Bobby Bobby Blini Boy

## Description

Three years after the Dragon Friends secured a narrow, costly victory against a resurrected Strahd von Zarovich, a handsome man steps off a gangplank to meet an old friend. Instead, he is met by a dire situation and an enigmatic message of hope for the city of Waterdeep; BANKNOTE LIVES.

## Synopsis

Three years after the.. (see Description).. Baston steps (actually *flips*) off the gangplank of the *Feather Sail* into Waterdeep, seeing some tattered graffiti that reads "BANKNOTE LIVES". A group of six guards pass by, accompanied by a palanquin and a man bound with a sack over his head. The leader of the group of guards - the town adjudicator - stands up on a platform and announces that the bound man has been found guilty of treachery. At that moment, he hears a soft whistle near to him and turns to see, hiding behind some crates, Bobby Pancakes and Gribbits. Baston reveals to Bobby that he has recieved a note from Philge telling him to meet her in Daggerford (resulting in an argument as to why Baston is in Waterdeep rather than Daggerford). Meanwhile, the adjudicator on the platform announces that the bound prisoner is to be hanged for sedition, places the noose around their neck and takes the sack off their head revealing Janos Meer. Bobby attempts to shoot a crossbow bolt at the rope holding the noose, but does not manage to break it; Baston attempts to rush forward and flip and throw a knife at the rope, but fumbles the flip and throws the knife wildly, while Gribbits attempts to sneak towards the stage. Two guards engage Baston, wounding him.

Bobby attempts to rush onto the stage as well to grab hold of Janos to take the weight from the noose; Baston uses his new Monk ability *Step Of The Wind* to jump up to the stage as the guards and the adjudicator attack and wound Gribbits. Bobby casts his new Bard spell, *Earth Tremor*, making the entire stage shake and causing 3 of the guards to fall off into the crowd, while Baston cuts the rope on the noose and the three Friends attempt to flee towards a nearby alley, with Gribbits being seriously wounded by the guards' daggers as he flees. Janos points out a manhole entrance to the Beggar's Court underneath a haycart, and the Friends carry him into it.

After attempting to come up with several new names for Bobby Pancakes, Janos leads them into the basement of abandoned inn, and informs that that it's a safe house for a cell of "the Resistance", and that they will help them if they mention Janos's name and the password, "Banknote Lives". Janos and Gribbits leave, and Bobby talks about how upset Philge was when he left. Baston explains that he now follows "the way of the eleven" - "a hotness higher than ten" - which is a search for inner beauty. Heading upstairs into the abandoned tavern, they see a small figure in a cloak nursing a glass of milk. After reading the password to him, he reveals himself as Bobson Dugnutt, and explains that after the explosion in the Deadlands he was sent through multiple dimensions and has arrived here. He welcomes them to "Cell 17", and tells them that they have a "celeb-adjacent" person in the cell - Lionshield Banknote.

Bobson explains that "Banknote Lives" refers to Lionshield's *father,* Greatheart; Lionshield has no particular special role in the Resistance, but has taken over his father's distillery business; while Greatheart was a key figure in the founding of the Resistance, but has now disappeared. On hearing that Baston intends to head to Daggerford, Bobson hands him an envelope that needs to be delivered to Daggerford, and should only be opened once there to reveal special further instructions. The Friends start to wind their way through Beggar's Court, which now appears ruined after multiple conflicts.

## Cast

### Dragon Friends

* Philge
* Bobby Pancakes
* Baston
* Lionshield Banknote

### NPCs

* Janos Meer
* Gribbits
* Bobson Dugnutt

## Themes, Tropes and Running Jokes

* Cum Jokes - Dave makes the mistake of using "cum" in it's meaning of "via", resulting in Bobson Dugnutt adopting the title of "Cum Chairman" (see quotes, below).

## Trivia

* The episode title was originally named “Bobby Bobby Bellini Boy” before being changed to “Bobby Bobby Blini Boy” after Alex Lee pointed out that Ben Jenkins said "Blini" (a small pancake), not "Bellini" (a Prosecco and peach cocktail one might have with pancakes at a boozy brunch).
* The characters are all now level eight, having added one or more levels during the intervening three years. Baston is now a level 4 Fighter/level 4 Monk, Bobby is a level 7 Rogue/level 1 Bard, and Banknote has caught up to the others and is now a level 8 Artificer.

## Quotes

* "Banknote's become this sort of larger-than-life, almost mythical figure in the Resistance, some sort of Charles De Gaulle esque.." "That's your go-to? Not Robin Hood, Charles De Gaulle?" "Well, did they name an airport after Robin Hood?" (Actually, they did; Doncaster Sheffield Airport was previously called Robin Hood Airport.)
* "You report to cell-leader-cum-chairman Bobson Dugnett." "CUM CHAIRMAN? He's the.." "No. No." "Yea, I'm a cell leader and I'm a Cum Chairman." "I mean technically it's Cell Leader / Cum Chairman. It's a dual title thing we're trying know." "How did you write that down and not n.." "I DON"T KNOW! I'M STARTING TO THINK WHEN YOU READ THESE NOTES YOU SEE THIS SHIT AND YOU DON'T TELL ME!" "No, I just Control-F, type C U M, and that is my prep."
* "It will explode if it's opened within one thousand miles of Daggerfor.. " "No." "No?" "A thousand miles is *so* far. A thousand miles is like longer than from Sydney to Melbourne." "It will explode if it is opened at a distance that is closer to Daggerford than Daggerford." "What, WHAT? WHAT? If it's closer to Daggerford *than Daggerford*?" "It explodes!" "How does that.. walk me through how that technology could possibly work, Dave?" "Well, basically there's a technomantic system of global positioning that's based on.." "No, no, but what you said was, if it's closer to Daggerford than Daggerford **is to what**? There's a missing element in this entire! This whole letter returns an error message!" "Anyway, I'm sure you get the gist, just be careful with it!"