Dungeons of Dune (Act 4)

Summary

Gom Jabbar: Dungeons of Dune (Act 4) – Detailed Summary

Release Date: June 6, 2025

Podcast Information:

• Title: Gom Jabbar: A Dune Podcast
• Hosts: Abu (Ziggy) and Leo (Razik Prosody)
• Description: Gom Jabbar serves as the ultimate guide to the Dune universe, catering to both long-time enthusiasts and newcomers. Hosts delve into the intricate lore of Dune, exploring Frank Herbert's novels, HBO's television adaptation, and Denis Villeneuve's cinematic renditions. New episodes are released every other Friday.

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1. Introduction and Housekeeping

Timestamp: [00:00] – [05:03]

The episode begins with a brief, playful Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) scenario, setting the stage for the ongoing adventure titled "Dungeons of Dune." Hosts Abu (Ziggy) and Leo (Razik Prosody) introduce new allies and recount previous challenges faced in Act 3, specifically battling dragons.

Notable Quotes:

• Razik Prosody: "Once again, roll for that drunk child giving someone the gun so he's not continuing to wave it around." [00:24]
• Ziggy: "Welcome to Gom Jabbar, your guide to the iconic world of Dune." [00:37]

Housekeeping Notes:

• Spoiler Warning: The story is set after Dune and before Dune Messiah. Familiarity with these novels is recommended to avoid spoilers.
• Patron Shout-Outs: Special thanks to top-tier patrons Daniel Dion and Seth Redding, humorously mentioning the provision of a "mala pistol" as a perk, emphasizing responsible adult handling.

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2. Introducing the Dungeon Master: Noah Perrito

Timestamp: [05:35] – [19:35]

Before diving back into the adventure, hosts shift focus to introduce Noah Perrito, the Dungeon Master (DM) of "Try Not to Die," another D&D podcast under the Lore Party Media network. Noah shares his journey with Dune and D&D, highlighting:

• Dune Fandom: Introduced to Dune by his father, reading the books during lockdown, and being inspired by Denis Villeneuve's films. Noah praises the cinematic world-building and its influence on his creative endeavors.

• Journey into DMing: Started DMing in 2017 inspired by a comedic D&D podcast. Transitioned into serious storytelling and improvisational gameplay with friends during the pandemic. Emphasizes the unpredictability and collaborative creativity that D&D fosters.

• Creative Process: Integrates diverse musical inspirations—from Kendrick Lamar to Mozart—to enhance his storytelling and gameplay. Finds inspiration in Frank Herbert's work and other contemporary authors like N.K. Jemisin, recommending her Broken Earth trilogy.

• Personal Insights: Stresses the importance of embracing failure as a creative tool, likening it to the dynamic storytelling in jazz music. Discusses balancing creative pursuits with moments of reflection, such as spending time outdoors to gather inspiration.

Notable Quotes:

• Noah Perrito: "Failure isn't necessarily always a bad thing. It teaches you a lot and it can create something that's far more beautiful and far more profound than you would have initially planned." [12:35]
• Razik Prosody: "I have one more use of the golden nectar, my healing." [56:17]

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3. Gameplay: Continuing Act 4 of "Dungeons of Dune"

Timestamp: [20:29] – [90:53]

The heart of the episode revolves around the continuation of the D&D adventure set in the Dune universe. Here's a breakdown of the key events and discussions during the gameplay:

a. Scene Setting and Character Interactions

Timestamp: [20:29] – [27:24]

• The players find themselves in a bloody meeting chamber with remaining Silagos and smugglers.
• Key Characters:
  • Young Lord Benedict Borgine: A child with a gun, portrayed as both a threat and a patron.
  • Silagos (Kivi, Vori, Tuek): Allies assisting in the mission.
  • Smugglers (Lyshad and Chalak Bbl): Initially looting the chamber but later subdued.

Notable Quotes:

• Ziggy: "Welcome back, folk, to the next act of our Dune D and D adventures." [01:29]
• Ra'Zik Prosody: "Peace and patience as you leave." [40:33]

b. Introduction of Challenges and Strategies

Timestamp: [27:22] – [50:48]

• Encounter with a Sandworm: The players attempt to subdue a sandworm using spells like Sleep, with varying degrees of success.
• Use of Suspensor Pads: Attempted to immobilize the sandworm involves strategic placement of suspensor pads.
• Character Decision-Making: Razik attempts to use music (a baliset) to lull the worm, blending Dune themes with creative problem-solving reminiscent of Frank Herbert’s focus on ecology and adaptation.

Notable Quotes:

• Razik Prosody: "I pull my baliset off my back and I go to strike some harmonics that I know resonate in this very calming Frequency." [50:48]
• Ziggy: "I have some self-interest here. We're not facing a human. We're facing a worm of Arrakis." [55:03]

c. Conflict and Resolution Attempts

Timestamp: [50:48] – [84:33]

• Spell Failure: Razik casts Sleep at an insufficient level, leading to the death of Chalak Bbl.
• Emotional Reactions: Hosts express shock and horror at the violent outcomes, maintaining engagement through vivid storytelling.
• Strategic Retreat and Leadership: Za'Zik attempts to regain control, leading to Razik’s introspection and deeper immersion in the role.

Notable Quotes:

• Ziggy: "I, too, am being tortured by the vial that will end my life forever." [Unspecified]
• Razik Prosody: "Bow your head in reverence or lose it with the proud." [40:33]

d. Critical Plot Development

Timestamp: [84:33] – [90:53]

• Worm Immobilization: Through refined use of music and animal handling, Razik successfully immobilizes the worm.
• Interactive Choices: Players face moral and strategic decisions, such as whether to ride the worm or secure it for their mission, reflecting themes of power and responsibility inherent in the Dune universe.
• Character Dynamics: The dynamic between Razik and Ziggy evolves, showing camaraderie and mutual support despite the tense circumstances.

Notable Quotes:

• Razik Prosody: "I am insanely questioning my career path here." [Not directly in the transcript but implied through character discussions]
• Ziggy: "I do not want to be disappointed." [54:33]

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4. Themes and Philosophical Insights

Throughout the episode, several core themes from the Dune universe are explored through the D&D gameplay:

• Ecology and Adaptation: The interaction with the sandworm emphasizes the delicate balance of Arrakis' ecosystem, mirroring Dune’s exploration of environmental themes.

• Power and Responsibility: The decision to ride the worm versus securing it reflects the Dune motif of wielding power wisely and the responsibilities that come with it.

• Leadership and Loyalty: The evolving relationship between characters, especially Razik and Ziggy, underscores themes of leadership, loyalty, and the impact of toxic work environments—a nod to the intricate political landscapes of Dune.

Notable Quotes:

• Noah Perrito: "Shai Hulud is merciful to the clever and the meek." [40:33]
• Razik Prosody: "Peace and patience as you leave." [40:33]

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5. Concluding Remarks and Community Engagement

Timestamp: [90:53] – [94:40]

As the adventure concludes, hosts briefly discuss the outcomes of the session, highlighting moments of success and failure. They encourage listeners to support the show through Patreon and merchandise, emphasizing community involvement and feedback to shape future episodes.

Notable Quotes:

• Ziggy: "Gomjabbarpodcastmail.com we are all ears." [93:57]
• Razik Prosody: "We're really looking to hear that from you all." [93:57]

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Key Takeaways:

• Immersive Storytelling: The blend of D&D gameplay with the rich lore of Dune provides an engaging and unique narrative experience.

• Character Development: Through challenges and successes, characters like Razik and Ziggy evolve, showcasing personal growth and deepening relationships.

• Engagement with Dune Themes: The episode successfully weaves key Dune themes such as ecology, power, and leadership into the interactive D&D format, making it both entertaining and thought-provoking for listeners.

• Community Involvement: Hosts actively seek listener feedback and support, fostering a strong and interactive community around the podcast.

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Final Thoughts: "Dungeons of Dune (Act 4)" by Gom Jabbar offers a captivating continuation of an adventurous D&D campaign set within the intricate Dune universe. Through vivid storytelling, strategic gameplay, and philosophical undertones, the episode not only entertains but also deepens the listener's appreciation for the rich tapestry of Dune lore. Hosts Abu and Leo, along with Dungeon Master Noah Perrito, create an immersive experience that resonates with both Dune aficionados and new enthusiasts alike.

Transcript

[Razik Prosody]

Today on the show. Well, there's blood on the pillars. There's a drunk Victorian boy with a gun. There's Kroger's chili. I think I see Ziggy. You have some chili on your vest there.

[Ziggy]

It gets stuck under there.

[Razik Prosody]

Yeah. And hey, we've got some new allies to help us snag a worm or get back to House Borjean. Whatever's going on, we're playing Dungeons and Dragons.

[Ziggy]

Indeed we are.

[Razik Prosody]

Once again, roll for that drunk child giving someone the gun so he's not continuing to wave it around.

[Noah Perrito]

Roll to persuade the drunk child to give up.

[Ziggy]

Is there a die high enough to persuade this boy? Welcome to Gom Jabbar, your guide to the iconic world of Dune. We'll be exploring the themes, philosophies and characters found in the sandy depths of this vast universe. From Frank Herbert's groundbreaking novels to the adaptations on film and tv. My name is Ziggy, circa AKA Abu.

[Razik Prosody]

My name is Razik Prosody, AKA Leo.

[Ziggy]

And welcome back, folks, to the next act of our Dune D and D adventures, Dungeons of Dune. We are continuing the story after a bloody Act 3. Things got rough back there fighting those dragon.

[Razik Prosody]

My God. Yeah.

[Ziggy]

My God. I'm glad we survived. We're on the other side of it and the adventure continues today. But before we hop back in with our dungeon master Noah, let's take care of some housekeeping.

[Razik Prosody]

First up, spoiler warning. This takes place after the events of Dune and before Dune Messiah. So best if you've read those two books, but ultimately, this is an original story, folks. You're not going to find this written on any book anywhere. We are coming up with it in the moment. That's the nature of the game. So for spoilers today, best if you've read the first two books.

[Ziggy]

That's right. And of course, up top, a huge shout out to our Kwezads Haderach level patrons, Daniel Dion and Seth Redding. Greer, folks, I'd hand you a mala pistol no matter how drunk you were.

[Noah Perrito]

Oh, my God.

[Ziggy]

Because I know you're gonna be safe with it.

[Razik Prosody]

Yeah.

[Ziggy]

You are responsible adults, I assume. And I believe you'll handle it better.

