Jesters of Ravenloft: A D&D Podcast

The troupe had some loose ends to tie up before leaving Protection Town. Tyler saved the Doctor Deputy’s life by transferring him into a rat and then into the extra doll he’d kept, Shadow Nemesis returned from the ethereal plane and the best sex of his life and threatened to slice up New Rogue if he ever touched the squire again, Del received Unsoilable Underpants of Fortitude from the mists, and...

The troupe has become further divided! While Shadow Nemesis was being charmed by the demoness Lucretia, Tyler and Del noticed that they always seem to need something to fight against, otherwise they devolve into petty infighting, and New Rogue taught the Doctor Deputy to channel prayer into magic before the squire revealed he’d in fact been praying to the god of death and they too began fighting....

The troupe suffered fallout from the bathroom ordeal that began at Chateau Nemesis. Tyler fastened a cloak into a kilt and gave Del his pants along with his jug of alchemy, which produced only mayonnaise, leaving it to Rumpleforeskin to lead a firefighting robot over to Del to finally spray her off. Meanwhile, New Rogue began the Doctor Deputy’s first lesson in prayer, but was interrupted by Shado...

After hearing the Doctor Deputy’s concerning intentions, Tyler and Del convinced Denton Arthur to program safeguards into the squire’s robot body, Shadow Nemesis tried to teach the squire to not kill innocent people unless he was told to, and New Rogue unconsciously destroyed Ivan with his spectral hands and was left feeling even more distraught. As the troupe debated where to rest up, Shadow Neme...

After the robots saved the burning church, the troupe tried to get their bearings. Shadow Nemesis convinced Denton Arthur to make a robot suit for the Doctor Deputy, the squire voiced his excitement about shooting villagers, Del and Tyler realized they would have to be the ones to teach the squire to be a better person, and New Rogue was incensed by the injustice of Shadow Nemesis being rewarded w...

The troupe entered Denton Arthur’s workshop, where the old man scanned their souls to distinguish them from doll swaps or doppelgangers in the future. Shadow Nemesis posed as a like-minded scientist type to ingratiate himself, Tyler covertly warned Denton of Shadow Nemesis’s nefarious ways, and New Rogue asked him to make him some protective gauntlets and boots, but as soon as they started experim...

The troupe were pursued by stitch monsters, but robots soon arrived and blasted them back. They set off toward the nearby town, Shadow Nemesis tried and failed to seize control of the robots, New Rogue tried to indoctrinate the Doctor Deputy about Ezra, Tyler conferred with the god and learned there might be other hero-like folk around, and Del had the most exciting journey of her life when Rumple...

As the troupe trundled along, they were beset by two Frankenstein-like stitch monsters. Tyler summoned vinegar and put Del’s finger in it to preserve it, I guess, Shadow Nemesis destroyed the carriage when he raged into a giant while still inside it and then hurled half of it at the monsters, Del drew some of her ghost friends into existence to help grab at the creatures, and New Rogue blessed the...

After the terrify demon encounter, the troupe paused to assess the situation. New Rogue had a crisis about not being great at healing, Shadow Nemesis found out that Shadow Master doesn’t know anything about this realm, Tyler determined that Del’s ring couldn’t be removed without high-level magic, and Del got so upset and pulled at the ring so hard, she ripped her finger right off. Meanwhile, Shado...

After Del put out the fire by miraculously conjuring rain, the troupe set off deeper into the new realm. They had finally deduced that Del’s oppositional nature was due to her new ring, when a meteor crashed into the ground and a demonic figure arose before them. New Rogue tried to befriend the demon, but was instead declared the chosen one of this realm, Tyler and Shadow Nemesis were severely inj...

As the raging forest fire approached, the troupe fought off a large spectral doll! The Doctor Deputy accidentally stabbed Tyler with a steak knife, Shadow Nemesis retreated with the squire to the carriage, New Rogue managed to calm the doll’s mind slightly, and Tyler hit the spectre, giving everyone else the chance to escape. Del managed to defeat the doll with Werner’s help, but her forced contra...

The troupe was finally reunited! New Rogue had found himself inside the stomach of an owl, tickled his way out, set the forest on fire, failed to befriend a wolf, and was rescued by Del’s boar, who carried him back to the cottage and his real body. Del—under the power of the Ring of Contrariness—provoked the Doctor Deputy into trying to steal her body, Shadow Nemesis calmed him by promising to tak...

