Not Another D&D Podcast - Eldermourne - Ep. 16: Curses & Cliffhangers

Episode Date: March 12, 2021

The Third Mates get some more intel from Kenley, then head off into the mountains to find Batilda. Fia becomes a climbing machine, Henry embraces the outdoors, and Zirk is vulture food. Suppo...rt us at Patreon.com/Naddpod to get access to the after-show and a bunch of other Naddpod content!Music / Sound Effects Include:"Jazz Piano Medley" by Tri-Tachyon at SoundCloud."Tundra Trudge" by Emily Axford."The Valley of the Frigid Death" by Emily Axford."A Giant Among Men" by Emily Axford."Kenley" by Emily Axford."The Blade and the Smith" by Emily Axford."Hospitable" by Emily Axford."A Friend For Life" by Emily Axford."Young Love" by Emily Axford."The Pact" by Emily Axford."A Wizard's Tournament" by Emily Axford."A Memory" by Emily Axford."Unknown Tome" by Emily Axford."The Lonely Autumn" by Emily Axford."Broken Heart Banshee" by Emily Axford.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Starting point is 00:01:53 third that can't keep his word. Hankity Hong Kong. Alrighty. Hong Kong indeed. And then we've got Emily Axford. Okay, that's a pretty fun thing that you set up. I kind of want to ditch what I was going to say. Oh dear.
Starting point is 00:02:09 So I'm gonna make up one to go with this. A witch who is a girl child who is getting pretty vile. Oh yeah. Maybe I should have just done what I did. No, that was great. I didn't intend for anything to get ditched. I feel like the chaos, my chaos reign was over.
Starting point is 00:02:28 I'm trying to be, I'm trying to be steady now. And of course, our dear friend, called the little Tanner. Oh, Zert for Vayne, fairy child protector, who file collector and vampire respecter. Yeah, we must go on. Spanked vampires, that's right. That's what they always say about their key respects Vampire and you know what I didn't include it in my intro this week's
Starting point is 00:02:51 classic characterization Henry obviously does not respect the I am looking Respectfully otherwise I would have said it otherwise I would have been the rhyme Respects them too much I think. Yeah, that lumps them in with vervels, which she has a sentimental relationship. As I was editing last week's episode, it was so funny listening to Fia just to try to do mental gymnastics to justify why the vampire spawn was good.
Starting point is 00:03:18 She stands next to a man with his neck ripped out. She yells that she wants witch blood and then scutles like a spider over to the broken window. Yep, she's a fashionista. What are you gonna do? She shouldn't have worn a cute outfit. Yeah, the problem. Just remember this,
Starting point is 00:03:35 when everyone's complaining about me killing someone next, just remember I showed pity to the man before a spawn. Oh, guys, so if you're gonna be mad at me, guess what? Did anyone else think Emily was a little too quick to attack the vampire spawn? Anyway, everybody, let's go ahead and do a little recap. So last time, you guys made your way down the river and crossed into the bleak landscape of Innerboro.
Starting point is 00:04:00 When you arrived at Nebels intended destination, you found the remnants of a campfire, as well as a single far-off sprite on a nearby mountain top. I just imagined a single can of sprite, just like, Hark! Digit on the side of my hike. Epic Super Bowl commercial. My God. Is that Patrick Stewart up there? What?
Starting point is 00:04:22 You guys hiked to it and came into view of an old manor that was emanating different kinds of magic power. After looking in the window and seeing a dead body, Fia kicked it in, and the three of you made quick work of a vampire spawn. Respectfully. Respectfully. You mean a small business owner?
Starting point is 00:04:42 Right. That's true. Excuse me. Yeah, she's not to business owner, that's true. Excuse me. She's not to find just by being a spider-like spawn of people. Shed it here for the Etsy shop that will never be. All the patchwork dresses will never get to see you. Well like to just once again clarify, We said this on the short rest. I never said dress.
Starting point is 00:05:06 I never said it was cute. I never said anything. I just listened back. Jake was the one that said it was patchwork. I think I might have said patchwork. I think you guys added dress and everything. What I meant by patchwork was just that she had clothing that looked like it came from different nights
Starting point is 00:05:23 and things like that. She looked like a bandit or a pirate. Do you want to make her evil again just say that she was wearing that looked like it came from different nights and things like that. She looked like a bandit or a pirate. Do you want to make her evil again just say that she was wearing modrous shorts? Just those like classic douchebag shorts. Right. Yeah, yeah. Classic douchebag or Caldwell and ninth grade. You know, take a picture.
Starting point is 00:05:38 I also wore them. Afterwards, after the fight, you guys investigated the dead body and were able to conclude that both the victim and the vampire spawn were likely bounty hunters. The dead man had a wanted poster for Lord Braden Kenley and a broken vile that looked suspiciously like Zerke's mom's handiwork. You all continued investigating the manor and found it full of paintings dedicated to the guardians of the Grove, including one of a young Patilda. You were eventually able to uncover a secret room before meeting the owner of the house in the basement. This was Lord Braden Kenley, a vampire and the orders longest running smith.
Starting point is 00:06:24 After swearing yourselves to secrecy, Kenley let you in on the Guardians Great secret, that the trickster has a daughter named Sarenesis, whose current reincarnation is on the run in the form of Fia's old friend, Arena. The only hope to find her is to speak to Batilda, who has been trapped at the bottom of the Guardians temple for years. Such a while, too. She's going to be in a rare form if and when we find her. There were some puzzles down there or something.
Starting point is 00:06:59 You guys agreed to embark on an expedition there, but first asked about Henry's curse. Kenley cast a spell on him and was able to deduce that Henry's reincarnation problems are the result of him breaking a fairy promise. And that's where we are now. So you are in Lord Kenley's cozy cave, arcane grow lights, foster greenery, there are these moss-covered bookshelves, and he is standing on a bed of flowers near a grand piano. He has just finished casting the spell on Henry, and he goes, judging from your description, it sounds like you may have broken the promise in a previous life. So old me really let the let a fairy end myself down. Yes, yes, perhaps. So I think the only way
Starting point is 00:07:47 you're going to be able to find a way to break the curse is to speak to that fairy directly. And you see he points to Fiya and Zirk and goes, and I believe you too, maybe able to help him narrow it down. You see he walks over to a nearby bookshelf, kind of thumbs around for a second, and then pulls out a big compendium of fairies. You see he presented to you guys. You see on the cover it says greater fairies of the grove and he hands it to you, Fia. Okay, so this is like a fairy phone book. If it's a fairy phone book, I don't have
Starting point is 00:08:25 the sending spell yet, so if you can't even contact them. Well, great, great. All right, what's next? Okay. So I guess this is a dead end. Everyone relax. The curse continues. The book is really heavy. Why am I holding the book? It's so heavy. Everyone relax. Mr. Sergey handed it to me. Why did you take it from me? I wanted to see if I could hold it. No one steal the book. No one to weigh the book. No one compare it to a phone book. It is not a book part quick.
Starting point is 00:08:53 Hold the book. A book, holding a book. Oh, that's good. It's hilarious, miss. It's hilarious. That's very funny. That's very funny. That's vampire humor.
Starting point is 00:09:01 Everyone, this is not vampire humor. You don't know Vampire Humor. We have very refined taste. Any book by a vampire, this is Vampire. We love hilarious observational comedy. We don't like whatever this is. No, thank you. Look, this is not a phone book,
Starting point is 00:09:19 but you will be able to use it to narrow down who the curse might be from, and if you know which fairy it is, there are different ways to summon them to be able to speak to them. Okay, okay. Okay, so we are just looking for which fairy it is in this book. You see he nods, and Afea, you would know that fairies are, they're essentially greater sprites. They're kind of minor deities in their own right.
Starting point is 00:09:46 So there's like a pantheon of fairies. Exactly. So where as the kind of... Are they as fecal as like Greek gods? Yes. Perhaps even more so. Wow. Oh Henry.
Starting point is 00:10:00 Whoops. What are you? What did you do? I wanted the one in the first place. It's God damn. These are big whoops. So yeah, feel it. As you like crack it open and look at the first page,
Starting point is 00:10:12 you see that there are over a hundred of these great fairies. What does it smell like? I'll say kind of mossy, like just a little bit of that old house smell, like some like just a little, a little bit of that old house smell, like some like, just a little, a little bit of wetness with like paper, a little bit of a musty-funk. It does, me, every time I open a book, there's a little bit of wetness.
Starting point is 00:10:36 Anyways, thank you for indulging me on these. Go on. But you see that there are like over a hundred divided into different categories with different information on each fairy. Kenley continues and goes, the first thing you're going to want to do is narrow down what type of fairy you're dealing with. The big categories are autumn, winter, spring, or summer, and then you can go from there.
Starting point is 00:11:00 And if Fiya, you have a suspicion, Zirk can then test it by combining a bit of Henry's shadow residue. Not his shadow residue. It's not his shadow residue. It's not his shadow residue. Sprytle, you're right. You're right, Sprytle. I don't know what. You know what?
Starting point is 00:11:16 It wasn't necessary, pup-up. You got to eliminate every type of matter first. You know, it's process of elimination. This is how you test your hypothesis. Are you a bioscientist? Okay. type of matter first, you know process of elimination. This is how you test your hypothesis Arguably a scientist okay You see he pulls out a large vial of a purple liquid and he goes you can combine Henry's shadow residue with a droplet of this. This is a mixture of fairy dust and a specialized
Starting point is 00:11:48 divination potion. It essentially works as a spell components for you to do a ritual. So you ask a specific pointed question about the matter at hand, and you'll receive a yes or no answer. The shadow residue turns red. It's a yes. If it turns blue, it's a no. Okay, Spritele, would you serve as our centrifuge? We're gonna need to mix these very quickly. Yes, I can do that. Would you like me to create a vial? Oh no, I just need you to spin around really fast
Starting point is 00:12:12 so that we can mix these two liquids together and then ascertain if the color changes while we're asking it the question. Very well, I think it's just a droplet, but I can do that. I'll spin for fun. Start standing around. I thought you might like that.
Starting point is 00:12:25 Kenley informs you. He goes, it's not always going to work. It's a delicate process. You are, this is not pure chemistry. This is you casting a spell, Zirk. Of course. So there is a chance that you might get, you might get the eight ball answer.
Starting point is 00:12:44 Just like, signs point to maybe, you won't be sure unless you do a really good job. I've cast lots of spells, I'm very good at it. You are a doctor, alright. And so were you, Fiya. Let's get started. I'm a doctor. I think so. I think you are both doctors.
