C03 - Ep. 35 - From On Hyra - Plunges, Plans, and Passing Gas

Summary

Tales from the Stinky Dragon

Episode C03 – Ep. 35: "From On Hyra – Plunges, Plans, and Passing Gas"
Release Date: January 21, 2026
Dungeon Master: Gustavo Sorola
Players/Cast: Blaine Gibson, Barbara Dunkelman, Chris Demarais, John Risinger

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Episode Overview

This episode sees the Stinky Dragon crew embarking on a daring and frosty heist at Sky Blue Falls Prison, an icy fortress built on a frozen lake. With a blend of slapstick humor, clever approaches, and heartfelt moments, the team faces dangerous creatures beneath the ice, hatches an elaborate break-in plan, and unleashes signature gassy chaos. The narrative blends actual D&D gameplay with comical character banter and strong teamwork, setting up a classic "heist" scenario in a fantasy setting.

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Key Discussion Points & Story Highlights

1. Opening Banter and World-Ending Hypotheticals

[04:10–13:41]

• The episode opens with a character Q&A: "If the world was ending tomorrow, what would your character do today?" Each cast member gives playful and revealing responses aligning with their character’s personality.
  • Tolv (Blaine): Would speedrun family reunions and parade around as a fully-revealed thaumatech ("naked in my robot Thaumatech body, saying, do not fear me. Everything is okay. The world is ending." [05:28])
  • Doug (Barbara): Attempts to make amends with family, find peace, reread favorite books, and jam out to Madonna. ("I think Doug would try his best to find and make amends with his family... just really enjoy his last day." [08:03])
  • Gunther (Chris): Would pray to the Wilderflower, write letters home (by bird, reluctantly), and have “one last game of leapfrog.” [09:58]
  • Natty Wonder (John): Wouldn’t change much—aims to live each day with kindness, perhaps spend extra time with Gigi. ("I honestly... I think I wouldn't live my life any differently than I do every single day... I try to be kind and caring..." [11:09])

2. Arrival at Sky Blue Falls Prison

[14:01–15:50]

• The party arrives at Sky Blue Falls Prison, a monolithic, stacked-tower prison built into the center of a frozen, monster-infested lake.
  • The watchtower encircles the lake on rails, providing dynamic security and a dramatic visual.
  • Blaine: "The imagery of that is really dope. Sorry." [14:28]

3. Witnessing Can-Do Cody’s Demise

[15:10–16:45]

• The party observes a halfling escapee, Can-Do Cody, crossing the lake on floating ice, only to be abruptly dragged underwater by a monstrous blue crocodilian.
  • Barbara: "Was that a prisoner trying to escape or someone else?" [16:29]
  • DM Gus: "That is a convict outfit...the lake is filled with vicious creatures that can strike at any time with no warning..." [16:45]

4. Heist Planning and Hazard Navigation

[19:13–24:20]

• Exposure & Exhaustion: Exploring the frigid lake environment causes exhaustion for Gunther and Natty; Doug lights a torch to fight the cold.
• Attempted Rescue: Natty and Tolv jump into the freezing water to save Cody; the attempt is thwarted by hazardous cold and the monster’s retreat.
  • Tolv and Natty communicate underwater, resolving to retreat:
    • Blaine (Tolv): "Do you want to proceed or would you like me to take you back?" [26:20]
    • Natty (John): "Natty would...for speed, be like, I ain't gonna make this. Let's go." [28:24]
  • Hilarity ensues as Tolv carries Natty out using his shield like a sad surfboard.
    • Barbara (Doug): "That's what I'm doing with my vest." [30:08]

5. Discovering the Watchtower's Defenses

[36:11–39:01]

• The team endures an ambush as a volley of arrows from the watchtower rains down, dealing significant damage.
  • Gus: "A huge volley of arrows lands all around you...14 points of piercing damage..." [36:33]
  • Chris (Gunther): "They see us. The guards." [36:56]
• Realizing they’re in plain sight, the group employs Doug’s blanket and some snow for camouflage, retreating out of range and waiting for the tower’s patrol to pass.

6. Blanket Plans, Short Rest, and the Heist Pitch

[43:10–51:36]

• The party hunkers under Doug’s blankie for warmth, snacking and healing during a short rest, discussing strategy.
  • Blaine (Tolv): Shares an elaborate, “Sunny Side Up” heist plan involving approaching from the sun-blinded side, sneaking with snow-blanket camouflage, and using Gambot as a diversion ([50:00]):
    • "Every time the train passes, we drop down, we let it pass, and they can't really see us because they're looking into the sun...Meanwhile, I will take off my Bjorn skin, we'll put it on Gambot...he will be our diversion..."
  • Doug and Natty note the need to disguise Gunther, as he’s wanted.
  • Doug readies a potion of gaseous form; Tolv will carry others up the tower wall using his spider silk stockings.

7. Breaking into the Watchtower

[57:59–73:20]

• Group Stealth: The team executes their approach, skill-checking their way to the rail and timing their climb with the watchtower’s patrol.
  • DM Gus: "You all did well enough. The group stealth succeeded..." [58:55]
• The party scrambles onto the moving watchtower, confronts a mislabeled “push” door (actually a pull), and enters a sparse stone interior equipped with a pulley elevator.

8. Ascending the Tower & Encounter Setup

[73:20–79:41]

• Doug drinks his potion of Gaseous Form, floating up to scout ahead.
• Inside Watchtower Mechanics:
  • Doug discovers six human archers at the top, overlooking the lake with spotlights and a hidden retractable bridge intended for prison access.
  • After miscommunication (and jokes about Doug being a ghost), the rest of the party climbs up using Tolv's sticky spider silk gear.

9. Surprise Attack and... Skiders!?

[86:28–91:27]

• The team gears up for a surprise assault on the guards, prepping the classic “stinky fart” attack using Doug’s magical tinkering.
  • Barbara (Doug): "Deploy it right in the center of all the guards." [89:43]
  • Guard: “Bosco, I told you to stop eating beans on your shift.” [89:46]
• As the party assembles for the attack, they notice dark specks in the snow: a swarm of "skiders"—flying, oozing, hairy spiders—descends on the watchtower, ending the episode on a cliffhanger.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Blaine (Tolv) on Open-Thermodynamics:
  “Naked in my robot Thaumatech body, saying, do not fear me. Everything is okay. The world is ending.” [05:28]

• Chris (Gunther) on Bad User Design:
  “Why would they put a push bar on it if it’s a pull door?” [70:01]

• Barbara (Doug) proposing the classic D&D distraction:
  “Maybe the plan is I take this potion, I turn to gas, I go up, you guys climb, and we just avoid this little pulley system altogether.” [77:08]

• On Doug’s transformation into gas:
  “Doug farts, but then keeps farting until he farts himself out.” [94:22; Closing bit]

• On the surprise skider swarm:
  “You realize it’s a swarm of skiders. Flying spiders... with eight tiny talons and oozing beaks and hairy wings.” [91:30]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• World Ending Q&A: 04:10–13:41
• Arrival at Sky Blue Falls Prison: 14:01–15:50
• Can-Do Cody’s Snatching: 15:10–16:45
• Heist Planning: 43:10–51:36
• Blanket Camouflage to Watchtower: 57:59–73:20
• Ascending the Watchtower: 73:20–79:41
• Surprise Guard Assault: 86:28–91:27
• Cliffhanger and Outro: 91:27–end
• Bonus: Doug’s Fart Cloud Visual: 94:22

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Episode Tone and Signature Moments

• The episode is rich in classic Stinky Dragon humor: running gags about inventory, torch sentimentality, and elaborate plans going awry.
• The group’s chemistry shines, blending fourth-wall-breaking D&D mechanics chatter with in-character emotional (and deeply silly) responses.
• Use of sound design and physicality is frequently referenced for comedic effect.
• Memorable, ridiculous visuals—Doug's "farting himself out," Tolv carrying Natty on a shield-surfboard—add vivid fun.

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Summary for New Listeners

In this episode, the Stinky Dragon crew escalates their usual hijinks to new heist heights as they attempt to infiltrate the icy, heavily guarded Sky Blue Falls Prison. Facing exhausting cold, aggressive guards, a failed aquatic rescue, slapstick stealth attempts, and an arsenal of inventive D&D tactics (including a well-timed fart cloud), the party finally reaches the top of the watchtower—only to be swarmed by bizarre skider spiders. True to the show's all-ages, accessible spirit, the episode is loaded with creative role-play, character-driven banter, and set up for a raucous combat next episode.

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Operation Vorm Blankie: The Heist Plan (Quick Reference)

• 1. Approach from the sun side with backs to the sun (foiling guard vision)
• 2. Gambot decoy with Bjorn skin
• 3. Party sneaks under Doug’s blankie, camouflaged with snow
• 4. Tolv scales the watchtower using spider silk stockings, carrying party members
• 5. Doug becomes a gas cloud for stealth reconnaissance
• 6. Reconvene atop the tower, launch a surprise attack, and take out the guards for entry

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End of summary.

Transcript

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[C]

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[D]

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[A]

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[D]

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[B]

Afternoon all you alehouse drakes squat in the stinky dragon and guzzle our latest gulp, Boozy confusey tea. It's a mixture of intoxicating teabags, a ringing of ragwater, a slash of sugary scales, discombobulating berry syrup, a tavern tale of tavern ale and topped with a clawful of clementine. One drip of this day's draconic draft and you'll be spilling your guts in every which way I like it. In the corner of my eye, I could see people like dancing as we talk. Previous star adventurers rounded up relics and accumulated armor that traveled via Tunne to Teo and Neo. They threw back together the two thaumatechs and pieced together their paths. Next, they returned a relic to the Kindlekin and received some resources and rumors before resting. While sojourning to Sky Blue Falls Prison, they saw a strange sighting of birds and even stranger snatching of a stranger into Stone Cold Lake. Bring over a brew and let's buckle up for this bedtime tale.

[E]

Hello, everyone.

[D]

Welcome to Tales of Mystique Dragon. I'm your dungeon master, Gustavo Sorola, and I'm gonna hit our four players with an arrow.

[E]

When do you run out of arrows? I feel like you have a cheat code on.

[D]

We're not super nitty gritty in Tales from Stinky Dragon with like inventory, so we don't keep track of specific arrows. You know, I don't make you all count your arrows down, so you're not going to make me count my arrows either.

[B]

That was the one. Thing is Kyborg I always like. Kyborg always ran his mouth. Blaine always runs his mouth. I never once said anything about arrow inventory and Gus never said anything back, so I was cool.

[D]

If you don't look, I'm not going to look. If the world was ending tomorrow, what would you do today? And that was submitted by Natty Wonder.

[F]

If the world was ending.

[C]

I want to be next to you.

[B]

15 beautiful 12.

[E]

I don't think. I don't think I know this song.

[B]

It's a Lady Gaga song.

[C]

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, I believe. Yeah, I rolled a 15.

[E]

2.

[D]

Looks like we might have a roll off between Tolvin Doug.

[C]

Yes.

[D]

Okay.

[B]

More of a Juno Jupiter friend guy fan myself. No, no.

[C]

3.

[B]

17.

[D]

So it's gonna be toll. Doug Gunther, Natty Oh.

[B]

So I go, yeah.

[D]

Hello, Tol.

[B]

Hello.

[D]

Hello.

[B]

I'll be right back. I need someone else to talk first.

[E]

Whatever you do, Micah, don't take that pause out.

[B]

Whatever you do.

[E]

That was the sound of transition. That was like, like moving the gears and just. It's me.

[B]

It's Blaine Gibson. It's your pal, it's your friend. And today I will be joined by me, Tov, the thaumatech barbarian. Yoohoo.

