Episode 1 | Cut Off | DESCEND

[@ellienixon3437]

The first four chests they got at the start was basically the pre order DLC that the game launches with lmao

[@salempistorius7395]

Trying my hand at timestamps! Minor spoilers ahead 4:37 *Episode Start* 6:47 Campaign Content Warning 8:59 Special Thanks 11:00 “HERE IT IS” 12:56 *Absolutely Incredible Theme Song* 14:26 You awaken 18:46 Welcome to Outpost Fang 20:25 Caius 20:54 Sahar 21:23 Anastasia 22:16 Kadmon 23:12 Arland’s Squad 26:18 Ollie’s Gold Stars 28:55 Choosing beds 31:49 1/5 Item Acquired (by Anastasia) and Treasure Chests 33:25 Dee Gork confirmed 36:05 Sahar’s Chest 39:44 Caius’s Chest 41:54 Kadmon’s Chest 43:21 Anastasia’s Chest 45:39 Back to the game 48:48 Fist Wap 52:32 Kirk is cumming up the ladder 55:35 A large caravan 1:02:32 Initiative is rolled 1:05:59 Frostbite and Homebrew Perk Trees 1:09:04 Sparks fly 1:11:27 Portals 1:15:20 Stats shenanigans 1:18:44 Déjà vu 1:25:22 Bleeding 1:29:56 Those doors are never opening 1:34:15 “What if I catch him?” 1:41:19 Into the forest 1:43:19 Entering the ruins 1:44:45 Patrons 1:49:06 *Start of Break* 2:07:35 *End of Break* 2:07:49 Level 2 2:09:26 Mia actually has Ki Points now 2:10:50 2/5 and 3/5 Items Acquired (by Anastasia again) 2:15:45 Unseen Servant 2:17:16 Inside the ruins 2:26:53 Sounds in the dark 2:28:38 Symbol of the Lady of Silver 2:33:14 Kirk and Fletch 2:35:05 “I liked Kadmon, too” 2:38:39 Witherling in wait 2:45:30 Jeffery can mend it later 2:49:04 Colton’s very clever spell usage 2:51:50 Backup plan 2:52:43 Initiative is rolled 2:56:54 Sahar gets ‘em 2:58:32 578 feet 3:02:03 Anastasia conjures a blanket 3:03:47 Kadmon is Violently Versatile 3:06:40 Sahar is pulling weight around here 3:09:36 Lathander’s Blessing 3:13:43 Fog Cloud is a top tier spell 3:17:03 The DM accepts a bribe 3:18:50 Fletch’s Song of Rest 3:21:05 Complex character motivations 3:21:38 Initiative is rolled 3:27:41 4/5 Items Acquired (Colton is rigging the dice) 3:32:14 Gnoll Slip ‘N Slide 3:37:48 Caius does fire damage for the first and last time 3:45:01 Steamed gnolls 3:48:16 Caius the Gnoll Slayer 3:52:54 Arland 3:58:07 Daylight 4:04:07 Walking and talking to Tearstep 4:05:55 Kadmon has never worn socks 4:06:54 Arriving at Tearstep 4:09:29 Tavern Mad Libs 4:10:39 Boarding house 4:14:03 Caius getting a gift for Kadmon 4:15:39 Sahar makes everyone else look like shit 4:17:20 Real sibling energy 4:19:49 A lovely old man and his cat 4:22:07 The kind of people we need in the Fist 4:27:11 Anastasia clears out the tavern’s supply 4:29:04 Conversation over a drink 4:31:20 Level 3 and 5/5 Items Acquired (God has favorites) 4:39:24 Jack makes the best NPC 4:40:47 *Marcy sends us out* Exciting first episode! I’m hyped to see where it goes from here and I hope the party can get their gold stars Let me know if any of these need correcting

[@henryshedden1000]

Thank you

[@sketchi7472]

youre a saint

[@Alemani29]

Amazing!! Thank you so much!

[@gabrieldixon9621]

Thank you :)

[@Jango1989]

You're doing Lythander's work!

[@Gamemaster6400]

When I saw that Caius was a warlock, all i could say is "of course Spencer is playing a warlock again" can't blame her tho, i love them too

[@XPtoLevel3]

Hell yeah, warlocks are awesome. Though I’m also here to “um actually” this comment cause the only other warlocks Spencer has played are Lamarcia from Evenfall, who was crossclassed and also not really her main character to the campaign, and Rosealie from Saltmarsh, who was also crossclassed and also was like 4 years ago. All to say that she has a very cool character here and I’m really excited to have her playing a warlock, cause I’ve RARELY got to see her do it.

