Heebied His Jeebies

## Description

Armed with a secret weapon and the element of surprise, The Dragon Friends are ready to take the fight to Strahd and rescue Greatheart Banknote. Can The Dragon Friends overcome their oldest enemy in time to prevent him amassing yet another army?

## Synopsis

The Friends have rested and been well-fed at the Wolfen Lodge in preparation for their mission to rescue Greatheart Banknote. Madame Drazkov tells them that based on what she has heard from spies and from Jacob and the Friends, it appears that Strahd is attempting to bring back the Netherese Revenant Host, a Warforged army, with which he could take over or destroy the world. Meanwhile, Banknote tries to console Jacob Undercourt, who is still sulking after the revelation that Bobby is the one fated to slay Strahd, not him. Jacob explains that he has spent his life devoted to training in preparation to slay Strahd, which estranged him from his wife and isolated him from all his friends. As he's doing so, Bobson Dugnutt arrives with food for the Friends and to act as their guide (with some confusion about why an office worker from futuristic Chiba would be her first choice to help them navigating through the woods).

Baston inspects the map that Bobson has brought, discovering it to be a map to a secret passage leading through the mountain rocks directly into the dungeons of Castle Ravenloft. The Friends set off, and as they approach the castle they see that the West Wing has been destroyed as a result of their previous visit. As they are travelling through the forest, a messenger ferret approaches Jacob and tells him that Madame Drazkov his dispatched the rest of the Night Claws to Icewind Dale in a do-or-die assault on the spellstone monoliths, which only disappoints Jacob even more that he did not get to participate. Arriving at the entrance to the secret passage, Jacob opens it with the password, and Bobby leads the Friends quietly down the stairs to a door. Hearing a conversation behind the door, Bobby considers how to approach stealthily when he becomes aware that the other Friends are attempting to shift the Banknote Apparatus up the spiral staircase, and Baston kicks the door open, revealing two vampire guards taking a smoke break in a guardroom; he and Bobby burst in and kill them both as they attempt to leave, and wait for Banknote and Jacob to struggle in carrying the Apparatus.

Bobby searches through the room, finding a bunch of keys on one of the guards and some schedules showing that the prison is currently understaffed and that one particular cell in B block is more heavily patrolled. Jacob and Baston decide to put on the guards' uniforms, while Bobby uses *Disguise Self* to appear as Derecourt, the previous Employee Of The Month. The group heads for block B, and Banknote rolls the barrel holding the Apparatus down the corridors, creating a lot of noise; Bobby unlocks the door, and they enter the prison complex, where Baston spots Greatheart Banknote in one of the cells, tied to a rack - being tortured by Strahd himself who is attempting to force him to reveal who is now leading the resistance. Bobby tries to decide if this is the right moment to shoot Strahd with Pointy Steve, and Philge points out that Madame Drazkov pointed out that Strahd could only be killed at the right moment - when Lionshield activates the Banknote apparatus and yells out to Greatheart, instantly revealing the group to Strahd. Bobby ducks into hiding.

Strahd levitates up to where the Friends are, immediately recognizing them and really rather jovial at first. Banknote demands he "get his f\*\*\*cking hands off my father", but Strahd continues to jovially greet him and commiserate about family problem, and Jacob quietly encourages Bobby to shoot Strahd, and then also introduces himself to Strahd, exaggerating that he must now be no longer any threat to Strahd due to being displaced from the prophecy; meanwhile, Bobby has loaded Pointy Steve and fires at Strahd. Strahd immediately disappears, allowing Pointy Steve to hit Lionshield Banknote in the neck. Strahd rips the bolt from Lionshield's body causing blood to gush from his neck, and locks the spellstone head into his own signet ring.

"I'm gonna be really honest with you, guys, I'm really sorry. I kind of *did* see this coming. I did, I did, I did. I knew that you'd come for him, and you came for him just at the right time, and guess what? You sent all those Wolves away and you bought some of them with you, so at this current moment, what's happening, that whole village? That whole village with Madame Drazkov? It's undefended. And they're just massacring them, everyone, that was the plan and you sorta did it so I'm gonna go now and sort of finish off her, and, quick tip, don't put *yourself* in prison if you're trying to be clever. So, that's where you are, so, you know, I bet you got a lot to talk about, you OK mate, well you got Daddy to catch up with but, Bobby, Baston, Philge, Banknote Jr, and I wanna say.. Jiminy Crickett? (JACOB!), I will say goodbyeeeee."

Furious at the news of Drizkov's death, Jacob jumps off the balcony onto Strahd as he disappears, breaking his ankle. Philge frees Greatheart from his bonds and Bobby heals Lionshield's wounds. Greatheart attempts to rally the Friends by singing Viva La Dragon Friends.

## Cast

### Dragon Friends

* Philge
* Bobby Pancakes
* Baston
* Lionshield Banknote

### NPCs

* Bobson Dugnutt
* Strahd von Zarovich
* Greatheart Banknote

## Themes, Tropes and Running Jokes

* Dragon Huddle, adapted to the Dragon Huggle when Baston suggests a group hug before travelling to Castle Ravenloft

## Quotes

* "So, with food in your belly, sleep in your... faces.. and with all the incremental bonuses to numbers that just fill Michael Hing's heart with glee.."
* "All of those Night Claws, their names will live on in legend, for what they are trying to do - win or lose - is perhaps the most heroic endeavour of your people for 500 years." "I relay all of that, and then say 'And I'm **here**. With **you***.* Because my job is **listening to the ferret***.*'"
* "Philge, if I die and the last thing I see is you fucking my Dad, I just think that I'm probably going to go to the afterlife hating you."

## Table Talk

* "Hey, you don't have any failures. You're Australia's most successful American Truck Simulator streamer." "Let me level with you, Dave. If you've got a Twitch account, you're already a failure."