1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 Hey, it's me Bench, ah, Dumbgeons and Dragons is coming up right after this. 2 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:22,000 You all start milling into and find yourselves in the training grounds of Vintersmouth, which are located just beside the military barracks, out in the large open field on the noble side of the river. 3 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:34,000 As you walk in, you see that there's a large obstacle course and among the obstacles that you see, there's a series of ropes going up one huge wall and down the other side. 4 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:39,000 There's bAlydince beams. There's like a bear crawl style obstacle. 5 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:46,000 There are a series of interesting mechanisms and devices that you see from a distance. 6 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:50,000 You can't quite place what they are and a large ring. 7 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,000 A bear crawl station? 8 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:53,000 Yes. 9 00:00:53,000 --> 00:01:01,000 You know, like, like where your legs stay straight and your arms are on the ground and your ass is in the air? 10 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,000 Or you think an army crawl? 11 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,000 I was thinking army crawl. 12 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,000 Okay, bear crawl. 13 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:13,000 I don't know if you guys have taught elementary physical education lately. 14 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,000 I most decidedly have not. 15 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,000 I have not. So I didn't even know that was a thing. 16 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,000 I just like went with the thing where you're on the ground under the water. 17 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:25,000 I'm going to put a picture in Discord so everyone has the same visual. 18 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:26,000 That's now what we have to do. 19 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:27,000 Oh, I like that. 20 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:28,000 Ours is up, people. 21 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:33,000 So it's a bear crawl station where you have to keep your arms and legs completely straight to get moving. 22 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:42,000 Anyways, up near the bleachers in this area, you see Ignatius and several other entourage members. 23 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,000 And you all mill about and make your way over there. 24 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:52,000 And among this crowd, we have Cav, we have Bonwyn. 25 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:56,000 Alydin, you're kind of sneaking in at the back. 26 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:02,000 Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't anticipate you immediately milling with the main group. 27 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:06,000 Oh, no. There's going to be a lot of observation first. 28 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,000 Right, right, right, right. 29 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,000 Bench is there. 30 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:18,000 Oak is covering for you, Cav, today, as this is a work day and you are out exploring extracurricular activities, 31 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,000 which is well within the rights of your position. 32 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:27,000 And two others from the town, Anapa, who is a human woman from the town. 33 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:31,000 Short, brown, curly hair, olive skin. 34 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:37,000 She's wearing her fruit stand uniform, which is really just an apron, 35 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:41,000 a nice green apron with white threading that runs through it. 36 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:45,000 100% I just thought she was wearing a fruit stand and I was like, yeah, all right. 37 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:50,000 I know, me too. I was like, OK, I guess it's just like one of those kind of portable ones. 38 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:54,000 Yeah, but like it had fruit on it, which will make the obstacle course more challenging. 39 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,000 How are you going to bear crawl in that thing? 40 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,000 Not well. 41 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:02,000 You know what? Not everyone's going to be accepted. This is tryouts. 42 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,000 That's why there's these obstacles. 43 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:11,000 Welcome to Dumbgeons and Dragons, a D&D fifth edition actual play podcast. 44 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:17,000 I'm your Dungeon Master Russ More, he, him, and Dumbgeons and Dragons stars Amy More as Alydin. 45 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:18,000 She, her. 46 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:22,000 If I do get paid and I come back, oh, oh, we're going to buy a house. 47 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:26,000 Tom Laird as Kavlaran Goldweave, he, him. 48 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,000 I really feel like I can do this now that they're cheering for me. 49 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,000 And Carla Maxted as Bonwyn Everbane. She, her. 50 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:36,000 We also should maybe find out what you're going to get paid because he has not mentioned that at all. 51 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a D&D production and supported by our patrons. 52 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,000 You can find that at patreon.com slash D&Dcast. 53 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:49,000 Hey, sign up for a seven day free trial. And now, fuck it, let's play. 54 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,000 Hey! 55 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:10,000 You all make your way over to Ignatius who looks like he's kind of in conversation with some people from his entourage as they're waiting for the time at which to start. 56 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:17,000 We'll give you a moment to talk amongst yourselves as they are preparing whatever they're working on. 57 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:27,000 Well, I feel like I'm here just to like sweet talk Ignatius into choosing Kav as opposed to wanting to be an adventurer. 58 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:37,000 But I feel like because I know Ignatius and I have been paying his doorman who are maybe there as part of his bodyguard retinue. 59 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:45,000 I know these guys, so I'm probably just going to say hi, even if they're already talking. 60 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:49,000 Sure. Ignatius catches you out of the corner of his eye and sees you walking up. 61 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,000 This is Bonwyn. Are you going to be an adventurer as well? 62 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:58,000 Oh, no, I don't think so. I wanted you to meet my new friend Kav. Kav Lauren. 63 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,000 Oh, hello, Kav Lauren. 64 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:07,000 This is Ignatius who is the proud, I hope, owner of one of the finest weapons I've ever made. 65 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:21,000 Yes, very proud. And it's what's inspired me to put this little party together so that we can go perhaps find some goods and treasure and life beyond just the boring and mundane, am I right? 66 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:29,000 Yes, yes, exactly. Kav Lauren, I believe, has some good adventuring experience, right Kav? 67 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:33,000 I mean, I dabbled a little bit in the past, absolutely. 68 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:39,000 So Kav, you are hanging out at City Hall. I've seen you around there before, I feel. 69 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:44,000 Well, I mean, like hanging out might not be the right terminology. I do work there. 70 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:45,000 Interesting. 71 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:53,000 But I'm not just like hanging out at City Hall. I mean, temporarily. I don't work there full time. Just on loan from Kingstown. 72 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:57,000 Well, it's lovely to have you here. Do you have any experience? 73 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Yeah, I dabbled a little bit in my in my younger years. 