I took a screenshot of Brennan's face, a couple episodes ago, when the party was attempting to hash out exactly what was going on-- He had the CRAZIEST smile on his face; He freakin loves watching them get into his story and try to put together all the clues and twists and turns he is throwing out the whole time. He LOVES it so much. The look of absolutely JOY on his face, amazing :):):)
God Emily/Fig getting genuinely teary eyed and emotional over her mom nearly dying after the two of them having such turmoil over the entirety of the campaign was so amazing
To be fair, the turmoil was understandable. Her mom literally cheated on Gilear, with a demon who didn't know she was married. I'm surprised this wasn't mentioned clearly during the playthrough.
@@ExtraBurntToast i think it's because fig's more upset that sandra lynn didn't tell her about her father than her cheating on gilear in s1. s2 she matures a little and empathises more with gilear being cheated on than just her own relationship with him, and a lot more depth is given to sandra lynn.
Okay legit i was disappointed at first that the Hangman almost immediately lost his greaser accent, but seeing that he ended up picking up the pirate accent is so much better.
I think it may have been intentional seeing as the hangman’s old master (Johnny) was a bit of greaser and when Fabian took over the hangman he switched to the pirates accent as Fabian is a pirate (sorta).
Well all accept for Adaine’s because they ran like the cowards they are and abandoned their youngest daughter after starting a war to rescue their eldest!
Cutting someone’s belt off so they have bend down to pull up their pants and getting shot point blank in the top of the head is such a pirate Power Move.
True, not supporting them because they are pieces of shit, but they started a war, I doubt they would allow them into their country to get their other daughter. But even then, they broke one daughter out of prison and didn't even try for the other daughter.
@@alecLogan "A hero is someone with the strength of heart, courage of spirit, and might of will, to go to strange lands and enact violence on things there. We go to places where there are things that must be destroyed, and we destroy them. Wandering from town to town, getting into trouble, meeting in drophouses and taverns, getting into scrapes with the law, and otherwise finding ourselves engaged in all manner of tomfoolery and shenanigans, sometimes violent, sometimes fatal. Yes, fatal; and a hero is a violent wanderer who enacts their will bloodily and with strange magicks upon the world." - Arthur Aguefort
Not enough people talk about how utterly amazing that bike is, it tries so SO hard to do everything Fabian wishes. And 99% of the time absolutely dominates at it's tasks.
Thank you for saying this. I thought I was the only one who noticed that it's basically the 7th member of the party now. The Hangman is ride or die. Absolute homie.
Unfortunately that was a minor illusion, which the owl couldn't have physically carried, and which Brennan described as disappearing when an owl went for it.
I love how Lou has such a great understanding of his character and his characters relationship with his father. It was a masterpiece how he played out what happened at Seacaster Manor
i think also this is a case of him being excellent at picking up on brennan’s cues and knowing what needs to happen, and allowing the story to go there. brennan leaving him for last after all the other parents survived, saying “you’ve picked your mom,” “he’s making death saving throws” and allowing bill the poetic, full-circle speech… brennan gave lou the choice on how bill was going to die and trusted lou would let him, and then he did. just so so good all around.
@@crstph There's also a line very early into the show where Bill tells Fabian that he killed his own father, but if he ever tried to kill him it'd be the last thing Fabian ever did. So just a perfect ending all around
@@johncalabria1607 yeah I believe he told Fabian that if he ever tried he'd kill em dead when they were bantering but with the legends of pirates/captains going down with their ships and the parallels to William Seacaster and his history, it was there where his story comes full circle and his son's journey truly starts.
i suspect he had to come up with a justification for them getting away completely scot-free since they got the best roll, and still have a reasonable reason to keep them out of the way of the main fight since absolutely NO ONE wants to see them get hurt in combat for real😭 also thats a lot of npcs lol
@@CosmicCake07 since the Fandom wiki says Gorgug was level 7 at Episode 14, I would assume that his parents would be around level 14-16 My headcanon is that if a level 20 guy of any class even sneezes in the goons' direction, those goons are gonezo
They use a tank to mow the lawn. That is just so awesome, and I have the sudden feeling that Gorgguk's Rages don't come from whoever his biological parents are, but from the gnomes who raised him. After all, one should always beware the anger of a kind man.
@@alastorbutwithagun I mean, they were in the wrong when they stole a car for no reason though. every other time was justified as self defense but they straight up stole a car just for the hell of it and then killed everyone who tried to stop them
@@alastorbutwithagun Literally all they had at a time was a hunch All they knew is “This one guy is a creep and there’s a bunch of dudes having wholesome group dance lessons” and then they stole a car, not because they needed it or it was right, but because they wanted the car. And then they massacred the people trying to get their cars back. They kinda deserved jail lmao. If I walk up to a guy on the street and blow his brains out, am I a good person? If it is later discovered he was a bad dude, am I a good person? I, who decided ‘I wanna murder this dude’ It was comedic but these guys are monsters, lmao
those were the rules of johnny’s pact because they needed the girls to be virgins. so smart. like in episode 3 penelope says “Sam like gets mad because he won’t do it” and then this is when we get that pay off
@@liamross340 wait does that mean that gorthalax is in on it too??? actually I think I missed that plot point, how were gorthalax and kelvaxis related?
@@felix56p I assume you've watched the rest at this point, but since I haven't yet, what we know so far is that Gorthalax is only somewhat related to this through Johnny spells. Johnny spells sold his soul to Gorthalax to get sorcery powers, which he then used to get involved with the palimpsests. The "no fuck" thing seems to have been for Gorthalax's personal amusement, since part of the deal of selling your soul is you have to give up something in your life. Gorthalax was stuck in his ruby that whole time I assume, and didn't exactly know how Johnny was using his power.
@@seabb what I didn’t get is how zayn and the harvestmen were involved, because the harvestmen hated Zayn but zayn didn’t seem to be in on the palimpsest thing either was he? Why was he the one that Johnny spells met with at the dj place?
Hillariel's been drunk for so long, you'd almost forget that she's the swordswoman that took Bill Seacaster's eye. Those invaders were in deep shit the moment the woman grabbed her trusty sword again.
_"I thought you were just going to be me, a way for me to live forever, but it's better than that. The story's going to get better with each new one."_ sometimes parents don't anticipate what parenting really is. and sometimes they do. i think bill seacaster just didn't want to, until he realized that his son could be so much more, and that's part of what parenting is. eventually, it's an effort on both parts, not just the parents'. i'm glad that those two got to have that, if only for a little bit. (i know it's dnd, and i'm getting kinda deep, but it was a sweet scene and it made me tear up)
Just because it’s dnd doesn’t mean it can’t be deep and make you emotional. I think we can agree that a good dnd campaign can be art and it can make you emotional.
Adine's parents started a war to get her sister out of jail and yet didn't even come to visit her. Not only that, when things went bad they teleported away and left her behind. That hits me on such a personal level.
@@dulapeepee7047 in the movie “The Santa Clause” Tim Allen’s character inadvertently kills Santa, and due to a specific clause stating that whoever is responsible for the death of the previous Santa must put on the suit and become the next/new Santa, Tim Allen (unwillingly) becomes Santa. Adaine is wondering if a similar thing happened, where she inadvertently/accidentally became the new Elven Oracle because the last one died.
Underrated comment. Jeeeesus I hate that family so much. Strangely although the parents are worse, Alwyn makes me rage. Like wtf she is a backstabbing sellout.
@@BG-wz1iu Yeah, Aelwyn's just the fucking worst. I have two episodes left to watch, and I reaaaallllllllllly hope she gets her comeuppance by the end of the campaign.
@@he.said.teenjiejer so either you remember this comment, watched the rest and came back just to leave this comment to that is about a month old which they had probably finished it or this is just the second time you watched it and you wanted to spoil everyone?