Starting point is 00:13:03 Fiya, Fiya'sast Wells with a new pride. Yeah, it's real easy to get degrees around here. Okay, I think the first thing Fias is going to look at is, Fias looking at Isshank right now. Uh, Shank, I think was Alka Shank met Ken Lee. Okay. That's right, yeah. Shank, Fias is going to go overtake a sniff of Shank. Do you see if there is any sort of, like,
Starting point is 00:13:28 if it is, you know, the scent of band fighters and try leaves and then I will look at autumn. If it is the scent of, you know, Wisteria leaves, like Wisteria flowers. Oh, that is. Blue meat I will look into spring. Interesting, Fiya, you fuck me with the weird way I will look into spring interesting Fia you Fuck me with the weird way you think my wife
Starting point is 00:13:50 Go ahead and give me a perception check you fucking made you know This is actually perfect because he hasn't been eating Potato skins lately. He really should smell like himself 18 on the dice that becomes a 24 18 on the dice that becomes a 24. I feel my nostrils. You see literally some of the shadow is leaving Hank and being inhaled by me. Whoa, easy, exhale girl.
Starting point is 00:14:16 Sorry, I need a lot of this shadow. Okay, Fiya, you take a big whiff of shank and you notice the smell, it's not unlike this book. It's like got a little bit of a musky like, not a, when I say basement smell, I don't want you to think I've been sitting in a basement drinking monster energy drinks and playing work craft smell. I want you to think like like a cool seller. Like everything has been harvested but it is not frozen yet. Right.
Starting point is 00:14:57 Okay, I am going to then perhaps look at autumn. Okay, so Fiya, I'll even say as you open the book, go ahead and give me a history check, and that'll let you pursue based on sort of the cursory stuff that you get right off the bat. Okay, this time only in eighth plus six becomes 14. 14. Okay, at the front of the book, you get sort of like the basics of what these fairies are able to offer to humanoids. You see autumn, typical boons are things like wisdom and peace, typical bains are things like conflict and shadow, and they are the patron fairies of like elders or sometimes even of war, but more from war of the side of like trying to think of strategy and things like that. And elders because
Starting point is 00:15:52 it's like autumn, the time before winter, the time before death, it is a time to like reflect and things like that. Then there's winter, which is the boons are beauty and perseverance. Bains are things like sorrow and death. There are great fairies of death and beauty and loss. They think you are not winter. I'm not getting winter vibes from you, Mr. Henry. The beauty thing? You don't see that at all? Just a 40-year-old man with bangs and claws standing in front of you.
Starting point is 00:16:22 It was the death thing. it's because you're alive. Yes, yes, yes. Thank you. Yeah, BookFart does say, but there is a lot of sorrow there. Do we? Yeah, I think that has been more distinct than the sorrow, I think. And then spring, boons are things like birth and art, and birth, not just birth as in like, you know,
Starting point is 00:16:44 reproducing birth, like like you know reproducing birth like you know the the start of the canoe yeah starting and the land seedlings and they become exactly um uh banes are things like mischief and chaos um these are fairies of like art and fertility and harvest and revelry and drama drama sprytle you spring, are you a spring sprite? Let's read this, I might be a spring sprite. I'm definitely a hound for the stuff. I think we should all take this quiz and find out what kind of sprite we are. Summer, boons are things like passion and justice,
Starting point is 00:17:19 and beans are things like anger and wrath. These are fairies of love and war and justice and revenge. So both Summator and Autumn have a little bit of war in them. Yes, exactly. Summer is more war as in like wrath and autumn is more as in like strategy and protection and things like that. So Fiya, you got a 14 on your history check. This book is huge. I'll say you can start researching the autumn section tonight,
Starting point is 00:17:50 but this is going to be a long-term project. I think I call Mr. Hank over and I say, look over my shoulder. But perhaps you'll see the face that will trigger something to you. Okay, yeah, I'll take a gander. You do flip the pages very, very fast. So, I will not abate my pace for you. Okay, yeah, I'll take, I'll take it, Gander. You do flip the pages very, very fast. So.
Starting point is 00:18:07 Yes, I will not, I will not abate my pace for you. So. I'll let you know if I catch something. Fian, bookfarr are like speed chess players, just like hitting the timer. Go, done. I'm done. She licks her finger after every page.
Starting point is 00:18:21 I don't understand what she's doing. It's, it's so fast. Oh, no, no, no, Mr. Zerk amongst the book reading crowd. You, we are not page. I don't understand who she's finger, never, never, never, never. Fine, you're right, I used to be a finger liquor. It's a dirty habit that I got rid of once I learned what it meant to landing a pukes. I'm even more impressed. All right, Fiat.
Starting point is 00:18:55 So you are able to, I'll say with a 14 history check, you have to spend most of your time going to this kind of shadow section. What you notice about this is that it might not be as cut and dry as it seems. Curses that the autumn fairies might allow is less about like affecting one's shadow and more about things you can hide in the shadows.
Starting point is 00:19:23 So just because autumn sprites, you know, can do things that would allow people to work in the shadows or something like that, or might help with like an assassination or something like that, doesn't necessarily mean that this has anything to do with Henry situation. In fact, you are unable to find anything about an autumn fairy affecting someone's shadow in the way in which Henry is cursed. And Henry, go ahead and give me an insight check. Fuck. That's a net one. Oh my god. Henry, you fully, I think, are feeling a little intimidated by how fast
Starting point is 00:20:07 bookfar and Fiya are going through this book and are just having kind of a hard time absorbing anything. Okay. What the breeze from the pages flying by feels nice on my face at least. Fount is just so small. I don't understand how they're squinting so deeply. So, Fiya, what information I guess do you want to relate to Zirk that you want him to test from the information you've gathered here? I'm going to say to him that maybe it is not an autumn and maybe to look at winter. Maybe it is something to do with winter since a bane is sorrow. You know now that I think about it, I did cry 15 vials full of tears. That's pretty sorrow
Starting point is 00:20:45 You do have vials of tears, so it might be at really appropriate sort of marriage Right, maybe you don't have to test them specifically, but the fact that they exist kind of stands as its own test I guess Henry apparently has died several times, so that's death right there. So maybe winter is the right way to go for you sweet So that's death right there. So maybe winter is the right way to go, Fiya. Sweet. Zirk, go ahead and give me an Archonichek. Start spin in, Spritell. Spritell starts going around in circles, holding the vial as you put a droplet of this fairy concoction into a vial of the Shadow Essence. And I got a 21. A 21. Okay, that's nice.
Starting point is 00:21:28 Zirk, you ask this question and you see when Spritele finish is spinning, you see within the vial, there is still this black smoke from Henry's kind of Shadow Essence here. And then you see that it suddenly transforms blue, which means no. So not winter.
Starting point is 00:21:50 So not a winter spray. So you guys have narrowed that down. Okay. All right then. So you guys have spent a couple hours doing this. It's giggly just been watching. Yeah. Kenley's been playing piano the whole time.
Starting point is 00:22:03 Oh, I know anything about growing plants under grow lights. He's probably picking fucking aphids off of every single one of them. He does keep cursing bugs. How did you get in here? You gotta get some lady bugs, sir. This is truuser. You see, he goes, well, it seems you are well on your way to cracking open this case. A few other things you'll probably need.
Starting point is 00:22:27 You'll need some climbing equipment if you want to get through the mountains. We used to have teleportation circles, but those were destroyed. Some of this stuff is outdated, but I'm sure you can make good use of it. You see, he digs through like an old trunk and hands you guys like a pack of ropes and grappling hooks as well as like a rolled up tent cool so there will be much climbing once we are in the mountain there will be quite a bit of climbing I'm sure yes and any speed lunking will there be any speed lunking any spillunking you know that's kind of up to you I think there's not
Starting point is 00:23:02 going to be any direct path through tunnels or cave networks to get where you need to go, but you might want a camp inside a cave or something to be more safe. I usually just dig a sleeping trench, but I can try again. Well, the lot of you should get some sleep. You have a big day tomorrow. I'll just be here quietly playing you to sleep. Just a little something I made up just now and then just starts twinkling on the piano. It's a little way you made this up just now. You made this up just now. Just flips the page. I'm like a wack-a-posed piece right in front of him just like
Starting point is 00:23:40 quietly saying the notes to himself. It's really gonna be hard to go back from this. You know, I've gotten, I think I'm gonna get really used to sleeping accompanied by a piano. Well, if you ever wanna come back, I'm honestly kind of bored as hell down here. So if you want to be roommates, that's cool with me.
Starting point is 00:23:58 You bring the tunes, I'll bring the bugs. How's that saved? On, my friend. Right, on. So you see, yeah, Kenley doesn't need to sleep so Kenley just kind of Quietly busy himself Okay, you ring all this hearing all this about the climbing. I think I'm going to try for the spell spider climb Oh right on cool very cool inspired by the
Starting point is 00:24:22 The vampire inspired by the vampire. The vampire's one. May she rest in peace. That fashion used to believe on me in my strange bodily machinations. 19. 19 passes. So you successfully are able to learn the spell.
Starting point is 00:24:38 So you guys all go to sleep for the night. You wake up and your wounds have healed for the little scuffle that you guys had the day before with the Etsy shop owner. And you guys wake up to Kenley playing a jaunty little tune on the piano. Incredible. My new friends wake up. Whoa, is this pre-written? The way this was just made. Incredible. My new friends wake up. Whoa, is this pre-written?
Starting point is 00:25:06 The way this was just made. The way this was just made. The way this was just made. The way this was just made. The way this was just made. The way this was just made. The way this was just made. The way this was just made.
Starting point is 00:25:14 The way this was just made. The way this was just made. The way this was just made. The way this was just made. The way this was just made. The way this was just made. The way this was just made. The way this was just made.
Starting point is 00:25:22 The way this was just made. The way this was just made. The way this was just made. The way this was just made. The way this was just made. The way this was just made. The way this was just made. could player, there might be one on the boat, but it's a good hat. You can do that too. You just take a long piece of tape and put it on your chin. Okay. Cool. I'm proud to block out the sun. But he goes, before you go, there is another quick thing. There are predators in the mountains, not horrors necessarily, but natural predators.
Starting point is 00:25:48 Some of them might prove to be a challenge, but I fear that there is one that would almost certainly mean certain death if you were to cross paths. There are yetis about, which are bad, but there are also abominable yetis. They are. Are they pretty much good? No, no. Perfect. That's our weight.
Starting point is 00:26:11 Oh, no. No, all right. Yes, no. So they are fewer in number, but they can smell flesh from miles away. So you are unlikely to encounter one by happenstance, but if you come across one, it will be because it found you a general quick.
