.6s] call lightning upon them. [2090.6s] I stop running for a moment [2093.6s] and my feet kind of like [2096.6s] skid stop in the sand. [2099.6s] I put my hands out and a crackle of energy [2102.6s] comes from them and then a storm cloud [2105.6s] appears over top of these two [2108.6s] bird things in the sky. [2114.6s] A bolt of lightning flashes down from that cloud [2117.6s] and each creature within five feet of that point, [2120.6s] which I'm making [2123.6s] over top one of the birds, I guess. [2126.6s] Must make a dexterity saving throw. [2129.6s] That's going to be a 13 and an 18. [2132.6s] The 18 will save? The 13 will not? [2135.6s] Is there stormy conditions [2138.6s] by any chance or is it like [2141.6s] a bright sunny day? Just curious. No reason why. [2144.6s] No, it's pretty clear [2147.6s] hot sunny day. [2150.6s] Then [2153.6s] I will not get an extra one D10. [2156.6s] That's fine, whatever. [2159.6s] He's not, sorry. I get to roll [2162.6s] five D10 [2165.6s] and the one that's saved will take half. [2168.6s] That is 35 [2171.6s] lightning damage. [2174.6s] Lightning crashes down through these [2177.6s] birds, these undead creatures. [2180.6s] The one that takes the full damage, like a wing [2183.6s] gets like blown off and it spirals down [2186.6s] to the sand and the other [2189.6s] takes a huge hit and you see it kind of [2192.6s] smoldering but still flies towards you and Manix [2195.6s] says get to the boat. [2198.6s] Yeah, let's hustle. [2201.6s] The three of you run and you sense that Manix [2204.6s] turns and is standing [2207.6s] almost like playing chicken with this thing. [2210.6s] You see it begin to [2213.6s] careen down towards Manix. [2216.6s] I pull out a necklace from in my shirt [2219.6s] and start rubbing it and [2222.6s] sort of close my eyes and speak to Ithgara [2225.6s] and spirits come out to [2228.6s] protect us. [2231.6s] They look angelic. [2234.6s] So all of my friends are unaffected [2237.6s] by this but the bird's speed [2240.6s] is halved and then when [2243.6s] it enters the area for the first time, which I assume [2246.6s] it probably will soon, it needs to make a wisdom [2249.6s] saving throw. [2252.6s] So it's like an area around each person? [2255.6s] Yeah, 15 feet. [2258.6s] We'll say the bird keeps going [2261.6s] speed halved. [2264.6s] Almost as [2267.6s] so you rub an amulet, is it obvious that you're doing [2270.6s] something to the people around you? [2273.6s] Perhaps, but I mean these like [2276.6s] little angelic creatures come out to protect us [2279.6s] and hopefully see that? [2282.6s] Flint and Thea make a perception check at disadvantage [2285.6s] not to see the spirit things but to see if [2288.6s] you see the cast. [2291.6s] I roll a 9 and a 10, but then I have [2294.6s] plus 9 so 18. [2297.6s] My perception is not great so that's a 15 on the first one [2300.6s] and a 7 on the second. [2303.6s] Flint blinked again. He was getting ready to throw his thing. [2306.6s] So Thea, I think you see kind of [2309.6s] I don't know if you put two and two together [2312.6s] but you see... That's a spellcaster, I think I might. [2315.6s] Maybe. Yen Bull stop [2318.6s] and reach for an amulet and then [2321.6s] you're surrounded by these spirit [2324.6s] beings and you see [2327.6s] Mannix also and this bird begins to slow down [2330.6s] and as it gets near, two things happen. [2333.6s] One, it has to make a saving throw for your [2336.6s] spirit thing. Yes? [2339.6s] Sorry what kind of saving throw was it? [2342.6s] It's going to be 19. [2345.6s] Jesus, fucking smart bird. [2348.6s] Rolled really well. So nothing happens? [2351.6s] No, so it will take half as much damage [2354.6s] which is 13 so it'll take [2357.6s] 6 damage. What type of damage is