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I like did you episode into the blood key we get to see the eye known better for that child like baby Anna definitely girl like that episode six it into the light keep it today you’ll ever do the quest for cleaning the crown candy or are you ever going to do that for the ventures into the tiny house with the toys same thing you’re doing any more😎🤩🥰💕💕💕😈
Knowing that Brennan planned for the cast to fight each other, only for the them to discover the true power of friendship is the funniest thing ever. 10/10.
These are THE most positive and non-toxic Evil Beings I think I've ever seen. They may want to spread Murder and Devastation over the entire World, but dammit, they'll do it TOGETHER.
Brennan had thought that the party would all turn on eachother and vie too become the new dark lord but instead they're all super supportive and wholesome
Every campaign has that one character that the DM had to give a name and personality on the spot that becomes the party’s favorite and just hangs around forever.
Leiland's development from being hopelessly in love with Zaul'Nazh to realising how much Zaul'Nazh was a frat boy who degraded Leiland's friends and never deserved any devotion. Magnificent.
Whoa, okay guys. When Maggie said "When you're only paying attention to your own failures, of course you're gonna put everyone else on a pedestal." I legit had to pause the episode and just tear up for a few seconds. Like I didn't come here for a therapy session, y'all.
The fact that Leiland and Maggie’s relationship has changed from hating each other and being standoffish to actually becoming friends and him vowing to serve her child makes me so happy. The character development is so incredible!
it helps that they realized the guy they were in love with is actually a massive piece of shit who doesnt deserve them, so now they can bond over they hatred of that douche and laughing at his stupidity
1:09:20 This bit was some brilliant comedy. 100% expected a wholesome moment where the baby said something like "Leiland" or maybe just did one of those random cute baby noises like "Ma" or "Pa" that sound like it's addressing a parent. So the whiplash when I remembered this little baby is an actual demon and it just started going _"Kneel"_ sent me to the moon laughing.
Brennan contemplating the skill check required for birth has the same energy as him figuring out the check involved in jumping up a blob of corn’s rear end
Haha my husband lets me handle all births in our game since I've actually given birth to 3 surviving children, lost 2. So I do a set of repeated rolls for the baby, the mom, the cleric/midwife, and severity for nat 1s. Nat 20s move that shit along fast, mom's got this. But anyways, it's a lot of CON and WIS rolls, then medicine checks for anyone in the room as well as CON for the dad. We've had a few fainters lol
The moment Maggie named the baby was one of the most innocent, precious, inspiring moments in any film or show I've seen in a long while. The everyone's expressions, and especially Matt's reaction, really sinched it.
When Maggie/Rehka was giving the talk about naming her baby, I was 100% prepared for her to name him John. When she gave the last few lines of the speech, looked at Matt, and said Leiland, I actually had to pause the episode to start tearing up
I was extremely attached to my Intrepid heroes and thought I wouldn’t enjoy this. It took me longer to watch than it should have but once I did? I’ll never doubt again. I’ll follow Brendad anywhere
I just love how Mattew is just constantly failing and obliously is a litte bumbed my that he still gives an awsome performance and is still able to turn it around for himself and have a lot of fun. And providing with a lot of comedy while doing so. Seriously, the momenent Liland tells Effing the abserdity of a frying pan wielding halfling defeating the forces of darkness is the funniest bit so far for me.
Erik Jelle it takes true skill to play two different characters (king of the Vinguri, warrior of darkness/Leiland the disaster gay) and I’m so happy matt got the chance to do so.
When you plan for an evil campaign that will end in PvP and you get a heartwarming story of a group of workmates becoming fast friends and taking on the world together
Knowing that Brennan had intended for this to all end in an all-out PvP boss fight, seeing him try to give them subtle prompts to get them to go in that direction, and then watching as they completely misinterpret that and find the heart in each other as friends is simultaneously hilarious and heartwarming
@@MrDifsh I assume they’re talking about the moment’s of introspection each character got while falling out of the ship, about how everything is the fault of Zaul’nazh being a fuckup. Brennan was maybe hoping they would come away from that with a feeling of “Yeah, FUCK that guy, I would do a much better job if I had the crown!” but instead they all went “Yeah FUCK that crown, I have more important things in life to look after!”
I love the fact that Leiland is just accepting death with soft jazz in his mind and then… the nat 20, and the halfling. Then the rage bubbles to the surface and the chance for vengeance reignites his undead soul
The gang’s discussion about a figurehead with an evil parliament honestly seems like the best choice for the Bloodkeep, because honestly what’s more evil aesthetic-wise than a group of malicious shadowy figures led by one evil ruler
"i don't think we need to discuss my outward appearance anymore" was the most simple but amazing character development that almost everyone reaches at some point in their life and i stood up and cheered lol
I cannot get over the fact that the change in The boatman's voice likely implies that when he was talking to the previous dark lord that he was putting on a funny voice to sound more evil but now he's so angry he didn't even remember to do it for these guys
I've laughed so hard when Leiland says "I've done nothing but being an anchor" and I instantly remebered he was hanging from the airship holding on a chain. Such a great, funny, emotional and inspirational content you all do in Dimension 20. Certainly got a couple of ideas for a campaign I'm actually running, so really thank you for all!
