DUMBGEONS & DRAGONS

Season 2 • April 14, 2022

E120 - We Watch Out For Those, Who Others Overlook

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Previously, on Dumpshens and Dragons.

I'll watch this, whatever you have coming up, see how you perform.

And if I think it's worth Orcus's time to actually have you draw attention to yourself

as to draw attention away from us, then we'll move forward with the plan.

Just so matter of fact, it sounds like they're on their way.

Fireball erupts, blasting you back and into the surrounding undead.

I'm just gonna try and do whatever damage I can.

Yeah, Margaret will start swinging her Mace of Disruption.

Armin, you got any plans here?

Just a moment, I can summon perhaps some help.

These four are proving an issue for you.

I'm gonna look up at the dais and then at Lex and then just fly forward and scoop my arms.

Not ready for this yet.

And he casts Dimension Door beneath you.

You know, he can see where Thelonious is, so he puts it like, just above him.

Oh please, dear boy.

And he casts Counterspell, which is not just going to shut your door, but rather redirect

your door.

And it's going to open at the top of the cavern.

Squirming black tentacles fill a 20 foot square, and they begin reaching up

and clubbing you.

I will use my reaction to cast Hellish Rebuke.

That I'm gonna fly down and do a shield strike and try to move him five feet and tumble him

down the stairs.

Arvid has to make a strength saving throw, which he does not make.

Things aren't going the way Lex wanted.

Now his boyfriend's half dead and his best friend's just fell from the ceiling.

It's very bad.

And then we hear this crack.

Margaret, you see Thea and what you recognize as Flint.

Going with a small, red-haired, pigtailed gnome.

The undead are quickly rushing back to them and there's another crack off into the distance

and a tall goliath falls down.

What the?

What is happening?

Welcome to Dumbgeons and Dragons.

I'm your Dungeon Master Russ More.

He, him.

Also with me today is Amy More.

I can barely hear anything.

What?

Your clap was so loud.

Uh, she, her.

And I'm playing today, guys.

I'm playing today and I'm playing, um, and I'm playing Thea Amastasia, she, her, and

I'm playing, uh, Gael Nighthunter, Ogla Kahnu, um, she, they.

Uh, yeah.

What I didn't realize in the last one is that Amy listed so many character names.

I was like, Oh, one of them's gotta be in it.

I didn't list any.

I said, I don't know.

Oh, okay.

Good.

Yeah.

I was like, I just knew Amy played so many characters, like one of them will

be in it at some point.

At the very, very end.

Nope.

Sorry.

I kept, I kept trying to be like, and what's Flank's up to at this moment?

And you're like, he's not, you're not in this one, Amy.

So if you heard heavy breathing in the back of that episode, that's just Amy hanging

out.

Uh, also with us, Rev Deshaime.

Hey, he, him, and I am Margaret Broadcloak, she, her.

And Tom Laird.

He, him, and I'm playing a very hurt Perseus and Flint.

And Kyle Claset.

Hey, he, him.

I will be playing Vorunax, he, him, and, uh, I'm excited to do this.

Let's go.

And Carla Maxted.

She, her, and I'll be playing Lex, he, him, and Lipsinki, she, her.

So many characters back.

We did it.

Everybody.

We, we, some people played no characters for one's show and, uh, and, and one

character.

How did it feel to play one individual character for a brief moment?

I mean, good until you, until you screwed over my idea.

Tom's holding on to some great stuff.

Tom's like, if it was my game, I totally would have let you Pac-Man his head.

Well, for the amount of times that you cried when I wouldn't let you use cloud

of daggers.

Lasset's a bit of a baby about it.

If you'd like to hear that, you can go to our Patreon, listen to the game that

Tom D.M.'s where he is the kindest D.M.

The kindest, gentlest D.M. who just handholds us through so many, lets us do

whatever we want.

Handholds and railroads at the same time.

It's quite weird.

Can the audience slip?

You just said kind-less.

You sure did.

And I was like.

But you also get an episode dedicated to you, like today's patron, Trent

Ash.

Hey Trent.

Thank you.

So much.

Nice, you Trent.

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

It would be the kind-less thing you could do.

And now fuck it, let's play.

