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Previously on Dumbgeons and Dragons.

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Did you guys hear that?

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I heard something. Did anyone hear it more clearly?

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It sounded not dead. They need to get to the tower. Someone's somewhere.

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I don't know if you can see something, but all I can see are undead and

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I feel terrible saying this, but I think we just have to go.

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I guess so. It doesn't sit right with me. I heard them.

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We gotta keep eyes on the prize though.

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We will hope they know how to get to the tower.

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We will hope we can get to the tower.

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Off and to the right of this room, there is a single desk.

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There is a letter, but what catches your eye is a figure slumped over beside the desk.

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I rushed to this person.

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It becomes clear that this person is deceased.

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To whom may find this letter?

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The Arcane Brotherhood is not lost.

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This beacon of hope is meant to guide you to our location.

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Find the Arcane Brotherhood in Icewind Dale.

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There's refuge there.

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A place where the undead have slowed and cannot keep up their unrelenting force.

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Macoth the Crimson.

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Oh shit!

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Welcome to Dumbgeons and Dragons. I'm your dungeon master Russ More.

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He, him, also with me today is Amy More.

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Yeah, she, her, and I play Thea Amastasia.

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And Carla Maxted.

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She, her, and I play Yen Bolnuri, also she, her, Kalishtar Cleric.

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And Tom Laird.

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He, him, and I am playing Telgir, who also goes by he, him.

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And we're joined by a lovely guest today from the Broad Swords.

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We've collected them all at this point.

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It's Kristen Flemmons.

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Yay!

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Gotta catch them all.

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That's right, we've got them.

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We've got Broad Swords.

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Yeah, I'm Kristen.

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She, her, and I will be playing Agath,

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Godlass, Cthlo, Olavi, the Goliath Fighter slash Cleric.

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I'm into it.

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Also she, her.

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Excellent.

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If that's not a mouthful.

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So many letters.

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There's just so many letters.

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There's like dashes, epistroph, it's wild up in here.

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You're going to have to pronounce it every time exactly the way it's said, okay?

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Be a lot of, hey you.

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Yeah, totally.

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And new girl.

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Where we also don't pronounce things well is over on Patreon.

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Patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast.

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Where when you are on Patreon, you get an episode dedicated to you.

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And I'm going to do my best to pronounce their names right.

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No, but don't, because then you just set yourself up for, you know where we don't.

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This is a catch 22.

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You either do it right.

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So no pressure.

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There's no way you can succeed.

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Okay, well, this one's kind of hard to mess up.

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Newt Bootsma.

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Thanks Newt.

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Thanks Newt.

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Also, those are fun syllables all in a row, aren't they?

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They really are.

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So you can join us at Patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast.

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And now, fuck it, let's play.

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We see you three soaring through the air on your magic carpet.

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Going high above the spine of the world.

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And down below, we see a soul figure on horseback riding equal pace to you.

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You break through the mountain range after four or five days of travel.

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And before you, you see this shimmering rainbow wall.

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And at the base of this wall is a horde of undead.

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There it is.

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Check this out.

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This is the darkest timeline people.

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You got tricked by the rainbow wall.

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You thought that sounds nice.

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Camera panning down.

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Still nice.

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Still.

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Oh, no, not nice anymore.

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Magic carpet, rainbow wall, person on a horseback.

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Come on.

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Flying demons are crashing into this wall and shimmering and pouring.

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You see tears beginning to form and them trying to crawl through.

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You bring your carpet down and land beside the rider

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and just take a look over the sight before you.

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And then we hear a heavy pounding knock at the door.

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And we find ourselves back in the tower of the Arcane Brotherhood.

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The three of you are getting ready.

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You're gear.

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You've had a few hours of good solid rest.

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As you're getting ready to leave to Icewind Dale,

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where you have been directed, this heavy knock comes at the door.

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Oh, I don't know.

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Are we expecting anyone?

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Oh, you two are vibing.

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Jinx, you owe me an ale.

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So we're thinking like someone's selling cookies or like.

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Can anyone see through a wall?

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No.

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No.

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Should we just, hey, who's there?

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Good one.

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Yeah.

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Again, a gun tell gear.

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Louder, louder.

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Hello?

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Oh, I want to crack the door just like a little bit and do that thing

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where you brace your foot along the bottom so that no one can shove it in like a jerk.

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A large hand with pale Goliath like skin

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does reach through the door and start to shove it open.

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Oh, no, thank you.

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No, thank you.

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Strength contest, please.

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Oh, well, that's.

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You can do it.

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Don't kill me by opening a door.

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That's 13.

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I didn't.

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19 then you're just like sliding against the door.

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You're comically pushing me back.

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My shoes are like skidding along the dusty floor.

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I'm very calmly, not like urgently, just like the door needs to open.

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Like I'm not even there.

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I may not have noticed you.

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It's possible.

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Yeah, it happens.

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It happens a lot.

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And stepping through the door, you see a very large Goliath woman.

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She is probably getting close to eight feet tall.

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She is quite strongly built.

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Not a surprise, perhaps, that she was able to push the door open that that simply

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and fairly mud streaked.

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Probably some hints of dried blood at various places in the furs and armor that

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she is wearing a fine panoply of weaponry attached to shoulders, back, hips.

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And she just steps through the door.

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My footing slipped this floor.

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Tiny pebbles all over.

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Who are you?

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Sorry, before you close the door, there are demons and stuff outside in case you

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want to bring anything in.

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Yes, so before she closes the door,

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she holds it open for a few moments longer and a gigantic horse comes in behind her.

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This horse is pale to the extent that is almost translucent.

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You can see blue veins and almost its musculature through the skin, sort of in

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like a creepy deep sea creature kind of way.

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And its eyes are this almost sickly yellowy green.

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And it sort of like snorts and huffs.

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And she slaps it on the butt a little bit to get it to move all the way through

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so she can then close the door.

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How big is the space in here now that it's in the lobby?

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Cool, because I was picturing something a little bit smaller.

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We're all like cheeked.

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Piled in the elevator.

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Can't even stand up because the eight feet isn't high enough.

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Yeah, no, we're in a large grand chamber of this massive cathedral room.

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And she'll just sort of take a second to look around at the group of you.

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And as you ask her who she is, Agath.

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Gesundheit.

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And you?

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I have so many questions.

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Well, I mean, let's start with the basics.

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Telgir.

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I'm Yenbl.

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She nods at each of you.

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Well, I didn't want to give my name, but now I feel weird

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being the only one who hasn't said it.

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I'm Thea.

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You do seem slightly weird.

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Yeah, well, I mean, says the eight foot tall person

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who came riding in a translucent horse.

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Who are you?

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Not your name, but who are you and what are you doing here?

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I seek answers.

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This is the tower.

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Arcane Brotherhood.

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The Beacon.

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Yes, you're in the right place,

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but unfortunately no one else is here.

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We have also only just arrived and we will be leaving soon.

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And what is your business here?

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Much like you, we came for answers and some assistance.

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Good, well, where are the answers?

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Do you know to whom we should speak or a library or?

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Well, we do have a lead.

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Are you, I don't know, this is going to sound stupid,

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but the whole world is completely fucked up.

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Are you a good person?

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I am not a demon.

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Okay, that's a good start.

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You go.

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No, you go.

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She's just looking back and forth between the two of you.

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How do you feel about Orcus?

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Oh, that's a good question.

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Poorly.

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Yes.

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Okay.

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Yeah.

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That is a good answer.

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Are you maybe looking to change the world back

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to the way it was perhaps?

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I'm not sure I believe such a thing is possible,

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but were the gods findable, I would be interested in that.

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Or if I could bring punishment to Orcus,

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I would be interested in that.

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Well, it kind of seems like we're all on the same team here.

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Wonderful.

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We can get going then.

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Yeah, we're headed to Icewind Days.

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We are going to Icewind Days, that's the one.

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We found a letter and that there's a refuge or

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that is where we are going.

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But there is nothing here in the tower.

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Correct.

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I think she just sort of turns around and punches a wall.

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Oh.

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Briefly.

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So many dead.

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And nothing here in the tower.

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You've checked.

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We have thoroughly checked.

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Well, there's one dead guy upstairs.

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Pretty good sweep.

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Yeah, dead guy upstairs.

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And that's where we found the letter.

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The letter.

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By the beacon.

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Yes, there was a letter from MacArthur Crimson

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explaining about Icewind Dale.

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Are you ready?

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Do you want to take a sweep of the tower first?

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Yes, I must see.

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Want to go punch the guy upstairs?

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Perhaps.

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Okay.

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How long has he been dead?

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Is he very rotten?

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He's not rotten, but he has been dead a long time.

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Yeah, pretty gross.

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And do you know who he is?

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No.

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And what was in this letter?

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Just instructions about going to Icewind Dale.

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Well, you can read this if you like.

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I would like.

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I'll give her the letter.

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You look at the letter and it says,

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To whom may find this letter?

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The Arcane Brotherhood is not lost.

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This beacon of hope is meant to guide you to our location.

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Find the Arcane Brotherhood in Icewind Dale.

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There's refuge there.

