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Temporary Hit Points

**Temporary Hit Points** are a D&D 5e mechanic which provides insulation against damage in the form of hit points which can be depleted at no cost to the character. However, they are especially important to Freezo since he gained the ability **Dark One's Blessing** which gives him temporary hit points every time he kills a creature. This encouraged him to see most enemies, insignificant innocents, unnecessary former allies, etc, as bundles of Temporary Hit Points. (The rules actually state that creatures killed for temporary hit points must be "hostile", but God/Dave has been generous about this, and most creatures' attitude to Freezo quickly becomes at best ambivalent.)

Their first appearance in the series was when, immediately after Baston released Horsey Two-Horse into the wild, a seriously wounded Freezo killed it with an Eldritch Spear for temporary hit points.

Freezo however lost the **Dark One's Blessing** ability in Speaking Ten to Ten when his patron Robbie Silver declared him a Hexblade instead of a Demonic warlock. Whether or not God/Dave had Robbie do this in order to stop Freezo slaying random creatures for Temporary Hit Points will likely never be known.
Tomb of Annihilation

The entire Tomb of Annihilation campaign is embedded in ...Okay, That's a Persuasion Check (3.11) as a magical arcade game.

## Season 1

* Stream of Annihilation (TOA.00)
* The House of the Crocodile (TOA.01)
* Camp Righteous (TOA.02)
* Dungrungrung (TOA.03)
* Fort Belaurian (TOA.04)
* The Pride of Candlekeep (TOA.05)
* The Feathered Cap (TOA.06)
* Jahaka Anchorage (TOA.07)
* Jahaka Anchorage, Pt. 2 (TOA.08)
* The Heart of Ubtao (TOA.09)
* Kir Sabal (TOA.10)
* The River Olung (TOA.11)

## Season 2

* The Lost Episode (TOA 2.00)
* The Yellow Banner (TOA 2.01)
* Speaks Brusquely (Episode) (TOA 2.02)
* The King of Feathers (TOA 2.03)
* Fane of the Night Serpent, Pt 1 (TOA 2.04)
* Fane of the Night Serpent, Pt 2 (TOA 2.05)
* Fane of the Night Serpant, Pt 3 (TOA 2.06)
* Fane of the Night Serpent, Pt 4 (TOA 2.07)
* Tomb of the Nine Gods, Pt 1 (TOA 2.08)
* Tomb of the Nine Gods, Pt 2 (TOA 2.09)
* Cradle of the Death God (TOA 2.10)
Season 3 Theme

The theme music for Season 3 is an instrumental piece played on synthesizer. In the opening advert in Theme From 'The Nanny', Benny Davis claims it was intended to be in the style of the theme song from *Rick And Morty* (and they share the property that the main melody is played in a simple synthesized tone with heavy portamendo)

For the more interesting bits of music from Season 3, see Johnny Playstation.
Philge in Charge Now

Philge has a knack for inserting herself into any power vacuum as a new chieftain, goddess, or business executive. She is so self-confident that it strikes her as completely logical that she should be in charge.

## Appearances

* Hey, I'm Worgin' Here! (1.04) - Kills Frisko and declares herself the Mother of Hoblgoblins
* Shut Up, I Look Great (1.10) - Wanders through a hens' night and confiscates their "Bride-to-be" sash
* Classic Six Behavior (2.02) - Demands that Brasley carves an idol of her to replace the stolen Symbol of Pelor
* Me Know What Mansplaining Is (3.03) - Becomes a Junior Vice President at Voss-Saito
* I'm Fond of Castanets (3.08) - Kills Grundle Cocksplat to become the leader of the New South Queensland chapter of the Tribe Of A Million Kings (to Freezo's delight)
* Erotic Cirque Du Soleil (4.01) - Appears to have become the Captain of a spaceship
Season 4

## Episodes

Season 4 did not give separate titles to the live shows: they are all just called "Dragon Friends Live". However, alternative names for the episodes appeared in the DM notes released by Dave.

* The City of Brass
	+ Erotic Cirque Du Soleil (4.01)
* Giants In the Sky
	+ The Big Boys of Junkerton (4.02)
* The Feywild
	+ I've Got A Song As Well (4.03)
* The Nine Circles
	+ Speaking Ten to Ten (4.04)
* The Saturnine (these four episodes / two live shows were not named separately)
	+ A Fistful of Shrimp (4.05)
	+ Inside Baseball (4.06)
	+ That's Not What Pegging Is (4.07)
	+ Because I Hate Myself, Susan (4.08)
* Freezo's Funhouse (side adventure)
	+ Freezo's Funhouse (Part 1) (4.09)
	+ Freezo's Funhouse (Part 2) (4.10)
* The Council of Nine
	+ It's Pronounced Jiff (4.11)
	+ This Sexual Wizard (4.12)
* Homecomings
	+ The Chong is Normal (4.13)
	+ I'm Very Good At Punching Fish (4.14)
* The Tower
	+ Inadvisable Space Combat (4.15)
	+ That's Not The Plot Of The Prestige (4.16)
* The Saturnine II
	+ Tit for Tat (4.17)
	+ Increasingly Sated Crocodiles (4.18)
* Dweomerheart
	+ The Best Kind of Coward (4.19)
	+ Ensorcelled (4.20)
The Less Theatrical Hobgoblin

Official art by Simon Greiner

## Introduction

Desperate to escape Daggerford, The Dragon Friends find help at the Temple of Mystra. They decide to pose as porters to the paladin Kithercy Gellantara, a righteous instrument of justice that really should know better.

## Synopsis

Framed for the Duke of Daggerford's murder, the Dragon Friends are on the run. The Dragon Friends consider whether or not they want to go back to town, considering moving into a cave. The town is awake and in an uproar. They strut through Daggerford, with Philge in desperate need of medical attention at 1 hit point, to the Temple of Mystra.

