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pegusus123456 10/02/25 5:09:23 AM #1:	forward to* C3 kinda burnt me out. It was fun while watching it, but it was the only time I've really took massive breaks because I just didn't care what was going on. I'm hoping Brennan and the West Marches' style provides a much needed shake-up, so I'm looking forward to it. --- https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:986600371] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>forward to*C3 kinda burnt me out. It was fun while watching it, but it was the only time I've really took massive breaks because I just didn't care what was going on. I'm hoping Brennan and the West Marches' style provides a much needed shake-up, so I'm looking forward to it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
codey 10/06/25 9:31:56 AM #2:	I wish I could get into critical role. I enjoy tabletop game podcasts (shout out Adventure Zone) but theres just too many characters involved in Critical Role for me to enjoy. I like a tighter, 3-4 person crew for my podcasts, its easier to track since Im usually multi-tasking while listening to the shows. --- *runs out of topic naked* <cite>codey posted [p:986641330] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>I wish I could get into critical role. I enjoy tabletop game podcasts (shout out Adventure Zone) but theres just too many characters involved in Critical Role for me to enjoy. I like a tighter, 3-4 person crew for my podcasts, its easier to track since Im usually multi-tasking while listening to the shows.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MJOLNRVII 10/06/25 9:34:36 AM #3:	I was disappointed by it not being Daggerheart, but I might pay attention to it as a podcast in the background or just watch clips. Mercer isn't a DM but a player this time right? --- https://static.tumblr.com/fxyqnnj/aUMm09zol/alvin_and_leia.gif <cite>MJOLNRVII posted [p:986641356] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>I was disappointed by it not being Daggerheart, but I might pay attention to it as a podcast in the background or just watch clips. Mercer isn't a DM but a player this time right?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pegusus123456 10/06/25 3:50:07 PM #4:	codey posted... I wish I could get into critical role. I enjoy tabletop game podcasts (shout out Adventure Zone) but theres just too many characters involved in Critical Role for me to enjoy. I like a tighter, 3-4 person crew for my podcasts, its easier to track since Im usually multi-tasking while listening to the shows. Well, this new campaign might be for you because it only has uh....fourteen players. Unironically though. They're swapping players in and out on the fly for the first four episodes, but they're then going to split those players into three parties. So each table will only have 4-5 people. MJOLNRVII posted... I was disappointed by it not being Daggerheart, but I might pay attention to it as a podcast in the background or just watch clips. Mercer isn't a DM but a player this time right? Yeah, Brennan is DMing. Matt is playing a big ol' fuck boy. --- https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:986644784] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>codey posted... </cite><quote>I wish I could get into critical role. I enjoy tabletop game podcasts (shout out Adventure Zone) but theres just too many characters involved in Critical Role for me to enjoy. I like a tighter, 3-4 person crew for my podcasts, its easier to track since Im usually multi-tasking while listening to the shows.</quote>Well, this new campaign might be for you because it only has uh....fourteen players.Unironically though. They're swapping players in and out on the fly for the first four episodes, but they're then going to split those players into three parties. So each table will only have 4-5 people.MJOLNRVII posted... </cite><quote>I was disappointed by it not being Daggerheart, but I might pay attention to it as a podcast in the background or just watch clips. Mercer isn't a DM but a player this time right?</quote>Yeah, Brennan is DMing. Matt is playing a big ol' fuck boy.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
random_man9119 10/06/25 3:53:14 PM #5:	codey posted... I wish I could get into critical role. I enjoy tabletop game podcasts (shout out Adventure Zone) but theres just too many characters involved in Critical Role for me to enjoy. I like a tighter, 3-4 person crew for my podcasts, its easier to track since Im usually multi-tasking while listening to the shows. Glad I'm not the only one... I also can't get into how long their episodes are... You'd think having the longer episodes compared to most D&D podcasts would be nice while working overnight but I prefer shorter episodes... Weirdly makes the night go by faster. --- NNID:MrOddities\|PSN:OddGamer2013 Playing: Fallout 76\|Hyrule Warriors DE\|Soulstone Survivors\|Borderlands 4\|Digimon Story Time Stranger\|Ghost of Yotei <cite>random_man9119 posted [p:986644829] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>codey posted... </cite><quote>I wish I could get into critical role. I enjoy tabletop game podcasts (shout out Adventure Zone) but theres just too many characters involved in Critical Role for me to enjoy. I like a tighter, 3-4 person crew for my podcasts, its easier to track since Im usually multi-tasking while listening to the shows.</quote>Glad I'm not the only one... I also can't get into how long their episodes are...You'd think having the longer episodes compared to most D&D podcasts would be nice while working overnight but I prefer shorter episodes... Weirdly makes the night go by faster.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rick_alverado 10/06/25 3:55:40 PM #6:	I need to get back to that at some point. I haven't even finished watching the first campaign. <cite>rick_alverado posted [p:986644863] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>I need to get back to that at some point. I haven't even finished watching the first campaign.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
McmadnessV3 10/06/25 3:57:33 PM #7:	Critical Role ruined D&D ~~Not really but it has caused some unfortunate side effects.~~ --- Thank you for taking the time to read this sig. This sig loves you. <cite>McmadnessV3 posted [p:986644884] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>Critical Role ruined D&DNot really but it has caused some unfortunate side effects.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ROBBAN 10/06/25 4:02:05 PM #8:	i am gonna watch it at some point but i'm not caught up on the "in-between campaigns" stuff --- Kremlin delenda est <cite>ROBBAN posted [p:986644933] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>i am gonna watch it at some point but i'm not caught up on the "in-between campaigns" stuff</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pegusus123456 10/06/25 4:02:57 PM #9:	ROBBAN posted... i am gonna watch it at some point but i'm not caught up on the "in-between campaigns" stuff Me either. It takes place in a brand new setting, so you don't need the in-between stuff. --- https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:986644941] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>ROBBAN posted... </cite><quote>i am gonna watch it at some point but i'm not caught up on the "in-between campaigns" stuff</quote>Me either. It takes place in a brand new setting, so you don't need the in-between stuff.