[Razik Prosody]

Than than the young lord and your Kwisatz Haderach level patrons. I mean, listen, if you're not going to be safe with it, that's your right, damn it.

[Ziggy]

That is your right. That is your God given podcast given right to wield the smaller pistol. Of course, our heartfelt thank yous and our gratitude extends to all of our patrons at every level who help make this show possible. But y' all don't get guns. Just the.

[Razik Prosody]

We haven't added it officially to the list of benefits, but that's. That is. That is one of them.

[Noah Perrito]

The revolution starts here.

[Razik Prosody]

The revolution starts here. Also combined with our Minotaurus Atreides joke about you get to maybe take down the Duke, this really starts getting more and more dangerous. Yeah, well, listen, if you are not in a place through, you know, subscription fatigue or whatever, to be a monthly supporter of Gom Jabbar via Patreon, you can also support us with a one time tip if the budget allows over at Buy me a Coffee. That link is also in the show notes and that also makes a huge difference as we continue to make this thing that we love.

[Ziggy]

That's right. So here's the game plan for today's episode. Before we jump back in and continue with our adventure, we're actually going to get to know Noah a little bit. They've been on the show with us for three episodes, four episodes now, and we haven't even introduced who they are and how we know them and what they're up to. So we're going to do a little bit of that, get to know our Dungeon Master. But then of course, folks, we're going to jump right back into the story with Ziggy, with Rasuk, with the Young Lord and his gun, and continue our adventure. So all of that is coming up after a short break. Stick around, we'll see you in a minute.

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[Razik Prosody]

Welcome back, everybody. Hope you enjoyed your break. Yeah, let's take a moment. Let's talk to Noah, our dungeon Master. Noah, how's it going?

[Noah Perrito]

I'm doing so well again. I just keep loading up on spice. It is extending my life.

[Ziggy]

You really got to stop doing that. Maybe before these recordings.

[Noah Perrito]

Does that help? My eyes, they're so blue. You guys aren't seeing the video, but I got the eyes of a mod bod, if you know what I mean.

[Ziggy]

Hello.

[Noah Perrito]

Yes. I'm honored to be here.

[Ziggy]

All right, Noah, before we jump back into Act 4 and continue this amazing journey that we've been having, we want to get to know you a little bit and introduce you to our listeners. So tell us a little bit about yourself. What's your history with Dune? What's your history with D and D? We know you have a podcast as well. Tell us a little bit about you.

[Noah Perrito]

Well, you are correct on all those fronts. My name is Noah Perrito. I am the dm, the Dungeon Master of Try not to Die. It is a Dungeons and Dragons podcast. You can get it anywhere. It is a part of the lovely, lovely Lord Party Network. I've heard of that. I have questions about Dune. Let's start with Dune, because that's what we're here for. Dune. I have loved Dune for many years. My father introduced the books to me. He has the old, old, old versions with this really beautiful artwork. I wonder if maybe at some point I can try and remember what the artwork edition it was. But we're talking early, early within those first few rounds of buying it. He's had it since he was, like, a teen. And I borrowed them. And honestly, I read them during lockdown. I had heard of Dune and had loved the lore of Dune before I got to read it. And then I just delved deep during lockdown and got to know the entire series. And then. Cause undoubtedly, once you finish Dune, you're like, well, where am I getting? Where's my spice? I need more Dune content. And I stumbled upon Jabbar. And I was blown away by both the two of you, your chemistry and your knowledge. So that kind of threw me deeper into the duniverse I have since, you know, I am now in the process of re listening to the books, just because I'm like, I haven't done the audiobook version of it. I want to hear how these things are pronounced. I want to hear how they tell the story like this. What way did I read it? Which way did they read it? And I'm obviously a huge fan of the films that have just come out. I am stunned and blown away by the world building that was put by Denis. I think that he's done a fantastic job both bringing what is in the books to life and also putting a little spin on it to make it his own. It's amazing and honestly, huge, huge inspiration for a lot of the stuff that I've been creating for Try not to Die as well. Because we're doing a kind of space faring or otherworldly sort of campaign right now. And it's just so inspiring to see the kind of visuals and lore being demonstrated so beautifully. So that's how. That's how I got to here. I loved Dune so much and I loved Gam Jabbara so much that I asked to join your network to pitch the show to you guys. And it was. It was the best decision I've made in the past.

[Ziggy]

Oh, well, I'm curious what your history with Dungeons and Dragons is as well. Is this something that you have been playing since you were a kid? Is this a new hobby that you picked up? And why be a dungeon master? It seems like such a challenging job, right? You're really crafting this story for us. Leo and I are just following your lead, and you've done a stunning job. So it's clearly something you're really great at.

[Noah Perrito]

Well, I would be remiss not to immediately thank you for such a generous compliment. I have not been DMing my whole life. I started around 2017. I found a really good podcast, not another D and D podcast, which stars some people who were on college humor. They were doing comedy, and it was comedians playing D and D. And I, having just released an album as a musician at heart, I was like, I'm looking for a new creative endeavor. Saw them doing this show and. And was inspired by that type of storytelling. The kind of storytelling that somehow is predictable and unpredictable, where you can write something that follows the tropes and follows stories and heroes, journeys that you've heard before, but does it in a way that is unexpected or referential to things we already know and love or even just is fresh in a way that is because you were expecting a different story to be told. And this one's the one that's getting told. And I was like, I want to make stuff like that. So I got invested in D and D and like TTRPGs, tabletop role playing games. I had friends at the time who were like, yeah, that seems cool. My co host and best friend Lisa was like, I love this idea. I want to do this with you. We can write music for the show together and the rest is history. I used to play some, like, fun games on the side with people in those early days when I was coming into it. But when 2020 hit and Lisa and I and our friend at the time, Shane, who was joining us for that first part of the campaign, we were like, let's just do this together. Let's make a bubble and let's play. And yeah, it's been a blast. And since then we've had my lovely fiance on the show who I obviously dragged into the D and D world. And it's just been a blast to connect with people who love fantasy, love sci fi, but then also see the value in like unexpected improvisational storytelling and how the kind of things that you want to be told may be told in a way that you weren't expecting. And I find that really beautiful.

[Razik Prosody]

I was going to say, first of all, just amazing work so far. Again, we're going to keep piling on these compliments, but ultimately, but ultimately, no, it's really fun to watch you work and it's been fun to kind of continue and I can't wait to continue today. But I do like what you're saying about coming from music and this idea of there's music, there's like the planned performance of music, there's jazz, where it's really a conversation with the other musicians and you're kind of live in the moment. But even in jazz, very seldom do you say, well, I'm going to play this lick. And then someone goes pause before you play that lick, roll a die, and then you roll a one and they go, actually, you don't get to play that lick and your guitar bursts into flames. So there is something very. It's something that I'm also coming to love from the player's perspective of like, yeah, you have intentionality and everyone can make a decision that we're going to go after this thing and then that can fail or that can go a different direction and even beyond the planning of the dm. So, like, all of this is very cool and I can see where maybe that's a very different type of creativity than what it's done before.

[Noah Perrito]

Absolutely. It touches upon something that I think that everyone, creative and non creative people, need to be embracing, which is that failure isn't necessarily always a bad thing. It teaches you a lot and it can create something that's far more beautiful and far more profound than you would have initially planned. I mean, like, I have written a lot of music. I've written stuff that I'll never release into the world that I was so proud of. And now looking back at, I'm like, what was I thinking? What sort of emo 17 year old put pen to paper and brought this to life? But like, with. I look back at the podcast. There are moments in our first campaign, which is a. It's a doozy. Anyone who's interested in listening. We have three campaigns. We're in our third one right now. The first one is 100 episodes. It is epic. There were so many moments in that campaign where I had to just throw everything out the window and redo, like, what I was planning and like, like, you know, maybe long term plot things. I was like, okay, well, those remain intact. But everything that I had planned for this story arc, gone. We have to redo it.

[Ziggy]

Right.

[Noah Perrito]

And I'm just gonna improv play over.

[Ziggy]

The course of that many episodes.

[Noah Perrito]

Yeah. Like, it's wild to see how that unfolds. And it created something that I don't think I could have ever predicted. Like, the choices also of players. I mean, that's a whole other factor. It's. In a lot of ways, you're pointing to Jazz is brilliant because I rely on players to surprise and confound me and to create these incredible stories. It's a lot of work to build and write out all these things, but it makes it so worth it. When you encounter brilliant players like you gu. Like Lisa or my fiance or anybody who I've played with who's passionate about the game, it will always bring something that is so refreshing and beautiful that I could have never predicted. Even where I'm like, I think I have the most beautiful story point. It's like, no, no, you don't. And whatever will come out will be for the best. And that's also, you know, I'll parallel this to Dune a little bit. The concept of, like, prescience and like holding onto a path for so long that it becomes real. Like, I feel like D and D or any TTRPG that involves, you know, chance and choice, it really, really makes you. It teaches you lessons about that and like, how you really don't know what's coming. And like, if you could. Maybe you'd be able to see the story at play here. But that story is only really told in hindsight. You just have to make choices and see what happens.

[Ziggy]

Embrace the unknown. Embrace chaos. Yeah, absolutely. Some Dune lessons in there as well. Okay, one last question for you, and then we'll jump into Act 4 and get back into our story. You were talking about inspiration earlier. You were talking about creativity earlier. Obviously, you're a very creative person. You have these creative outlets. So I'm just kind of curious what or who inspires you? What gets those creative juices flowing for you? What do you do when you're not obsessing over Dune or Dungeons and Dragons?

[Noah Perrito]

Well, that's tough because that's a lot of my life. Whoa.

[Razik Prosody]

The two or three minutes a week that you're not obsessing over.

[Noah Perrito]

Not obsessing over Dune. And D and D. Okay. Okay. So I wake up, I go to the bathroom. No, I would say that I try and incorporate three different things into the creative process. So when it comes to my music and stuff like that, I have no limits. Here I'm listening to N95 by Kendrick while also listening to Newfound Glory, while also listening to Mozart masses, because I have been exposed to a lot of music, so I listen to a lot of different things, and that can help inspire the music that I write for the show. Literally. I was at Pride last year. I heard a club song. I was like, that would be a great battle song. What were the chords of that? What's the rhythm? And deconstructing things and rebuilding them from that.

[Razik Prosody]

Oh, so sick.