Starting point is 00:26:31 Fill up your jar, your alchemist jar with perfume. We will all drown ourselves in pungent lavender. Well, oh my god, yes, do you make acupodis brace? My son used to love that shit. Okay. If everyone goes around,, smell like a body spray It smells so abominable y'all I swear to God
Starting point is 00:26:49 Everybody wants to stay the hell away from 16 year old boys I've never seen anybody come near one The reason they're called abominable yetis is because they all wear a axe Give me balls, balls, balls Yes I won't do smell like a 12 year old boy Okay, I tried to make lavender, but all I could do is twin dragon.
Starting point is 00:27:07 I hope that's okay. All right, everybody, please, please stop. Everything you're saying. If you walk about stinking of spray deodorant, it will be an unusual smell that the abominable Yeti will undoubtedly be best to get ice cream. I see because only humans adorn themselves with such pungent. unusual smell that the abominable Yeti will Undoubtedly because only humans adorn themselves with such pungent indeed so we want to blend in so we're gonna need at least three more record Hacks you're gonna want to do is just not take that long okay, so a general rule of thumb in the mountains here is that
Starting point is 00:27:41 The abominable Yeti is going to find you by the third day. You don't want to spend more than a few days out here. Okay. So we might need to scratch the spelunking, unfortunately. Yes, definitely no spelunking for fun. If you need to do it for survival, I think that's fine. It can be necessary and fun, but not unnecessary. There you go.
Starting point is 00:28:01 Okay. And he also goes, and in the event of an emergency, Yeti or otherwise, I want you to take this. You see, he hands you a silver horn. It looks like a well-crafted like war horn. And he goes, I was given this by the deep folk a long time ago, descendants of goblins and dwarves who have lived in the mountains for centuries. They were friends of the temple once. If you blow the horn in the mountains,
Starting point is 00:28:31 they will come to your aid, but you may only use it once. Okay, so you're just saying we should wait till we are in danger and not when we just have a table full, we ordered too much food. Right, again, just don't do anything unnecessary at all in the mountains, just really can't express that enough. Okay. No fun spelunking, okay? No fun spelunking.
Starting point is 00:28:55 No fun spelunking. No fun spelunking. No fun spelunking. We'll only honk the horn when we're in trouble. There you go. Okay. This is a throttle horn. Yes.
Starting point is 00:29:04 It is a very sacred honk. The somber honk of the trouble horn. Okay. This is a sacred horn. Yes. It is a, yes, very sacred horn. The somber honk of the trouble horn. Great. Great honk of the deep. Oh my god. So epic. Yes. What if just like what if just like a really powerful wind comes by and kind of like makes the horn toot a little bit with the heat. Will the tiny tooth summon the deep? No, it's a war horn. Would a tiny tooth summon an army? No, that's what we're curious. So a funk, not a tooth.
Starting point is 00:29:35 OK, just follow up. I know you said no fun in the mountains, zero fun situation, but say that somebody's bending over and you play the horn at the exact right moment, so it looks like they tutored. Right. If you were to do that and it were an emergency, like they were collapsing because they had just been shot in the heart by an arrow and you just happened to find a very funny moment to make it seem like they farted as they were about to die and then somebody could swoop
Starting point is 00:29:59 and save them that yes, that would be hilarious. That's okay. And necessary. I hope that that is the situation. Right. Okay. Well, it's been... You hope that we're in such a...
Starting point is 00:30:11 Okay, never mind. I have lived for over a thousand years and I have never met anyone quite like you three. You don't have a lot of friends outside this direct group. I think that kind of shows sometimes. You must understand I'm a little seedling that lived on a train and now I'm trying to be hard into the elements. Yeah, I'm still getting used to people being alive. Right.
Starting point is 00:30:34 Okay. Well, for your purposes, I'm not super alive. So we get along there. This is pretty familiar. Right. Okay. So I will send you on your way, but I also want to remind you of the importance of your task. This isn't just personal. This isn't just about finding betildon, finding arena.
Starting point is 00:30:54 This is about the fate of the world, the fate of magic. If the Reaper can turn a regular person into a horror, think of what he could do with a demigod, and think of what he might be able to get from the trickster if he were to hold her daughter hostage. It could mean the end of joy itself. So the Reaper is not even just trying to enact some vindication upon the trickster by stealing her child, that the reaper is possibly trying to use the trickster's child in a nefarious way. I find it very unlikely that the reaper would simply just take her soul and remove it from the cycle. I think if he were to get a hold of it,
Starting point is 00:31:39 he would find a way to use it to finally defeat the trickster in some way. Yeah. Irina is very good. I don't think that they could do this to her. She has not been found yet, but there are many people after her, so she'll need good friends by her side. We will be that, I think, so yeah. Alright, well, let's make haste. Until we meet again, I'm just going to play you off
Starting point is 00:32:03 with something that I'm just making up right now I'm just going to say fuck you for whoever has the fucking score this Holy shit, this is the best song I've ever heard of my life I love it. I tell you like, when are you going to get this? And keep chatting. Keep chatting. Keep chatting. Keep chatting. Oh my god. It's the same ring, right?
Starting point is 00:32:30 It sounds like Blink 182 is carousel. Oh, the thing called the vacuum. I'm working on a carousel. Yeah, I am. And I'm in, I'm in, I'm in, I'm in. Winchimes? How are their winchimes? They're so complex.
Starting point is 00:32:43 So Kenley plays you guys out as you exit the matter and are out in front of this house that sits on the side of this cliff? So, you guys begin your hike. You navigate narrow ledges that give way to deep fissures. You guys climb large cliffs that make way for even bigger ones And as you guys crest over kind of the first challenging climb that you guys have to do You see snow-topped mountains in the distance. It's very cold and gray out here and We are going to make some rolls to determine your trip as you guys go along. Oh boy So there are 50 miles between you guys and your destination. Every five miles
Starting point is 00:33:29 we are going to roll a mountain check eight through 20. It's just a normal tough hike. Just regular terrain, just you guys are on a tough hike. But one through seven is going to be an actual climb where you need to bust out your equipment and make some rolls. The lower you roll, the tougher the climb, and then mountain climbs will be factored into how far you guys can walk in a day. So we'll say that you can do 25 miles of hiking before you have to start rolling exhaustion
Starting point is 00:33:57 every mile after it. So you guys can decide kind of how far you want to push yourselves to make sure you're not being, you know, tracked by any natural predators, but also the sure you're not being, you know, tracked by any natural predators, but also the more you guys get hurt, you know, you're gonna take little spills and stuff while you're climbing, you're gonna be taking damage throughout the day, so it's kind of up to you guys. So, um, do you think this will take multiple days? Is that the sense we get? Yeah, there's no way you guys are gonna make it 50 miles in a day through all these mountains.
Starting point is 00:34:23 The best case scenario that you guys could hope for is taking one rest. So I think that we just start rolling this lock check to see what is in our path. Great, yeah. You will find like a pancake house. Mr. Zerg, I don't think we will. It's the mountains, you know, it could be like a little mountain town or something. So guys, who wants to? Roll the first one.
Starting point is 00:34:49 I'll do it. OK, Fiya, you're first. Let's go in age ascending order. OK, this young little sprig of a bitch is going to roll. 11. 11. The first five miles of the hike are pretty uneventful. It's tough. You guys definitely have to like
Starting point is 00:35:06 Use your hands and stuff and and climb certain faces and get through the rocks and everything. Oh, yeah They never they never tell you how hard it is on your hands to go rock climbing. Yeah, also feet I'll see your joints your low back and the mental the mental exhaustion my guys We're not the right shoes to wear. I have to say, these wing tips are just not helping me. I'm so brutal. That hurts my toes thinking about that.
Starting point is 00:35:34 Sweet, called well. Give us a roll for the next five miles. Gladly. Shout out to the two crew. Oh my God. So that's going to be a hard climb. Can I chronicle shift this? No, no, this is how the world is laid out. This is the world we live in. So you guys, you guys go from the first five miles, you have a pretty easy, like, you know, great Saturday hike. Like, you guys are working up a sweat. It's tough, but it's not too too bad.
Starting point is 00:36:08 And then you guys come to a little valley. And on the other side of it, you see this huge cliff that just kind of goes on in all directions. Like, you guys basically come around a corner and you see this giant cliff face, not totally vertical. there's like a little bit of a tilt to it, but it's gonna be a hard climb, there's not a ton of handholds, definitely gonna need to use your equipment to get to the top,
Starting point is 00:36:34 and it doesn't look like there's any real way for you to go around it. You would need to do some kind of insane nature checks to be able to get around this. If you want to like hike seven miles in the wrong direction or something to try to get around this specific round. So you guys have to go over if you want to make it here. Can I use my magical elixirs to create three potions of flight?
Starting point is 00:37:00 Damn. Awesome. What is the language of the flight potion? Let me read it. So it is the drinker gains a flying speed of 10 feet for 10 minutes. Okay, right now it'll be like a slow flight, but I think we can get up there. And you can do that three, you can do that three times in one day. I have three spell slots I can do it three times. Right on. So you guys just fucking bypass this first clip. I pull out three cans of zirke energy Zerks applies you guys with these fly potions. You're not flying fast
Starting point is 00:37:30 But you guys yeah book far is flapping you guys fly at about the same speed Rays you Go Going 10 miles an hour and not bridal right, ol' Henry will race you. Yeah, let's go, Spritele, you like this drama? It's on, see if you can keep up. It's so dramatic, who can win, who can lose? Go on.
Starting point is 00:37:53 Zirk is so exhausted for making these potions. He is asleep and just floating upwards. So you guys all float upwards, and you guys get to the top of this cliff, and I'll say that was like kind of the end of this next stretch of five miles. You guys have successfully gone 10 miles so far and that I'm gonna say that didn't even count as difficult terrain because you guys fucking flew over
Starting point is 00:38:15 Yeah that was enter hard to rain. Yeah Henry go ahead and give me a role for the next mountain check here. Gladly. Oh, no. Oh, oh. Oh, fuck. That's not a seven. Yeah, no, I rolled another net one. That's two of that. Oh my God.
Starting point is 00:38:40 Oh God, I have something to get us out of this. Okay, dude. Henry, you sneez sneeze on the map? This is going to be a deadly climb. So you guys see, you guys fly over this one. And then you travel another like three miles, let's say. You get like another three miles. And then you see another cliff face that is just,
Starting point is 00:39:00 it is just straight up. It is just a wall. Stopping you. Oh, that's sure. For progressing. Well, I did stock featherfall, so we're not totally boned. So you guys do have ropes and stuff.