Sokbar: Don't worry, Leiland. We won't just kill that halfling. One day, we will kill ALL the halflings. Maggie: Aww! That's beautiful! Such a wholesome episode.
A spectral knight of undeath swearing eternal service to a demon-child that tore its way out of it's mother while she fell several hundred feet. That was adorable.
I remember watching this in Dropout and at 5:30 when Brennan asks if anybody would like to attempt to do something to survive falling and Rekha decides "no, something more is going to happen to me" I knew that could have been one of the craziest chracter decisions ever made in a DnD campaign.
leland is my go-to example character for how failing can be fun, and i love Matt's just leaning into the characters frustration and instability and insecurity to make the character so fun to watch and satisfying to root for. and may i second that is a halfling can do all those things leland can also do any-fuckin-thing
(Sorry for being late) Matt never actually really failed. Sure, he had a short burst of bad moments during the whole falling debacle. But he dominated the first fight early and kept busy a halfling that has proven annoying to ALL party members involved, not just him. He also used darkness to great effect and kept the Orc guy stuck and busy (even if it was at the gracious fudging of rolls by Brennan). The whole failure was more just how he was written, being this joke of a stupid Gardner and a feeble halfling somehow evading all attempts at murder and capture. Brennan really leaned into this all as well, with The Beige really... only being the one that seems to be the brains of the operation. Emotionless elves, incompetent soldiers, hillbilly true king, deus ex machina of an army of souls, birds that are treated like tools despite being supposedly intelligent creatures. It's just poking fun at how ridiculous it all really is when you take an outward look. And how easily the entire quest could've been if they just fucking flew the eagles to the mountain of doom.
@@matthewhass1384 Also, important extra context that came after the campaign ended: Brennan didnt want the party to kill all of the "heroes" quickly so he literally gave Galfast Hamhead the statblock of a storm giant to try an make them unkillable. Meaning yea Leland was seemingly losing or only able to barely keep up when they fought, but it wasnt cause Matt rolled particularly bad, he was just literally soloing a storm giant every interaction while everyone else fought reasonable opponents💀
48:30 this is probably the moment Brennan realized his idea for the ending just wasn't going to work His :O face after Erika stated her idea is the face of a DM rapidly rethinking what he needs to do
Trapp and Erika's eating popcorn and what not in the corner every time drama happens on the other side of the table is one of my favorite gags in these lol
Matt has a strange affinity for asking people about where they find their power, while knowing that they will answer something about their friends, even when he isn't DM. I mean, that's three times (to my knowledge)?
Erika is incredibly stylish This series introduced me to her and I live her so much. She was so good in the critical role one shot she did with Ally Beardsly and others If you haven’t watched it I’d recommend it
At some point, it just becomes time to admit that Efink Murderdeath is bad at her job as an oracle. Tough to hear but I'm pretty sure that two consecutive nat-1s is exactly the time.
gonna say, these villians have made me tear up more than any hero. The Team Spider scene, the naming of Leiland Jr., the Lilith and Efink's hug leading to a big group hug, Markus realizing his greatest treasure is his friends. Just so touching and heart warming
I loved everyone's rp in this episode. A bunch of villains having a heart-to-heart made me cry. The juxtaposition of falling from the sky being the best thing that happened to a bunch of evil beings and helping them come together for a greater purpose was amazing.
That initative call for potion administration was fucking slick. love how Brennan's always trying to keep tension by well implementing on the fly rulings.
Vile Villains : push an insane elf who did nothing but help them make a crown and try to preserve his bones into a pit of lava Also Vile Villains : Group hug around the blood fountain!!!!
My favorite scene has to be the first flashback with Zaul’Nazh. The idea that the dark lord started out his tenure fearing that he was a complete failure and the wrong person to rule was so well done. A perfect bit of story telling by Brendan as usual. Starts at 55:46
This is some of the most satisfying character development of any series I've ever watched or read. I'm living for this found family thank you so much for releasing these, I'm going to get dropout as soon as I can.