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A place where the undead have slowed and cannot keep up their unrelenting force.

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Signed, MacArthur Crimson.

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And does that name ring a bell for Agath at all?

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Yeah, you would have been coming because you likely had contacts or at least

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knowledge of some people in the Arcane.

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So yeah, the name definitely would ring a bell.

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Maybe not somebody you met, but through...

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I mean, I'm sure it was a real big story of how the Decimators of Dragons

264
00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:53,920
saved her from an ice dragon's lair.

265
00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:55,680
A tale told across the land.

266
00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:58,720
Yeah, that one lasted 20 years.

267
00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:03,759
Yeah. But yeah, you would recognize it.

268
00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:15,519
I would like to do a quick sweep of this building if you have the time to spare, but

269
00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:24,000
I would not object to joining you in Icewind Dale if that is where the Brotherhood now is.

270
00:14:25,519 --> 00:14:26,960
I'm happy to wait.

271
00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,519
I think we could use all the help we can get.

272
00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:32,240
Also, can I touch your horse?

273
00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:34,560
I would not recommend it.

274
00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:42,560
He is sensitive and has a foul disposition.

275
00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:44,660
Oh.

276
00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:47,840
Does he also have a name?

277
00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:49,360
She's totally going to touch your horse when you leave.

278
00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:52,560
Tresraxus.

279
00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:54,560
Tresraxus.

280
00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:55,600
It's real mouthful.

281
00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:57,279
That is a strong name.

282
00:14:57,279 --> 00:14:58,320
I call him Rax.

283
00:15:00,879 --> 00:15:01,840
He dislikes this.

284
00:15:05,279 --> 00:15:09,279
Sounds like you two have a strong bond.

285
00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:11,519
Search the castle.

286
00:15:11,519 --> 00:15:12,480
It's complicated.

287
00:15:14,159 --> 00:15:18,560
We'll take care of Rax from a distance.

288
00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:23,279
From around a corner, you guys hear Donnie, but you see a red pseudo dragon

289
00:15:23,279 --> 00:15:28,399
zip out from around a corner carrying as many dry crackers that he could find.

290
00:15:28,399 --> 00:15:33,120
I found enough food to last at least me for like 20 minutes, so that should be-

291
00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:33,620
Oh!

292
00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:35,679
We have friends?

293
00:15:35,679 --> 00:15:38,559
I think sort of instinctually she goes for a weapon and then-

294
00:15:40,959 --> 00:15:41,919
It's all right.

295
00:15:41,919 --> 00:15:42,879
He's with us.

296
00:15:42,879 --> 00:15:44,959
Donnie, get in here and I open up my pouch.

297
00:15:44,959 --> 00:15:46,159
Okay, yeah, yeah.

298
00:15:46,159 --> 00:15:47,600
Just gonna pile the crackers in here.

299
00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:48,720
We got a new friend?

300
00:15:49,759 --> 00:15:50,259
Yes.

301
00:15:50,959 --> 00:15:51,919
Okay, cool.

302
00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:54,640
Horse has a real good vibe about it.

303
00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:57,840
I'm gonna hide in here.

304
00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:01,600
You would like to go off and search the building?

305
00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:07,120
Yeah, I'm just gonna do a quick scan for anything.

306
00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:13,120
I think the idea of fighting so hard to get here and then having it be empty is

307
00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:17,440
just a little hard to swallow, so she just needs to see it for herself.

308
00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:19,520
You want to make it past the foyer.

309
00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:20,640
I get it.

310
00:16:21,279 --> 00:16:30,799
Are there any, aside from people, is there any thing in particular that you might be looking for?

311
00:16:32,159 --> 00:16:39,439
Any sort of writing, any sort of like maybe, you know, what she would really like to know

312
00:16:39,439 --> 00:16:46,240
is what the F happened to the gods and where are they and why the fuck aren't they here.

313
00:16:47,039 --> 00:16:51,759
So anything relating to that.

314
00:16:51,759 --> 00:16:57,919
So writing pictograms, diagrams, stained glass things that might have hints,

315
00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:04,000
that kind of thing, or I don't know, magical portal that'll come take her

316
00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:07,200
to punch Orcus right in the teeth maybe, something like that.

317
00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:10,880
Okay, you go off.

318
00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:13,279
Do you leave the horse where it is?

319
00:17:13,279 --> 00:17:15,120
There's like an elevator that takes you up.

320
00:17:15,120 --> 00:17:17,360
He kind of does what he wants, so.

321
00:17:17,360 --> 00:17:18,160
Okay, cool.

322
00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:24,960
Horse stays, but your new friend Agath walks off and back down the hall.

323
00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:27,760
I want to try to make friends with the horse.

324
00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:32,720
Okay, you're welcome to say what the horse does at this point.

325
00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:36,560
I guess roll an animal handling check, maybe that sort of.

326
00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:39,040
It was only a 15.

327
00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:41,840
Okay, not so bad.

328
00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:44,240
Well no, but I mean with a plus 10 animal handling,

329
00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:49,200
I was expecting something a little more exciting, but I rolled an Amy, so.

330
00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:56,640
He is very moody and part demon, so he stomps and sort of shakes his head

331
00:17:56,640 --> 00:18:03,279
and huffs and doesn't quite attack, but you do notice that as he huffs,

332
00:18:03,279 --> 00:18:10,160
the breath coming out of his nostrils starts to get like this greenish acrid

333
00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:12,560
like look and smell to it.

334
00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:16,560
And like you can sort of like feel like as you try and get closer,

335
00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:20,400
it kind of like burns the inside of your throat as you're breathing.

336
00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:24,960
You kind of like sort of like if somebody is cooking really hot chili peppers

337
00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:27,920
and it just like just like.

338
00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:29,120
I've done that to myself.

339
00:18:29,120 --> 00:18:31,040
Yeah, it's sort of like suddenly like, okay.

340
00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:31,600
Oh, wow.

341
00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:34,160
Oh, it was like a boy.

342
00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:37,360
It's going to be a good one to have on our team.

343
00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:41,440
Tell gear turns the end ball.

344
00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:45,120
He says, did you happen to scope all those weapons?

345
00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:49,040
Yes, this is a very impressive person.

346
00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:52,560
I'm very happy to have on our side if she is on our side.

347
00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:58,640
So so tall, so strong down, not, you know, not down with orcas.

348
00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:00,480
So that's that's right away.

349
00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:01,520
That's a plus.

350
00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:05,040
It has been so long since we have seen any creature

351
00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:07,359
not immediately trying to kill us.

352
00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:08,639
It's refreshing.

353
00:19:08,639 --> 00:19:12,399
It's why I was a little standoffish at first.

354
00:19:12,399 --> 00:19:14,000
You know, we've been burned before.

355
00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:15,440
Yeah, no, I totally get it.

356
00:19:16,879 --> 00:19:21,119
Plus, I mean, just kind of really just manhandled that door with you behind it.

357
00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:23,839
Really just pushed it and you just slid on the floor.

358
00:19:23,839 --> 00:19:26,480
It was real, just real slick.

359
00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:30,399
And then Fia starts to like scuff her shoe, like where it was trying to recreate

360
00:19:30,399 --> 00:19:32,240
how slippery it was, even though it wasn't slippery.

361
00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:33,279
It's not slippery at all.

362
00:19:33,279 --> 00:19:37,200
In fact, you can't scuff them at all across that with your own strength.

363
00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:39,519
Dust blew in and it's me, you know.

364
00:19:39,519 --> 00:19:39,759
Yeah.

365
00:19:39,759 --> 00:19:40,160
Oh, yeah.

366
00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:41,519
No, happens to the best of us.

367
00:19:41,519 --> 00:19:43,920
It kind of rolls his eyes in the background.

368
00:19:47,039 --> 00:19:49,759
We follow Agatha back down this hallway.

369
00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:55,599
The first hallway that you walk down, it follows the outside of the tower

370
00:19:56,319 --> 00:20:02,799
in almost a circular fashion for quite a ways before coming to a singular open door,

371
00:20:02,799 --> 00:20:07,200
probably because the other three would have been coming and going from it,

372
00:20:07,919 --> 00:20:13,359
which leads into just a small box of a room with a series of lights on the wall.

373
00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:16,319
Are they like magical lights?

374
00:20:17,039 --> 00:20:17,440
Yeah.

375
00:20:18,159 --> 00:20:20,319
Yeah, she can tell.

376
00:20:20,319 --> 00:20:21,680
She knows magic stuff.

377
00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:22,180
Yeah.

378
00:20:23,919 --> 00:20:28,079
Can I roll some kind of like history or a kind of check on what they are?

379
00:20:29,039 --> 00:20:30,720
Would you know how an elevator works?

380
00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:34,319
No, I don't think those are very common where she's from.

381
00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:35,360
They're not.

382
00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:38,319
She's going to spend a lot of time.

383
00:20:39,519 --> 00:20:42,079
I didn't prepare to detect magic, but...

384
00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:47,039
You can definitely roll an arcana or even like a history,

385
00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,400
because you would have gained some knowledge of the tower itself.