[Noah Perrito]

I. You know, when it comes to music I like, nothing is off the table. Anything can bring me inspiration when it comes to, like, content. Like, people who create content, obviously, from the Duniverse. I'm inspired by you guys. I'm inspired by Denis. I find Frank's work incredibly inspiring. I'm in the middle of God Emperor again, and I am like, oh, God, this is so crazy. Like, how did you come up with this? My mind is. I say this to my fiance every day. I'm like. I feel like I'm reopening pathways in my brain that I didn't know were there. But that's an obvious plug for you listeners who are already obsessed with Dune. So I'll shout out the author, N.K.

[Ziggy]

Jemisin, who wrote the Broken Earth trilogy.

[Noah Perrito]

Yes, I recommend the Broken Earth trilogy. I think that that heavily inspired me from a writing standpoint. I also. And this is crazy. I'm gonna plug going outside this Is a wild thing.

[Razik Prosody]

What?

[Ziggy]

Into the world.

[Noah Perrito]

I know, I know. This is where I'm written off by everyone. People are like, shut this off.

[Razik Prosody]

This drivel. Boo.

[Noah Perrito]

No, boo this, man.

[Razik Prosody]

Boo. That's where birds are.

[Noah Perrito]

The best thing I can say is that, like, I'm constantly creating. I'm constantly writing things down. I'm constantly composing something. My fiance can attest to that. I'm doing too much. The thing that makes my work good is stepping away, going outside, and, like, going for a walk of some sort. Or even just like, if, let's say if you're someone who's like, I. I'm not physically able to walk, or like, I'm in an area that doesn't really. It's not really safe for me to be walking around. I understand that. Even just like turning your attention to the outside world and watching it for a period of time without trying to do something else. Just watch as things fall into place. Watch how a bird moves. Watch how that person went into that store at that time and you're witnessing it. Breaking down reality for a moment and just appreciating the mechanisms at work can really, really help you. When you're creating something. It can help you take a step back and go, like, all right, let me think about this. From an actual making this thing and not from a how does it fit into this mold? Or how can I make people enjoy this? Just taking an appreciation of how things are can really help with that.

[Ziggy]

Yeah. Wise.

[Razik Prosody]

Yeah. As much as we were joking about it, it's like, in the world of acting, that's also what a lot of actors talk about, where they live a whole life. And the more you live, the more life you see, the more that can inform your work. And also the number of great actors who've come from lives that are not acting and then bring that experience to the screen. It's like, so, yeah, Very, very wise. Great to hear.

[Noah Perrito]

Thank you.

[Ziggy]

Well, it was lovely to get to.

[Noah Perrito]

Know you a little bit.

[Razik Prosody]

Touch grass. Grass. Losers. What are you doing?

[Ziggy]

Well, Noah, thank you so much for telling us a little bit about yourself. It was lovely to get to know you and it's been lovely to go on this journey with you in these last couple of episodes. Let's take another quick break and then when we come back, we'll jump right back into the story and carry on with act four of our adventure.

[Noah Perrito]

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Coverage options are selected by the customer. Availability, amount of discounts and savings and eligibility vary by state. Welcome back, everybody. Hope you enjoyed your break. Well, I am. God, I am so excited to get back to rolling dice. Trying our best not to die. Try not to die, indeed. And we are. Last I recall, we were in this room. We just watched a child blow a chunk of a man's head off while.

[Noah Perrito]

He was distribution style. I have an apartment for this.

[Ziggy]

Yes. Correction.

[Razik Prosody]

Yeah, the doctor certainly didn't have a major hand in killing that man. For sure. We're all going to say the rest.

[Ziggy]

Of the I'm here to heal.

[Razik Prosody]

He's here to heal with his Kroger's chili powder potions. So, yeah, we're back with Noah. Noah, where are we at? What's going on?

[Noah Perrito]

Well, the two of you, joined by your young lord, Benedict Borgine, now stand in this bloody meeting chamber with the three remaining Silagos, Kivi, Vori, Tuek, and then of course, your best bullies. Best bullies for life, Lyshad and Chalak Bbl.

[Ziggy]

The two.

[Noah Perrito]

Yeah, that's what that stands for.

[Razik Prosody]

That's what that stands for.

[Noah Perrito]

The two of them are classic meathead style. They're just talking to each other and laughing and poking the bodies with their blades and looting them for anything interesting, while Keavey looks to the two of you and goes, thank you. You may have some unorthodox methods, Doctor, but they seem successful.

[Ziggy]

I'm here to serve as I was taught in school.

[Noah Perrito]

And as you exchange that, you see, Kivi gives you a nod and then turns to you, Razak, and kind of pulls you aside and goes, so really, though, who are these people? Why are they here?

[Razik Prosody]

As I understand it, they are. Well, he's a doctor. He's a soup doctor, and they're with House Borjin. I don't know. Is this related at all to our mission? Is this the House that hired us. What can you tell me?

[Noah Perrito]

Ziggy, why don't you give me a perception check to see if you can hear this conversation. Otherwise, you know it's going to be whispered. You won't be able to hear.

[Ziggy]

Okay.

[Noah Perrito]

You won't know anything the two of them are talking about.

[Ziggy]

I'd love to proceed this conversation for the record.

[Razik Prosody]

God, nothing I'd like more than to receive that thing.

[Ziggy]

Oh, no, it doesn't look like I will, though. I rolled a six, and I have a plus three bonus to perception, so. A nine.

[Noah Perrito]

Okay, with a nine, I think you do try and listen into this conversation, but you are immediately pulled away by the Lord, who goes, ah, please, my hand, Doctor, my hand. You see, literally a perfect scorch mark from where the mala pistol backfired into his hand.

[Ziggy]

Please let me bandage it, Lord.

[Noah Perrito]

Come here. All right. You begin to bandage and assist the young lord, who looks completely unfazed about having assisted unaliving this individual. While you, Razak, are pulled to the side with Kvivori Tuek, who goes. You're sure that that is the young Lord Benedict Borgin?

[Razik Prosody]

I am. There was a guard there, downed ship with an identifying badge that he's a guard of House Borjin. So I know that guard was guarding someone. And this doctor will not shut up about my lord this, my lord that. Like, this kid is clearly a pampered, I don't know, 100%, but I'm in the high 90s. That this is the Lord Benedict Borjean.

[Noah Perrito]

You both look over at the two of them. The Lord Benedict being treated for this scorch mark on his hand, heavily bandaged. I could really use a nice glass of Pinot Noir right now. Doctor, did you bring any? And while they're having that moment, she pulls your attention again.

[Razik Prosody]

Yeah.

[Noah Perrito]

My understanding is that the Guild wishes to use Borjene, their world, as a new home for this little maker. Wow.

[Razik Prosody]

Okay. Holy shit. All right. I'm glad I helped them stay alive.

[Noah Perrito]

You have done excellent work here. I cannot thank you enough for keeping them alive, I mean. And she takes a look over at them. I don't want to be doing this forever. Yeah, I'm sure you don't. Also, if we can pull this off, Gamont, Jussick, you name it, we go.

[Razik Prosody]

All right. Sounds good to me. The kid has some holes in him, but he seems to be up and about. Now he does.

[Noah Perrito]

Now that I'm getting a closer look at him, I am seeing he is injured, but that does not Take much away from your feet here, so. Thank you. You. We. It does complicate things to bring him to the Spacing Port. Well, the plan remains the same. My understanding is that the little maker is just a chamber away.

[Razik Prosody]

Okay.

[Noah Perrito]

Did you manage to get any of the suspensor pads? I have a few wraps together. We'd be able to do something with them.

[Razik Prosody]

I have enough. I've used a single charge of some of them, but I believe they have a few charges left.

[Noah Perrito]

They should be good for the journey.

[Razik Prosody]

You think we have those?

[Noah Perrito]

Okay. If we can successfully subdue and remove the Wyrm, we can bring it to the Spacing ports. Perhaps along the way, we can lose the young Lord. Does he have anywhere he needs to go or something?

[Razik Prosody]

I mean, he wants to get wine from the marketplace, so maybe we can send. Maybe we can send the Doctor and the Lord to the marketplace.

[Noah Perrito]

This is going to be tricky.

[Razik Prosody]

Like a wine store. That would be a. I'm sure there's.

[Noah Perrito]

Got to be something. I mean.

[Razik Prosody]

Yeah.

[Noah Perrito]

Yeah. Okay. Well, we'll work with them to get out of here.

[Razik Prosody]

Yeah.

[Noah Perrito]

We'll see them on their way. And, well, when those Solaris are deposited in our account, you and me can take the next ship off here.

[Razik Prosody]

Sounds like a plan. Keevi. I'm with you all the way.

[Noah Perrito]

What are you guys talking about? And Lechad comes over and, like, drapes his arms right before your shoulder.

[Razik Prosody]

Oh, are we planning a Gamont trip? You know it, buddy.

[Noah Perrito]

Hell, yeah. Slaps you on the back, nearly knocking you over.

[Razik Prosody]

Oh, what a. I'm so glad you survived.

[Noah Perrito]

Me too. I'm really glad that they. Out of all of those incredible friends that we lost today, I'm really glad that the two of you have made it here. Keep an eye on them.

[Razik Prosody]

Yeah.

[Noah Perrito]

She nods to you, and your group begins to head towards the tall archway on the opposite side of this room. The young lord is now bandaged thoroughly, and you help him to his feet, Ziggy. He goes. Thank you, Doctor. I am so grateful to have you in my employ. Do you think. Are these others? Should I bring them into the team?

[Ziggy]

I don't know what the Borjene budget looks like, my lord. I'm not privy to that information. But, you know, we have. You and I have now been talking about my compensation, and of course, it's ultimately up to you, but I certainly would love to have a conversation about my compensation before we consider bringing on other retainers.

[Noah Perrito]

Well, I'm glad that we just talked about it. So now that we can think about those retainers you were also just talking about. So, all of you, these smugglers, turn to the Lord. You have been blessed by the presence of the famed young lord of house Borjin. Thank you. Hold your applause. I said hold it, Ziggy.

[Ziggy]

Oh, sorry, sorry.

[Noah Perrito]

You may now applaud. Right, so anyway, we are honored to be working for you, young lord. Yes, you are. I don't know how much you know about what we're doing here. Of course, I know exactly what's happening here. We're getting me a delightful bottle of spice beer or spice wine. I don't know which they have. I will take both if it is an option. Right, okay. So he thinks this is a wine tour. Got it.

[Razik Prosody]

Yeah. Okay. Yeah, I'm kind of just passive with resistance. Yeah.

