Jesters of Ravenloft: A D&D Podcast

The troupe desperately fought to defeat the Huntress and finally take the Sunblade. Shadow Nemesis, still trapped in his berserk state, relentless attacked the undead around him until he was struck down and petrified by the bite of an undead cockatrice, Del received a gun from the mists and summoned a pokeball panther to help, and Tyler threw his alchemayo jug at the Huntress, knocking her down, w...

The troupe fought for their lives against the Huntress and accidentally fought each other in the process. Shadow Nemesis went berserk and attacked those nearest to him, which happened to be the Huntress and also Tyler, New Rogue used his ability to Turn Undead, which scared off the Huntress and also Rumpleforeskin, Del provided a chance to escape by casting a teleport spell on them all, and Tyler...

Inside the ruined monastery, the troupe fought the Huntress and several boneless zombies. New Rogue conjured a field of Austin Powers’s love interests to fend off the zombies, Jack Magnum immediately bounded away and into a zombie, which started to consume him, the Doctor Deputy followed Del’s orders to rescue Jack Magnum and he chased after the goat, and Del blasted the Huntress but accidentally...

Still separated from the rest of the troupe, New Rogue finally regained his magical powers after apologizing profusely to Ezra for his blasphemy, and saw his friends once again, only to be attacked by Hellhounds. Shadow Nemesis meanwhile led his companions into the ruined monastery, Tyler guided Del through the darkness, and once her eyes had adjusted, Del summoned a bonfire to set several boneles...

Del, Tyler, and Shadow Nemesis prepared to enter the monastery, unable to help their friends, who had been eaten by an owl. New Rogue and Jack Magnum broke through the fortified insides of an owl that had clearly learned from the deaths of its fellows, and discovered they were hundreds of feet above the ground. New Rogue tried for a diplomatic solution, but mistakenly burned through the bird with...

With New Rogue and Jack Magnum still missing, the rest of the troupe continued onward. Shadow Nemesis told Del the story of the Lion’s Paw before unveiling his plan to the sneak into the monastery, Del ordered the Doctor Deputy to tie up some cockatrices to be eaten by zombies and took advantage of her new minion’s darkvision, and Tyler learned he was wearing an earring of sexiness and couldn’t re...

The troupe spoke with several citizens of Corn Town with mixed results. Tyler collected useful information from a local criminal Quickling, New Rogue tried to give corn to the poor, and he was joined by the Doctor Deputy, who robbed an unconscious person to make them poor. New Rogue then accidentally killed the misguided squire, but Del was able to save him before collapsing. Meanwhile, Shadow Nem...

The troupe spoke with several citizens of Corn Town with mixed results. Tyler collected useful information from a local criminal Quickling, New Rogue tried to give corn to the poor, and he was joined by the Doctor Deputy, who robbed an unconscious person to make them poor. New Rogue then accidentally killed the misguided squire, but Del was able to save him before collapsing. Meanwhile, Shadow Nem...

Having been swallowed whole by a giant owl, Del managed to stab and burn her way out of the bird only to catch the attention of a dinosaur-like creature. Luckily, Rumpleforeskin found her and they galloped away to relative safety. The rest of the troupe entered Corn Town. Tyler set out to gather information to help them on their quest, New Rogue decided to bestow corn from the farm on the people o...

Travelling without Del, the troupe found themselves menaced by the mists, their mounts, and each other. New Rogue was nearly turned to stone forever by Westra Ambereyes before he started riding with Tyler, Shadow Nemesis was disappointed when he realized how helpless his friends were even though they thwart him constantly, and General Tyler desperately tried to keep the team from killing each othe...

The troupe’s tense standoff continued, when suddenly a giant owl swooped in, swallowed Del whole, and took off. New Rogue didn’t believe that Shadow Nemesis wanted to help and hit him with another rock, so Shadow Nemesis responded by shooting New Rogue in the leg. After Tyler froze Shadow Nemesis and everyone had calmed down, they accepted that the owl was long gone and they split up to look for f...

The troupe challenged Shadow Nemesis on his motivations for remaining with them, which ended in him throwing the Doctor Deputy into a well, but Tyler rescued the squire and caused him to reflect on the merits of doing good. Del led the troupe in a mind meld with Shadow Master and they learned that Shadow Nemesis could in fact let Adam out whenever he wanted to, Tyler received confirmation from Ezr...

