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Tales from the Stinky Dragon is an actual-play D&D comedy podcast that features four foolish friends and their (very patient) dungeon master. Join along for an auditory adventure with a fully-voiced cast of characters, immersive sound design, a catchy soundtrack, and gripping stories of exotic lands...
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Sweet Child o' Mine
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One Is the Loneliest Number (Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers)
Tom Clancy
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Where Is My Mind?
Black Francis
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Dracula (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)
Bram Stoker
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Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 14
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X-FACTOR
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THE SHADOWS OF WILLOW CREEK
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Dracula (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)
The title was invoked in two episodes as a source of lore, with characters quoting a Count who expressed admiration for a warrior named Van Helsing and adapting plot elements for their game. The hosts used the story to enrich their role‑play, but did not recommend it outright. Overall, the book was mentioned casually as inspiration.
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Count Dracula mentioned that Bram Van Helsing, who inspired him, was a skilled warrior, and they were both in love. It was later revealed that Bram Van Helsing was obsessed with a way out of this world, which was why he went to the sacred lake. The Count also said that he was inspired by Bram's faith.
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He was a man of unfathomable faith and persistent passion. I couldn't help but fall in love with him.
He hoped, or rather was convinced, that his faith would free him from this world.
He was unshaken with the belief that if he baptized himself in Grotheth's sacred lake, Lok-Saisnes, then he would be rewarded with a world beyond this one.
He took the plunge and we never found his body. Not only did my love die that day, but so did my faith and hope for this world.
Abraham Stoker Van Helsing.
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The characters referenced the book Dracula and mentioned the character Van Helsing, who is from the book, in their conversation. It was stated that they modified some details in their game from the book, implying that the book was a source of inspiration.
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Countes von breath I would, I think would pull you in Elga and whisper to you. I can delay them. Perhaps you should take your friends to the third level, Fangpick, and go see Count Dracula directly.
You are not on the list to see Dracula. Not unless your name is Van Helsing.
Well, lucky for you. My purple friend here is Van Helsing.
Oh, they move aside. That is me. And we are his pussies!
I am Van Helsing.
Every Body Should Know This, Just Breathe Mastering Breathwork, The Cancer Code 3 Books Collection Set
It was described as a book about the Stairmaster, the founder of the Viz, who never blinked, and his disappearance. It was so compelling that one character couldn't put it down.
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It's bound with leather and on the title or on the cover is a title branded onto it that just says 'The Master'.
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It was described as a book about the Stairmaster, the founder of the Viz, who never blinked, and his disappearance. It was so compelling that one character couldn't put it down.
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It's bound with leather and on the title or on the cover is a title branded onto it that just says 'The Master'.
You start flipping through it and it seems like it's all the story of the Stairmaster.
You learned that the Stairmaster was the...
It was the founder of a religious cult known as the Viz and legends say he never blinked once in his entire lifetime.
Thus, he was able to truly see beyond this plane of existence.
Harry Potter Hardcover Boxed Set
Books 1-7 (Slipcase)
Blaine Gibson, who plays Chip Haney in the podcast, mentioned a time he got in trouble as a kid and asked if the event was like a 'Harry Potter' book.
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Was that a Harry Potter book?
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Blaine Gibson, who plays Chip Haney in the podcast, mentioned a time he got in trouble as a kid and asked if the event was like a 'Harry Potter' book.
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Was that a Harry Potter book?
The Lord of the Rings Illustrated (Tolkien Illustrated Editions)
The speaker mentioned "The Lord of the Rings" as a source of inspiration for their "Simple Walk" series, implying a familiarity with the books and the setting of Middle Earth.
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If you're a fan of Lord of the Rings or just honestly documentaries and stuff, it was really crazy.
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The speaker mentioned "The Lord of the Rings" as a source of inspiration for their "Simple Walk" series, implying a familiarity with the books and the setting of Middle Earth.
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If you're a fan of Lord of the Rings or just honestly documentaries and stuff, it was really crazy.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Definitive Edition
Pastor Ocean gifted the party a book titled 'The Diary', potentially related to Dia, after they rescued him from an ambush in the temple.
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the book says diary the diary the diary and i assume it's spelled dia like the holy dia yeah yeah di a di a r y
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Pastor Ocean gifted the party a book titled 'The Diary', potentially related to Dia, after they rescued him from an ambush in the temple.
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the book says diary the diary the diary and i assume it's spelled dia like the holy dia yeah yeah di a di a r y
the diary
The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
The podcast hosts discussed the book's characters, Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde, whose names were used as inspiration for characters in their campaign, and also their connection to the author's wife's name, Fanny Stevenson.
