Arthur Aquefort Grabs the Sun

[@nataliebland3078]

The fact that Aguefort unleashed a small localized cataclysm and yet did absolutely nothing to actually help Adaine

[@glenndallas7171]

He was a pretty valuable distraction.

[@MegaNightmare4]

Arthur Aquefort is easily the best character Brennan has ever made. Such a fantastic deconstruction of what a high level wizard would actually be like in practicality.

[@brunogrande9826]

I think he is second best, Gilear is by far my favorite from the whole series.

[@Youboremenow]

@@brunogrande9826 Can't forget about jawbones

[@ArshikaTowers]

Seacaster?

[@grimgreycastle5141]

Gorthalax people

[@Wimikk]

@@ArshikaTowers bill seacaster hands down

[@AnEnemySpy456]

I love how this godlike display of magical power ends up being of absolutely no use to anyone. He just runs out of juice before he even gets close to the Elven capital and then has to figure out how to put the sun back.

[@Excalibursin]

+An Enemy Spy I assume maybe this is so it does not undermine the PC's achievements/agency? Maybe if the PCs had been in danger of failing more drastically Aguefort would've been there as a net to help them succeed. Or at least he'd blow up the sun and that'd be cool.

[@envoy2500]

He was a pretty invaluable distraction there for a little bit lol

[@austinling7318]

To be fair if he appeared I'm the actual capital he would have actual one shot the government. He capped an entire mountain range

[@gramathy999]

The best part is he never actually puts it back, he just goes back in time and stops himself and then *pretends* to have done all of it via illusions as a distraction.

[@Drizzlybear1]

I always thought of it as more of a huge distraction which meant the VAST majority of the elven army was busy with that meaning the PC's didn't have to fight the army and just fought the few people left in the castle.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

Arthur Aguefort is a well known person in this world. He is extremely powerful and batshit crazy. The idea that ANYONE would choose "the way of pain" is so wild that they really deserve everything they got.

[@MrZazzles94]

Extraordinarily poor judgement for what should be the wisest and fairest of all beings.

[@onedepressedgamerm6525]

Elfs in a nutshell poor choices is what they do

[@allisonhomiak2336]

Fun Fact: If this scene had taken place during combat on a standard 1:60 grid, the Arthur Aguefort mini would have to be *_seven and a half goddamn feet tall!_*

[@mistertea603]

That's Taller than ME (6'3")

[@virgiljericho664]

He was taller than 10 giants whose heights can be up to 30 feet tall

[@キラキラ蛇]

imagine shaq standing on ur dnd table

[@mephostopheles3752]

Brennan could physically roleplay Aguefort on the battlefield while STILL not being big enough to be to-scale lmao

[@jesstradiol]

That's just too big.... you can't get that big

[@MichaelAruba]

I love that Aguefort didn't fail because the elves pushed him back. He failed because his spell backfired on him meaning he COULD have "just kinda one-shot a government" if he perfected the spell.

[@taigh1100]

Also if the force of magic itself didn’t start tearing him apart because it didn’t want that to keep happening which yeah, I guess dragging the sun is a bad idea but c’mon magic, live a little.

[@Arby631]

@@taigh1100 Mystra has been very conservative since the whole being killed by a mage

[@steelrexer1062]

Mystra is a buzz kill

[@bunnywaffles1190]

The real problem is that he started too far away from his target. If he got right next to it and THEN busted out the "Turn giant and grab the sun" maneuver he could have one-shot it and then bounced before the rebound caught up to him.

[@GZilla311]

@@Arby631To be fair, she killed HERSELF. Karsus was the one who was stupid enough to make a situation where she had to.

[@ThatGreyGentleman]

I just love Arthur’s incredulity at “Someone selected *THE WAY OF PAIN*?!” 😂

[@gabepatton9851]

"someone just selected the way of pain?" afterwards you can tell he's so eager to set a precedent for the way of pain, as if it's never been done before, that he just fuckin floors it.

[@jesstradiol]

Arthur Aguefort is the perfect combo of a classic fantasy wizard, a murder hobo, and a realistic depiction of the effect that immortality and nigh unlimited power would have on the human psyche.

[@emericcson123]

He is truly a "what if an immortal ran out of stuff to do by the end and got weird with it?"

[@looseleaf7367]

So, Zeus?