Beware! Spoilers ahead! 0:08 Recap 1:09 Hello Vile Villains! 1:25 Oh right, we're falling 2:28 Very Tolkien-esque ;) 3:30 For a brick, Bellbarrel flew pretty good 4:25 Everyone loves a J'er'em'ih fart 5:17 You said it was okay to do nothing? 5:54 Leiland accepting his fate is a mood 7:21 How does this ship work?!? 10:37 Lilith flies 15:20 Sokhbarr and Lilith have a moment to take stock 19:15 This is a bad day 19:50 Efink's dark night of the soul 20:55 Markus gets his priorities straight 23:40 Leiland reflects 24:10 Parachuting halfling 25:00 You were always his favourite 26:38 Miles knew something Leiland didn't 28:00 Has anyone ever given birth in midair before? 30:00 Leiland is down, Efink dares the DM 30:50 Markus tries a risky move 32:39 Leiland fails some death saves 34:40 J'er'em'ih saved you 35:25 Leiland finally appreciates J'er'em'ih's magnificence 36:55 John Feathers is in bad shape 38:06 This is natural, you're about to lay an egg 38:26 Samantha Eagles? Of the Philadelphia Eagles? 39:55 Maggie's own miracle 40:35 It's not an egg 42:30 Lilith blessing 44:35 Discussing options 48:50 Leiland's metaphor is a bit too personal 50:50 Efink comes to a crossroad 52:30 -My- *friends need* -me- 54:50 Efink finds true power 1:00:55 Who will rule? 1:03:32 Baby Mario needs to die 1:05:50 Why me? 1:09:00 Wrapped around a little finger 1:10:10 Leiland swears eternal allegiance 1:11:24 Falling out of the sky was the best thing to happen to us 1:14:50 The way to the Fountain 1:17:20 Searching for Olag 1:19:47 The day will come, Hamhead 1:21:45 Lilith gives her children a choice 1:22:05 She raised some good kids 1:26:15 Doing Keldriel a good turn 1:27:10 Ipskix's comedy dreams 1:29:45 Ol' Pickering's still alive 1:31:50 Maggie and Leiland mend fences 1:32:47 Gogmoth makes contact 1:35:20 The truth 1:38:32 If you've ever seen a wraith turn red. . . 1:41:21 Shopping is the best cure 1:42:09 Skin hat for Sokhbarr 1:45:07 A discussion of statecraft 1:47:53 The Fountain of Blood 1:49:10 Us companions three - and my dog 1:50:11 Leiland's turn to dish out lore 1:52:08 Efink does hugs now 1:52:34 Group hug! 1:54:53 A wild Olag appears. Oh and his minions. And the Bloodkeep is falling. If there were any favourite moments that I forgot to include, please feel free to toss them down in the comments! Let all hope perish and woe betide our foes forever!
I love how the group starts cheering and hugging each other and Brennan has to go "No, you're supposed to be evil!" (Also the 'rebranding' part at 1:53:45 was pure gold 😁)
I absolutely loved the moment Maggie named her child. It was so sweet and wholesome. They are bad guys but they have such a great relationship together.
When Maggi named her son after Leiland I actually cried. They are all so sweet, and Leiland is just the most precious boy ever and deserves everything. I love him so much, I dont know why im so invested in this. but i cant stop bawling my eyes out and my mom actually came to ask me if im ok and I kinda tried to explain the plot to her which ofcourse sounded absolutly crazy.
All this has taught me is that D&D is always two things: brutal murder and being together. Regardless of what alignment you start as that’s where it will always end.
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thank youu for posting i love this series especially during quarantine omggggg
I like did you episode into the blood key we get to see the eye known better for that child like baby Anna definitely girl like that episode six it into the light keep it today you’ll ever do the quest for cleaning the crown candy or are you ever going to do that for the ventures into the tiny house with the toys same thing you’re doing any more😎🤩🥰💕💕💕😈
Im so happy about this, these games are keeping me sane and I've watched all the other episodes and shows so I'm very thankful for these
we can only hope for more posting of other seasons to get us through this quarantine!
5 hours at least!!!
Leiland: "What have I accomplished... nothing. What reason is there to remain and endure"
*Sees parachuting halfling*
Leiland: "oh yes. Hate."
Leiland: My life has no meaning. I'm okay with this.
*Sees the filthy halfling*
Leiland: Revenge is a very good motivator.
Spite. Spite will do.
24:08
This is the advantage of an evil campaign.
Why are we still here.... just to suffer...?
Oh, yes, vengeance!
Leiland thinking of slow jazz as he falls to his death is SUCH a mood.
Especially when he notices that Maggie is going into labor. Reminds me of Klaus from Season one/1 of Umbrella Academy.
Edit: 5:58.
"This is the end...my only friend...the End..."
Knowing that Brennan planned for the cast to fight each other, only for the them to discover the true power of friendship is the funniest thing ever. 10/10.
Brennan wanted Murder-Hobos, they gave him the Addams Family
*snap snap*
The most powerful magic isnt friendship Efink, its chronomancy jeez.
Only way to kill god
Love is love, magic is magic. Get that right
😂🤣
Hey, give her a break - I don't think the Aguefort Adventuring Academy even exists in this world
Solid callback
it's so characteristic of Leiland to immediately roll a natural 1 on a death save
Did Matt get his dice from Murph??
