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In the Land of Giants
What happens
- 00:01:04 Brennan's recap (recap): the party descended the beanstalk past "a couple strange little ... clues" and a squishy cloud; the players realise that they are the giants; Brennan: "Giants confirmed, giants confirmed. There are giants in this land, and we are them."; they came after Mother Goose's book, "stolen by the Princess Rapunzel"; the Gander's wings came as Rosamund and Pib tried to move into another world, Gerard revealed the Sword of Truth, the Golden Goose faced "its brother", and the Goose is now tied down by militia at the bottom of the beanstalk (00:01:34, 00:02:28).
- 00:03:19 The descent: a horn, a watchtower fire, cries of "The giants are coming!" and "Here comes the Giant Slayer!"; Rosamund acts first, asks about talking, is answered "More giant flesh for hungry warriors!", and casts Ice Knife on a group of archers, a gory slaughter (00:03:23, 00:03:47, 00:04:05, 00:05:24).
- 00:06:23 Rosamund climbs out of a pit and sees Jack the Giant Slayer with a massive sword; he leaps 20 feet, calls "fire!" to a cow-mounted trebuchet, which hits Rosamund for 17 (00:07:04, 00:07:12, 00:07:37, 00:08:01).
- 00:08:22 Pib attacks a skirmisher group with sneak attack (22 hits, 18 damage), then Perception 19 sees tunnels and more forces further down; four tiny wizards cast four Hold Monsters that the three tested all save against; trebuchets hit Rosamund for 16 (00:09:02, 00:10:03, 00:11:09, 00:12:23).
- 00:12:43 Gerard burns Action Surge and jumps into a crevice with Pib (Athletics 18), uses Second Wind (10); Jack turns after "the titan frog"; Pib glimpses Alphonse the mule among the tiny army (00:13:11, 00:13:41, 00:13:54, 00:14:19).
- 00:14:45 Mother Goose climbs up (Athletics DC 10), calls out to Jack, Persuasion 19, then Misty Steps close, kneels and tells him he was his father in another world; a second Persuasion is a nat one; Jack comes to fight him (00:15:03, 00:15:12, 00:15:28, 00:16:54, 00:17:27).
- 00:18:06 Bird-mounted lancers dive on Pib and Gerard (14 damage to Gerard; Pib's Constitution save is 19 against an attack Brennan says was a nat 20, and he takes 7) (00:18:58, 00:19:36, 00:19:44).
- 00:20:06 Pinocchio uses his new sixth-level ability Strands of Fate to cast Animate Objects: a watchtower, two swords, two skulls; golden strings fly from his hand; the objects crush archers, wound Alphonse, chase wizards; Cricket joins and bites at a wizard (00:20:06, 00:21:55, 00:23:18, 00:25:35, 00:26:46).
- 00:28:24 Ylfa rages, cuts down skirmishers (4 die), clears the pit with a 15 and makes herself a target ("I am the little slayer!") (00:28:49, 00:30:06, 00:30:21).
- 00:30:28 Rosamund summons a "really sharp bird" (Summon Beast), crit, tears a wizard apart and drops the corpse in front of the army; she takes cover behind a tower (00:31:17, 00:31:55, 00:32:24).
- 00:32:57 Jack hits Mother Goose for 22; Mother Goose answers "I'm your giant daddy" (00:33:18, 00:33:37).
- 00:34:15 Initiative shifts for Pib and Gerard; wizards turn a skull into a vase of flowers, are Counterspelled on a second try, and hurl an ice storm that Ylfa shrugs off; a trebuchet boulder hits Ylfa for 7 after halving (00:34:42, 00:35:19, 00:36:09, 00:36:51).
- 00:37:31 Gerard jumps to the Golden Goose, who is tied by five restraints on ten stakes; she greets Mother Goose; he cuts two restraints (23 and 21 to hit), Pib's Sleight of Hand (dirty 20) takes a third, and Pib hides under her wing (00:38:34, 00:39:28, 00:40:19, 00:41:52, 00:42:09).
