The Burn (Wildcards: ETU episode)

"The Burn" is the eleventh episode of the second season of Wildcards: East Texas University''. ''The show aired live on September 6, 2019 on the Saving Throw Twitch channel, and is archived on the YouTube channel.

Summary
A school-sponsored camping trip to the Burn offers an opportunity for the Study Group to learn more about the map they found in the sanctuary of the Pinebox Protectors. But something in the Burn is stirring.

Locations

 * The Burn - The Big Thicket forest starts a bit to the east of Pinebox. Within the forest is an area known as The Burn. For unknown reasons, in 1953 a one mile radius area of the forest turned to ash overnight. To this day, nothing will grow there. In fact, The Burn has been slowly growing and now covers almost two square miles.

Main Cast

 * Jordan Caves-Callarman as the GM
 * Josh Sawyer, played by Jordan Pridgen
 * Adelaide Blackwood, played by Meghan Caves
 * Calvin Everett Jr., played by Gaurav Gulati

Absent

 * Dom Zook, who plays Rhan-Tegoth Stevens, was absent for this episode

NPCs

 * Dr. Rick Barton - A professor of Agricultural Science who has made it his life's work to study The Burn. Unfortunately, prolonged exposure to the area has had a devastating effect on the teacher.
 * Ariel Summers - A pretty math major trying to catch Kyle's eye.
 * Kyle Lawless - Nature lover
 * Matt Meranda - Thin and shy, and out of place in the woods.
 * Derek Ward - A loud, but good-natured country boy.

Trivia

 * Rhan does not come on this trip as he is spending time with his father following his split from Rhan's mother and expulsion from the compound
 * During free time in The Burn, the study group found a number of tarnished Texas Rangers badges buried in the ash.
 * This is the third and final plot point adventure for Sophomore year of the Degrees of Horror campaign.