386
00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:52,960
A little bit better at history, but that ain't good.

387
00:20:53,759 --> 00:20:54,960
That's a 10.

388
00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:57,440
You stare in this room for quite a while.

389
00:20:57,440 --> 00:20:58,000
Yeah.

390
00:20:58,079 --> 00:21:04,240
What would Agoth do, not knowing exactly what to do, in order to get movement?

391
00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:11,920
Shield up, slowly approaching very cautiously, stepping back a bit,

392
00:21:13,839 --> 00:21:21,200
itching forward again, considering casting a spell, but deciding against it,

393
00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:26,079
going to take out maybe like a lance.

394
00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:32,559
Just make it really awkward and like, start poking things with the lance.

395
00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:38,079
As you poke like one of these lights, it illuminates brighter, and then the door begins to close.

396
00:21:39,759 --> 00:21:42,799
That is very nerve-wracking, small spaces, not great, but...

397
00:21:43,839 --> 00:21:45,519
Then vertical movement starts.

398
00:21:46,319 --> 00:21:47,519
I think she's very motion sick.

399
00:21:49,519 --> 00:21:51,919
This is all we're doing for the rest of this episode.

400
00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:59,279
Agoth is on the elevator, pressed against the wall.

401
00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:03,920
Doesn't take very long, and then the movement slows, and then comes to a stop,

402
00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:09,200
and you hear a small ding, and then the door slowly slides open, and you're on

403
00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:12,960
there's an entirely different hallway ahead of you.

404
00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:21,120
She's going to take full stealth crouch, creeping forward at a low crawl.

405
00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:25,279
Out of the doors very quickly, in case they are closing again.

406
00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:33,279
Gonna maybe prop them open with something, and then very carefully,

407
00:22:33,279 --> 00:22:37,440
very hunter-in-the-wood style, make her way down this hallway.

408
00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:42,960
It's a dimly lit hallway, and there's several doors along the way.

409
00:22:43,759 --> 00:22:48,480
As you look in the first one, it looks like what were at one point living quarters.

410
00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:51,839
A lot of the sheets and beds have kind of been tossed.

411
00:22:51,839 --> 00:22:55,599
Personal items seem to have been cleared off of shelves.

412
00:22:55,599 --> 00:23:03,279
There's the occasional non-important book or journal that's been

413
00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:07,360
scrawled in a couple pages, but as you kind of flip through some of these,

414
00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:15,920
there's no real information regarding the gods, or a portal, or anything.

415
00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:22,800
It's all just, it seems like all before information, when people were living happy lives.

416
00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:28,720
So does it look like this place has been abandoned for that long then?

417
00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:30,240
Like 10 odd years, or?

418
00:23:31,279 --> 00:23:33,680
Not 10 years, I don't think.

419
00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:39,759
It looks like it's been, like dust has started to really pile up on shelves and stuff.

420
00:23:39,759 --> 00:23:42,160
There appears to be fresh footprints,

421
00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:48,240
but what you can absolutely deduce is that they match the three that you met downstairs.

422
00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:51,200
On this floor specifically, you don't find anything else.

423
00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:59,200
So I'd say it's been abandoned for anywhere from between one and three years.

424
00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:06,160
Okay. Are there stairs, or is the elevator the only way to traverse?

425
00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:12,880
Yeah, as you walk around, the only way you find is this dinging box.

426
00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:13,600
It is the way.

427
00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:17,519
She'll like scowl at it and kind of grit her teeth and like, you know,

428
00:24:17,519 --> 00:24:21,840
just sort of do a sequential, I think she's figured out that the button,

429
00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:25,440
how the buttons work, no longer requires the lance.

430
00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:28,560
Still deeply suspicious. Does not like it.

431
00:24:29,120 --> 00:24:33,440
Does not like this experience of moving like under something else's volition,

432
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,360
but will scope the rest of the tower in the same way.

433
00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:44,799
Yeah, you go floor by floor until you reach a floor about midway up this series of lights,

434
00:24:44,799 --> 00:24:49,279
and the doors swing open and you find that there are no footsteps leading out.

435
00:24:49,279 --> 00:24:50,480
Okay, more promising.

436
00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:52,480
Which leads you to believe that it was a room,

437
00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:55,360
or at least a floor that was missed by the group before you.

438
00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:56,400
We are not thorough.

439
00:24:57,279 --> 00:25:02,240
You walk out and into this, what looks more like a large cathedral,

440
00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:11,599
and you do see along the walls, which are the swirling beacon up on top,

441
00:25:11,599 --> 00:25:20,799
illuminates these stained glass windows, and in them are just backdrops.

442
00:25:23,039 --> 00:25:26,480
From the looks of the room, and as you kind of go around,

443
00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:29,359
you see that there are like placards beneath all of them,

444
00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:34,160
and they have the names of, at the very least, the lawful gods.

445
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,960
But in those stained glass images, you do not see those gods.

446
00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:42,480
Hmm, interesting.

447
00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:53,840
Yeah, I will sort of like do a full circuit of all of the windows and the cathedral space,

448
00:25:53,840 --> 00:26:00,400
and if there is nothing else to find except the god's continued absence,

449
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,600
then I will eventually make my way back down.

450
00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:14,320
In the meantime, I feel like my lovely horse may have racks like snacks,

451
00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:21,200
so he may be trying to muzzle his way into that bag to take some of those crackers

452
00:26:21,759 --> 00:26:23,519
that we're flying past.

453
00:26:23,519 --> 00:26:27,759
Super excited about it, and it's just feeding him all these crackers like,

454
00:26:27,759 --> 00:26:29,840
Hey! Hey, those are my crackers! Hey, no!

455
00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:30,319
You'll be fine!

456
00:26:30,319 --> 00:26:31,360
Get it away from the demon beast!

457
00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:34,240
I'm making a friend, Donnie, you know how important this is to me!

458
00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:35,920
No! They're my crackers, I found them!

459
00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:38,080
You walk around the corner as this is happening.

460
00:26:39,039 --> 00:26:39,840
They're mine!

461
00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:41,279
It's fine, you're making a friend.

462
00:26:41,279 --> 00:26:47,680
Rex is like just sort of like snorting and like bearing his teeth at the pseudo dragon.

463
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,799
Ugh! I can snort and bear my teeth too!

464
00:26:50,799 --> 00:26:51,039
Hey!

465
00:26:51,039 --> 00:26:53,120
Oh, you got something there, right?

466
00:26:53,120 --> 00:26:54,000
It's a cracker!

467
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:55,759
No, it's not.

468
00:26:55,759 --> 00:26:56,160
Okay.

469
00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:56,960
Stop snorting.

470
00:26:57,519 --> 00:26:57,600
No!

471
00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:00,080
Get in the bag, Donnie, you're embarrassing yourself.

472
00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:01,360
Your horse is a menace.

473
00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:04,880
Yes, that is the point.

474
00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,920
Did you find anything that you were looking for?

475
00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:16,480
I simply found that here, too, the gods are absent.

476
00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,080
What gods specifically are you looking for?

477
00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:26,560
Well, any of them would be nice, but...

478
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:27,600
Yeah, fair enough.

479
00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:30,720
Eldath and I once had...

480
00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:34,640
Well, I was once her cleric.

481
00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:41,600
Before, being a cleric was not a thing anymore.

482
00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:44,480
Right.

483
00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:54,319
Well, let's go kick some orcish ass and find some gods in the Arkane Brotherhood.

484
00:27:54,799 --> 00:27:55,120
Yes.

485
00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,400
I'm sorry, I'm still feeding crackers.

486
00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:01,440
They're my crackers.

487
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:08,559
We have only arrived here not too long ago in this time and place.

488
00:28:08,559 --> 00:28:15,279
In this time?

489
00:28:17,759 --> 00:28:19,279
Yes, we were...

490
00:28:21,759 --> 00:28:24,159
I guess in the before times?

491
00:28:24,879 --> 00:28:28,879
We're from the past, but isn't technically everybody from the past?

492
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:30,240
No.

493
00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:32,240
What if you think about it, though?

494
00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:41,039
Well, turns out these ones were fighting a lich, and then they essentially didn't realize

495
00:28:41,039 --> 00:28:42,559
ten years had passed.

496
00:28:42,559 --> 00:28:47,359
You say that like we lost track of time in a floating pyramid told here.

497
00:28:47,359 --> 00:28:52,240
That's not what I meant, but just from the time they went into the flying pyramid

498
00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:56,720
and the time they came out, ten years everywhere else had passed.

499
00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:58,400
Not a lot of time had passed for them.

500
00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:02,000
And the ten most terrible years.

501
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:08,000
And in all of this, I had not even thought to consider that the gods had all disappeared.

502
00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:10,160
You are a cleric.

503
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:10,480
I am.

504
00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:14,720
For whom?

505
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:17,920
I follow the path of the light.

506
00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:22,880
I have a spirit, a quarry spirit called Ithgara.

507
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:26,720
It is, I think, somewhat different than a cleric.

508
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:34,880
Here I am from Kalimshan, and it is different, but I have a spirit who follows a god.

