Episode 4: The Mystery of the Bewdy Hill Beauties Part 1


 * This week kicks off the first half of a brand new Dungeons and Dragons adventure set in Fantasy Australia! New manager Wenzo takes our bonza heroes McKenzie, Plank and Gadai to the troubled town of Bewdy Hill where a brand new mystery is brewing! Are they up to the task? There's only one way to find out!

Synopsis
In the pie wagon, Gadai, McKenzie and Plank  been travelling for three weeks following the Pie Mine Mystery, while Wenzo remains vague about what he is doing. Wenzo introduces the group to the Chatterpillars which he has bought for them.

Wenzo also has a message from Ken Oath, mayor of Bewdy Hill, asking for help with a mystery. On arriving in Bewdy Hill, the group finds it almost deserted, with the only remaining residents very ugly. They go to the town hall to speak to Ken Oath, who keeps his office dark. Ken explains that all of the attractive people in town, including his wife Frikken Oath, have disappeared after entering Clint Flicker's Travelling Beauty Contest.

The group agree to investigate, and as they leave the town a small girl gives McKenzie a flower and tells her she is beautiful. McKenzie accepts the flower.

In order to investigate, the group travels to the nearby town of Mingin which marks the next stop in line for the Beauty Contest. They plan to enter McKenzie into the contest, as she is the only one they consider attractive enough, while the others keep in touch from outside. Overnight, McKenzie experiences erotic dreams featuring a duplicate of herself, leaving the wagon noticeably musky.

At Mingin, a tent has been newly erected to hold the beauty contest and locals are preparing to enter. A dwarf and half-orc are arguing about whose wife is more attractive and ask Plank to adjudicate; Plank sides with the half orc and gets into a fight with the dwarf, but then makes peace and goes into the pub with the half-orc for a beer. McKenzie bathes, while Plank and Gadai attempt to entertain the crowd but unfortunately do poorly. When clean, McKenzie enters the competition tent; the guards also call Wenzo in. Gadai circles around the tent and finds that it has a protective magical barrier and is not quite of this reality, and she relays this to McKenzie.

The beauty contest begins to progress normally, but as time goes on Clint Flicker becomes increasingly erratic and manic. At one point, he mouths "help me" to McKenzie. McKenzie is ordered into a g-string as part of the competition, and goes to change. As she does so, a huge pink sexually-charged portal opens up and begins to suck in everyone in the area.

McKenzie anchors herself down using the Immovable Rod, while Gadai notices that the tent's magic is collapsing and calls Plank over. Wenzo is drawn into the portal, and Plank follows him. Gadai peers into the portal, but McKenzie fails to resist the draw of the portal and both of them are also drawn in. They are pulled through the swirling, tumultuous space in different directions. Plank and Gadai wake up in the same area but separate from the others, in a red-lit area with an iron gate. They are greeted by a skeleton called Boner Bill who explains that they are in a place called The Clungeon.

Characters

 * Gadai
 * McKenzie
 * Plank
 * Wenzo
 * Little Beefy (mentioned)
 * Stevie
 * Stevie's Mother
 * Ken Oath
 * Frikken Oath
 * Half-Orc Arguing With Dwarf/Steveblood Smithfang (prior to naming)
 * Clint Flicker
 * Jennelle
 * Jacko
 * Boner Bill

Locations

 * Bewdy Hill
 * Buggaroo (mentioned)
 * Dunbummin (mentioned)
 * Mingin
 * The Clungeon

Peoples

 * Dwarves
 * Half-Orcs
 * Halflings
 * High Elves
 * Humans
 * Tieflings

Creatures

 * Chatterpillars
 * Piebugs

Definitions

 * Chatterpillars
 * Clint Flicker's Travelling Beauty Contest
 * Immovable Rod

Quotes
Toilet door stain: "Who's the problem?" Plank: "I don't wanna say me... but I may have tried to kill our manager..." Wenzo: "Oh, I just came down because fucking hiccups here... I thought a fucking bunyip was getting reamed." McKenzie: "...what does a bunyip getting reamed sound like?" McKenzie: "Yeah, he's not in my league." Plank: "I mean, like... a couple of beers, could be in anyone's league." Unnamed Dwarf: "Oh, thanks mate. That means the world to me, and I'm sure it means the world to her."
 * Plank: "Look, I've gotta be honest, tensions have been pretty high."
 * McKenzie: "What is Wenzo doing here?"
 * Ken Oath: "All right, I'm starting to regret this whole venture, and I mean that both metaphorically and in a meta sense..."
 * Wenzo: "Oh, look, mate, I mean... come on, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, alright? I mean, I do okay. It's not about me, it's about you guys! Going on there, solving a mystery! I'm just more a paperwork man."
 * Plank: "The orc might be hotter, but I'd still go with your wife."
 * Luke: I mean, at the moment you're dealing with a tent. And I could try to personify the tent and have it be like, "I dunno, Gadai!"

Australian Culture References

 * "Dunny" (noun) is specifically Australian slang for a toilet, along with more common slang terms "shithouse" and "crapper"
 * "Glen 20", with which Plank threatens the stain on the toilet door, is an Australian brand of disinfectant and cleaner.
 * Ken Oath's name is a reference to Australian slang "ken oath" which is short for "fucking oath".
 * A bunyip is a large monster of Aboriginal Australian lore, where it is known by various names. It is said to lurk near anywhere that has water, but its form varies depending on the exact tradition.
 * "To ream" (verb) is Australian slang for to have sex with.
 * "Bogan" (noun) is Australian slang for a person of low social status, generally uncouth and unsophisticated.
 * "Bushpig" (noun) is Australian slang for an ugly woman.
 * "Grouse" (adj) is Australian slang for excellent or awesome.
 * "Gruff" (noun) is unusual Australian slang which appears to mean pubic hair
 * One of the guards describes Wenzo as a "stoinker"- this is again uncommon Australian slang, which from context is referring to Wenzo as being attractive. However, this could be an example of exaggerated or ironic slang use where a word is used to mean its opposite; in British English "stoinker" is an ugly individual.
 * Budgie smugglers (noun) is Australian slang for small and tight male swimwear which makes the genitals quite clearly visible.
 * A G-banger (noun) is Australian slang for what is known as a g-string or thong in US English or British English.

Trivia & Gaffes

 * This episode has the first additional opening question for each player beyond name, character name, race and class. This week's challenge is to make up a catchphrase on the spot.
 * McKenzie's catchphrase is "Fuck it like it's Christmas!"
 * Plank's catchphrase is "Ehh, maybe I'll do it later."
 * Gadai's catchphrase is "Say g'day to Gadai!"
 * This episode continues the use of the confessional from episode three.
 * The characters have now reached level three.
 * Zach had an outburst of hiccups so badly that the recording had to be briefly paused.
 * There is significant negotiation before it is settled on that the flower the little girl gives McKenzie is a desert pea.
 * Prestidigitation absolutely would have enabled Plank to clean McKenzie and her clothing.
 * On the other hand, Hellish Rebuke is a not a cantrip as Zach states. At third level, Tieflings are able to cast the Hellish Rebuke spell once (at second level) per long rest, while third level Fighters (Eldritch Knight) have two first level spell slots per long rest. Zach casts Hellish Rebuke on the dwarf at the pub at a first level, indicating he used one of his Eldritch Knight spell slots.
 * The dwarf and half-orc may be the individuals called Derek and Eunice that Luke refers to as leaving the pub after the disappearance of the tent.