- 00:40:48 Jack calls the party thieves of "the Goose, the harp, the golden egg" and says the three brought riches and joy to his lands; Mother Goose weeps; Brennan: "You see your son in a land where his schemes worked, and how much it destroyed him that that happened." (00:40:54, 00:41:05, 00:41:13).
- 00:42:50 Mother Goose's Wisdom save 17; Brennan, before the reflection of Henry: "Who spoke to Alphonse? Who was looking for a beanstalk?" (00:44:25); Brennan: without the book that would prove it, he is "a babbling giant", and in Jack's eyes he sees "the face of Henry"; Shatter (third level, 16 damage) kills four bird rangers; he cries "my husband might be here!" (00:43:02, 00:44:45, 00:45:14, 00:45:57).
- 00:46:09 Jack misses for the first time: "you are the second giant to claim to be my father." (00:46:20).
- 00:47:18 Alphonse, ridden by a tiny soldier, charges Ylfa ("Please don't take this personally!"); tiny cavalry encircle Mother Goose and Ylfa (00:47:22, 00:47:47, 00:48:42).
- 00:49:28 Pinocchio lets his animated objects go (confusion, d10 each), Eldritch Blasts a tower wizard, gets out of the pit (Athletics 10); Cricket's attacks fail (00:49:36, 00:51:03, 00:52:01).
- 00:54:19 Ylfa becomes a hyena, hoists Mother Goose over her shoulder (Athletics nat 20) and carries him out of the "death circle", with a second nat 20 on three Strength saves (00:54:26, 00:55:18, 00:56:05).
- 00:57:22 Rosamund with Zephyr Strike shoots Jack (24 to hit, 11 damage), her swarm knocks him back 15 feet prone; her bird kills a wizard; a dirty 20 Perception hears prisoners cry from a tent (00:57:41, 00:58:06, 01:00:18).
- 01:00:42 Jack's turn; the Golden Goose's turn (two of five restraints left needing 8+ each; rolls 2 and 14, fail); a wizard on a Fly jump dies; Rosamund is held by Hold Monster, Mother Goose's Counterspell fails (5) (01:01:08, 01:01:49, 01:03:06, 01:03:37, 01:04:15).
- 01:05:11 Trebuchets hit Pinocchio (21) and Ylfa (19 halved to 9); Pib sneak-attacks the polearm crew (18 to hit, 20 damage); Gerard is roped by polearms and left at 3 hit points, then cuts the last two ropes (11 and 9 damage): "The Goose is loose!" (01:05:48, 01:07:50, 01:08:35, 01:09:10).
- 01:09:29 Gerard's Maneuvering Attack lets the Goose fly 80 feet into the battle: "Never fear, never fear! Brighter days are here!"; Pib and Gerard are carried out (01:09:37, 01:10:08, 01:10:25).
- 01:10:49 Mother Goose asks the Goose about the egg and the harp; he runs to the tent and learns that Tom Thumb and Thumbelina are inside, restrained (01:10:58, 01:12:06).
- 01:12:29 Cricket bites an archer's head off; Alphonse hits Pinocchio for 23 and Pinocchio drops; the animated tower crumbles; cavalry charge Ylfa (01:13:35, 01:14:35, 01:14:38).
- 01:16:13 Pinocchio's death save 19 succeeds; Ylfa wolfs out even bigger ("I'm the most popular girl at the dance"), fails to disarm Jack (Athletics against 18); Rosamund breaks the hold (Wisdom 18) and her bird eats a rider (01:16:13, 01:17:14, 01:18:36, 01:19:08, 01:19:44).
- 01:20:21 The Goose offers help and lands to heal; Pib intimidates Alphonse (21) into running; Alphonse learns to roll (01:20:26, 01:21:09, 01:21:32).
- 01:21:49 Pinocchio, at 0 hit points, hears his Stepmother ("I want you back, Pinocchio."); the Goose's 6th-level Heal gives 70 hit points; he is scooped onto the Goose (01:22:06, 01:22:47, 01:23:03).
- 01:24:14 A wizard's Polymorph on the Golden Goose is Counterspelled (Lou's 9 fails; Mother Goose's nat 20 succeeds); an ice storm and trebuchets hit the Goose and her riders (53 to the Goose) (01:24:42, 01:25:00, 01:26:17).
