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Did the party knew who the Briarwoods were serving in the live cast or was The Whispered One a pseudonym created because he's DnD property?
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They knew the Briarwoods were servants of some greater power but I don't think they had a name for who it was? I'm not even sure they had "The Whispered One" for a long while. Obviously anybody familiar with D&D can tell it's Vecna and Matt did use that name in the live cast, but the reveal took a very long time.
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Feb 25, 2022 02:48
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The Whispered One is a search and replace to avoid copyright. In DND it is Vecna.
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Feb 25, 2022 02:51
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They learned the name Vecna within a few episodes of the climactic fight (or within the same episode, I forget), but didn’t know what it meant.
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Feb 25, 2022 03:04
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:getting deeper into watching campaign 2 He can and I think does save them for another battle. The super fancy ones with smoke and lights he only seems to use when he knows for sure it's combat there. But a lava set, or a mountain set, or a forest, that kind of thing is easy to reuse.
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Feb 25, 2022 05:47
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I'm watching campaign 2 too (currently at episode 24) and I really like how that group came together and how much unconventional and flawed all the characters are.
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Feb 25, 2022 10:02
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CuwiKhons posted:I distinctly remember a point in Campaign 1 where the party had just mopped up a plot thread and had four different plot threads in wildly different directions they could go in and they couldn't agree on where they wanted to go before the session ended but they were firm that one in particular was one they wanted to put off until later. Matt, unsure of where they were going next since they hadn't decided, had to do triple the prep he normally did for the next session because he had no way of predicting which of the other three options they were going to take. cRiTiCaL RoLe Is sCrIpTeD
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Feb 25, 2022 10:31
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:getting deeper into watching campaign 2 He reuses some of his assets and sometimes when I squint really hard I can see the DM strings he pulls to ensure that yes, whatever the characters will choose to do they WILL meet this plot relevant NPC, learn this plot point and find this dungeon.
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Feb 25, 2022 11:05
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Just got done watching this and is it strange the series I most want to compare it to is Spartacus: Blood on the Sand? The reason is the first few episodes are abysmally bad and then randomly without warning it picks up. The second half of the season is when the show just takes off and the quality jump is ridiculous. In the animation shows it can't hold a candle to Arcane , especially as everyone but Taliesan Jaffe really needs to step up their game as he was carrying this show, but there's strong potential for improvement.
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May 10, 2022 22:39
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Lid posted:In the animation shows it can't hold a candle to Arcane In their defense, what show can?
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May 10, 2022 23:41
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Didn't Arcane cost like $100 million to make?
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Arcane was about as big budget as it was possible to be. And as for the first two episodes - yeah you're absolutely right that they comparatively sucked. The original plan from the Kickstarter was to make those two episodes (well, it would have been one 40 minute special) and use that to shop around to various companies to try and find someone that wanted to put down the money to make more. Then of course the Kickstarter blew the initial goal out of the water. The Briarwood arc is a fan favorite (for good reason) and probably the easiest and most self-contained story so it was the perfect choice to adapt once they had the money for it. And thank god because I love the show but I don't know what studio would have watched those first two episodes and been like "yeah I want to fund a bunch of this," compared to the Briarwood arc. Hopefully Amazon is game to commit to this though because the next major arc is going to need like 3 seasons to do competently and that's including trimming the fat.
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May 11, 2022 01:48
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Megazver posted:In their defense, what show can? I should've specified I meant not the animation/artstyle but the writing, voices, story. If it was just animation it's a slaughter, it should've been more Castlevania. Alot of the animation is closer to "a saturday morning cartoon became evil".
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May 11, 2022 04:20
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Watching critical role is way too slow. I have poo poo to do. Vox machina is great tho
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May 27, 2022 16:53
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HardKase posted:Watching critical role is way too slow. I have poo poo to do. Yeah, I watched a couple of “best moments” videos to see if maybe I could get into it, but it really isn’t my thing. Gonna keep watching the show though! It’s was pretty fun all the way through.
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May 27, 2022 19:25
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YggdrasilTM posted:He reuses some of his assets and sometimes when I squint really hard I can see the DM strings he pulls to ensure that yes, whatever the characters will choose to do they WILL meet this plot relevant NPC, learn this plot point and find this dungeon. In a mid-late campaign 2 episode I watched recently one of the players expressed surprise at some map he pulled out and he explained that he put it together during the break. He's definitely mentioned a couple times not using some elaborate map due to the gang just going off in a completely unexpected direction (spoilers for a major event in Xhorhas: like when Caleb just decided to hand the Beacon over to the Bright Queen)
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May 28, 2022 12:20
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HardKase posted:Watching critical role is way too slow. I have poo poo to do. Also they're doing a four-part prequel miniseries as a tie-in to Campaign 3 right now and it's very, very good.
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May 28, 2022 18:12
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HardKase posted:Watching critical role is way too slow. I have poo poo to do. I got the cliff notes for campaign 1 because the audio quality was so bad to the point where I couldn't tell what was happening when peoples' voices raised even a little. I listened to all of campaign 2 and while it dragged in spots, I enjoyed it a lot. I fell off of 3 because the characters weren't jiving for me and the pacing was all over the place. I do listen to one offs whenever I get the chance because they're usually really good. I'd love for them to maybe release abridged episodes of the main campaigns.
