Someone flies; someone dies. Seriously, this week someone flies and someone dies. It's the Adventure Zone!
— The Announcer
See here for the main recap page.
In this, the thrilling conclusion to our first Adventure, Merle, Taako and Magnus pursue their engulfed employer into the heart of Phandalin. Will they be able to douse him before things get out of hand? Also, are you going to finish that Luna Bar?
Tropes
- Bigger on the Inside: Killian's ship. Travis even calls it a TARDIS.
- Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs: “You can advertise whatever you want; Geico, mattresses, Geico mattresses."
- Charm Person: Taako tries this on Gauntlet!Gundren. It doesn't work.
- Dissimile: Killian's ship is like the The Wonkavator, except glass, and spherical, and with a hot air balloon, so not really anything like that.
- Downer Ending: Phandalin gets fantasy nuked.
- Fireball Eyeballs: Gauntlet!Gundren has these
- Look Behind You: Magnus does this to Taako so he and Merle can loot.
- MST3K Mantra: In-Universe. Killian advices this of the PCs.
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: The party rescuing Kurtze ends up causing the complete destruction of Phandalin.
- Obligatory Joke: "That's no moon!" Griffin even exasperatedly comments that he knew someone was gonna say it — and he's not the least bit surprised it was Clint.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: The situation is extreme enough that Magnus doesn't charge forward
- Season Finale: The final episode of the first arc.
- Shout-Out: Maverick
- Man Without a Face
- Mad Max
- Godzilla
- Dr. Who
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- Star Wars
- Rush Hour
- Bridesmaids
- Talking the Monster to Death: Merle tries to do this with Gundron, reminding him of all the good times they've shared and that no matter what, they're family. It almost works. Almost.
- Too Dumb to Live: Okay, Kurtze, this horrifically racist dwarf wreathed in unholy flames is on a rampage through the countryside, but the nice guys who rescued you from slavery seem to be talking him down. Do you, A.) get away from all this madness as fast as orcishly possible, or B.) shoot a crossbow at it?
- What the Hell, Hero?: The PCs call Killian out for not telling them enough about the gauntlet and her Unscrupulous Hero tendencies.
