1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,839 Dumbgeons and Dragons will begin in a moment. 2 00:00:04,799 --> 00:00:08,160 It's a day or two later in Vintersmouth 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:12,759 and Bonwyn, Kav and Bizard, 4 00:00:13,599 --> 00:00:17,080 you find yourselves standing in the middle of Everbane's. 5 00:00:18,719 --> 00:00:24,199 The room is cold, still and abandoned, all except for you. 6 00:00:24,199 --> 00:00:31,759 The soot-stained walls hum faintly with a memory too heavy to be forgotten. 7 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:38,079 Getting close to midnight, you stand within a forged circle. 8 00:00:38,679 --> 00:00:42,359 You've cleared away tables, you've cleared away all your tools, 9 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:47,200 followed the directions that Bizard has found within this tome 10 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,679 that you uncovered in your father's workshop. 11 00:00:51,679 --> 00:00:54,640 You have a few lanterns lit. 12 00:00:55,439 --> 00:01:01,480 And as you take a step back from the circle and look at the placement, 13 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:07,519 you are examining the book, which showcases four pillars. 14 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:12,879 You weren't sure as you were originally reading it if this would exactly line up. 15 00:01:12,879 --> 00:01:17,719 But as you've cleared away all the tables, which really haven't been moved in quite a long time, 16 00:01:18,679 --> 00:01:20,679 four support beams, 17 00:01:21,079 --> 00:01:28,599 stone, stand around the forge and perfectly align with the circle as it is drawn. 18 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:37,920 So we have everything set up here, the six points, representing life, death, earth, wind, water, and fire. 19 00:01:39,359 --> 00:01:45,599 We have the four pillars of support to represent the four founding gods and 20 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:53,960 I believe all the leyline connections start across. 21 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:59,360 Yes, I, I, I, are you ready, Bonwyn? 22 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,000 Oh, I'm definitely ready. 23 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,600 Yeah, we got to we got to get this going again. 24 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:09,879 OK, OK. Oh, one question before we start. 25 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:12,719 What am I doing again? 26 00:02:13,719 --> 00:02:15,719 Praying? 27 00:02:15,719 --> 00:02:17,719 Done. Got it. Locked it down. 28 00:02:17,719 --> 00:02:19,719 Let's do this. 29 00:02:20,719 --> 00:02:26,719 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a D&D actual play podcast and I'm your dungeon master Russ More, HeHim. 30 00:02:26,719 --> 00:02:30,719 Also with me today is Carla Maxstab is Bonwyn Everbane, she her. 31 00:02:30,719 --> 00:02:36,719 Maybe the fire gods need me to like fuck up my work life for the rest of my life? 32 00:02:36,719 --> 00:02:39,719 Tom Laird is Kavlaran Goldweave, HeHim. 33 00:02:39,719 --> 00:02:42,719 I forgot about the extensive remodeling that you commissioned. 34 00:02:42,719 --> 00:02:45,719 And Kyle Klassett is Bizard the Wizard, HeHim. 35 00:02:45,719 --> 00:02:47,719 I feel loved. 36 00:02:47,719 --> 00:02:51,719 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a Patreon supported podcast and you can join us today at patreon.com 37 00:02:51,719 --> 00:02:53,719 slash dumb dragon cast. 38 00:02:53,719 --> 00:02:57,719 There are so many amazing bonus episodes over there, which will help get you through the 39 00:02:57,719 --> 00:03:03,719 the slower schedule we have this summer and an amazing community that gets together every month 40 00:03:03,719 --> 00:03:05,719 at our monthly gook hangs. 41 00:03:05,719 --> 00:03:06,719 It's a great time. 42 00:03:06,719 --> 00:03:08,719 We hope to see you over there. 43 00:03:08,719 --> 00:03:10,719 And now, fuck it. 44 00:03:10,719 --> 00:03:12,719 Let's play. 45 00:03:12,719 --> 00:03:14,719 Cool. 46 00:03:14,719 --> 00:03:15,719 Awesome. 47 00:03:15,719 --> 00:03:16,719 I don't know what to do. 48 00:03:16,719 --> 00:03:19,719 I've drawn the things and the shapes and the magics. 49 00:03:19,719 --> 00:03:22,719 I think it's your turn. 50 00:03:22,719 --> 00:03:24,719 Tag, you're it. 51 00:03:24,719 --> 00:03:26,719 Okay. 52 00:03:26,719 --> 00:03:29,719 Kav, if you could actually just maybe get over there. 53 00:03:29,719 --> 00:03:34,719 I think there's some small, just some bandages and things. 54 00:03:34,719 --> 00:03:36,719 For the blood. 55 00:03:36,719 --> 00:03:37,719 Right. 56 00:03:37,719 --> 00:03:38,719 Yeah, of course. 57 00:03:38,719 --> 00:03:39,719 Yeah. 58 00:03:39,719 --> 00:03:40,719 Yeah. 59 00:03:40,719 --> 00:03:46,719 I mean, because it said, you know, in the in the letter for me, Lynn, blood and purpose. 60 00:03:46,719 --> 00:03:52,719 And sometimes I'm very literal and I feel like I've tried some emotional things. 61 00:03:52,719 --> 00:03:56,719 So what if we just try blood? 62 00:03:56,719 --> 00:03:58,719 I mean, that is definitely a part of me. 63 00:03:58,719 --> 00:04:03,719 It is what keeps me, you know, alive. 64 00:04:03,719 --> 00:04:06,719 There's also iron in blood, so it kind of makes sense. 65 00:04:06,719 --> 00:04:07,719 That does make sense. 66 00:04:07,719 --> 00:04:10,719 And like sometimes the most obvious answer is the correct one. 67 00:04:10,719 --> 00:04:13,719 Is the correct answer. 68 00:04:13,719 --> 00:04:17,720 So love your guy's opinion here. 69 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,720 Dramatically in stories, everyone always cuts across their palm. 70 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,720 That seems to me the worst place to cut yourself. 71 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:25,720 So what do we think? 72 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:29,720 Forearm, probably away from any major veins, just can wrap it up. 73 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:32,720 It's not like it bleeds pretty freely, I think. 74 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:33,720 So like. 75 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:34,720 OK. 76 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:35,720 Yeah. 77 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:38,720 And if it doesn't work, then you can always cut your hand. 78 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:39,720 True. 79 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:47,720 Maybe maybe the fire gods need me to like fuck up my work life for the rest of my life. 80 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:48,720 I don't think so. 81 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:49,720 I wouldn't make sense. 82 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:53,720 Doesn't make sense. 83 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,720 OK, so I have a dagger. 84 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:01,720 You know, the one that I thought might be something that that that would they would accept. 85 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:03,720 But what if? 86 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,720 Blood on the dagger. 87 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:07,720 Ooh. 88 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:12,720 OK, so I'm going to cut myself. 89 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:14,720 And Bonnie has no idea what she's doing. 90 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:17,720 Like this is makes no sense. 91 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,720 Is she like going to drip things on each of the four pillars? 92 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:22,720 Maybe. 93 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,720 Is it more of a like a schmear technique? 94 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:26,720 Exactly. 95 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:27,720 What are we going for here? 96 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:28,720 Exactly. 97 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:34,720 Like she could not be more out of her element, despite being like literally in her home. 98 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:41,720 But yeah, maybe I am bleeding now. 99 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:54,720 And maybe I'll do a like a slow circle or a slow walk around the circle and then go to the forge and like, you know, really squish it. 100 00:05:54,720 --> 00:06:00,720 Let me get some blood in there. 101 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:01,720 Ow. 102 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,720 That still kind of hurt, but not as much as on my hand. 103 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:17,720 And then I'm going to put the dagger in as well and say, OK, please start now, because this is my literal lifeblood and purpose. 