Okay.

Ah.

Boom.

Crash.

The sound of my heart, the beat goes on and on and on and on.

Is that our entrance music?

I think so.

It's pretty good.

Yeah, I did feel good about that I think.

Yeah, I think that's pretty good.

A crack rings out and a thud as your body hits the ground, Nighthunter.

Tell me what you were doing before you ended up here on the beach back in the future.

Well, Nighthunter was ready to make a stand next to their beloved wife and like just ready

to essentially just die on the front lines I think.

Like her, Elia, I mean Opal was somewhere there too and just kind of ready to hold

down the fort or die trying.

Yeah, that's the last thing that she remembers.

As you stared down Orcus' forces, this crack rang out from the tent that blew it apart

that signified that the travelers with the intent to go to the abyss had left.

And you feel yourself as you rush forward being whipped up into this hurricane of energy.

You look to your side and you see Elia leaping off of these undead who looks back at you

and you lock eyes as you disappear from that scene.

You now lie prone on the stone floor of this cavern that you're in.

You hear groans of undead and swift moving behind you.

What do you do?

Can I use an action to spring up?

It would be half your movement.

It doesn't need to be an action.

You can use an action if you want to.

No, it's fine.

If you wanted to do that cool thing where people like jump to their feet from on their back.

Yeah, I want to do that.

But I'm not using an action for it.

I'm just going to do it.

I feel like that's just how Nighthunter gets up.

So run to the mill for her.

So she's like really big and bulky.

So I don't think that that she probably fell like forward in a crouching kind of like splayed

and then like slowly, you know, when people get up cool.

I don't know.

You know, people not springing up, but like stepping up and they're lifting their

head in the last moment.

Like the fuck is going on here?

And without even thinking, she just starts swing.

She's got her weapons, right?

Yeah, you have everything that was on you.

Just didn't lose it in the whipping tornado she got whisked away in.

Yeah, no, you had it in your hand, so likely it fell to the ground.

So you picked it up as you stood.

So as they get up during the last straightening moment, she whips her arm out

and slices to the side and behind her as she becomes aware that she is surrounded by the undead.

Because this is exactly the way she left things.

So she's just wheeled a corpse grinder around.

In a hurricane, undead are being dispelled

and the black ichor from their bodies is being plastered across the wall.

As everybody else sees this Goliath enter from who knows where

and begin clearing the spot around themselves.

Thea, Flint and Lipsinki.

You land, you see Night Hunter or the what presumably is Night Hunter

crash down a distance from you.

You've made Lex and Margaret off into the back

and Thea, you specifically see Thelonious at the top of the dais

with another figure who looks familiar kind of off into the shadows behind him.

Insert cool thing she says here.

Just cut it back in, Russ?

Yeah, we'll just do a couple takes later.

I don't know how it's going to be like.

I want to loose an arrow.

I don't want to waste any time.

Thea raises her head, sees Prim's bane,

grabs her oath bow and fucking just shoots an arrow at him.

And just does some whispering.

Swift death to you who have wronged me.

That's the sound an arrow makes.

I didn't know if you knew that.

All right, oh, please.

Fuck off.

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

She's taking off her headphones.

She took off her headphones.

It's a bad sign.

It's fine.

It's fine.

What happened, Amy?

I don't want to talk about it.

You haven't said it in so long.

There's too much of a buildup.

It was too.

There's too much pressure.

I didn't make the right sound.

I didn't make the right sound effect.

Fuck.

OK, so Thea does what Thea does.

Just as she's even notching the arrow in the bow,

it's like Swift, and she's seething mad.

She's like, Swift death to you who have wronged me.

And she's like, can't get it.

And the performance, and there's things around.

And I don't even think she gets it off

and kind of it like boing.

And then she's like toothy in front of her.

That was fucking embarrassing.

God damn it.

Isn't that one, in case?

In case you can't tell.

I just wanted to say that out loud.

A lot of Verrocta, Nicktoe moment there.

I'm mad.

Well, I have another attack.

Can I fucking just try to?

Or is it like, is it done?

I think you're good.

You came back.

You said your sweet catchphrase.

You did what you usually do.

Roll a one.

So the fans are getting just everything they want.

