The amount of times you see his brain working: “this is definitely cheating... and their bonkers idea definitely ruins my fun... but I want it to be fun for them... but I don’t want it to be too easy because then it won’t be meaningful... and the rules are there for a reason... but the rule of cool is awesome... okay, F*** it!”
The fact that Leiland does so much better in this combat than in any other before plays so well into the narrative of him finally finding his real purpose in his unlife.
I was guessing at an ending with something along the lines of a small breeze brushing past Lieland and he picks up a faint, distant smell, that takes him a second to recognize.
@@zakkmylde1712 I love that these two games just go hand-in-hand. Because in the first one heroes give people jobs at their place, in the second villains take people's jobs at their place. It's beautiful, when you think about it like that.
I love to think that Olag was never intended to have this pivotal a role in the story, but he slowly grew in plot significance until the point that Brennan was like: "It is time."
Brennan said the final battle was supposed to be all of them fighting each other over the crown but he had to bring back Olag at the last minute because he didn't anticipate the evil party teaming up and giving the crown to the baby.
I love the first combat the line - "Sokhbar - you could be a force for good, a protector of wild things" "But... you don't like my wild things" Literally breaks my heart every time
Rekha impulsively agreeing to being pregnant at that first episode and suddenly getting into labor in midair really fucking saved this team god dammit HAHAHA
Me, every time Leiland almost dies: “Sir? Sir...Brennan, that is my emotional support wraith! Please don’t kill my emotional support wraith! I need him!”
Based on what the gang told the Elder Evils, Evil means: * Being gross and weird * Looking scary * Doing whatever you want * Friendship, but like bad and awful
I love how Erika RP'd Lillith so much. Just the implications where she seems to know so many of her children and their interests off the bat ("She's a design major!") is so heartwarming. She's a good mom, even if she wasn't very sympathetic when a few of the smaller ones died.
guess thats the evil half leaking through lol, the ones that make it far you care about but most of the spider babies fragile and insignificant cause theyres hundreds of them😂
Also, something about her vocal decisions just scream 'pedipalps' in this series. I keep finding myself wondering what it is about her voice that so clearly flags as 'spider lady' to me
This entire sidequest spans the course of exactly one day. There are three different entirely separate birthing events, five if you count Lilith and the Lavamog
There's six at least. J'er'em'ih gave birth twice (in episode 1 and episode 6), then with the Lavamog having its babies, Maggie giving birth to Leiland Jr, Sokhbarr giving birth to Hork, and Lilith popping out her babies an indeterminate amount of times, that's 6 at the very least
@@shamalamadingleberry7203 armor of agathys only works until your temporary hit points are gone, then you stop dealing damage everytime someone hits you. So no I don't think so
After Sokhbar got a blessing, i realize they could have chosen jeramiee as the avatar of evil. then the world would fear the new dark lord which just so happens to be THEE last scream beast and thus that fear would result in jeramiee birthing hordes of scream beasts.
I'm guessing that was because she regularly plays World of Darkness settings which are a D10 system(Specifically Vampire; The Masquerade)... It also explains her RP heavy play, as WoD is a Storyteller system and is RP focus over system focus... It was also pretty out of context so alot of people probably missed it or didn't understand it
@@Metal_Slyme I always thought Vampire required a metric ton of d10s just in general since it's the only die you really need for 95% of the game. I didn't realize it was a particular set of rules I was playing by
@@TitoMcFadden yeah, all ability checks are d10's at least in V5 (which is what LA by Night uses, i think it's true for older systems but I've never ran those), so an ability check adds your skill and your attribute totals and you roll that many. So if you're super buff and also really well trained in fighting, you could be rolling 10d10 (and then all above like a 6 are a success, and you count number of successes). And it does have a more RP focus, like in the new game theres a thing with combat where DM's are encouraged to kind of ask what the goals of everyone are if combat runs more than 3 rounds, so that it doesn't get bogged down if people aren't enjoying the combat aspect. It is also exclusively theater of the mind style vs miniatures.
Can we talk about the absolute wholesomeness of Lilith and Maggie. Maggie was like, “I don’t mind GIVING you my baby,” her literally newborn child. And why is she so completely comfortable “because you’re so good at being a mom.” Then the sticky spider silk baby wrap. My heart.
How the hell do they manage to make 3 hours of 1 encounter the most interesting, creative, character-driven, dramatic, hilarious, and memorable story ever? I'm gonna miss this cast, they ought to do a reunion where they go over some epilogue stuff, Leiland Jr training under Lilith and Maggie to rule, Leiland killing Hamhead, Markus taking the throne, Sohkbar and the 13 scream beasts returning to the bog, Efink chilling with Olag, and Leiland and Markus meeting up
Because they proved that friendship can be evil in its own way. Especially when they decided to gang up on those simps and covered each other with their powers.
Because 1. an awesome DM who has a fantastic base story and can improvise with fantastic ideas on the fly and 2. an equally awesome group of players who will not only react to situations but build on them by talking with each other. Most groups will just respond to the DM and not actively try to create relationships with the other players. Which is not a slight against casual D&D players because that's super freaking hard to do with strangers.
I mean, his roleplaying was fearless and committed the whole way through. It takes real creativity to come up with the solutions he chose. Abusing the rules like this is what I hope to encourage in my players. At higher levels, most rogues would struggle with large battles like this, especially if they were wounded. Not Markus though.
The only disappointing thing that happened is that what he wanted to happen didn't completely happen. When he made that deal with one of the nameless beings he also said that he was evil for wanting to take away Efink's desire, which was to be the new keeper. So what he wanted was for Olag to be forced to be the keeper and never die and make it so Efink would not be confined to the role of the keeper, even though that's what she wanted. So kinda sad that that didn't happen.
@@ChunkyCoffee I mean, that's on Brennan but I do understand the rationale, I mean the keeper is supposed to be incredibly powerful, and he didn't want to undercut Efink's moment. Making Olag the keeper would have been less dramatic. It would undercut the stakes dramatically.
@@ChunkyCoffee I think Brennan made the right call on this one. As a DM, you will often come across moments where one player wishes to make some grand dramatic gesture or sacrifice as Efink did, only to have another character attempt to immediately undercut or undo that move. It's a tightrope for any DM to walk, but making sure that both players actions have impact without one cancelling the other is the goal, and Brennan did so masterfully.
Lmfao when Amy decided to "become the boatman", and Brennan's brain just broke for a second as he went, "Wait, what? That's... I wasn't expecting... is that... can she *do* that?! I mean... is there a reason she couldn't? DOES THAT WORK?!" and the only word that came out of his mouth was, "...stories..." 😂
@@jodinsan Damn. I got this notification, and now I want to rewatch that part without rewatching all 3 hours of this video, but I can't find it 😟I wish I'd timestamped it.
Late to the party, but I also love how Matt looks so impressed and actually gives her a pat on the back. You know you've done good when not one but two professional DMs are like, "Daaamn!"
Brennan really puts himself into the game. I'd like to see him at Matt's table someday. He'd fit in pretty well as a guest appearance with the M9 or even just a random one-shot.
nanahcuB nimajneB based on his NADDPOD appearance, he’s very chaotic with RP and character choices, but also, he understands the rules of combat very well and uses that to just do a ridiculous amount of damage. When he was on NADDPOD, he played with the gunslinger subclass that Matt made.
