DUMBGEONS & DRAGONS

Season 4 • October 16, 2024

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Dumbgeons and Dragons begins in one moment, we swear.

We hear the sound of hammering and busy work happening down in the docks.

And Bizard and Alydin and Bonwyn are at those buns dough and getting a morning

coffee. And it's been a been a little bit since you've seen each other.

And Bizard has some interesting information that he is imparting upon you

from his recent adventures with Kavlaran, who's notably missing at this moment.

So what's the deal? You just aren't going to help rebuild?

Like we've been here.

Alydin's been here swinging a hammer.

Like we've been rebuilding four times and she holds a hand up and she's

like fully like all bandaged up.

But learning experiences each and every blow, each and every blow is a

learning experience.

But like, dude, you and Kavlaran just like boys weekend or what happened?

We're expecting to see you.

Well, actually, the mayor and Edna pulled us in to the offices, which was

very, very nerve wracking.

But it's not what you think.

Instead, they had us go with these monster hunters, I mean, Pinnance,

Olive Tree and Bond and Love and go to where the monsters were.

So you remember, like the old mine shaft thing?

Yes, the old mines.

We actually went further down into them, made our way down there and

discovered the source of these monsters.

Tried to take out one, but I tried to take notes on it.

It's like a nest or like a den?

Well, probably somewhere, but it's on the other side of some kind of

portal that's now no longer there or we caved it in.

OK. I was taking notes and then all of a sudden I had to run.

So. But good news.

Portal brings monsters portal gone.

We all lived happily ever after in our newly rebuilt town.

How do you cave in a portal?

I'd like to know, too.

Uh, man, it was such a blur.

I believe we just attacked the the people were attacking

stalactites, trying to use them as weapons.

And that kind of just started a chain reaction.

You know, next thing you know, the rocks come a tumbling down.

So the rocks came down on top of it.

But then they didn't fall through it and into the where the other side

of the portal is.

Well, it was it was it wasn't a wasn't a horizontal.

It was a vertical like a doorway.

It looked like this.

And I pull out my my little notebook that I was like sketching of.

It's like it looked like this.

So like covered up the door.

Exactly. With with a lot of heavy rocks.

And I know they're strong, but hopefully not that strong.

I feel like it's a bandaid when we needed like sutures.

I don't know if they have the engineering skills,

those particular creatures to maybe figure that out.

The excavation, not to be a downer.

Who knows what else is on the other side of that portal, though.

That's a very, very good point.

And I mean, what are they going to do? Shout at the rocks.

They probably would.

But yeah, I really would love to like maybe do some research.

I know sometimes portals, the color of it sometimes

correlate to the destination.

Was it some situations?

Um, so the color of it was kind of

indigo in a way.

You know, hints of blue purple is kind of very amorphous

as far as the color spectrum goes there.

But but yeah, no, seem to be the source of it.

So hopefully there's no other portals.

God knows why that one was specifically there.

Can portals just show up like wherever they want to?

Does someone need to put it there?

Do we need to find the person who put the portal there?

Is somebody sending monsters?

Dumbgeons and Dragons is a D&D actual play podcast.

And I'm your dungeon master, Russ More.

Also joining me today is Amy More as Alydin, she her.

Please don't steal anything while I'm gone.

Carla Maxted as Bonwyn Everbane, she her.

Your draw length, your inseam, your waist circumference,

just all the measurements.

And Kyle Claset as Bizard the Wizard, he him.

We've swapped places. He owns the store now.

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And now fuck it. Let's play.

Bizarre, we're at your your home above the magic closet.

You and Kavlaran have been putting off your trip to Kingstown

basically as long as you can,

while the docks are getting fixed and while traders

are starting to come back into town.

You're getting close to thinking that this is a prime opportunity to go

and you're taking a moment and just getting some things together.

Are you an overpacker, a light packer?

How many pairs of underwear is Bizarre packing?

How many days are you going for and how many pairs of underwear?

I'm only going to take a couple of pairs of underwear,

because if Kavlaran and mine's plan are going to go through,

we're going to go to a chest of drawers.