- 01:26:33 Gerard's shortbow (16) kills one of the last two wizards and Pib's thrown knife (17) the other: "Tiny little wizards are gone!" (01:27:35, 01:28:02, 01:28:22).
- 01:28:43 Mother Goose frees Tom Thumb and Thumbelina (Athletics DC 5); they appear on cards; Jack misses; Alphonse's rider survives a roll; Jack orders "Torch the beanstalk!" (01:29:14, 01:29:36, 01:29:43, 01:30:25, 01:31:21).
- 01:32:47 Pinocchio's Eldritch Blasts (13 and 7) free the egg; Tom Thumb cuts the harp's restraints; Ylfa grapples and drags a soldier (Athletics 21) and leaps the chasm (21); Rosamund knocks a unit into a canyon; birds harry the torch-bearers (01:34:06, 01:35:07, 01:36:07, 01:37:40, 01:39:09, 01:40:05).
- 01:40:27 Jack again: "If you were my father, you would understand! These people revere me!"; Mother Goose's Persuasion 15; the Goose gathers egg, harp, Tom, Thumbelina, Pib and Gerard and flies straight up, deposits them on the beanstalk (01:40:30, 01:40:54, 01:41:34, 01:42:16, 01:42:59).
- 01:44:18 From the beanstalk Gerard and Pib kill the remaining skirmishers (Gerard's arrow hits with 21 for 10 damage, his second superiority die giving Pib advantage; Pib 28 halved to 14, then 20); no one lights the stalk; Gerard and Pib start to climb (01:44:34, 01:45:32, 01:45:53, 01:46:15).
- 01:46:43 Mother Goose's speech to Jack ("you're my son"); his Insight is a nat one (Luck point, a 2 also rolled; which die was kept is not said); Brennan offers the "third such thing" (a third wish) and Mother Goose does not take it; he disengages toward the beanstalk and Brennan notes that "in this moment, finally, Jack would not have struck at you" (01:46:49, 01:47:43, 01:48:48, 01:49:58, 01:50:30).
- 01:51:18 Archers and trebuchets hit Mother Goose, Ylfa and the Goose; cavalry descend on Alphonse ("You lied to me! You're a trickster and a liar!"); Pib: "I can't help you, Alphonse!" (01:51:18, 01:52:43).
- 01:52:53 Pinocchio, having heard Mother Goose's talk with Jack, feels weird about blowing up the trebuchet; he lights a firework, hands it to Cricket, who attacks Alphonse and the cavalry: damage 26 kills everyone around; Lou uses Call of Destiny; the final save is a nat 20, whose die is not stated (01:52:59, 01:54:24, 01:55:16, 01:57:18).
- 01:58:04 The rocket: "Alphonse flies into the air", purple, red and green; "welcome to Toy Island!"; the curse breaks, the mule becomes a handsome prince with two hit points; he runs (01:58:16, 01:58:37, 01:59:06, 01:59:15).
- 01:59:39 Ylfa and Rosamund dash to the beanstalk; Mother Goose gives Alphonse a Bardic Inspiration (02:00:28); the party climbs with the treasures while Jack calls for more birds; Alphonse: "I'll always remember you, Puss in Boots." (02:00:05, 02:00:36, 02:00:51).
- 02:01:03 Mother Goose is upset at the top; Rosamund asks "You want a hug?" and he says yes; the Golden Goose returns with a basket from "His Highness" holding Tomas and his two brothers carrying Henry Hubbard, weak and malnourished; Mother Goose cries "Henry!" (02:01:05, 02:01:09, 02:01:29, 02:01:37).
- 02:01:51 End of game; next-time preview from 02:01:54 (not lore of this episode).
