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The Baron of Bricks
What happens
- 00:00:53 Brennan's welcome; recap (recap) of the library of their stories, the memories (Pinocchio's confrontation with his father Geppetto and with the fairy with turquoise hair, who is pulled into Ylfa's story and says the wolf is "a force of death itself" like the Gander and the Goose; the Frog Prince's pond with the frogs all named Fred and Princess Elody), the Gander in pain, the Stepmother and Baba Yaga, the City of Chimneys flyers, the boar's-head emblem, the Three Little Pigs summoned into the book, and Rosamund's marriage offer, which the Baron accepted (00:01:14, 00:02:04, 00:04:26, 00:05:23).
- 00:07:45 Back in the Baron's house: the Baron returns with hors d'oeuvres and offers soup; Mother Goose casts Message and the wall sconces light up as a screaming gagged wolf; the Baron asks if they are part of Her Highness's retinue (00:08:01, 00:08:46, 00:09:25).
- 00:09:54 The party asks for vegetarian food; the Baron says he is a boar who enjoys almost everything (00:09:59, 00:10:48).
- 00:11:08 Rosamund says they are cousins and Gerard says he is a prince; the Baron says the Kingdom of Reverie fell into chaos and a curse (00:11:20, 00:11:38).
- 00:12:41 The party passes itself off as servants of the princess (handmaiden, butler, jester); Brennan calls a group Deception check (00:12:41, 00:13:39).
- 00:14:23 The Baron asks what Mother Goose is holding; they say it is a bedtime-story book (00:14:28, 00:14:35).
- 00:15:23 The walls shift and mechanical pigs on their back legs step out, offering their hooves for the party's effects; the handmaiden group (Ylfa, Pib, Mother Goose) is taken to draw baths while Rosamund, Pinocchio and Gerard walk with the Baron as chaperone (00:15:23, 00:16:25, 00:18:43).
- 00:18:52 Mother Goose's Insight (24) on the pigs: fully mechanical, glowing ember eyes; a Message to Ylfa lights the wolf sconces and two pigs drop ax blades; an Investigation shows no power source and a smell of rotting flesh (00:19:13, 00:20:01, 00:20:58).
- 00:21:13 The bathing room with two brass tubs; the pigs stay in the doorway; Pib goes to fetch a forgotten item, learns the kitchens lie down a hallway, and is escorted by a pig (00:21:13, 00:22:30, 00:23:13).
- 00:23:26 The Baron and Rosamund talk as they walk: the wolf, bravery and industry; Pinocchio's joke gets a Performance 21 and "droll" (00:24:19, 00:24:45, 00:25:31).
- 00:26:12 A room of two giant statues of pigs made of sticks and hay, named George and Charles; the Baron says his name is Peter and speaks of mourning his brothers (00:26:53, 00:27:29, 00:27:55).
- 00:29:20 Pinocchio's wolf joke (Performance 19); the Baron asks why he said "huff and puff"; Gerard and Rosamund explain themselves with a cover story and roll Deception (14, 14); the Baron talks of five kings and says Rosamund's father would be one (00:29:42, 00:30:17, 00:31:05, 00:31:54, 00:32:02).
- 00:32:23 Pib is stopped by a pig; Brennan says the system detects magic and an alarm would go off; Investigations: Pib natural 1; Mother Goose's 24 shows the bathing quarters are near the sleeping quarters and what Pib was going back to investigate; her natural 20 finds copper wires in the mortar that the pigs do not cross and no wires down the kitchen hallway (00:32:51, 00:33:23, 00:33:42, 00:33:45, 00:34:36, 00:34:37).
- 00:35:37 Banquet hall: raw vegetarian soup ingredients; the Baron asks Ylfa if they have met; Pinocchio roasts him and then does physical comedy (00:35:37, 00:36:14, 00:36:42, 00:38:14).
- 00:38:35 Mother Goose takes out the book; Rosamund's book glows and floats; the Baron notices; Pinocchio feels a tug on his strings; the Baron sees through the "flashlight" claim and ends the meal (00:38:43, 00:40:10, 00:41:30, 00:42:00, 00:42:37).
- 00:43:11 The party is escorted to rooms at evening; Pinocchio opens his book, pulls out the 100-year-old Cricket, and reconciles with him (00:44:39, 00:47:49, 00:48:17, 00:50:32).
- 00:53:09 In Rosamund's suite her book starts to float again and she says she does not want to be a story; the book lowers to her hands; the servants pass every two minutes (00:53:34, 00:54:39, 00:55:04, 00:55:54).