They are seen by Two Guards. Freezo talks them out of the situation, meaning the guards survive the chance meeting with the Dragon Friends.

At the temple, they are greeted by a junior Acolyte of Mystra, that Freezo speaks to like a stranger, who knows Freezo very well. They go to Freezo's room.

Mistress Lorna knocks on the door, and Freezo tells her not to come in because he is wanking. She comes in and sees the Dragon Friends that tried to hide from her. She is aware that Daggerford Castle is looking for them and they're on the run for killing the Duke. She says that she knows Freezo could never kill anyone. The Dragon Friends are given rooms to sleep in.

In the morning, they go down to breakfast and meet the paladin Kithercy Gellantara. She agrees to let the Dragon Friends pose as her servants to help them get to Waterdeep. She heals Philge a little bit.

They encounter Two Guards (different ones) who let them through after Kithercy talks to them about music. After journeying for a while, they are caught by surprise by an arrow flying out from the trees. They are surrounded by Hobgoblins.

## People

### Dragon Friends

* Freezo
* Philge
* Bobby Pancakes

### Non-Player Characters (NPCs)

* Acolyte of Mystra
* Mistress Lorna
* Kithercy Gellantara

#### Bestiary

* Horse
* Worg
* Hobgoblin

## Themes, tropes and running jokes

* Two Guards
* Bad Improv - Ben Jenkins refuses to "yes, and" with Michael Hing
* Woke Freezo - talks to Kithercy about sex work
* Freezo's Wank Screams
Wagon Dragons

Official art by Simon Greiner

## Introduction

Our adventurers escape the hobgoblin camp and try to get to Waterdeep. Freezo lies about being a doctor, Bobby doesn’t want to use his good lock picking set, and Kithercy makes some unconvincing bird noises.

## Synopsis

Philge, as hobgoblin Chief Justice, has allowed the trials of the Dragon Friends to continue, and leaves to her inauguration party. She sentences Bobby and Freezo to community service, and they, Kithercy, and Gribbits are locked up for the evening.

Bobby picks the lock and gets them out. Kithercy whistles to try to get some horses, but plays it off as bird noises. The guards are drunk and don't know what is going on, so Kithercy tries to start looking like a bird, and it doesn't work. One of the guards mentions that he always wanted to be a doctor, and the Dragon Friends try to convince him that he still could be. They begin combat, killing James, who wanted to be a doctor. They send Clive off to tell them it's a false alarm.

They collect their gear from Kithercy's wagon, where there is a Hobgoblin sleeping. Freezo intimidates Gribbits into going with them as they escape.

They make their way to Waterdeep. There are giant automatons, Glittermen acting as city watch, outside the normally open city. They tell the Dragon Friends that only humans are permitted to enter the city. Kithercy Gellantara, being a human, leaves the Dragon Friends and enters the city alone.

## People

### Dragon Friends

* Freezo
* Bobby Pancakes

#### Non-Player Characters (NPCs)

* Kithercy Gellantara
* Gribbits
* James and Clive

## Places

* Frisko's Camp
* Waterdeep

## Quotes

* "Philge forget who is baddie, been eat many grapes. Philge sentence Bobby and Freezo to death community service in Hobnob Nursing Home. Signed, Philge the Merciful." - Philge's judgment (note read aloud by Ben Jenkins)
* "It's a pie-based system of justice!" -- Bobby Pancakes (Simon Greiner)

## Themes, tropes, and running jokes

* Tie Their Shoelaces
* Benny Davis stops playing music for a little while to take a phone call because he ordered a pizza

## Table Talk

* The Dragon Friends level up in this episode, reaching level 2
Sir Grimsby Lives! (Cocktail)

**Sir Grimsby (Lives!)**

* 2 oz dark rum or tequila (the former being sweeter, the latter being a little more complex)
* 1 oz Midori
* 1/4 oz cinnamon simple syrup
* Several dashes of bitters (such as hibiscus/oak, but anything somewhat woody or earthy would do well for balance)
* Muddle fresh pineapple in the shaker, and garnish with a slice
* Enjoy while contemplating the many Extremely Reasonable explanations for Sir Grimsby Davenport having secretly survived the Tomb of Annihilation series and being definitely likely to return in-canon
Swoops, There it Is

## Synopsis

### Part 1

This episode entry is in need of a synopsis. Please consider taking a few minutes to add one.

## Key events

* Charlie Goodboy informs the party about some of the events of the previous adventure, including Lipton Rumsfeld's appearance.
* Sierra Delgado sends Zephyr Bell a call for help through ZipZop.
* The Agency visit an orphanage in the Swoops where she's apparently taken (as instructed by her mother, Eliza Delgado).
* We learn that Deathlich grew up in the orphanage after his parents were killed by Shanghai Shrek. His first name then was Kenneth.
* Deathlich is forced to adopt all 220+ children and take them the Quicklime House post-adventure, including BonBon and Dorothy Pencils.
* The agency meets a drow going by the name of Killman - an old rival of Deathlich.
* Killman tries to have Sierra sacrificed to a giant spider he believes to be Lolth, the Spider Queen. The agency stops him and rescues Sierra.
* Sierra is brought to the top of Mt. Waterdeep where she's cured of her illness by Birderon.
* The party gets high on shrooms, goes to a casino and then commences a heist. In any presented order.

## People

### Gribbits Detective Agency

* Charlie Goodboy
* Deathlich
* Zephyr Bell
* Drongo

### Non-Player Characters (NPC's)

* Roquefort Balboa
* The woman owning the orphanage
* Children of the Orphanage:
	+ Longneck Daniel
	+ Dorothy Pencils
	+ BonBon
* Killman the Drow
* Sierra Delgado
* Shaman Dirtha
* Birderon, master of Mt. Waterdeep
* Shanghai Shrek (flashback)

## Places

### Waterdeep

* Quicklime House
* Orphanage in the Swoops
* Mt. Waterdeep

## Themes, tropes and running jokes

* Edan namedrops the episode's name quite frequently up to the point one character straight-up says "Swoops, There it Is!".

