"It's a new year, a new Max Fun Drive, and a new you. How about a new story with new characters too? It's The Adventure Zone!"
— The Announcer
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In this bonus episode, the McElroys create new characters with which they'll explore an entirely new universe. Join in the campaign as Justin (Troth), Griffin (Tom Collins) and Clint (Lenny Manolito), led by Dungeon Master Travis, navigate this new fantastical reality.
Tropes:
- City of Adventure: Capital City
- Fluffy the Terrible: The name of the iron golem behind the Machine door is Doug.
- Knights and Knaves: Guarding the Gauntlet's series of doors is Lying Jack, a popular magic-powered robot toy that answers questions either truthfully or falsely depending on a set pattern.
- Only One Name: As a monk, Troth chose her own name based on the archaic word for faith or loyalty.
- Steampunk: Travis refers to the setting as this. In practice, the heavy Magitek elements make it closer to Gaslamp Fantasy, Dungeon Punk, and Urban Fantasy.
- Thieves' Guild: The Beasts of the Ring, who set up the Gauntlet to recruit new leaders.
- Urban Segregation: Capital City is stratified like a tiered cake into five layers of society. The Order and Circle are on top, then the ruling families, then the merchant districts, then the commoners, and lastly Underton, where the broken, poor, and destitute live among the machines powering the city.
- You Wake Up in a Room: All three characters go from their individual daily routines to waking up together at the entrance to the Gauntlet.