74 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:08,000 I haven't really picked up the old Warhammer lately, but if this seems like a good idea, I think I'd pick it up again right away. 75 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:18,000 It's going to be a great idea. And then in the background, all we see is a person falling from one of the ladders. 76 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,000 Totally great idea. 77 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,000 Okay. 78 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,000 Was that June? 79 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,000 That old lady? 80 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,000 Was that June? June, what are you doing? 81 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:32,000 I'm all right. I'm all right. 82 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,000 Nothing's going to break this hip. 83 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:35,000 She goes back up. 84 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,000 Ain't nobody going to slow you down. 85 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:42,000 Of course she goes back up. June's a straight badass, absolutely. 86 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:46,000 We cut ahead. The crowd has grown a little bit. 87 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:55,000 There's a few other people who have milled in, but Ignatius calls you all around into the center of the training area and says, 88 00:06:55,000 --> 00:07:03,000 ladies and gentlemen and friends beyond the binary, let us first welcome you all to this beautiful day. 89 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:11,000 This day of which we are going to perhaps change the course of your life and mine. 90 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,000 No, he's going to try to sell us something. 91 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:17,000 Yeah, he brought us here for an MLM presentation, it seems like. 92 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:20,000 Today is the first day of the rest of your life. 93 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,000 What's that? What's an MLM? 94 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,000 Multi-level murder. 95 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:28,000 Let me tell you why you're here today. 96 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:42,000 You are here to come with me on a journey through the Mi Mountains and find a stronghold of treasure buried somewhere deep within 97 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:47,000 that is said to be one of the largest fortunes ever collected. 98 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,000 Who said that? 99 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:56,000 Legend and lore, my friend. Legend and lore and a little dash of hope and wonder. 100 00:07:56,000 --> 00:08:00,000 That's all we have to go on here, but we also have a map. 101 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,000 But like there's no eyewitnesses? 102 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:06,000 Well, there were eyewitnesses, the river pirates of old. 103 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:13,000 They left the treasure there long ago and buried it deep. 104 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:20,000 But river pirates, the turnover is quite high and they forgot exactly where they left it. 105 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:24,000 And one day this map, and he pulls it out, washed ashore. 106 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:28,000 And I've had it with me for six years now. 107 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:33,000 I was going to ask if they had a map, why did they need to remember where it was? 108 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:34,000 But now the map's washed ashore. 109 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:35,000 Well, OK, yeah, I'm with you. 110 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,000 Washed ashore. Yes, yes, yes, yes. 111 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:41,000 Thank you for all of these deep in-depth questions. 112 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:50,000 But what we need today is we need a group of three, maybe four people to come along with me. 113 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:59,000 A lot of you. Looks like I've seen your faces around some some rather young adventurers in the crowd. 114 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:02,000 And he's you can see that he's pointing at you, Alydin. 115 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,000 Alydin, where are you standing in this group? 116 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,000 Are you you're off a bit? 117 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,000 I'm I'm at the back. 118 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:15,000 Well, then, as he points to you, like the crowd parts, you are standing. 119 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,000 Come forward. Come forward, my dear. 120 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:22,000 This is Alydin's like nightmare come to life. 121 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:26,000 Like she might as well not be wearing any pants. 122 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:31,000 This is how much she does not want this type of attention. 123 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:37,000 Oh, no, thanks. No, that's I'm just listening. 124 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,000 Well, you're doing such a great job. 125 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,000 What are you doing here? 126 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:53,000 Well, I am curious about going and pursuing a life as an adventure. 127 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:54,000 Yeah, I think so. 128 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,000 Are you ready for danger? 129 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:58,000 Oh, yes. 130 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,000 Excitement. 131 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:05,000 Possible mortal injury. 132 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:13,000 You see a couple of people as he's listing these start to leave the group. 133 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,000 Sir, I live. 134 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:22,000 I live on the streets out here like mortal dangers is my second middle name. 135 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,000 And what's your first middle name? 136 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:25,000 Karis. 137 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,000 All right, Karis. 138 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:28,000 Know my name. 139 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,000 OK. 140 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,000 She knows she does better. 141 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:36,000 She does better than to correct, like a noble. 142 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:40,000 She's like, all right, you can call me Karis. 143 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:48,000 All right, Karis, tell me what you bring to the party before we do all of this. 144 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:53,000 This show the show pony behavior that they've set up here today. 145 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,000 Tell me what you bring to the party. 146 00:10:56,000 --> 00:11:06,000 I bring my sense of adventure. 147 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:13,000 My stealthy ways of moving around. 148 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:19,000 And I'm pretty handy with this boomerang. 149 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,000 Take it out of my bucket. 150 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,000 I was a boomerang in that bucket. 151 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:28,000 Did anybody guess that there could be a boomerang in there? 152 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,000 And I'm full of surprises. 153 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,000 I think so. 154 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:35,000 So that is why I should be a part of this team. 155 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:36,000 Love it. 156 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:40,000 I will say, Ignatius, sorry to interrupt. 157 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:44,000 I can vouch for Alydin's stealthy ways. 158 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:45,000 Who's Alydin? 159 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:46,000 I'm sorry. 160 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:50,000 I can vouch for young Karis's stealthy ways. 161 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,000 Perfect. 162 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,000 Glad we're talking about the same person. 163 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,000 She's very resourceful. 164 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,000 Yes. 165 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,000 And sneaky. 166 00:11:58,000 --> 00:11:59,000 And clever. 167 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,000 Well, that's what you need on the party. 