104 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:21,720 So here we go. 105 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:30,720 And I'm going to, I guess, put some kindling in there and try and light it on fire the old fashioned way. 106 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:36,720 You're walking around the room doing what you can only imagine is the ritual. 107 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:38,720 Feels magical. 108 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:51,720 And as you lay the blade down, stemming the blood with the bandage the cab has given you, you step back to go grab some kindling. 109 00:06:51,720 --> 00:07:00,720 And as you step more towards the center of the circle, you feel a warmth from behind you. 110 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:11,720 It's not the same heat that's come from the forge, but you turn back and a light smoke is coming out of it. 111 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:23,720 There's what looks like the illumination of some ember burning inside. 112 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:30,720 You see the dagger shadow cast into the room. 113 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:34,720 It's the first dagger that you ever forged. 114 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:38,720 It's not perfect, but it's honest. 115 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:48,720 It marked the day your father looked at you, not just as your daughter, but as an equal in the business. 116 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:55,720 The warmth begins to swell and smoke begins to billow out. 117 00:07:55,720 --> 00:08:04,720 You hear the sizzle of the blood on the dagger as this heat begins to build. 118 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:13,720 As the room begins to fill with this, what can now be described only as like a smoky fog. 119 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:23,720 You can still see Bazaard and Kav kind of out of the corner of your eye, but you hear a voice. 120 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:27,720 All of you hear a voice. 121 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:33,720 It's deep and distant and almost grieving. 122 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:40,720 And it says, speak thy name. 123 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:44,720 Name thy purpose. 124 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:57,720 Give fire what you fear to lose. 125 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:03,720 I always want to have something cool to say, but I don't really. 126 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:08,720 Bonwyn Everbane. 127 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:26,720 I want to use the forge to create and also to protect my friends and family and my town from whatever's coming. 128 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:32,720 What was the last thing I needed to do? Offer something? 129 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:36,720 Give first what you fear to lose. 130 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:41,720 Give fire what you fear to lose. 131 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:43,720 Same thing. 132 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:47,720 Sorry, my E sounds like an S and a T sometimes. 133 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:49,720 It's Texas for you. 134 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:53,720 It's a Texas fire. 135 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:56,720 I'm just kidding. 136 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:59,720 I don't know why that's my joke tonight. 137 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,720 I would be so kind in a way. 138 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:04,720 I feel loved. 139 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:14,720 As you're pondering that, you look back at the dagger and the dagger, as it was placed on the edge, is not in the fire, so to speak. 140 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:29,720 Okay, well, why don't I go move the dagger into where the smoke is exactly coming from and while I'm there, just maybe get a little more blood on top. 141 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:33,720 Because if I'm being honest, that's what I really don't want to lose. 142 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:38,720 I'm going to lean over to Kav and say, hey, do you think we're supposed to say anything? 143 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:41,720 I mean, I think this is kind of like Bonwyn's show. 144 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:45,720 Okay, I'm just making sure we're not like breaking the rules or something. 145 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:47,720 No, I think it's totally cool. 146 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:49,720 Okay, I'm going to keep my mouth shut then. 147 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:51,720 All right, all right. 148 00:10:51,720 --> 00:11:04,720 You move forward and you put more blood on the dagger and as you hold it, moving it into the forge, you hold it in your hand, you feel it tremble. 149 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:08,720 Not magically, but as if remembering. 150 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:22,720 You feel warmth bloom from the grip and as you place it on top of this ember that smoke has been billowing from and release it, you have a flash of a memory. 151 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:32,720 You see the first spark that you lit the coals that day without your father nearby. 152 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:46,720 You flash forward and you can feel the stubbornness of the metal as you're trying to craft this dagger, the frustration that quickly became pride for you. 153 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:49,720 You see as if you're watching yourself. 154 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:59,720 You see your father watching from the doorway, pretending not to be there, but smiling when you weren't looking. 155 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:09,720 And then later that night, you see yourself around the dinner table and he raised a cup in a toast. 156 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:13,720 Not to your potential, but to your work. 157 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:17,720 He said, that's yours, Bon. 158 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:20,720 Your hands, your heat. 159 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:22,720 I'm proud of what I taught you. 160 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:27,720 But even prouder, I'm no longer needed. 161 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:30,720 He gives a little wink. 162 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:32,720 The blade isn't perfect. 163 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:41,720 It has a wobble, but that wobble is where Bonwyn's independence lives. 164 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:54,720 And as you release the dagger, you see it engulfed in flame, which causes you to step back into the center of the circle. 165 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:58,720 All of you hear the forge scream. 166 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:02,720 Not in sound, but in sudden pressure. 167 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:05,720 The walls shudder. 168 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:10,720 And all around you, ghostly smiths flare into view. 169 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:17,720 And above it all, a silhouette taller than the chimney rises from the flames. 170 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:22,720 A woman forged in sorrowful fire. 171 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:29,720 All around you are ghosts of Everbane's past. 172 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:38,720 The woman before you is Malon, your great-great-great-grandmother. 173 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:46,720 You hear a voice whisper through the fire that is building inside the forge. 174 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:53,720 It says, Ashuthra, I give you what joy remains. 175 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:56,720 My soul for your sorrow. 176 00:13:56,720 --> 00:14:01,720 Let the forge burn again. 