Does the dog die?
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The Adventure Zone: Balance
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The wolf that was thrown into the fire died not die.
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Is there body horror?
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Very mild in descriptions of the main villain at times
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Abuse
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Not onscreen or technically abuse, but Lup and Taako's childhood could be interpreted as abusive.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Memories are erased from our lead characters and information is withheld based on this in a manner that is treated as comparable to gaslighting. The lead characters also gaslight minor and unimportant characters with casual disregard for their wellbeing for trivial and selfish reasons; this is played for comedy.
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Is someone stalked?
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Non-maliciously, but characters are monitored prior to the campaign.
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Addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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The character Avi is often associated with alcohol but does not abuse it
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pringles (the thbs roommate) is a stoner-type guy and he offers the boys 'potions' a few times. theres also a few weed jokes/vape jokes
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Does a pet die?
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At the very end it is mentioned that a pet has died
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Is there a dead animal?
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I'm not sure what is considered an animal in dungeons and dragons but many monsters die and (MEDIUM SPOILERS) they eventually visit places entirely inhabited by animals with human-like intelligence and that place is destroyed, the animals die off screen but there is a description of their home destroyed (first episode of stolen century aka episode 60 of balance)
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Does a horse die?
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In the first episode of the series, 2 horses are found dead, but are not described in the act of dying.
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Animal Distress
Are animals abused?
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It's mentioned at one point that Magnus saved an animal (a dog, i believe) that some kids were beating on.
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Animal Phobia
Are there spiders?
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One of the first big battles is with a very large spider.
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Are there bugs?
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spiders and cockroaches
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Are there snakes?
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There's a repeated joke about chambers filling with snakes in the Crystal Kingdom arc.
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Appendages
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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In the Wonderland arc, a character loses a finger, but they get it back later on.
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Is there amputation?
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A character loses their arm in the Crystal Kingdom arc.
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Does someone break a bone?
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No explicit breaking of bones, but some characters are seriously injured to the point where they probably broke something
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Does a kid die?
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SPOILERS FOR CRYSTAL KINGDOM: Well.......kinda. There is a robot named Noelle, or NO-3113, and it turns out that she is inhabited by the spirit of a young girl who was killed in the burning of Phandalin, but it is not super in detail. BIGGER SPOILERS FOR STORY AND SONG: The robot version of Noelle also ultimately dies.
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Death
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Family
Does a parent die?
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(slight crystal kingdom spoilers) Maureen Miller, Lucas Miller’s mother, is canonly dead. I don’t think it mentions her death in detail, but she is indeed dead.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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The main characters tease a young boy by taking his book from him, but he gets this back. The stolen items mentioned in another comment was the boy's grandfather's silverware, which we also gets back much later in the show.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Here There be Gerblins has a plot line around rescuing the kidnapped and injured Barry Bluejeans.
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Fear
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Is someone possessed?
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Wonderland arc, Episodes 56/57.
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Are there clowns?
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No, but a character (a talking elevator) is described as having clown-like features, specifically a bright red nose. The character also speaks in a goofy, Ed Wynn voice.
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Are there ghosts?
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[SPOILERS SPOILERS FOR CRYSTAL KINGDOM]
One of the bosses the main characters fight, Legion, is a literal pile of ghosts which escape from the Astral Plane.
One of the bosses the main characters fight, Legion, is a literal pile of ghosts which escape from the Astral Plane.
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Are there mannequins?
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yes (in the suffering game arc) and some are puppeted by spirits, which may be considered extra creepy.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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at one point in the suffering game arc, Taako vomits blood after a tough fight.
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Is there audio gore?
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gore is described but iirc there are no accompanying sound effects
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Jokes are made about wetting oneself every now and then.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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In Wonderland, a character’s eye is magically removed.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Angus McDonald loses one or two teeth near the end of the 'Murder on the Rockport Limited' arc.
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Does a head get squashed?
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In petals to the metal, a minor character is compelled to hit their partner in the head with a hammer. There’s some detail regarding the act.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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there are cop characters in the petals to the metal arc, but the police force is shown to have corruption in it
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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No! There is a canonical trans character who is treated with great respect
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Medical
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Mental Health
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Is there misophonia?
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They clear their throats pretty often
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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characters undergo traumatic events and are permanently emotionally impacted by them, but it's not explicitly described as ptsd
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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It is a podcast.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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TAZ is a podcast, so... No visual medium to use strobe effects.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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many swear words and innuendos
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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No in-game misgendering but there are a couple times when someone accidentally uses the wrong pronouns for a character in The Eleventh Hour (Roswell) and then corrects themselves
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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a male character wears skirts and dresses as part of his regular wardrobe and is not mocked for it
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Does an LGBT person die?
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(SPOILERS FOR STORY AND SONG) the audience is led to believe that lup, a trans character, is dead, but it’s revealed that she’s still alive
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Race
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Self Harm
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A character initiates his own death several times to become a lich in order not to forget events and people. Several other characters actions result in their own and many other people's deaths, but the intent is not suicide.
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kind of: a character deliberately ends their own life knowing that they will be resurrected and not intended to die permanently
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Lots of jokes, but no actual sex.
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Sexual Assault
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Vehicular
Is someone hit by a car?
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In Balance Petals to the Metal, people are run over/hit by cars but they have safety vests that deploy bubbles to minimize injury. Keep in mind that this is auditory media and so there are only passing descriptions.
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Does a car crash?
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Not exactly a car crash, but there is a battle wagon race in Petals to the Metal where lots of battle wagons crash
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Does a plane crash?
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Not a plane, but there are two instances of an air transport vehicle crashing
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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No visual blood and gore but there are some descriptions of gore
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Does someone drown?
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The other comment refers to another arc of this podcast, not Balance.
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Is there gun violence?
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[spoilers for The Eleventh Hour ch. 3]
After learning that the characters are in a time loop, one of them says "I pull out a gun, and I shoot the two of them, and shoot myself." This is played as a joke (about "resetting" the loop) since the characters know they won't actually die.
After learning that the characters are in a time loop, one of them says "I pull out a gun, and I shoot the two of them, and shoot myself." This is played as a joke (about "resetting" the loop) since the characters know they won't actually die.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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No, but the effects of the Phoenix Fire Gauntlet are fairly devastating and could be categorized as a weapon of mass-destruction.
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Whole Body
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Is someone tortured?
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You could say there is some psychological torture in the Wonderland arc, but the episodes are kept pretty light
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Is someone burned alive?
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The entire town of Phandolin is burned alive at the end of the first chapter.
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Is there cannibalism?
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There is a scene in Petals to the Metal where Merle suggests eating a body to get rid of it. The other characters react with disgust and nothing takes place.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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While no, there are scenes in which characters regain memories that could be interpreted as similar to seizures.
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