That's a smooth save there Matthew. "J'er'em'ih is my favorite companion pet that's ever existed." moment to realize what he said "Except for Trinket." Yeah, that's right. Laura is terrifying and she isn't even there. Still, I agree J and Trinket are the best ranger companions ever.
I think he was less afraid of the big L.B. and more by the raging shite--thunder that would be unleashed onto him by the toxic-and-vocal parts of the crit-role fan community.
Everything about Jason falling through the floor was amazing - the HORROR on Erika’s face, everyone covering their mouths, Efink’s “No...” in disbelief - Mr. Lee Mulligan you magnificent bastard.
Such an adorable lord of the darkness, and already speaking in full sentences while ordering his minions around like a hour or 2 after his birth. His mother must be so proud.
When he fake outs Jason falling into the pit, he has all six of them literally hanging on his words like a cliff edge, so entertaining to watch Matt's reaction
The little comments like this is what makes Brennan such a fun DM. He always is on the players side, pushing the game to be fun and engaging for everyone. He has a “yes and/yes but” approach that I’ve never seen him abandon. When he has to say no he explain what the player could do instead or proposes a fair middle ground. Impeccable DM that everyone should draw inspiration from.
I love how much the PCs love John Feathers. This random giant eagle who Brennan had no plans for and a PC did something insane and suddenly he's a major character. PCs *always* do that; latch onto the most random NPCs - ones you just had *nothing* for. I think it's because it's something that can *only* happen in D&D. It gives them such joy to go, "I can literally talk to anyone, and *I* can *choose* to *make* them important because they're important to me." That's so awesome. Also, it's so perfect for this evil campaign, highlighting how bullshit the eagles were in LotR. Here we get the inverse, and it shows how sucky Good is. Psh. Lame. Evil's got cookies. And *John Fucking Feathers!*
Literally the same thing happened with Gillear in “Fantasy High” He was/still is just a random dude with stats that would be below average on a level 1 character Yet eceryone loves him
I love how the absolute majority of NPCs’ deaths is just caused by falling to their deaths, either by burning in lava, plummeting from the skies or just falling into nothingness for the rest of eternity
"Hide no longer behind a helmet, have the world behold the face of my right hand." - Leiland Junior These words are so badass that even though a couple hours year old is saying them, they are so badass.
Christ Markus is peak human RP at its finest, Mans has nothing but grit and tools and he is making the craziest plays no contest, plus he sound like a drunk uncle, def my favorite character in the campaign lol
When he started pulling out the sections of floor it took my breath away. These sets are already gorgeous, but that little bit of interactivity is truly magnificent. It’s absolutely beautiful work.
HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing 1:15 Episode Starts 2:15 Recap Ends, door happens 2:35 Olag knows not to let Markus talk 3:20 Leland distracts 4:15 Markus hides 7:00 It takes a village 8:30 Safe rage 10:00 Making doors in trolls 11:10 Every goblin can be a bomb 13:30 Gaslighting Brennan 16:00 Old Pickering takes no for an answer 17:20 Tinnitus 19:15 Evil friendship 21:40 Mystery potion 24:30 Hork is born 26:55 J’er’em’ih attack 27:30 Evil parenting 31:40 Salty Old Pickering 33:15 Leland, King of Quips 33:55 Dangerous baby 37:55 Jason saves himself 41:35 Leland’s doing it 44:40 In the river 45:35 Worth it 46:40 Deathright 48:40 Hobart hates doors (door lore) 50:40 Get off my bottom 57:15 Sokhbarr’s baby 58:30 Hork’s brief life 1:00:45 Old Pickering goes out 1:02:40 Orcs look the same 1:04:05 J’er’em’ih stays put 1:04:25 Matt, just because J’er’em’ih is actually useful, doesn’t make him better than Trinket 1:05:40 Efink surprises Brennan 1:08:40 Efink is an awesome name 1:09:40 Boatman fight 1:11:30 Sokhbarr finds his god 1:16:10 J’er’em’ih attack 1:17:45 Lilith has fans 1:18:45 In a bag 1:27:10 Relentless hex 1:28:50 Evil players 1:32:30 Markus unmasked 1:36:35 Olag should stop 1:38:10 Mind door 1:40:30 Jessa knits a death sweater 1:48:50 Everybody rage 1:53:05 J’er’em’ih attacks 1:59:00 You hate to see it 2:03:35 Scary baby 2:04:30 Leland looks cool now 2:08:45 Confusing architecture 2:10:45 Leland fingers Toby 2:13:45 Leland is immediately out 2:14:30 Markus takes death from Olag 2:16:20 Markus falls 2:17:15 Meta mummies 2:18:30 Evil god of networking 2:20:50 Sacrifice teleport 2:22:35 Markus lies? 2:24:20 A summary of Leland’s last 20 seconds 2:29:20 Who’s baby? 2:32:07 Miming holding a baby is surprisingly difficult 2:35:25 Goblin Island 2:37:15 Markus is cool 2:38:35 Leland crits for the first time 2:43:05 The new lord 2:44:25 Never any floor 2:45:40 Evil bartender 2:47:15 John’s got a business proposition 2:49:15 Spider turnout is very high 2:50:45 Jason grows up 2:52:35 J’er’em’ih gives birth 2:55:20 Tantrum 2:56:30 The final command 2:57:20 Episode Ends Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?
.... -_-... Bruh, I watched this thing when it first came out.... I clicked on the link the first time I saw it... and even I didn't have time to pick out some of my favorite moments- How the Actual HELL!!!! What Has Critical Role done to you MAN?!?!
"I was born from the loins of Light But sworned fealty to The Darkness As I have experinced both, allow me to be your new champion" - Efink Murderdeath, Oracle of Shadows
1:05:09 The way Amy breaks Brennan here is insane. I love how one idea from a player can completely change the direction of everything a DM has in mind.
I just love how the penultimate action that ends this epic campaign is Leland getting to be briefly badass with a perfect critical hit, followed by two Nat 1’s. In my mind I picture the projectile blood sprays right into his eyes, briefly blinding him, So his attempted second strike after that finishing blow is just him blindly clumsily flailing his blade in the air, Not noticing his enemy has already fallen.
Started watching because I saw Mercer in the thumbnail of episode 1 and now I'm subscribed and binged all of fantasy high. For once the recommended section paid off! Love Dimension 20!
Same here and I can unequivocally say that on an episode by episode basis I am more entertained by D20 than I am by CR. That being said, I will always have a man crush on Liam O Brien.
I watch so many online DnD games (both as entertainment and to inspire my own games). And Matt and Brennan are in a league of their own for entertainment and storytelling. My other favourites are Deborah Ann Woll, Monty Martin, Matt Colville, Murph... So many others, but Brennan and Matt top the leaderboard.
