Episode 51: Something Wicked This Way Comes

Welcome to Wonderful World of Darklords! Spooky season is upon us, and our episode is rolling into Central Daylight Time at 3 AM in October just like an evil circus train. (That includes any listeners we might have who live in Illinois; Ray Bradbury would approve.) Something Wicked This Way Comes is one of the Kolars' favorite books and a worthy addition to Disney's Halloween canon, but it has very specific vibes that don't necessarily mesh with a band of heavily armed transients. How can Mr. Dark play a game of cat and mouse with people who know that magic exists and can also cast fireball? Topics discussed include:

• Giving three of our four darklord qualities to Mr. Dark, who only has one of them as written but has it in SPADES;
• Getting the PCs to play along with the carnival's games instead of going in with guns blazing;
• Making the carousel a valid temptation in D&D terms, since there are very few PCs who want to be older or younger;
• How Carnival, especially old Carnival, ripped off this book and movie lock, stock, and barrel;
• And more!

The full write-up for Cooger and Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show is available for free on DM's Guild: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/587940/dark-s-carnival-a-ravenloft-domain-of-dread?affiliate_id=241770

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Introduction

7:33 The Lord

44:52 The Land

1:02:20 Dread Possibilities

1:34:50 Parting thoughts

1:57:15 D’s Parting Thoughts

Content Advisory for D's Journal (details on content advisories can be found on Facebook, Tumblr, and Patreon)

Depression (major), suicidal ideation (major), body horror (transformation; major), alcohol abuse (minor)

All music recordings are licensed through https://musopen.org:

Chopin Nocturne in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No.1 (main theme), performed by Eduardo Vinuela (public domain mark 1.0)

Chopin Etude Op. 25, No. 12 in C Minor: “Ocean” (darklord theme), performed by Edward Neeman (public domain mark 1.0)

Chopin Nocturne in F Minor, Op. 55 No. 1 (land theme), performed by Luke Faulkner (public domain mark 1.0)

Rachmaninoff Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3 - 2. Prélude in C sharp minor (Dread Possibilities), performed by Sergei Rachmaninoff (public domain mark 1.0)

Chopin Nocturne in E Minor, Op. 72 No. 1 (parting thoughts), performed by Luke Faulkner (public domain mark 1.0)

Draeseke Agnus Dei and Requiem Aeternam (Maul's theme), unknown performers (Creative Commons attribution 3.0)

Dialog for Yensid was written by Azalin Rex himself: http://www.tumblr.com/darklordazalin

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