I remember when I was watching the first episode and Goldenhorde said gold was deeply spiritual for his kind, and I was like "...no is not, gold is important for dragons, not dragonborns"...AND I GUESS I WAS RIGHT!!! God damn it Brennan, you're awesome!
Joseph Delahunty Not exactly. They’re not really descendants of dragons, they were originally created by the draconic gods to be servants for dragons. They were made from dragon eggs tho, so they’re sort of artificial descendants I guess?
As far as I know Toad that's 4E lore stuff. In 5E you literally pick your flavour out of the typical chromatic and metallic dragons. Dragonborn were simply called half-dragons in 3E and it took a template instead of a typical stat block. On top of that Draconians from the Dragonlance setting have their own sidebar. Edit: On top of all that Arthur Aguefort effectively polymorphed him into a Dragonborn. So the tail thing is largely inconsequential. I tend to imagine my Dragonborn PCs as having a tail. The OPs assertion that a horde of gold has much more relevance to full on dragons carries far more weight.
"I don't know what you kids are up to but I do know one thing. Laws are threats, made by the dominant socioeconomic ethnic group in a given nation, and the police are basically an occupying army," says the most amazing NPC ever.
I think that brennan as an improve guys and a dnd guy was like, "this is what I've been training for". Cause players like to make stuff up, so he probably has made that joke so many times with other people where they read too much into things and it's just a trash can.
@Ethan70779 ok, but this came out 3 years ago. So all responsibility for avoiding spoilers is on you, not anybody else. If this came out within the last week, then absolitely call someone out for not having a spoiler warning, but not on something that came out YEARS ago
@@awesomeness0005 man I wasn’t demanding it just suggesting it, I know it came out a long time ago. That doesn’t change it from possibly being a spoiler to some. It’s fine that it doesn’t have it, just wanted to put it out there. Either way I didn’t mean to come off as demanding and apologize if that was the case. Have a nice day!!
Seacaster Manor was just so incredibly brilliant, he knew exactly how to play out the scene even though the circumstances were decided by several dice rolls and Lou's decision
the key is to make them antagonistic at the beginning, but *reasonably* antagonistic- goldenhoard was kinda mean at the beginning of the year, but we all assumed it was just because he was doing his job
The fact that there is a teddy bear implies that at some point in the history of Spyre there was a fantasy version of Theodore Roosevelt and quite frankly I'm insanely intrigued by what that is
In an earlier episode they referenced a Salisbury steak being served in the cafeteria. That cut of meat was actually made and named that as part of a diet idea. This was mentioned on the medical history podcast Sawbones. Did someone have this really specific idea about which cuts of meat were healthier in this world?
Well, I mean, Theodore Roosevelt was such an enormously wild figure and individual who wasn't completely unlike Bill Seacaster in a way. So, kind of would extremely fit in here.
The part where Gorgug asks if Bill is his dad MURDERS me. The talk of them being twins from two different wombs even though Fabian is 16 and Gorgug is 14 literally made me cry 😂
@@tonk3712 They say in the first couple eps Gorgug is 14 and Fabian is 16 even though they're all freshmen, I assume Fabian was enrolled in adventuring academy a bit late cause his dad doesnt really care abt school
Also, like how Riz is a bit younger... it might go off of when each 'race' is physically around the same age. Orcs and Goblins age a little faster than most sentient species.
I have never wheezed so hard at anything in my life than at the mental image of two gnomes using a tank to mow the lawn then ride off to fight an invading army.
I literally spent 5 minutes trying to remember if there was a character named Lou before I recalled it was Fabiens player. Fuck man I think I get too involved, I forgot the players in favor of their characters
fabian having the only bad outcome but ending on like, literal fireworks is such a great arc for the seacasters we all wanted to see more bill but going out like that….only way he could😭
You know, just reading this comment, I could instantly hear his specific tone of voicemformeach phrase playing my head. I guess that means he does it really well. 'Hey bud' is the Thistlesprings and 'My darling boy' is Seacaster, right?
The sadness in Fabians voice as he tells the hangman to spy on his father is criminally underated rollplay moment. The feeling of sadness and disappointment Fabian has about the possibility his father, his idol is actually his enemy is so heavy
"You're allowed to be a complex person." "Do you wanna go to prom with me, mom?" "I'm glad you're alive!" "I wish you guys the best of luck, and I'm gonna take the car..." "Fuckin cowards."
I love how their reactions to their homes being attacked is a perfect demonstration of good roleplay. Brennen gets a lot of credit and rightfully so but the players are doing extremely well considering half of them were less experienced in dnd.
The seacaster father son moment was truly beautiful and I'm glad Fabian went full roleplay and did exactly what his father would've wanted instead of just a a regular happy ending cause I was truly laughing and smiling enjoying that moment but all of them were truly fantastic I just always enjoyed the chaos of the Seacasters
Just like, "Goddammit, you've all investigated this counter like 10 times now, I'm sick of it! But... here, I made these cards just in case you'd need them, enjoy your spoils."
i Just lost it while Allie was giving an inspiring speech while everybody keeps roleplaying other things and Allie was still mumbling to themselves ksajdsndfcdskf
Adaine being the Elven Oracle is so iconic. I hope we get to see her doing some glowing prophecy before the series ends. Also hope she becomes a renowned public figure so she can shove it in Aelwyn's face.
Aaaaah oh no I’m so behind! I’m in the middle of 15 right now. This show is so amazing. Have you seen any of the side quests? Should I watch those or Live next?
it's a small moment but what really made me emotional was Brennan allowing Lou to reroll at 1:47:15 it's such a nice act of compassion from DM to player that must've meant so much in the moment, despite the fact that the next roll failed.
lou was the only one to reroll and take extra damage, the only one to make a choice between parents and the only one to receive permanent disfiguration. he already knew that roll must've been low and was preparing for the worst, and brennan knew that and wanted to give him some mercy while he could
during the last part with all the families, i've never been more stressed out by the sound of rolling dice. i love all these characters, why are you so awesome at this Brennan?
"You always gotta be kind, you always gotta try your best, and there is no sense in being a ****ing pushover." Savagely wise words. Hilarious and yet absolutely true.
Bill Seacaster's death was the first time I have ever started laughing and crying at the same time. Not laughing so hard I cried, literally laughing but also crying. I've never felt so alive.
I saw your comment, and i suddenly got soo upset that they forgot about the jacket, but then i realized if they had used the jacket then we wouldnt have got the epic line "wanna make some bacon". Also, i feel like brenan wouldve said that jacket was confiscated by police. Anyways thats how im calming myself down.
Gorguks mom and dad not only being the safest, but also the most narratively terrifying parents just from how terrifyingly capable they are with how astonishingly positive they are, explains why Gorguk is the most combat capable member of the group every encounter.
Gorgug isn't capable in combat because of his parents, he's capable because he's a super strong barbarian. That's basically the whole point of the class. No matter what his parents were like, as long as he's a barbarian with high strength, he'll be a beast
1:07:26 Big fan of how Ally keeps silently mumbling to themself even as everyone goes through the steps of breaking through the door. Commit to the bit! We love it!
laws are threats made by the dominant socioeconomic ethnic group in a given nation. It's just a promise of violence that's enacted and police are basically an occupying army
Emily crying at the sudden realization that Fig's mom was a good guy the whole time and that she'd been giving the mom character such shit and doubting her only for her to almost die was so cute. I probably would have cried too.
You know you are a good GM/DM when you make one of your players cry. Also, Brennan, you should either write a full public campaign or a fantasy genre book.
@@matthewoconnor9513 You're right! He mentioned that on the Newcomers podcast! And probably elsewhere of course bc that was recent but that was the first point of me being introduced to him.
The way emily's voice got quiet as she said you're allowed to be a complex person? My heart broke. It reminded me that fig's just a kid and the divorce and finding out gilear wasn't her dad and all this bs must've been traumatizing to her. I know they're all adults, but they had to roleplay as children, and with their adult brains, the realization was so painful.
