C03 - Ep. 45 - Under Oondar Fire - What's Mine is Yours

Summary

Tales from the Stinky Dragon

C03 - Ep. 45 - "Under Oondar Fire - What's Mine is Yours"

Release Date: June 10, 2026
Main Theme:
The party finds themselves collapsing into the depths of an enigmatic gold mine, now tasked with navigating its dangers, dealing with quirky inhabitants, pursuing legendary items like the Wilder Shield, and unraveling secrets of both the mine and its denizens. This episode strikes a balance between comedy, roleplay, and actual mystery-solving as alliances–old and new–are tested and unexpected underworld politics emerge.

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Key Discussion Points & Story Progression

1. Vegetable Combat Roundtable (03:34–16:20)

• Arrow Question: “If you had to defend yourself in combat using a vegetable, which would it be, and why?” (Submitted by Water Bear)
  • Chris (Gunther): Cactus — Used as sword against attacking birds, leading to a debate on the edibility/classification of cactus.
    • “The birds that attacked us...said nothing because they were killed by vegetable.” (Chris Damaris as Gunther, 07:51)
  • Barbara (Doug): Broccoli — For camouflage in a fight. “I got a lot of broccoli.” (Doug Boone, 09:46)
  • Blaine (Tolv): Rhubarb — For its poisonous leaves and meme value.
  • John (Natty): Leek — Inspired by a “stone tablet” showing birds wielding them, referencing Pokémon’s Farfetch’d with an epic deadpan.
• Spirited, playful debate about food categorization follows. Banter on names (Barb, Gustavo, John) and real-life anecdotes.

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2. Sinkhole & Cavern Crash (16:20–17:49)

• The party, following mysterious sounds, falls 30 feet down into the “Open Weave Gold Mine.”
• Only Doug fails his DEX save (takes 12 damage).
• The mine’s entrance is described as marred by burn marks, setting a foreboding mood.

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3. Meeting Claudia the Gabbing Goliath (17:17–23:54)

• Claudia (voiced by Claudia the Goliath):
  • Weirdly endearing, hyper-verbal mine operator (“If you assume, you’ll turn into a donkey...Mom’s a donkey now.”), offers wares including mine permits, masks, mining tools.
  • Prides herself: “In here, what’s mine is yours to breaks.” (Claudia, 18:01)
  • Comic aside: Her loneliness and running commentary evoke mixed empathy and gentle ribbing from the party.
• The group navigates mine bureaucracy, negotiates for permits (discount bundle), and roleplays contract scrutiny.

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4. Banquet Hall Espionage & Mirror Room (32:01–49:48)

• Natty (John) investigates a “handleless” stone door by using “ghostly gaze,” revealing a button-based mechanism and steps leading upward. (33:11+)
• Party plans split: Natty explores alone while others make arrangements with Claudia.
• Banquet Hall Discovery:
  • Natty pauses time (“Moment to think”) to scope out the banquet hall.
  • Finds a group of three heatedly arguing Undarian devils, discussing the location of the Wilder Shield and how Gunther (fighting frog) is now infamous among their ranks.
  • Natty impersonates an Undarian devil, cleverly deceives the enemy into chasing a phantom threat: “The frog is back. It’s right up that corridor. Let’s go get him.” (49:04)
  • Successfully splits the group; orchestrates a fainting ploy, and the rest of the team intercepts as events converge.
  • Party acquires a rough, incomplete map of the keep.

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5. Claudia’s Quirks & Goliath Interlude (39:05–43:41, 54:01–60:09)

• Claudia’s exchange with her own hand puppet “Handy” cements her as the camp’s lonely comic tragedy.
  • “You see, I’ve got Handy here. Hello, my name’s Handy. I’m friends with Claudia.” (Claudia the Goliath, 39:34)
• Goliaths (Sleepy Z and friends) confront the party about their intentions re: gold and missing leader Belder, leading to a suspicious but ultimately peaceful dialogue.
• The group navigates the Goliaths’ rules and promises not to take gold, buying time to pursue their own goals.

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6. Razzleberry the Pacifist Udarian (63:48–76:40)

• The party discovers Razzleberry, a frightened, self-exiled Udarian hiding from both his kin and the Goliaths.
  • “Well, yes, but I don’t want to be [Udarian].” (Razzleberry, 64:39)
• Aided by empathy from the party and especially Tolve, Razzleberry seeks escape, is given an alternative route and contact for safe haven.
  • “Two FA stands for two Falcon Authentication.” (John as Natty, 75:23)
• Provides key info: Udarians seek the Wilder Shield as a key to victory, are headed toward Fort Edridge.

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7. Deeper into the Mine: The Spiralvator & Clues (80:00–88:39)

• The mine’s northern section holds a steam-powered spiral elevator ("spiralvator").
• The party finds a corpse of an Undarian warrior, killed by a spear with a bird beak tip, a signature of Gunther’s legendary friend, Bunlap (or an enemy of Bunlap).
  • “His calling card is winning.” (Chris Damaris as Gunther, 86:27)
• The group examines the beak: it’s from the rare desert “Goggle” bird.

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8. Necromancy, Danger & Cliffhanger (89:01–92:28)

• Natty uses “Animate Dead” on the corpse to interrogate it.
  • DM’s warning: “If you promise me, don’t make this another NPC.”
  • Ritual backfires—the revived “Kleiner” instantly attacks Gunther, screaming: “You cannot kill Kleiner so easily, Croak folk. I will have my revenge.” (Undead Undarian, 91:24)
• Cliffhanger: Will Gunther survive Kleiner’s vengeance? The party braces for combat as the episode ends.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Claudia’s verbosity:

  • “I feel bad for Claudia. She’s, you know, she’s lonely.” (Blaine, 43:04)
  • “Every time I start talking to Claudia, John slowly takes his headphones off.” (Gustavo, 40:41)

• Natty’s masterful disguise deception:

  • “Guys, guys, the frog is back. The frog is back. It’s right up that corridor. Let’s go get him.” (John as Natty, 49:04)

• On Bunlap’s reputation:

  • “His calling card is winning.” (Chris Damaris as Gunther, 86:27)

• Comic meta:

  • “Two FA stands for two Falcon Authentication.” (John as Natty, 75:23)
  • “If you had to defend yourself in combat using a vegetable, what would it be?” (Gustavo, 03:48)

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Important Timestamps

• 03:34–16:20: Vegetable combat Q&A, player intros, party banter
• 16:20–17:49: Collapse into the mine, encounter Claudia
• 23:54–32:01: Claudia’s shop, contracts, and mining prep
• 33:11–49:48: Foyer and banquet hall exploration, Natty’s infiltration, map theft, devil deception
• 54:01–60:09: Goliath encounter and comedic negotiations
• 63:48–76:40: Razzleberry’s introduction, Udarian politics, and escape plan
• 80:00–88:39: Discovery of Bunlap’s calling card, mine cart shenanigans
• 89:01–92:28: Animate Dead gone wrong, undead attack on Gunther
• Cliffhanger: Will Gunther survive the vengeful Kleiner? (91:24–92:28)

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Episode Tone and Style

• Humorous, fast-paced banter, well-voiced characters, creative problem solving
• Light meta-references to D&D mechanics, memes, and player-character overlap
• Collaborative plotting: Ensemble cast advances collective goals but never at the expense of comedic color or roleplay

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Summary for New Listeners

This episode is a blend of D&D chaos and high-energy roleplay, featuring an escalating deep-mine mystery, eccentric NPCs, clever deceptions, and party antics. From debates about vegetable weaponry to harrowing necromancy mishaps, it showcases why Tales from the Stinky Dragon is playful, accessible, and narratively rich—even for those not deeply versed in D&D. The stakes grow as the party uncovers new threats and legendary artifacts, but true to style, never without a laugh along the way.

Transcript

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[Unidentified Speaker (Carvana User)]

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[Gustavo Serola]

Unbelievable.

[Unidentified Speaker (Carvana User)]

Okay, I accepted the offer. They're picking it up Tuesday from the driveway. I haven't even left my chair.

[Sleepy Z]

It's done.

[Unidentified Speaker (Carvana User)]

The car is gone. I'm holding a check anyway.

[Gustavo Serola]

Carvana give it a whirl. Love ya.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

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[Narrator/Announcer]

Compliments to all you coptorak Drop dead into the Stinky Dragon and knock back Our latest leaf juice. Frightened to breath. It's a mixture of Gala apple grapple, a gasp of orange aura, a wingspan of water Thunderous Deflation Tea and topped with a pinch of Pantene pepper. One batch of this baited beverage will take someone else's breath away. Previously, our adventurers were given godly guidance via the Veiled Eye about pinpointing the position of the Pathfinder. Next, they navigated north and noticed a nomadic melee match in motion. Then Gunther's name was thrown into the ring for a throwdown against Throngtong, who was there to thrash Gunther with a thought provoking thesis. When the walloping was over with, they went their way but were withheld by the Wilderflower who wanted Gunther to withdraw from wanting the Wilder shield conclusively. They convened at Chimera Keep, but confoundingly collapsed into a cavern. Cobble a cup and let's continue this Kokodora's Chronicle.

[Claudia the Goliath]

Hello everyone.

[Gustavo Serola]

Welcome to Tales from the Cocoders Dragon. My name is Gustavo Serola and I'm your dungeon Master. I'm gonna hit our four players with an arrow.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

By the way, Micah does this to himself. I'm just gonna say it.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Yeah, it's.

[Gustavo Serola]

It's a mouthful.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

You do it to yourself.

[Gustavo Serola]

Micah, next time you read an intro, just put a boxing glove on your mouth like the Throng tong. Just up that. Up that ante. This week's arrow question for. Ooh, I did it to myself. This week's arrow question for our players is if you had to defend yourself in combat using a vegetable, which would it be? And why? And that was submitted by Water Bear. Everyone go and roll a D20. Let's get this in order.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I used to sleep on the Water Bear, but it was not good for my posture.

[Doug Boone]

That's what they call me when I go swimming.

[Chris Damaris]

Sometimes I sleep on a bugbear.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I don't have a joke. I'm just gonna. Since we just went around the H7,

[Blaine (Tolv)]

it's a roll off.

[Doug Boone]

18.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

14.

[Doug Boone]

Dang it.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Dreads.

[Gustavo Serola]

Dreads. Jon, what was yours? I didn't hear yours.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I was waiting for Chris, but he's taking his sweet little time.

[Chris Damaris]

I was trying, I couldn't find it. Eight.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Oh, critical failure.

[Gustavo Serola]

Okay, so it's Barbara, Blaine, Chris, John. Oh no, Blaine.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I think it's Chris because we both rolled seven.

[Gustavo Serola]

Seven. That's right. Okay, so Chris, Barbara, Blaine, John. Thank you.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Let me teach you a little thing about dungeon mastering.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Well, the thing I learned from it is that just yells out numbers sometimes. It's Hard to keep track of them all. So that's why when you guys said you had a roll off, I was like, I'm not going to crowd Gus with any more information right now.

[Gustavo Serola]

The problem was, before I had y' all roll, I thought, should I write these down? I thought, no, I can't remember four numbers. And then the roll off happened. I was like, yep. Oh, I'm not prepared for this.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I like to crash Gus like he's a computer and throw as many pieces of information at him to overwhelm him. He can handle it to where he goes dunk. And then I have to control, alt, delete Gus.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah, I make that. That Max sound.

[Chris Damaris]

Yep.

[Gustavo Serola]

Okay, Chris, you are up.

[Chris Damaris]

Hi, I'm Chris Damaris. I put Gunther defiant today.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Oh, my gosh.

[Chris Damaris]

Fighter level eight croak folk. Here's what's going down.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

What are you gonna do about it?

[Chris Damaris]

I actually did have to defend myself with a vegetable one.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Time attracts.

[Chris Damaris]

Oh, yes, yes. So there is this. So Bunlap, he has. There were two sisters, and he liked them both. And so we went out into. Out to the dangerous part of the desert and to look for a very special, very special flower to give to both of them, we had to find two. And in the way, we were, of course, attacked by birds. And these were. And they nearly. I nearly died. I nearly died. But then at the last second was like the cacti. And so we used the cacti. We burrowed in and pulled them out and then used them as swords to fight off the birds.