Starting point is 00:39:14 I'm gonna tell you as you guys climb, the way this is going to work is that, I'm essentially gonna divide the mountain into like three parts. So you'll do a check to get up to the first part, then a check to get up to the second part, a check to get up to the third part. If you guys are tied together, if somebody messes up big time and falls,
Starting point is 00:39:35 the other people will get an opportunity to catch them. Downside to that is that that could cause everybody to fall. Plus side to that is that it kind of like evens it out and it makes it so one person's mistake doesn't hurt them that bad. So what kind of climb checks are these? So this will be athletics, dexterity, or I'll even say like nature. I say, I say we tether.
Starting point is 00:39:58 We tether together. Tether together, okay? Because it rhymes, I can't argue with a slogan like that. Yeah, birds of it together, we all fall. All right, all fall. Lots of rhymes. Okay, great. Before we climb the mountain, Fiya is going to cast bless on everyone. Okay, Fiya, can you bless my calves? They're looking a little sore.
Starting point is 00:40:17 Yes, I bless your calves. They stop throbbing. You see, they were moving like there was a worm in there. There's still rock hard, unfortunately. Um, sweet. So you cast Bless on everybody. Um, what order are you guys climbing up in? I feel like as, as the oldest and, uh, and least valuable member of this group, uh,
Starting point is 00:40:40 Mr. Henry, please, that's just, you know what I'm talking about? Refraise that, but with something positive. You can be all this, there's nothing negative in that but. As the wisest and also debatable. Okay. I'm not sure. Please.
Starting point is 00:41:03 As the one that's accrued the most life experience over time, time-wise, time-relative. He doesn't necessarily have to have learned anything from it. Okay. Ah, fuck. As the guy who's been alive the longest and... He's got the most time on the clock. And the one who, if anything happens to me,
Starting point is 00:41:23 it seems like I just kind of get spit back out and do this whole shitty thing over again. So for that- Actually, I think we all reincarnate. Isn't that what was implied? Right, but I think I'm the only one that remembers and keeps on. He will just be Henry again.
Starting point is 00:41:36 I think you would live another life, Miss. That is a very shadow-tongued way to approach optimism, but you know what? I'll accept it It's it's as nihilistic as optimism gets So Henry's going first Who second I will go second I am not afraid great Yeah, I'll go last and I can cast feather fall things get real bad right on great Oh wait, no, I can't because I'm out of spells lots. Oh, okay.
Starting point is 00:42:05 Well, let's just hope you guys do okay. So this is a tough climb. This is, you guys are starting with one of the hardest climbs you can do. Guys, go ahead and Henry, you start it, give me a athletics or an acrobatics check. You guys see Henry pulls out the pick and starts making his climb up the mountain with the rope. I took Hank Jr. on a hike once.
Starting point is 00:42:29 Up a cliff. Oh, that is a 16. A 16. Henry, you are able to make progress. You get up to the first kind of checkpoint. You're able to hammer in a nail there. You tie your rope to it. You're able to hammer in an nail there. You tie your rope to it.
Starting point is 00:42:44 And, Fiya, you are next in line. Fiya, go ahead and make your check. Your Baleia's on, Doc. Okay, that's going to be a 16 plus 5 is 21. Sweet, Fiya, you make it up. Sirk, that is your turn. Cool. Ooh, that is the 21, 21. You guys all make it up. Sir, that is your turn. Cool. Ooh. That is the 21, 21. You guys all make it up. I will
Starting point is 00:43:09 say that this is all kind of active. You guys aren't just like sitting and waiting for each other. Henry is kind of leading the way going. So as Fia kind of crosses past this first checkpoint where Henry is like hammered in this nail, Zirk is behind her like 15 or 20 feet down. Henry's up ahead, Henry as you go to this second marker, go ahead and make your athletics check. Right. That's an 18. 18, Henry.
Starting point is 00:43:41 You make it to the next point. Successfully. You hammered. This is fresh air. Henry, you make it to the next point successfully. You came over. No, this is fresh air, this is nice. It's almost like sailing the way the winds blow in on your face. Wow. Zirka has so much hair in his mouth. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:43:58 You see, bookfars just clinging with his cover to the side of the mountain, screaming. Fia, go ahead and make your climb check. As Henry climbs up ahead. 22. Oh yeah. Insane. Fia, you guys are just like, turns out we love the bolder app.
Starting point is 00:44:16 You guys have just been doing this for fucking life. You see, like, yeah, he's like little nerd. You know, what is learning if not climbing up the steepest hill? Yeah, Henry, you've kind of like, you know, you've been around sailors and stuff, so like you're a little bit more... Climbing up the rig and that shit was moving and bobbin' in motion.
Starting point is 00:44:33 You know, this thing's easy, it's staying steady. So you're a little bit more of like an outdoorsman, so you're kind of feeling the rhythm of it. You're climbing up and you look behind you and these little fucking nerds are like, pick into the mouth. Just like, go on your own. I've got a whole library on my back.
Starting point is 00:44:50 Yeah, she's got all these fucking books. Nobody said this was just like when you have to climb a tree to hide from angry villagers who you sold bum potions to. You should've said it was just like that. You guys are naturals. Look at this. Zirk, go ahead and make your check. Okay.
Starting point is 00:45:08 There we go. We were set for this. Why did I say we were natural? We put all of our eggs into a basket, and that basket is suspended by a rope. That is a six. A six. Via looks at Zerk and sees a different future for him.
Starting point is 00:45:25 Okay. Oh, Chrono Shift. Chrono Shift. Amazing. Okay. Zerk starts to slip. Zerk, go ahead and make a roll. Okay, thank you, VIA.
Starting point is 00:45:40 Oh no. Not that different in future. That's an eight. And eight. Okay. So you still have failed the check No, not that different a future. That's an eight and eights. Okay So you still have failed the check by Six or more so you guys see below you Zirk is keeping up with everybody like you guys are all going pretty quick if anything going too fast
Starting point is 00:45:59 And everything's going smoothly until it isn't you see Zirk'serks pick, hits, loose rock, comes loose, and he begins to fall off. Fia, you are directly above him. Go ahead and give me a strength saving throw to try to hold on to him. Hold fast. Come on, I did I grease my hands. OK, I rolled 10, four on my blast ice,
Starting point is 00:46:23 and then my strength is three. So 17. 17 does it. 17 yes. So, Zirk, you don't make progress to the second checkpoint. You are still down at the first checkpoint. As you go up, you hit this chunk of rock, you swing back, you crash into the side of the mountain, hit your head on some rock.
Starting point is 00:46:47 You take 10 damage. Oof. And but Fiya turns around like here's the rock start to fall. She takes herself in, hangs on to Zirk and prevents Henry, you don't even feel it. Fiya just like fucking hangs on to Zirk. You're good there, kids. Uh, I'm okay. Yeah, uh, Braden was right.
Starting point is 00:47:08 This is not fun. Sure it is. We're only allowed to have fun if it's in the, see if it's serving the purpose of a greater responsibility. It's neither, it's neither of those. Uh, Zirk, go ahead and make another check to get you up to the second checkpoint here. Oh god. Here we go. Come on Good God, he doomed ourselves by talking it out.
Starting point is 00:47:33 Weeel! Weeel looks at Zirk once more and he turns off future that is the box better for Zirk. Weeel, you're gonna need those for later. Toronto Chief, don't waste them on my musk of a body. Okay, sir, go ahead and make another check. Okay, here we go. Oh my God! Oh no, I rolled three and then a five. So that's an eight total again. An eight total, you guys see, Zerg slips again.
Starting point is 00:48:03 This is a really, really tough climb. Or anyone else's palms just really sweaty right now. I'm wearing really sick gloves. Zerk loses his pick that he was using to really get a grip. So he's kind of at a loss here. He starts falling back. Fiya, go ahead and give me another strength saving throw. 10.
Starting point is 00:48:27 Fiya, you start... You can leave another four on my bless. Fiya, you get yanked back by Zerk falling. Give me a deck saving throw to keep yourself from falling. Oh boy. What does falling feel so familiar? That is going to be a 12. A 12?
Starting point is 00:48:43 You hang on. There's a different check to climb and a different check to like fall. May I do an action to dismiss the blast and cast Spider Climb on Zurk? At the end of your turn, we still need to resolve this. So Zurk is still falling. All you've done is not added to Henry's load,
Starting point is 00:49:02 but Henry, you need to like stop the downward progression. Henry, go ahead and give me a strength saving throw. I see this happening and I toss my pickaxe into my backpack and smash into the wall with my claw arm. Hell yes. Yes. Now let's hope it can stay cool because it works. Yes.
Starting point is 00:49:24 That's a 26 dude Henry you put away your pickaxe you stick your claws in and you feel this magical energy You start to like be pulled down a little bit But you just hold steady enough time for Fiya to get herself steady And she's able to hang on to Zirk Zirk you once again slam into the side of the mountain here for 12 damage. Okay. Still up. Still up. And now, Fiya, if you'd like to do an action or something, that is back around at the top of the order. Here's what I think I need to do. I'm going to, can I climb down,
Starting point is 00:50:01 to touch Zirk and cast cast spider climb on him? Yes, I'll say it's easy enough for you to Repel down go ahead and make a Athletics or an acrobatics check with advantage. It'll be a lower-decent almost like spill-onking Okay, that's a 19 on the dice 24 24. I say we go down to Zer and he gets a spider climb on him. Yeah, right? Okay, this giant branch broke my fall right in the middle of my back. Yeah He sees her circus just laid out next to like a giant vultures like Nest that is just circling him. It's okay. No, Volchery's watching over me
Starting point is 00:50:41 Novels here he's watching over me Oh Novels buddy, I will take care of the Vulture starts packing at sir. Just thinking he's already dead As he lays there after a 15-mile hike and falling off a cliff's way Okay So if he and Zirk are now at kind of checkpoint one down here, but Zirk is now gonna automatically pass his Climepchex That doesn't mean he can't get pulled off the wall if you guys fall. So Henry, that is back up to you, but right
Starting point is 00:51:11 now you are, I'll say the rope extends long enough that you can keep climbing if you would like. You can actually make it to the peak this turn if you pass your athletics check. Okay, so maybe I'll continue to the peak and see if I can tie this rope real secure up top. Oh right on sweet um go ahead and give me your athletics check. Nice! That's a dirty 20. Dirty 20. Hey Henry you are able to get to the top. Fia you are next. Not 20 baby. Oh next. Nat 20 baby. Oh God. Have you read a book on climbing or something? I don't understand how you spend your entire life inside a train. I think he's going to be pretty impressive. All the sweat on my palms is totally dried up. I'll say between the, with the combination of a nat 20 climb check, Henry is up at the top now. Henry, you're able to find like an old tree up here.
