Ron  0:00  
Welcome back severed sons everyone we are a frostbitten actual play d&d podcast and we are excited to bring you tales of the frozen north and the everlasting rhyme. My name is Ron Murphy dungeon master and around the virtual table we have.

Unknown Speaker  0:17  
It's Paul. Nice to see you.

Unknown Speaker  0:20  
Hello, everybody. It's Ross.

Josh  0:22  
Hey, it's like, I'm Josh. Yo, yo, tech.

Unknown Speaker  0:28  
Hello, there. It's Claire.

Unknown Speaker  0:31  
I just realized that that's it. Like, Paul,

Ron  0:41  
and I'm Ron. I've already said I'm Ron.

Unknown Speaker  0:44  
Paul. Paul has

Ross  0:45  
so much pressure on him to like start a joke if if we're doing like a joke introduction. I hate going after. Tony doesn't funny.

Unknown Speaker  0:54  
Gets his shit at the end, man. I'm like, Oh,

Ross  1:00  
dude, today, I

Unknown Speaker  1:01  
will intentionally say something a little sad. So anything you do?

Ross  1:06  
Thank you, Ross. Ross. I'm just gonna say though, um, said the podcasters listeners. They're gonna have to go back and look at the the 321 I feel like you have fantastic hair. I feel like it's like you're gonna Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah.

Unknown Speaker  1:23  
Thank you. My God made my day.

Unknown Speaker  1:25  
Josh, what is happening in d&d? Bi.

Unknown Speaker  1:27  
I'm getting all these terrible digital roles. I got an 8744 I'm really just having a good time.

Ron  1:35  
Josh, you are

Unknown Speaker  1:38  
not going to use the digital. You don't have to.

Unknown Speaker  1:40  
I'm using exclusively digital tonight. So I'm scared.

Josh  1:44  
I don't want to waste it. Okay, it was 26 were good. How do

Unknown Speaker  1:49  
you roll it as

Ron  1:51  
you can click on things and your character sheet on the

Unknown Speaker  1:53  
numbers. You just click them in that role. Do you not do

Ross  1:55  
that? No, I love my dice. It wasn't it wasn't a judgment. It was just

Unknown Speaker  2:04  
saying fucking because I rolled the 19 Oh,

Ron  2:08  
keeps a log of everything.

Unknown Speaker  2:11  
Brand does too much damage for me to do my own dice. Oh, well.

Ross  2:14  
Seven, six, Forgotten Realms proper.

Ron  2:21  
There's nothing like doing 20 D six on roll. 20. Yeah.

Unknown Speaker  2:26  
I want to feel that just once. Give me a taste. I

Unknown Speaker  2:28  
just, I just like my dice. I have a crazy collection. But I have like six sets. And I love them all. So much. So I want to love them all equally. It's very nice.

Ron  2:41  
And I'm okay with using digital or your home dice. I do a combination of both. So whatever you want to do, I'm happy with Thanks, Ron. I believe we have a new thing we're doing now. And let's go. Let's go to Paul with the theme song.

Unknown Speaker  2:59  
Do you want me to just do it?

Ron  3:01  
Yeah, yeah, it's the

Unknown Speaker  3:03  
patron the patron of the mom.

Unknown Speaker  3:09  
Yeah. So this month as every other episode that's come out every two weeks that should be about a month. Fuck your calendar year. Today, our first patron of the month is going to be

Unknown Speaker  3:27  
Lou Lou Lou

Unknown Speaker  3:31  
don't we but folks if you don't check her out on Twitter her handle is Lulu in wha that's Liu Liu inW a folks this is she's great. She's She's a stand up person. She's so good to us. She's She talks us up all the time, which like we're flattered like nobody has to do that. But like which takes time out of her day and now she has been making these scenes with them diorama oh my god the diorama IDs are incredible. She's made several for severed sons go to her Twitter and check those out she brings us to life we don't get to play with the minis and you know on the table since we're all recording from different places and she's going to do the same thing for her other favorite podcasts are reckless attack and planet Arcana pod which she would also like to use this platform to boost at reckless attack with a space in between is that a space or an underscore it's all underlined so I'm not sure but reckless rd space or underscore attack yet and then planet are kind of pod all under under all lowercase, but just good people and folks we're gonna do this every other week for a patron that just goes above and beyond in the discord on Twitter is active in in the dialogue and in the conversation with with other fans who's interested in the lore and you know somebody who just we feel as part of our family so today, we celebrate Lulu she's great go check her out. And we'll come back into two episodes with another patient of the month. Be sure Well, cheers to you.

