Character progression

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Level-ups, new abilities, items gained and lost — by episode.

NA E1: The Times of Shadow

All five cards read level 1; the game starts at level 1 — 00:07:06
Rosamund: loses four then one hit points; seven after the first damage — 00:07:09
Rosamund gains a thorn bow and lasting wounds — 00:23:40
Timothy: an unidentified voice says a night is coming when he will be desperate enough "to make your last wish", so one wish is still unspent — 01:23:44
Timothy: by his account a first wish (to know what happened) and a second wish ("something to bring my son back") are spent, and the book came with the second; the first J of Jack's name is illuminated on the page — 01:20:41, 01:21:40, 01:28:04
Ylfa: grows tall and wields a sword blade after the rage — 01:50:54, 01:51:47
Pib: takes the scroll from Bandlebridge — 01:38:22
Gerard: lasting condition, turning toward a frog — 00:25:41
Pinocchio: lacking a wooden nose — 00:44:08

NA E2: Mirror, Mirror

All six cards read level 1 — 00:06:52, 00:34:52, 00:38:39, 00:39:20, 00:48:58, 01:04:13
Ylfa: class is barbarian (human, shifter reskin) from the card — 00:34:52
Ylfa: shift gives seven temporary hit points and a higher armor class; she totals 22 hit points — 02:34:01, 02:34:20
Gerard: the book briefly turned his hand back to human, then back to frog-like — 00:40:16, 00:41:03
Timothy: the book now holds the finished Cole rhyme, and a page with Cole and his son together — 00:22:21, 01:31:42
Timothy: his hair becomes a short bob from Ylfa's pigtails — 01:37:59
Ylfa: cut pigtails, hair now a pixie cut — 01:37:50, 02:32:13
Pinocchio: gains a doorknob, a carving knife and an etching; takes 10 gold pieces — 02:08:25, 02:09:22, 02:17:31
Party: now travels with Cole's chariot, a ram (named Senator) and the rabbit Eidelgrin — 01:43:03, 01:43:45, 02:16:04
Pinocchio: describes feeling "tipsy as hell" after wine — 01:59:30

NA E3: No Place For a Prince or Princess

All six cards read level 1 — 00:06:21, 00:09:23, 00:10:28, 00:16:08, 00:20:11, 00:23:47
Rosamund: gets a red gem at the first Charisma save — 00:16:50
Rosamund: says she wants Sharpshooter at the next ability score increase — 01:27:09
Pinocchio: arm smashed off by an injury result — 00:52:02
Gerard: one level of exhaustion from the natural 1 Constitution save — 01:10:10
Ylfa: a level of exhaustion from the Constitution save 9 — 01:44:01
Pinocchio: killed, last vision, red gem — 01:51:44, 01:52:38, 01:53:38
Pib: killed (death saves 8, 10, natural 1) — 02:01:23
Rosamund: killed (natural 1) — 02:02:56
Ylfa: killed (7, 8, 9) — 02:05:44
Gerard: stabilized then last vision and gone — 02:09:53, 02:11:34
Timothy: stabilized then last vision and gone — 02:10:20, 02:13:55
Party: Brennan calls it a total party kill — 02:14:08

NA E4: Once Upon a Time

Pinocchio: nose snapped off and returned blood-stained; crow familiar; staff plus one to spell attacks and damage; moss and fungus in the wood; frame card level 3 — 00:23:11, 00:25:56, 00:26:05, 00:25:30, 00:31:42
Pinocchio: has replaced the Amanti version of himself in the world — 00:31:27
Pib: new boots and cape, "stealthier, slyer", "more proficient"; Ring of the Web; Fangs of Isengrim; frame card level 3 — 00:51:50, 00:54:40, 00:52:50
Rosamund: seven fairies' gifts (beauty, grace, cunning, strength, fortitude, wisdom, and the seventh who ended the curse); stronger, pale; wisdom or cunning "like a deep pool"; spindle; Cinderella's parcel — 01:20:47, 01:22:22, 01:23:51, 01:25:45, 01:20:25
Ylfa: cloak warmed by flame; stronger body; memories of two versions of her story including killing the woodsman with claws — 01:46:13, 01:47:14
Gerard: more froglike, "horrifying toughness" keeps him alive with the shard; memories of a darker version; frame card level 3 — 02:02:12, 02:02:02
Timothy: book grants extra spells known; memories of another life without Jack; frame card level 3 — 02:18:08, 02:19:53, 02:21:18
Party: Brennan's closing line has the heroes returning to the Neverafter in new shapes and forms, in a new life with memories of past selves — 02:22:37