## Trivia

* Apparently Faerûn has fantasy phones and fire alarms but there are no such things as fantasy camera's or a security wizard.

## Table Talk

* The group discusses a plan to livestream an (olive) oil driking bar mitswa crossover.
This Plan Seems Solid

## Description

The Dragon Friends are stretching their diplomatic muscles and doing their best to bring their newest and most pitiful friends into the fight against the vampire. There’s a lot of huddling, some light plotting. Baston decides to be a ham. So, a pretty typical night out for the crew.

## Synopsis

The Dragon Friends try to make a plan to get the the West Wing of the castle and take down Mad Moira. They decide to disguise themselves to get into the kitchen.

They approach the kitchen, and enter. They see the figure of Ireena Kolyana working in the kitchen. In fact, she is not Ireena at all, but Mad Moira, who attacks, along with her fire and earth mephits. Freezo trades his pants to Philge in return for his spellbook. Philge rages and they kill her and her creatures, freeing the Moptop clan of Deep Gnomes. Freezo is now the master of the Deep Gnomes. Freezo summons Bushu.

As the steam clears, they see the figures of the whole clan of Deep Gnomes. The eldest, Nuke Dukem approaches them, overwhelmed with emotion. Philge inspires them to fight with the Dragon Friends.

## People

### Dragon Friends

* Philge
* Freezo
* Bobby Pancakes
* Baston

### Non-Player Characters (NPCs)

* Keeeith
* Dringo
* Mad Moira
* Nuke Dukem

### Bestiary

* Deep Gnome
* Fire Mephit
* Earth Mephit

## Places

* Castle Ravenloft
* Castle Ravenloft Kitchens

## Themes, tropes and running jokes

* Dragon Huddle - To determine how to kill Mad Moira. Baston goes over, Philge goes under, Freezo is splayed out, Bobby is back behind everybody's knees
* Hanna-Barbara Voice Reel - The Deep Gnome dialect of "Droopy voice" continues
* Bakers and Baking - Philge asks if there's a baker in the castle kitchens; insists she's the owner of the bakers' outfit
* Woke Freezo - Freezo insists on a link between vaccines and autism, to a chorus of in-character and out-of-character protestations
* Freezo pretends to be Frordon Ramsey, Legally Distinct From Gordon Ramsey
* Deep Gnome leader Nuke Dukem is Legally Distinct From either 90s video game protagonist Duke Nukem, or 90s Captain Planet villain Duke Nukem, neither of whom he resembles in really *any* other respect
* Philge in Charge Now - Philge inspires the Deep Gnomes to fight with the Dragon Friends

## Quotes

* "God knows I don't like to break the finely-held veil of make-believe that we craft in this show, but... what the fuck, man?" - Dave Harmon to Michael Hing, deservedly
* "TRIPLE WORD, TRIPLE WORD, TRIPLE WORD" -chanted by the scrabble loving Moptop clan of Deep Gnomes.
Sorry Greg

Beginning in 2017 as part of the hype surrounding the release of the Tomb of Annihilation book for D&D 5th Edition, the Dragon Friends produced a series of episodes in which Philge, Bobby, Freezo, and Baston journey to the newly discovered continent of Chult.

As this was an official promotion in partnership with D&D publishers Wizards Of The Coast, and broadcast on the official D&D Twitch and YouTube channels, some effort was made toward reducing the amount of absurd filth that typically creeps into Dragon Friends episodes.

*Some* effort. Not, you know, a lot.

As such, when the Tomb of Annihilation episodes inevitably descend into a morass of swearing and cum jokes, they're often punctuated by more or less sincere shouted apologies directed at Greg Tito, the WOTC Community Manager.

## Appearances

* Kir Sabal (TOA.10) — when a particular type of monk training is misidentified as "wanking in the sky"
* The River Olung (TOA.11) — Bobby asks how Greg Tito would feel if the Dragon Friends abandoned the campaign and just lived in Kir Sabal forever.
* The River Olung (TOA.11), Later — Ben suggests that if they write Tito's name on each block they can play Jenga on the official D&D Twitch channel.
* The River Olung (TOA.11), Even Later — when Hing brings up the character of Clodric from Non-Lethal Witchbolt (1.06) and defends Freezo's decision to murder him because he was a pedophile
* Fane of the Night Serpent, Pt 1 (TOA 2.04) — Ben apologizes to Greg after the group descends into a discussion of whether sporrans (the pouches worn at the front of Scottish kilts) were originally invented to suppress erections. Dave demands that Ben also apologize to the non-existent live audience and Scotland.

## Non-Appearances

* In Fane of the Night Serpent, Pt 1 (TOA 2.04), when Ben shouts "Sorry Aldo!", he is not apologizing to Greg Tito, but to a German named Aldo whom he once irritated at a party
* At the beginning of Fane of the Night Serpant, Pt 3 (TOA 2.06), Dave points out that since the stream is now being broadcast live, they no longer need fear Greg's wrath
Tim

Tim is a talkative dwarven guard in the employ of Albrecht Rumsfield. Old enough to have attended the christening of Seamus Noggin, who, after a short conversation with complete strangers and angry at someone else entirely, decides to stab him with a longsword. Killed by Freezo, which may well turn out to be the most commonly typed words on the whole wiki.
Last Christmas

"**Last Christmas**" is the first single from Ana Murphy's debut EP, *Christmas Kisses*. The song is originally performed by the British band Wham!. Although not originally her song, Ana has changed many of the words and put an R&B spin on it to make it more of her own.

## Live performances

In 2018, Murphy performed the song in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and on NBC's *Christmas In Rockefeller Center* show. She also performed the song on *Late Night with Jimmy Fallon* and while on iHeartRadio's Jingle Ball.
Reginald, the art critic

Reginald is the art critic murdered in the crowd at the Guggenheim, along with two students from Columbia University in 2075. Reginald is now forever trapped in the mind park of Freezo. He has been given away as a prize to Dr. Dave Harmon.