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ROBBAN 10/06/25 4:05:31 PM #10:	that's a good point, actually i might at least start it to just see the characters then --- Kremlin delenda est <cite>ROBBAN posted [p:986644962] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>that's a good point, actuallyi might at least start it to just see the characters then</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ROBBAN 10/06/25 5:41:22 PM #11:	okay that was a powerful opening --- Kremlin delenda est <cite>ROBBAN posted [p:986645837] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>okaythat was a powerful opening</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Aristoph 10/06/25 6:03:22 PM #12:	I found CR in the middle of the Mighty Nein, and watched the rest of that campaign live. Tried catching up fully with Vox Machina during that time, and got about 70% of the way through that. But it's been a while since I continued it. Most of the remainder has been spoiled through C2/3 callbacks and just other fandom stuff so I've kinda lost the momentum to finish. I started campaign 3 live and loved the first 20-30 episodes. Then Robbie left. And within 3 or 4 episodes I had completely lost interest. Felt like the spark had left the rest of the cast and they were kinda going through the motions. Been meaning to pick it back up after hearing Robbie returned later on, but it's a lot of hours... Learned about Dimension 20 towards the end of C2, and fell in love with Brennan's style. So when I stopped watching Bell's Hells, I started going through the D20 seasons. Hearing that not only was Mercer finally getting to play a long term character, but now my other favorite DM in the world was taking his place? And not only was Robbie a full cast member, but Aabria and Luis too? Yeah, I am SO excited for this campaign. And the first episode did not disappoint. --- PSN ID: Aristoph https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj5ydFYxnEODxpQeBswmiAA <cite>Aristoph posted [p:986646010] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>I found CR in the middle of the Mighty Nein, and watched the rest of that campaign live. Tried catching up fully with Vox Machina during that time, and got about 70% of the way through that. But it's been a while since I continued it. Most of the remainder has been spoiled through C2/3 callbacks and just other fandom stuff so I've kinda lost the momentum to finish. I started campaign 3 live and loved the first 20-30 episodes. Then Robbie left. And within 3 or 4 episodes I had completely lost interest. Felt like the spark had left the rest of the cast and they were kinda going through the motions. Been meaning to pick it back up after hearing Robbie returned later on, but it's a lot of hours...Learned about Dimension 20 towards the end of C2, and fell in love with Brennan's style. So when I stopped watching Bell's Hells, I started going through the D20 seasons.Hearing that not only was Mercer finally getting to play a long term character, but now my other favorite DM in the world was taking his place? And not only was Robbie a full cast member, but Aabria and Luis too? Yeah, I am SO excited for this campaign. And the first episode did not disappoint.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Uta 10/06/25 6:20:40 PM #13:	About an hour into Episode 1. Great tone setting but not a whole lot of movement. As I understand it's all very slow to start on purpose though, so I'll reserve judgement for now. --- She / Her Others don't get to dictate what's normal and what isn't. It's something we decide for ourselves. <cite>Uta posted [p:986646177] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>About an hour into Episode 1. Great tone setting but not a whole lot of movement. As I understand it's all very slow to start on purpose though, so I'll reserve judgement for now. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ROBBAN 10/06/25 6:29:38 PM #14:	first half hour ~~oh my god, Liam is playing a Bard~~ --- Kremlin delenda est <cite>ROBBAN posted [p:986646269] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>first half hour oh my god, Liam is playing a Bard </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pegusus123456 10/06/25 7:20:52 PM #15:	Aristoph posted... tarted campaign 3 live and loved the first 20-30 episodes. Then Robbie left. And within 3 or 4 episodes I had completely lost interest. Felt like the spark had left the rest of the cast and they were kinda going through the motions. Been meaning to pick it back up after hearing Robbie returned later on, but it's a lot of hours... Unless C4 goes downhill, C3 is absolutely the weak point in the show for a variety of reasons. Uta posted... About an hour into Episode 1. Great tone setting but not a whole lot of movement. As I understand it's all very slow to start on purpose though, so I'll reserve judgement for now. I felt the same, it picks up a good bit when Sam and Whitney's characters are introduced. It just starts off with Liam and Luis, the two resident sad boys. ROBBAN posted... first half hour ~~oh my god, Liam is playing a Bard~~ I have to imagine ~~he's playing Matt's homebrewed College of Tragedy bard.~~ --- https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:986646792] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>Aristoph posted... </cite><quote>tarted campaign 3 live and loved the first 20-30 episodes. Then Robbie left. And within 3 or 4 episodes I had completely lost interest. Felt like the spark had left the rest of the cast and they were kinda going through the motions. Been meaning to pick it back up after hearing Robbie returned later on, but it's a lot of hours...</quote>Unless C4 goes downhill, C3 is absolutely the weak point in the show for a variety of reasons.Uta posted... </cite><quote>About an hour into Episode 1. Great tone setting but not a whole lot of movement. As I understand it's all very slow to start on purpose though, so I'll reserve judgement for now.</quote>I felt the same, it picks up a good bit when Sam and Whitney's characters are introduced. It just starts off with Liam and Luis, the two resident sad boys.ROBBAN posted... </cite><quote>first half hour oh my god, Liam is playing a Bard</quote>I have to imagine he's playing Matt's homebrewed College of Tragedy bard.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Uta 10/06/25 8:21:03 PM #16:	pegusus123456 posted... Unless C4 goes downhill, C3 is absolutely the weak point in the show for a variety of reasons. What are those reasons? I kind of petered off from C3 largely due to the enormous time commitment that the campaigns tend to be. I doubt I'll be able to keep up with C4 either as even Dimension 20s much tighter 2 hour episodes strain my schedule somewhat, but I'm keen to know why people didn't like C3. The characters seemed really cool at first glance. --- She / Her Others don't get to dictate what's normal and what isn't. It's something we decide for ourselves. <cite>Uta posted [p:986647392] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>pegusus123456 posted... </cite><quote>Unless C4 goes downhill, C3 is absolutely the weak point in the show for a variety of reasons.</quote>What are those reasons? I kind of petered off from C3 largely due to the enormous time commitment that the campaigns tend to be. I doubt I'll be able to keep up with C4 either as even Dimension 20s much tighter 2 hour episodes strain my schedule somewhat, but I'm keen to know why people didn't like C3. The characters seemed really cool at first glance.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MonkeyBones23 10/06/25 8:56:14 PM #17:	I also was one who didn't like campaign 3. I made it through about 30 episodes or so before I couldn't go on anymore. Didn't like any of the characters (literally not even 1 PC) or setting. I did watch the episodes when ~~characters from the old campaign appeared~~ but didn't like that the only reason I liked those episodes was because of that. Absolutely hated the ending of the campaign (despite it being creative thinking). I hated the characters viewpoint of the gods. I hated that this set of characters were given this story. I'll wait a few weeks and watch the first few episodes of C4 when I have the time. Am interested to see how the style works out. --- We're a forest of lives, but we grow tall and wide. We'll never be cut down. <cite>MonkeyBones23 posted [p:986647774] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>I also was one who didn't like campaign 3. I made it through about 30 episodes or so before I couldn't go on anymore. Didn't like any of the characters (literally not even 1 PC) or setting. I did watch the episodes when characters from the old campaign appeared but didn't like that the only reason I liked those episodes was because of that.Absolutely hated the ending of the campaign (despite it being creative thinking). I hated the characters viewpoint of the gods. I hated that this set of characters were given this story. I'll wait a few weeks and watch the first few episodes of C4 when I have the time. Am interested to see how the style works out.