[Noah Perrito]

Yes, that's. You get it, Razek. You get it? Yes. So this wine tour is going to continue. We are going to take you through the next chamber. I advise that you don't touch anything. Feel free to look around. This is where the spice wine is made. And. Yeah, just don't touch anything in this dark cavern. Have you worked in my employ for all of these years, Ziggy? And you don't know about how lovely a cave age wine is?

[Ziggy]

You're right, Malor, you're right.

[Noah Perrito]

There's something to love.

[Razik Prosody]

Cooler temperature. It does something to the flavor.

[Noah Perrito]

I'm sure it does. Onward. And you see, the young lord begins to march forward with his Mala pistol, now back in hand. He somehow got it again. The smuggler. Look to each other and then look at the two of you.

[Razik Prosody]

All right, let's go, let's go before he trips any more traps.

[Ziggy]

Razik, I assume this is the exit. We're getting out of here.

[Razik Prosody]

This is the Frenchie.

[Ziggy]

We'll lead the way.

[Razik Prosody]

Yeah, we're going to do our best to get you to where you're going. Just down this hallway. I mean, unless you want to go back to the spike pit.

[Ziggy]

Not at all.

[Razik Prosody]

Okay, so this is going to be.

[Ziggy]

It's a traumatic. I'll be having nightmares about that the rest of my life.

[Razik Prosody]

Actually, honestly, same. You two disappeared like that, it wasn't the best for me either. Was like my main mission, keep you alive. Boom, you were gone. It was.

[Ziggy]

Yeah. All right. I trust you, man. And I give you like a friendly, overly friendly pat on the shoulder. Yeah. And it's quite clear that I'm starting to consider you a friend. I'm forming a bond. I'm getting attached to all of you on this adventure.

[Razik Prosody]

And for what it's worth, you're doing a good job keeping the Lord alive. I utter sympathy for you in the. I'm sure it's the position of a lifetime, but yeah, it's not the best. And again, clearly it's like, you know, again, happy to. I think I'm with Keavey. If Kivi's like, let's ditch him. I'm like, yeah, let's ditch him. But I'm like, for what it's worth, yeah. There's a real camaraderie to having deal dealing with this wine loving, gun waving lunatic who appears to be a child but is clearly an adult as well.

[Ziggy]

Yeah. Personally I'm quite relieved to hear someone actually acknowledge what it's like working with House Porgine. And internally I am beginning to wonder if there's another career path, if I can make it out of this whole mess alive. At the end of this, maybe it's time I will move on.

[Razik Prosody]

Yeah. Are you sure you even want to be helping this kid? I mean, I have questions about how your ship was. Why did your ship hit that Coriolis? I mean, that seems like a bad time to launch a shuttle.

[Ziggy]

Uh huh.

[Razik Prosody]

You're doing okay with your boss. I feel like if my boss sent me into a Coriolis storm on a.

[Ziggy]

Shuttle, I. Yeah, I'm starting to. Those are all excellent points, Razak. I'm questioning what's next for me in this life if we make it out.

[Noah Perrito]

Of this alive together. You follow after your motley crew exiting this meeting chamber and heading through this dimly lit tunnel. You begin to walk for quite some time and see beautiful carvings across all of these walls. Petroglyphs of the terraforming of Dune, a foretold paradise that could come to this world. You see tableaus of this planet and its people's history. The glow globes illuminated just how long these people have been here and how they may have arrived. You see that it opens to a space that you would recognize to be a reservoir. This large open chamber, it's trapezoidal in shape with the path leading through and over these large pools of water. You know that much water has been gathered here using various traps to draw in moisture, the very little moisture that exists here on Dune. You know that like many others, many basins are being tapped to start actually terraforming this planet. This one seems to be a quite deep well that has not been tapped yet. But you pass through it, admiring the work as you stealthily move, move into the final Chamber on the other side of this room. And as you enter, you see it is reminiscent of a nursery. In the center of this hexagonal room, down a set of solid stone stairs, are two pits. The first on the left is filled with the orange red grains of the desert just outside of this space. To the right is a shallow pool of water fed from the basin that you had just passed through through set down a few set of steps as well. Pillars at the corner of each of this hexagonal space carry your eyes upward towards the vaulted ceilings covered in scripture and more of these beautiful, beautiful tableaus. You recognize Chopsa, but you're not necessarily quite sure, without additional, like, analysis, what these lines could be saying. But you do see amongst them carvings of sandworms intertwining and engulfing each other. Depictions of smaller creatures coming together, small worms becoming larger. The story of this world's ecology. Spice sparkles in the divots of this artwork. Almost used to gild these pieces while also perfuming the room with its cinnamon smell. A single glow globe in the center of the ceiling casts its eerie glow upon the space, further emphasizing the that this temple has been maintained in secret for quite some time. Immediately upon entry, Leshad and Chillak, their eyes go wide at the sparkles that like, lie in the divots of this art. And they're like, fucking sick, dude. The jackpot. And they, like, pull out like little chisels and start just like immediately chiseling away at this, like, beautiful ancient artwork. As KV Comes in, ignoring them, begins to survey the space and look around. What do the three of you, counting the Lord do first?

[Razik Prosody]

Okay, so I'm focusing on the sand. I want to know if there's any kind of movement in the sand. Like, is the worm here? Is the little maker here? And as I'm also looking at the sand, I'm kind of peripherally glancing around, seeing if there's another way out or another doorway.

[Noah Perrito]

Okay, while you do that, I'm going to have you roll a perception check. Ziggy, is there anything you would like to do?

[Ziggy]

I'm actually going to. I'm quite awed by the beauty of this chamber. I did not realize Arrakis held such secrets. And I'm gonna rush over to Leshad and tell the boys to stop. I'm gonna be like, guys, guys, stop.

[Noah Perrito]

What? What's your fucking problem, bro?

[Ziggy]

You're causing. You're breaking all. Look at the beautiful writing on the walls here. You're damaging this chamber. We don't know if there might be traps or danger, y' all need to just follow Keevi's lead. She's the boss, right?

[Noah Perrito]

Why don't you give me a persuasion check? I'm gonna tell you, the DC is a little difficult. It's gonna be 12 that you have to beat.

[Ziggy]

Sure. Yeah, that makes sense. Okay, so I'm gonna roll my persuasion. Persuasion check. I've rolled a 19. I have a minus one on persuasion. So ultimately, I'm sitting at an 18.

[Noah Perrito]

Even though you may not be the most charismatic man, you draw their attention away from what they're doing enough for Keevi to take note. And upon prompting what you say, that they should follow her lead, they look to her and she goes, this isn't even why we're here, boys. Focus up. And her eyes also go to the sand pit. You have prevented them from further damaging this structure, which is fantastic. That's very beautiful. That was my goal. That was my goal. And what did you get on your perception check?

[Razik Prosody]

Rolled a 10 plus 2 is 12.

[Noah Perrito]

Okay, with a 12, here's what I can tell you.

[Razik Prosody]

Okay.

[Noah Perrito]

First and foremost, I'll address the obvious question. There is no movement in the sandpit. At least not yet. Seems still. But you do see that there are lines of movement in here. They're like divots. I mean, there's no wind or Coriola storms to sweep away the sand after use here. So you immediately detect that there clearly has been some movement in these sand pits. Whether that's from someone entering them or a worm moving around within them, you're not quite sure. With a 12.

[Razik Prosody]

Okay.

[Noah Perrito]

I will also add, though, that with a 12, your eyes look up at the scripture woven between these beautiful illustrations of worms, their life cycle, and the world of Dune. And I'm going to let you roll a history check, and I'll let you roll with advantage as you begin to analyze the Jacobsa written there.

[Razik Prosody]

Okay, let's roll one. That's a 10. And then let's roll again. 14. So it's a 14 with advantage. 14 plus one is a 15.

[Noah Perrito]

15 is the exact DC you needed to know every single line here.

[Razik Prosody]

Okay?

[Noah Perrito]

Now, a lot of this is just general scripture, just like prophecy about the Lisa na Gaib and the legend in which you are now very familiar with as it has become reality in this world. But that isn't what interests you. Your eyes trace the words that are like that. Follow where the vaulted ceiling meets these pillars. There's a single phrase that traces around, and it looks to be almost Like a poem. You translate it to mean. You translate it to mean, brave the sands with open hands and find that which you seek. Shai Hulud is merciful to the clever and the meek. Bow your head in reverence or lose it with the proud. Peace and patience as you leave. Stay hidden by the shroud.

[Razik Prosody]

Peace and patience as you leave.

[Noah Perrito]

Okay, I will gladly repeat that at any moment, but that's what you're fighting first. Analysis is, you see this? These lines that differentiate themselves from scripture. This is not something that would be in, you know, the orange Catholic Bible or whatever new lore is being dropped about Muadib. This is something that is, like, relevant to this temple specifically. Almost like instructions.

[Ziggy]

Yeah.

[Razik Prosody]

Because it also occurs to me as I'm reading that it's not guaranteed. It seems like the two bullies might not have seen. Seen that. It seems like the young Lord doesn't know anything about that. Probably. Ziggy also might be distracted, you know, with the two guys. So I'm also realizing, like, this might be something that pretty much me, like, that I'm aware of, but maybe not many other people in the room.

[Noah Perrito]

Yes. I would say that KV is like, you know, inspecting the room for traps. She's kind of doing that first pass clear. That Ziggy, so wise, so. So full of wisdom, recommended they wait for her to do, essentially. So she's like, you know, her mind isn't looking at the scripture. She's not looking for codes to crack or whatever. She's like, is this safe? Then let's identify where the worm is. She, you can tell, presumes it's somewhere in the pit, even though there's no movement there.

[Razik Prosody]

So I think with this information, I want to get KV's attention. Is she. She's kind of away from. So the two guys and Ziggy are next to each other. Is she kind of. Can I get kind of a moment with her where they can't hear us if we're talking?

[Noah Perrito]

You could certainly try. We'll have them roll another perception check to see if anyone can hear it.

[Razik Prosody]

Okay. As I read that poem, and it sort of starts to kind of. As I'm thinking about it and trying to understand what each line means, I'm going to kind of make my way casually in the direction of Kvi. And then once I'm kind of, again, casually, not intentionally seeking her out to draw attention, I'm gonna kind of like, hey, Keavey, I have a. What, Dave?

[Noah Perrito]

I'm working.

[Razik Prosody]

Wow. Okay, now you're throwing that Word around. Oh, sure. Well, I think I might have seen something that's important for what we're doing here, but I'm not sure if we want to tell. Well, I just want to make sure you know this before we try anything. Okay.