[Doug Boone]

Is a cacti a vegetable? Do you eat cacti?

[Gustavo Serola]

What do you. What side? Like, what main course do you eat with? We're using cacti as a side. Just curious.

[Chris Damaris]

Oh, it is a vegetable. You can eat. It's kind of like cucumber.

[Gustavo Serola]

You can eat. It doesn't define it as a vegetable.

[Chris Damaris]

Yeah, well, we eat it where I am. At my village. We eat.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Oh, we used to. Just like. We used to divide things into vegetable, mineral, and animal. Like, that's free. What a wild categorization.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Why did we do that?

[Gustavo Serola]

Don't, don't. Don't get me wrong, Chris or Gunther. We eat it where I'm from Mexico, but I don't think we call it a vegetable there either. Just for a real world connection here. But okay, okay, I guess.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

What would it be then to you, Gus? Just out of curiosity, because I don't know. I don't disagree with you, but I'm also like, it's a plant.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah, I Never thought of it as a vegetable growing up.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Like, I don't know, like, lettuce is a vegetable. Right?

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Cactus. Yeah. They're like prickly pears. Those are veggies.

[Gustavo Serola]

A plant.

[Chris Damaris]

They might be a fruit.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

They're vegetables, I thought.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Stick with it.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Hey, stick to your guns. You. You started so strong and defiant earlier, Chris.

[Chris Damaris]

Vegetable. Yeah.

[Gustavo Serola]

Okay, I'm seeing. I tell you this, I'm seeing conflicting information online, Gunther. Some say you're right, some say. Some disagree with you. We'll say you're right.

[Chris Damaris]

I tell you this, the birds that attacked us, they. They said nothing because they were killed by vegetable.

[Gustavo Serola]

Okay, you're right. Put the cactus down, Gunther. We're all friends.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

To be clear, he comes from a certain people group. Maybe to the croak folk, they are vegetables. We don't know how good of scientists the croak folk are.

[Claudia the Goliath]

Yeah.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

You guys can't be insensitive to Gunther's culture. Please.

[Gustavo Serola]

His culture, comma, ignorant.

[Chris Damaris]

Ignorance is part of our culture now.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

You.

[Doug Boone]

It's all making sense.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

It all makes sense now.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I understand Gunther completely.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I get him now.

[Gustavo Serola]

So did y'.

[Doug Boone]

All.

[Gustavo Serola]

Y' all gave the flowers. Was the mission successful in the end?

[Chris Damaris]

Well, yes, and let me tell you this. Bundlap was very popular.

[Doug Boone]

I could tell why.

[Gustavo Serola]

Okay. All right, thanks. Thanks, Gunther. All right, next up, I think, was Barbara.

[Doug Boone]

Yes, hello.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I am Barbara Dunkelman, and I play Doug Boone, the artificer bugbear.

[Doug Boone]

And when you're talking about, you know, vegetables and what constitutes a vegetable, there's a lot of debate. Apparently, that can be done. But what you're not going to debate about is this being a vegetable, and that is broccoli.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Okay.

[Doug Boone]

And the reason why I'm picking broccoli. When you're defending yourself, you know, in a battle situation, part of your strategy is disguise and being able to be sneaky. And broccoli, if you've seen it in, you know, large amounts, kind of looks like a bush or a tree or something like that. So if you have enough broccoli, you could kind of camouflage yourself as if you're in, you know, the woods or hiding in some type of shrubbery.

[Gustavo Serola]

Sure.

[Doug Boone]

And so, you know, I think sometimes the best defense is a good offense.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Doug, have you seen how big you are?

[Doug Boone]

Yeah, I got a lot of broccoli.

[Gustavo Serola]

But also in Doug's defense, Doug can squish down real small into tight spaces. So I think Doug could hide behind some broccoli.

[Chris Damaris]

This is a clever. I'm going to write See? Think of it next time when I'm in danger.

[Doug Boone]

Oh, yeah. I always got some broccoli in my pocket. Gunter. And I think like, you know, the small handful I have should conceal you pretty well.

[Chris Damaris]

That is a excellent plan.

[Gustavo Serola]

I feel like I'm having a flashback to another. Another timeline. Another. Another life. Yeah. Okay, broccoli, you gotta. You gotta hide. The best offense is a good defense.

[Doug Boone]

Yes.

[Gustavo Serola]

Okay.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I was about to say that, you know, broccoli is a vegetable because it was in Veggie Tales, but those guys had a tomato leading that show, and that's not a vegetable, so I can't. I can't trust this.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

And I know because Blaine's favorite fruit is tomato, so it can't possibly be a vegetable.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

That's me.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I talked about it in Second Wind. If you want to hear more about my love for fruits. Second Wind, that's the place for you.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Just wait until you hear Ben's favorite fruit. You'll have to listen to it.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I don't remember what it was, so. Yeah, I'll have to relisten it all.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Spoiler.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

It was a. Oh, sorry, that was so long ago, I forgot it's this morning.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

No, bleep that out. People have to go. Listen. The Second Wind to know.

[Gustavo Serola]

Bleep it out, stinky. Dragonpod.com. that settles that. Next up, speaking of Blaine.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Hey, it's Blaine. I play Tolv. Male thaumatech barbarian, level eight. Yoo hoo. It's Tolv. And oh my goodness, if I get into a situation where I have to defend myself with a vegetable, I'm in a bad predicament. But I'm always going to turn to my trusty wusty friend.

[Gustavo Serola]

The rhubarb.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Yeah, you know, rhubarbs, they're dangerous. You know, like the stonks. They're. They're edible. You know, I wouldn't know because I don't really need to eat.

[Doug Boone]

I think it takes pretty sharp. I think too. Right.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

The leaves are poisonous. Yeah.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

So you be careful with those rhubarbs. But I also have an affinity for the rhubarb lady. She was a meme several years ago and she went rhubarb. And I think that's funny.

[Gustavo Serola]

I don't remember that one.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

There's something about Barb that makes me laugh so much.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Oh, thanks, Blaine. I appreciate it. Yeah, I make you laugh. Wow. Thanks, bud.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I'm told.

[Gustavo Serola]

Who are you talking to?

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Oh, wait a minute.

[Gustavo Serola]

Wires are crossed.

[Doug Boone]

Yeah, for jumping. Barb is a really great. It's just a great sounding like mouthfeel Barb, you know, it's a great name to give someone. Definitely not, you know, reserved for those over the age of 50 or anything like that.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Yeah.

[Gustavo Serola]

Definitely has not fallen out of fashion.

[Doug Boone]

Definitely not.

[Gustavo Serola]

It's weird how names do that.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I know.

[Chris Damaris]

Yeah.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Not a lot of Gustavo's.

[Gustavo Serola]

No, not. Not even. Not even in Mexico anymore. It's becoming a. It's. It's not a very common name anymore for some reason.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Not John's and Chris's are a dime in the dozen. Yeah, yeah.

[Chris Damaris]

Yes.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

A lot of blains.

[Gustavo Serola]

The. The. The pain of having a complicated sounding non English based name is having to spell it every time you place an order for something on the phone. Anytime a call. Like a takeout order. All right, here we go. G U S. G U.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

You ever gotten a good one from Starbucks or something?

[Gustavo Serola]

Normally, I think lots of times. What I do also to kind of. Well on Starbucks actually I use the app and so they print it out. So yeah, I can avoid that now

[Barbara Dunkelman]

he's beating the system.

[Gustavo Serola]

But yeah, thankfully technology is paving the way so I don't have to constantly spell my name. And it always shocks me how slow people write. Anyway, thank you, Blaine. Last up, John. Also funny, funny spelling John.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Yeah. Jon. For those who don't know.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I wasn't going to see anything when you were like, oh, having to spell my name. Like, what if you have the most common name ever but still have to spell it every single time? Like, what if you had the name they. You they literally use to describe people who don. Have a name but it's not the right way. Anyways, I'm John and I play Natty Wonder who is a drow, warlock, drag queen, mother of the bringer of the apocalypse, you know, forever friend to Captain Grumbles and wife to a betrothed wife. We haven't really sorted that out. I like death.

[Narrator/Announcer]

She's cool.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

All right. If pressed with. I'm thinking about this while all my very intelligent compatriots were sharing their knowledge of the vegetable world and I. I was thinking about. Oh, I. I remember this one time that I was sifting through a bunch of stuff in my mama's temple and they had this box full of like really important, like old, little tablets. Little, little, little stone tablets that were like small and like palm size. And I remember seeing all these little creatures that were sketched into them. And I saw this one that was like a bird and he was holding a leak and he looked so scary holding that Leak as a weapon. And that I was like, man, that must be the best weapon in the natural world. And so that's my answer as I learned from these. These very historically important little stone tablets that leaks. They're deadly.

[Chris Damaris]

I don't know. That sounds a little far fetched to me.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

There it is. There it is. And no one else. The blank faces right now, Chris. The blank faces.

[Doug Boone]

I was just going to say that a leak could be deadly if you have it in a boat.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

So I'm guessing at this point you haven't found a far fetched in Pecopia yet.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I don't know if I have. Let me see.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I'm just letting you know, Barb, that was a very, very lengthy reference to Pokemon.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Oh, it's a. It's a guy who has a leak.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. He has a little bird. Yeah.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

No, I have not found him yet. What's his habitat to figure it out?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I don't know. That'd be a good question.

[Chris Damaris]

That we should not let the birds learn of this offensive move.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Chris Damaris]

They do not need it. They are dangerous enough.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Wait till you find out the one that uses the other side of the leak as a sword and shield.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Oh my God.

[Chris Damaris]

I do not want to meet such a bird.

[Doug Boone]

That would be your rivalry, Gunther.

[Chris Damaris]

Thank goodness that technology has been lost.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

These ancient tablets.

[Gustavo Serola]

I'm so confused, but I'm happy to be included.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Yeah, I can tell Gus is like,

[Gustavo Serola]

I don't know what's going on.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Hey, no cap.

[Gustavo Serola]

Okay, great. Lots of vegetables. Lots of information gleaned here from the arrow. Thank you, everyone.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Let us know in the comments what dish you can make with all four of our vegetables.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Yeah, the classic cactus.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Broccoli, rhubarb.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

You could do a smoothie, it'd just be real bad.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Bitter smoothie.

[Gustavo Serola]

You put your ear to the ground and hear a muffled wailing deep beneath the ground. However, the sound is quickly overtaken by thunderous rumbling. The icy ground cracks and gives way. You all collapse suddenly into a sinkhole. Everyone roll a dexterity saving throw.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

15 or 18.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Rolled a 15 and then a nat 20 because I've got advantage. So nat 20.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Ooh.

[Gustavo Serola]

You all plummet 30ft down into a cavern below. But most of you keep your footing, managing to tuck and roll into the fall. Except for Doug, who takes 12 bludgeoning damage from smashing into the rocky floor. A dilapidated sign clatters to the ground next to you. It reads open weave gold mine. Once the cavern settles from the cave in, you make out the Shadows of an underground mine with walls marred by caustic burn marks. Something suddenly breaks the silence. Heavy footsteps thump in the darkness, heading straight to you. You hear a voice.

[Claudia the Goliath]

Oh, you know, I've always said we could use another entrance to the mines. And sure enough, there you all come, a tumbling down smack dab right in here without even knowing where you were going. Well, you know, at least I assume that's the case. Well, you know, mom said I always shouldn't assume. You know what she'd say, Claudia, if you assume you'll turn into a donkey? No sense to me until that issue turned into a donkey herself just out of the blue. No explanation, no warning. Mom's a donkey now. They have words. She go and do. She up and ran off into the woods with no goodbye letter or nothing. Just no more mom or donkey. I guess. Donkey mom. Anyway, listen to me, gabbing all about

[Gustavo Serola]

me, me, me, me.

[Claudia the Goliath]

Should be welcoming you to open weave gold mine. Why they call it that, I'll never know. But what I can tell you is that in here, what's mine is yours to breaks.

[Chris Damaris]

Well, I tell you this, your mom sounds like a jackass.