509
00:29:35,839 --> 00:29:47,200
And your magic, have you used it since you lost ten very bad years?

510
00:29:49,519 --> 00:29:49,839
Yes.

511
00:29:49,840 --> 00:30:02,240
And it, did it not destroy things around you?

512
00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:08,400
Only the things I was intending to destroy.

513
00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:17,680
She cocks her head, and it doesn't, for us,

514
00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:25,039
the clerics who are not from the past do beg, air quotes.

515
00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:40,240
When the gods disappeared just before the war, our magic remained, but the gods were not here

516
00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:49,359
to fuel it, and it draws its power from the earth around us.

517
00:30:51,279 --> 00:31:05,039
Every spell I cast has a cost, a direct cost, of the life force of those beings around me.

518
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:12,079
Do you still have connection to your god?

519
00:31:13,119 --> 00:31:18,559
I look at my traveling companions, assuming they will jump in and say something,

520
00:31:18,559 --> 00:31:21,440
if I have been draining their life force while we have been like,

521
00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:26,879
I look at them, have I been hurting you?

522
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:34,799
I assumed everybody knew about

523
00:31:35,039 --> 00:31:40,240
this. Of course, that was a dumb assumption on my part.

524
00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:44,480
It's hard to remember what has happened in ten years to mention it.

525
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:45,440
That's true, there's a lot.

526
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:49,200
A lot, and the world is ended, it is a lot to remember.

527
00:31:52,000 --> 00:32:02,480
My power comes from the Dreaming Dark. This is different than following a god,

528
00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:06,319
so perhaps that is why I can still access my power?

529
00:32:07,839 --> 00:32:16,000
Perhaps they are not banished. I do not know the Dreaming Dark, but I do know that

530
00:32:17,599 --> 00:32:24,480
whether it is living creatures or plants or just the earth itself, each spell I cast

531
00:32:25,839 --> 00:32:32,000
draws on that life force a little more, and the time the earth has left

532
00:32:32,559 --> 00:32:36,799
grows shorter with each act of magic.

533
00:32:37,599 --> 00:32:44,319
Mathia, are you not able to restore the earth a little bit as we have traveled?

534
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:54,960
Like this much? I draw my power from the earth itself, from nature, and I don't know,

535
00:32:54,960 --> 00:33:06,000
maybe given more, there's not much earth or nature left. I'm only able to revitalize,

536
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,400
I guess, a small portion.

537
00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:16,559
So she'll look at the group of you, sort of like in a stern, like matronly

538
00:33:16,559 --> 00:33:22,640
manner almost, and be like, you do not cast frivolous spells here.

539
00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:28,480
Cast only with the utmost need.

540
00:33:29,279 --> 00:33:31,920
I do not cast frivolous spells.

541
00:33:32,799 --> 00:33:33,299
Good.

542
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:35,840
Didn't you try to make just a leaf green?

543
00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:39,440
That is not a frivolous spell in a dead world!

544
00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:40,480
You gave away my cracker!

545
00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:42,240
Johnny, I swear to God!

546
00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:49,440
This is a lot of information to try to process. Perhaps we should start our travels.

547
00:33:49,759 --> 00:33:58,240
We generally go by carpet, but you and your beast will not fit on the carpet, I don't think.

548
00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:00,320
Oh, but I bet he can run fast!

549
00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:01,759
Who runs fast?

550
00:34:01,759 --> 00:34:02,960
I hand him another cracker.

551
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,000
He's really worming up to you a lot.

552
00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:09,039
I think Agatha's kind of watching this.

553
00:34:11,119 --> 00:34:15,519
I'm gaining a friend in the horse and Donnie's just hating me more and more in my bag.

554
00:34:15,519 --> 00:34:18,800
Why, I gotta get that horse while it sleeps.

555
00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:20,080
Does the horse sleep?

556
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:22,160
It is a demon, it does not sleep.

557
00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:22,880
Motherfucker.

558
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:25,200
So, so your horse is fast?

559
00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:28,560
Could probably keep up to a flying carpet?

560
00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:31,200
How fast is your rug?

561
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:35,600
Out of character, it goes 60 feet, like its movement is 60 feet,

562
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:37,760
which is probably horse equivalent?

563
00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:38,560
We will be fine.

564
00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:40,560
Russ is waving away.

565
00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:41,680
It's nothing crazy, though.

566
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:44,080
Well, if the horse starts and goes...

567
00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:47,920
If a magic carpet and a demon horse both leave,

568
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:49,440
we will be fine.

569
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:51,599
I suggest we go.

570
00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:53,119
Yes.

571
00:34:53,119 --> 00:34:54,720
Yeah, no time like the present.

572
00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:57,200
Yes, there is nothing more for us here.

573
00:35:00,240 --> 00:35:08,559
You all climb aboard your transports and break through the door into a swarm of demons.

574
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:09,760
Love it.

575
00:35:10,240 --> 00:35:18,160
Welcome to the middle.

576
00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:19,920
We're here and we're excited.

577
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:21,200
And we're winners.

578
00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:21,920
Winners.

579
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:22,640
Kind of.

580
00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:23,120
Honorees.

581
00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:25,120
No, not kind of, honorees.

582
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:27,280
Yeah, well, always in our hearts.

583
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:28,000
Always.

584
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,160
Uh, no, I take this as a total win.

585
00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:32,880
I'm gonna turn Amy's mic up there.

586
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:33,840
I'm real hot.

587
00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:36,880
I mean, you are, hey, hey, you are real hot.

588
00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:37,520
It's true.

589
00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:38,240
It's true, sorry.

590
00:35:38,240 --> 00:35:40,800
So is our podcast on the Webby Awards.

591
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:42,480
Yeah, the Webby Awards.

592
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:46,240
We entered them and we got an honoree,

593
00:35:46,240 --> 00:35:48,480
which means we get a plaque that we get to put up on the wall.

594
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:49,680
A plaque.

595
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:50,480
That's pretty awesome.

596
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:51,760
A plaque, guys.

597
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:52,160
It's amazing.

598
00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:56,560
And we can share custody of this plaque and it can spend summers with us.

599
00:35:56,560 --> 00:36:01,040
And then we can go kind of like in a three-month rotational period.

600
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:02,800
I don't want winters with the plaque.

601
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:03,680
There's nothing to do.

602
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:06,560
But you're always inside with the plaque.

603
00:36:06,559 --> 00:36:08,639
You get to see the plaque all the time.

604
00:36:10,159 --> 00:36:12,799
This is really just a win for you, Tom.

605
00:36:12,799 --> 00:36:13,679
I like it.

606
00:36:13,679 --> 00:36:14,320
I'm on board.

607
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:15,599
But we wanted to brag a little bit,

608
00:36:15,599 --> 00:36:17,519
but also say thank you for listening to us

609
00:36:17,519 --> 00:36:19,360
and for being here and for supporting us

610
00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:22,000
and doing all that crazy stuff that you do on the interwebs

611
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:23,119
to tell people about us.

612
00:36:23,119 --> 00:36:26,320
Because without that, we wouldn't have a plaque to share.

613
00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:29,039
Yeah, we would have just been nominees.

614
00:36:29,039 --> 00:36:30,960
Well, nominees is actually better than honorees.

615
00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:31,840
So we don't, yeah.

616
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:33,279
We would have just been.

617
00:36:33,279 --> 00:36:33,840
Nothing.

618
00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:35,679
We would have just not been mentioned at all.

619
00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:37,839
Thank you for your submission.

620
00:36:37,839 --> 00:36:39,039
You know what we would have been like?

621
00:36:39,039 --> 00:36:40,319
We would have been like Facing Fate,

622
00:36:40,319 --> 00:36:41,519
who didn't even get an honoree.

623
00:36:41,519 --> 00:36:42,480
Poor little baby show.

624
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:42,879
Aw.

625
00:36:42,879 --> 00:36:43,359
Yeah.

626
00:36:43,359 --> 00:36:45,599
It's just, it's not its time.

627
00:36:45,599 --> 00:36:47,359
Dumjins put in its time.

628
00:36:47,359 --> 00:36:48,559
I feel like next year.

629
00:36:48,559 --> 00:36:50,559
Next year will be Facing Fate's time.

630
00:36:50,559 --> 00:36:51,919
We won't even enter Dumjins.

631
00:36:51,919 --> 00:36:52,480
Yeah, we will.

632
00:36:53,039 --> 00:36:54,000
OK, maybe we will.

633
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:54,879
We'll see how it goes.

634
00:36:56,319 --> 00:37:00,079
But yeah, we got a lot of details about that somewhere.

635
00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:01,119
Don't know.

636
00:37:01,119 --> 00:37:02,559
Probably in the description?

637
00:37:02,559 --> 00:37:03,440
In the description, maybe.

638
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:04,399
Or on our socials.

639
00:37:04,399 --> 00:37:04,960
Follow us.

640
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:07,280
Follow us on the socials, like Facebook, and Twitter,

641
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:07,920
and Instagram.

642
00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:10,000
Did we tell you that we're back on Instagram?

643
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:10,880
I didn't know we left.

644
00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:12,880
Russ has been gramming all over the place.