So very on brand for him.
@@markjohnson598 or Caldwell 😂
@@markjohnson598
I told a co-worker it was like watching Will Wheaten play.... He flinched....
@@Kfaircloth13457 before the first crit role campaign bossfight they had wil pat matt's back, shake his hand, etc. i don't know if matt ever recovered
These are THE most positive and non-toxic Evil Beings I think I've ever seen. They may want to spread Murder and Devastation over the entire World, but dammit, they'll do it TOGETHER.
You know I like that
I mean you are evil and spreading chaos but atlest not being a ass about it 😃
Brennan had thought that the party would all turn on eachother and vie too become the new dark lord but instead they're all super supportive and wholesome
"Just because you are badguy, doesn't mean you are bad guy."
*alignment changed to lawful evil
"one day we won't just kill that halfling, well kill all the halflings"
somehow a sweet moment
IT IS THO HAHAHA
Oh, how genocide unites us all!
@@Baalslegion07 SIRI, play “I’m Dreaming (Of a Pink Slaaneshmas)”.
@@Baalslegion07oh god, this aged like fine milk
I love how john feathers was a random npc that was not planned to be part of the team but i love his character
The best characters
I would die for John Feathers
I would hunt all the forces of good for John.
The best characters are the ones that weren’t supposed to be
Every campaign has that one character that the DM had to give a name and personality on the spot that becomes the party’s favorite and just hangs around forever.
The ONE time a DM actually wants his players to be murderhobos...
"Group hug!"
"We can do it together" fiery rainbows from hell appear
*proceeds to befriend their enemies*
lol fiery rainbows from hell is called Prismatic Spray and it's legit af 👌
Leiland's development from being hopelessly in love with Zaul'Nazh to realising how much Zaul'Nazh was a frat boy who degraded Leiland's friends and never deserved any devotion. Magnificent.
I mean, he is the lord of evil
Leiland went through a somewhat hilariously similar, yet evil version of the arc of Kristen applebees, and I love that
@@YeetSpace Leiland had Riz’s rolls with Kristen’s arc
That’s a perfect description!
@@yourlocaldemon2195 Efink has Kristen's crisis of belief, too.. and both are clerics!
"Your son is an npc." These are words to live by.
Those two nat 1s in a row absolutely broke Brennan
"oh no my plans"
I know that feeling. You plan failsaves, and the players manage to fail anyway.
"Don't worry, this is natural"
John feathers, the biggest liar in this campaign.
"Maggie, look at me....You're about to lay an egg.".....I can't handle Jonathan's nonsense. haha
@@dakotamcdaniels2382 he's great :D
The choice to recruit John feathers to the cause was the most important decision in this entire campaign.
This is natural, proceeds to survive this hellhole...yeah...natural.
Whoa, okay guys. When Maggie said "When you're only paying attention to your own failures, of course you're gonna put everyone else on a pedestal." I legit had to pause the episode and just tear up for a few seconds.
Like I didn't come here for a therapy session, y'all.
"THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE EVIL GAME" - Brennan
I'm in this comment, and I don't like it.
Maggie spittin them FACTS! Preach girl! ❤
Don't you know that DnD is just cheaper therapy? Hahaha
Same... also the part about trying to change your not so healthy relationship partner... when you are the one who has to change...
They may have lost an airship but they gained...
...a friendship.
The S.S.Getalong if you will
The bloodkeep has given one friendship to your cause
@@bearbones7913 HEY I UNDERSTOOD THAT REFERENCE
@@aratathekingx1401 You know its been so long, i actually forgot where i got that from. lol
@@bearbones7913 I got it from Fate Stay night abridged. But maybe you got it from somewhere else
Efink’s two nat ones and Maggie giving birth truly changed the course of this story in amazing ways.
Glanced down to comments and dound this massive spoiker. Sigh.
Sorry about the spelling
@@greatauntlizbethg9137 that's why we watch the video before we read comments. Sigh...
BaneRain
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You don’t really have a choice.
@@Hate-Crime you could just not look towards the comments? Click the video and go full screen. It takes effort to actually read something...
"Do i happen to see a parachuting halfling?"
the words an experienced DM who just knows the smell of bullshit when another DM says "oh yeah, SUPER dead"
I LOVE
The scent of Ham wafts through the air
There's something poetic about Efink no longer depending on being seen and immediately rolling a Nat 20 on stealth
'I'm techincally still on the ship, like I'm holding the wheel'
'You are very much NOT on the ship, there's no ship to be on!'
The fact that Leiland and Maggie’s relationship has changed from hating each other and being standoffish to actually becoming friends and him vowing to serve her child makes me so happy. The character development is so incredible!
it helps that they realized the guy they were in love with is actually a massive piece of shit who doesnt deserve them, so now they can bond over they hatred of that douche and laughing at his stupidity
I know! I started crying the moment she name him Leiland Jr.