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pegusus123456 10/06/25 8:58:31 PM #18:	Uta posted... What are those reasons? I kind of petered off from C3 largely due to the enormous time commitment that the campaigns tend to be. I doubt I'll be able to keep up with C4 either as even Dimension 20s much tighter 2 hour episodes strain my schedule somewhat, but I'm keen to know why people didn't like C3. The characters seemed really cool at first glance. Matt introduces the main plot of the campaign super early on and it's apocalyptic from the outset, so any kind of deviation from it feels like a waste of time from both an audience and player perspective. Some of the best parts of the first two campaigns was the way character backstories got integrated into the main plot, but that just doesn't really happen here much. And when it does happen, it feels tacked on and superficial. And that even goes for the few characters who have backstories which tie into the main plot. Probably for that reason, the party just didn't develop their characters as much as the previous campaigns. Taliesin's character in particular is just ugggggh. He starts off as this bitchy asshole and Taliesin's intent was probably for other characters to push back against him to trigger some development, much like Beau in C2, but that never happens. So he ends the campaign still being a bitchy asshole. The characters are cool, but the problem is they do not fit the campaign's main plotline at fucking all. There was no "session zero" where Matt outlined what he wanted to do with this campaign. I'll get into spoiler territory here. The main plotline is that Ruidus, Exandria's second moon, is actually a prison created by the gods to seal away a being called Predathos which eats divinity. It killed two gods before they locked it up and now a powerful archmage named Ludinus is trying to free it because he's old enough to remember the Calamity, a massive war between the gods that nearly killed all mortal life on the planet. He understandably thinks the gods suck. The first issue with this plotline is that it tries very hard to take a more neutral stance on the gods, portraying the Pantheon as more morally ambiguous. Which would work fine if we didn't have two campaigns that portrayed them as unequivocally good, righteous people. So there are parts where it feels a bit retconny. The second problem is the MCU problem. C3 is the Endgame of Exandria, so there's a lot more crossover with the first two campaigns. You know how sometimes people will ask why Iron Man doesn't ask Hulk for help? That's a massive problem here. Vox Machina and The Mighty Nein are both level 20 adventuring parties with personal reasons to stop Ludinus' plans, but they're just shuffled off to the side for Bell's Hells who are a self-described "group of chuckle fucks." And the MCU solves this at least a little by keeping the other characters offscreen, but Liam's character is one of Keyleth's personal guard and they interact with VM constantly. And the MOST glaring problem with this main plotline is that yeah, the individual characters of BH are fun, but they have absolutely zero stake in this plotline. Liam, Laura, and Ashley have a bit of connection: Liam's husband and son were killed by assassins working for Ludinus, Laura's mom is directly involved with Ludinus' plans and her powers are connected to Predathos, and it turns out Ashley's real dad is an archfey working with Ludinus. That's fine. But the main crux of the plotline is the god thing and none of the characters are religious. The closest is Sam's character, a goofy little robot who eventually kind of starts to worship the Changebringer, but it's shallow and superficial like all character development in the campaign. So some characters actually agree with Ludinus that the gods should be stopped, but they don't have any personal connection to the gods so it's like....why? Taliesin's character just thinks they suck because his life sucks and they never helped him. Marisha's character agreed despite the fact she fuckin' died and a cleric of the Everlight brought her back to life. No one actually argues in favor of the gods, even Sam's character, but they all agree they need to stop Ludinus. And this leads to. So. Much. Fucking. Wheel spinning. So so so so many episodes where they have the exact same goddamn conversation on whether they're doing the right thing, on whether they should help Ludinus, on whether they should stop Ludinus and let Predathos out, whether the gods are good, whether the gods are bad, just over and over and over again. Even down to the last fuckin' episode where they're literally at the door to Predathos' chamber, they DO NOT KNOW what they're going to do. The episodes are fun to watch in the moment, the cast at least are still enjoying themselves and the humor is still there, but it's just such a drag taken as a whole. There are later episodes where ~~they play as their C1 and C2 characters and it's just such an insane difference. They get right back into it like they never stopped and it's so captivating compared to their C3 characters.~~ --- https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:986647808] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>Uta posted... </cite><quote>What are those reasons? I kind of petered off from C3 largely due to the enormous time commitment that the campaigns tend to be. I doubt I'll be able to keep up with C4 either as even Dimension 20s much tighter 2 hour episodes strain my schedule somewhat, but I'm keen to know why people didn't like C3. The characters seemed really cool at first glance.</quote>Matt introduces the main plot of the campaign super early on and it's apocalyptic from the outset, so any kind of deviation from it feels like a waste of time from both an audience and player perspective. Some of the best parts of the first two campaigns was the way character backstories got integrated into the main plot, but that just doesn't really happen here much. And when it does happen, it feels tacked on and superficial. And that even goes for the few characters who have backstories which tie into the main plot.Probably for that reason, the party just didn't develop their characters as much as the previous campaigns. Taliesin's character in particular is just ugggggh. He starts off as this bitchy asshole and Taliesin's intent was probably for other characters to push back against him to trigger some development, much like Beau in C2, but that never happens. So he ends the campaign still being a bitchy asshole.The characters are cool, but the problem is they do not fit the campaign's main plotline at fucking all. There was no "session zero" where Matt outlined what he wanted to do with this campaign. I'll get into spoiler territory here.The main plotline is that Ruidus, Exandria's second moon, is actually a prison created by the gods to seal away a being called Predathos which eats divinity. It killed two gods before they locked it up and now a powerful archmage named Ludinus is trying to free it because he's old enough to remember the Calamity, a massive war between the gods that nearly killed all mortal life on the planet. He understandably thinks the gods suck. The first issue with this plotline is that it tries very hard to take a more neutral stance on the gods, portraying the Pantheon as more morally ambiguous. Which would work fine if we didn't have two campaigns that portrayed them as unequivocally good, righteous people. So there are parts where it feels a bit retconny. The second problem is the MCU problem. C3 is the Endgame of Exandria, so there's a lot more crossover with the first two campaigns. You know how sometimes people will ask why Iron Man doesn't ask Hulk for help? That's a massive problem here. Vox Machina and The Mighty Nein are both level 20 adventuring parties with personal reasons to stop Ludinus' plans, but they're just shuffled off to the side for Bell's Hells who are a self-described "group of chuckle fucks." And the MCU solves this at least a little by keeping the other characters offscreen, but Liam's character is one of Keyleth's personal guard and they interact with VM constantly. And the MOST glaring problem with this main plotline is that yeah, the individual characters of BH are fun, but they have absolutely zero stake in this plotline. Liam, Laura, and Ashley have a bit of connection: Liam's husband and son were killed by assassins working for Ludinus, Laura's mom is directly involved with Ludinus' plans and her powers are connected to Predathos, and it turns out Ashley's real dad is an archfey working with Ludinus. That's fine. But the main crux of the plotline is the god