Man, I love Dimension 20 and their normal cast party, but GOSH DARNIT I NEED MORE OF THE BLOODKEEP. Markus was wicked, Leiland was adorable, Maggie was a powerhouse, Lilith is the best mom, Efink is a true prophet, and Sokhbarr and Jeremih are the beast kings
Brennan did an absolutely amazing job bringing this story to a satisfying close despite all the twists and turns that kept getting added into the story, I loved every second of it! Everyone played their characters sooo well and after all those shenanigans, it's a miracle none of the PCs died! I'm so happy cause there were some really close calls, I was on the edge of my seat! Hilarious, crazy, wholesome and evil! I wish there was more to see, but alas here is the end. Thank you for uploading this wild ride to TH-cam for everyone to enjoy! I will definitely be back to rewatch this in future, but for now, onto the Reunion with the Cast!
Leiland was by far my most favorite character in this series. His rivalry with Hamhead was beyond amusing and the way he played the part had me laughing at every interaction. Special shoutout to Sokhbar tho. He was another very fun character, and him remembering the "eating the stars" story from the first episode of the series made me laugh so hard. I would have never remembered that. Also, Lilith was very creative in the way she approached her combat. Such a better way to play the game than just "I step forward and attack" every turn of every fight.
To be fair, approaches to combat depend a lot upon how the DM reacts to it. In this case the terrain and interpretation of 'Web Whip' were beneficial to creativity. Heck, any ability that can reposition an enemy would have been worth gold in this campaign.
I mean, it was a pretty one to one reference to Ungoliant devouring the light of the Two Trees. It was one of the more on the nose Tolkien references lol
that's because these guys avoided one of the big traps that a lot of evil campaigns fall into, the trap of everyone going 'screw you all, I'm only in this for myself' and then the entire campaign falls apart.
@@Rembanspellsong had this happen with my second campaign ever. By the end the game stopped and the players were in a screaming match because one guy robbed everyone in the night and I didn't know how to deal with it
I just finished this and I can't believe that I'm going to add a new alignment possibility to my own game: Wholesome Evil. You don't have to be at each other's throats! You can destroy the forces of good and light... TOGETHER.
I want more! I WANT MOOOOORE!!!! We need a sequel where we follow Leiland hunt Hamhead, and Marcus take his kingdom. It would be GLORIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really enjoyed this series for a lot of reasons: 1) watching Matt step into a player role to Brennan's DM was amazing, 2) watching Matt and Brennan help Rekha learn how to play was very rewarding, 3) Ify and his pirating ass was about the most Ify thing I've seen in years, 4) John "Zoot Suit and Shades" Feathers...hell yeah!, 5) Erika Iishi just totally s rewing Brennan's final boss fight upside down was amazing and 6) those rolls when they mattered most!!!!
Efink choosing to kill and replace the Necro-Boatman might be my favorite PC power move in D20 history. It comes out of *absolute nowhere* but makes total sense for the character once it's out there, the narrative logic is exquisite, and Brennan could only ever have seen that coming if the exact same idea had independently occurred to him while he was planning the encounter -- it doesn't hinge on any specific spell or ability he could possibly have been able to account for. (I do love and cherish every single instance of players wrecking his shit through brilliantly applied rules lawyering, but managing to out-plot-twist the plot twister on a pure conceptual level? God tier.)
I like to think that Brennan can actually cast thaumaturgy and he makes the sound effects, they are not actually added in post (post production folks, I know it's actually you - you are doing an incredible job and bringing this stuff to life!).
i’ve never been so emotional over a radiant? depressed man, a wet then not wet then wet again elf, a… bird? and his keeper, a great mom spider, and a rouge with family issues
John and markus were so great. The inventive ways Ify used fog of war was so cool. Leiland just couldn't catch a break at all, matt did a really good job role playing a consumate loser that could come in clutch when needed. Even though Efink's motives were dubious at best, the "become boatman" moment was just brilliant. I have never wanted a halfling to die more then gelfast. I would kill to see two more campaigns spawn out of this "The hunt for Gelfast" and "Pirate shenangians feat. John Feathers as a PC."
I'm with Matt: J'er'em'ih is the best companion there has ever been. Consistently, utterly horrifying, yet such a sweetheart at the same time. Hope he'll be *trilling* forever!
I love how this series begin as an Adult swim's parody style of Lord of the Ring and ended more like Noelle Stevenson She-Ra with a lots of ships, realisations of bad past relationships and friendships arcs.
So i just want to apreciate all the afterwork during the whole series ... like on 38:00. So this did not take from brennans story but it was such a cool addition, to highlight the minis as well!!
this was the sickest campaign ever… maggie in the caldera with the elf flail, leiland’s clutch teleport, lilith’s boatman hack, marcus’ clutch teleport, sohkbarr’s sick ass animal affinity, and efink’s ultimate mage transformation were so dynamic and exciting! love watching y’all play
So many funny epic moments but one of my favorite is When efink takes on the boatman, like who thinks of that. Marcus must have been rubbing off on her!
Matt looking at the camera with a look of fear saying 'except for Trinket' is low key hilarious though very understandable. (And to be fair he made up a magic item to keep that bear alive)
Even as a CRC1 fan- Man, Trinket was almost entirely useless. I understand the point of Vex just having him as a pet and RPing it as it is my companion, my child. But at least Jeremiah here is pulling his weight. Also, Matt looking directly at the camera for "Trying to avoid hate messages"? Felt that
I might be wrong, but I think Marcus was trying to force Olag to be the new boatkeeper, so that Efink would be free. He said he wanted olag and his friend to switch places
I know this is a pretty old comment, but I just got around to watching this series, and I totally agree. I think Brennan just had too much going on and couldn't keep track of everything. Pretty sure this story was supposed to go a pretty different direction than it did, so there was a lot of improvising that just made him either forget or maybe not fully understand.
I think brennan actually understood it, but marcus didn’t make the persuasion dc of 30 so brennan had to make something up so he could do the cool shit marcus is asking while simultaneously not do it, so he opted to just instead of efink and olag switching places, he’d make olag be literally undying instead
Actually another comment above addressed this. Brennan set the DC to 30 in the first place because Efink was dead set on becoming the new boatman. To balance what both players wanted, Brennan chose to ultimately side with Efink’s decision, but also gave Marcus great agency with getting the blessing and getting rid of Olag (falling in perpetual undeath like Marcus wanted in the first place). So Marcus achieved 2/3 things he wanted in his turn, 3/4 if we count the incredible move he pulled getting out of falling. When players want different things, balancing what they each want and having them both walk away happy, that’s mastery right there. Dungeon mastery.
I really love Brennan's prologues and epilogues. They really pull the whole thing together, especially making less "why are we in a party together" opening awkwardness. Plus they feel good in my heart & soul.
@@liamerolduffy7738 originally lilith was the first wife of adam when humankind was created. she demanded that adam bow to her rather than vice versa and cursed G-d's name. G-d came down and essentially told her to piss off. As she flew away she became a disgusting creature and swore to lure men into lustful sins, harm pregnant women, and strangle newborns. This was all in Genesis 1. The story you know is Genesis 2 and immediately follows this story. However, it was deemed too horrifying or maybe too telling of particular undertones and became a banned book never to be woven into the bible. You can thank the Catholics for that.
@@liamerolduffy7738 In ancient Babylonian mythology the Lilitu (singular is Lilit) were nightstalking demons that stole the lifeforce of babies and made pregnant women sick so they died in childbirth.
