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Big and Bad
What happens
- 00:00:54 Brennan's welcome; recap (recap): the party, back from their multiversal adventures in The Lines Between (00:01:05), is in pitch darkness after the Baron's fires were put out by the Wolf's breath; they came back to the City of Chimneys, Sleeping Beauty proposed marriage to get into the house of "the third little pig, aka Peter the Baron of Bricks", whose wealth came from "boiling the god of death in a massive cauldron"; tactics recalled: nails knocked out of the wall, stock spilled to put out fires, the wheel that moves the spoon, the battlemech hurled into the stew (00:01:05, 00:01:35, 00:02:24).
- 00:02:38 Return to the dark chamber: the Wolf, "as large as a house" (00:03:12), his breath, smoke and steam from the no longer boiling cauldron (00:02:38, 00:03:12).
- 00:03:27 Mother Goose offers a third-level Cure Wounds and Ylfa swirls her wolf pheromones; a helped Animal Handling check with advantage: 17, then with Bardic Inspiration a "Dirty 20" (00:03:27, 00:03:50, 00:05:01, 00:05:12).
- 00:05:14 Mother Goose misjudges where the Wolf is and finds fangs close to his face; Ylfa reaches up and touches the Wolf's nose; the Wolf: "Not lightly do I let anyone place a spell upon me." (00:05:14, 00:06:22, 00:06:47).
- 00:07:19 Ylfa reminds the Wolf of their time in a cabin; the Wolf asks for her hand in his mouth for safekeeping until the spell is cast (00:07:19, 00:08:12).
- 00:08:27 Ylfa's questions: grief that does not hurt less, a pact with someone who ends stories, the little girl dying as she grows more like the wolf; the Wolf answers; he flickers into her grandmother and shows the grandmother as a girl in a red cloak (00:08:38, 00:09:05, 00:10:13, 00:11:18, 00:11:49).
- 00:12:17 Ylfa asks if her grandmother started a new story; the Wolf speaks of old versions of the story and "more blank pages" (00:12:17, 00:12:25).
- 00:13:12 Ylfa asks what he would do if she stood in his way; the Wolf says only very strange and dangerous things try to make a story that never ends, and that great beasts of power wield story itself in the Neverafter (00:13:12, 00:13:50, 00:14:45).
- 00:15:19 Ylfa decides to trust him but says she may defy him; the Wolf whispers a secret; Ylfa puts her hand in his mouth as collateral (00:15:01, 00:15:52, 00:16:19).
- 00:16:53 Mother Goose casts a third-level Cure Wounds on the Wolf; the Wolf thanks him, releases her hand and shrinks to the size of a horse (00:16:53, 00:17:38, 00:17:42).
- 00:18:07 Ylfa introduces her friends; light is made (Prestidigitation, Gust, Create Bonfire); the Wolf has not heard the name Stepmother but knows her scent; Pinocchio admits he was one of her intermediaries; the Sword of Veritas speaks; Cricket jokes (00:18:07, 00:18:20, 00:18:55, 00:19:40, 00:20:00, 00:20:20).
- 00:20:27 Mech destroyed, pig eaten; the party finds the Baron's office; Ylfa combs the Wolf and gives him a blonde wig from Pib's disguise kit; Pib, Siobhan and Ally search (00:20:27, 00:20:35, 00:21:23, 00:21:45).
- 00:22:31 Findings in the office: the Baron's scheme to destroy the Wolf and end death for a never-ending war; correspondence with five kings of the Council of Kings (Mer-King, Tsar of Snowhold, King of Apogee, Naked Emperor, Mouse King); the Mer-King's missing daughter; the refusal of the King of Marienne and giants sent against Marienne; a hunter at the Baron's disposal; the Naked Emperor's report of Snow White's army of the dead (00:22:31, 00:23:20, 00:24:20, 00:25:14, 00:26:58, 00:27:14).
- 00:27:52 Mother Goose's 27 finds a hidden compartment with missives between the Baron and fairies; the Baron's replies read as a pointed power grab; the party discusses the Fairy with the Turquoise Hair and Cricket's "basic deontology" (00:27:59, 00:28:06, 00:29:26, 00:30:07, 00:31:02).