[F]

Wow.

[B]

World ending today, huh? That's sad. That's bad news.

[D]

Tomorrow.

[A]

Tomorrow.

[B]

Great. Okay, I've got time. That's perfect. Couple things I need to speedrun finding my brothers and sisters. That's important. Secondly, I'm taking. I'm going to carry it around, but I'm going to take off of my Bjorn skin and just live my life as a thaumatech. Out and proud, not afraid. Showing it all naked. Yes. But I'm also going to have Bjorn skin because I want to be with Bjorn. So I'm going to be running around, Bjorn skin in hand, naked in my robot Thaumatech body, saying, do not fear me. Everything is okay. The world is ending.

[C]

Do not fear me. The world is ending.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

That always puts me to calms me down when someone just yells around while holding a person's skin.

[B]

Do not fear me in the sky.

[D]

Bjorn skin sounds like a luxury jacket line. Like, you know, you go like, pick up some. Some winter clothes and like a nice down jacket. You can buy like a Bjorn skin down jacket. And it's like $300.

[C]

We need to sell Bjorn skin.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

Ikea, an IKEA item that's like Bjorn skin is like your dresser that you got.

[C]

Did you get a Bjorn skin rug?

[D]

Wow.

[A]

You're gonna like the way you look in Bjorn.

[B]

I guarantee it.

[A]

I guarantee it.

[D]

Okay, thanks Tolve. I think up next we had Doug, if I remember right.

[C]

Correct. Wow. Good job, Gus. Great memory. Gotta say.

[D]

Yeah, listen, I'm getting up there in years. It's gonna get harder and harder as time goes on.

[B]

Only we are allowed to make that joke. When you make jokes about you, it's not funny. It makes me sad. But when we can poke fun at you, I love it. Sorry.

[D]

What do you think last campaign's gonna be before I croak? No. Are you guys gonna continue? Micah gonna take over.

[E]

Have an AI of Gus.

[C]

We'll have some robot playing you guys. I'm sure you.

[D]

Hoo. It's me, Gus.

[C]

I always like how we joke about like people getting old and stuff like that. We're all aging at the same rate.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

It's just Gus is way ahead of all of us.

[B]

I am the age that Gus was when he met me, and I. I grapple with that every day.

[C]

I'm almost 10 years older than Gus was when I met him for the first time.

[D]

I'm almost as old as my parents were when I got married. Wow.

[F]

Time, man.

[B]

When is your daughter and son getting married, anyway?

[C]

Anyway? Hi, guys. I'm Barbara Dunkleman, and I play Doug.

[F]

Boone, the artificial Bugbear. And if the world was ending tomorrow, I think. Doug. Man, talking is tough.

[C]

Sorry.

[F]

I was just so rattled by the idea of the world ending tomorrow. I think Doug would try his best to find and make amends with his family, because, you know, I don't want to go out of this place without really patching things up with them. But then I think Doug's not too afraid of death, especially now, knowing Natty and hearing about death and having some comfort there and also maybe seeing his brother, you know, that. That also provides some comfort for Doug. So I think he would just, like, really enjoy his last day, read his favorite book, listen to his favorite artist, Madonna, which you guys all know about, of course, from a previous Arrow question, and just let it be.

[B]

Well, let it be as the Beatles, you know. Okay.

[D]

Yeah. I feel like it's very Zen of you, Doug, just trying to come to grips with it and accepting it.

[F]

Doug's not a really panicky person, typically.

[B]

I like that in our Second Wind episode, sorry, this is a shameless plug. But we also answer these arrows as ourselves. Yeah, and I'm excited about that one, because I'm curious what you guys would do, but we'll have to find out in that episode.

[C]

Well, we'll determine who's going to be on that episode of Second Wind at the end of this episode. So it'll be a battle, and if.

[D]

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[C]

And our lives.

[D]

And our lives.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

All right, thanks, Doug. After that, I believe, was Gunther.

[B]

Hi, I'm Chris Demaris.

[A]

I play Gunther, the male Crowfolk fighter, level six. And, well, if the world was going to it first, I would pray to the Wilderflower, and I would say. I would pray and see what they have to say, and then I would write a word I hate to use.

[B]

Birds.

[A]

But I would use a bird to send a letter to my family. And then I think I would play leap frog.

[F]

One last game.

[A]

I enjoyed it much when I was younger.

[B]

One more game before you croak.

[A]

Yes. Yes.

[D]

Did you all call it leap frog or just leap.

[A]

I'm confused.

[C]

Like. Like people in France, if they call it French kiss or French fry.

[B]

Oh.

[C]

Or just kiss in front.

[A]

No, we called it leapfrog.

[D]

Okay, okay, okay. No need to get angry. Oh, by the way, I really like the way. Unrelated. I like the way Gunther says bird. I would call a bird.

[C]

It's like he said something else and someone dubbed over that word.

[E]

It's like a early Macintosh. Like text to speech.

[B]

Yeah, It's Microsoft, Sam.

[A]

I'll be the one that gets replaced.

[D]

True. All right, thanks. Thanks, Gunther. That's it. I think the biggest takeaway I have from yours is that you would finally trust a bird and want to work with them. All right, and last and definitely not least, I believe we got Natty.

[E]

Hey, everybody. John Risinger here, I play Natty Wonder who is a drow warlock, drag queen mother. And if the world was ending tomorrow, I honestly thinking about it, I think I wouldn't live my life any differently than I do every single day. In that every single day, I try. Try is a very important word here. It's carrying a lot of weight. I try to be kind and caring and thoughtful. I try to be a good mama. I try to. Well, you know, I try to bring.

[C]

Say goodbye and you choke. Try to walk away and you stumble.

[E]

You guys gotta start making more, like, musical theater references for me so I can play along.

[C]

I try to say goodbye and. Nacho. You don't know that song.

[D]

That's exactly what I was thinking, Barbara.

[A]

Macy Gray.

[B]

Macy Gray.

[C]

Macy Gray.

[E]

It sounds sort of familiar. You guys gotta understand, this is not where I live.

[D]

Okay?

[B]

He's more of a J.C. penney Brown fan.

[E]

I'm trying here. I don't know who that is.

[B]

It's. It's nobody. It's because.

[E]

Macy, I get it.

[D]

I get it.

[E]

You're making a joke about something. I don't know. You know, it'd be dare, says Josh. How dare you, Blaine.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

Pokemon and musical theater.

[E]

There you go. Thank you, Barbara. Just saying those words makes me feel warmer. So. No, I was gonna say I try to bring, like. Try to make this world a more just and right place. And. And, you know, I'm sure I might, like, spend a little extra time with Gigi, you know, since this will be the Last time on this plane that I'd be able to play with him. But other than that, you know, give everyone a kiss goodbye, give him a hug, and then look forward to, you know, what comes next.

[B]

This is your version of the end of the world, though. I mean, Gigi's going to be too busy to say goodbye because he's the one that brought it on, right?

[C]

Oh, it's true.

[E]

I guess. Yeah. But I still spend time with him. You know, whatever he's doing, I want to be there. You know, it's like, do you want your. Your parent to be there when you finally hit that home run, you know, on your T ball team?

[C]

No, it's like when he's kidding.

[E]

So I want to be there when he finally, you know, does his thing.

[D]

You gave me a lot of anxiety bringing up T ball.

[A]

I don't know why Sports saying Gus.

[D]

Yeah. I was like, oh, no.

[B]

Were we supposed to answer arrow questions that we all asked ourselves?

[E]

That's what these are.

[C]

That was from Natty.

[D]

Yeah. This was submitted by Natty Wonder.

[E]

They have been that way for the last four recordings.

[B]

I guess I didn't hear the username submission. I was like, oh, someone scored. Natty Wonder and the Discord. Hey, we should start the episode. Guys, what are we doing? Stop goofing around, y'.

[F]

All.

[B]

You know what?

[E]

Thank you, Blaine. Makes me feel better for what? I forget.

[D]

It's. It's really funny. After traveling a little longer, in the distance, you see a building rising on the horizon, and you get closer and closer, and it looms larger and larger, and you see it's a prison tower of stacked cells that appears to be in the middle of an icy lake. There's a localized cloud that hails over the tower frequently. And the watchtower circles the lake and the prison on railway.

[B]

The watchtower is on a railway and it's moving around. That's pretty cool. Sorry. The imagery of that is really dope. Sorry.

[C]

Like, it's like the prison and then the watchtowers going around it.

[A]

Yes.

[E]

I love that.

[B]

It's awesome.

[A]

The tower is in the center of the frozen lake.

[D]

The prison is in the middle of the frozen lake.

[A]

Is it on an island or is it just like on the frozen lake?

[D]

It appears to be built into the frozen lake.

[B]

Oh, I can't get over that imagery. If I encounter that in a video game, I'd go, whoa. Whoa.

[F]

Well, Gunther, it seems we're here.

[E]

How'd you get out? So we can get back in?

[F]

Yeah, Reverse engineer.

[D]

All four of you make me a perception check.

[E]

15, 16, 14, 16.

[D]

Wow, those are all really good rolls.

[E]

This is a tight grouping.

[D]

You're asking Gunther? Natty. You're asking Gunther for information about how he broke out and how he can get back in. When all four of you at the same time notice a humanoid in the middle of the lake. It appears to be a brawny halfling in a striped red jumpsuit hopping between sheets of ice floating on the frigid lake. He sees you all turn around and calls out to you four.

[C]

Hey, you.

[B]

Hey, where you going? Come over here. The name's Can Do Cody. As you can see, I'm in a bit of a.

[D]

And with a splash, the halfling is snatched into the icy lake by blue curved claws without a trace.

[A]

I have a question, Gus.

[D]

Yes.

[A]

Do I have any historical knowledge from my time at the prison?

[D]

Yeah, why don't you make me a wisdom check?

[C]

Wis. Dumb 19. Oh, nevermind.

[D]

We are dealing with Gunther here. You do have a little bit of knowledge of this prison, having spent some time here. Question mark. You know that the. Well, I guess. Let me ask it this way. Is there anything specific you're curious about or do you just want. Are you just like more interested in broadcasting information?

[A]

I guess broad, but specifically traversing the lake.

[B]

Was there like a pattern? Kind of like.

[C]

You know, I was also gonna maybe ask too, if you like, if you know the prisoners, if they wore red striped jumpsuits.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

That's good, because I. Yeah. Knowing if that was a prisoner trying to escape or something. Or someone else.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

Last Crusade.

[B]

That's what I was thinking.

[A]

What you got for me, Gus?

[D]

Yeah. Based on your knowledge and your excellent wisdom role there. You do know that that is a convict outfit that Can Do Cody was wearing. And that there is no necessarily no pattern to get across the lake. That it's just random little bits of floating ice. And that the lake is filled with vicious creatures that can strike at any time with no warning in order to grab you and presumably eat you. You know also that the watchtower that's circling on a rail has a very regular cadence. And that is the only way to access the. That's the only way to access the column. That's the actual prison in the middle of the lake.

[B]

Having been here and seen can do, Cody. And kind of watching the places we approach. Do we know the rate at which like one complete rotation, how long that takes?

[D]

It seems to you like it's not that long. It's not a huge prison. You know, it's Basically just one. That one column in the middle of the lake. So a complete rotation or complete patrol would take probably, you'd estimate, roughly five minutes to get around.

[A]

And you said the only way to access the prison is through that watchtower. Can you elaborate on what you mean by that?

[D]

Yeah. You know that there is a. How could you phrase it? Like a platform that extends and connects them, and that's how guards move in and out, and that's how supplies move in and out.

[B]

Interesting.

[A]

Wow.