Starting point is 00:52:11 Like I run around this tree again and again, like a ribbon on a maple. You run around, you get this, this rope nice and taught, Fiya, you fucking just motor up there, just like two pickaxes, just like climbing up like a robot. Are you sure you didn't cast Spider Climb on your set on yourself, Christ? And Fiya, you get right to the top. What can I say, I'm really fat.
Starting point is 00:52:34 And Zirk, you scramble up right after her hands, just stick to the stone. This is great, this is great. And you guys reach the top of this peak. You have traveled 15 miles so far, but it feels as if you've traveled 20 miles because it counts as difficult terrain whenever you guys have to climb a mountain.
Starting point is 00:52:55 Is that vulture still following me? See, just like in the distance. Ah! Ah! I don't like that. So we'll need to be like explicit if you guys want to do like short rests or do anything like that.
Starting point is 00:53:07 So go ahead and settle your wounds or what you want to do before you progress unless you want to just stay as you work. I think I'm good to go for another round. Great. Yeah, let's try to get at least 20 miles under us. Yeah, I can power through. You can do it. You can do hit dyes for short rests if you'd like. Oh, yeah. Go. I just need like 20 minutes. Could you dig me a quick
Starting point is 00:53:30 trench? Yes. I love to dig a sleeping trench. Get the shovel, book, far. Yes, ma'am. You guys are quite adept at digging holes. Oh my god, it was fast. Yeah, just scooping with book far as bookfar laughs hysterically. Like this is a weird game they play. Dig the hole, miss. Dig the hole. So quick, so quick, there really must have been nothing to do. I'm trying not to think about how sad it is. Dig it deep so we can sleep. Dig it deep so we can sleep. We're the dead ones. We're the dead ones. Yes, we are. This bridal don't listen to this. Papa, what are they playing?
Starting point is 00:54:08 It's a strange game. Sweet jerk, go ahead and roll your hit dice. For a short rest. Henry, you've kind of as these guys are setting up for um for Zirk to patch up his wounds for a sack. You kind of feel the blood flow and it feels good out here. Like you were saying, it kind of feels like being on the ocean, like being out in nature here. Oh yeah I take a big big with the of this cool fresh air. I turn my face to the sun for the first time. Turn your face to the sun. I feel the breeze in your banks. Nobody look in the trench. I puked in the trench. We all heard.
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Starting point is 00:56:13 continue on You see as you guys are about 15 miles in terrain gets a bit easier Still an uphill climb, but not a wall of a cliffside climb. So you guys are doing a bit of an uphill climb here. 15 miles in, go ahead, and everybody give me perception checks. Can I use bookfarf for this? Yes.
Starting point is 00:56:38 Okay, that's a 13. It's going to be a 21 for me and bookfarf. It's a 23 for me in Sprydell. So it's everybody hears the sound of a grumbling animal could be eating, could be like sleeping and snoring. It is in like a nearby cave. You hear the sound of it kind of echoing through this little mountain area that you guys are in. You see that there is a crack in the side of one of the mountains here through which looks like create some kind of cave.
Starting point is 00:57:12 You hear some kind of grumbling animal inside of it. The sound kind of sounds halfway between like an ape and a bear, fia and Zirk, you guys see a little streak of blood up against the rocks there, like being, as if something was dragged into the cave. I am thinking this blood is perhaps the blood of this thing that is moning. Can I identify, yes, identify on this blood? If you would like to do this, you will need to do a stealth check.
Starting point is 00:57:46 Do we have to go, we have to go in the cave or we have to do? You do not, you do not need to go in the cave. Oh, okay. It is kind of up to you guys if you want to investigate it or not, if you want to see what's going on or if you want to sneak past it. Here's what I'll say. If you want to interact with something with the cave, like if you want to go look at the blood or something,
Starting point is 00:58:01 I'll say you're going to do like a flat check. I'll say you guys are still gonna do a certain level of stealth to like walk by this thing. I'll say that the valley kind of narrows here and you guys have to kind of pass it. But I'll let you roll stealth with advantage if you're going- That's good because I roll this thing.
Starting point is 00:58:17 If you're sneaking past the case. Okay. Okay, maybe we just sneak past it, right? Can we hear it is the moaning? does it seem like it's coming from the thing that's being devoured or the thing that's doing the devouring? Yeah, I think so. Is it the moaning of paint? Somebody give me a nature or perception check. I can do it. It's a tent.
Starting point is 00:58:39 It sounds unhappy, but you can't totally tell what that is. It doesn't sound like something that's dying or something like that. It doesn't sound like. It doesn't, it doesn't sound like something that's dying or something like that. You just hear it. It doesn't sound like a struggle. It doesn't sound like something. It doesn't sound like a struggle. It sounds like you hear like echoing through this kind of crack in the mountain, you hear like,
Starting point is 00:58:53 okay. Okay, now that I'm hearing the sound, the V-Self-Pathet, I think. But we have all established that we're animal lovers, and that's good. Yes. We pause. I was gonna try to do like a bonus action healing word
Starting point is 00:59:09 to it or something, but I don't think it's in trouble. We pass by and say, oh, somebody should really do something about that and keep moving. I don't want to meet whatever it is. Okay, so we stealth by. I'm going to cast guidance on myself because my stealth is bad. Okay. 15? That's going to be a 10 for Fia. And I got a 9. Okay. You guys start to make your way past
Starting point is 00:59:34 this cave. Zerk is able to slip by as Fia and Henry begin to follow. You suddenly hear the grunts inside. Stop! Mr. Henry, I think it has passed. It's just, you might be right, Doc, but let's stand very, very still. You guys, stop. As you hear the grunts inside of the cave, and then just unlucky slash, unskilled stealth check. One of your guys like feet shift a little bit as you try to continue sneaking.
Starting point is 01:00:10 It was my Von Tap Shoe that I've ever heard. Your Von Tap Shoe hits a rock and falls off like the side of the cliff and you hear a loud echo. And you see a Yeti burst from the cave. And you see a Yeti burst from the cave. This big white haired looking big foot monster. I'll say that Kenley gave you guys a little bit of a description of what the abominable Yeti looks like. This looks like just a regular Yeti.
Starting point is 01:00:37 Okay, Yeti light. Yeti light. But you guys do see, it comes out in it, RORES. RORES. You see, it's white fur is covered in blood, like all around its mouth and stuff, like it was just feeding. And you guys also see, it looks like it has some kind of wound in its shoulder. So it looks like whatever it just fucking killed,
Starting point is 01:01:02 put up some kind of fight. Guys, go ahead and roll initiative. Okay, great Nine initiative for fear. I got a 10 seven for Zart. Yeah You guys are killing us. Yeah You know what why go up of five? I always say you know for me We really talked to you guys up on the mountain at that one part I like the guy Zerg is like the guy that that one part. Yeah, I like the guy, Zerg is like the guy that goes to the climbing gym and is like,
Starting point is 01:01:26 this seems pretty easy. Yeah. And then just like absolutely falls off of like the first run he does. And your fingers are so bad after the first one. Yeah. And then I do buy a yearly pass because I think that I'm gonna get good at.
Starting point is 01:01:38 And then you never go again. Never go again. Go to $200 harness. Oh god. Okay. So the Yeti is going to go first. It's going to go after Henry first. The Yeti is going to first use its chilling gaze. The Yeti targets one crazy. You can see within 30 feet of it. The target can see the Yeti. The target must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving
Starting point is 01:01:58 throw. Oh no, it's got beautiful husky eyes. You see, they're so piercing beautiful piercing blue eyes on this hand-sumass Yeti. Oh You think I'm scaredy. Oh my god Go ahead and give me a constitution saving throw Henry host proximity to a thousand yards there means it's going a thousand yards into your own soul. Nat 20. Henry, you just make meaningful eye contact with this Yeti. Just stare right back. This Yeti. No, that is the confidence that you get from positive self-talk.
Starting point is 01:02:42 Wow. It's going to go ahead and make two claw attacks on Henry. That one on the first one misses. Second one is a 22 to hit that's going to hit. One, three, two, one. It was a little hobby. 10 damage, Henry. Yikes.
Starting point is 01:02:57 That is Henry's turn. Henry, you've got this beautiful Yeti in front of you. Blood covered, but like the hunks in that show, the Vikings, nothing you do to those guys make some look bad, you know? Yeah, shit. You'll do that. With Henry's chocolate brown eyes, I'm going to stare into the Yeti's eyes and he has to do a constitution saving throw.
Starting point is 01:03:19 I think just to follow him on the deal. He passes. Okay. I think. Just to fall on the deal. He passes. Okay. Well then I'm gonna summon, I'm gonna summon Shank right behind him and be like, hey look, I'm over there. Hey, oh.
Starting point is 01:03:33 I also have, I've also got weenies in my bag. We're gonna roast them tonight, don't you worry. All right. And then I'm gonna. Can you give me those? I took them on my way out. He does not eat food. They were in the freezer.
Starting point is 01:03:44 They've been thawing on the mountain. 25. To hit with my claws. 25. Absolutely hits. 13 damage. You dodge one claw attack from the Eddy. Get scratched from the other, but return fire with your own claw attack. Get up under his ribs and stab. Let's add a roar, masculine and get tender. Now, just resonant.
Starting point is 01:04:06 He says, they're so white. He had that in his turn. Okay, I am going to, first as a bonus action, touch book fire and cast Dragon's Breath. Oh my God. I am ready, miss. And for this, I'm going to choose a fire. Oh Do smart smart and
Starting point is 01:04:28 So book fire will be able to breathe fire, but I am just going to now attack with my sword Okay, you know, you're just gonna make the Yeti hotter. Okay, does it 15 hit 15 does hit. Oh, it does awesome Well, yeah, he's just a big hairy dude. Oh, he's way more than that. I will do six is baby Okay, that's going to be 15 damage from me and then can book for now go breathe the fire Yeah, you see book fire goes. I don't know miss. I've never done anything like this before You were forged by a god. He turns into a pro wrestler when you see the He turns into a pro wrestler when he said, you got the weapons in the back of the room. You see the book opens and almost like a pop-up book.
Starting point is 01:05:08 You see the image of a dragon pops up and then breathes real fire onto the Yeti. You see when the Yeti sees fire starts to freak out. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. What kind of check does it make? It makes a dexterity saving throw. Such a soulful eyes. But it still takes half, if it's on a save.
