Short Rest: The Mavrus Chronicles - Ep 4: Down the Chute (w/ Zac Oyama)

Okay, so when are we getting the boys on the slopes?? I need this and I need D-Emily leading these loons again

I just realized the ski discussion in this ep was the precursor to "coworkers being honest about how they spent their weekends"!

Commenting in 2026 wondering where the bon freres ski trip

“I don’t think you want Vibrato Caldwell in this world” is so incredibly evocative. pure poetry

Ok, the Jesus-Mavrus comparison is funny - there's this Bible verse that Joseph Smith transcribed into Matthew 3 (JST Matt 3) that says: "...neither could he be taught; for he needed not that any man should teach him." Jesus/Mavrus the Unschooled.

I was bullied by my middle school art teacher, over pottery! Art was still mandatory in middle school but I never took any art classes in high school because of it.

Absolutely the best violin impression I've ever heard.

Crying at the violin solo recreation, it opened up HELLA core memories 😂😂😂

You guys should do a one shot of them going to a AA MEETING!!! Lol

Once again revisiting the concept of hot boys of summer 3: ski lodge winter jamboreen. Emily says she knows exactly what she’d have them after at the lodge, I’m intrigued and hopeful

Cuttlefish literally use “woah what the hell?” as a hunting strategy

Man this Christmas can we revisit the ski trip?

double bestow curse isn't legal, can't be under the effect of two spells with the same name (sorta, technically guidance and death ward stack thanks to odd verbiage with their duration) halfling luck is nice but it's also pretty situational, being a human and taking the lucky feat at first level is comparably good, or being a gnome and just always having advantage on 3 different ability saves is pretty cool too

I'm loving the marine biology in this

I paused at the music thing. Murph it's totally possible your guitar just wasn't very good. My first one keep breaking strings because the action was SO HIGH. It also made a bunch of chords out of tune. It's super common with cheap guitars. To anyone having this issue if you can afford it- I highly suggest getting a luthier to get your instrument setup. It helped so much!

Funny thing: It's said that Harald Hardrada lost the battle of Stamford Bridge because he was too lazy to put on his armor.

Yo but like, wouldn’t it be sick if Zac could be a main character in campaign 2? He meshes so well with everyone 🥺

“hungry dave and the cuttlefish” sounds like a story book that hardwon would be using to learn to read

Level 6 divine sorc

Absolute banger of an episode gang! Post techgnomech song, I need it as my ringy tone

Caldwells violin recreation was just spectacular- thank you as always for making me laugh so hard guys!

I love how Caldwell's Hungry Dave voice sometimes dips into his Adam Driver impression a la 8 Bit Book Club (e.g., telling the Po-Boy it will someday meet the mouth it was meant for)

When you started talking about a ski trip, all I could think of was the movie Out Cold, where they have to save the mountain lodge from being bought out by a millionaire and turned into a lame rich person resort. I could see the Bon Fréres trying to save their favorite mountain from a take over. :)

Please make the ski trip happen omg!!!!!!!!

Oh man, you HAVE to watch Better off Dead, the movie that is referenced in this short rest. So many great moments; Lane's (Cusack) Mum's cooking, the paper boys, the neighbour ("you know, fweeeends"), not to mention the ski bully/rich guy who is such a Ren! The asian guys who learned to speak English by watching sports so only speak Howard Cosell. And of course Lane's druggy-wannabe best friend Charlie (Curtis Armstrong) who tries to snort the mountain the ski race is going to be held on. I love that movie so much.

actually, in 5e, the sorcerer with access to cleric spells is the "divine soul sorcerer" also the spell at the end of the episode is technically pronounced "gesh" not "gay-os"

I really want a Bon Frères shot glass now

Jesus, Caldwell with the DCOM pull

I played violin 4th-12th grade and could never figure out how to do the vibrato 😭😭 that ending cracked me up 😂

I've been a ski bum my whole life and an instructor for 10+ yrs. For Emily to do this group on a ski trip feels like too good to be true. If you need lingo or slang from a lifer, let me know!

Intimidating the dolphins was so funny !

God I forgot to mention on the actual ep but I LOVE that homebrew on the moleskine

Emily, I think you were trying to remember saccharomyces cerevisiae

Oh fuck the violin at the end hits so close to home... I might be actually dead.

I'm all in for cool boy winter

A garden of roses for the group improv emo song.

I nearly choked I was laughing so hard at the dad calling thing.

Let's go, bet!