The Adventure Zone Royale: Episode 14
12/4/20251 hr 17 min
The Trial of Transmutation, Part I
It is once again each wizard for themselves as the next trial starts upon a towering staircase, only to be finished when four aspirants have met their end. Above lies glory and prizes; below, watery depths and hungry eels.
Royale Theme: “Wizard Disco” by Louie Zong: https://louiezong.bandcamp.com/album/wizard-disco
Original Music by Griffin McElroy
Additional Music in this Episode: "My Starship", "Fireball", and "Sunny Day" by Jar of Flies: https://jaroffliesofficial.bandcamp.com/; "tribute to eddy" by Jean Toba: https://jeantoba.blogspot.com...
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First 90 secondsJustin McElroy· Host0:00
Ah, y- ah, ah, you're headed out into the boneyard, out into the old dusty tomes, I see. [coughs] Well, while you're out here, I would, uh, ask that you head to maximumfun.org/join. Uh, the, if you want to keep these incredible stories coming, uh, then I would encourage you to head to that URL and support this incredible podcast.
Travis McElroy· Host0:26
Creek. Justin, what are you doing in here in the dark?
Griffin McElroy· Host0:29
In these old-ass episodes. Musty, musty eps.
Justin McElroy· Host0:33
I'm trying to cure my asthma with exposure therapy.
Griffin McElroy· Host0:37
Oh.
Travis McElroy· Host0:37
Oh.
Justin McElroy· Host0:37
It's not going well, as you can tell from the timbre of my voice.
Travis McElroy· Host0:40
Did, did you tell them that, like, the Max Fun Drive's about to end, and if they wanna support the shows that they love, they should go to maximumfun.org/join and become a member or upgrade their membership or boost their membership?
Justin McElroy· Host0:50
Sorry, Travis, tell who?
Travis McElroy· Host0:53
The list- The- The listeners ...
Griffin McElroy· Host0:56
the listeners at home who we so desperately need to support us in this year's Max Fun Drive. We're, we're pretty well behind schedule, um, on the pace.
Justin McElroy· Host1:01
You say that every time, Griffin.
Griffin McElroy· Host1:03
[laughs] It's true. I mean, we're not doing so hot.
Justin McElroy· Host1:05
You're such a worrywart.
Griffin McElroy· Host1:06
And this is- You just don't know what Griffin's schedule is.
Travis McElroy· Host1:08
It's wild ...
Griffin McElroy· Host1:09
I guess I'm s- I guess I'm saying I, we need a hero, and the hero is you. And you c- the hero could, could, you know, kick in five bucks a month to help make the show, and, uh, also get- Our hero? [laughs] ... access to, like, a bunch of great, a bunch of great bonus content.
Justin McElroy· Host1:22
Some hero ki- kicking five bucks a month, huh?
Griffin McElroy· Host1:25
Yeah. So- Hey ... this year our Boco's Cousinverse, five of our six kids made a one-shot for us,