it? [2360.6s] Radiant damage. So as the bird enters [2363.6s] this spirit's sphere [2366.6s] you see its beak and its head begin [2369.6s] to singe and as it gets close to [2372.6s] Mannix, Mannix raises its hands [2375.6s] and in an instant it turns, just like [2378.6s] right angle turns away from Mannix [2381.6s] and begins to soar up into the sky [2384.6s] and lets out this shriek, this hideous [2387.6s] unbearable shriek and then [2390.6s] begins to like ash [2393.6s] away and fall back to the ground [2396.6s] as it's going up into the sky almost like it's burning [2399.6s] away but there's no flames [2402.6s] it's just dissolving and pouring down [2405.6s] onto the sand around you. Mannix turns [2408.6s] and says, what are you waiting for? [2411.6s] I'm already in the boat. [2414.6s] I said I run to the boat. You get to the boat [2417.6s] and you see and hear the city [2420.6s] almost collapsing behind you [2423.6s] screams coming, boats are [2426.6s] rushing out of the port into [2429.6s] into the open sea [2432.6s] you climb aboard the boat, Mannix gets behind [2435.6s] the wheel and says, I can't see over the [2438.6s] steering wheel. We need to go [2441.6s] over to the river. [2444.6s] Why would you get behind the wheel, Mannix? [2447.6s] Nobody else was. [2450.6s] Flint, you want to drive? [2453.6s] I mean I'm not too much taller. [2456.6s] Alright, I'm into this, let's get on here. Everyone hold onto [2459.6s] your asses and I like start to press [2462.6s] like buttons or how does it [2465.6s] It's just a big wheel. [2469.6s] How do I make it go? [2472.6s] Mannix unties a rope [2475.6s] which signals Flint and Yen Bull to do the same [2478.6s] to another couple ropes and the [2481.6s] in the waves the boat kind of comes free [2484.6s] and [2487.6s] as if by some [2490.6s] magic propulsion you begin to move towards [2493.6s] the river. The sound [2496.6s] of battle fading behind you [2499.6s] as you enter the open mouth of the Calumport [2502.6s] River. And if anyone was to look [2505.6s] at me right now as I sort of watch my beloved [2508.6s] city under attack [2511.6s] my eyes are sort of glowing a strange [2514.6s] color as I as I fight back [2517.6s] tears. [2520.6s] I don't look right at you because like you know [2523.6s] you're having an emotional moment but I put my hand [2526.6s] on your shoulder and give you a squeeze. [2529.6s] And as I do that [2532.6s] I whisper a little [2535.6s] a little something and I take a short read [2538.6s] from my pocket and I [2541.6s] kind of break it up in my hand and I've cast [2544.6s] water breathing on all of us [2547.6s] that will last for 24 hours. [2550.6s] Just as a precaution we are [2553.6s] in the water. Is it a concentration? [2556.6s] It is not. Cool beans. Yep it's [2559.6s] just kind of it's just doing it it's a [2562.6s] transmutation spell y'all. [2565.6s] Does anybody want to do anything specific before [2568.6s] we flash forward in scene? I would like to learn a [2571.6s] sea song of some kind. [2574.6s] Like a shanty? [2577.6s] Have you heard the tale of Flamikins? [2580.6s] Flamikins! [2583.6s] Flamikins! That is exclusive to [2586.6s] patrons over our five dollar and up tier. [2589.6s] So much stuff over there. Oh god too much [2592.6s] stuff. I drive [2595.6s] this self-propelling boat propelling [2598.6s] guys. Propelling! [2601.6s] Okay well I'll tell you during your travel up the [2604.6s] river aside from some bumpy rapids the [2607.6s] further up you go nothing [2610.6s] major of incident [2613.6s] occurs so if there's any. [2616.6s] Sorry are we on a river or in the open sea? [2619.6s] You're on a river. You went to the mouth of a river [2622.6s] so now you're going up a river. Okay. [2625.6s] So you're going inland now. [2629.6s] See it