177 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:08,720 And that voice turns into an image of this woman that you see before you. 178 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:14,720 A woman in soot-streaked robes, kneeling before the forge. 179 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:18,720 You see her place her hand on the coals. 180 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:25,720 As they burn away, her soul begins to sing into the fire. 181 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:31,720 And as that image fades, smoke begins to fill Everbane's. 182 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:39,720 The walls around you, around all of you, begin to grow ever taller. 183 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:46,720 Bizard and Cav, you're first to hear it, or at least it seems like you're first to hear it. 184 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:50,720 You hear the sound of movement behind you. 185 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:52,720 Turn around. 186 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:53,720 Bright eyes? 187 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:54,720 Yeah. 188 00:14:54,720 --> 00:15:04,720 You turn around and you are each staring into what appears to be your own shadows. 189 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:11,720 Those shadows have eyes lit with dark red coal. 190 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:17,720 And as you quickly look back and forth to each other and over to Bonwyn, 191 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:29,720 you see that Bonwyn's shadow, with cash large across the room, is tearing itself from her. 192 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:37,720 This entity pulls itself up off the ground and stands behind her. 193 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:43,720 And you see Bonwyn's shadow now staring at her from behind. 194 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:48,720 Is there any indication of their intent based off of how they're standing? 195 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:51,720 Like, what kind of stance are they taking? 196 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:53,720 Are they just mirroring us? 197 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:54,720 Do you want to roll Insight? 198 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:56,720 Yes, please. 199 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:58,720 I picture a b-boy stance. 200 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:00,720 Oh, fuck, that's not good. That's an eight. 201 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:05,720 I was picturing, like, youth pastor hat backwards, chair backwards. 202 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:09,720 Well, we'll never know because it could be either of those. 203 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:10,720 Yeah. 204 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:15,720 You take a moment and you're watching them, seeing if they make a move first. 205 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:21,720 The two shadows that are on, your shadows, Bizard's yours and Cav's yours, 206 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:25,720 just appear to be kind of moving with your movements at this moment. 207 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:33,720 But as you look back to Bonwyn, who is like eyes locked on whatever she sees in the fire, 208 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:42,720 her shadow pulls a dagger out from behind it and looks like it's moving towards her. 209 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:48,720 OK, I'm going to take the shield off my back and like rush this thing, try to get in between. 210 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:51,720 Give you that and then we'll roll for initiative. 211 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:52,720 OK. 212 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:56,720 What kind of roll would you like Russ, just like an unarmed strike? 213 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:59,720 Yeah, I do an unarmed strike. 214 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,720 Or is there like a specific like shield? 215 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:05,720 Well, there is if you get into like shield master stuff. 216 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:07,720 Oh, well, I'm definitely not there. 217 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:09,720 Let's do an unarmed strike. 218 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:11,720 OK. 219 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:12,720 All right. 220 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:16,720 Oh, it was a 19 on the die, so I'm feeling pretty good about it. 221 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,720 Aren't you a shield master, Cav? 222 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:22,720 I mean, it's a 22 now, so. 223 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:24,720 22 definitely will hit. 224 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:25,720 Yep. 225 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:26,720 OK. 226 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:29,720 Give me damage and we'll assume bludgeoning. 227 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:31,720 It says two damage. 228 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:38,720 As this shadow behind her pulls the dagger up, you rush forward, interrupting it, 229 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:40,720 and it turns to look at you. 230 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:45,720 And as you strike into it, you feel like you're striking something solid. 231 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:49,720 But then, like as you're getting like full momentum behind it, 232 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:53,720 the shadow dissipates and like completely envelops around you 233 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:59,720 and goes back to the same spot and like wags its finger at you. 234 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:02,720 I've been shamed as well. 235 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:06,720 Has this broken me from my trance? 236 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:07,720 I think so. 237 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:08,720 Yeah. 238 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:10,720 As like clattering to the ground? 239 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:11,720 Yeah. 240 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:14,720 Bon, when you snap to and you turn around 241 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,720 and you see Cav like rush forward and around, 242 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:20,720 and you now see the shadow of yourself, 243 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:23,720 and it is the same image that you saw in the mirror 244 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:26,720 a couple nights before at your parents' place. 245 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:29,720 Let's roll for initiative. 246 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:31,720 Got an 11. 247 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:33,720 Nine. 248 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:35,720 Lost a lot of blood, guys. 249 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:36,720 No, I'm just kidding. 250 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:38,720 No, that's totally fair. 251 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:41,720 I got a 15. 252 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:42,720 Hell yeah. 253 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:44,720 So you're already all up in there. 254 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:45,720 Makes sense. 255 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,720 I mean, I went for a little tumble, but I'm right back up on my feet, I'm sure. 256 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:50,720 Quick jump, quick jump. 257 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:54,720 The shadow of Bonwyn is up first. 258 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:57,720 And as Cav clatters to the floor, 259 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:01,720 Bon, when you turn around and you see yourself before you, 260 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:07,720 which raises a dagger towards you and moves to strike you. 261 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:11,720 That's a 24 to hit. 262 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:13,720 Yeah, that'll do it. 263 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:16,720 Damn. 264 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:18,720 Welcome to the middle. 