- 00:56:14 Plan to sneak Pib past the copper; Ylfa borrows Pib's wolf-fang dagger, cuts her palm and bleeds on her book, and sees the Wolf in a boiling stew; the Wolf says "Huff and puff, little girl."; the Baron's voice and chains answer; all wolf sconces light (00:56:54, 00:57:55, 00:58:11, 00:58:47, 00:59:05).
- 00:59:24 The party runs for the kitchen; Mother Goose casts Heat Metal on the copper and Knock on a vault door; the lair shows the Wolf in a cauldron and the Baron's mech; initiative (00:59:26, 00:59:49, 01:00:07, 01:00:08, 01:01:52).
- 01:02:16 The fight opens: Gerard dashes carrying Pib; Ylfa leaps to the Wolf's head; the Baron's spoon misses her; Mother Goose casts Healing Word on the Wolf; the spoon hits Ylfa (33 halved to 16) and shrapnel hits Mother Goose for 13; Pib hides; Rosamund tells the Baron they are not compatible and shoots at the chain fixings (01:02:16, 01:04:08, 01:07:41, 01:09:11, 01:11:21, 01:12:09, 01:14:35).
- 01:14:53 Pinocchio's golden-string Eldritch Blast does not pass the damage threshold; fire erupts from the bricks and spares Mother Goose and Gerard; the spoon hits Ylfa again (9) (01:15:56, 01:16:42, 01:17:21).
- 01:17:37 Gerard falls on a natural 1 Strength save (23 and 8 falling); Ylfa chews through the chain around the Wolf's mouth, and talks with the Baron; Pib hides; the Baron pushes the Wolf deeper into the stew (01:18:55, 01:21:00, 01:23:54, 01:27:06).
- 01:27:18 Rosamund breaks the first chain; the spoon puts Mother Goose down (31); Pinocchio, with Cricket's help, blasts a leg of the tank behind the Baron, flooding the fire traps with stock; Cricket carries the Sword of Truth to Gerard, who breaks the second chain (01:27:58, 01:29:21, 01:31:43, 01:32:30, 01:34:23, 01:36:57).
- 01:37:40 Ylfa grapples the Baron away from the levers; Pib takes the controls and hits him with his own spoon (25), then again for 51 total damage after which the Baron scrambles for a different set of controls (01:47:22, 01:47:45); Ylfa hurls the machine into the cauldron (116 damage); a scalded brick pig crawls out (01:38:48, 01:42:56, 01:49:13, 01:49:18).
- 01:50:11 Mother Goose makes death saves (16, 18); Pib breaks a third chain with the spoon; Rosamund heals Mother Goose for 12; Ylfa proposes putting the pig in Mother Goose's book, Gerard says "I'm cool with just murdering him", and Pib says "I would put the pig in the wolf", so the party settles on "Pig goes in the wolf" (01:51:06, 01:51:27, 01:51:29); Pib breaks the last chain with Gerard's Commander's Strike, leaving the muzzle badly weakened with only a few hit points left (01:53:12, 01:53:19); the brick pig dashes, is clawed, and Ylfa grapples him again (01:50:15, 01:50:49, 01:51:35, 01:51:01, 01:52:56, 01:53:44, 01:54:50).
- 01:55:13 Pinocchio's moment: Misty Step, attack, Seven damage; he breaks the muzzle; the Wolf leaps up, flings Pinocchio into Gerard's arms, devours the brick pig in a single bite and blows out the fire in darkness; Brennan's sign-off (01:56:40, 01:57:47, 01:57:51, 01:58:19).
- 01:59:14 Next-time preview (not lore of this episode) (01:59:14).
