Greetings, Adventurers!

What is wrong with the world when we are its final and best hope for survival? Well, questions like that tend to hurt one’s head, so let’s just focus on the “how” of saving the world and avoid the “Oh God Why” for the time being. We are greeted with a brand new adventurer to assist us in our quest! The wait is finally over, we are joined by Nika Howard who is playing Jaela the Deva Avenger. Things are going to get much more dicey, in a purple, halberd wielding, religious way! The adventure continues with Titus Harper (Tim Lanning), Thom the Dragonborn (Mike Bachmann), Aludra (Jennifer Cheek), Jaela (Nika Howard) and your Dungeon Master (Michael DiMauro).

In what could be described as “the world’s weirdest sleep-over” the gang gets to chat with a handful of folks in order to figure out their next steps. Some of these people were even in the room! Most were not… it was strange. Hopefully we make the correct choice and avoid accidentally ruining the world. Again. The adventure continues with Titus Harper (Tim Lanning), Thom the Dragonborn (Mike Bachmann), Aludra (Jennifer Cheek), Jaela (Nika Howard) and your Dungeon Master (Michael DiMauro).

Oh boy, what a night! I always ask myself “how could things get worse?” and then BAM! we get sucked into the weird dragon-dream world. On top of that, our ANTIamat ward has broken. Worst. Night. Ever. The adventure continues with Titus Harper (Tim Lanning), Thom the Dragonborn (Mike Bachmann), Aludra (Jennifer Cheek), Jaela (Nika Howard) and your Dungeon Master (Michael DiMauro).

As things go from dicey to chaotic the gang continues to fight off both a dragon and an elf’s bedtime. Will we do enough damage to make this foul beast flee from our impressive might? Or will we find out that this dragon is boring to fight and move on? Only time will tell, dear readers! The adventure continues with Titus Harper (Tim Lanning), Thom the Dragonborn (Mike Bachmann), Aludra (Jennifer Cheek), Jaela (Nika Howard) and your Dungeon Master (Michael DiMauro).

After a rough night our heroes are not quite ready for their council meeting in the morning. Pelor’s Hope is a lot different from any city we have been to this campaign so they must be on their best behavior when they meet their leaders. Plus, it is the only city that we know still exists, which means it is the worlds only hope. Unless Jaela’s town is cool. Who can say? The adventure continues with Titus Harper (Tim Lanning), Thom the Dragonborn (Mike Bachmann), Aludra (Jennifer Cheek), Jaela (Nika Howard) and your Dungeon Master (Michael DiMauro).

With the Council of Eight being really rude and the world being mostly destroyed and such, the gang decided they needed to let off some steam. Sure, they have pressing matters that could potentially save the whole planet but sometimes you gotta get out there and let loose. Hopefully this Zird fellow isn’t going too much of a hindrance for the party. He seems really weird, but I would guess he has something up his sleeve. The adventure continues with Titus Harper (Tim Lanning), Thom the Dragonborn (Mike Bachmann), Aludra (Jennifer Cheek), Jaela (Nika Howard) and your Dungeon Master (Michael DiMauro).

When you bake a cake you don’t turn the oven on before you even know if you have all the ingredients, ya know? So, why would you decide to fight a hoard of demons before you know if you had the metaphorical eggs? I would wager that you would not. Luckily, Pelor’s Hope finest decide to be those “eggs” and to gift us some “flour” before our harrowing journey begins. And yes, the yeast in this metaphor is friendship, obviously. The adventure continues with Titus Harper (Tim Lanning), Thom the Dragonborn (Mike Bachmann), Aludra (Jennifer Cheek), Jaela (Nika Howard) and your Dungeon Master (Michael DiMauro).