thing and none of the characters are religious. The closest is Sam's character, a goofy little robot who eventually kind of starts to worship the Changebringer, but it's shallow and superficial like all character development in the campaign. So some characters actually agree with Ludinus that the gods should be stopped, but they don't have any personal connection to the gods so it's like....why? Taliesin's character just thinks they suck because his life sucks and they never helped him. Marisha's character agreed despite the fact she fuckin' died and a cleric of the Everlight brought her back to life. No one actually argues in favor of the gods, even Sam's character, but they all agree they need to stop Ludinus.And this leads to. So. Much. Fucking. Wheel spinning. So so so so many episodes where they have the exact same goddamn conversation on whether they're doing the right thing, on whether they should help Ludinus, on whether they should stop Ludinus and let Predathos out, whether the gods are good, whether the gods are bad, just over and over and over again. Even down to the last fuckin' episode where they're literally at the door to Predathos' chamber, they DO NOT KNOW what they're going to do.The episodes are fun to watch in the moment, the cast at least are still enjoying themselves and the humor is still there, but it's just such a drag taken as a whole. There are later episodes where they play as their C1 and C2 characters and it's just such an insane difference. They get right back into it like they never stopped and it's so captivating compared to their C3 characters.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
havean776 10/06/25 9:06:30 PM #19:	Wow thanks for the in depth write up Pegausus. I zoned out of season 3 when it was clear every character wanted t be 'the silly one'. It made it hard to really get into. I'm sure they had fun with it but it wasn't for me. Oh well everyone seems to agree season 3 was the weakest. --- "I will either find a way, or make one." Hannibal Barca <cite>havean776 posted [p:986647908] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>Wow thanks for the in depth write up Pegausus. I zoned out of season 3 when it was clear every character wanted t be 'the silly one'. It made it hard to really get into. I'm sure they had fun with it but it wasn't for me.Oh well everyone seems to agree season 3 was the weakest.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pegusus123456 10/06/25 9:19:19 PM #20:	Oh, this is more of a minor issue and it runs back into C2 as well: the party is weirdly terrified of combat. I think C2's ~~permanent character death~~ fucked them up because they will go to insane lengths to try and avoid it and at a certain point it's like...come on. The most egregious example I can think of in C3 is when they're accosted by some centaurs and they're lowkey freaking out. Some CR2 centaurs. At level eight. With seven party members. They're forced into combat because centaurs run faster than them and they effortlessly destroy them, but they take no lesson from this. That is one thing I look forward to for C4. Combat is one thing Brennan is just better at than Matt. And I don't think he'll coddle them quiiiiite so much. --- https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:986648064] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>Oh, this is more of a minor issue and it runs back into C2 as well: the party is weirdly terrified of combat.I think C2's permanent character death fucked them up because they will go to insane lengths to try and avoid it and at a certain point it's like...come on. The most egregious example I can think of in C3 is when they're accosted by some centaurs and they're lowkey freaking out.Some CR2 centaurs.At level eight.With seven party members.They're forced into combat because centaurs run faster than them and they effortlessly destroy them, but they take no lesson from this. That is one thing I look forward to for C4. Combat is one thing Brennan is just better at than Matt. And I don't think he'll coddle them quiiiiite so much.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
specialkid8 10/06/25 9:38:20 PM #21:	I tried to listen to critical role before but the episodes are so damn long and it didn't really grab me. Plus I've been listening to TAZ for years and didn't feel like I needed another DnD podcast. But I'm always down for some BLM. I'm gonna check it out. --- https://i.imgur.com/AUXKMK4.jpg <cite>specialkid8 posted [p:986648263] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>I tried to listen to critical role before but the episodes are so damn long and it didn't really grab me. Plus I've been listening to TAZ for years and didn't feel like I needed another DnD podcast. But I'm always down for some BLM. I'm gonna check it out. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pegusus123456 10/06/25 9:56:54 PM #22:	specialkid8 posted... I tried to listen to critical role before but the episodes are so damn long and it didn't really grab me. Plus I've been listening to TAZ for years and didn't feel like I needed another DnD podcast. But I'm always down for some BLM. I'm gonna check it out. Try EXU: Calamity. Brennan is the DM for that and holy shit it is so good --- https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:986648436] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>specialkid8 posted... </cite><quote>I tried to listen to critical role before but the episodes are so damn long and it didn't really grab me. Plus I've been listening to TAZ for years and didn't feel like I needed another DnD podcast. But I'm always down for some BLM. I'm gonna check it out.</quote>Try EXU: Calamity.Brennan is the DM for that and holy shit it is so good</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Uta 10/07/25 12:42:29 AM #23:	pegusus123456 posted... snip One of those bullet points was one of the things that made me hate a particular season of Digimon so much. Spoilers for Digimon Hunters The finale features every major protagonist from the franchise's history showing up to help the new hero, but then after they blow up a ton of fodder an old man basically says, "Alright that's enough. The rest of you can't help anymore. You've already saved your worlds and you can't save another. New guy, you're on your own for the final battle". Anyways I've never managed to finish a CR Campaign. I really liked what I saw of Mighty Nein, but wanted to go back to Campaign 1 and then struggled with some of the Acaba scenes early on. I don't think I ever left the dwarven mines, lol. --- She / Her Others don't get to dictate what's normal and what isn't. It's something we decide for ourselves. <cite>Uta posted [p:986649781] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>pegusus123456 posted... </cite><quote>snip</quote>One of those bullet points was one of the things that made me hate a particular season of Digimon so much. Spoilers for Digimon Hunters The finale features every major protagonist from the franchise's history showing up to help the new hero, but then after they blow up a ton of fodder an old man basically says, "Alright that's enough. The rest of you can't help anymore. You've already saved your worlds and you can't save another. New guy, you're on your own for the final battle".Anyways I've never managed to finish a CR Campaign. I really liked what I saw of Mighty Nein, but wanted to go back to Campaign 1 and then struggled with some of the Acaba scenes early on. I don't think I ever left the dwarven mines, lol.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ROBBAN 10/07/25 2:26:35 AM #24:	pegusus123456 posted... While i did enjoy the show and watched/ listened to it fully, i absolutely agree to every point Especially how the ~~"Do we even care about the gods? They've never done anything for us, should we let them die?"~~ stuff just went on and on repeatedly --- Kremlin delenda est <cite>ROBBAN posted [p:986650210] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>pegusus123456 posted... </cite><quote></quote>While i did enjoy the show and watched/ listened to it fully, i absolutely agree to every point Especially how the "Do we even care about the gods? They've never done anything for us, should we let them die?" stuff just went on and on repeatedly</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
