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Jahaka Anchorage

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## People

### Dragon Friends

* Philge
* Freezo
* Bobby Pancakes
* Baston

## Themes, tropes and running jokes

* God/Dave — Perhaps emboldened by his success in the previous episode, Hing tries to pray to Dave for the live audience to be killed.
* Woke ~~Freezo~~ Philge — Dave gives Alex a six-sided "die of wokeness" and says she can add it to her roll if she's trying to do something on the side of social justice
* Woke Freezo — Freezo attempts to explain collective bargaining and labor negotiations to a crew of pirates
* Dave's post-intermission intro is derailed when Ben gets distracted by a large dessert carried in by an audience member
* Cum Jokes — in the middle of Dave's intro, Hing loudly and proudly ends a one-episode streak of not talking about "cum *or* jizz"
* Dice of Inspiration — given to Freezo during the intro for his daring airborne theft of a pirate flag at the very end of the previous episode

## Quotes

* "Poison's my middle name! Robert Poison Flapjacks." "Don't ever let him cook you breakfast." — Bobby & Baston
* "Did you start that one improvising and get stuck in *Midsummer Night's Dream*?" — Dave, after Edan starts improvising and gets stuck in *Midsummer Night's Dream*
* "Are you doing your best to convince him you killed his wife, a woman you've never met...so he'll like you?" — Dave
* "I hate this! I hate this! I hate this!" — Dave, when the heroes stand on each other's shoulders to pretend to be a nine-foot-tall ghost pirate named Dave

## Table Talk

* Dave claims that this episode was broadcast live from the heart of a sleeping vengeful god. Also everyone is wearing Hawaiian shirts for some reason.
* Dave and Ben agreed upon a pirate voice for the Pirate King offstage, but when the character actually appears Ben immediately drops into a Godfather voice, causing Dave to briefly leave the table in exasperation.
* Simon leaves the table in protest of a bad cantaloupe pun, but returns moments later claiming to be Simon's twin brother Jeremy.
Hyperion Max

### First Appearance

Ensorcelled (4.20) as himself; The Big Boys of Junkerton (4.2) as Ostin Powerful

### Status

Alive

**Hyperion Max** is a member of the Planeswalker Council who the Dragon Friends were falsely accused of killing, resulting in their arrest and pursuit by Steyr. For the majority of Season 4 the Friends are either searching for Max or dealing with this false accusation.

In truth, Hyperion Max is working with Bobby Pancakes to prevent Freezo's attempt to displace the goddess Mystra. After Freezo used a forbidden ritual to make himself immortal and to force Mystra into a mortal incarnation (as Bassbass Wihouveberry), he attempted to obtain the Lance in order to travel to Mystra's realm and take her place. Although he did obtain the Lance, Bobby intercepted him before he could pass through the portal and sent him and the other Friends back in time while erasing their memories of what had happened. Since Freezo had achieved immortality and thus could not be stopped by death nor would have any fear of mortal weapons, he could not be defeated in the normal way; Max faked his own death, and met with the friends under the alias of Ostin Powerful in order to recover a Titan's helmet with planar travel powers, then entered Freezo's tower and reconfigured the portal to lead to a prison dimension beyond the Cradle, while still appearing to lead to Dweomerheart. Being beyond the Cradle, it would be impossible to leave this prison without the Lance, so Max remained trapped there (thus the need to fake his own death), counting that Freezo would attempt to reactivate the portal and bring the Lance to him; he would then steal the Lance from Freezo, use the helmet and the Lance to leave, and leave Freezo entombed without the Lance.

In fact, Freezo does use the portal, but only after the death of Bobby Pancakes; and the other Dragon Friends, Jeremy Scaleson, and Bassbass Wihouveberry come with him. Rather than abandon the plan, Max steals the Lance and leaves anyway, abandoning 4 innocent people to death by starvation in the bare planar prison. Fortunately, outside the Cradle Bassbass is able to regain her powers as the goddess Mystra and to resurrect Bobby and transport the others home, in exchange for their leave to take Freezo as her prisoner in an attempt to cure the "taint in his soul".

In *A Very D&D Stream*, Dave mentioned that originally Hyperion Max was going to be the incarnation of Mystra, but this was changed to Bassbass Wihouveberry later in the campaign.
Cradle of the Death God

## Themes, tropes and running jokes

* Dave keeps true to what he promised he'd do when the Friends entered the *Tomb of Annihilation*: he runs it as published and he doesn't grant the party any saving graces. This results in Freezo being the only one to make it to the end as all other Friends have perished to the dangers the Tomb presented.
* It is revealed the adventure was actually run as a prequel: with Freezo, Bobby and Baston having forced the godchild into the Soulmonger (the crystal cylinder), they cause the very thing that  Ace'rerak did in the lore by accident, which is plugging a god into the Soulmonger. This action caused all resurrection spells to fail across Faerûn and those who had been revived with such spells to wither and die. So if you, as DM, player or possibly  Greg consider this canon, then you can thank the Dragon Friends for being responsible for the mess.
* Sorry Greg returns (despite  Ben being absent) and evolves into *Make this canon Greg*.

## Quotes

* "Baston will never go bald!" (*or will he?*)
* "With the absence of Ben, there are so little things turning into cum jokes!"
* "Tomb of Annihilation was great until the *actual* Tomb of Annihilation which was *brutal*." - Michael Hing

## Table Talk

* "Please don't read my diary." - The episode is recorded in Alex Lee's bedroom. As Philge dies within the first twenty minutes, she leaves the rest of the cast in her room and doesn't return for the entire episode.
* When asked what would've happened if Freezo had pressed 'NO' on the arcade machine, Dave explained that everybody would have died.