[@jonathanjernigan3865]

Aguefort crawling through the rift has big ‘Aguefort crawling into Kristen’s backpack’ energy

[@anonymousangel1064]

I love that Arthur Aguefort is just kind of pals with Kristen, like I bet he thinks he's a mentor or something but he really is not.

[@seekyegwhore8382]

To be fair, she did sneak him into heaven in her backpack

[@tylerhilpisch7850]

Its like Rick to Morty if Morty has self-confidence and Rick isn't a Alcoholic

[@P0rk_Sinigang]

@@seekyegwhore8382 Yeah, in a weird way, out of all of the Bad Kids, with the possible exception of Adaine, Kristen is probably the one whose power Aguefort respects the most.

[@lifotheparty6195]

@@P0rk_Sinigang Aguefort shows respect for all of the student’s respective skills and abilities. It’s all in his freshman year speech.

[@P0rk_Sinigang]

@@lifotheparty6195 Right, but that's like when a parent says that they love all of their children equally, when in truth the parent sees one of the children as being more equal than the rest, if you know what I mean.

[@sarahbearbabygirl]

arguefort is like brennan saying “oh the most powerful wizard in the world is chaotic neutral? let me show you how that would ACTUALLY pan out.” bc when a lot of people say “chaotic” they just mean “unpredictable,” but arthur aguefort is truly C H A O T I C as in causes chaos in his wake near constantly

[@DeathnoteBB]

I mean a chaos is nothing if not unpredictable

[@DaOriginalGrandPanda]

@@DeathnoteBB true, but they’re still different. Let’s use throwing a ball as an example. More people are predictable, because they’re either right or left handed, and they’ll throw the ball with that hand 100% of the time. People who are ambidextrous are unpredictable because they can throw the ball with either hand. Chaotic people craft a fucking cannon and shoot the ball out of it. So yeah, Chaotic is unpredictable is kinda like how Great is good.

[@GoldnDusty]

@@DaOriginalGrandPanda Speaking as a chaotic being, I’m not making a cannon. Ball’d probably get shredded. I’m gonna find a bunch of elastic bands and see how far I can fling the ball from my ad-hoc catapult before the bands snap.

[@CardinalSnowflame]

"Does anyone else want to step to Arthur Aguefort? That's my question."

[@ldobehardcore]

@@DaOriginalGrandPanda Cannon you see coming. Smokebomb or grenade is a better option.

[@flightlessagbsls]

I love that as almost as a side bit Arthur found the limit of magic in this universe

[@allykaman9340]

I feel like Brennen was just flexing with this whole bit and I'm 100% here for it

[@williamhinrichs6558]

I think he was sick between the two episodes and he just relayed everything he dreamed in a fever dream into this batshit crazy sequence

[@Dan-tb1zf]

Flexing in what way?

[@cruc1fye]

@@Dan-tb1zf His creativity and narrative talent

[@AkutomiNamikaze]

Out of everything, the insane image of giant Aguefort tearing the sun across the sky made me laugh the hardest in this entire season. Yes, harder than Hilda Hilda

[@Poptizzle]

1f1f w

[@morganwhit47]

It was Chungledown Bim for me

[@MongoTheMagnificent666]

HE SAID HE WAS GONNA SHIT IN MY MOOOOOOOOUTH!

[@castbet9183]

For me it’s Fabian facing his fear of the Sexy Rat and Chumbledowm-Bim fucking and shitting Fabian

[@WTFisTingispingis]

​@@morganwhit47CHUNGLEDOWN BIM destroyed me.

[@austinling7318]

I love how magic itself literally had to say.... um.. nah.. yeah that's too much. That's too big, too much power. And tried to push him out of that state

[@lazarus9165]

I feel like part of it was his biological body, the human body can barely handle being seven feet tall you think it can handle 300?

[@Linosek279]

This is lowkey the lore behind how 5e happened

[@divinityquartz3428]

just an ocean of blood...

[@logicaloverdrive8197]

@@lazarus9165 Yeah, things made of flesh and bone just aren't supposed to be that fucking big. That's too much.

[@tbuckley2031]

It was more of a “GOOD GOD STOP HIM NOW”

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

Unfortunate ending. Arthur Aquefort was about to cast the greatest Fireball in DnD history.

