The Chase Is Better Than The Catch

Spoilers ahead!*This article contains spoilers for **The Chase Is Better Than The Catch**. Be warned!*

## The Chase Is Better Than The Catch

### Cast

Blair, Holly, Laurie, Sullivan, Tilly, Tom

### Series

Chaotic Neutral Plays D&D

**The Chase Is Better Than The Catch** is the first episode of the Chaotic Neutral Plays D&D series.

**Since these episodes have an overarching narrative structure, the episode guides contain major and minor spoilers.**

"*And so we begin our adventure, while the sun makes its way to the east. Ah - what does it mean to be human? And what does it mean to be beast?*"
―Tom
## Scenario

Our players are a group of adventurers who reunite to take up a job.

## Characters

Tom is the Dungeon Master.

* Tobéan Tufts (Blair) is a tall tabaxi with a snow leopard print. He is very intimidating looking while simultaneously being extremely fluffy.
* Liva Waxmund (Holly) - a human woman with deep brown hair and deep brown eyes. She's a strong well-woman, with a welcoming and delighted posture.
* Itchard Eightbreath (Laurie) is a tiny little kobold, equipped for any practical requirement. He's cobalt blue, dressed in an orange cape.
* Slambo Wilkins (Sullivan) is a brooding, muscular man with an intense, intimidating air. Right up until the point he speaks.
* Del Marshwalker (Tilly) - a half-orc woman, a Ranger who blurs into the background. She's too cool to be outwardly moved by anything.

### NPC

* Biscuits - Tobéan's horse, who can't accompany our party on their adventure.
* 'Styx' - an old man, in reddish brown robes, with weatherbeaten cheeks. He collects our players at the start of the adventure and carries them across the moat.
* Rig - a broad shouldered woman, who admits the party through the gates and conducts them to the feast.
* An unnamed, big, scaly, dragon-born female figure, who really doesn't like Itchard.
* An unnamed person with slim man half-moon glasses, who seems to have a connection with Slambo and calls him 'brother'.
* Coral - a Ranger who feels a connection with Del. She has a spherical pendant, which references an enemy.
* Unnamed person with alabaster skin, delicately decorated armour and simultaneously striking but forgettable features and a commanding presence.

## Notable Moments

* And we're off - the excitement is palpable! And immediately undercut by Laurie, as is the NRB way.
* We all agree, we're mostly here for the Motörhead references.
* Everyone has their own D20. Holly must be growing as a person - she doesn't immediately put hers in her mouth. We're so proud.
* On one side of the table we have books. On the other we have happy idiots swishing their pencil swords.
* Laurie is the happiest he's ever been. That voice is going to really hurt his throat, though.
* Tobéan is kind of used to people screwing up their name.
* Slambo: "I had a brief time where I tried to learn the lute ... very bad at it ... I brought it with me". The rest of the party are 'delighted'.
* Ominous nicknames are the best nicknames.
* Itchard is constantly trying to upgrade stuff. We all help with suggestions - sadly we don't have time to attach oars to a horse.
* So far it seems like Liva is generous, the rest are not so - and Del is trying to hide their meanness. Our first roll of the campaign! Tilly rolls for sleight of hand, but doesn't get to avoid the social faux pas.
* Nobody here knows what it's like to be a minor YouTube celebrity.
* Tobéan: "I've seen some shit man - pigs are scary."
* Laurie: "The Hunter's Mark? Oh Tom - you clever boy."
* Some of us head for the pigs, some of us head inside, Liva settles outside in the moonlight to chat to the moon.
* Slambo is that annoying person in some extended friend groups who gives everyone nicknames they lowkey object to. He heads straight for the place of honour in the room. Itchard meanwhile gets an 'aaaaaah' from the group every time he speaks, and seems to want to make friends with literally every person he meets.
* Tobéan and Del bond over animals. Del can suddenly see every pig in the universe - saving those nat 20s for when they really count.
* Tom: "Tilly, on a natural 20 - you've found yourself some fucking pigs! ... Nobody, in the history of pig-finding, has ever found pigs as fast as you have found pigs today, tonight, in this place and time." Everyone is giggly with delight.
* Someone doesn't like Itchard - that makes them a monster, surely.
* We've got some superb rolls going on here.
* Slambo manages to avoid a terrible social mistake - just.
* We get a tiny, sideways reference to slop trays. Eeeeeew. Forever debased.
* Tilly's found a fairly niche speciality with that nat 20. "I've never met a pig I didn't like ... until today." They're quite bitey. And smiling. We don't like that.
* Liva keeps bumping into people who know her more than she knows them - she's finding it very unsettling, but the love is warming her.
* Slambo is preparing to defend his friends. Itchard has slightly misinterpreted the encouragement they were given and there may be some slight consequences to that.
* Laurie: "the enemy of my enemy is my breasts".
* So Slambo has hidden depths, then?
* We get some basic information about our possible quest, before we settle down for the night.
* Morning comes - and with it, the start of the quest. There are other groups and individuals who will be pursuing the same adventure.
* And something's coming out of the trees...

## Trivia

* As normal for anything Tom writes, this is chockfull of references, puns and in-jokes. Documenting all of these would spoil the joy of discovery ... even if we could be sure we caught them all.