645
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:13,679
Nah.

646
00:37:13,679 --> 00:37:14,159
Yeah.

647
00:37:14,159 --> 00:37:15,440
No, well we are.

648
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:16,159
And I do it.

649
00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:18,159
Sometimes.

650
00:37:18,159 --> 00:37:19,519
That explains that.

651
00:37:19,519 --> 00:37:20,019
Hey.

652
00:37:20,720 --> 00:37:21,920
That sounds like how we do things.

653
00:37:23,119 --> 00:37:25,280
Instagram.com slash DumDragonCast.

654
00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:26,960
So come join us over there.

655
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:27,840
It's probably a picture.

656
00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:29,199
We'd love for you to see it.

657
00:37:29,199 --> 00:37:31,119
OK, that's the end of this middle now.

658
00:37:31,119 --> 00:37:31,840
Love you, bye.

659
00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:32,320
Love you, bye.

660
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:33,119
OK, love you, bye.

661
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:39,519
And we cut back to the base of the Spine of the World.

662
00:37:41,599 --> 00:37:44,960
You see before you this horde of undead

663
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:48,639
and this rainbow wall that looks like it curves up

664
00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:52,639
and back towards the region of Icewind Dale.

665
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:56,240
Is Spine of the World like the name of a mountain?

666
00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:56,960
OK, good.

667
00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:57,840
That's what I thought.

668
00:37:57,840 --> 00:37:58,559
Good for me.

669
00:37:58,559 --> 00:38:02,079
And we're just witnessing like a dome of protective magic.

670
00:38:02,079 --> 00:38:03,440
It appears that way.

671
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:03,940
Yeah.

672
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:07,679
Yeah, it appears to be blocking out

673
00:38:08,720 --> 00:38:12,000
these demon creatures and undead creatures.

674
00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:14,559
But it does appear that some of them,

675
00:38:14,559 --> 00:38:17,199
the harder they hit and the more that hit in one place,

676
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:23,840
are able to at least break through the curtain a little bit.

677
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:26,000
You haven't seen any get through,

678
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:30,159
but it does appear that they're weakening in some spots.

679
00:38:30,159 --> 00:38:32,800
And how close can we get?

680
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:36,160
Is there energy coming off it, pushing us back,

681
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:38,960
or how do we interface with it?

682
00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:41,039
Are we so good-hearted that we're just

683
00:38:41,039 --> 00:38:42,320
going to make it through no problem?

684
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:43,519
We can just fly through?

685
00:38:43,519 --> 00:38:44,000
I don't know.

686
00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:46,400
How do you want to deal with this?

687
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:47,600
I don't know if the horse will make it through.

688
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:50,960
I'm worried about the horse.

689
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:52,000
Good point.

690
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:55,840
Yeah, I would like to fly close

691
00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:58,800
and see what we're dealing with.

692
00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:01,039
I don't want us to get rocketed back.

693
00:39:01,039 --> 00:39:04,400
In fact, since I can fly with my special boots

694
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:07,199
or however I was able to fly before,

695
00:39:07,199 --> 00:39:08,159
I think I just can.

696
00:39:08,159 --> 00:39:09,920
I think I just decide to.

697
00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:11,679
Wait, but now maybe that's a spell.

698
00:39:11,679 --> 00:39:12,179
Fuck.

699
00:39:12,639 --> 00:39:15,199
Can you just fly now?

700
00:39:15,199 --> 00:39:15,679
Yeah.

701
00:39:15,679 --> 00:39:17,360
Well, I mean, do we have clarification

702
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:22,079
on if Yenbul's magic is the same?

703
00:39:22,079 --> 00:39:22,559
We don't.

704
00:39:22,559 --> 00:39:26,880
You have nothing clarified beyond what a Goth has told you.

705
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:30,320
Maybe flying on the magic carpet is destroying the world.

706
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:30,720
Who knows?

707
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:34,960
If only they get off the fucking carpet.

708
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:36,160
Greenhouse gases.

709
00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:38,240
Yeah, I mean, air travel is notoriously

710
00:39:38,240 --> 00:39:39,760
one of the biggest polluters there is.

711
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:42,720
Lazy sons of bitches just walk already.

712
00:39:42,720 --> 00:39:43,360
Just terrible.

713
00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:51,280
We should fly close and see if we can get through

714
00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:53,120
because we are good people.

715
00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:54,320
Yeah, I kind of want to touch it.

716
00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:54,960
It's pretty.

717
00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:57,360
Let me re-describe.

718
00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:00,880
So you've landed at the base of the Spine of the World.

719
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:03,039
So then there's rolling foothills

720
00:40:03,039 --> 00:40:09,120
and then swath of undead and then rainbow curtain.

721
00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:14,079
So we're just a little up overlooking this horrific scene.

722
00:40:14,079 --> 00:40:15,599
Yeah, yeah.

723
00:40:15,599 --> 00:40:17,200
So we just can't stroll up.

724
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:20,079
We've taken a moment to confer.

725
00:40:20,079 --> 00:40:22,960
Yeah, so this is where we landed you at the beginning

726
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:24,720
just to be like, hold fuck.

727
00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:28,080
I have a question for you, Agath.

728
00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:32,960
You keep saying that Rex is a demon.

729
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:39,360
This wall here seems to be repelling demons

730
00:40:40,240 --> 00:40:43,920
or maybe undead or maybe we haven't seen any demons.

731
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:45,360
I don't know, but it's repelling things.

732
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:48,640
Is he going to be able to get through the wall?

733
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:50,480
I do not know.

734
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,160
He is technically half demon.

735
00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:55,760
Perhaps.

736
00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:57,440
That's enough.

737
00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:03,200
Are you going to be able to ride through this horde

738
00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:06,480
to make it to the base of the rainbow wall?

739
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:11,680
You should just like kind of smile a little bit

740
00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:13,920
and sort of like loosen the mace on her shoulder.

741
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:18,080
I like your confidence.

742
00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:20,720
Do we just try?

743
00:41:20,720 --> 00:41:23,200
Do we know that Icewind Dale nailed it?

744
00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:28,480
It's on the other side of this rainbow wall?

745
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:31,360
Yeah, you all have general world knowledge

746
00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:32,720
of where regions are.

747
00:41:32,720 --> 00:41:33,920
Yeah, we've seen maps.

748
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:38,960
Does it look like from here there's any areas

749
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:45,520
that might be less populated with the hordes of undead

750
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:49,280
and that you could maybe choose a more advantageous path?

751
00:41:50,720 --> 00:41:54,080
One of your flying friends were to elevate themselves.

752
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:59,760
You would see that it appears as far as I can see

753
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:01,040
that there are undead,

754
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:03,200
but this seems to be like a large cluster.

755
00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:06,400
Like there's a pathway that cuts through the Spinal World

756
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:07,920
which you were following along

757
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:09,840
and it seems like this is where a lot of them

758
00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:11,600
have come out and just kind of congregate

759
00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:13,040
and they're slowly spreading out.

760
00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:18,400
There is a cavern farther to the east

761
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:20,880
where some of them appear to be like dropping off

762
00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:22,880
the closer they get to it.

763
00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:26,800
And it does appear to thin out more to the west.

764
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:30,000
If you decide or anybody decides

765
00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:34,079
that they want to fly closer to it before just charging it,

766
00:42:34,079 --> 00:42:35,760
I could give you more information,

767
00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:37,360
but I'll leave that one up to you.

768
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:41,039
I want to run at it hard like platform nine and three-quarter.

769
00:42:45,039 --> 00:42:49,119
Yenbul can fly up and get closer because, yeah,

770
00:42:49,119 --> 00:42:50,800
in theory, she can just fly.

771
00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:52,320
She can just fly, so.

772
00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:59,760
Thea is going to take out guacamole and get on her back.

773
00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:00,960
It's not what you think, Kristin.

774
00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:04,160
Oh, it's not more snacks, surprisingly.

775
00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:06,000
I was going to say, Rex's ears perk up.

776
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:08,160
Yeah, from her bag.

777
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:09,039
It's loose, though.

778
00:43:09,039 --> 00:43:10,320
It's a loose guacamole.

779
00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:10,880
I'm pretty bad.

780
00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:12,800
Just a handful of guac.

781
00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:14,720
Yeah, just a fistful of guac.

782
00:43:14,720 --> 00:43:16,880
Just a fistful of guac, that's all it is.

783
00:43:18,240 --> 00:43:19,840
Sorry for that visual, everybody.

784
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:24,640
My jade serpentine owl, I say, guac, I need you.

785
00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:30,079
And a giant owl with a saddle, a big snowy white owl appears.

786
00:43:31,039 --> 00:43:36,079
And I say, you know, if we're all on the same carpet

787
00:43:36,079 --> 00:43:38,880
and we hit this wall and we all go down,

788
00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:45,440
I think maybe now three separate units going for it

789
00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:48,160
might be a good idea.

790
00:43:48,159 --> 00:43:49,599
Maybe I could go for it first.

791
00:43:49,599 --> 00:43:52,399
If I fall off, you guys could catch me on the carpet.