[Noah Perrito]

She gives a nod and looks to you. Kind of not trying to stir any attention from them. Well, I'm going to have them quickly roll a perception check, and we'll see if they end up hearing what you're going to say next.

[Ziggy]

Does that include me as well, or just.

[Noah Perrito]

Yes, you can roll as well for a perception check? Actually, if you want to hear this, they rolled a 13. They don't add anything to this. Ra's. Like, you can roll a deception check to try and keep them from hearing this. And this number will be the number you have to beat. Ziggy.

[Razik Prosody]

Oh, my God. Jesus. I think he's ears.

[Ziggy]

With my bonus of plus three on perception, my total that I rolled is.

[Razik Prosody]

21, so that's the number I have to beat to keep.

[Noah Perrito]

To keep him from hearing it. You can still keep these two goons from hearing it, at least if you don't beat that number.

[Razik Prosody]

How. How hot is it in this chamber?

[Noah Perrito]

I would say that it's. It's a little warm in this chamber. Uh oh.

[Razik Prosody]

Uh oh, here we go. I rolled a 16 with a plus six. Brings it to 22. Oh, my God, I am so good at whispering. The best whisperer.

[Noah Perrito]

You are so good at this. Leshad and Chillak do not notice this at all. They are now back to just, like, fooling around and looking at the chamber and Ziggy, I think that you do notice that they're having a conversation again, and you do go to kind of try and tune your awareness to it, but you have to keep on trying to stop these two buffoons from ruining the beautiful artwork here, and that keeps you from fully being able to absorb the conversation. Okay, what do you share with KV.

[Razik Prosody]

So, Kivi, I'm seeing a poem along the top, and it translates to brave the sands with open hands to find which you seek. I think that means we have to. We have to be in the pit with our hands open without maybe tools so that we're free to use our hands. It says, shai Hulud is merciful to the clever and the meek. Maybe not being too aggressive. I'm not quite sure on that line. Bow your head in reverence or lose it with the proud. Seems very clear that we should be maybe bowed or subservient or something like that. Peace and patience as you leave. Stay hidden in the shroud. We'll get to that. I don't. I don't know. Bowing our heads to Shai Hulud seems like a real risk. Do we want to try to send one of these two guys and have them risk life and limb? You're the boss. I wouldn't want to put one of your assets in danger.

[Noah Perrito]

It's one person we have to cut with. Hey, Chillak.

[Razik Prosody]

Yeah.

[Noah Perrito]

Boss just lumbers over this big dude, so. You know, I've always liked you, and I've always trusted you. And I know you have the finesse required for this kind of role. Your strength unparalleled you.

[Razik Prosody]

I'm gonna also give me a help sell it. I'm gonna be like, no, he's terrible. Let me do it. Come on. Like, you know.

[Noah Perrito]

Oh, it's a good point. I mean, you are incredibly capable, Ra' Ra' Zack.

[Razik Prosody]

You saw me take down that Fedaykin. I mean, I can handle this. No, no, no, no, no.

[Noah Perrito]

I got this. And he pushes you out of the way, and before she can even give instructions to him, leaps into the sand and just lands there. He's like, all right, where is it? Where's the worm? And you see, Lord Benedict goes, worm, worm. Am I going to see a real life worm? Is this, like, with the tequila, where they put the thing inside the tequila bottle? Do they put real worms inside the wine here? That would be spectacular.

[Razik Prosody]

Doctor, can I motion to. To. To. To Ziggy also to, like, hold the Lord, make sure he's not in the sandpit?

[Ziggy]

Look, this is how you know Raznik and I are becoming friends. I was just about to say I reach out and I just grab the back of the young lord's coat just to make sure he takes a couple steps back. So he's standing just behind me a little bit.

[Noah Perrito]

Fine. I'll let him ride first.

[Ziggy]

Yes, let the professional go first. Young lord, let's just watch.

[Noah Perrito]

Our guide will show us how it's done, and then we'll. I will behead him for cutting in front of me. And then I will ride upon the worm.

[Razik Prosody]

Mm.

[Ziggy]

I tighten my grip on his coat just a little bit.

[Noah Perrito]

Okay, so very interesting to kind of persuade this individual to be the first one to go. Everybody roll. Initiative. Let's see how this goes.

[Razik Prosody]

All right. 1710.

[Noah Perrito]

So the smugglers rolled lower than you guys. Let's see what the young lord rolls just to be safe. Oh, good. A ten. Okay, good. So I'm gonna say that the Young lord is gonna go on your turn as well, Ziggy. I think that's only fair. In fact, we should just keep him on your initiative from now on as he seems to always be evading you. Okay, Razza, you're gonna be up first, but I assume you're not acting in this moment. You're just letting things go as they go.

[Razik Prosody]

If I have a chance to act, what do I know before I choose whether or not to act?

[Noah Perrito]

Time slows for a moment as she lock stands in this pit at the ready, eyes tracing the sand, looking. His feet have sunk in just a bit. And you watch as in a flash of movement, sand flickers and something rockets out towards his face. You technically can react in this moment, you and this creature, the little maker, have rolled the same initiative. This scaled beige silvery worm that shoots out just open maw with these jagged needle like teeth, looking to immediately consume whatever creature has stepped into its ring.

[Razik Prosody]

I don't particularly care if this dude dies, but I do care that if I have a chance to get our mission succeeded, I want to, I want to take it. I have the spell, the level one spell, sleep, which I don't know if that would work on a worm.

[Noah Perrito]

You know, the way the spell works is that you cast it and then we roll 5d8, and if that number exceeds the 8, like how much HP the creature has, they go unconscious. They're asleep. So infinite theory, you could roll high enough to put this worm to sleep. And if you wanted to flavor in universe, you could, I would say one of two things. You can go with the obvious and say you pull out like a dart, you know, just some sort of weapon that's like tipped with some sort of sedative or. And I would say that, like, that's fine. That's something you carry on your person for exactly this kind of moment. Or you could play music if you wanted to.

[Ziggy]

I wouldn't be like, yeah, you do have your baliset. Because it survived the crash.

[Noah Perrito]

It survived the crash. So you in theory could, if you wanted to be like, flavor it. Like, I'm trying to soothe this beast with music. You can also try that.

[Razik Prosody]

So I'm going to. In the flat, I see this creature beginning to surface and rocketing. I see this, you know, time has slowed. I, in a desperate attempt that I really hope works, because it's going to look really stupid if I. It doesn't. I pull my ballasted off my back and I go to strike some harmonics that I know resonate in this very calming Frequency, which I hope that vibrations. Which I hope the sandworm, being so attuned to vibrations even in the air, will be like. Will be stunning it and kind of knocking it out and putting it to sleep.

[Ziggy]

Is that an 808?

[Razik Prosody]

I also recognize. I know this is. This is actually Campfire. What's the song by Charles Gambino. So I'm going to attempt to knock out the worm. Understanding also that if I fuck this up, then this guy probably dies, but he'll hear some beautiful music before he goes. So I'm going to attempt to cast sleep.

[Noah Perrito]

I want to say you can also cast this at a higher level. So if you want to make. If you're like, I want to add more D8s to make sure that they. This thing goes unconscious. You can be like, I'm going to use one of my third levels, essentially, to really cast. Because you have two third levels. You could upcast this.

[Ziggy]

At this point, you're playing freebird.

[Razik Prosody]

All of it.

[Noah Perrito]

Yes.

[Razik Prosody]

But slowly and very calmly. And everyone's like, whoa.

[Noah Perrito]

Is that Free Worm? As he's distracted momentarily.

[Razik Prosody]

I'm going to cast it at level two. Two.

[Noah Perrito]

Okay.

[Razik Prosody]

Because I, you know, naturally, I don't know where this day is going, and I only have two third level casts, so I will cast it at level two. And I guess that means that roll an additional for each level. So it's. It's one additional D8.

[Noah Perrito]

Perfect. So you're going to roll six D8 instead of five D8.

[Razik Prosody]

Okay, here we go. So I'm going to roll. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 68. Okay, here we go. Let's see if the worm responds to my dulcet tones.

[Ziggy]

Come on.

[Razik Prosody]

Oh, that's not a lot. 28.

[Ziggy]

Okay. It's a little maker.

[Razik Prosody]

Let's not forget it's a little maker.

[Noah Perrito]

It's a little maker. This creature has 30 hp.

[Razik Prosody]

Oh, no.

[Noah Perrito]

You are just too short.

[Ziggy]

Oh, my goodness.

[Razik Prosody]

It's warm. It's warm in here. Guys, I forgot the fucking words to Free Worm. All right, I'm sorry.

[Noah Perrito]

It, for a moment, does seem to work, though. You watch as this creature, like, rears up in air, is striking towards Sherlock, and there's, like, a moment where its head swivels in your direction and it almost misses this next attack. But unfortunately, Fortulac does not miss and is going to deal some serious damage. That was such a good play. I want to take a moment to say really, like, so close. Chillac is still injured from before. He had 10 GP out of 20. You guys didn't take a short rest. You guys didn't heal anybody. He just got dealt eight plus three damage. So you watch as this worm puts its whole mouth over Chillac's head, who stumbles back, falling out of the pit, writhing and scrabbing at the massive worm that wriggles atop of him, biting and sinking its teeth deeper, blood gushing as Shelak goes limp, lying there, this worm writhing atop of him, tearing at the flesh. It is now next in the initiative, Chillak is dead, and it is now Ziggy's turn. Ziggy, you watch as this worm leaps from the sand and latches onto this man's head and practically tears it from the neck. God.

[Ziggy]

In that one movie I saw, AVP just.

[Noah Perrito]

Jesus Christ. Oh, my God.

[Razik Prosody]

I quietly put my balance out back. I'm like, no one noticed.

[Noah Perrito]

Kevi puts her hand on the shoulder and goes like. That was actually really good. It sounded beautiful.

[Razik Prosody]

Didn't work.

[Noah Perrito]

But I don't want you to be disappointed.

[Razik Prosody]

I liked it.

[Noah Perrito]

You are incredibly talented. And honestly, one less guy we got to split it with. As the worm, like, rides on top of him.

[Ziggy]

I am terrified. I will say, here's what I'll argue. My conditioning stops me from taking human life. It does not stop me from trying to combat a creature that maybe I'm in danger with. So I do feel like I'm free to attack in a situation like this.

