1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,520 Do you know the secret knock? 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:03,439 No, you don't need it. 3 00:00:03,439 --> 00:00:05,360 Dumbgeons and Dragons will start in just a second. 4 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:06,320 Hang out right there. 5 00:00:09,439 --> 00:00:13,919 You're all quickly moving through the forest as quietly as you can. 6 00:00:13,919 --> 00:00:19,039 Some of us are very quiet, but does that matter with these gentlemen with us? 7 00:00:19,039 --> 00:00:23,039 Yeah, if I'm rolling an imaginary nat 20. 8 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:23,920 Yeah. 9 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:25,280 And they're not. 10 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:28,560 Say you're secretly a rogue and you're very stealthy. 11 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:28,800 Yeah. 12 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:32,800 When you roll a group roll to try and be as stealthy as possible, 13 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:35,280 at least half of you have to do the good thing. 14 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:38,880 There are three of you who could potentially do the good thing, 15 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,560 and three of you who, four of you who can't. 16 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:44,079 Like just auto fail. 17 00:00:44,079 --> 00:00:45,120 Folan could be good. 18 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:46,400 Steuben could be good. 19 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:47,840 Folan and Steuben could be good. 20 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:48,079 Okay. 21 00:00:48,079 --> 00:00:50,000 Steuben's carrying all the stuff. 22 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,320 Steuben's okay. 23 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:52,880 Yeah. 24 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:53,120 Yeah. 25 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:54,079 No. 26 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:55,920 No, not so much. 27 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:56,160 Yeah. 28 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:00,880 In fact, it's even worse because who's following in behind everybody. 29 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:07,600 There is another story that's coming from from Rudger in like a stage whisper. 30 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:11,520 He's like the elves once offered me a general ship. 31 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:16,400 You know, as I said, I had the finest strategic mind they'd ever seen. 32 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:20,000 Of course, I turned them down loyalty to Kingstown. 33 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:20,400 Of course. 34 00:01:21,439 --> 00:01:22,400 What else? 35 00:01:22,960 --> 00:01:26,880 And then what happened? 36 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,520 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a D&D actual play podcast, 37 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,320 and I'm your dungeon master Russ More, he, him. 38 00:01:34,320 --> 00:01:37,600 Also with me today is Amy More as Alydin, she, her. 39 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:40,240 You've stabbed the most things in the butt. 40 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:43,439 Carla Maxstab is Bonwyn Everbane, she, her. 41 00:01:43,439 --> 00:01:44,960 You don't have Elko on your list? 42 00:01:44,960 --> 00:01:47,920 And Tom Laird as Kavlaran Goldweave, he, him. 43 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:50,800 Even for a reader, a voracious reader like Kav. 44 00:01:50,799 --> 00:01:54,959 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a Patreon supported podcast and you can join today, 45 00:01:54,959 --> 00:01:58,640 or better yet, put it on your Christmas wish list because 46 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:04,399 your friends and family can gift you a one to 12 month membership to come join the community. 47 00:02:04,399 --> 00:02:09,439 Find out more details at patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast slash gift 48 00:02:09,439 --> 00:02:12,400 for all the greatest gift ideas this holiday season. 49 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,240 And now, fuck it, let's play. 50 00:02:17,439 --> 00:02:20,479 Who's leading this, this, this charge? 51 00:02:21,439 --> 00:02:24,239 Let's place ourselves in, like, you're following a path, like, 52 00:02:25,119 --> 00:02:30,879 you could maybe go two by two, but, like, who's, who's at the front here pursuing the elk? 53 00:02:30,879 --> 00:02:36,639 I feel like, yeah, I am a dwarf, so I only have a 25 foot walking speed, 54 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:38,560 so I am probably realistically not at the front. 55 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,919 You're bringing up the rear with stupid and rudgered at this point. 56 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:45,439 Which, I gotta tell you, is extremely frustrating. 57 00:02:45,439 --> 00:02:46,239 Yes, yeah. 58 00:02:46,959 --> 00:02:49,039 I can't see anything past them. 59 00:02:49,039 --> 00:02:51,840 I can, like, it's just, I'm just back there. 60 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:55,599 You are fully enveloped in red. 61 00:02:55,599 --> 00:02:56,799 I'm just in it, yeah. 62 00:02:57,519 --> 00:02:59,680 Oh, I'm probably near the front. 63 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:00,639 I'm excited. 64 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:04,799 I want to see an animal of any kind, but a ghost one. 65 00:03:05,439 --> 00:03:11,919 So, Follon and Alydin, followed by Cav and Merrick, 66 00:03:12,719 --> 00:03:18,879 and then the trio at the back who's just having the best time out of anybody. 67 00:03:18,879 --> 00:03:19,680 All three of you. 68 00:03:21,039 --> 00:03:24,479 Everyone, all three of us, 100% enjoying this experience. 69 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:30,159 Follon and Alydin, you are kind of first to step out into this clearing, 70 00:03:30,159 --> 00:03:34,560 and immediately, it's still daylight as you step out into it, 71 00:03:35,199 --> 00:03:41,280 but immediately you see this majestic creature, this elk, ahead of you. 72 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:43,199 However... 73 00:03:43,199 --> 00:03:47,359 Carla's mad that I'm definitely not going to get to see this thing. 74 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:48,880 Not the first one to see this. 75 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:51,680 You step out into the clearing, 76 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:55,520 and you see this majestic creature with these massive antlers. 77 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,920 It almost appears to be shimmering or translucent, 78 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:05,440 and the antlers themselves, as you are catching your breath and focusing on it, 79 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:07,280 everybody else is coming in behind. 