@@lupusmalum6103 That was never written down anywhere. It is a legend of Jewish origin, that's true, but it was never written anywhere in Genesis 1. This time it wasn't the catholics. Rare occaison, I know, but this time they are not to blame. The two different stories about the creation of mankind were written decades, if not centuries apart. And then a very long time after that people thought "huh, look at this, two different stories about how women were created. Maybe Adam had two wives."
I've never clapped to a TH-cam video until I saw the end of this one. Brennan, you are a god-tier DM. That was an AMAZING campaign. And my deepest thanks to whoever did the subtitles.
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I love how they killed all of the big good guys right away, so a random halfling and a suicidal orc had to become the antagonists.
As Brennan said:Sometimes in Dnd you make a big bad and they die in 2 turns.
"WOOPS"
I mean when a high level Artificer with arrows of destruction shows up combat either become stupidly short or mind boggling difficult.
I love how the version of Sam is an absolute Bugs Bunny to Leiland’s Elmer Fudd. Had me rolling
That "random halfling" carried every major emotional arc in the King of the Crowns trilogy, and you use respect when talking about her
New alignment:
"Wholesome Evil"
anything can be evil if you shout "we're evil!" after you do it
@@catarinabarbosa2247 I rescued puppies from a burning tree....I'm evil!
OH MY GOD
@@rhysbailey6827 You set the tree on fire didn't you?
best comment
Watching Brennan's brain go through so many hard-resets during this miniseries has been an absolute delight
The amount of times you see his brain working: “this is definitely cheating... and their bonkers idea definitely ruins my fun... but I want it to be fun for them... but I don’t want it to be too easy because then it won’t be meaningful... and the rules are there for a reason... but the rule of cool is awesome... okay, F*** it!”
@@warmgooeycookie5609 Rule of cool is the way Dnd is played lol. They killed his main villains in the first episode because of insane circumstances
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People looked
*one shots the equivalent of gandalf with a lvl 2 bonus action spell*
"Let Olag live" probably Markus' most evil moment in the entire campaign
I mean he _did_ lose Avanash's bones.
@@romxxii that is a good point….
It's more so that Killing him would have been far easier but he went out of his way to punish Olag in the worst way possible
Arguably one of the most evil things any of them have done this campaign and he did it in such epic fashion to boot.
"Punish me" said the masochist.
Replies the sadist "no"
Lilith: How old is J'er'em'ih?
Sokhbarr: He's like, as old as time, or something.
Lilith (as old as time): They're so precious at that age!
because she also is precious! you old as time comment
The fact that Leiland does so much better in this combat than in any other before plays so well into the narrative of him finally finding his real purpose in his unlife.
HEB
Efink too
The dice are the best storyteller.
@@V1ctoria00 true, but mat did SO well playing around his rolls early on aswell and making it part of his chsracter
In DND the story literally always writes itself. The dice have brains i swear.
Erika's passion over her imaginary spider-children makes my heart jump
Erika is an absolute treasure.
Honestly the most wholesome spider mom
sure made an arachnapobic cry for jason's almost death
that fakeout literally almost gave me a heart attack even though I knew that an 18 was probably a high enough dex save
@@he4rt5 SAME!!!!
This whole campaign takes place in the span of 24 hours, maybe even less than that. Leiland really just spedran the 5 stages of grief.
emotional support gay wraith in service of the new baby lord of shadows speedruning the stages of grief sounds extremely accuarate
I love this comment so god damm much
@@ivylives559 i could not agree more
I actually can't deny this.
Welcome to dnd
Boatman: You guys aren't even evil!
The Crew: Let's force Olag to live forever!
Evil doesnt have to be stupid, friendless, or self harmingly selfish.
Its about overall goals.
Corwyn Corey Even the people we deem evil in the world have friends mad family that love them and that they love.
Not only live forever but think he is going to lose is bones
@@samminicksm even Hitler had friends and family
Later on, the Boatman getting strangled: "why are you doing this?"
Sok'barr: "Because we're EVIL!"
Hoping for a "Escape From the Bloodkeep - The hunt for Hamhead"
Troommate it’s just Leiland by himself
@@Bigballhaver3 And the new companions he'll make to accompany him
Absolutely
I was guessing at an ending with something along the lines of a small breeze brushing past Lieland and he picks up a faint, distant smell, that takes him a second to recognize.
If he has new companions, it's the CR crossover we truly need! Get someone from CR to DM a oneshot with Brennan as a player this time
Remember kids, if you can't work around an important npc, take their job
Or in the case of Fantasy High give them a job.
@@zakkmylde1712 I love that these two games just go hand-in-hand. Because in the first one heroes give people jobs at their place, in the second villains take people's jobs at their place. It's beautiful, when you think about it like that.
I love to think that Olag was never intended to have this pivotal a role in the story, but he slowly grew in plot significance until the point that Brennan was like: "It is time."
Brennan said the final battle was supposed to be all of them fighting each other over the crown but he had to bring back Olag at the last minute because he didn't anticipate the evil party teaming up and giving the crown to the baby.
You are hilariously exactly right!
@@PezzaTheFlezza I am flush with deep-set satisfaction.
Like Gilear.
@@skaicao648 lol i was about to say that he's this seasons gilear
Love how Sokbar is the basically the guardian of unwanted critters and that makes him "evil" by the world's definition.
I love the first combat the line -
"Sokhbar - you could be a force for good, a protector of wild things"
"But... you don't like my wild things"
Literally breaks my heart every time
@@nickc2011 time stamp?
@@patario5977 scary volcano fight. i think first 15 mins.
"The Isle of Misfit Toys 2: Bloodkeep Boogaloo"
He is basically Hagrid if he were in LotR ^^
Rekha impulsively agreeing to being pregnant at that first episode and suddenly getting into labor in midair really fucking saved this team god dammit HAHAHA
In one of the podcasts she admits to having preplanned being pregnant.
True, but the "I go into labor!" thing while falling was completely off the cuff.
I was completely blindsided by the pregnancy being a real thing. I absolutely thought when it was first brought up that it was just a ruse
Am i the only one that finds her unsufferable and entitled?
@@felipevitorino3183 yes
Me, every time Leiland almost dies: “Sir? Sir...Brennan, that is my emotional support wraith! Please don’t kill my emotional support wraith! I need him!”
S A M E
FELT
how are you still alive
he almost dies every two seconds
but like, yeah
"I'm gonna need you to roll a full fcking sneak attack damage against yourself," is like, such an amazing thing to hear coming out of a DM's mouth.
"We're evil, but we understand communication and consent."
Watching Matt get his ass kicked this whole side quest must be super cathartic for the critical role players.
Based on what the gang told the Elder Evils, Evil means:
* Being gross and weird
* Looking scary
* Doing whatever you want
* Friendship, but like bad and awful
wow, antifa really was evil all along!
Hey it's me
They're not entirely wrong
The gross part is unfortunate though 😅
Don't forget believing in yourself and being your own person
I know it’s been 2 years but I want to like this comment so bad BUT ITS AT 666
"You wanted us to play evil characters, we're actually playing evil players!"
