Welcome to the third episode of 'Warriors of Good Chaos: The Return of Strahd'! Last we left off, the Warriors of Good Chaos and their two new companions, Crail and Cedric, have made their way into the heart of Durst Manor. After refusing to make a living sacrifice to a group of ghostly cultists, the group is faced with their deadliest challenge yet - a Shambling Mound. This episode features a cover of Adele's 'Hello' performed and translated by Polish recording artist Marta Carillon. Special thanks to her for allowing us to use this fantastic cover!!!!

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ABOUT THE ENEMY:

A shambling mound, sometimes called a shambler, trudges ponderously through bleak swamps, dismal marshes, and rain forests, consuming any organic matter in its path. This rotting heap of animated vegetation looms up half again as tall as a human, tapering into a faceless “head” at its top.
All-Consuming Devourers. A shambling mound feeds on any organic material, tirelessly consuming plants as it moves and devouring animals that can’t escape it. Only the shambling mounds’ rarity and plodding speed prevent them from overwhelming entire ecosystems. Even so, their presence leeches natural environments of plant and animal life, and an unsettling quiet pervades the swamps and woods haunted by these ever-hungry horrors.
Unseen Hunters. Composed of decaying leaves, vines, roots, and other natural swamp and forest compost, shamblers can blend into their environs. Because they move slowly, they rarely attempt to pursue and catch creatures. Rather, they remain in place, sustaining themselves by absorbing nutrients from their surroundings as they wait for prey to come to them. When a creature passes near or alights upon a shambling mound, the monster comes to life, seizing and absorbing the unwary prey.
The Weed that Walks. The instinct that drives a shambling mound is its central root-stem, buried somewhere inside its ponderous form. The rest of a shambler consists of the rotting heap that it simultaneously accumulates and feeds on, which protects the root-stem and animates to smash and smother the life from any creature.
A Resurgent Menace. If a shambling mound faces defeat before an overwhelming foe, the root-stem can feign death, collapsing the remains of its mound. If not subsequently killed, the root-stem beds down in the shambler’s remains to slowly regrow its full body, then once again sets out to consume all it can. In this way, shambling mound infestations long thought destroyed can recur time and again.

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The Warriors of Good Chaos are a motley team of adventurers from across the forgotten realms, who have joined forces in friendship against evil. Join our quirky, wholesome,  mischief-loving adventurers as they take on the demiplane of Barovia, finding humor amid fear, light in times of darkness, and proving time and again the power of friendship over adversity.

This is a Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition gameplay podcast that follows the Curse of Strahd storyline. For more, please follow us on social media at www.facebook.com/warriorsofgoodchaos or on Instagram @warriorsofgoodchaos.

Recommended listener age is 14 and up. Content warnings for this episode include: violence, horror, death, mentions of skeletal remains, and swearing.

Stories from the Misty Tavern is not an official Wizards of the Coast podcast. Warriors of Good Chaos do not own any of the Curse of Strahd copyrighted materials including NPC’s, maps, and concepts. Sound engineering performed by Nicole Provost.

Special thanks to YWolf for allowing us to use their cover of 'Saffron's Curse' by 'Cradle of Filth' for our intro song. For more by Ywolf you can check them out on Bandcamp at: https://ywolfofficial.bandcamp.com.

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Welcome to the second episode of 'Warriors of Good Chaos: The Return of Strahd'! Our adventure continues inside a derelict mansion on the outskirts of Barovia called 'Durst Manor'. Finn, Gnus, and Tard - the three remaining original members of the Warriors of Good Chaos - have been joined by Crail and Cedric, and are all on the way to Barovia looking for lost friends and family (except for Cedric, who's just kinda there) xD. The team was lured into the mansion, and after a bit of exploration, they discovered that it holds an evil that they are not prepared to face - physically or mentally. As the house holds them captive, it begins to play tricks with their minds, instilling mistrust and enmity among the friends. The team has just discovered the skeletal remains of the two children that they had thought lured them into the mansion in the first place, and laid them to rest in coffins that had been prepared for them in the basement. The discovery of the skeletal remains hit the team hard, and instilled both a renewed sense of purpose and desire to fight, and also a renewed sense of fear, anxiety, doubt, and darkness. Today's story begins after the Warriors of Good Chaos faced a mimic disguised as a door, and several ghouls, and are just finishing up a short rest.

The Warriors of Good Chaos are a motley team of adventurers from across the forgotten realms, who have joined forces in friendship against evil. Join our quirky, wholesome,  mischief-loving adventurers as they take on the demiplane of Barovia, finding humor amid fear, light in times of darkness, and proving time and again the power of friendship over adversity.

This is a Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition gameplay podcast that follows the Curse of Strahd storyline. For more, please follow us on social media at www.facebook.com/warriorsofgoodchaos or on Instagram @warriorsofgoodchaos.

Recommended listener age is 14 and up. Content warnings for this episode include: violence, horror, death, mentions of skeletal remains, and swearing.

Stories from the Misty Tavern is not an official Wizards of the Coast podcast. Warriors of Good Chaos do not own any of the Curse of Strahd copyrighted materials including NPC’s, maps, and concepts. Concept art by Rick Addlesee. Video editing done by Rick Addlesee. Sound engineering performed by Nicole Provost.

Special thanks to YWolf for allowing us to use their cover of 'Saffron's Curse' by 'Cradle of Filth' for our intro song. For more by Ywolf you can check them out on Bandcamp at: https://ywolfofficial.bandcamp.com.

Thank you!

Welcome to episode one of Stories from the Misty Tavern: Warriors of Good Chaos! You will meet a group of mysterious patrons trapped in a tavern surrounded by enchanted mist. With nothing to do, the group decides to tell a story to keep a new arrival calm and occupied and to pass the time. 

The story starts in a rugged tavern on the outskirts of Barovia. Our heroes include 'Finn', 'Gnus', and 'Tard' - the three remaining members of a group of adventurers called the Warriors of Good Chaos, and two strangers - a human named 'Crail' and a halfling named 'Cedric'. The Warriors of Good Chaos members, having been out of adventuring for six years after getting flung into the past and separated from their friends, are quite down on their luck and are falling apart with their missing friends. As a last resort, they decided to go to Barovia to try and find some clues as to what happened to their friends and how to get home. Our story begins as Crail and Cedric overhear the Warriors of Good Chaos making plans to travel to Barovia. 

‘Stories From the Misty Tavern’ features the tales of a motley team of adventurers from across the forgotten realms, who have joined forces in friendship as the ‘Warriors of Good Chaos’. Join our quirky, wholesome,  mischief-loving adventurers as they take on the demiplane of Barovia, finding humor amid fear, light in times of darkness, and proving time and again the power of friendship over adversity.

This is a Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition gameplay podcast that follows the Curse of Strahd storyline. For more, please follow us on social media at www.facebook.com/warriorsofgoodchaos or on Instagram @warriorsofgoodchaos.

Recommended listener age is 14 and up. Content warnings include: the consumption of alcohol, violence, horror, and swearing.

Stories from the Misty Tavern is not an official Wizards of the Coast podcast. Warriors of Good Chaos do not own any of the Curse of Strahd copyrighted materials including NPC’s, maps, and concepts. Concept art by Rick Addlesee. Sound engineering performed by Nicole Provost.

Special thanks to YWolf for allowing us to use their cover of 'Saffron's Curse' by 'Cradle of Filth' for our intro song. For more by Ywolf you can check them out on Bandcamp at: https://ywolfofficial.bandcamp.com.

Thank you!