## Trivia

* Ben Jenkins was absent. Matt Roden replaced him to provide voices for the NPC's.
* Baston vows to never go bald.
* In some interviews Dave brings up how the party failed at completing the Tomb of Annihilation adventure, but this episode confirms at least Freezo succeeded in making it to the end. It's also entirely possible Dave mentions this because other Wizards of the Coast adventuring parties, who started the adventure at the same time as the Dragon Friends, supposedly completed the adventure much, MUCH earlier than they did.
Accidental Arson (Cocktail)

## The Accidental Arson

* Muddle a slice of blood orange, then add ice
* 2+ oz añejo tequila (preferably - but it's good with reposado too)
* Several dashes of hibiscus-oak bitters (or whichever bitters make your heart sing)
* Splash Drambuie
* Splash cinnamon simple syrup
* Stir it up, and enjoy while avoiding any reflection on the consequences of your actions
Heart of Glass (Cocktail)

**The Heart of Glass**

* 2 oz gin
* 1 oz limoncello
* 1 oz lemon juice
* 1/2 oz rosewater
* A big ol' handful of fresh mint
* Blend with enough ice to make a frozen slurry (yum!)
* Garnish with a rose petal (if you're especially fancy; otherwise, a mint sprig will do just as well for a garnish)
* Drink enough, quickly enough, that the catastrophic brain freeze shatters the veil between the worlds and translocates you straight into Wild Space.
LaCroix Pamplemousse

Fan art by The Amazing Mike Lee

## Introduction

Initially named as "Simongreiner La Croix" before being retconned to "Pamplemousse La Croix" he is commonly referred to by his last name "La Croix" followed by his first "Pamplemousse".

LaCroix was caretaker Duke of Daggerford after the mysterious death of Davin Tyrrilin in Waterdeep. When the Dragon Friends returned with the token of Daggerford from Janos Meer He surrenders his position as caretaker duke.

He continues on in an advisory position to assist the Dragon Friends.He has so far assisted them in everything from getting duke hats, appointing Pelicans as Fire Chiefs and saving their half dead and petrified asses out of a swamp in Vantage.

## Series Five

We are introduced to LaCroix and he immediately surrenders his caretaker position as he knew it was only temporary. He then sets about ushering guards and helpers to fulfil the Dragon Friends first requests for chairs and hats. He introduces the Dragon Friends to Lionshield Banknote.

## Trivia

* La Croix is a brand of sparkling water found in the USA. Pamplemousse (Grapefruit) is one of their flavour options, and the preferred flavour of the Dragon Friends.
* LaCroix speaks with a 'French' accent which was compared to the ones appearing in the British situation comedy program 'Allo'Allo!
Dobson Bugnutt

**Dobson Bugnutt**, cousin to Bobson Dugnutt, was a slave to Friendly Pete in the city of Brisvegas.

After Friendly Pete was killed by Freezo, Dobson went with the Friends to the Haystack Casino where Freezo taunted him with his former gambling addiction. Since he was not granted admission to Freeside, the Friends left him in the Skyway Lounge playing the maracas in an attempt to earn a gambling stake.

Dobson later led an army of members of the Tribe Of A Million Kings which stormed the Needle and obstructed the evacuation of Freeside as it was destroyed, presumably resulting in his own death and that of everyone on Freeside at the time.
Barry Swiftfeatures

Barry Swiftfeatures is a human jailer and pillar of the Daggerford community. He is cousin to Leonard Swiftfeatures and caretaker for many orphans. He is also top donor to the Daggerford Castle children's karate program.

Despite his good works, Barry is a lonely man who cannot help but develop a soft spot for the Dragon Friends as their jailer in It Like She Me (1.02). Barry lovingly prepares them bowls of slop and reads excerpts from the funny pages, especially Cathy. Nonetheless, he growsincreasingly suspicious of their motives for seeking his friendship, and punches Freezo in the head once the party inadvertently confesses to the murder of his cousin Leonard.

This altercation culminates in his being pummeled to death by Philge in the throes of Barbarian Rage. She is still grieving the loss of the Duke of Daggerford whom she (wrongly) believes was her son.
Edvard Oswick

Edvard Oswick is a human fighter and notable enemy of Freezo. He first encountered the Dragon Friends in Some Kind of Jazz Werewolf (2.05) while tracking the beast which had been terrorizing the village of Wickshire. He emerged into their cave clad in chain mail and with a pot on his head instead of a helmet.

Despite (or because of) Edvard's easygoing and cheerful nature, Freezo immediately took a disliking to him, and tried to encourage he and Robert to kill each other. This was the first in a series of attempts to either kill Edvard or get him killed.

At first this aggression was one-sided. Freezo deemed Edvard a "fraud" due to his foolish attire, despite himself being dressed in a bakers' outfit. Edvard referred to Freezo "Bakers' son" and "Bakers' boy."

To Freezo's credit, in The Bravest Man in Wickshire (2.06) it is revealed that he is not the only one to dislike Edvard; even his parents can't stand him. Edvard is a pathological "teller of tall tales" who insists his fanciful stories are true even when they make no sense whatsoever. Nonetheless, he is a pleasant companion who escorts the Dragon Friends out of the treacherous Svarlich Woods to Wickshire (where they meet his parents) and then all the way to the carriage which would bear them to Castle Ravenloft.

As they part ways later that episode, Freezo takes a parting shot at Edvard, dealing him 10 HP worth of damage with Eldritch blast. He had hoped to land a fatal blow but because Edvard is much too beefy to be killed in one attack, Freezo succeeds only in gaining a nemesis. Edvard leaves with the parting curse, "May all your bread be unleavened and full of holes, with a terrible crumb."