## Reginald, the art critic

A portrait of Reginald he called "hackneyed and pedestrian while drawing nothing from previous artists and still managing to suck up."
Season 2 Theme

(Dragon Friends) Scurry home and bar the doors.
(Daylight ends) And the fiends and ghouls delight in,
Things that scare, so be well aware,
As you make your way, don't be led astray,
For the goal is near, and your friends are here,
And there's plenty more in store.
(AHAHAHAHAHA.)

The **Season 2 Theme** is used at the start of every episode in Season 2, but has relatively few variations compared to the Season 1 Theme.

The Season 1 & 2 themes are available rewards for the at the Mine Rowdy ($10 USD) level of patreon support.
Roderick Shore

**Sir Roderick Shore** is a legendary lord from the city of Waterdeep. Roderick was the Open Lord of Waterdeep and led The Masked Lords prior to Strahd's tenure after which he disappeared.

Roderick is quite popular in Waterdeep. During his term as the Open Lord of Waterdeep, he was clever enough to understand that the Undercity had its purposes - he had a line with crime-lord Janos Meer of The Beggar's Court to ensure certain tasks could be accomplished without having the public or the Masked Lords know anything.

During the aftermath of season 5, Roderick Shore went missing after Strahd von Zarovich conquered most of the Sword Coast. His status was unknown to all except for Eliza Delgado, who happened to acquire his dead body at some point (*likely from the group of Myrkul-aligned Vegepygmy's*). She and her Cult of Myrkul started working on reviving the dead lord as a puppet to be able to take control of Waterdeep after Strahd's defeat left a power vacuum. The Gribbits Detective Agency learned of the plan but failed to prevent the resurrection.

The undead Roderick Shore currently rules over Waterdeep, puppeted by the Delgado family and the Cult of Myrkul.

## Trivia

* Roderick is a Challenge Rating 17 with a plenty of spells, a slew of immunities and a number of Legendary Actions. He also has silver hair and a great number of magical weapons.
* Roderick was killed by Darren, a Vegepygmy who challenged him to a fight. Vegepygmy's have a Challenge Rating of 1/4. Darren clawed his way out of Roderick's throat after he ate him.
* Roderick may have a brother called Archibald, a powerful mage. In the Dragon Friends and Viva La Dirt League's crossover one-shot adventure for  D&D Celebration 2020, Archibald was responsible for a series of violent murders (dubbed the Sidewind Street Killings) of which the killer was never known. Roderick wanted to avoid a political blowback if it was known Archibald was behind it and thus wanted him transported to Icewind Dale in secret. This adventure happens after season 1 but like all other one-shot adventures its part in canon is still unknown.
Ta Da!

When clearly busted doing something obviously illegal and usually murderous, one of the Dragon Friends will occasionally exclaim "Ta Da!" in an attempt to pass it off as an illusion or clever pantomime.

## Appearances

* “The Audition” (1.01) - after murdering Leonard Swiftfeatures and later after being discovered suspiciously close to the fresh corpse of the Duke of Daggerford.
* “Start on a Lizard” (7.04) - after murdering Paternius von Zarovich, Bobby gives a half-hearted “Ta Da!” when it becomes obvious this has not gone down well with the Freeborn.
Timeline

The timeline is the flow of chronological canon, the sum of things that have happened and currently happen. Past events have grave consequences for the future; although timelines are expected to go into a certain direction as written in the DM notes, a motley crew of adventurers controlled by a group of Australian comedians whose actions are often at the center of pivotal changes greatly affect this concept, creating new twists, empires, items, characters and even religions.

The Dragon Friends show started out with a single timeline, set in the world of Faerûn where events were often dated as happening X years after *Dale Reckoning* (DR). This timeline continued, even when the Friends went meta and later explored realms outside of (but still close to) their own. When things at some point went awry, the Friends eventually found themselves not quite where they should be.

Professor Lionshield Banknote first suggested that the *multiverse theory* is real - this seems to be the case (*for now*).

Effectively, there are a number of timelines (*no names given*):

* Timeline zero: the original timeline from which the Dragon Friends originate. Dated *Dale Reckoning* (DR).
* Timeline one: the Friends jumped from their original timeline's past, which caused their first split as they affect the past by killing two important figures.
* Timeline two: another product of the Friends after traveling back, this time by killing just one important figure.
* Timeline three: the current timeline the Dragon Friends find themselves in. Dated *Fall Reckoning* (FR).
Season 1

## List of Episodes

* Dragon Friends
	+ “The Audition” (1.01)
	+ “It Like She Me” (1.02)
* Dragon Friends 2: Killers On The Run
	+ “The Less Theatrical Hobgoblin” (1.03)
	+ “Hey, I'm Worgin' Here!” (1.04)
* Dragon Friends 3: Bugbear Holiday
	+ “Wagon Dragons” (1.05)
	+ “Non-Lethal Witchbolt” (1.06)
* Viva Las Waterdeep
	+ “Aren't All Bags Bags of Holding” (1.07)
	+ “It True, Me Your Nightmare” (1.08)
* It's Raining Glittermen
	+ “Big Mistake, Huge Mistake” (1.09)
	+ “Shut Up, I Look Great” (1.10)
* High Harvest Night Fever
	+ “A Valuable Addition to Our Team” (1.11)
	+ “I Step Into The Moonlight” (1.12)
Wickshire

Wickshire is a "kind of shitty" mining community in Barovia's Svarlich woods. The Dragon Friends are brought here by Edvard Oswick, the titular resident of The Bravest Man In Wickshire (2.06).

Wickshire is a primary steelworks for Castle Ravenloft, especially cutlery and ladles.