[Gustavo Serola]

With a wink and a flourish of her hands. You see, the source of gabbing is from a Goliath about 50ft away. She has filthy ginger hair and chiseled muscles from head to toe. She's wearing overalls and knee pads made of what looks to be waterproof chambray. But what really catches your eye are her chartreuse green powdery wool socks.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Get it?

[Claudia the Goliath]

What's mine is yours. Anyway, if you folks are going to be down here in these parts, I'd highly recommend you take a little perusal of my mining merchandise. Could save your life. I mean, it would have saved Lester for sure.

[Gustavo Serola]

Poor Lester.

[Claudia the Goliath]

He swore he could hold his breath for longer. He said, I don't need no special mining equipment.

[Gustavo Serola]

I'm a professional.

[Claudia the Goliath]

But I tried to warn him. This place is no joke, even for veteran miners like Lester. Oh, that reminds me. He told me this great story about how one time he dug up these two gemstone knives.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Gigi attacks her. I rolled a D20 and I rolled a four.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I was like I was biting her.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Yeah, Gigi is biting her chartreuse wool socks right now.

[Claudia the Goliath]

Oh, look at that, would you? That would a cute little guy. I think he just wants to come up here and play. Do you think he's overstimulated? Maybe he just needs a little get

[Gustavo Serola]

a little bit of outside time. The dust of the cave in has More than cleared by now. And you see, you're in a slow.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

He's overwhelmed. I think he's gonna go get his medication.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Literally giving me like a sensory overload. I was like, all right, we're taking a break.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Chris peed his pants. I could see it on his camera. He's too much.

[Gustavo Serola]

The dust of the cave in has more than cleared by now. And you see you're in a sloped mining cavern that's partially submerged in water. The walls and ceiling are made up of brownish red rock. And all along the ceiling are pipes that drip every now and then. In front of you is a railway that slopes north down into a water filled corridor. And to the southeast is a stone door with no handle. And Claudia, the gabbing Goliath, stands near the northern watery slope behind a merchant stall made of mine cars. What do you want to do, gabbing Goliath?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Well, I feel like we are supposed to go talk to her to find out what it is we can buy from her. But I don't.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

You're like, I'm good.

[Gustavo Serola]

You don't have to. There's another exit. That's natty wood.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

This is the problem. This is like. This is character versus John right now.

[Gustavo Serola]

Gotcha.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Gaby and Goliath, they might have wares to sell. They're running a store, are they not?

[Gustavo Serola]

Yes, amongst many other things. That is one thing she mentioned.

[Chris Damaris]

Okay, yes. What do you have that you would recommend?

[Doug Boone]

Yeah. And when you say which mine is yours, does that mean like, we could

[Blaine (Tolv)]

take anything for free or is that a mind pun? Also respond succinctly.

[Doug Boone]

We're gonna play a game called five words or less.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

You know, I have to say, I feel bad for Claudia. Cause they're down here, assuming they're all alone. So they just want to.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

They just want to chat.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

They just want to, you know.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Why do you think they're all alone? Holy natty, you mean.

[Gustavo Serola]

Nope.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

John. That's John. I'm gonna be very clear. That's John talking.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

John's the bully. John's the bully.

[Gustavo Serola]

She's splitting her attention, looking between you and giggy, unsure what to do about the child gnawing at her socks.

[Claudia the Goliath]

Oh, you see, I've got plenty of wares to offer visitors like you. You see, you're gonna need all kinds of stuff when you go down to the mine. I got a pick hammer, a hand drill, a wedge, a snorkel face mask, a mine car, a mine permit. Got to get a mind permit. If you go on to go down to the mine. Because if you go down without a mine permit, then you. How you know you can get stuff that out of the mine?

[Doug Boone]

Hey guys, why don't I take care of the mine permit? I'll do the paperwork while you guys take a look at the wares. How about that?

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Yeah, sure.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah.

[Doug Boone]

Could I sign in for all four of us the same time?

[Claudia the Goliath]

Absolutely. Signing, you know.

[Gustavo Serola]

Here you go.

[Claudia the Goliath]

You got the mind permit right in front of us. Five gold pieces. So, you know, normally supposed to be

[Gustavo Serola]

each, but I'll just go and do

[Claudia the Goliath]

special deal for you because I like to cut a year gym. Just five gold for all will cover all of you.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Now do you guys have like. Does this mine specifically like coffee beans or some sort of caffeine mineral that you have consumed?

[Claudia the Goliath]

Oh, heavens no. I'm just. I'm just full of life and you know, happy to be here. Happy to be talking to some friends.

[Chris Damaris]

Love that.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Also, could I do a quick read through of the contract, the permit, to make sure we're not like signing away something important.

[Chris Damaris]

Oh, that's.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah. Make a. Make intelligence check, Doug.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I rolled a one, but I'm gonna do my inspiration die.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

It's probably a good call because 10.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Not bad.

[Gustavo Serola]

Okay.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

You know, hey, who actually looks through and reads line by line Their contracts? You kind of go, okay. Yeah, yeah. Yadda yadda, yadda.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Doug does it for fun because he could read very fast.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Oh, I see.

[Gustavo Serola]

Can he read as fast as he

[Doug Boone]

can talk Fasto, actually. Ooh.

[Gustavo Serola]

It seems to be on the up and up. It grants you non exclusive permission to dive into the mine and to retrieve and keep any precious metals that you may find.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Oh, so finder's keepers. Essentially.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Cool.

[Gustavo Serola]

What's mine is yours.

[Doug Boone]

All right. So you said five gold?

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah.

[Doug Boone]

All right. Coming in.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I wouldn't check the snorkel face mask, I'm assuming is for helping you go underwater, but I feel like tolve has something to that has that ability. Hold on, I'm checking.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Well, didn't you spend like a ton of time just sitting underwater?

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Yeah, I just wanted.

[Gustavo Serola]

I wasn't gonna say it.

[Claudia the Goliath]

Oh. You see, all of the tools I sell are water repellent because you might need it. Some of the parts of the mine are underwater. What do you think my mom is

[Gustavo Serola]

up to right now?

[Claudia the Goliath]

You know, she just wandered off into the woods. You think she's carrying stuff around? You think she's helping someone?

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Does she need help? Does she? Because she's a donkey.

[Claudia the Goliath]

Yeah, she's a donkey.

[Doug Boone]

Moment Were you guys having, like a. Like a familial misunderstanding where you guys, like, really didn't understand each other and, like, you know, your mom was trying to convince you to marry someone and you didn't want to, and then she turned into a bear. I mean, donkey. And like, do you have, like, really red curly hair by any chance? And, you know, you were shooting for your own hands and all that stuff.

[Gustavo Serola]

Take an inspiration. Die. That's good.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Should have had you do mud.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

That was a reference to brave for those of you who still look confused.

[Doug Boone]

Chris.

[Chris Damaris]

Okay, I haven't seen it. I have a hammer and a pick for my. Wait, just Smith's tools. They would have a hammer, pick, and a wedge, right?

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah, I imagine.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Okay, I guess the only thing we might need is if you guys want to go under water and then, you know, a mine car. How big are the mine cars? What are the features? Airbags. Four door, two door hatchback.

[Doug Boone]

And will they fit all of us in one?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Six of us.

[Doug Boone]

Four of us.

[Gustavo Serola]

We'll say you could probably all fit into one mine car. I'll be nice there.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

How much for a face mask?

[Claudia the Goliath]

Oh, a snorkel face mask. Guaranteed to not fall off. Only 10 gold pieces.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Jeez. Whoa.

[Chris Damaris]

I'm used to being underwater.

[Claudia the Goliath]

It's high quality. You can't expect to cheap out on high quality merchandise like this.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

All right. I will use 10 of my 11 gold pieces to buy one for myself.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

How do you have so few?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Because I got rid of them all because I bet on worm horse thingies.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Oh, right. The vermustang.

[Claudia the Goliath]

Oh, you won't regret it. You're gonna enjoy that. It's gonna keep your face nice and dry.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Could I quickly tell if she's lying about there being water underground?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Can't we see water?

[Gustavo Serola]

You can make a vibe check if you want, but you can see water to the north.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Okay, so you know what?

[Doug Boone]

How about Natty, I buy your water mask?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Sure, if you want. I'm okay using my money.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I'll buy both of them for me and Natty because I don't think Tolve and Gunther need it. Correct.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah, I don't think.

[Chris Damaris]

I wouldn't need one. Right. Because I'm used to being in the water.

[Gustavo Serola]

You tell me, what does your character sheet say?

[Chris Damaris]

Well, I don't know.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

It doesn't say anything about water, but nor does mine.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I think it's interesting how Chris has been very specific about saying he's a desert type frog, but he always brings up that like he's Very adept in water.

[Chris Damaris]

Well, because that's where their town is. It's in an oasis.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Yeah.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Okay.

[Doug Boone]

Think of the beach.

[Chris Damaris]

The opposite of the beach.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Oh, sorry. Barb was trying to help, but Barb did it wrong.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Think of the beach and then think of not a beach. And what that wouldn't be, apparently.

[Chris Damaris]

Well, like, instead of a little bit of sand and a lot of water, it's a little bit of water and

[John (Natty Wonder)]

a lot of sand.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

That furthers the idea that you would be really bad in the water.

[Chris Damaris]

Yeah, but I grew up in. I grew. I grew up in the water. I'll take a hand drill, a snorkel, face mask, and that's it.

[Gustavo Serola]

Okay. Yeah.

[Claudia the Goliath]

Oh. Oh, yeah. We can double those up. You get a special deal. 15 gold.

[Unidentified Speaker (Carvana User)]

Gold.

[Chris Damaris]

Okay, let's do it.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

And how about mine car? How much does that cost?

[Claudia the Goliath]

Funny you should ask. That's also 15 gold.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Okay, I'll take care of the mine car. Can you do. Can you. Claudia, can you do 12?

[Claudia the Goliath]

Let's play paper, rock, scissors.

[Gustavo Serola]

Here you go.

[Claudia the Goliath]

Ready?

[Gustavo Serola]

On three.

[Claudia the Goliath]

One, two, three, go.

[Gustavo Serola]

Oh, okay. Let's go on three. One, two, three,.

[Claudia the Goliath]

Paper beats rock. Sorry. No, can't do 12. You got to do 15.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I did a rock. You know, that's just so me, right?

[Sleepy Z]

A rock.

[Gustavo Serola]

Oh, God.

[Chris Damaris]

It is a mine.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I know. I tried to be thematic here.

[Gustavo Serola]

I know.

[Doug Boone]

I'm surprised she didn't go with a rock.

[Claudia the Goliath]

Yeah, well, maybe, you know, if the person controlling me had thought about that,

[Gustavo Serola]

he probably would've got a rock now.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Oh, my goodness. Now that I'm looking at this mine car, there's like an owner's manual. Claudia, can you read this to me real quick?

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I wonder what her version of real quick would be.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

This is a Guy explodes.

[Gustavo Serola]

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[John (Natty Wonder)]

Yeah, I was gonna ask about that. This little door down here, where's that go to? Because I assumed the little the railroad tracks in the north are how we'll take our car out of here. But what's that door go to?

[Claudia the Goliath]

Oh, you know I've never gone up that door. I don't know what's going on over there. Maybe you should go take a look and tell me what you find up there.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Sure.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Mystery door.

[Doug Boone]

Daddy, you want me to come with you?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I mean, yeah, more the merrier. You said it was a door Without a handle, how do I open?

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah, you take a look, and it appears to be a door made of solid stone with no handle on it.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Is there hinges?

[Gustavo Serola]

Not that you can see. Maybe they're on the other side.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Oh, okay. Well, Doug, we got a conundrum here.

[Doug Boone]

I could figure it out.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Yeah, I'm hoping you could.

[Gustavo Serola]

He said it.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

He just said the thing.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

He said the line, Bart.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Oh, that'd be a good shirt. Like a little construction, Doug. Yeah.

[Chris Damaris]

Oh, yeah.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

What if I did this?

[Doug Boone]

Oh, yeah.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I used my ghostly gaze and look through the door to see what's in there to see if it's worth it.

[Doug Boone]

Is that your other drag name?

[Gustavo Serola]

Yasmine?