This is a lot of fanservice going on.

This is the Endgame fanservice episode.

Thea, OK.

I just want to listen.

No, you know what?

Thea will just like contemplate her life choices

at this moment.

And I'll just like play Nighthunter for a while.

Flint and Lipsinki.

I'll throw my Dwarven Hammer at this asshole.

Thelonious is the asshole you're throwing at?

No, at Thea for fucking that up.

Get it together, asshole.

All right.

That's enough out of you.

All right.

That is a dirty 20 on the first one.

Nice.

The juxtaposition of our characters is just fantastic.

25 on the second one, Russ.

You loose your hammer, flies through the air,

goes out and it strikes him.

And then on the recoil, hits him again on the way back.

Give me some damage, please.

I can definitely do that.

12 on the first one.

And 12 on the second one.

Thea leans over and goes,

hey, thanks.

Thanks for stepping in there.

Yeah, you know I got your back.

Do you think they saw it?

Oh yeah, everybody saw it.

Especially that cool Goliath over there.

Lipsinki, you are looking around.

You see the chaos that's happening around you.

You hear just this,

before you met Vorunax,

how the messages you got from your patron

were echoing and distant and sporadic

and like there were multiple voices

coming from everywhere all at once.

Whereas after you met Vorunax,

things became a little more clearer.

Things are now back to that chaotic mind state

that you have been out of for 10 years.

You look up to the dais and you see the hammer fly

and it hits this dark elf

who falls from this flying position

down to the top of this dais.

And in that you see a figure

kind of move in and out of a shadow.

You get a distinct feeling

that this individual looks very much like Vorunax

who you left deceased back

in the timeline who was crushed by Orcus.

Y'all, y'all, he's here.

They landed us right here.

He's, I think, alright, you guys,

I'm just gonna go.

I gotta, Vorunax is up there,

so I'm just going to start making my way

to the front towards my friend.

Undead all in front of you.

Yep, yep, yep.

Okay, cool, cool, cool, cool.

I mean, I'll do something about that.

Yeah, no, I know that's what you were looking for.

I'm just laying the scene

so you're not just like, I'm gonna walk up.

I'm just gonna stroll on over.

Maybe bow as she passes.

That's right.

We all have questions.

Well, that's cool, but I'm not gonna do that.

Alright, don't.

Save that one for later.

I mean, don't save them all for later.

Russ might totally drop you from 250 feet in the air.

I think that I will just, like,

my bracers will turn into, like,

Sharpie's coming out,

and I'm swinging Sharpie the shovel back and forth

just to, like, clear it, you know?

Just to raise the undead in front of you.

Exactly, because now I've got a mission,

and yeah, I don't know Thelonious, so like,

he doesn't care about that at all.

Love that.

We see you break off from the group

and just begin cutting down people in front of you.

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We go back to Lex and Margaret,

who have kind of, who have huddled down

behind a spot of rubble.

Margaret, you're holding off undead

as Lex, you are greatly injured

being torn at and crushed by the onslaught of undead.

We obviously, like, from our vantage point

have seen these people arrive.

Yeah, there's bright light.

If we determined that Lex and Lipsinki

do know each other from the prison,

we would not establish that.

They would have both been in there at the same time.

So they should for sure have a conversation.

I mean, certainly I feel like

Lipsinki knows Perseus in rat form.

Fuck yeah.

Right, because...

I forgot that thread, shit.

There's a never-ending,

there's a never-ending number of threads you've woven.

Yeah, this is on you.

I know, that's totally on me.

I forgot those two happened concurrent

or, like, right after each other,

like, because you played Lipsinki

and then we, on the escape, found Lex, right?

Yeah, yeah.

And Perseus.

Ah, son of a bitch.

All right, well,

Amy rolling out one, I forgot a storyline.

All right.

I don't know that that matters

other than Lex, like,

has a spark of recognition.

You would definitely recognize Thea and Flint.

Yeah.

Flint being much more Dragonborn-y looking

and then probably, yeah,

Perseus for sure would have recognized

Perseus as being attacked by Undead though.

He's a little preoccupied.

And I wouldn't recognize Perseus in this form

because I only knew him as a rat.

