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The end of the fight against the forces of the apocalypse is here. And it is a moment that is full of ominous warnings, troubling news, and dire events! Who will still be standing to face the challenges to come? And where will our adventurers go from here? While this story has ended, the world is still in need of heroes, and the story of our adventurers will continue in Season 3.   But first! Join us in the coming months for a number of interlude episodes, most of which are part of a side story brought to you by Mike who is DM'ing for the first time! We can't wait to share that with you all!   Are you enjoying the show? Please help us grow and tell someone about it! All episodes are available at http://www.intelligencecheck.com/   Join us on Discord https://discord.gg/EWv8hFn ! We're on Twitter https://twitter.com/IntelCheckDnD and Reddit www.reddit.com/r/IntelligenceCheck/. Email us at intelligencecheckpodcast@gmail.com   Follow cast members on twitter! Kyle is @overturfKyle1, Lauren is @HottingerLauren, Kev

It's the end of the arc battle against the big bads! So you know it's going to be massive! And, maybe a bit longer than you might have expected. But also giant and epic! This episode, yet another combatant appears. And they get straight to business with a brutal attack!    Speaking of being offensive, Violexx fights a horse. The party fails an optional quest. Dragon Daddy does some serious damage. And a tragic turn of events gives our adventurers a moment to dive into the nature of one of their standard coping mechanisms: dick jokes.    Are you enjoying the show? Please help us grow and tell someone about it! All episodes are available at http://www.intelligencecheck.com/   Join us on Discord https://discord.gg/EWv8hFn ! We're on Twitter https://twitter.com/IntelCheckDnD and Reddit www.reddit.com/r/IntelligenceCheck/. Email us at intelligencecheckpodcast@gmail.com   Follow cast members on twitter! Kyle is @overturfKyle1, Lauren is @HottingerLauren, Kevin is @Palards, Mike is @CriticalButler, and Ben runs the

We're taking a break from the giant battle and finding a moment to reflect on the meaning of friendship and family. This episode we'll be welcoming some old friends. And making some new ones as well. But then we'll also be blasting some of those friends with bursts of flames directly to the face because they are shadows of the real people being controlled by the forces of evil. Because there are no breaks in the battle against the forces of the Apocalypse!    So join us for some tearful (and painful) reunions! With guest appearances by- The Rock Lobster Joke. Horseys. A pivotal figure from Namee's life. An apparently pivotal figure from Rady's life. And Dick Damage.      Are you enjoying the show? Please help us grow and tell someone about it! All episodes are available at http://www.intelligencecheck.com/   Join us on Discord https://discord.gg/EWv8hFn ! We're on Twitter https://twitter.com/IntelCheckDnD and Reddit www.reddit.com/r/IntelligenceCheck/. Email us at intelligencecheckpodcast@gmail.com   Follow

With the big fight going down, Namee has brought what may be a friend to the field. That seems like some serious wishful thinking though! Either way, he's not the only one calling on an ally in this battle. The brawl is about to get just a bit more crowded! Someone better do something to thin out the numbers here. Preferably in our party's favor! Whatever they do, the adventurers would be smart to not make the DM grumpy.  But that seems like more wishful thinking!   Are you enjoying the show? Please help us grow and tell someone about it! All episodes are available at http://www.intelligencecheck.com/   Join us on Discord https://discord.gg/EWv8hFn ! We're on Twitter https://twitter.com/IntelCheckDnD and Reddit www.reddit.com/r/IntelligenceCheck/. Email us at intelligencecheckpodcast@gmail.com   Follow cast members on twitter! Kyle is @overturfKyle1, Lauren is @HottingerLauren, Kevin is @Palards, Mike is @CriticalButler, and Ben runs the show account.   Help support the show on Patreon and get access to exclu

Jag drops Raine to the ground. Violexx drops a bomb. Namee flies away from the fight. Rady does something gross. And Way turns up the heat. The party is taking some big hits, but they are giving it right back to Raine. And Kyle is going to pay it back to Lauren for a very pointed comment she made to him earlier in the day. There's no safety around the table as the fight kicks up to the next level!   Are you enjoying the show? Please help us grow and tell someone about it! All episodes are available at http://www.intelligencecheck.com/   Join us on Discord https://discord.gg/EWv8hFn ! We're on Twitter https://twitter.com/IntelCheckDnD and Reddit www.reddit.com/r/IntelligenceCheck/. Email us at intelligencecheckpodcast@gmail.com   Follow cast members on twitter! Kyle is @overturfKyle1, Lauren is @HottingerLauren, Kevin is @Palards, Mike is @CriticalButler, and Ben runs the show account.   Help support the show on Patreon and get access to exclusive bonus content like behind the scenes discussions and our Season

