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Leap of Faith
What happens
- 00:01:04 Brennan's recap (recap): the party is in the castle of the Snow Queen in the Kingdom of Snowhold, among the Daughters of the Crown; it came from Toy Island with Mira and met Alphonse the Mule in Marienne; Mother Goose's book is a true book, and combined with the ink at the Canonade "you could write anything in this book, anything at all"; in a conversation among Snow White, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty, Snow White "did not hold out any hope that these stories could ultimately be redeemed"; the episode begins at the moment of "D fucking W" (00:01:04, 00:02:45).
- 00:05:10 Rosamund returns from the Snow White talk, covers the code word with chatter, and the party improvises a story that it wants to leave on a night walk to see the giants; Mother Goose Messages the others; the party talks to itself because "the hair" may be listening (00:05:16-00:06:13).
- 00:07:14 The party finds Gerard sitting like a frog in the throne room; Pinocchio tells him "it's DW over here as well"; Gerard's plan is to give Elody an opportunity (00:07:17, 00:08:18, 00:08:55).
- 00:10:15 The party stages a lived-in look (loose change, hairpins, one earring) and splits: Mother Goose to the kitchens, Pib to scout, Ylfa to the library, Gerard to Elody, Pinocchio to Cinderella, Rosamund to Snow White (00:10:46-00:11:00, 00:17:12).
- 00:12:16 Pib's Perception 21 shows endless tundra with no forest to hide in and that standing armies could be invisible anywhere; hair is seen in different parts of the castle, and Mother Goose, going down, finds a strand of hair preparing dinner in the kitchen (00:12:19, 00:12:21-00:13:15).
- 00:17:12 Ylfa meets La Bête in the library and the two talk of transformation; La Bête tells her story of the Beast she devoured (content warning, 00:20:28-00:23:15); Ylfa's Charisma check 12 gets only "A blanket?"; she ends with claws out and a sniff (00:24:50, 00:25:19, 00:29:22).
- 00:29:47 Gerard brings Elody a four-page note and asks first for a gift-giving show, then for silent reading; she insists he say it aloud; his Persuasion fails (a "two", DC 15); he blurts that the princesses plan to erase their stories; Persuasion 13 after Bardic; Elody asks him to fetch Sleeping Beauty; Gerard sings "her hair is everywhere" and throws up outside (00:30:50, 00:34:34, 00:35:15, 00:37:02, 00:41:36, 00:42:07).
- 00:42:26 Pib finds a dozen Snow Queen steeds in the stables and cuts the bridles of all but six; Sleight of Hand 15; Stealth 26 (00:42:53, 00:43:57, 00:44:11, 00:44:57).
- 00:44:57 Pinocchio talks to Cinderella on the ramparts, bubblegum and cigar in mouth, and tells her about her Stepmother, her book and his strings; the Stepmother, he says, went to the Baba Yaga, who "revealed to her the nature of her existence" (00:48:18), and has no book, no story and no remembered name: "she's just a character in your story" (00:56:23); Cinderella insists on seeing her book ("That's priority") (00:45:01, 00:48:48, 00:56:20-00:56:42, 00:57:13).
- 00:59:49 Mother Goose in the kitchen with Rapunzel: a shortbread test of how she handles things ruined on purpose; her story and an apology; a hug that cocoons him in hair (01:00:03, 01:02:22, 01:05:39, 01:09:10).
- 01:10:41 Rosamund talks with Snow White in the Snow Queen's chambers (candles, altar) about leaving for the giants and a piña colada bucket list; Snow White is nervous but does not stop her; "I don't eat" (01:10:41, 01:16:05, 01:18:07).
- 01:19:09 Cricket tells Pib that Cinderella is coming for her book; Gerard reports he told everything; Cinderella demands the book; the party follows her upstairs (01:19:27, 01:20:00, 01:21:30).
- 01:23:29 In the room, Pib (Stealth 28) opens Cinderella's book to put her into it; Brennan rolls odds-or-evens ("One!"); her saving throw uses Indomitable (3 then 11); initiative; Cinderella takes the book and, after a Counterspell (what it counters is not stated), runs and jumps out the window (01:23:38, 01:24:22, 01:26:27, 01:28:11, 01:28:22).
- 01:29:15 Cinderella lands ("To arms, to arms!"); the party agrees to run; Gerard and Rosamund go to warn Elody, the other four go to the stables by a nearer window with Feather Fall (01:29:29, 01:30:17, 01:31:37).
- 01:32:15 Gerard and Rosamund's Box of Doom luck roll comes up 3; spectral armored dwarves ambush them in a hallway; both are badly hurt; Gerard grabs Rosamund, breaks a door, they jump from the window with an ice slide (01:32:52, 01:36:20, 01:38:55, 01:39:54).