1:09:20 This bit was some brilliant comedy. 100% expected a wholesome moment where the baby said something like "Leiland" or maybe just did one of those random cute baby noises like "Ma" or "Pa" that sound like it's addressing a parent. So the whiplash when I remembered this little baby is an actual demon and it just started going _"Kneel"_ sent me to the moon laughing.
“Kneel before me” 😂
Brendan absolutely refusing to give Leland the last word over Hamhead, even when she isn't there.
Brennan contemplating the skill check required for birth has the same energy as him figuring out the check involved in jumping up a blob of corn’s rear end
And the answer to both of them could/should have been animal handling
That’s exactly what I was thinking!
@@debran940 yes!
Haha my husband lets me handle all births in our game since I've actually given birth to 3 surviving children, lost 2. So I do a set of repeated rolls for the baby, the mom, the cleric/midwife, and severity for nat 1s. Nat 20s move that shit along fast, mom's got this. But anyways, it's a lot of CON and WIS rolls, then medicine checks for anyone in the room as well as CON for the dad. We've had a few fainters lol
@@MegaKat I know this is mega late, but how long would you say those interactions typically take? Does it depend on the rolls?
The moment Maggie named the baby was one of the most innocent, precious, inspiring moments in any film or show I've seen in a long while. The everyone's expressions, and especially Matt's reaction, really sinched it.
"I now worship the line between good an evil" is very fucking raw line why is no one saying anything about that
When Maggie/Rehka was giving the talk about naming her baby, I was 100% prepared for her to name him John. When she gave the last few lines of the speech, looked at Matt, and said Leiland, I actually had to pause the episode to start tearing up
Maggie: I'm naming my son...
Leiland: John!
Maggie: Leiland
Leiland: are you sure?
That is where I was too😂
I was extremely attached to my Intrepid heroes and thought I wouldn’t enjoy this. It took me longer to watch than it should have but once I did? I’ll never doubt again. I’ll follow Brendad anywhere
Brendad ftw
okay hold on huhuhu im new to all of this, who are the intrepid heroes huhuhu
@@jadeyu7197 the main cast from Fantasy High and Unsleeping City. Absolutely watch those if you haven’t! Fantasy High was the first campaign.
"I would follow you, Brendad. Into the very fires of the Scary Volcano."
*Villains
I just love how Mattew is just constantly failing and obliously is a litte bumbed my that he still gives an awsome performance and is still able to turn it around for himself and have a lot of fun. And providing with a lot of comedy while doing so. Seriously, the momenent Liland tells Effing the abserdity of a frying pan wielding halfling defeating the forces of darkness is the funniest bit so far for me.
I am just there. I. Am. Crying.
Erik Jelle it takes true skill to play two different characters (king of the Vinguri, warrior of darkness/Leiland the disaster gay) and I’m so happy matt got the chance to do so.
Matt, when a player, is ALWAYS a failfest... but watch his face when it happens.. he loves it as much, or more, than succeeding
Just wanna point out her name is "Efink, as in Knife backwards".
@@spikertaker That makes her name eve cooler
Bro the ad got me like "I'm naming my son-ARBYS! WE GOT THE MEATS!"😂
When you plan for an evil campaign that will end in PvP and you get a heartwarming story of a group of workmates becoming fast friends and taking on the world together
Knowing that Brennan had intended for this to all end in an all-out PvP boss fight, seeing him try to give them subtle prompts to get them to go in that direction, and then watching as they completely misinterpret that and find the heart in each other as friends is simultaneously hilarious and heartwarming
@@MetaNiteFMI completely missed that. What prompts did he give?
@@MrDifsh I assume they’re talking about the moment’s of introspection each character got while falling out of the ship, about how everything is the fault of Zaul’nazh being a fuckup.
Brennan was maybe hoping they would come away from that with a feeling of “Yeah, FUCK that guy, I would do a much better job if I had the crown!” but instead they all went “Yeah FUCK that crown, I have more important things in life to look after!”
That conversation between Miles and Leiland is so heartbreaking. The "Is it true? You killed Declan?" *hurts*
I love the fact that Leiland is just accepting death with soft jazz in his mind and then… the nat 20, and the halfling. Then the rage bubbles to the surface and the chance for vengeance reignites his undead soul
Today is the day a fictional talking adolescent spider named Jason almost made me cry.
You are not alone
I woke up today and immediately thought
‘It’s dimension 20 time, BABY’
"BABY" INDEED
Dimension 20 hell yeah, in the words of our Dungeon Master Brennan
@@explolsivecake2045 I mean "baby" is very very important in this ep
‘It’s dimension 20, baby time’
It's Baby Time, Dimension 20.
leiland is the sassy gay uncle that leiland jr has to look up to and goodness knows he’s going to do AMAZING
The gang’s discussion about a figurehead with an evil parliament honestly seems like the best choice for the Bloodkeep, because honestly what’s more evil aesthetic-wise than a group of malicious shadowy figures led by one evil ruler
Robes with hoods is parliamentary work clothes.