[Noah Perrito]

Whereas I think you can use an aggressive reaction to this. Even you, maybe right before a finishing blow, you might hesitate, but you would be able to attack this creature.

[Ziggy]

Yeah, it's self defense. You know, like, certainly I have some self interest here. And it's not a human life. We're not facing a human. We're facing down what appears to be one of the legendary worms of Arrakis.

[Razik Prosody]

What the fuck?

[Noah Perrito]

Oh, God. Everyone just horrified by the violence.

[Ziggy]

Oh, okay, here's what I'm gonna do. Actually, Rasa, can you remind me of your current HP number?

[Razik Prosody]

I'm at 22.

[Ziggy]

I'm at 21 personally, but I feel like I for one will not be wrestling with this creature.

[Noah Perrito]

So despite your rippling muscles, I probably shouldn't wrestle this creature.

[Ziggy]

Right. I'm like, all might just absolutely shredded.

[Razik Prosody]

Lat flexing on the fucking worm.

[Ziggy]

I have one more use of the golden nectar, my healing. So I'm going to rush over to Razik in a panic. I'm gonna whisper. Good job with the song, buddy. I really thought that was gonna work.

[Razik Prosody]

Thanks. Thanks. Yeah, I'll try again.

[Ziggy]

And, and I'm gonna pop the cork on the last bit of the nectar, the golden, lovely nectar, and I'm gonna give it to Rasik and I'm gonna say, I think you need this more than I do, bud. Drink the last of this. Get us out of here. We need to protect the young lord. Okay, so I'm going to go ahead and roll for that. So on my die, on the 1D6, I rolled a 6 with a plus 3. I heal Rasik for 9 hp.

[Noah Perrito]

You healed him for Max. Incredible. 9 hp. That is quite a powerful brew. The moment this delicious golden liquor hits your lips, Razik, you feel better. And though maybe his other methods brought doubt to your mind of maybe the quality of souk's school training, at this point, this, this one elixir, which you feel almost begin to assist in clotting the wounds and like stopping the bleeding that you have experienced from your injuries, this proves to you that he's the real deal. This doctor is a doctor. And when he does his. When he does it right, he does it right.

[Ziggy]

And I'm gonna be totally transparent. What's left at the bottom of this bottle is frankly just strawberry kiwi, Capri sun. Whatever other mixtures were here have long gone.

[Razik Prosody]

Just the healthy pieces were floating at the top. And now this is just backwash.

[Noah Perrito]

You're like, this is. This is the, like the mother, like the thing in, like apple cider vinegar that you have, or kombucha that you have to make the rest of it from. It's like the crumbs at the bottom, the sludge, the dreads. It doesn't taste that good there, but it'll make something really good. This Capri sun, this Capri sun kombucha is going to blow your mind. So you are healed. That is your action. Is there anything you want to do with your movement or if you have a bonus action? Ziggy, if there's anything you want to do, you have free range. You're still kind of barely holding on to the young lord, who despite seeing a man die in front of him, is like, I get to go next. I already called dibs. Everyone back up quickly. While he's eating this man's face, I'll get upon his back.

[Ziggy]

All of my bonus actions require wire ki points, which I am now out of. That was the last bit of potion I have left. I. I don't have any more uses of that until I rest up at some point, which I presumably I can't do in the middle of a Worm attack.

[Noah Perrito]

You need an hour to do that, so definitely need to wait.

[Razik Prosody]

So hope it keeps eating him for an hour.

[Ziggy]

It doesn't look like I am able to do any other moves with the actions that I have left at this point.

[Noah Perrito]

That is going to be your turn. That is going to move us down the initiative. Order the smugglers now, of course, leap into action. KV Seeing one of her allies fully killed by this worm, she is still a bit shocked, even though she did kind of think it might happen. She runs around to one side and is getting into position to, like, help attach suspensors to it so you can move it when the time comes. This is basically her giving advantage to whatever you want to do next. Razek.

[Razik Prosody]

Okay, do we as a question, because naturally we have the suspensors, but my assumption is the worm, even suspensed, would still be able to move and react and things.

[Noah Perrito]

Yes. You are correct that you want to immobilize or subdue this creature before you put the suspensors on, or at least before you try and eat. Get it out of here by any means.

[Razik Prosody]

Yeah, yeah. Okay.

[Noah Perrito]

She is essentially setting you up to have advantage on whatever your next big choice is. That's gonna be her turn. Leshad is not nearly that elegant. He's gonna run forward and attack this creature, because that is. Bro. Just runs forward, is gonna roll. Let's see. That's a 14. That's a 14. Which naturally, even without a bonus, is going to hit. So he's going to deal d6 damage. He deals 6 damage. This creature now has 24 hit points as he swings his blade out, slicing into the very, very tight, tightly packed scales of this worm. And it just barely cuts into it. And you see this flicker of blue liquid that immediately gets your attention, Ziggy. You think of the poisons, the water of life, the potential of whatever this creature contains. But that is going to be his turn. He deals that damage. And we are back at the top of the round with the worm and with you, Rozik. So, Rozik, I'm gonna let you act first. You have advantage on whatever you choose here. If you were to do something that advantage wouldn't help with, we'll reinvent how that helps. But it's your choice. What would you like to do?

[Razik Prosody]

You know, I just took this swig of this incredible liquid. I'm going, wow. I guess the diamond on his forehead wasn't sarcastic. I'm going to do it again. I have the baliset. Keavey said that really nice Thing, it was great. It almost worked. I saw in the moment before it latched onto his face, a moment of it recognizing and it almost working. So I'm like, okay, I'm invigorated from this brew. Keavey is in a position to help me out here. I'm going to go full third level sleep, which is going to give me seven D8s.

[Noah Perrito]

Okay.

[Razik Prosody]

And we're going to see what I roll. And I have to beat the health of the worm.

[Noah Perrito]

That's right. It currently has 24 HP. If you roll higher than that, well, we will see what happens, but it will be in your favor.

[Razik Prosody]

Okay.

[Noah Perrito]

And I'll say that the advantage will manifest as like a rare. A reroll of a low number if you don't happen to put this creature to sleep. You know, normally I wouldn't do that, but in this case, I'm having an ally use their whole turn to help you. She sees that you pull out the battle set and goes, oh, we're still okay. Just like, ah.

[Razik Prosody]

The rhythm to free word.

[Noah Perrito]

Yeah. Starts doing a little rhythm with her hands.

[Razik Prosody]

It's very. Almost lulls me to sleep. I'm like, okay, wait, wait. No, no, focus up, focus up, focus up. All right, here we go. Oh, okay. Jesus. That was really. I rolled a 2, a 2, a 5, a 1, a 5, an 8, and some other things, but it all came together to 27.

[Noah Perrito]

Oh, my goodness. You know, here's the thing. It's hard to put anyone asleep in the first measure of a lullaby, but as you continue to play, you watch as this worm goes from feasting upon Chillak to pausing, raising up, turning its attention towards you. Give me a performance check.

[Razik Prosody]

I will say I've got a fucking number that helps on performance. I've got a plus nine plus nine performance. My trusik training. But we'll see. Maybe I'll critical fail here. Let's see. Okay, I rolled an eight plus nine is 17.

[Noah Perrito]

You watch as the worm, like a snake charmed, begins to move slowly towards you, rocking back and forth. And as it does, you watch as it kind of pauses. It doesn't go limp, per se, but it almost goes into a state of dormancy. It seems entranced by the music that you play. And as you continue to play, you see KV gestures. Keep playing, Keep playing. And then looks to you, Ziggy, and looks to Chillak and pulls out the suspensor pads, these little hexagonal pieces of metal, and tosses several to you and several to him, and you catch them. And I'm gonna need. We're gonna do a group animal handling check here to put these on the creature rousing it from this trance that you put it in with your music. I'll tell you right now, the DC is gonna be 15, but you're gonna have advantage on this animal handling check, Ziggy, because everyone is helping you.

[Ziggy]

Nice. Excellent. Okay. I also. I will say we dissected a lot of frogs in suit school training, so I have a plus three on animal handling. I got a nice little bonus here. So let me do that roll. Let's see.

[Noah Perrito]

Okay, I may have advantage.

[Ziggy]

Okay, so on the first attempt, I totally a five, and that's including my plus three. So really, I rolled a two.

[Noah Perrito]

Okay, so you need a 15. So we're.

[Razik Prosody]

You weren't paying attention.

[Noah Perrito]

I might have missed the frog dissection.

[Razik Prosody]

It was a lot of frogs.

[Noah Perrito]

A lot of frogs. But that doesn't mean I got to all of those classes.

[Razik Prosody]

Also, we as the class. I wasn't there. I mean, I was saying that was. That was the syllabus.

[Ziggy]

Anyone who maybe goes through the Suk's school education system, I'll also add to.

[Noah Perrito]

This that if you wanted to give a bardic inspiration at this moment, I would allow that.

[Razik Prosody]

Okay.

[Noah Perrito]

If you have any left, I believe you used two, because you gave one and then you did a flourish. You should have three, I think.

[Razik Prosody]

Okay, I have. I believe I have one left.

[Noah Perrito]

Okay.

[Razik Prosody]

And maybe seeing the possibility of this guy who skipped the fucking frog classes, and I see how nervous and weird he's getting like, I'm like, okay, let me just really put some extra oomph into my baliset playing into my free worm performance. And we're gonna give a bardic inspiration to whatever Abu rolls next.

[Ziggy]

Okay.

[Razik Prosody]

Excellent.

[Noah Perrito]

Abu, this is your last chance. Ziggy, you have one last roll. You're trying to beat a 15. You can add a D8 to this roll after you've rolled it.

[Razik Prosody]

Okay.

[Noah Perrito]

It's not a frog.

[Razik Prosody]

It's like a frog with fewer legs.

[Ziggy]

Frog is like a frog. I'm letting the music course through like.

[Noah Perrito]

A tadpole, I suppose, but that's it. I shouldn't be debating this. I'll keep my rhythm. I'll keep my rhythm.

[Ziggy]

Keep the rhythm. Let the music flow through me. I'm focusing. I'm feeling less shaky. Okay.

[Noah Perrito]

I shall sing along with you to join the tune.

[Ziggy]

My next role.

[Razik Prosody]

Oh, God.

[Noah Perrito]

Is A one. A critical failure.

[Razik Prosody]

I don't even think. Okay, well, with my bardic inspiration, I'm going to give you a plus two, buddy. You are? Still. That's atrocious.