After thoroughly prepping our hearts and minds for the oncoming quests we set out to leave the comforts of Pelor’s Hope behind. There was just one, tiny problem standing in our way – a huge armor of demons. Luckily, we had the Sun Shields to help up escape from the city. Plus, the “friend” of Harper’s brother, Phaze Harper, personally defended us on our escape. Zird came too. The adventure continues with Titus Harper (Tim Lanning), Thom the Dragonborn (Mike Bachmann), Aludra (Jennifer Cheek), Jaela (Nika Howard) and your Dungeon Master (Michael DiMauro).

Hey gang, let me level with ya, this is an amazing episode. It is different. It is a little strange. But, please listen with your entire family in order to bring them all together. The entire cast agreed that episode 90 & 91 were some of their favorites. We tried something a little different, so don’t be afraid since we will return to our normal… selves. The adventure continues with Titus Harper (Tim Lanning), Thom the Dragonborn (Mike Bachmann), Aludra (Jennifer Cheek), Jaela (Nika Howard) and your Dungeon Master (Michael DiMauro).

With the gang experiencing a pretty strong and realistic spiritual experience through Jaela’s past life, they continue on in their new strange bodies. Now we are really stretching our 5e bodies as we continue our quest to the sea and beyond. Funny thing, can’t help but feel like something bad will happen. Can’t shake and I don’t know why… The adventure continues with Titus Harper (Tim Lanning), Thom the Dragonborn (Mike Bachmann), Aludra (Jennifer Cheek), Jaela (Nika Howard) and your Dungeon Master (Michael DiMauro).

Having successfully had an out-of-body experience, the gang readies itself for its largest quest to date – saving the world from a band pesky demons. Now that we have left the safety of Pelor’s Hope and seen first hand what happened to another not-so-lucky band of adventurers the reality of our situation is weighing heavily on our hearts. Not since that cursed temple have we been so afraid to make a decision. Fear is indeed the mind killer.

In this week’s spellbinding episode Zird gives the adventurers some advice on what to do. He also deals with Harper, wizard style. It was embarrassing. But, fortunately, the gang may be closer to recovering the Demonomicon. Which is cool and rad.

With the gang at an apparent crossroads and tensions running high, they have to make a choice – do they trust the partially insane wizard to conjure up a submarine and venture off in search of the Demonomicon? Or do they continue on to the Army of Bahamut and Harper’s sister? Sometimes I have no idea how we get ourselves in these situations. The adventure continues with Titus Harper (Tim Lanning), Thom the Dragonborn (Mike Bachmann), Aludra (Jennifer Cheek), Jaela (Nika Howard) and your Dungeon Master (Michael DiMauro).

While sometimes it feels like we fight within our party, you have to realize – things are very stressful right now. You see, most of the world that we know is dead and we feel somewhat responsible for it… So sometimes when someone asks us to get magic honey we get… skeptical… At the end of the day we still love each other and we hate gnolls. The adventure continues with Titus Harper (Tim Lanning), Thom the Dragonborn (Mike Bachmann), Aludra (Jennifer Cheek), Jaela (Nika Howard) and your Dungeon Master (Michael DiMauro).

Now that everyone is on the same page, the gang prepares itself for a magical voyage beneath the waves. But wouldn’t you know it? Zird is not as prepared as we would have wanted for this dangerous trip. I know, I am just as surprised as you. What are friends for, right? I am sure you have helped your zany buddy with a magical apparatus at some point in your life. The adventure continues with Titus Harper (Tim Lanning), Thom the Dragonborn (Mike Bachmann), Aludra (Jennifer Cheek), Jaela (Nika Howard) and your Dungeon Master (Michael DiMauro).

Somehow we have survived a few vital moments longer on Zird’s magical submarine, the Belefonte. Our ultimate prize, the Demonomicon should be somewhere on the bottom of the ocean floor neatly tucked into the dead corpse of Steve the Gnoll. Let’s hope that nothing goes awry – this being an odd numbered episode and all. The adventure continues with Titus Harper (Tim Lanning), Thom the Dragonborn (Mike Bachmann), Aludra (Jennifer Cheek), Jaela (Nika Howard) and your Dungeon Master (Michael DiMauro).