Yes, for Lipsinki.

If we are alive in a few minutes,

maybe they can reunite.

That'll be nice.

Yeah, cool.

Love it.

Great.

Yeah.

So, yeah, hint of recognition

maybe through an open door,

passing a window kind of thing

as you are being led to and from

different areas of the building.

Yeah.

Love it.

All that to say what I do has...

Margaret, what do we...

What do we do?

We came here, we found him

and he's...

They're very powerful,

those that just arrived,

but I feel like we failed.

Well, we're not going to do any good here.

We're going to make any kind of a chance.

We got to get to them.

You're right.

You're right.

Let's go.

I start like schlogging my way forward,

not thinking of a good plan,

just like movement.

The two of you begin cutting your way forward

in this scene,

making your way to Flint and Thea

would be the first people that you approach.

Thelonious has fallen to the dais

and he turns and looks at Vorunax

and he says,

who are we even supposed to be distracting?

It's like you picked up in the middle of a conversation

from so long ago.

Well, at this point, Thelonious,

I don't think it really matters.

It seems like with the arrival of

some prestigious heroes,

you may actually find your end here

and if you really need to know,

well, water deep.

We were going for water deep.

Keep people in water deep

so we can set up a summoning pool

in Blackpool.

Something small,

something off the beaten path.

No one would think to look there.

But you'll take that secret with you to your grave

and if it's my turn,

I'll attack.

He's, for all intents and purposes,

prone at this point

so with advantage.

Oh, dope, dope, dope.

All right, that is going to be an 18.

Second attack is either a 25,

it's a 25.

Please make a wisdom saving throw

as you swing down towards Thelonious.

Okie dokie.

That wisdom saving throw is going to be a 32.

Wowza, wowza.

Give me some damage then.

All right, that's going to be

seven bludgeoning, 13 necrotic

and then the second attack,

it will be five bludgeoning damage,

20 necrotic.

Wow.

Wow, ouchie.

Wow.

Forgot your wisdom was so fucking,

fucking good, hey?

Thelonious apparently didn't know who I was

but I knew who Thelonious was.

There you go.

You did your homework.

He was, for players,

he was trying to temporal shunt you

so basically you just disappear

to another point in time

and then return on your next action

at which point.

Very cool spell when it works.

Imagine all of us sitting there going like,

oh come on, the whole thing.

He was right there.

Another point in time,

that would have been great

and then probably dies like between

and then yeah, you never come back.

Yeah, oh.

But no, no, no, we got Jaypes.

Yeah, that's right.

Jaypes is in the wings.

Jaypes is in the wings.

Two huge blows go down into Thelonious

who crumples down to the ground.

He's not dead.

He's one powerful wizard.

Powerful wizard, hey?

Anybody playing the home game

keeping track of hit points, don't.

Meaty wizard.

That's right.

I'm just standing over

kind of like looking straight face down

and I'm like,

this is your end.

Not yet.

Ball you fucker.

And he casts Dimension Door beneath you.

Counterspell.

He casts Counterspell.

No, I don't think I can react

in a reaction, can I?

It's just an endless loop

of them counterspelling one another.

Now to be fair,

my Counterspell has to be cast

at a fifth level.

I have to be a role on that.

So Dimension Door is being cast

at a fourth level spell.

So you would,

so first you would need to

succeed on a,

what did we say?

A saving throw of something?

Wisdom, I think.

Wisdom.

When you cast a spell using a slot

of fourth or higher,

the interrupted spell has no effect

if the level is less than

or equal to the level

of the spell slot.

So I'm at fifth,

you're at fourth,

it would just cancel out

without a roll.

So it's canceled out.

Son of a bitch.

Okay, well then

then we're gonna do

what the internet says

and he's gonna try

and Counterspell you.

So you're casting it at fifth

so I gotta succeed on a

DC 10 plus the spells

level.

15.

Might work.

Okay, here we go.

Come on, big money,

big money, big money, big money.

It's a 16 on the die.

Ooh, nice.

Yeah.