[C]

Dizzying.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

So we would have to hop onto the. The moving rotating tower thing.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Because otherwise we're gonna have to navigate the ice. And I mean, I'm heavy. I could blast underwater, but I don't know what's underneath there. And Doug. I don't know. Doug's.

[F]

You know, I probably sink right to the bottom with all my hair getting wet.

[E]

Natty dives to find can do Cody and help him.

[B]

Oh, that guy.

[E]

Natty goes and goes under the water.

[A]

Oh, my goodness. Natty, no.

[D]

Okay.

[E]

Yeah, before that. Natty looks around and no one's doing anything and talking and thinking.

[B]

We're just going and goes.

[E]

What's wrong with you people? That's a human being.

[B]

They're going to your wife. Oh, you love this stuff.

[A]

He's a halfling being.

[D]

Before you dive in, I was about to ask for something that. And you totally can. Before you dive in, I was about to ask everyone if everyone could make me a constitution saving throw, please.

[C]

Oh, constitution saving throw.

[B]

That's a bad roll.

[E]

12, 5, 13, 8.

[D]

It's pretty cold here, you know, with all the icy lake. And it appears like there's a cloud that occasionally starts pelting hail down on the prison tower. And there's just something about it. It just chills you to the bone. And Gunther and Natty, both of you feel it to your core. And metagame wise, you gain one level of exhaustion from being in the cold weather, exposed to the elements.

[C]

Does Doug see any sort of. Like, I know he saw a tree, but is there any sort of bush or other trees or wooded kind of things lying around nearby?

[D]

That is an excellent question. I would say pretty much no. It seems like everything has been trimmed back to allow the watchtower to move around with easy access and to kind of keep lines of sight open, clear?

[E]

Yeah.

[C]

But there's still that one tree.

[D]

That was a ways ago. Like, that was before you even saw the tower on the horizon.

[C]

So there's nothing that we could light on fire, basically.

[D]

You can make me a survival check here. In a moment. But before that, I want to deal with Natty. Diving into the water after can do code. All right, Natty. So you. You take the plunge. You do the nesty challenge.

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

All right. You dive into the water and yeah, it just. It's super cold. It just like chills you to the bone. And you look around, I guess, you know, presumably you open your eyes underwater and try to see what you can see. And in the distance, how far. How far can you see underwater?

[C]

Opening your eyes under cold water would.

[B]

Probably be like, I don't know.

[E]

How do you determine that?

[D]

Can your eyeballs freeze? They have liquid in them. Right?

[B]

Got to.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, geez. I don't like thinking about that. Gus.

[E]

Yeah, Gus. How dare you? How dare you.

[D]

Imagine having two cold rocks in your skull.

[C]

I know Chris is sensitive about eyes.

[A]

And so he's like, no, eyes and ears.

[C]

Like eyes and ears.

[D]

I'll say. In the distance, you see can do Cody. In the grasp of what appears to be some kind of bluish crocodile. It's slender with spindly limbs and long curved claws. And it's got a rather menacing looking tail.

[E]

Okay, but I'm underwater.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

Okay. How far is the croc?

[D]

Yeah, it's going to be a bit of distance. That's why I was kind of like wondering how far you can actually see underwater from where you are. I would estimate it's probably roughly 100ft or so.

[E]

Well, good news.

[D]

Wow.

[E]

That's within my eldritch blast range.

[D]

Wow. What's the range on that?

[A]

120.

[E]

120.

[D]

Wow.

[C]

Can you do an eldritch blast underwater?

[E]

Yep, I can do an eldritch blast underwater. It's a force damage.

[D]

It has a verbal component, however.

[E]

What's somatic?

[D]

It's like movement, like moving your hands or your arms. It's like a physical representation. So if you're tied, you can't do somatic.

[E]

Okay.

[C]

Gesticulation.

[D]

Gesticulating. That's a great word.

[E]

So underwater can't say verbal component.

[D]

Correct.

[E]

Interesting. Okay, then what if.

[C]

Could I do something while you're underwater.

[E]

Real quick, while I'm thinking? Yes, yes.

[C]

While you. I'll give you a moment to think.

[E]

Thank you.

[C]

Could I light my torch and stick it in the ground by us to keep us warm?

[D]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You light your torch and stick it in the ground and I'll sit. Yeah, that will help a bit.

[F]

Okay.

[D]

For sure.

[E]

Okay, then I guess I will just, like, try to start swimming towards him.

[D]

Okay.

[B]

You know, can I go in with Natty Because I have the ability to breathe underwater.

[C]

Sure.

[E]

Do you swim or sink?

[B]

I don't know.

[C]

It's probably light.

[B]

It says I gain a swimming speed of 30ft.

[A]

So could Gunther hop along the ice trying to follow them without going in?

[D]

Yes. So real fast. I looked up how you calculate swimming speed in dnd and typically your swimming speed is half of your normal speed while you're swimming. So that means toll of you being able to swim at 30 is actually really good. It's twice as fast as normal. Gunther, you wanted to try to follow along on the top. Doug, are you going to stay on the shore by your torch?

[F]

I'm just gonna stay here and watch the fire. I think I would just cause more problems if I went under there with everybody. So just you and me.

[C]

Torch.

[D]

Could be your next guest on Doug on the ones and twos.

[C]

My torch? Yeah. What do you got to say for yourself? I also would be, I think, providing like a lookout.

[D]

Sure.

[C]

If anything else would like happen.

[D]

Okay, how are we gonna do this? So we're gonna go in my mind. I'm gonna kind of go through the order. There's no initiative, but I'm gonna kind of go. Natty Toll Gunther Dug. That's kind of the way you all said what you were gonna do.

[C]

Acted right, Natty?

[D]

Yeah. You start trying to swim and you know it's super cold. So why don't you first of all make me a dexterity saving throw. Now that you're in the water and trying to move around 30, 20.

[A]

Not bad.

[D]

Oh, that's pretty good. You begin moving and making pretty good progress. However, just now that you're in the water, the cold is sapping even more of your strength and you have another level of exhaustion.

[E]

Oh, no.

[C]

Yeah, I thought that might happen.

[B]

So would you get disadvantage on rolls if you have exhaustion?

[E]

It's not disadvantage.

[D]

We'll do the cumulative minus one. So in this case, since you're at two levels of exhaustion, you'd be minus two. So just minus the exhaustion. Okay. Okay. And you're making progress. You manage. I assume you would double move since you're not going to do anything else. So you'd be able to move 30ft if you double move, question mark.

[E]

Okay.

[D]

Okay. Tolve you dive in immediately after Natty, seeing her jump in bravely to try to rescue. Can do Cody. And you see Natty struggling a little bit in the cold water, swimming a little bit ahead of you. And then even further past that, you see this giant kind of crocodile ish creature with can do Cody in its mouth dragging him to the bottom. What do you want to do?

[B]

Yeah, well, so my movement Speed underwater is 30, so I would be able to catch up to Natty without doing a.

[D]

Without a double move. Just doing your regular move action. You catch up to Natty.

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

Oh, and also you, you make me a dexterity saving throw as well. I forgot cuz you jumped in the water.

[B]

Okie dokie have an advantage on that cuz I'm a Barbarian. That's a 9 and 10. And then I'm going to do another one because I'm going to do inspiration die and I don't want to die here. That's 10. Great, great, great.

[C]

Maybe it tends. Maybe a 10's okay. You don't know?

[D]

Guess maybe. Let me make a roll first.

[A]

It's famous last words.

[D]

Maybe. I don't know. It's like talking to a little kid when maybe means no. Maybe the cold interferes with the workings of your thaumatech body. Maybe like freezing up the. The liquids and the lubricants that you use to move around, causing you to take nine points of cold damage. Okay. And additionally you gain one level of exhaustion.

[B]

Okay, okay, I was gonna take the damage, but the exhaustion, guys, exhaustion. Okay, well once I caught up to Natty, I think I'm gonna say like underwater, I'm gonna be like motioning. Do you want to proceed or would you like me to take you back?

[D]

Maybe even like describe what those motions would look like for our listeners.

[B]

I'm going to point to the blue crocodile and then I'll say continue. Like nodding my head.

[D]

Yes, you're going to nod.

[B]

Or should I say do you, do you want to go back? And then like I motion to myself, like carry you back and you're like.

[D]

Pointing back to the shore.

[E]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

And then I say shoulder shrug question.

[C]

In my opinion, TOLV would be really good at charade. So I think anyone would understand what he's doing.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. Wait, don't I have the ability to talk underwater?

[E]

That's what I was gonna say. You're a robot. Like you don't use air through vocal cords to talk.

[B]

Yeah, I think, hold on, let me check.

[E]

You probably are like a speaker is what you have inside of your mouth.

[B]

Yeah, Durability.

[C]

I just imagine his mouth opens and sound comes out.

[D]

It was one of my favorite kind of throwaway lines in Alien Earth when someone's talking to, to one of the artificial characters and said, you know, this is an artificial character who's getting Used to their body, and they tell this artificial character, like, think of your voice as a speaker. And it's like, oh, like, that's really cool.

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

Did you find anything, Blaine?

[B]

Not on my end.

[D]

I think that makes sense to me, though.

[B]

Okay. I think that was something that Micah and I kind of homerued together when we were coming up with the thaumatech thing.

[D]

In that case, instead of, you know, I know you described what your emotions would look like as you pantomime this, why don't you say it as if you're underwater?

[B]

Well, I would have done all of those motions, and then I would say, translation, do you want to keep going.

[D]

To talk about, or do you want to read the back of the shore?

[B]

And I can help you carry you back because you look very tired, very sleepy.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

Cause how far?

[D]

Because you moved 30, and I said it was 100, so you got about another 70ft to go. Assuming the crocodile. The crocodile creature doesn't move.

[E]

Natty would be upset about it. But Natty would understand how speed works and be like, I ain't gonna make this. And so Natty would like motion, like. Yeah, let's go.

[B]

Up.

[D]

Okay, Up. Ease up.

[B]

Ease.

[D]

The blue crocodilian creature hisses with what strangely looks to be a smile and then dives further down into the depths of the lake with. Can do, Cody.

[B]

Then, because it doesn't matter to me, I would lift Natty, like, up, and it's water, and also till's very strong, so I could just do that with a hand, and then I would start walking her back to the shore.

[D]

Yeah, you would probably be able to move. Make it then, because double speed. That was essentially a double move. Yeah.

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

Okay, So I do that, and then I just want to go through at least one action for everyone here. So, Gunther, what would you do? You see them go out, and then to pick up Natty and start coming back as you're starting to make your way out.

[A]

Okay. Well, then I guess I would do nothing because I was gonna, like, hop along the ice to, like, follow. But if they're coming back, I would just run up to the ice and then try and stop and go.

[D]

And then.

[A]

And then barely stop.

[D]

What was that sound again? I missed it. And then, Doug, this is. You know, you don't have to think about it like, they're back now, but as this is all simultaneously happening, what would you have been doing in that moment?

[F]

Just rubbing my hands and putting it out on the fire and rubbing my hands again and put it on the Fire. Making sure it stays nice and warm for everyone when they come back so they could defrost a little bit. Also, I have my arms open, ready to give a nice, big Doug bear hug.

[C]

And maybe a towel.

[E]

Where'd you get the towel from?

[C]

I think it's just, like, maybe my vest, which is really big on me.

[E]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

But you know when, like, you're a kid and you're getting out of the pool and your parents holding, like, the towel open for you so you can just, like, go right into it? That's what I'm doing with my vest.

[B]

Can I amend some thing that I did?

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Just so that Natty feels kind of cool about it, I'll put her on my shield so that she can surf. Oh, Maybe that'll cheer her up, you know?

