Episode 364 - Toppling the Tyrannical Pyre Part 3

Pyre turning into a freaking skellington and being all weird and gross at us was definitely a twist we did not see coming. But, seeing as we are strong AND brave heroes, this was nothing that we couldn’t handle / run away from.

## **Story**

### Long Story

Pyre the dragon has just emerged from Skud's card, half transformed into a terrifying, skeleton visage. Now, he's pissed, and ready for more. Lahni starts the action by running over to the cracked floor and hiding Toby behind some ridge, where he immediately uses his Robe of Stars to vanish into the Astral Plane. Rowan uses her tried and true *Hail of Thorns* to give Pyre a bad time, and deals a ton of damage. In response, Pyre approaches the half-elf and bites her, also dealing a ton of damage. For his part, Skud runs closer.

And then, Lahni, the simple Wood Elf from Arkensaw, the sweet and loyal friend of The Tower of Grey, runs up to Pyre, and punches him so hard that she knocks him out. Lahni. Knocks out. A dragon. This is incredible. Skud feels the card vibrating even stronger now (I guess it returned to him when it failed to catch Pyre), and Rowan decides to set a show record. She uses *Hail of Thorns* again, but this time, with Pyre unable to resist, she does 113 damage to the creature. THAT'S SO MUCH DAMAGE! Between this and Lahni knocking him out, along with Pyre's horrific image, this might be the most awesome episode of all time. And it's about to get even cooler.

Skud reaches for his card, realizing that he could, in all likelihood, catch him now, but then he thinks better of it. The opportunity has presented itself, one that will not come up again. Instead of trying to catch Pyre right away, Skud casts *Feeble Mind*! Again, Pyre fails to resist, and his mind becomes Feeble. He is now a big ol' dumb gumb, and will remain so for an entire month! Toby finally returns to the battle, just in time to see Skud throw the card once again at Pyre. This time, the card shakes three times, dramatically... And captures him! Pyre is defeated! Mastwick is free!

The doors burst open and and the Darkblades all rush in, along with Old Mrs. Hamhands and her army of Dusters.

### Short

Lahni knocks out the dragon, just by punching it (awesome), leaving the rest of the party available to do some pretty awesome shit. Rowan uses *Hail of Thorns* to deal the most amount of damage the show has ever seen (I think), and Skud uses *Feeble Mind* finally, making Pyre stupid for a month. He then is able to capture it, freeing the city of Mastwick. Old Mrs. Hamhands runs in, along with the Dusters and the Darkblades.

## **Trivia**

* Lahni has 10 beans
* At the top of the episode, everyone is varying distances from Pyre: Rowan is 120 ft away, Lahni and Toby are 50 ft away, Skud is 180 ft away, and his BattleBot is 77 ft aaway
* Rowan does 113 damage, and it's absolutely absurd
* Pyre can try to be free of the *Feeble Mind* once every 30 days

## **In This Episode...**

### **Cast and Player Characters**

* Michael DiMauro - *Dungeon Master*
* Tim Lanning - Toby Treacletart / Hoby
* Jennifer Cheek - Rowan Grey
* Mike Bachmann - Skud Derringer
* Nika Howard - Lahnik "Lahni" Caplain

### **Non-Player Characters**

* Pyre
* Old Mrs. Hamhands

### **Locations**

* Drunkeros
	+ Mastwick
		- The Spike
			* The Colosseum

### **Quest Log Updates**

* [On-Hold] - Stop Tiamat!
* [Active] - Destroy The Orb!
	+ [Active] - Find the first missing piece
		- [Active] - Gain access to the Elite Forge
			* [Active] - Defeat Fuckin Gary, Master of the Air Plane
			* [Active] - Defeat The Man of Sorrow, Master of the Earth Plane
			* [Active] - Defeat Lucious Incendous, Master of the Fire Plane
			* [Active] - Defeat The Maroness, Master of the Water Plane
				+ ~~[Complete] - Capture three powerful creatures for Skud's Bone Game~~
					- ~~[Complete!] - Defeat and capture Pyre the Dragon~~
* [Optional] - Defeat the Army General, Browl Theckhammer
	+ [On-Hold] - Find the third missing piece
		- [On-Hold] - Investigate the final location
* [On-Hold] - Find Adira Harper
* [Backburner] - Find Lannie Caplain
	+ [On-Hold] - Investigate Galanthis
* [Active] - Find a way to pay back the Ferrim Pecunia bank of Pelor's Hope
* [Active][Jaeludra] - Investigate the Great Colosseum in Caer

### **Quotes**

**"What's the best egg?"** ~ *Toby*
**"Tomato..."** ~ *A Feeble Minded Pyre*

## **Rolls**

* **Recap**
	+ **Tim - 13**
	+ Nika - 7
	+ Jennifer - 14
	+ Bachmann - Nat20 - Bapped - Chooses Tim