80 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:10,000 It turns and looks at you, 81 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,960 and the antlers appear to be dripping with something black. 82 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:14,800 Is it sick? 83 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:15,760 What's wrong with it? 84 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:17,920 Does it appear to be in distress? 85 00:04:19,280 --> 00:04:23,120 Roll nature or animal handling. 86 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:27,680 You're not really handling it, but understanding creatures or animals. 87 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:28,180 14. 88 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,200 It doesn't appear to be in distress, 89 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:32,879 and the longer you... 90 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:36,400 For the brief moment, you continue to stare at it. 91 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:40,640 It stomps its front hooves and turns to face you, 92 00:04:40,639 --> 00:04:45,919 and like scuffing the ground towards you, 93 00:04:45,919 --> 00:04:47,039 letting out this snort. 94 00:04:47,759 --> 00:04:54,159 And it's not a cold day, but you see billowing from its nostrils 95 00:04:54,159 --> 00:04:57,360 like this fog pour out of its nostrils, 96 00:04:57,919 --> 00:05:01,279 and it begins to like crawl along the ground towards you. 97 00:05:02,159 --> 00:05:03,199 It looks really mad. 98 00:05:04,719 --> 00:05:08,639 Yeah, it definitely looks really mad, but amazing. 99 00:05:08,639 --> 00:05:09,439 Throw it a roll. 100 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:11,199 Yeah, Steuben, throw it a roll. 101 00:05:11,759 --> 00:05:15,279 You turn to look at the gentleman who are with you, 102 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:19,040 and all four of them are like frozen in fear 103 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:25,199 as you hear the hooves pound again into the ground, 104 00:05:25,199 --> 00:05:27,519 and this animal charges towards you. 105 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:30,079 Everybody roll for initiative. 106 00:05:30,079 --> 00:05:30,579 Fuck. 107 00:05:32,399 --> 00:05:33,120 A three. 108 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,959 I also rolled a three, but that's a seven. 109 00:05:37,919 --> 00:05:39,599 I'm like, oh, I have plus one. 110 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:42,319 11 for me, Russ. 111 00:05:42,319 --> 00:05:44,239 The elk is going to go first. 112 00:05:44,239 --> 00:05:46,000 I mean, I know you guys rolled really well, 113 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,399 but that's a big surprise. 114 00:05:48,399 --> 00:05:52,879 Well, we just kind of came upon this now angry elk. 115 00:05:52,879 --> 00:05:57,519 Yeah, it is going to charge towards you. 116 00:05:57,519 --> 00:06:00,879 So as I mentioned, the men who you're with 117 00:06:00,879 --> 00:06:02,799 appear to be frozen in fear. 118 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:06,160 Folan does kind of snap out of it 119 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:10,319 and grabs his sword that you had made for him, Bonwyn, 120 00:06:10,319 --> 00:06:12,240 and comes up to join you. 121 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:14,800 It's going to charge towards everybody, though, 122 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:18,160 so let's give a straight shot. 123 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:21,920 I mean, you're all standing kind of clustered 124 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:24,480 as far as I picture it as you come out of this path, 125 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:28,879 so everybody make a dexterity saving throw as it charges. 126 00:06:28,879 --> 00:06:29,379 21. 127 00:06:29,779 --> 00:06:30,279 Fuck. 128 00:06:30,980 --> 00:06:31,620 6. 129 00:06:31,620 --> 00:06:32,180 Do I die? 130 00:06:34,100 --> 00:06:34,740 17. 131 00:06:36,740 --> 00:06:39,620 Everyone dodges, and there's just like, 132 00:06:40,659 --> 00:06:41,459 Alydin like. 133 00:06:42,500 --> 00:06:45,540 Well, you and the three frozen men 134 00:06:45,540 --> 00:06:47,779 who are just not frozen physically, 135 00:06:47,779 --> 00:06:52,339 but like in state, are going to take a hit. 136 00:06:52,980 --> 00:06:53,480 No. 137 00:06:54,180 --> 00:07:01,140 That hit is going to be dispersed among you. 138 00:07:01,140 --> 00:07:03,940 Breast strength's so hard not to kill Alydin right now. 139 00:07:06,340 --> 00:07:10,340 So each of you are going to take two piercing damage, 140 00:07:10,340 --> 00:07:13,460 and you need to also make a strength saving throw. 141 00:07:13,460 --> 00:07:14,340 Jesus. 142 00:07:14,340 --> 00:07:16,340 So you're a child, you're very strong. 143 00:07:16,340 --> 00:07:17,300 Very strong. 144 00:07:17,300 --> 00:07:18,500 So strong. 145 00:07:18,500 --> 00:07:21,620 Definitely do not have a minus in that. 146 00:07:23,060 --> 00:07:27,380 So all four of you are knocked prone as this. 147 00:07:27,380 --> 00:07:28,180 What makes sense? 148 00:07:28,180 --> 00:07:29,380 Does it throw me? 149 00:07:29,380 --> 00:07:32,500 Animal throws you like back into the trees. 150 00:07:33,300 --> 00:07:34,100 She's like a waif. 151 00:07:35,460 --> 00:07:36,820 Like a ragdoll. 152 00:07:36,820 --> 00:07:40,980 You hear the men kind of trying to clamor to their feet 153 00:07:40,980 --> 00:07:43,140 and run back into the forest. 154 00:07:43,140 --> 00:07:44,020 Cowards. 155 00:07:45,780 --> 00:07:47,380 Kavlaran, it's your turn. 156 00:07:47,380 --> 00:07:50,900 Cav's going to like get his war hammer ready, 157 00:07:51,540 --> 00:07:53,780 but he's not going to like just ready in action. 158 00:07:53,780 --> 00:07:56,820 He's also going to like do a little spells-y. 159 00:07:56,820 --> 00:07:57,320 OK. 160 00:07:59,140 --> 00:08:04,340 Going to cast Sacred Flame at this elk. 161 00:08:04,340 --> 00:08:05,060 All right. 162 00:08:05,860 --> 00:08:08,180 Remind me if I have to do anything or that's an attack roll. 163 00:08:08,180 --> 00:08:10,420 I believe you have to roll a dex save. 164 00:08:10,420 --> 00:08:11,540 A dex save. 165 00:08:12,580 --> 00:08:13,080 OK. 166 00:08:14,980 --> 00:08:16,820 How about a 13? 167 00:08:16,820 --> 00:08:18,900 A 13 will pass. 168 00:08:19,620 --> 00:08:21,060 Ah, sorry. 169 00:08:21,060 --> 00:08:22,020 That's all right. 170 00:08:22,020 --> 00:08:25,460 It's a sweet, sweet cantrip, so no harm, no foul. 171 00:08:25,460 --> 00:08:28,020 What does it look like as you cast Sacred Flame? 172 00:08:28,020 --> 00:08:33,300 A like column of radiant light kind of comes down from the sky, 173 00:08:33,300 --> 00:08:36,900 but it doesn't hit where I was looking. 174 00:08:36,900 --> 00:08:37,700 Yeah, no. 175 00:08:37,700 --> 00:08:41,060 As it passes by the elk, 176 00:08:42,180 --> 00:08:46,500 you find that that radiant light begins to refract unnaturally 177 00:08:46,580 --> 00:08:49,460 and as it kind of disperses around, 178 00:08:50,580 --> 00:08:53,700 everybody make, I guess everybody remaining, 179 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:56,659 which is Cav, Follin, and Bonwyn, 180 00:08:56,659 --> 00:08:59,220 Alydin is kind of off in the trees a little bit. 181 00:08:59,220 --> 00:09:01,379 Make a wisdom saving throw, please. 