Jesters of Ravenloft: A D&D Podcast

Having escaped the mayhem at The Prancing Pony, Adam and Guy took the dead elf into an alley to loot him, and Del, Tyler, and the hobbits joined them to plan their next move. The surrounding area was overrun by a mob of people, some trying to douse the fire at the inn, and others clearly still searching for the ring bearer, so they decided to take refuge at a different inn, and found themselves at...

With Walker down and the troupe out of immediate danger, Guy respectfully looted the elf who died for him, and Adam disrespectfully looted the ranger. The troupe learned that the two hobbits were the ringbearer, Yolo Took, and his butler, Frodo Baggins, but they needed to hide until they could meet up with Gandalf the following night. So, Del, Tyler, and the hobbits snuck out an upper-floor window...

The troupe was locked in combat with Walker, the ranger, while the other bar patrons seemed set on finding the hobbit and collecting the bounty. The elf who had approached Guy earlier came to Guy’s defense, but was run through by Walker’s sword, Adam convinced Snoopwise to join in the fray, but he too was swiftly taken out, and Tyler used the mysterious locket to bring Del back from the brink. Ami...

Off on her own side-quest, Del confronted the threatening figure and discovered it was the ranger she’d been seeking. Del dubbed the ranger “Walker” and they headed towards Bree, but were soon set upon by wargs. Walker was badly hurt, so Del patched him up and they finally arrived at The Prancing Pony inn. They quickly spotted Adam and Guy, but for reasons unknown, Walker immediately moved to atta...

As Adam and Guy tried to figure out when the heck Guy had sprouted pointy ears, Hobbits with a reservation for Underhill arrived. Two rangers from across the room jumped up and one of them was Del! Earlier, at Bombadil’s house, Goldberry had told Del about a hobbit who’s supposed to destroy something but doesn’t have the protection he needs. Del was tasked with finding a ranger who can help and th...

After they got weird shirts from Kemmet from the Forg, the troupe made their way to The Prancing Pony inn. They learned that they hobbits were expected at the inn the following night, but in the meantime, they had a show to put on. The proprietor’s introduction of Wet Change managed to turn the crowd against them before they’d even started, but they fumbled their way through some improv games and...

The troupe approached the gate leading into Bree and unintentionally convinced the guards they were inept enough to not be a threat. Making their way through town, a server from The Prancing Pony invited them to perform at the bar in return for free accommodations, but first Adam and Guy needed proper pants. Adam found himself miraculously clad in a kilt, so they made their way to a tailor’s shop...

The troupe continued to fight the goblins. Adam failed to tame the dog-man, Guy noticed the goblins were sensitive to sunlight and set their tarp on fire to destroy their shade, and Tyler, who had run away, realized the others hadn’t followed him, so he came back to help finish things off. They then performed the unsavoury task of searching the bodies and found a crude drawing depicting hobbits an...

Wet Change, sans Del, set out east towards the town of Bree. They happened upon the violent willow tree, decided not to burn it down just yet, and travelled across a difficult landscape until they came across a group of goblins. Not wanting to fight, Tyler and Adam tried to run away, and Guy climbed a tree, but still they were discovered. Adam and Guy threw Baguettes and branches, but it was only...

With Del away on a mysterious adventure of her own, the rest of the troupe rested at Bombadil’s house and equipped themselves for the task ahead. Tolkien gave Tyler a broken sword, Guy had the forethought to ask for food and water, and Adam dressed himself in an improvised hat and poorly-constructed toga. The troupe departed and found themselves naturally taking on specific roles within the group:...

After Bombadil revealed himself to be J.R.R. Tolkien, Goldberry took Del aside for a private conversation, and the rest of Wet Change were left to question the author. He explained that he had often escaped into his own story, into an ethereal realm between fiction and reality, but lately the narrative had been falling apart. The heroes who usually helped the ring-bearer hadn’t shown up, so Tolkie...

A malevolent tree put everyone except Tyler to sleep and began pulling them into its trunk! As they awoke, Guy set the branches on fire, Tyler injured himself badly getting Del free, and Del sacrificed her cell phone to wedge open the trunk just enough to grab Adam’s hand, but the tree wouldn’t let him go. So, Adam negotiated and the tree finally released him in exchange for Tyler chopping off its...

Comedy troupe Wet Change met their strange Santa-like saviour, Tom Bombadil, who invited them to his home before vanishing in a puff of butterflies. Before heading out, the troupe scoured the crypt for loot and took stock of their fighting experience. Guy knew some taekwondo, Adam knew some karate, Del took a semester of archery, and Tyler found a locket that made him feel a bit safer. Del used he...