265 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:19,720 It's the middle. 266 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:20,720 It is the middle. 267 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:21,720 We're here. 268 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:22,720 Right in here. 269 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:23,720 Here we are. 270 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:24,720 Just snuggled down. 271 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:26,720 Did you know we have a merch store? 272 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:27,720 I do know. 273 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:28,720 I did. 274 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:32,720 Dumbdragons.dashary.com is the place to go for the merch store. 275 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:34,720 Tell them all about the great merch they can get. 276 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:35,720 Oh, holy man. 277 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:38,720 We got our new designs up there and they're so cool. 278 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:40,720 We did a good time, you guys. 279 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:41,720 We did a good time. 280 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:46,720 I got a Barnhart Swans school of fighting dance and magic for a shirt for my husband. 281 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:47,720 And it's wonderful. 282 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:49,720 I got one of those as a tank top for me. 283 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:54,720 And it's that soft fabric, you know, the tri blend, whatever. 284 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:55,720 It's good stuff. 285 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:56,720 It's good stuff. 286 00:19:56,720 --> 00:20:01,720 I too got the Barnhart Swans tank top. 287 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:03,720 Everybody was asking for it. 288 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:06,720 We knew there was going to be a high turnover on it. 289 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:07,720 Yeah. 290 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:09,720 But yeah, great, great quality shirts. 291 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:12,720 The one I got super soft, like is the tri blend version. 292 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:16,720 I highly recommend, which I still owe Jess a picture. 293 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,720 So, you know, I've worn it three times. 294 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:21,720 I haven't taken a picture of it once. 295 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:22,720 Maybe next time. 296 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:23,720 It'll be good. 297 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:27,720 But yeah, Dumbdragons.dashary.com, new storefront. 298 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:32,720 We, please, if you're looking for merch from the show or from Facing Fate, 299 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:34,720 there's lots of designs up there as well. 300 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:35,720 Go check them out. 301 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:37,720 We would greatly appreciate it. 302 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:42,720 But what we, what we'd love to tell you about is Patreon as well. 303 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:45,720 Patreon.com slash dumbdragoncast where when you are a patron, 304 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:47,720 you get an episode dedicated to you. 305 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:52,720 Like today's patron, Sam Crawford. 306 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:53,720 Thank you, Sam. 307 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:54,720 Thanks, Sam. 308 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:55,720 Thanks, Sam. 309 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:56,720 Thanks for being here. 310 00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:58,720 So glad you're here. 311 00:20:58,720 --> 00:20:59,720 We appreciate it. 312 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:00,720 Absolutely. 313 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:03,720 We really appreciate you and your support. 314 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:06,720 And if you want to hear more of us during this, 315 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:09,720 probably when this is released during the summer, 316 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:12,720 when we're releasing episodes a little more sparingly, 317 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,720 we have a whole bunch of great episodes over there that you can go 318 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:18,720 fill your ears and minds with. 319 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:20,720 Sam knows all about them. 320 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:21,720 Yeah, absolutely. 321 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:22,720 Sam's the expert. 322 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:24,720 I'm sure Sam's been diving in all over the place. 323 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:25,720 Yep. 324 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:26,720 That's right. 325 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:28,720 Enough content to fill an Alydin bucket. 326 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:29,720 As the old saying goes. 327 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:30,720 As the old saying goes. 328 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:32,720 Ah, that old saying. 329 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:33,720 So be like Sam. 330 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:35,720 Fill your Alydin bucket at patreon.com. 331 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,720 Yeah, we should all be just a little bit more like Sam, I think. 332 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:39,720 That's right. 333 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:40,720 I think so. 334 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:42,720 Thank you for listening, everybody. 335 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:44,720 We'll get you back to the episode and talk to you very, very soon. 336 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:45,720 Love you. 337 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:46,720 Bye. 338 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:47,720 Love you. 339 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:48,720 Bye. 340 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:54,720 That is going to be two piercing damage 341 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:58,720 and three psychic damage. 342 00:21:58,720 --> 00:21:59,720 Cool. 343 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:03,720 Kavlaran, as you as you pick yourself back up, 344 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:07,720 you look back to the shadow, shakes a finger and then goes in 345 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,720 and like stabs into Bonwyn. 346 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:15,720 You're looking around and you see your shadow from the other side of the room, 347 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:19,720 which had stayed where it was, like melt into the ground 348 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:22,720 and like it's trying to move back towards you. 349 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:26,720 Everybody sees the fire building in the forge 350 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:31,720 and the four pillars that were used in the creation of the circle 351 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:39,720 begin to glow this bright white red as if they are building in heat. 352 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:40,720 All right. 353 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:42,720 And now what did the four pillars represent? 354 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:43,720 The four. 355 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:46,720 Well, Kyle gave them something, which was the god. 356 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:47,720 What did you call them? 357 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:49,720 The four creator gods. 358 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:54,720 I said something very generic, hoping that maybe it works. 