QoA x NeoScum: Fingering the Bone Throne - Part One

> "*I must say now that we've gotten closer to the devils I do think that they are hot. Even though they're dead. Oops!*"
> ― Pox
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**QoA x NeoScum: Fingering the Bone Throne - Part One** is the thirteenth episode of Queens of Adventure: Legends. It is the start of the second cross-over with the cast of NeoScum, and features five more adventurers waking up in Avernus.

## Summary

*To start, the players introduce themselves and their roles.*

Five strangers wake up in the desolate landscape of Avernus near the bank of a river. None have memories of how they got here, and only two recognize each other.

Dak calls out for Xanadu, his battle boar, who emerges from a pile of bones. This draws the attention of Pox, grateful to recognize someone as they look to the others, although she is amazed by Arson. Amon Duul is relieved the boar is with Dak and not a monster. Fox E Kim is amazed that she and Pox are both High Elves. Dak wonders if this is medieval times.

A ferryman rows up, greeting the five and recognizing that they are mortals who have washed up on the banks of the river Styx in Avernus, first of the Nine Hells. Amon instantly thinks they should kill the ferryman. He says it would cost a soul coin apiece for him to ferry them back to the mortal world. Fox E asks where they might find Soul Coins. The ferryman says they may find some in the citadel of Princeps Kovic, which they can see a mile to the north. Amon asks him to join them, but he says he is doomed to stay on the boat. He steps off the boat and he and the ferry reappear in the middle of the river.

The group start to make their way across the hellscape. After an hour they reach the two story structure covered in chains and surrounded by a lava moat. A draw bridge leads to massive doors guarded by sleeping devils. Amon is stunned by the building's size and fails to find any other ways in.

A massive vehicle rumbles towards them. On its flat top sits a throne made of bones with a chain covered devil sitting on it. The group tries to find ways to hide, Amon ultimately diving into a pile of bones and peeks out. Fox E leads the others to follow. A couple bones tumble, drawing the attention of one devil on the back of the tank who steps off to investigate. As the tank crosses the drawbridge, the chain devil whips chains at the sleeping guards and knocks them into the lava moat, furious at their laziness.

Fox E casts *minor illusion* to create a boned winged creature that flies away from the bones towards the citadel. The lone devil heads towards the drawbridge as new pitchfork bearing guards take over the guard posts. Arson casts *dancing lights* in the shape of a humanoid and has it strut towards the drawbridge. The new guards watch it.

As Dak tries to listen in, Amon cannot wait and leaps forward and hurls his hand axe. It embeds in a guard's head and knocks him into the lava. The other guard goes to use a signal horn. Arson charges, intimidatingly demands the guard back away. The guard crashes into a wall and knocks himself unconscious. Dak looks over the side of the moat and sees the first guard bleeding out on a rock, retrieving the axe and dumping the body into the lava. Fox E searches the unconscious guard and finds teeth, bones, and some throwing stars. She hands out the teeth, one each with an extra to Pox. Arson feels something special about the tooth she is given, but can't tell what.

The group decides to climb the chains. Dak tries to convince Xanadu to run up the wall. When it cant, Dak sends him to get help, and instead he roots around in the bone piles. The others climb (Arson spiderwalking up), as Pox and Arson compare shoes.

Passing a window they hear voices and the clinking of coins. Amon listens in and hears rustling of sacks, and faint moans of voices as coins tumble into chests.

Reaching the top, they find a sleeping devil near a trap door. Dak fails to stealthily kill the guard. As it wakes up, Amon hurls his hand axe again, decapitating the guard. Nearby, a severed head congratulates them on the excellent am, startling the party. He introduces himself as Aloysius, paladin of Fae'run, a fellow mortal who washed up and tried to steal from the castle. They remove him from the pike, and he offers to help guide them through the citadel so they can all get soul coins. Pox places his head on the devil's body, and Arson gives spidersilk to Fox E who uses it to bind the head to the body.

Arson casts *invisibility* on herself and Pox. They lift up the trapdoor and looks around the second level of the citadel. It reeks of decay, full of decapitated bodies, but also sacks and chests. They sneak down to one of the chests, and finds hundreds of coins inside. As the lid opens, one of the corpses rises up.

### Characters

#### Party

Queens of Adventure

* Arson Nicki - drider warlock
* Fox E. Kim - high elf cleric

NeoScum:

* Amon Duul the Third - half-orc barbarian - Gannon Reedy
* Dak Rambo - human ranger - Mike Migdall
	+ Xanadu - battle boar companion
* Pox - high elf rogue - Eleni Sauvageau

#### NPCs Edit

* The Ferryman
* Princeps Kovic - chained devil (debut)
* Aloysius the Paladin (debut)

#### Monsters/Enemies Edit

* Devils
* Headless Corpses

## Episode Notes

### Lore

* The ferryman in Avernus regularly finds mortals on the banks of the river and sends them to find Soul Coins.

### Memorable Quotes

* "Dak! What the fork is going on... I mean f-?" - "You can curse, I think." - "You find you have the ability to curse." - Pox, Dak, and DM Matt
* "Is this like a theme thing? Oh, like we're in Hell. But like Santa Claus, Indiana?" - Dak Rambo
* "If you think I'm alive, then I have you fooled cause I am dead inside." - Arson Nicki
* "The hog has a cart behind it." - "Well that would have been nice for you to share with the group." - Dak Rambo and Fox E. Kim
* "Put that thing down right now, or else I am going to kill you so hard your born-ness will be completely erased." - Arson Nicki
* "Did a man with a skull like head tell you to come here and get some soul coins?" - Fox E. Kim
* "You want to use mending to reattach a head?" - "Just temporary. I don't think it would last forever." DM Matt and Fox E Kim

### References

* Escape Rooms
* Breath Right Strips
* iPods

## Behind the Queens

* This episode was recorded in October 2019 as part of the Legendary Journey to the midwest.
* This episode was originally released as Bonus Episode 23 in March 2020.
* This is the second time queens from different casts (Arson from Seattle and Fox E from Chicago) have appeared together, after the DragCon episode.

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**Day of the Lepus** - Part One -- Part Two
**Live Panels** -- RuPaul's DragCon 2018 -- Minneapolis LIVE: Gaylaxicon 2019 -- PAX West 2019
**The Pernicious Poisoning of Peachblossom** Part One -- Part Two
**QoA x NeoScum**: Feet Pics for the Hellwasp - Part One -- Feet Pics for the Hellwasp - Part One -- **Fingering the Bone Throne - Part One** -- Fingering the Bone Throne - Part Two
**Hang Ten**: Part One -- Part Two
**Geekhaus Live**: Part One - Part Two
**Emerald Forest Adventure Con**: Part One - Part Two
**Children of the Cornball**: Part One - Part Two
**Seattle in Chicago**: Part One - Part Two