NA E5: Down Came the Rain

Cards: all five with a level show level 3 (Rosamund, Pib, Gerard, Timothy, Pinocchio); Ylfa barbarian level 1 and druid level 2 — 00:07:22, 00:15:12, 00:16:50, 00:19:14, 00:21:01, 00:09:15
Pinocchio: rotted wood, moss and fungus, curled legs, staff as support, big crow — 00:20:53
Pib: older, darker boots, new cape, two daggers, stealth with advantage, faster and stealthier — 00:15:05, 00:13:51, 01:31:21
Gerard: fully a big frog, thicker skin; darkvision; hit by 8 damage at the shard's removal — 00:16:43, 00:18:15, 01:45:07
Rosamund: owl and swarm bodyguard; Speak with Animals once per long rest; Faerie Fire — 00:07:46, 01:24:49, 01:45:37
Ylfa: stronger breath, Beast Bond, web sense, wolf spider stance — 00:16:08, 01:44:37, 01:31:38
Timothy: Lesser Restoration always prepared after the Old King Cole rhyme; Bardic Inspiration — 01:42:19, 01:23:20
Pib: a blood-red token avoided by the cast of Lesser Restoration — 01:42:59
Memories: Brennan tells Ylfa she has her previous life's memories and "identify as having lived both lives"; Pinocchio has "just the one" set — 00:10:35, 00:31:33

NA E6: The Curdled Web

Cards: Rosamund ranger 3; Pib rogue 3; Ylfa barbarian 1 and druid 2; Timothy bard 3; Gerard fighter 3; Pinocchio warlock 3 — 00:04:17, 00:07:00, 00:08:45, 00:11:32, 00:14:27, 00:17:25
Gerard and Pib and Ylfa: Bane, minus 1d4 on attacks and saves — 00:24:08, 00:24:20
Timothy: Jack's spryness; "the first time fully understanding your book" — 00:12:19
Ylfa: first Wild Shape spider, back to Ylfa at 8 damage, second Wild Shape, final spell slot spent, down at 01:25:50 — 00:52:25, 00:57:25, 01:15:00, 01:25:50
Rosamund: Zephyr Strike lost at 16 damage — 01:11:04
Pinocchio: Faerie Fire dropped at 00:49:41; Pinocchi-Crow vanishes — 00:49:41, 01:23:59
Pib: four hit points left — 01:11:59
Timothy: final second-level slot spent on Shatter — 01:15:39
Mother Goose's book: now holds the spider story — 01:32:31
Muffet: freed from the spider; offers help ("I want to help you guys.") and Timothy says she is welcome to help — 01:37:16, 01:37:19

NA E7: Trouble in Tuffeton

All cards show level 4: Gerard fighter 4 — 00:04:56; Rosamund ranger 4 — 00:12:09; Mother Goose bard 4 — 00:19:41; Ylfa barbarian 2 / druid 2 — 00:25:11; Pinocchio warlock 4 — 00:33:50; Pib rogue 4 — 01:03:38
Mother Goose records Itsy Bitsy's tale; the spell is not yet available — 00:22:43
Party finds the Sword of Truth; Gerard holds it — 00:09:08
Short rest allowed — 01:10:02
Pinocchio's strings severed and the four-pronged handle back in his possession — 01:47:37
Pinocchio sent through the book's door to Scheherazade's room — 01:48:43
Gerard uses Commander's Strike; regained after a short rest — 01:14:26