does unnecessary things [2632.6s] like licks her finger to feel which way the wind is blowing. [2635.6s] Mannix walks over to Flint [2638.6s] and says [2641.6s] why do you require the amulet? [2644.6s] Well [2647.6s] it's a bit of a long story but basically [2650.6s] I have a [2653.6s] that's the best way to put this. [2656.6s] I have the soul of a dragonborn [2659.6s] inside me. And I yell over my shoulder and not like [2662.6s] you know I've got the heart of a lion kind of thing not like that. [2665.6s] Yeah thanks no like [2668.6s] legitimately his soul is also occupying [2671.6s] my body. Interesting. [2674.6s] And I kind of pull down like my [2677.6s] plate and tunic and everything and show him the [2680.6s] scales going up the neck. Mannix is on tiptoes [2683.6s] reaching up examining. Disrobing you. [2686.6s] Not disrobing you but examining what you're trying [2689.6s] to show him. Says this is very [2692.6s] interesting I've seen soulbound creatures before [2695.6s] but none that have taken [2698.6s] a physical iteration. Where did you come by this [2701.6s] ailment? Oh jeez it was [2704.6s] the hell was the name of that place? [2707.6s] Thea what was the name of that place we went to? [2710.6s] It was in another dimension. [2713.6s] It was in the library of the dead. [2716.6s] Okay. [2719.6s] In another dimension. [2722.6s] Interesting. [2725.6s] I'm going to have to read up on this. [2728.6s] He turns around and sits back down and opens the [2731.6s] one book that he had brought with him. [2734.6s] Is that the book of everything? [2737.6s] Most things. Yes. [2740.6s] Can I, can I look at it? [2743.6s] I love books. [2746.6s] In a previous life I was a scribe. Of course. [2749.6s] He hands you the book. [2752.6s] I hand Yenbo the wheel. [2755.6s] Okay. Good test. [2758.6s] And I start to [2761.6s] flip through the pages what do I see? They are empty. [2764.6s] Is it like an invisible ink? [2767.6s] Do I have to like breathe on it? [2770.6s] Mannix grabs it back and says no. [2773.6s] See you. Writings. [2776.6s] Why can you see them and I can't? What kind of [2779.6s] enchantment is this? [2782.6s] I wanted to see if you were [2785.6s] worthy. Oh shit. [2788.6s] Of the information in these tomes. Okay. [2791.6s] Brutal. Alright. Only saved the world a few times but that's fine. [2794.6s] Only if nothing but [2797.6s] impure intentions but whatever. I mean you didn't save it with [2800.6s] your reading abilities. Guess not. Guess I shoulda. [2803.6s] It's only slightly hurtful. [2806.6s] Mannix but it's fine. [2809.6s] I apologize. I will see if we can rectify that [2812.6s] by the end of this adventure [2815.6s] that we're on. Can I see the writing in the book? [2818.6s] Oh sorry. Oh no yes. [2821.6s] Sure. [2824.6s] Well I'm not sure you can see it [2827.6s] but I assume Thea takes the wheel back. [2830.6s] I'll take the wheel back. I mean I was just creeping over her [2833.6s] shoulder. Slightly disheartened. Not over her shoulder cause she's much taller than me. [2836.6s] I'm only 5'6 but like around the edge. [2839.6s] As you are flipping through [2842.6s] you see a lot of blank pages [2845.6s] but as she's flipping through you see like patches of things [2848.6s] show up. Are you all like [2851.6s] oh no I don't see anything either. [2854.6s] Don't make me feel bad. [2857.6s] Welcome to the club Thea. [2860.6s] Can't read that book club. [2863.6s] Russ hates it when you try to read a book. I know. [2866.6s] Why we had to be illiterate in the last [2869.6s] episode. [2872.6s] Well there's a common underlying theme of just [2875.6s] fucking hate literature. [2878.6s] Are we there yet? [2881.6s] Yeah after [2884.6s] a couple days travel upriver. I think that's the only [2887.6s] time in the history of