We take a moment out of our hectic adventure to answer questions from you, our wonderful listeners, on this week’s episode. Dive into the art and science that makes our brain tick and learn our thoughts on underwear. We certainly had fun recording this special episode and I am willing to wager, you will enjoy it as much as we enjoyed recording it.

With last week’s chilling revelation the gang tries to make sense of their current Thom/ Steve predicament. Who knows what horrors are going on in the mind of Thom Dragonborn. One can only guess, but one would never want to know first hand. Just when we thought things couldn’t get dicier we received a chilling message from an old friend. The adventure continues with Titus Harper (Tim Lanning), Thom the Dragonborn (Mike Bachmann), Aludra (Jennifer Cheek), Jaela (Nika Howard) and your Dungeon Master (Michael DiMauro). Don’t forget to follow our editor Steph Kingston (@stephokingston)!

First, let us say thank you for allowing us to exist all the way to episode 100! Is is your support that keeps us going. On this momemtous episode of Drunks and Dragons things get … a little dicey. I know! It is such a surprise, but hey, sometimes dicey things happen to and around our group. Let’s just say that some old friends drop on by and maybe these old friends have some explaining to do. I have said too much.

We have to admit, it sure feels good to be back on the ship that we have had so many adventures on. Some of the blood stains from previous battles brought tears to our eyes as we remembered friends long gone. Going forward we will remember to cherish the simple times on this beautiful ship. It should be noted that we had some technical issues so some folks sound won’t be as good. Hopefully, you won’t notice!

Having reunited with “the gang,” The Gang has to really figure out what to do with this dang Demonomicon book. Heck, I don’t think there are demon libraries where we can just drop it off. A real pickle, this one. In the more immediate concerns column is that fact that our glorous, the [redacted], isn’t in the best of shape and we can’t just leave the crew to die in the middle of the friggin ocean. Things are always getting in the way of our quests and adventures…

Drunkeros’ Madagascar seemed like such a nice place with a normal sounding name, but we were wrong. Dead wrong. The horrors we faced on that island… I may never forget. Why, I still wake up with a shout in the middle of the night. Chad used to be able to comfort me but…I can’t even talk about it. I can’t even recount all that happened on this one telling. You will have to wait until I compose myself more before I can even begin to finish the tale of woe. Taken from the journal of Tad Chaderson.

The viscous battle continues to rage all around us on this week’s episode of Drunks and Dragons. Who knew that these dinos would be so dangerous?!? Cat people are getting mauled left and right, and I swear I hear a loud pounding noise coming from the forrest. This cup of water is shaking, is all I am saying.

After saving the inhabitants of Drunkeros’ Madagascar, we learned that the island held more secrets than we originally were preppared to handle. I mean, we already saved several of their lives against what appeared to be dinosaurs, right? What more should we be expected to do? But, we were in sore need of provisions, provisions which they would only give us if we agreed to help them in a very specific way. What else could we do but say “yes” to these new potential allies?

Hi! Quick warning before you start this episode – since it had been a little bit over an hour and half since we started recording, our sobriety was in shambles. It was still a fun episode (from what I remember) but this shouldn’t be your first episode, or maybe even your eighth. Hope you like it! Happy Holidays from all of us here in the Drunks and Dragons Eldritch Basement.

After making the lives of some very special people just a little bit safer amidst all this chaos, the gang prepares to head towards Fairmire. I think all of the excitement with the residents of Drunkeros’ Madagascar let us forget for a moment the next step in our adventure. This feels like the first quiet moment since we left that strange underwater boat that Zird so kindly provided. So, with this down time we said our goodbyes yet again to the simple boat people and along the way learned some valuable lessons on why we fight.