The troupe found themselves fighting for their lives against the Talisman of Ultimate Evil. Shadow Nemesis freed himself from his symbiote’s charm and a game of talisman hot potato ensued. Tyler caught it first and immediately died, Del then got hold of it and started dying too, but New Rogue revivified and stabilized them both. Shadow Nemesis—realizing he truly is evil—found himself able to hold...

The troupe have found themselves in possession of an evil talisman! Working together, Del viciously mocked the amulet’s skeletal guardian before Tyler finished it off with a misty-step-fueled hammer throw. Shadow Nemesis then claimed the talisman, but was prevented from putting it on by New Rogue and Tyler. Torn between the powers of Shadow Master’s charm and his absolute love of evil, Shadow Neme...

Just minutes before the troupe met the troll, Del and the Doctor Deputy had found themselves face to face with the ghost of Angelina, who was desperate for a divorce from her also-deceased husband Ted. Del misled Ted into willingly running away from them and towards the Gravewalker, they then came upon the ongoing battle, Del quickly dispatched of the troll, and they caught up with the rest of Wet...

Still trying to infiltrate Angelina’s farm, the boys had discovered a well with clean water leading up to the barn when they were ambushed by a massive green monster hurling boulders. Tyler tried to be brave as he cast new spells at the creature, Shadow Nemesis went into a giant rage and pulled the monster into the water with him, and incredibly New Rogue intentionally caused damaged with his spec...

As the troupe neared the end of the tunnel that led to the farm, they realized that Del and the Doctor Deputy were missing! As they called out for the companions, they caught the attention of nearby scarecrows and suddenly found themselves under attack. Shadow Nemesis scaled the walls to attack the scarecrows as they entered the tunnel, New Rogue used his Immovable Rod to prevent more from enterin...

The troupe continued on their way to Angelina’s farm! While Tyler and New Rogue played some road trip games with the Doctor Deputy, Del had a private call with Lucretia where she learned that every time the day restarts, a month passes everywhere else! Meanwhile, Shadow Nemesis got in an argument with Shadow Master about how best to survive the realm, and so Shadow Master charmed Shadow Nemesis in...

The troupe is playing into the ruse to impersonate The General and his retinue! After New Rogue volunteered them all to help rescue Angelina from the same scarecrows that had previously killed him and Del, the troupe tricked Nicholas Church into getting them their usual cockatrices. On the way to the farm, Shadow Nemesis flexed his newly discovered “Jester's Privilege” and acquired some new catchp...

The troupe’s inability to keep quiet alerted a nearby militia force to their presence. New Rogue, Del and Tyler hid in the forest, only to be torn apart by demonic imps, and Shadow Nemesis was destroyed by The Grave Walker, even after giving up his friends. Awakening once more at the start of the same day, the group was ready to apply what they’d learned, so they proceeded to kill the green skinne...

After scouting and sharing fond memories, the troupe reconvened. Tyler and Ivan led them towards one of the army's militia forces, New Rogue tried to understand Westra's cawing by asking Jack Magnum to translate, and Del had to explain to Shadow Nemesis that her reality blade doesn't conjure magical items into existence just because he wants them and dismissed him back to the ghost realm. Shadow N...

The troupe are on their way to the hills to watch the final battle! While resting so New Rogue could meditate and recharge his magic, Tyler and Del had a long-overdue chat about how they were holding up in their terrifying new reality. Meanwhile, Shadow Nemesis grew tired of being alone in the ghost realm. In an effort to convince the group to let him stay out with them more often, he explored the...

With the rest of the troupe having safely surrendered, Shadow Nemesis was chased by cockatrices and immediately pecked to death. New Rogue was too depleted to revive him, and Tyler was convinced by Ezra to wait and see if the day reset again, so when Del tried to summon Werner, the ghost of Shadow Nemesis joined them instead. Del packed up his body and gear into her portable hole, and they all dec...

As the troupe faced seven elderly gnomes, Shadow Nemesis began to rage and the fight began. Tyler immediately backed away, hands up, bowing out of the fight, Del followed Tyler’s lead, declaring they weren’t with Shadow Nemesis, and New Rogue tried to magically calm the villagers, but when he couldn’t calm them all, he too surrendered. Tyler and Del tried to force Shadow Nemesis to back down, but...

After failing to hold onto Guy Bradford through the pull of the mists, Tyler passed through alone to rejoin Wet Change. The troupe witnessed events repeating themselves and started to learn the rules of this new domain. Del deduced that the only ghosts in the realm were those who had died that day, New Rogue revivified the orc that had died from an allergy attack, and Shadow Nemesis experimented w...