"Deck of Disaster Part 1"

"Kicked from their new home whilst Thog renovates, our merry band stumbles upon quite an oddity on the isles..." - Deck of Disasters Part 1
== Plot Synopsis ==
The group has gathered at the Nine Shrines Bar, where Thog has set some thugs to work making repairs. Thog suggests that Ashe should take Markus, Gregor, and Kier away from the bar so they won't cause problems.
The group travels to the Isle of Talfir, where they see a pair of rat creatures carrying a chair. Markus jumps in the chair and the creatures immediately run off with him, leaving behind a trail of sparkles that the rest of the group quickly follows.
The rats lead them to the house of their master, a collector who has been gathering artifacts in the Shrouded Isles. As the group examines various artifacts inside the house, the collector offers them a job retrieving a stolen artifact - the "Deck of Disasters". In order to complete the contract, he insists that they each take a card from his small selection of favourites from the larger deck.
Each of the four group members draws a card in turn, and they try to adjust to their various afflictions. Before Ashe agrees to draw a card, she asks for the name of the collector, who introduces himself as "Rat".
== Trivia ==
* This episode marks the debut of a new opening animation set to the Thrilling Intent Main Theme. The animation drawn by Jackson replaces the previous animation drawn by Fae.
* Additional art upgrades: unique artwork drawn for the arc title card, additional poses for the character portraits (also removing the white border), updated character leveling sheet format and artwork.
* Kier receives a leveling sheet for the first time. He starts as a Level 5 Engineer.
== Deck of Disaster Cards ==
 	Card 	Effect
Gregor	The Oracle	Grants its holder a "tome of infinite knowledge".
Ashe 	The Void 	Curses its holder to randomly swap abilities with the person standing to their left.
Markus	The Father	Requires its holder to speak only in rhyme and shout only puns, or else be zapped by a random magical effect.
Kier 	The Maiden	Gifts its holder with "FANTASTIC hair!"
== Quotes ==
*Markus: "Smelting hole! It's for smelting things."
*Ashe: "No, no, no, we talked about this...You and Kier do not get a smelting hole. I'm not going to have you burning hazardous waste under our house."
*Gregor: "Wait, then what about the trash compactor?"
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*Markus: "It probably has something to do with that children's book Kier and I wrote, y'know, 'Aesling the Neck Stabber'."
*Kier: "The moral is sometimes your parents are gonna get stabbed in the throat, and you can't do anything about it, because it was Aesling."
*Kier: "It's a book about growing up."
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*Rat: (to Markus) "You wouldn't happen to want to trade those horns of yours for, uh, let's say a tuning fork?"
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*Gregor: (checking the tome of infinite knowledge) "Am I looking for 'Aesling' or 'Ashe'...? Nevermind, found it! It starts with a picture of you."
*Ashe: "Dang it- Put it- STOP!" (slams the book shut on Gregor's hand)
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*Ashe: "Markus, I'm going to stab you in the throat / And then hang you up like a goat."
*Markus: "Please Ashe, that's not your affliction / Only I have to rhyme my...diction?"
*Rat: shrugs "Looks like the universe gave that one to ya."
*Markus: "Please, that is clearly a rhyme!" (pause)
*DM Narration: A third eye forms on [Markus'] forehead and immediately detonates.
Category:Deck of Disasters Episodes