## Residents

* Edvard Oswick
* Mrs. Shirop
* Old Man Oswick
* Ma Oswick
* Storm
Montaigne

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## Montaigne

### Twitter

@actualmontaigne

Jessica Cerro, better known as **Montaigne**, is an Australian singer-songwriter. As well as her ARIA Award-winning solo career, Montaigne has performed with the Hill Top Hoods and Aunty Donna, and represented Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2020 and (when the 2020 contest was cancelled) 2021. She also composed the theme song "My Life (Better With You)" for the popular podcast *My Brother, My Brother and Me*, which features the McElroy brothers - stars of some other D&D podcast.

Montaigne depicted Bassbass Wihouveberry, half-elf bard, in several episodes of Season 4, and wrote and performed an original song in character for the show: Tiny Bud, featured in I've Got A Song As Well (4.03).
The House of the Crocodile (place)

Sir Grimsby Davenport tells the Dragon Friends to story of this place. When the world was young, a man stood at the riverbank frightened, and a crocodile asked him why. The man told him that he was afraid of the crocodiles in the water. The crocodile offers the man safe passage across his homelands if the man offers him a favor, and the man agreed. After crossing, the crocodile asks the man to carry him across the man's homelands. This is why the man and the crocodile are no longer friends.

The entrance is a giant figure of a man with a crocodile on his shoulders with a cave entrance between his legs. The tunnel leads upwards. It is 10 feet wide, but very high. There are no cobwebs, but the walls are covered in vines. The tunnel is full of ledges and rooms of different challenges, with images on the walls showing the story.
Season 5 Theme

No derring-do we wouldn't pursue, but thinking it through? That isn't the Dragon way.

The **Season 5 Theme**, used at the beginning of the episodes of Season 5 after the one-shots, is a choral piece performed by the Australian comedy band Tripod and composed by Scott Edgar.

At PAX 2019, Tripod performed an extended version which added an extra verse and a chorus:

Storming a fort and killing for sport, but never a thought for anything like a plan.
We're the Dragon Friends;
Not because we have friends who are dragons,
Not because we're dragons who are friends,
It's mainly because Dungeon Friends has different overtones;
We're the Dragon Friends, we're the Dragon Friends.
Lewisninja

Player/Competitor, a combination of a Protean Greninja and Wonder Guard Shedinja.

Former leader of the once Miiverse competitive Pokemon clan Skull Squad, with little success it was however known for winning a 3 way clan war against Dark Star and Dark Hornets.

Member of many other Miiverse clans.

Has won many Showdown tournaments.
The Ballad of Old Man Oswick

In The Bravest Man in Wickshire (2.06) Edvard Oswick regales the Dragon Friends with the popular tune that was written about his father:

```
Oh, one day a man he flew up in the sky
And when he was up there he looked very high
He said there's two moons, two moons in the sky
And one of them's golden, that's not a big lie

```
Sometimes when you're a girlfriend

**Sometimes when you're a girlfriend** was a song improvised by Bobby Pancakes and Johnny Playstation in attempt to calm down Johnny (and thus, via his reverse empathy implant, the audience) after a gunfight erupted in his concert at Chiba. While most of the Johnny Playstation songs were planned to occur in the podcast but improvised by Tom Walker, this one was not only improvised but *unplanned*.

```
I know you're all feeling some strong emotions right now,
But that's just part of growing up!
Listen to my sweet song!

Sometimes when you're a girlfriend,
Your boyfriend leaves you.
But that doesn't mean it's the end of things,
You're going to pull through.
You gotta be strong (strong, strong),
It'll take a long time, maybe,
But believe in yourself, baby,
And be strong, strong, strong, strong, strong..
Listen to my song.

```
The Pride of Candlekeep

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## People

### Dragon Friends

* Philge
* Freezo
* Bobby Pancakes
* Baston

## Themes, tropes and running jokes

* Kung Fu Baston — Baston steals a pirate captain's hat off his head while simultaneously punching him in the face, rather than using any of his weapons
* Baffling Reference for our International Listeners — During a discussion of the mechanics of the "Tiny Hut" spell, an audience member makes a joke about Sydney housing prices that gets a good laugh from Alex and Hing
* Woke Freezo — In what is fast becoming a signature move, Freezo attempts to convince a band of pirates to form a union

## Quotes

* "You have such a hat-based outlook on the world." — Ben Jenkins, on Baston
* "Pirates are into gambling, right? Ah, fuck it, I'm just gonna witch bolt him." — Michael Hing
* "Let's cut that one really badly!" — Dave Harmon, referring to the traditional intermission in which everyone appears to suddenly acquire fresh drinks. Dave's instruction was followed to the letter.
* "Did you narrate yourself just then? Is this like Kurt Vonnegut?" — Dave Harmon, after Ben describes his own reaction to a semen joke in the third person

## Table Talk

* At various strategic moments, Benny Davis makes use of the little electronic noisemaker toy he bought in Stream of Annihilation.
* Dave's introduction to the second half is an improvised masterpiece of griefing Edan for declaring that he had not gone to the restroom during the break.
* The second half features a strange digression into the question of whether ships on the ocean can catch fire, and what should be done about it if they do.
Right in the Gooch

The Dragon Friends are fond of referring to the "gooch" (the anatomical no man's land between the rectal and reproductive orifices) because it is an excellent Australian colloquialism and a crowd favourite.

## Appearances

* I've Never Seen a Gooch That Couldn't Be Improved (3.04)
* Because I Hate Myself, Susan (4.08)
* Freezo's Funhouse (Part 1) (4.09)
Star Goddess (Cocktail)

**The Star Goddess**

* 1 measure espresso (or coffee liqueur, for more of a kick)
* 1 measure dark rum (such as Kraken: good vanilla taste)
* 1 measure really full-fat milk (or cream)
* 1/2 measure dark honey
* Stir with ice until the honey's blended in. Strain into a tiny espresso cup.
* Garnish with vanilla seeds and a piece of stem ginger.
Philge Straps It To Her Chest

Philge has a tendency to strapped things to herself; owing both to her strong maternal side, and also to her understanding of the value of improvised armour. Things strapped to Philge's chest so far include a goblin and the table he'd chained himself to, a canoe (with a bonus canoe strapped to her back), and Freezo.
Kami Chimera

Member of GAGE, GAGE Breeder and contributer to tournament rulesets.