Unknown Speaker  5:10  
We can also have a different theme song every episode. Okay true.

Ross  5:15  
Do different styles that you like power rock like 80s rock star.

Ron  5:24  
If everyone is ready, let's begin tonight's episode severed sons episode 44 evil versus evil or God

last time, having heard the deep voice chanting coming from behind the closed doors, you quickly discussed a plan of attack to stop what sounded like a plea for help to the dura gars deity deep to era. Brand and donar took a position on top of one of the towers that afforded them a clean line of sight to the doors while the rest of you prepared to rush inside. As you opened the doors brand saw mutilated mind flayer tied to a statue of deep to era and put it out of its misery with a well placed arrow. Spitz you summon the spirit beast of Falcon she named thoughtco that fought at your side. As you dashed inside sorted rock and his son, the tiny mind mastered dearth attack from the shadows knocking thing unconscious as he advanced into the room. Oak you drag the unconscious shifter to a side room and Spitzer was able to heal Fang with a quick cure wound spell donar after missing a few arrow shots, you jumped from the tower and joined the fray as oak Prestea tackle and sorta rock the dura gara King tele ated with a hellish rebuke and eldritch blast that brought the total to his knees don't are picked up the eight inch hide dearth and held him out for brand to shoot. Falco finished the duergar off allowing the party to press sorta rock into retreat. The duergar King fled down a secret passageway harried by Spitz's spirit beast. As our direct fled a during our pre stepped out from an adjoining room telling you to stop fighting. When you questioned him, he removed his hat of disguise, throwing into the ground and transformed into a barbed devil. The devil told you that as well as was masquerading as deep to error in order to manipulate the dura gar. The devil also told you of the devil, Lord of the VISTAs and how the frozen fiend had been manipulating the Knights of the black sword into serving him asking you to take care of the diets and would pay any price they asked.

Unknown Speaker  7:37  
Do I see a hot in front of me? You do? Oh, let me just pick that up and start. Sure.

Ron  7:48  
So the devil comes out and basically tells you let us strike a deal. I work for my master Asmodeus the Knights of the black sword are commanded by law viscous Lord of the sixth Lavista is overreaching and needs to be taken out the darkness in the cold, provide him much shelter in the north. So I would strike a bargain with all of you to help us out. Otherwise, I mean, if you want to start a fight, I am here. You can kill me I will return to my Lord and tell him all about you. And he will send many more of my kind after you all right,

Unknown Speaker  8:31  
I know I know. That probably involves a lot of conversing and working out the details. Can we do that in another place? Can we can we maybe take that back upstairs?

Ron  8:41  
Why don't we talk here we can even go into the Forge if you wish if you're cold. No, why wait?

Ross  8:48  
It was more of a concern of

Unknown Speaker  8:50  
Zod Iraq potentially returning with reinforcements but if you if you're competent that's fine.

Ron  8:56  
I think I can wrap this up quite quickly. Oh Zarda rock is no concern to me now the dragon is destroyed.

Unknown Speaker  9:03  
Do you drink?

Ron  9:05  
I do not drink you have any abyssal chicken

Unknown Speaker  9:11  
anyway, I don't know what that's thing looks

Unknown Speaker  9:14  
over to donar like curiously

Ron  9:18  
make make a cooking role don't are Oh yeah.

Unknown Speaker  9:22  
immediately turned to the chef.

Unknown Speaker  9:24  
Oh, it's hard to make a deal with a man without having a drink first.

Ron  9:30  
I am no man.

Unknown Speaker  9:32  
was a 28

Ron  9:34  
Okay. abyssal chickens are these are these like flightless birds that aren't really birds are more like lizard things that like apparently can be cooked in a furnace. And they're from the Abyss but there's like Trev like relocated to the nine hills and all these things are awful. And they cook they cook quite well. Should yeah let me let me

Ross  10:02  
do we saw those chicken no I didn't Google that.