I know! Sometimes I think about how scared she must've been when her horns came in - having all these changes happen to her body that she couldn't understand, then seeing the penny drop for her parents, and having everything fall apart. No wonder she wanted to blame it on somebody else.
@@tuxedobike4067 your comment made me realise she may have blamed herself at the begguining and her lashing out was her attempt to put the blame on somebody else (Because "after all, if she didn't sprout horns, none of this would have happened, right?")
The entire scene was a literal emotional rollercoaster of laughing and crying. Just as the tears would start, "lots of shots to the asshole". Absolutely iconic.
"I thought that I had daddy issues but now I'm starting to think that I have mommy issues." "You have a bunch of issues." That exchange is golden and describes me so well.
I've watched this series at least 5 times, and _still_ feel like Bill Seacaster's "Nobody surprises me with information _I_ wasn't expecting" is *supremely* underrated.
@@GreetingsInferiorsFabian isn’t immortal, half-elves live longer than humans but not as long as elves. Which is kinda fucked up if you think about it because imagine being the elf parent.
Imagining Brennan, sitting there with his little handouts, all set for the big reveal, and one of the first things the party does is call the Vice Principal from the jail cell...
this is the first time i've cried during this series. bill's death was genuinely heartbreaking. we watch everybody else's families survive, only for fabian's to be saved for last. he rushes to save his mother because he knows his father can handle himself and would want him to go to her. he loses an eye just like bill. he tries to get to his father and fails and when he does manage to get to him, he's dying, and that smile on lou's face is most certainly him realizing that yes, william seacaster, father of fabian seacaster, is going to die. there's no goodbye, there's just jovial conversation, recognition, and bill going out in a fantastic blaze of glory. an epic closing shot with all the gusto and theatrics the seacaster family deserves. and all of this preceded by a heartfelt message from fabian's dad before he finds him bleeding out... so powerful. they all did such a great job with this series, the characters are amazing and the plot is so compelling, so enthralling. 👏😭
Seeing how invested Lou was in all the other player's stories and how emotional he was getting and then him ending up with the worst lot is. Heartbreaking. I felt for him so badly but he handled it really well. What a fucking moment! Also bawled my eyes out seeing Fig apologise to her mum.
Oh yeah, Fabian's thread was by far the most epic. Him losing an eye was such an iconic moment, and him bringing to a valiant end the tale of Bill Seacaster made me cry, not just out of sorrow, but out of pride. The imagery of him leaping from the explosion on the balcony, catching the Seacaster family sabre, and landing on The Hangman has got to be by far the coolest moment I've ever witnessed in any D&D session ever.
Lou has talked before about that getting very emotionally invested in campaigns, so that makes sense. Something similar happens in the first season of the unsleeping city
This is forever marked as one of the pinnacle moments of DnD to me. Lou's growing meltdown as Brennan reveals the stakes is something to behold - and when Lou, realizing he was saved for last, and definitely understanding he must have had two low rolls so something horrible will happen to his father... it's intense. But what a way to go.
1:28:32 major props to fig's mom she just woke up from being unconscious, grabbed a bow, and shot two people without a second thought, coughed a bit then turned to her seemingly uninjured daughter and immediately jumped to "are you okay?" despite having literally just been unconscious. I hope she isn't a villainy character or something later because that would be super sad
"Seemingly uninjured daughter" Fig *did* have to give up half her hitpoints and a good number of spells to get to that point, so it's safe to say she was pretty injured. Either Emily forgot about that, or, as Fig, was trying to play it down when she said she was fine.
Hot damn, I've long been spoiled about Goldenhoard's villain turn, but the fact that I'm this deep into the season and Brennan has kept him as a largely sympathetic figure is amazing to me
from the later clips i've seen i thought that aguefort was going to turn out the not-actually-dead bad guy and goldenhoard was going to help them against him. the moment of "holy shit" i had at that revelation was insane
god I love acab postal worker dad so freaking much, hes probably my favorite npc, and the quote “‘you guys wanna make some bacon?’ and he pulls out a lit molotov cocktail out of his mail bag’” is so metal
1:36:32 ~ "Might be small, and we're real nice. Try to be king to everybody. But if you come to the Tree, you better be ready to never F__king Leave. You understand me!" ... I absolutely Love this line.
I believe 1:05:37 to be the exact moment Murph realizes there’s no dragonborne. Watch the slow head-tilt. I’ve been watching these few seconds on loop for the last five minutes.
It was so fun Brennan gave him that task even if his investigate roll wasn’t the highest in that group, cause he knew Murph as a player would be the one to figure that out and I enjoyed that a lot.
@@kirvanpody I think it was more for Riz's character arc than anything. Riz started as the one investigating the missing girl(s) not knowing it was a piece of the larger story. The party chased the whole mystery down together each with different realizations, but brennan gave murph those papers so that Riz could "crack the case."
I went back on your suggestion and you're right. It's a beautiful moment to witness. The frustrating and curious story unfolding in front of Murph. Watching him suddenly take focus and realize he himself just found a disparity and got a giant clue. The shear look of joy and sense of personal triumph Murph displayed was beautiful. And all of it was because of the magnificent mind of Bernie.
![[SPOILERS] Ally Beardley's Clutch Natural 20 Rolls Compilation + Brennan Eating Dice](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/-IOJieSoyK0/mqdefault.jpg)
"*Deep breath* Nothing happens." ... "*Deep breath* You see.... an upside-down wastebasket." Clearly, Brennan takes much joy in confusing the party XD
I took a screenshot of Brennan's face, a couple episodes ago, when the party was attempting to hash out exactly what was going on-- He had the CRAZIEST smile on his face; He freakin loves watching them get into his story and try to put together all the clues and twists and turns he is throwing out the whole time. He LOVES it so much. The look of absolutely JOY on his face, amazing :):):)
I can tell you exactly why he mentions that the trash can was moved.
AshesToDust why?
@all54321 gaming The point is that Dragonhoard did move the trash can, easily could have taken something out, but didn't tell them.
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“Are you my dad?”
“Are you my son?”
The delivery on that exchange was excellent 😂
“Dad?”
“AH!”
*pulls out sword*
God Emily/Fig getting genuinely teary eyed and emotional over her mom nearly dying after the two of them having such turmoil over the entirety of the campaign was so amazing
To be fair, the turmoil was understandable. Her mom literally cheated on Gilear, with a demon who didn't know she was married. I'm surprised this wasn't mentioned clearly during the playthrough.
@@ExtraBurntToastthe fact that her mom is… really not a great morally good person is explored more in season 2
@catiminiclergus537 really? I know what I'm doing today!
@@ExtraBurntToast i think it's because fig's more upset that sandra lynn didn't tell her about her father than her cheating on gilear in s1. s2 she matures a little and empathises more with gilear being cheated on than just her own relationship with him, and a lot more depth is given to sandra lynn.
“LEAVE IT TO BILL SEACASTER TO BEAR TWINS IN TWO DIFFERENT WOMEN!”
"Dad?"
"WHAT DO YOU KNOW?!"
I freakinggggg LOSTTTT ITTTT bahahaha
Quinn Sinclair
“Are you my dad”
“Are you my son”
“Are you my dad”
“ARE YOU MY SON”
@@msauer03 the best conclusion to the "are you my dad" subplot
off topic but love your username
Okay legit i was disappointed at first that the Hangman almost immediately lost his greaser accent, but seeing that he ended up picking up the pirate accent is so much better.
I think it may have been intentional seeing as the hangman’s old master (Johnny) was a bit of greaser and when Fabian took over the hangman he switched to the pirates accent as Fabian is a pirate (sorta).
@@gracegoodwin6054 I know it was intentional. Just wish we got to see more of the greasers, is all.