- 00:32:21 The Tsar of Snowhold's warning not to let the Giant Killer learn of the giants; Mother Goose's Legend Lore on the Giant Killer shows his son Jack; a map shows where the party is (00:32:21, 00:32:56, 00:33:23, 00:34:35).
- 00:35:19 The last clue: the Baron's letter to the Mer-King about a hedge witch's scrying that places his daughter outside "Slappy's Bubblegum and Whiskey", which Pinocchio knows on Toy Island (00:35:32, 00:36:49, 00:37:03).
- 00:37:10 The party debates Toy Island against Snowhold (captain, boat, vengeance, allies) (00:37:10, 00:38:31, 00:40:42, 00:41:00).
- 00:41:49 The Wolf offers to take them to Snowhold; Pib speaks of Tomas of Marienne; the Wolf sees the daggers; Isengrim is named (00:41:53, 00:42:16, 00:42:39, 00:42:53).
- 00:43:15 The Wolf senses the Gander's shadow on Mother Goose, talks of wishes and threes, and asks for wolf material (00:43:28, 00:44:02, 00:44:29).
- 00:44:49 Pinocchio's wolf joke "How do you like to have sex?" (Performance 12 with Help), Gerard's "loan wolf" joke (Performance 3), the Wolf's warning that he will be waiting at the party's last moment and his bargain: in a year and a day Pinocchio must tell a second wolf joke (00:46:01, 00:46:34, 00:48:05, 00:48:38, 00:49:15).
- 00:50:09 The Wolf offers to take them to the Baba Yaga in Snowhold, whom he fears most; her location cannot be told; the ukulele story (00:50:12, 00:51:04, 00:51:31, 00:53:27).
- 00:54:16 Mother Goose's ukulele cover as a short rest and Song of Rest; Pinocchio gets a Bardic Inspiration d8 (00:54:16, 00:54:29, 00:54:59).
- 00:55:04 Pib asks Rosamund if her dad is here and she says "No. No, I don't think so."; the desk says Reverie is choked by briars and her father is "either asleep or dead" (00:55:04, 00:55:14).
- 00:56:18 The party recalls Cinderella's remark about witches; Mother Goose asks the Gander's shadow about the Baba Yaga (Insight 16) and the Gander appears (00:56:18, 00:58:39, 00:59:15).
- 01:00:23 The Gander's shadow taunts him, reacts to the name "Golden Goose", and vanishes when Mother Goose makes no wish (01:00:20, 01:01:19, 01:02:43, 01:02:49).
- 01:02:54 The Wolf on the Gander and the Goose: "cannot fly the same sky at the same time", and he now thinks the Goose is in this world (01:03:01, 01:04:08, 01:05:43).
- 01:06:51 The Wolf says they hold their own books; the party chooses between Toy Island's pleasures and a witch's price; Mother Goose explains his wishes and his son's death (01:06:55, 01:07:11, 01:08:40, 01:08:51).
- 01:09:11 Ylfa asks the Wolf about the Gander's pact; the Wolf says it is theirs to wield and that she may intercede; the party jokes about buying Ylfa a training bra on Toy Island; the Wolf will go to Snowhold now (01:09:11, 01:09:29, 01:10:44, 01:11:00).
- 01:11:53 Mother Goose recasts Legend Lore to find a training bra in Snowhold; the party agrees to go to Snowhold (01:11:32, 01:12:02, 01:12:36).
- 01:12:43 Leaving the Baron's castle; Pinocchio casts Suggestion on a stranger and the people of the City of Chimneys file to an "adult sleepover" in the Great Hall (01:13:12, 01:13:55, 01:14:42).
- 01:14:53 No tanks; Rosamund calls a palanquin carried by servants who are coveralls full of birds and squirrels; the Wolf walks alongside; Pib rides on the Wolf with Ylfa behind him; Pib tells Ylfa about the daggers' name (01:15:13, 01:16:08, 01:16:27, 01:17:32, 01:18:10).