Heavy mood right there XD
I love how Erika RP'd Lillith so much. Just the implications where she seems to know so many of her children and their interests off the bat ("She's a design major!") is so heartwarming. She's a good mom, even if she wasn't very sympathetic when a few of the smaller ones died.
guess thats the evil half leaking through lol, the ones that make it far you care about but most of the spider babies fragile and insignificant cause theyres hundreds of them😂
That’s just how spiders do! Lots of spider babies die, and a few of them survive to grow up.
Also, something about her vocal decisions just scream 'pedipalps' in this series. I keep finding myself wondering what it is about her voice that so clearly flags as 'spider lady' to me
Matt pulled a pro-gamer move here: when your dice are rolling crap, start using abilities that force your opponent to roll saves instead.
His character, Dariax, in Crit Roles ExU discovered the same thing, saves vs attack roles
This entire sidequest spans the course of exactly one day.
There are three different entirely separate birthing events, five if you count Lilith and the Lavamog
I like to imagine Lilith is constantly nonstop giving birth to thousands of spiders,so pump those numbers up
There's six at least. J'er'em'ih gave birth twice (in episode 1 and episode 6), then with the Lavamog having its babies, Maggie giving birth to Leiland Jr, Sokhbarr giving birth to Hork, and Lilith popping out her babies an indeterminate amount of times, that's 6 at the very least
Quick question, at 1:55:45 when Leland takes damage, shouldn't his armor of agathys do damage?
@@shamalamadingleberry7203 armor of agathys only works until your temporary hit points are gone, then you stop dealing damage everytime someone hits you. So no I don't think so
@@kyleparker613 While armor of agathys does give 5 extra hit points per spell slots it's cast at, the duration of the spell lasts for one hour.
After Sokhbar got a blessing, i realize they could have chosen jeramiee as the avatar of evil. then the world would fear the new dark lord which just so happens to be THEE last scream beast and thus that fear would result in jeramiee birthing hordes of scream beasts.
Mind fucking blown
Bruhhhh ☠️ that would be so insane!
I mustn't cry...
**Sad blulublublublublublub noises**
That Would be wholesome
Underrated moment: when Erika hands Matt All the d10s and everyone just goes "ah, Vampire."
I'm guessing that was because she regularly plays World of Darkness settings which are a D10 system(Specifically Vampire; The Masquerade)... It also explains her RP heavy play, as WoD is a Storyteller system and is RP focus over system focus... It was also pretty out of context so alot of people probably missed it or didn't understand it
@@Metal_Slyme I always thought Vampire required a metric ton of d10s just in general since it's the only die you really need for 95% of the game. I didn't realize it was a particular set of rules I was playing by
@@TitoMcFadden yeah, all ability checks are d10's at least in V5 (which is what LA by Night uses, i think it's true for older systems but I've never ran those), so an ability check adds your skill and your attribute totals and you roll that many. So if you're super buff and also really well trained in fighting, you could be rolling 10d10 (and then all above like a 6 are a success, and you count number of successes). And it does have a more RP focus, like in the new game theres a thing with combat where DM's are encouraged to kind of ask what the goals of everyone are if combat runs more than 3 rounds, so that it doesn't get bogged down if people aren't enjoying the combat aspect. It is also exclusively theater of the mind style vs miniatures.
Timestamp?
@@ShreyaBhide0349 its when leland crits at 2:39:00 ish
Can we talk about the absolute wholesomeness of Lilith and Maggie. Maggie was like, “I don’t mind GIVING you my baby,” her literally newborn child. And why is she so completely comfortable “because you’re so good at being a mom.” Then the sticky spider silk baby wrap. My heart.
How the hell do they manage to make 3 hours of 1 encounter the most interesting, creative, character-driven, dramatic, hilarious, and memorable story ever? I'm gonna miss this cast, they ought to do a reunion where they go over some epilogue stuff, Leiland Jr training under Lilith and Maggie to rule, Leiland killing Hamhead, Markus taking the throne, Sohkbar and the 13 scream beasts returning to the bog, Efink chilling with Olag, and Leiland and Markus meeting up
Because they proved that friendship can be evil in its own way. Especially when they decided to gang up on those simps and covered each other with their powers.
Proves evil can be cooperative and effective too yup.
AND JOHN!! John and his family come by
Because 1. an awesome DM who has a fantastic base story and can improvise with fantastic ideas on the fly and 2. an equally awesome group of players who will not only react to situations but build on them by talking with each other.
Most groups will just respond to the DM and not actively try to create relationships with the other players. Which is not a slight against casual D&D players because that's super freaking hard to do with strangers.
Can we talk about how dope Ify is as a Role player and listener
I mean, his roleplaying was fearless and committed the whole way through. It takes real creativity to come up with the solutions he chose. Abusing the rules like this is what I hope to encourage in my players. At higher levels, most rogues would struggle with large battles like this, especially if they were wounded. Not Markus though.
The only disappointing thing that happened is that what he wanted to happen didn't completely happen. When he made that deal with one of the nameless beings he also said that he was evil for wanting to take away Efink's desire, which was to be the new keeper. So what he wanted was for Olag to be forced to be the keeper and never die and make it so Efink would not be confined to the role of the keeper, even though that's what she wanted. So kinda sad that that didn't happen.
@@ChunkyCoffee I mean, that's on Brennan but I do understand the rationale, I mean the keeper is supposed to be incredibly powerful, and he didn't want to undercut Efink's moment. Making Olag the keeper would have been less dramatic. It would undercut the stakes dramatically.
@@ChunkyCoffee I think Brennan made the right call on this one. As a DM, you will often come across moments where one player wishes to make some grand dramatic gesture or sacrifice as Efink did, only to have another character attempt to immediately undercut or undo that move. It's a tightrope for any DM to walk, but making sure that both players actions have impact without one cancelling the other is the goal, and Brennan did so masterfully.
@@jamesziegenbalg7683 completely agree u seem like you would be a great dm
In this universe, the spider is the one that flinches in disgust from humanoids crawling on them.
Leiland and Maggie consistently being attracted to the same people and becoming besties is so special to me
Lmfao when Amy decided to "become the boatman", and Brennan's brain just broke for a second as he went, "Wait, what? That's... I wasn't expecting... is that... can she *do* that?! I mean... is there a reason she couldn't? DOES THAT WORK?!" and the only word that came out of his mouth was, "...stories..." 😂
For a second? My dude he had to do a hard reset. His brain was fully offline for like a whole minute. 😂😂😂😂
@@jodinsan Damn. I got this notification, and now I want to rewatch that part without rewatching all 3 hours of this video, but I can't find it 😟I wish I'd timestamped it.
@@IceMetalPunk Amy's turn starts at 1:05:05
@@Ziids7 Thank you so much! It's just as hilarious as the first time I saw it 2 months ago 😂
Late to the party, but I also love how Matt looks so impressed and actually gives her a pat on the back. You know you've done good when not one but two professional DMs are like, "Daaamn!"
This whole series is basically The Addams Family but make it Lord of the Rings and I LOVE IT
That makes sense ... why does it make it sense!?
Oh mY GO-
GOD DAMNIT YOU’RE RIGHT!