@Jazzy no hes a PIRATE
@@mcmonkey26 Fabian said his father is a pirate but that he himself is not: He could be a privateer
Yeah, Daddio
Two elven oracles bonding over the pain of not preparing a spell you will need during the day was too good
The way Brennan portrays Bill Seacaster when's he's upset makes me feel like I, personally, have disappointed him.
RIGHT??
this is the truest thing ever
Same
BRO FR
He’s honestly scarier than when he is chaotic.
can't believe Brennan just... RP'd all their parents. in like... a span of 20mins.
He's honestly just plain better than a standard normal person.
He's done it plenty of times, he's fantastic at it.
a master of personas
This makes him such an amazing DM. I don’t think anyone could be better then him at this
Well all accept for Adaine’s because they ran like the cowards they are and abandoned their youngest daughter after starting a war to rescue their eldest!
"You guys wanna make some bacon?" *pulls out lit molotov cocktail* THAT PART HAD ME ROLLING
Such a badass
Brennan has a talent for injecting absolute madness into his characters and stories and I love it.
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Howling at the anti-establisment, libertarian halflings in a station wagon 😂
"You come to the tree, you best be prepared to never f**king leave."
I love Gorgug's parents so much.
SO much
The thistlesprings are the best right behind Captain Bill Seacaster
@@TRASGOAPPLE nah in front of bill, bill projected so much onto fabian, the thistle springs are just perfect
Same
@Gaster Planet gorgug's parents are gnomes
Cutting someone’s belt off so they have bend down to pull up their pants and getting shot point blank in the top of the head is such a pirate Power Move.
When was that again?
Galv During the explanation of Bill Seacaster’s exploits at his manor. One of the many epic things he did.
tbh, so is shooting your enemy in the asshole
Free reaction feat: Pants Down Brains Out.
The fact that Adeine's parents have an elite elven hit squad break her sister out of jail but don't even visit her is so tragic
True, not supporting them because they are pieces of shit, but they started a war, I doubt they would allow them into their country to get their other daughter. But even then, they broke one daughter out of prison and didn't even try for the other daughter.
She was so right not to give up any hitpoints for them!
Fuck. I didn't even think of that.
A person who puts a family member in jail is not family.
@@Hbh264 I'm sorry, if my sister tries to fucking KILL ME, I AM PUTTING HER IN PRISON.
Finally someone just right out and says it: "You're adventurers. You're largely criminal vigilantes."
Exactly!
Sounds like something a BBEG would say!
I mean, Aguefort said much the same thing in his ep1 speech, didn’t he?
@@alecLogan very much so xD
@@alecLogan "A hero is someone with the strength of heart, courage of spirit, and might of will, to go to strange lands and enact violence on things there. We go to places where there are things that must be destroyed, and we destroy them. Wandering from town to town, getting into trouble, meeting in drophouses and taverns, getting into scrapes with the law, and otherwise finding ourselves engaged in all manner of tomfoolery and shenanigans, sometimes violent, sometimes fatal. Yes, fatal; and a hero is a violent wanderer who enacts their will bloodily and with strange magicks upon the world." - Arthur Aguefort
"Can I cast Detect Thoughts on myself?" has the same energy of "Am I my own dad?"
It really does.
oh
Detecting thoughts on yourself is a creative way to check if your being hypnotised
I have heard that around the table before…I’d have lost it if he responded the way I did “Of course, the soothing silence is very relaxing.”
Detect Maiden? Nah, Detect _Father_
Not enough people talk about how utterly amazing that bike is, it tries so SO hard to do everything Fabian wishes. And 99% of the time absolutely dominates at it's tasks.
Thank you for saying this. I thought I was the only one who noticed that it's basically the 7th member of the party now. The Hangman is ride or die. Absolute homie.
Hangman best boi confirmed
Everybody else got some cool guns or books or whatever, Fabian got a *DEMONIC MOTORCYCLE BEST FRIEND.*
Someone give him like a dog treat or something 😭
@@annaplayz6714Kristen Applebees tried to at one point if I remember.
Gorgug getting a nat 1 on insight is the best part of these episodes
Always
Everyone Is Gorgug's Dad, the Animated Series
@@luminatron How I Met My Father: A Gorgug Story.
@@luminatron Except Sklonda Gukgak. She isn’t. He checked. And Jawbone, who is Tracker's dad, not his.
@@AlbRomano how i met your father: an everyone one else story
the thought that goldenhoard hired a guy to summon cats and owls to find the rat, only for an owl to come back with the sexy rat is so funny to me
I hadn’t thought about Goldenhorde seeing the sexy rat!! So funny 😂
I like the idea of him just knowing that Fig sent it.
Unfortunately that was a minor illusion, which the owl couldn't have physically carried, and which Brennan described as disappearing when an owl went for it.
@@phantomswagger9363 i love the idea of him freaking out thinking fig found out about his plan and had sent him the sexy rat to tease him
@Ziwuri13 shhhhh let us dream /lh
I love how Lou has such a great understanding of his character and his characters relationship with his father. It was a masterpiece how he played out what happened at Seacaster Manor
i think also this is a case of him being excellent at picking up on brennan’s cues and knowing what needs to happen, and allowing the story to go there. brennan leaving him for last after all the other parents survived, saying “you’ve picked your mom,” “he’s making death saving throws” and allowing bill the poetic, full-circle speech… brennan gave lou the choice on how bill was going to die and trusted lou would let him, and then he did. just so so good all around.
I wish one day to be the type of badass dad that Bill Seacaster is
@@crstph There's also a line very early into the show where Bill tells Fabian that he killed his own father, but if he ever tried to kill him it'd be the last thing Fabian ever did. So just a perfect ending all around
@@ArgieGritI believe he specifically mentioned something about driving a dagger into his heart too. Perfect.
@@johncalabria1607 yeah I believe he told Fabian that if he ever tried he'd kill em dead when they were bantering but with the legends of pirates/captains going down with their ships and the parallels to William Seacaster and his history, it was there where his story comes full circle and his son's journey truly starts.
I'm living for Fabien killing his father just as Bill had killed his father and I'm sure all seacasters had done for many generations.
Oh I TOTALLY forgot about how his grandfather went! I was mindboggled but now it makes sense. I'm at peace
And then cementing his legacy by destroying the only proof that he was actually a good person
Seacasters don’t die, they march into hell to help their forefathers kill the devil.
Fabien killed Gorgugs father!
@@mister_i9245 100% not what happened
If any man could kill the devil, it’d be Captain Bill Seacaster.
I mean, *I* can kill the devil. Just gotta get him near Chloe Decker.
@@IceMetalPunk I love you. Lol
Should he not rather kill the Klabautermann or Davy Jones? The devil needs Chloe.
@@IceMetalPunk lol I love that show.
IceMetalPunk y e s
love that gorgug's parents are so overpowered that brennan had to create an entire army just to keep them from destroying the whole campaign
i suspect he had to come up with a justification for them getting away completely scot-free since they got the best roll, and still have a reasonable reason to keep them out of the way of the main fight since absolutely NO ONE wants to see them get hurt in combat for real😭 also thats a lot of npcs lol
I was really expecting a twist where like they were like 20th level artificers
Gorgoks parents are just badass
@@CosmicCake07 since the Fandom wiki says Gorgug was level 7 at Episode 14, I would assume that his parents would be around level 14-16
My headcanon is that if a level 20 guy of any class even sneezes in the goons' direction, those goons are gonezo
They use a tank to mow the lawn. That is just so awesome, and I have the sudden feeling that Gorgguk's Rages don't come from whoever his biological parents are, but from the gnomes who raised him.
