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Player characters · first: DDQ E1

Gertrude (Kelvorda)

Gertrude is one of the four heroes, a very powerful sorceress whose card calls her the witch of the Frostmoon who walks in curse first DDQ E1·00:17:54. She is long-lived and a bit sardonic, and her family cast her out for being far too powerful, so she lived alone in the woods DDQ E1·00:17:54. She has white hair, black skin and antlers DDQ E1·00:18:52. She lives in a hut by a lake, practising magic far from those who do not understand DDQ E1·00:19:15.

Gertrude is a sorceress who lives alone by a lake until a visitor warns her that an inquisitor is hunting her, after which she leaves her hut DDQ E1·00:27:13. She charms the bouncer Dag Strongshield at the Hero's Hall with Friends DDQ E1·01:04:33 and casts Detect Thoughts on Twyla without her consent DDQ E1·01:18:15. At the Temple of Wraiths a voice speaks only to her DDQ E1·01:49:47. She blurts out to the party that she does not intend to leave the Underworld, and the table then rewinds it as something she has not yet told them DDQ E1·01:52:33 DDQ E1·01:53:36.

In the Underworld she calls herself the physically weakest of the group DDQ E2·00:08:09, casts a third-level Thunder Wave against the dead at the River of Sorrow DDQ E2·00:37:32 and brews a tea of the Herbalism Kit that gives the party a full rest DDQ E2·01:45:15. Her Detect Thoughts on Shalila shows the death knights' memory of Roy and Thanara, and Thanara looks back at her and says "Looking for me, Gertrude?" DDQ E2·02:09:56. She then tells Troyánn that Troyánn's father gave his soul DDQ E2·02:11:25.

Gertrude confesses that she came down hoping to have her soul taken and now wants to live DDQ E3·00:13:17. She lets Nyruth hear her thoughts, and he gives the party a flying carpet in exchange for her carrying an empty green vial that would take her curse if it were lifted DDQ E3·00:29:11 DDQ E3·00:30:02. At the Pit of Suffering Thanara speaks in her mind and asks whether she never wondered who gave her the curse DDQ E3·01:55:00. She tells the party only late that she has spoken with Thanara DDQ E3·02:33:21, and at the throne she says she is there to have her curse released DDQ E3·02:37:41.

In the finale her Counterspell, re-rolled to a natural 20, turns Morgan's cone of light on Morgan DDQ E4·01:50:58. Twyla's wish to Thanara includes lifting Gertrude's curse DDQ E4·02:08:50, but Gertrude hands Thanara the vial instead DDQ E4·02:11:24. Thanara says she saw a child with great magic and a pure heart and wished her life protected, which brought the curse of immortality DDQ E4·02:11:50. Thanara blows her own curse into the vial DDQ E4·02:18:11, and afterwards Nyruth tells her "Oh, but you still have your curse." DDQ E4·02:23:23

Character sheet — Dungeons and Drag Queens

Dungeons and Drag Queens sheet of Gertrude (played by Bob the Drag Queen). Only what is said in play or shown on the on-screen stat cards; dotted values are derived from spoken rolls. Values shown are the latest up to your chosen episode.

Race
Tiefling DDQ E2·00:36:48—
Class
Sorcerer DDQ E2·00:36:48—
Level
5 DDQ E2·00:36:48—
AC
13 DDQ E2·00:36:48—
HP max
32 DDQ E3·02:26:02 DDQ E4·01:24:49—
Proficiency
+3 DDQ E2·01:43:19—
Initiative
+3 DDQ E1·01:30:19—
Spell save DC
16 DDQ E2·00:37:32—
Spell attack
+9 DDQ E4·00:41:26 DDQ E4·00:41:37 DDQ E4·00:41:44 DDQ E4·01:39:05—
STR
+1 DDQ E2·00:36:48—
DEX
+3 DDQ E2·00:36:48—
CON
+2 DDQ E2·00:36:48—
INT
+4 DDQ E2·00:36:48—
WIS
+1 DDQ E2·00:36:48—
CHA
+5 DDQ E2·00:36:48—