- 01:41:11 Pib's loop-back picks them up; six white horses ride out under the dropping portcullis; the Beast roars; looking back Gerard sees Elody weeping with Snow White and Cinderella beside her (01:41:22, 01:41:48, 01:42:16).
- 01:43:42 Mother Goose Messages Rapunzel; she answers "I'm going to choke the life out of you, you simpering old fool." The party rides north and builds a snow shelter (01:44:11, 01:46:28).
- 01:47:19 Rest and debate whether to keep north; Rosamund speaks with the Snow Queen's horse Clara (Speak with Animals), who knows the way to the Land of Giants through the castle of the North Wind; the party's Gust prayer to the North Wind fails (01:49:03, 01:50:14, 01:54:11).
- 01:55:11 Mother Goose's book is blank (smells like shampoo); Pib and Pinocchio guess Rapunzel took it when she hugged him (Brennan does not confirm); options: go back, the Baba Yaga, the Cloak of Stars; Ylfa says the party gave the princesses "a misdirection to the actual right place" about the ink, and Mother Goose that they will go to the bottom of the ocean; the Cloak of Stars trip is meant to warn Scheherazade and post a guard at the ink because "we have lost the book" (01:55:14, 01:55:37, 01:56:53, 01:57:29, 01:57:58-01:58:03, 02:00:29-02:00:59).
- 02:01:26 The Cloak of Stars goes wrong: the Gander rips space open, Pib sees Jack in the vortex and a hidden page in a book; Gerard's Sword of Truth (nat 20) reflects the Gander and the Golden Goose speaks ("Ah, brother."); the Gander is cut in half by a seam of gold; the party lands on Clara's back (02:02:23, 02:04:01, 02:06:26, 02:07:26).
- 02:08:35 The ride to the castle of the North Wind; the path ends above the clouds at mile markers; a green sprig, the beanstalk (02:09:33, 02:10:12, 02:11:10).
- 02:11:43 Mother Goose is reluctant to meet a Jack who does not know him; he throws the shampoo book off the cloud; the party climbs down the beanstalk (02:11:52, 02:14:08, 02:15:57).
- 02:16:28 Watch fires, scorched earth, a church crushed by the thrown book; villagers cry out "They are here! They destroyed the church as a warning, and now they have come!" and the party is taken for the giants; initiative (02:16:28, 02:17:11, 02:17:19).
- 02:17:57 End of game; next-time preview from 02:18:14 (not lore of this episode).
Frames
Key quotes
- “Last we left off, we were in the Kingdom of Snowhold, in the far north” — Brennan 0:01:04
- “if we run away, they can find us really quickly.” — Gerard 0:17:01
- “I wish we had just done the letter plan” — Gerard 0:35:15
- “We're kind of step-siblings, in a fun way?” — Pinocchio 0:46:34
- “there's a big difference between when something becomes ruined and when someone ruins it on purpose.” — Rapunzel 1:02:22
- “I got swallowed by a really big fish, like, yesterday, and I'm fine.” — Rosamund 1:17:04
- “Incredibly close. Everybody roll initiative.” — Brennan 1:26:59
- “She is the main plan.” — Emily 1:44:32
- “They stole our fucking book!” — Timothy 1:55:35
- “Come on, Tim! Lucky number three!” — Gander 2:06:56
Who and what appears
Player characters
- Mother Timothy Goose
- Pinocchio
- Prince Gerard of Greenleigh
- Princess Rosamund du Prix
- Puss in Boots
- Ylfa Snorgelsson
NPCs
- Cinderella
- Clara
- Jack Hubbard-Goose
- La Bête
- La Bête's father and the great beast
- Princess Elody of Greenleigh
- Rapunzel
- Scheherazade
- Snow White
- Snow White's dwarves
- Talking Cricket
- The Gander
- The Golden Goose
- Villagers
Locations
- Castle of the North Wind
- Castle of the Snow Queen
- Marienne
- The Beanstalk
- The Land of Giants
- The Lines Between
- The cloud path
- The library
- The ramparts of the Snow Queen's castle
- The throne room
- Tundra of Snowhold
Items and artifacts
- Candles (Neverafter)
- Cloak of Stars
- Goodberry (Neverafter)
- Mother Goose's book
- Pink fur
- Pinocchio's book
- Sword of Veritas
- The Cinderella book
- The ink
- Whiskey and moss
- White sheets
- Ylfa's matchbook
Factions and organizations
Creatures
Roll log
| Time | Character (player) | Roll | Result | DC / AC | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:12:19 | Pib (Zac) | Perception | 21 | — | tundra; hidden armies possible |
| 00:14:42 | Ylfa (Emily) | Investigation | 2 | — | library search |
| 00:24:50 | Ylfa (Emily) | Charisma (Persuasion/Deception) | 12 | — | "A blanket?" |