The party charges into battle with Raine. Remember her? She's the extremely powerful necromancer and the literal Apocalypse rider of death. So she's not terribly impressed by the adventurers facing her. But she hasn't stayed around in one place long enough to fight our team before so she has underestimated just how annoying they can be!   Are you enjoying the show? Please help us grow and tell someone about it! All episodes are available at http://www.intelligencecheck.com/   Join us on Discord https://discord.gg/EWv8hFn ! We're on Twitter https://twitter.com/IntelCheckDnD and Reddit www.reddit.com/r/IntelligenceCheck/. Email us at intelligencecheckpodcast@gmail.com   Follow cast members on twitter! Kyle is @overturfKyle1, Lauren is @HottingerLauren, Kevin is @Palards, Mike is @CriticalButler, and Ben runs the show account.   Help support the show on Patreon and get access to exclusive bonus content like behind the scenes discussions and our Season 1 Album! More details at https://www.patreon.com/Intelligence

Being ferried through the land of the dead by their new pal Bonesy, the party has had their pleasant river of styx guided tour just ruined by the pursuit of the massive leviathan. And despite being a turtle, it refuses to have a polite conversation with Way! With the monster quickly gaining on their boat, it's time to get creative if they want to live to get to where they're trying to go to fight the person they actually came there to fight. It's all very vexing. And between Lauren's coarse language, the giant undead turtle unleashing his nasty breath on the party and Way pitching a tent, this episode is also all around filthy. Let's hope a run in with Raine will be enough to clean things up a bit. Unless she cleans the floor with the adventurers!     Are you enjoying the show? Please help us grow and tell someone about it! All episodes are available at http://www.intelligencecheck.com/   Join us on Discord https://discord.gg/EWv8hFn ! We're on Twitter https://twitter.com/IntelCheckDnD and Reddit www.reddit.c

After a bit of a creative recap on recent events, the party is off to the plane of the dead! Namee gets to use an obscure benefit from his background that kicks things off with breaking some of the DM's plans! Rady goes for an ill-advised drink. And the party makes a couple of new friends! And then things devolve just a bit while everyone discusses Way's non-existent mesh tank top. Way may be in denial, but the party is on a journey down the River Styx!      Are you enjoying the show? Please help us grow and tell someone about it! All episodes are available at http://www.intelligencecheck.com/   Join us on Discord https://discord.gg/EWv8hFn ! We're on Twitter https://twitter.com/IntelCheckDnD and Reddit www.reddit.com/r/IntelligenceCheck/. Email us at intelligencecheckpodcast@gmail.com   Follow cast members on twitter! Kyle is @overturfKyle1, Lauren is @HottingerLauren, Kevin is @Palards, Mike is @CriticalButler, and Ben runs the show account.   Help support the show on Patreon and get access to exclusive bon

Having entered Hell our party found themselves at the entrance to what seemed to be some sort of a theme park. With a little creative line manipulation from Namee and Violexx's eagle eye vision, they quickly learned that this was no ordinary demon amusement. It was in fact part of the Dungeon Safari brand and that it was run by none other than Rathborn, one of the founding party members! After introductions were made, and some startling revelations were shared by Rady, Rath left them to follow after his wife who was sprinting for a portal to the Lichstone Kingdom. Thankfully Rath's patron, affectionately called B-Bubs, was there to show our adventurers the way to the nexus in Hell. It seems so weird to have affection for a warlock patron after meeting Rady's! Upon reaching the nexus they find their next foe, the rakshasa Traintorker! He's approaching the nexus after having apparently killed a large number of demons who were blocking his path. Jag thinks fast, throwing one of his axes, and the fight begins! W