Unknown Speaker  10:13  
Where were you guys laughing at this picture? Where are you saying this?

Ron  10:16  
Just Google? Googled it? We I'm gonna post this section looks at the chat in rule 20

Unknown Speaker  10:28  
I definitely thought it was just like a featherless chicken

Unknown Speaker  10:36  
like make the meat out of it was like Bissell chicken

Ron  10:40  
they're the best tasting thing in a verb.

Unknown Speaker  10:45  
Yeah, that was my question, but don't also know with a 28 that donar anything you couldn't governess?

Ron  10:52  
Yeah. turns to ash like in your mouth. Yeah. However, but abyssal chicken actually tastes the most like, like actual real food than anything else found in the nine house.

Unknown Speaker  11:03  
So don't 28 You probably cooked it before. Don't start with the returning things look, wood coffin kind of shake himself out of his little funk and say, oh, yeah, we actually got some in from like a very niche butcher who was passing through with a cart. And it tasted kinda like sick to me. So turning to the devil, he would say you got whatever your tastes are. But if you're trying to if my friend Brad here is trying to discuss over a meal, we can get you some, like plain old chickens. That I can fry in a way that wouldn't turn into coal and your dang mouth.

Ron  11:43  
I like the taste of coal. I grimstone especially and you

Unknown Speaker  11:47  
just slip out of the forest over there.

Unknown Speaker  11:50  
Can you just burn the shit out of a regular chicken?

Unknown Speaker  11:52  
I could do that. But that'd be an insult to the bird. That's true.

Unknown Speaker  11:58  
Let's get this over with Elise.

Ron  12:00  
I agree. Kwan Doran says Listen to me. I'll make this quick. Asmodeus wishes you to deal with the frostbitten, get rid of the everlasting rhyme. And Lavista has no power anymore.

Josh  12:16  
Sounds like we're rooting your Lord have quite a few problems.

Ron  12:21  
Le viscious will retreat. The Knights will have no power. They will be evicted from their care on the hill.

Unknown Speaker  12:29  
And what do you what do you have in return?

Ron  12:33  
One I don't kill you and you have Lord Asmodeus is everlasting. Thanks. And I will deal with sorted rock for you.

Josh  12:42  
Will you know

Unknown Speaker  12:44  
what but here's the deal specifically, yes please details

Ron  12:47  
I will tell you exactly where the frostbitten can be found.

Unknown Speaker  12:51  
Now that that is

Unknown Speaker  12:54  
saying that it is important to physically pick up but that

Ron  12:58  
she is located on a place called the Isle of Solstice. You'll find it on no map. But I can tell you where it is.

Unknown Speaker  13:08  
Can you tell Okay, here's our map guy. Yes. If

Ron  13:12  
you could draw if you agree to this. Yes, yes, yes. And he whips out some paper.

Unknown Speaker  13:18  
Can we group group meeting? Can we have a group meeting? Can we do you mind?

Unknown Speaker  13:23  
Yeah, let's talk. As the

Unknown Speaker  13:25  
group is huddling Fang Fang will walk over to the devil

Ron  13:30  
and it was produced a quill and an ink pot out of nowhere

Unknown Speaker  13:34  
and Fang looks him in the eye and just snatches the contract out of his hand not the quill Yeah, he says for our perusal and goes back to the group. So we can

Ron  13:47  
I would say take your time but I have a door guard to kill this

Unknown Speaker  13:51  
guy interested group and she gives the contract over two tracks.

Ross  13:58  
Okay, so I'm going to kind of so what is the is the contract just like a standard?

Ron  14:03  
It is a well it's one can you speak a Bissel

Unknown Speaker  14:08  
I can't speak this and anyone can anyone?

Ron  14:10  
Sorry? Bissell Can you speak and Fernell

Unknown Speaker  14:14  
anyone can anyone speak this language?

Josh  14:17  
Sounds like common? No.

Unknown Speaker  14:20  
I'm surprised you didn't just do that to begin to get

Ron  14:24  
well you caught me.

Unknown Speaker  14:26  
I'm not gonna sign some MCs

Ron  14:28  
fingers. Then he snaps it and it switches to common. Thank you. You're so intelligent.