the world that's ever worked. [2890.6s] Are we there yet? Yes actually. Yeah fuck yeah. [2893.6s] After a couple days travel [2896.6s] you see along the side of the river [2899.6s] another city come into view. [2902.6s] It's much smaller [2905.6s] than Calumport was. [2908.6s] Still large but much smaller than the vast [2911.6s] expanse that is Calumport. [2914.6s] You don't really know where the undead came from but this one looks [2917.6s] this city looks to be untouched by [2920.6s] any armies at all. [2923.6s] You pull up to [2926.6s] a riverside dock. [2929.6s] Not large ships here [2932.6s] not large boats here. [2935.6s] Pull up and tie off and you enter [2938.6s] you follow behind Mannix [2941.6s] and Mannix leads you through [2944.6s] the streets of this town [2947.6s] that he referred to as Kel-Tar. [2950.6s] Do you do or say anything? [2953.6s] I think at least Thea walks quietly [2956.6s] and just kind of observes and is [2959.6s] ready for you know just in case an undead pops [2962.6s] out from behind somewhere. [2965.6s] Walking through up to the city and through [2968.6s] the streets you see there's primarily farmland [2971.6s] in and around this area. [2974.6s] Calumport [2977.6s] was surrounded by desert [2980.6s] it's a little more greenery the more you went up the river [2983.6s] and Mannix [2986.6s] leads you to what looks like [2989.6s] from the outside an old [2992.6s] worn down temple. [2995.6s] And begins [2998.6s] walking up the steps to the large [3001.6s] double doors. [3004.6s] He pulls them open [3007.6s] dirt and dust falls down [3010.6s] from the hinges [3013.6s] and from the frame around it [3016.6s] and ushers you inside. [3019.6s] I have not been to this temple before [3022.6s] I have been to Kel-Tar and sampled the figs [3025.6s] and the wine and the oils but I [3028.6s] have not seen this temple before. [3031.6s] This temple doesn't look like it's seen many people [3034.6s] recently either. [3037.6s] Mannix says this is the house [3040.6s] of the broken god. [3043.6s] Inside you will [3046.6s] find a portal that will take you [3049.6s] to marching mountains which will take you to the [3052.6s] entrance to Shangri-La's [3055.6s] floating pyramid fortress. [3058.6s] Okay this is it. [3061.6s] Yeah off to Shangri-La we go. [3064.6s] Let's do this. [3067.6s] Alright funny ones. [3070.6s] Mannix leads you up the center aisle of this temple [3073.6s] and pews are covered in [3076.6s] old fabrics. It really looks like nobody has used [3079.6s] this building in a long time. [3082.6s] The further in you go though [3085.6s] you see a single candle lit down at the end [3088.6s] of this aisle that you're walking down [3091.6s] and the closer you get the more the light [3094.6s] emanates and the closer to the light you get [3097.6s] the more the room looks new [3100.6s] and fresh and like [3103.6s] it's been kept up over the years. [3106.6s] Mannix [3109.6s] walks to the candle and grabs it [3112.6s] and says follow me. [3115.6s] He leads you down a flight of stairs [3118.6s] to an old [3121.6s] cellar and inside there are [3124.6s] runes on the wall. [3127.6s] Mannix walks over to them [3130.6s] and runs a hand along them and [3133.6s] although they look new under this light [3136.6s] that is being produced by [3139.6s] this candle, dust [3142.6s] falls from his hands you can hear it hit the ground [3145.6s] you can't see it but you can hear it [3148.6s] and the runes begin to glow as he runs his hand along them [3151.6s] and the stone wall [3154.6s] in the middle of them begins to glow [3157.6s] a soft blue swirling with black. [3160.6s] He says when you're ready [3163.6s] we shall step through. [3166.6s] Will you be joining us? [3169.6s] I am uncertain that the funny ones [3172.6s] will