WAIT WAIT GAME CHANGER S7 TEASER AND BONUS ALLY AND ZACKY THIS WEEK????? OMG OMG OMG
anyway. i'm totally not thinking again about sandralynn in "the name" telling everyone "ok. so i know you do your own thing most of the time but this is sort of an adults are gonna step in now moment. the reason why the baddies havent ended the world yet is because they cant. alright?" the sandralynn with so little confidence in her position as a mother, that she hesitates to ask her rebellious teenage daughter why she hasn't taken care of the curse on herself because she doesn't want to assume more authority in fig's hectic life than she thinks she has. the sandralynn that struggles so much with being a reliable adult figure, only trusting herself to step in when it involves adventuring, because she IS and WAS one of these kids. sandralynn who can't give fig advice on her future but can put her hands out after a groundbreaking lore drop and calmly remind everyone that they still have the upper hand. the grounding presence of a veteran adventurer at the table that i think sandralynn underestimates. the unique security that she can offer as someone who knows the patterns of dnd so well that she can step away from the process and understand the world hasnt ended because they cant end it yet so fast and so confidently. idk. in a genre that relies on kids having reasons to run into danger rather than adults, you need both your jawbones and sandralynns. you need the adults that can say its fucked of them to send you to the nightmare forest lets talk about it, and also the adults that can say look, this what you know about the villains, lets break down why they haven't won yet. sandralynn i love you.
every day i feel so many emotions about fictional characters
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!!!!!!!! More d20 interviews just dropped!!!!
Notes!!
Best campaign for beginners: Fantasy High
- UNANIMOUS vote from everyone haha
- you see all the characters and the players learn dnd together! everything is geared towards beginners bc it was THEIR beginning also!
- IT WAS BRENNAN'S FIRST TIME DMING FOR 5E????
- ally's second rec for people who dont like fantasy: Unsleeping City!
Campaign they'd most like to revisit: A Starstruck Odyssey
- first of all: LETS FUCKING GO
- its fun because it has a combination of high-low stakes
- it allows for swings that some other settings would maybe necessarily have to punish
Most emotionally devastating: A Crown of Candy
- everyone immediately no questions asked knew lmao
- shout out zac saying fantasy high for the bit
- lou GOING for the interviewer with YOU KNOW WHICH ONE CMON >:(((
- ally spreading fake spoilers lmao
- "the one where we get to imagine what its like if a family member died"
- THEY DECIDED TO BE A FAMILY TO MAKE IT LESS SAD?? AND THEN IT MADE IT SADDER OF COURSE IT DID. GUYS.
Funniest campaign: Starstruck/FH: Sophomore Year (what)
- okay wait nvm ally is right. fhsy did get crazy.
- Brennan's take: the conceit of starstruck is the funniest, but fhsy's reality of being livestreamed while lou did. THAT.
- "while lou attempted to DESTROY his character WHICH IS. A PRICELESS COMPANY ASSET. while NO PRODUCER could intervene."
- siobhan: its like he stole our boss's car and was like 'let me do a trick'
Campaign with the best fights: Neverafter/Crown of Candy
- ally votes for neverafter's crazy and iconic battle sets!
- siobhan calling out the boat fight in acoc, brennan agrees that its one of the best
- lou votes for acoc because he enjoyed that they all knew they COULD REALLY die which meant no one pulled punches (ally: thats true lets do another high lethality season!)
- brennan: every campaign i have allowed for the possibility of pc death, in acoc, i was AIMING for it.
- "sometimes that means ONE of you is going down by episode 10 or im gonna fucking eat my hat"
- they all agree they GOTTA get back to a high lethality game. brennan ill die. ill die.
- THE LAST STAND SHOUTOUT. YIPPEEEE
- i think its funny the captions say fuck and shit but the actual words are bleeped. like usually its the other way around.
Most anticapitalist campaign (guessing: tuc): Unsleeping City CH2
- oh wow okay i actually havent watched s2 i gotta get on it frfr
- "all of them but-"
- "it was just like. straight up Amazon. in time."
- "what was the name of the company in tuc?" "gladiator" "bamazon"
- brennan talking about Null as the marxist theory of alienation....
- MURPH/CODY WALSH SHOUTOUT
- brennan: its very funny for murph, when all the characters are like i represent community i represent dreams! to make a character thats like. i represent an IMMEDIATELY earlier SLIGHTLY LESS harmful version of capitalism.
WAIT WAIT WAIT BRENNAN ON GIANMARCOS PODCAST??????? HOLD ON HOLD ON YHIS IS A CROSSOVER I DIDNT EXPECT IN MY LIFE
by the way i love sandra lynn dearly. this is a sandra lynn appreciation post.
would anyone want to hear my kalina as kirsten's familiar fhjy au :pleadingface:
(watching neverafter) that was episode SEVEN???
forever obsessed with brennan's choice to not use porter's legendary resistances on adaine's detect thoughts because he doesnt consider it enough of a threat. like FUCK man. his downfall is literally what makes him a bad fucking teacher. from the very beginning porter has clearly only respected one type of strength. we watch him first day of freshman year dismiss gorgug for singing a song when asked what rage means to him. we watch him hand on shoulder tell gorgug after sophomore year-- who has two apocalypses under his belt by then-- that he's not a proper barbarian because his rage is defensive. he (jace, but, same faction) literally sends two detect thoughts at gorgug and doenst even WAIT to confirm if they worked before retreating because he CANNOT, WILL NOT, believe that gorgug can resist them. and hey listen i know that artificer is an int based caster and detect thoughts is a wis save-- but just think about the fucking foolish, arrogant disrespect that is targeting the kid who multiclassed into an intelligence-based class and being SO confident that it was the wrong choice and made him less effective as a party member that you dont even bother to check if he resisted your MIND-BASED spell. because you believe so strongly that a decision that doenst increase his physical, barbarian strength is a bad decision that made him weaker and lesser in every way. it just makes it all the more poetic when, hey, why would he worry about a measly detect thoughts from the party wizard cowering in the back? he can hit people so hard he crystalizes their blood, and that's the ultimate fucking HEIGHT of power right?
loser.
Having feelings about fantasy high again
okay i REALLY DESPERATELY need to watch tuc s2 now murph you have created the funniest fucking sword in the entire universe
time quangle aro adaine CANON???????????
wow. that’s a lot of notes. yknow what if my fandom contribution is making loving posts about gorgug i have no problems with this.
So happy with all the attention d20s been getting from their upcoming msg show <3
Anyone remember fhsy when everyone was wondering how they were going to steal agueforts watch and gorgug went and called him while they were arguing and very politely asked if he could borrow it and ALSO very respectfully suggested he should maybe try reaching out to ayda again. and single-handedly fixed the misunderstanding that kept them from reconciling while also solving the watch problem. anyone remember that becasue i do and i want to explode into a million pieces every time. gorgug thistlespring the character you are.
watching dirty laundry and very fond of the fact that the crew feels free to shout out jokes from offstage also and contribute to the bit. dropout i love you.