168 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:04,000 She kind of like straightens up. 169 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:07,000 Like she doesn't get compliments from adults. 170 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,000 Usually it's like, hey, get out of here. 171 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:13,000 Like, you know, so she's like kind of stands a little taller. 172 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,000 Like, like, yeah, I am resourceful. 173 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,000 Bonwyn is very upset to see her here. 174 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,000 Like, so like, what is she doing? 175 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,000 She's just a child. 176 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:29,000 Well, I was hoping not to be seen, but apparently the crowds part when someone... 177 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,000 Turns out your stealthy ways may not be that stealthy. 178 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:35,000 It was information gathering and then... 179 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:36,000 Not in a big field. 180 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:37,000 No. 181 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:38,000 When you're the only child. 182 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:47,000 All right, Karis, you have been vouched for by one of my most dearest compatriots in this entire city, Bonwyn here. 183 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,000 Karis, if you could come stand on this side, please. 184 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:53,000 And he ushers you off to his left. 185 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:54,000 Okay. 186 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:55,000 Thank you. 187 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:56,000 Thank you. 188 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,000 We have our first member of the party. 189 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:03,000 Karis here has everything it takes to be an adventurer. 190 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,000 No need to prove it. 191 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,000 You don't say it unless you mean it. 192 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,000 Right, Karis? 193 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:10,000 Mm-hmm. 194 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:11,000 Yeah. 195 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:12,000 I think so. 196 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,000 Great. 197 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,000 Everyone else here you shall have to take on. 198 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:18,000 And he turns and there's big drums that go... 199 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,000 The gauntlet. 200 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:26,000 One, two, three, four. 201 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:30,000 We are in the middle now. 202 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,000 Welcome to the middle, everybody. 203 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,000 Hopefully you're having a great day because we are. 204 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:35,000 You're here. 205 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:36,000 Heck yeah. 206 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:37,000 Oh, yeah. 207 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:38,000 We're stoked. 208 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,000 We're coming in with big energy. 209 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:41,000 Oh, yeah. 210 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:42,000 We'll see if we can maintain it. 211 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,000 Okay. 212 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:49,000 So this came off of our monthly gook hang, which is like one of the best times that 213 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:50,000 we get to have. 214 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:51,000 Oh, my God. 215 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,000 It is super fun. 216 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:53,000 It's so fun. 217 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:57,000 Let's explain what a gook hang is because those are just words that haven't made 218 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:01,000 sense for literal years because that program hasn't even existed. 219 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:05,000 It made sense when Google Hangouts was a thing. 220 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,000 When we did like a Google Hangout with patrons. 221 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:08,000 Yeah. 222 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:12,000 And it just caught on and now we've gone through like three different softwares, 223 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:16,000 but it's still the gook hang and we hang out and we just kind of bullshit and 224 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:19,000 Happens every month on the first Tuesday of the month. 225 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:23,000 Everyone who's a patron can come, hang out, ask questions or just shoot the 226 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:24,000 shit with us. 227 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:25,000 Whatever. 228 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:26,000 It's all good. 229 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:27,000 We just love to have you there. 230 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,000 This last one, two people. 231 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,000 It was their first one. 232 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:32,000 And we have like seen and known these people for a while. 233 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:33,000 So, so exciting. 234 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:34,000 It was so fun. 235 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:40,000 And when you are a patron, you get an episode dedicated to you like today's 236 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:45,000 patron, Kit LeBlanc. 237 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:46,000 Thanks, Kit. 238 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,000 Thank you, Kit. 239 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:48,000 Thanks so much. 240 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:49,000 I love the name Kit. 241 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:50,000 Me too. 242 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,000 Just want to throw that out there. 243 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,000 Old timey detective. 244 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:55,000 That's right. 245 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,000 That's for us. 246 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:58,000 You know, who is that? 247 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:01,000 That's Veritas over in Discord. 248 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:06,000 Oh, secret identity revealed right here in the middle. 249 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,000 I love it. 250 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:08,000 Sorry, Kit. 251 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,000 Don't dox Kit. 252 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:12,000 Yeah, no. 253 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,000 And your address is? 254 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,000 No, we won't do it. 255 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:17,000 Leave this part out. 256 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:18,000 Private information. 257 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,000 Yeah. 258 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:22,000 We won't be like Kyle Claset who there is. 259 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,000 Okay. 260 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:27,000 There's a lot of conversation about Kyle and where Kyle lives because he 261 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:32,000 revealed his address in Bombarded and like people live very close to him 262 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:33,000 from our audience. 263 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,000 Oh my God. 264 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:35,000 All right then. 265 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:36,000 Oh, Kyle. 266 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:37,000 From our audience? 267 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:38,000 From our audience, yeah. 268 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,000 Our people are great though. 269 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:41,000 They're great. 270 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:42,000 They're not going to go knocking. 