Skills

Saving throws

Features

  • Witch of the Frostmoon — Describes herself as a sorceress who has been around for a very long time, a bit sardonic and kinda over it all. Her family cast her aside for being far too powerful and she lived alone in the woods. White hair, dark skin and antlers; the card reads Witch of the Frostmoon, Walks in curse first. DDQ E1·00:17:54 DDQ E1·00:18:52 DDQ E1·00:19:02 DDQ E1·00:20:32
  • Johan Trembly and the skull — Flings her door open with Thaumaturgy for the peasant Johan Trembly, who asks for a spell. She says she does not practise magic for money and reads his great-great-grandad's skull inside a circle of light-blue salt. She asks only that his family remember her if she asks for something in return. DDQ E1·00:20:50 DDQ E1·00:21:52 DDQ E1·00:22:59 DDQ E1·00:25:38
  • Warned of an inquisitor — Johan warns her that an inquisitor of the Glaring Sun with a garrison has been asking after witches who have lived for many generations and cannot die, seen eleven or twelve days ago. She decides she is no longer safe and flees with her Satchel of Holding. DDQ E1·00:26:07 DDQ E1·00:27:08 DDQ E1·00:27:13
  • Her secret at the temple — At the Temple of Wraiths a voice whispers on the wind to her alone. She starts to tell the party she has come but does not intend to leave, then Bob takes it back as her secret. Deception three plus five, 8; she tells Gargrim only that she is there to help her friend find the traitor. Princess senses she is guarded, and Troyánn, on a natural 20, that she is lying and deeply sad. DDQ E1·01:48:43 DDQ E1·01:49:10 DDQ E1·01:49:47 DDQ E1·01:52:33 DDQ E1·01:53:36 DDQ E1·01:54:29 DDQ E1·01:54:35 DDQ E1·01:55:03 DDQ E1·01:55:23 DDQ E1·01:56:12
  • Eyes in the Dark — Her Darkness spell pours black fog from her mouth; she can see 120 feet with Eyes in the Dark and sees through magical darkness, which Brennan says lets her use Counterspell in it. DDQ E2·01:17:04 DDQ E2·01:20:13 DDQ E2·01:25:59
  • Herbalism tea — Her first Herbalism Kit roll is a three; with Twyla's Help she rolls with advantage a 19, 26 in all, and brews a tea that fills everyone's stomach and speeds healing. Brennan says the party gets the benefit of a full night's sleep. DDQ E2·01:43:31 DDQ E2·01:43:54 DDQ E2·01:44:36 DDQ E2·01:46:23
  • Thanara looks back — Casting Detect Thoughts on Shalila she sees the death knights' memory of Roy and Thanara, and Thanara looks at her. She bolts from the memory and, after hesitating, tells Troyánn that Troyánn's father gave his soul. DDQ E2·02:06:21 DDQ E2·02:09:56 DDQ E2·02:10:10 DDQ E2·02:11:25
  • Confession to the party — Tells the party she was not completely honest about why she is in the Underworld: she hoped to come down, not leave, and have her soul taken, but now wants to live her life. She says there is a curse on her where she can't die, not invincibility but just immortality, and she wants a natural death like everyone else. DDQ E3·00:12:56 DDQ E3·00:13:17
  • The curse of immortality — Monét asks if the curse is her curse of immortality and Bob says yes and that she cannot remove it herself; Monét adds that it has to be lifted by someone, and they name Thanara. DDQ E3·00:31:46 DDQ E3·00:31:51 DDQ E3·00:31:55 DDQ E3·00:31:59
  • Open mind before Nyruth — Casts Detect Thoughts on herself so Nyruth hears her thoughts; Persuasion with advantage, first die 13 plus 8, 21, then a natural 20. Nyruth kneels and trades the soul of Oliver Leiber for the corrupted Wraith Clasp, and a flying carpet for carrying a green vial. DDQ E3·00:20:26 DDQ E3·00:21:14 DDQ E3·00:21:26 DDQ E3·00:24:59 DDQ E3·00:26:56 DDQ E3·00:28:22
  • Scrying for Wallace — Uses the crystal ball to look for servants in the tower and finds Wallace, whom Troyánn nets. DDQ E3·01:35:10 DDQ E3·01:36:32
  • Thanara in her mind — At the Pit of Suffering: Investigation 6 plus 4, 10, and a Charisma saving throw 13 plus 8, 21, as Thanara speaks in her mind. She asks for the curse to be lifted; Thanara asks whether she never wondered who gave her the curse, and Gertrude asks if it was her. DDQ E3·01:53:19 DDQ E3·01:53:47 DDQ E3·01:54:58 DDQ E3·01:55:00 DDQ E3·01:55:13
  • Roy's key — A beautiful elven man, Roy of Karkyn, rises out of the pit with a key in his hand; she dashes over and grabs the key. He says to take care of his girl, and vanishes having given her the key of the chamber. DDQ E3·01:55:22 DDQ E3·01:56:21 DDQ E3·01:56:37 DDQ E3·01:56:57
  • Tells the party she spoke with Thanara — Realises late that she never told the party she talked with Thanara, and says Thanara wants her curse but will ask a lot. DDQ E3·02:33:21
  • Demands her curse released — Runs forward at Thanara and says she is there to have her curse released, and that she knows it was Thanara who put it on her. DDQ E3·02:34:20 DDQ E3·02:37:41
  • Sees Thanara's sadness — Insight with advantage, dice 11 and 14, plus two, 16: she sees Thanara's deep sadness. DDQ E4·01:59:35 DDQ E4·01:59:37 DDQ E4·02:00:31
  • Twyla's wish and the vial — Twyla asks Thanara to restore the Fae dead and to lift Gertrude's curse as well, and Thanara says the wish is granted. Gertrude stops it, holds up her vial and puts it in Thanara's lap, saying it is the same kindness that was offered to her, and then tells her she can do it. DDQ E4·02:08:50 DDQ E4·02:09:54 DDQ E4·02:10:00 DDQ E4·02:11:14 DDQ E4·02:11:32
  • Thanara's account of the curse — Thanara says she saw a child with great magic and a pure heart, wished to bless her, and that her blessings are always twisted: she wished the child's life to be kept safe, and that brought the curse of immortality. She says she is sorry and cannot accept the vial, because she is the source of power for the realm. DDQ E4·02:11:50 DDQ E4·02:13:43
  • Thanara's curse in the vial — Once Thanara has stepped down from her throne, she blows into the vial the curse that she must ever watch the Underworld, and her golden bracers vanish; she dedicates her adventures to Gertrude. DDQ E4·02:18:11 DDQ E4·02:18:50
  • Her curse remains — Nyruth appears with a green bottle and tells her she still has her curse, offering a quest for a curse-breaking talisman in Kelvorda. DDQ E4·02:23:23