[@southpawdoodler1708]

LOVE how ADAINE’s go-to guilt trip for trying to convince bad guys they are doing something wrong is always ‘I’m literally neurodivergent and a minor 😣

[@JaraelMoonsilver]

I have a mental illness! And that’s fine!!!!!

[@vuelle9816]

Amazing to think that this guy died to a single bullet in episode one

[@probablyprocrastinating59]

Episode 2

[@vuelle9816]

@@probablyprocrastinating59 go back to procrastinating

[@probablyprocrastinating59]

@@vuelle9816 How is commenting on KZbin videos not procrastinating?

[@vuelle9816]

@@probablyprocrastinating59 you’re typing, and that takes energy

[@probablyprocrastinating59]

@@vuelle9816 I'm not sure if you understand the definition of "procrastinating." Commenting on youtube videos is still putzing. I'm in my summer semester right now and could be studying or something but I'm bantering over semantics with a stranger on the internet because it's less of a time investment for a pseudo-payoff of correcting someone about something inconsequential.

[@davidxie9099]

I miss the minis but Brennan going full theater of the mind gives us crazy stuff like this.

[@gemsngold]

the Aguefort mini would’ve had to be like taller than their actual human size

[@Cross177]

@@gemsngoldI feel that would’ve worked with a Augefort standee next to Brennan Nike dunking the sun.

[@JohnyScissors]

Sometimes you need to establish to the PCs that THIS is the character that you do not fuck with. You fuck with them and the campaign is over. Brennen does it in probably the coolest ways in the history of DnD

[@franciscobautista9379]

I am legitimately wondering if this was just something Brennan had planned if Adaine had actually name dropped the Academy in that way and Siobhan just came upon by sure mistake, or if he just improvised that on the spot.

[@-hayleymc_is_tired-5038]

I think that’s the genius of Brennan. He makes improv things seem “scripted” or planned.

[@adamdymke8004]

@@-hayleymc_is_tired-5038 It's hard to say. While what you say is true, so is the opposite, you can sometimes see in his improvised interactions bits that he definitely workshopped before hand. The rant about chronomancy in s1ep17 was clearly scripted, but the circumstances that it happened definitely weren't. I think that everyone at the table has done a bunch of workshopping outside of the game and their improv skills let them weave in ideas naturally.

[@-hayleymc_is_tired-5038]

@@adamdymke8004 having an idea or outline of something is different than a script. I think most people think every word and and idea is completely planned out on a script and it’s a show and not made up as they go. Yes there is plans but Most of his ramblings are in the fly and he makes it seem like he wrote out everything he said before saying it. he has an idea not a script it’s a big difference

[@DeathnoteBB]

I refuse to believe it wasn’t improv. Like she said that and Brennan’s brain went “Man it would be cool of that set off some automated warning.”

[@bumblerbree]

i can just imagine if he planned out all of aguefort's bullshit magic experiments with such simple triggers he would just be ITCHING for the pcs to stumble across them like this. like when he cloned ragh's mother and just straight-up forgot - stuff that aguefort himself would never think to mention unless specifically asked about it because this is just a normal day for him.

[@chaosxenkon]

Arther Aquefort has ascended past wizard and is just an eldritch entity at this point.

[@Linosek279]

I like to think him moving the sun was him just silently threatening to kick Sol’s ass again and having him go along with it out of pure fear

[@that1guy-u-no38]

Lou is the only person with the accurate reaction to what is happening just WHAT

[@hesnotbad9045]

The way he sounds confused that they chose the way of pain is so funny. Like “who tf chooses the way of pain?”

[@ATMOSK1234]

Coolest wizard in fiction

[@MeonLights]

The fact that Sol has not smited (smote?) This guy by now speaks for his power.

[@vuelle9816]

If you’ve watched season one all the way through, then you’d know why

[@MeonLights]

@@vuelle9816 I did. I just expected him to actually go for revenge??

[@HenriqueErzinger]

And risk getting knocked down again? Hahaha

[@TheFrogspawnedOne]

Smitten, I think.

[@vuelle9816]

@@MeonLights he fell from heaven tho

[@Wren_the_Bird_King]

More educators should be like Arthur Aguefort.

[@jonsimpson6240]

... Need I remind you he brought a gun to school?

[@happydonkey5333]

@@jonsimpson6240 so did Riz. Your point?