## Edvard's tall tales include:

* His grandfather used to live in a saucepan
* Wickshire is known as "Pearl of the Golden West."
* Wickshire used to be a major city, but they had to make it smaller so witches wouldn't take their gold
* In the town square of Wickshire, Edvard once flew 20 feet and landed safely on his head
* The word "idiot" means "the cleverest man around" in the local Barovian tongue
* His father last beat him for being too handsome
* His father is a king in peasant's clothes
* He once dressed up an ax and brought it to a ball and they thought he was a prince
* He stared a dragon to death
* His father can fly (as told in The Ballad of Old Man Oswick)
* "Disappointment" is a word that means "Heroic Deeds"
* The family's donkey once saved the town from a flood

## Behind The Scenes

In the Q&A session following The House of the Crocodile, during a discussion of which NPCs might return, Dave Harmon declared with some satisfaction that Edvard is definitively dead and will not return.
Hail No One! (Cocktail)

**Hail No One!**

* 1.5 oz Whisky (Japanese or Canadian blended whisky would be ideal)
* 1 oz lime juice
* 3/4 oz Midori, for that Feywild razzle-dazzle
* 3/4 oz Southern Comfort, for extra sass
* Splash of Frangelico, for extra holiness & nuttiness
* Several dashes herbal and/or citrus bitters (such as rosemary-grapefuit)
* Muddle fresh peach and fresh basil in the shaker, and garnish with a slice of peach and a basil leaf
* [Optional, if you'd like it to be a little less strong and more summery] Top with seltzer, such as - what else?? - Pamplemousse LeCroix
Grundle Cocksplat

**Grundle Cocksplat** was the chapter leader of the South Queensland chapter of the Tribe of a Million Kings. After the Friends pretended to be members of the tribe from another chapter, he initially welcomed them to his camp, but after he refused to give them valuable fuel, Philge killed him with his friend Trav's crossbow in order to take over the chapter.
Cupid's Machine Gun (Cocktail)

**Cupid's Machine Gun**

(This recipe makes 2 drinks, so share one with your Girlfriend, be they girl or elf or orc or basketball or...?)

* Muddle several slices of cucumber, several mint leaves, and a raspberry in the shaker, then add ice
* 3 shots lemonade
* 2 shots gin
* 1 shot elderflower liqueur
* 1 shot lemon juice
* A splash of crème de cassis
* Several dashes of ginger bitters (6 at least, if you ask me)
* Strain over ice, top with seltzer, and garnish with a raspberry, a cucumber slice, a mint leaf, and/or whatever else makes your heart sing in such a way as to make many thousands of tweens riot.
Camp Righteous

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## Synopsis

Trekking through the jungles of Chult, the Dragon Friends reach Camp Righteous, a camp of Paladins and Paladin trainees run by Niles Breakbone. Niles explains to the Dragon Friends that the camp exists to keep down wandering undead in the jungle who appeared due to a former Paladin making a pact with dark powers which summoned them. He also announces there is to be a talent show that night, which Philge enters.

Meanwhile, Freezo takes a shine to Niles' disaffected teenage son Justin Breakbone who hates his father. He convinces Justin to make a pact with Freezo's patron, starting him as an apprentice Warlock. After the talent show begins and Niles cuts off his own hand as part of a magic act (using a dagger he didn't know was poisoned), Freezo announces himself and Justin wish to enter and attempts to instruct Justin on how to commit Murder By Witch Bolt. Justin tries and fails to cast the spell, and Freezo finishes the task, killing Niles in front of the camp and sparking a civil war within the camp which is won by Justin and his followers, resulting in the burning destruction of Camp Righteous, the breakdown of an outpost of civilization, and Justin's new order setting out into the forest to resume the work of the former fallen Paladin.

## People

### Dragon Friends

* Philge
* Freezo
* Bobby Pancakes
* Baston

### Non-Player Characters (NPCs)

* Niles Breakbone
* Justin Breakbone

## Themes, tropes and running jokes

* The original *Tomb Of Annihilation* adventure does contain Camp Righteous, but it's abandoned. Niles Breakbone appears in the nearby Camp Vengeance and is initially hostile to the heroes, and Justin Breakbone is a completely new addition to the Dragon Friends version.

## Quotes

* "Freezo, I'm going to tell you what my great-uncle told me: ...put down the gun." — Sir Grimsby
* "Should I be making you make a Persuasion check or a Deception check?" — Dave Harmon
* "I hate Undead and I want to kill them." "Well, usually people don't need a reason. They're just sort of there and they feast on flesh."
* "The first person I ever killed was an amateur magician at a talent show." -- Freezo to Justin, referring to Leonard Swiftfeatures.
* "I'm a very concentrated bag of piss!" — Ben Jenkins, who would, on a much later stream, piss himself to death

## Table Talk

* The live intro portion features Benny Davis popping bubble wrap, and Edan Lacey playing an electric bass that doesn't appear to be plugged in.
* This is the first Tomb of Annihilation episode to feature a live audience, one of whom saves the day at a critical moment by providing the correct pronunciation of the word "unguent".
* The official list of liquids that can be produced by an *alchemy jug,* as defined in the D&D 5e Dungeon Master's Guide,includes: acid, poison, beer, honey, mayonnaise, oil, vinegar, fresh water, saltwater, and wine. The Dragon Friends' jug is also capable of producing Cherry Coke®, Kiwi-Strawberry Snapple®, and an unknown number of other bullshit fluids Dave added to the list.
Gabu'strath

During the events of In Shut Up, I Look Great (1.11) the Dragon Friends run afoul of a massive Black Dragon controlled by Davin Tyrril and the Grand Inquisitor. The party is only able to escape when Dilge sacrifices himself and is bitten clean in half by the dragon's massive jaws.

It is revealed in I Step Into the Moonlight (1.13) that Davin is using a magical collar to control the dragon, who is named Gabu'strath. They had previously encountered a prototype of this collar but did not know what it did. Seamus Noggin is able to remove this device after Davin is killed and this returns him to his senses. Gabu'strath decides to spare the Dragon Friends on account of them having killed his captor and freed him.

