Last night, the day 2 stream ended with the announcement of a second book! We start off day 3 with a discussion of this product.
Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Things that are discussed:
- It comes out on November 11th.
- It is a continuation of Dragon Heist. It goes from levels 6-20. It is a deep dive into Undermountain, which sits under Waterdeep.
- Every floor is a different setting.
- Halaster Blackcloak is a crazy wizard that has put some really weird things in the dungeon.
- Every level of the dungeon has a map. Every level of the dungeon is a character in and of itself. Halaster will be watching the entire time. Statues and portraits of Halaster interact with the group. Is he imprisoned in Undermountain? What is he up to?
- There are portals in each level of the dungeon that pulls creatures from other realms and planes. These creatures try to claim part of the dungeons as their own.
- Weird experiments by Halaster and his apprentices are scattered about.
- They left space for the DM to add rooms and areas.
- Chris says that there is a lot of fun stuff at the lower levels that are "worth the wait."
Mark Hulmes is the DM.
(Matthew Lillard) Bobo Silvertongue Human Bard
(Taliesin Jaffe) Archie Tiefling
(Sam Riegel) Obby the Rat Dwarf
(Ashley Johnson) Rabbit Yuan-ti Monk
(Clint McElroy) Merle Highchurch Dwarf Cleric
Archie Vanderflute opens a book, which summons a hooded figure. A secret auction will be taking place and the Magpie's Court. One item up for auction is Dagult Neverember's journals. The group must find the court and obtain the ledgers by any means possible.
We jump right into it with the group chasing a half-orc in a tuxedo. Obby shoots at him and rolls a natural 20. Bobo tries to chase him down but crashes into some barrels. Merle drops and insect swarm and Rabbit sicks her snakes on him. The guy gives up.
Archie sweet talks the guy and asks where Magpie's Court is. It is in a dwarven bank called K'zaar Knox. The banks has only one entrance. The items are stored in the vault, which is a chamber with an 80-foot cylinder drop. If you touch the walls or floor, a magic alarm goes off.
He gives the group his invitation so they an get in. Now he wants to flee the city.
We skip ahead to the heist. Mark gives each player a flashback token. They can use it to declare something they did earlier in the day.
The group wears ridiculous elegant clothes and enters the vault, using the invitation to get in. The guy at the front is a snooty noble named Wiegalious. The group calls him "Wiggle".