792
00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:57,039
I mean, we can certainly try.

793
00:43:57,039 --> 00:43:59,519
I'm just saying, I think if we're putting all of our eggs

794
00:43:59,519 --> 00:44:02,799
in one flying carpet, we could end up with an omelet.

795
00:44:02,799 --> 00:44:04,960
I will be flying 10 feet behind everybody.

796
00:44:06,319 --> 00:44:06,879
Fair enough.

797
00:44:06,879 --> 00:44:07,920
Just to let you know.

798
00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:12,480
If we go to the west, there is fewer demons.

799
00:44:13,359 --> 00:44:16,879
We could try to flank around them and then approach the wall.

800
00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:19,440
Sounds like a solid plan.

801
00:44:20,159 --> 00:44:21,440
Let's hope it's not a solid wall.

802
00:44:22,159 --> 00:44:24,480
I've been giving Tullgear carpet flying lessons

803
00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:26,159
so he can totally drive it by himself.

804
00:44:26,159 --> 00:44:27,119
And I'm pretty good, yeah.

805
00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:30,480
We've been taking turns because we've been traveling by carpet

806
00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:31,920
so it's kind of exhausting.

807
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:33,679
We have to trade off.

808
00:44:33,679 --> 00:44:35,359
Don't you control it with your mind, though?

809
00:44:36,879 --> 00:44:39,679
So are you making him seem like he can do it?

810
00:44:41,039 --> 00:44:42,639
You're doing a great job, Tullgear.

811
00:44:42,639 --> 00:44:44,639
I grab the corners and I'm like, ooh.

812
00:44:44,639 --> 00:44:47,279
I'm almost positive that is not true.

813
00:44:48,240 --> 00:44:49,280
Spoken directions.

814
00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:54,320
Yeah, it's not tied to Yenbul's magic.

815
00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:56,240
It's whoever's sitting on it?

816
00:44:56,240 --> 00:44:57,440
Yeah, exactly.

817
00:44:57,440 --> 00:44:59,360
It has its own component to it.

818
00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:01,040
It's just generally magic.

819
00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:01,280
Right.

820
00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:03,440
Because you can rent magic carpets.

821
00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:03,760
Yeah.

822
00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:06,000
Or could in the before the darkness.

823
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:07,040
In the before times.

824
00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:08,080
In the before times.

825
00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:10,800
When you could go to a movie theater or like.

826
00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:13,760
Yeah, this is really just a commentary on how life is right now.

827
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:15,440
I know it feels like that.

828
00:45:15,519 --> 00:45:18,800
And thanks for bringing that to our game that we play every couple weeks.

829
00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:22,400
Why would I want to avoid that in my fantasy time?

830
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:23,519
I don't.

831
00:45:23,519 --> 00:45:25,679
I want to live in the dark timeline.

832
00:45:29,679 --> 00:45:34,559
All right, so you fly or ride off to the west.

833
00:45:34,559 --> 00:45:36,720
Everybody roll stealth.

834
00:45:37,519 --> 00:45:41,440
And are you charging it or are you going close,

835
00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:44,240
seeing what you can see and then charging it?

836
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:48,320
I think the latter of those, like we'll get around the zombie horde,

837
00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:50,240
see what we're dealing with and then.

838
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:53,600
Like advance.

839
00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:54,240
Got it.

840
00:45:54,240 --> 00:45:59,120
Yeah, scouting scouting run seems like something you do when you know how to survive.

841
00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:05,760
Does Rex need to roll separately?

842
00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:14,160
Um, yeah, he's a big old horse.

843
00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:16,800
I mean, I would roll one base.

844
00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:19,760
I mean, you're basically rolling for the horse at this point, I think.

845
00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:21,280
Because you, yeah.

846
00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:26,080
Should I roll for guacamole then and undo this role that I did?

847
00:46:26,080 --> 00:46:27,040
No, you have to keep that.

848
00:46:28,640 --> 00:46:30,080
OK, I'm singing as I.

849
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:35,920
Um, just use your stealth if Rex doesn't have.

850
00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:36,639
Myself?

851
00:46:36,639 --> 00:46:37,039
Yeah.

852
00:46:37,039 --> 00:46:40,000
OK, so then that's actually a 19.

853
00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:42,799
Surprisingly for the Goliath on the armored horse.

854
00:46:43,599 --> 00:46:49,119
I mean, this is not your first time.

855
00:46:49,119 --> 00:46:50,319
I also got a 19.

856
00:46:51,119 --> 00:46:52,239
Oh, I got a 16.

857
00:46:52,960 --> 00:46:55,519
I'm yelling at the top of my lungs as I fly.

858
00:46:55,519 --> 00:46:58,559
I love the feeling of the wind in my hair.

859
00:46:58,559 --> 00:46:59,279
I rolled a one.

860
00:47:00,719 --> 00:47:02,960
I missed right in my giant snowy owl.

861
00:47:03,679 --> 00:47:04,400
I have a plus.

862
00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:07,679
I have a plus two, so it doesn't matter.

863
00:47:07,679 --> 00:47:08,319
Wait, wait, wait.

864
00:47:08,319 --> 00:47:09,039
Aren't you lucky?

865
00:47:10,639 --> 00:47:12,639
Wasn't somebody saying they were going to be lucky?

866
00:47:12,639 --> 00:47:15,519
I'm so lucky, Kristin.

867
00:47:15,519 --> 00:47:19,039
That Kristin is here to remind you how lucky you are.

868
00:47:19,920 --> 00:47:22,960
I'm going to take a lucky action.

869
00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:23,759
Thanks, Kristin.

870
00:47:23,759 --> 00:47:24,639
They never remember that they can do.

871
00:47:24,639 --> 00:47:29,599
And I rolled a 12, which is now a 14, which is like 13 times better.

872
00:47:29,599 --> 00:47:30,880
Better than it was before.

873
00:47:32,480 --> 00:47:38,960
OK, we'll say you all make it to the west where it begins to thin out.

874
00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:45,839
It's like, you know, four or five undead deep rather than like 50 deep.

875
00:47:46,559 --> 00:47:47,519
Oh, yeah.

876
00:47:47,519 --> 00:47:48,159
Yeah.

877
00:47:48,159 --> 00:47:48,799
Easy peasy.

878
00:47:48,799 --> 00:47:52,000
It's like petering off as far as your scouting mission.

879
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:56,480
Yen Bull, I assume maybe you are flying close because you're the most controlled.

880
00:47:57,119 --> 00:47:57,679
Sure.

881
00:47:57,679 --> 00:48:04,639
OK, well, a big owl, not as controlled as an individual deciding where they're flying.

882
00:48:04,639 --> 00:48:07,919
I mean, I do it like Superman, but weirdly, like I'm Jesus.

883
00:48:07,919 --> 00:48:11,599
Like, you know how he flies, like, you know.

884
00:48:11,599 --> 00:48:12,000
I'm sorry.

885
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:13,440
Does Jesus fly, Carla?

886
00:48:14,399 --> 00:48:15,119
Sure.

887
00:48:15,119 --> 00:48:16,159
I'm just curious.

888
00:48:17,519 --> 00:48:21,679
I mean, I don't this is probably not the place to get into that.

889
00:48:23,519 --> 00:48:24,879
Depends on your denomination.

890
00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:27,840
Sometimes Jesus flies.

891
00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:31,760
Flies in a Jesus-like position where Jesus, you know.

892
00:48:31,760 --> 00:48:32,559
Yes, now I get it.

893
00:48:32,559 --> 00:48:34,880
Not Jesus is flying like Jesus.

894
00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:36,079
Flowing down after he's done something impressive.

895
00:48:36,079 --> 00:48:40,880
You know when it's really being a Christ analogy like that.

896
00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:41,200
Yeah.

897
00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:41,840
Totally.

898
00:48:41,840 --> 00:48:42,880
Exactly.

899
00:48:42,880 --> 00:48:46,000
OK, Yen Bull, you Jesus fly over to the wall.

900
00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:53,440
And the closer you get, you can begin to see through the veil.

901
00:48:53,519 --> 00:49:03,920
And you look down around the ground and you see more hilly and some rocky terrain.

902
00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:15,360
Closer to where the mass of the horde is, you see that there is a guard or a sentinel group

903
00:49:15,360 --> 00:49:19,119
positioned higher up on a rocky cliff face.

904
00:49:19,759 --> 00:49:26,559
And as things are kind of tearing through, you see arrows loose towards them.

905
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:32,559
So you see probably three or four people, humanoid people.

906
00:49:32,559 --> 00:49:33,759
How far are they from me?

907
00:49:34,880 --> 00:49:37,279
Or how close can I get to them through the wall?

908
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:42,639
I mean, you're probably would have had to go down a fair ways, like 200, 300 feet.

909
00:49:42,639 --> 00:49:47,440
Yeah, so I'd have to go back to where that mass of undead is to be closer.

910
00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:51,679
If you wanted to draw their attention yet, you'd have to make your way back that way.

911
00:49:51,679 --> 00:49:57,679
And there are flying things more present over there that you haven't fortunately tripped.