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Do you any of you know who the writer, the author of the story, Dr. Jekyll, Mr. High, The Strange Case of Robert Lewis?
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The podcast hosts discussed the book's characters, Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde, whose names were used as inspiration for characters in their campaign, and also their connection to the author's wife's name, Fanny Stevenson.
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Do you any of you know who the writer, the author of the story, Dr. Jekyll, Mr. High, The Strange Case of Robert Lewis?
Robert Lewis Stevenson.
Robert Esteban.
Robert Stevens' wife in real life is Fanny Stevenson, Francesca.
Batman
The Dark Knight Returns - 30th Anniversary Edition
A comic book panel was described where Batman is "in a ball and just blast through a wall."
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Yeah, you know that one comic still from, I think it's the Dark Knight Returns where Batman is like in a ball and just blast through a wall.
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A comic book panel was described where Batman is "in a ball and just blast through a wall."
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Yeah, you know that one comic still from, I think it's the Dark Knight Returns where Batman is like in a ball and just blast through a wall.
Where's Waldo? The Magnificent Mini Boxed Set
Elgav was mentioned as potentially using a 'Where's Waldo?'-style book to improve her investigation skills, but was unsuccessful.
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And turns out that she's using these books and isn't finding anything either. So investigation does not improve.
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Elgav was mentioned as potentially using a 'Where's Waldo?'-style book to improve her investigation skills, but was unsuccessful.
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And turns out that she's using these books and isn't finding anything either. So investigation does not improve.
Or I guess what would it be in this land? Where's werewolf? Yeah. Where's where? No, no, no. Let's follow the stripes. Where's mummy? Where's mummy?
Sweet Child o' Mine
Sweet Child o' Mine was suggested as a theme song for Barney, referencing the song's use in the Haunted Mansion theme song and the ending guitar solo.
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I would think almost like Sweet Child of Mine.
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Sweet Child o' Mine was suggested as a theme song for Barney, referencing the song's use in the Haunted Mansion theme song and the ending guitar solo.
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I would think almost like Sweet Child of Mine.
One for the children and two also at the end.
I do like at the end of Sweet Child of Mine, the where do we go?
One Is the Loneliest Number (Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers)
One Is the Loneliest Number was suggested as a theme song for Barney, due to the lyrics and Barney's character arc.
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Three Dog Night.
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One Is the Loneliest Number was suggested as a theme song for Barney, due to the lyrics and Barney's character arc.
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Three Dog Night.
One is the loneliest.
Oh, that's a good one.
Where Is My Mind?
A Children's Picture Book (Lyricpop)
Where Is My Mind? was ultimately chosen as Barney's theme song, as it reflected his journey and wandering through the world.
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This is not Pixies.
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Where Is My Mind? was ultimately chosen as Barney's theme song, as it reflected his journey and wandering through the world.
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This is not Pixies.
It's Where Is My Mind?
That's Pixies.
Yeah, that's a good one.
Where Is My Mind?
That's Barney.
Yeah, I like that one.
That's pretty good.
Let's go with that one.
Where Is My Mind?
He's like just wandering through town.
Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 14
It's a great Netflix anime series where a party of adventurers fights a dragon, one of them gets eaten, the others are killed, then resurrected, so they have to go back to kill the dragon and save their partially digested party member. It's highly recommended because it deals with the party wiping and getting resurrected, the cost, and what's involved.
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There's a great Netflix anime series called delicious in dungeon. I don't know if you've ever watched it yeah.
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It's a great Netflix anime series where a party of adventurers fights a dragon, one of them gets eaten, the others are killed, then resurrected, so they have to go back to kill the dragon and save their partially digested party member. It's highly recommended because it deals with the party wiping and getting resurrected, the cost, and what's involved.
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There's a great Netflix anime series called delicious in dungeon. I don't know if you've ever watched it yeah.
But the whole premise of that show is that a party goes in to fight or goes up against the dragon to fight it and one of the party members gets eaten by the dragon and the rest of them are killed and then you know resurrected so then they have to go back into the dungeon to find the dragon to kill it and save their partially digested party member.
So it's kind of the same thing where it's like that's almost like if you have a party member die then it's like that becomes part of the story and you have to go and and try to deal with the aftermath of that.
I think that the anime is really good because it deals with party like in D&D parlance like a party wiping and then getting resurrected.
What does it cost and what does it involve and all of that's really highly recommended if you're not watching it.
X-FACTOR
THE ORIGINAL X-MEN OMNIBUS VOL. 1
The speaker mentioned that he loved the character 'Balavels' from the comic book series X-Factor.