Unknown Speaker  14:36  
Before all of this spits Have you ever heard of this aisle of Solstice.

Unknown Speaker  14:41  
Ah

Ron  14:46  
make a history roll but the DC is 30

Ross  14:55  
Try Yeah, that's like a 10 No. Can I? Can I see if I've heard of it?

Ron  15:06  
Or you're not needed? I just wouldn't do. Yeah.

Unknown Speaker  15:09  
Wait, can I roll? Perhaps at disadvantage? Oh, God. I don't think anybody can get a third.

Ross  15:21  
I could, I could, if I could, but to fourteens

Unknown Speaker  15:25  
so now,

Ron  15:26  
yours, yours would be secondhand information if at all. So,

Ross  15:31  
I just had a curiosity I just want to say, Okay, I got it. I got it. I wasted no, but I have my flash of genius, which adds a plus plus five to the roll.

Unknown Speaker  15:43  
Oh, nice.

Unknown Speaker  15:45  
30 on that. Yeah,

Ross  15:47  
I got I got a 33

Ron  15:51  
just doesn't get

Ross  15:55  
used on that. 23rd go

Ron  15:56  
home of the rat bastard.

Ross  16:00  
I just wanted to know if I could do

Unknown Speaker  16:02  
it, and now it's possible. Anyway, I'm gonna read this. I'm gonna read the contract.

Ron  16:07  
Okay, I'd like you to make a intelligence check. Investigation. All right.

Ross  16:16  
So I'm gonna whip out. I'm gonna I'm gonna whip out. I'm gonna use my I'm gonna put on the goggles that have the eyes of minute seeing and she's gonna get really small writing.

Ron  16:27  
Yeah, can

Josh  16:28  
I assist him by applying my wisdom to an insight check?

Ron  16:36  
Maybe but I think his goggles give him an advantage advantage.

Josh  16:40  
vestigation But I'm just trying to apply wisdom to like any crafty wording. loopholes shit like that.

Ron  16:49  
That would come if you find something that might work.

Ross  16:53  
Alright, I'm gonna do this. Read it quickly out loud as you read it. Sure I'll I'll be reading it out loud. Well,

Ron  16:59  
investigating. Okay. Okay, you're reading it make your role at advantage. 23 is the highest. Okay, definitely no souls to be lost here. There's not like a little side clause that will like sell your soul to Asmodeus. There is a the person who signs will undergo a gash. That's actually how it's pronounced geisha? Is it spelled je e a s, which is a command.

Ross  17:32  
It's essentially it's essentially you you are bound to do certain things under the sun. I'll say

Unknown Speaker  17:38  
it's up to me. What are the conditions upon signing this?

Ron  17:43  
The conditions are the removal of the everlasting rhyme. Yes, but I'm not necessarily the death of oral the frost speedrunner. So I'm

Unknown Speaker  17:54  
specifically referring to the negation here for the assignee.

Ron  17:58  
Oh, it's a quite standard, devilish contract.

Ross  18:02  
I'm gonna I'm gonna inside check him.

Unknown Speaker  18:04  
If possible. We okay.

Ron  18:05  
I mean, make an inspection. It's a it's a 13. It's a standard, something that's in contract devil.

Unknown Speaker  18:13  
It must be. It must be that it simply must be some kind of failsafe that keeps whoever signs bound to this contract. If you

Josh  18:23  
have commands and orders is that mean? You have some sort of deadline in mind?

Unknown Speaker  18:27  
My question exactly.

Ron  18:30  
We've been waiting here with this hardrock for quite a long time, several years in fact, even before the rhyme took hold. And that's what we found out about this this betrayal. We were here resort rock when his cobalt inventor friends showed up, giving him the plans to the Shortland dragon. We've been here quite a long time.

Unknown Speaker  18:54  
Now we will be dealing with that little shit.

Unknown Speaker  18:56  
So your patient

Ron  18:58  
were very patient, say three years that a long enough time. I can pencil it in

Unknown Speaker  19:04  
what happens if we died before we are successful? Our Souls still our old

Ron  19:09  
your souls are still yours. There are ways of resurrecting the dead. You can be brought back to life the Ganesh will still be in effect.