With Al'Qir run off and their cat nap completed, the party is ready to move to the next plane. Everything considered, this episode has some fine things about it.      Are you enjoying the show? Please help us grow and tell someone about it! All episodes are available at http://www.intelligencecheck.com/   Join us on Discord https://discord.gg/EWv8hFn ! We're on Twitter https://twitter.com/IntelCheckDnD and Reddit www.reddit.com/r/IntelligenceCheck/. Email us at intelligencecheckpodcast@gmail.com   Follow cast members on twitter! Kyle is @overturfKyle1, Lauren is @HottingerLauren, Kevin is @Palards, Mike is @CriticalButler, and Ben runs the show account.   Help support the show on Patreon and get access to exclusive bonus content like behind the scenes discussions and our Season 1 Album! More details at https://www.patreon.com/IntelligenceCheck . And thank you to our patrons listed here http://www.intelligencecheck.com/p/supporter-shout-outs/! Merchandise is available at tee.pub/lic/18PfY6FQeuc    Theme song b

The fight against Al'Qir on the elemental plane of air continues! And so far it has not been a breeze! Way and Violexx deal with the brutal effects Al'Qir's weather attacks have had on their ability to defend themselves. Namee does some out of the box thinking and is given grief for it by the DM. Which is how you know Namee is doing it right! Way plays with gravity in a totally tubular, err, way. And then there's some napping. Basically how you would expect a fight against an ancient being trying to destroy the world to go.      Are you enjoying the show? Please help us grow and tell someone about it! All episodes are available at http://www.intelligencecheck.com/   Join us on Discord https://discord.gg/EWv8hFn ! We're on Twitter https://twitter.com/IntelCheckDnD and Reddit www.reddit.com/r/IntelligenceCheck/. Email us at intelligencecheckpodcast@gmail.com   Follow cast members on twitter! Kyle is @overturfKyle1, Lauren is @HottingerLauren, Kevin is @Palards, Mike is @CriticalButler, and Ben runs the show acc

The party has entered the Plane of Air to fight the djinn Al'Qir and everyone's going to get high! No, not on drugs. What are you talking about? They're going to be up really high in the air. It's a flying fight.    With control over their own gravity, and the ground far below them, our adventurers are joining the mile high club! Hold on, what are you saying? That means they're going to do what?! There's no time for that! They are literally about to fight one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. Don't be gross.   With Al'Qir already channeling his destructive energy, and some generally shitty weather hindering their progress, will the party be able to reach him in time? What sage wisdom will Lauren share about rolling dice? Who will surprisingly lead the charge into battle? And why is Way so considerate of everyone's time? Maybe the oxygen is a little thin flying around in this air plane! No, air plane, with a space between, not the big metal thing with wings you fly in.     Are you enjoying the show? Ple

With the heavenly meet and greet completed, the party regroups to catch up and plan their next move. They've secured new powers in their fight against the first and had some major developments in the process. One of those is a shocking revelation Violexx is happy to share. The other development also has a momentous impact, but Rady may not be up to mentioning it to the group! Seeing as how the apocalypse is about to kick off, the adventurers for once have a good reason to gloss over important story points!    Will the party be impressed with Way's new tattoo? How is Rady dealing with the trauma of his unexpected patron visit? What are the charges on a long-distance inter-planar phone call? How will Jag do with a little run-in with gravity? And is anyone surprised that the gnome in a flightless bird suit can soar through the air gracefully? Is this a D&D podcast or an old saturday morning cartoon?!     Are you enjoying the show? Please help us grow and tell someone about it! All episodes are available at 

Our adventurers are in heaven seeking to become Chosen of various gods, and so far it's going surprisingly well! Name and Jag were up first. They both made some new friends and became honorary Chosen, gifted with powers to help fight against the evil First. Now it's time for the rest of the party to meet up with their gods. Let's hope it goes as well as it did with the first two gods!   Up first is Way! What situation will he find himself in, and will he pass the test placed before him? And will he accept some fashion suggestions from his companions? Then Rady gives it a go, petitioning the god of booze. But did he read the entire description of what that being is the god of? And finally Violexx visits with her deity, someone she is already well acquainted with. What staggering gift will Violexx be offered during their meeting? It's time for some monumental choices to be made!     Are you enjoying the show? Please help us grow and tell someone about it! All episodes are available at http://www.intelligenceche

So the party went to Heaven. And they did it without any of them dying! That's neat! And after confronting Palino about his shitty behavior, including an ineffective but meaningful kick to the ass from Namee, it seems they're going to be allowed to hang out for a bit. If you've got a visitor's pass to Heaven you might as well put it to good use!    With the help of Natasha, our adventurers start making some house calls to gods to petition them for their favor. Being selected as a Chosen of a god will go a long way towards being able to stop the First and their apocalyptic plans. First up, Namee! His god visit turns out just a bit different than any of the party would have expected! Then Jag gives it a go by picking from a whole menu of available gods. And he has some real breakthroughs! It's all very touching.     This episode is sponsored by Crucible Magazine! Check out their Kickstarter running through 3/17 at https://cruciblemag.com/intelcheck   Are you enjoying the show? Please help us grow and tell so

