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Keru posted:Honestly, that ending was just so good, even if I've been grumbling about things leading here, that was a really good ending. I think intellectually I like the Molly Stays dead ending more. As I tend to gravitate towards bittersweet endings. But Tal rolling a 2 to save his own old character is just loving sensational peak D&D dice deciding the story bullshit, as a counter to Matt's rolling a 1 on a check with a DC of loving 5 bullshit(if only Tal rolled a 9 lmao). 
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ZenMasterBullshit posted:Long May He Reign You know, I kind of hope they do the poetic thing and have the characters split off in roughly the opposite order they came into the story on the first episode. Cadeuceus probably bids them farewell in the grove. Then probably Molly / Yasha Beau leave together, then Fjord and Jester split off their way, and we close on Caleb and Veth. DeathSandwich fucked around with this message at 07:46 on May 28, 2021 |
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https://twitter.com/matthewmercer/status/1398167229460410369
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Everyone is forgetting the best part: they’ll want to inform some people next week of their victory... and we all know what that means. Hilarity, 25 words at a time.
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My money is on a 6 hour episode.
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Hopefully it involves a trip to Emon to give Alura/Kima their poo poo back and we get an answer to the real question of the campaign Who the gently caress is on the Tal'Dorei council?!
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I love the Dice Gods. That was a good ending. But holy poo poo was that encounter brutal. If not for Jester Banish, Cad Death Ward, and a clutch roll it all goes pear shaped.
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Completely insane. I don't have the words. Oh poo poo it's a quarter to 3 I need sleep.
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Trast posted:I love the Dice Gods. That was a good ending. Also 3 successive successful Mirror image rolls lmao.
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May 28, 2021 07:48
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I feel for all the people waking up now and going to check the thread before they sit down to watch the show (or are waiting for when it comes on Youtube next week) (Yes I went back to check how many new posts since the show started 4:48 hours ago)
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That was a drat near perfectly tuned encounter assuming he didn't fudge numbers behind the scenes. Because with Veth MCed and Caleb down, their Action economy was hosed, and they were at most like 2 rounds from wiping. Veth pumping sneak attacks into Beau, and Yasha(well she's sorta immortal, but she would have eventually gotten 9 eyes lol or MCed herself).
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May 28, 2021 07:51
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So, did Tal do-deca-heal himself this game?
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It's now the #1 trending topic in the US on Twitter lol
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I am still in the process of losing my mind
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Would changing the thread title to long may he reign be bad form for spoilers?
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Dexo posted:Would changing the thread title to long may he reign be bad form for spoilers? Probs best to wait till a few days after it hits youtube for the people who can't watch live
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Ffffffffuck. I just got the 'Empty' thing. M. T. goddammit, taliesin.
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Keru posted:Ffffffffuck. I just got the 'Empty' thing.
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Truth is, kid, the game was rigged from the start. *rolls 02*
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https://twitter.com/TriaElf9/status/1352262174442463232 lmao that bullshit Tarot Reading
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Dear lord, please do not let Liam play another emo character in C3.
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Raged posted:Dear lord, please do not let Liam play another emo character in C3. Dragonlance. Make Liam be a Kender bard. And Sam can be one of those crazy inventor gnomes doing Matt's Victor voice.
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saw this at random and lol i forgot that this dude owes them another pretty big favor https://twitter.com/V762cas/status/1398069609769492480
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You know, having slept (kind of) since last night, man I still got that finale on my mind. What a great final boss and the dramatic stakes both during and afterward were amazing. I may have complained a lot about the back third of this campaign, but man what a note to go out on. The Mighty Nein leaves the rapidly decaying husk of Cognouza with the ninth member. That whole resurrection ritual was just as much of a nailbiter as the fight with Lucien was. I'm genuinely curious what sort of note they go out on. I wonder if they do Veth's body-shaping ritual on Essek so he's able to go underground.
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I also was in favor of the “Molly stays dead” angle, but goddamn it’s hard to argue with what happened. Absolutely top-tier D&D, the most incredible “you couldn’t write this, no one would believe it” bullshit possible. While I had been somewhat critical of the buildup, that was a hell of a finale, and I’m eager to see where our epilogue episode takes us. Critical Role, man. Critical loving Role.
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TotalHell posted:I also was in favor of the “Molly stays dead” angle, but goddamn it’s hard to argue with what happened. Absolutely top-tier D&D, the most incredible “you couldn’t write this, no one would believe it” bullshit possible. I'm genuinely curious how much of his experience Molly will remember once he's gotten a handle of being in control of his own facilities again. If I had to guess Tallesin and Matt probably had to have a pretty lengthy one-on-one between this episode and the next to work out Molly's headspace and what being a passenger in a body that isn't his would be like and what it would of done to his psyche. Also Tallesin needs to re-up himself on Molly's Accent 
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Molly stays dead, Molly returns... the fact that Tal was the one who made the final decision was perfect.
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I'm glad matt open rolled those res rolls. Open rolling is fun and should be embraced more
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That was an absolutely stellar final boss fight. It seemed overwhelming and impossible, but bit by bit the players slowly figured out how to do extra damage and cripple his legendary actions - they also avoided attacking his legendary resistances so that wasn't part of the equation. The minions could do big damage and had nasty CC affects, but weren't too hearty and focused efforts brought them down, limiting Lucien's options. The lair actions were both interesting and not too overwhelming. The stress of adding the eyes contributed to the tension of the fight, but it didn't feel like bullshit and even though nobody got to 9 eyes, it was always a threat in the back of their minds. It was dangerous (poo poo, 2 of them died during the battle itself), but never felt unfair. Matt's gotten a lot better at these kinds of fights and it only makes me that much more excited to see what he comes up with in the future.