Frames
Key quotes
- “Are you part Her Highness's retinue?” — Baron 0:09:25
- “They are fully mechanical, but they are regarding you.” — Brennan 0:19:16
- “there is no safer place in the world than my house.” — Brennan 0:31:08
- “You've got about a two-minute interval.” — Brennan 0:55:54
- “Who's the real monster here? He killed two of your friends, you torture him for eternity?” — Ylfa 1:24:12
- “on a nat one Mother Goose will be fully dead.” — Brennan 1:44:13
- “it's devoured the pig in a single bite.” — Brennan 1:58:19
- “Have we met before, you and I?” — Baron 0:36:14
- “True love doesn't exist so...” — Rosamund 0:42:28
- “I would have thought you knew what this thing was!” — Baron 1:04:52
Who and what appears
Player characters
- Mother Timothy Goose
- Pinocchio
- Prince Gerard of Greenleigh
- Princess Rosamund du Prix
- Puss in Boots
- Ylfa Snorgelsson
NPCs
- Big Bad Wolf
- George and Charles
- Rosamund's father
- Talking Cricket
- The Baron of Bricks
- The mechanical pigs
- Tomas
Locations
Items and artifacts
- Copper wires
- Crown of the Frog Prince
- Fangs of Isengrim
- Sword of Veritas
- The Baron's spoon
- The party's books
Factions and organizations
Roll log
| Time | Character (player) | Roll | Result | DC / AC | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:13:47 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | group Deception | 5; with Help "an eight" | — | — |
| 00:13:51 | Pib (Zac) | group Deception | 23 | — | — |
| 00:14:00 | Mother Goose (Ally) | group Deception | 9 | — | — |
| 00:14:05 | Ylfa (Emily) | group Deception | natural 20, 19 total | — | — |
| 00:14:09 | Gerard (Murph) | group Deception | 11 | — | — |
| 00:14:10 | Pinocchio (Lou) | group Deception | 9 | — | — |
| 00:19:13 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Insight | 24 | — | pigs are mechanical |
| 00:20:45 | Ylfa (Emily) | Investigation | "a two. Becomes a one" | — | Zac steps in |
| 00:20:55 | Pib (Zac) | Investigation | 19 | — | no power source |
| 00:22:29 | Pib (Zac) | Investigation | 21 | — | smell of cooking |
| 00:25:29 | Pinocchio (Lou) | Performance, Help from Gerard | 21 | — | Baron: "droll" |
| 00:29:42 | Pinocchio (Lou) | Performance | 19 | — | — |
| 00:31:05 | Rosamund / Gerard | Deception, advantage | 14 / 14 | — | — |
| 00:33:23 | Pib (Zac) | Investigation | natural 1 | — | — |
| 00:33:42 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Investigation, Help from Ylfa | 24 | — | — |
| 00:34:36 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Investigation, advantage | natural 20 | — | copper wires |
| 00:37:12 | Pinocchio (Lou) | Performance, Zac's Help cancels the disadvantage | 14 (Zac says "Eight") | — | — |
| 00:38:14 | Pinocchio (Lou)? | Performance, advantage | 16 | — | label says Ally |
| 00:41:17 | Mother Goose (Ally) | luck check | 16 | — | blank pages |
| 00:41:44 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | Deception | 7, then 17 with Help | — | Baron: "takes me for a fool" |
| 01:01:52 | initiative | — | Gerard 17, Pib 6, Ylfa 14, Pinocchio 6, Mother Goose 14, Rosamund 6 (Siobhan adds "I rolled a one") | — | Gerard acts first |
| 01:04:08 | Ylfa (Emily) | Athletics, raging | two 18s | DC 10 | reaches the Wolf's head |
| 01:05:35 | Ylfa (Emily) | Animal Handling, advantage | first 8, 16 | — | lands on the Wolf's head; freeing him is dangerous |
| 01:07:48 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Healing Word | 6 | — | to the Wolf |
| 01:08:27 | Baron (Brennan) | spoon attack | 31 | AC 17 (Ylfa) | — |
| 01:08:44 | Ylfa (Emily) | Strength save, advantage | 15 | — | not knocked in |
| 01:09:11 | Baron | spoon damage | 33 bludgeoning, halved 16 | — | Ylfa |
| 01:09:25 | Baron | shrapnel | 10 halved 5 (Ylfa); 13 (Mother Goose) | — | — |
| 01:10:02 | Pib (Zac) | Investigation | 18 | — | — |
| 01:11:21 | Pib (Zac) | Stealth | natural 20 | — | hides |
| 01:13:05 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | attack | 28 | — | hits |