912
00:49:57,679 --> 00:50:01,280
OK, I'm going to file that away.

913
00:50:02,079 --> 00:50:03,840
Well, I guess I'm not going to file that away.

914
00:50:03,840 --> 00:50:07,760
I'm going to tell my friends, I think I can do that psychically.

915
00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:10,079
So I don't need to come down.

916
00:50:10,960 --> 00:50:13,039
Look at all this frivolous magic, Kristen.

917
00:50:13,039 --> 00:50:13,760
Jeez.

918
00:50:13,760 --> 00:50:15,119
But it's not spells.

919
00:50:15,840 --> 00:50:17,280
These aren't spells.

920
00:50:17,360 --> 00:50:18,720
No, they're paranoid. I love it.

921
00:50:19,680 --> 00:50:20,480
We are paranoid.

922
00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:24,640
It's just an ability that I have.

923
00:50:26,400 --> 00:50:29,040
Yes, I can speak telepathically.

924
00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:34,880
So I share this information that there is guards on the other side, back down,

925
00:50:34,880 --> 00:50:36,720
you know, all that stuff you just said.

926
00:50:36,720 --> 00:50:41,920
What can I see kind of where we are through just rolling hills?

927
00:50:41,920 --> 00:50:43,600
Yeah, the rolling hills just continue.

928
00:50:43,600 --> 00:50:46,080
There are a couple of cliffy rock faces.

929
00:50:46,080 --> 00:50:47,200
That's a thing, right?

930
00:50:47,680 --> 00:50:48,800
Beautiful. I love it.

931
00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:49,300
Devocative.

932
00:50:50,320 --> 00:50:54,800
Are the cliffy rock faces verdant or are they dead?

933
00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:56,160
Is there living things on them?

934
00:50:56,720 --> 00:50:59,440
Yes, there appears to be life beyond this veil.

935
00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:03,920
OK, I'm going to kind of go back to where my friends are.

936
00:51:04,960 --> 00:51:09,360
On the other side, there are trees and life.

937
00:51:10,320 --> 00:51:10,820
Really?

938
00:51:11,760 --> 00:51:15,200
It does seem to be some kind of refuge.

939
00:51:17,680 --> 00:51:18,180
OK.

940
00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:22,000
Well, we've got to get in there, obviously.

941
00:51:23,360 --> 00:51:27,040
I mean, we did before, but I'm standing like a drug addict.

942
00:51:27,040 --> 00:51:29,760
Guys, we just got to get to the green.

943
00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:31,200
I need to fix those sweet trees.

944
00:51:31,200 --> 00:51:32,880
I'm going to smell that sweet grass.

945
00:51:34,880 --> 00:51:36,000
But yeah, we should probably...

946
00:51:38,160 --> 00:51:39,840
Was there anything else you noticed?

947
00:51:39,840 --> 00:51:41,440
So you said that there were guards there?

948
00:51:42,240 --> 00:51:44,480
Yes, but not close here.

949
00:51:44,480 --> 00:51:47,760
So they are protecting against breaches,

950
00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:50,400
but I don't know if we will count as a breach.

951
00:51:51,039 --> 00:51:52,960
Should I just go try to touch the wall?

952
00:51:54,000 --> 00:51:56,400
Yeah, I guess there's only really the one way to find out.

953
00:51:56,400 --> 00:51:57,119
I agree.

954
00:51:57,119 --> 00:51:59,119
I'm going to try and touch the wall.

955
00:51:59,760 --> 00:52:03,519
I'm going to follow behind her and not touch the wall,

956
00:52:04,159 --> 00:52:06,400
but just be there in case something horrible happens to her.

957
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:08,240
Well, what if I blow back and you need to catch me?

958
00:52:08,240 --> 00:52:08,960
Sure, for sure.

959
00:52:08,960 --> 00:52:09,760
It's nice of you.

960
00:52:09,760 --> 00:52:11,679
Yeah, I'm concerned.

961
00:52:11,679 --> 00:52:14,159
I gently just reach out my hand.

962
00:52:15,440 --> 00:52:16,159
Okay.

963
00:52:16,159 --> 00:52:21,840
You reach out your hand and you feel like a warm glow the closer you get to it.

964
00:52:21,840 --> 00:52:24,159
And like I said, the closer you get to it,

965
00:52:25,039 --> 00:52:26,400
it becomes more translucent,

966
00:52:26,400 --> 00:52:29,199
less like just rainbow colors floating through.

967
00:52:30,240 --> 00:52:34,000
And you feel like you've gotten to a point

968
00:52:34,000 --> 00:52:36,079
where you should be touching something,

969
00:52:36,079 --> 00:52:38,079
but you are moving.

970
00:52:38,880 --> 00:52:40,480
You continue to move forward.

971
00:52:40,480 --> 00:52:40,880
Okay.

972
00:52:40,880 --> 00:52:42,960
Well, I'm going to keep moving forward if I can.

973
00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:43,599
Yeah.

974
00:52:43,599 --> 00:52:44,639
Tentatively.

975
00:52:44,639 --> 00:52:48,239
You slowly move through until like this,

976
00:52:48,239 --> 00:52:50,239
this color begins to envelop you

977
00:52:50,239 --> 00:52:52,719
and then you break through on the other side.

978
00:52:53,839 --> 00:52:58,079
It's cold, like frigid, cold air,

979
00:53:00,480 --> 00:53:01,599
but it's clean air.

980
00:53:02,239 --> 00:53:02,960
It's crisp.

981
00:53:03,839 --> 00:53:04,799
It smells fresh.

982
00:53:05,440 --> 00:53:10,159
I turn to my friends to see if I can still see them

983
00:53:10,159 --> 00:53:11,759
or they can see me and we can.

984
00:53:12,560 --> 00:53:14,320
Yeah, sorry, Thea, as you go up,

985
00:53:14,320 --> 00:53:15,760
you too would be able to see through

986
00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:18,560
and you see Yenbul proceed through this wall

987
00:53:18,560 --> 00:53:21,040
and like turn around to look towards you.

988
00:53:21,040 --> 00:53:21,680
And beckon.

989
00:53:21,680 --> 00:53:23,600
To one of these and wave to each other.

990
00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:24,880
No, just beckon.

991
00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:26,000
Okay.

992
00:53:26,000 --> 00:53:28,800
Then, well, I fly back to a goth.

993
00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:31,920
They made it through.

994
00:53:32,880 --> 00:53:35,200
I don't think anyone shot arrows at them.

995
00:53:36,640 --> 00:53:41,440
Do you think you can get through the undead extravaganza down there?

996
00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:45,280
I've seen more extravagant extravaganza.

997
00:53:45,840 --> 00:53:46,800
Yeah, you have.

998
00:53:46,800 --> 00:53:47,920
I am optimistic.

999
00:53:49,840 --> 00:53:52,720
I'm happy to help if you think you need a hand.

1000
00:53:52,720 --> 00:53:54,800
I, on the other side, have dug into my bag

1001
00:53:54,800 --> 00:53:57,040
and I'm getting all of the clothes I have with me

1002
00:53:57,040 --> 00:53:58,720
because I'm from the desert.

1003
00:53:58,720 --> 00:54:00,720
And Leosin did warn me

1004
00:54:00,720 --> 00:54:02,880
that I should bring some warm clothing

1005
00:54:02,880 --> 00:54:04,720
and boy do I need it.

1006
00:54:04,720 --> 00:54:05,760
Now you're layering up.

1007
00:54:05,760 --> 00:54:06,800
I'm not equipped for that.

1008
00:54:06,800 --> 00:54:07,300
Yes.

1009
00:54:08,160 --> 00:54:12,000
All right, maybe we can hang back

1010
00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:16,080
and if a goth, do you need us?

1011
00:54:16,080 --> 00:54:20,240
Would you like us to like help clear the way with you?

1012
00:54:20,240 --> 00:54:22,080
Or you would go it alone kind of gal?

1013
00:54:23,120 --> 00:54:27,760
I would not deny any compatriots the joy of battle.

1014
00:54:28,320 --> 00:54:31,200
Okay, let's, let's do this thing.

1015
00:54:31,840 --> 00:54:34,240
To the horde we ride and also fly.

1016
00:54:34,400 --> 00:54:37,760
With that you take off down this cliff face

1017
00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:40,160
and charge toward the horde.

1018
00:54:40,160 --> 00:54:43,200
I assume you're going to let a goth kind of lead that charge

1019
00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:46,240
and then very much so because if there's trouble

1020
00:54:46,240 --> 00:54:48,560
then we can come in and help and if not.

1021
00:54:48,560 --> 00:54:49,200
Great.

1022
00:54:49,200 --> 00:54:51,280
I just want to be like ready with my bow and arrow.

1023
00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:53,280
Yeah, how are you,

1024
00:54:53,280 --> 00:54:55,600
are you just charging through with your horse

1025
00:54:55,600 --> 00:54:57,440
or do you have a weapon drawn?

1026
00:54:57,440 --> 00:55:01,120
How are you breaking through at least the first few undead?