008Zulu 10/07/25 2:55:13 AM #25:	Of course Laura ~~would have to roll a Nat 1 on her death saving throw, moments after~~ her character is introduced. --- How many millions have you made off of AI? Have you even made enough to quit your job? It's not meant to make you rich, but to make the billionaires richer. <cite>008Zulu posted [p:986650293] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>Of course Laura would have to roll a Nat 1 on her death saving throw, moments after her character is introduced.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pegusus123456 10/07/25 3:00:04 AM #26:	008Zulu posted... Of course Laura ~~would have to roll a Nat 1 on her death saving throw, moments after~~ her character is introduced. I made a post in the subreddit's live viewing topic saying, ~~"It's just for the drama, Brennan isn't going to kill off a character before they're actually introduced."~~ Sure ate those words lmao --- https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:986650314] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>008Zulu posted... </cite><quote>Of course Laura would have to roll a Nat 1 on her death saving throw, moments after her character is introduced.</quote>I made a post in the subreddit's live viewing topic saying, "It's just for the drama, Brennan isn't going to kill off a character before they're actually introduced."Sure ate those words lmao</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AuthenticZac 10/07/25 5:16:05 AM #27:	pegusus123456 posted... I'll add in another major complaint I had - the locations in C3 never seemed to have any life to them. In C1 and C2, they would constantly revisit cities, so nearly every place actually felt like a living, breathing city. C1; Whitestone was revisited multiple times, being the home of Percy. They engaged in festivals and had multiple plot lines connected to the city itself, so any time there was a threat to the town, it felt like there were actual people in danger. It also served as a home base to Vox Machina Then there was Emon, their official home base (Castle Greyskull). This was another city that would be revisited multiple times, whenever they needed to convene with the leaders of Tal'Dorei (until it was destroyed by the Conclave). Even afterwards, it would still be a major location, as the cast would return regularly to interact with cast-favorite NPCs like Gilmore. Vasselheim and Marquet were visited less often, but still played a major part in the campaign with multiple plot lines running through them. And just like the other cities, had memorable NPCs that cast themselves actually HAD to make a point to interact with every time they returned (ex: Victor). C2; Much like C1, there were multiple "Home Bases". The first of which being in Xhorhas, where they were gifted an actual home. Despite the ticking clock of a major war, the crew made it a point to revisit the Xhor-house multiple times to reset themselves and check in with cast-favorite characters like Essek. The second home base of the Mighty Nein was Nicodranas, the home of Jester. Over the course of the campaign, they probably returned here about a dozen times to check in on NPCs like Marion (Jester's mom), Yussa (wizard tower), or Yeza/Luke (Veth's family). So much like Whitestone in C1, there was an emotional connection to the location and a desire to make sure the people there stayed safe when danger presented itself Zadash, while not being a home base, still saw itself as a major hub for the Nein over the course of the entire campaign. Quests from the Gentleman, shopping trips with Pumat Sol, and lore dumps in the Archives. C3 In Campaign 3, they didn't have roots anywhere. They started strong, fleshing out Jrusar over the course of the first 25(?) episodes but as soon as they left the city, it became an afterthought. Hell, it almost seemed like they forgot it even existed. Laura's character would sometimes wonder how Zhudanna was doing, but that was the extent of any connection they had once they left. ~~The only location they seemed to really care to revisit was Whitestone, which wasn't even a C3 original.~~ --- https://i.imgur.com/MUJCZY9.png My Personal Backlog (I might have a problem) - https://www.backloggery.com/AuthenticZac <cite>AuthenticZac posted [p:986650771] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>pegusus123456 posted... </cite><quote></quote>I'll add in another major complaint I had - the locations in C3 never seemed to have any life to them. In C1 and C2, they would constantly revisit cities, so nearly every place actually felt like a living, breathing city. C1;Whitestone was revisited multiple times, being the home of Percy. They engaged in festivals and had multiple plot lines connected to the city itself, so any time there was a threat to the town, it felt like there were actual people in danger. It also served as a home base to Vox MachinaThen there was Emon, their official home base (Castle Greyskull). This was another city that would be revisited multiple times, whenever they needed to convene with the leaders of Tal'Dorei (until it was destroyed by the Conclave). Even afterwards, it would still be a major location, as the cast would return regularly to interact with cast-favorite NPCs like Gilmore. Vasselheim and Marquet were visited less often, but still played a major part in the campaign with multiple plot lines running through them. And just like the other cities, had memorable NPCs that cast themselves actually HAD to make a point to interact with every time they returned (ex: Victor). C2;Much like C1, there were multiple "Home Bases". The first of which being in Xhorhas, where they were gifted an actual home. Despite the ticking clock of a major war, the crew made it a point to revisit the Xhor-house multiple times to reset themselves and check in with cast-favorite characters like Essek. The second home base of the Mighty Nein was Nicodranas, the home of Jester. Over the course of the campaign, they probably returned here about a dozen times to check in on NPCs like Marion (Jester's mom), Yussa (wizard tower), or Yeza/Luke (Veth's family). So much like Whitestone in C1, there was an emotional connection to the location and a desire to make sure the people there stayed safe when danger presented itselfZadash, while not being a home base, still saw itself as a major hub for the Nein over the course of the entire campaign. Quests from the Gentleman, shopping trips with Pumat Sol, and lore dumps in the Archives.C3In Campaign 3, they didn't have roots anywhere. They started strong, fleshing out Jrusar over the course of the first 25(?) episodes but as soon as they left the city, it became an afterthought. Hell, it almost seemed like they forgot it even existed. Laura's character would sometimes wonder how Zhudanna was doing, but that was the extent of any connection they had once they left.The only location they seemed to really care to revisit was Whitestone, which wasn't even a C3 original.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
008Zulu 10/07/25 5:59:28 AM #28:	A rotating cast of, what was it, 13 players? I wonder if they will have a base. --- How many millions have you made off of AI? Have you even made enough to quit your job? It's not meant to make you rich, but to make the billionaires richer. <cite>008Zulu posted [p:986650925] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>A rotating cast of, what was it, 13 players? I wonder if they will have a base.