182 00:09:01,379 --> 00:09:02,580 Oh, we don't get to roll dex? 183 00:09:03,620 --> 00:09:04,120 No. 184 00:09:05,059 --> 00:09:05,700 Damn. 185 00:09:05,700 --> 00:09:07,139 Wisdom is probably better. 186 00:09:08,179 --> 00:09:08,740 Not for me. 187 00:09:09,299 --> 00:09:09,860 I'm dumb. 188 00:09:10,419 --> 00:09:11,139 That's a 12. 189 00:09:11,700 --> 00:09:13,700 But damn it, are you good with that hammer? 190 00:09:13,700 --> 00:09:14,659 That's right. 191 00:09:14,659 --> 00:09:16,259 That's a 14 for me, Russ. 192 00:09:17,139 --> 00:09:19,539 Cav has read five books. 193 00:09:19,539 --> 00:09:20,740 At least five books. 194 00:09:20,740 --> 00:09:21,460 Pretty wise. 195 00:09:21,460 --> 00:09:22,179 Least. 196 00:09:22,179 --> 00:09:22,980 Slowballing. 197 00:09:23,539 --> 00:09:25,379 Cav and Follin succeed. 198 00:09:25,379 --> 00:09:26,580 Follin got a 19. 199 00:09:28,500 --> 00:09:32,419 Bonwyn, however, you become distracted by the shimmer 200 00:09:32,419 --> 00:09:35,220 and you have disadvantage on your next attack roll. 201 00:09:35,939 --> 00:09:36,819 Okay. 202 00:09:36,819 --> 00:09:38,100 Follin's turn. 203 00:09:38,100 --> 00:09:42,740 He's going to take a look at the men behind him and Alydin, 204 00:09:42,820 --> 00:09:45,220 see that they're okay, 205 00:09:45,220 --> 00:09:48,820 and even some trying to escape the situation. 206 00:09:48,820 --> 00:09:50,820 And he looks over to you, Bonwyn, 207 00:09:50,820 --> 00:09:57,299 and he says, so what shall we do in this event? 208 00:09:57,860 --> 00:09:58,740 Stay safe. 209 00:09:58,740 --> 00:09:59,700 Try not to kill it. 210 00:09:59,700 --> 00:10:00,580 It's just a creature. 211 00:10:01,220 --> 00:10:01,700 Of course. 212 00:10:01,700 --> 00:10:08,019 He's going to move between the animal and Alydin, 213 00:10:08,019 --> 00:10:11,379 and he's going to ready an attack if it is to charge that way. 214 00:10:12,340 --> 00:10:12,980 Brave boy. 215 00:10:12,980 --> 00:10:15,379 I mean, his friends kind of stink, but he's great. 216 00:10:15,379 --> 00:10:16,419 Bonwyn, your turn. 217 00:10:16,419 --> 00:10:18,899 So yeah, disadvantage on your next attack. 218 00:10:19,620 --> 00:10:20,179 Okay. 219 00:10:20,899 --> 00:10:23,620 Well, that's rude because I had a whole thing. 220 00:10:23,620 --> 00:10:24,340 Blame Cav. 221 00:10:24,340 --> 00:10:25,379 That was really... 222 00:10:25,379 --> 00:10:26,019 Yeah, my bad. 223 00:10:27,539 --> 00:10:28,259 How dare you? 224 00:10:28,259 --> 00:10:28,820 I don't know. 225 00:10:28,820 --> 00:10:30,019 It's an animal. 226 00:10:30,019 --> 00:10:30,500 You know what? 227 00:10:30,500 --> 00:10:32,500 Maybe we're getting really thrown off the fact 228 00:10:32,500 --> 00:10:36,580 that it is a shimmery white elk. 229 00:10:36,580 --> 00:10:37,080 Yes. 230 00:10:38,100 --> 00:10:39,620 Instead of just like a monster? 231 00:10:39,700 --> 00:10:41,460 Yeah, we've been attacked by stuff before. 232 00:10:42,019 --> 00:10:43,620 I think we're being prejudiced. 233 00:10:43,620 --> 00:10:46,419 We're being prejudiced against cute majesty. 234 00:10:47,220 --> 00:10:48,100 Okay. 235 00:10:48,100 --> 00:10:51,060 No, it's totally true because I'm like, but it's so beautiful. 236 00:10:52,340 --> 00:10:53,620 Elks are wonderful. 237 00:10:53,620 --> 00:10:55,779 Even normal elks, I love them. 238 00:10:55,779 --> 00:10:56,899 But you're right. 239 00:10:56,899 --> 00:11:01,620 So I will try and shoot it with my short bow. 240 00:11:01,620 --> 00:11:04,019 It is also a goat, so TBD. 241 00:11:04,019 --> 00:11:09,139 That even does anything, but that is what I'm going to do. 242 00:11:09,139 --> 00:11:10,259 But I have disadvantage. 243 00:11:10,899 --> 00:11:11,460 You do. 244 00:11:11,460 --> 00:11:14,580 I mean, it seemed pretty corporeal when it hit me with it. 245 00:11:14,580 --> 00:11:16,500 Spoon four people into the fort. 246 00:11:16,500 --> 00:11:19,539 I true, true, true, true. 247 00:11:19,539 --> 00:11:21,220 24 and 21. 248 00:11:22,019 --> 00:11:22,899 Oh damn. 249 00:11:22,899 --> 00:11:24,019 Then yeah, absolutely. 250 00:11:24,019 --> 00:11:25,059 That'll still work. 251 00:11:25,059 --> 00:11:26,340 Take that disadvantage. 252 00:11:27,539 --> 00:11:30,419 Well, that was bad, but that is a six. 253 00:11:31,220 --> 00:11:34,659 I know you have some sort of sneak attack situation. 254 00:11:34,659 --> 00:11:35,620 You do have... 255 00:11:36,419 --> 00:11:37,379 I do, but... 256 00:11:37,379 --> 00:11:42,580 Fallen would be probably close enough and flanking it. 257 00:11:43,620 --> 00:11:46,580 Oh, does sneak attack work on ranged? 258 00:11:46,580 --> 00:11:47,299 Probably not. 259 00:11:47,299 --> 00:11:47,779 You think that's... 260 00:11:47,779 --> 00:11:48,899 No, I think it's just... 261 00:11:48,899 --> 00:11:49,700 Never mind. 262 00:11:49,700 --> 00:11:54,100 Oh no, it's range 166 with a finesse or a ranged weapon. 263 00:11:54,100 --> 00:11:54,980 There you go then. 264 00:11:54,980 --> 00:11:57,059 So that is... 265 00:11:58,019 --> 00:11:58,899 Oh damn. 266 00:12:00,019 --> 00:12:00,500 12. 267 00:12:01,700 --> 00:12:02,740 Kick this thing's ass. 268 00:12:03,379 --> 00:12:05,220 Really, you're just trying to scare it off. 269 00:12:05,220 --> 00:12:05,940 I am. 270 00:12:06,900 --> 00:12:09,140 But as a bonus action... 271 00:12:09,140 --> 00:12:11,140 No, because am I still at disadvantage 272 00:12:11,140 --> 00:12:14,020 or that was just for that roll and now that's canceled? 273 00:12:14,020 --> 00:12:15,700 Yeah, just for the next attack roll. 274 00:12:15,700 --> 00:12:16,260 So if you do... 275 00:12:16,260 --> 00:12:17,940 I want to use my insightful fighting, 276 00:12:17,940 --> 00:12:20,340 which is a bonus action so I can make an insight 277 00:12:20,340 --> 00:12:27,780 versus their deception to see if I can learn about it. 278 00:12:28,260 --> 00:12:28,760 Okay. 279 00:12:30,580 --> 00:12:31,700 My insight's terrible. 280 00:12:32,260 --> 00:12:33,460 It's a minus two. 281 00:12:33,460 --> 00:12:34,580 So that's a 13. 282 00:12:34,580 --> 00:12:38,020 It's a 17 for the elk. 283 00:12:38,020 --> 00:12:39,940 I'm still just like, you're so beautiful. 284 00:12:39,940 --> 00:12:42,500 Even if I'm sorry, I shot you real bad. 285 00:12:42,500 --> 00:12:44,100 I might have an apple in my bag. 286 00:12:44,100 --> 00:12:45,620 Did it bleed? 287 00:12:46,500 --> 00:12:47,060 So yes. 288 00:12:47,060 --> 00:12:48,020 What happened? 289 00:12:48,020 --> 00:12:49,139 Did it bleed? 290 00:12:49,139 --> 00:12:50,420 Is it stuck in its body? 291 00:12:52,100 --> 00:12:53,300 This is not how I am. 292 00:12:57,540 --> 00:12:58,740 Hey, we're in the middle again. 293 00:12:58,740 --> 00:13:01,220 Oh my god, how did we get here? 294 00:13:01,220 --> 00:13:04,259 Man, it's like a Hugh Grant movie in here. 295 00:13:05,139 --> 00:13:09,780 Which are more problematic than I remember. 296 00:13:09,780 --> 00:13:11,379 Some charmingly befuddled? 297 00:13:11,379 --> 00:13:12,020 Oh, I see. 298 00:13:12,020 --> 00:13:15,460 Yeah. No, it was in and out because we were in the middle 299 00:13:15,460 --> 00:13:16,900 and then we were out and we were back in once. 300 00:13:16,900 --> 00:13:17,700 I see. 301 00:13:17,700 --> 00:13:19,700 I think that was a Kavin Kline movie. 