[E]

Cool.

[B]

While I'm, like, carrying you out in the water, huh, Natty? How's that sound, huh, John?

[E]

I'm trying. I'm trying to visualize what you're explaining.

[C]

So he's holding his shield basically up above his head. So you're out of the water, and.

[E]

We'Re outside the water, and you're surfing.

[B]

On the shield while I'm still in the water. I'm just trying to get you up so that you can breathe and you're out of the cold, cold water.

[D]

Oh, okay.

[B]

And I'm just walking with you with my shield above my head.

[E]

I thought we would be, like, we'd get up out of the water and be on ice. Oh, May. I don't care.

[B]

I don't know. Am I wrong?

[E]

No.

[B]

I don't know. I just wanted to make a joke.

[E]

That's Gus. Gus is the.

[D]

It's you guys. It's whatever you want to do, you know, I think. Oh, okay.

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

Natty, Natty be fine with that. Natty Lounge.

[B]

The saddest surfer I've ever seen.

[C]

I have a blanket in my inventory. That's what I would use. Sorry, not my.

[E]

Natty didn't grow up around surf culture, so Natty doesn't know what that is, you know?

[D]

Okay, that makes sense. Yeah. Your village probably didn't.

[E]

John grew up around surf culture and refused to participate.

[D]

I played TNC surf on my Nintendo Entertainment System. Does that count?

[C]

Hey, surf culture.

[E]

I didn't know anybody who surfed growing up in California. It was not a common thing, oddly enough.

[D]

You know, I lived in Puerto Rico for a little while, and I did a little bit of surfing while I was down there. A little bit of Gus floor.

[E]

Look at you.

[B]

A little bit of bank robbing with President.

[C]

I must see that happen.

[F]

Foreign.

[D]

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[C]

Dexterity saving throw.

[A]

8 12.

[D]

Goo goo.

[C]

7.

[B]

Why are my rolls so bad? 10. That's with. That's with advantage.

[D]

8 12. 7, 10.

[E]

Yeah. So what happens to all of us?

[D]

Yeah, you all hear, like a whistling sound. It's really bizarre.

[E]

Oh, no.

[D]

And then, without warning, a huge volley of arrows lands all around you in the area, doing 14 points of piercing damage to all of you as you get pelted with this just like, raining down of arrows. This. The sharpness.

[B]

God, I'm getting ruined out here, man.

[F]

I was just standing here by my fire.

[A]

They see us. The guards.

[F]

Is there any reason they would attack us even though, like, we're not?

[A]

Yes, from they are guards.

[B]

They attack.

[A]

But, you know, we shall run. You're very good.

[D]

Very good, Gunther. Why don't all of you make a perception check for me, okay?

[E]

Ooh. That's a nat. 20, 18, 15, 17.

[B]

Yeah, all the good rolls come out when it doesn't matter.

[E]

It's just like when we look, it might matter.

[D]

You all kind of follow back the trajectory of this volley of arrows, and you see, it very clearly comes from the watchtower, which has made its turn around the backside of the prison and is now coming over in your direction, kind of wheeling along.

[A]

It's easy to know where to look because we have an arrow point pointing where to go because it's sticking out of our body.

[E]

It's true. Hey.

[C]

In the direction that it will come in.

[E]

Gus.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

How far is that tower? Out of curiosity. Might not be able to do this.

[D]

It's closing in. It's in the middle of the lake. From where you are, it's probably at this point. Let's call it about 200ft.

[E]

It's a good number.

[B]

You just said.

[D]

Well, because in my mind, the crocodile's halfway in the lake at 100ft. So I just doubled it for 200.

[B]

This gets really accurate.

[C]

Okay, but you're talking about the watchtower, right? Not the prison.

[D]

The watchtower.

[F]

Correct.

[D]

Yes, that is. That is correct. We're dealing with the two towers here on the watchtower.

[E]

The watchtower itself, I would assume. You said this is the entrance to the prison. So then at the base of the watchtower would be like some sort of.

[C]

Door, I would imagine. Like, people get in that way to go up the tower to get into the prison.

[D]

Right? You would presume that that would be the case. But you can't see it from where you are because it is. It is kind of far.

[E]

That's fine. Well, we either need to get further away from these arrows or we need to skedaddle and get closer to the tower. So we need to decide that right now, I think. And I think we can say last rats about can do Cody later.

[F]

I have an idea.

[C]

Is it snowy out here?

[D]

So, yeah, there's a light snow.

[F]

Okay, here's what we'll do, guys. Everyone get under my blanket and I'll put a little bit of snow on top of the blanket. And then we'll move all together under the blanket towards the watchtower. So they won't see us be camouflaged.

[A]

I think that's a very good idea. But they already see us right now.

[F]

Well, when the tower goes around the back, we'll be able to kind of finagle our disguise, Right?

[E]

I like this idea. Could we pay maybe retreat to a place in order to dawn this disguise and then make our secret approach?

[F]

Yes, if you think that's a good idea. I just don't see anything to retreat behind.

[E]

Oh, is there what's behind us, Gustavo.

[B]

Like a tree clearing?

[D]

Yeah, it is pretty cleared out. Presumably to maintain good line of sight. There is no brush or shrub in the immediate vicinity. You could move just a further distance away and be out of range, but there is nothing to necessarily hide by.

[E]

I think we could do Doug's plan. If the tower's on its way back around, so that the vision breaks. Line of sight. Line of sight breaks.

[B]

Either way, we should continue to move on. Because even if we move out of the way right now, they're on the other side. They're going to continue to get closer. So we just need to boogie.

[D]

Yeah. Just. Just to be clear, the way I described it, the watchtower has now come back around the prison tower and is now in the process of getting closer to you. It's made the part of the round where it's moving towards you. It's going to get closer and then go away.

[E]

So we have two and a half minutes until it's broken its line of sight.

[D]

You have two and a half minutes until it gets to you.

[C]

Okay, so they shot at us when they were still on their way towards us.

[D]

Yes. Correct.

[E]

Yeah, they're coming around and they see us so that we're in their sight.

[C]

Okay.

[D]

If you imagine you're at six o' clock on a clock face. They just came through 12.

[C]

Okay.

[D]

And they're gonna go through 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and then 7, 8, all the way back around.

[C]

Gotcha.

[E]

We can still do this. Two of our compatriots have shields, right? Gunther, you have a shield?

[A]

Yes. It is a smaller shield than you.

[E]

Yeah. Okay, so here's what we'll do. We're gonna Spartan this and it's gonna be Gunther and Tov in the front with shield. I'm gonna get in my ring and take Giggy with me. So all that Gunther and Tolve gotta do is protect them and then Doug behind them. Doug, you can get just down as low as possible.

[F]

I'll use my blankie.

[E]

Yep, that'll do something.

[B]

It protects him from the monsters at night. It will protect him now. Yeah, exactly.

[F]

I'll push.

[C]

No, on it.

[F]

They won't be able to see me.

[B]

And as the rules of the blankey as. We just need to retreat.

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[E]

No, I think we need to approach.

[C]

Go closer.

[B]

I think you're wrong. I think we need to retreat and we need to regroup and come up with a plan. I need.

[E]

I need to hear that from Tolvin.

[B]

We should have talked about this before rushing in. I'm just saying. But I think we need to retreat. We need to collect ourselves and then we need to come up with a plan. Maybe like derailing the train or whatever, but either way, it's getting closer.

[D]

Let's move.

[B]

Okay.

[E]

Never mind.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Everybody.

[D]

Yes.

[F]

I thought we should go closer because being under the tower, they won't be able to see us. Very well.

[B]

Split the party. Nope. Do you come with me?

[E]

We'll go back. We will retreat.

[F]

We'll retreat. We'll retreat.

[D]

I love you guys. Okay, so the point is to retreat again. Thinking about a clock face, like down south below the six o' clock or in a different direction, I guess.

[A]

Maybe we go five o' clock so that we're moving further away from them.

[B]

Is it going counterclockwise or clockwise?

[D]

Clockwise.

[B]

Then we would need to move like seven o'.

[C]

Clock.

[A]

Seven o'?

[D]

Clock.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Either way.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

We just need to jet away from the tracks.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Okay. Yeah. You all turn around and try to put some distance between yourselves and the. The watchtower. And as you begin moving, another volley of arrows hits where you were just standing seconds before, narrowly missing you all. And after that, you don't see any more volley of arrows. And the watchtower continues its movement along its track. You all just move the distance and then you just wait. Right, to just try to stay out of range.

[A]

Yeah. And then get under. Try and build that blanket with snow cover, some camouflage to camouflage it.

[D]

Okay, Doug, why don't you make me a stealth check and we'll give you advantage on it.

[F]

Okay.

[C]

Okay. First one was a 19. Second one was a 21.

[D]

Oh, both great. You deployed the blankie and you know, some. Presumably some snow falls on it. You all kind of huddle together under it. Ooh, it gets a little warmer. Not quite as bad, not quite as brutal as it was outside. And I guess y' all wait a couple minutes.

[A]

Can we take a short rest to recover and also lull them into thinking we are gone?

[B]

I'm down for that. Cause I'm just. I got shot up real bad.

[C]

Give them a sense of safety.

[A]

Yes.

[D]

A short rest is about an hour.

[B]

I think that's perfectly normal.

[E]

Should we just wait till night?

[B]

I. I mean.

[C]

Well, what time of day is it right now?

[A]

Well, I think you said it was six.

[D]

Digging Inspiration. Die. That was really good. That was really good.

[C]

Nice.

[D]

This would be you would consider this time right now where you are middle of the day? Roughly.

[E]

Wait, is there night? The sun doesn't move.

[D]

Oh, dang it.

[E]

Okay, never mind. Yeah. Short rest. Should we hit short rest?

[D]

Short rest.

[B]

Get your short rest. Does that help us with the exhaustion?

[D]

Nope. What do y' all want to do during the short rest?

[A]

My thought was we build that little blanket cover thing and I'll just get under it to warm up.

[B]

I have a loose plan I think we should start. I think we have a pitch meeting where we all share our plans for how we break into this prison. We can't all go willy nilly into this place. It's a heist. But to like a but with a person.

[D]

And just to be clear about something you said just to make sure that it's properly understood. The sun is sitting low on the horizon as you all continue your journey getting closer to Mito Canyon.

[B]

Okay, that helps a little.

[D]

Just for clarification on that, Gunther, your thought is to huddle up under the blanket during the short rest?

[E]

Yeah. We're letting snow gather and let.

[C]

I guess Tolv tell us what his idea is as well, so we could kind of have a good game plan.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah, yeah. Or anyone else who has an idea.

[D]

Yeah, and just, you know, I'm glad Gunther mentions that because it is still pretty frigid. You're able to kind of mitigate some of that by staying under the blanket and, you know, gathering your body heat and protecting yourself. Insulating yourself with the blanket and my torch. You're gonna have the torch under the blanket?

[F]

Well, just right outside of it.

[D]

Okay.

[F]

So it kind of emanates over to us a little bit.

[D]

So. And they're torched right outside the blanket to kind of give you some warmth.

[E]

To highlight where we are.

[A]

They will know where we are.

[F]

Well, I'll blow it out before we start moving.

[A]

No, maybe don't, because they will think we are here.

[F]

I don't want to leave my torch.

[B]

Sentimental value for this torch.

[F]

It'll come in handy. What if it's dark somewhere?

[C]

Are we taking our short rest, by the way?

[D]

Yeah, it seems like it.

[F]

Okay.

[E]

And to answer you earlier, Blaine, you have to do long rest to get rid of exhaustion.

[B]

Got it. Thank you, John. Ooh. Unless I have this thing called the. The cube of concoctions. That sounds like I have a shot at maybe getting some sort of exhaustion lifting thing. Can I try that?