### Appearances

* Shut Up, I Look Great (1.11)
* I Step Into The Moonlight (1.13)

### Errata

* Dragon was sometimes referred to as "red"
Are You Coming My Dude?

NPC guest Tom Walker has, on more than one occasion, forgotten he was supposed to be appearing on the show. This is sometimes referenced in the show itself, and sometimes in the out-take played after the credits at the end.

## Appearances

* *Canadian Death* (7.01)
* *The Original Deborah Downer* (7.02)
* *A Very Thrummy World* (7.03)

*More to be added*
Dungrungrung

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## People

### Dragon Friends

* Philge
* Freezo
* Bobby Pancakes
* Baston

## Themes, tropes and running jokes

* In the original *Tomb Of Annihilation,* Dunglungrung appears as here, except that rather than killing Groak, the PCs are asked to stage an appearance of the goddess Nangnang who Groak intends to seduce. Also, there is no magical requirement for a Gold Grung to lead the camp, and Grungs can only speak their own language.

## Quotes

* "You went to Barovia. That's about as undead as it gets." - Dave Harmon

## Table Talk

* Dave claims that this episode was broadcast live from Australia, in the heart of a still-beating whale.
* In the absence of Michael Hing, it is declared that Freezo needs some time to work through the psychological ramifications of his actions in the previous episode, and thus behaves like a mostly useless NPC throughout this one.
* It is unclear whether the unusual voice Ben Jenkins supplied for the zombie tyrannosaur is canon, since Dave repeatedly told everyone to ignore it.
Fane of the Night Serpent, Pt 4

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## Episode Order

### Previous

Fane of the Night Serpent, Pt 3 (TOA 2.06)

## People

### Dragon Friends

* Philge
* Freezo
* Bobby Pancakes
* Baston

## Quotes

* "If you have two immovable rods, you can go anywhere." "That's my dream." — Dave and Simon

## Table Talk

* Dave claims that this episode was broadcast live, in a definition of the word "live" which means "recorded a week ago in a small studio in Australia"
Me, Meow

**Me, Meow** was a song performed by Johnny Playstation in concert in Freeside. Initially improvised by Tom Walker for the podcast, an improved version was then performed by Walker in an ABC TV comedy special, making it unique as the only song composed for Johnny Playstation that transferred to real-life mass media. Unlike Girlfriends, the backing track by Benny Davis was pre-recorded.

Features in SEASON 3, EPISODE 12 - I'm Going To Shoot Your Friends roughly 20 minutes in.

#### Dragon Friends version

```
Now I like feeling good, yea, I like feeling nice,
Choosing between good or bad, now I don't think twice.
Oh, yea, c'mon baby, give me some of that,
I'm having a good time and I'm also a cat.

Me, meow, me meow.
Me, meow, me meow.

Me, meow, that's what I say,
I like to have a good time, and then I pay.
Ah, this has been thrown off badly..
Oh god, here comes the breakdown.

Feline, feeling fine,
Show me yours I'll show you mine,
C'mon, get it out, let me see it,
What do I mean? Your smile, beam it.

Me, meow, me meow.
Me, meow, me meow.
Me, meow, me meow.
Me, meow, me meow.

Everybody, it's easy!
Me.. [Meow!], me meow.
Me.. [Meow!], me meow.
Me.. [Meow!], me meow.
Me.. [Meow!], me meow.
Me.. [Meow!], me meow, now just this side!
Me.. [Meow!], me meow, this side! [Tom..]
[Tom, tom..]
Now just everyone who can do 20 push-ups!
Me, meow, me meow!
[Tom, you've had enough time!]
Me, meow, me meow!
Me, meow, me meow!
[Tom, can we have our show back please?]
Me, meow, me meow!
Me, meow, me meow!

```

#### Tom Walker ABC Comedy Version

```
Now I like feeling good, yea, I like feeling nice,
Choosing between good and bad, don't need to think twice.
Happiness? Yea, baby, give me some of that,
I've got the key to the cream, remembering I'm a cat, meow.

Me, meow, me meow.
Me, meow, me meow.
Me, meow, me meow.
Me, meow, me meow.

I'm a cute kitty cat, despite what you've heard.
I'd never take the life of a rat or a bird.
I like being warm and having nice fur.
And the feelings I have, well they make we want to purr.

Feline, feeling fine,
Show me yours I'll show you mine,
Get it out, let me see it,
What do I mean? Your smile, beam it.

Me, meow, me meow.
Me, meow, me meow.
Me, meow, me meow.
Me, meow, me meow.

Yea, this goes for 26 minutes..

Me, meow, me meow.
Me, meow, me meow.
EMPTY SEAT! Meow, me meow.
Me, meow, me meow.

```
A Bunch of Daddies

## Description

*Shak's names for episodes getting weirder imo.*

## Key events

* The Beef Babes continue their journey through Avernus, still looking for a way back to Elysium.
* Bethanee plays with the thought of abolishing her faith in Pelor (or, at least, being part of his following) and devote her time to becoming a Paladin of Revenge of sorts.
* The party frees an encampment of oppressed devils and other fiendish creatures in order to have their motorbikes fixed.

## People

### Beef Babes

* Freezo
* Bethanee Smiles
* Kit Gingerson
* Bushu

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

* Chucka and Clonk, two idiot Kenku's sounding like Australian magpies
* Rubbergunt (?), the camp leader

## Places

### Avernus

* ...
* Fort Knucklebone (mentioned)

## Themes, tropes and running jokes

* Dragon Huddle: the Beef Babes name their version the *Beef Break*
* Because of a misinterpretation, the freed devils drew a picture of a bee into their armor (or chests) instead of the 'B' of Bethanee (akin how Zorro would carve a 'Z' into walls).