After all, one should always beware the anger of a kind man.
underrated npc: the federal agent who was just so fucking confused why they let children get away with murder because "they go to aguefort"
not only directly murdered a group of people, but also were associated with the murders of like 8 other people
@@mcmonkey26
ok, but most of the people they killed attacked them first
@@alastorbutwithagun I mean, they were in the wrong when they stole a car for no reason though. every other time was justified as self defense but they straight up stole a car just for the hell of it and then killed everyone who tried to stop them
@@NicknotNak
yeah, but the people they stole from were pieces of shits so it's okay
@@alastorbutwithagun Literally all they had at a time was a hunch
All they knew is “This one guy is a creep and there’s a bunch of dudes having wholesome group dance lessons” and then they stole a car, not because they needed it or it was right, but because they wanted the car. And then they massacred the people trying to get their cars back.
They kinda deserved jail lmao.
If I walk up to a guy on the street and blow his brains out, am I a good person? If it is later discovered he was a bad dude, am I a good person? I, who decided ‘I wanna murder this dude’
It was comedic but these guys are monsters, lmao
I can't believe "Johnny spells doesn't fuck" was plot relevant
those were the rules of johnny’s pact because they needed the girls to be virgins. so smart. like in episode 3 penelope says “Sam like gets mad because he won’t do it” and then this is when we get that pay off
@@liamross340 wait does that mean that gorthalax is in on it too??? actually I think I missed that plot point, how were gorthalax and kelvaxis related?
@@felix56p I assume you've watched the rest at this point, but since I haven't yet, what we know so far is that Gorthalax is only somewhat related to this through Johnny spells. Johnny spells sold his soul to Gorthalax to get sorcery powers, which he then used to get involved with the palimpsests. The "no fuck" thing seems to have been for Gorthalax's personal amusement, since part of the deal of selling your soul is you have to give up something in your life. Gorthalax was stuck in his ruby that whole time I assume, and didn't exactly know how Johnny was using his power.
@@seabb what I didn’t get is how zayn and the harvestmen were involved, because the harvestmen hated Zayn but zayn didn’t seem to be in on the palimpsest thing either was he? Why was he the one that Johnny spells met with at the dj place?
@@ellap6828 they where pawns being used by Goldenhoard.
Hillariel's been drunk for so long, you'd almost forget that she's the swordswoman that took Bill Seacaster's eye. Those invaders were in deep shit the moment the woman grabbed her trusty sword again.
WAIT WHAT DAMN
Bill Goddamn Seacaster would be the type to marry the only person he ever met who could beat him in a duel.
@@jakemaxwell3810he proposed two seconds after losing his eye.
Yeah I’m holding out hope she has a moment coming up as a drunken master style swashbuckler. (Please don’t tell me if she does)
Wait is this cannon?
There was literally no other way it should have ended for Fabian
420 likes.... nice
made the mistake of reading this comment before watching the episode and spent the whole time preparing myself for fabian to die
@@anirose9874 Thank God you said this, I was panicking
Yeah, it was weirdly poetic, i feel like his character wouldnt be the same if he didn't go thru that
that could not be more true, 100% agree
_"I thought you were just going to be me, a way for me to live forever, but it's better than that. The story's going to get better with each new one."_
sometimes parents don't anticipate what parenting really is. and sometimes they do. i think bill seacaster just didn't want to, until he realized that his son could be so much more, and that's part of what parenting is. eventually, it's an effort on both parts, not just the parents'. i'm glad that those two got to have that, if only for a little bit. (i know it's dnd, and i'm getting kinda deep, but it was a sweet scene and it made me tear up)
Just because it’s dnd doesn’t mean it can’t be deep and make you emotional. I think we can agree that a good dnd campaign can be art and it can make you emotional.
When he handed his eyepatch to Fabian I started crying
I couldn't handle looking at Lou's face and Emily had started crying beforehand I just... I didn't know that i could cry while watching d and d!!!
Yeah, when you realize your kid isn't just you v2, but a completely different person, it's like meeting them for the first time all over again.
I am both suffering on an emotional level and absolutely in awe of how fucking badass that whole thing was I mean god damn
It's my head cannon that Bill said "I am William Seacaster, father to Fabian Seacaster! And I have been great!" before engaging in his final battle.
well that's canon for me now
CRYING SOBBING BLOOD RUSHING DOWN MY EYE
*Fabian Aramais Seacaster, can't go into battle without using the full name!
Yes but also that’s how he introduces himself in hell when he fights
@@elliecarlson2788That would be such a sick line holy shit, imagine him and Gortholax in hell just chilling and trading pictures of their children
Adine's parents started a war to get her sister out of jail and yet didn't even come to visit her. Not only that, when things went bad they teleported away and left her behind. That hits me on such a personal level.
your parents are wizards and politicians?
@@potatobread5854 lol
Wait your parents started a war and teleported away too?
@@Bluejay-jg6hz Weird, it happened to me three!
There's already 666 likes, so Ima just not touch that like button. *Let's keep it at the devil's number.*
"Did I get Santa Claus-ed into being the elven oracle?" Is such an underrated line
What’s the time stamp for that?
@@silverselkie1692 1:00:18
It's just so good
Wait I don’t know what Santa Claus-ed mean??? How is it a good line?
@@dulapeepee7047 in the movie “The Santa Clause” Tim Allen’s character inadvertently kills Santa, and due to a specific clause stating that whoever is responsible for the death of the previous Santa must put on the suit and become the next/new Santa, Tim Allen (unwillingly) becomes Santa. Adaine is wondering if a similar thing happened, where she inadvertently/accidentally became the new Elven Oracle because the last one died.
I love how Fig has refused to call Goldenhord by his actual name. So many times , everyone just refers to him as goldenrod
truly the fitting punishment for a demon incarnate, to be surrounded by high school teens for eternity
I legit forget his name is technically golden hoard. I legit just think of him as goldenrod
I like to think of it as a sexual thing with fig.
That should have been our first clue that he's the devil, any connection with that fucking cow means you're automatically the devil
Brennan rolling for abernants’ fates: *rolls a nat one* damn it, the worst has happened. They all survive
Underrated comment. Jeeeesus I hate that family so much. Strangely although the parents are worse, Alwyn makes me rage. Like wtf she is a backstabbing sellout.
@@BG-wz1iu Yeah, Aelwyn's just the fucking worst. I have two episodes left to watch, and I reaaaallllllllllly hope she gets her comeuppance by the end of the campaign.
@@arrestedeffort DID SHE
@@he.said.teenjiejer so either you remember this comment, watched the rest and came back just to leave this comment to that is about a month old which they had probably finished it
or this is just the second time you watched it and you wanted to spoil everyone?
@@musechan7069 fr
I remember when I was watching the first episode and Goldenhorde said gold was deeply spiritual for his kind, and I was like "...no is not, gold is important for dragons, not dragonborns"...AND I GUESS I WAS RIGHT!!! God damn it Brennan, you're awesome!
Bro that's so fucking galaxy brain omg
Also he has a tail dragon borns don't have tails
Joseph Delahunty Not exactly. They’re not really descendants of dragons, they were originally created by the draconic gods to be servants for dragons. They were made from dragon eggs tho, so they’re sort of artificial descendants I guess?
@@ToadSageSannin also there from a different dimension where the primordials won the war with the gods so the dragon empire never collapse
As far as I know Toad that's 4E lore stuff. In 5E you literally pick your flavour out of the typical chromatic and metallic dragons. Dragonborn were simply called half-dragons in 3E and it took a template instead of a typical stat block. On top of that Draconians from the Dragonlance setting have their own sidebar.
Edit: On top of all that Arthur Aguefort effectively polymorphed him into a Dragonborn. So the tail thing is largely inconsequential. I tend to imagine my Dragonborn PCs as having a tail. The OPs assertion that a horde of gold has much more relevance to full on dragons carries far more weight.
"I don't know what you kids are up to but I do know one thing. Laws are threats, made by the dominant socioeconomic ethnic group in a given nation, and the police are basically an occupying army," says the most amazing NPC ever.