Loves unique and gimmicky Pokemon strategies.

Doesn't care too much for the Smogon formats, but will play nicely if he has to.

From playing Nuzlockes he came to the realization that not nicknaming Pokemon would be like naming a dog, Dog. Because of this he now nicknames all of his competitive Pokemon (Even \*gasp\* Legendary Pokemon).

Runner up of the Miiverse Unicorn tournament.

### Friend Codes/SD

* 3DS: 0533-5387-8169

* Switch: SW-6194-1401-5922

* SD: KamiChimera (obviously)

## Trivia

* Personal record for most four leaf clovers found in a single day is 41. This could explain the stupid luck he has in battles.

* The "Kami" part of his name is Japanese for deity and paper, he chose it for the latter because of his Origami "skills".

* At the peak of his aforementioned Origami "skills" he had memorized a 100 step Hercules Beatle and could fold it with 3.5" x 3.5" paper. He has since forgotten how to make it.

## GAGE Achievements

* 4th place in Tapu-ish War
* Runner up in Give Them Shelter
Starting Your Own Team

One of the easiest ways to get involved with GAGE is start your own team and participate in GAGE events and tournaments. (Note that not all tournaments and events require a team, nor is a team used at all in such things)

## How do I Start a Team?

There are three steps to starting a GAGE Team. First, you will need to recruit members for your team. GAGE requires that all teams consist of a minimum of five (5) players, where each player can only be part of a single team. Once you have teammates ready, your next step is to come up with a unique team name and logo for your team. Once this is in place, you are ready to participate in GAGE events. All you have to do is inform a member of the GAGE team that you would like your team to participate in an upcoming event. This can be done through the GAGE Discord server.

## Requirements

There are a few requirements teams must meet to qualify for participation in GAGE events.

1. All teams must consist of at least five (5) players.
2. Players cannot be a member of more than one team at any given time.
3. Team names and logos must abide by all laws governing intellectual property rules and regulations.
TommySkywalker11

Member of GAGE, Curator of this Wiki, YouTuber, LEGO artist, and host of primarily ingame themed competitive Pokemon tournaments here at GAGE.

Held tournaments on Miiverse, where he also had an alt account by the name of Saitama.

Typically makes tournament titles that are puns on Vocaloid songs or Anime references.

Names all his Pokemon after Anime characters and Vocaloids except his Typhlosion for sentimental reasons.

## Work outside GAGE

Designs LEGO scale models of

* Pokemon

* Characters from Videogames like Pokemon, Fire Emblem and Xenoblade
* Anime characters

### YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/user/tommyskywalker11/featured
Free For All Battles

Free For Alls, or FFA's, are an upcoming regular event on the GAGE Discord.

Those who signup the day before will participate in Battle Royals while using a voice channel to speak to eachother (because FFA's are always more fun when everyone is shouting "Nooooo!!!!" "Get pwn'd son!!!" "Eat it! Eat it!!!!" "Are you kidding me?!?!" Etc.)

FFA's will likely be held on Saturday afternoons (EST) with signups on Fridays.

These battles will be unranked and have no prizes, they are only for fun so winners will not be featured on the homepage like with tournaments and League matches.

## Rules

Battles will typically follow standard OU rules for balancing purposes, with 1 additional note.

* http://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/formats/ou/
* http://www.smogon.com/articles/clauses
* The Sleep Clause will be 1 Pokemon total out of the opposing 9, not 1 sleeping mon per opposing trainer.
Natures

Natures are pretty straightforward, except for neutral natures, every nature raises a stat (other than HP) by 10% of its total while decreasing another stat (other than HP) by 10% of its total.

On the status screen, stats raised by Nature are hilighted Red/Pink, while decreased stats are highlighted Blue.

This is very useful as it can give a drastic increase to an invested and naturally high stat, while decreasing a stat you don't need anyway, such as Physical Attack on a Special attacker

## Inheritance

When breeding, the Nature of a parent cxan be pass on to eggs by having that parent hold an Everstone, this guarantees the egg will have that parent's Nature.

This is one of the key aspects to breeding Competitive Pokemon.

## List of Natures

### Neutral Natures

These are effectively useless since they raise nothing while decreasing nothing.

* Bashful
* Docile
* Hardy
* Quirky
* Serious

### +Attack Natures

For Physical attackers that either have enough speed already and need more power, or don't need speed too much, the most useful is Adamant.

* Adamant: -SpAtk
* Lonely: -Def
* Naughty: -SpDef
* Brave: -Speed

### +Defense Natures

For Pokemon that need more physical bulk either for balancing defenses or pumping up physical defense really high, all but Lax are useful depending on the set used.

* Bold: -Atk
* Impish: -SpAtk
* Lax: -SpDef
* Relaxed: -Speed

### +Special Attack Natures

Same as +Attack natures but for the Special side, most useful is Modest.

* Modest: -Atk
* Mild: -Def
* Rash: -SpDef
* Quiet: -Speed

### +Special Defense Natures

Like +Defense natures, again just for the special side, all are useful except Gentle.

* Calm: -Atk
* Careful: -SpAtk
* Gentle: -Def
* Sassy: -Speed

### +Speed Natures

For already fast Pokemon that gotta go fast, or Pokemon that need a bit more speed to match up to common threats, Timid is best for Special Attackers, Jolly for physical, and Naive or Hasty for mixed attackers.