## Trivia

* The kenku mention having a mother called Mad Moira.
* Bethanee is revealed to be a tiefling of Zariel's bloodline.
Father O'Donovich

Father O'Donovich was the high priest of Pelor serving the community of Barovia. Using the sacred relic of Pelor, he was able to channel his divine powers to protect the village from the minions of Count Strahd von Zarovich. He was driven mad when the count kidnapped his adopted daughter Irena and began tormenting him in dreams. He summoned Strahd but the Dragon Friends managed to stop him from handing over the relic. He was killed when Philge threw him into a tree.
Dave Hates This (Cocktail)

Many of the greatest moments in Dragon Friends have been prefaced by the immortal words of Dr. Dungeon Daddy Dave: "I hate this." Only the maniacal gleam in the eye reveals that, perhaps, this hatred conceals something more, some visceral, atavistic, chthonic even, approval of the chaos to ensue...

So too, this mocktail masterpiece probably sounds hateful but is, once you let it happen, truly outstanding:

**Dave Hates This**

* Dice and muddle a baby beet, several mint leaves, and a slice of blood orange (regular orange is fine in a pinch) in your strainer. Add ice.
* Add 1 oz rosewater
* Add 5 oz cayennade kombucha (thanks for the inspiration, Dave!)
* Stir to chill (*don't* shake, or the kombucha will lose its fizz) and strain
* Garnish with a mint leaf and some cracked black pepper
* WHAT will ensue for those hapless adventurers who enjoy cocktails such as this, infused with vegetal powers both eldritch and sinister; WILL they confront the terrible consequences of realizing that nonalcoholic cocktails can be enjoyed at any hour of the day; WITH WHOM might they share such delicacies in an age of isolation such as this, in these very Realms, not as Forgotten nearly as much as we might wish, where even now, new delicious admixtures are being conceived, being merely one contribution among many to the subculture surrounding those hapless adventurers, who enjoy cocktails such as this, our light for hope we call the Dragon Friends?
Grimm Saltback

Grimm Saltback is a dwarven ska performer and proprietor of the Dragonback Tavern. His demand that the Dragon Friends repay their debt to him was the impetus for their first adventure. As of Season 5 they have not paid him back. In That's all Hocus Pocus, Freezo discovered that Grimm had become affected by the Rictus Plague and killed, however, this appears to have been non-canonical. In Season 5 it was revealed that Grimm had become so tired of the Dragon Friends and their broken promises to him that he actively aided the Cult of the Lampwick in resurrecting Strahd von Zarovich in the hope that he would defeat the Dragon Friends.

He plays trombone for his ska band, Grimm & The Magic Trombones, together with lead guitarist Smokey Dave Paisley, bassist One-to-Three-Tone Tony (how many tones he gets depends on if Grimm likes him), and Wolfman Jack Who Is Actually A Wolfman; although he has started other bands before.

## Appearances

* The Audition (1.01)
* Undermining a Dracula (5.16)
Mail Chimp

Mail Chimp is a member of the Zhivago Twelve who formed a particular bond with Freezo during the events of Season 3. She attempted to claim that Freezo was her young son who was being dropped off for work experience, and the relationship developed from there. She is both hacker and seductress, manipulating guards with her feminine wiles and ample bosom. She has also been implanted with two laser eyes (which can only fire once every 24 hours), a USB port in one nipple and a medical implant in the other. The latter is revealed (figuratively and literally) during A Dog With Human Eyes (3.17) when she nurses a fallen Freezo back to consciousness by suckling him.

She isn't the first NPC to have a fraught "maternal" relationship with Freezo, the last being Mistress Lorna in Season 1.

Mail Chimp's eventual fate is unknown, as she was with the Dragon Friends on Freeside when it was destroyed; it is not clear if she escaped the station with them on their ship, and would presumably have then been left alone on the ship when the Dragon Friends were transported to Season 4.
Inexplicable Crocodile (Cocktail)

The Inexplicable Crocodile

* -Muddle several chunks of watermelon, some sprigs of cilantro, and approximately 1/8 of a jalapeño pepper (seeds removed) in your shaker
* -Throw in a hearty pinch of kosher salt
* -1 oz lime juice
* -4 oz lemonade
* -Shake, strain, and top with seltzer (or, perhaps, kombucha!) & fanciful garnishes
* -Consume, and repeat over and over and over again, as you become increasingly and unnecessarily sated

(And! If you simply MUST add some booze to this doozy of a nonalcoholic cocktail, a shot of tequila in the mix works perfectly. Of course, you must be warned, that transforms the cocktail from an Inexplicable Crocodile into an Unremarkable Crocodile.)
Clodric

Official art by Simon Greiner

Clodric was a human cleric of the trickery domain and member of the The Waterdeep Guild of Thieves, Tricksters, and Beggars. He was under the direct command of Janos Meer the Beggar King. He was very filthy, quite old, had a perverse and terrifying interest in "chubby little halflings."

When the Dragon Friends were stopped by Glittermen at the gates of Waterdeep, Clodric helped to sneak them inside via the Undercity. There they encountered Janos and were assigned to infiltrate Enya's house and steal an amulet for controlling the Glittermen.

As they prepared to escape Enya's workshop, Freezo murdered Clodric with the Glitterman-controlling amulet in retribution for sexually harassing Bobby.