[D]

Gus, the purpose of that item is you can place it into water and it can turn your water into random flavored potions.

[B]

I'd be down for that. Yeah, let's give it a go. Worst case scenario, it's a potion that I just hold on to. I can bottle up for later.

[D]

Okay, so you stick the cube of concoction in, I guess like a water skin. Sure. You pop your cube of concoction into your water and the water begins bubbling and kind of undergoing some kind of transformation. And when it all settles, your water is now a sickly sweet smelling potion. It seems somewhat thick.

[E]

Ooh, say. Wait, Gus, say that again.

[A]

Thick.

[E]

The last word.

[D]

Thick with two Cs. Thick.

[C]

Yeah, exactly.

[B]

Can a medicine check reveal what it is?

[D]

Maybe an arcana check makes more sense.

[B]

That's a seven. All right, tell me what it does.

[E]

Go ahead. You want me to help?

[B]

Reveal yourself.

[E]

Want me to help?

[B]

I would love your help. Please help me.

[D]

Okay.

[E]

Natural 20. Whoa.

[D]

Oh. Natty, this is both one of your favorite and one of your least favorite potions that you know of. This is a potion of fake death.

[E]

Oh, well, that ain't gonna help. I mean, tove. That's fake death. It will put you in a fake state of death, but it will not get rid of your exhaustion.

[B]

Do I get to Meet you alive.

[E]

No.

[D]

Oh, it's fake. Yeah.

[F]

Boo.

[B]

I was gonna give it to you if it's if so, but.

[E]

No, there's a word in front of it that kind of denotes what it does.

[B]

I thought it was temporary, but. Okay, I'll pocket this for later.

[E]

Yeah, but it's a good.

[B]

It's a good for a ruse.

[D]

Like.

[B]

Like, is that a food?

[D]

Like, like for cooking a roux. Yeah. You like, make a gravy?

[B]

Yeah, a roux.

[E]

Yeah, it's good. It's good.

[A]

A rose.

[E]

Just fire on all cylinders. Everybody just, just. Just doling out the yucks every second. No moment wasted. Sorry, Barbara. I'm trying to tell Gus. He's funny. Gus, you're funny.

[D]

Thank you, Barbara. Go ahead. Sorry.

[E]

Barbara.

[D]

Please, please, Barbara.

[C]

You're fine. Just waiting my turn. Do we know what kind of creatures run this prison? Like, who is in the Watchtower? Would Gunther know that?

[B]

That's a great question. Because that'll help with disguises.

[D]

That is a great question. Gunther. You did roll well. So you remember that there are two types of guards, depending on what the circumstance calls for. One of them is always covered entirely in very thick, big plate armor. So you don't know what's under there. Just a humanoid of some kind. You guess, because Tony Stark. Yeah, it's humanoid style plate armor. The other one, however, does not have as much armor. You do know that typically the other guard is archers, which are usually human. And presumably they're the ones who let loose those arrows that ruined your time a little earlier. And in addition to that, Gunther, during your time there, you also heard tale of a very cruel warden who runs the prison, but you never ran into them.

[C]

Cruel warden?

[A]

Warden Mean.

[D]

Yeah.

[F]

Yes, Warden Mean.

[C]

Very good.

[D]

Going through. Working on taking a level in barbarian, it sounds like.

[B]

All right, gang, I think I have a plan.

[F]

All right, lay it on us.

[B]

Okay, so Tolve would draw on the fl. On the ground, I guess, assuming that there's like dirt or probably snow.

[D]

Snow.

[B]

You would draw with a stick, a circle. It'd be a clock. And then at the top would be a 12.

[A]

Tov.

[B]

That's me. Hello. And then a sunshine up at the top of that. Okay, so this is what it looks like.

[D]

No, no, describe it, describe it. No cheating.

[B]

Yeah. Okay. Okay, sorry. So there's a clock, right? And at the 12 point is cheating is a 12. And then a sunshine above the 12. And then he would also draw the 6, but these are all Roman numerals. And then he would draw a little like, half circle thing, right? So he would say. Okay, so here's the plan. Basically, if we know that the sun is going to be sitting over here, we approach from the sunny side so that the sun is in the enemy's.

[A]

Eyes, sunny side up. I love those.

[B]

I love the energy. Shut up. Okay. So moving. I'm just kidding. So we approach from that way with a blanket over our heads with the snow that we've collected, right?

[F]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

And every time the train passes, every five minutes, we drop down, we let it pass, and they can't really see it's because they're looking into the sun. Right. And then we keep going. We keep going. Now, meanwhile, I will take off my Bjorn skin. We'll put it on Gambot. We'll put, like, a pole on top of Gambot and have him approach from the south, like, the sixth side, Right. He will be our diversion, and he'll be moving around, and they'll be firing all of their arrows and looking at him while we slowly sneak our way. And then once we reach the water, I will be underneath because I can breathe indefinitely. And I'll put you guys on, like, a raft, and I will push and carry you guys. As we make our way to the island. It will just look like a sheet of ice floating across the river.

[D]

I love it all. I just want to be clear about geography here, just to make sure we're on the same page for this, for your plan here.

[C]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Yeah.

[D]

The prison itself is a column that sticks out of the center of the Isle of the Lake. Right. There's no land around the base. Ooh. The watchtower that's on rails is on this outer shore where you all are approaching from.

[C]

And that's the only way into the prison.

[D]

That's what Gunther knows.

[E]

So, theoretically, once you get to the tower, that's where land or frozen land ends.

[D]

Gus, once you get to the watchtower that is at the very shore of the lake. Correct. And then after that, it is just water and ice. The way you described it, it sounded like the watchtower was on, like, an inner ring along with the prison. I just want to be clear.

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

The watchtower is on the outer ring of the lake, and there. There is no land in the center. It is just the prison spire sticking straight up out of the water.

[B]

I see. So plan still stands, but maybe we wait on the train tracks and then we board it as they're being distracted by Gambit. But we do the same approach from going in from the sunny side.

[F]

Yeah, yeah, I do. We do have to, I think, infiltrate the tower, ultimately.

[E]

I agree, Doug.

[F]

I have some things I could do to distract him. I have stuff that could mit odor. Perhaps a stinky fart.

[B]

Oh, fart. Yes, yes.

[F]

Make it smell nice and eggy to really distract. Bringing out bad smell could really distract people and make them just lose concentration.

[B]

Bringing it back to sunny side, like Gunther said. Gunther, that's your part of the plan.

[A]

I love eggs.

[B]

Yes, yes.

[E]

So you're saying once we get in the tower to get.

[B]

Oh, okay.

[E]

Yeah. So let's do that. Let's do that.

[F]

I also, I just want to point out if I leave Gambot out there, I gotta get it. I gotta get him back at some point. I don't, you know, oh, he's my guy.

[C]

Naturally.

[B]

It also, as a fellow, you know, mechanical being, I care deeply for Gambot. So of course I will advocate for Gambot. I just think he's. He's going to be a great distraction because if he has, you know, Bjorn's skin up above him, they'll be aiming for Bjorn. They won't be aiming for his feet.

[F]

Yeah, I think, you know, I think Gambot should hear this plan directly from you, Tolv.

[C]

And I think Doug takes Gambot out and like, just holds him up to Tolve.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And I think Gambot would have the sweetest little blank smiley face just staring at you as you tell him he's about to sacrifice himself essentially for us.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[D]

This is.

[B]

Okay, Gambot, I'm going to say this in ways that you will understand. Okay? Beep, beep, beep, boop, boop, boop, beep, boop, beep, boop, Boop, boop, boop. 100-10-10, 0, 11 1. Beep, beep, beep, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop.

[C]

Oh, sorry, I gotta turn him on. One second.

[D]

Take an inspiration dive, Barbara. That's really good. That's comedy.

[C]

Okay, okay.

[F]

Got that Gamba.

[C]

And he just bounces his little head up and down. He's in.

[B]

And then also, I have to has some fun little things. He has those spider silk stockings of spider silk, which means I can climb sheer walls so I could carry someone on my back. While we're trying to go up the.

[C]

Tower, I would say probably we should do our best to keep Gunther from being seen just because he is technically wanted. So if we're going to try to protect and hide anyone of us in Particular. It should probably be him.

[A]

I could use my null disguise.

[B]

It's very convincing.

[C]

The ears.

[A]

Oh, and yes. Nther.

[E]

Oh.

[B]

Oh, yes, yes.

[F]

And Natty could still go into the ring and then, you know, just be super easy to carry through. Right, Natty?

[E]

Yeah, I could do that if you want.

[F]

If you have something better.

[E]

I was gonna say I can fly, but I'll get in the ring. You know, I'd like a break out from the cold, honestly. It's quite nice in the ring.

[B]

We could throw you up there like a pokeball, you know, and say, natty Wonder, I choose you.

[E]

Yeah, I'm down with that.

[B]

Use Eldritch Blast. It's super effective.

[E]

Yeah, I'm like a Kangaskhan with a little baby, too.

[B]

I assume more of a Chansey, but. Yeah, it's okay.

[A]

All right, so the plan is to go into the tower. The guard tower, not the prison tower.

[B]

Right. Because the. The guard tower that's moving around has a platform that connects out over the lake.

[E]

Okay.

[D]

And just to be clear, the platform is not always extended. It does extend when necessary.

[B]

So we're going to have to deploy that.

[E]

Gus is going to keep adding these addendums.

[B]

Like, they only extend it once a year, so they're not there on the right day.

[C]

There's a secret code.

[D]

These are things I mentioned in passing, which now as it's coming out, it's like, these are more important. So I just want to make sure we're clear and on the same page about them. Right.

[C]

Reminders.

[B]

And because you guys were taking a long rest, they had McAfee install a.

[D]

Fireball, which, in this time, is literally just a wall of fire.

[B]

Of course.

[A]

Yes, yes, yes. And it will. It will keep us warm.

[E]

All right, let's execute plan. T.O. is using Doug's blanket.

[D]

Yeah. What's. What's the plan called? What's the code name for the operation Tols.

[B]

It's got to be Operation Vorn Blanky.

[D]

Okay. Operation Vorm Blanky is a go.

[C]

Vorm.

[B]

Hands in the middle.

[D]

V O R M. First, correct me if I'm wrong, I'm just going to start going through the first step here. The first step would be you all are going to leave Gambot here where you have taken your short rest with the Bjorn skin. And then the rest of you are going to make your way out. So the sun is behind, so you're between the sun and the watchtower. Correct? Yeah.

[B]

Our backs are to the sun.

[D]

Okay, and you're leaving the torch here with Gambot So their attention is also drawn over here. Correct.

[C]

I think I would probably extinguish the torch and just take it with me.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

I know the torch was important to you. That's why I'm trying to make sure I understand all the ins and outs.

[B]

Of this sentimental value.

[A]

Her father gave her that torch.

[D]

Him.

[B]

Him. We also. DOD does not like their father.

[A]

What?

[D]

So. And then the rest of you, under the warm blanket, begin making your way around the lake. So why don't you make me? Collectively, everyone, make a stealth check. We'll call this a group stealth check.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

I think I also. I think I have advantage on stealth because I'm sneaky.

[D]

Sounds familiar.

[B]

That's great, because I. I will equal you out with my disadvantage, in which I rolled a one.

[D]

Ooh.

[F]

Yeah. I'm.

[C]

I am proficient in the stealth skill. Check. But I don't know if that means I haven't been.

[D]

Oh, no, that's just proficient. No.

[C]

17.

[A]

Did you roll, Natty?

[E]

Oh, I didn't say what I rolled. I rolled a 15.