- 01:19:50 Mother Goose casts Enhance Ability (Bear's Endurance) on the two riders outside; the journey north and through the night; the Wolf asks Pib if he has opened his book and talks of being a hunter and a beast (01:19:50, 01:22:07, 01:23:30, 01:26:42).
- 01:26:57 The snow: Constitution saves, Rosamund takes a level of exhaustion; a snowball fight; footprint lakes of giants; goodberries; the Wolf says there should be no stopping, then turns off the road to a warm place (01:27:21, 01:28:04, 01:29:39, 01:31:33, 01:32:18).
- 01:33:37 A roadside house where the Wolf will not go; Pib gives him the wig, which he eats; Cricket has never had water; the Wolf bounds off over the mountains (01:34:12, 01:34:33, 01:35:22, 01:36:25).
- 01:36:45 Another snowball strikes Ylfa; they enter the tavern with Pib as the "royal" and Ylfa as handmaiden (01:36:52, 01:37:45, 01:38:17).
- 01:38:32 The tavern: a cook and her daughter, three dwarfs in the corner with chain mail and a tarp over something under the table; Pib's cover (Yarnington) and a group Deception 24, 24; stew and gold (01:38:32, 01:39:57, 01:41:38, 01:42:22).
- 01:43:51 The party sends ales to the dwarfs (Persuasion 15) and combines tables, then talks; the dwarfs doubt them until the Sword of Veritas speaks (01:44:21, 01:45:39, 01:48:55, 01:49:18).
- 01:50:23 The lead dwarf asks Rosamund if she is the princess his princess has been seeking; the dwarfs' eyes sink and they are revealed as dead; Arzt names himself, Mürrisch and Schläfrig (01:50:23, 01:51:20, 01:51:46).
- 01:52:28 The chest under the table holds Koschei's death (a hare, a duck, an egg, a needle) which they are carrying to Snow White's camp ahead of an attack by Koschei the Deathless (01:52:37, 01:53:12, 01:53:58).
- 01:55:16 Arzt invites Rosamund and the party to the camp; he says their oaths to Snow White are kept in life or death (01:55:16, 01:56:04).
- 01:56:16 The party must choose between the dwarfs and waiting for the Wolf; they confer; Ylfa's Message attempt and Rosamund's Beast Sense idea; Ylfa stabs her hand and writes in her book in blood and a hut with chicken legs appears (01:56:16, 01:57:47, 01:58:13, 01:59:05, 01:59:26).
- 01:59:40 The party goes with the dwarfs; Snow White's servants with bird skulls lift a carriage for the dwarfs; Brennan's sign-off (01:59:50, 02:00:03, 02:00:29).
- 02:00:55 Next-week preview (not lore of this episode) (02:00:55).
Frames
Key quotes
- “Not lightly do I let anyone place a spell upon me.” — Wolf 0:06:47
- “I welcome your defiance, Red. In most of my stories, I die. I am here to be stopped.” — Wolf 0:15:52
- “The time is now, I must conquer as much of the land and coasts as I can.” — Brennan 0:23:44
- “Basic deontology.” — Cricket 0:31:02
- “I do hate things that come in threes.” — Wolf 0:44:09
- “Your father is either asleep or dead.” — Brennan 0:55:14
- “I think The Goose is in this world as well, somewhere.” — Wolf 1:04:08
- “But sometimes I wonder if I'm truly a person.” — Wolf 1:22:16
- “Don't tell lies. Go to school. Don't drink water.” — Cricket 1:36:02
- “I am Arzt. These are my associates, Mürrisch and Schläfrig.” — Arzt 1:51:46
Who and what appears
Player characters
- Mother Timothy Goose
- Pinocchio
- Prince Gerard of Greenleigh
- Princess Rosamund du Prix
- Puss in Boots
- Ylfa Snorgelsson
NPCs
- Arzt
- Baba Yaga
- Big Bad Wolf
- Cinderella
- Grandma Ylfa Jottensdottir
- Henry Hubbard
- Jack the Giant Killer
- Koschei the Deathless