"Guys stop this is the evil game!"
"Evil Is One Big Happy Family" is a trope
"i don't think we need to discuss my outward appearance anymore" was the most simple but amazing character development that almost everyone reaches at some point in their life and i stood up and cheered lol
I cannot get over the fact that the change in The boatman's voice likely implies that when he was talking to the previous dark lord that he was putting on a funny voice to sound more evil but now he's so angry he didn't even remember to do it for these guys
I'm so incredibly sad that Rekha's "The ham of Galfast Headhead" bit got passed over
Speaking of, how did she go from basically day 1 player to THIS? It's incredible
Timestamp?
I wondered why it was just "Scary Volcano", then I remembered Tolkien himself named the primary volcano "Mount Doom", so...
I've laughed so hard when Leiland says "I've done nothing but being an anchor" and I instantly remebered he was hanging from the airship holding on a chain. Such a great, funny, emotional and inspirational content you all do in Dimension 20. Certainly got a couple of ideas for a campaign I'm actually running, so really thank you for all!
DAMN!! How did I miss that!
Exactly the same moment I thought off when he said that 😂😂
I love how Marcus' Plan is just the "My husband is the true king we can protect you" plan but slightly worse.
Sokbar: Don't worry, Leiland. We won't just kill that halfling. One day, we will kill ALL the halflings.
Maggie: Aww! That's beautiful!
Such a wholesome episode.
Did they really just say both "the evil was the friends we made along the way" and "the evil was inside you all along" at the same time?!? I love that
The evil was inside you all along, in the form of a demonic infernal baby!
A spectral knight of undeath swearing eternal service to a demon-child that tore its way out of it's mother while she fell several hundred feet.
That was adorable.
"When you're only paying attention to your own failures, of course you're going to put everyone else on a pedestal."
Raw hecking quote at 1:08:16
"Of the Philadelphia Eagles?" has to be the single quickest, cleverest joke in this campaign. Bravo, Rekha.
I remember watching this in Dropout and at 5:30 when Brennan asks if anybody would like to attempt to do something to survive falling and Rekha decides "no, something more is going to happen to me" I knew that could have been one of the craziest chracter decisions ever made in a DnD campaign.
I knew that there was a weird crush thing with Leland and Zaul'Nazh
Bless your gut.
What was your first clue? His obvious jealousy of Maggie or when he told Efink that she wasn't his "type"?
Also Leiland was sneaking a few peaks at a shirtless Markus
leland is my go-to example character for how failing can be fun, and i love Matt's just leaning into the characters frustration and instability and insecurity to make the character so fun to watch and satisfying to root for.
and may i second that is a halfling can do all those things leland can also do any-fuckin-thing
(Sorry for being late)
Matt never actually really failed. Sure, he had a short burst of bad moments during the whole falling debacle. But he dominated the first fight early and kept busy a halfling that has proven annoying to ALL party members involved, not just him. He also used darkness to great effect and kept the Orc guy stuck and busy (even if it was at the gracious fudging of rolls by Brennan).
The whole failure was more just how he was written, being this joke of a stupid Gardner and a feeble halfling somehow evading all attempts at murder and capture. Brennan really leaned into this all as well, with The Beige really... only being the one that seems to be the brains of the operation. Emotionless elves, incompetent soldiers, hillbilly true king, deus ex machina of an army of souls, birds that are treated like tools despite being supposedly intelligent creatures. It's just poking fun at how ridiculous it all really is when you take an outward look.
And how easily the entire quest could've been if they just fucking flew the eagles to the mountain of doom.
@@matthewhass1384 Also, important extra context that came after the campaign ended: Brennan didnt want the party to kill all of the "heroes" quickly so he literally gave Galfast Hamhead the statblock of a storm giant to try an make them unkillable. Meaning yea Leland was seemingly losing or only able to barely keep up when they fought, but it wasnt cause Matt rolled particularly bad, he was just literally soloing a storm giant every interaction while everyone else fought reasonable opponents💀
48:30 this is probably the moment Brennan realized his idea for the ending just wasn't going to work
His :O face after Erika stated her idea is the face of a DM rapidly rethinking what he needs to do
I thought he was going to say something when the camera turned to him 😂
The idea of lealand wearing the crown when he already has one of his own made me think of double king XD
Double king is a deeply confusing video
double king! double king! double king!
Trapp and Erika's eating popcorn and what not in the corner every time drama happens on the other side of the table is one of my favorite gags in these lol
I wanna take a moment and reflect on the sheer conversational genius of Trap. Without trying, pretty much everything he says is hilarious to me.