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ConfusedTorchic 10/07/25 6:30:17 AM #29:	i think i would be interested in these things if there was just less people i really don't think they're gaining anything by always having so many --- https://imgur.com/a/d1RYdRe 04/14/2011 - 07/08/2025; miss you buddy <cite>ConfusedTorchic posted [p:986651012] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>i think i would be interested in these things if there was just less peoplei really don't think they're gaining anything by always having so many</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Aristoph 10/07/25 1:12:48 PM #30:	ConfusedTorchic posted... i think i would be interested in these things if there was just less people i really don't think they're gaining anything by always having so many The whole point of this campaign is "best of both worlds" in terms of group size. They've got 13 main player characters, but after the first 4-episode introduction to everyone and the world, they're splitting off into 3 smaller tables of 4-5 players each. Don't know if they've officially announced schedule-wise how it'll go, but I'm guessing they'll have 2-4 episodes in a row with the same table untangling some smaller storyline before switching to another table for a few episodes. So you get plenty of characters and storylines, but each session should be a much smaller and more manageable setting to follow along. And I'm sure there's going to be some super hype BBEG moments with 10+ PCs battling armies scattered throughout the campaign. Uta posted... Anyways I've never managed to finish a CR Campaign. I really liked what I saw of Mighty Nein, but wanted to go back to Campaign 1 and then struggled with some of the Acaba scenes early on. I don't think I ever left the dwarven mines, lol. I highly recommend sticking with C1. Acaba isn't around too much longer and it gets good almost immediately once he's gone. I think it was around episode 27, iirc? Some people jump straight to that point when starting, so if he's really bothering you (understandably), you wouldn't be alone in just skipping him entirely. And the rest of the campaign is absolutely worth the time investment, especially if you've avoided the major spoilers. --- PSN ID: Aristoph https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj5ydFYxnEODxpQeBswmiAA <cite>Aristoph posted [p:986653501] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>ConfusedTorchic posted... </cite><quote>i think i would be interested in these things if there was just less peoplei really don't think they're gaining anything by always having so many</quote>The whole point of this campaign is "best of both worlds" in terms of group size. They've got 13 main player characters, but after the first 4-episode introduction to everyone and the world, they're splitting off into 3 smaller tables of 4-5 players each. Don't know if they've officially announced schedule-wise how it'll go, but I'm guessing they'll have 2-4 episodes in a row with the same table untangling some smaller storyline before switching to another table for a few episodes.So you get plenty of characters and storylines, but each session should be a much smaller and more manageable setting to follow along. And I'm sure there's going to be some super hype BBEG moments with 10+ PCs battling armies scattered throughout the campaign.Uta posted... </cite><quote>Anyways I've never managed to finish a CR Campaign. I really liked what I saw of Mighty Nein, but wanted to go back to Campaign 1 and then struggled with some of the Acaba scenes early on. I don't think I ever left the dwarven mines, lol.</quote>I highly recommend sticking with C1. Acaba isn't around too much longer and it gets good almost immediately once he's gone. I think it was around episode 27, iirc? Some people jump straight to that point when starting, so if he's really bothering you (understandably), you wouldn't be alone in just skipping him entirely. And the rest of the campaign is absolutely worth the time investment, especially if you've avoided the major spoilers.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ROBBAN 10/08/25 12:27:56 PM #31:	speaking of campaign 3 real quick in the very first episode ~~they fight a bunch of animated furniture~~ and that sorta kicks off how they all meet but did they ever find out why that happened to begin with? it felt like they just sorta moved on from that very fast --- Kremlin delenda est <cite>ROBBAN posted [p:986663743] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>speaking of campaign 3 real quickin the very first episode they fight a bunch of animated furniture and that sorta kicks off how they all meetbut did they ever find out why that happened to begin with?it felt like they just sorta moved on from that very fast</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Aristoph 10/10/25 12:28:18 AM #32:	Me going into the break in episode 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSxx12vADYk --- PSN ID: Aristoph https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj5ydFYxnEODxpQeBswmiAA <cite>Aristoph posted [p:986680600] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>Me going into the break in episode 2:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSxx12vADYk</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pegusus123456 10/10/25 1:08:31 AM #33:	ROBBAN posted... speaking of campaign 3 real quick in the very first episode ~~they fight a bunch of animated furniture~~ and that sorta kicks off how they all meet but did they ever find out why that happened to begin with? it felt like they just sorta moved on from that very fast Ira did it. I don't remember a reason for it ever being addressed, but he's also the kinda dude who'd just bring a bunch of furniture to life for shits and giggles. He animates more when they fight him at their first meeting. --- https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:986680780] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>ROBBAN posted... </cite><quote>speaking of campaign 3 real quickin the very first episode they fight a bunch of animated furniture and that sorta kicks off how they all meetbut did they ever find out why that happened to begin with?it felt like they just sorta moved on from that very fast</quote>Ira did it. I don't remember a reason for it ever being addressed, but he's also the kinda dude who'd just bring a bunch of furniture to life for shits and giggles. He animates more when they fight him at their first meeting.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Uta 10/10/25 1:48:58 AM #34:	Reached the midpoint of episode 1. Should be caught up before Episode 2 releases for non live viewers. But I saw a ton of people complaint about Aabria and it was kind of surprising because like. She was normal? Is this a racism thing or am I missing something here? --- She / Her Others don't get to dictate what's normal and what isn't. It's something we decide for ourselves. <cite>Uta posted [p:986681004] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>Reached the midpoint of episode 1. Should be caught up before Episode 2 releases for non live viewers. But I saw a ton of people complaint about Aabria and it was kind of surprising because like. She was normal? Is this a racism thing or am I missing something here?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pegusus123456 10/10/25 2:18:45 AM #35:	Uta posted... But I saw a ton of people complaint about Aabria and it was kind of surprising because like. She was normal? Is this a racism thing or am I missing something here? Aabria's first appearance in anything Critical Role was DMing Exandria Unlimited, the first DM to do a canon, Exandria oneshot outside of a few oneshots DM'd by other cast. Even speaking very charitably....it wasn't very good. I'd argue it's the worst liveplay CR's ever put out and it was exacerbated by virtue of them hyping it so heavily. Even as someone who's enjoyed her work and defends her, a lot of it was her fault. For whatever reason, she didn't DM that series very well. So part of it is that some people watched that, made up their mind about her, and now aren't going to change their mind. I'll even say that I understand the complaints to some degree. I wasn't a huge fan of that plant growth stuff she was doing which was basically just a glorified way of telling people how her character felt about other characters. And she's very extroverted in a way that sometimes grates on me. So to an extent, I get it. That said, I do think a massive chunk of it is just racism and sexism. Marisha got the bulk of it in C1, , Micah Burton got it when she guested in C2, Erica Ishii got it when she guested in C2, Ashley got it in C2 and C3, Laura got it in C3, and Aabria's been getting it the whole time. Any kind of legitimate criticism gets blown into a huge ordeal with the female/female-presenting cast members in a way that does not happen with the male ones. There's this hilarious dissonance with them too because CR is so incredibly parasocial. They're convinced that because Aabria annoys them, she's annoying all the cast members too. I got into a mild internet argument with this sea lion asshole on reddit who responded to the assertion that Aabria is helping Brennan out with a lot of stuff by moving the scene along and pulling characters into conversations by asking if Brennan needed help. I just directly quoted Brennan from a C4 hype clip: "I don't want to take a shit without Aabria Eyengar being here." And then the Cooldown episode was even more hilarious because all of the cast was thanking Aabria for helping move things along lmao. --- https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:986681127] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>Uta posted... </cite><quote>But I saw a ton of people complaint about Aabria and it was kind of surprising because like. She was normal? Is this a racism thing or am I missing something here?