So

the

the scene,

the portal is beginning

to appear beneath you

and you see Varanok's

casting Counterspell

which is

which is beginning to close

and then

Thelonious

says,

fuck no, not today

and wags his finger

up at Varanok's

that sends like this

reverberating

wave

that

just extinguishes

his Counterspell

and we see

Varanok's disappear

into the dimension door

and

we wanna drop you 250 feet

or do we wanna move you

somewhere else?

You do whatever you're feeling

what do you think

what do you think Thelonious

would do?

I think he'd drop you

250 feet.

Drop it like it's hot.

You go up

and you see Varanok's

begin to fall.

Lex and Margaret

you are beginning

to make your way

and you see

Lex specifically

you see over top of

these undead

and you see

Flint and Thea

beginning to walk away

from you

so like this point

in the middle

that would have helped you

is now moving

farther away.

I guess

I assumed

Rev, that Margaret

and I were also

gonna try and like

just dip in

and pick up Arvid

and Perseus

on the way

to where

you know, trying

you know, try and

get them out

I don't think

Lex is so focused

on vengeance

that he would be

forgetting

his

his one

true creepy love

and his best friend

so

I think

yeah

Thelonious is

a little bit

secondary

to Lex

than like

getting the hordes

off of his

Okay, you're making

your way to Arvid

he would have been

the closest at this point

you're clearing the way

Margaret

using her shield

and Mace

and you using

your sword

and you get to a point

where you

last saw Arvid

and as you get there

you

clear away

the undead

and

can you roll

roll me a dice please

what kind of dice?

a d20

a d20 dice

do I want to roll

low or high?

I want you to roll

it's for us

it's for a strength

saving throw

12

you get

to that point

and clear away

and you

see

the lifeless body

of Arvid

can

can

um

I don't

I don't know

if you want me

to describe him

but I'm going to

because

this is an audio

audio podcast

it's an audio

podcast

I guess

I do need you

to because

I need to know

like is he

dead dead

or like D&D dead

because

he can do if he's

just D&D dead

but if he's like

smushed

or something

yeah his body

has been picked

and torn apart

he is

spread

over a good distance

his belongings

no longer there

this isn't because of

the 12 I rolled

is it?

oh no

that's really rude

take responsibility

fuck

look I already rolled

and he died

I was trying to get you

to roll to save him

I think that

had

Lex been

built with tear ducts

there would be tears

but unfortunately

he does not have that way

of

expressing himself

but there probably is

even a further slowing

of

of his steps

like he is

quite

injured

himself

and already kind of

feeling like

I don't know if we can

win this day

yeah so like

it's a real bummer

I guess is what I'm

saying it's real

downer here

Margaret you

I mean you see the

scene ahead of you too

but you also see

the

the downturn

in Lex

and the slowing

of

what

they're doing

yeah I think that

you know this is

not a

sight that is

unfamiliar to

Margaret

of having

lost people

in a battle like this

especially something

this large

and

you know pushing

back at these

undead with the

shield

come on Lex

we gotta keep moving

don't let it be

for nothing

you

you're right

Perseus is

still

there and

I just

I want us to be

alive and

I want

Thelonious to be

dead but

I want us to be

alive more

two of you begin

pressing forward

again

Thea and

Flint

you

follow in behind

Lipsinki

Lipsinki

you

had your eyes

set on

who you saw

as Vorunax

and were further confirmed

as Vorunax

stepped out of the shadows

to

try and strike down

Thelonious

you now see

Vorunax dimension

doored up

and now falling

250 feet

down

towards

the earth below

think of that

what can I do

save my friend

does Thea

see it too

can

she help out

if

Lipsinki

is

at this point

Thea

at this point

Thea and Flint

you would have seen

Vorunax

step out

especially after

Lipsinki called

and said

he's here

that's where you were

making it too

so all three of you

see this scene

Vorunax falling

can I do something

cool

you gotta do it now

if you're gonna do it

Thea looks up

and sees

Vorunax

fall through

a portal

in the ceiling essentially

and she

runs forward

and

using her

wild shape

which she doesn't

get off into

because apparently

she forgets she's a druid

she will

she wild shapes

into a

clockwork

dragon

and flies

upward

to intercept

or to at least

at the very least

slow down

uh

Vorunax's fall

good timing

uh

yeah for everybody else

you see this

the cool foley

that's playing in the background

is really

really awesome

as this

as this mechanical

dragon

explodes from the ground

uh

and Vorunax

you see

one moment you're

on the ground

trying to counter spell Thelonious

next you're

falling

towards the ground

and you see this dragon

rushing up

beneath you

what do you do?