I 100% agree!
He is super detailed oriented and his observational humor is so on point.
Amy rolling two nat ones for arcana and religion has the exact same energy as Ally's poetic nat 20s but on the opposite side of the scale
Real Brian Murphy energy.
I don't think "you can feel your fire break" got the laughs it deserved
"This is supposed to be the evil game!"
i have thought regularly how i am rooting for forces of darkness. i love them all.
38:30
"Yeah, I have a girlfriend; Samantha Eagles!"
"... of the Philadelphia Eagles?"
That might be my new favorite D20 joke.
E-A-G-L-E-S, EAGLES!!!!!!
My favorite so far is: "That is desperately sad... Let's keep fighting."
I have never been so invested in an NPC's death saves as I was John Feathers.
maybe the REAL EVIL was the friends we made along the way (this campaign's tagline)
Matt has a strange affinity for asking people about where they find their power, while knowing that they will answer something about their friends, even when he isn't DM. I mean, that's three times (to my knowledge)?
@Yashvardhan SINGH jup, and funny thing is earthbracker Groon is a monk of Kord aka the stormlord, if I am not mistaken
Turning point in the entire game so far for this Found Family. when you see the next episode and the BTS video you're gonna lose your shit
Truly the most wonderful twist that their wholesome group friendship completely and utterly derailed all of Brennan's plans
what was the original plan? where can i watch / read about it?
Vicky Likes This I’m not sure about the later episodes but I know the first one was supposed to end in a pvp for all the villains
@@ero5392 really? woah. thanks! if anyone else have more info, i appreciate it.
@@vickylikesthis I believe that there two episodes of adventuring academy with the blood keep cast that is really informative
55:29 "The very first songs of the creation of the world."
Damn, Brennan's done his homework on Middle Earth lore.
StruggleOn I don’t think he even had to do homework, I feel like he would just do that in his free time
This is part of D&D canon. It's why Bards are able to cast spells.
By homework you mean, read the books, right?
The baby's first word being "kneel" was epic! 😂
I never thought I’d be in love with an imaginary group of fantasy villains who fell out the the sky like some kind of twisted angels but here I am
god this episode is so wholesome
50:17 "There are no rules anymore!" Does that mean Leiland is his own patron now? I really hope that's what happens.
That would be such a fucking power move.
I’d love it but I believe it’s still Leiland Jr.
Okay but Erika’s outfit is SENDING me
Erika is incredibly stylish
This series introduced me to her and I live her so much. She was so good in the critical role one shot she did with Ally Beardsly and others
If you haven’t watched it I’d recommend it
Liam Ross yeahhh! Monster Hearts? If you liked that try LA By Night
Erika is an unbelievable treasure of a person. an incredible performer and a genuinely kind wonderful soul
@@liamross340 where can we watch this one shot?
Smiling Muse The Critical Role TH-cam channel
At some point, it just becomes time to admit that Efink Murderdeath is bad at her job as an oracle. Tough to hear but I'm pretty sure that two consecutive nat-1s is exactly the time.
She's certainly no Adaine Abernant
she simply had to do it for someone other then herself
@@MrSHADOWANGEL999 And do find her own direction instead of gaining it from others.
gonna say, these villians have made me tear up more than any hero. The Team Spider scene, the naming of Leiland Jr., the Lilith and Efink's hug leading to a big group hug, Markus realizing his greatest treasure is his friends. Just so touching and heart warming
I appreciate the fact that nobody, not even the vile villains, can escape the magic of friendship.
I loved everyone's rp in this episode. A bunch of villains having a heart-to-heart made me cry. The juxtaposition of falling from the sky being the best thing that happened to a bunch of evil beings and helping them come together for a greater purpose was amazing.
I've never seen the 'magic of friendship' been described so powerfully and in a way that doesn't feel like BS.
I freakin' love it.
That initative call for potion administration was fucking slick. love how Brennan's always trying to keep tension by well implementing on the fly rulings.
Leilands little breakdown about being the group failure has me in stitches
Vile Villains : push an insane elf who did nothing but help them make a crown and try to preserve his bones into a pit of lava
Also Vile Villains : Group hug around the blood fountain!!!!
I mean, he did also give the crown to Galfast, but to be fair, he didn't know
And we shall win with Friendship, Love and Evil.
i just witnessed brennan call out an insecurity he saw in a human being and fixed that insecurity on the spot through storytelling
The way Maggie was describing who she was naming her son after I thought she was gonna say Olog lol
HAHAHAHAHA right, the description fits pretty well!
13:01 As a rogue main on WoW, I appreciate the shenanigans of trying to shadowstep instead of plummeting to your death
My favorite scene has to be the first flashback with Zaul’Nazh. The idea that the dark lord started out his tenure fearing that he was a complete failure and the wrong person to rule was so well done. A perfect bit of story telling by Brendan as usual. Starts at 55:46
Leiland is broken! His priceless and personal metaphor to Efink is too good! Timestamp: 49:40
That scene is just perfection. Of all 6 episodes, this is the scene I've watched the most. lol
Honestly, Hamhead is the coolest little halfling. She’s tough as hell!