302 00:13:19,700 --> 00:13:20,580 Was that Kavin Kline? 303 00:13:22,740 --> 00:13:23,379 I'm way off. 304 00:13:23,379 --> 00:13:27,540 Oh wow, Kyle getting corrected in real time in tandem. 305 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:30,420 Oh my god, I don't even think I've seen that movie. 306 00:13:30,420 --> 00:13:32,500 I really am mistaken. 307 00:13:32,500 --> 00:13:34,259 Maybe I'm from a different universe. 308 00:13:34,580 --> 00:13:36,899 I searched in and out and it just brought up burger places. 309 00:13:36,899 --> 00:13:37,299 That's cool. 310 00:13:40,100 --> 00:13:41,139 You got to turn your location off. 311 00:13:41,139 --> 00:13:43,779 Well, we're in the middle, so it's not really about that, is it? 312 00:13:43,779 --> 00:13:48,980 It's not really about that rom-com from 2002? 313 00:13:48,980 --> 00:13:49,620 Something. 314 00:13:49,620 --> 00:13:50,100 Who knows? 315 00:13:50,740 --> 00:13:53,779 What it's really about is, I don't know. 316 00:13:53,779 --> 00:13:55,139 What's it really about, guys? 317 00:13:55,139 --> 00:13:59,700 Probably the holiday season and how you can get some dope ass fucking gifts 318 00:13:59,700 --> 00:14:02,019 for you and your friends and your family members, 319 00:14:02,100 --> 00:14:08,579 specifically related to the content that this podcast produced over at our Patreon. 320 00:14:10,419 --> 00:14:11,299 This is true. 321 00:14:11,299 --> 00:14:14,819 Patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast slash gift. 322 00:14:14,819 --> 00:14:16,500 We've tossed that in at the end there 323 00:14:17,299 --> 00:14:20,980 because we want you to send others to go purchase it for you. 324 00:14:20,980 --> 00:14:21,620 That's right. 325 00:14:21,620 --> 00:14:22,579 Take a load off. 326 00:14:22,579 --> 00:14:23,059 Yeah. 327 00:14:23,059 --> 00:14:24,740 You give that job to someone else. 328 00:14:24,740 --> 00:14:26,019 You deserve it. 329 00:14:26,019 --> 00:14:26,579 Delegate. 330 00:14:26,579 --> 00:14:31,779 They can get you one month, three months, 12 months, whatever they're feeling. 331 00:14:32,179 --> 00:14:38,339 But then it gives you all that time to come in and test it out and have a grand old time. 332 00:14:39,539 --> 00:14:44,740 Talk to people like Jess, who hangs out with us all the time because she works here. 333 00:14:44,740 --> 00:14:46,339 She's a delight, guys. 334 00:14:46,339 --> 00:14:47,699 Super cool to talk to. 335 00:14:47,699 --> 00:14:48,500 Really good co-worker. 336 00:14:49,620 --> 00:14:50,740 And who else is here? 337 00:14:50,740 --> 00:14:51,220 Sam. 338 00:14:51,220 --> 00:14:52,819 You could talk to Sam, too. 339 00:14:52,819 --> 00:14:54,259 Sam is also a delight. 340 00:14:55,220 --> 00:14:56,419 The thing is, here's the secret. 341 00:14:56,419 --> 00:14:57,699 Sam and baby Grancis. 342 00:14:57,699 --> 00:14:58,659 Oh, baby Grancis. 343 00:14:58,659 --> 00:15:00,579 The secret is they're all a delight. 344 00:15:01,540 --> 00:15:02,900 They're all a delight. 345 00:15:02,900 --> 00:15:04,980 It's a no skips kind of community. 346 00:15:05,620 --> 00:15:06,180 They're all good. 347 00:15:07,540 --> 00:15:10,580 There's them and then everyone else in the Discord, too. 348 00:15:10,580 --> 00:15:11,220 Exactly. 349 00:15:11,220 --> 00:15:12,180 Everyone's so good. 350 00:15:12,900 --> 00:15:13,379 Lovely. 351 00:15:13,379 --> 00:15:16,100 I only list them because they're in the chat right now. 352 00:15:16,100 --> 00:15:18,500 So it's like we're all talking to you. 353 00:15:19,620 --> 00:15:20,740 Sam says, hide your wife. 354 00:15:24,100 --> 00:15:24,600 Fair. 355 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:30,600 But yeah, patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast slash gift is the place to send people. 356 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:36,920 Or you can just go knock off the gift and come join us today and be like today's patron 357 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:39,879 because you get an episode dedicated to you. 358 00:15:39,879 --> 00:15:43,560 Today's patron is Katharina Sindelar. 359 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:44,759 Thank you, Katharina. 360 00:15:44,759 --> 00:15:45,960 Thank you so much. 361 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:47,159 What a name. 362 00:15:47,159 --> 00:15:48,840 You've been with us forever. 363 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:53,879 Again, is that a character name or is that... 364 00:15:53,879 --> 00:15:54,759 Oh my goodness. 365 00:15:56,439 --> 00:15:58,039 It's a good character name, too. 366 00:15:58,039 --> 00:15:59,240 It's just a good name. 367 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:00,600 It's just a good name. 368 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:01,080 Yeah. 369 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:04,039 Thank you for being here and we hope to see you over there. 370 00:16:04,039 --> 00:16:09,240 Now we'll let you go back to the episode where we will be talking more 371 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:11,720 because that's what a podcast is. 372 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:12,360 That is it. 373 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:14,360 It's just talking. 374 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:15,080 Definitively. 375 00:16:16,039 --> 00:16:16,840 Fancy talking. 376 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:18,600 We'll call it fancy talking. 377 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:19,559 Fancy talking. 378 00:16:19,559 --> 00:16:20,120 Talking. 379 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:21,080 Elevated. 380 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:21,639 Yes. 381 00:16:22,279 --> 00:16:25,240 Get in the kitchen and elevate your cooking. 382 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:29,000 Grab your apple cider and curl up by the fire. 383 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:33,639 I don't know what's happening in this episode because I haven't gotten that far, 384 00:16:33,639 --> 00:16:35,720 but I'm sure it's fire worthy. 385 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:36,039 Okay. 386 00:16:36,039 --> 00:16:36,439 Love you. 387 00:16:36,439 --> 00:16:36,759 Bye. 388 00:16:41,319 --> 00:16:43,159 So everybody who's close enough. 389 00:16:43,159 --> 00:16:46,360 So that would be Bonwyn Cavan and Folan can see this. 390 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:49,639 So the arrow strikes and I mean you said ghost, 391 00:16:49,639 --> 00:16:51,399 but it does strike it as if it is... 392 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:54,120 A corporeal animal. 