## Behind The Scenes

In The River Olung (TOA.11), Hing and Ben explain that if Freezo's treatment of Clodric seemed excessive to podcast listeners at the time, this was only because Ben edited much of Clodric's more egregiously inappropriate behavior out of the release version of the episode Non-Lethal Witchbolt (1.06) and his murder was actually quite justified.
Daphnyl Horror

Former Lover of Freezo, part of her soul was bound to freezo via a ritual they both did, leading to parts of her being stored inside freezo’s mind But “Just the real crook parts”

Bobby first encounters her in Freezo’s mind during Freezo's Funhouse (Part 1) where Bobby Pancakes vibrates the lock of her caravan door off with his butt, She apparently knows how to escape Freezo’s mind, having an orb that can view Frederick Cuck (Freezo’s moral compass)
in an effort to get this orb Bobby Pancakes Dave Harmon (PC) and Reginald, the art critic all take turns giving her foot massages after Bobby’s charm person spell fails

Her most notable achievements include:
Getting “Real handsy” with her cousin, Filming Reginald, the art critic having sex in a bin, Rescuing Frederick Cuck from the white dragon atirius and racially abusing an audience of Freezo’s victims
For Answers To Questions Such As These

Dave Harmon ends most episodes of the podcast with a monologue of questions that have been left unanswered and may be picked up in the next episode, usually culminating in the phrase "for answers to questions such as these, tune in to the next episode of Dragon Friends!"

These are almost always heavily improvised because it's very rare for the players to end a session anywhere even remotely close to where Dave planned. Dave's ability to deliver these off-the-cuff is particularly impressive in even-numbered podcast episodes (wherein everyone has had a lot more to drink than in the preceding odd-numbered episodes).

## Appearances

Nearly *every* episode is closed out in this way, so listed here are only those appearances of this technique that are particularly noteworthy:

* Fane of the Night Serpent, Pt 1 (TOA 2.04) — Alex Lee does a passable imitation of Dave's closing monologues after he leaves the table in frustration about two thirds of the way through the session
Kithercy Gellantara

Official art by Simon Greiner

**Kithercy Gellantara** is a paladin of Amaunator and ally to the Dragon Friends. In The Less Theatrical Hobgoblin she is a guest in the Temple of Mystra, coincidentally where the Dragon Friends hiding out after being framed for the Duke of Daggerford's murder. The leader of the temple, Mistress Lorna, suggests a solution: the Dragon Friends should pose as her squires and servants on the way to Waterdeep.

Kithercy agrees to this plan only because she believes The Dragon Friends were innocent. (*Technically true, but only in regards to this particular murder*)

Kithercy has a barded steed named Arthur, and often presents herself by her full title: *Kithercy Gellantara, Paladin Of Wrath's Eternal Righteousness, Beholder Unto The Truth* (KGPOWERBUTT).

Having left the Dragon Friends to their own devices, she returns in I Step Into The Moonlight (1.12) as Davin Tyrril's captive and key component in his evil plan. Davin wants to sacrifice her and use her Lawful Good blood to awaken an army of Glittermen. In order to prevent this plan from coming to pass, Kithercy decides to change her alignment. She unceremoniously takes a dump on Davin's corpse, turning her Chaotic Good and preventing the ritual from taking hold.

### Avernus

Kithercy, unexpectedly, shows up in Avernus when the Beef Babes - now without Freezo - explore Zariel's Flying Fortress in order to find one of her relics. Kithercy had descended into the Nine Hells hoping to find chaos and further embrace her alignment change. Instead, she found bureaucracy, and was captured by the devils. They in turn gave her a threat level 3 out of 4 (as indicated by the three skulls), meaning she was recognized as incredibly dangerous.

Appearances:

* The Less Theatrical Hobgoblin (1.03)
* Hey, I'm Wargin' Here! (1.04)
* Wagon Dragons (1.05)
* I Step Into The Moonlight (1.12)
* The First Liquid I Could Think Of (T1.13, Beef Babes)
Accountants & Actuaries

A game played in The Shady Dock in Waterdeep. A dice based game where you pretend to have white collar jobs.

Baston is a huge fan of the game as revealed in ST.01, when he forces the Friends to play the game at Castle Greyhawkins.

* Baston is the Business Master for the game
* Freezo plays an Intern named Neville with proficiency in grovelling and sorting mail
* Bobby plays a level 3 Forensic Accountant named Stanley, with proficiency in maths and accounting skills
* Philge plays a level 3 Comfort Animal named Rufus
Dr. Mike Truck

Dr. Mike Truck is a famous surgeon in New York, who performed plastic surgery on Bobby Pancakes so that he could more closely resemble Raul Chamgerlain. This surgery consisted largely of restoring the ear that had been magically stolen from Bobby by Strahd.

Mike's name appears to have been drawn from a list of fake American-sounding names for baseball players that appeared in the Japanese SNES game *Fighting Baseball*.
Bakers and Baking

In Aren't All Bags Bags of Holding, Freezo tries to connect with two fuckgoblins named Sally and Patricia on a human (elf/goblin) level and convince them to share their dreams and aspirations. The act of convincing Sally to become a baker touched off an apparently latent passion for baking in his own life. He purchased a baker's outfit of this own later that same episode. This outfit was later acquired and destroyed by Philge.

Freezo creates a successful bakery in the gap before Season 2, but sells it to purchase 40 goats and a sled shaped like a train. The bakery can be visited by player characters in the adventure module The Gribbits Detective Agency.

During the flashback in A Very Dragon Chrisfriends it is revealed that Freezo's parents left a warm loaf of bread in his basket to keep him warm when he was left outside the Temple of Mystra.
Heart of Glass

The **Heart of Glass** is an interplanetary starship, and home of the Dragon Friends in Season 4. The ship was dreamed into existence for our heroes by Johnny Playstation as he ascended to godhood.

Each jump to a new planet requires the Heart of Glass to recharge for a time, during which all of the biological crew must leave the ship.

Thanks to a daring heist in the City of Brass, the ship is now capable of traveling into Wild Space.