While also being a really long lord of the rings snl skit. Totally here for it.
THAT'S IT THAT'S THE VIBE
Brennan really puts himself into the game. I'd like to see him at Matt's table someday. He'd fit in pretty well as a guest appearance with the M9 or even just a random one-shot.
Yes, please
He guest starred on NADPOD, in one of my favorite guest appearances in D&D
I’d love to see that. Based off of his DM style, I’d bet whatever character he plays would be wildly chaotic
Some sort of a variant of the ''get away from my bones'' guy would be the greatest thing of all time.
nanahcuB nimajneB based on his NADDPOD appearance, he’s very chaotic with RP and character choices, but also, he understands the rules of combat very well and uses that to just do a ridiculous amount of damage. When he was on NADDPOD, he played with the gunslinger subclass that Matt made.
The boatman vs Efink had me dying. "Im like a set piece, NOT LIKE A GUY!!"
That's a smooth save there Matthew. "J'er'em'ih is my favorite companion pet that's ever existed." moment to realize what he said "Except for Trinket." Yeah, that's right. Laura is terrifying and she isn't even there. Still, I agree J and Trinket are the best ranger companions ever.
But also, I think after playing several Oneshots as Trinket himself, he'd be especially attached to this bear
I don't know J'er'em'ih deserves his own comic series.
@Yashvardhan SINGH This is so wholesome 😭
@Yashvardhan SINGH CULTURED WATCHER THAT DOESN’T WATCH C2 FIRST!! Who’s your favorite pc and npc?
I think he was less afraid of the big L.B. and more by the raging shite--thunder that would be unleashed onto him by the toxic-and-vocal parts of the crit-role fan community.
Everything about Jason falling through the floor was amazing - the HORROR on Erika’s face, everyone covering their mouths, Efink’s “No...” in disbelief - Mr. Lee Mulligan you magnificent bastard.
Love Brennan
That moment nearly drew a tear from me, excellent fakeout
Such an adorable lord of the darkness, and already speaking in full sentences while ordering his minions around like a hour or 2 after his birth. His mother must be so proud.
He's gonna be the WORST *sniffs proudly*
When he fake outs Jason falling into the pit, he has all six of them literally hanging on his words like a cliff edge, so entertaining to watch Matt's reaction
*An enemy is killed*
Brennan: IN credible
He says incredible just like that wtf 😂
Didn’t really notice until I saw this comment
The little comments like this is what makes Brennan such a fun DM. He always is on the players side, pushing the game to be fun and engaging for everyone. He has a “yes and/yes but” approach that I’ve never seen him abandon. When he has to say no he explain what the player could do instead or proposes a fair middle ground.
Impeccable DM that everyone should draw inspiration from.
You can always tell if the PCs have succeeded before Brennan tells them with his little 'hell yeah!' And I love it
Another honorable mention is
"That's rad"
I love how much the PCs love John Feathers. This random giant eagle who Brennan had no plans for and a PC did something insane and suddenly he's a major character. PCs *always* do that; latch onto the most random NPCs - ones you just had *nothing* for. I think it's because it's something that can *only* happen in D&D. It gives them such joy to go, "I can literally talk to anyone, and *I* can *choose* to *make* them important because they're important to me."
That's so awesome.
Also, it's so perfect for this evil campaign, highlighting how bullshit the eagles were in LotR. Here we get the inverse, and it shows how sucky Good is. Psh. Lame. Evil's got cookies. And *John Fucking Feathers!*
Literally the same thing happened with Gillear in “Fantasy High”
He was/still is just a random dude with stats that would be below average on a level 1 character
Yet eceryone loves him
Completely agree and that’s why dnd is so fucking awesome
@@bonyfax2345 i remember brennan’s quote for gilear “his just a normal guy” and the cast just flat out denies it 😂
Join the nerd side, we have pi
@@karlnagorite8997 He's truly the Chosen One.
I love how the absolute majority of NPCs’ deaths is just caused by falling to their deaths, either by burning in lava, plummeting from the skies or just falling into nothingness for the rest of eternity
"Hide no longer behind a helmet, have the world behold the face of my right hand." - Leiland Junior
These words are so badass that even though a couple hours year old is saying them, they are so badass.
Markus committing seppuku to save his life was one of the best things I've ever seen in D20. Right next to the end of Season One of Fantasy High.
I have rewatched Brennan’s face at “I must become the necro boatman” about 400 times 1:05:49
Matt’s reaction face is just as fantastic!
You can literally see his eye twitch, and it's amazing. Just "Okay, yup, that's fine, totally not gonna have an aneurysm now, cool cool."
Christ Markus is peak human RP at its finest, Mans has nothing but grit and tools and he is making the craziest plays no contest, plus he sound like a drunk uncle, def my favorite character in the campaign lol
Markus is the Bill Seacaster of this campaign
Right! If this was an evil justice league, he'd be batman for sure lol.
Obviously, Brennan is my DM inspiration, but can we just pause in awe at this terrain set piece!!!! The production team for D20 is PHENOMENAL!!!
When he started pulling out the sections of floor it took my breath away. These sets are already gorgeous, but that little bit of interactivity is truly magnificent. It’s absolutely beautiful work.
@@Glmorrs1 I read this JUST before it happened.
HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing
1:15 Episode Starts
2:15 Recap Ends, door happens
2:35 Olag knows not to let Markus talk
3:20 Leland distracts
4:15 Markus hides
7:00 It takes a village
8:30 Safe rage
10:00 Making doors in trolls
11:10 Every goblin can be a bomb
13:30 Gaslighting Brennan
16:00 Old Pickering takes no for an answer
17:20 Tinnitus
19:15 Evil friendship
21:40 Mystery potion
24:30 Hork is born
26:55 J’er’em’ih attack
27:30 Evil parenting
31:40 Salty Old Pickering
33:15 Leland, King of Quips
33:55 Dangerous baby
37:55 Jason saves himself
41:35 Leland’s doing it
44:40 In the river
45:35 Worth it
46:40 Deathright
48:40 Hobart hates doors (door lore)
50:40 Get off my bottom
57:15 Sokhbarr’s baby
58:30 Hork’s brief life
1:00:45 Old Pickering goes out
1:02:40 Orcs look the same
1:04:05 J’er’em’ih stays put
1:04:25 Matt, just because J’er’em’ih is actually useful, doesn’t make him better than Trinket
1:05:40 Efink surprises Brennan
1:08:40 Efink is an awesome name
1:09:40 Boatman fight
1:11:30 Sokhbarr finds his god
1:16:10 J’er’em’ih attack
1:17:45 Lilith has fans
1:18:45 In a bag
1:27:10 Relentless hex
1:28:50 Evil players
1:32:30 Markus unmasked
1:36:35 Olag should stop
1:38:10 Mind door
1:40:30 Jessa knits a death sweater
1:48:50 Everybody rage
1:53:05 J’er’em’ih attacks
1:59:00 You hate to see it
2:03:35 Scary baby
2:04:30 Leland looks cool now
2:08:45 Confusing architecture
2:10:45 Leland fingers Toby
2:13:45 Leland is immediately out
2:14:30 Markus takes death from Olag
2:16:20 Markus falls
2:17:15 Meta mummies
2:18:30 Evil god of networking
2:20:50 Sacrifice teleport
2:22:35 Markus lies?