393 00:16:55,079 --> 00:17:00,679 The arrow sticks into its side and instead of blood coming out, 394 00:17:00,679 --> 00:17:06,519 it begins to ooze more of that black liquid that's coming off of its antlers, 395 00:17:06,519 --> 00:17:10,519 which obscures the luminescence that's happening on it 396 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:14,359 and like turns and snorts and more of this fog comes out. 397 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:17,480 And for everybody who's close enough within the fog, 398 00:17:17,559 --> 00:17:23,480 you see that there appear to be words mixed into the fog 399 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:27,400 that they dissolve faster than you can actually read them. 400 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:30,200 Even for a voracious reader like Cav. 401 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:32,279 I know. 402 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:37,319 He read those five books over the last 20 years, 403 00:17:37,319 --> 00:17:39,880 so he is pretty quick with the reading. 404 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:42,599 I'm in the grass, right? 405 00:17:42,599 --> 00:17:43,720 Even for Cav. 406 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:44,680 Oh yeah, you're just like... 407 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:47,560 It is your turn, Alydin. 408 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:51,400 Okay, well I guess I'll use my movement to get up. 409 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:53,720 Half your movement. 410 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,480 You can still run up and try and hug the elk if you want. 411 00:17:57,480 --> 00:17:59,480 I mean, I won't. 412 00:18:01,799 --> 00:18:07,000 I get up and I'm holding my side like, 413 00:18:07,079 --> 00:18:12,839 ow, good, because I don't know if I've actually been hurt very much. 414 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:15,240 Like mentally, sure. 415 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:15,960 Oh, mentally. 416 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:17,160 Yeah, psychologically, absolutely. 417 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:19,559 Sent through the wringer, but yeah, physical damage. 418 00:18:19,559 --> 00:18:20,920 Trauma-wise. 419 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:25,400 You took some physical damage in the banjo man stuff. 420 00:18:26,279 --> 00:18:27,319 Not much. 421 00:18:27,319 --> 00:18:28,440 Not antler damage. 422 00:18:29,559 --> 00:18:31,960 And it was all mostly like mental. 423 00:18:32,120 --> 00:18:32,620 Yeah. 424 00:18:33,319 --> 00:18:40,039 I think that Alydin is going to grab her sling out of her bucket 425 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,759 and try to shoot it with the sling. 426 00:18:44,759 --> 00:18:45,240 Okay. 427 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:48,519 I'm going to try yet another d20, see if this one works. 428 00:18:48,519 --> 00:18:49,480 Nope, that's a five. 429 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:55,079 God damn it, plus three, eight, does an eight hit. 430 00:18:55,079 --> 00:18:58,039 Your rock goes up and over the elk. 431 00:18:58,039 --> 00:18:59,960 Well, I'm injured. 432 00:19:02,759 --> 00:19:03,240 Mm-hmm. 433 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:03,960 That's all I got. 434 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:04,360 That's it. 435 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:08,120 And I'm going to probably stagger backwards a little bit 436 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:12,920 and make sure I'm behind my found family. 437 00:19:13,559 --> 00:19:14,759 Okay, got it. 438 00:19:14,759 --> 00:19:17,480 It is the elk's turn. 439 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:22,680 And Fawn, when you were the most recent one to try or to hit it, 440 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:27,400 so it is going to be mad at you. 441 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:29,880 I mean, I didn't hit it and I seemed to hit it. 442 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:32,280 There was like some fallout from that among us. 443 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:35,880 So it's going to look at me really disappointed. 444 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:36,760 Like, come on, man. 445 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:38,520 Like, do you see how beautiful? 446 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:42,680 It's going to move away from that. 447 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:45,400 It was previously charging towards where Alydin is. 448 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:46,840 Fawn has stepped between. 449 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:53,480 It's going to move away and come back towards Cav and Bonwyn 450 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:57,960 and get within 15 feet of you. 451 00:19:58,039 --> 00:20:01,960 I assume you were a little further than that to try and shoot at it. 452 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:09,000 And it's going to shake its head, which sprays these droplets of this 453 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,559 ichor that's coming off of the antlers. 454 00:20:11,559 --> 00:20:12,840 Why did I move back to them? 455 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:14,680 I don't know. 456 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:16,920 Oh, you're behind us, right? 457 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:18,039 You said you moved behind us. 458 00:20:18,039 --> 00:20:18,759 I did. 459 00:20:18,759 --> 00:20:20,039 You're under partial cover. 460 00:20:20,039 --> 00:20:21,400 We'll say you're fine for this one. 461 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:25,720 The two of you, can you make another wisdom saving throw, please? 462 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:26,200 Come on. 463 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:27,079 I'm not lying. 464 00:20:27,079 --> 00:20:27,579 No. 465 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:30,460 15. 466 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:33,079 20. 467 00:20:33,079 --> 00:20:33,480 Dirty. 468 00:20:34,039 --> 00:20:40,199 So you're going to take half damage, which is going to be six psychic damage, 469 00:20:40,199 --> 00:20:44,279 and you won't receive disadvantage that is granted by this. 470 00:20:44,279 --> 00:20:51,319 But as this liquid lands on you, you're rubbing away at it, 471 00:20:51,319 --> 00:20:53,960 and it looks like ink, like from an ink well. 472 00:20:54,759 --> 00:20:55,799 Back to Cav. 473 00:20:56,519 --> 00:21:00,759 I kind of look over at Bonwyn and I say, is this ink? 474 00:21:00,759 --> 00:21:03,319 Is this something to do with the archives? 475 00:21:03,319 --> 00:21:04,119 Got to be, right? 476 00:21:05,319 --> 00:21:07,559 There was the words and then the ink, and it's like... 477 00:21:08,519 --> 00:21:12,599 So this is, I don't know, the guard of the archive? 478 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:15,480 Maybe just talk to it. 479 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:19,240 Maybe we can talk to it. 480 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:20,599 I'll stop shooting for a second. 481 00:21:20,599 --> 00:21:22,119 You try and talk to it. 482 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:22,919 Okay. 483 00:21:22,919 --> 00:21:25,240 I'll try to talk to this elk for us. 484 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:26,220 Okay. 485 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:28,120 Animal handle it. 486 00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:29,319 What do you say? 487 00:21:29,319 --> 00:21:32,759 And I guess you're just going to presume common? 