uh

just go

I didn't know he could

just summon

did okay

that's very different

I'm gonna try to

grab onto the dragon

because I definitely

don't want to fall

no take it from me

it's not great

no

you reach out to grab

the dragon

the dragon

unbeknownst to you

is trying to save you

as well

so I feel like

this

this works

because you're both

trying to do the same thing

without knowing

that you're doing

the same thing

right

so Thea is going to

I assume

put yourself in a good position

to be able to be

have parts of you

grabbed by

yeah I'm hoping

he's gonna like

land kinda on my back

grab my tail

kinda situation

right

I mean I'm not like

a giant creature

but I

could at least

slow a fall

as the scene

plays out

I assume there's

a bit of uncertainty

not knowing

who the dragon

came from

but

clarity comes

at least in some

respect

when you're able

to grab onto the dragon

and it doesn't

just try and

chomp chomp you

from the feet up

you then said

you go

and try

and dragon

and breath

weapon

yeah as I'm sailing

forward

in the direction

of

Thelonious

I want to release

a fire breath

it's a 15 foot cone

must make a

dexterity saving throw

what happens is

his protective dome

comes up

of course it does

as he sees you

go to save Vorunax

and then fly

another 150 feet

towards him

time and perspective

works in his favor

in that moment

fine

as my breath weapon

doesn't

work

we

I slow us

to the ground

on the dais

I hover in the air

hey everybody

welcome to the middle

thought I'd come in nice

and quiet

just kind of like

sneak in here

because I have something

that I want to tell you

it's almost my birthday

and because it's

almost my birthday

I've decided to do

game time this month

and we've got two

amazing people

who are going to be

but

I'd really love

three

three's my favorite number

so

maybe even four

five would be great

so I'm getting a little

greedy

it is my birthday though

so consider it

because I would love

to play with you

you're doing so well

we weren't sure

if we wanted to

steal the shadow

or the thunder

I know

that was like

100% Amy

and 100%

great

and that's how Amy runs

game time

is 100% great

100% great

I know exactly

10 out of 10

greats agree

everybody always

has a great time

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let's go back to flint

and Lipsinki

dragon

goes to save

Vorunax as both of you

are like flipping

through your Rolodex

of cool vines to do

and other doors to open

Bea's got this one

you see Thelonious

the protective shield

that

is put up

I want to cast

haste

on

Lipsinki

what does that give

Lipsinki

target speed

is doubled

gains plus two bonus

to AC

has advantage on

deck saving throws

and gains additional

actions on each

of his turns

and additional action

nice

so that

that action can be used

to take the attack

dash disengage hide

or use an object action

Lipsinki is going to

now attack Thelonious

cause now

Thelonious did

some shit

to Vorunax so

she knows him now

so she's going to

eldritch blast him

normally only has

one attack but

I'm pretty sure

I just got another one

in case it

changes your mind

you did see

that protective barrier

go up as a flame

of dragon breath

didn't seem to

hit him

well god damn it

that's my coolest

thing I can do

why can't I

hurt him

what's your dig speed

my dig speed

great question

I think it's under sharpie

yep

it's very long

cause

it's a cool

it's a cool thing

someone made

thank you Devon

digging speed by

30

feet

cut through

stone

at one foot

per action

that's rough

I mean better

than a regular shovel

yeah absolutely

true

yeah so I can attack

that fucker

or I can

but it's just a waste

so I don't want to

do that

you have clocked

that there's another

group in the room

also making their way

towards

yeah

I mean

if Lipsinki was

a different person

I think that would matter

yep that's fine

no that's tough

yeah

so I'll just

I'll just keep

keep going

and going faster now

and

and attacking zombies

with sharpie

I guess

on the way to

Thelonious

cause now

I don't like him

Lipsinki

you take off

Flint

in hot pursuit

night hunter

how's night hunter doing?

how is night hunter?