You're going to get like 30 new pairs of underwear.

Buy some new fancy underwears.

So we'll be good on that.

I'll pack two, two plus one in case, you know,

accidents happen, in case you shit yourself every day for the first three days.

Yeah, I never know.

So, yeah, you know, fairly light packer overall.

I need my spell book.

You know, I need I always got to have some parchment and pen on me, some ink.

So you're going back to your alma mater.

Do you have like 19 capes with you or?

Oh, no, no, I'm not going to wear the official regalia on a trip.

I brought it with me, but that's not traveling, traveling gear.

You are tossing things into a satchel

and you hear the bell chime downstairs,

which you don't rush to because, you know, Alydin's down there.

We cut downstairs to Alydin and you are busy stocking shelves,

getting getting things put away and

some heavy footsteps come in to the magic closet.

You turn and you see a tall, thin man in a

a long, very floral colored cloak.

He has very slicked back hair and a

a well quaffed goatee, and he walks up to the desk

and is looking around and kind of over the desk and seeing.

It's appears he hasn't noticed you rings a bell on the desk

and is kind of checking checking his pocket watch

and is waiting for someone to come to the front.

Hi. Oh, oh, oh, oh, hello.

Do you work here?

No, don't tell anybody.

And then I pretend to put the things that I was putting on the shelf, like in my.

Ah, OK, OK, of course, of course.

Just kidding. Totally kidding.

What can I help you with?

Oh, well, I came to see the proprietor of this fine establishment.

But it appears that he's he's not here.

Well, what can what are you to what are you going to be?

What would you like him for?

Well, I have some I come I come through town every now and again.

Bizarre knows me very well, but I've come to sell some of my wares to him.

I've got new tricks for him to put out and sell to the kids.

Can I see? Oh, of course.

He opens his cloak and pulls out this fabric wrapped item

and he begins to unroll it on the desk.

And it is a long cylinder that he has inside of there,

which is metal, and it has holes all through it.

And he puts it down and smiles and says, ah,

ah, ah, yes, yes, you see, you see the value in this.

Yes. Yeah. Yeah. What is it?

Oh, well, it's a it's a it's a some of the kids call them boomsticks.

So like like an explosive.

Oh, a feigned explosion.

More than anything, more of a crackler really just sets

sets things alive at a party.

See, you pick it up here. He hands it to you.

Do you take it? No. Oh, sorry.

I once almost blew my fingers off.

If you wouldn't mind showing me how to how to do it.

Oh, what's your name?

Alydin. And you are? I'm William.

Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, William.

So all you do here is you twist the ends,

clicks into place, and then there's one final snap

and then lights begin to shoot out of all of the holes,

different colors, and they spin around the room wildly.

And you just place it here.

And after a few moments, it begins to crackle

and you hear this like the fizzle inside of it.

And then sparks begin to come out of it.

Don't worry, it's completely safe.

Nothing in wooden is going to be set a set of blaze.

OK, good, because I don't know if you know what our town just went through,

but everything was just a blaze.

It seems like think what happened.

Do tell, do tell. Monsters.

Oh. So how long does this go on for?

Oh, it goes on indefinitely.

And he turns it off and wraps it back up and says,

do you have a say over what stock goes into this establishment?

Well, I am a very close confidant of

Mr. Bizard, and

yeah, I do think that my he my opinion is very high.

Um, to him.

So I could put you down for 50 then.

That's the usual order.

Let's just hold on a second here.

I could fill up the paperwork.

No. Oh, they hardly, hardly anything.

Half a silver each.

Hmm. Can I see it?

Of course, he pulls back out of his cloak, unravels it

and places it down on the table for you.

Does each one come individually wrapped?

Of course. Only the finest.

How is it powered?

And I pick it up and I start to like

inspect it.

Oh, well, it's it's magic, my dear.

Don't patronize me.

A.B. Spanx.

Best dirty look.

And I'm not your dear.

Hmm.

Oh, I'm very sorry.

It did not mean to offend.

No, no, no, it's fine. It's fine.

I know people think that I'm a lot younger than there is

an enchantment placed upon it that when activated

puts the runes, as you can see, he points.