1027
00:55:01,119 --> 00:55:08,159
So building up as much speed as possible on the way down

1028
00:55:08,159 --> 00:55:10,880
sort of hunched over Rex's neck

1029
00:55:10,880 --> 00:55:13,599
sort of sitting high in the saddle.

1030
00:55:13,599 --> 00:55:14,719
Shield on one arm.

1031
00:55:14,719 --> 00:55:16,880
I'm going to pull the mace in the other

1032
00:55:16,880 --> 00:55:19,199
and like stay silent as long as possible

1033
00:55:19,199 --> 00:55:23,759
because I think they're sort of focused on the wall.

1034
00:55:24,480 --> 00:55:24,960
Just like that.

1035
00:55:24,960 --> 00:55:27,440
But at the last minute I think you know

1036
00:55:27,440 --> 00:55:28,960
the joy kind of overtakes her

1037
00:55:28,960 --> 00:55:32,159
and she'll just like let out a giant scream

1038
00:55:32,159 --> 00:55:34,960
as she like just barrels into them.

1039
00:55:34,960 --> 00:55:37,119
And I mean he's a charger.

1040
00:55:37,119 --> 00:55:39,599
He's like a half demonic warhorse.

1041
00:55:39,599 --> 00:55:44,079
So like we trample the first few for sure

1042
00:55:44,079 --> 00:55:45,199
and just I'm just going to like

1043
00:55:46,000 --> 00:55:49,519
it's like playing T-ball with the mace.

1044
00:55:51,920 --> 00:55:52,420
Heads.

1045
00:55:54,079 --> 00:55:57,760
This massive horse and goliath are charging through

1046
00:55:57,760 --> 00:55:59,200
and heads are flying

1047
00:55:59,920 --> 00:56:04,800
and then you see a goth reach the wall

1048
00:56:05,920 --> 00:56:09,040
and it begins to light up.

1049
00:56:10,240 --> 00:56:14,000
It didn't do this when Yenbul charged through.

1050
00:56:15,040 --> 00:56:16,960
Like the horse hits this wall

1051
00:56:17,520 --> 00:56:20,880
and flames begin shooting out and around.

1052
00:56:22,320 --> 00:56:24,560
She continues to charge forward

1053
00:56:24,559 --> 00:56:27,199
and Yenbul you see like this horse

1054
00:56:28,719 --> 00:56:30,960
and a goth you would see it too.

1055
00:56:30,960 --> 00:56:34,799
Like the flesh begin to bubble

1056
00:56:35,920 --> 00:56:39,519
and you feel like you hit like quicksand.

1057
00:56:41,039 --> 00:56:43,759
Like you slow a lot

1058
00:56:43,759 --> 00:56:46,719
and you feel the undead grasping

1059
00:56:46,719 --> 00:56:48,320
for your horse behind you

1060
00:56:48,320 --> 00:56:50,799
and kind of pulling through with you

1061
00:56:50,799 --> 00:56:53,279
as you are continuing your momentum

1062
00:56:53,280 --> 00:56:55,120
as much as you can through.

1063
00:56:55,120 --> 00:56:59,840
And Yenbul you hear the whistling sound

1064
00:56:59,840 --> 00:57:02,880
of an arrow flying through the air towards you.

1065
00:57:09,440 --> 00:57:13,519
Dumbgeons and Dragons Season 2 Episode 82

1066
00:57:13,519 --> 00:57:16,320
Starring Amy More as Thea Amastasia

1067
00:57:16,320 --> 00:57:18,400
Carla Maxted as Yenbul Nuri

1068
00:57:18,400 --> 00:57:20,320
Tom Laird as Tulgier Heavyfoot

1069
00:57:20,320 --> 00:57:22,400
and Russ More as your dungeon master

1070
00:57:22,400 --> 00:57:23,840
with guest Kristen Flemmons

1071
00:57:23,840 --> 00:57:26,240
as a goth god-lost catho alavi.

1072
00:57:26,240 --> 00:57:29,200
Editing, production and sound design by Russ More.

1073
00:57:29,200 --> 00:57:31,440
This episode featured music from Epidemic Sound

1074
00:57:31,440 --> 00:57:33,119
and sound effects from Epidemic Sound,

1075
00:57:33,119 --> 00:57:35,360
Boom Library and Sound Ideas.

1076
00:57:35,360 --> 00:57:37,519
A huge thank you to our supporting producers

1077
00:57:37,519 --> 00:57:39,280
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1078
00:57:39,280 --> 00:57:41,760
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1079
00:57:41,760 --> 00:57:43,440
Jacob Madden, Christian Brown,

1080
00:57:43,440 --> 00:57:45,200
Devin Michaels, Aaron Stevens,

1081
00:57:45,200 --> 00:57:47,119
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1082
00:57:47,760 --> 00:57:49,280
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1083
00:57:49,280 --> 00:57:50,559
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1084
00:57:50,559 --> 00:57:53,039
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1085
00:57:53,039 --> 00:57:54,559
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1086
00:57:54,559 --> 00:57:56,079
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1087
00:57:56,079 --> 00:57:58,960
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1088
00:57:58,960 --> 00:58:00,079
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1089
00:58:00,079 --> 00:58:02,719
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1090
00:58:02,719 --> 00:58:04,079
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1091
00:58:04,079 --> 00:58:05,279
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1092
00:58:05,840 --> 00:58:06,960
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1093
00:58:06,960 --> 00:58:08,079
Have a great week.

1094
00:58:08,079 --> 00:58:09,199
We'll talk again soon.

1095
00:58:12,000 --> 00:58:12,880
I want it like...

1096
00:58:14,639 --> 00:58:16,320
Amy wants to have some like

1097
00:58:16,320 --> 00:58:18,239
Rick Grimes like questions for her.

1098
00:58:18,240 --> 00:58:21,920
Like how many people have you killed?

1099
00:58:25,600 --> 00:58:25,920
Right.

1100
00:58:25,920 --> 00:58:27,200
There aren't enough fingers.

1101
00:58:29,760 --> 00:58:30,880
Are you, I don't know,

1102
00:58:30,880 --> 00:58:32,000
this is going to sound stupid,

1103
00:58:32,000 --> 00:58:34,160
but the whole world is completely fucked up.

1104
00:58:34,160 --> 00:58:35,280
Are you a good person?

1105
00:58:36,640 --> 00:58:37,840
In the background of all of this,

1106
00:58:37,840 --> 00:58:40,640
can you have like the elevator doors closed,

1107
00:58:40,640 --> 00:58:42,000
get stuck on whatever she has,

1108
00:58:42,000 --> 00:58:43,840
ding, open back up,

1109
00:58:43,840 --> 00:58:46,960
close, jam on it, ding, open back up.

1110
00:58:46,960 --> 00:58:48,639
Was anyone else picturing like

1111
00:58:48,639 --> 00:58:50,480
when Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure,

1112
00:58:50,480 --> 00:58:51,519
when they go to the mall

1113
00:58:51,519 --> 00:58:52,800
and all the historical figures

1114
00:58:52,800 --> 00:58:54,079
are like amazed by them all?

1115
00:58:54,079 --> 00:58:55,599
Because that's what I was picturing.

1116
00:58:55,599 --> 00:58:57,039
Yeah, that's perfect.

1117
00:58:59,599 --> 00:59:01,199
I didn't even remember I was a cleric.

1118
00:59:03,920 --> 00:59:04,880
You were the one who said

1119
00:59:04,880 --> 00:59:06,320
you were a cleric at the beginning

1120
00:59:06,320 --> 00:59:07,119
and I was like,

1121
00:59:07,119 --> 00:59:09,519
damn, I didn't say my character's pronouns

1122
00:59:09,519 --> 00:59:11,280
or what she was or does.

1123
00:59:12,880 --> 00:59:14,000
What she was or does?

1124
00:59:17,679 --> 00:59:19,039
Elf druid, fuck.

1125
00:59:21,039 --> 00:59:22,480
It's okay, Tom didn't say it either,

1126
00:59:22,480 --> 00:59:23,119
only I did.

1127
00:59:24,320 --> 00:59:25,840
And then I apparently forgot.

1128
00:59:25,840 --> 00:59:28,079
Jump back, who the fuck is this?

1129
00:59:28,079 --> 00:59:29,440
Now we're back again.

1130
00:59:29,440 --> 00:59:30,639
I see what's happening.

1131
00:59:30,639 --> 00:59:33,280
Yeah, really Tarantino-ing this for us.

1132
00:59:34,559 --> 00:59:36,559
Well, I didn't want there to be any question

1133
00:59:36,559 --> 00:59:38,240
why you had to bring this character along.

1134
00:59:38,240 --> 00:59:39,679
Character's already there.

1135
00:59:39,679 --> 00:59:40,400
It's true.

1136
00:59:40,400 --> 00:59:40,960
I like it.

1137
00:59:40,960 --> 00:59:41,280
Perfect.

1138
00:59:41,280 --> 00:59:42,079
How we get there is up to us.

1139
00:59:42,079 --> 00:59:43,039
It's just how you said yes,

1140
00:59:43,039 --> 00:59:44,559
not if you say yes.

1141
00:59:44,559 --> 00:59:49,360
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