359 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:55,720 I liked it. 360 00:22:55,720 --> 00:23:00,720 I like that you were just actively creating lore as we went. 361 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:06,720 Four founding gods is what? 362 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,720 Ritual circle, etched in stone, 363 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:14,720 four glowing pillars rise in cardinal directions. 364 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:16,720 I have them as north, south, east, west, 365 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:18,720 but I like the four founding gods better. 366 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:21,720 Maybe we named our gods after north, east, south and west. 367 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:22,720 It doesn't make sense. 368 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:24,720 They're the cardinal gods. 369 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:27,720 Four cardinal gods. 370 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:32,720 There was allusion to that in the ritual, 371 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:34,720 but now that you see them glowing, 372 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:38,720 you see the sigils that Bizard had drawn all over them 373 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:43,720 or drawn on them are now illuminating even brighter. 374 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:44,720 Okay. 375 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:48,720 And so my shadow is trying to like come back to me. 376 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:50,720 Bonwyns is attacking her. 377 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:52,720 What is Bizard shadow doing? 378 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:54,720 Is it just still there with him? 379 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,720 Yeah, not enough time has really passed for him to do anything. 380 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:00,720 So it still seems to be mirroring him at this moment. 381 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:01,720 Okay. 382 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:03,720 And they don't look like they're like, 383 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:06,720 his doesn't look like it's aggressive right now. 384 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,720 Not from where you're standing. 385 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:11,720 He would be blocking you a little. 386 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:13,720 He would be blocking you from. 387 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:14,720 Okay. 388 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,720 And I mean, I guess mine doesn't really look aggressive 389 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,720 other than the fact it's like trying to come back to me. 390 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:27,720 Yeah, and you have seen Bonwyns shadow try and actively stab her. 391 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:28,720 Sure. 392 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:29,720 Tried and succeeded. 393 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:30,720 Tried and you know what? 394 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:33,720 It's just nice to see someone succeed in their goals. 395 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:34,720 That's right. 396 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:39,720 I'm going to cast guiding bolt towards Bonwyns shadow 397 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:41,720 that is actively stabbing her. 398 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:42,720 Okay. 399 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:47,720 Now remind me with guiding bolt, is that an attack or do I have to say? 400 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:50,720 I have to make a ranged attack spell. 401 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:54,720 And let's see here. 402 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,720 That was a 12 on the die. 403 00:24:57,720 --> 00:24:59,720 So that should be a 16. 404 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:01,720 16 will hit. 405 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:04,720 I didn't expect to need five D sixes. 406 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:06,720 So it's a good problem to have. 407 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:08,720 It's a great problem to have. 408 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:09,720 Absolutely. 409 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:10,720 All right. 410 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,720 Here we go. 411 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,720 A mitful of damage. 412 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:22,720 16, 18, 19 points of I believe it's radiant damage. 413 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:24,720 Yes, it is radiant damage. 414 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:25,720 Shit. 415 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,720 Hell yeah. 416 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:36,720 And the next attack roll made against that creature before the end of my next turn 417 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:38,720 has advantage. 418 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:39,720 Love it. 419 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,720 You are otherwise standing ground. 420 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:43,720 Yeah. 421 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:47,720 So yeah, your guiding bolt shoots out. 422 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:59,720 And as it does, the smoke and shadows from the room almost appear to be like pulling apart the bolt. 423 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:03,720 It looks like it's weakening it as it's flying through the air. 424 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,720 It does strike into Bondwyn's shadow. 425 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:13,720 It lets out the same kind of pressurized scream that you heard when first placed the dagger. 426 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:17,720 It is your shadow's turn now, Kavlaran. 427 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:24,720 So as that's happening, the shadow slinks across the room and pops up right in front of you. 428 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:29,720 It takes a moment and like smiles at you. 429 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:30,720 Oh, good. 430 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:31,720 Sweet. 431 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:32,720 Great sign. 432 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:33,720 Perfect. 433 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:39,720 And makes this clawed swipe attack at you. 434 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:43,720 That's going to be 23 to hit. 435 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:48,720 Yeah. 436 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:52,720 So that's going to be four necrotic damage. 437 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:53,720 Okay. 438 00:26:53,720 --> 00:27:00,720 And your strength score decreases by one. 439 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,720 Like permanently? 440 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:04,720 Maybe. 441 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:05,720 Okay. 442 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:09,720 Don't let them touch you all. 443 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:11,720 Bizarre, it is your turn. 444 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:12,720 Questions. 445 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:17,720 Our sources of light are the forge and the four pillars. 446 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:18,720 Yes. 447 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,720 You had a couple torches that you had placed around the room. 448 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:25,720 Those seem to be like extinguished by the smoke. 449 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:30,720 But yes, the four pillars and the forge, which is now emitting intense light and heat. 450 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:31,720 Yeah. 451 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:36,720 So the forge is a single directional light while the pillars are omnidirectional? 