Acquisitions Inc. Ark of the Mad Mage D&D Podcast Season 8 - Episode 4

This is a prelude to the 2013 PAX live D&D show which introduces a new intern. So in the greater scheme of things, this series takes place after the 2012 Live PAX show. But the Wizards of the Coast are calling it season 6.....
Chris Perkins as the Dungeon Master
Jerry Holkins as Omin Dran
Mike Krahulik as Jim Darkmagic
Scott Kurtz as Binwin Bronzebottom
Pat Rothfuss as Viari
Season 8 Playlist
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[@nintendude1861]

I lost it at the bird eating the tiny man, i was rofling hard.

[@toddg7876]

"Can I suggest that we not talk about this 'now'..." LOL. This is hilarious. Love Jim, love AI!

[@Boonieratpaintball]

Almost died when the bird ate the mini mage.

[@Citadel1221]

"From one point of view, it looks like I fed a tiny man to my bird." O god, I laughed til I cried! XD

[@Clay-tality]

This episode never fails to make me laugh.

[@teresaharris9134]

one of our DDO guild battle cries is "NO FEAR! RUB THE FROG!"

[@anthonyborg1990]

It is unfortunate that they skipped some thing if you listen to the last episode 3 jerry is talking and then it starts off with Jim and the ray of frosts. :-(. I have been noticing that through most of the seasons.

[@hank7281]

Just edit videos while listening to them like I do. You won't even notice. It's great.

[@keggin2834]

Season 8 and PAX West 2013 were peak Acq Inq. This episode was pure gold.

[@zabbkorn]

Jim: "We can all agree everybody messed up."Literally fucked up twice in a row.

[@ethanpayton1840]

I'll remember this in future episodes... they fed a tiny man to a bird and just walked away.

[@Deltoren1]

homicidal maniacs

[@tazzeightsixfour9721]

Deltoren1 Now is not the time to place blame or pidgeon-hole party-members....

[@MaulMachine]

Ethan Payton It's great, they're classic Murderhobos. This is Dungeons and Dragons!

[@Wanderingsage7]

Not exactly a new thing. Binwin and Viari are at least decent people.

[@oooSKYLIGHTooo]

Love the bit where Jim says. "...we can all agree that everyone messed up in that room..." pmsl >_

[@obeastness]

it would have been kind of weird if jim said he wanted the good news first " the good news is it freezes to death, the bad news is it's resistant to cold"

[@TheFireyMonk]

I was in a game where we had a really weird, but fun, campaign and it wasn't until i started watching this that i realized he took the idea from these videos. The frog thing gave it away

[@TheShiftZero]

Somebody needs to draw the shit out of this podcast )

[@MittyPoots]

Between the puzzle and the crow, this is EXACTLY like that part from the Cat Lady

[@richarddunn7017]

2019! And still funny.

[@joelanderson2041]

"Ode to Nemizark" LMAO

[@hosh8307]

Isn't it "Namyzarc"? I always assumed it was just "Crazyman" backwards.

[@Empolo18]

The frog room had me laughing so hard. Hope they spend a lot more time in there.

[@flagrantyeti]

chaotic evil move to let the bird eat the prisoner....

[@flagrantyeti]

+Josh Harness metagaming from the swashbuckler tsk tsk tsk....

[@Bartoc1988]

You mean neutral

[@rogerjohnson4251]

What expansion are they playing here? It has advantage disadvantage system and dex/str for finesse and it sounds eerily like 5e, but i am aware that its a 2013 episode. Sooooo im confused.

[@VitalBlursDnD]

This was part of the playtest for 5th Edition. They were calling it D&D Next at the time.

[@rogerjohnson4251]

Vital Blurs DnD I'm not going to lie I am a 24 year old security guard and I may have fangirled a bit when I saw who posted the response. My girlfriend is super proud haha.

[@paynterdavid7690]

i love the reference to Roman Holiday!

[@nathancheng6995]

I love the reference to Roman Holiday and Cary Grant

[@mandyfinkiewicz]

Roman Holiday was not Cary Grant. Gregory Peck

[@nathancheng6995]

@@mandyfinkiewicz yes, yes it was. And I appreciate that you've corrected me three years later unlike everyone else here apparently.

[@joeburton9038]

I would LOVE DM commentary on some of these episodes

[@FrostDragon85]

this is awesome, thanks for uploading this mate

[@grahamsxwing]

In actual tears of laughter.

[@vincentleclercable]

love these!!!

[@JoachimBrandrud]

Just the same way the Live Show ended..except with fire. Thus the circle is completed.

[@Ryan_Winter]

Only the second statue can be honest anyway, since they can't both be honest after one said:" One of us two is lying." It can't be a lie, since there are only two statues and the statement could only be wrong if the statue that made the statement lied by doing so and then still one of them would be a liar and therefore the statement would still be true. Hence you could just ask the second statue your questions. Even if the "One of the two statues lies" statement came from an outside source, It wouldn't matter if the one who said:" We will answer three questions", was lying or not. You would just have to ask the other one what the former one's answer to your question would be. If the former actually does lie, the statue you asked what that answer would entail would truthfully tell you the other one's wrong answer, and if the first statue isn't lying you would receive a false answer from the one you posed the question to. Either way the opposite of what the statue says would be true. Of course, this would only work with a "closed" question, with only two possible answers.

[@fuzzincedinnadon]

I don't think your analysis is correct there. The one who claims "One of us two is lying" can easily lie. It means the statement cannot be true, so the other one must be lying as well. So if statue two speaks the truth, statue one lies. If statue two lies, statue one also lies. Which means that statue one certainly lies, while we know nothing about statue two. As a consequence, you should ask any binary question you have to statue one, knowing their answer is not correct.

[@silvernight95]

Min 27:38 seriously they've never seen one of those noise maker things. I mean meta-game! but here maybe its allowable.

[@mullac221]

Legned of Grimrock stills...

[@Mass019]

Anyone know what Scott is singing on the start of this podcast?

[@maddogkicks1184]

the bard could have brought the mini mage back to life

[@uswjnm105]

Damnit. Spit my coffee all over myself when the bird had his tasty treat. :(

[@TheKiltedKraut]

At the 6:35 mark...can someone tell me what Jerry is saying? I must be hearing him wrong because what I think he's saying is WAY off. LOL

[@lordexeres5756]

TheKiltedKraut It sounds like "His little beak just starts to snap around in there"

[@TheKiltedKraut]

Lord Exeres LOL...thanks! I was worried for a moment there!

[@streetguru9350]

Shoulda just rolled insight on the statues.

[@scholarlydragon6074]

+Street Guru Haha, yep, roll insight on motionless statues with no faces

[@Touchpadse]

those statues was a sort of wierd puzzle cause left statue could not tell the truth because: if left statue tells the truth then the right statue will not be able to say what it did cause: right statue said that one statue lied and one statue didn't if left statue tells the truth the right statue lie if it always told the truth and tell the truth if it always lied

[@Paopin]

Can't hear what people are saying over the crunching and chewing !!!!

[@jiub1991]

so i would have put the mini mage in the other mage