271 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:43,000 So that's no problem. 272 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:46,000 Just go hang out around the convenience store around his place. 273 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:52,000 Maybe create some sort of pamphlet, advertising Bahamut and just like 274 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,000 leave it in his mailbox. 275 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,000 That's right. 276 00:15:55,000 --> 00:16:03,000 And next week, big special guest, completely unrelated to the person we 277 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,000 just mentioned. 278 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,000 This is going to be out of left field. 279 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,000 Out of left field. 280 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:12,000 Zero way to know who they are, who they're playing or what they're doing 281 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:13,000 here. 282 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:14,000 So keep listening. 283 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:17,000 You know, if you were going to stop today, don't. 284 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,000 Don't stop today. 285 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:22,000 Next week, there's our cliffhanger for you. 286 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,000 That's what we keep bringing you back. 287 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:26,000 That's right. 288 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:27,000 Good times. 289 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:28,000 Well, thanks for being here with us. 290 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,000 I hope you enjoy the rest of the episode. 291 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:35,000 It's a great little gauntlet that we get to run specifically Tom's 292 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,000 character through in this next little part. 293 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:38,000 It's about damn time. 294 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,000 So good luck to Cav. 295 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,000 Thank you. 296 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:43,000 Good luck, Cav. 297 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:44,000 There's some highs and lows. 298 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:45,000 Yeah, absolutely. 299 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,000 All right, friends, have a great week. 300 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,000 We'll talk to you soon. 301 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,000 Bye. 302 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:50,000 Bye. 303 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:51,000 Love you. 304 00:16:52,000 --> 00:17:04,000 We cut over to the start of the gauntlet lined up at the front. 305 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:10,000 Our three people bond when you are still not participating in the immediate 306 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:11,000 activities. 307 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:12,000 Just observing. 308 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:13,000 That's OK. 309 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:14,000 Just observing for now. 310 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:18,000 But now I got to reconsider everything because it's fucking kids going. 311 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,000 That's me. 312 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:20,000 And I'm still thinking. 313 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:23,000 I want to see, like, Cav can, you know. 314 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:24,000 Yep. 315 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:28,000 So right at the front, we've got Cav, we've got Bench, and we have 316 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:29,000 Anapa. 317 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:33,000 Ignatius is standing in front of you, and he says, there are three 318 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:36,000 ways to get through these courses. 319 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,000 There is an easy way, and he points to one track. 320 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:45,000 There is a middle ground, and he points to the middle one, and there 321 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,000 is a hard track. 322 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:53,000 Where you go earns you some extra points, but it's all time-based. 323 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:57,000 So if you finish on the easy track much quicker than those on the 324 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:01,000 hard track, you could have a stronger stance. 325 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:04,000 Which course would you like to take? 326 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:05,000 And he looks to you, Cav. 327 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:08,000 Well, I mean, I have to ask, if the goal is time-based, why 328 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,000 would anyone do anything but the easy route? 329 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:16,000 If you succeed with a greater ability on the middle or harder 330 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,000 track, it earns you additional points. 331 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:20,000 However... 332 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,000 Oh, so now there's a point system. 333 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,000 Oh, yes, there's points, there's time. 334 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,000 Ignatius is making this up as he goes. 335 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,000 He's making it up as he goes. 336 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:31,000 Regardless, you pick your destiny. 337 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:38,000 Are you an easy pushover, just going to take the low road while 338 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:42,000 everybody else earns their keep? 339 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:45,000 Well, I've never really been one to not pull my weight. 340 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,000 I'll try the middle. 341 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,000 Perfect. 342 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:48,000 Love it. 343 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,000 And he lines you up. 344 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:52,000 Bench, you can take the hard one. 345 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:57,000 I was going to take the middle road, too. 346 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,000 All right. 347 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,000 And Anapa, take the easy one. 348 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:04,000 Everyone to the starting area. 349 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,000 You take one step forward because you're already there. 350 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:10,000 The crowd just takes one step backwards. 351 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:11,000 Here you go. 352 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,000 I kind of lean closer to Anapa. 353 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:16,000 He hasn't actually said what we're doing, though, has he? 354 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:23,000 No, I assume that we're going to maybe run forward and do 355 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:25,000 whatever comes in our way. 356 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:29,000 It looks like there's a bAlydince beam right ahead of us, so I 357 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,000 think we'll take it one step at a time. 358 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:32,000 Okay. 359 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,000 Yep. 360 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,000 Hey, good luck. 361 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:35,000 Thank you. 362 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:36,000 You, too. 363 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:40,000 Ignatius holds in his hand a large symbol. 364 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,000 There's a huge crash, right? 365 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,000 Behind you of this symbol. 366 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,000 End your off. 367 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:50,000 So first up is a bAlydince beam. 368 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:53,000 You can decide how you go over that bAlydince beam. 369 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,000 I mean, it's probably we're going to do a little bit of a 370 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,000 skills challenge here. 371 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:58,000 I love it. 372 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:02,000 How is the easy bAlydince beam different from the medium and 373 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,000 difficult bAlydince beam? 374 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,000 Thicker, smaller, smaller. 