Deadly Dungeon: Episode 01

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==Recap==
=== Session 1 (Back to the Dungeon) ===
=== Characters ===
* Boff Tannen - Level 6 Paladin (Oath of Devotion)
* Emmett Brown - Level 6 Artificer (Artillerist)
* George Octobeard - Level 5 Druid (Circle of Stars), Level 1 Cleric (Peace)
* Marty McFireball - Level 6 Bard (College of Lore)
=== Episode Synopsis ===
The party spawns in the Dungeon in a small room with two bookcases, two chairs, two tables, and a door to the north. There are two sconces in the wall that give off light, but do not burn with a flame. George examines the bookcases, finding several fiction books. Boff examines the door, and sees 3 concentric circles near the top of the door composed of runes. Doc talks about a time vortex, and starts handing out items to his compatriots. He hands a Radiant Flail which looks like a baseball bat and a Repulsion Shield to Boff. Marty checks the sconse, but it is affixed to the wall and can't be removed. George sits down in a chair while Boff gives his Thieves Tools to Doc. 
Boff goes to the door and finds the handle is locked. As Boff thinks about going through the first door, the first of the concentric rings in the door begins to glow. Doc hands Marty a Spell Recovery Ring. Doc looks for a book on the shelf by Jules Verne, but finds one that is titled Return to Tomorrow. Marty sits down in the other chair and begins attuning to the ring. Boff continues to hold the door, and the second of the two concentric rings begins to glow. Doc warns Boff about messing with stuff he doesn't understand and reads through Return to Tomorrow, finding it eerily similar to his own life. As the third ring starts to light up, Boff releases the door, and the rings go dim. 
Doc tosses a book on the table, titled The Grand Colisseum in Dwarvish. Marty leafs through the book, finding chapters on grand champions, fans, and the beasts they fight. Marty leaves the book on the table. Boff attunes to the flail and the shield while Doc starts muttering scientific theories. After a few minutes, the party has attuned to their items. Marty goes to a bookcase and moves it away from the wall, finding nothing. Boff checks the other bookcase, finding nothing, and trips to fall on the floor into an inexplicable pile of horse manure in the corner. Doc moves towards the door and creates a Protector Eldritch Cannon, giving the party temporary HP. Marty casts Mage Hand and drops a book on Boff's head. George creates and Emboldening Bond between himself, Doc, and Boff. 
Boff touches the door and thinks of going through, and the runes lights light up. Only Boff sees this. The party gathers by the door and touches the door with an action, and when they think of going through the runes start lining up. After three rounds, all of the circles on the door light up, and the party teleports through the door to the other side. 
The party moves through the door and finds a dozen goblins, with half of them wearing blue jerseys and cheering for the Butcher while the other half are wearing yellow jerseys and cheering for the Sandman. They carry banners, spears, and vuvuzelas, and start shouting at each other. As soon as they see the party, they charge forward and start attacking. The goblins surround the party, firing their shortbows and stabbing with schimitars. They land several blows, until George casts Conjure Animals and summons the Giant Octopi Einstein and Copernicus. Einstein crushes a goblin as Boff steps up and whacks at the goblin boss with his bat. The goblin boss redirects the attack and pulls a goblin next to him in front of the swing, and the goblin is crushed. Boff crushes another goblin as Marty steps back and blows up another goblin with Eldritch Blast. Doc uses his protector to refresh the party's temporary HP, and then obliterates a goblin with Poison Spray. The goblins continue to chip away at the party, but are unable to break through their temporary HP as the party slowly finishes off the goblins. 
In the room there is a wood and metal treasure chest, and a metal chest with a recycling symbol on it. There is also a door leading to the left, on the Butcher side, as well as a door to the right on the Sandman side. As the party loots through the bodies, the colors of the jerseys start to fade away. Boff takes a jersey from each side. Marty opens the metal chest and finds it empty, while Doc looks in the wooden chest and finds 3 Healing Potions. The party decides to go the Butcher side and lines up by the door. They all touch the door and think of going through, and the rings on the door light up to teleport them to the next room. 
The party moves into the next room to find 16 kobolds, with a door to the north. Marty immediately throws a Fireball into the center of the room, and burns all of the kobolds to ash. Marty checks the ceiling, and finds it to be 12 feet high. Doc asks for a light source, and Marty casts Light on his shield. The party moves to the door and touches the door, thinking about moving through, and the runes on the door glow. 
The party moves through the door and hears strange chanting from what appears to be 5 Harpies: 
"Gor, Gor, Gor-Gorgon, colisseum brawl!" 
"Petrify, Petrify, Petrify Breath, turn them into stone!" 