Starting point is 01:05:30 Shout out to the two crew fails. There you go. OK, that's 11 damage. Nice. Book watch. Watch the job, book watch. This Yeti. You better have roast thing.
Starting point is 01:05:41 Yeti is then pizza. Who would know? I am the chef now God the dragon speaks It was a smile you see the yeti takes this fire damage and looks More fucked up than it otherwise would have been you see like this crazy looking its eyes just totally freaked out by fire Zirk that is your turn the yeti hasn't seen me yet, because I passed my stealth check, right? That is true.
Starting point is 01:06:06 Yeah. So I want to try and sneak up behind the Yeti and slap my hand on the knob of a tree and use tinkering to transform it into a little speaker that blasts out a hideous noise that would try and scare the Yeti. Basically, I want to make it sound like the Yeti is hearing unabominable Yeti.
Starting point is 01:06:27 Okay. What spell is that? It's tinkering. It's one of my like magical abilities that I have as an alchemist. At first level, you learn how to invest a spark of magic into mundane objects. To use this ability, you must have thieves tools
Starting point is 01:06:39 or artisans tools in hand. You then touch a tiny, non-magical object as an action and give it one of the following magical properties of your choice. Shed's bright light and a 5-foot radius, the one I'm thinking of is the object continuously emits your choice of an odor or non-verbal sound, winds, waves, chirping or the like. Okay. Those in phenomenons perceivable up to 10 feet away. So I want to take like a pine cone and kind of like toss it behind the yetti and make it sound like there's a loud monster behind the yetti.
Starting point is 01:07:07 Got it. Okay. So you kind of take, you internalize what this yetti sound like when it was roaring and recreate the sound. I pitch shift it down. Yeah. A more dangerous alpha yetti that is going to show up. And less of a gorgeous bellow.
Starting point is 01:07:24 Mess up this yetti. It is going to, I'll And less of a gorgeous bellow. Mess up this, Yeni. It is going to, I'll say, it'll make a wisdom saving check against your spell save. I'll say it'll do it with disadvantage because it makes checks with disadvantage after it takes fire damage. So to make a check against your spell save. My spell save is 14.
Starting point is 01:07:42 Fails, you see on the Yedi's next turn, you see the Yedi fleas. Just takes off like devil-make-hair, starts like bounding down the mountain. Oh, book-fart, did you do that? I think I may have. It was my pro wrestler voice, I think. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:08:03 Should we check in this? I guess I'm not going to ask. I go look in the cave to see what the Yeti had in there. Yeah, do you want? Fia, you see the body of a half-eaten humanoid hung upside down from the roof of the cave, like wild game. Go ahead and actually give me investigate. Everybody can do this because presumably Fia yells for you guys to come in after she's in the room. I'm a fia, broken through a dead sprint into the cave. So we are, it's actually our cue to follow.
Starting point is 01:08:32 Go ahead and give me investigator perception. 10 for Fia. 16. 14 for Henry. You guys all see based on the clothing and equipment, this person has on them. There's a cloak, a boiled leather armor once again looks similar to the bounty hunters that you've been seeing and you also see
Starting point is 01:08:51 Zirk you find a broken flintlock pistol with a V etched into the side and you think back to the like the shoulder wound that this Yeti had, and it looked like it may have been shot. Mm. Can I cast Mending on the pistol? Yes. You cast Mending on the pistol. There was something detached from it
Starting point is 01:09:18 that was stopping the trigger from making the little release thing go, and you were able to mend it and fix that. Are you guys able to tell that I don't know a lot about firearms? I can. You're able to fix this pistol. The trigger thing, he wasn't squeezing.
Starting point is 01:09:33 Yeah. And yeah, you now have this little flintlock pistol from this bounty hunter. I try to spin it around like a gunslinger would. Go ahead and make a side of pan check. Qu well, there's the safety on that thing, but That's a 17 17 you successfully are able to spin it around It looks fine And also you notice that it is not loaded obviously because this dude probably took his one shot and it didn't work
Starting point is 01:10:03 I spin it around a lot and look really close and go, oh the safety was off the entire time. Huh, at least it wasn't loaded, that's good. I inspect the pistol and I see the V etched into it. And I pretty sure I could determine my mom's handwriting at this point. I've seen her paint a lot of signs, especially that V. She does a really flashy V. Chances are good that whenever my mom's been up to since I left, it's not good.
Starting point is 01:10:30 It's not very savory work. Seems like since I left my mom's gotten up to some pretty wet work. Well, at least so far, she's been working with what seemed to be very inept people. But kind of in-depth. Yeah, we mostly find our body, so she's clearlyept people. Kind of in dead. Yeah, we mostly find their body, so she's clearly not doing that good of a job. Let's just hope that trend continues.
Starting point is 01:10:51 Yeah, you kind of think about it for a sexer. And your mom did make little machines and things like that. Like it's not totally out of left field for her to be able to like, you know, build something like a Flintlock pistol. And also you know that, you know, build something like a Flintlock pistol. And also, you know that, you know, her... her con back in the day was selling these potions, but it would not be completely out of character for her to want to make a quick buck. I look at the pistol and I just kind of mutter. I just hope you're keeping yourself safe, Ma. Don't get in over your head. So you guys exit this cave.
Starting point is 01:11:27 You guys are 15 miles into your trip. Why don't we go back around to FIA to do the next five miles. Another 11 on my luck check. Hey, 11 is good. Maybe you should roll all of them. It's good, okay, good. Yeah, okay. So you guys have now gone 20 miles.
Starting point is 01:11:46 That is included one extremely strenuous mountain climb and a little bit of a fight with Yeti. So you guys are now approaching danger territory where you're gonna need to start making checks for exhaustion. Now, the first level of exhaustion is in that bag. You just start getting disadvantage on checks and things like that. So you don't have to stop right now. Okay.
Starting point is 01:12:09 That's a good idea. I mean, it's something we can start if it blows up in our face, then we set up camp. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, let's go. Let's push it. We'll push it because we got the Frankfurters in the bag. We got a book that breathes fire.
Starting point is 01:12:22 We're going to have a great camp. So let's put it in your old frozen Frank footers, but they're probably fine. Okay. Okay. We will say, for each mile, we'll do a constitution saving throw. It'll be eight plus however many miles you guys go above.
Starting point is 01:12:36 So, first constitution saving throw, everybody give me DC nine, 22, right on. I got a 13. I got a dirty 20 sweet Everybody passes the first one you guys make it 21 miles. Give me next Constitution saving throw You guys continue trudging along it is getting to the point where legs are burning Starting to get tired Sun is going down. Can I cast guidance on myself for this? Yeah, okay? I'm going to do this
Starting point is 01:13:10 15 15 passes what was the DC 10 10 I got 11 right on so I'm Just skating by 24 24 right on you guys get 22 miles next mile DC 11 constitution saving throw babies You guys are fucking still going all right? You guys keep you guys guys keep going over the next tail and the next tail, the next tail. Be like, yeah, we'll just go to the next one. Let's just get, let's see what's around this corner. Third win, third win. 21, forfea. 24, nice.
Starting point is 01:13:33 19. You guys make it 23 miles, baby. We can get to 25. We can get to 30. Then we don't even have to put 30. Let's get to 30. 30 is enough. I think I just got my 23rd win.
Starting point is 01:13:43 Let's do it. Yeah, I think that Vulture is still following us and I'm a little worried about it. Yeah. It is fully on your shoulder, but. Oh! Guys, go ahead and 24 mile mark. Give me a constitution saving throw.
Starting point is 01:13:59 I got a 23. Net 20. Wow. I got 11. Was that what we needed? The order number. I will say with a net 20, you can give the help action to Fiya. Net 20. Wow. Oh, I got 11. Was that what we needed? I will say with a net 20, you can give the help action to Fiya.
Starting point is 01:14:09 Is she starting nice? Nice. Come on. I rolled even worse. Okay, 11. It's the tap shoe. It's gotta be the tap shoe. Okay, so Fiya suffers a level of exhaustion.
Starting point is 01:14:22 That is going to give her disadvantage on checks, but I think not on saves. Sweet guys, if you guys would like to go for number 25, Fiya, you kind of are getting tunnel vision, you're feeling really tired, you kind of got your hand on Henry as you guys are walking along. I think I spent myself on the big mountain.
Starting point is 01:14:43 Yep, well tell you what, we still got this rope, we'll just keep it real short, you hang on to this, I'll tie this and around my waist. This is good. And as long as I hear that tap, tap, tap from your shoe, I'll know that you're right behind me, all right? Okay, tap, tap, tap. Okay, so you guys, so saving throws are not affected
Starting point is 01:15:01 by this fiat, it's just the first level of exhaustion, so you're not in danger for a bit. So guys, go ahead. This time, DC 13, Con save. All right. Oh, boy. 22. OK.
Starting point is 01:15:12 19. Good for everybody. I have rolled my third natural one of today's card. Oh, God. Oh, my God. With a natural one. Where you going? Don't turn away to get a book.
Starting point is 01:15:23 Please don't. Please don't give you two levels of exhaustion. I'm going to be get a book. He's going to give you two levels of exhaustion. I'm going to have two levels of exhaustion. You will speak from Hank as your back kind of paying attention to Fiya as she's starting to look kind of faint. You brutally roll your ankle. Oh, whoa. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, that is not natural.
Starting point is 01:15:44 I can't walk that off. I cannot walk that off Are you singing a lullaby because this is putting me asleep in your your footest sideways? Shank pops out I felt that I fucking felt that God damn it man. Can I try to do a medicine check to like brace it? It's he does not actually have a broken ankle. It's just your speed is now halved. So, you guys see, Henry starts to slow down. I will say, if you guys want to make it to the 25 mile marker here, you guys both past it, Henry, you can make one more constitution saving throw
Starting point is 01:16:23 to try to make it the rest of the walk. Can I send book for to cast guidance on him? Yes. Thanks, buddy. I think I just need a dollop of Bree. If you've got it, a dollop of Bree. Jeez, a little book cheese. I know what you mean.
Starting point is 01:16:42 Oh, book cheese, right. Sorry, it's't book cheese. I know what you mean. Just put it. Oh, book cheese, right. Sorry, it's been a while. We don't have to make it to 25, y'all. I think it might be trench time. You know what, 24 is a nice, even number. I think we stop here. It's cheese and popcorn. You look down and the fear's head is popping out.
Starting point is 01:16:57 She has dog herself, it's cramp. Chuts so fast. That is a 18. 18, Henry makes it. You guys make it to the 25 mile marker. Zerks been kind of slow and steady, still in good condition. Fias got first level of exhaustion.