NA E8: The Lines Between

No level or class card in this episode; party levels are not stated — 00:00:15
Pinocchio carries the Sword of Truth, which sings and chimes at truth; Rosamund holds it once — 01:16:40, 01:19:18
Pib kills Pinocchi-Crow and takes The Frog Prince and a feather — 00:51:38, 00:52:31, 00:22:27
Mother Goose looks into the Canonade's ink and is nearly turned two-dimensional — 01:05:36
Ylfa is pulled from the Auroratory — 01:11:42
Pinocchio says he is on his first time — 01:40:48
Gerard finds more forms in his book (Boulder in the Chute), not yet performed — 01:21:57

NA E9: Origins

Pib is shown as Rogue, level 4; Pinocchio Warlock, level 4; Rosamund Ranger, level 4; Gerard Fighter, level 4; Mother Goose Bard, level 4; Ylfa Barbarian 2, Druid 2 — 00:11:15, 00:14:51, 00:31:15, 01:13:53, 02:11:37, 00:51:08
Pinocchio's strings are now given to his own book; his magic works again (Eldritch Blast hits) — 00:13:21, 00:15:54
Pinocchio says he has his strings now — 00:40:15
Gerard puts the golden ball into the book and absorbs his own book — 01:38:30, 02:26:05
Mother Goose's book may now cast Legend Lore once per day and holds the original Three Little Pigs — 02:12:15, 02:11:30
Mother Goose now has Bless — 02:24:04
Brennan: Tim is one wish away, with his earlier wishes shown (the Gander waits for the third) — 01:48:39, 01:48:59
Ylfa grows more wolf-like (Big Bad Wolf breath, Gust) — 01:50:28, 02:09:51
Brennan announces a level of exhaustion for the Frog Prince and Rosamund (rolled 8); Bless d4 then brings both to 12 against DC 10, and the save passes; the withdrawal of the exhaustion is implied, not stated — 02:23:39, 02:24:20, 02:24:26
The party takes a long rest on the soot-covered roof — 02:22:45

NA E10: The Baron of Bricks

Levels as printed on the cards: Pinocchio Warlock 4, Pib Rogue 4, Mother Goose Bard 4, Gerard Fighter 4, Ylfa Barbarian 2 and Druid 2, Rosamund Ranger 4 — 01:15:01, 01:09:58, 01:06:51, 01:02:26, 01:03:16, 01:12:15
Pinocchio's strings connect to his own book; he pulls out Cricket as his "new familiar" — 00:45:00, 00:47:41
Pinocchio's Eldritch Blast now looks like a golden string — 01:16:03
Pib's wolf-fang dagger is shown and shared; Ylfa's book takes blood — 00:56:54, 00:58:11
Rosamund's book accepts her decision not to become a story yet — 00:55:04
Gerard receives the Sword of Truth — 01:35:54
Ylfa regains three hit points by spending a spell slot — 01:21:20
Mother Goose is down and then healed; Gerard second wind 7 — 01:29:35, 01:51:01, 01:35:02

NA E11: Big and Bad

Cards show level 5 for Pinocchio (Warlock), Pib (Rogue), Mother Goose (Bard), Gerard (Fighter), Rosamund (Ranger) and Barbarian 3 / Druid 2 for Ylfa — 00:19:39, 00:21:52, 00:03:31, 01:08:00, 00:55:09, 00:03:54
Pinocchio receives a Bardic Inspiration d8 — 00:54:59
Rosamund takes a level of exhaustion — 01:28:04
Ylfa gathers goodberries — 01:30:33
Mother Goose's wishes: "I still actually get another wish from him" — 00:43:57
Pinocchio's year-and-a-day bargain with the Wolf — 00:49:15