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May 28, 2022 18:12
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Pennsylvanian posted:I got the cliff notes for campaign 1 because the audio quality was so bad to the point where I couldn't tell what was happening when peoples' voices raised even a little. I listened to all of campaign 2 and while it dragged in spots, I enjoyed it a lot. I fell off of 3 because the characters weren't jiving for me and the pacing was all over the place. I do listen to one offs whenever I get the chance because they're usually really good. I'd love for them to maybe release abridged episodes of the main campaigns.
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May 28, 2022 18:13
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Froghammer posted:They've found their footing in Campaign 3, finally. It took like 15 episodes but it's starting to feel cohesive. 15 episodes is, what, 45 hours of content? I find it’s just too much to wade through for like 15 minutes of entertaining moments. I know they can’t really do 1 hour episodes, but an abbreviated edit like the other poster suggested would make getting into it a bit easier, I think.
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May 28, 2022 19:20
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Robobot posted:15 episodes is, what, 45 hours of content? I find it’s just too much to wade through for like 15 minutes of entertaining moments. I know they can’t really do 1 hour episodes, but an abbreviated edit like the other poster suggested would make getting into it a bit easier, I think. You might enjoy Dimension 20's campaigns instead. They're much, much tighter and the GM might be the one person in that whole scene who might be better at GMing than Mercer.
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May 28, 2022 19:24
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Yeah Brennan is a beast. He's DMing a short run game for Critical Role right now EXU: Calamity. First episode should be up on YT Monday. Or yeah D20's stuff is good.
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May 28, 2022 19:37
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Having a background in improv, Brennan is the absolute king of "Yes, and..." Unparalleled.
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May 28, 2022 20:32
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Robobot posted:15 episodes is, what, 45 hours of content? I find it’s just too much to wade through for like 15 minutes of entertaining moments. I know they can’t really do 1 hour episodes, but an abbreviated edit like the other poster suggested would make getting into it a bit easier, I think. It's one of the reasons they're doing more miniseries and one-shots
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May 28, 2022 21:54
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I put critical role on in the background when doing other things. It's good white noise content.
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May 28, 2022 22:01
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:I put critical role on in the background when doing other things. It's good white noise content. Same but Friends. I don’t even like the show but every once in awhile there’ll be a decent 90s song I forgot about or I can play “Guess Matthew Perry’s Addiction Based On His Weight This Episode”, which is always fun.
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May 28, 2022 22:28
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Brennan is very knowledgeable about birds.
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Phylodox posted:Having a background in improv, Brennan is the absolute king of "Yes, and..." Unparalleled. I bang this drum a lot on the forums, but Dungeons and Daddies is the most buck wild Actual Play I've seen when it comes to improv. Also, like Dimension 20, it doesn't have the problem of the first <x amount of> episodes having bad audio or editing or group dynamics. It starts really solid from episode 1. Pennsylvanian fucked around with this message at 01:47 on May 29, 2022 |
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Measure once, cut twice
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Froghammer posted:Measure once, cut twice Gonna be wild if after VGHS, Rocket Jump, and skits with Jimmy Kimmel and K&P, that that is what people will remember Freddie for most. EDIT: I forgot to even post about the show, yikes. Echoing this opinion for the millionth time, but those first few episodes are really rough. It seems like they were written as pitch material first- something to show to TV people so they could say "This ain't your daddy's fantasy cartoon!" The show does pick up afterwards. Taliesin probably turns in the best performance. Hopefully the success of the first season can get them a better animation budget because the static characters with a handful of lip flaps each doesn't do justice for the energetic performances. Pennsylvanian fucked around with this message at 04:37 on May 29, 2022 |
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The voice acting across the board is, unsurprisingly, possibly the best I've ever heard in an animated series. That's clearly the department that got the most polish.
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hosed up that this show was all about how lady briarwood was on her period
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is dimension 20 a rough start or is it good from the get go
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Dimension 20 is great out of the gate, but it kicks into overdrive at the end of the second episode. It’s a recurring theme with Brennan’s games, to the point that it’s become known as being “Episode 2’d”.
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It takes the players a little time to warm up to the concept of roleplaying in general, maybe three or four episodes before they're bought into the concept. Start with Unsleeping City if you want a full campaign with players bought in from the jump.
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Froghammer posted:It takes the players a little time to warm up to the concept of roleplaying in general, maybe three or four episodes before they're bought into the concept. Yeah, Fantasy High does have several players who have never played before, but they edit out a lot of the rules discussions. I'd say start with Bloodkeep, as they have some other DM's at the table, including Matt Mercer, to help explain stuff to the newbies. It's also a bit shorter, and honestly my favorite to this day.
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Nah, start with the school one, its real good
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Quinton posted:In a mid-late campaign 2 episode I watched recently one of the players expressed surprise at some map he pulled out and he explained that he put it together during the break. The "feel free to choose what you want, it will not matter" is something that happens only sometimes. It doesn't happens very often.
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YggdrasilTM posted:The "feel free to choose what you want, it will not matter" is something that happens only sometimes. It doesn't happens very often. Yeah Matt's one of the best DM's at rolling with his players' random ideas. It's why almost every guest DM gets accused of railroading by comparison
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One time he set up an adventure in a city that they'd been planning on going to, even making plans with a guest who was going to be a major part of it. He later had to text the guest, "I'm so sorry, they hosed off to an entirely different country"
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