## Crew Members

* Captain Philge
* Lieutenant Pancakes
* Science Officer Indrirovich
* Navigator Freezopherson
* LOGAN

## Behind the Scenes

The ship's name is probably a reference to the starship *Heart of Gold* from *The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy*, and the Blondie song "Heart of Glass".
Girlfriends (song)

```
A girlfriend is more than a friend who's a girl.
Ice cream sundae with a caramel swirl.
An oyster, no oyster, just a shelf full of pearls.
She doesn't live on Mars but she's out of this world.

(Put your hands in the air if you want to be my girlfriend!
Wow, everyone's hands are in the air!
This song goes for 45 minutes!)
[Tom, are you done?]

I've got so many girlfriends, I can't stop at one. [Tom, that's enough!]
Did Cupid trade his arrow for a machine gun? [TOM! TOM!]
You're the big stripe on an iced cinnamon bun, [TOM!]
WHOA, uh...

What follows is a list
of things that are a girlfriend.
A girl can be a girlfriend.
An elf can be a girlfriend,
an orc can be a girlfriend,
a.. a basketball can be a girlfriend?
Alright, second verse, same as the first! [TOM!]
A girlfriend is more than a friend who's a girl.
Ice cream sundae with a caramel swirl...
Now to go on stage and do my actual concert!

```

Yea, let's get crazy tonight 'cos this song goes for 45 minutes!

I've got so many girlfriends, I can't stop at one.
Did Cupid trade his arrow for a machine gun?
You're the big stripe of icing on my cinnamon bun,
All of my girlfriends set their faces to stun!

Yea, that's it! 'Cos they're stunning!

Alright everybody, good news! What follows is a list of things that can be girlfriends!
A girl can be a girlfriend, sure, we all know about that. But did you know..