probably loving it

probably killed like

2000 zombies

emotionally

not great

no

feeling

very at a place

feeling

like

just playing the

look on

Elia's face

as she was sucked away

over and over

and over again

which I just think

intensifying

the amount of slashing

and chopping

and slicing

that she is doing

in this group of undead

scene we see

with night hunter

is like these

like in the action movies

when

when like

John Wick is remembering

his dog

in that moment

with the quick

like flashes back

to the one you love

it sounded goofy

but the

the sentiment is there

absolutely

yes yes

she's feeling all the

John Wick feeling

has slowed down

and you're just

carving through

the things around you

taking the occasional

like claw

or bite

or

or

or like thud

against you

you get rushed on

and like blast them

apart

at one point

and it's

and it's really cool

yeah

cause I mean like

just leaving

a pile

of bodies

yeah

Lex and Margaret

you are slowly

making your way

towards where

Perseus

was last seen

Tom has

has rolled a strength

saving throw for me

Tom please

tell everybody

what that is

so it's not like

I'm just making shit up

it was an 18

ok

you're clearing away

and you get

you get over top

of where

Perseus was

and you see

his belongings

in the bag

in the clothes

and it looks like

he's

gone

I think

Lex

like falls to his knees

Perseus

are you

are you here

I

and maybe even

is sadly

kind of like

trying to look around

like

for parts

just to know

for sure

that he's gone

cause

it's definitely

not exactly

the same scene

that you saw with Arvid

and you

are moving through

his belongings

and

Margaret

you're holding back

the undead

the undead around you

and

you hear

a small squeak

and

Perseus the rat

makes his way

out of the

out of the

clothing

and

the satchel

and out of that

and scurries up

your arm

and into your pocket

oh

Perseus

thank god

we'll

we'll figure it out

or you can stay like that

if you want

that's fine too

I just

oh

and

still kind of on my knees

I think I just look at Margaret like

okay so

grateful

cause I've really just been counting on her to keep me safe

as I'm

doing this very ill advised thing

like crawling around on the floor

and

yeah

get up and feel

like

a bit renewed

I'm not

completely alone

again

this is the moment Lex

we could leave

we could fly out that door right now

do you want to keep going

or are we

are we staying

well like you said

we can't

we can't make it all for nothing

Arvid's

gone and we've made it all the way here so

I think

I think we keep trying

if

if you're willing

I think in response

I scoop him up now that he has found

now that we know about the two other party members

and

actually fly us to

the center group

part of the scene

Margaret scoops Lex and Perseus

is

inside of Lex's shoulder

Flint and Lipsinki

are making their way towards the dais

the

the clockwork dragon and Vorunax

are hovering just above the dais

setting down behind Thelonious

who is

who is standing up

before everyone

making their way towards him

and Margaret and Lex

you are the first

to

make your way to the top of this dais

as you get over top of it

Margaret

how do you

release Lex

yeah I think I

I just land us both down

the two of you land down in front

of Thelonious who looks at you

and

Lex it was supposed to be

so much better with the two of us

it wasn't supposed to be this messy

right Vorunax

it wasn't supposed to be this messy okay

you can still

you're strong

you you can

you can still come

help me

help

you

I would never

help you

and I guess I'm going to try and attack him

I know he's in his little bubble

because he's a big wiener

as as he's

as he's just

softening quote unquote

trying to

in in

get your mind out of a gutter

you can't call him a big wiener

and then you talk about him

fair enough

my bad

as he's trying to relay

this emotion towards you

Rev belongs here

yeah

he

and you

grab your weapon

and begin to charge towards him

his face shifts

and

Margaret you feel

the same heat

as

when he last cast fireball

and you see it welling up

in his hands in front of him

and he releases it

towards Lex

as Lex is charging towards him

I'm going to use Vigilant Guardian

which lets me switch places with someone

like seeing that this

I know that we are both in bad shape and seeing

this fireball coming at

Lex

I switch places with him

the fireball erupts

towards Lex

and Lex you see this light

rushing towards you

and in a flash you are

back and off to the side

and you see Margaret

taking the brunt of this

fireball

engulfed in this flame as it passes

over her