Spells

Items

By episode

DDQ E1: Queens on a Quest

  • Sorceress, long-lived and "a bit sardonic", "kinda over it all by now" — 00:17:54; family cast her out "for being far too powerful" and she lived alone in the woods — 00:17:54
  • Hut by a lake; practised magic "in peace far from the eyes of those who do not understand" — 00:19:15
  • Uses Thaumaturgy to fling her door open — 00:20:50; carries a Satchel of Holding — 00:27:51
  • Does not practise magic for money: "I practice it because I'm good at it and it has helped me survive" — 00:21:52; helped Johan Trembly and asked only that he remember her if she asks for something in return — 00:25:38
  • Learns of an inquisitor hunting her and flees: "I see that I am no longer safe in this place." — 00:27:13
  • Stays at the door in the tavern; pretends to drink with Prestidigitation — 00:43:50, 00:49:18
  • Insight 16 on entering — 00:45:01; Persuasion 18 with Friends on Dag — 01:04:33
  • Casts Detect Thoughts on Twyla without her consent — 01:18:15, 01:18:18
  • Perception 18; overhears the thought about the goblin's Wraith Clasps — 01:20:52, 01:22:33
  • Stealth 14 to hide her glance at Wallace — 01:23:56; casts Message to Twyla and then to all four — 01:24:32, 01:26:48
  • Casts Mage Hand to pop Wallace's shirt open — 01:30:00, 01:31:02
  • At the temple, a voice speaks only to her; she says "Heartbreak feels good in a place like this." — 01:49:47
  • Blurts to the party that this is her final resting place: "I've come, but I don't intend to leave." — 01:52:33; the table rewinds it as not yet told (Bob: "I probably shouldn't tell the girls yet") — 01:53:36; she tells Gargrim only "I'm here to help my friend find this traitor" — 01:55:03
  • Deception 8 — 01:54:29