375 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,000 Oh, the width of the beam itself. 376 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:12,000 Yeah, so that visually, that's how it is. 377 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,000 Length of the beam, too, maybe. 378 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:15,000 Like long and skinny. 379 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:19,000 Maybe there's even like an up and down component to it. 380 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,000 Lots of things that could happen. 381 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:28,000 In game, there is a higher DC for the middle and hard 382 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:33,000 tiers, and if you fail in the hard one, you may also 383 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,000 take damage. 384 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:36,000 Spike trap. 385 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,000 Got it. 386 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:38,000 Yeah. 387 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,000 The other two, no damage. 388 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:45,000 Well, I've once died during an obstacle course, so. 389 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,000 All right. 390 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:52,000 Cav isn't the most athletic or acrobatic these days, 391 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:55,000 but he will go for acrobatics to try to get over 392 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:56,000 this thing. 393 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:57,000 All right. 394 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,000 So the symbol goes. 395 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:03,000 You charge off right ahead of bench. 396 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,000 So he's also taking the middle road. 397 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,000 So he's going to be following behind you. 398 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,000 And Anapa also takes off. 399 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:11,000 Can somebody roll me? 400 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,000 I want to roll because I'm not going to get to 401 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:14,000 participate in this. 402 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,000 You can always jump in. 403 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,000 You have first round draft pick who already made 404 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,000 the team. 405 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:20,000 It's unexpected. 406 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,000 Initially picked last for sports, guys. 407 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,000 That's a nine for Cav. 408 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,000 It's a one for Anapa. 409 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:27,000 A one for Anapa. 410 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:28,000 No, a five. 411 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:29,000 Spike trap. 412 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:30,000 Did I say one? 413 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:31,000 You did say one. 414 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,000 Oh, man. 415 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:33,000 It's a five. 416 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:34,000 You absolutely said one. 417 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,000 She is carrying the fruit stand, right? 418 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,000 So she is at disadvantage. 419 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,000 It's pretty challenging. 420 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:42,000 She takes off. 421 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:43,000 Her hands are slapping. 422 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,000 You know, it is a minus four because she's 423 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,000 wearing this big sandwich board. 424 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,000 She really should have taken that off. 425 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:51,000 Anapa tries to jump up and like hits right 426 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,000 into sternum. 427 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:54,000 Yeah, it's unfortunate. 428 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:57,000 She squishes a nanner right in there. 429 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,000 Cav, you got a nine. 430 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:04,000 So you take off and not as abruptly as Anapa 431 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:07,000 was taken out, but you get a couple steps in 432 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,000 and swiftly lose your bAlydince and trip off 433 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:14,000 as Bench runs up behind you and surpasses 434 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,000 you on this bAlydince beam. 435 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:17,000 You climb up. 436 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,000 You can get one more chance to see if you 437 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:20,000 can compete this. 438 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,000 And then you move on and you take a time 439 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:23,000 penalty. 440 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:24,000 All right. 441 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,000 Oh, it's an 11 that time. 442 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:27,000 Yes. 443 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:28,000 Right. 444 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:29,000 You make it. 445 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:32,000 You're following a little bit behind Bench, 446 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,000 but Bench has launched off into the next 447 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:37,000 obstacle, which is the bear crawl, 448 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:40,000 which everybody knows is when you walk with 449 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,000 your arms and legs straight and try and 450 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,000 get underneath a low rope. 451 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,000 OK, you made it to the bear crawl. 452 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:48,000 It's you and Bench. 453 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,000 Love it. 454 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,000 You do see another couple of people 455 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,000 tending to Anapa or, Bon, when you see 456 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,000 this, you see a couple of people helping 457 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,000 to back off the obstacle course. 458 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:02,000 And a few more people are lining up 459 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:03,000 at the start. 460 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,000 Alydin definitely like leans down 461 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,000 because Anapa kind of biffed it 462 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,000 and fruit rolled. 463 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:14,000 There are a couple of plums. 464 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,000 Alydin totally just kind of sneakily 465 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,000 just, whoop, like picked them up, 466 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,000 put them in her bucket. 467 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:20,000 Perfect. 468 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,000 You know, recommended, obviously, 469 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:23,000 athletics for bear crawl. 470 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,000 How would you like to approach this 471 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:26,000 bear crawl? 472 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:29,000 I mean, would animal handling pay off? 473 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:32,000 I was going to say with Robax Platinum, 474 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,000 not a sponsor. 475 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,000 Right? 