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Key quotes
- “Giants confirmed, giants confirmed. There are giants in this land, and we are them.” — Brennan 0:01:34
- “No, he's saying it for himself. He's a narcissist.” — Brennan 0:07:21
- “The same thing that woke up a little wooden puppet all those years ago comes under your command.” — Brennan 0:21:26
- “Higgitus figgitus!” — Brennan 0:35:00
- “the face of Henry is reflected back to you” — Brennan 0:44:45
- “Please! Come save us from these wild madmen! Please, come save us!” — Voices 1:00:31
- “Don't drink water!” — Cricket 1:13:35
- “Mom, I'm not... I'm not coming back.” — Pinocchio 1:22:23
- “You wish to steal the Goose, the egg? If you were my father, you would understand! These people revere me!” — Brennan 1:40:30
- “It's just really, really important that we got this Goose free.” — Ally 1:50:07
Who and what appears
Player characters
- Mother Timothy Goose
- Pinocchio
- Prince Gerard of Greenleigh
- Princess Rosamund du Prix
- Puss in Boots
- Ylfa Snorgelsson
NPCs
- Alphonse the Mule
- Henry Hubbard
- Jack the Giant Killer
- Rapunzel
- Talking Cricket
- The Gander
- The Golden Goose
- The Stepmother
- Thumbelina
- Tiny wizards
- Tom Thumb
Locations
- Jack's village
- The Beanstalk
- The Neverafter
- The base of the beanstalk / the Land of Giants camp
- Toy Island
Items and artifacts
- Animated swords, skulls and tower
- Basket
- Golden Goose's restraints
- Goodberry (Neverafter)
- Lit firework
- Mother Goose's book
- Mother Goose's broom
- Shortbow
- Sword of Veritas
- The Golden Harp
- Trebuchets
Factions and organizations
Creatures
- Animated tower, swords, skulls
- Bird rangers on crows
- Cavalry on pigs, pugs, lizards
- Giant hyena form of Ylfa
- Siege beasts, cows with trebuchets
- Tiny people / the militia
Roll log
| Time | Character (player) | Roll | Result | DC / AC | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:04:13 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | Ice Knife attack | 21 | — | hits; damage 10 piercing, 6 cold (00:04:44, 00:04:48) |
| 00:06:35 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | Athletics | number not said | DC 10 | climbs out ("30 feet") |
| 00:08:01 | trebuchet (Brennan) | damage | 17 | — | Rosamund hit |
| 00:09:02 | Pib (Zac) | attack | 22 | — | hits; 18 damage (00:09:19) |
| 00:10:03 | Pib (Zac) | Perception | 19 | — | sees tunnels |
| 00:10:35 | Rosamund / Pinocchio / Gerard | Wisdom saves | 15 and 17; 17; 17 | — | Hold Monsters dodged |
| 00:12:23 | trebuchets (Brennan) | damage | 16 | AC 16 | Rosamund |
| 00:13:11 | Gerard (Murph) | Athletics | 18 | — | into the crevice |
| 00:13:41 | Gerard (Murph) | Second Wind | 10 | — | heals |
| 00:15:12 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Persuasion | 19 | — | Jack listens |
| 00:16:54 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Persuasion | nat 1 (Ally says "a nat one") | — | Jack comes to fight |
| 00:18:58 | bird lancers | damage | 7, 7 (14) | — | Gerard |
| 00:19:33 | Pib (Zac) | Constitution save | 15; with Bless and plus four, 19 | — | against an attack Brennan says was a nat 20; 14 halved to 7 |
| 00:22:23 | wizard (Brennan) | Dexterity save | 16 on the die | — | holds on to floor |
| 00:22:57 | animated tower (Lou) | attack | 13 | — | hits; 14 plus 2 = 16 damage (00:23:06) |
| 00:23:59 | animated tower (Lou) | Athletics | 12 | vs wizard Dex save 12 exactly | wizard hangs on |
| 00:24:51 | animated swords (Lou) | attacks | 15 and 17 | — | 8 on skirmishers, 10 on Alphonse |