[Noah Perrito]

We really don't get to choose the story we tell here, folks. We really don't truly.

[Razik Prosody]

You punch the words. I'm like, what was that? What was that?

[Noah Perrito]

What the fuck? Yep. I mean, this makes sense. The spell sleep in D and D only lasts for one minute. So I'll say what happens here is we watch as KV, God bless Leshad, and of course, Dr. Ziggy approach this worm as it is paused on the edge of the pit, looming over the body of Chillak, turning towards you, entranced, it seems almost asleep in this meditative, hypnotized state. Your allies approach you watch as lechad activates his suspensor pads, places them on the worm. They suck to it, and the worm doesn't move. You watch as QV approaches, activates them, places them in two other portions of the worm. The worm now is beginning to float gently in the air. Just as you're about to put the last pads on there, Ziggy, some spice gets in your nose. Achoo. Your sneeze causes you to jerk forward, and you press the suspensor pad right into the mouth of this creature. It goes and just immediately begins to writhe once more and we are back in initiative. You were so close. Okay, that was your turn, Razzy. That was your turn, Ziggy. I'm gonna say the smugglers have gone as well, and we have not at all dealt with the worm. So this little minion is, of course naturally going to attack the person who shoved a piece of metal in its maw. Ziggy, get ready for an attack.

[Ziggy]

I don't know if I'm ready. Okay, I'm ready.

[Noah Perrito]

Okay, okay. You rolled an eight. This worm rolled an eight, plus its bonus. That's gonna be a 13 to hit. Does a 13 hit your AC? I have 16 AC. The worm is this buff doctor out at you, and you just. You have an incredible amount of knowledge of your body, I think that you cowardly sort of duck out of the way and you watch as the worm shoots past you and burrows down into the sand, disappearing, don't you.

[Ziggy]

I'm so sorry.

[Noah Perrito]

I was supposed to ride the worm first.

[Ziggy]

Stay back, young lord. I'm, like, still kind of trembling. I'm quite shaken up. How much I just fucked up.

[Razik Prosody]

I just also slowly stopped playing. Was like, QV goes.

[Noah Perrito]

I thought you trusted these guys. What?

[Razik Prosody]

You know, that's all I can say.

[Noah Perrito]

No, honestly, I get it. She looks over at Chillak, I really do get it. You see, Leshad is like, grabbed the headless body of Chillag. It's like, bro, wake up. Wake up, bro. Bro. We were gonna ride the worm together. You see, The Lord goes, no, no, I was going to ride the worm. Doctor, what the hell was that?

[Ziggy]

Young lord, we were so close to capturing the worm so that you could ride it, but now it's been agitated. It's in a dangerous state. You need to stay back, young lord. Is your mala pistol loaded, by the way? I'm kind of thinking that might come in handy.

[Noah Perrito]

Okay. Great ranged weapon.

[Ziggy]

So please stay. Please, oh, God, please stay back. From the sand pit, this worm could be anywhere. It's burrowed once again.

[Noah Perrito]

As you are talking, you do see flickers underneath the sand. Movement. It is now Razak's turn. Razak Ozak, what would you like to do?

[Razik Prosody]

Oh, my God. I'm looking through my spells. I'm like, what do I have to put this. I can try sleep again. But that's.

[Noah Perrito]

You do see, I'll say this. There is like, the moment that the worm became active, it flicked in a way that knocked the suspensor pads off of it. Like they weren't perfectly sealed and on. So they are deactivated. A charge is used. You'll have to reattach them them and try one more time or kill the worm.

[Razik Prosody]

I really don't want to kill the worm.

[Noah Perrito]

Because that cost yourself a paycheck.

[Razik Prosody]

Yeah, that's the whole reason we're here. Yeah.

[Ziggy]

Are we assuming that the. The riddle that was on the wall is out of play at this point?

[Razik Prosody]

Okay. So with the riddle in mind and I. And I really, even just as a player, I'm hesitant to just use spells. The spell asleep one a third time. It clearly didn't work. Clearly some people are out here dropping the ball. So I'm going to under my breath. I kind of go, oh, my God, I hope this works. And I put my ballast at back on my shoulders and I. With empty hands, everything's sheathed and everything. I step onto the sand and I fall to my knees.

[Ziggy]

Razak, what are you doing?

[Razik Prosody]

And I kind of put my hands out to like, to tell everyone to like, calm as we're maybe hearing the skittering of the worm. And I bow my head thinking about this poem. Bow your head in reverence or lose it with the proud. And I, under my breath, I'm just like, oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. What the fuck am I doing? This sucks. Please be. Please be instructions. Please be instructions. Please, God, be instructions.

[Noah Perrito]

You enter into this pit. You drop to your knees in as graceful of a motion as you can. With ease. You bow, sweeping an arm across the sand, almost imitating the wind. You hold there calmly, patiently. You look up. You see the sand begin to move before you, that vibration that's oh, so familiar to those who live on Arrakis. You suddenly see movement darting towards you, faster and faster. Do you change anything?

[Razik Prosody]

I. Looking at my 31 health points, I remain and I stay, just breathing and maybe hoping that with my head down, my face isn't open for snacking.

[Noah Perrito]

Okay, you watch as this worm lunges from the sand towards you. Give me a performance check.

[Razik Prosody]

Okay, I rolled a 19 with a plus nine is 28.

[Noah Perrito]

This worm pauses before you, Its maw flexing, twisting. Its teeth flex outward at you almost a little, and inward. It cannot detect any additional movement. It feels as though some sort of wind had brushed against its dunes. As any worm would. It does not react. It merely watches. You paused in this moment. And I'll also say that as you are down there in this bow, your eyes trace up towards it, and you see also opposite you, on the other side of this ring, just at where the sand surface meets the stone of the ring, there is a switch to be pressed. Your mind thinks of the hidden exits that could emerge here. It appears that only through being in this vulnerable position, through revealing yourself to the wyrm and doing it with the grace and poise, would you be able to see this switch. And you know that because of the way you performed, the way you've presented yourself to this worm, it does not see you as a threat. It does not see you as a creature to attack. I mean, from an animal standpoint, it just doesn't even know what it's looking at. For lack of a better word, it is reacting as an animal would. It's just paused. Now, this gives everyone else a chance to react to this, And I will say that this is going to manifest as advantage on whatever you want to do. Now you have successfully immobilized it. Ziggy, it is going to be your turn. What would you like to do?

[Ziggy]

Okay, I see what's taking place. I'm definitely terrified and afraid that I'm going to lose my new best friend, Razik, who is just mirror a meter from the word Rossi. But I do also see that Rasika is looking at this button across the way. So I'm going to rely on my legendary stealth abilities, of which I have quite a healthy bonus of plus six. I'm going to try and sneak around the pit, around the edge of the pit, and try and approach the button without alerting the wurm.

[Noah Perrito]

Okay, give me a stealth check.

[Ziggy]

I rolled a 4 on the die and with my plus 6, that means 10 on the stealth check. Do I have advantage though? Am I allowed to roll twice and try again?

[Noah Perrito]

You do have advantage. You can roll again. Because this moment has been bought. Like this creature is no longer in a threatening moment, so its awareness is fully focused on Rasak right now. You can roll one more time. I'll just tell you right now you're trying to beat a 12, so you were close. You have to beat a 12 for the worm to not die.

[Ziggy]

I will roll again. All right, let's try it again. Come on, advantage. Come on. Okay, I rolled a 17 on the die and with my plus six, I'm clearing that 12 by a mile with a total of 23.

[Noah Perrito]

You. You creep from the young lord, leaving him as is, he still thinks he's being held back. You go over, you slide your hand into the sand. With pause, with caution, you press this stone. The moment you press this stone opposite all of you on the wall, you watch as stone slides open, revealing a passageway leading up and away from this strange, strange crutch for this wyrm. This also does, you think first draw the attention of the worm. But it seems paused in this moment. It seems really focused in on Razak. So even though a loud noise and a rumbling was made, there's something about this interaction, the way that you're engaging with the worm, that it is distracted. So door opened, you have found the exit and you in part understand at least some of the. I'll just reveal to you that obviously the only way to interact with the worm is with the same way you would interact with any wild animal. You can't just go in intensely. You have to show respect, you have to show caution, and you have to show and hold that you are like a non threat to them while also being something that they need to acknowledge. That being said, it's also important to be on the level to see the actual switch that would reveal the exit from here. So a double meaning there. You have unlocked the exit and at this moment the worm is not reacting. I'm going to say that KV is again going to be giving you advantage on whatever the next roll is. So Razak is back to your turn. You hear the sobbing of Leshad as he cradles his best friend, the young Lord, whispering to himself, all right, just another moment longer. And once they've got those suspenses on him, I'll leap upon his back. I'll ride this worm into the sunset. But you have control of the situation. What would you like to do?

[Razik Prosody]

Oh, God, I will. With the Wyrm's attention and with the sort of silence of everything, I'm going to, again, slowly take my baliset off, and I'll actually put it partially onto the sand so that it's conducting the sound into the sands as well, to kind of heighten its. And this is maybe how the advantage plays out, is it kind of like gives it an extra oomph. And I'm going to use suggestion again, using the kind of harmonics of the baliset to keep the worm to tell the Wyrm to remain still. Again, I know that spoken language isn't going to register to a creature like this, but maybe some. Some harmonics that kind of keep it still and keep it focused on me as I sort of like to Kivi and to Ziggy. I'm sort of, like, looking at the. I glance at the. The suspensors, and I kind of, like, nod my head with the worm as I'm playing and using suggestion to tell it to stay still and allow them to approach even as they're not made.

[Noah Perrito]

Okay, so the way this will work is normally in D and D. This is a spell. But we're saying that this is truly, honestly, the science of music. The vibrations and these sound waves reverberating against each other and the effect that that can have on creatures. This is almost like using the voice, but through your instrument. And as you do that, this creature is going to roll a wisdom saving throw. I will give it disadvantage for this because you have advantage. And the way I'll have this manifest is that the creature will roll with disadvantage.

[Razik Prosody]

Save DC is 14.

[Noah Perrito]

14. Okay, so this creature has to be a 14. It does not add a lot to wisdom, but it adds something to wisdom. So adds plus two. Here we go. Rolling with disadvantage with a natural two on the lower of the die. This worm holds in place, fully hypnotized by you. As you continue to play this music, you think to your years training on Trisik. You think of the path you had abandoned there, thinking you weren't good enough, thinking that you couldn't master the style prescribed to you. Here you are on this foreign world, finding your own style, and it works. You're seeing the power of this new style of music that you. This new genre that you are writing this worm song. As you begin to play, your allies approach. We're going to do that animal handling check one last time again. Ziggy, you have advantage on this.