Starting point is 01:17:14 Henry's got two. Henry is gonna need to make two constitutions saving throws every time he goes a mile now. Okay, you know, it feels like it might be time to call it. Time for the trench. Yeah, I don't, why don't we trench it up? Why don't we drill some little hot dogs? Oh, that's great.
Starting point is 01:17:34 A blanky style. And yeah, we'll call it. Here I can brew up something to try and help that twisted ankle. Don't you worry about me. Do you just boil some water so we can boil these weenies? Nothing better for a springed ankle than a hot dog. Don't you worry about me, do you just boil some water so we can boil these weenies? Nothing better for a springdankle than a hot dog.
Starting point is 01:17:52 Trust me, I've done this before, alright? Just keep me to meet the entrails. Your toes are purple. I don't need anything. So you guys, yeah, set up a little camp here, set up a campfire, make dinner for the night. Is there anything you guys would like to do before you rest? Well, we might as well out there I do learn a spell, but Zerk, you can test for Autumn. Oh, good idea. Oh, right on. Zerk, go ahead and give me an Archana check.
Starting point is 01:18:21 Which die should I use? Like this purple magical one, hold on. Yeah, whatever the one that didn't make you fall off the cliff was. Shout out to the two crew. Oh, yeah. We had a long day. Yeah, you had a really long day.
Starting point is 01:18:34 I'll say you go through it. The little ritual that you have to do. You see even Spritele is really tired. Fun, fun, papa, fun, as they spin around. Oh, Spritele, you're spinning sideways, friend. You gotta, you know what, just power down. And yeah, you cast this ritual, you ask if the fairy is an autumn fairy, and you see the shadowy smoke
Starting point is 01:18:59 within the vial does not turn either color, which suggests to you that the ritual has failed tonight. I think we gotta try this again some other time. Yeah, I will try to get a locate object because I'm thinking that's how we could kind of find the tilled. Okay. And then he's also not going to be, that is going to be an eight total, so we are just,
Starting point is 01:19:23 just get everyone sleepy. Sophia gets blasted with an arcane blast as she just does not have the energy. I think I'm going to go unconscious. Holy shit. Holy shit, are you alright? Oh, you should sleep face up. Do not sleep face down, Sophia. Yeah, you see, bookfars already passed out.
Starting point is 01:19:44 I'm just like Cover is completely open just laying on the ground. Oh, it's nice of you to dig a trench 3 wide though I'm glad I said he died. Is anybody going to stay up and do watch? Yeah, if I get four hours of sleep Henry I can wake up and then I can set a snare Okay, that might help us out a little bit. All right, so why don't why don't I take first watch you get up You get up before dawn you set your snares whatever you need to do all right right sounds good Okay, I'm gonna roll out my my blanket across everybody so Zur and Fia go to sleep
Starting point is 01:20:22 um and these little holes you guys have dug under this tent Kind of sleeping trend sleeping trench. I'm kind of tucked into the side of the mountain here Henry you stay up for first watch He's rolling see what stars you see. Yeah, I look for Orion The little Dipper Henry go ahead and give me a perception check gladly. I Rolled in that 20 Wow, oh the little dipper. Henry, go ahead and give me a perception check. Gladly. I rolled a net 20. Wow. Hell yeah.
Starting point is 01:20:49 Hell yeah. I stole ones or 20s this up. The first like hour passes and it's pretty uneventful. You're sitting out here. You've got your comrades here. You're out in nature. You're away from the judgmental eyes of the city. And awake like only a guy with a really hurt ankle could be.
Starting point is 01:21:09 Right. Wait, dude, you have disadvantaged on perception checks. Go ahead and roll that match. 20 again, my friends. Wow, I love them. I'm so excited. That's cool, dude. My dude is fucking exhausted.
Starting point is 01:21:22 I should have stayed up. I should have stayed up. Give me another one. Give me another one. I love it Two seconds away from being of detailed description of what was lurking. I love it. No, it's I didn't do that bad It's a 17 17 okay, god. There's still bit. I didn't have any disadvantage fuck. I'm sorry I'm sorry You're up first hour, nothing really happens. You're just kind of out here enjoying your time.
Starting point is 01:21:48 I'll say that you've definitely been able to like pack correctly, like you have like a heavy coat out here. Layers. And I think you guys have found an area where the like cliffs kind of block some of the wind. So it's a little bit more of a stretch. Yeah, you got to find a little trench. And Henry, after a bit, you see not far from you
Starting point is 01:22:09 in the darkness, a few pebbles fall off of like a rock hill nearby. Like the mountain starts to climb and go higher and from a little bit higher in the mountain, a few rocks fall down into the dirt here, as if something was moving through this area. Okay. I'm gonna wake somebody up.
Starting point is 01:22:33 Okay. Hey, hey, you two buddies. Good. Hi. Hey. Hey, what are you doing? Hi, man. Look, look at this.
Starting point is 01:22:45 Look at this. Rocks there. Hmm. I'm just sort of using clicking noises and pointing to the different direction. Okay. I will book far, book far wake up, wake up book far. Yes. Yes.
Starting point is 01:22:57 Book far fly up to see what's going on. And where, where am I going? Henry, click in the general direction of where I'm supposed to go. Okay. Right. All right. And where am I going Henry click in the general direction of where I'm supposed to go? Okay, right all right want you up there click three times actually I think I can see through his eyes, right? You can see through his eyes. Oh, yeah, okay, so I'll go see through his eyes sweet Fia as book far Make a perception check This is fucking insane.
Starting point is 01:23:25 I literally rolled a one and a not 20. Oh my God. Thanks for coming with the not 20. Bookfar is an owl. He has advantage on a perception. God, we are that. Spanning the depths. This is a little.
Starting point is 01:23:41 Did you know good person to send? Fiya, you guys, I'll say Fiya is so sleepy, she doesn't even explain what's going on. She essentially just like wakes up, really sleepy-eyed, tells Bookfar to go. Suddenly you see her eyes glaze white, and she just falls back, loses control of her body, and just falls back with a thud.
Starting point is 01:24:00 Looks like she just collapsed into sleep. Bookfar begins flapping and Fia you see through bookfars eyes through bookfars line of vision. Begins flapping over towards where Henry saw the disturbance in the rocks and as he gets close, the moonlight hits a strand of silk in the air here, and Bookfar turns and looks into the mountain here, and returning his gaze are the lit-up mirror eyes of a giant spider that was preparing to attack you guys. You see the spider launches at Bookfar. No!
Starting point is 01:24:49 No! No! You're sick, son of a bitch. I demand replay more. You're sick. Clear your schedule, you fuck. You fools. You fools.
Starting point is 01:25:00 Well, you were able to, if Henry went over by himself, he may not have specifically made a perception check and then he would have gotten caught in the web and it would have been really bad. So at the very least, book far, I knew I couldn't go anywhere with this advantage on all of my checks. Right.
Starting point is 01:25:14 I'm going to light that web on fire. Right on it. Saved by books, yet again. Yeah. So you guys, you can listen to us talk more about this over on our Patreon, patreon.com slash nadpod. That's NADddpod Don't sing yet. Oh, what do I wish to? Oh, does anybody have anything they'd like to plug?
Starting point is 01:25:33 I'll plug three black half links right on yeah, yeah, that's well It's been around for a while great show called was on this episode and it just joined the head gum family. And we're also excited to have. Um, right on. Yeah, guys, definitely check out their show. Um, they've had on, um, a ton of guests that you guys would recognize, uh, lose been on there, brain has been on there and called well is on this most recent. It was so fun. I think you're really going to like it if you give it a listen. Yeah, guys, super funny. Um, I would love to plug our PO box.
Starting point is 01:26:03 We got more stuff. Got a big pile of stuff, and I've been working through the backlogs, so Apologies if we haven't shouted you out, but here's what I've got for us this week. We had a save the date from Ashley and Dylan in Florida, congrats on your nubs. I call them nubs, though.
Starting point is 01:26:19 Congrats on your nubs, though. Congrats on your nubs, everyone. Yeah, everyone who's ever sent us a wedding invite, congrats on your nubs. though. Congrats on your nubs, everyone. Yeah, everyone who's ever sent us a wedding invite, congrats on your nubs. It would stand a blade in it. It would stand a blade in it. Also the wax seal on the envelope was hella classy. Someone sent in a glass possum ornament
Starting point is 01:26:35 that reads, it's tail time. It was this you, or was this just a gift from the universe, either way, thank you, universe. Possibly that just materialized in the PO box. We might have wiled it into existence. We probably manifested it. Clearly. A man of peace sent my baby,
Starting point is 01:26:52 a future dungeon master, Onezy. It's very cute. Wow. It's very fun. It's a six month old Onezy, so like she's not big enough for it yet. So like I've just got it in the drawer, waiting. You just put the little clothespin on it
Starting point is 01:27:06 so that it's still nice and form-fit it. That is what I do, because she wears it every day. Yes, thank you. Also nice to know that it's like sort of the stone, like destiny type thing. Like she will do it. She will be a future, future DM. Yeah, because she needs like at least six months
Starting point is 01:27:22 to learn how to DM. Right, yeah, I got her the lost minds of Fandil. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, get her on. Dude, she should be running the starter set by two. Yeah. Great. Yeah. And let's what doctors say. Yeah. Right. We'll teach her about zoom because she's going to have to do virtual sessions. Yeah. Yeah. True. She's honestly scarily good at looking at screens already. So I don't worry about that. Evan A sent us some cool golden coins, hold on, I have one right here.
Starting point is 01:27:48 That they use in their Pathfinder game as luck point tokens. So cool. They're very cool. Look at that. They're very cool. Look at that. They're very cool.
Starting point is 01:27:58 They're very cool. They're very cool. They're very cool. Look at that. They're very cool. Look at that. They're very cool. They're very cool.
Starting point is 01:28:04 They're very cool. They're very cool. They're very cool., feels after that. Apparently today, yeah. Someone sent Murph A because I'm the DM, that's why T-shirts, I assume it's for Murph, but it might be for Jake, it's probably for Jake, actually. Yeah, that's right. I've all of the people on the side of this. I've got this for Jake. Yeah, I can't, I cannot DM until I get that shirt, so.
Starting point is 01:28:19 We're all gonna wear our, because I'm a DM, that's why shirts next time. And finally, Alec P, the master model builder at Arizona's Lego Land Discovery, sent us a Lego version of Lawyer Papa. It's on my desk right now. It's really cool. Look at him. Why is that? It's really good. Yeah, it's I wanted to be a Lego master when I was a child and Alec P is done it Alec P is a genius.