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Pinwiz11 posted:Molly stays dead, Molly returns... the fact that Tal was the one who made the final decision was perfect. When Tal first rolled the divine intervention, I thought he was going to do the Scanlan thing and let the crew have their last words with Molly. When I realized he was going to actually bring him back my jaw dropped. Edit: Anyone have any particular hopes for Campaign 3? I'm hoping we get a full blooded paladin, a melee ranger, and that they get weird with the class archetypes playing something new and/or weird like a Djinn pact warlock or a Spore Druid. DeathSandwich fucked around with this message at 17:47 on May 28, 2021 |
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That reversal was so perfect because you got to see both the failure and success, like picking different branches of a story in a videogame or CYoA game book. The party got to express their grief, but having to accept it. You had Essek frustrated and disappointed, and Fjord really speaking as a Paladin of the Wildmother, Caduceus talking about how how he'd give Molly a good burial in the Blooming Grove, and some other moments I can't recall right now, but they were good, and then there was the "Golden Ending".
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Holy poo poo what a session. Caduceus continues to be my favorite DeathSandwich posted:Edit: Anyone have any particular hopes for Campaign 3? I'm hoping we get a full blooded paladin, a melee ranger, and that they get weird with the class archetypes playing something new and/or weird like a Djinn pact warlock or a Spore Druid. I'd like to see Liam as a straight up fighter or barbarian, if only to fulfill the fighter/wizard/rogue archetype trifecta. Other than that I'm just excited with what they come up with next.
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Predictions: the Trent plot line will be resolved in the next session and no combat will be associated with that. It's really the perfect ending, anyway: Trent desperately wants his student, Caleb, to murder him and take his place, and would see that as an exoneration of his entire philosophy: he created Caleb, he made Caleb strong, and Caleb used that strong will to defeat the man who trained him. Instead, I predict the following: The Cobalt Soul and the king were already looking into the Cerberus Assembly when the M9 caused a massive incident at the Vergesson Sanatorium, followed rapidly by Trent causing a diplomatic incident in Nicodranas by breaking into Yussa's tower. Now that Yussa has returned, I imagine he'd have taken immediate action against Trent himself, most likely through his more diplomatically/politically-inclined friends. The result is likely to be a royal inquest held by King Bertrand, with Yussa represented by Lady Allura. She invites the M9 to attend if the king doesn't command them. Caleb gets his chance to give a speech; Eadwulf and Astrid turn on Trent; Ludinas opts to preserve the Assembly by loading as much blame onto Trent as possible. Unable to strike back magically, Trent tries to take Essek down and the M9 have to decide how to respond. Ludinas then offers Caleb Trent's position in the Assembly. The aftermath of that triggers working out the fates of others among the M9. Beau may get put in charge of the ongoing investigation into the Assembly. Caduceus will obviously return home. Yasha stays with Beau. Caleb teleports the others (or everyone, perhaps) back to Zadash. Fjord and Jester pair off after seeing how the Parent Trap worked, perhaps with the intent of helping the Gentleman to go legit (or legit-ish... this is Jester, after all), and we conclude with Caleb watching as Veth is reunited with her family again. Caleb turns to go and Sam gets to deliver a short speech about how he's part of her family, too. Big unknowns: Essek's fate and disposition; what will happen with Molly and whether he'll stay with someone as he recovers, or recovers enough to insist on going off to try to correct some of the wrongs Lucien committed; Eadwulf and Astrid's final dispositions; how Pumat ends up appearing in the final episode (Pumat will most likely replace Vess DeRogna as Archmage of Antiquity, which will perhaps end the phenomenon of "this post is for villains."). Lots of small and big PC decisions that could cause big changes to the outcome, like convincing Essek to accompany them to Rexxentrum.
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Narsham posted:Predictions: the Trent plot line will be resolved in the next session and no combat will be associated with that. It's really the perfect ending, anyway: Trent desperately wants his student, Caleb, to murder him and take his place, and would see that as an exoneration of his entire philosophy: he created Caleb, he made Caleb strong, and Caleb used that strong will to defeat the man who trained him. My money is on Essek using the body reshaping ritual that turned Nott back into a halfling, changing who he is and basically going full "Witness protection" with a new life and starting over again, using his powers to do better for the people around him. Yeah, it makes sense that Trent gets got after his little run in Nicodranas. He already had heat on him before he caused a full on diplomatic incident. I'm guessing Molly either tries to stay with Yasha, or he forms his own circus and goes his own direction. There's no way Fjord and Jester don't go after Fjords old captain.
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FlavoFibe posted:Holy poo poo what a session. Caduceus continues to be my favorite But if Liam isn't a glass cannon, how will he dramatically die in the climactic fight??
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Guess Tal can play Molly again in C3 Next episode is going to be like the end of the extended Return of the King but for 6 hours and I can't wait for it! 
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yeah I agree, Trent (and what Essek will do) is the main plot that must be wrapped up, most of the other threads can be comfortably left to simmer
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Don't worry, Travis will find some way to get his hands on a Deck of Many Things for the epilogue episode.
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eke out posted:yeah I agree, Trent (and what Essek will do) is the main plot that must be wrapped up, most of the other threads can be comfortably left to simmer Molly's memory finally coming back and the group getting together to do something after this happens is good one-shot fodder.
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Mage_Boy posted:Molly's memory finally coming back and the group getting together to do something after this happens is good one-shot fodder. yeah like there should definitely be a Dealing With Sabian one shot or, alternatively, make the epilogue just have some jump cuts forward in time
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