And this is there's runes all along the top and bottom.

Lines them up so that they are in position,

which activates the device.

Okay. Okay.

May I take this just to the back for a quick moment

to confer with Bizard?

Oh, oh, of course.

He's here.

Yes?

Maybe.

Okay.

I will wait here for you to come back then.

I hope it goes well.

Please don't steal anything while I'm gone.

Wouldn't dream of it.

Hard to get business if you steal from the people

that you're trying to sell your things to, right?

Yeah, but wouldn't it really be the best business

because you'd be selling them back

the stuff you stole from them?

Don't do that.

I wouldn't do it.

All right.

Up the stairs.

Knock, knock.

Open the door up.

Alydin, I hear we have some business downstairs.

What's that?

This is a light sparkler whiz banger.

Banger?

No, that's copywritten.

No, I mean, you know,

if that describes what it does,

I mean, it's a fairly mundane name, I think overall.

Boomstick, that's what he called it.

Oh.

You know William?

That's fun.

He?

William, William.

I've met Williams in the past.

He's dressed in the color floral

because that's what I was told.

He's dressed in floral colors.

Oh.

I wrote it down.

He wants half a silver each for these.

They do come individually wrapped.

It is pretty.

Wait, he's trying to sell them to us?

Was this guy's hair slicked back?

Did he give you a last name?

No.

I wonder if it's William Vanderhoof.

Should I not have left him downstairs?

I told him not to steal.

If it's the guy I'm thinking of, it should be fine.

Well, you've got enchantments on the place anyway.

People can't take things out without exchanging money.

Oh yeah, it's just,

I haven't had anybody come by to sell things.

Typically, as you know, I make them all myself.

That way I can guarantee the quality of the product.

I don't know if I'm opposed to it or not yet.

So I tell you what, let's go talk to this William.

See if I actually do know them or not,

or if they are just lying to you

since they have the opportunity to do so.

Very, I didn't like the cut of this guy's jib.

Let me tell you, because he talked down to me

and I didn't like it.

If you could maybe just pretend

like I am like a really close confidant

and you don't make any decisions

without talking to me first, that'd be really great.

I think I could manage that.

I don't want to undercut you or anything like you are

while you're an employee.

I also don't have any qualms

with you being a business associate.

You are in touch with the youth of this town,

so I would expect you to know better

what they may enjoy.

So I have some new things

that I may want you to hand out to them,

see if they really, see if they like them or not.

We'll get to that after we talk to this William though.

Lead the way, boss.

Oh, she puffs up her chest, so she's so excited.

You head back downstairs into the store

and you get down there

and you immediately do not see anybody in the room.

Hey, it's here, I promise.

Oh, I believe you, because I didn't make this.

Hey, did you know?

Unless.

Magic makes this thing work.

Alydin gives you a stare.

I'm going to observe it

and I'm going to check it

for any kind of like archonic runes

or anything that I would do to my magic devices

that would tell me if that's true or not.

Yeah, make an arcana roll.

Beautiful.

Bizarre does not have his coffee, that's a nine.

You give it a quick look over.

It does have runes

around the top and bottom of the device.

As you spin them back and forth,

it seems to activate the device

once they get to a certain position.

And then once you break that sequence,

it turns off the device.

As you go up to the register, to the front desk,

you see there is a package set down on the desk

with a sealed envelope on top.

Is there a specific seal?

Like is it a wax seal or any kind of?

You turn it over and there is a wax seal on it.

It has an inscription or an insignia

that looks like a magic wand

with a flourish of sparkles coming out of the end.

Do I recognize that?

Roll history.

There we go, he must had coffee, it's a 19.

It looks similar to a logo or a signature

or something that I'll let you determine

whether they were friend or not,

but someone you went to school with.

You remember them being William Vanderhootz.

Okay.

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So, Alydin, yes,

that was the person I was assuming it was.

And they, at school, they weren't.

Oh, he's a school chum?

Yeah, he's an old school friend.

But I use the term friend loosely.

I didn't make it a habit of mingling

with the other students too much.