make it back without me. [3175.6s] And what about you Yenbul? [3178.6s] Oh I promised Leosen that I would [3181.6s] stay with you and help you in any way I could. [3184.6s] Alright no hard feelings though [3187.6s] if he didn't want to like come on this one way death trip or anything. [3190.6s] Yeah it's not our first one of these. [3193.6s] I have heard much about your adventures. [3196.6s] I have been to the Marching Mountains before [3199.6s] I have friends there although they are [3202.6s] elusive perhaps we will find them [3205.6s] before we need to take on [3208.6s] our greater enemy. [3211.6s] We're happy to be fighting alongside you. [3214.6s] Alright Manix Depressive let's go. [3217.6s] After you. [3220.6s] I'll go first. Alright Flint after you. [3223.6s] I go through. [3226.6s] Yenbul and then Flint [3229.6s] and then Thea and then Manix [3232.6s] behind step through and each of you [3235.6s] as you step through you step into a lush [3238.6s] green forest at the base of mountains that reach [3241.6s] up past the clouds in the sky. [3244.6s] As Manix steps through [3247.6s] there is the same portal with runes just illuminated [3250.6s] not on a wall [3253.6s] but just in space. [3256.6s] And as Manix steps through [3259.6s] the portal sucks behind [3262.6s] and it closes. [3265.6s] You look around and take in your surroundings [3268.6s] and as the clouds begin to move [3271.6s] and swirl around the tops of these mountains [3274.6s] there is a crack that comes through and a beam of light [3277.6s] from the sun comes down and hits your general area. [3280.6s] You look up and beyond the clouds [3283.6s] as they begin to part you see [3286.6s] a massive pyramid [3289.6s] floating high in the sky [3292.6s] above the mountains. [3295.6s] No biggie. [3298.6s] Is this like the one that you crashed? [3301.6s] Yours was more of a castle. [3304.6s] Much smaller. [3316.6s] The intro song Nowhere Land [3319.6s] is by Kavin MacLeod of incompetech.filmmusic.io [3322.6s] All other music and sound effects [3325.6s] can be found at epidemicsound.com [3328.6s] A huge thank you to our supporting producers [3331.6s] Christian Brown, Creighton's Raven [3334.6s] Devin Michaels, Gabriel Lynch [3337.6s] Jacob Madden, Joshua Dixon [3340.6s] Cat Waterflame, Skull King 20 [3343.6s] and Stevie. To find out more how you can support [3346.6s] Dums and the Dragons, visit Patreon.com [3349.6s] slash dumb dragon cast. Thank you for listening. [3352.6s] Have a great week. We'll talk soon. [3355.6s] On your mission you are looking for something specific, yes? [3359.6s] Yeah, aren't we Flint? [3362.6s] I'm pretty sure we are. What are we looking for Flint? [3365.6s] You're the only reason we're here. [3368.6s] We are looking for the Amulet of Wonder. [3371.6s] Amulet of Wonder? Yeah, there we go. [3374.6s] I was like, it's a potion? Amulet? You're gonna die. [3377.6s] That's when you said amulet and I got really confused about [3380.6s] I was like, do I already have the amulet? Are you saying the power was with me? [3383.6s] All along. All along. [3386.6s] There's a lot of like glowing like bright blue, white spots everywhere. [3395.6s] Yeah. [3398.6s] Yeah, had to. There hasn't been a dick joke in a while. [3401.6s] Might as well make it dirty. Yeah, sorry I didn't give you that [3404.6s] opportunity until right now. [3407.6s] To make a dick joke? That's okay, I'll always find my in. [3410.6s] Amy needs to make her own opportunities for dick jokes. It's more satisfying that way. [3413.6s] Can you say it like, get to the chopper? [3416.6s] Get to the bow. [3419.6s] Get to the bow. [3422.6s] The further in you go though, you see a single candle [3425.6s] lit in, lit in the fuck. [3428.6s] Dumbgeons and Dragons is a Dumb Dragons production.