[@jonsimpson6240]

@@happydonkey5333 just saying, wanting most teachers to bring a gun to school and use it to commit a murder suicide, that's a bit weird...

[@happydonkey5333]

@@jonsimpson6240 but it was in the name to save two students

[@jonsimpson6240]

@@happydonkey5333 he also sends those students to die several times, drops the sun God on their city, abandons them to deal with a dragon, and starts a war with a foreign country. I just like Dumbledore and hogwarts, I don't think anyone would actually want anything like that in their own life.

[@Bret133]

Arthur Aguefort is the dream that every wizard player wants to eventually be

[@Drekromancer]

I heard someone else write this comment on another video, but I'll put it here: Arthur Aguefort is a Pathfinder wizard in a 5e world.

[@StarryxNight5]

​@@Drekromancer Really? From what I've heard, pathfinder wizards were nerfed to hell and back and the back to hell again in Pf2e, atleast

[@EvelynNdenial]

@@StarryxNight5 pf1 is basically a reskinned 3.5 and 3.5 wizards could without a doubt one-shot governments.

[@alucardvigilatedismas2868]

I imagine Aguefort would hire some really good charisma 20 lawyer who manages to get him off claiming someone else was going for it, and they both reached for the Sun.

[@angrywizard3199]

*better call saul guitar*

[@hunterlakey1068]

He had strength, they had none, and yet they both reached for the sun

[@Nerdface0]

Aguefort used the Wish spell to be able to cast Wish an unlimited number of times without negative consequences. That's my headcanon and I'm sticking to it.

[@grimgreycastle5141]

Meh he probably forced a dijin to do it for him cause that’s the baller he is

[@jeffclarke929]

OR it could be that he used a series of experimental spells, and they arent available because nobody has safely figured out how to cast them yet

[@aimeepollock4813]

Don’t be silly. He wished for the knowledge and power he would have attained from an unlimited number of Wishes without negative consequences. An extra loophole within a loophole.

[@theominousanonymous6021]

He's the reason no one can wish that anymore.

[@devildevious2646]

He rolled a 6 though

[@ryanhealy9026]

I love the way Siobhan says “yeah” after the message plays

[@ChestersonJack]

I was wondering the internal logic behind this when I first saw it. Ive been recently reading spelljammer stuff, about crystal spheres and all that, and I’ve come to the conclusion that Arthur is either grasping a portal to the plane of radiance, or the plane of elemental fire.

[@commentersilrem3285]

Both perhaps?

[@transfandomman1699]

Aidan asks this same question about the sun rotating around the earth in this world in a later conversation, and Arthur actually says that is not the case, and that it works like our solar system, which is why it's so hard for him to put the sun back. He has no idea what or how he did that.

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@transfandomman1699 Basically he Ed, Edd, and Eddie’d it

[@officiallthetruemuffinman8310]

when your world was created by a trickster god

[@Knifeman87]

I love these rick and mortyesque conversations with aguefort and kristin

[@steegen101]

it's funny, Siobhan wrote for that show!

[@turinmormegil7715]

I feel you, Aguefort. Hauntingly, even. Made a Witch in A.I Dungeon and when I tried to topple a whole country alone with just my ghost familiar and broken necromancy powers, the A.I daid I started to bleed a lot from my rectum as It was too much Power for me body (said I needed to train more to be able to survive such a feat) and passed out after making a scene and a speech. Quite embarassing. Now I think I know what was fed into the A.I that resulted in this

[@astraea2279]

The best moment of sophomore year

[@NastyNate18B]

One of the many moments from fantasy high that made me uncontrollably happy like I was on drugs.

[@NawiXXI]

Aguefort is like Dumbledore if Dumbledore was petty about the mistreatment of his students, whom he actually cares for, and SQUARELY *Chaotic Neutral.*

[@oscarpines7927]

NEVER underestimate a pissed off chaotic wizard.

[@kingchrysafenthemum4778]

SO HAPPY TO SEE SOMEONE POSTING THE FULL CLIP!!!!!

[@anhilliator1]

Brennan is a master at these voices.

[@MaxBlight]

My favorite part about this whole thing is the Adaines dad even after this still thinks Solas is below their people. Arthur literally committagain.1 v all against their entire country and would have won if he was trying to destroy their country.