She got through so much! If this were an opposing campaign she'd be everyone's favorite hero
Fun fact... Brennan gave Hamhead the same stats as a storm giant.
This is some of the most satisfying character development of any series I've ever watched or read. I'm living for this found family thank you so much for releasing these, I'm going to get dropout as soon as I can.
This is a masterclass on how to play evil, sympathetically.
"The magic from her friends"
*Arthur Aguefort has entered the chat*
Beware! Spoilers ahead!
0:08 Recap
1:09 Hello Vile Villains!
1:25 Oh right, we're falling
2:28 Very Tolkien-esque ;)
3:30 For a brick, Bellbarrel flew pretty good
4:25 Everyone loves a J'er'em'ih fart
5:17 You said it was okay to do nothing?
5:54 Leiland accepting his fate is a mood
7:21 How does this ship work?!?
10:37 Lilith flies
15:20 Sokhbarr and Lilith have a moment to take stock
19:15 This is a bad day
19:50 Efink's dark night of the soul
20:55 Markus gets his priorities straight
23:40 Leiland reflects
24:10 Parachuting halfling
25:00 You were always his favourite
26:38 Miles knew something Leiland didn't
28:00 Has anyone ever given birth in midair before?
30:00 Leiland is down, Efink dares the DM
30:50 Markus tries a risky move
32:39 Leiland fails some death saves
34:40 J'er'em'ih saved you
35:25 Leiland finally appreciates J'er'em'ih's magnificence
36:55 John Feathers is in bad shape
38:06 This is natural, you're about to lay an egg
38:26 Samantha Eagles? Of the Philadelphia Eagles?
39:55 Maggie's own miracle
40:35 It's not an egg
42:30 Lilith blessing
44:35 Discussing options
48:50 Leiland's metaphor is a bit too personal
50:50 Efink comes to a crossroad
52:30 -My- *friends need* -me-
54:50 Efink finds true power
1:00:55 Who will rule?
1:03:32 Baby Mario needs to die
1:05:50 Why me?
1:09:00 Wrapped around a little finger
1:10:10 Leiland swears eternal allegiance
1:11:24 Falling out of the sky was the best thing to happen to us
1:14:50 The way to the Fountain
1:17:20 Searching for Olag
1:19:47 The day will come, Hamhead
1:21:45 Lilith gives her children a choice
1:22:05 She raised some good kids
1:26:15 Doing Keldriel a good turn
1:27:10 Ipskix's comedy dreams
1:29:45 Ol' Pickering's still alive
1:31:50 Maggie and Leiland mend fences
1:32:47 Gogmoth makes contact
1:35:20 The truth
1:38:32 If you've ever seen a wraith turn red. . .
1:41:21 Shopping is the best cure
1:42:09 Skin hat for Sokhbarr
1:45:07 A discussion of statecraft
1:47:53 The Fountain of Blood
1:49:10 Us companions three - and my dog
1:50:11 Leiland's turn to dish out lore
1:52:08 Efink does hugs now
1:52:34 Group hug!
1:54:53 A wild Olag appears. Oh and his minions. And the Bloodkeep is falling.
If there were any favourite moments that I forgot to include, please feel free to toss them down in the comments!
Let all hope perish and woe betide our foes forever!
I love how the group starts cheering and hugging each other and Brennan has to go "No, you're supposed to be evil!" (Also the 'rebranding' part at 1:53:45 was pure gold 😁)
Thanks!
Thank you!
Thank you
Critters have Flando, we have you.
John Feathers makes the top 10 list of memorable NPCs Brennan has ever roleplayed
The most wholesome episode.
Dude, when Maggie named Leland I actually teared a little. Moving af
I absolutely loved the moment Maggie named her child. It was so sweet and wholesome.
They are bad guys but they have such a great relationship together.
I cannot put into words how much I love this wholesome villainy
Jeremy.
Truly disgusting,
Simply majestic.
When Maggi named her son after Leiland I actually cried. They are all so sweet, and Leiland is just the most precious boy ever and deserves everything. I love him so much, I dont know why im so invested in this. but i cant stop bawling my eyes out and my mom actually came to ask me if im ok and I kinda tried to explain the plot to her which ofcourse sounded absolutly crazy.
No one is commenting on Trapp's rocket pop pattern shirt and I feel that is an oversight.
Okay but Jason’s speech killed me. In actual tears.
The one time the party aren’t murder hobos is the one time the DM planned them to be.
All this has taught me is that D&D is always two things: brutal murder and being together. Regardless of what alignment you start as that’s where it will always end.