The troupe fought for the bodies and the lives of their friends. Del used the hand of the deceased Amena Savant to release Rumpleforeskin, Shadow Nemesis tried to knock out the possessed Doctor Deputy, but accidentally killed him, and Tyler negotiated with the doll inhabiting New Rogue to stop fighting. But in a tense moment, the doll stabbed New Rogue’s body, Tyler and Shadow Nemesis fought over...

The troupe fought to take back their real bodies! New Rogue was immediately eaten and carried off by an owl while his possessed body attacked the others, Tyler catapulted himself and Del upon the corpse of an owl to his own body and managed to needle himself back into it, Del leapt off Tyler’s head and onto her body, regaining possession of it, and Shadow Nemesis recovered New Rogue’s needle and—w...

The doll forms of Wet Change made it out of their box and tried to find their bodies. Del was distraught over Rumpleforeskin and was haunted by the ghost of the innkeeper, New Rogue cracked his wooden butt getting to the floor but managed to find a magical collar amongst the bone horse’s bones, Tyler called to his bat familiar, Ivan, who spotted their bodies dancing in the woods, and Ivan started...

After being stabbed in the ankles by living dolls and passing out, the troupe woke up to find themselves transformed into dolls and trapped in a box! Shadow Nemesis attacked Tyler before realizing who he was, Del tested a wand gifted to them by the Watchers but accidentally blasted Tyler into unconsciousness and shattered the doll form of a fellow captive, New Rogue tested his new healing powers a...

After the Clockwork Watch was easily dispatched by the citizens of Happy Town, the new dark lord was suddenly keen to leave the realm and the troupe entered a mysterious domain with their trusty bone horse. They were joined by the newly resurrected Doctor Deputy, met a strange creature called the Nilbog, and arrived at a cottage. Del, New Rogue, and Tyler felt uneasy about the cottage and its prop...

While Happy Town celebrated the “We Hate Shadow Nemesis” Festival, Wet Change found themselves in the Dark One’s castle, trying to determine their next move. New Rogue ventured into town to find out that the citizens only hate Shadow Nemesis, Tyler finally spoke with Ezra again and learned how Ravenloft works, Del was thrilled that her bone horse friend, Rumpleforeskin, is a mist-walker and can tr...

Welcome to Season Two of Jesters of Ravenloft! If you’re joining the show now, I’ll give you a quick recap! The sketch comedy troupe Wet Change were sucked into Ravenloft by Ezra, the god of the mists, and were changed by their journeys. Del became a bard who can talk to ghosts, Tyler turned green and became a combat wizard with massive horns, Guy Bradford died and lost all his memories becoming a...

The troupe fought to escape their own personal nightmares and the all too real nightmarish enemies before them. Tyler and Shadow Nemesis figured out that when they were in contact, they both had Tyler’s immunity to the nightmares and Shadow Nemesis’s ability to see in the dark, so they fought their way to Del and woke her up. But Tyler was struck down by the Bailiff, Shadow Nemesis broke contact t...

The troupe faced their trial and were found guilty. Shadow Nemesis was offered a place beside the Dark One, and when he refused, they were all plunged into combat in the dark, but New Rogue had distracted the Clockwork Watch earlier to smuggle their weapons inside. Tyler was led by the Reality Blade to Shadow Nemesis, who could see in the dark through the power of the Black Knight’s helmet, and he...

The troupe are going to mount a legal defence, but also attempt to smuggle weapons into their trial, just in case. Del talked with Tyler about her moral turmoil at having killed people in Ravenloft, Tyler passed the bar—so to speak—and was declared the best lawyer in town by the local solicitor, New Rogue tried on some gloves and booties that should protect his friends from his ghost limbs but ins...

The troupe and all of Happy Town were visited by the terrifying spectral face of the Dark One in the sky! They have to report to the Dark One, Judge Karma, for trial, or their friends’ lives will be forfeit. Tyler couldn’t contact Ezra and noticed the mists looking strangely dark and solid, New Rogue prayed and decided that Del’s boar went to heaven, Shadam was called out by Hazel’s grandmother, w...

Happy Town was attacked by the Clockwork Watch, but the townsfolk, the Vistani, and the troupe all fought back! New Rogue set a bunch of the robotic police on fire with his sacred flame and Tyler did some major damage with an icy spell, both breaking the enemy’s ranks and allowing the town to push them back. Del directed her boar into the battle, but it was immediately killed and, as New Rogue tri...

The troupe fought off the rats from the hat! After the play, which seemed remarkably similar to the plot of Quantumania, Shadow Master recognized one of the Vistani and commanded Shadam to kill him, Del was pressured by the bards into becoming a candidate in a snap election for their new leader, running against Rupert Darrlin, and when Rupert’s speech seemed to be better than Del’s, New Rogue pelt...