452 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:37,720 Yes, sir. 453 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:38,720 Okay. 454 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:40,720 Appears behind the pillars. 455 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:44,720 Like you saw the walls shoot up into the air. 456 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:48,720 But most of what you see behind them is like smoke. 457 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:56,720 It's like obscuring what you remember the room to actually look like. 458 00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:57,720 Okay. 459 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:05,720 So really the functionally visible space is the circle. 460 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:06,720 Gotcha. 461 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:12,720 And as far as the shadows go, they are still obviously being like coming from us. 462 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:13,720 They're not like disconnected. 463 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,720 That would be hard to tell for yours. 464 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:23,720 If you would have seen Kav leave his, it would have stayed on the side where you guys were chatting. 465 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:28,720 And then you saw it follow him after the fact. 466 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:31,720 You did see Bonwyn's tear from her. 467 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:32,720 Okay. 468 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:33,720 Yeah. 469 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:37,720 But when you turned and looked at yours, it did not follow you. 470 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:39,720 It was staring back at you. 471 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:40,720 Right. 472 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:41,720 Okay. 473 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:43,720 That answers the questions I needed to know. 474 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:51,720 So my first thought is that I'm going to cast a spell called Bane on these three shadows. 475 00:28:51,720 --> 00:29:05,720 So I need them all to give me a Charisma saving throw of DC 13. 476 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:07,720 How about seven? 477 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:08,720 I like that. 478 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:09,720 That's a no. 479 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:10,720 Okay. 480 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:11,720 Good. 481 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:18,720 So as far as that goes, that means any of them that failed, they'll take a negative 482 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:26,720 D4 to their attack rolls or saving throws for the next minute or if I lose concentration. 483 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:28,720 After I do that, I'm going to look around. 484 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:32,720 Is there like a tarp or a blanket, something big nearby? 485 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:37,720 Or is all that stuff kind of faded out based off the environment? 486 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:39,720 Based off the environment is faded out. 487 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:46,720 You could explore through the smoke and figure out what's back there, but you can't physically 488 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:48,720 see something at this moment. 489 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:49,720 Yeah. 490 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:50,720 Yeah. 491 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:51,720 All right. 492 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:52,720 Cool. 493 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:55,720 So let me think about my life and what I would do knowing that I can't see shit. 494 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:57,720 And you're deaf right now too. 495 00:29:57,720 --> 00:29:58,720 Yeah. 496 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:00,720 Very, very, very hard of hearing at the moment. 497 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:06,720 But man, so my thought process is like, cool, shadows can't exist without light. 498 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:08,720 Where's a blanket I can stand behind. 499 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:11,720 So it's a shadow of a blanket, not a shadow of myself. 500 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:12,720 That's clever. 501 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,720 I thought you might just be doing that thing where you're like in front of your dog with 502 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:17,720 the blanket and then just go. 503 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:18,720 Yeah. 504 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:19,720 Pretty much. 505 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:21,720 The shadows are just shadows. 506 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:22,720 They're stupid. 507 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:24,720 Like they just do what we do. 508 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:25,720 That's a copycat. 509 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:29,720 No, I mean, I've casted my Bane spell, my bonus actions. 510 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:32,720 Don't have much I can do. 511 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:34,720 So actually, yeah, there is something I can do. 512 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:41,720 I'll go ahead and whip out my sword and I'll move up to the to bond when shadow and I 513 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:43,720 will start my blade song. 514 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:44,720 OK. 515 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:45,720 It's always bizarre. 516 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:46,720 It's answered everything. 517 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:47,720 Just whip it out. 518 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:48,720 Blade song. 519 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:50,720 Here I come to cut the day. 520 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:56,720 Awesome. So you start the blade song. 521 00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:58,720 You don't get to attack on that, do you? 522 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:02,720 No, but I do increase my speed by 10 feet. 523 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:05,720 I gain plus three to my AC. 524 00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:06,720 Sick. 525 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:12,720 And yeah, and plus three to con saving throws to maintain concentration. 526 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:16,720 So that actually helps out a lot considering. 527 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:18,720 Amazing. 528 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:19,720 OK. 529 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:20,720 Amazing. 530 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:29,720 So Bazaar moves into the center of the circle with you, Bonwyn, and it is your turn. 531 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:30,720 Oh, yeah. 532 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:33,720 So we're all inside the circle. 533 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:34,720 Yes. 534 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:39,720 Cav got knocked more towards the other side, but essentially all inside the circle 535 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:43,720 within the perimeter of the columns in light. 536 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:49,720 And do I still see MAlydin or who I assume to be MAlydin? 537 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:55,720 Like, do I still see the the ghostly figures of Everbane's past? 538 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:57,720 That you do. 539 00:31:57,720 --> 00:31:58,720 You do. 540 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,720 None of the other folks has been described to them. 541 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:06,720 So you are the only one currently that you are aware of that can see them. 542 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:07,720 OK. 543 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:13,720 Can I try to touch the ghostly presence of MAlydin? 