Betrayal! A murder! Additional betrayal! Then there's some unusual horses and people riding those horses in ominous ways! And that was all just in the last episode! Now our party has to deal with the fallout of all those events as they find themselves left in the room with the leaders of the enemy faction. And it's just a bit awkward. But with an impending apocalypse at hand they are all able to move forward, and take the next steps needed to try to save the world. Well, except for Violexx's parents. They are still the worst. That hasn't changed.    With the recently revealed deceptions, will our adventurers be able to trust anyone again? Is there a certain accent that gets treated with more suspicion than it has in the past? And what character accent will completely break Kyle? It's time to rally the mortal forces and work out their differences! Or at least give it a shot before everyone dies!   This episode is sponsored by Crucible Magazine! Check out their Kickstarter running through 3/17 at https://crucib

So the party has finally found Deverick! Awesome! Who's Deverick again? Were they even looking for him? Violexx talked about him real quick that one time with her mom right? Honestly, we were too distracted by her mom being awful. Well anyway, he's obviously important to Violexx so what a pleasant surprise for everyone! Now let's see if they can actually save him. That may be a tall order considering they just entered a room full of genetically altered draconians, and all the main baddies are right up the stairs. Not to mention they are in the middle of the enemy's headquarters. And that's surrounded by an army of living armors. It should be fine! We just hope that in all the activity Violexx has a chance to share a word with Deverick.    Are you enjoying the show? Please help us grow and tell someone about it! All episodes are available at http://www.intelligencecheck.com/   Join us on Discord https://discord.gg/EWv8hFn ! We're on Twitter https://twitter.com/IntelCheckDnD, Reddit www.reddit.com/r/Intelli

It's the second half of our epic crossover with Roleplaying & Rollplaying, and it is safe to say that Deathnuts has some feelings about how the Drag(on) Race is going! And yes, you read that correctly. One of the characters is named Deathnuts. If you didn't already know that then you need to listen to the first half of this fabulous event! That's available here- https://tinyurl.com/RRIC1 The performers are ready to take the stage for the end of the competition, and some of them are getting a bit hangry! Petunia goes for an unusual snack to keep up her energy. And Deathnuts is ready to storm out to find himself something to eat. Meanwhile Evergreen throws out his own challenge to Arauthpalar. And Violexx does some soul searching on her confidence in her own abilities. Afterall, if you can't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?   If you're new to Intelligence Check we have more details about us and what you need to know to start listening in our current season available here- http

The heist is complete! Not only did they get the map needed to locate the enemy HQ, they also made a new ally! An ally who is unfortunately a bit of a creep. But they are powerful enough to break through the protective magics stopping teleportation and give the party a shortcut back to the Salty Narwhal. So, mixed feelings on that one.  With the map in hand, our team is off to find the enemy's base. There they hope to find their captured compatriot Palino. It turns out that the base has a few surprises in store for our intrepid rescuers. Including a substantial force of guards and a particular necromancer that Namee is not excited to see. Will the party be able to infiltrate the headquarters? Who will Way clean the floor with? And how helpful will Rady be in the fight? Get ready, because finding Palino is going to force our adventurers to get through a big horror!     Are you enjoying the show? Please help us grow and tell someone about it! All episodes are available at http://www.intelligencecheck.com/

It's mid-heist, and most of the party has made it to the arcane room of the mansion. The scene is the minotaur Jag bashing on the next door in the room to get it open. Violexx in her elf disguise has found a set of keys that she's hoping Jag will just try instead. Namee, transformed into a ferret, has summoned a swarm of mice to run wild throughout the party. And Way is standing there, rooting through his giant tortle backpack, worried about the footsteps he hears over Jag's attack on the door. Footsteps that are steadily coming down the hall towards them. At the same time, the fairly intoxicated Rady is off on his own and has stumbled through a secret door in the wine cellar. A door that leads to a tunnel ending in stairs going down, deep into the ground.  Will Jag get that door open? Will the rampaging rodents be enough of a distraction to keep security from investigating the noise he's causing? Just who is coming towards that arcane room? What will happen that reminds Namee that hit points are a thing