An elf can be a girlfriend,
An orc can be a girlfriend,
A troll can be a girlfriend,
A dragon can be a girlfriend,
A hell can be a girlfriend,
A heaven can be a girlfriend,
A little piece of sand can be a girlfriend.
A boy can be your girlfriend,
A man can be a girlfriend,
A big man can be a girlfriend,
A little man can be a girlfriend,
A man's hand, that's a girlfriend.
I love all my girlfriends.
Little woman, that's a girlfriend.
This song can be a girlfriend.
The moon can be a girlfriend.
It controls the tides, it's my girlfriend.
Oh, yes, the dream is a girlfriend,
an elf's a girlfriend, a willow - a girlfriend,
aw, Willow Smith? That's my girlfriend,
She died centuries ago, she's a girlfriend,
Oh, wait, no she didn't, it's 2075.
It is girlfriend time.
Oh, yes, what can be a girlfriend?
A folding chair..

```

A variant version appears at the end of The Drunk One.
Clive Who

Clive Who is the owner of General Pantaloons and member of the secret cult promoting a humans-only scheme in Waterdeep. He won a father of the year award for having such a good relationship with his son, who worked as clerk at the shop. The Dragon friends take his robe, murder him in front of his son, and then use his name to infiltrate the secret cult meeting.
Fane of the Night Serpent, Pt 1

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## Episode Order

### Next

Fane of the Night Serpent, Pt 2 (TOA 2.05)

## People

### Dragon Friends

* Philge
* Freezo
* Bobby Pancakes
* Baston

## Themes, tropes and running jokes

* Canon / Legally Distinct From — Ben declares that the pig in the movie *Moana* was actually Bobby Pancakes in his pig disguise from earlier in the season.
* For Answers To Questions Such As These — Alex delivers a Dave-style send-off when Dave leaves the table in exasperation about 2/3 of the way through the episode.
* Dice of Inspiration, sort of — Hing is offered a "dice of niceness" or "dice of being a normal fucking human being" when he declares that he will wait until Dave is finished speaking before asking a question

## Quotes

* "You don't feel great about the events of the last few hours." "Don't tell me how I feel, Dave!" — Dave and Hing
* "What's your Constitution modifier?" "What's YOURS, DAVE?!" — Dave and Alex
* "When you crack open a can, I think in America they go *tssssss*, but in Australia we go *YAAAAAAAAH!*" — Hing lies about onomatopoeia
* "This definitely won't work. I've got too much willpower!" — Edan, immediately before rolling a natural 1 on a Wisdom save
* "If you were watching a production at STC of a play with Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellan, and then Ben Jenkins, dressed as a cockney Macbeth, storms the stage, and then Ian McKellan goes 'Leave this place, Ben Jenkins!' and he screams and turns to ash, would you think it was part of the play?" — Dave asks a question that has stymied philosophers for centuries
* "I want to see Chris Perkins run Dragon Friends, because he wouldn't last three fucking minutes!" — Dave's astute commentary on the subtle stylistic differences between this podcast and Wizards of the Coast's *Dice, Camera, Action*
* "This is a podcast where you learn things!" "That's Radiolab." — Hing and Alex
* "I've never been in prison before, and - " "What about season 1, episode 1 of Dragon Friends?" — Edan challenges Simon's memory

## Table Talk

* Dave claims that this episode was broadcast live from the inside of the tiniest babushka doll ever conceived or imagined by man.
* This is the first Tomb of Annihilation episode recorded without any live studio audience — not even Elon Musk. Alex insists that everyone watching the stream live type "ha ha ha" into the chat whenever they laugh.
* As is traditional, Dave's opening monologue is derailed at the end, this time by Ben asking if his nipples were visible through his t-shirt.
* Dave at one point leaves the table in a huff and installs Edan as interim dungeon master after the game devolves into an irrelevant discussion of the *Animorphs* series of young adult fantasy novels.
Biting Ant Tribe

A tribe of goblins living in the jungle of Chult. They kept Gribbits with them for a year as a translator.

They live the trees and travel the jungle by stacking on each other's shoulders and swing through on vines.

When they meet another tribe, they either go to war or exchange gifts of equal value. They do the latter with the Dragon Friends, trading Freezo for Gribbits.

They are lead by Babastrigge.
Frisko

Frisko is the leader of a band of goblins, hobgoblins and bugbears residing in a camp between Daggerford and Waterdeep. Frisko is obsessed with the pomp and ceremony of the justice system and has converted the center of his camp into a roughshod legal chamber. Frisko reigns over these proceedings from his combination throne/toilet.

The Dragon Friends are placed on trial during Hey, I'm Worgin' Here! and subjected to various pie-based legal tests alongside their goblin lawyer, Gribbits (Gribbons). During their escape attempt and the ensuing melee, Frisko was slain by Philge, who then declared herself the new leader and ultimately Mother of All Goblins.
Jahaka Anchorage, Pt. 2

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## People

### Dragon Friends

* Philge
* Freezo
* Bobby Pancakes
* Baston

## Themes, tropes and running jokes

* Philge joins half-orc pirate Elok Jahakan in singing the chorus of an orcish song called Me So Mad I Want To Punch Me Own Balls
* Canon — the half-orc tradition of, after having sex with a new partner, stealing some of that partner's belongings while they're sleeping and giving them to one's friends as "fuckpresents", as demonstrated by Philge.
* Dice of Inspiration — Hing requests one for Freezo after rolling a critical failure and singing a chorus of Ace of Base's "I Saw The Sign" with the lyric altered to "I rolled a one". However, this request is quite rightly completely ignored.

## Quotes

* "Freezo! Freezo! Freezo!" — the live audience, but only after Ben demands it
* "Charred corpses! Charred corpses! Charred corpses! But not our own!" — Freezo's pirate cultists
* "That's a short rest, isn't it? How do you have sex? Is it a short rest?" "No, it's *extremely vigorous*." "Then no hit points." — Dave & Alex
* "An accident? Well, here's...a cutlass-cident!" — Ben Jenkins as a pirate
* "No, *this* is an axe-cident!" — Philge, before cutting that pirate in half with an axe
* "Where are my raptors?" "They are slowly drifting away on a boat filled with gunpowder." "FREEZO, ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?!" — Alex & Dave
* "They're not slaves, they're cultists! It's *very different!*" — Freezo
* "This *seemed* like such a good plan." — Edan
* "I don't know if founding a religion and then convincing them to engage in a mass suicide...I guess you get some temporary hit points." — Dave

## Table Talk

* Dave claims that this episode was broadcast live from the end of days, as dreamed by a baby who's also a psychic.
* The episode opens with some general trash talking of the various other D&D stream channels who were playing through the same adventure at the time, despite the fact that several of them had already finished.
* After a pirate's weapon is described as a "wicked cutlass", the game is briefly derailed by some valiant attempts at saying this in a Boston accent, which at least one Boston-based listener and wiki editor very much appreciated.
Ancient Rule of Bagsing

The Ancient Rule of Bagsing allows a Dragon Friend to incontestably reserve, or avoid, some item or task for themselves.

## Appearances

* The Audition (1.01) - Bobby Pancakes bagses some rags in the prison cell
* It Like She Me (1.02)
* I've Got A Song As Well (4.03) - Baston bagses a cloak and Bobby Pancakes a short sword from the chest looted from the flying Titan city in Big Boys of Junkertown
* The Yellow Banner (TOA2.01) - Chesterfield Sofa claims, or attempts to claim, various things throughout the episode, using the more international-friendly term "dibs"
* Speaks Brusquely (TOA2.02) - Baston bagses several items recovered from the bodies of slain Baldur's Gate mercenaries
Barbarian Rage

The Barbarian Rage ("Going Into a Rage") is a class ability of barbarians, most notably Philge.

Reasons that Philge has gone into a rage in Dragon Friends:

* It Like She Me (1.02) - Her son the Duke of Daggerford is dead
* Hey, I'm Worgin' Here! (1.04) - Her friend Bobby Pancakes hurt his knuckles on a pie tin
* A Level One Handsome Man (2.03) - Freezo killed a horse
* 6,000 Uncontrollable Buttholes (2.16) - Strahd is taking advantage of the people who... love him...?
Albrecht Rumsfield

Albrecht Rumsfield is the leader of the Shipwrights' Guild, an illegal guild-slash-criminal-enterprise in Waterdeep. His appearance is that of a gruff dwarf in an outlandish feathered hat. He is later revealed to be a werewolf. He is also a member of the Secret Cult run by Davin Tyrril and is the ex-boss of Seamus Noggin.

Animosity between the Shipwrights' Guild and the Waterdeep Guild of Thieves, Tricksters, and Beggars had been building steadily in the months leading to Season 1. This was mirrored by a bitter contempt shared between Albrecht and Janos Meer, the Beggar King.

Janos hired the Dragon Friends as escorts for his meeting with Albrecht in It True, Me Your Nightmare (1.08). The situation rapidly deteriorated and Albrecht managed to badly wound Janos before leaving with his own entourage.

The Dragon Friends later encounter Albrecht in A Valuable Addition to Our Team (1.11) as they fled the meeting of the Secret Cult. After briefly falling for a trick that sent him running in the wrong direction, he returned and attacked them, transforming into his werewolf form. They were able to defeat him due to the superior lasso skills of Seamus Noggin. Bobby spent the whole fight endeavoring to be bitten so he could become a werewolf himself, and failing that, he drank Albrecht's spilled blood. With this act Bobby successfully contracted lycanthrophy.
Freezo's Cursed Coins

Freezo's Cursed Coins are discovered during The Vampire Named Strahd Too! (2.13) as Freezo loots the mimic killed during the previous episode.

Freezo finds 120 gold coins in total. Among these, 119 are mundane and one is cursed. Using that particular coin takes a year of the spender's life and curses the recipient with chronic magical diarrhea.

The coins are used against the dread vampire Strahd von Zarovich in the Season 2 finale, 6,000 Uncontrollable Buttholes (2.16).