[D]

And is that at with the exhaustion?

[E]

Everything I'm saying, I'm taking the exhaustion into account.

[C]

Mine is a 17.

[A]

I rolled a 10.

[F]

Let me.

[A]

I'm gonna use my inspiration dice that I just recently acquired. 26.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

That's very good.

[C]

It's a good one.

[D]

And I want to be clear here, Tol, you rolled twice there. Is that because of your exhaustion Disadvantage?

[B]

I just have disadvantage because.

[D]

Oh, right, right. That's right. Okay. Yeah. We got into that whole thing.

[C]

I forget. Why do you have disadvantage?

[B]

I think because Micah guests hate me.

[D]

This is one of the reasons. It's because of your. Your thaumatech mechanical. This. Remember your. Your cover almost got blown in an early episode because you had disadvantage. I asked you why. Then Chris started looking through your character sheet.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[D]

Oh, you're made of armor, basically. Yeah. As a thaumatech, you're made of armor, so you have disadvantage on it. Okay.

[E]

He's just made of metal.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

It ended up not tipping him off enough. And no one. We kind of passed over. I think he got edited out, but he's like, oh, you've got dura build. Which means. And I was like, God, oh, my God.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

I was like, stop looking at my character sheet.

[E]

Stop it.

[B]

And he's like, no, no, no, it's fine. It's fine.

[D]

Yeah. Okay, so get out of there. We had.

[E]

Oh, Is this before you revealed you were a robot?

[D]

Yes.

[B]

He almost blew it up.

[D]

It was in Endrich Bay somewhere. I Think it was like a couple episodes before, if I remember right.

[C]

Anyway, for what it's worth, didn't notice a thing.

[D]

Gunther, you had what, like a 26? Tolve a 4. Doug a 17. And Natty years was pretty good, right?

[E]

15.

[D]

15 collectively. Yeah. You all did well enough. Where we'll say the group stealth success. Stealth check succeeded. So you make your way around and position yourself appropriately according to Operation Warren Blankie. And, you know, begin working on your timing for the watchtower. And how does that work exactly? Do you all have any way to look outside from the blanket or do you lift it or how do you ascertain when the tower's in certain positions?

[C]

I imagine like we are lifting it enough so we could see the base of it.

[B]

We're crouched and approaching. I think Gunther is short enough that.

[A]

He could see out and like from a guard looking down. You're not gonna see it lift up.

[D]

You wouldn't.

[B]

Yeah, I mean, what, do they have a Kyborg up on their side? They're not that good.

[D]

Yeah, that makes sense. So you begin timing it and starting to slowly make your way closer to the tower. And just for the movement and just trying to get closer again, I'm just gonna make y' all make one more group stealth check. The first one was to get into position. The second one is to actually get closer to see if you're able to close the distance and get up to the rail to be in to be prepared.

[A]

24, 9, 21, 16.

[D]

Okay. Despite Toll's best efforts, once again, the group stealth check succeeds. And you're able to position yourself just on the side of the railway as you wait for the watchtower to get close.

[B]

I'm just gonna give my PC a kiss real quick just to make sure.

[E]

It'Ll stop getting mad at me.

[A]

Don't turn Operation Warm Blankie into Wet Blanket.

[D]

Okay, so you all are positioned how you want to be close to the rail. Are there any final preparations you want to make or any last minute things you want to do? This is your chance I'm giving you. Before I say the watchtower comes in close. How tall is it? How tall is the watchtower? If you had to estimate, you would say it's about 30 stories tall. And it's pretty much the same height as the prison.

[B]

Are there windows or anything that we could like, wow.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

So we can not have to climb a sheer 30 stories on the watchtower.

[D]

You aren't sure yet. You'll probably know very soon.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

And there's the door, presumably you assume so.

[C]

Oh, yeah. Do we see, like, an entrance as it passes by us or gets closer?

[D]

I'll say at this point, you've had enough chance to take a look at that. And yeah, we'll say that there is some kind of entrance. Why don't you help me with that, Doug, what does the entrance look like to the watchtower?

[C]

Okay. I would say the entrance looks like kind of like one of those doors with a rounded kind of archway top. But it's a steel door that just has, like, one of those push things. So it's like no handle, but you just kind of push it open.

[D]

Okay. Like a push bar.

[C]

Yeah. Okay.

[D]

There's your door.

[B]

Would Natty be in the ring or were you going to be out and about?

[E]

Natty's flexible.

[F]

Maybe wait till we get inside and then Natty poops open.

[B]

Because I was going to say I have the spider silks, the. Oh, my God. Stockings of spider silk. I'm so sorry. So I could have, like, Gunther on my back and Natty, like, in my mouth. Like, you know, like a knife, you know, when you're going through the vatan in, like, an action movie. But it'd be the ring.

[F]

Oh, you just wear.

[C]

On her finger.

[E]

I was gonna say it's literally a wearable item.

[B]

But wouldn't it be cool if I went.

[E]

You know, what happens if you accidentally swallow it?

[A]

That would be difficult.

[B]

Passing.

[E]

Well, I don't. I don't think I want to play that game.

[B]

Well, you're going to be stuck in there for, you know, eight to nine hours.

[F]

You know, have you guys ever seen. Guys, ever seen the movie the Substance? Because.

[E]

Well, I was thinking more like inner space is what it is at that.

[B]

Point, you know, that's Episode of the Magic School Bus. Yeah, you know, yeah, something like that.

[E]

I think I'd rather. I'd rather be worn outside of a.

[B]

Open or Too late. Okay. I would wear you on my pinky.

[E]

Thank you. Thank you.

[B]

Doug, how would you. I'm curious how Doug is. Cause I know I could carry Gunther. I don't know if I could carry Doug and Gunther.

[C]

I don't think you have to carry me. I think.

[B]

Got it.

[C]

I'm sneaky. I'm proficient in stealth.

[B]

I'm mostly like the moving train.

[E]

How we, like, Doug's a bugbear, and bugs and bears are good at climbing. So I gotta assume.

[B]

That's a great point.

[D]

That's logic.

[E]

He's like, double good.

[C]

But also, I would think that, like, when we're at the Base area of a tower. They're not gonna see us unless they are literally looking out a window straight down. Oh, so we are. I think from line of sight we're pretty good.

[B]

Are they distracted by Gambot? Are they spotted Gamebot?

[E]

I mean, we don't know.

[D]

Yeah, I'm trying to figure out how you'd be able to tell that he.

[C]

Gets to us and he has like 18 arrows inside of him.

[E]

I mean, I think Bjorn's skin is going to be in a need of repair.

[F]

Oh no, Tol.

[D]

Oh, why don't you make me a. Why don't you make me a perception.

[B]

Check to NAT 20.3.

[D]

Yeah, every now and then you feel like you see a volley of arrows. Head out to the 6 o' clock position where Gambot is.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

Yeah, we'll say that's it. The watchtower is approaching. Everyone roll initiative just so I have an order for you guys to act in.

[F]

You got it.

[A]

Okay. And I'm in my Gnoll costume.

[D]

Okay.

[A]

Which is really just skin of fur of Doug and a hat.

[D]

Okay.

[F]

Looking gorgeous.

[E]

I got a 4, 9 for Natty.

[B]

8, 18, 10.

[D]

Okay, so it looks like it's gonna be tolve with 18, Gunther with 10, Natty with nine and Doug with four. Oh, sorry, I think I said that backwards. Gunther with 10, Maddy with nine. Okay. The Watchtower comes careening around on the rail tracks. Getting closer to you, Tolf. And it's within reach. What do you want to do, Gunther?

[B]

Are you on my back?

[A]

Yeah, I guess so. Yeah.

[B]

Okay, so with Gunther on back and Natty on pinky finger, I would wait until the last possible decipel second. Whereas like right there. Match speed with the train, run up and then would jump on and then activate my stockings of spider still to stick on and make sure that I'm like really secure and start making my way to the closest door.

[D]

And just a reminder for our listeners, there's a pair of Thaumatech stockings that's made of spider silk and it's extremely sticky. And it allows the wearer to adhere to surfaces and grants the ability to climb through sheer surfaces.

[B]

Dun dun, dun, dun dun.

[D]

Oh yeah. It's like the gloves. The gloves protocol, right?

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

Yeah, Chris. Really like that.

[A]

And I'll have my shield out kind of like ready to block and kick or anything.

[D]

So why don't you make me? You're going to need a check just to like kind of run and jump here to. Let's take a look here. What makes sense. Why don't you make me a. An acrobatics check.

[B]

Okay, Let me kiss my computer real quick. Hold on. That's a six.

[C]

Didn't like it? You had to ask first.

[D]

Wow. Okay.

[E]

Poor Kristen.

[B]

I will get you some new RAM if you're so, so nice and good to me.

[D]

Okay, so you, you know, you get Natty on your pinky. You got Gunther on your back. You really make sure they're secure. And, you know, you're really making sure that gunther has good grip on your back. And as a result, you kind of miss the watchtower. It gets further away than you expect. It's coming. As it gets closer, you realize it's going faster than you thought. And you look up at it, and it's starting to haul away from you. And you begin sprinting after it, trying to catch up to it, but your foot hits a rock that's partially submerged in the snow, and you fall to the ground right at the base of the tower.

[B]

Unless there's, like, an inspiration die that somebody wants to give me.

[E]

Oh, I have one. Sure.

[D]

Okay. Thank God. Oh, oh, oh. Maybe that didn't happen.

[B]

What was it? Use dexterity.

[E]

Two timelines. Two timelines, we said.

[D]

I think I said acrobatics is what I said.

[B]

Acrobatics. Here we go. I'm not going to kiss you, but I'm gonna give you a nice, friendly pat. Computer, that's a 22.

[D]

You shake it off, Tov. You realize that that was just the intrusive thoughts and the bad, Your lack of self confidence. And you see that you do actually, indeed have plenty of time. And you've timed it perfectly. And you run up to the watchtower as it comes along on the rails, and you make a jump, and you adhere right to the side of the watchtower. Perfect.

[C]

That's a good sound effect, Gus.

[D]

Gunther, I assume you're just, like you said, using your shield to block or be prepared.

[A]

Yeah, in case it. We'll just have it out in case anything comes our way.

[C]

He's along for the ride.

[D]

All right. And then, Natty, what's it like in the ring? What are you up to?

[E]

I got a stack of magazines that I like to pull out, and I, you know, I kind of thumb through those. Do the little quizzes, you know, maybe find a crossword puzzle, read your horoscope. Read my horoscope.

[B]

You know, like lounge music and a nice fire.

[E]

Yeah, there is. It's like one of those.

[B]

I can't.

[E]

You guys said the name of what it is, but it's like those, like. Like, old lounges where the gig goes down a level, a step.

[B]

Oh, conversation pit.

[D]

A pit.

[F]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

And then there's, like, a little.

[E]

A little, like, one of those, like, column fireplaces in the middle.

[C]

Cozy.

[E]

Why would you have relief? I know. Yeah. And Gigi's in there with me and Captain Grumbles.

[C]

I probably should have asked this sooner, but it's like private parts with us.

[D]

No, Private parts stayed behind at Fort entrance.

[F]

Okay.

[D]

Yep.

[E]

We are down to just Captain Grumbles.

[B]

Okay, everybody.

[D]

You all are. You all are. Remember, you all got promoted your corporals now, and you've got your own privates. You've got senate. Head right to the front line.

[B]

Oh, that's right.

[D]

Okay, that's everyone except for Doug. Doug, you have just watched tolve run off and adhere to the side of the watchtower. What's your move?

[C]

I think I would just keep my blankie over my head and run towards the door, because I think I could see that it's a push, and then I'll just have to push it open.