476 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,000 Yeah, Robax is set covering this one. 477 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:40,000 No, I'll probably, I'll go with 478 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:43,000 athletics probably, yeah. 479 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:46,000 Oh, that is a 16. 480 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,000 Love it. 481 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,000 So you are able to, you actually 482 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,000 gain a little time on this one, 483 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:52,000 making it back. 484 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,000 That's good. 485 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,000 Is Anapa out completely? 486 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,000 Anapa's out completely, yeah. 487 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:58,000 Oh yeah, like crushed sternum, 488 00:23:58,000 --> 00:23:59,000 I would assume. 489 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,000 They're taking away on a stretcher, 490 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:02,000 but not a stretcher, 491 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:03,000 on her just fruit board. 492 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:05,000 She does give like a little thumbs up 493 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:06,000 to the crowd though, 494 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:10,000 and everyone's very, very happy to see that. 495 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:11,000 Yeah, they're like, 496 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,000 we're glad you're not dead. 497 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,000 Bench maintaining his lead on you, 498 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,000 you make up a little time, 499 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,000 and you're working up behind him 500 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,000 as you are doing this fantastic bear crawl. 501 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,000 Looks just pristine and picture perfect. 502 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,000 And as you reach the end, 503 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:27,000 you hear a, well, 504 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,000 as you're about to reach the end, 505 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,000 you hear a splash from up ahead, 506 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,000 and you kind of tilt your head up. 507 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,000 You see Bench has gone underwater 508 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,000 at this next obstacle. 509 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,000 You get out of this bear crawl, 510 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:41,000 out from under the ropes, 511 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,000 and you see that there is a tunnel 512 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,000 filled with water. 513 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,000 As you wait a moment, 514 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,000 you see Bench surface on the other side. 515 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,000 Is it majestic? 516 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,000 It is majestic. 517 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:56,000 He goes under and whips his hair back. 518 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:57,000 I'm so glad he did. 519 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,000 Very mermaid-esque. 520 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,000 So you have an underwater swim 521 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,000 that you need to do. 522 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:07,000 Looks like it's probably 100 yards. 523 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:10,000 This one's going to be a double check. 524 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,000 We've got a con to see 525 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,000 if you can hold your breath that long, 526 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,000 and a strength to see 527 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,000 how fast you can get through it. 528 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:19,000 But before we find out 529 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,000 how good a swimmer you are, 530 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:22,000 let's go check in with Bonwyn 531 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:23,000 and Alydin. 532 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,000 So what are you doing here? 533 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,000 Well, I was just checking it out. 534 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,000 It's like really dangerous. 535 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,000 I know that you're a survivor, 536 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:35,000 obviously, 537 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:40,000 but there's pirates and bandits 538 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,000 and wild animals. 539 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,000 Oh my! 540 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:43,000 And Ignatius is... 541 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,000 Yeah. 542 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:46,000 And Ignatius, 543 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,000 and I sort of pull you away 544 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,000 a little bit from Ignatius, 545 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,000 Ignatius is maybe not, like, 546 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,000 super experienced as a leader 547 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,000 of a group of adventurers, so... 548 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:00,000 You're all doing so good! 549 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:01,000 He... 550 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:02,000 He... 551 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:03,000 Okay. 552 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:04,000 Yeah, I can see that. 553 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,000 He's not going to be alone, though. 554 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,000 He's not the one who does the stuff. 555 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,000 The guys around him do the stuff. 556 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:11,000 Okay. 557 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:12,000 We also should maybe find out 558 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,000 what you're going to get paid, 559 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,000 because he has not mentioned that at all. 560 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:16,000 That's okay. 561 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,000 Okay. 562 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:22,000 I do not want to die in Wintersmith. 563 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:23,000 Okay. 564 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,000 But you also need to eat food. 565 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,000 I assume we're going to be fed on this trip. 566 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,000 Okay. 567 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:30,000 I just back away. 568 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:31,000 All right. 569 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,000 There's no talking sense to this kid. 570 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,000 She's going to get free meals. 571 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,000 She's not interested in money. 572 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:38,000 Who is this kid? 573 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:39,000 She's going to get free meals. 574 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:40,000 She's going to get to see stuff 575 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,000 outside of the city. 576 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,000 She's going to have a roof or a tent 577 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,000 or whatever over her head. 578 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,000 This is like when kids on the street 579 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,000 get sent to juvie 580 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,000 because they get three square meals 581 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:53,000 and a safe place. 582 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,000 And now no responsibility. 583 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,000 No responsibility now for all those other kids. 584 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,000 But also a little bit of guilt with that. 585 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:01,000 But at the same time, 586 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:04,000 if I do get paid and I come back, 587 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:08,000 oh, oh, we're going to buy a house. 