488 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,759 Yeah, I think common's really probably my best shot at today. 489 00:21:36,759 --> 00:21:38,359 You don't have elk on your list? 490 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:40,519 I don't have elk on my list. 491 00:21:40,519 --> 00:21:42,599 I have a fair few, but... 492 00:21:42,599 --> 00:21:46,920 I mean, elvish and elkish are very close to the same elvish. 493 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:47,640 That's true. 494 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:50,120 You're in a city of half-elves. 495 00:21:50,120 --> 00:21:52,440 Carla's got a very good point on that, Russ. 496 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:54,039 It's very close. 497 00:21:54,039 --> 00:21:54,599 Very close. 498 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,320 Someone reading quickly might mistake the two. 499 00:21:57,320 --> 00:21:57,720 Exactly. 500 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,160 I would say they're next to each other on the keyboard even, 501 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:02,200 but that's not true. 502 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:02,760 That's a lie. 503 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:10,040 Okay, I will kind of put my hammer not fully away, 504 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:12,760 but mostly away, and say like... 505 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:14,920 What do I want to say? 506 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:15,320 And say... 507 00:22:16,120 --> 00:22:16,840 Ah, man. 508 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:17,320 Sorry. 509 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:19,960 Our bad, dude. 510 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:20,360 My bad. 511 00:22:20,360 --> 00:22:21,000 I'm so sorry. 512 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:24,599 Yeah, I'm going to kind of put a hand up like Chris Pratt 513 00:22:24,599 --> 00:22:25,640 in Jurassic World. 514 00:22:27,319 --> 00:22:30,920 And I'm going to say, sorry about that. 515 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,880 Are you involved in this archive stuff at all? 516 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:37,720 Straight to the point. 517 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:38,119 I like it. 518 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:38,920 Straight to the point. 519 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:43,000 Make an animal handling roll, please. 520 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:43,799 I can do that. 521 00:22:44,759 --> 00:22:46,680 Bonus of two. 522 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:47,640 All right, that's 12. 523 00:22:48,360 --> 00:22:51,560 Okay, it looks at you. 524 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:54,200 It stomps its hooves again. 525 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:55,960 Good sign. 526 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:58,440 Blows the fog out. 527 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:00,200 This is going great. 528 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:02,040 Catch any birds? 529 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:02,600 It doesn't. 530 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:05,080 Well, I mean, there's no recognition 531 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,600 that it's understood anything that you said. 532 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:09,960 It kind of looks back. 533 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,440 It hears clanging from behind. 534 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,880 It looks back and then looks off into 535 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:19,240 to the open field ahead of you 536 00:23:20,120 --> 00:23:23,080 before kind of like side-eyeing back to you. 537 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:24,920 So that's what you see. 538 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:29,560 Guys, I don't know if that's going to do anything for us. 539 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:30,040 I didn't. 540 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:31,560 It didn't. 541 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:33,240 It doesn't seem to speak common. 542 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:37,880 I run through the same thing in Dwarvish, Elvish, and Gnomish. 543 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:42,600 In that six seconds that you run through that phrase that many times, 544 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:47,080 the same, you don't get anything more than what you've got. 545 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:47,800 Okay. 546 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:49,480 Shocked it doesn't speak Gnomish. 547 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:50,520 I know, right? 548 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:57,160 It's Follin's turn, and he's now behind the animal. 549 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,960 And he is looking at you, Cav, trying to negotiate with it. 550 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:06,680 And he's trying to signal Bonwyn with his sword. 551 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:10,040 He's got a very good vantage point. 552 00:24:10,519 --> 00:24:14,279 He's trying to signal to you, should he take a hit? 553 00:24:15,079 --> 00:24:17,480 Oh, Coward can't even do it by himself, 554 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:20,039 has to make Carla decide whether or not he killed the elk. 555 00:24:20,039 --> 00:24:21,559 He's going to stab it in the butt? 556 00:24:21,559 --> 00:24:22,759 He's going to stab the... 557 00:24:22,759 --> 00:24:24,680 Why are we stabbing things in the butt? 558 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:26,759 This is why we defer to you. 559 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:31,879 You've stabbed the most things in the butt, I think, out of everybody. 560 00:24:31,879 --> 00:24:33,639 Bit of an expert on the team. 561 00:24:33,639 --> 00:24:35,399 I mean, it's not responding. 562 00:24:35,399 --> 00:24:37,720 I shouldn't be tricked by its beauty. 563 00:24:38,120 --> 00:24:43,480 I've already damaged it, so I think I give him a nod. 564 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:45,480 Okay, he's going to try and... 565 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:47,720 Because it's going to attack again, and last time that happened, 566 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:50,279 Alydin ragged all up into the air and felt like... 567 00:24:50,279 --> 00:24:52,279 And those other guys, but I don't really care about them. 568 00:24:52,279 --> 00:24:53,079 They ran away! 569 00:24:53,079 --> 00:24:54,279 But I do care about Alydin. 