[@8Rincewind]

I haven't watched this far yet, but do you mean Adaine's dad?

[@MaxBlight]

@@8Rincewind oh yea, adaine.

[@arturozepeda6088]

Imagine how op Arthur Aquefort would be in misfits and magic

[@Cross177]

I imagine how incredibly uncomfortable Klemp would be with the immense amount of Chaos he is.

[@_peachjam_]

"but Brennan did have a really bad fever recently" fucking kills me every time sksjsksl

[@FirstLast-cg2nk]

I love how they were about to mock her for saying she's a student of the Aquefort Academy, and then suddenly Arthur messages them with a warning that he's fully willing to move heaven and earth over one student. Then, they call his bluff only to learn that it was no bluff and he is literally willing and able to move heaven and earth to get his student back.

[@quinnlee-newbury9003]

This has gotta be the most wild thing to ever happen in a d&d game

[@kevinomalley1090]

...well, I can't speak for any other GMs, but one of my PCs ascended to demi-godhood by staging a massive orgy between dwarves and dragons, so... like this up there, but...

[@Pokemanking12]

@@kevinomalley1090 scared but interested

[@transsnack]

A character in the campaign I'm in is so Chaotic that it's started to warp reality. I'm pretty sure she's just a god playing the past of a halfling...

[@Ky_AnCom]

I choose to believe that Aguefort ATTEMPTED a 10th level spell (or a series of them), and had to use chronomancy to retcon it as an illusion.

[@jackakimbo5718]

Aguefort is fucking UNHINGED and I love him for it

[@briancourtney8990]

The fact that this was filmed in January 2020 makes me think Brennan's "flu" was actually covid and it did wonderful things to his brain

[@georgiamaull-keyser4945]

“I shit about an ocean of blood”

[@RikkyRiot]

thank youfor including the convo with Kristen, absolutely a part of it. we gotta know what happened! perfectly cut at the end lmao

[@Xhalph]

Arthur Aguefort had some really strong Rick Sanchez energy. I wonder how much inspiration Brennan gives Siobhan in that regard.

[@robcarlton2341]

Thats a 10th level spell!!!

[@williamblackfyre4866]

Should have used Chronomancy...

[@-hayleymc_is_tired-5038]

Lol I just realized he went away from the tower cause Adine said the high elves of fallenhal but not just her father and the counsel of the oracle or what ever they are called

[@alastor2079]

Arthur Aquefort annoyed vs Evan Kelmp angry who will win

[@kmaple9]

Arthur. Scenario 1: Arthur and Evan get annoyed at each other. Evan tries to hold back his rage, Arthur kills Evan. Evan tries to return to his friends, but in the midst of a long battle against the beings of hell, he runs out of motivation without Lou, K, and Sam to cheer him up. Scenario 2: Arthur and Evan get annoyed at each other. Arthur, underestimating Evan, lets him go first. Evan kills Arthur in one attack, torturing Arthur. However, Arthur's already cracked, so he travels to meet Bill in hell, buys some snuff powder and snorts it, forgets about the pain, heals himself, gets revived by his paramour, tracks down Evan and kills him. Scenario 2.5: Evan blocks Arthur's attack upon his return from hell and kills Arthur again. Scenario 2 repeats infinitely. Scenario 2.75: Evan gets sick of Arthur's shit and seals him away. Arthur laughs and shits in the corner until enough shit has built up to overload the capacity of the seal and breaks out after many years, uses Chronomancy to return to the moment he got sealed, scenario 2 and its sub-scenarios repeat until Evan dies.

[@nananannanananna]

They would have a nice chat about magic then send the world into eternal darkness and fury

[@maxjackson6559]

Arthur Augefort: I fucked up..

[@silverselkie1692]

I'm concerned how big he was when he says an ocean of blood. I need to know if that was metaphorical or not.

[@Eidenhoek]

Not metaphor *at all*

[@silverselkie1692]

@@Eidenhoek Do you think shit blood ocean will be a location in Junior Year.

[@TheNaturalnuke]

- Lvl20 illusion wizard turning illusions into reality colorized

[@Theology.101]

If arthur spawned closer he could’ve ducked up fallinel

[@alexross4062]

Reminder, it's canon that the force of magic itself stopped him

[@Cross177]

Imagine if our intrepid heroes pulled an RPG secret battle to fight Arthur Augefort.