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Yeah.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Yes, I can see through it.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

What do I see through the door?

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Also, Natty finds it works best if she puts her face right up against the object she's trying to see through. So she's got her face flush against the pushed, smooshed up against the door.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Excellent.

[Gustavo Serola]

You see what appears to be, like, a mechanism. You can see an internal mechanism in it that opens it with hinges on the other side that connect to a foot switch that's kind of hidden beneath some dust and dirt. On your side of the door.

[Chris Damaris]

Oh.

[Gustavo Serola]

On the other side, you see what appear to be steps leading higher.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Natty does, like, a little soft shoe dance and then ends her little dance with pushing her foot on that little button that she now knows exists on this side of the door.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Ba da da da da ba ba.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah, you do a little soft shoe and shuffle over and step on the switch. And the door slowly slides open.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Ta da.

[Doug Boone]

Wow, Natty, I must say, I'm wildly impressed.

[Chris Damaris]

That was adorable.

[Claudia the Goliath]

You know, I've been in this room a long time, and I've never even seen anyone go over there and touch that door.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

In fact, I. Natty goes in the door and closes it. Natty goes in the door and closes

[Gustavo Serola]

it as soon as you like. Right as you begin walking towards the door, it begins sliding closed again. And you manage to step through right before it closes.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

All right, no one follow me. I need someone to let me out.

[Doug Boone]

Okay.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Doug's on the other side. Doug will stay on the other side of the door. But saw Natty do that, so knows how to open it, I would say.

[Gustavo Serola]

Okay, make a perception check for me, Doug.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Okay.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I was like, doug, you gonna hide this button?

[Gustavo Serola]

Well, we gotta see if Doug was so enthralled with your dance that he noticed where you stepped or not.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

21.

[Gustavo Serola]

Okay. Yeah, Doug did see where you stepped. He did notice that the dance ultimately

[Doug Boone]

led in that I got eyes in the back of my head and the front

[Blaine (Tolv)]

in the side.

[Doug Boone]

In the side.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I am a biblically accurate angle.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Do not feel me.

[Doug Boone]

Be not afraid, Natty.

[Gustavo Serola]

You climb this staircase and come to the top, and you find a similar solid stone door at the top of the stairs. But you know you're on the inside of it, and you trigger it to open. And when the door opens, you see what appears to be some kind of. It feels a little cold. It's carved of marred but ornate stonework, dappled with gold flakes. In this room, you see a frozen pond and a smooth stone footbridge. Crossing over that pond, there's mirror shards penetrate an arched ceiling.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Oh, mirror shards, as in they're, like, stuck into the ceiling?

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah. Okay.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

We encountered magic mirrors. Remember, they were like portals.

[Chris Damaris]

Yeah, yeah. In the underground under Ocean place. Right?

[Doug Boone]

Yeah.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

We were able to put, like, our arm through it, and it would come out the other way.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I remember that now. Yes, yes, yes. First, Natty's gonna take her foot off of this new button and see if the door closes on its own, because she's gonna have to figure out a little system here if it is.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah. You wait a few seconds, and after several seconds, the door slides closed as well.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Okay. Can we say I have Cap' n Grumbles with me?

[Gustavo Serola]

Sure.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Okay. Cap' n Grumbles. Stay. Stay. Captain Grumbles.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

He's like your gambot. He just is there when you need him.

[Sleepy Z]

Yeah.

[Gustavo Serola]

He just doesn't do anything and curses a lot.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Yeah, it's perfect. It's like everyone's favorite uncle. So then Natty goes into the foyer, huh?

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Yeah, he is.

[Gustavo Serola]

Let me give you one additional bit of information that maybe I didn't give you. There. From this room, you see a couple of different exits. You obviously have the door that you're walking in through, which is in the northwest corner of this room. Yeah. On the northeast corner, you see another door that appears to be kind of shiny. And then to the south, you see a turnstile.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

This is purely in Natty's room, right?

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Or is this. Okay, okay.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

What is this? Mine. There's a turnstile.

[Gustavo Serola]

Well, think about it. Make a wisdom check for me.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

That's a nat 20.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Ooh.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah. If you think about it, you all came in on one level with the keep and then fell down. And then from down, you took stairs back up. So you're back, like, on the ground.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Oh, I'm in a foyer. So I'm in an entrance.

[Sleepy Z]

Right.

[Chris Damaris]

This is the entrance to the mine.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Okay. Frozen pond. Little bridge that goes over the pond.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Bridge leads to turnstile.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah. The footbridge goes north to south. So, yeah, the footbridge does essentially lead to the turnstile.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Okay, then. Shiny door. Natty investigates.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah. You walk over and take a look. Like, you just investigate. You don't open it or anything?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

It's got a handle.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah, it does.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Oh, okay. Yeah. Natty checks it.

[Claudia the Goliath]

The door.

[Gustavo Serola]

You know, as you go to open it, you realize that it's some kind of gilded material, and you open it. And once you open it, you're overwhelmed with the smell of wine.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Ooh, mommy juice.

[Gustavo Serola]

And, yeah, looking through the door, you see what appears to be maybe a banquet hall of some kind on the other side of that door.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Whoa.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Is there anybody in there?

[Gustavo Serola]

Make a perception check.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

That's only an 8. What's my modifier? 3. So 11.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yes, you do see a couple of creatures on the other end of the hall who seem to be unaware of you opening the door because they are in a heated argument at the moment, looking at a document on the table in front of them.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Oh, Natty would have a hard time not listening in on an argument.

[Gustavo Serola]

At the far end of the table, you see three creatures that look like massive, bullhorned undarian devils. Oh. With mandibles. The three of them are in a heated argument. No, I'm telling you, the Wilder Shield is further up in the keep. Then another one interjects, yes, but that's where we saw that fighting frog that killed so many of us. We must proceed with caution.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Natty would change her visage to match them.

[Gustavo Serola]

Okay.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Using Natty's abilities to transform her. Her appearance.

[Gustavo Serola]

We'll get to that in one moment. I'm gonna hop back to everyone else, and then we'll deal with that.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Okay?

[Gustavo Serola]

Okay. Yeah. So the three of you are still waiting there in the. That little entrance area with Claudia.

[Claudia the Goliath]

Do you think your friend left you? Is she ever gonna come back? Because, you know, she went up there, and then she did come back. It's kind of like what happened to my mom. She just went off into the forest,

[Gustavo Serola]

and then she didn't come back.

[Claudia the Goliath]

But she was a donkey. Of course your friend wasn't a donkey. I don't know. I would never say that about your friend. Your friend seems like totally fine person.

[Chris Damaris]

Yeah.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yes.

[Doug Boone]

Do you want us to, like, find your mom or something?

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Is this a question?

[Gustavo Serola]

Oh, heavens, no.

[Claudia the Goliath]

No.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Okay.

[Doug Boone]

Okay.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Are you lonely? Do you have any other company or Anything?

[Claudia the Goliath]

Oh no, I've got lots of friends here.

[Gustavo Serola]

And she pulls up her right hand from under the table and pretends like it's a puppet.

[Claudia the Goliath]

You see, I've got Handy here. Hello, my name's Handy. I'm friends with Claudia. I can sit here all day and I sell stuff. Well, Handy, you gotta let me talk every now and then. You can't just hog conversation. I know, I know. It's fault that I have. I know. You see, Handy always does that. She always butts in and just keeps going and doesn't know when to shut up. You gotta let other people talk to have a good conversation. Isn't that right? Yeah, I know. That's what I always tell you. Handy, I told you, stop interrupting me.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

The one time I don't have sleep as a spell.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Do we want to make our way towards Natty or should we wait for

[John (Natty Wonder)]

an indicator that they're.

[Claudia the Goliath]

What was that?

[Gustavo Serola]

Natty?

[Chris Damaris]

Yes. Oh yes, sorry, our friend is calling us. It sounds like.

[Doug Boone]

Hey guys, I think nanny needs our support over here by the door.

[Chris Damaris]

Yes. Oh yes.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Claudia, you want to come along? Oh.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Oh yeah.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Heavens.

[Claudia the Goliath]

Yeah, that'd be great. I'd love your friend. Yeah, I know. I already miss your friend who's already up there. Do you think she likes me because I like her?

[Gustavo Serola]

I think we could be. I think we could be best friends.

[Chris Damaris]

So come along, come along.

[Doug Boone]

I think she really likes you.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Yeah, they took a shining to you for sure. Yes, yes, come along.

[Doug Boone]

Yeah, I think actually if you. Do you want me to open the door and you could go in there and go find her.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I think she might be lost. You might need to go help her. We're going to send you ahead. How does that sound?

[Gustavo Serola]

Claudia? The listeners don't know this but every time I start talking to Claudia, John slowly takes his headphones off.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I don't have to listen. I'm not in the room.

[Gustavo Serola]

I'm not in the room.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Danny's gone. It's canonically accurate. I don't know what you say.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

It's role playing. Yeah.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I feel like I've discovered John cannot stand the quick talking. Blaine cannot stand the slow talking of. Was it Captain Kirgh?

[Gustavo Serola]

Oh yeah.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

And the sloth people from Campaign 1. Yes.

[Chris Damaris]

I don't like the slow talk.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Oh, I will take. I will take a slow talker all day long.

[Chris Damaris]

Well, let's go on an adventure. Yes.

[Doug Boone]

Well, I think should maybe one of us at least stay out here just in case you can't open the door from the other side.

[Chris Damaris]

Yeah, that's what Captain Grumbles is for.

[Gustavo Serola]

Grumbles is up.

[Doug Boone]

Up top with Natty.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I don't want to offer it up, but do you think a gambot would be cool watching the mine car and the door?

[Doug Boone]

Why don't. Why don't me. Me and Gunter stay out here watching to. Why don't you. Why don't you go in and find Natty?

[Blaine (Tolv)]

And with Claudia, of course.

[Doug Boone]

Yes, Claudia could stay out here with us.

[Gustavo Serola]

Okay.

[Claudia the Goliath]

Okay, I'll just stay here. We just have to come up with a signal. Then you knock a certain way, then I knock a certain way. Then you knock another way, then I knock a different way, and then I listen you in.

[Chris Damaris]

Claudia, I think we must all stick together. We can't leave you behind.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

You're part of the party now.

[Doug Boone]

I think we could leave Claudia out here. It's just for safety purposes. You know, guys. That's an important part of the team.

[Claudia the Goliath]

Heavens no. I can't. Yeah, I can't possibly leave my shop behind, you know, because that's all I have left.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Do you have any. Do you know any fun songs or signals that you would want to do?

[Doug Boone]

How about this? You hear us knock? It means to open the door. I don't know if there would be any other reason that we would be knocking other than if we wanted to come back out through the door.

[Claudia the Goliath]

Okay, got it. So when you say knock, you mean like a knock or a knock knock or what kind of knock that beat?

[Doug Boone]

Why don't you determine that tolf a knock knock?

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Yeah, just a knock knock, knock, knock.

[Claudia the Goliath]

Maybe.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Hey, you know what, Claudia? Maybe I'll throw a little flare at you when we come back, huh? How's that sound?

[Gustavo Serola]

Ooh. Okay.

[Claudia the Goliath]

I look forward to it. I can't wait to see if we

[Gustavo Serola]

can have a little flare again.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Okay.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

All right.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Googling songs that you could play with Knox.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

It's Phil Collins in the air tonight. All right, we'll see you later. Claudia, keep an eye on that minecart for us, wouldn't you?

[Claudia the Goliath]

Oh, you got it. I won't even charge you for the extra supplemental mine car insurance.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Okay, wow. I'll tip him.

[Chris Damaris]

One goal.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I feel bad. Claudia's. I feel bad for Claudia.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

She's, you know, she's lonely.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Yeah, I know that. I know this. I know this personality. Maybe I have this personality.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I don't know.

[Gustavo Serola]

I see me in this picture.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

All right, so we go through the door.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah. You all proceed through the door. And there's a staircase going up. And you come up to the top and you find yourselves in what appears to be like a foyer for a building. It's kind of frigid. It's carved of marred but ornate stonework dappled with gold flakes. A frozen pond, smooth stone footbridge across the passes over the pond, north to south, and mere shards penetrating the ceiling.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Natty had a plan of something she wanted to do that would require her to be alone. So could we resolve that before they join me in this area?