570 00:24:54,279 --> 00:24:56,279 Yeah, they just peaced out. 571 00:24:56,839 --> 00:25:01,640 Then he's going to take his longsword that he has, 572 00:25:02,120 --> 00:25:06,839 and as stealthily as he can, rush up behind the elk. 573 00:25:07,079 --> 00:25:12,839 And jump down and strike into it, which he succeeds on his attack. 574 00:25:13,799 --> 00:25:17,399 And that's going to be seven damage. 575 00:25:18,919 --> 00:25:20,919 It's always more upsetting when it's a mammal. 576 00:25:20,919 --> 00:25:21,720 Do you find that? 577 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:22,359 Sure. 578 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:23,159 100%! 579 00:25:24,599 --> 00:25:28,439 With no claws or fangs or anything like that. 580 00:25:28,439 --> 00:25:29,959 Red eyes, yeah. 581 00:25:29,959 --> 00:25:32,279 It's an animal that in nature I would be like, 582 00:25:32,279 --> 00:25:34,759 what a wonder and delight! 583 00:25:34,759 --> 00:25:38,920 He cuts down into this elk, which the antlers shake again, 584 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:42,599 and more of this ink flies off, and there's this huge snort. 585 00:25:42,599 --> 00:25:48,599 And the elk opens its mouth, you think, to make a call, 586 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:51,720 a yell, a scream of some sort. 587 00:25:53,079 --> 00:26:00,119 But as the sword digs into it, and its legs collapse beneath it, 588 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:07,880 its entire body begins to dissolve into these paper fragments 589 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:11,640 that appear to be soaked in this heavy black ink. 590 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:18,520 Follens standing over top of it as this paper is blowing away 591 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:21,080 in the wind and the fogs dispersing. 592 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:27,640 And what's left are the antlers of the elk surrounded by this paper. 593 00:26:30,120 --> 00:26:37,160 Dibs. 594 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:38,360 I know you can kill Dib, but... 595 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:39,800 She called dibs. 596 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:40,440 I mean, you can't... 597 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:42,440 That's legally binding. 598 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:44,440 That's legally binding. 599 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:47,000 You all kind of collect yourselves, 600 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:52,680 and Follens calls back to the men who had hightailed it back into the forest. 601 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:54,440 They're already at them punks' death. 602 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:58,760 They're too far to hear him, or if they have heard him, 603 00:26:58,759 --> 00:27:01,319 they're not turning around coming back at this point. 604 00:27:01,319 --> 00:27:05,400 So he looks down and he's like brushing between the papers 605 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:06,839 as you all come to join him. 606 00:27:06,839 --> 00:27:14,440 And he says, there's two inks, there's little words more than anything. 607 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:15,960 I don't see any phrases on this. 608 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:23,000 What happened here? 609 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,599 Well, first, you need some new adventuring buddies, 610 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:28,680 or I hope the other ones. 611 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:30,200 Those guys can't go with you. 612 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,840 They ran at the first sign of trouble and you were here 613 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,720 and you protected Alydin and kept like... 614 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:36,840 Yeah, thanks, man. 615 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:38,360 You're crushing it as an adventure. 616 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:41,080 Well, thank you. 617 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:41,800 First of all. 618 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:42,280 Yeah, no. 619 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:45,960 I didn't think they were going to really hold... 620 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:50,280 I didn't expect it to charge us and throw them into the trees. 621 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:52,760 It really wasn't an animal, it was a book. 622 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:56,040 It was somehow a book, but also an elk? 623 00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:01,480 Was it a book about an elk and then it turned into what the book was about? 624 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,000 I mean, that's not one of the five books Cav's ever read, so... 625 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:07,080 I wish Bazaar was here. 626 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,080 Oh, God, I was just thinking the same thing. 627 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:10,920 All the magic-y shit happens when Bazaar's never here. 628 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:14,200 All of this weird stuff is happening and Bazaar isn't here 629 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,320 and he's the only one that knows about this stuff. 630 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:21,800 I want to gather all the pages that I can, even though they're ink. 631 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,120 Yeah, they're ink covered and mostly scraps. 632 00:28:24,120 --> 00:28:25,640 Yeah, but yeah, you gather what you can. 633 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:26,440 Me as well. 634 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:32,840 Follon looks down and there is a pool of what you can presume 635 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:37,080 is this creature's blood in the space, but it looks like the ink. 636 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:43,400 There are the antlers and Follon and it pulls out of his satchel and he says, 637 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:43,720 I don't... 638 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,640 He says, your friend looks into this. 639 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:51,160 Maybe we collect some of this and maybe he can do something with it? 640 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:51,960 Great idea. 641 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:52,680 Thanks, Follon. 642 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:53,180 Yeah. 643 00:28:54,060 --> 00:28:56,700 So he collects some of the ink-like substance 644 00:28:57,500 --> 00:29:01,259 and there are the antlers, which are, as you're now up to them 645 00:29:01,259 --> 00:29:03,900 and the ink has more or less been shaken off, 646 00:29:03,900 --> 00:29:08,220 they are polished antlers that shimmer faintly with the light around it. 647 00:29:08,220 --> 00:29:09,259 I'll just take these. 