544 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:19,720 Because she's the one that's like kneeled in front, like doing their original thing, right? 545 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:20,720 Yes. 546 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:22,720 I want to try and touch her. 547 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:23,720 Sure. 548 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:27,720 Like, yo, GGGG, be cool. 549 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:33,720 You move up to MAlydin and you move to put your hand on them. 550 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:38,720 Would you please roll a D8? 551 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:40,720 Sure will. 552 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:41,720 It's an eight. 553 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:43,720 She's made of poison. 554 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:44,720 Damn it. 555 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:45,720 No, wait, I'm a dwarf. 556 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:46,720 I'm immune to poison. 557 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:48,720 He can't get me that way. 558 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:50,720 Maybe it's MAlydin. 559 00:32:51,720 --> 00:33:02,720 You put your hand on MAlydin's shoulder and you suddenly have this sense that you are being watched. 560 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:16,720 You look into the fire that is billowing now inside the forge and it begins to take shape into this otherworldly entity. 561 00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:29,720 Like, it looks like they're created of, like, solid steel and they have lava dripping from them in the form of, like, a long dress. 562 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:35,720 Make a con save, please. 563 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:37,720 Lee. 564 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:39,720 Great. 565 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:42,720 That is a six. 566 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:45,720 Ooh. 567 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:46,720 Oh, Russ, this doesn't count. 568 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:47,720 So you're off. 569 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:48,720 It's off the table. 570 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:49,720 It's off the table. 571 00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:52,720 Hopefully you want the one that was on the floor or the one that I rolled on the table. 572 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:54,720 I don't want either of them. 573 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:55,720 They're both bad news for me. 574 00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:59,720 You literally and figuratively rolled higher. 575 00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:00,720 That's right. 576 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:03,720 You're going to take four necrotic damage. 577 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:04,720 All right. 578 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:05,720 Damn. 579 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:07,720 Yeah. 580 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:24,720 You hear, you begin to see the mouth of this person, this creature, this entity move and, like, whispers on the wind, like, everything that they are trying to say or that they appear to be saying. 581 00:34:24,720 --> 00:34:34,720 And it disappears in the rolling crackle of the fire. 582 00:34:34,720 --> 00:34:37,720 Kind of sounds like Billy Crystal. 583 00:34:37,720 --> 00:34:39,720 Is there anything else you would like to try to do? 584 00:34:39,720 --> 00:34:40,720 Oh, yeah. 585 00:34:40,720 --> 00:34:41,720 It's my turn. 586 00:34:41,720 --> 00:34:42,720 Things aren't just happening. 587 00:34:42,720 --> 00:34:46,720 Playing a game. 588 00:34:46,720 --> 00:34:47,720 Oh, right. 589 00:34:47,720 --> 00:34:48,720 I have agency. 590 00:34:48,720 --> 00:34:52,720 You just, like, move forward a couple feet and try to touch the memory. 591 00:34:52,720 --> 00:34:53,720 Touch something. 592 00:34:53,720 --> 00:34:54,720 That was it. 593 00:34:54,720 --> 00:34:57,720 See, because, oh, I don't know. 594 00:34:57,720 --> 00:34:59,720 Bonwyn's confused about what to do here. 595 00:34:59,720 --> 00:35:02,720 This all seems bad. 596 00:35:02,720 --> 00:35:10,720 I think to steal an idea from Kyle, this is my place. 597 00:35:10,720 --> 00:35:15,720 I feel like I would know where everything was, even if I couldn't see. 598 00:35:15,720 --> 00:35:20,720 Like, I don't be turning lights on in my own house when I, like, get up to pee in the middle of the night. 599 00:35:20,720 --> 00:35:24,720 And this has been my house my whole life, like, where I've spent all my time. 600 00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:25,720 So. 601 00:35:25,720 --> 00:35:26,720 Plus dark vision. 602 00:35:26,720 --> 00:35:27,720 Oh, yeah. 603 00:35:27,720 --> 00:35:28,720 I have dark vision, too. 604 00:35:28,720 --> 00:35:29,720 Oh, yeah. 605 00:35:29,720 --> 00:35:30,720 I have dark vision, too. 606 00:35:30,720 --> 00:35:33,720 But maybe the smoke is the issue more than the dark. 607 00:35:33,720 --> 00:35:34,720 Yeah, that's true. 608 00:35:34,720 --> 00:35:35,720 Yeah, very. 609 00:35:35,720 --> 00:35:39,720 Oh, you also have smoke vision. 610 00:35:39,720 --> 00:35:41,720 Developed after years of manning the forge. 611 00:35:41,720 --> 00:35:48,720 Because we would have, like, whatever the D&D equivalent of, like, fire blankets are in this place, right? 612 00:35:48,720 --> 00:35:49,720 Because. 613 00:35:49,720 --> 00:35:50,720 I would think so. 614 00:35:50,720 --> 00:35:51,720 Yeah. 615 00:35:51,720 --> 00:35:52,720 Safety. 616 00:35:52,720 --> 00:35:53,720 Yeah. 617 00:35:53,720 --> 00:35:54,720 Thick, heavy, like, wool. 618 00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:55,720 Yeah. 619 00:35:55,720 --> 00:35:56,720 Yeah. 620 00:35:56,720 --> 00:35:57,720 Like, wool blanket or something. 621 00:35:57,720 --> 00:35:58,720 Sure. 622 00:36:00,720 --> 00:36:08,720 Yeah, that I would maybe try and put on one of the pillars if those seem to be where a lot of the light is coming from. 623 00:36:08,720 --> 00:36:12,720 I don't think I'm quite willing to try and put out the fire yet, but I'm getting there. 624 00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:13,720 Okay. 625 00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:15,720 Sounds good. 626 00:36:15,720 --> 00:36:22,720 So you're going to, I assume, disengage from any shadows around you. 627 00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:27,720 Yeah, because I'm not in, because mine attacked me, but then Cav attacked it. 628 00:36:27,720 --> 00:36:29,720 So it's not like we're not engaged. 629 00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:31,720 Yeah, no, we're not really engaged yet. 630 00:36:31,720 --> 00:36:32,720 Okay. 631 00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:33,720 No. 632 00:36:33,720 --> 00:36:34,720 Yeah, you're good. 633 00:36:34,720 --> 00:36:36,720 So I'm going to attack or provoke an opportunity attack. 634 00:36:36,720 --> 00:36:37,720 It's fine. 635 00:36:37,720 --> 00:36:38,720 I'm already almost dead anyway. 636 00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:40,720 Let's do this fucking thing. 637 00:36:40,720 --> 00:36:41,720 I'm just kidding. 638 00:36:41,720 --> 00:36:43,720 I'm not almost dead. 639 00:36:43,720 --> 00:36:46,720 I'm not feeling great, but I'm not almost dead. 640 00:36:46,720 --> 00:36:48,720 Things aren't ideal, but. 641 00:36:48,720 --> 00:36:51,720 Okay, so you're going to run into the smoke. 642 00:36:51,720 --> 00:36:52,720 Yep. 643 00:36:52,720 --> 00:36:53,720 Okay. 644 00:36:53,720 --> 00:36:54,720 Hit a brick wall. 645 00:36:54,720 --> 00:36:58,720 Run into the smoke where you know that you have these blankets. 646 00:36:58,720 --> 00:36:59,720 Yeah. 647 00:36:59,720 --> 00:37:03,720 As you run into the smoke, make a constitution saving throw, please. 648 00:37:03,720 --> 00:37:05,720 I'm getting nuts. 649 00:37:05,720 --> 00:37:10,720 I just rolled a four. 650 00:37:10,720 --> 00:37:13,720 You run into the smoke. 651 00:37:13,720 --> 00:37:14,720 Straight into a wall. 652 00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:17,720 That was exactly. 653 00:37:17,720 --> 00:37:18,720 Damn it. 654 00:37:18,720 --> 00:37:23,720 Anything that seems ephemeral is actually solid. 655 00:37:23,720 --> 00:37:26,720 What does anything mean anymore? 656 00:37:26,720 --> 00:37:28,720 That's funny. 