Events where you were forced to, of course,

and that's kind of how I got to know some people.

And William was one of them.

One thing that we did kind of bond over

are kind of the trinkets that we like to make

that do make fun for us

and maybe a little bit of mischief for others.

However, this contraption obviously shows

that he does not have a good air for business.

Because look, you know, he said it just works.

From the looks of it, you just turn it on and it goes.

You'll have to line the runes up and then magic.

Cool.

So there is no need for somebody to buy a second one.

And right then and there is a bad business practice.

Because how are you going to get people to return

if the item does not get used up?

What if the item is not really for what he says it's for?

Ooh.

That's a good observation

that it could have nefarious intent behind it.

It seems slimy.

God, if he's invisible in here somewhere,

I'm, you know what, no, I'm not sorry.

I'm gonna open up the envelope.

And inside, there's not a long letter

that just says your name at the top, bizarre.

And then there's just an uno reverse card.

And it's like.

Oh shit.

And then it just says, you lost the game.

You've swapped places.

He owns the store now.

That son of a bitch.

It's just a picture of somebody holding up a thing.

Jesus, it's all those things.

It's all three of those things.

This guy's a real douche.

It says, bizarre, see you in two weeks.

And then it's signed, not William Vanderhootz.

It's signed William M. Hicks.

M, period.

As if he had a longer middle name,

but forgot it.

Yeah, middle initial.

M is for middle.

William Middle Hicks.

William Middle.

Why are you gonna see him in two weeks?

I have no clue, but let's.

Does the crate seem like it's probably

about holding a lot of these fucking boomsticks?

They're about the same size.

And it looks like perhaps a stacked crate

full of these boomsticks.

Is this, is this crate sealed?

With a small latch, it's not locked or anything.

I'll grab a quick padlock and I'm gonna put it

on there and then I'm gonna shove this

in the back corner of a room.

And I'm gonna write defective on it.

What if they're, what if they're spy sticks?

Damn it, you are, you are a good business associate.

Thank you.

I actually will keep this one

and start dismantling it once I have the opportunity.

We're gonna get to the bottom of this

because somebody showing up and trying to sell me things

is, well, not how I've ever done business.

And I, but here, back to what I was saying.

Why don't you, here, try out this new gum that I've made.

That's really good.

Over at EverBains, Bonwyn, you've spent

the last few days trying to clean up the mess

that the monster created coming through your floor

and out your front door.

Still haven't completed the front facade yet.

You and Thane are still putting things away,

trying to get some work done,

small jobs here and there or as you clear a workstation.

As you are getting ready to start

on one of these projects, there's a small knock

at what used to be the door

and it's now just a broken wooden frame.

Hey.

You turn and you look and there's a middle-aged man,

salt and pepper hair,

little rough and scraggly around the edges

and he takes a step in and says, hello.

I came to town today and realized that there's been

a many things going on.

Is everybody okay here?

Oh, we're, we are okay.

Not everyone is okay.

It was quite a thing.

Oh, it looks like it.

My name is Folan Varam.

I came to town more as, well,

trying to acquire some goods

to go out further adventuring beyond here

and knew that Everbane's has such a renowned reputation

throughout the lands,

but I don't want to put anything on you

that might be taking away from rebuilding.

Oh, you're very, very sweet.

We do, I mean, what kind of things are you looking for?

We, you know, we have some items.

There are some things we can put together

pretty quickly.

I mean, Thane over there has been making hammerheads

like nobody's business as we're rebuilding the city,

but what are you looking for?

Well, me and a couple others,

we were supposed to be meeting up here.

It may take them a few extra days

now knowing the current state

of the comings and goings of the town,

but we are going on,

well, you see, we've been tied into our work

and our lives and our jobs for far too long

and thought perhaps that we'd go out on the road

and see what good fortune is out there.

So we've been told that having sturdy weapons

is something that is something we should have.

So although not the strongest,

I have been working,

he holds up his arms, they're like sticks.

I have been working, I've been trying to make sure

that I can lift anything,

but I hear that you make some lighter weaponry,

some, perhaps a long sword,

perhaps something that otherwise would be quite cumbersome

for someone of my figure and my stature

and make it a bit lighter.