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah, I'm going to resolve you as soon as they come up and see you. They're going to see you walking out.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Okay, Can I quickly test. I don't know how high on the ceiling these mirror shards are, but can I see if they are not like stab and then create loud noise. But can I test to see if. If these are portals or just actually mere shards?

[Gustavo Serola]

Sure, we'll do that when we come back to you. Because right as the party comes into this room, you all see Natty doing something at the door. At the door in the northeast corner of this room. And what you see is first, Natty's

[John (Natty Wonder)]

gonna take a moment to think. And Natty's gonna use her ability moment to think to stop time, basically, and just walk over. Since I can't interact with stuff, this is just reconnaissance. I'm gonna walk over to where those three guys are, those three people, those three Undarians, and just see, like, do they have anything on the table, Notes, weaponry, anything that would give me some sort of information or an edge on the on, like if I were to approach them or talk to them or anything like that?

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah, make an investigation check for me and I'll give you advantage because you, you are taking a moment to think here.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

First roll was a 14 plus one, so that's a 15. Second roll was a 12, so it's 13, so 15.

[Gustavo Serola]

Okay. I'm gonna further read the description of the room for you now that you're walking in, and then we'll resolve your question about what you can find there. So this is definitely a banquet hall of some kind. And it smells of wine. You knew that the smell from when you opened the door. There's a wooden banquet table that's broken in half by a curved fang piercing it through the ground, through into the ground. Golden chains of macrame design hang impossibly sideways, dangling towards the center table. The top of the table is rather sparse. However, you can see where these Undarians are at the end of the banquet table. The document that they're huddled around Appears to be some kind of map.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Oh, Nanny wants to look at that map.

[Gustavo Serola]

The map appears to be. It's rudimentary and seems to be incomplete, but it does appear to be, based on your limited knowledge, it shows the room you came from and this room and some of the surrounding rooms.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Oh, so it's like a map of what Natty thinks is like the mine or the keep, right?

[Gustavo Serola]

More like the keep.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

More like the keep. Okay. Man would love a camera right now. Just don't have one.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I feel like you got a good memory though, to be able to recreate it.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Yeah, I remember we discussed the photographic

[John (Natty Wonder)]

memory of Natty Wonder.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Yes, yes, yes.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I mean, yeah. I mean, John has one. So John would be able to take a little mental image of it. Okay. Then Natty would go back to where the entrance of the door was. No. Is there another door that they would have come in then?

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah, there are a couple doors.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Okay, tell me about those because I

[Barbara Dunkelman]

imagine they're not using the mine door.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

That's what I was wondering. Did they come in through something and came in through the foyer to the banquet hall or is there another room that led them to this banquet hall?

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah. So there's the door you came through,

[John (Natty Wonder)]

of course, which is in the shiny one.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah. The southeast corner of this room. To the north there appears to be a dark corridor that's also an egress out of this room.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Just open corridor, no door. No door on it.

[Gustavo Serola]

Correct.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Yeah. Natty's going to go up that way because this actually helps with Natty's plan.

[Gustavo Serola]

Okay, so while time is still frozen, you're going to go over there.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

So just letting you guys know in a meta wise, I'm going to try something. If it doesn't work out, you guys are going to need to save Natty.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

We are your teammates. We shall.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

So it's really good that we made sure you guys are on the way.

[Gustavo Serola]

So you make your way to that northern corridor and it's rather dark and drafty. Make a dexterity saving throw.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Okay, give me something good. That's a 19 plus dexterity 22.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

That's pretty good.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Pretty good.

[Gustavo Serola]

You walk into this corridor and you almost lose your footing because as you step up through the corridor, you realize that the floor here has collapsed and there's a sheer drop down to some kind of tunnel system.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

You land before Claudia, she starts jabbering psychic damage.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Psychic damage.

[Gustavo Serola]

You manage to keep your footing, but the shock of it scares you a little bit and your right leg goes numb.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

My right Leg goes numb. Yeah. You shake it all about.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah, Just from the fright. Oh, fright of almost falling into the darkness.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Gus, does your leg go numb when you get scared? Do we need to take you to the doctor?

[Gustavo Serola]

Metagame wise, I'm rolling on the meat grinder table. So stuff starts happening as you all in the literature.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

That's fine, that's fine. Natty's gonna use this. Natty's gonna use it. You always use it for the performance. And so Natty then starts time up again and then shambles into grumbles.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

They're starting to have each other's mannerisms.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Actually.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Natty's gonna actually specifically use this leg thing and change her visage to be damaged hurt. But she's Undarian.

[Chris Damaris]

Okay.

[Gustavo Serola]

One of the Undarians at the table, I don't know if I mentioned earlier, is also injured. The one that was screaming.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, they were talking about that. Yeah, yeah. And I'll come in and be like, guys, guys, the frog is back. The frog is back. It's right up. It's right up that corridor. Let's go get him.

[Gustavo Serola]

The frog, the wood, who's injured, looks rather worried. But the other two grab their weapons.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I. You. I'm not in a state to fight. He's just right up that way up in the cape. I'm going to take a rest here. You guys can handle him, right?

[Gustavo Serola]

Making deception check.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Can you see to through, like past them? Maybe I'm like. I'm like mimicking a faint. Like.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Oh, oh, yeah, I like that. I was going to say it's low. I rolled 11.

[Narrator/Announcer]

But Natty has.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Has plus seven on deception.

[Claudia the Goliath]

Oh, my God.

[Doug Boone]

18.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

My dude.

[Gustavo Serola]

Okay. Yeah. The two uninjured ones pick up their weapons and charge off through the northern passageway. The one who's injured remains there.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

And then Natty faints.

[Chris Damaris]

Ooh.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Oh, dear me. I have something that I can. I have something I can do with the injured one.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Kill him.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah. I mean, at this point, if you all had walked over, you could intervene. You can see you would have gotten to the door to see Natty or make a intelligence check also.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

What do we know? It's Natty.

[Gustavo Serola]

That's why he's making this intelligence check.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Okay.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Oh,

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I rolled a five. But I'm going to use my inspiration die because I really want this bit to work out. I think this is a great bit. Oh, that's not bad. 15.

[Gustavo Serola]

Okay. You see this scene play out and you're pretty sure the creature that fell down, you know Natty well enough Having traveled with her that you feel like she's probably in disguise and has convinced these other Udarians to leave and has pretended to faint in front of this one remaining injured Undarian. Okay.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I sneak up very quietly and then I use my mitten of mushrooms and I release the fungal spray. And as a reminder, it's a mushroom covered thaumatech glove. It smells musty, Spongy texture. Attracts hungry animals. Glows in your fungus. Making fist releases fungal spray. 15 foot cone. DC13 constitution save on failure target unable to form short term memories for one D4 turns on success. Target loses current train of thought. Whoa.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Good use.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I like how you could have just said this. Makes it so they can't make memories. But you read us the entire item description. Good stuff.

[Gustavo Serola]

In his defense, I normally ask for that to remind everyone. Yeah, make me a stealth check. Okay.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Also, I think Doug would see you

[Doug Boone]

using that and be like, oh, my God, that is so cool. I need to figure out how to make one of those for myself.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

But I have to warn you, anytime I use it, it makes a fart noise.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

It just goes.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Does that mean we have to take away one of the party farts?

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Oh, no, that's my ammunition.

[Gustavo Serola]

Ooh.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Okay, my stealth is a disadvantage, so unfortunately, this is a five.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Oh.

[Gustavo Serola]

I was going to make you roll with advantage because Natty's distracting, so that'll even out. So we'll just take the first one. Then it evens out to one roll. So we'll just go off that 17.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Okay.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah. You manage to sneak up and release the fungal spray into the face of this Undarian, who is unaware, who has to make a constitution saving throw. I rolled a 10.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Cool on failure. Target unable to form strict memories for one D4. Okay, so one D4 turns. I mean, I'll roll a D4, but I don't really know four.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Great.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

So they're like, max confused.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

All right.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Natty will spring up.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Yeah, I back away. I back away. I've done my business.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Well, knowing this guy just like, is just now, like, dumbfounded for a second. Natty's gonna grab the map and walk towards the door and grab tolve and just pull him like a mother pulling their toddler out of Ross. You know that specifically Ross to the door and then go through the door and close it behind her.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

They were busy hiding in all the coat racks.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I was playing Ma.

[Gustavo Serola]

Back into the foyer.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Yes, back into the foyer.

[Gustavo Serola]

Okay, you do that grab. The Undarian's very confused, tries to stop you, then forgets what he's doing, then tries to stop you again and just, like, seemingly stuck in a mini time loop.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

And this door had a doorknob?

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah, this door was closed. Yeah. And it was unlocked when you came

[John (Natty Wonder)]

through, but has a doorknob.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You need.

[Chris Damaris]

Yeah.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Hey, Tov. Yeah? I'm gonna need to use that hammer of yours real quick.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Hold on. I want to see if I can do it with my bare hands.

[Gustavo Serola]

I'm gonna rip the handle off. Make the. Make the check, Tov.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Was it strength?

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah, yeah.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Dirty 20.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah, you're able to break it, and it kind of jams up the door so that the. The knob doesn't work to open it. Still got it.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Amazing.

[Gustavo Serola]

All right, trolls. You break off the doorknob, making it more difficult to get passage through this. This way, through the rooms. And, Natty, you're reunited with your party. But before you're able to say anything to them, everyone roll me a perception check.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Okay?

[Doug Boone]

What do you perceive?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

13. 6. Nat. 20.

[Chris Damaris]

Nice.

[Doug Boone]

18.

[Gustavo Serola]

So I think everyone but Gunther would hear this. You hear a few different voices calling from the south. Like, not in this room, but the other end of the. The turnstile. Yeah. Hear voices calling out.

[Sleepy Z]

Balder.

[Gustavo Serola]

Belder?

[Doug Boone]

Builder.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Builder Belder?

[Sleepy Z]

Bob Belder, is that you?

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Hello?

[Gustavo Serola]

Doesn't Addie say that?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Yeah.

[Gustavo Serola]

You all hear footsteps coming closer. And then from the southern end of the room, from the other end of the turnstile, three Goliaths approach and regard the party.

[Sleepy Z]

Oh, have you seen Belder?

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I don't think we have, but we have seen our very good friend Claudia.

[Sleepy Z]

Did she talk your ear off?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Oh, but.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Yes, but Claudia's so nice. She means well.

[Chris Damaris]

And have you met Hendy?

[Doug Boone]

It's true. He was real talkative, that one.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah.

[Sleepy Z]

What about Andarians? Have you seen any Undarians?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Natty quickly turns her visage to not be Andarian.

[Gustavo Serola]

I had assumed you dropped it when. When the spores went off and y' all were leaving that room.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Yeah, they were. They were running around and screaming about frogs or something.

[Chris Damaris]

What? They were.

[Doug Boone]

I mean, are there. Do you know that there are Andarians here? Is this a place that they, like, camp out?

[Sleepy Z]

We think they took our leader, Belder.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Oh, was it Belder or Builder Belder?

[Sleepy Z]

It's just like it sounds. Belder.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Can you spell that out for me?

[Sleepy Z]

What are you all doing here? Are you looking for gold? You better not be looking for gold.

[Doug Boone]

We just kind of stumbled upon this

[Blaine (Tolv)]

place, actually, and literally, yes, we're actually

[John (Natty Wonder)]

here to deposit gold.

[Sleepy Z]

Deposit gold?

[Doug Boone]

Yes, we did spend quite a pretty penny to get the supplies we have right now.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

True.

[Doug Boone]

Supplies supporting the local economy.

[Sleepy Z]

Where this is gold mining supplies?

[Blaine (Tolv)]

No, no, adventure supplies. Yeah, we got a mine car just to go cruising through the mines.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

You know, we're scientists.

[Doug Boone]

Yes.

[Sleepy Z]

You can deposit the gold with us here.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

We'll hold on to it for you when we get. If we find any, which we definitely won't.

[Sleepy Z]

Your friends said you were here to deposit gold.