[@Rolling1s]

Honestly warlock is the best

[@derkology14]

Jacob's DMing got hands. Every NPC seemed like a complete person. Nobody seemed like set dressing, these are all real people in my head. I'm inconsolably excited for more.

[@XPtoLevel3]

Thank you, I really appreciate this! NPC's have been my weakness as a DM for a long time, I've never felt that my NPC's were anything more than just jokes, set dressing, people who tell the plot at you, or people who need something from the players. I love creating scenes, writing fun rules, and making monsters. But when it comes to making characters that feel like real people, I've always struggled. I worked hard to make the NPC's in this game feel more real than in my past games. So just wanna say I appreciate this comment

[@jackllewellynkramer]

Dude that guy with the cat was fantastic. Idk how you thought of that, if it was just on the spot

[@pwnyboy9714]

I'm calling it now, Fist Wap is going to return in the Hells, gritty, hardened. Thus the dawn of Punished Wap.

[@StainlessHelena]

I just wanna say, the technical difficulties add an irreplacable amount of charm to the show.

[@harveyspectre3512]

Jacob's opening scene was so dope,, inspires me to be a better dm

[@octo5042]

2:20:10 - 2:20:26 this is the best feeling as a dm. for your players to feel the stakes, know the environment and the situation at-hand, and then formulate a solid plan!

[@rootyful]

Would love the character cards to always be up. Certainly would help my ADHD brain imagine the players as the characters better.

[@BORNTOSIEGE]

AMAZING START OF THE CAMPAING, im already craving for that episode 2

[@porkchopkills6185]

Im so excited to see what Jacob does with this campaign

[@Richinnameonly]

When Anastasia's subclass was revealed I was so excited. I hope to see many creative uses of the subclass's features since it's my favorite.

[@MultiSuperMarion]

HELLS YEAH VERY HYPED FOR THIS CAMPAIGN WOOOOO

[@jeremiahpohl3596]

Said it on the stream too but I love Craig's character's design.

[@buxtehudemuzik]

Already loving this campaign! I don't wanna wait 2 more weeks 😭

[@TheNinjaBees]

I love that purple Choso knit!! I have the same one and really want the red & black version

[@Maximilian_Romus]

Audio mixing needs improvement. Its often hard to understand some guys. Cranking the volume up only makes the ears bleed, when you guys laugh. Otherwise awesome. The first campaign I'll be watching from this channel.

[@archonofcommorragh1221]

Amazing episode. So excited for Jason to realise his ideal version of this story. But, I couldn't hear Jacob and Colton very well. An audio issue maybe?

[@VladimirBradley]

Really great, hoping to keep watching u guys! Thanks to the whole team!🎉

[@francescogulisano2917]

First time watching one of Jacob's campaign, very curious, kinda scared

[@tristynzero7430]

The inspiration is brewing 🔥🔥

[@mrandrewskie6122]

Not going to lie, I’m obsessed already.

[@tannermason4315]

Dude, the intro video with singing is epic.

[@fivesss3710]

Ive always wanted to run a survival campaign against an army of gnolls. Ive never gotten to before so this is verry fun for me to watch and draw inspiration from

[@kielweiss3606]

Audio for the players needs to be increased for future episodes. Can't hear anyone but Jacob.

[@MeemBeen]

Yea I was thinking this too but wasn't going to say it because I didn't want to seem rude. Audio is *surprisingly* awful. Even with headphones on a lot of it comes across mushy. I was excited to listen to this but now I'm not sure if I'll even be able to

[@miggio0]

That intro was serious fire! well done.

[@dreamingmage7524]

it took me way to long to realize their saying Kadmon and not Kevin

[@michaelfinnerty7240]

You're not alone. still sounds like Kevin to me.

[@an8strengthkobold360]

I choose to wblive it's kevin.

[@ShinobiDaNinja]

Not gonna lie, i think the sounds really low, all of my audio is 100% and i cant hear anyone of the players when they are talking low.

[@PandaKnightsFightingDragons]

That's pretty normal sadly. It's either the quality of their mics or a conscious decision to offset ppl (mostly Jacob) randomly getting really loud

[@ShinobiDaNinja]

@@PandaKnightsFightingDragons Its almost exclusively Colton and the other guy i dont know his name but when they mumble or speak low i just can't hear anything they say.

[@Plataknight]

I love this! I am curious how the perk trees were designed though. I’d love to know if Jacob custom picked perks for characters, how many perks in the trees… I’d love to use it in my game because it sounds so fun and adds customization

[@kenanureeves2693]

cut off ...... my weenor ......