- Mira
- Mürrisch and Schläfrig
- Slappy
- Snow White
- Talking Cricket
- The Baron of Bricks
- The Gander
- The Golden Goose
- The King of Apogee
- The Mer-King
- The Mouse King
- The Naked Emperor
- The Snow Queen
- The Tsar of Snowhold
- The cook / innkeeper Natalia and her daughter
- The hunter
- Tomas
- Turquina
Locations
- Baba Yaga's hut
- Reverie
- Slappy's Bubblegum and Whiskey
- Snowhold
- The Baron's lair and office
- The City of Chimneys
- The roadside house
- Toy Island
- Yarnington
Items and artifacts
- Fangs of Isengrim
- Goodberry (Neverafter)
- Koschei's death
- Mother Goose's gold coins
- Pib's disguise kit
- Sword of Veritas
- The Baron's letters
- The dwarfs' gear
- The palanquin
- The party's books
Factions and organizations
Roll log
| Time | Character (player) | Roll | Result | DC / AC | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:05:01 | Ylfa (Emily) | Animal Handling, advantage, Mother Goose helps | 17, then "Dirty 20" with Bardic | — | Wolf regards Ylfa (00:07:02) |
| 00:21:55 | Pib (Zac) | Investigation, Gerard helps | 17 | — | scheme |
| 00:22:07 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | History | 6; with Ylfa's Help 19 | — | Council of Kings |
| 00:22:12 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Investigation | 27 | — | hidden compartment |
| 00:46:34 | Pinocchio (Lou) | Performance, advantage (Help) | 5 on the kept die plus 7 = 12 | — | Wolf does not understand |
| 00:48:05 | Gerard (Murph) | Performance, no help | 3 | — | Wolf pushes him down |
| 00:58:39 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Insight | 16 | — | Gander appears |
| 01:13:48 | stranger (Brennan) | save vs Suggestion | 12; Mother Goose's Cutting Words (Ally) brings it to 6 | DC 15, needs 17 | obeys |
| 01:27:21 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Constitution save | Nat 20 | — | — |
| 01:27:23 | Ylfa (Emily) | Constitution save, advantage | "a Nat 1, but also a 12" | — | — |
| 01:27:28 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | Constitution save | 5 | not stated (Brennan asks who got "11 or lower") | Bardic die lost; takes exhaustion |
| 01:27:29 | Gerard (Murph) | Constitution save | 19 | — | — |
| 01:27:29 | Pib (Zac) | Constitution save | 15 | — | — |
| 01:28:35 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | Constitution save | 9 | — | — |
| 01:29:10 | Pinocchio (Lou) | snowball attack | 14 | — | Ylfa catches it |
| 01:29:14 | Ylfa (Emily) | Dexterity save, advantage | "dirty 20" (total) | — | caught |
| 01:30:56 | party | Perception | Gerard 15, Pinocchio 16, Ylfa 12, Pib 15, Mother Goose 23 | 14 | notice Rosamund shivering |
| 01:36:52 | Pinocchio (Lou) | snowball attack | 17 to hit | — | — |
| 01:36:55 | Ylfa (Emily) | Dexterity save | Nat 1 | — | hit on the head |
| 01:38:29 | Pib (Zac) | Perception | 21 | — | sees chain mail |
| 01:39:52 | Ylfa (Emily) | Perception (smell), advantage | 7 | — | tarp oiled with fat |
| 01:41:09 | Siobhan? | Stealth, advantage | 18 | — | go to the fire |
| 01:42:22 | Pib (Zac) / Pinocchio (Lou) | group Deception | 24 / 24 | — | cook accepts |
| 01:44:33 | Pib (Zac) | Persuasion, advantage | 10, plus 5 = 15 | DC 15 | "15 exactly" |
| 01:57:01 | Pib (Zac) | Deception (potato skins) | 25 | — | — |
Natural 20s: Mother Goose 1 (Constitution save) · Natural 1s: Ylfa 1 (Dexterity save, no advantage). Discarded dice: Ylfa's nat 1 on the Constitution save, Lou's nat 1 on the Performance.