Media References and Puns of Episode 73: The Coming Storm

Happy Halloween!

Media References

• (0:06:46) Taliesin: Is this like Nicholas Cage?
• (0:18:45) Liam: You look like Doc Brown exploded; I don’t know what to do! (Back to the Future)
• (0:18:52) Matt: Morty! (Rick and Morty) or Matt: Marty! (Back to the Future) It’s a little hard to hear, but the BttF reference would make more sense. Thanks, @ianiantt!
• (0:33:21) Travis: Be prepared! (“Be Prepared” from The Lion King)
• (1:04:59) Matt: Like a Cylon high beam. (Battlestar Galactica)
• (1:15:29) Travis: Let’s go Krogering! (Kroger grocery store ad)
• (1:46:20) Liam: Check out the brain on Brad. (Pulp Fiction) NSFW
• (2:08:50) Matt: You have a very Merlin from Excalibur thing going on.  Taliesin: A dream to some, a nightmare to others!
• (2:54:12) Laura and Liam do Mickey Mouse voices
• (2:55:36) Matt: …the pixie is…  Taliesin: Tinkerbell. (Peter Pan)
• (2:58:43) Liam: So you’re saying there’s a chance. (Dumb and Dumber)
• (3:00:10) Taliesin: The cereal shiller has a point.  Liam: That idea’s not grrrrrrrrrrreat! (Tony the Tiger)
• (3:17:23) Liam: *sings* It’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club band! (“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” by The Beatles) 

Puns

• (0:17:15) (in reference to Laura insinuating that Vex and Percy did more than kiss) Matt: Jumped the gun!
• (0:36:00) Sam: But not, like, fake bake, we want a real tanner.
• (1:05:55) Liam/Vax: You look really…tense. You look out of character.  Hotis!Sam: *Growls* 

Monster Analysis: Elephant

Thanks to @madqueenmomofor the sketch!

• First Appearance: 72 The Elephant in the Room
• Armor Class 12
• Speed 40 ft
• Suggested average, max HP: 76, 120
• • 76 total HP
  • 88 taken
  • 20 finishing blow by Grog

Elephants are large gray mammals with big ears, long noses called trunks, and sharp tusks that…

Okay, so you know what elephants are. D&D elephants have a gore and stomp attack (+8 to hit), and can stomp on prone creatures as a bonus action, especially if they’ve been knocked down by the trampling charge (20 ft distance for attack, DC 12 Strength saving throw).

The “encounter” lasted for two rounds with Grog knocking Scanlan out of the way for the first attack, Elephant!Keyleth retaliating, Scanlan blasting Elephant!Keyleth and Percy with a fireball, and Grog “saving” Keyleth from the beast. The real challenge came in the form of the door Keyleth had difficulty besting before the encounter even began.

Level Ups

anonymous asked: Which episodes or video revealed that the group leveled up.

At the beginning of Episode 9, Matt reveals that all party members leveled to 10. From that point on, the party didn’t have the same number of experience points, meaning they didn’t level up together. This, naturally, makes it difficult to gauge when everyone levels.

Tiberius, Vex, Vax, and Keyleth seem to have reached level 11 by episode 16. Percy, Scanlan, and Grog catch up to them over the next few episodes. Grog reaches level 12 shortly after his second bout with Kern (+2 to Con).

For the most part, the character cards shown on the stream are a good indicator, provided they are updated. Recently, however, Orion tweeted before episode 27 that he had leveled up (+2 to Wis). The card that was shown on the stream was still the same as before. It is unknown if anyone else has leveled, as well, since they haven’t really announced leveling in the most recent episodes. None of the cards have been updated in the past few episodes, either. (You can be sure they’ll be updated here when they are!)

Update: ashesofvalkan points out that Travis spent his Ability Improvement Score on the Great Weapon Master feat when he leveled. She also points out the Vex probably leveled before episode 26, given that Vex began cast Cure Wounds as often as possible. Thanks!