[@worstghosthunting3466]

OOOOOOO SHIET DESCEND INTO AVERNUS

[@velvetdraws3452]

only an hour in, if wap- i mean john doesnt show up again im going to cry edit: the crying has begun

[@heroofgods5520]

Dude as a dm I love your set up but also I want your dm screen as its so cool

[@Profweetnietkunde]

Don't challenge me I'm keeping up with everything but eberon so far and I'm considering it

[@zmeyagosho]

Guys, could you please make the audio a little bit louder? I am listening to you on headsets with max volume and it's still quiet. As a consequence, when youtube plays an advertisement or when someone sends me a message it's super-loud :( When you laugh too :(

[@telboy007]

Imagine calling your kid after the first version of mobile internet.

[@1Ring42]

Damnit now im craving peach rings

[@user-mu8ok5xf8d]

What would you recommend if I wanted to watch one of the campaigns on this channel to get to see how the players play. I haven’t seen any of the campaigns on this channel yet

[@NikukaiFightOn]

I have a hoodie with the exact same design as spencers sweater haha

[@PandaKnightsFightingDragons]

This pre-intro song almost goes as hard as Spelljammer's. Almost

[@jelkbaker9780]

50 caps 1 sock

[@dewonrowlette4818]

1:14:30 DM cracks up!

[@KingMadDog7]

2:59:50 Huh? You guys call me? What ya need?

[@lvl5Longbowman]

@49:20 did Craig play air bass?

[@Viglin123]

I’m only ten minutes in and this sound a lot like the campaign lm running for my players…bloody, violent war torn campaign, but with more undead then demons. Basically post apocalypse fantasy. I’m very much looking forward to this series :) Edit:damn your even starting at a overrun fort like l did 🙀 Disclaimer:l don’t play dnd but my own game system, so lm not sure if your adventure is a module ?

[@killjoy1160]

For some reason the sound is only coming out of the right earphone so make sure you use both or switch to your right when at work.

[@stabeltoast41]

First time watching

[@matthewlenard8346]

Hello Jacob, a question for the DM, can you weaponize Floating Disc? If I am able to cast it within a space that is to small for it to fit, will it crush all the soft and squishy things occupying that space with force damage. If the answer is, yes of course, what would you like me to roll for damage when cutting someone in half in this fashion? 💩 - 🧠 = ☠️

[@EldritchBee]

The spell literally says "In an unoccupied space".

[@matthewlenard8346]

@@EldritchBee I cast the spell within a four inch unoccupied space. 😃

[@Cosmic_demonartist]

4:25

[@christophertrost8017]

Guys, the sound quality could use some work. I need to turn my volume all the way up to hear Jacob clearly and Anastasia's player at all. But then somebody will make a loud noise or several of you will talk at once, and I'm deafened. I know that's mostly a budget issue, but the stream is almost unwatchable... or rather, un-listen-able.

[@concernedearthling3353]

The floating disk does not take commands. It just follows 20 feet behind. You guys play enough DnD to know how to read the spell description....

[@Goku__]

Honestly it's crazy that it can't take commands. They didn't even change anything about it in the 2024 rules 😢

[@concernedearthling3353]

@@Goku__ I think it's limited because it's a first level spell. I know these guys like to do a lot of homebrew so it's not that big a deal. I just tend to stick with the rules as written.

[@Goku__]

@@concernedearthling3353 Yeah but I would argue it needs an update. It comes from a time in D&D where money was tied to your XP and DMs actually checked for weight. Now that that’s not really so much a priority anymore I think it just needs to change. It’s so niche now it’s borderline useless as written. They gotta change the duration, change it back to holding weight based on spell/caster level, allow you to command it, or something but it remaining the exact same through 10 years of the same edition is criminal.

[@I-TM-I]

but it’s just cooler to command it

[@davidtaylor8195]

The vocals on the song needs some basic compression

[@yaboku1686]

why 16 charisma on a wizard?

[@drizzo4669]

Why not? 🤷‍♂️ Maybe they want to use persuasion or Deception. Doesn't have to be 100% combat focused.

[@yaboku1686]

@@drizzo4669 I guess. Though this campaign seems to be pretty combat heavy. And that con is so low lol

[@KamikazeWarBat]

TRANS FLAMING FIST LETS GOOO

[@thattacobeast5816]

As a Jon can WAP not change his name to John please LOL

[@thattacobeast5816]

Ah well rip jon/wap