2:24:20 A summary of Leland’s last 20 seconds
2:29:20 Who’s baby?
2:32:07 Miming holding a baby is surprisingly difficult
2:35:25 Goblin Island
2:37:15 Markus is cool
2:38:35 Leland crits for the first time
2:43:05 The new lord
2:44:25 Never any floor
2:45:40 Evil bartender
2:47:15 John’s got a business proposition
2:49:15 Spider turnout is very high
2:50:45 Jason grows up
2:52:35 J’er’em’ih gives birth
2:55:20 Tantrum
2:56:30 The final command
2:57:20 Episode Ends
Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?
My friend. Right after they upload you post this glorious list. How do you do this?
No one:
Flando Maltrizian: I'm speed
I love you flando maltrizian
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Bruh, I watched this thing when it first came out....
I clicked on the link the first time I saw it...
and even I didn't have time to pick out some of my favorite moments-
How the Actual HELL!!!!
What Has Critical Role done to you
MAN?!?!
Amazing as always
"I was born from the loins of Light
But sworned fealty to The Darkness
As I have experinced both, allow me to be your new champion" - Efink Murderdeath, Oracle of Shadows
Brennan unabashedly eating during this entire campaign. Absolute king
When you're hungry, you're hungry. Best to only suffer your hunger when needed, and indulge it any other time.
Meanwhile Matt has compilation videos of him trying and failing to take a drink of water haha
Leiland came from a place of *understanding.*
Lmao "Some of our BOOODDDDIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEES are betraying us constantly"
It truly takes a village to raise an evil overlord
1:05:09 The way Amy breaks Brennan here is insane. I love how one idea from a player can completely change the direction of everything a DM has in mind.
Also, I love how they took down the walls of the setpiece immediately. Walls are a terrible idea at the gaming table in my experience.
Were they mostly there to hold all those floor pieces together?
@@Nortarachanges Partially, but it was mainly for the visuals added in afterwards
I just love how the penultimate action that ends this epic campaign is
Leland getting to be briefly badass with a perfect critical hit, followed by two Nat 1’s.
In my mind I picture the projectile blood sprays right into his eyes, briefly blinding him,
So his attempted second strike after that finishing blow is just him blindly clumsily flailing his blade in the air,
Not noticing his enemy has already fallen.
1:16:15 Matt: _furiously taking notes on just how many eyes he can stuff onto one character_
👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️
I heard those emoji spawning.
Started watching because I saw Mercer in the thumbnail of episode 1 and now I'm subscribed and binged all of fantasy high. For once the recommended section paid off! Love Dimension 20!
I finally gave Critical Role a try because of this show. Love them both now! ^_^
i plug this show to anybody that loves dnd or adventure gaming. brennan is truly one of, if not the best, DM in the world right now.
Same here and I can unequivocally say that on an episode by episode basis I am more entertained by D20 than I am by CR. That being said, I will always have a man crush on Liam O Brien.
I watch so many online DnD games (both as entertainment and to inspire my own games).
And Matt and Brennan are in a league of their own for entertainment and storytelling.
My other favourites are Deborah Ann Woll, Monty Martin, Matt Colville, Murph... So many others, but Brennan and Matt top the leaderboard.
love this comment. Don't pick sides, just enjoy the content.
YOU MADE THE DOOR HAPPEN! is undoubtedly my favorite quote
Man, I love Dimension 20 and their normal cast party, but GOSH DARNIT I NEED MORE OF THE BLOODKEEP. Markus was wicked, Leiland was adorable, Maggie was a powerhouse, Lilith is the best mom, Efink is a true prophet, and Sokhbarr and Jeremih are the beast kings
Brennan did an absolutely amazing job bringing this story to a satisfying close despite all the twists and turns that kept getting added into the story, I loved every second of it! Everyone played their characters sooo well and after all those shenanigans, it's a miracle none of the PCs died! I'm so happy cause there were some really close calls, I was on the edge of my seat! Hilarious, crazy, wholesome and evil! I wish there was more to see, but alas here is the end. Thank you for uploading this wild ride to TH-cam for everyone to enjoy! I will definitely be back to rewatch this in future, but for now, onto the Reunion with the Cast!
Just a reminder that the whole "mid air labor" stunt was entirely player-driven and Brennan just ran with it
Leiland was by far my most favorite character in this series. His rivalry with Hamhead was beyond amusing and the way he played the part had me laughing at every interaction.
Special shoutout to Sokhbar tho. He was another very fun character, and him remembering the "eating the stars" story from the first episode of the series made me laugh so hard. I would have never remembered that.
Also, Lilith was very creative in the way she approached her combat. Such a better way to play the game than just "I step forward and attack" every turn of every fight.
To be fair, approaches to combat depend a lot upon how the DM reacts to it. In this case the terrain and interpretation of 'Web Whip' were beneficial to creativity. Heck, any ability that can reposition an enemy would have been worth gold in this campaign.
The players are all next level to be honest, even Rekha had multiple moments of creativity.
I mean, it was a pretty one to one reference to Ungoliant devouring the light of the Two Trees. It was one of the more on the nose Tolkien references lol
The second Matt said Jeremy was his favorite companion I just went “welp someone gonna get attacked by the bear fans”
Never thought I'd see the most wholesome evil campaign to have ever been played. Well done.
that's because these guys avoided one of the big traps that a lot of evil campaigns fall into, the trap of everyone going 'screw you all, I'm only in this for myself' and then the entire campaign falls apart.
It’s funny considering Brennan intended it to end up as PVP
@@Rembanspellsong had this happen with my second campaign ever. By the end the game stopped and the players were in a screaming match because one guy robbed everyone in the night and I didn't know how to deal with it
I just finished this and I can't believe that I'm going to add a new alignment possibility to my own game: Wholesome Evil. You don't have to be at each other's throats! You can destroy the forces of good and light... TOGETHER.
I love how they had to keep saying that they were evil
I want more! I WANT MOOOOORE!!!! We need a sequel where we follow Leiland hunt Hamhead, and Marcus take his kingdom. It would be GLORIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want Hamhead to live forever! Love Leiland to bits, but it’s just more funny this way ^_^
@@Nortarachanges I completely agree! Just make a joke series out of it or something
@@Nortarachanges It's a kismesissitude.
@@lordbuss I wouldn't say that Hamhead hates Leiland, but yes i agree with what you are saying
@@CorundumSW One sided black crush, then.
I really enjoyed this series for a lot of reasons: 1) watching Matt step into a player role to Brennan's DM was amazing, 2) watching Matt and Brennan help Rekha learn how to play was very rewarding, 3) Ify and his pirating ass was about the most Ify thing I've seen in years, 4) John "Zoot Suit and Shades" Feathers...hell yeah!, 5) Erika Iishi just totally s rewing Brennan's final boss fight upside down was amazing and 6) those rolls when they mattered most!!!!