The sketch comedy troupe, Wet Change, was performing at Edinburgh Fringe when suddenly they were engulfed by mist. They emerged from the foggy swirl of leaves onto a forest road. They soon met a friendly and welcoming merchant, who was immediately slain by a terrifying cloaked figure on horseback. Del, Tyler, Adam, and Guy fled through the woods and sought shelter inside a crypt, only to find it w...

Welcome back to Jesters of-- MIDDLE-EARTH?? It seems that Ryan’s been eaten by an owl, a migratory owl no less, so while we wait for that pesky bird to return with our DM in a few months’ time, Tom McGee will be taking Wet Change back in time to the beginning of their journey. They’ll answer the question of what if—instead of falling into Ravenloft—the troupe fell into an alternate universe, one w...

Before moving on to the next realm, New Rogue apologized to Tyler about his lost finger, and Tyler gave him a consoling hug that they both needed. Meanwhile, Shadow Nemesis revealed to DDX that he missed him and wanted him back, but DDX proposed they start again as equals, something the barbarian needed time to consider. Ezra then sent them to the realm of Yah Shee. The troupe heard sounds of reve...

The troupe had a good night’s rest followed by very upsetting morning. Tyler’s cursed ring behaved as expected and he was bitten by a poisonous snake. Del healed him up, and they tried to remove the ring, but it wouldn’t budge, so New Rogue suggested that Tyler should cut off his finger, confident that he could reattach it. Shadow Nemesis bit off the finger and put the ring away, but after many at...

With one dark lord’s problem solved, the troupe did some introspection. Tyler argued with Ezra that it was reasonable for him to not be doing well, given the circumstances, and that Ezra would have to live with that, Shadow Nemesis redesigned his mind palace and Shadow Master explained to him why DDX couldn’t become a dark lord, Del, Rumpleforeskin, and Werner Herzog had a philosophical discussion...

The troupe took their chance to solve the Cardinal’s troubles. New Rogue pulled Tom’s body from Shadow Nemesis’s brain-eating grasp, and after appealing to the barbarian’s vanity, they started digging a grave. Del tried to convince Issa and the Cardinal that they could be a great pair, Tyler sensed that Del needed more time and gathered everyone to say some final words about Tom Foolery, Issa and...

The troupe came upon the grisly scene of Issa standing over the body of a very dead Tom Foolery. After learning of Issa’s recent murder spree, they realized she might be a good fit for the Cardinal. Del talked the Cardinal through his insecurities and tried to show him the benefits of practicing and taking a slower approach with his victims, Tyler tried to find common ground between Issa and the C...

The troupe was forced to confront some difficult ethical questions. Del shared her own recent experience of loss with the Cardinal and got him fixated on the idea of breaking someone’s heart to cause a new kind of pain, Shadow Nemesis proposed making DDX the dark lord of this realm, but Tyler and New Rogue talked him out of it, New Rogue finally made a sincere apology to Rumpleforeskin about how h...

After wrestling the puzzle pieces from the ineffectual Michaels, Void solved the puzzle! Shadow Nemesis subdued the chains and brightened up the room, but the Cardinal had difficulty speaking with more than one person, so Del remained and everyone else gave them privacy. Once Del realized the Cardinal suffered from panic attacks, she walked him through some grounding exercise, but New Rogue misint...

The Cardinal’s puzzle pieces were kept safely apart by the Michaels while the troupe argued over how best to avoid combat with the dark lord. Shadow Nemesis suggested they distract him to throw him off-script, Tyler recommended they try to give him hope and some reprieve from his torture, New Rogue shared an unrelated movie plot to provide context, and Del got fed up and left to consult with Werne...

After hearing screams from below, the troupe learned that Tom and Issa’s companions hadn’t survived a fight with some deadly chains. They tried to meet up with Shadow Nemesis, but he found himself locked in a room, confronted with a puzzle he was compelled to solve, and suddenly in a battle with the Cardinal. New Rogue protected their newest allies, and as Del finally broke through the door, they...

Del, New Rogue, and Tyler were welcomed by the gang and coordinated their search of the mansion, while Shadow Nemesis remained invisible and decided to go it alone. The barbarian unintentionally summoned the Cardinal, escaped through a window, and alerted the rest of the troupe. Tyler convinced the gang to search the basement so Wet Change could deal with the dark lord alone, Del spoke with a ghos...