The chanting of the Harpies tries to lure the party forward. The party resists the effects until Marty and Boff fall under a Harpies sway and move through the room under its charm. The party starts chipping away at the Harpies as Einstein and Copernicus each grab one. Marty continues to remain under the Harpies sway while the party starts to drop the remaining Harpies. Marty finally breaks out of the thrall of one Harpy only to be enthralled by another one. The rest of the Harpies go down and Marty snaps out of the charm. Doc looks in a wooden treasure chest in the corner of the room, and finds a Scroll of Melf's Acid Arrow. The party finds a door in the back left corner of the room and gathers in front. Marty informs the party that the teleport door acts like a mirror, and they align themselves to move through the door. 
The party moves through the door and finds an Ettin and a Mastiff standing in front of two cages. Behind the cages are two Gorgons. Doc immediately throws out a ball that bursts into a sticky Web, grabbing the Ettin and the Gorgons. The Mastiff bites Einstein as the party starts blasting the Ettin, bringing it down. One of the Gorgons breaths it's Petrifying Breath on the Octopi, and Einstein begins to turn to stone. The Mastiff runs up and bites George, but Boff puts it down with his bat. The other Gorgon breaths it's Petrifying Breath, and this time Copernicus begins to turn to stone. The party starts firing at the Gorgons, who are stuck in the web. The Octopi pass their saves and move out of range of the Gorgons, and the party brings down the Gorgons with repeated missile fire before they can bust down their cages. Doc picks the lock on one of the cages and opens a wooden treasure chest, finding a Brooch of Shielding. Marty examines a large blue door, seeing depictions of arena champions emblazoned on the door. Marty regrets not grabbing the book from the first room concerning the arena and the champions. The party gathers in front of the door, hearing sounds of excitement and cheering on the other side, and moves through the door. 
The party finds themselves in a colisseum arena. There is are two dead Gorgons and Hobgoblins in the center of the arena, and two more injured Gorgons being ridden by Hobgoblins with bows. There are dozens of goblins in the crowd 15 feet above the arena, cheering on the participants. As everyone notices the party entering the arena, the Gorgons and Hobgoblins turn to attack. Marty casts Dissonant Whispers on a Gorgon, but it shakes off the effect. The Gorgons charge forward and breath their Petrifiying Breath on the party, and Copernicus starts turning to stone. Doc tosses another Web grenade, and it grabs onto one of the Gorgons. Copernicus shakes off the effect. Einstein grabs a Gorgon as Marty tries to cast Heat Metal on the Gorgon, but the spell fizzles. One fot the Gorgons breaths it's Petrifiying Breath on the party again, but to no avail. Boff uses his Channel Divinity to make his weapon Sacred. The party beats on the Gorgons until one drops. The other Gorgon fires his Petrifiying Breath at the party, and Copernicus once again starts turning to stone. Boff kills a Hobgoblin as the Goblin Crowd becomes enraged and starts throwing junk at the party. Copernicus shakes off the petrification effect again. Boff kills the second Gorgon and the last Hobgoblin, and shouts out "Are you not entertained!". The crowd goes quiet for a second, and then they come down out of the stands. 
27 groups of the Goblin Crowd start dropping onto the arena and starts encircling the party. Some of the crowd start hitting George with junk from the stands. George and the Octopi start attacking the Goblin Crowd and bring one down. Marty throws a Fireball to the far side of the room and kills 6 groups of the Goblin Crowd. Doc fires off a Tasha's Caustic Brew, and sprays several groups of goblins with Acid. Boff moves south and drops a group of Goblins. The Goblin Crowds start pummeling George with junk, and he takes several hits. The party drop several more Goblin Crowds over the course of the next turn. The last Goblin Crowd sprayed by acid dies as well. The Goblin Crowds continue to pummel George with vuvelas and he finally loses concentration on the Octopi, who vanish. George continues to take hits as he runs over towards the party. Marty throws one last Fireball and drops 4 more Goblin Crowds. Doc uses his Healer's Kit to heal George, and his Protector gives the party an infusion of temporary HP. The party continues to pummel the Goblin Crowds over the next few rounds, and then the arena is quiet. 
The party gathers and breathes a sigh of relief. George drinks two Healing Potions to recover. The party moves to the north side of the room and opens up the door, finding a stairway leading up. The start traveling forward. As they get halfway up the stairs, they are set upon by a thickness in the air. As the party passes through it, all time based effects affecting the party end. The party advances to the next floor, finding a room with more bookshelves...... 
=== Death Synopsis ===
No party members died in the filming of this episode, but an awful lot of goblins sure did.
=== Post Mortem recap ===
There is no recap, as the party passes through the first floor and on to the next level of the dungeon.
Category:Deadly Dungeon Episodes