further back into this cavern

exploding on the wall

describe the stance

describe the scene that

Lex sees of Margaret

there is this moment

where they

switch places

that it's like this shield

kind of breaks in front

of Lex and

moves him back

into the side

and as the fire

runs over the shield

and starts to engulf Margaret

she

is bracing against it and looks

back at Lex

and there's just a little bit of a smile

and with her free hand she casts back

her mace to

Lex's feet

and then the smile

and Margaret are both

gone

there's a look of

satisfaction in Thelonious's

eyes then a look of confusion

as he sees not Lex before

him but Margaret

and he looks over to

Lex with this

almost relieved

sensation washing over his

face

ah well I guess I pick up that dope mace

don't want that

to be for nothing

as you pick up the mace you see that

in the leather

around it it has a

something etched in it and it says

we watch out for those

who others overlook

and as I read

that I think I'm gonna quickly reach

into my pocket and pull

Perseus out and give him a little smooch on his

cute little furry head

say you take care of yourself buddy

and put him down cause I'm gonna run

at Thelonious again and I don't

wanna carry him there

with me

Thelonious is stunned

for all intents

and purposes and is not moving as you

run towards him

as sort of fast as I

can with my

shambling body

I go towards him

with that mace

sort of in my last

stand against him

because

I'm not doing so great either

you rush across and you swing

down hard into

Thelonious

Margaret's mace

crushes down into his body

you hit him hard once and he falls

to the ground

in disbelief and anger

and fear

you reach back to hit him

a second time and as the mace

hits this black

pool

extends out from beneath you

and splashes up and

around the two of you

and crashes

down and we hear crushing

crushing

and as this wave roils

out the two of them

are gone

Dumbgeons and Dragons Season 2

Episode 120

Jamie More as Thea and Nighthunter

Carla Maxted as Lex and Lipsynke

Tom Laird as Perseus and Flint

with Kyle Claset as

Vorunax, Rev DeShane

as Margaret Broadcloak, and Russ More

as your dungeon master

A huge thank you to our good friend Rev

who joined us consistently

over the last three years to bring

Margaret to life as a part of Team

Lex. What started as

a fun side arc one shot

turned into a story of dedication

to the heart while bringing workers

rights to the forefront across the realms

Thank you, Rev

Hear more from Rev on his

show, The Crit Show, available

anywhere you listen to podcasts

Production and sound design of this episode

is by Russ More

This episode featured music from Epidemic Sound

and sound effects from Epidemic Sound, Boom

Library, and Sound Ideas

A huge thank you to our supporting producers

Gabriel Lynch, Jessica Babyok

Kat Waterflame, Jacob Madden

Christian Brown, Devin Michaels

Craig Zeiss, Aaron Stevens,

Daryleth, Lulahan, Charlie Warley

L.A. Branton, and Nathaniel Teeter

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great week. We'll talk again soon

Guys, I'm like

98 degrees

which is absolutely true

But like in like centigrade

No, in like Kelvin, I'm not sure

I feel very warm right now. I'm really mad

But what happened?

I feel like I've been waiting

such a long time to play

and to like

fight this character

I've never been on an

episode where you have gotten to play

so I think

Is it living up to

To all the hype

Rev has been coming back year

after year after year

Just waiting to play with me

Yeah, it's everything that you thought it would be

and more, right? Yeah

You know, if someone was going to roll one die

in my presence

Why not that one? It's going to be that one

Can I do my

cool thing or do you want time

to look something up? I guess

I guess, do you want to talk amongst

What's going to be the coolest thing to do?

Okay, here's my

thing. I want to

shape shift into a clockwork

dragon. I want to fly

and catch him on my

back and as I'm soaring toward

Thelonious, I want to let out

fire breath, Adam

Well, I mean, I don't know what I could do

that would be cooler than that, so

I feel like

I feel like that's a pretty fucking

good one

I was going to summon a vine out of the wall to try

to catch him

You know, I was like, I can open a different

door, but that's just going to send him

somewhere bad

I'm trying to get this guy

to like us, so

I love that plan

I switch places with him

Counterspell on Margaret

Just to be a dick

You're not getting your Obi-Wan Kenobi moment hurt

If Russ had just

described that and I was like, oh man, that's too

bad

That's awesome

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