Season 1 Episode 6 "Support Your Local Library"

The dads address pressing automotive issues. Henry finds some great books, Daryl learns something about his beloved minivan, Glenn showcases his knowledge of 90s movie tie-in rap, and Ron lodges a complaint.

## Intro

This episodes intro features Ron recapping the previous episode through a journal entry.

## Summary

All the characters increase to level three, allowing each one to gain a new trait: Glenn is now a member of a bard college (not specified), Henry joins The Circle of Dreams druid circle, Darryl specifies his rage with Ancestral Protectors, and Ron chooses the swashbuckler rogue archetype.

After leaving Neverwinter, the group pulls over and starts a campfire to rest and discuss what just happened and plans for what to do next. During the discussion, a dad huddle is called and Darryl asks Cern if he is a father. Cern confirms he *was* a father, but the pyramid spawned from the Bag of Beans crushed and killed his children.

Darryl asks Cern to explain his "Wookie Life Debt" that he proclaimed Darryl had over him in the previous episode. A Wookie/Gungan Life Debt (named after two extremely loyal lizards in the Forgotten Realms who died in their own co-life debt), is when an individual saves one person's life, then that debt it owed to the other.

After having a few drinks, the dads settle down for bed in the van and Cern keeps a watch outside. In their sleep, the group returns to the scorched wasteland where the man in the purple robe spoke to them. He explains that he predicted the group getting naked in Neverwinter and that he was who removed Lark and Sparrow from their father after being saved. The purple robe man explains that he will continue taking each saved child and, at the end, perchance the fathers will have learned something. The group continually interrupts the robed figure, so he zips Darryl and Henry's mouths shut so he can complete his monologue. Ron doesn't want his sleep to be stopped by this robed man, so he asks to leave and fades back into his "death sleep."

Once his monologue is over, the group wakes up and remarks about their shared dream experience. Glenn decides to text Nick to see if he can get any information from him, but this is unsuccessful since Nick is just too cool to be straightforward. They know he's in Waterdeep, so they ask Cern if he knows where that is and if he can draw them a map.

After deciding where to head next, Darryl asks the group to do a car check which leads to the discovery that they are extremely low on gas. This leads to a back and forth where Ron farts every time the word, "gas" is said, until he fails a luck check and defecates on himself. Darryl offers Ron a fresh pair of "boxers" (in reality, they're Hanes white briefs, which Darryl calls boxers) and, after some consideration, he removes his 45 layers of pants to change. As the group makes their way to the nearby village to try and find a way to power the van, Henry throws Ron's soiled boxers out the window.

Upon arriving in the village, the group comes across a two-story tall pile of books and an old man they learn is named The Library. The Library in Faerun functions like a library on Earth, where he lends books out to those who need resources, but only in exchange for knowledge from the one receiving the lent book. Henry says that their group isn't from this world, but instead from a realm called "Ee'Arth" (a strange pronunciation of "earth"), which earn him a look at an alchemical book in The Library's collection.

Glenn attempts to bluff The Library into getting a book on the greatest bard tunes by reciting the lyric to *Wild Wild West* by Will Smith, but fails and instead has to tell a deep truth of humanity or a secret. Glenn succeeds by saying a band secret that when a band leaves, they don't go anywhere and are saving songs for an encore, which ends up being sufficient to get a book.

In the alchemical book, there are three options to create a power source: a permanent one using a willing soul, an hourly one requiring mucus and compliments, and a weekly one that requires gold dust, oil, tears, and presumably other steps but it's determined that that's boring and not worth hearing about in completion.

After deliberation and determining that the group is not willing to kill Cern as a willing soul, they opt for the hourly source requiring each member to spit mucus into a bucket and that concoction be poured into the van. Next, the van requires compliments, which Darryl, Henry, and Ron all attempt to give, but fail for an unknown reason. Then, Glenn approaches and says, "オデッセイ-さんはいい車ですよ" which translates to, "Mr. Odyssey is a good car." This fuels the van and Glenn points out that Honda Odysseys are a Japanese make and model of car.

Before leaving, the group asks The Library about the purple robed man in their dreams, which he will only take personal secrets for to give them a book with the answer. Ron admits that he defecated on himself, which is enough of a secret that it earns them a book about magic mostly used by jerks. As they are about to leave, Henry asks about a late fee if the books aren't returned on time, and The Library states that he kills them if that happens.

The group leaves and passes through a mountain range towards Waterdeep. Approaching their destination, there's a bridge that's being guarded and the group is told they need to pay a toll of five silver in order to cross. As they're getting ready to pay, Glenn's phone vibrates and he receives a text from Nick stating, "lol i'm watching u." The group, confused, is suddenly startled by bandits appearing out of the trees and one landing in the "Blade pose" on the hood of their van. This individual on the car raises their head, and it's Nick, who greets his dad.

## Dad Facts

Glenn Close: He is very anal about karaoke etiquette.

Darryl Wilson: He does not know what a Birkenstock is.

Henry Oak-Garcia: He bought his first pair of Birkenstocks when he was 9.

Ron Stampler: He is right handed.

## Trivia

Ron keeps a diary and has seemingly been writing in it the entire adventure

The frogs from the previous episode were named Maggie and Richard

Due to Matt, out of character, not knowing what a Birkenstock is, Anthony agrees that, should he figure it out in the next three episodes and announce it at the table, Darryl can be healed to full health

This episode has Anthony reinstating the damage from dad jokes, but now it can be redirected to an individual by chaining other dad jokes off the original

The categories of knowledge The Library puts forward to the players when lending books are happenstance of the Forgotten Realms, human truths, and secrets of the soul