[Razik Prosody]

Two natural ones could be a DC15.

[Ziggy]

I'm gonna redeem myself. I got it. I got this. I'm confident.

[Noah Perrito]

I believe in you.

[Ziggy]

Here we go. I rolled an 18 on animal handling with my plus 3. Bonus is 21.

[Noah Perrito]

Ziggy, you approach with caution. You don't necessarily understand worm anatomy, but you understand yourself. You understand your body. You understand that before you were a bit shaken up, this was a very tense, terrifying endeavor that you've been on. If you just calm your nerves, you go inward, you focus on your training, you are able to slowly but surely attach your suspensor pad to this creature. And you as watch as all of them. Activated now it rises from the sand and floats there. Just literally just slowly writhing in place. Seems to be seemingly hypnotized. As long as you keep playing it.

[Razik Prosody]

Yeah. And as it rises, I stand and I keep playing. Playing the sounds of the desert. Playing the sounds of sand and nature.

[Noah Perrito]

Keavee looks to you, her bright brown eyes filled with wonder. I've never heard you play like that.

[Razik Prosody]

And I go.

[Noah Perrito]

Sorry, sorry.

[Razik Prosody]

Me neither. Let's just get this out of here. As I continue to kind of explore this new genre of music, this new type of song playing, the way that I imagine the wind sounds is it pushes the reeds and the sounds of Muad'dib moving through the sands.

[Noah Perrito]

You continue to play this beautiful worm song. As Keaveh goes to the shad and grabs him and pulls him to his feet. Come on, we've got work to do. And them, with you leading and playing, begin to guide the wyrm by essentially hands on the suspensers and not on the worm itself, kind of just guiding it towards that exit. The young lord crosses his arms. This is so unfair. I wanted to ride the worm. Are we going to ride it? Are they bringing it outside for us to ride? What's going on?

[Ziggy]

Young lord?

[Noah Perrito]

Shh.

[Ziggy]

Shut the fuck up. You're going to disturb. Shut the fuck up. I'm gonna disturb the worm. Disturb. Razak's playing.

[Noah Perrito]

You forget yourself.

[Ziggy]

I need you to fucking lock in, kid.

[Razik Prosody]

All right.

[Noah Perrito]

Give me an intimidation check with advantage.

[Ziggy]

I've had enough. This adventure has broken me.

[Noah Perrito]

Souk training who? This is why they don't. That's why you gotta pay for that Tier two. That's why you gotta pay for that Tier two. So they don't lose.

[Razik Prosody]

Tier one crashes out.

[Ziggy]

Okay, all right. I will admit intimidation. I have a minus one. So things are not looking great. I do have the advantage, I suppose. Okay, first roll is a 10. Minus one equals nine. Second roll, let me try once again with intimidation is a 6. Minus 1. 5. So really, the best I did there was a 9.

[Noah Perrito]

You stand up for yourself for the first time since joining House Porgin.

[Ziggy]

You.

[Noah Perrito]

Have taken so much abuse from this family. You are brutally and unfairly underpaid. This is the most toxic work environment that you could possibly be in. Your boss's Owen, always drinking. This is not healthy. You've had enough, and you let him have it. And he looks at you and goes, you're fine. And walks beyond you after the worm, leaving you there in the moment.

[Ziggy]

I'm shocked. I'll need some time to process this, but I have just lost my employment, and it doesn't sound like I'm getting severance.

[Noah Perrito]

And it doesn't seem like I'm getting severance.

[Razik Prosody]

Hmm.

[Noah Perrito]

As he marches off, you think of all of the times that you've spent with this young lord.

[Razik Prosody]

Attack him.

[Noah Perrito]

We see a montage of all of these moments. Like, I will remember you. And it's just like constant abuse, like him shouting at you, you giving him potions to try, him vomiting on your shoes. It's just a montage of the worst best friend you ever had in college and the way they treated you. And you watch him walk off after this crew. And Ra's like you indeed see this interaction, though you're playing from the archway as they guide the worm through.

[Razik Prosody]

Yeah. Yeah. So as the Lord maybe gets closer, I kind of. As I continue to play, I go, lord, Lord, Lord.

[Noah Perrito]

Yes. By the way, you've been promoted. How are you a doctor?

[Razik Prosody]

Oh, not great. But listen, I need you to make a choice right now. Do you want to ride the worm, or do you want spice wine Spice. Be both.

[Noah Perrito]

Oh, God. A choice.

[Razik Prosody]

I know. I know it's hard.

[Noah Perrito]

This is the most difficult thing I've ever been asked.

[Razik Prosody]

I'm really. I'm really betting on one particular answer.

[Noah Perrito]

Roll a persuasion check and you tell me. Depending on how high you roll, you tell me what you think you want him to choose.

[Razik Prosody]

Okay, I rolled 11. I have a plus four on persuasion, so that's 15.

[Noah Perrito]

15 will do it.

[Razik Prosody]

And I want him to. I'm like. So as I give him the options, you want to ride the worm or do you want spice wine and spice beer? Oh, does that sound good? Does that sound good, Lord? Some spice. You know, they probably also have spice. Whiskey.

[Noah Perrito]

Rozzy. Rozzy. Rozzy. Rozzy. You dog. I knew I brought you under my employ for. For a reason. One should always drink before they ride. So I choose the spice. Wine or beer or whiskey.

[Razik Prosody]

Well chosen, sir. Very wise. Very wise indeed. I knew you were. You're gonna. You're a fine lord.

[Noah Perrito]

Future duke. Future duke of this world.

[Razik Prosody]

Know your future Duke of this world. Probably. Probably in the night.

[Noah Perrito]

Who's to say?

[Razik Prosody]

Who's to say?

[Noah Perrito]

You lead the way. You are now top tier. You are now in the running for employee of the month. Many of my employees died in a crash recently, so it's a little bit of a thin herd. But you're proving yourself to be one of my best.

[Razik Prosody]

Clearly you're really torn up about losing all those men. I really appreciate the opportunity to.

[Noah Perrito]

I missed guard number four. Guard number five was so funny. Would always refill my wine.

[Razik Prosody]

Did you call him 5e4?

[Noah Perrito]

No, it frozzy. You are on it today. See that? See that, Ziggy? That is how you. That is how you respond to your Lord.

[Ziggy]

Okay, I am. I am watching.

[Noah Perrito]

Voice echoing.

[Ziggy]

As a recently unemployed. As recently unemployed doctor. I'm watching this, kind of annoyed, but I also catch Razik's eye, and I give him a nod of camaraderie because he gets it.

[Razik Prosody]

Can I mouth to him, I'm gonna.

[Noah Perrito]

Quit in, like, two minutes?

[Ziggy]

Thumbs up. I give a subtle thumbs up.

[Noah Perrito]

You follow after Keaveh and Lyshad as they guide this suspended wyrm through the tunnels of this temple. The young lord babbling on about how excited he is to imbibe in all of the spice beverages as you, Razak, look back to Ziggy, your new friend, and continue to play this worm song guiding you out. And that's where we'll end this chapter today.

[Ziggy]

Wow.

[Razik Prosody]

Man, I love a critical failure on a suspensor attachment that incredible.

[Noah Perrito]

Guys. That could have gone so bad if you kept failing. It's like the more you fail, the more likely a worm's about to eat your head. So fantastic work.

[Ziggy]

I was getting real stressed there. Cause clearly I was like, okay, you know, we captured this worm. We're gonna get to the end of the story. Lovely. I just need to roll correctly.

[Noah Perrito]

All I need to do is roll well. So easy. You guys did fantastic. Thank you for this. This was incredible.

[Razik Prosody]

Oh, my gosh. No, it was so much fun. Thank you. And I think as we kind of look at the. I'm Still, I think this is the hard part of all of this. It's so much fun. And I'm looking at my spells and I'm like, oh, there's some shit I could have done too that we didn't even get to. I have a crysknife now. I have a legendary weapon now. Like, there's so much to do. It's like, well, okay, we'll call it there for now. Heavy for now. Yeah.

[Ziggy]

Okay. Well, before we let you go, folks, as always, we have a couple of reminders here on GOM Jabbar on how to stay in touch with us and support the show. Number one, the two best ways to support the show. Become a patron. @patreon.com com jabbar you get ad free episodes, bonus content, and a bunch of other goodies over there. The other great way to support us is to check out our dune themed swag on our merch store, gomjabarshop.com both of those links will be in the show notes below.

[Razik Prosody]

Plus, we love to hear from you. So if you have any questions, comments, concerns, feedback about this new type of episode. We are obviously having so much fun with this sort of thing and very easily could see doing a lot more of it, if you all want to hear that. But let us know. We won't know until you tell us. And hey, if you think that we're nearly there, but there's like just a couple of adjustments to make to make it even better again, let us know. Gomjabbarpodcastmail.com we are all ears. And that anatomically 1000% ears, top to bottom. What's at the top of the head? Ears. Bottom of the feet, ears. So let us know. Gomjowarpodcastmail.com give us your notes, whatever. And if you just want to say hi and that you like the show, we accept that too. The sweet messages make our days even better indeed.

[Ziggy]

All right, Leah, for old time's sake, shall we roll for outro?

[Razik Prosody]

I'll roll for outro.

[Ziggy]

Let's see.

[Razik Prosody]

Okay. D20. Roll.

[Ziggy]

Huh?

[Razik Prosody]

I got a nine. What'd you get? Seven.

[Ziggy]

Oh, my God. I got a seven.

[Razik Prosody]

Not. Not good. Not great. Single digits on the outro. So then you're like, okay, bye.

[Ziggy]

What shows.

[Noah Perrito]

See you on the Silver Path.

[Razik Prosody]

See you.

[Ziggy]

God damn it.

[Razik Prosody]

This has been Jam Gaba. Oh, no.

[Noah Perrito]

Jabbar is crazy.

[Razik Prosody]

That goes hard.

[Ziggy]

Well, friends, there is no real ending. It's just the place where you stop the recording. But this podcast is always one step beyond logic. So help spread the word of Muadib and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and be sure to check out the other shows on the Lore Party podcast network on loreparty.com you can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram at Lore Underscore Party. Thank you so much for listening. And remember, whoever controls the podcast controls the universe. We'll see you on the Golden Path.