A true inspiration and role model.
long live Halfling mail dad
Let´s make some bacooooooooooon!!!!🥓☠☠☠☠
he’s so based it’s crazy
48:23 Legit CHEERED at this bit!
The way Brennan says "nothing happens" and "you see an upside down trash can" absolutely does it for me
It was a perfect betrayal lol
I think that brennan as an improve guys and a dnd guy was like, "this is what I've been training for". Cause players like to make stuff up, so he probably has made that joke so many times with other people where they read too much into things and it's just a trash can.
And the suspenseful music behind it
My favorite thing is that 15 episodes in none of them know Goldenhoard’s name even though he’s a PIVOTAL character.
Oh, you mean Goldenrod?
You mean daddy ?
You mean daddy huge rod?
That Gold horn guy?
Wait golden shorts was important?
The way Fabian knew bill seacaster wanted to die and with no thought plunged the sword into his heart is beautiful
Just a heads up put a spoiler warning or something just in case! Other than that, I completely agree
@@AtomickPhoenix bro you cant spoil something that came out 3 years ago
@@awesomeness0005 it was my first time playing watching it so reading this woulda been a spoiler
@Ethan70779 ok, but this came out 3 years ago. So all responsibility for avoiding spoilers is on you, not anybody else. If this came out within the last week, then absolitely call someone out for not having a spoiler warning, but not on something that came out YEARS ago
@@awesomeness0005 man I wasn’t demanding it just suggesting it, I know it came out a long time ago. That doesn’t change it from possibly being a spoiler to some. It’s fine that it doesn’t have it, just wanted to put it out there. Either way I didn’t mean to come off as demanding and apologize if that was the case. Have a nice day!!
Can we talk about Brennan’s SMUG SMILE during the elven oracle scene?? He’s been planning this from the start and you can just see how proud he is :)
I love that moment. I laughed sO hard in the replay. He enjoyed their "wtf" faces so much. :D
But didn’t he say that the Oracle died august 31st but the ship sank September 1st ? So does that mean the Oracle died before the ship sank
@@martianhobo The news article about the oracle, was september first
@@tigamaki1345 agh okay
1:00:04
I literally can't believe how amazing of a DM Brennan is.
Seacaster Manor was just so incredibly brilliant, he knew exactly how to play out the scene even though the circumstances were decided by several dice rolls and Lou's decision
I love the jail break. I just love it😆😂
Brennan can write a twist villain better than the entire Disney writing board
the key is to make them antagonistic at the beginning, but *reasonably* antagonistic- goldenhoard was kinda mean at the beginning of the year, but we all assumed it was just because he was doing his job
The fact that there is a teddy bear implies that at some point in the history of Spyre there was a fantasy version of Theodore Roosevelt and quite frankly I'm insanely intrigued by what that is
In an earlier episode they referenced a Salisbury steak being served in the cafeteria. That cut of meat was actually made and named that as part of a diet idea. This was mentioned on the medical history podcast Sawbones. Did someone have this really specific idea about which cuts of meat were healthier in this world?
I'm thinking Fighter-Ranger multiclass? Or maybe College of Valor Bard?
They also have Irish Coffee.
Well, I mean, Theodore Roosevelt was such an enormously wild figure and individual who wasn't completely unlike Bill Seacaster in a way. So, kind of would extremely fit in here.
the Teddy Bear in D20 Canon is based off of Theobald Gumbar of course
The part where Gorgug asks if Bill is his dad MURDERS me. The talk of them being twins from two different wombs even though Fabian is 16 and Gorgug is 14 literally made me cry 😂
Nami Mori aren’t they all freshmen?
They're the same age gorgug might be older
@@tonk3712 They say in the first couple eps Gorgug is 14 and Fabian is 16 even though they're all freshmen, I assume Fabian was enrolled in adventuring academy a bit late cause his dad doesnt really care abt school
Also, like how Riz is a bit younger... it might go off of when each 'race' is physically around the same age. Orcs and Goblins age a little faster than most sentient species.
@Nami Mori For reallllllll I absolutely lost it. Completely lost it. Insane hahahahaha
I have never wheezed so hard at anything in my life than at the mental image of two gnomes using a tank to mow the lawn then ride off to fight an invading army.
I’m lovin Lou’s soft math professor look
me too sis
Edit: This sounds thirstier than I intended, I, too, look like a soft math professo
Lou's almost heart attacks reaches my soul
He looks a little bit like Daveed Diggs not gonna lie
yaaaaas im living for it! 😍
I literally spent 5 minutes trying to remember if there was a character named Lou before I recalled it was Fabiens player. Fuck man I think I get too involved, I forgot the players in favor of their characters
“I SHALL LEAP INTO HELL AND KILL THE DEVIL HIMSELF”
God I got so pumped
time stamp? ive watched the whole thing and i cant remember when it happened?
@@Tricornatops 1:52:19
HONESTLY the payoffs in this episode were SO SATISFYING
If only Fig was there to yell, "Tell Gorthalax I love him for me!"
I don't think this is the last, that we hear of Bill Seacaster.
fabian having the only bad outcome but ending on like, literal fireworks is such a great arc for the seacasters we all wanted to see more bill but going out like that….only way he could😭
Holy Jesus Christ.. the absolute RELIEF of finding Riz's mom alive.. I had chills man.. unending nerves this episode..
And Gorgug’s parents, RELIEF TIMES INFINITY.
and gilear surviving, like, thank god
I was so ready to be streaming tears by the end of this episode and by God did I come close.
@@Edward-Not-Elric same if gorgug’s parents died I would have turned into a walking flood warning
@@broadbunny5472 If Gorgu's parents died, I would have hunted Brennan down and given him a piece of my mind.
Lou's heartfelt, verging on panic attack, reactions to the unfolding family scenes honestly made me fall a wee bit in love with him.
I think I did too because it was like mutual anxiety
I loved how Brennan had a different way for each character to address their kids: "Hey Bud", "My Darling Boy" - it just made them so memorable
He sometimes has a kind of introductory phrase for the different voices he does and I wonder if that helps him jump into the accent.
You know, just reading this comment, I could instantly hear his specific tone of voicemformeach phrase playing my head. I guess that means he does it really well. 'Hey bud' is the Thistlesprings and 'My darling boy' is Seacaster, right?
The sadness in Fabians voice as he tells the hangman to spy on his father is criminally underated rollplay moment. The feeling of sadness and disappointment Fabian has about the possibility his father, his idol is actually his enemy is so heavy
Anyone has the timestamp for this? I can't find it
@@Gabriel-er3eq 51:26
@@AlPal4554 thanks!
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Fabiannnn ): ): ):
"You're allowed to be a complex person."
"Do you wanna go to prom with me, mom?"
"I'm glad you're alive!"
"I wish you guys the best of luck, and I'm gonna take the car..."
"Fuckin cowards."
Amazing
_in soft voice_
"..Papa"
I love how their reactions to their homes being attacked is a perfect demonstration of good roleplay. Brennen gets a lot of credit and rightfully so but the players are doing extremely well considering half of them were less experienced in dnd.
So we get 3 having a nice moment, and the other 3 dealing with shvt
And Fabian who just straight up stabs his dad and fucking backflips onto his motorcycle
I love Emily’s face when she realizes Galier and Gorthalax never came to see her that is GENUINE HURT
I am so pleased at how Bill Seacaster just fully rolled with Gorgug's guess; that was hilarious lmao
I love the fact that bill seacaster didn’t deny it was all ‘there is a possibility!’
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When bill seacaster rolls a nat 1 on his insight checks he goes "am i this persons dad?"
Last episode, I realized The Hangman was my favorite character here. I've changed my mind.
Seeing Emily broke character and actually teared up. Omg. I love how emotionally invested she is.