* Timid: -Atk
* Hasty: -Def
* Jolly: -SpAtk
* Naive: -SpDef
Madwhale

Player/Competitor, is what it's supposed to say but he said screw that basic stuff

Achievements:

* Actually pushed the payload

* Watches subs not dubs

* Made it through half an episode of the Death Note live action drama show (not the movie)
* Rolled over when his owner told him to and received a belly rub
* Ate his vegetables at the dinner table
* Gave Jub Jub rub rub
* He techs those

The pinnacle of his trolling career:
Give Them Shelter

December tournament for individual comepetitors hosted by TommySkywalker11, starting on December 15th.

Matches are given in the #gage-stadium channel,

After every battle, the winner must save the battle and DM the BV code to Bobthestickman

## Ruleset

* Ingame
* 6v6 Singles
* Double Elimination brackets, 16 spots
* OU rules
* Every team must contain atleast 1 Pokemon that knows any of the following moves
	+ Electric Terrain
	+ Grassy Terrain
	+ Psychic Terrain
	+ Misty Terrain
* -There is no limit on how many Pokemon with Terrain moves you may use, you also are not restricted to only using 1 type of Terrain
* Mixed OU, limit of 2 Pokemon in the OU tier per team (see tierlist link below)
	+ For the purpose of this tournament, the BL tier counts as OU

### OU Rules+Tierlists

* http://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/formats/ou/
* http://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/formats/bl/
* http://www.smogon.com/articles/clauses

### Bans

* All Pokemon, moves, abilities and items that are banned in OU
* Tapu Koko
* Tapu Bulu
* Tapu Lele
* Tapu Fini

## Trivia

* The title comes from lyrics of the Shelter short film/music video by Porter Robinson.
	+ The ruleset of requiring terrain moves is based on the film's constructable world that's constantly changing.
	+ This theme is due to the TommySkywalker11 having seen Shelter as the literal first thing in 2017 at midnight, making this as a sendoff to the year.
* Concept by TommySkywalker11 and AmandaMandaPanda
* Ruleset by TommySkywalker11 and Kami Chimera

## Participants

* TommySkywalker11
* Teeter007
* Sola
* Kami Chimera
* ShinyBlueShaymin
* Christian
* SockMonkey356
* Exciton97
* Kaz
* Rosa
* Caesar Salad
* KingZekrom
* LordWarryl
* Aqua Leader Pickle Rick

## Results

### 3rd Place:

* Rosa
	+ Lost via forfeit due to time constraints

### 4th Place:

* Exciton97
	+ DC'd in his final battle and went into a salty rage over losing  "OP Pokemon" which were actually PU and UU Pokemon
Red Triforce Gamer

Former member of the GAGE Team, also known as CT Ortiz RedTriGamer, RTG and Basedlord RTG.

Left GAGE in mid January 2018.

Competitive Smash 4 player in temporary retirement

* Mained Fox and Sheik
* Subbed Cloud

Plans to become a competitive Street Fighter 5 and Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2 player
MkLeo is his senpai
The Heart of Ubtao

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## People

### Dragon Friends

* Philge
* Freezo
* Bobby Pancakes
* Baston

## Quotes

* "You don't want to get deep-vein thrombosis playing Dungeons & Dragons." — Hing
* "Two of his trusted lieutenants you have killed and fucked, in no particular order. And you did very well at both of those things, so hats off to both of you." — Dave
* "How did you guys collect *so* many henchmen?" — Dave
* "In many ways, Freezo's maybe the best Dragon Friend." — Michael Hing, a liar
* "Sorry, for what reason are you arm-wrestling?" — Ben
* "It's like Home A-bloody-lone!" — Ben, on the party's continuing tendency to forget and leave Gribbits behind when escaping a dangerous situation

## Table Talk

* Dave claims that this episode was broadcast live from deep in the heart of the cursed neutral zone; everyone but Dave is wearing some amount of exercise gear for some reason.
* In the absence of Simon Greiner, Bobby is run as an NPC by Edan.
* A battle with pirates is interrupted by a digression into pointless kickstarter projects, including towels that have been cut with swords and carabiners that can set things on fire.
* After the intermission, two fans from the live audience are brought up on camera to show off their "Live Freezo Or Die" shirt, and are generously offered the chance to slap Ben Jenkins in the face.
Season 8

Season 8 was announced directly after season 7's finale. The season's title is *Time & Punishment* and picks up after the events of the season 7 finale and has the Friends attempt to travel back to the present day, unsure of what they'll encounter as they go.

The season's title and theme were first teased by  Simon's Instagram when he revealed the season's poster. He earlier teased various parts of this poster before revealing the full piece. The first episode was recorded live at the 9th of March 2022. The first podcast released on the 11th of March for Patreons and on the 14th for the public.

*Future*: During 8.19, it was announced that season 9 would happen, however due to Ben and Alex expecting (more) children, part of the episodes would likely be recorded outside of live shows.

## List of Episodes

All liveshows were simply named "Live at the Comedy Store" (Sydney) except for the final four, which were held in the Vanguard (Newtown). The names used here are from the notes Dave released on Discord after the season had concluded.

* I: New Beginnings
	+ Do You Like Diddling (8.01)
	+ Not an Urchin to be Seen (8.02)

* II: Hard Times
	+ Thank You, The Dave (8.03)
	+ It Claps for Thee (8.04)

* III: (*no name given*)
	+ Thrumming Out Good Vibes (8.05)
	+ Partners Inc. LLC (8.06)

* IV: Summary Execution
	+ Doonaface Seems Relevant (8.07)
	+ The Murder of Garry (8.08)

Starting with 8.09, video recordings of the show are made available for Patreon supporters.