[Chris Damaris]

Yes, exactly.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Yeah, we don't know.

[Chris Damaris]

We don't have yet any.

[Sleepy Z]

How can you make a deposit if you don't have any?

[Chris Damaris]

Well, we already bought the. Oh, you've confused me.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

We don't know you. Why would we give you our gold?

[Doug Boone]

Yeah, and Claudia said, you know, what we find, we get to keep finders keepers, so.

[Sleepy Z]

Well, Claudia not the boss. Belder is.

[Doug Boone]

Well, Belder's not here.

[Sleepy Z]

We're trying to find Belder, and Belder says you can't take the gold.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

What are your names? Let's see. There's like a little kind of an air of confrontation. Let's just, like, calm down. What are you guys names? Let's go.

[Doug Boone]

Confrontation.

[Chris Damaris]

You look like a Glary.

[Doug Boone]

Larry Glizzy Glary.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Me?

[Sleepy Z]

I'm Sleepy Z. Sup, Sleepy Z? What's up with you?

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Sleepy Z. That's cool. You like an artist? Like, I like to. I don't know. Do you do music or anything? That's just a cool name.

[Sleepy Z]

No, I'm just looking for Belder and taking care of the gold mine.

[Doug Boone]

Well, why don't we just go look for her down there? You know, we'll be on our way and we'll see if we can find her. What does she look like?

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah, Builder.

[Sleepy Z]

Oh, you'll know her when you see her. She's really energetic. Can't miss her.

[Doug Boone]

Okay, that's not really a physical description.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Thank you, Doug.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

It's like, maybe just tell us what color hair she has.

[Sleepy Z]

Well, Belder's also a Goliath like us, so you can't miss that. She's got a lanky frame. She wields some golden butterfly swords. Can't miss it.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Okay.

[Doug Boone]

Is it Goliath as well?

[Sleepy Z]

Yeah.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

If we run into Belder, we'll tell them Sleepy Z's looking for him, and we're gonna send her right your way. Oh, you're gonna be employee of the month. You're gonna. Ooh, big raise coming your way.

[Sleepy Z]

And don't take any gold.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Of course not.

[Sleepy Z]

No, you're going to give us gold.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

We'll consider it. If we run into any.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I want to be very clear. I said we're going to deposit into the mine. It's like a game. We put it down in there and then if you find it, you get to have it.

[Sleepy Z]

But you can skip that and just deposit it straight to us.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Nope. Part of the fun is the game. It's like Easter. I could give you the chocolate, but I'm a hide it first.

[Sleepy Z]

I don't know this East Tar.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I'll tell you about it later. But it's fun. Trust me. I'm a mama.

[Doug Boone]

That is technically very trustworthy.

[Gustavo Serola]

Make a persuasion check for me, Natty.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

15 plus 3. 18.

[Sleepy Z]

Okay. As long as you promise you won't take any gold, you help us find Belder and kill any undarians you find on the way, then you're okay.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I mean, we'll do the first two, but I'm not gonna promise strangers I'll kill people.

[Gustavo Serola]

He looks you up and down.

[Sleepy Z]

Aren't you in the mortalion?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Yeah, but you ain't my. You ain't my commanding officer.

[Doug Boone]

You're not superior. You're not small and yelling at us in a shrill voice.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Yeah.

[Gustavo Serola]

Somewhere in the distance you hear steel Eye.

[Sleepy Z]

Okay, we'll let it slide this time. But don't take any gold.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Yeah, you better.

[Sleepy Z]

We better.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Yeah, you. You get a little snippy here with me. Okay. I don't like it. It's too much attitude.

[Sleepy Z]

You're in our home.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

What if we didn't mean to bring it in?

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Sleepy Z. Big hog.

[Gustavo Serola]

Big hog.

[Sleepy Z]

Yay.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Everything's okay.

[Gustavo Serola]

Let it all out.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

There we go. Natty, calm down.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I just don't like it when people come in with too much of an attitude when they meet strangers.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

What if they had come into your forest home and then people would.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Then I would have been like, hi, how are you? I'm Natty Wonder.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

It's your culture, you know. Maybe they're just bummers here.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Could I start slowly placing each of our teammates into the mine car?

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[Gustavo Serola]

These goliaths are leaving back to the south. And what are you all doing?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

We're gonna go back to the door.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Yeah.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Heading back to Nadia's dear friend Claudia.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Yes.

[Gustavo Serola]

Okay.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

My dear departed friend Claudia, right?

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Unfortunately not.

[Gustavo Serola]

So you go back downstairs.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Yes.

[Chris Damaris]

Can I ask who? What this frog? You said there were frogs. What other frogs?

[Gustavo Serola]

Who are you asking?

[Chris Damaris]

I'm asking Natty.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

The guys that I just got to get out of here. They're talking about a frog who is killing all their people. And I would assume.

[Gustavo Serola]

What?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I would assume it's Bunlap. But they didn't say he was attractive, so I don't know.

[Doug Boone]

It's hard to. Yeah, it's hard to tell.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

And where.

[Chris Damaris]

Where was he?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I don't know. They just said it for a second. I had to. I had to move quick. I didn't want to die.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

They said something about the Wielder Shield or something.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

You don't know that.

[Chris Damaris]

Yeah, we don't know that.

[Gustavo Serola]

Four of you, make me a perception check.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Ooh, that was bad.

[Gustavo Serola]

Ooh.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Six. Five.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

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[John (Natty Wonder)]

Whoa.

[Gustavo Serola]

Three, as you all are making your way to that door that you all came up through, Doug, you hear a very timid voice call out, are they God yet?

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Captain Grubbles first words.

[Doug Boone]

I mean, yeah, everyone but us is gone, so probably whoever you're referring to. Yeah. Are you Baldr, by any chance?

[Gustavo Serola]

You turn around to see the source of the voice and a scrawny Undarian crawls out from under that footbridge. They must have been hiding down there. Their breastplate is iced over and they have a small satchel with them.

[Razzleberry]

Well, I'm just so scared of them, they're so big.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Is a scrawny Undarian not sleepy now?

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah, it's a Scrawny. It's like the ones that were in the other room you were in. Yeah. You saw them? Like the one. The one that you put the fungus spray on.

[Chris Damaris]

Oh, why would they not like you? Why are you afraid?

[Razzleberry]

Well, they're trying to kill our kind.

[Doug Boone]

Aren't you? Aren't you an Indarian?

[Razzleberry]

Well, yes, but I don't want to be.

[Chris Damaris]

Oh, oh, self hating Andarian.

[Razzleberry]

I want to leave the castle and leave the Udari, but it's just so, so, so difficult.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Well, good news. We have room in our party to add another person if you want to join us.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Yes, can I.

[Doug Boone]

One in, one out. I guess Captain Grumbles has to stay behind.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Well, we'll put you in Bill's PC. You heard her, Tove.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

One in, one out. We'll see you later, okay? You go find your siblings.

[Chris Damaris]

All right, Bye.

[Razzleberry]

My name's Razzleberry. What are your names?

[Chris Damaris]

My name is Gunther Razzleberry. Why Andarians here in the first place?

[Doug Boone]

I'm Doug, by the way. Thank you for letting all of us introduce ourselves so.

[Chris Damaris]

I am so rude. I'm these are my friend Doug.

[Doug Boone]

It's okay. Listen, Razzleberry, our friend Gunther here just heard about potentially his old buddy Bunlap potentially being involved in some shady stuff. Have you seen him by any chance?

[Chris Damaris]

He's like me, but stronger, more handsome.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Sexier.

[Doug Boone]

Yeah, yeah, but better. In kind of every like facet that a person could be better.

[Chris Damaris]

Yes, I'm just kidding. No, it's true. Bottom lab is very good at lots of things.

[Doug Boone]

Oh, so that's natty Natov Rosleberry.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

My name is Dose Wink. I don't want they could be a spy. I don't want to give away my information.

[Chris Damaris]

Oh, yes, and my name is Nonther.

[Razzleberry]

Yes, well, the Ood Darby's here looking for the Wilder Shield. They know it's here somewhere.

[Chris Damaris]

They what?

[Razzleberry]

I don't know. The Wilder Shield.

[Chris Damaris]

Why would they need. They should not have that. Do you have it? What's in that satchel?

[Razzleberry]

No, this is my stuff.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

What value does the wielder shield give to the Undarians and the Undarmi. Great name, by the way.

[Razzleberry]

I don't know. That's beyond me.

[Gustavo Serola]

They just.

[Razzleberry]

They just told us to find it. As far as a frog person. No, I don't think so. Is he Bead? Is your frog Bead? Does he look like this guy?

[Gustavo Serola]

He points at Gunther.

[Doug Boone]

I mean, he looks a little like him, but I don't recall him being very mean. Although, if he is fighting against you, he might be seen as pretty mean. I can understand that.

[Razzleberry]

Oh, he sounds scary.

[Chris Damaris]

Now that you're on our team, he will not be mean.

[Razzleberry]

Oh, okay.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I mean, technically he was. You know, he left us. And you're like the betrayer of your people.

[Gustavo Serola]

So?

[Blaine (Tolv)]

So we don't know that. Bunlap wouldn't turn on you Unther.

[Chris Damaris]

He would not. He would not.

[Doug Boone]

I was gonna suggest maybe Rozzleberry. You know, like, you clearly don't want to be part of Undarians. You're trying to kind of get out of here, right? You'd like to maybe leave without a trace so they can't know where you are and kind of get out.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Yeah.

[Doug Boone]

Well, we could help you do that. Maybe if you give us some information.

[Claudia the Goliath]

Oh yeah.

[Razzleberry]

Okay. I have lots of information. Oh yeah. Allergies.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Do you know why you guys are looking for the Pathfinder?

[Razzleberry]

The Pathfinder? From what I understand, the Pathfinder is the key to the Und army victory.

[Gustavo Serola]

Vague. Well, I mean, think about it.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

It's like they're trying to find the Gates of Hyra, right?

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah. This is like Essentially will be a grunt in the army. Like how much information really filters down? What do they need to know? You know, it's like this is.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

These.

[Gustavo Serola]

These are higher up decisions you're asking about.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Fair.

[Chris Damaris]

Have you been up there?

[Gustavo Serola]

You point to like up in the keep, huh?

[Razzleberry]

Yeah, I have.

[Chris Damaris]

Was it. Was it all on Udarians up there? Who was up there?

[Razzleberry]

Well, there's Udarius and there's Goliath and there's monsters.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Oh my.

[Doug Boone]

They're all pretty nice though. So far from what we were able to tell. They're not really scary.

[Razzleberry]

Oh, they're scary to us.

[Chris Damaris]

Well, I for one would like to go up there if that is where the wielder shields are and also where one lap may be.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I mean, we do. I wonder if that map will tell us. Could you fill in the blanks on this map that we have, like a map here that seems a little incomplete, and maybe you could kind of tell us roughly where the Wilder shield and this crazy frog. It could be.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Crazy frog.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Crazy frog. Come on, crazy frog.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I don't know if that's the exact tune, but it's.

[Gustavo Serola]

It's like that silver metallic looking frog thing had the goggles on his head.

[Doug Boone]

Yeah.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Come on, crazy frog.

[Gustavo Serola]

Nope, it was from a long time ago.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Blake. Expressions.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Oh, no. I know what it is. I'm waiting for Chris to figure it out.

[Chris Damaris]

I looked it up, but I recognize

[John (Natty Wonder)]

old means the way it looks old

[Chris Damaris]

me, but I don't know.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

You don't remember going to like a, like a skate park as a kid and that was up there blasting at the skating rink? Beep.

[Razzleberry]

I don't know where the welder shield is, otherwise we would have found it by now.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Right?

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Okay. Okay. And you don't know where the frog is? You said that much.

[Razzleberry]

He's hiding. He strikes where we're not expecting it.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Cool. Predator. Nice. Love it.

[Doug Boone]

Well, Gunter, do you and bunlife have like a secret phrase you say when you're like, it's all clear and you want each other to like, come out or something like that?

[Chris Damaris]

Yeah. What we say is it's all clear.

[Doug Boone]

I like it directly to the point.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Okay. Oh, oh, Razzleberry, here's a question for you. Do have you seen anybody that looks like me? And I rip my face, my Bjorn face off and I show him my thaumatech face.