| 01:14:35 | Rosamund | damage | 18 | threshold 10 | passes |
| 01:15:32 | Pinocchio (Lou) | Eldritch Blast, one attack with Help (two dice) | 19, 19 | — | hit |
| 01:15:48 | Pinocchio | damage | 3 (d10) | threshold | not through |
| 01:16:28 | Mother Goose / Gerard | d6 | 4 / 4 | — | fire misses them |
| 01:17:03 | Ylfa (Emily) | Strength save, advantage | 23 | — | — |
| 01:17:21 | Baron | spoon damage | 18 halved 9 | — | Ylfa |
| 01:17:59 | Gerard (Murph) | attack with d8 | 21; 12 damage | — | — |
| 01:18:55 | Gerard (Murph) | Strength save | natural 1 | — | 23 damage + 8 falling |
| 01:20:18 | Ylfa (Emily) | attack | 19 hit, 7 | threshold 10 | no |
| 01:20:33 | Ylfa (Emily) | attack with Help | 18 hit, 13 | — | chain mangled |
| 01:21:48 | Ylfa (Emily) | Athletics | 16 and 15, 21 | — | leaps |
| 01:23:37 | Baron | ax arm | 18 halved 9 slashing | — | Ylfa |
| 01:25:15 | Pib (Zac) | Investigation | "Dirty 20" (total) | — | — |
| 01:25:52 | Pib (Zac) | hide / thrown dagger | 22 / 17 miss | — | — |
| 01:27:44 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | attack | 21 hit; 22 damage | — | first chain |
| 01:29:20 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Strength save | "Nat 20" | — | save only against the stew; spoon damage 31 still taken, down |
| 01:30:32 | Pinocchio (Lou) | Perception | 7; with Cricket 21 | — | — |
| 01:31:43 | Pinocchio (Lou) | Eldritch Blast | natural 20 | AC 15 | hits tank leg |
| 01:32:20 | Pinocchio | damage | 6 + 3, 13 with +4 | 10 HP | tank bursts |
| 01:35:02 | Gerard (Murph) | Second Wind | 7 HP | — | — |
| 01:36:10 | Gerard (Murph) | attack | 22; 12 damage | — | second chain |
| 01:37:31 | Baron (Brennan) | attack | natural 1 | — | does not push the Wolf |
| 01:38:44 | Ylfa / Baron | grapple | 13 plus 5 = 18 / 6 plus 5 = 11 | — | grapples |
| 01:39:44 | Mother Goose (Ally) | death save | 9 | — | failure |
| 01:40:42 | Ylfa / Baron | resist shove 1 | 19 on the die vs 8 | — | holds |
| 01:41:00 | Ylfa / Baron | resist shove 2 | 14 vs 9 | — | holds |
| 01:42:13 | Pib (Zac) | spoon attack | 11 on die, 24 | — | hits |
| 01:42:32 | Baron | save | 18 on the die | — | not knocked in |
| 01:42:37 | Pib | damage | 18 + 7 = 25 | — | to Baron |
| 01:43:50 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | attack | "critical fail" | — | miss |
| 01:44:56 | Pinocchio (Lou) | Eldritch Blast | 12 | — | miss |
| 01:45:32 | Gerard (Murph) | attack; Saving Face | 16; 17 hit; 8 damage | threshold 10 | no |
| 01:46:27 | Pib (Zac) | spoon attack | 19 hit | — | — |
| 01:46:37 | Pib | damage | 5d8 = 30 + 7 = 37; sneak 14; total 51 (01:47:22) | — | to the Baron's mech |
| 01:48:18 | Brennan (the Baron?) / Ylfa (Emily) | shove | Brennan "17 and a natural one" (probably the Baron's pair); Ylfa "a 14" | — | outcome not stated |
| 01:49:13 | Ylfa (Emily) | throw mech, 18d10 | 116 | — | mech destroyed |
| 01:50:15 | Mother Goose (Ally) | death saves, advantage | 16 and 18 | — | "a success and a failure" |
| 01:50:38 | Pib (Zac) | spoon attack; damage | 10+13 = 23 hit; 23 | chain 20 HP | chain broken |
| 01:51:01 | Rosamund | Cure Wounds | 12 | — | Mother Goose |
| 01:52:05 | Pinocchio (Lou) | Eldritch Blast | 5 ("another five") | — | Brennan: "Gotcha." |
| 01:52:39 | Pib (Zac) | spoon attack | 18 hit; about 30 | — | last chain |
| 01:53:44 | Ylfa (Emily) | opportunity attack | 24; 14 | — | brick pig |
| 01:54:50 | Ylfa (Emily) | grapple | "I crit." | — | grapples |
| 01:55:34 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Healing Word | 4 plus 4 = 8 | — | Gerard |
| 01:57:03 | Pinocchio (Lou) | attack | 14 on the die | AC 17 (muzzle) | hit |
| 01:57:47 | Pinocchio | damage | Seven | threshold | muzzle breaks |
Natural 20s: Ylfa 1 (Deception, total 19), Pib 1 (Stealth), Mother Goose 2 (Investigation; Strength save), Pinocchio 1 (Eldritch Blast) · Natural 1s: Pib 1 (Investigation), Gerard 1 (Strength save), the Baron 1 (Brennan's roll).