Starting point is 01:28:48 The tale is incredibly expressive. Oh look at that. My God. So yeah, congrats to actual Lego maniac Alec P. Thank you very much. Oh, Alec also wanted Emily to know that Hot Boy Summer is the greatest piece of D&D media that they've ever listened to. Oh, great, hard to agree. Damn, damn right.
Starting point is 01:29:04 Thank you. Also, here's the to agree. Damn, damn right. Also, here's the desk that lawyer Papa has. Look at the whole light. I mean, this has to, we have to put it on the Instagram. Yeah, it's too good. Break the Instagram silence for this. Speaking of social media that we don't use, you can follow us all on Twitter,
Starting point is 01:29:19 at CHPRIFUSME, at call this call, the Eddie Astro-Demily, and at Jake Herwitz-Jake. And wait, yes. I still use the Twitter. I alone, she'll keep the watch. You can just tweet at me now, and I will forward them to the group. I will bear this burden.
Starting point is 01:29:33 Yes. And I use Instagram, so you guys can search me, you know. I'm there. You can tweet. I do look at my, I do look at my ads because people have been sending me cat pictures, so I
Starting point is 01:29:46 look at them and have a little smile. Hold on. You can send me stuff that will make me frown though. Send a little smile and at least wear it. That's nice. Send a smile. And you can tweet about this show using hashtag NADPA that's NADDDD. Send me a picture of yourself doing an awkward smile.
Starting point is 01:30:00 We are, we are. We are. We are. We are. We are. We are. We are. We are. We are. Hello friends, it is the end of our show, which means it's time to shout out our Benevolent Council of Elders. Let's get right to it! Brad D. Jeffrey S. Haldoir Frostback, Steelbreaker and Matt M. The Zerkster Energy Street team. They
Starting point is 01:30:34 go from Tavern to Tavern spreading the word about Zerk's incredible new energy drink and also collecting non-liability statements from anyone who drinks it. Smart. Jordan DJ, CutterW, Jive G, Zolo Dolo, and Dylan B, the medical board of Elder Morn. This wise council decides who gets to be a doctor, but they're all big softies and basically a worthy title to anyone who can cast Healing Word. Let's consider it. Shubrath the Mushroom, Danielle the Dasterly Dame, Andrew M, Beardman Dan, and Scott D. Fias competitors at Elder Morn's annual Speed Reading Competition.
Starting point is 01:31:14 It was a tight race this year, up until the final chapter, when Fia flipped the pages so fast that all the books caught on fire, and the event was cancelled forever. Danny P. Alaina C. Mixologist Michael McDee and Balnor's boy. The Spofunkers. A group of explorers who exclusively delve into caves for the fun of it. They have walked right past so many treasures and rare items because they were too busy marveling at a beautiful, stalactite formation. Gotta know what's important to you, I appreciate it. Andrew B. Kevin S. Justin I.
Starting point is 01:31:48 Ragnar Ferdwend. TJ M. the gnome barbarian. Elena M. and Traylae the cray-fay. An elite team of deep folk warriors who just got into the bath and are praying that the third mates don't summon them. Seriously, they just let candles and everything. Ah, isn't that always the way? Jared E. Christopher B. Austin Bonesaw MR. Damio R.
Starting point is 01:32:13 Cyborg version of Josh the Cobald and Octo Litch. Vampire comedians who tore Elder Morn doing classic bits like Book Reading Another Book and blowing an eldritch horn with your butt cheeks. Lord Kinley is secretly a huge fan. How could you not be? Gage M! Richard X Machina, Michael L. Sergio Salazar Salamon Sakharaya Sde Sekwani. Powerful Fairy Lords, who, unlike the Fairy the cursed Henry, can be easily identified by their sense.
Starting point is 01:32:44 Gage smells like a Douglas fur, Richard smells like fresh cut grass, Michael smells like Apple cider, and Sergio smells like your dad's deodorant. Weird, but true. Trast the traveler, Sir Carl, Jory S, Dana G, Calum L, and Ryan. The mountain climbers who weren't even on a special guardian to the Grove mission. They were just there to scale those gnarly peaks. Ryan. The mountain climbers who weren't even on a special guardian to the Grove mission, they were just there to scale those gnarly peaks. They absolutely shook their heads in disgust when the third mates used performance-enhancing
Starting point is 01:33:12 fly potions. What are you gonna do? Jack L. Flawless Whale. Timberl, Sam L. and Nicholas C. The spider-publicist of Elder Morn. They thought they'd really want over the third mate, but this cliffhanger is going to mean so much overtime for them.
Starting point is 01:33:29 Sorry, we're just scared to spiders now, I don't want to tell you. Recent S, Samuel B, Mike H, Matthew E, and Colton B, the makers of tincers floating discits. Mmm, they're like regular biscuits, but they float just a little bit, right into my mouth they do, yum. Adam G. Mateo C. Inny Badger. Panama James. And Cummins the Bard. The Aylachymist.
Starting point is 01:33:54 They're like regular alchemists, but all their potions are also tasty, hoppy brusquies. Alright, and get behind that. Adrian the Halfling Bard. Dan. Nikki W. And Drew Nasty, a group of bow witches. You thought blade witches were sick? Wait till you meet bow witches.
Starting point is 01:34:12 They don't even have to worry about concentration, because they're always levitating and raining arrows down on their enemies. Now that's a strat. CC Lulu, J, Lantee, Barnes and Ador, and Michelle O, the Librarians Guild, who is going to start charging Fiat Duse if she takes on even one more book. Seriously, girls got a problem.
Starting point is 01:34:34 Timmy R, Jonathan W, the Crock-Waring Warrior, Lucas B, Aaron S, and Kevin M. The Berserkers, a group of barbarians that go freaking nuts for a jerk. Finally, a little recognition, I like it! Austin C. Hogfishes above average hog, New York, and Steven C. Henry's Shadow Stylus, they keep insisting that Shank's signature look should be a paschmina, but Henry, so far, has resisted. Don't know why, I agree, that's the way to go. KJ, Michael M, Rahul N, Mike K, and Maxwell C, Zerks Rock Climbing Coaches.
Starting point is 01:35:15 After today's performance, they have officially been barred by the elder mourn mountaineering league. Can't say I disagree, not a stellar showing, friends. Karen T. Justin Raccoon, Nick W. and Michael C. The stars of the teen drama Sprite High. They play high school football while juggling careers as surgeons and cheating on each other. Sprite L. loves the drama. Oh, the drama. Esmi M. Spartagnes, Nathan, Kazimir-knowing, and Big Bad Beard of the Mad.
Starting point is 01:35:47 Kenley's hiking buddies, who are all going to be super pissed when they found out he gave away all of their equipment to a bunch of nerds. Harsh but fair, Eric Em, Jack Mehoff, Burleigh T, Alex A, Nero Claudius, Caesar, Gustus Dermanicus, and Christian A. Nero, Claudia, Caesar, Gustus, Dramanicus, and Christian A. The team of doctors who have helped Hank throughout the years. Like any good physician, they recommend eating a hot dog for every sprained ankle and two hot dogs for every break. Smart. J. Dragonborn, Joro, the Inapropro, the Sandreian, Bin A, and Fel Donas. The handsome Yeddies Yedi Entourage. They fashioned his burnt fur into a stylish pompadour and replaced the blood stains with a sweet blue vest that
Starting point is 01:36:32 brings out the color of his eyes. Sunning Absolutely stunning. Dave H Catherine S David K Christian S K. and Brittany B. The Abominable Yetis. Abominable Kiddies. These giant cats can disemball you in a single swipe or knock any number of glasses off of your coffee table. Oh come I just poured that wine. No! The Time Walker. Emilio D. Frankie Koala. Big Bad John. Aston S. and Blair. The Bug Blair Barbar Blarion.
Starting point is 01:37:06 Canley's Ghost Riders, they are paid handsomely for keeping their contributions on the download and also for being willing to travel to a haunted manor in the middle of the mountains. Pork Chop, Channiel M, Alice, Minette F, and Pat L. Vampire Spawn who finally have the confidence to launch their own fashion line now that the Chuchu crew has talked them up so much. They look forward to scuttling down the runway like spiders. I look forward to running away from that. A Chuta A, Lauren H, Elias Haathorn, Janina E, Madiwai and Alex H.
Starting point is 01:37:42 The original composers of the music, Kin Kinley was improvising and who were curious as to why he said he was doing that. Hmm, strange. The eldest Barry, Ryan S, the bone duster, Joshua H, Robert Crisps, and Yidra Sil, Sharp shooters who also purchased for Vane firearms and were let down by their quality. Thankfully, they were just ski shooting and not defending themselves from a hungry Yeti. That's the difference
Starting point is 01:38:08 right there. Brintly Sea, Micah Bee, Carly Ann, Connor Savage and Russell H. Sausage Makers who make Hank's favorite hot dogs, and after seeing Bookfars fire breathing, they want to hire him as a line chef. I will be first in line for this delightful disaster of a restaurant. Christopher J.O. Cole, the Goldfish Grimlin, Logan S. Leviathan, Dimea and Bioquart Seven. The previous record holders for Elder Morn's biggest sleeping trench. It took all six of them nine weeks and Fia obliterated the record in something like 10 seconds. I don't know how she digs like that, it is so impressive.
Starting point is 01:38:48 Kinny, Remington CD, Amber K, Everett P, Trub Hop Dropper, and K So Say. The Yeti's other victims, all of whom had really cool stuff the Yeti collected and the third mate's missed. Kinny even had a 6-zipo that Hank would have totally loved. What could have been? Jesse DLR, Lincey W, Vowl, Carlin C, Anthony S, and Sally S. Rock climbers who taught Fia the basics of climbing when they were profiled for a climbing book that Fia Redd covered a cover in her train car.
Starting point is 01:39:22 Thank you, friends, for sharing your wisdom. The Goose. Jake. Emily S. The new petty king of Outerboro, CC. Matthew J. Zane C. And Michael S. The gender non-conforming. Other fairies Hank made promises to. Fortunately, they were for things like, I will eat five servings of potato skins and the bills will never win a Super Bowl, so he kept them. Phew, why it be, loyal theodger! Andy and Whitney, Rogue Cree, Daniel In, Joseph H, and David S. Bridal's buddies who are all very jealous of their cool steampunk UFO. But Spridal is really generous in offering them rides.
Starting point is 01:40:02 Why it be actually got super sick in there, but Spraydell just said, it's no big. And that is all of our shout outs. Thank you all so, so much for listening and supporting us, and we will catch you next week. Bye-bye. That was a HatGum podcast.

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