* V: The Retreat
	+ Forget about Yonder (8.09)
	+ An Embarrasing Lack of Yes And-ing (8.10)

* VI: Cielo Drive
	+ Son of Bonker (8.11)
	+ Chongus the Interbable (8.12)

* VII: FAFO
	+ These Consequences Weren't for You (8.13)
	+ The Kevin Smith Riff Train (8.14)

* VIII: On The Road To Hell
	+ It's an Auto-Antonym (8.15)
	+ Ticking and Tocking (8.16)

The final four episodes were recorded in The Vanguard, King St. Newtown, with Montaigne as a special guest:

* IX: Hellpiercer
	+ Wait, Who Dis (8.17)
	+ An Especially Jowly Demon (8.18)

* X: Get Back
	+ Me Basing this on Context (8.19)
	+ Our Life Continues Together (8.20)

Somewhere after recording 8.12, Dave ran a one-shot Spelljammer adventure on the official D&D channel. Demi Lardner joined him as one of the players.

* D&D Beyond Live: Wizard Presents Post-Show Celebration

Additionally, in between 8.14 and 8.15, when the Dragon Friends were at PAX in Melbourne, Alex Lee DM'ed a Patreon exclusive one-shot special with Dave, Simon, Hing, Ben and a special guest as the players.

* PAX Comedy Republic 2022 (*the one with the baby*)

## Other links

* You Can Always Go Back, this season's theme song, once again composed by Tom Cardy
* Season 8 NPC's
The End Of Time

A song improvised by Bobby Pancakes as a way of currying favor with Yuan-Ti doomsday cultists who had captured the Dragon Friends in Fane of the Night Serpent, Pt 2 (TOA 2.05). Bobby's insistence that the Dragon Friends knew many such songs may or may not have been a factor in their captors' decision to enslave them rather than ritually sacrifice them.

### Lyrics

```
Here's the end of time

Chafing at my teat

Surely this is the end

Death to all my friends!

[something incomprehensible as Simon collapses into laughter]

```

Local dungeon master Dave Harmon was heard to say that this song "really got away from you there at the end".
The Yellow Banner

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## People

### Dragon Friends

* Philge
* Freezo
* Bobby Pancakes
* Baston

### Non-Player Characters (NPCs)

* Lord Brixton
* Chesterfield Sofa

## Themes, tropes and running jokes

* Dragon Huddle — a *very* brief huddle is called to debate whether to allow Chesterfield to dress pig-Bobby in a ridiculous outfit before turning him back into a person

## Quotes

* "Very sportingly, he reminded you that he meant you no harm, gave you some free information, and we start with Philge throwing a javelin in his face." — Dave's intro to the first encounter of the episode
* "Chesterfield is a family name...and Sofa is also a family name." — Jordan introduces her character
* "Has anyone noticed that Benny has put on a loop and gone off-stage?" — Simon ruins the illusion
* "No, a snake's dick is just another snake!" — the culmination of a discussion about how an in-game puzzle works (I swear)
* "And they called this period...the Ubtao Funk." "They absolutely did not." — Jordan & Dave
* "I will dispel the polymorph spell on one condition: that I may dress the pig again beforehand so that when I dispel it, the person appears in an *outrageous* outfit!" — Chesterfield
* "My buff chest is...disturbed." — Baston asks for healing
* "I once drew Freezo naked for Hing's girlfriend." — something Simon said which was never adequately explored
* "A lily pad could hold *at most* a toddler." — some physicist in the audience
* "I'm gonna call this an Intelligence check." "Oh, must you?" — Dave & Alex

## Table Talk

* Ben makes a point of thanking Simon for having done all of the graphic design for the Chultan puzzle cubes, PDFs of which were later made available to Patreon subscribers. Alex, a liar, claims that she was actually the designer.
IVs

## What are IVs?

IVs, or Individual Values, are points that every Pokemon has in every stat, they range from 0-31.

Every Pokemon has it's IVs set when it's caught or hatched, there's only 1 way to change them.

## What do they do?

The IV of a stat adds the corresponding number of points to that stat, for example if a Pokemon has an IV of 31 in Attack, it will add 31 points to the Attack stat at lv100.

They also determine Hidden Power type but that's for another page.

Competitive Pokemon typically need a max IV of 31 in all the stats they use (often all but the stat their Nature will be lowering anyway) to make them the most effective they can be.

## Viewing IVs

IVs can't be viewed by their exact number, but you can see a general range by using the "Judge" function on the PC (obtained by hatching 20 eggs then speaking to a trainer at the Battle Tree entrance)

A stat labeled "Best" means an IV of 31 in that stat, "Fantastic" being 30, and "No Good" being 0, any other labels will typically be useless as they range from 1-29.

## Inheritance

When breeding, an egg will always inherit 3 of the IVs from either of it's parents, if either parent holds a Destiny Knot this becomes 5 guaranteed to inherit.

This is how most competitive Pokemon are obtained, by having parents with max IVs of 31 in most stats, it doesn't take long for those perfect IVs to pass to an egg in all the right stats, this is most easily done by breeding with a Ditto that has perfect IVs in all 6 stats.

## Changing IVs

Sun/Moon introduced the first means of actually changing IVs, Hyper training will increase any IV (that isn't already at it's max) to 31, however it will not affect Hidden Power type or make it possible for that Pokemon to pass those IVs to eggs, they will still pass their original IVs to eggs.

## Terms

To simplify things since only max IVs of 31 are of value in competitive battling, people use terms like "6IV" or "5IV" to refer to how many stats have a perfect IV of 31 in them.

## When higher isn't perfect

Under most circumstances a max of 31 is best, however there are cases where having an IV of 0 in a stat is better.

#### Trick Room

* Pokemon on Trick Room (TR) teams want an IV of 0 in Speed to make them slower.

#### Gyro Ball

* As with TR, Gyro Ball users want the lowest speed possible.

#### Special Attackers

* Special Attackers want 0 in Atk to reduce unnecessary damage from Confusion self hits and Foul Play.

#### Beast Boost

* For certain sets on Ultra Beasts, certain stats are needed to be lower for the sake of raising a desired stat with Beast Boost, such as Stakataka with a lonely nature and Def IV no higher than 13.