Episode 24: The Pirate’s Tale

With the help of the All-Knowing, Miria delves into the terrors of Haalu’s mind to learn more about the cruel and enigmatic Master.

This episode includes an encounter with a monster that in Swords and Wizardry is referred to as a Carrion Worm. Other pseudonyms have included the Carcass Crawler, Corpse Worm, and Tentacled Horror, but they all refer to one classic and horrifying Dungeons & Dragons monster: The Carrion Crawler.

The Carrion crawler gets multiple attacks around, each doing only 1hp, but each requiring a save or the unfortunate character becomes paralyzed. On a bad round, the Carrion Crawler can paralyze an entire party, and finish them off at is leisure. They are one of the most feared terrors of D&D for good reason!

The Music in this Episode includes:

• “COMBAT COOKIE TIN” by Jon Cohen, used with permission

• “King Edward (freemusicarchive.org/music/mr-smith/a-new-roar…)” by Mr. Smith (CC-BY) couresy of the Free Music Archive

• “Bury it Deep (pixabay.com/music/blues-bury-it-deep-instrumen…)” by Alana Jordan courtesy of Pixabay

• “Ominous Tones (pixabay.com/music/build-up-scenes-ominous-tone…)” by UniversField

• “Dark Intentions (pixabay.com/music/ambient-dark-intentions-288498)” by UniversField

• “Dark Magic Music (pixabay.com/music/main-title-dark-magic-music-…)” by Onetent courtesy of Pixabay

• “Serpentine (freemusicarchive.org/music/Soularflair/cc-by-f…)” by SoularFlare