[@Broski8137]

Aguefort regretting his governmental destruction and recounting it like a REALLY hard mushroom trip is hilarious

[@gerbilpanda1703]

This whole fuckin scene had me at the edge of my seat lmao

[@SunnySoothesayer]

Every other Divinity: Sol you just gonna let him grab the sun like that? Sol: He knocked me into a several month coma, he can do what he likes with the sun, I'm not going near that man and you shouldn't either if you value your immortality.

[@crowfather3838]

how are these guys not howling laughing at this shit. Arthur is best character hands down.

[@stephenb3104]

When your dm creates an op dmpc you know they want you to keep playing

[@ginsengaddict]

1:43 - Aguefort goes hard.

[@castbet9183]

Anyone else yell “oh my god this escalated so fast!”

[@ravenbloodfang]

0:20 is that a reference to the mtg card rules lawyer or...

[@BlubirdJay]

A Rules Lawyer is somebody, typically in TTRPGs, who tried to ensure the rules of a game/system are followed to an absolute T. Rules Lawyers are most often depicted as the antithesis of homebrewers.

[@liamwhite3522]

@@BlubirdJay No, there's actually a card in Magic: The Gathering named Rules Lawyer. You're right about the definition, but there's an actual card.

[@MattFyrm]

No it's just talking about lawyer jargon

[@zurichRevolts]

@Liam White the card is named after the term, my guy

[@allypearlman5569]

@@liamwhite3522 card is named after the term, not the other way round, Silver borders love refrencing magic and DnD stuff

[@jacobmeier7912]

We need a season 3!

[@cmonslowpoke]

Hope you're enjoying the season premier, brother.

[@AussieGriffin]

9:25 So it turns out you can't one-shot a government... yet you can get pretty close. o.O A.G.

[@nomukun1138]

The sound is getting quieter and quieter as the video progresses.

[@Oaglor]

2:46 It seems that Arthur Aguefort has channeled his inner Tony the Tiger on this one.

[@Cross177]

I would love to have given Augefort the help action just to give him advantage and see if he would be successful in one-shoting the Falanel government.

[@sageinit]

'It's just too much'

[@RikkyRiot]

and so the wizard became the titan

[@Vinzaf]

What's Fantasy High about? It's about family.

[@Cross177]

And chaos with no consequences, just hilarious aftermaths.

[@Eidenhoek]

Why no chronomancy? It's the best magic, y'know

[@rcgaming5605]

He does end up doing that at the end of the season

[@Eidenhoek]

@@rcgaming5605 *beginning

[@rcgaming5605]

@@Eidenhoek He also does it at the end to erase what he did in falanel and make it an illusion

[@unsaletype1106]

elves are immortal, can't just make them die of old age, and time freeze won't be enough to topple the entire nation

[@senjinquang7885]

Rick Sanchez in professor:

[@lifotheparty6195]

“Everything in this universe is absolute bullshit. The trick is to find out how.” - Arthur Ageufort

[@funwithcoding2818]

Love the way of pain reference

[@BlastoiseBaller]

This scene is incredible but given the time, Brennan's cough, and Ally's reference to his fever... did he have COVID?

[@tallow1183]

Love the video, just a tiny bit of feedback I think the audio is messed up somehow, it's only playing from the left side in my headset. Tested with other videos and other audio sources with no issue.

[@xandermurray9763]

Jesus Christ why did you make it so quiet

[@lindysrox4876]

So op

[@HavikXIII]

horrible sound quality. way too quiet, even hooked up to a speaker at max volume

[@Pebkio_Nomare]

Surprised Mystra, herself, didn't show up to put a stop to Aquefort's spells. Just stomp his nuts into the ground. Him evacuating a river of blood was probably due to her web just eviscerating his insides. ...oh, wait... this is 4e. She was technically dead at the time. Well, no wonder he was able to pull all of that off.

[@Pebkio_Nomare]

Midnight, who's that? Certainly not Mystra. Ha ha.

[@friarzero9841]

Can't hear a damn thing.

[@HarmonicHewell]

69 comments, nice

[@torte519]

Knocked out god and ran heaven for a bit.....but toppling a government, cant do. Arthur Aquefort:....there was just...so..much..beauracracy.