588 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,000 A good one. 589 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,000 We cut back to Cav. 590 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:16,000 As you are preparing to dive headlong into this pool, 591 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,000 if that's the mode you want to take, 592 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,000 you could also just kind of crawl in there. 593 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:22,000 Cannonball. 594 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,000 Yeah, no, I'm going to dive right in there 595 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,000 and do my best to catch up to Bench. 596 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:27,000 All right. 597 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,000 Give me a con roll to see how well you hold your breath. 598 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:31,000 Okay. 599 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:32,000 That's a 17. 600 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:36,000 Oh, you have the lungs of a whale. 601 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,000 You're doing such a great job. 602 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:39,000 Strength. 603 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,000 Strength is a six. 604 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,000 Six. 605 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:43,000 Okay. 606 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:47,000 You dive in holding your breath really great 607 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:51,000 and you are starting to feel fatigue set in. 608 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:54,000 You're not sure quite how far you've made it, 609 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,000 but you're not there yet and you're not moving very fast. 610 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:01,000 And your amazing breath holding is being held back 611 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,000 by how long you've been under the water. 612 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,000 What do you do? 613 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:08,000 I guess like think back to when Cav was doing this 614 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,000 on like a regular basis. 615 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:13,000 When he was younger and like, he knows he can do this. 616 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,000 He's just a little out of practice. 617 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:18,000 You're thinking back to times when you were a little more, 618 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:19,000 you're digging deep. 619 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:20,000 I'm digging deep. 620 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:21,000 I'm drawing on my reserves. 621 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,000 Give me a little inspiration roll, 622 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,000 a little advantage roll on your strength 623 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,000 to see if that'll pull you through. 624 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,000 All right. 625 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:31,000 Yes, that is it. 626 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,000 Well, I don't know if it's for sure, 627 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:34,000 but that's a 15. 628 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:35,000 It's much better. 629 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:36,000 15 is much better. 630 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:37,000 I was like, yes, I passed the check. 631 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:38,000 Thank you. 632 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:42,000 That seems to be what Russ is saying yes to. 633 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:45,000 Up above, you saw Bench come up. 634 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,000 You saw Cav go under. 635 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:48,000 On some of the other tracks, 636 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:51,000 you see people kind of catching up to Cav 637 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:56,000 and Cav still hasn't come up yet for a good moment 638 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,000 as compared to the other people around him. 639 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,000 Does anybody do anything? 640 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,000 I mean, I'm certainly going to at least cheer him on. 641 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,000 Like, come on, Cav, you can do it. 642 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:06,000 Great work. 643 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,000 You're really showing off that breath holding. 644 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,000 That's really good skill, right, Ignatius? 645 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:11,000 Oh, yes. 646 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,000 See how long he's been holding his breath? 647 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,000 He's been down there for ages. 648 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,000 I hear that's key in adventuring 649 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:17,000 is being able to hold your breath. 650 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:18,000 It's so important. 651 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:19,000 So when things sneak up on you, 652 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,000 you can hold your breath and be perfectly silent. 653 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,000 Absolutely, it's really important. 654 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:24,000 I love this. 655 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:26,000 What if you need someone to go down a well? 656 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:27,000 What if you need someone? 657 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,000 There could be a well on this adventure. 658 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:30,000 Charis, did you hear that? 659 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,000 Look, he's still holding his breath. 660 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:33,000 I can fit down a well. 661 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,000 Oh, my gosh. 662 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,000 How do you hold your breath, though? 663 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,000 And as you pull that breath in, 664 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,000 you see Cav emerge from the water there, 665 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,000 not as gracefully. 666 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,000 Where we picked up a little strength, 667 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,000 we lost a little grace. 668 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:53,000 You went in very smooth, came out perhaps a little panicked. 669 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,000 Cav, are you okay? 670 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,000 You slowed down a little bit there. 671 00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:00,000 Yeah, it's just a little harder than I remembered. 672 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,000 But I got there. 673 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,000 Don't you worry about old Cav. 674 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,000 And as you climb up and out, 675 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:09,000 you turn and you face the ladder wall. 676 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:12,000 It goes up 100 feet in the air, 677 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,000 has a rope attached to it. 678 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:15,000 100 feet. 679 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:18,000 100 feet is so many feet. 680 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,000 That's really high up. 681 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,000 It's really high. 682 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:22,000 It's ridiculous. 683 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:23,000 I said it. 684 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:24,000 When he gets up there, 685 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,000 is there a salmon ladder, too? 686 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:27,000 Because that would be... 687 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:28,000 I love that thing. 688 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:29,000 I fucking love that thing. 