I don't think she broke character at all.
@@Sir_Duckyweather fig totally has a soft spot.
That's the power of great acting, having the skills to cry at just the right time
@@sadlobster1 you don't need to act when you get invested
@@AnnoyingAsianWitch That's true
The seacaster father son moment was truly beautiful and I'm glad Fabian went full roleplay and did exactly what his father would've wanted instead of just a a regular happy ending cause I was truly laughing and smiling enjoying that moment but all of them were truly fantastic I just always enjoyed the chaos of the Seacasters
Gorgug’s parent being simultaneously the most chill and most badass ppl in this entire universe made my day!
Same!!!!
I love it when Mulligan throws down the item cards from the prize counter in disgust.
that's an authentic, committed GM right there.
Just like, "Goddammit, you've all investigated this counter like 10 times now, I'm sick of it! But... here, I made these cards just in case you'd need them, enjoy your spoils."
@@IceMetalPunk they tried SO HARD to investigate haha
Still disappointed the Cloak of Resistance was reskinned as an enchantmented Spider Ring. Such an iconic arcade prize.
i Just lost it while Allie was giving an inspiring speech while everybody keeps roleplaying other things and Allie was still mumbling to themselves ksajdsndfcdskf
Adaine being the Elven Oracle is so iconic. I hope we get to see her doing some glowing prophecy before the series ends. Also hope she becomes a renowned public figure so she can shove it in Aelwyn's face.
Have you seen Fantasy High Live: Sophomore Year yet?
@@somefishhere Most of it :) I'm about 10 episodes in on DropOut. It's amazing.
Aaaaah oh no I’m so behind! I’m in the middle of 15 right now. This show is so amazing. Have you seen any of the side quests? Should I watch those or Live next?
Bill Seacaster is _so_ hardcore. One of _the_ best deaths I've seen.
Also, Gorgug's parents are just as hardcore.
The way this was phrased, I thought Gorgug was going to find his parents dead at the tree and I couldn’t do it.
Whoops! Sorry 'bout that. I'll just rephrase that better.
it's a small moment but what really made me emotional was Brennan allowing Lou to reroll at 1:47:15 it's such a nice act of compassion from DM to player that must've meant so much in the moment, despite the fact that the next roll failed.
You can tell the other stories got to him, and then the realization of what was inevitably coming
lou was the only one to reroll and take extra damage, the only one to make a choice between parents and the only one to receive permanent disfiguration. he already knew that roll must've been low and was preparing for the worst, and brennan knew that and wanted to give him some mercy while he could
@@bumblerbree so smart
during the last part with all the families, i've never been more stressed out by the sound of rolling dice. i love all these characters, why are you so awesome at this Brennan?
The best part of this series by far ofc
Omg hey Adri!
Like holy hell that was tense
I'm so glad they all rolled for advantage. they didn't even stop to think about it
@@somefishhere Well, not all of them took the deal...
"You always gotta be kind, you always gotta try your best, and there is no sense in being a ****ing pushover."
Savagely wise words. Hilarious and yet absolutely true.
I absolutely adore Gorgug's parents. They speak to me on a personal level.
My absolute favorite line in this series is “If you come to the tree you better be ready to never fucking leave!”
Geez, those individual stories when everyone was separated was some of the most engrossed I've ever been in a story. That was gripping
Bill Seacaster's death was the first time I have ever started laughing and crying at the same time. Not laughing so hard I cried, literally laughing but also crying. I've never felt so alive.
Never has their been a more glorious death.
We should all strive to end our lives screaming, "I SHALL LEAP INTO HELL AND KILL THE DEVIL HIMSELF!"
thats d&d, baby
I hate my self for reading comments while I watch as ruined this myself worse thing is I was like 5 mins of the scene when it happens when I read this
BILL SEACASTERS WHAT
i remember my first time, also dnd related. without any spoilers, all i will say is magnus burnsides, episode 69 of taz balance
Adaine is *not* making any use whatsoever of that denim jacket and I'm screaming.
ik and the scene where she got it was so iconic
they prob shoulda made healing potions
@@friedrin999 I think that would exceed the max gp value of what she can pull out of it.
I saw your comment, and i suddenly got soo upset that they forgot about the jacket, but then i realized if they had used the jacket then we wouldnt have got the epic line "wanna make some bacon".
Also, i feel like brenan wouldve said that jacket was confiscated by police. Anyways thats how im calming myself down.
@@pravarsaran
We are in accord. Our minds now are as one. Wait, what did you - EW!
Gorguks mom and dad not only being the safest, but also the most narratively terrifying parents just from how terrifyingly capable they are with how astonishingly positive they are, explains why Gorguk is the most combat capable member of the group every encounter.
Gorgug isn't capable in combat because of his parents, he's capable because he's a super strong barbarian. That's basically the whole point of the class. No matter what his parents were like, as long as he's a barbarian with high strength, he'll be a beast
I can't believe a series where an emo half-orc thinks he's his own dad is about to make me cry
Well when you put it that way 😆
"He could have survived!" "He wouldn't have wanted to survive."
That second sentence perfectly encapsulates Bill Seacaster. It's better to live one day as a lion than a lifetime as a sheep.
That's poetry
Fabian said that without missing a beat too
1:07:26 Big fan of how Ally keeps silently mumbling to themself even as everyone goes through the steps of breaking through the door. Commit to the bit! We love it!
Police are basically an occupying army, you know what I mean? You guys wanna make some bacon?
Literally the most baller statement of all time.
laws are threats made by the dominant socioeconomic ethnic group in a given nation. It's just a promise of violence that's enacted and police are basically an occupying army
I was on the ground through that whole jail break seen 😆
Come back just to watch that scene sometimes
that sounds like something Deadpool would say while wielding katanas lmao
Killedddd meeeee hahahaha
OH MY GOD THE HALFLING REVOLUTIONARY "WANNA MAKE SOME BACON" I JUST CAN'T HANDLE IT
The fact that the super-nice halfling mailman, and the hippie-gnomes are the most badass world-changing ppl EVER is the best.
Emily crying at the sudden realization that Fig's mom was a good guy the whole time and that she'd been giving the mom character such shit and doubting her only for her to almost die was so cute. I probably would have cried too.
I goddamn cried like a baby watching it.
i am so unhealthily invested in this yogurt eating elf man
same... if anything happened to gilear, i would kill everyone in this room and then myself
I adore the running joke of every nat 1 perception roll resulting in the character rolling thinking it's their dad
The scene where Gorgug believes he himself is his own dad just absolutely destroyed me - Zac did such a great job playing with the character
You know you are a good GM/DM when you make one of your players cry.
Also, Brennan, you should either write a full public campaign or a fantasy genre book.
I’d love to see either of those
didn't he wrote a fantasy comic with Molly Ostertag?
@@carolkoski4875 yes! strong female protagonist! it's excellent (but on hiatus indefinitely)
His mom writes fantasy adventure books if I remember correctly
@@matthewoconnor9513 You're right! He mentioned that on the Newcomers podcast! And probably elsewhere of course bc that was recent but that was the first point of me being introduced to him.
Emily being overcome with emotion and understanding with her mom was simply one of the most heartwarming moments on TH-cam I've ever had.
And also the other casts reaction to Emily and Brennan’s roleplay. Especially Lou’s!! 🥹🥹🥹🥹
You could see Brennan, only for a second, wasn’t sure if he fucked up or not. Definitely a beautiful moment
" it begins at the ripe old age of nine"
best line ever 😂
What scene is this?
@@mister_mozzarellaWhen Bill Seacastwr was talking about when he lost his virginity
When you realize Bill fucking Seacaster is a victim
The way emily's voice got quiet as she said you're allowed to be a complex person? My heart broke. It reminded me that fig's just a kid and the divorce and finding out gilear wasn't her dad and all this bs must've been traumatizing to her. I know they're all adults, but they had to roleplay as children, and with their adult brains, the realization was so painful.