648 00:29:10,380 --> 00:29:11,019 I always... 649 00:29:11,019 --> 00:29:12,140 Stab them up on my shoulder. 650 00:29:12,140 --> 00:29:13,580 Okay, you okay with... 651 00:29:13,580 --> 00:29:14,779 You're good? 652 00:29:14,779 --> 00:29:15,500 Oh, yeah. 653 00:29:15,500 --> 00:29:16,460 Yeah, okay. 654 00:29:16,460 --> 00:29:17,900 This is a flesh wound. 655 00:29:17,900 --> 00:29:18,400 It's fine. 656 00:29:18,940 --> 00:29:19,500 Okay. 657 00:29:19,500 --> 00:29:21,259 Might have to get you a bigger bucket. 658 00:29:21,259 --> 00:29:22,860 Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. 659 00:29:22,940 --> 00:29:26,780 You collect everything you can for more investigation, 660 00:29:26,780 --> 00:29:29,980 both bizarre or anybody else later. 661 00:29:30,860 --> 00:29:32,780 You manage to find... 662 00:29:33,740 --> 00:29:37,820 You bring back a couple vials of the blood substance. 663 00:29:37,820 --> 00:29:41,260 You have the antlers and as you're collecting the papers, 664 00:29:41,260 --> 00:29:47,980 there is this cracked stone in the shape of a hoof 665 00:29:48,860 --> 00:29:51,500 that you find underneath a big pile. 666 00:29:51,500 --> 00:29:53,339 Pick that up and take that with you as well. 667 00:29:54,059 --> 00:29:54,539 For sure. 668 00:29:55,259 --> 00:29:57,500 Well, I mean, it's getting late, 669 00:29:57,500 --> 00:29:59,420 but we could probably still make it back. 670 00:29:59,420 --> 00:30:02,299 I don't think we necessarily need to stay in... 671 00:30:03,019 --> 00:30:03,740 We found it. 672 00:30:04,460 --> 00:30:05,740 I mean, we did find it. 673 00:30:05,740 --> 00:30:07,500 This was the goal and we did it. 674 00:30:07,500 --> 00:30:08,619 It was a lot quicker than we thought. 675 00:30:09,740 --> 00:30:11,579 I guess we can put that rumor to rest. 676 00:30:11,579 --> 00:30:14,539 It did exist. 677 00:30:14,539 --> 00:30:15,660 Did exist? 678 00:30:15,660 --> 00:30:16,220 Yeah. 679 00:30:16,220 --> 00:30:18,220 I mean, it still might, somewhere. 680 00:30:19,019 --> 00:30:21,420 Yeah, I mean, who knows what Book L... 681 00:30:21,420 --> 00:30:22,860 Paper. 682 00:30:22,860 --> 00:30:23,340 Yeah. 683 00:30:23,340 --> 00:30:25,660 He's in a little bit of shock himself. 684 00:30:25,660 --> 00:30:27,820 Everybody heads back towards town. 685 00:30:28,380 --> 00:30:33,180 As you get back to town, it's late evening 686 00:30:33,180 --> 00:30:37,980 and usually there's still a good crowd of people 687 00:30:37,980 --> 00:30:40,860 going shop to shop, restaurant hopping, 688 00:30:40,860 --> 00:30:41,580 that sort of thing. 689 00:30:43,259 --> 00:30:47,900 But you hear from the Artisan District town center 690 00:30:48,539 --> 00:30:50,539 on the Artisan District side of town. 691 00:30:51,900 --> 00:30:55,900 Comotion coming from that part of the city. 692 00:30:58,700 --> 00:31:00,300 Folan looks to you and says, 693 00:31:01,820 --> 00:31:03,900 it sounds like there's something happening over there, 694 00:31:03,900 --> 00:31:05,980 but I'm going to go see if I can find the others. 695 00:31:07,820 --> 00:31:09,019 Yeah, tear them a new one. 696 00:31:09,019 --> 00:31:10,300 Tell them thanks for nothing. 697 00:31:10,300 --> 00:31:11,340 No, of course. 698 00:31:11,340 --> 00:31:12,300 Thank you for coming with. 699 00:31:13,259 --> 00:31:13,820 Of course. 700 00:31:14,460 --> 00:31:16,620 I don't think that would have gone nearly as... 701 00:31:19,340 --> 00:31:20,539 The way it did. 702 00:31:21,180 --> 00:31:22,619 I don't think it would have been as beneficial. 703 00:31:23,180 --> 00:31:23,659 So thank you. 704 00:31:24,220 --> 00:31:24,940 Thank you again. 705 00:31:24,940 --> 00:31:29,180 He kind of bows his head and heads off. 706 00:31:29,180 --> 00:31:31,259 I guess we got to go see what's going on, right? 707 00:31:31,259 --> 00:31:32,700 Well, is there an event? 708 00:31:32,700 --> 00:31:34,059 I don't remember there being anything going on. 709 00:31:34,059 --> 00:31:36,460 I don't remember there being anything planned tonight, 710 00:31:36,460 --> 00:31:39,579 but yeah, we got to go see. 711 00:31:41,259 --> 00:31:42,619 You make your way down 712 00:31:42,619 --> 00:31:45,899 and this is in the little square outside 713 00:31:45,899 --> 00:31:47,659 of where the Brutal Awakening is. 714 00:31:47,660 --> 00:31:49,100 So there's shops around, 715 00:31:49,100 --> 00:31:51,820 but there is a large gathering of people. 716 00:31:52,779 --> 00:31:57,259 And as you're coming down the little hilled street 717 00:31:57,980 --> 00:31:59,420 that leads into the square, 718 00:32:00,380 --> 00:32:02,300 a few people look and see you 719 00:32:02,300 --> 00:32:05,900 and you can see over the top of several of their heads. 720 00:32:07,259 --> 00:32:10,940 You see that there is a crowd that's gathered around 721 00:32:10,940 --> 00:32:13,500 what looks like a lector that's been placed 722 00:32:13,500 --> 00:32:15,420 in the center of the square. 723 00:32:15,420 --> 00:32:20,380 And there is a book that somebody appears to be reading from. 724 00:32:20,380 --> 00:32:23,660 And then you hear that person yell out, 725 00:32:23,660 --> 00:32:26,380 it's not true, it can't be true. 726 00:32:26,380 --> 00:32:28,380 And they turn and they run 727 00:32:28,380 --> 00:32:30,380 and there's like an audible gasp 728 00:32:30,380 --> 00:32:32,779 as everybody looks into this book. 729 00:32:34,140 --> 00:32:37,740 Dumbgeons and Dragons Season 4 Episode 43 730 00:32:37,740 --> 00:32:40,220 starring Amy More as Alydin, 731 00:32:40,220 --> 00:32:42,700 Carla Maxted as Bonwyn Everbane, 732 00:32:42,700 --> 00:32:45,019 Tom Laird as Kavlaran Goldwave, 733 00:32:45,099 --> 00:32:47,339 Kyle Claset as Bizard the Wizard, 734 00:32:47,339 --> 00:32:49,740 and Russ More as your Dungeon Master. 735 00:32:49,740 --> 00:32:53,500 Dialogue editing and sound design of today's episode is by Russ More. 736 00:32:53,500 --> 00:32:55,980 Our community manager is Jessica Babiak. 737 00:32:55,980 --> 00:32:57,900 Music is from Epidemic Sound 738 00:32:57,900 --> 00:32:59,980 and sound effects are from Epidemic Sound, 739 00:32:59,980 --> 00:33:02,059 Boom Library and Sound Ideas. 740 00:33:02,059 --> 00:33:04,859 Our amazing cover art is by Matt Garbutt. 741 00:33:04,859 --> 00:33:07,339 A huge thank you to our supporting producers, 742 00:33:07,339 --> 00:33:09,259 Gabriel Lynch, Jessica Babiak, 743 00:33:09,259 --> 00:33:11,579 Angaron Kierzen, Perry Matey, 744 00:33:11,580 --> 00:33:13,740 Cat Waterflame, Jacob Madden, 745 00:33:13,740 --> 00:33:16,380 Old School Gamer D, Craig Zeiss, 746 00:33:16,380 --> 00:33:18,620 L.A. Branton, Chibs 1012, 747 00:33:18,620 --> 00:33:20,620 and Kudzu828. 748 00:33:20,620 --> 00:33:23,980 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a Patreon-supported podcast 749 00:33:23,980 --> 00:33:26,460 and all of our amazing community help make sure 750 00:33:26,460 --> 00:33:29,900 that we have adventures for you every single week. 751 00:33:29,900 --> 00:33:32,940 Come join us today, patreon.com slash dumbdragoncast. 752 00:33:32,940 --> 00:33:34,300 We hope to see you over there 753 00:33:34,300 --> 00:33:38,460 and you have yourself right now a great week. 754 00:33:38,460 --> 00:33:40,460 Yes, and we'll talk to you very, very soon. 755 00:33:41,580 --> 00:33:44,940 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a Dumb Dragons production.