Locked inside Blackstaff Tower with the Blackstaff missing and Calix Grimwood making his move, the Skeleton Crew decides the cleanest way to earn the tower's trust is to start eliminating Grimwood's students. A meditating apprentice drags Oz into a vision of his sister reading their story aloud, and the party learns that the School of Whispers doesn't let its disciples die cleanly. A newly unlocked basement turns up dead teleportation circles, a crypt, a caged catoblepas, and a sphere of annihilation someone has been studying in secret. Then a voice in the dark makes an offer — will the Skeleton Crew consider it?

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Today we've got an extra long episode as Malifax DuVex's dinner party comes to an end, and the Skeleton Crew takes its first steps into Blackstaff Tower. The Tower isn't just full of little puzzles — it's a giant puzzle unto itself, and if they're going to unlock its secrets, they're going to need to understand exactly how the Tower works. There are a couple of wrinkles, though: The Blackstaff herself is missing, a mutiny is brewing among the wizards, and the Tower's on lockdown until the crisis is resolved.

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With the Queen of Knives' blessing, the crew calls on Malifax DuVex, retired Blackstaff instructor, professional provocateur, and owner of a puppy assembled from several other puppies. Mal has exactly one way into the tower, and it costs one evening of catering.

So: white uniforms, illusory decorations, aboleth soup, and a guest list of people who want to murder or rob each other. Somewhere in the room is a young mage with an arcane focus the crew needs and no interest whatsoever in being charmed.

The mission is simple: Steal the crystal. Return the crystal. Try not to die over dessert.

Roll the Bones is a Dungeons & Dragons podcast. You can reach us at hello@rollthebonespodcast.com, learn more at www.rollthebonespodcast.com, or get more content—and vote on events in the show—via our Patreon page.