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Timm Woods and Nick Turani on New Dungeons & Dragons Campaign
The people’s champ Timm Woods returned to the Chicago studio to guide the PMT crew through a brand new, original Dungeons & Dragons campaign. With the office on a break week, the guys traded in the sports talk for character sheets and polyhedral dice, and this time they brought along Nick Turani and Zac to round out the party. The energy was high from the jump, mostly because of the costume choices. While Big Cat dressed as a Snorlax with leather shoulder pads and PFT went as a biking Ringo Star from Kiss, Hank stole the show in bell bottoms and a wig.
HankI look hot in my Britney Spears Dungeons and Dragons costume
I'm Brittany Spears. Zac said he didn't realize Brittany Spear gonna be a women's costume until after he bought it. So I got bell bottoms and a wig. I actually, I think I look hot.
Timm Woods explained that this adventure, the Dragon of Mount Spear Top, is a certified classic that he has run for hundreds of listeners over the past year.
Timm WoodsOver 270 Awls have played the 'Dragon of Mount Spear Top' Dungeons and Dragons adventure
I have run this adventure in particular for 45 different groups of awls over the course of the last year. And that is a total of 274 Awls. That's awesome. We're out there. They're listening right now and they are judging your every move.
The quest began in Balder's Gate with a simple mission: slay the red dragon terrorizing the local villages. Before heading out, Big Cat managed to get his magic axe enchanted with ice damage and, more importantly, pulled a holographic Charizard card from a pack of magic Pokemon cards. PFT, meanwhile, visited a potion shop run by a gnome couple where he leaned into his role as Wayne the Bard to secure some fire resistance potions for the team, though he made sure to double-check the vibes first.
PFT CommenterThere is nothing hotter than asking for consent twice
As long as there's consent, right? ... After I have consent I definitely ask for consent. 'cause there's nothing hotter.
As the party ascended Mount Spear Top, tensions rose over basic survival skills. Hank, playing as the gnome warlock Ehrlich, managed to walk directly into an acid trap despite a high stealth roll, getting covered in "cobold acid." This led to the first major debate of the campaign: who deserves healing? Newcomer Zac, playing as a level 2 human cleric named Train Wind, found himself in the crosshairs of PFT's logic regarding party maintenance.
PFT CommenterIn a Dungeons and Dragons party, you should prioritize healing the tank over less important team members
If you're fighting a war and you've got a tank and your tank is missing a tread and then there's like one guy over in the corner that hasn't done shit, hasn't killed anybody, and he's like, got the flu, are you gonna spend your time fixing the guy that's got the flu or the tank that's missing a tread?
The final confrontation with the dragon was absolute chaos. Big Cat, playing as Norm the barbarian, did what he does best by charging in with zero fear and maximum aggression. It’s a strategy that has defined Norm’s legacy across every campaign they've played.
Timm WoodsYou should always go reckless in Dungeons and Dragons
When people that I run games for among the Awls, I ask them if they're going reckless. They always say, of course, like Norm. Yeah, I gotta go reckless. You gotta go reckless because they look up to Norm. I think 100% it, you gotta always go reckless. 100%.
Mid-fight, the conversation briefly detoured into actual sports as Zac used his turns to discuss the upcoming NFL season and the future of Buffalo's franchise quarterback.
ZacJosh Allen will win multiple Super Bowls
[Big Cat]: You think [Josh Allen] ever gets a Super Bowl? [Zac]: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. You think so? Yeah, yeah. Shot. Absolutely. Absolutely. Probably multiple Super Bowls way he thinks.
The battle reached a fever pitch when the dragon unleashed a "sharknado" of fire that knocked Zac’s character unconscious. With the party facing their first potential casualty in show history, Big Cat reminded everyone of their pristine track record.
Big CatThe Pardon My Take crew has never lost a man in their Dungeons and Dragons history
Every time we play this game, we make sure all of us remain a tightness all. We've never lost a man.
In a hilarious twist of fate, Zac attempted to use a ready action to heal himself back into the fight after a long debate about whether using "artificial heals" would count as a "Mickey Mouse" victory. The party was split on the ethics of the move.
PFT CommenterWinning a Dungeons and Dragons game with artificial heals from a teammate is an asterisk win
I actually don't want to beat the dragon if we're getting artificially healed from you. Right? It's like that's asterisk peds.
Ultimately, the dice decided Zac's fate. He failed his self-heal roll by a single point and remained unconscious while Hank delivered the killing blow to the dragon on his birthday. The episode ended with the party successfully splitting the loot four ways, leaving Zac behind in the cave while Big Cat handed out the awards for the day's performance.
Big CatZac is the most selfish Dungeons and Dragons player for healing himself over the team
The most selfish player award goes to Zac. Absolutely... Crazy because if you had healed to any of us, we probably would've beaten the dragon... All fucked up.
It was a classic PMT adventure that proved one thing: never trust a level 2 cleric with the fire resistance potions.
