"Fowl & Friends & a New Friend?"

**"Fowl & Friends & a New Friend?"** (1x28) is the 28th episode of the Fowl and Friends campaign.

## Synopsis

### Question of the Week

The question of the week was: "What is your character's favorite bird?"

* Gem – Hummingbird
* Alais – Blue Footed Boobie
* Dolf - Inca tern
* Lyra – Potoo
* Brodie – Cassowary

### Previously on Fowl & Friends

(Done in a Morgan Freeman-like voice transformer)

"Last time when we saw our heroes, our champions. They defeated the Draduou after losing... well, they didn't really defeat the Draduou as much as the Draduou got what he wanted. It swam away with the body of Iz. The rest of the party finally got to Crawthler Island, where... (AJ points to his arm)... before then, Dolf lost his arm to the burning fire of Lord Quackers. He no longer has a right arm, correct? (Everyone nods) Yes... yes... yes... Exactly..."

"They all went to various places to find out more information about what is, kind of, going on. And then Alais, \*breathes in\*, well, Alais sort of started asking too many questions about the Crawthler family and caught the attention of the local guard. And so, in quick sort of thinking, Alais willingly went with the guards after telling his men to head back to the ship. The crew members went back to inform the rest of the party what just happened."

### Summary

The session begins in the Ocean’s Tears, where the crew discusses Alais’s arrest. After determining who is in charge of the ship in the captain’s absence and deciding to go to the castle, the group is approached by guards who promptly detain them. During a conversation with the guards, they discovered that the guards have never entered the castle nor have they ever met a member of the Crawthler Family. The guards told the party that were tasked with escorting anyone who talks about the Crawthler Family into the castle, remarking how the people they escort leave the castle “eventually.”

During the walk to the castle, the party makes friends with the leader of the small crew of guards, Reginald. They converse about therapy, trauma, The Majestic Gates Bee, and many other things until they finally arrive at the castle. Reginald ushers them through the door but is convinced by the party to join them as they go in.

Upon entry to the main room, they are greeted by the Gamemaster, who told them that they would answer their questions if the group played their game. The group agreed to play and were faced with their first game.

The group found themselves in a 5x5 grid. In each of their hands were discs with their faces on them. The discs were perfectly sized to fit in the squares. The Gamemaster then appeared on the other side of the grid and sprouts 3 additional arms. They suddenly had 5 arms holding 5 levers. They addressed the party and told them to each place their discs on a space on the grid. Then, the Gamemaster would pull the lever and the group would hope for the best. They then said that only one of the players needed to survive. Without pause, the Gamemaster then demonstrated the game by pulling the first lever. A large mallet then swings down and smashes two of the spaces of the grid.

Upon an investigation of the grid, Gem determined that 5 spaces were less damaged than the rest. Alais, not caring about the physical nature of the game, inspected the grid for the magical residue of the hammers via an arcana check. Alais determined that a particular row had less residue but was suspicious of the fact it was a row. After the players placed the discs, the gamemaster pulled the next lever and 6 squares were hit. No player discs were hit. The players were offered to change positions, and the lever was pulled again. This time, Dolf and Alais’s discs were hit and were eliminated from the game. Then the process repeated twice more. In the end, Lyra, Brodie, and Gem survived the game.

The episode ended with the Gamemaster congratulating the party, then transporting them all to a new location. All players found themselves sitting in front of a table. Various-sized polyhedral-colored gems rested in front of them on the table. The Gamemaster sits on the other side of a table, a screen between him and the players.

## Featured Characters

### Main Cast

* Alais
* Brodie
* Dolf
* Gem
* Lyra

### Returning

* Pip
* Dew
* Gamemaster

## Quotations

* Lyra: “It must be nice having all of your friends still alive”
* Dolf: “How do I have 8 more hitpoints than a donkey?”
* Brodie: “You're walking away at a pace that looks like you're walking away from feelings.”
* Brodie: "I am more than a friend... I am a colleague!"

## Trivia

* Oliver, who often drinks during the stream, is seen drinking a Coors Edge, a non-alcoholic beer.
* Luke Kimbro is seen drinking a red Gatorade
* When asked if they are from the Feywilde, Gem responds that they have never been before. Alais, responds by saying that Gem should go sometime and Alais would take them.
* Alais admitted that while it was highly probable that they had a mother, they were not fully confident it was the case. Alais explained this by remarking that the Feywilde was a crazy place.