| 00:31:36 | Gerard (Murph) | Perception | 10 | — | no hair in Elody's room |
| 00:34:34 | Gerard (Murph) | Persuasion | 2 | DC 15 | fails |
| 00:36:04 | Gerard (Murph) | Persuasion | 7 | — | Bardic die added: 13 (00:37:02 Brennan: "13.") |
| 00:36:40 | Gerard (Murph) | Insight | "a fucking four", "Which is a three" | — | no result given |
| 00:44:11 | Pib (Zac) | Sleight of Hand | 15 | — | bridles sabotaged |
| 00:44:57 | Pib (Zac) | Stealth | 26 | — | unseen |
| 00:47:27 | Pinocchio (Lou) | Charisma | 23 | — | Cinderella listens |
| 01:00:58 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Persuasion | 14 | — | Rapunzel helps |
| 01:15:44 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | Persuasion | "a big six", plus one | — | Snow White does not stop her |
| 01:23:38 | Pib (Zac) | Stealth | 28 | — | sneaks behind Cinderella |
| 01:24:22 | Brennan | odds or evens | 1 | — | players cheer "a nat one" |
| 01:26:49 | Cinderella (Brennan) | Saving throw | 3 | DC: fail on 6 or under | rerolls (Indomitable) |
| 01:26:51 | Cinderella (Brennan) | Saving throw (reroll) | 11 | — | saves |
| 01:27:08 | initiative | Emily 12; Murph 19; Lou 19; Siobhan 17; Zac 8; Ally 5 | — | — | Cinderella ties Lou at 19 |
| 01:28:06 | Pib (Zac) | Athletics | modifier "negative one"; total not stated (Ally asks whether he rolled an 11 and Zac nods, 01:28:09) | beat 11 (Brennan, 01:27:53) | Cinderella takes the book |
| 01:32:52 | Rosamund / Gerard (Siobhan) | luck roll | 3 | 18-20 | ambush |
| 01:33:32 | Rosamund / Gerard | initiative | Siobhan 19; Murph 12 | — | — |
| 01:33:50 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | Perception | "No." | DC 20 | surprised |
| 01:34:49 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | Constitution save | dirty 20 | — | hit point max kept |
| 01:34:36 | dwarves → Rosamund | damage | 22 | — | first hit |
| 01:34:57 | dwarves → Rosamund | damage | 21 (18 plus 3) | — | second hit |
| 01:35:08 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | Constitution save | 12 | — | hit point max reduced by 21 |
| 01:35:23 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | Charisma saves | 6 and 9 | — | two red beads |
| 01:35:40 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | Constitution save | "No." | — | a level of exhaustion |
| 01:35:45 | dwarves → Gerard | damage | 15 and 27 | — | two hits |
| 01:36:07 | Gerard (Murph) | Constitution save | nat 20 | — | succeeds |
| 01:36:13 | Gerard (Murph) | Charisma saves | 18 and 6 | — | one red bead |
| 01:38:49 | Gerard (Murph) | Athletics | 22 | DC 10 | door burst |
| 01:39:24 | window | damage | 4 piercing | — | — |
| 01:40:09 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | Nature | 16 | DC 10 | 2d6 removed (6d6) |
| 01:40:26 | Gerard (Murph) | Athletics | 22 | — | 3d6 removed; 12 falling damage each |
| 01:41:20 | Pib (Zac) | luck roll | 9 | 8 | horses reach them |
| 01:42:11 | Gerard (Murph) | Perception | nat 20 | — | sees Elody |
| 01:42:11 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Perception | 27 | — | sees La Bête |
| 01:42:14 | Pib (Zac) | Perception | 22 | — | feels the chill |
| 01:46:28 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | Survival (Lou helps) | 24 | — | shelter |
| 01:49:15 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | Insight | 16 | — | stubborn horse |
| 01:50:12 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | Animal Handling (Zac helps) | dirty 20 | — | Clara knows the way |
| 01:54:11 | Ylfa (Emily) | Gust prayer (advantage, must crit) | 7, 18 (Emily); 13 (Lou, Call to Destiny) | crit needed | no answer |
| 02:03:37 | Pib (Zac) | Perception | 18 | — | sees Jack in the vortex |
| 02:05:11 | party | Strength saves | Emily 9; Siobhan 12; Zac 2; Murph 24; "24, three" (the three's owner is not said) | — | all but Gerard blown back |
| 02:06:26 | Gerard (Murph) | Sword of Truth | nat 20 (Brennan) | — | the Gander cut in half |
| 02:12:41 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | Perception | 25 | DC 25 | castles normal size |
Natural 20s: Gerard 2 (Constitution save, Perception; the Sword of Truth moment is also called "a nat 20" by Brennan). Natural 1s: Brennan's odds-or-evens "One!". Dirty 20s: Rosamund 2 (Constitution save, Animal Handling).