Aug 24, 2016
This week's hosts: Graham, Ian, Liam and Mary
This week, we discuss the genre defining ultimate antagonist.... DRAGONS!
SPOILER WARNING - A Stranger Things (new Netflix series) spoiler is discussed at 19 minutes 30 seconds for approximately 1 minute.
Show notes:
- 02:18 Tiamat
- 03:14 Int as a dump stat
- 05:19 Dragons do tend to have stuff
- 05:37 Controversy aside, Black Dragons are just bad mkay?
- 06:03 Steered back on course by the good Cap'n Ian
- 07:30 Dragonlance
- 10:33 Gotta agree with Graham here internal consistency is crucial to a good world
- 10:42 The Hobbit
- 11:00 Serpent Symbolism
- 11:46 Who doesn't love Scrooge McDuck
- 12:06 Previous episode in question
- 13:00 The Tyranny of Dragons storyline comprises Hoard of the Dragon Queen and Rise of Tiamat
- 14:03 Horde or Hoard? Because that's an important distinction to make if you are barely standing after fighting a dragon.
- 15:13 WE DON'T SPEAK OF THE GREEN DRAGONS!
- 15:49 Hyper Intelligent Hippo... in a cape.
- 15:59 Lich
- 16:08 Dracolich
- 19:21 Mind Flayers, also known as Illithids, and yeah, they do kinda look like the Ood
- 19:23 Beauty is in the eye of... well.... http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Beholder
- 19:31 STRANGER THINGS SPOILER, DAMN THEM FOR NOT WARNING THE EDITOR!!!
- 20:35 Future Episode fodder, yes, yes!!!!
- 21:26 Yes, its true Metallic Dragons have both a lethal and non-lethal breath weapon, examples of non-lethal include gases of slow, paralysation, weakening and repulsion.
- 23:14 Quote of the episode "You're not getting a dragon mount, the dragon is getting a neck mounted weapon"
- 25:09 Shadowrun
- 25:31 Runner Rule "Never Deal with a Dragon"
- 26:00 Werewolf, Old World of Darkness
- 27:20 Demons
- 28:18 How Mindflayers make friends
- 30:20 Damn neutral characters
- 32:53 Classy Dragon: "Oh do come in Gentle Partymembers, may I offer you some refreshments while your buffs wear off?"
And our final conclusion this week is guess what??????? Hyper Intelligent Hippo in a Cape, nope, I didn't see that coming either.