DDQ E2: Welcome to the Underworld

  • "I'm the physically weakest one of the entire group here." — 00:08:09
  • Warns aloud "Don't drink this water, do not." at the River of Sorrow — 00:20:16
  • Casts Thunder Wave with a third-level slot after hiding behind Princess; says "I don't do well in battle" — 00:35:15, 00:36:43, 00:37:22
  • Inventory: Torch, Tinderbox, Herbalism Kit, Crystal, Dagger, Quarterstaff and Witch's Garb — 01:01:11; the crystal is an arcane focus — 01:05:13
  • Persuasion on Nyruth: rolls a 1 against DC 25 — 01:07:48, 01:08:00
  • Casts Darkness; black fog pours from her mouth and will not stop; she "can see 120 feet" with Eyes in the Dark and sees through magical darkness — 01:17:04, 01:20:13, 01:24:14
  • Rolls initiative 8 and is left alone in the shop with Nyruth; both breathe smoke; she dashes out — 01:21:35, 01:24:09, 01:26:59
  • Group Stealth: natural 1 — 01:28:01
  • Rolls 3 on the Herbalism Kit check, then 19 for 26 with Twyla's help; brews tea for all — 01:43:31, 01:43:54, 01:45:15
  • Deception 9 + 5 = 14 on "We're in training."; Shalila repeats it as "training to be merfolk assassins" and Troyánn adds they came to learn to be an "expert assassin" — 02:00:18, 02:00:32, 02:00:36, 02:01:51
  • Casts Detect Thoughts on Shalila and sees the memory of Roy and Thanara; Thanara looks back at her: "Looking for me, Gertrude?" — 02:06:21, 02:09:56
  • Bolts from the memory: "We have to leave right now." — 02:10:10
  • Worries aloud whether telling Troyánn will hurt her ("Should I tell her?"), then does — 02:10:29, 02:11:25
  • Says she has never been down here and "I do have a lot of anxiety" — 01:00:24

DDQ E3: The Time Has Come

  • Confesses at the edge of Hollowgrave: "I have not been completely honest with all of you about why I'm in the Underworld." — 00:12:56
  • States her curse and change of mind: "I was hoping to just come down here, not leave, have my soul taken." and "I want to live my life." — 00:13:17
  • Warns against bringing the dead back without asking: "life is a gift, but it's not everything" — 00:14:57
  • Confesses her fear: "Nyruth scares me a little more than Thanara." — 00:16:19
  • Casts Detect Thoughts on herself so Nyruth hears her thoughts; Persuasion with advantage: 13 + 8 = 21, then a natural 20 — 00:20:26, 00:20:33, 00:21:14, 00:21:26
  • Accepts the green vial: "My word is my bond." — 00:31:01
  • Uses Message on Troyánn: "I don't feel like this is what we agreed to!" — 00:38:24
  • Helps Troyánn's Persuasion by pulling her aside: "You can mention the game night to sweeten the deal." — 00:40:20
  • Wears a Wraith Clasp over her antlers; maggot, falling arm — 01:13:47
  • Group Performance: die 18, total said 33, the DM counts 34; leads the Thriller approach: "All right girls, it's showtime!" — 01:18:26, 01:19:04
  • Constitution saving throw 21 inside the tower — 01:30:17
  • Scrying looks for servants and finds Wallace — 01:35:10, 01:36:32
  • At the Pit of Suffering: Investigation 6 + 4 = 10, Charisma saving throw 13 + 8 = 21; Thanara speaks in her mind; she asks "I want the curse lifted." — 01:53:12, 01:53:38, 01:54:58
  • Realises late that she never told the party: "I did talk to Thanara." — 02:33:21
  • Runs forward at Thanara: "You know why I'm here!"; states "I am here to have my curse released. I know it's you who put this curse on me" — 02:34:20, 02:37:41

DDQ E4: In the Heart of Death

  • Tied with Princess on initiative (12 each), she takes the earlier slot: "I am going to go first." — 00:10:39
  • Insight on Kerwyn: two plus two, "I got a four." — 00:13:47
  • Holds Fireball back: "I think it's too early to start Fireball-ing." — 00:38:08
  • Two Scorching Rays hit Morgan; "You'll love this." to Thanara and then "Was that good?" to Princess — 00:42:09, 00:42:16; afterward "I shouldn't have talked shit." — 00:43:33
  • Fireball on Morgan and Keena with pooled dice (eight d6, 21 fire damage), Careful Spell unused; both fail their saves — 01:14:47, 01:15:39, 01:16:08
  • Tries to widen Shield onto Troyánn: Arcana 6 + 7 = 13 against 15, the shield fades — 01:25:24, 01:25:34
  • Scorching Ray on Keena: two of three hit; 13 damage — 01:39:13, 01:40:05
  • Counterspell against Morgan's cone: Charisma check, "Two"; re-roll, "Nat 20!"; she chants "Ma ma se, ma ma sa, ma ma coo sa" — 01:49:47, 01:50:58, 01:51:55
  • Insight with advantage 11 and 14, plus two, 16: she sees Thanara's sadness — 01:59:30, 01:59:37, 02:00:31
  • Plans to give Thanara her vial: "What if I gave her my vial, and she broke her own curse?" — 02:01:35
  • At the throne: "This is all I've ever wanted my entire life, which has been a very long life." and "Okay now you can do it." — 02:11:08, 02:11:32