Efink choosing to kill and replace the Necro-Boatman might be my favorite PC power move in D20 history. It comes out of *absolute nowhere* but makes total sense for the character once it's out there, the narrative logic is exquisite, and Brennan could only ever have seen that coming if the exact same idea had independently occurred to him while he was planning the encounter -- it doesn't hinge on any specific spell or ability he could possibly have been able to account for. (I do love and cherish every single instance of players wrecking his shit through brilliantly applied rules lawyering, but managing to out-plot-twist the plot twister on a pure conceptual level? God tier.)
This is gonna be SO goo- Evil, I mean evil.
Big Dr Horrible energy.
You know what’s great about this battle? The players played really smart. They’re really good.
That Teleport so clutch.
Which one? Leiland? Markus? :D
@@rb4121 yes
I like to think that Brennan can actually cast thaumaturgy and he makes the sound effects, they are not actually added in post (post production folks, I know it's actually you - you are doing an incredible job and bringing this stuff to life!).
That's totally what happens
Wait, are you saying you can't cast it? Dude, it's so low-level, even my best friend can cast it. And that dude's a Barbarian.
i’ve never been so emotional over a radiant? depressed man, a wet then not wet then wet again elf, a… bird? and his keeper, a great mom spider, and a rouge with family issues
Leiland's Sephiroth moment in the very end was epic! What an amazing ending to a series which was a joy to watch.
John and markus were so great. The inventive ways Ify used fog of war was so cool. Leiland just couldn't catch a break at all, matt did a really good job role playing a consumate loser that could come in clutch when needed. Even though Efink's motives were dubious at best, the "become boatman" moment was just brilliant. I have never wanted a halfling to die more then gelfast. I would kill to see two more campaigns spawn out of this "The hunt for Gelfast" and "Pirate shenangians feat. John Feathers as a PC."
16:00 "We are evil but understand communication and content" One of my favourite parts of the whole series!
I find these really good. I really love the “friendly” evil you made.
Evil people can have friends, they aren't "evil" 24/7
Casper the Friendly Demon Lord
ARAHAH Studios I think you mean “Jasper.” (VtM reference)
I'm with Matt: J'er'em'ih is the best companion there has ever been. Consistently, utterly horrifying, yet such a sweetheart at the same time. Hope he'll be *trilling* forever!
I love how this series begin as an Adult swim's parody style of Lord of the Ring and ended more like Noelle Stevenson She-Ra with a lots of ships, realisations of bad past relationships and friendships arcs.
I was also totally thinking She-Ra!
Leiland is just so extra when he goes all wraith and I LOVE IT!
So i just want to apreciate all the afterwork during the whole series ... like on 38:00. So this did not take from brennans story but it was such a cool addition, to highlight the minis as well!!
this was the sickest campaign ever… maggie in the caldera with the elf flail, leiland’s clutch teleport, lilith’s boatman hack, marcus’ clutch teleport, sohkbarr’s sick ass animal affinity, and efink’s ultimate mage transformation were so dynamic and exciting! love watching y’all play
1:05:49 That...that ladies and gentleman is the face of what it truly means to grasp the horror of becoming the dm.
So many funny epic moments but one of my favorite is When efink takes on the boatman, like who thinks of that. Marcus must have been rubbing off on her!
"Yeah, we're evil. I know the hug threw things off, but we are evil."
Just so beautifully summed up this campaign in one quote.
And so, "Falling Off of Things: the campaign" comes to an end.
I love how Brennan's voice for Lelend Jr. is just The Godfather
Matt looking at the camera with a look of fear saying 'except for Trinket' is low key hilarious though very understandable. (And to be fair he made up a magic item to keep that bear alive)
When you realize that Old Pickering and Chungledown Bim are just the same guy in alternate universes
Old pickering saving grace: doing a nat 20 before dying the next turn 😂
Even as a CRC1 fan-
Man, Trinket was almost entirely useless.
I understand the point of Vex just having him as a pet and RPing it as it is my companion, my child.
But at least Jeremiah here is pulling his weight.
Also, Matt looking directly at the camera for "Trying to avoid hate messages"?
Felt that
Please please please give us a new series with this same cast. I could watch these guys play all day, so amazing.
real Evil was the friends you made along the way
I might be wrong, but I think Marcus was trying to force Olag to be the new boatkeeper, so that Efink would be free. He said he wanted olag and his friend to switch places
I know this is a pretty old comment, but I just got around to watching this series, and I totally agree. I think Brennan just had too much going on and couldn't keep track of everything. Pretty sure this story was supposed to go a pretty different direction than it did, so there was a lot of improvising that just made him either forget or maybe not fully understand.
I think brennan actually understood it, but marcus didn’t make the persuasion dc of 30 so brennan had to make something up so he could do the cool shit marcus is asking while simultaneously not do it, so he opted to just instead of efink and olag switching places, he’d make olag be literally undying instead
Actually another comment above addressed this. Brennan set the DC to 30 in the first place because Efink was dead set on becoming the new boatman. To balance what both players wanted, Brennan chose to ultimately side with Efink’s decision, but also gave Marcus great agency with getting the blessing and getting rid of Olag (falling in perpetual undeath like Marcus wanted in the first place). So Marcus achieved 2/3 things he wanted in his turn, 3/4 if we count the incredible move he pulled getting out of falling. When players want different things, balancing what they each want and having them both walk away happy, that’s mastery right there. Dungeon mastery.
Boatman: hold on... why do *I* hear boss music?
1:05:36 Okay but the hard cut to Brennan's completely GAPING mouth is spectacular as all hell
When Efink's player laughs out of character, it still sounds like she's laughing in character and I love it
I really love Brennan's prologues and epilogues. They really pull the whole thing together, especially making less "why are we in a party together" opening awkwardness. Plus they feel good in my heart & soul.
Erika's look is so amazing in this episode(always but this episode especially)
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Is it me or does anyone else want to see John and Marcus have their own campaign
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knowing the story of Lilith and the fairytails about her and hearing "here, lilith take my baby. i trust you" makes me giggle
What’s the story?
@@liamerolduffy7738 originally lilith was the first wife of adam when humankind was created. she demanded that adam bow to her rather than vice versa and cursed G-d's name. G-d came down and essentially told her to piss off. As she flew away she became a disgusting creature and swore to lure men into lustful sins, harm pregnant women, and strangle newborns. This was all in Genesis 1. The story you know is Genesis 2 and immediately follows this story. However, it was deemed too horrifying or maybe too telling of particular undertones and became a banned book never to be woven into the bible. You can thank the Catholics for that.
@@liamerolduffy7738 In ancient Babylonian mythology the Lilitu (singular is Lilit) were nightstalking demons that stole the lifeforce of babies and made pregnant women sick so they died in childbirth.
@@lupusmalum6103 That was never written down anywhere. It is a legend of Jewish origin, that's true, but it was never written anywhere in Genesis 1. This time it wasn't the catholics. Rare occaison, I know, but this time they are not to blame.
The two different stories about the creation of mankind were written decades, if not centuries apart. And then a very long time after that people thought "huh, look at this, two different stories about how women were created. Maybe Adam had two wives."
“There just goblins”
*Riz has left the chat*
I've never clapped to a TH-cam video until I saw the end of this one. Brennan, you are a god-tier DM. That was an AMAZING campaign. And my deepest thanks to whoever did the subtitles.