[Gustavo Serola]

I'm gonna make a roll to see if that scares them. Razzleberry starts screaming uncontrollably.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Are we done?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Gigi is going, ooh, I actually rolled a NAT20 on this with Gigi. Gigi's gonna go over and try to console them. Cause Gigi's also andarian looking and so Gigi's gonna go over and try to go for a hug.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Oh my God.

[Razzleberry]

Oh, what a fun little guy. That's not at all terrifying. Tell your friend to keep your skit on.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I think he turns around and starts talking back to Tom

[Claudia the Goliath]

now.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I know, I know.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Like wagging his finger.

[Chris Damaris]

Tor did nothing wrong.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Listen, we're all.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Now Gigi is doing it to Gunther.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

It's okay, it's okay.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

All right.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I'm putting it back on. But anyways. Have you seen anybody that looks like that though? They're called thaumatechs. They're actually quite nice.

[Razzleberry]

No, I think I would remember that. I've never seen anyone like that.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Okay, all right.

[Chris Damaris]

You should not yell in horror. There's nothing wrong with not having skin.

[Razzleberry]

Although. But you gotta admit it was pretty shocking. He did it for shock value. He was trying to get a reaction and that's the reaction he got.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Guther's being Guther. I appreciate you defending me.

[Narrator/Announcer]

It's okay, Guther.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I'm used to to it.

[Chris Damaris]

It does not make it right.

[Sleepy Z]

I know.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Inspiration die for you, Gunther. You get a special edition to of inspiration die. Used whenever. No, no expiration date.

[Chris Damaris]

That is neat.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Okay, so I don't know how much Razzleberry is going to be able to help us out. They are so low on the totem

[John (Natty Wonder)]

pole that I don't think we need to take Rosalberry with us.

[Chris Damaris]

I think we should.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Oh, I didn't know if that's what you were insinuating. Sorry.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Well, no, I'm just like. I don't know what else we can ask them. Is there any other open ended questions that we need is assistance with.

[Doug Boone]

Well, Roger, do you know where the army might be headed to next?

[Razzleberry]

Well, from what I understand from here the Udarby is marching straight to Fort Edridge.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Oh, that's not good.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Oh, why.

[Doug Boone]

Why there?

[Razzleberry]

Well, to fight.

[Gustavo Serola]

Oh, that's.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

That's like home base.

[Gustavo Serola]

That's.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

That's like headquarters.

[Chris Damaris]

Well, not you this now because you are now an arty.

[Razzleberry]

No, no, I'm trying to leave.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I don't think they want to be in any military. I think they're trying to get out of fighting.

[Razzleberry]

So I just want to go home.

[Doug Boone]

If you want to came in or go the way we came in. If you just head up, there's a giant sinkhole that we created that you could maybe Pop out of and escape that way.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Well, how about this? I like the direction you're thinking, but what if we give Razzleberry Rosalberry. There's someone in the room down this hallway, and they're very friendly, and I think they might be able to help hide you until your compatriots have left the area and you can go independent.

[Razzleberry]

Okay, that sounds good.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Okay.

[Razzleberry]

Wait. Who is it? It's not Claudia, is it?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

It is.

[Doug Boone]

Oh, she met Claudia.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Have you met Claudia?

[Sleepy Z]

I could hear her talking.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Yeah, well, you know, I get that you. That's a lot. I'm gonna agree with you. That's a lot. But she's a Goliath, and the Andarians are not gonna be coming down here and messing around.

[Doug Boone]

They're also not gonna wanna spend time near her, so.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

And I think the other Goliaths don't wanna spend any time near Claudia, so. She's kind of a repellent, which is kind of what you need right now.

[Razzleberry]

That's true, but Claudia's allied with Belder, and Belder's bad. They're trying to eliminate the Undarians.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Okay, you know what? Do you know how to get to the Tropican Islands? Go along with me.

[Razzleberry]

Yes, it's due west.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Okay. I have a sister there. Her name is Elva. She's so lovely, very good person. I think you could team up with Elva because she's also not like, part of the Undarmi, part of the mortalium. She's kind of just like a wild free spirit, which sounds like up your alley.

[Razzleberry]

Dude, that sounds wonderful.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah, maybe.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Okay, so I. Can I. I'll give you her bird address. I don't know. So you can write her a letter and find her, but she should be in the top of Carn Islands. She looks like me, and I pull off the Bjorn mask again.

[Chris Damaris]

Check your prejudices.

[Sleepy Z]

So maybe.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Maybe you can stay in touch with us. I want to make sure that you get there safely, but I. I don't know what else to do for you, Razzleberry.

[Razzleberry]

Okay. No, that sounds great. Have you been in contact with her? When was the last time you talked to her? What's the last thing she said?

[Blaine (Tolv)]

It was a while. Last time we talked to her, I think we were at Fort Indridge, which is where your army is going to attack. And she was in the Tropican Islands. God, I hope you're not a spy. That will totally suck. Razzleberry.

[Razzleberry]

No, no, no. I'm not a spy. Maybe you said her word that I'M coming. And I'll head in that direction. And then you send a bird, and I'll send a bird, and your bird will verify. My bird.

[Sleepy Z]

Oh, yes.

[Chris Damaris]

I do not like this talk of birds.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

No, it's two factor authentification here, Gunther. It's good. It's good. We like this.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

All right. Two FA stands for two Falcon Authentication.

[Gustavo Serola]

Take an inspiration. Die. That's good.

[Doug Boone]

Send them in.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I'm going to. Okay, I'm gonna scan you, and then I draw a picture of Rosalberry so that I can send the letter to.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

It's just asky.

[Chris Damaris]

Elva.

[Gustavo Serola]

Okay.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Yeah. I'll write that letter to Elva. And then we're at the first chance that we get of running into a bird. Maybe Claudia has birds. I don't know.

[Razzleberry]

Okay, that's a good idea. I'll sneak my way out past Sleepy Z and make my way west.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

All right. Best of luck, traveler. Give this to Alva for me. And can I give him a big hug? You seem like you need one.

[Razzleberry]

Thank you.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

And then while I have them in

[John (Natty Wonder)]

my arms, they pull off my mask when they're not looking. And when they look back, it's just my naked thaumatech face.

[Razzleberry]

Okay. Okay. I'm getting used to it. It's a little better every time.

[Sleepy Z]

Good.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Very good. See? Progress, Gunther.

[Gustavo Serola]

Okay. Yeah. Razzleberry would begin trying to slowly sneak their way out in a southerly direction to leave.

[Doug Boone]

Godspeed, Razzleberry.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

He saluted.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Salute.

[Doug Boone]

Alrighty. Time to mosey, guys.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Yeah. I guess we know now that they're going after Fort Edridge, so we should probably hustle and get word back to Iron.

[Gustavo Serola]

What?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

No, not Ironclad.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

That guy's a stinky dinky.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Steel Eye.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Steel Eye. Yeah. Sorry. It's all the metal, guys.

[Gustavo Serola]

It's true.

[Doug Boone]

Yeah. I fear if we're here for too long to. Any Dojendarians who went looking for the frog are going to come back.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah. So what is. Speaking of which, nice segue, Doug. What is the idea here? Are y' all going to stay in this room? Going to go in a different direction. Who's team leader, by the way? I don't think I. I think I forgot.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

It's Doug.

[Gustavo Serola]

Is it Doug?

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Okay, I would think we would just go back out the way we came, and then instead of going through this door, we would go towards the. I guess the mine.

[Razzleberry]

Sure.

[Gustavo Serola]

So you want to go back down the stairs to where Claudia was and then north up into the mine?

[Doug Boone]

Yeah. And Tolve is gonna give Us.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

The knock.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Okay, here it goes.

[Gustavo Serola]

Nothing happens.

[Doug Boone]

Kaya, it's us. Open the door. We knocked.

[Claudia the Goliath]

Oh, you see, I thought that might be you guys, but it wasn't the knock that we agreed on. So how. How do I really know it's you guys if it's not the knock that you said you were gonna knock? Because if anybody could just knock a

[Blaine (Tolv)]

knock, I was going to give you flavor.

[Claudia the Goliath]

But then we said, you know, we agreed on a specific knock, and then you're not doing the knock.

[Gustavo Serola]

So then I was like, what me?

[Claudia the Goliath]

It's not that.

[Doug Boone]

Okay, here. Here you go.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Knock, knock.

[Gustavo Serola]

Okay. The door slides open.

[Doug Boone]

All right. To feel free to continue your song

[Barbara Dunkelman]

if you want to continue playing or something like that.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Just to be clear, as soon as the door opens, Natty B. Rolls to the mine cart and is like. And is holding Giggy and dragging Cap'

[Blaine (Tolv)]

n Grumbles behind her, like, cover as you're walking by kind of thing. Yeah.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Holding Gigi up over her face so she can't see, and then just. And just holding Cap' N Grumble's hand and heading to the mine cart.

[Sleepy Z]

You caught her on a bad day.

[Doug Boone]

She's on her way somewhere.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah. That song that Tove was playing, Doug, now that's just stuck in your head. You cannot get it out. Like, it's difficult to concentrate on anything else.

[Doug Boone]

I can feel it. I mean, it's no Madonna, but it's pretty catchy.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah. It's gonna be difficult to think about anything else for. For a little while. It's a. It's all Phil Collins all the time in Doug Boone's head.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

What happened?

[Razzleberry]

Did he.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Did he smell something? Or was there something that caused that?

[Gustavo Serola]

It's the meat grinder table stuff. Happens every time you all change rooms. So this one is mental stressor song stuck in head. It's like, oh, well, this is perfect because you just did that.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I once saw the most brutal thing on the Internet where someone said, Phil Collins's music sounds like how a burp smells. I don't agree with it at all. I love Phil Collins, but I understand

[Barbara Dunkelman]

the line of thinking.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

It's so bad, but I disagree.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah, no, it's. Phil Collins is amazing.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Yeah.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

He brought us the Tarzan soundtrack. Thank you.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Absolutely.

[Gustavo Serola]

So, Natty, you make a beeline to that northern edge, right?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Yes, please.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah, it's frigid, muddy water that floods the northern half of. Of the room. And this water has a brownish red tint to it. And like we said before, there's a well, you all bought a minecart, so you can take a minecart to the north through this partially submerged corridor.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Natty puts her mask on as well in preparation.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

So does Doug.

[Chris Damaris]

Oh, I guess counter will do.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

And Gigi turns into an aquatic creature.

[Doug Boone]

He could do that.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Yeah.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Captain Grumbles, you do your thing.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Captain Grumbles doesn't have to breathe. Oh, right. What does swearing underwater sound like?

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah. So you all continue north past Claudia to the room that's a little further to the north. And in here you enter this room and you see it is a circular mine shaft. And there's hissing steam and a low ceiling. It's almost like it's small folk soft. So it's pretty cramped.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

The Goliath mine.

[Gustavo Serola]

It's a mine. The Goliaths are here. Who knows?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Well, they said they owned it. That's what I'm going off of.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I mean, they might just run it, but not actually go down in there.

[Gustavo Serola]

To the west you see a caved in corridor and a separate pile of rocks nearby. And there's a central steam powered elevator that seems to spiral all forge ahead.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Yeah,

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I see what you did there.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Wait, steam powered elevator going down?

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah. I assume you go and take a look at it too.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Sure.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah. You take a look at it and it seems to be a spiraling elevator. A spiralvator, if you will.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I will not. Thank you.

[Gustavo Serola]

Spiral Evader. It seems to be like it's powered by natural steam. And there's a silk like parachute material. It holds about two people at a time. And it looks like it goes up and down.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

What's the strength modifier needed to ride the lift?

[Barbara Dunkelman]

The dc.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Yeah.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

How many gold coins are you gonna spend riding this thing?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Help me visualize this room, Gus. So we went north to where there's tracks that our mine car is on. Yes.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah. Yeah.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

And then this led to another room we're in that has an elevator. And then there's a room to the west.

[Gustavo Serola]

Spiral Evator.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

There's a. I'm not gonna say that. Spiral Evader.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Spiral Evator.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Spiral Evader. And so does the track. Do the tracks end here or do they go further?