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Oh, I love you from X-FACTOR.
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The speaker mentioned that he loved the character 'Balavels' from the comic book series X-Factor.
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Oh, I love you from X-FACTOR.
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
It was mentioned as a storybook that Chip related to the mongoose.
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You know, you think about like storybooks, like Ricky Tiki Tavi, you know, he's a cute little furry creature.
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It was mentioned as a storybook that Chip related to the mongoose.
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You know, you think about like storybooks, like Ricky Tiki Tavi, you know, he's a cute little furry creature.
THE SHADOWS OF WILLOW CREEK
The book was casually mentioned by Gustavo Storolla in response to a joke by Chip Patey about "blurgle, bling, bling, bling, bling."
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. They were making their way back from Shadow of the Willow.
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The book was casually mentioned by Gustavo Storolla in response to a joke by Chip Patey about "blurgle, bling, bling, bling, bling."
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. They were making their way back from Shadow of the Willow.
Dolphins at Daybreak (Magic Tree House Book 9)
The Book of Daybreak was mentioned as being no more, as someone else controls the speaker.
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The Book of Daybreak is no more. There's one who orders me...
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The Book of Daybreak was mentioned as being no more, as someone else controls the speaker.
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The Book of Daybreak is no more. There's one who orders me...
Evenfall
The Book of Evenfall was described as having a pulsating keyhole, which could be opened by Barney's clock. This book contains a specific spell that requires a 500 gold gemstone, a sigil carved on the gemstone and an incantation to be spoken.
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You notice that the keyhole on your Book of Evenfall begins to pulsate with glowing light.
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The Book of Evenfall was described as having a pulsating keyhole, which could be opened by Barney's clock. This book contains a specific spell that requires a 500 gold gemstone, a sigil carved on the gemstone and an incantation to be spoken.
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You notice that the keyhole on your Book of Evenfall begins to pulsate with glowing light.
The keyhole on the Book of Evenfall. And you were able to open that with your clock?
The book seems to almost have a mind of its own. It opens up and seems to highlight one spell in particular.
Summon Vesper Vein.
The holder of this tome must possess a gemstone worth at least 500 gold pieces.
Carve the sigil of the setting sun on the gemstone. At the fall of twilight, thrust the gemstone high in the air. They shall speak the incantation.
Dawn be gone, but dusk remain.
I call upon thee, Vesper Vein.
The Hobbit Collector's Edition
The speaker described the series as a sequel to "A Simple Walk in the Mordor", which they completed over 10 years ago. They mentioned that the new series is coming out next week and that it documents a 160-mile walk from Setah Hobbiton to the Lonely Mountain, with the speaker dressed in hobbit outfits.
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It's a sequel to A Simple Walk in the Mordor, which I did like over 10 years ago.
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The speaker described the series as a sequel to "A Simple Walk in the Mordor", which they completed over 10 years ago. They mentioned that the new series is coming out next week and that it documents a 160-mile walk from Setah Hobbiton to the Lonely Mountain, with the speaker dressed in hobbit outfits.
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It's a sequel to A Simple Walk in the Mordor, which I did like over 10 years ago.
It's coming out next week on September 21st.
It was supposed to be released in July and only just one episode, and it was so crazy we made a full series.
Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, Mary Poppins Opens the Door, and Mary Poppins in the Park
The speaker referred to Chip's fanny pack being like Mary Poppins's bag, having a bottomless capacity.
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You did your last campaign, didn't you? Fingers crossed. Put the bag holding in your fanny pack. And so when you reach in, it's like a double bag there.
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Episode: C02 - Ep. 13 - Karcasuuk Coup - Mummy's the Word
The speaker referred to Chip's fanny pack being like Mary Poppins's bag, having a bottomless capacity.
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You did your last campaign, didn't you? Fingers crossed. Put the bag holding in your fanny pack. And so when you reach in, it's like a double bag there.
Yeah, I mean, it's good for slitting throats. Just like roll it right across. We got somebody who can enchant chips fanny pack so that it's like Mary Poppins bag and just forever reaching down in a bag of holding.
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
In the episode, Gus noted that a T‑shirt design was created in the style of Bill Watterson, the creator of the title. He mentioned the book only to explain the inspiration behind the shirt, without offering a recommendation. The comment was brief and informational.
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The Barton Gum Gum T-shirt was made in the style of Calvin and Hobbes, created by Bill Watterson.
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The Barton gum gum shirt in the style of Bill Watterson who did Calvin and Hobbes.
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