| 00:26:02 | animated skulls (Lou) | attacks | nat 1 and 2 | — | no damage stated; the wizards look "utterly bamboozled" |
| 00:26:32 | Cricket (Lou) | attack | 7 (dice 1, 2, 3) | — | not enough |
| 00:28:41 | Ylfa (Emily) | attack | 22 | — | hits; 14 damage; four skirmishers die |
| 00:29:51 | Ylfa (Emily) | Dexterity save | 12 | — | takes 7 halved |
| 00:30:06 | Ylfa (Emily) | Athletics | 14, corrected to 15 | — | leaves pit |
| 00:31:20 | Rosamund's bird | attack | crit; 2d8 plus 6 = 11 | — | wizard torn apart (00:31:28) |
| 00:31:52 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | Intimidation (adv) | 9 | — | corpse thrown |
| 00:32:57 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | Perception | 9 | — | — |
| 00:33:18 | Jack (Brennan) | damage | 22 | — | Mother Goose |
| 00:34:53 | animated skull (Lou) | Wisdom save | 2 (Wisdom 3 total) | — | turned into a vase |
| 00:35:38 | Ylfa (Emily) | Dexterity save (adv) | 21 | — | ice storm damage 26 halved to 13, halved again to 6 |
| 00:40:00 | Gerard (Murph) | attack | 23; damage 9 | — | restraint cut |
| 00:40:10 | Gerard (Murph) | attack | 21; damage 14 | — | second restraint |
| 00:41:52 | Pib (Zac) | Sleight of Hand | dirty 20 | — | third restraint gone |
| 00:42:07 | Pib (Zac) | Stealth | 22 | — | hides under Goose's wing |
| 00:42:57 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Wisdom save | 17 | — | not destroyed by sadness |
| 00:45:29 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Shatter | 16 damage | DC 15 | four bird rangers fail and die |
| 00:49:03 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Strength saves | 16 and 13 | — | takes 6 and 8 |
| 00:49:22 | Ylfa (Emily) | Strength save | 23 | — | — |
| 00:49:47 | animated objects (Lou) | confusion d10 | 4, 3, 8, 4 | — | tower, sword at Alphonse, sword 2, skull; sword 2's attack misses |
| 00:51:03 | Pinocchio (Lou) | Eldritch Blast | 13; 12 damage | — | wizard dies |
| 00:51:40 | Pinocchio (Lou) | Dexterity save | 12 | — | 6 blades damage |
| 00:52:01 | Pinocchio (Lou) | Athletics (disadv) | 10 | DC 10 | out of the pit |
| 00:52:33 | Pinocchio (Lou) | Eldritch Blast | nat 1 | — | misses trebuchet |
| 00:52:45 | Cricket (Lou) | attack | 2 | — | miss |
| 00:53:20 | Mother Goose (Ally) | concentration checks (DC 10) | 11, 15, 12 | DC 10 | Bless holds |
| 00:55:18 | Ylfa (Emily) | Athletics | nat 20 | DC 15 | lifts Mother Goose |
| 00:55:51 | Ylfa (Emily) | Constitution save | 18 | — | not instantly killed |
| 00:56:05 | Ylfa (Emily) | Strength saves (3) | nat 20 | — | all pass |
| 00:57:41 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | attack (adv) | 24 | — | Jack hit, 11 damage |
| 00:57:58 | Jack (Brennan) | Strength save | fails | DC 15 | pushed 15 feet, prone |
| 00:58:33 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | attack | 20; damage 7 after reroll | — | archers |
| 00:59:22 | Rosamund's bird | attack | 22 | — | wizard |
| 01:00:18 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | Perception | dirty 20 | — | hears prisoners |
| 01:01:49 | Golden Goose (Brennan) | Strength checks | 2 and 14 | DC 17 each; both 8+ | no break |
| 01:03:28 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | Wisdom save | 7 | — | held |
| 01:04:15 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Counterspell | 5 | needs 11+ | fails |
| 01:04:55 | Ylfa (Emily) | attack | 11 | — | misses trebuchet |
| 01:05:11 | trebuchets (Brennan) | damage | 21 on Pinocchio; 19 halved to 9 on Ylfa | — | — |