</quote>Aabria's first appearance in anything Critical Role was DMing Exandria Unlimited, the first DM to do a canon, Exandria oneshot outside of a few oneshots DM'd by other cast. Even speaking very charitably....it wasn't very good. I'd argue it's the worst liveplay CR's ever put out and it was exacerbated by virtue of them hyping it so heavily. Even as someone who's enjoyed her work and defends her, a lot of it was her fault. For whatever reason, she didn't DM that series very well. So part of it is that some people watched that, made up their mind about her, and now aren't going to change their mind.I'll even say that I understand the complaints to some degree. I wasn't a huge fan of that plant growth stuff she was doing which was basically just a glorified way of telling people how her character felt about other characters. And she's very extroverted in a way that sometimes grates on me. So to an extent, I get it.That said, I do think a massive chunk of it is just racism and sexism. Marisha got the bulk of it in C1, , Micah Burton got it when she guested in C2, Erica Ishii got it when she guested in C2, Ashley got it in C2 and C3, Laura got it in C3, and Aabria's been getting it the whole time. Any kind of legitimate criticism gets blown into a huge ordeal with the female/female-presenting cast members in a way that does not happen with the male ones.There's this hilarious dissonance with them too because CR is so incredibly parasocial. They're convinced that because Aabria annoys them, she's annoying all the cast members too. I got into a mild internet argument with this sea lion asshole on reddit who responded to the assertion that Aabria is helping Brennan out with a lot of stuff by moving the scene along and pulling characters into conversations by asking if Brennan needed help. I just directly quoted Brennan from a C4 hype clip: "I don't want to take a shit without Aabria Eyengar being here."And then the Cooldown episode was even more hilarious because all of the cast was thanking Aabria for helping move things along lmao. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
008Zulu 10/10/25 4:05:12 AM #36:	The stats for their characters are insane! Either he let them pick their scores, or they had insanely good dice rolls. --- How many millions have you made off of AI? Have you even made enough to quit your job? It's not meant to make you rich, but to make the billionaires richer. <cite>008Zulu posted [p:986681501] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>The stats for their characters are insane! Either he let them pick their scores, or they had insanely good dice rolls.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pegusus123456 10/10/25 4:13:05 AM #37:	008Zulu posted... The stats for their characters are insane! Either he let them pick their scores, or they had insanely good dice rolls. Matt said they rolled 5d6, dropped the two lowest. From a roleplay perspective, it makes sense. Most of them are veterans and/or older people who've been working in their field for a long time. And Vaelus' insane stats are just karmic balance for Yasha's terrible stats. Saw someone point out that Yasha's total stats at level twenty are lower than most of C4's level three characters' while level three Vaelus' total is higher than level 20 Beau. --- https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:986681521] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>008Zulu posted... </cite><quote>The stats for their characters are insane! Either he let them pick their scores, or they had insanely good dice rolls.</quote>Matt said they rolled 5d6, dropped the two lowest.From a roleplay perspective, it makes sense. Most of them are veterans and/or older people who've been working in their field for a long time. And Vaelus' insane stats are just karmic balance for Yasha's terrible stats. Saw someone point out that Yasha's total stats at level twenty are lower than most of C4's level three characters' while level three Vaelus' total is higher than level 20 Beau.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pegusus123456 10/10/25 5:51:47 AM #38:	God, episode two was even better. After C3 was so meh, it's fun to be on the edge of my seat for the next episode. Some heavy lore drop in this episode too. ~~I really like the idea that after the gods died, the celestials went feral and insane, so they had to be put down because a single one would wipe out an entire region.~~ Whitney stole the show in her last scene, just incredibly subtle acting. --- https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:986681846] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>God, episode two was even better. After C3 was so meh, it's fun to be on the edge of my seat for the next episode.Some heavy lore drop in this episode too. I really like the idea that after the gods died, the celestials went feral and insane, so they had to be put down because a single one would wipe out an entire region.Whitney stole the show in her last scene, just incredibly subtle acting.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
008Zulu 10/10/25 7:04:48 AM #39:	pegusus123456 posted... Matt said they rolled 5d6, dropped the two lowest. Works out better that way I think, using 4d6 probably would have seen more generic fighters. More hybrid classes makes for a more varied experience. --- How many millions have you made off of AI? Have you even made enough to quit your job? It's not meant to make you rich, but to make the billionaires richer. <cite>008Zulu posted [p:986682091] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>pegusus123456 posted... </cite><quote>Matt said they rolled 5d6, dropped the two lowest.</quote>Works out better that way I think, using 4d6 probably would have seen more generic fighters. More hybrid classes makes for a more varied experience.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ROBBAN 10/10/25 11:00:49 AM #40:	did they say what level the start at? --- Kremlin delenda est <cite>ROBBAN posted [p:986683878] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>did they say what level the start at?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Uta 10/10/25 2:55:52 PM #41:	ROBBAN posted... did they say what level the start at? Level 3. Personally when it comes to D&D I've always preferred Point Buy so that everyone's more or less on the same level and it helps ensure that everyone has a chance of failure. It mitigates opportunities for one player to be extremely overpowered and ruin the fun of someone who rolled low. If you want to play a table with higher stats to avoid some of the "Everyone chooses Fighter to avoid MAD" then just raise the points available so people can start with multiple 16s. Tasha's rework of stat points where they're always able to be allocated regardless of race helps too. Curious to see what Sam is doing with a 20 Charisma 10 Wis Cleric though. pegusus123456 posted... I'll even say that I understand the complaints to some degree. I wasn't a huge fan of that plant growth stuff she was doing which was basically just a glorified way of telling people how her character felt about other characters. And she's very extroverted in a way that sometimes grates on me. So to an extent, I get it. Perhaps I'm just used to Brennan where spells work in whatever way is coolest at this exact moment and if there's problems afoot they can hash it out after the table. As for Extroversion. I dunno. I feel like she's of a type that I wouldn't want to know in real life (Brennan is too, to be clear), because they're way too high-tempo for me. But otherwise her extroverted style brings a nice contrast to some of the more subdued characters. Travis loves his brooding badasses and he kind of relies on characters like Jester, Beau, and Taisha to help draw out what makes his characters cool. --- She / Her Others don't get to dictate what's normal and what isn't. It's something we decide for ourselves. <cite>Uta posted [p:986685950] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>ROBBAN posted... </cite><quote>did they say what level the start at?