I know! Sometimes I think about how scared she must've been when her horns came in - having all these changes happen to her body that she couldn't understand, then seeing the penny drop for her parents, and having everything fall apart. No wonder she wanted to blame it on somebody else.
@@tuxedobike4067 your comment made me realise she may have blamed herself at the begguining and her lashing out was her attempt to put the blame on somebody else
(Because "after all, if she didn't sprout horns, none of this would have happened, right?")
It got me. I think I’m finally ready to forgive my father.
timestamp?
@@Amelia-nu8qv fig's scene begins at 1:27:18 . She is also the first of the group's so after her scene is everyone else's scene with their families.
1:48:18 “A carnival of violence has occurred in this room” is the only, and best way to put what he had said.
The most Rakdosian thing 'twas ever said outside the realms of Magic: the Gathering.
Someone should seriously make an oil painting of that scene.
The entire scene was a literal emotional rollercoaster of laughing and crying. Just as the tears would start, "lots of shots to the asshole". Absolutely iconic.
"I thought that I had daddy issues but now I'm starting to think that I have mommy issues."
"You have a bunch of issues." That exchange is golden and describes me so well.
I've watched this series at least 5 times, and _still_ feel like Bill Seacaster's "Nobody surprises me with information _I_ wasn't expecting" is *supremely* underrated.
arguably the best npc in the campaign... but then there are so many fucking great npcs
I love bill seacaster so much 😂😂
“He’s making death saving throws”
A rather polite way to say he’s dying, but I’m here for it
In the first episode Seacaster literally tells Fabian “YOU’RE GOING TO OUTLIVE ME” it was planned from the start
.....thats just the typical expectation of parents with their children. parents assume their kids will outlive them.
@@CrystalIce414 especially when you're mortal and your son's immortal
I think that's what he meant lmao
@@GreetingsInferiorsFabian isn’t immortal, half-elves live longer than humans but not as long as elves. Which is kinda fucked up if you think about it because imagine being the elf parent.
Imagining Brennan, sitting there with his little handouts, all set for the big reveal, and one of the first things the party does is call the Vice Principal from the jail cell...
Shit. I just realized how that must have felt. Poker face of a God damn demon.
"You cant just be a THING that lies around my house!!"
I died y'all
" *MY* house"! He definitely knew
the nads he had in his entire battle was awesome
@@daniellins4114 oh yeah nah the moment Brennan makes him choose he knows Bill is dead
@@rydertheashen1722 - I think it was the moment Bill Seacastle's recorded message playing that he knew Bill was dead.
this is the first time i've cried during this series. bill's death was genuinely heartbreaking. we watch everybody else's families survive, only for fabian's to be saved for last. he rushes to save his mother because he knows his father can handle himself and would want him to go to her. he loses an eye just like bill. he tries to get to his father and fails and when he does manage to get to him, he's dying, and that smile on lou's face is most certainly him realizing that yes, william seacaster, father of fabian seacaster, is going to die. there's no goodbye, there's just jovial conversation, recognition, and bill going out in a fantastic blaze of glory. an epic closing shot with all the gusto and theatrics the seacaster family deserves. and all of this preceded by a heartfelt message from fabian's dad before he finds him bleeding out... so powerful. they all did such a great job with this series, the characters are amazing and the plot is so compelling, so enthralling. 👏😭
Seeing how invested Lou was in all the other player's stories and how emotional he was getting and then him ending up with the worst lot is. Heartbreaking. I felt for him so badly but he handled it really well. What a fucking moment! Also bawled my eyes out seeing Fig apologise to her mum.
Fabian had the best ending thematically. Bill would have wanted that ending
@@rikimaru700 oh 100% Bill would've wanted that's what I meant by Lou handling it really well
Oh yeah, Fabian's thread was by far the most epic. Him losing an eye was such an iconic moment, and him bringing to a valiant end the tale of Bill Seacaster made me cry, not just out of sorrow, but out of pride. The imagery of him leaping from the explosion on the balcony, catching the Seacaster family sabre, and landing on The Hangman has got to be by far the coolest moment I've ever witnessed in any D&D session ever.
I cried
Lou has talked before about that getting very emotionally invested in campaigns, so that makes sense. Something similar happens in the first season of the unsleeping city
This is forever marked as one of the pinnacle moments of DnD to me. Lou's growing meltdown as Brennan reveals the stakes is something to behold - and when Lou, realizing he was saved for last, and definitely understanding he must have had two low rolls so something horrible will happen to his father... it's intense. But what a way to go.
i cried so hard during fig and fabian’s turns. shit was raw
love that the verb brennan used for the teddy bear was 'forged'
Forged in the halls of Bildebair.
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I started to cry when fig had her scene with her mom
Me too! It was awesome.
ive literally just been laughing watching this hole series and they had to pull that shit on me out of nowhere????
Yup, and I kept crying for the rest of the episode
Bill Seacaster went from "I don't know WHAT you're the captain of..." to "You don't command their fear.... You command their respect." GOOSEBUMPS BROS
"You have to be some kind of person, you can't just be a thing that lies around my house!"
damn, Fabian with the quotes!
1:28:32 major props to fig's mom she just woke up from being unconscious, grabbed a bow, and shot two people without a second thought, coughed a bit then turned to her seemingly uninjured daughter and immediately jumped to "are you okay?" despite having literally just been unconscious. I hope she isn't a villainy character or something later because that would be super sad
"Seemingly uninjured daughter" Fig *did* have to give up half her hitpoints and a good number of spells to get to that point, so it's safe to say she was pretty injured. Either Emily forgot about that, or, as Fig, was trying to play it down when she said she was fine.
Hot damn, I've long been spoiled about Goldenhoard's villain turn, but the fact that I'm this deep into the season and Brennan has kept him as a largely sympathetic figure is amazing to me
from the later clips i've seen i thought that aguefort was going to turn out the not-actually-dead bad guy and goldenhoard was going to help them against him. the moment of "holy shit" i had at that revelation was insane
god I love acab postal worker dad so freaking much, hes probably my favorite npc, and the quote “‘you guys wanna make some bacon?’ and he pulls out a lit molotov cocktail out of his mail bag’” is so metal
he's my comfort character lmao
@@alastorbutwithagun its sad how relevant he still is, but god him and his family are fucking awesome and deserve everything
I really hope their children grow up to be like them.
Oh yeah, by far the best one-liner in the series so far (and there have been many fantastic one-liners)!
Love Rudolpho. "Oh your family is being attacked? Say less. Need help killing bitches? Give me a 5 star rating? Done let's gettem"
1:36:32 ~ "Might be small, and we're real nice. Try to be king to everybody. But if you come to the Tree, you better be ready to never F__king Leave. You understand me!" ...
I absolutely Love this line.
I believe 1:05:37 to be the exact moment Murph realizes there’s no dragonborne. Watch the slow head-tilt. I’ve been watching these few seconds on loop for the last five minutes.
It was so fun Brennan gave him that task even if his investigate roll wasn’t the highest in that group, cause he knew Murph as a player would be the one to figure that out and I enjoyed that a lot.
I love that Riz noticed the biggest clue.
@@kirvanpody I think it was more for Riz's character arc than anything. Riz started as the one investigating the missing girl(s) not knowing it was a piece of the larger story. The party chased the whole mystery down together each with different realizations, but brennan gave murph those papers so that Riz could "crack the case."
I went back on your suggestion and you're right. It's a beautiful moment to witness. The frustrating and curious story unfolding in front of Murph. Watching him suddenly take focus and realize he himself just found a disparity and got a giant clue. The shear look of joy and sense of personal triumph Murph displayed was beautiful. And all of it was because of the magnificent mind of Bernie.
Good catch, Cali!! Thank you for pointing that out!