You heard right.

Yeah, I definitely specialize in creating weapons,

well, for all types of people of all abilities,

always of the finest quality,

always very sharp, very capable,

but yes, I can definitely make it lighter.

As he enters the room and pulls down his hood,

you see that he's a half-elven man.

Where are you heading on your adventures?

Because that might make a difference.

Sword shape, if you're heading somewhere jungly,

you'd want something with more of a curve

so you can really cut through the brush.

Well, I was coming from Kingstown Way,

not specifically Kingstown,

but just beyond there at a little port city,

and heading off and over the Me Mountains,

I hear that there is a dense rainforest

that has been on my list to go visit

for forever now.

That's where we're headed, first stop,

and then I've been collecting stories along the way

to see if there's anywhere else that I'd like to visit.

Do you know of anything, anywhere around here,

perhaps while I'm waiting for my friends,

that would be of interest to a person like myself?

Well, I hate to be a negative Nellie,

but I am gonna tell you two places

you maybe shouldn't go.

There are some parts of the Me Mountains

you're probably going to want to avoid.

Bit of what you see here is a result

of some creatures from there,

but I can show you exactly on a map where to avoid,

and you should be fine.

There's many, many routes through the mountains,

and if you go to the lake, which you should,

it's beautiful.

Excellent.

That's Lake Vochtig over there, yes.

Lake Vochtig, exactly.

Yeah, have you been down that way yet,

or did you come right here?

I've seen the signs, and familiar with the area.

I've been here some time ago, heard of Everbanes.

I believe I met your father once,

would have been much longer ago than I care to count.

Well, him and my mom retired down onto the lake,

so you know, that's got the Everbane seal of approval.

Fantastic.

Just maybe avoid the islands.

For any particular reason?

No, just I would say as a resident,

probably safe as just to avoid there, but.

I'm not a great swimmer anyway,

so I'll just stick around, stick around the shores.

Yes, yes, yes.

Yeah, it's really too bad you weren't here

just, you know, one week ago.

We had a lovely waterfront.

Yes, yes, I hear, like I've heard Vintersmouth

is a flourishing, very rich town.

Like it's surprising, like how long, how many nights?

Oh, well.

Has this happened very recently?

How long ago did this event happen?

Well, quite recently,

there is some sort of maybe income inequality

in Vintersmouth on this side of the river.

This is where the working folk are.

And on the other side of the river is more,

how do I put this?

Kind of more like where the rich assholes live.

Some of them are very nice.

And apologies if you yourself are rich.

Most of my clients are.

So perhaps I shouldn't be saying such things.

Just having money does not justify a lot of the actions

that one necessarily takes once they come into.

Exactly, exactly.

There's a way to have money and still be a good person.

Is the current mayoral office still held by,

is it Mayor Knops?

Yep, yep, Mayor Knops.

Still the head man in charge.

It's been a while.

Well. Yeah.

I'm sorry, I don't mean to drag you into local politics.

You came here to shop.

I did.

I have a few things I can show you

right away if you'd like.

If you would like a custom piece,

that will take some time.

For a sort of more, and then apologies,

this sounds a little bit rude, but I think you'd agree,

a more basic, serviceable, but excellent quality weapon

veins your person.

All right.

If you want something unique,

then I might be your gal.

Well, do like the idea of something serviceable,

something, but that has a unique quality to it.

Absolutely.

We've got, I mean, I have some,

and I'm kind of searching through,

like everything's just kind of in piles

and in wooden crates,

because we've been moving things.

And I pull out a rolled piece of leather and unroll it.

And there are a lot of, you know,

just kind of basic day-to-day knives,

like daggers and some slightly longer,

but of various functions,

but all, you know,

just the kind of things that we would make

when we had a little bit of metal leftover

and wanted to forge something.

Of course.

Oh, these are delightful.

Perhaps I purchased multiple items from you, you know,

as my friends are coming into town,

I have a few days.

So no huge rush.

There's no timeline on what we're doing.

I will get a room and stay here.

Perhaps go see if your father recognizes me.