[D]

All right, you go and run up to the door and give it a push. And we should have you just to try to match speed with the tower. You should make a check, too. Maybe not acrobatics.

[F]

I will say that based on my calculation of speed and my speed and everything like that, I would calculate the exact time to take off and the angle to go.

[D]

I think that's the. That's the part you've got down. Why don't we make. Let's call it a sleight of hand. Check to see if you're able to give the appropriate amount of force to push open the door as the watchtower is trundling along.

[C]

Gonna use an inspiration eye. That was a seven. Slighter hand. Once again. Okay, a. A ten.

[D]

Ten.

[C]

Okay, a ten.

[D]

Yeah, You. You run up to it, and you give it a push, and it doesn't open, but then you. You pull on it, and you realize it's actually a pull door. Why would they put a push bar on it if it's a pull door?

[F]

The amount of times I've seen this and just bad user design and just.

[A]

Ugh.

[D]

And then you pull it, which is totally counterintuitive. It's the wrong kind of hand. Whatever. You pull it, and the door opens, and you're able to hop on in.

[F]

There's even a little metal rectangle that would indicate a push.

[D]

It says push.

[A]

That's how. That's how they keep people out.

[F]

I Was gonna say that definitely would deter people.

[E]

This isn't able to do backseats at this point, so I'm happy to say that I'm quite surprised that it's not locked.

[F]

Hey. He told me to describe the door.

[E]

Seeing as how it is a prison.

[B]

Well, you're the new guy.

[C]

Yeah, but this is the Washington.

[B]

No backseats. I said it. No backseats.

[D]

Well, if you think about it logically, why would they want to stop anyone from coming in? They want to stop people from going out.

[E]

Sure.

[B]

Ah, yeah.

[C]

Yeah, that's exactly it.

[E]

I'm not going to argue against this.

[D]

All right. You hop in and look around, and it's a very sparse room that you're in, Doug. There doesn't seem to be much in here. A couple of crates. And, you know, it's made out of stone, so some masonry work on the inside and what appears to be a pulley system of some kind.

[C]

Okay. And do I know that, like, Tolvan, Gunther, and everyone are, like, on the.

[D]

Perimeter of this building because of the initiative? You would have seen them hop on right before you acted. So you went pretty much immediately after them and hopped into the. Into the tower.

[C]

Okay. I think I'd probably just, like, hold the door open for them so that they could get in and not be fooled by the push.

[B]

Oh, it's a pole. Oh, my gosh. What are we doing?

[F]

What kind of bad design is this?

[B]

I'll throw Gunther and Natty's ring in and hop in myself.

[A]

And Gunther puts. Obviously sees the ring flying and grabs it with his tongue and eats it.

[D]

Oh, it's an egg.

[B]

And then Natty appears and is briefly covered in a green frog skin.

[D]

It's not easy being green. Okay. Yeah, you all.

[E]

It's the Ant man and Thanos effect.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Those aren't the only one who can wear skin.

[D]

Yeah. You find yourself inside this. The base of this circular watchtower. Again, the walls are made of stone with mortar. It's very bare in here. There's a couple of crates and what appear to be like, ropes hooked up to a pulley system in more or less, kind of like the center of the. Of the room.

[C]

Could I see where the pulleys might lead to from in here? Or do they seem to kind of go, like, through something and you can't tell?

[D]

Yeah, you can absolutely tell. Just for fun, make me a perception check, Doug.

[C]

23.

[E]

One of these days, Gus is gonna say, this role can't be for fun. Okay.

[D]

No fun.

[B]

This is.

[E]

This is for reals.

[D]

These guys this is it.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

For tragedy, sadness. Make a roll, it looks like. Doug, you know, you have a very mechanical mind. You have a very analytical thought process. And it looks to you. So does Tolv. Yeah, true. It looks to you like this holy system is connected to some kind of internal platform that goes up and down through the inner core of this tower.

[C]

Would I maybe be able to figure out that that was the platform that leads from this watchtower to the prison?

[D]

You don't think that's the case? It seems like this goes vertically.

[E]

Like, to get up is how they get their Mountain Dew up to their.

[D]

Get up inside the tower. Right. This pulley system does not extend out horizontally. So this would not be able to get you across the lake, but this will be able to get you to move. Move around inside the tower.

[C]

Oh, like, kind of like a. Yeah, yeah. Dumb waiter.

[D]

Yeah, I saw Barbara pantomiming climbing. You could climb the ropes, I guess, but there's also a platform as well.

[F]

Well, guys, I think this might be how we get up to the top.

[A]

Might alert the guards maybe. You totally should climb because we are already prepared for that. What you think?

[C]

Is there a clear way to climb up without using this? Like, are there stairs? Is there, like. Is it, like, hollow all the way up? Or is there, like.

[D]

So you just want to know basically if there's other options, other easy options to get up? Yeah, you don't see any stairs necessarily, but Tolv is wearing those stockings of spider silk, so for him, it would be pretty much a non issue.

[C]

Okay.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

I mean, you're calm dog. I mean, do you feel like you could operate this quietly and stealthily? Because, I mean, we. I could use these to just climb us up, but I could easily take up Nadi and Gunther.

[F]

Well, is this something that someone could.

[C]

Get into and poly themselves up with, or does it have to be controlled from the bottom?

[D]

You think you could rig it so you could control it while on the platform?

[F]

Well, maybe some of us get on the platform and then Tolve. Maybe you and Gunther and maybe Natty go ahead, and then I'll be right behind you kind of thing.

[B]

That's a good idea.

[F]

I don't want to split us up, but I do want to be close behind.

[D]

Yes.

[B]

Anything happens, we let Natty out of the very fancy, cozy ring place. And then, yeah, me and. Me and Gunther can scout ahead in each floor, give you the thumbs up for you to, like, safely approach, and then you can back us up if we. If you hear that we're like in a fight or something.

[C]

Do I see any gears that I could maybe like oil up so that they're quieter?

[D]

Oh, that's a good question. Yeah. You see some. You had a good perception check. Yeah. You see some here at the base, some gears and the pulley. However, knowing the way, if this system works the way you expect it to work, there's probably a comparable system at the top on the other end too.

[A]

So anyone at the top would see it moving.

[F]

I also. This might be a good time to use it. I have a potion of gaseous form.

[D]

Okay.

[F]

I use it here because Doug is pretty big and pretty obvious.

[E]

Yeah. Use the item.

[B]

I have two Pokemons. Then I have a Natty and a dog.

[C]

Is it something that, like, if I take a potion, could I like break it whenever I wanted to because it lasts for an hour?

[D]

Yeah. The, the way that this spell works is you can end it as a bonus action. So it lasts for a maximum of one hour or until you end it. And then once you end it as a bonus action, there's no time left. That's it. The spell's just over.

[F]

Okay. I think maybe the plan is I take this potion, I turn to gas, I go up, you guys climb, and we just avoid this little pulley system altogether. Because I do agree with Gunther, it might alert the guards.

[B]

Oh yeah. I didn't even think about you going ahead. That sounds great. Yeah.

[F]

Problem is, I'm probably going to stay that way for safety and then reappear if needed.

[B]

I think you'll know the time. Yeah.

[A]

Cool.

[B]

Let's go team.

[C]

Doug drinks his potion of Gash's form.

[D]

So you become a misty cloud for the duration. Your only movement while you're in this form is a movement is a flying speed of 10ft. While you're in this form, you can enter and occupy the space of another creature. You have resistance to non magical damage and you have advantage on strength, dexterity and constitution, saving throws. I'll send you all of this, Barbara, just so you have it. You can pass through small holes, narrow openings, and even mere cracks, but not liquids. You treat liquids as if they're solid surfaces. You cannot fall and you remain hovering in the air even when stunned or otherwise incapacitated. While in the form of a misty cloud, you cannot talk or manipulate objects. And any object you are carrying or holding can't be dropped, used or otherwise interacted with. You cannot attack or cast spells.

[F]

Righty.

[B]

I wonder how can do. Cody is doing like I figured if.

[D]

You like smash cut to A crocodile underwater, there's like, burps and then, like, little bubbles come out.

[A]

Or can do. Cody and the crocodile have fallen in love underwater.

[D]

And the star.

[B]

I like that version better.

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

Okay, so Doug downs the potion and becomes a gaseous cloud. And Tol, you are carrying everyone up the side of the inside of the watchtower. Correct.

[B]

I put the team on my back.

[D]

Gustavo, and we've all been there. Am I right? And you begin slowly climbing up, emphasis on slow, because Doug can only move. Doug's fly movement speed is 10ft. So it's gonna take a little while, but, you know, no rush. If this is 30 stories, 300ft, what is that, like 30 rounds at six seconds around, that's 183 minutes. Not too bad.

[B]

That's not bad.

[D]

Three minutes to climb up to the top.

[E]

What if Gunther uses his shield to waft him even faster.

[B]

And tolver blow?

[D]

Yeah, but then you. You run the risk of splitting Doug into two clouds. And then when it reforms, you have two Dougs that were half size of the previous Doug.

[C]

Oh, my God.

[A]

Oh, no.

[B]

Oh, my gosh. It would be dog and God, how.

[E]

Many dogs could we make? That'd be cool.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[D]

That would be fun. All right. Anyway, anyway, I'm getting distracted.

[A]

Too many dog and dig.

[B]

Stop.

[A]

Were you when you were a child, Doug, Were you named Dig?

[F]

No, that was just a nickname. People would like to insult me and go to hands it dig.

[B]

A Doug pet's named dog.

[C]

I start crying and it rains on you guys.

[A]

When you die, will you be dugged?

[B]

Nailed it.

[D]

Anyway, you all eventually reach the the top of the tower, and from where you are on the inside, it just appears to be a wooden ceiling with a hatch in the middle.

[B]

Well, we're probably gonna encounter enemies on the other side of this, so I think I would kind of communicate that to the rest of the team. But I'm still able to climb, so I would just get ready to open the door then.

[C]

Yeah, I'd be able to fly through that. Right.

[F]

Because I'm gas.

[B]

What about the wind?

[D]

Presumably, there are like, even it's wood, so it's not airtight. A gas would still be able to seep through there, so you would be able to get through just fine. Okay, so just so I'm clear, what's the plan here? Are you going to open the door? Who's opening the door? Like, what's the order?

[B]

You could do recon.

[C]

I could also. Yeah, like, do a. Well, I'd have to break my gaseous form to do a distraction.

[E]

But you could play a ghost.

[D]

No.

[C]

Am I able to talk?

[E]

No, sorry. I forgot.

[C]

Okay. I think I would just still seep through to just take a look.

[E]

Doug's gonna be a ghost, and Tolve will do the voice, and he'll change his voice box in his throat to sound like distant, echoing.

[B]

Yes, like this.

[C]

It's like when you play peek and.

[B]

You become a ghost and you're just, like, floating around.

[D]

Okay.

[C]

Yeah. I would seep through, I think, to see.

[D]

It's too late to say it now. I just want to throw this out there. It would be fun if Tol could physically remove his voice box and, like, sneak it up there that way. It sounds like it's coming out from that side, but.

[A]

Oh, literally throw your voice.

[D]

Yeah, literally.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[D]

Doug, you seep through the floorboard. Well, to you is the ceiling, but to the other side is the floorboards.

[F]

You see.

[D]

Seep through the wooden floor ceiling and come out on top, and you find yourself on top of the watchtower.

[C]

I'm sure it's not a glass ceiling that I'm breaking. Hey.

[A]

Hey.

[D]

And you look around and you can see that there are numerous guards up here.

[C]

How many do I see?

[D]

We'll say there are six.