NA E12: A Warm Heart and a Tombstone

Rosamund reaches the second level of exhaustion, speed halved — 00:09:07, 00:09:21
Pinocchio uses a Bardic die to raise a Constitution save from 7 to 14 — 00:08:46, 00:08:56
Gerard is hit for 13 by Candlewick and later takes Second Wind to near full — 01:25:02, 01:36:13
Ylfa goes down in the landing and is revived with a goodberry; Rosamund drops to 2 hit points — 01:03:36, 01:03:59, 01:04:04
Pinocchio's book now holds Candlewick and keeps glowing — 01:35:13, 01:36:52
Pinocchio is called "the boy of destiny" by Snow White — 00:58:15
Mother Goose cuts hair "in this world" ("That wasn't in my backstory") — 01:32:08, 01:32:15
Mother Goose declines to give up the book — 00:57:05
Gerard says his marriage is in shambles and blames the wars and being separated — 00:50:18, 00:50:46

NA E13: Terror on Toy Island

Pinocchio gains a new warlock subclass ability, Call of Destiny, and a tether to the Dogfish — 00:32:20, 01:19:41
Pinocchio takes the title of the boy of destiny for himself again — 01:14:48, 01:40:31
Cricket is killed instantly — 01:01:11
Rosamund (by her own word) takes a level of exhaustion, falls, is swallowed, returns at 1 hit point — 01:01:05, 01:23:03
Ylfa takes 27 on purpose; her match-and-flame tactic frees the swallowed — 01:02:31, 01:21:28
Pib takes 6 (after Uncanny Dodge) and 8 from the merrow; the final total is not stated (17 is Brennan's count before the Dodge); at 01:50:08 Brennan rules the earlier use of his "add allies" ability did not count (Zac: "So then I still have it.") — 00:51:13, 00:51:22, 01:50:11
Gerard burns his last superiority die and is the one to kill the last merrow — 01:52:54
The Mer-King dies; Mira is free of his compulsion — 01:16:11, 00:43:34
The Dogfish is blinded in both eyes and leaves — 01:36:58, 01:50:25

NA E14: Daughters of the Crown

Alba gives Mira her voice back; Mira can speak (hoarse) — 00:03:17
Gerard keeps a Bardic Inspiration from before ("We'll hang onto that") — 00:26:25
Pinocchio's destiny tether loosened: "a brand new power come under your command" — 00:40:29
Gerard's "frog body" stays; he can sit in a perfect frog pose — 01:12:15
Party's golden bridle given away — 00:32:41
Mother Goose is told that, by the Snow Queen's supposition, the book with the ink could be "whatever I say" — 01:21:35, 01:21:44
The party has taken a full long rest (Brennan: "Yeah, full long rest.") — 00:42:40

NA E15: Leap of Faith

No level-ups; the stat cards show levels (see Frames) — 00:24:41
Rosamund: hit point maximum reduced by 21 and a level of exhaustion from the dwarves; a long rest removes both ("Yes, yes yes yes.") — 01:35:08, 01:35:41, 01:47:19
Gerard: hit twice for 15 and 27, uses a Bardic die earlier on a Persuasion — 01:35:45, 01:38:43
Two red beads for Rosamund, one for Gerard (stage directions after their Charisma saves; meaning not stated) — 01:35:23, 01:36:13
Mother Goose's book is found blank; keeps casting but not the "extra book spells" — 01:55:14, 01:57:19
Ylfa learns she can crit-pray with Gust but fails — 01:54:11

NA E16: In the Land of Giants

Pinocchio: new sixth-level ability Strands of Fate (Animate Objects) — 00:20:06
Mother Goose: without his book; spends a Luck point (the feat) — 01:47:55
Gerard: reduced to 3 hit points; Pib later gives him a Goodberry — 01:08:18, 01:26:41
Pinocchio: at 0 hit points, death save 19; healed 70 by the Goose's Heal — 01:16:13, 01:22:47
Alphonse: curse broken by the rocket — 01:58:44
Ylfa: transformed forms (hyena, huger wolf) with extra hit points; Emily: "I'm at 28 hit points in my super wolf form" — 01:28:39