657 00:37:28,720 --> 00:37:33,720 You run into the smoke and everybody else, you see Bonwyn disappear. 658 00:37:33,720 --> 00:37:37,720 There's a Bonwyn shaped hole that's quickly back enveloped. 659 00:37:37,720 --> 00:37:42,720 The shadow in front of you, which is Bonwyn's shadow, 660 00:37:42,720 --> 00:37:46,720 her eyes follow Bonwyn into the shadow. 661 00:37:46,720 --> 00:37:50,720 And as you all kind of out of the corner of your eye look for her, 662 00:37:50,720 --> 00:37:53,720 Bonwyn's shadow before you disappears. 663 00:37:53,720 --> 00:38:01,720 You in the smoke, your lungs immediately fill with all of this thick black smoke, 664 00:38:01,720 --> 00:38:06,720 which causes you to like cough and like almost convulse. 665 00:38:06,720 --> 00:38:11,720 You will take one smoke damage. 666 00:38:11,720 --> 00:38:14,720 You're coughing up, hacking up phlegm, and you're like reaching around. 667 00:38:14,720 --> 00:38:16,720 You feel the tables. 668 00:38:16,720 --> 00:38:22,720 You feel like tools that were left out and you think you've got to the right place 669 00:38:22,720 --> 00:38:30,720 and you're tapping and reaching and you feel a hand touch you in the middle of this smoke. 670 00:38:30,720 --> 00:38:36,720 As your hand glances past where you feel the fibers of the blanket, 671 00:38:36,720 --> 00:38:40,720 but you feel something like reach out and grab you like this. 672 00:38:40,720 --> 00:38:42,720 And grab it back. 673 00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:43,720 OK. 674 00:38:43,720 --> 00:38:44,720 Did it grab you? 675 00:38:44,720 --> 00:38:47,720 You sort of you didn't say this, but you mimed it that it like, yeah, 676 00:38:47,720 --> 00:38:50,720 like picturing you like tapping, reaching. 677 00:38:50,720 --> 00:38:51,720 So it's like on top. 678 00:38:51,720 --> 00:38:56,720 So like reaching like your wrist forearm on top of you. 679 00:38:56,720 --> 00:39:00,720 So I couldn't grab it with that hand because it's kind of got it. 680 00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:01,720 I'm going to put mine on top. 681 00:39:01,720 --> 00:39:02,720 We're just doing a friend stack thing. 682 00:39:02,720 --> 00:39:03,720 What do we call that? 683 00:39:03,720 --> 00:39:05,720 You know, a friend stack stack. 684 00:39:05,720 --> 00:39:06,720 Exactly. 685 00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:08,720 You know, we call it that in the state. 686 00:39:08,720 --> 00:39:10,720 You're in a circle and you all stack your hands. 687 00:39:10,720 --> 00:39:11,720 A friend stack. 688 00:39:11,720 --> 00:39:15,720 Put your hand on top and it feels cold. 689 00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:18,720 Like on both sides, everything feels cold. 690 00:39:18,720 --> 00:39:22,720 But as you touch the top of this hand, 691 00:39:22,720 --> 00:39:26,720 like it goes through and your hand is now on top of you. 692 00:39:26,720 --> 00:39:32,720 But you still feel the pressure tightening around your wrist. 693 00:39:32,720 --> 00:39:35,720 Well, maybe all of that. 694 00:39:35,720 --> 00:39:36,720 Cool. 695 00:39:36,720 --> 00:39:38,720 It's getting so much worse. 696 00:39:38,720 --> 00:39:43,720 Out of the ritual circle, into the cold dead hands. 697 00:39:43,720 --> 00:39:46,720 I know this isn't, it's not a perfect metaphor. 698 00:39:46,720 --> 00:39:49,720 As we move back into the ritual circle, 699 00:39:49,720 --> 00:39:55,720 you hear like echoes of laughter coming from the smoke around you. 700 00:39:55,720 --> 00:39:58,720 It's Shadow Bazaar's turn. 701 00:39:58,720 --> 00:40:00,720 Oh yeah, that guy. 702 00:40:00,720 --> 00:40:05,720 And when you ran into the circle, it, as same as Cavs, did not follow you. 703 00:40:06,720 --> 00:40:12,720 How closely are you paying attention to your own shadow rushing towards Bonwyn's? 704 00:40:12,720 --> 00:40:16,720 Oh, I'm keeping an eye on all of them because I'm concentrating on Bane. 705 00:40:16,720 --> 00:40:19,720 So like my eyes are darting around to keep an eye on them, 706 00:40:19,720 --> 00:40:21,720 seeing which one's going to need to really be like, 707 00:40:21,720 --> 00:40:23,720 I'm going to need to pull that out. 708 00:40:23,720 --> 00:40:27,720 So as you rushed into the circle and Bonwyn rush out, 709 00:40:27,720 --> 00:40:30,720 you see it like disappear into the smoke 710 00:40:30,720 --> 00:40:34,720 and it jumps out the between two other pillars. 711 00:40:34,720 --> 00:40:36,720 So it's like moved between the next two pillars 712 00:40:36,720 --> 00:40:39,720 and you see it rushing towards one of the pillars 713 00:40:39,720 --> 00:40:43,720 and it is grasping around it 714 00:40:43,720 --> 00:40:46,720 and you see the light siphoning into it. 715 00:40:46,720 --> 00:40:48,720 That's different. 716 00:40:48,720 --> 00:40:50,720 Very, very different. 717 00:40:50,720 --> 00:40:53,720 Bonwyn, you in the smoke. 718 00:40:53,720 --> 00:40:55,720 Okay, so a couple things happen. 719 00:40:55,720 --> 00:40:58,720 Everybody who's still in the ritual circle, 720 00:40:58,720 --> 00:41:00,720 you see the shadow grasping onto it, 721 00:41:00,720 --> 00:41:05,720 but then the pillars begin to flare with light. 722 00:41:05,720 --> 00:41:08,720 It doesn't seem to affect the shadow that's held onto it, 723 00:41:08,720 --> 00:41:10,720 but they flare with light. 724 00:41:10,720 --> 00:41:14,720 Bonwyn, make another save. 725 00:41:14,720 --> 00:41:17,720 That will be also Constitution. 726 00:41:17,720 --> 00:41:19,720 Also Constitution. 727 00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:24,720 I switched my dice and it did get slightly better because that's a 12. 728 00:41:24,720 --> 00:41:29,720 Okay, and now please roll a D10. 729 00:41:30,720 --> 00:41:31,720 Nine. 730 00:41:31,720 --> 00:41:33,720 So as you're in the smoke, you're coughing up, 731 00:41:33,720 --> 00:41:38,720 you're trying to fight with whatever this creature is that you can't see. 732 00:41:38,720 --> 00:41:44,720 You have this flash of a memory. 733 00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:48,720 You see a vision of someone you care for cheering you on. 734 00:41:48,720 --> 00:41:50,720 Who do you see? 735 00:41:50,720 --> 00:41:51,720 Oh, geez. 736 00:41:51,720 --> 00:41:54,720 Well, there's been a lot of dad talk lately, 737 00:41:54,720 --> 00:41:57,720 so let's say not dad. 738 00:41:57,720 --> 00:42:02,720 What about June, one of my favorite teacher from teacher times? 739 00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:03,720 All right. 740 00:42:03,720 --> 00:42:06,720 You know, when we had schools, teacher times, that's what it's called. 741 00:42:06,720 --> 00:42:10,720 You see this vision of June and she's cheering you on. 742 00:42:10,720 --> 00:42:13,720 You got this. You got this. 743 00:42:13,720 --> 00:42:17,720 You are going to heal 1d6. 744 00:42:17,720 --> 00:42:18,720 Oh, thanks June. 745 00:42:18,720 --> 00:42:24,720 And gain advantage on any check this round, your choice. 746 00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:26,720 Fucking June, brushing it. 747 00:42:26,720 --> 00:42:29,720 That was a five, a good roll. 748 00:42:29,720 --> 00:42:31,720 The pillars swell. 749 00:42:31,720 --> 00:42:33,720 Bizarre Shadow has latched onto one of them. 750 00:42:33,720 --> 00:42:35,720 Kavalarin's was attacking Kavalarin. 751 00:42:35,720 --> 00:42:41,720 Bonwyn's shadow has completely disappeared from everybody's view. 752 00:42:41,720 --> 00:42:45,720 One could assume that Bonwyn is dealing with that right now. 753 00:42:45,720 --> 00:42:49,720 And the embers in the fire grow and the pressure sound, 754 00:42:49,720 --> 00:42:55,720 that scream begins to swell again as the walls begin to vibrate inside of Everbane. 755 00:43:19,720 --> 00:43:22,720 The design of today's episode is by Russ More. 756 00:43:22,720 --> 00:43:24,720 Our community manager is Jessica Babiak. 757 00:43:24,720 --> 00:43:29,720 Music is from Epidemic Sound and sound effects are from Epidemic Sound and Boom Library. 758 00:43:29,720 --> 00:43:32,720 Our amazing cover art is by Matt Garbutt. 759 00:43:32,720 --> 00:43:35,720 And a huge thank you to our supporting producers. 760 00:43:35,720 --> 00:43:47,720 Gabriel Lynch, Jessica Babiak, Angaron Kierzen, Cat Waterflame, Perry Mady, Jacob Madden, Old School Gamer D, Craig Zeiss, L.A. Branton, and Chibs1012. 761 00:43:47,720 --> 00:43:55,720 If you joined us today at Patreon.com slash Dumb Dragon Cast for the amazing community, all the bonus content, and so much more. 762 00:43:55,720 --> 00:43:58,720 Patreon.com slash Dumb Dragon Cast will see you over there. 763 00:43:58,720 --> 00:44:02,720 But until then, have a great week and we'll talk to you soon. 764 00:44:02,720 --> 00:44:04,720 So at the end of this episode, we just need somebody to say, 765 00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:06,720 Alydin, come inside. 766 00:44:06,720 --> 00:44:09,720 Get in the van. Get in the van. 767 00:44:09,720 --> 00:44:13,720 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a Dumb Dragons production.