| 01:06:05 | Pib (Zac) | sneak attack | 18 to hit; 20 damage | — | polearms |
| 01:07:37 | Gerard (Murph) | Constitution save (adv, Bless) | 25 | — | not killed |
| 01:07:49 | Gerard (Murph) | Strength save | 27 | — | still 12 damage; 3 HP |
| 01:08:31 | Gerard (Murph) | attack | 15; damage 11 | — | rope |
| 01:08:44 | Gerard (Murph) | attack | 16; damage 9 | — | last rope |
| 01:13:13 | Cricket (Lou) | opportunity attack | 19; damage 6 | — | bites a head off |
| 01:14:35 | Alphonse (Brennan) | damage | 23 | — | Pinocchio drops |
| 01:15:38 | Ylfa (Emily) | Constitution save | 16 | — | not instantly killed |
| 01:16:13 | Pinocchio (Lou) | death save | 19 | — | success |
| 01:18:26 | Ylfa (Emily) | Athletics (disarm Jack) | not said ("I didn't") | beat 18 | fails |
| 01:19:08 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | Wisdom save | 18 | — | free of hold |
| 01:19:36 | Rosamund's bird | attack | 18; damage 8 | — | rider eaten |
| 01:21:09 | Pib (Zac) | Intimidation | 17 plus Bless = 21 | — | Alphonse runs |
| 01:22:47 | Golden Goose | Heal | 70 hit points | — | Pinocchio up |
| 01:24:42 | Pinocchio (Lou) | Counterspell | 9 | beat 14 | fails |
| 01:25:00 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Counterspell | nat 20 | beat 14 | Polymorph blasted out |
| 01:25:30 | Gerard / Pinocchio | Dexterity saves | 19; 5 | 14 | Gerard takes 3 bludgeoning and 8 cold and goes down (01:25:34, 01:25:42); Pinocchio takes 6 and 16 |
| 01:26:08 | Ylfa (Emily) | opportunity attack | 11 | — | misses |
| 01:27:35 | Gerard (Murph) | shortbow | 16 | — | wizard dies |
| 01:27:58 | Pib (Zac) | thrown knife | 17 | — | wizard dies |
| 01:30:25 | Alphonse (Brennan) | Dexterity save | rider's 18 vs Alphonse's DC 16 | DC 16 | rider holds on |
| 01:32:04 | Ylfa (Emily) | Strength saves (adv) | 19 and 25 | — | — |
| 01:33:06 | Cricket (Lou) | attack | 7 | — | miss |
| 01:33:53 | Pinocchio (Lou) | Eldritch Blast x2 | both hit; 13 and 7 | — | egg freed |
| 01:35:07 | Ylfa (Emily) | Athletics (grapple) | 21 | DC 15 | succeeds |
| 01:35:59 | Ylfa (Emily) | Athletics (leap) | 21 | DC 15 | clears chasm |
| 01:37:33 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | attacks | 25; 23 | — | 12 and 9 damage |
| 01:37:59 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | Acrobatics | 8 | — | 4 falling damage |
| 01:40:54 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Persuasion | 15 | — | Jack talks |
| 01:41:16 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Insight | 11 | — | Ally: "I'll Lucky." then "No, the 11." (01:41:26) |
| 01:44:34 | Gerard (Murph) | arrow attack | 21; damage 10 | — | distracting strike |
| 01:45:16 | Pib (Zac) | attack | 22; damage 28 halved to 14 | — | group destroyed |
| 01:45:53 | Pib (Zac) | attack | 22; sneak damage 20 | — | skirmishers gone |
| 01:47:43 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Insight | nat 1, Luck second die 2 | — | no result given |
| 01:54:49 | Cricket (Lou) | firework attack | 16 plus 6 = 22 | — | damage 26 |
| 01:57:18 | Alphonse (Brennan) | Dexterity save | nat 20 (die owner not stated; Call of Destiny in play) | DC 14 | survives |
Natural 20s: Ylfa 2 (Athletics, Strength saves), Mother Goose 1 (Counterspell), Alphonse 1 (Dexterity save). Natural 1s: Mother Goose 2 (Persuasion, Insight; the Insight 1 may have been discarded by Luck), Pinocchio 1 (Eldritch Blast), Lou's skull 1. Dirty 20s: Pib 1 (Sleight of Hand), Rosamund 1 (Perception).