But yes, as I mentioned,

perhaps a long sword struck my fancy,

a couple daggers and something,

maybe one other item, something special.

I'll let you choose what it is.

Do you prefer something you wield

or something you throw?

I hadn't considered throwing.

If I have the sword.

The nice thing about throwing is you don't need,

you don't need a lot of this, you know,

you don't need the biggest muscles in the world.

Let's go for some of that.

It seems we've got a lot of upfront,

close quarters protection.

Yeah, something with range,

something to keep us,

perhaps a little bit at distance if we need.

Perfect.

Before you go,

I'm just going to take some measurements.

Of course.

Get your draw length, your inseam,

your waist circumference,

just all the measurements,

just in case.

Yes, you're the professional.

Sometimes I'd make a custom sheath.

You know, I want to know how it's going to fit.

I tuck to the right if that matters.

If you don't mind that.

And if you don't mind,

I do have this,

if you could just stand right there,

that's perfect.

And if you just look in that direction,

you'll see there's a poster on the wall.

I see it.

And it's on the far side.

Yes.

Am I supposed to read the bottom line?

Yes.

Yes, please.

E, F,

S, C,

Z,

P, Q,

A.

Okay, and the line above that?

Okay.

R,

L,

L,

L,

M.

Great.

Okay, perfect.

I just need to know what kind of throwing,

throwing range, you know?

Great, great.

Perfect.

This is Thane.

Nice to meet you, Thane.

I'm Bonwyn.

I didn't actually introduce myself.

He just reaches out for a hearty handshake,

and he has a powerful handshake,

considering how thin and frail he looks.

Well, it's lovely to meet you.

I'm excited to see what you've done.

As I said, I'll just be around town

for the next couple of days.

I'll pop in every now and again, just to...

As your friends come in, bring them in,

I can get some ideas what they might be interested in,

and yeah, if you want some local recommendations.

Where's somewhere great to eat,

and somewhere lovely to stay?

Okay, so you're going to want to go to those buns dough?

Perfect, saw it walking in, yes.

Delicious, delicious.

Coffee, pastries, wonderful.

Pulls out a little flip notebook

and starts writing this down.

And if you're looking for a beverage

and some comradery, Brewed Awakening

is going to be the place you're going to want to go.

Excellent, I will hit both of those places today.

Perfect.

Thank you, thank you, Bonwyn.

And for a place to stay,

I would recommend the Curly Carrot.

Now you're not going to find any meat there.

I don't know if you're a big carnivore,

it is vegetarian only if you eat at the restaurant,

but you won't miss it.

It's delicious.

And the rooms, beautiful, so simple,

but also everything's organic and plush and nice,

and obviously it goes without saying,

that is on the noble side of the city.

Of course, well that'll give me an opportunity

to get a complete lay of the land.

Yeah, walk around and explore,

forgive all the rebuilding that's happening.

It didn't look like this, you know, just a few days ago.

Well, thank you.

Thank you again.

I'll see you very soon.

I'm going to go at least get a room

and then do a little wandering around.

Get a coffee and a pastry for your wandering.

You won't regret it.

See you soon as he walks out into the street.

Dumbgeons and Dragons, season four, episode seven,

starring Amy More as Alydin,

Carla Maxted as Bonwyn Everbane,

Kyle Claset as Bizard the Wizard,

and Russ More as your dungeon master.

Dialogue editing by Carla Maxted

and sound design by Russ More.

This episode featured music from Epidemic Sound

and Slipstream, and sound effects from Epidemic Sound,

Boom Library and Sound Ideas.

Our amazing cover art and character designs

are by Matt Garbutt,

and a huge thank you to our supporting producers,

Gabriel Lynch, Jessica Babiak,

Cat Waterflame, Jacob Madden, Christian Brown,

Ongurong Kiersen, Perry Matey,

Old School Gamer D, Craig Zeiss,

L.A. Branton, and Sarah Murphy.

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Portals do just show up for no fucking reason,

right, Russ?

That's the way magic works.

Not because I had nothing planned

and then have to now explain why they're here.

Nope, that's not how this game works.

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