Episode 246 - Out of Time

## Intro

**Episode description:**
SECRETS!!!

**Opening Quote:**
**Kylan**: Gotta say Barry Dingle is my favorite character name of all time.

**Player introduction:**
**Sean**: Hello and welcome to another episode of the Tabletop Champions podcast, I'm Sean your dungeon master and with me tonight we have Stephanie who plays Kuviana...
**Stephanie**: Ahoy-hoy!
**Sean**: And in non standard fashion we have someone named Kylan, who is Stephanie and I's friend.
**Stephanie**: Hi Kylan!
**Kylan**: Greetings and salutations. Hi Steph! Hello Sean.
**Stephanie**: Sounds about right.
**Sean**: Such disdain. Kylan will be playing the role of Timmy Twinkletoes this evening.
**Kylan**: And my toes will twinkle with the best of them.

## Episode Summary

### Caught in a Dark Place

This episode takes place in a place far from Irulan, shrouded in mystery and darkness. It's dim and almost monochromatic, with mists that cast a haze over everything and blow in the wind: the Shadowfell. There is a town named *Haven* here, but it is a lot smaller than the Haven we know today. It's much like Haven just after the Shock. Deep in a cellar are some jail cells, where Kuviana Axe and Timmy Twinkletoes are imprisoned. Timmy was taken about six months ago, Kuviana a week or two ago.

Twice a day a guard comes by and feeds them gruel, and the rest of the time, the prisoners are left alone. They share a wall, so they can't see each other, though there is a small hole they can speak through. When Timmy was brought here, his things were taken except for his basic attire, and an iron band on the smallest toe on his right foot.

It's 20 minutes before breakfast, and Kuviana says today's the day. She has a wife to get back to, and needs to fix the mess Timmy has made. Timmy has no idea what she's talking about. She tells him of Smucker T. Goodboy's ashes. He says the last thing he remembered was being at a ball, making a deal with a baroness to get some new magic rings, and then he woke up here. Kuviana says things are worse than they thought, and they plan their escape.

### Prison Break

When the guard comes to give them breakfast, Timmy has just turned invisible using his ring. The guard goes into his cell to investigate, leaving the keys in the door. Timmy tries to take them out, but makes noise. As the guard rushes to the door, Timmy slams it in his face, knocking him unconscious, and locks him in.

Timmy lets Kuviana out and they go find their gear in a chest, minus their magic items. They go looking for their magic items and come face to face with a pair of guards eating dinner. They have whitish grey skin and elvish features. They dispatch the guards, finding a duty roster and keys, and continue on.

They come across two doors, and hear growling behind one of them. Choosing to avoid more fights, they make their way upstairs into a small shack, which appears to be long abandoned. The walls are filled with jars of salve, and the room is filled with stacks of papers and trash. They each take a jar of salve and look out the window, after Kuviana wipes it off. Kuviana realizes the town looks like the *North Ward* of Haven, like Haven before it became a city, though monochromatic and filled with shadowy mist. Guards are patrolling the walls, but there are no townspeople visible. When Kuviana points out the similarities, Timmy believes he knows the location of a smugglers' tunnel that leads outside the wall, with an entrance nearby. He asks if Kuviana will carry him through the sewers to spare his new boots, but she refuses.

Timmy turns invisible and Kuviana casts *Disguise Self* to mimic one of the guards they just killed. As she walks out, she is hailed by a guard on the wall in a strange language. She is unable to bluff her way through a satisfactory response, and they run to the sewer, Kuviana casting *Spike Growth* behind them. They manage to lose the guards and emerge from a cave in the farmlands, seeing grey, empty nothingness.

## Memorable Quotes

**Kylan**: I can use my invisibility ring at any time, for any length of time, without any issues.
**Sean**: The ring?
**Kylan**: Yes.
**Sean**: You actually can.
**Kylan**: Oh, nice, see! You didn't have to look up a thing, just listen to me.

**Stephanie**: This is why I need a Ben. Okay but look! Oh my god when Ben eventually hears this, Ben you'll be so proud of me!

**Sean**: We just don't know how to play D&D without Ben.
**Stephanie**: I know. I know, it's bad.

**Sean**: I would laugh so hard if you put on your ring and just fuckin left.
**Stephanie *(laughing)***: What a dick!

## Trivia

* The setting of this episode was previewed in the season 7 teaser at the end of season 6.
* *Kylan* is a player on the *Faerunners Podcast*, which is also DMed by Sean.
* Because they didn't investigate their prison to discover how to escape the Shadowfell, it will take Kuviana extra time to get back. She will return to the game in four episodes.
* Episode stats:

(DM)
(Kuviana)
 **Nat 20s** | 0
 **Nat 1s** | 0