Josh  19:19  
One more question. How will we know when Zarda rock is dealt with? Hmm.

Ron  19:26  
How about I just delivered him to whoever you need me to deliver him to his head. His arm.

Josh  19:32  
Let's take all of him just for safety. He

Ron  19:34  
was. I think he has like his whole body. Okay,

Unknown Speaker  19:38  
I agree.

Unknown Speaker  19:39  
How do we end the rhyme?

Ron  19:42  
That's not I do not know. I am friends with Asmodeus himself. I am not in friends. You can look a little like there's a little like, pulse he does on the word friends. Like he's thinking something else. When he says friends, I do not know the inner workings of the frost Payton's in Champions or her mind or her mental well being that is for you to discover on the aisle who questions the day

Unknown Speaker  20:15  
first the render deed is done and the contract has been fulfilled does this gauge is this also terminated

Ron  20:26  
it is also is terminated

Unknown Speaker  20:29  
and the

Unknown Speaker  20:30  
second hour forgive me for I am not I'm not from the same place that maybe you are you you have

Ron  20:40  
to come visit I can arrange a visit now

Unknown Speaker  20:41  
that that is right. My My question really is perhaps in the hills Asmodeus is everlasting tanks is is great currency shear

Ron  20:59  
he does have several tanks.

Unknown Speaker  21:01  
I do not understand the the cheer. I cannot feed myself with Asmodeus everlasting tanks. We cannot we cannot purchase things we cannot. What does this do for us?

Ron  21:21  
What if I tell you where Zarda rocks treasure room is

Ross  21:31  
I cannot feed myself with this tiny little

server they're like, we're like negotiating Spitz's like putting on the hazard or shit and just like

Unknown Speaker  21:55  
Oh, I get no sleep these days.

Unknown Speaker  22:00  
Would you say that the contents of Zonta rocks, treasure would be equal to that of Asmodeus is everlasting? Thanks,

Ron  22:11  
I would say so. You might even find some magical weapons that you do

Unknown Speaker  22:17  
inside check, just to for the is equal. Okay, and it's an eight. So,

Unknown Speaker  22:24  
okay, yeah.

Unknown Speaker  22:26  
Thanks steps back.

Ron  22:28  
I'll even tell you where the location of the treasure room is right now, before any contract is signed, go back to the forge and go through the double doors of the east wall in between the two towers.

Unknown Speaker  22:43  
Like who was that

Ron  22:44  
there is a hallway. Be careful of the traps. Go through the double doors at the end of the hallway. And then go through the double doors you see in front of you. You'll have to defeat some of those hideous duergar hammers, the Door Guards strapped into the machines. That's another one of Zulus invention

Unknown Speaker  23:06  
that was pretty grotesque that that at that price was

Ron  23:10  
I actually sent that on up up the chain. I think we've got some in construction, much larger in scale, however, but

Josh  23:18  
you know, I think I've had an idea. I apologize. But we have had an incredibly taxing day. And it's been addressed. I think, why don't you take care of ZocDoc now we'll wait right here, get our rest. That way you won't have to go too far out of your way to bring him to us.

Ron  23:43  
But I haven't had my morning beauty sleep.

Josh  23:47  
I can make you some coffee. Surely someone as strong as you hoped to challenge the six of us is powerful enough to

Ron  23:58  
know I don't I don't believe that I could win against you. I just know that it would be a quick trip back to my master I

Josh  24:08  
think it would also be a quick trip to take care of him. We've softened him up enough he's on the run. You would have our good graces and the insurance that your deal will be met and your enemies dealt with

Ron  24:25  
make a persuasion all that disadvantage

Unknown Speaker  24:31  
Oh, dang it I just Mr. Net 20 On the second one, that's a five.

Ron  24:35  
I believe this contract can be negotiated I can give you sorta rock within the hour I'm sure. I was just wanting to make things interesting for myself. I think if I hunted I

Unknown Speaker  24:46  
think the council might be the remaining townsfolk might feel more at ease if we were able to produce Xerox body. On as soon as we return.

Ron  24:59  
I can put vide sartrex body to this council.

Unknown Speaker  25:03  
Is that what you wish?