689 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:33,000 Well, is the final one for you? 690 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:35,000 Are you going to do it? 691 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:36,000 Can we see where Bench is? 692 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,000 Has Bench already done it? 693 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:41,000 Yeah, we flashback some time, 694 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,000 and Bench has gone up and down, 695 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:45,000 and he's waiting on the side. 696 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:46,000 He'd be so good at it. 697 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:49,000 Yeah, his strength is his game. 698 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:52,000 There are several people who seem to be stuck partway up, 699 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:53,000 just hanging on. 700 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,000 They've got too far up, 701 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,000 and they've got the shaky legs, 702 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:01,000 and they're starting to climb back down the side they came up. 703 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,000 The spot could be yours if you can finish it, Cav. 704 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:05,000 Oh, sure. 705 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,000 Yeah, you know, I'm... 706 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,000 It's a lot, but I can... 707 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:11,000 Yeah, let's do this. 708 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:12,000 I can do this. 709 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,000 You can do this. 710 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,000 Everybody, cheer him along. 711 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,000 You can do this. 712 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,000 You can do this. 713 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:23,000 You can do this. 714 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,000 I really feel like I can do this 715 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:25,000 now that they're cheering for me. 716 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,000 All right, you go to tackle the ladder. 717 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:28,000 How do you tackle it? 718 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,000 How do you want to tackle it? 719 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,000 It's pretty straightforward, 720 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:36,000 but one wrong at a time. 721 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:39,000 Now, this is one of those net rope ladders 722 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,000 where it's just like you have to go... 723 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:42,000 Or is it like a rope, 724 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:45,000 and you walk up as you go up the rope? 725 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,000 Yeah, it's got slats. 726 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:48,000 You've got the rope, 727 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,000 although I described somebody holding onto it. 728 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,000 The hard one is the rope version. 729 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,000 The middle and easy ones, 730 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:58,000 it's got the planks and the knotted rope 731 00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,000 that you can pull yourself up with. 732 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:00,000 All right, yeah. 733 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:04,000 I'm just gonna kind of go full bore on this thing. 734 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,000 Strength, athletics, acrobatics. 735 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:08,000 We'll go strength. 736 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,000 Oh, net 20. 737 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:11,000 Snap. 738 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,000 Really dig, dig deep. 739 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:14,000 Catching your breath after you're swimming, 740 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:17,000 and everybody's cheering you on from the sidelines. 741 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,000 Even Anapa, who's just laying down 742 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,000 with the brace on her own sandwich board. 743 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:27,000 And net 20, you describe to me 744 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:31,000 the flood of emotion and feeling 745 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,000 that runs through Cav. 746 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:38,000 Cav totally has done this before 747 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,000 in his previous training as an adventurer. 748 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,000 This is something that he's like, 749 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,000 he has done this climb before. 750 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,000 So he just like, he kind of starts slow, 751 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,000 he gets all set up, 752 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,000 but then once he starts going, 753 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,000 he just doesn't break his rhythm 754 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:52,000 the entire way up, 755 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,000 and he's up there in like no time. 756 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:57,000 I'm imagining the Mulan song, 757 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,000 he'll make a man out of it. 758 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:03,000 Let's get down to business. 759 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:08,000 We see you quickly making it up, 760 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,000 and it might be going in a little slower motion 761 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,000 in your own brain, 762 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:16,000 but everybody else sees you nimbly. 763 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:19,000 Compared to you climbing the city hall stairs, 764 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:24,000 you are swiftly moving up this ladder 765 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:25,000 and back down the other side, 766 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:26,000 and you get back down, 767 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:29,000 and it's like you almost blacked out for a moment. 768 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:30,000 And now you find yourself, 769 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:33,000 and everybody's cheering from the other side, 770 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:34,000 and you look around, 771 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,000 and Bench comes up behind you 772 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:37,000 and slaps you on the back, 773 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:38,000 and he says, 774 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,000 it looks like we're going adventuring, buddy! 775 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,000 Us and the kid! 776 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,000 I'm not a kid, I'm 14. 777 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,000 Dumbgeons AND DRAGONS 778 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,000 SEASON 3 EPISODE 9 779 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:57,000 This episode starred Amy More as Alydin, 780 00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,000 Carla Maxted as Bonwyn Everbane, 781 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,000 Tom Laird as Kavlaran Goldweave, 782 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,000 and Russ More as your dungeon master. 783 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,000 Dialogue editing by Carla Maxted 784 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,000 and sound design by Russ More. 785 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:11,000 This episode featured music from Epidemic Sound 786 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,000 and sound effects from Epidemic Sound, 787 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,000 Boom Library, and Sound Ideas. 788 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:18,000 Our amazing cover art and character designs 789 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:19,000 are by Matt Garbutt. 790 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,000 A huge thank you to our supporting producers, 791 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:22,000 Gabriel Lynch, 792 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:23,000 Jessica 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