After the good-byes are exchanged there is nothing left but to continue on your journey. Yes, we had a nice break on that island, but we must go to Fairmire and meet with the only person who is able to help us with the Demonomicon. Not sure what we expected to find when we reached the town, but we weren’t prepared for the eerie stillness that we found. Is this cursed town hiding more peril under its surface? Only one way to find out…

Having allowed Zird to Zird up the demon protection barrier outside the White Dome of Fairmire, your plucky group of adventurers is now forced into yet another dicey situation. A large group of demons can be seen rushing their way. Great. Wonderful. Demons will get what they have coming for them. Roll for initiative.

Well, it looks like your heroes have to make a tough choice. Maybe the knowledge found within the Demonomicon was actually a curse? Maybe it was better to be ignorant? Regardless they are now closer to their goal than ever before and that naturally is terrifying. Our heroes are used to dealing with tough decisions and will handle this with the appropriate amount of care and weight.

This is a land of monsters and horrible demons. We should have known that we were never safe. Honestly, if you are asking me, those damned demons attacking us was more of a “when” then an “if.” Sometimes you have to appreciate the quiet times, you know? They are shattered so quickly and unexpectedly that you realize amidst all the carnage and chaos that your tea has gone cold. Tea shouldn’t be the thing that stands out, but the mind is a funny place.

Having bested those noodly demons, the gang preps themselves for the next big step – taking down Fennekin. It would be madness to whisk our way straight his flying sky fortress over the demon void that was Caer. The only way to take him down is with allies of both dragon and non-dragon type. We should also make sure our pal Ros is safe… and maybe Bucky. Everyone loves Bucky. Still no word on Harper’s sister. That is most likely still ok.

Necromancy is the most metal of all magics or mancies in all the realm. Why did it take so long for us to hang out with a most choice Necromancer is a question for the ages… But we corrected our mistake by going and meeting an old pal of Zird’s. I have to assume that everything is as it appears, right? No reason to not trust a strange woods Necromancer. Things are finally going our way!

Why do all these strange things happen to us? We just want to have a nice night with friends, maybe save the world. Nothing big. Nothing special. But no! We have to go deal with this zany necromancer. Why does he have so many weird rooms? This is zany.

Having bested those strange rooms that Riekert Svenson set up the gang prepares themselves for a nice night. They have earned a nice feather bed and maybe a fine meal. But, can they really trust this zany necromancer? These situations these people get into are just so bonkers. I am sure everything will work out.

Having survived the initial wave of demons and baddies the back in time crew come face to face with a being of amazing power. I won’t spoil the surprise here – but you better bring an extra pair of pants or whatever to work! Alright, that was too much hype. Sorry. You should bring extra pants, though, just in case. You never know.

Whoaaaaa! Are we back here inside our bodies?! What another strange event to befall this ragtag group of would be heroes. And is that the dapper Thom the Dragonborn awake and walking around and such?? Phew, glad there weren’t any lasting issues from the poison or whatever. I guess we will figure our how to save the world and stuff.

Ok! We are ready to do this whole “save the world” thing. Just one quick stop. Just a tiny little short pause on the world saving bit. JUST a slight detour to save Bucky. Heck, this place has gone bad in a big way, so you just have to make time to help out your friends/ adopted son. The thing you never think about as an adventurer though, is what will you do once you find the terrible place that your friend has been taken to? What if it is so bad that you regret ever attempting to save them? This life is hard.

Having found this terrible gnoll god city, the gang realizes that they have to scoot on ahead and save a smaller non-gnoll god city from being destroyed. I still am deeply bothered by Yeenoghu’s city. It is terrible. I don’t want to go into it. I am sorry, little Bucky, but you are in a terrible that is just too scary. You understand, right?

Maybe we made poor decisions sleeping in this old drafty tavern. Welp. That choice was made. There is nothing to be done about it. Now we have to put on our adult pants and deal with the consequences. Maybe fighting a horde of demons is a bad way to start your day. Who is to say? I think we were drinking or very sleepy when our sleep based choices were made.