Ron  25:05  
I didn't expect the contract. Since I started scribbling

Unknown Speaker  25:09  
I personally do not think that it would be a good idea for the council to know that we have made a deal with someone of your kind. And we are we are respected in these parts and any deals with you forgive me perhaps make might make us look untrustworthy. Noted

Ron  25:30  
noted. He's thanks for a second says, however, I do have friends who can look like you, who could just show up and hand the body over and be on their way. Or human. I can even go with a human

Unknown Speaker  25:47  
saying and first shakes his head then nods his head, he says, You will not take the likeness of anyone in this room.

Unknown Speaker  25:56  
Okay, why don't we bring his body back ourselves? If you handle him within the hour, if we agree to your terms.

Josh  26:07  
If you agree to my terms, I will handle him within the hour and bring him back here to us. Yes,

Ron  26:15  
but the contract must be signed before I begin the hunt. tracks is

Unknown Speaker  26:19  
going to kind of turn to the group and say, look, I can Okay, I kind of see this as a little bit of a win win. Because I think we're kind of scratching each other's metaphorical backs here by removing the rhyme and him taking care of zodra actors. Anyone see any downsides to this?

Unknown Speaker  26:37  
There will be potential downsides we didn't see for a long time maybe

Unknown Speaker  26:40  
true.

Unknown Speaker  26:43  
Perhaps the lying about his leader and his reasons for us doing it.

Josh  26:50  
If he's lying about his leader, he has no power to back him up. At this, I think to the deal.

Unknown Speaker  26:57  
I agree. We may not know his reasoning for wanting the regime to end. But do we also all know that their aim is bad and we want to end it to not saying that I like it, but I've been listening in and it seems like it might be the right thing. One of the only options we have actually I agree.

Unknown Speaker  27:20  
Just know that our names will be signed to doing the deed

Ron  27:25  
oh just one of you.

Unknown Speaker  27:26  
Oh, he's he's listening. He's listening.

Ron  27:29  
I would be a fool not to know Conan signs who do

Unknown Speaker  27:32  
we want who do we want to sign? I'll do it Are you sure don't are

Unknown Speaker  27:37  
cracks his knuckles and looks over to Oakwood doesn't quite make eye contact and says the only reason I'm out here and not smoking in the basement somewhere is because I need some sense of responsibility. And I got it taken care of the tonic care clinic and one meeting but I'm not going to be able to lead them should I'm not even elected yet. But I'm not going to be able to lead them until we're done with whatever it is we're doing. I'm 19 I don't know shit compared to the rest of you. But if I could find responsibility and doing one really good thing for a large group of people that'd be enough officer new office I

Claire  28:13  
don't know I'm I'm

Unknown Speaker  28:16  
I'm taken by your words. I mean, I'm impressed.

Josh  28:21  
Brands marks just ever so slightly. Donor I imagine clocks that what's what's up Bran You're doing good.

Unknown Speaker  28:33  
Thanks. I want to how to read you yet.

Unknown Speaker  28:36  
Seeing the direction this is going Fang. He steps forward toward the devil and he says it sounds like you're going to get your signature but something you may not know is the name that you're about to get is very valuable.

Ron  28:51  
All names are valuable.

Unknown Speaker  28:53  
It is my opinion that desire the rock alone is not enough. What say you also take care of the door guard guarding the treasure room. We need a rest.

Ron  29:04  
I think I could do that. I wouldn't mind map bashing in some Michigan some heads. I need to stretch them out. I haven't been able to stretch by need like stretches out and the spines on his arms and back bristle Allah and some of them shoot up into the air and that's disgusting.

Unknown Speaker  29:21  
Knock yourself out.

Unknown Speaker  29:23  
Fang nods his head. He says what do you will take care of for us is worth this man's name and more.

Unknown Speaker  29:33  
steps back again.

Ron  29:35  
He gives you back the contract. One more question.

Josh  29:37  
My buddy Spitzer

Unknown Speaker  29:39  
here said it but we didn't get an answer from you. What's in it for you specifically in your group for the raw ending? We know why we want it to end we know why. Icewind Dale wants it to end but if you're down Inverness, what's in it for you?

Ron  29:52  
Lavista This is currently being held in a frozen tomb of his own making. On the sixth

Josh  30:00  
Leia of the nine hills, he

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