[C]

Six. And are they the archers or the one in the heavy plate armor?

[D]

These appear to all be archers. Okay.

[F]

Okay.

[C]

Six. So, like six archers. And that's. That's all I see.

[B]

I have thoughts. If we break anybody out and we're going to try to get away, these guys are going to stop us. So we're going to have to take these guys out eventually.

[A]

They shot first.

[D]

They did. Oh. Also, I should be clear, there's. Let me give you a little more flavor here, Doug. I felt like I did you a disservice there. Additionally, on top of the watchtower, you look around and you can see what appear to be a couple of spotlights that kind of focus light so they can. It helps them see out in the distance.

[F]

Okay.

[C]

Like, that's probably how they saw us and stuff like that.

[D]

To shoot at, presumably. Yeah. And additionally, you also see some kind of mechanism. You're not sure. Make me a intelligence check 23. You see a mechanism that, again, as an artificer, you're familiar with these kinds of things. You see a mechanism that you assume would be in place to extend some kind of plank from inside the tower up and then down and over to reach out. And it's got what looks to be some kind of counterweight system on It. So you assume that this can, Using the counterweights, can reach out quite a long distance and hold a substantial amount of weight on it.

[C]

So, like, a bridge, essentially from.

[D]

Yeah, like. But it's not deployed. It's currently stowed, but you think that. You see how it could come out and then over and extend.

[C]

Okay. So I figured out how to use that. When the time comes, we'll say there are some things I could do with my magical tinkering that could help distract these guys. But I think, ultimately, if I just appear in here by myself, they might gang up on me. So I think I'd probably yass back through the floor, slash ceiling, and then redugify myself. Although there's nothing to hold onto. Right?

[D]

That's exactly what I was gonna ask.

[C]

Okay. I would just. Is there a way for me to, like, tell them how many people there are nonverbal?

[A]

I was thinking about this, Gus. Can I propose something? They shot at us several times. So we would know how many arrows were shot in one volley. Correct.

[D]

You could probably get a rough estimate. Sure.

[B]

Yeah. Typically, when I'm shot at, I count the number of.

[D]

Yeah. Let's assume that they have 100% accuracy. And all of them land in the area.

[A]

Sure.

[C]

They could also see me as a gaseous form, more or less. Right.

[D]

Yes. They can see that you're a misty cloud, but it is also snowing and kind of foggy. There's a lot of condensation for people exhaling. So I think in clear weather, you would really stand out, but here, you're kind of obscured. Cool.

[E]

He could just pop the eye part.

[C]

Of his cloud up or just, like, nod or shake.

[D]

Oh, I see what you're getting at.

[E]

But she's just kind of peeking out above the floorboards, like when you're clipping through a video game.

[D]

I want to circle back with Chris and make sure he completes his thought here.

[A]

Yeah, that was just me saying, like, in theory, we could have had a rough estimate of how many guards there are. Right.

[D]

Make me intelligence check, Gunther.

[A]

A5.

[D]

You think there's probably about 40 guards.

[A]

40 guards. Oh, my goodness.

[B]

Big fight on our hands.

[A]

Remember, there were so many arrows.

[B]

How about if.

[D]

And then to circle back real fast to. I think what Barbara was getting at there. Yeah. So on the outside, the guards wouldn't be able to see you very well, but inside, you know, once you're in the tower. Yeah. You are more visible in here. There's a, you know, a little bit of smoke and dust and. But you are Discernible.

[C]

Okay. I think I would float back down to my party and just kind of like bob up and down a bit, like trying to get them to ask me yes or no questions.

[B]

Okay. Are there guards upstairs?

[D]

Okay.

[C]

He bobs up and down.

[A]

Heard their 4D.

[B]

Very excited.

[C]

Shakes from left to right.

[A]

There is more than. There's 50.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[C]

Shakes from left to right.

[B]

60, 70, 80. I'm gonna.

[D]

I'm gonna.

[B]

I am going to hold up my fingers and I need you to tell me how many there are. So I hold up. One, two.

[C]

Stand still.

[D]

Three.

[C]

Stand still.

[D]

Four.

[A]

Five.

[B]

Six.

[C]

Six bobs up and down.

[B]

Sixty guards. My God. Oh, no.

[C]

Shanks. Again, left to right.

[B]

Oh, only six bob's up and down. Oh, this is not so bad. We can do that.

[E]

So dumb. So dumb.

[B]

Okay. I mean, we can. We can execute the plan. We could throw. I see a world where all four of us getting a surprise attack.

[A]

Yes, I see. We toss some over and then keep some so we can put on their armor in disguise.

[C]

I actually have surprise attack that if I hit a creature that has not taken a turn yet. The current combat. In the current combat, it takes an extra 2d6 damage.

[E]

For Doug, it's a surprise attack.

[F]

Exactly. Thank you for clamifying.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

So we could, you know, quietly climb out. I could slide Natty's ring out, and then Doug can go appear someplace else. And then, Gunther, you and I could also appear, like, on the other side. We could just divide hop. Yeah, hop, Hop.

[C]

I have a plan.

[D]

Doug cannot tug.

[C]

Oh, I can't tell them. So I'm just gonna. I'm gonna. I'm just gonna do it.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

Okay.

[C]

Doug gasses up to upstairs, and then is there a way he could see if, like, they're all facing away so, like, he's behind them?

[D]

I'll say this make me a. I tell you what, this is just Doug's luck. I'm gonna. Let's homebrew this. Roll me a D20. And if it's 13 or higher, Doug has good luck.

[B]

Oh, no. I think I know what happens if it's bad luck.

[C]

That's a big old one.

[D]

You come out and right as you come out and look at them, they're all facing out away from the center of the tower. But then three of them stop and turn and face inwards to kind of huddle and shield themselves from the wind and the cold. So they have all of the different angles covered on the top of the watchtower.

[C]

All right, well, after you guys. I think Doug will just hover there and wait for, I think everyone to come up through the floor.

[B]

So this latch thing, is it like. I mean, I guess I'm climbing like spider man, so it doesn't super matter. Maybe I like, tap Natty's ring a couple times, creak open the latch, and then toss the ring out and then follow.

[E]

Nothing happens. Cause we never determined that was the.

[B]

Cue for getting out of the ring.

[C]

You have no idea what's going on. You're just hanging out.

[E]

And for the rest of the fight, Natty doesn't involve herself with it. She is just. She's just like.

[A]

Wait, can you not.

[B]

Hear us, J.C. pennies? Wow.

[E]

Actually, yes. One of the specificities of is I.

[B]

Can hear everything going on outside. Oh, so you can talk to me? Actually. Okay, Natty Vander, I choose you. Deploy in five seconds. Open, latch, slide, ring out. And then I fall.

[E]

Natty miscounts and deploys right now as like you're throwing it. Natty plummets to the bottom of the.

[B]

And then I open the latch and then let Gunther out. And then I climb out very quickly after.

[D]

All right, Doug, you see your party breaching the top of the tower.

[C]

Okay. I think Doug would turn into Doug. Doug redugifies here and would take a little rock out of his pocket and imbue it with the most stinky, foul smelling, disgusting, eggy odor.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

And deploy it right in the center of all the guards.

[B]

Stinky fart part of the plan. Perfect.

[C]

Yes.

[D]

Bosco, I told you to stop eating beans on your shift.

[B]

Oh, that's it. I'm gonna jump off this.

[A]

I'm gonna eat a butterfinger.

[C]

The reference from our Discord event.

[B]

That's such a very narrow reference.

[E]

Because of the people that were in.

[B]

That Chris doesn't even understand.

[E]

Yeah, Chris wasn't even there. That's just for the super stinkers.

[D]

Yeah. Stinkydragonpod.com you all hop out. And Natty jumps out from the ring. Doug reforms into a solid mass and tosses a stinky stone. Gunther, I feel like, does like a combat roll out from the hatch. Ready to attack. And tolve jumps out very menacingly. No skin, just pure thaumatech rage.

[A]

Cool.

[D]

It seems like you have caught the guards by surprise. And all four of you make me a perception check.

[B]

Oh, no.

[C]

Oh, my God.

[E]

7, 13, 4, 17.

[D]

Cole and Natty, you notice some unusual snowflakes starting to fall. They're not pure white snow like all the others, just like little small black specks falling as well. Intermingled with the white snow. And as you look closer, you realize it's a swarm of skiders. Flying spiders are descending down on the top of the watchtower, covering all of you and the floor.

[E]

What is this?

[A]

What is this?

[E]

Like a natural occurrence?

[D]

Yeah, it's like a swarm of spiders with eight tiny talons and oozing beaks and hairy wings.

[A]

And why are they here?

[B]

And why were these part of the defense system? Or are they just like a natural? Like, was it the fart stone?

[D]

We'll find out in the next episode of Tales from the Stinky Dragon.

[B]

Oh, Skiders. Yeah, I think the Fartstone summoned them. You know, I think that the Skyders love fartstone.

[D]

They're here for the buffet. All right, well, thanks for listening, everybody. We'll be back. Next time, find out what Skyders are and why they're here. What will become of the guards? And what of Sky Blue Falls Prison? Find out in the next episode of Tales from the Stinky Dragon. It's the most wonderful time of the year. That's right. Stinkuary is coming up all month long in February. You know, as we call it, Stinkuary, we'll be celebrating all things Stinky Dragon. We got some fun live streams in the works each week and we'll be releasing new content, making some exciting announcements about what to look forward to in 2026. Keep an eye out on stinky dragonpod.com our social media channels inkydragonpod and on our YouTube channel for all the details. New episodes of Tales from the Sticky Dragon premiere every other Wednesday wherever you stream podcasts and on The Stinky Dragon YouTube channel. Wanna listen to show 48 hours early and ad free. You can support us by becoming a [e-mail] or join as a member over on Beacon TV. Both give you early and free access and member only Discord for their respective platforms. Looking for even more stinky content and community perks, Our Patreon offers exclusive bonus shows, behind the scenes content, access to the Stinky Dragon, Discord members only, livestream stinky community events and a shout out on the show. Just like Carter or Elana, Carter, Oriana, something like that. Megan Boyce, Captain Guillaume and the Bendersnatch loved your Netflix show. These patrons directly support the show. Get ad free episodes, access to our Patreon only Discord server, bonus content like second window behind the screen and other stinky perks. That's [e-mail] we're incredibly grateful for your support which makes this show possible. Some of our friends voiced NPCs this episode, and listeners who interacted with us on the Stinky Dragon Discord had NPCs named after them, like Can Do Cody, named after Cody Bickford, voiced by Andy Blanchard. AndyBlanchard. This week's error question was submitted by Natty Wonder. This episode of Tales from the Stinky Dragon is produced by Ben Ernst and Michael Reisinger, written and composed by Michael Reisinger and edited by Alina Lakorczyk. Tune in next time for another thrilling episode of Tales from the Stinky Dragon. So you become a misty cloud. That's the one. I was looking forward to actual description.

[A]

Can I tell you what I imagined?

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Doug farts, but then keeps farting until he farts himself out.

[C]

Of his own butt.

[E]

That's the weirdest astral projection ever.

[C]

Yeah, astral.

[D]

But as he farts, like, Doug's physical body gets smaller and smaller and becomes more and more gas.

[B]

It's like. Like. Like when you let a balloon go and it goes like. Yeah, it, like, becomes the air. It's excreting. Micah, I'm very excited about that sound design.

[C]

I am imagining that I am a cloud that you guys could clearly see that has, like, my eyeballs and mouth for some reason.

[D]

Your eyebrows.

[C]

Yeah, of course. Yeah, yeah. You got to see me emoting, you know, Cumulus, nimble. Cumulus, nimbly.

[D]

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