NA E17: The Last Wish

Mother Goose: has his book back (after the Gander's drop); Legend Lore shows the book's power over defeated beings — 01:25:28, 01:35:38
Mother Goose: reunited with Henry — 00:05:45
The Golden Goose: lost; her feather remains with Ylfa — 01:25:28, 00:42:10
Pib: now owes Pinocchio a favor, token one ball bearing — 01:14:24, 01:14:53
Ylfa: gains a feather that brings luck, keeps death in her story — 00:42:10, 00:45:22
Pinocchio: refuses to become Candlewick, says a choice must be made at the confrontation, yet is still drinking ("How about a couple more glasses of whiskey?") — 01:00:55, 00:59:44, 01:02:48

NA E18: The Trials of Baba Yaga

Pinocchio: gives up ever becoming a real boy again to free Geppetto; receives the scrap "Minerva" — 01:23:31, 01:26:30
Gerard: gives his name and humanity; becomes a pony-sized bullfrog with a crown (speaks) — 00:44:38, 01:56:06
Rosamund: gives up the hope of a destined true love; "something stranger and unpromised hangs over your head" — 00:57:17, 00:59:18
Ylfa: gives the memory of her grandma; "you feel the pain of its absence, but you don't know what it was" — 01:55:36
Pib: gives his book (his story); has no book now — 01:50:42, 01:56:46
Mother Goose: gives a full page of his book; the Baba Yaga will accompany them — 01:37:03, 01:37:48
Mother Goose's book gains: Little Red hugging the Wolf; a little wooden warlock spinning a web to save his father; Pib surrounded by giants; the Stepmother's name — 01:28:47, 01:29:41, 01:30:18, 02:02:02
Ylfa wears the Wolf's skin; goes into a rage; Longstrider — 00:30:11, 00:31:54
Everyone's story now in the book: "some of our stories were already in here, but I put the rest of them in here." — 01:56:40

NA E19: The Ending of All Things (Part 1)

Pinocchio: gains the ally Mira with Call of Destiny, commanding "destiny in this room" for a moment — 00:41:18, 00:43:25
Mother Goose: Telekinetic Shove (feat), Nondetection on his book — 01:03:59, 00:18:16
Rosamund: killed by Snow White, returns half briar (Sleeping Beauty form) at 1 hit point — 01:25:24, 01:26:03
Gerard: still a frog (no sword), kills Rapunzel by eating her; uses Second Wind — 01:36:37, 00:54:51
Ylfa: says she gave up something she does not remember: "a pit in my stomach that's hungry" (no link to the Baba Yaga's trial is stated here) — 00:25:24
Allies lost: Cricket (dies), Thumbelina (dies); allies gained: Mira — 00:33:16, 01:25:24, 00:43:25

NA E20: The Ending of All Things (Part 2)

Pinocchio: Lou says of Call of Destiny "One, so now I have one left."; the last is offered for Ylfa's Athletics (01:18:51, 01:48:10); drops Flat William and the objects (01:46:35); his player's epilogue turns him into a real boy at 21 (02:23:28).
Mother Goose: concentrates from round one to five on the spell and releases it with "seven rolls"; the release is the finale's turning point — 00:10:14, 01:53:29, 01:57:12
Ylfa: new class feature from Brennan, advantage on "don't die on a crit" saves; first successful Persuasion; takes the orange top hat; takes the dire wolf form, saying "for the first time" she is "just going to be myself"; at the end the little girl in her is left behind and the Big Bad Wolf continues — 00:19:39, 01:21:13, 01:43:19, 02:08:10
Pib: recovers the page with names and memories (the things "she took from us") — 02:05:38, 02:05:48
Gerard: dead; gives the Sword of Truth to Elody — 01:52:20, 02:12:21
Rosamund: down at 01:40:10, death save 19 at 01:46:25, another failure at 01:51:59; no final death or survival is stated for her in the battle; she is present in the spell and in the epilogue — 01:46:25, 01:51:59, 02:09:40
Mira, Aesop (falls), the Blue, Green, Red, Yellow fairies, Beaky, Tom's cat, Flat William: see Endings.
Allies and enemies gained: Elody and Mira had joined in episode 19 (recap); the Orange Fairy is won over by Ylfa; Turquina turns against the Authors — 00:01:28, 01:20:43, 01:31:53