[Gustavo Serola]

They head all the way up here to the spiral Evator. And it seems like. Yeah, it seems like they come to an end here at the Spiral Evader.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

That's all we paid for.

[Doug Boone]

All right, hop off.

[Gustavo Serola]

It looks like the rail is unfinished. Like it's still being added onto.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

All right, so I got to minecart. That's like buying a vehicle for the highway that has, like, a kilometer done?

[Doug Boone]

Yeah, pretty much.

[Gustavo Serola]

Pretty cool, right?

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I want my 16 gold back.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Okay.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

And then there was a. There was another room with, like, rubble to the west of us.

[Gustavo Serola]

There's a caved in corridor to the west.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Okay, caved in.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

So does the spiral Vader go up? You said it was like the steam and the parachute up and down.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah, yeah.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Okay. Theoretically, would that be roughly the same geographic area that the lavish hall, dining hall leading to, like, where we sent those Zundarians off to? Would it kind of like, you think, cross paths with that area? Because that might be where the Wilder Shield and Bum Lap are.

[Gustavo Serola]

You think it would. Based on the layout, it would probably be close, but maybe not exactly lined up.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

So you want to go up and not down further. I'm talking to Tal.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I mean, the very least, we might be able to get the jump on those Yundarians that we sent in. I do feel like we need to find Bumlap in the Wilder Shield, because otherwise, I don't know what else is in this mine.

[Gustavo Serola]

Like, where else? There is also another corridor to the east out of this room. That's another exit.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I forgot to mention that just complicates things.

[Doug Boone]

I mean, I feel like if we're in a mine, we should go down. That would be my first thought. See what's down there, I guess.

[Chris Damaris]

Show me. I do not need anything that is in a mine. Everything I would want is in the opposite of the mine.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

The bun lapped in the middle.

[Doug Boone]

I mean, we got these snorkel masks and, you know, I kind of want to test it out.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Group vote or do we want to let the team leader make the call?

[Chris Damaris]

You are leader.

[Doug Boone]

We'll just take a peek down there. Let's use this spiral Evader. And then if we don't see anything, we could maybe take the corridor to the east or go up.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I mean, to be clear, you have no idea where Bunlap is? He is up, for all you know. No. You don't know if he's up there. He could have gone all kinds of directions. We just know that he fought some people at some point in the up.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

We don't know if it's Bunlap.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

He could be down in the mine further.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

It could be some other sexy, sexy frogman.

[Gustavo Serola]

I was hoping someone would say it. I didn't want to. To burst Chris's illusion here, but he was really stuck on going up, up. And I was like, I don't know.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

You have no idea where he is, right?

[Chris Damaris]

I Thought. Okay, maybe I'm wrong. I misheard.

[Gustavo Serola]

All four of you. Make me a perception check.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Okay, perception.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

19, 11.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Eight. One got a boy.

[Gustavo Serola]

That's a two, though.

[Chris Damaris]

One last two plus one equals two.

[Gustavo Serola]

What was yours, Natty? You had a good one.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

19, 19.

[Gustavo Serola]

19. Okay. While Doug is talking about the Spiral Evader and you know, the prospect of going down, that must draw your eyes to it. And to the lower level. And as you're looking down near the Spiral Evader, you see something in the water.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Oh, a mermaid.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

A Minemaid Mermine.

[Gustavo Serola]

You see a corpse of one of those undarians that you had seen previously in the banquet hall.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Oh, it's a Rustlebar, is it?

[Gustavo Serola]

No, it's not.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Okay, okay.

[Gustavo Serola]

And it's skewered by a lance. And you can see the broken tip of the lance inside the corpse. And the tip of this lance catches your eye because it's unusual. It's made from a bird beak.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

What?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Well, there you go right there. I think this is a calling card of a people that probably vanquish birds and then use them as material materials for weapons.

[Doug Boone]

Did Gunter. Did. Did you and your people used to do that? Or did Bun Lap used to do that at all? Do you remember?

[Chris Damaris]

I will say this. Bunlap. His name. His last name, not his actual name.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Beak Bane.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

What's his theory?

[Barbara Dunkelman]

He.

[Doug Boone]

This guy just keeps getting cooler and cooler, by the way. I just gotta say.

[Chris Damaris]

So he could. I could see him using the beak of our enemy with his sword.

[Doug Boone]

Is that typically his calling card?

[Chris Damaris]

His calling card is winning. That's so cool.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

This guy's legendary.

[Doug Boone]

He seems to be winning.

[Gustavo Serola]

Charlie Sheen from 2009. He's got Tyree Flow.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Hashtag, winning.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Is there anything else in the water or any other paths to take?

[Gustavo Serola]

Make me an investigation. Check 12.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

You got it. This is going to be a winner.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Here.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

That's a 13. Not bad. Sorry, I was just getting ready to fail.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah. You see shiny rocks in the water?

[Chris Damaris]

Shiny rocks.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Shiny rocks.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

I just. I feel like that's a trap. I don't know. Is there any way I can fish those out?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Diggy goes for the shiny rocks.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Okay, there. Oh, there they are. There goes.

[Gustavo Serola]

Gigi picks up one of the shiny rocks, and it's. It's a gold nugget.

[Doug Boone]

Oh, oh, pocket edge, pocket edge.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Don't. Don't show that one guy. Don't show Z.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Sleepy zone. Gigi looks at you, Doug, and he gives you a nod and then he swallows it.

[Doug Boone]

Well, I mean, that, I guess, technically works. It'll come out solid on the way out, so we'll get it one way or another.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Gigi, if you find more shiny rocks, just go ahead and eat them up.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Gigi gives you a big thumbs up.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

We're going to regret that at some point. Could I go investigate the dead Andarion?

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah, it looks very similar. You did not see the other ones in the banquet hall, Doug, but you did see Rozzleberry. This looks like a. More like a stronger version of Razzleberry. Like a warrior of some kind of fighter.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I was just gonna see if I could like, take this spear and take a look at it and maybe bring it over to Gunther.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah, the lance is broken. So, you know, it's like a broken shaft. And the tip, which is this long bird beak which you're able to dislodge from the dark. And you can show it to Gunther if you want.

[Doug Boone]

Is it possible to, like, tell what

[Barbara Dunkelman]

type of bird it came from and what region that might have existed in Make a.

[Gustavo Serola]

Is there nature? Make a nature. Yeah, make a nature check.

[Chris Damaris]

And do I recognize it?

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I'm gonna use my flash of genius. It was a nine, but I'm going to give it a four to make it a 13.

[Razzleberry]

Okay.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah, you look at it. And Gunther also takes a look at it. And it seems like it's some kind of large bird from the desert. A very desert region. Oh, Gunther, you might know the name of it. What? What's the name of this kind of bird?

[Chris Damaris]

Ah, the Goggles.

[Gustavo Serola]

The Goggle.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Bless you.

[Chris Damaris]

The Goggles bird. Because they. They gather in goggles and then they.

[Gustavo Serola]

Oh, yeah, a gaggle of goggles.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Goggle G, A L, L, G, U, L, O.

[Chris Damaris]

You sure?

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Goggle Galgo.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I can do something to help. Do you want to talk to him?

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Oh, you talk with the dead, Right.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Well, Gus, I was reading Animate the Dead and there's an interesting paragraph in it that I never noticed. And Animate the dead is about animating them and then maintaining control over them. And you reuse the spell to maintain control, I guess to use the spell again if I use a long rest. But until that control is not maintained, I can cast it again to animate more dead. And I can control up to four dead creatures. Really? Yes. The creatures under control for 24 hours, after which it stops obeying any command you've given. To maintain control of the creature for another 24 hours, you must cast a spell on the creature again before the current 24 hour period ends. And then. And this uses the spell reasserts your control over up to four creatures you have animated with the spell rather than animating.

[Gustavo Serola]

Yeah, I think that's assuming you cast it at a higher level. Oh. What you could do is do a reset right now, reassert your control over Captain Grumbles right now and add this creature on as well. Sure, if you promise me. Don't make this another npc.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

No, no, no. This is not. This is. This is Hellboy just talking to a dead person in the graveyard to get information.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

Yeah, which one are you about to factory reset, Captain Grubbles?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

[Gustavo Serola]

He goes through this every day.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

He's.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Usually we just him and I, we just have a little moment where we re up our relationship.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

He goes through his severance.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Yeah, we just kind of. We just kind of. We just kind of reassert each other and that. We, you know, we like each other. Just one of us is using necromancy to do it.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

To enslave the other.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Yes.

[Gustavo Serola]

I like you. Do you like me?

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Circle yes or no?

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Okay, so then I cast animate dead on this guy.

[Gustavo Serola]

Natty, your eyes cloud with an otherworldly darkness. What little light was in the cavern is immediately extinguished as you conjure necromantic energies from the realm of the dead. The veins in your gesticulating fingers pulse with an unnatural purple glow. The corpse's fingers mimic your own, cracking and crinkling to life like desiccated worms writhing in the dirt. The cadaver suddenly slams its fists to the ground, releasing a cloud of steam all around. As it hobbles to its hooved feet, its horned head wafts through the mists and stares with narrowed, unblinking eyes locked on Gunther.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Ah.

[Chris Damaris]

You cannot kill Kleiner so easily, Croak folk.

[Sleepy Z]

I will have my revenge.

[Gustavo Serola]

Without warning, the undead Undarian charges. Horns first. Straight for gun.

[Chris Damaris]

I can't.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

This is choking Gunther.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Hey, guys, it worked.

[Gustavo Serola]

Find out what happens and how effective that is. On the next episode of Tales from the Sneaky Dragon.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

You're welcome,

[Chris Damaris]

friend.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

You might have to reanimate Gunther out here.

[Blaine (Tolv)]

You have it before.

[Gustavo Serola]

So yeah, he's still being here.

[Chris Damaris]

That's. Gunther is my name.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

Fast forward to the end of this campaign and just Natty has all of you guys just as zombies following her.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

That's how we get Nther for real. His brother.

[Gustavo Serola]

Thanks for listening, everybody. We'll be back next time with another episode. Find out what happens to Kleina. Will Kleina get their revenge on Gunther and the croak folk? We'll See.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Don't miss the extra content on our Stinky Dragon YouTube channel and Instagram account. Not only do we share the grand tales of our podcast, but we also post action packed gameplay videos and our side splitting animation and Pokemon puppet shorts that shall bring a chuckle to even the grimmest of adventurers. Subscribe today and never miss a thing. YouTube.comkydragonpod and inkydragonpod on Instagram. New episodes of Tales from the Stinky Dragon premiere every other Wednesday wherever your streams of podcasts flow and on The Stinky Dragon YouTube channel. Tired of waiting for the next adventure and looking for a quest? Join the ranks of the Stinky Dragon patrons [e-mail] to get early access to episodes and unlock a hoard of exclusive treasures and powerful artifacts. For example, every one of our patrons gets access to Tavern Tales. These are special D&D1 shots, mini campaigns and other sorts of role playing grand adventures spun within the hearth of the Tavern. You can also receive a coveted shout out on the show. Just like Matt Sean Dwyer, Dr. Alhazard, Dr. Alhazaird, Dr. Al Blaine Howard. These putrid patrons directly support the show and get access to all these perks and more on our Patreon. Stop missing out on the adventure. Become a patron [e-mail] Some NPCs were named after patrons from our Stinky Dragon Discord and some of our friends provided voices in this tale who including Sleepy Z, named after Zzz, voiced by Jeremy Dooley. Eel Jeremy Dooley Rosalberry, named after Roslyn Nuttall, voiced by Chris Kokinos. Find him on Twitch at Twitch tv. Chrisko Kleine, named after Loki Jerkelson.

[John (Natty Wonder)]

I think that's how you say it. Sorry.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Logi, voiced by Corey Akagi. This week's aerial question was submitted by Water Bear. This episode of Tales from the Stinky Dragon was produced by Ben Ernst and Micah Risinger, written and composed by Michael Reisinger and edited by Alina Lakorczyk. Join us in the Tavern next time for another aromatic adventure of Tales from the Stinky Dragon.

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