Barovia IV #31 The Triumphant Return of General Mandarin
D&D is For Nerds
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🗓️ 7 March 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
The thing about wood from a tree-blight is that it's not regular wood, owing to the fact that it didn't come from a regular tree. It came from an evil tree, therefore, evil wood. And if you build a house out of evil wood, guess what, you've got an evil house, probably full of evil furniture. On top of this there's always the risk, or at least Emmanuel seems to think so, that the tree-blight will try and reform and become a great big tree again, and if that happens, you're out of a house, and also probably dead.
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| 0:00.0 | Oi, lads, did you miss out on the Jaron's Outpost Kickstarter and wish you weren't such a big doofus? |
| 0:05.6 | Well, fear not. |
| 0:06.8 | Late pledges are now open and they'll be open for a little while, so just head to Kickstarter |
| 0:11.4 | search for D&D for Nerds or Jaron's Outpost and slam that late pledge button. |
| 0:18.7 | Though you see no water for miles around you, you are, like me. |
| 0:23.2 | Nonetheless, maroon. |
| 0:24.5 | We are castaways in this terrible bad dream, somebody decided to name Barovia. |
| 0:28.8 | To switch up the metaphor, we are imprisoned. |
| 0:30.6 | And the fog is the bars of our cell and our jailer is Baron von Straude. |
| 0:36.9 | As far as I can tell, there's no way to escape other than possibly by dying. |
| 0:42.1 | Maybe by being eaten by a wolf, let's say. |
| 0:45.6 | A compromise that makes both people mad means both people will be mad. |
| 0:52.7 | With Elaniel, I have a great debt, possibly the greatest debt. |
| 0:57.0 | Tarpos has an army. |
| 0:58.6 | That is a question of morality versus practicality. |
| 1:03.9 | And Pip, you're not much of either. |
| 1:08.8 | Yeah, exactly. |
| 1:10.4 | Before you step back outside, Keening steps inside. |
| 1:14.5 | There's someone who wants to meet with you. |
| 1:17.8 | Who? |
| 1:19.2 | I don't know. |
| 1:20.1 | Didn't give a name. |
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