</quote>Level 3.Personally when it comes to D&D I've always preferred Point Buy so that everyone's more or less on the same level and it helps ensure that everyone has a chance of failure. It mitigates opportunities for one player to be extremely overpowered and ruin the fun of someone who rolled low. If you want to play a table with higher stats to avoid some of the "Everyone chooses Fighter to avoid MAD" then just raise the points available so people can start with multiple 16s. Tasha's rework of stat points where they're always able to be allocated regardless of race helps too.Curious to see what Sam is doing with a 20 Charisma 10 Wis Cleric though.pegusus123456 posted... </cite><quote>I'll even say that I understand the complaints to some degree. I wasn't a huge fan of that plant growth stuff she was doing which was basically just a glorified way of telling people how her character felt about other characters. And she's very extroverted in a way that sometimes grates on me. So to an extent, I get it.</quote>Perhaps I'm just used to Brennan where spells work in whatever way is coolest at this exact moment and if there's problems afoot they can hash it out after the table. As for Extroversion. I dunno. I feel like she's of a type that I wouldn't want to know in real life (Brennan is too, to be clear), because they're way too high-tempo for me. But otherwise her extroverted style brings a nice contrast to some of the more subdued characters. Travis loves his brooding badasses and he kind of relies on characters like Jester, Beau, and Taisha to help draw out what makes his characters cool.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pegusus123456 10/10/25 4:07:22 PM #42:	Uta posted... Curious to see what Sam is doing with a 20 Charisma 10 Wis Cleric though. People are speculating that ~~his character just thinks he's a cleric, he's actually a sorcerer or warlock.~~ --- https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:986686589] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>Uta posted... </cite><quote>Curious to see what Sam is doing with a 20 Charisma 10 Wis Cleric though.</quote>People are speculating that his character just thinks he's a cleric, he's actually a sorcerer or warlock.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
orcus_snake 10/10/25 4:10:45 PM #43:	Can never stomach DND unless I am playing myself but I do enjoy brennan clips so I am willing to give it a try. No idea what west marshes means, mind explaining? --- "Warwick are you jungling" "No I'm standing by the wolves because I miss my family" <cite>orcus_snake posted [p:986686617] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>Can never stomach DND unless I am playing myself but I do enjoy brennan clips so I am willing to give it a try.No idea what west marshes means, mind explaining?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pegusus123456 10/10/25 4:23:43 PM #44:	orcus_snake posted... No idea what west marshes means, mind explaining? A true West Marches campaign probably has more specifics, but in this case it means they have a lot of players total that'll split into different groups and drop in and out --- https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:986686728] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>orcus_snake posted... </cite><quote>No idea what west marshes means, mind explaining?</quote>A true West Marches campaign probably has more specifics, but in this case it means they have a lot of players total that'll split into different groups and drop in and out</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ROBBAN 10/10/25 4:23:49 PM #45:	orcus_snake posted... No idea what west marshes means, mind explaining? west marshes, as far as i understand it, is that you have a DnD group of many people, but not all of them play at once --- Kremlin delenda est <cite>ROBBAN posted [p:986686730] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>orcus_snake posted... </cite><quote>No idea what west marshes means, mind explaining?</quote>west marshes, as far as i understand it, is that you have a DnD group of many people, but not all of them play at once</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
orcus_snake 10/10/25 4:26:27 PM #46:	Gotcha, thanks --- "Warwick are you jungling" "No I'm standing by the wolves because I miss my family" <cite>orcus_snake posted [p:986686762] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>Gotcha, thanks</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
008Zulu 10/10/25 6:05:30 PM #47:	Uta posted... Curious to see what Sam is doing with a 20 Charisma 10 Wis Cleric though. Maybe he has decided to challenge himself by playing a gimped character? --- How many millions have you made off of AI? Have you even made enough to quit your job? It's not meant to make you rich, but to make the billionaires richer. <cite>008Zulu posted [p:986687777] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>Uta posted... </cite><quote>Curious to see what Sam is doing with a 20 Charisma 10 Wis Cleric though.</quote>Maybe he has decided to challenge himself by playing a gimped character?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Uta 10/12/25 12:41:16 AM #48:	pegusus123456 posted... And then the Cooldown episode was even more hilarious because all of the cast was thanking Aabria for helping move things along lmao. Speaking of The Cooldown. Do they normally upload those or is the one that's up right now the only one they'll do? I love BTS stuff and might watch these when the wife's not around, but I'm not sure if it's worth subscribing to a platform just for CR stuff. --- She / Her Others don't get to dictate what's normal and what isn't. It's something we decide for ourselves. <cite>Uta posted [p:986699952] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>pegusus123456 posted... </cite><quote>And then the Cooldown episode was even more hilarious because all of the cast was thanking Aabria for helping move things along lmao.</quote>Speaking of The Cooldown. Do they normally upload those or is the one that's up right now the only one they'll do? I love BTS stuff and might watch these when the wife's not around, but I'm not sure if it's worth subscribing to a platform just for CR stuff.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pegusus123456 10/12/25 1:43:04 AM #49:	Uta posted... Speaking of The Cooldown. Do they normally upload those or is the one that's up right now the only one they'll do? I love BTS stuff and might watch these when the wife's not around, but I'm not sure if it's worth subscribing to a platform just for CR stuff. Nah, it's a little advertisement for Beacon. --- https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif https://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:986700346] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>Uta posted... </cite><quote>Speaking of The Cooldown. Do they normally upload those or is the one that's up right now the only one they'll do? I love BTS stuff and might watch these when the wife's not around, but I'm not sure if it's worth subscribing to a platform just for CR stuff.</quote>Nah, it's a little advertisement for Beacon.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Uta 10/14/25 1:16:31 AM #50:	Halfway through Episode 2. All the stuff with the box was pretty cool, and the set up at the Candy Creed had some fun political machinations. I'm starting to see how this group fractals into three potential teams here. One team pursuing the crows for the nightsong. One team pursuing the political intrigue of the sundered houses. I'm not quite sure what the third hook is just yet. --- She / Her Others don't get to dictate what's normal and what isn't. It's something we decide for ourselves. <cite>Uta posted [p:986719396] in Anyone els... [t:81049375]...</cite> <quote>Halfway through Episode 2. All the stuff with the box was pretty cool, and the set up at the Candy Creed had some fun political machinations. I'm starting to see how this group fractals into three potential teams here. One team pursuing the crows for the nightsong. One team pursuing the political intrigue of the sundered houses. I'm not quite sure what the third hook is just yet.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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