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Pull up a chair, adventurers — and secure all loose wildlife — because this episode immediately goes off the rails.

Rudy welcomes Lilith (she/her), aka Demonesstoimpress — cosplayer, content creator, chaotic D&D gremlin, and actual-play cleric from Dragon’s Rest Tavern — into the Chat 1 & Done tavern, and what follows is a masterclass in joyful derailment.

From pocket-stuffing clerics and adopted kobolds to cosplay corsets, spite-built homebrew worlds, and the invention of the Honey Badger Skip-It™, this episode proves once and for all that rules are optional, vibes are mandatory, and pettiness is a valid DM motivation.

In This Episode You’ll Hear:

Actual-Play Chaos Meet Chrysanthemum (“Chris”), an earth genasi cleric with anxiety, durability, and infinite pockets adventuring through Sunless Citadel — adopting kobolds, weaponizing frogs, and processing grief like a champ.

Dragon Inspectors, Magic Fruit & Coming-of-Age Trauma Act One ends with healing, growth, and pretending to be inspectors. As one does.

Cosplay Adventures From Athena (Greek myth) to Persona 5 Royal and Dimension 20 — including hand-made corsets, blood/sweat/tears, and aggressive swearing.

Pocket Meta Why always having something in your pockets is peak cleric strategy.

Druid Supremacy Shapeshifting, honey badgers, birds, vibes — and why wanting to be a badger is not a flaw.

The Honey Badger Skip-It™ A theoretical weapon so powerful it threatens encounter balance, ankles, and the Geneva Convention.

Spite-Fueled DM Origin Story Didn’t want to DM. Did it anyway. Read the DMG cover-to-cover. Built a homebrew world. Drafted players. Villain arc unlocked.

Julius Cheese-ar A tiny Roman-armored mouse NPC. Loved. Given away. False-Hydra’d. Emotional damage inflicted on the table (and several PetSmarts).

DM Walk-Out Song The Jellyfish Jam from SpongeBob. Crowned instantly.

Magic Item or Malarkey Gloom Glass Monocle. Professor Orb. Inkwell of Ghostwriting. Everyone guesses wrong. Chaos reigns.

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Pull up a chair, adventurers — tonight the tavern welcomes a true Forever DM with ink-stained notes, battle scars from whiteboard maps, and a whole book of legends forged at the table.

Rudy sits down with Morgan from Heroes of Evermore, storyteller, Dungeon Master, author, and champion of turning live-play chaos into fully realized fantasy novels. What starts as a conversation about D&D roots quickly spirals into puzzles no one solved, doors that should’ve just been turned, and dragons that absolutely should not have been jumped onto mid-flight.

In This Episode You’ll Hear:

Heroes of Evermore, From Table to Book Morgan breaks down how a two-year live-play campaign became a novel with perfect reviews, epic narration, and an upcoming audiobook — all without losing the soul of the original game.

The Forever DM Life Why Morgan DMs, how it started, and what happens when you’re the one holding the world together while players try to punch gods.

Puzzles vs Players The infamous “fifth-grade puzzle” incident — solved only after an hour… by flipping it over.

Doors Are the Real Final Boss Locked doors. Unlocked doors. Doors turned into shields. Heroes of Evermore proves that no door is safe.

Medieval Spider-Man Energy Artificers, gunslingers, arachnoid stalker rogues, +19 sleight of hand, wall-crawling, red eyes under cloaks — nightmare fuel in the best way.

Nat 20 Glory A shy Dragonborn cleric jumps onto a dragon mid-battle, wrestles it in the air, and crashes it into a siege engine — killing ogres and cementing legend status.

Nat 1 Trauma A monk decides to fistfight a Kraken. A rope is involved. The Kraken wins… briefly.

Redemption Through Gunpowder Explosions, teamwork, barrels in mouths, and cinematic regurgitation save the party in true D&D fashion.

The DM Walk-Out Song Morgan reveals the song he’d choose if he ever walked onstage to DM the biggest table of his life — and it hits.

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Welcome back to the tavern, Lords and Ladies — Season 3 has officially begun, and things immediately go very, very wrong.

While CJ and Rudy were busy enjoying freedom, sunlight, and functional chairs, Dante was left behind — abandoned, incarcerated, spiritually entrapped, and forced to survive the city dungeon with nothing but grit, trauma, and a new best friend named Slippery Rick.

So naturally… the show opens under new management.

For a brief, terrifying moment, Dante seizes control of Chat 1 & Done, introduces his prison-forged co-host, and lays out some very clear ground rules involving arcane portals, milk crates, and what happens if CJ and Rudy interrupt.

Spoiler: They interrupt.

In This Episode You’ll Hear:

Dante’s Prison Arc Wrongful incarceration, unpaid bail, and the emotional toll of being forgotten by your employers.

Slippery Rick’s Debut Career criminal. Toe-eater. Problem solver. An absolute menace and Dante’s new ride-or-die.

CJ & Rudy Return… Poorly Claims of posted bail, mysterious missing gold, and the shocking realization that Dante has been teleporting this whole time while everyone else paid bus fare.

The Chair Incident Milk crates are introduced. Chairs are questioned. At least one chair must be burned.

Arcane Portals & Threats Dante reveals a new magical ability and makes it very clear: cooperation is not optional.

The Prison Story Begins A candlelit grove. Immaculate vibes. Consent felt implied. Foreshadowing was ignored. The transformation starts.

And that’s where the episode leaves you — mid-story, mid-trauma, and fully aware that Season 3 is going to be unhinged.