Brennan is EVIL! 🔥 || EXU Finale breakdown part 1 || Luboffin

[@Luboffin]

Part 2 is now up! kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6KXlKeYjrJnbKs

[@silentinfinity]

"Fire. Everything feels slow. There is movement and there is heat." Thank you for pointing out Brennan starts out episode 1 and 4 this way because I missed it! What a great breakdown of part 1!

[@Luboffin]

You’re very welcome! Such brilliantly executed storytelling from Brennan

[@means_well]

Sam also pokes fun at Brennan a little bit. When Quay is doing his final broadcast he starts with "Fire."

[@luc-i-guess]

@@means_well god that was so funny

[@KarlOlofsson]

I actually checked that I was watching episode 4 and not 1 again haha

[@SMon42]

I'm so glad Cerit survived. I hope he and his family had as good a life as possible, given the circumstances, and that their bloodline survives to this day.

[@Luboffin]

Agreed 👏🏻

[@mister_muffin3625]

imagine we have met one of Cerrits descendants. and it turns out to be kiri.

[@Caitydid561]

@@mister_muffin3625 That would be awesome, but do we know if different species of birdfolk can...er...breed? Cerrit's an Eisfuura (which the wiki says may or may not be Marquet's name for Aarakocra), and Kiri's a kenku.

[@michaellauer8181]

I saw someone write a post somewhere and said given what Maya received from Patia and Kir wanting to take after his dad, that they go on to form the Cobalt Soul. I don't know if the timelines match up but to me that would just be incredible

[@garrnk]

What got to me most was cerrits ring constantly glowing from the lies he assumed he was making

[@Luboffin]

Yesss 😭😭

[@MetFreak42]

"Daddy, why is your ring glowing?" - aaaaaaaww f***ing hell... 😭😭😭😭😭

[@annec8127]

@@MetFreak42 That detail was so fantastic.

[@bibs1310]

lou hiding his face behind his hands while peaking from one eye might as well me the entire fandom during that lord of the hells x zherxus interaction

[@Luboffin]

Haha for real 🙈

[@jdman2210]

He knew what was coming, he was getting flashbacks from a crown of candy

[@RobearRich]

There were a few times in Brennan's Asmodeus speech where he fully goes into Bill Seacaster from Fantasy High. My head cannon is that Bill Seacaster kept his promise and went to hell, killed the devil, and took his place. Bill Seacaster is Asmodeus. Fantasy High is a Critical Role prequel and takes place during the Age of Arcanum

[@Luboffin]

Ok I am obsessed with this head canon 😆

[@cryofpaine]

I saw your name, and for a second, I thought that it said Robert Reich. 😁 (For those that don't know, that's Sam Reich's dad. Robert is an economist & former Secretary of Labor under Clinton. Sam is the CEO of Dropout, which is where Brennan, Lou, and Aabria are from.)

[@elbruces]

I've seen an even better headcanon, that Bill Seacaster cruises around the layers of Hell committing piracy against the devils, and not even Asmodeus can stop him. He doesn't escape, but he damn well makes sure he and his crew give Hell hell, forever.

[@kayleyhodson7079]

@@elbruces It's not headcannon. Watch Fantasy High Sophomore Year. I won't say more bc ~spoilers~

[@jamiereid7428]

Amazing! This head cannon will live in my brain too now

[@channelx8254]

The little nod to the raven queen when loquacious was dying really messed me up man

[@Luboffin]

Same! I’m going to talk more about that in part 2 since he also used a ravens feather to propose to Laerryn 👀

[@BaronVonDex]

I didnt really understand that one. This is a city/society that sees itself as being beyond the divine. Yes he was kind to Pervon, but I didnt get the feeling that he was religious in any way, and for a Fae creature to even have to confront or contemplate death... I just thought it was out of left field

[@elbruces]

@@BaronVonDex I feel like there was something more to that that we didn't find out about.

[@AweHitero]

@@elbruces I wouldn't be surprised if she turned out to be his patron..

[@BaronVonDex]

@@AweHitero oh dang. I hadn't considered that and I hope we find out. I will say, these guys get a split second to react to things, so I dont begrudge the move or anything, just didnt land for me.

[@SweetDeath777]

What I absolutely loved was Zerxus this whole time being sweet and humble trying to just help and missing his husband but the second the literal Devil Himself copped an attitude he was like you are a child listen to ME. he was patronising to the God of Hells himself.He said he knows better than a god to his FACE .absolutely incredible hubris from Louis in this scene I would argue not even the wizards were this arrogant I love it

[@Luboffin]

Right? That scene totally blew me away

[@cecileestelle9448]

Hubris from Luis or hubris from Xerxus?

[@SweetDeath777]

@@cecileestelle9448 i mean the way Louis played Zerxus' hubris was really inspired because we could see that arrogance in everyone within minutes of meeting them but Zerxus didn't fit in until The Lord of Hells showed his true face and so Louis picked the perfect moment for Zerxus to match his energy

[@fakjbf3129]

I do think the extra info on Laerryn's plan does a lot to redeem her in my eyes. She saw Evandrin fade away into nothing with zero trace and no knowledge of what happened to him, so it seemed insane that she thought the solution was to force an entire city to follow him into the next plane. I genuinely couldn't understand how she thought that was a good idea or what gave her the right to decide the fates of all those innocent people. But if it's just forging the road and giving the city the option to travel to the other plane and presumably they would send in smaller teams to make sure it's safe before sending the city (and possibly find Evandrin and bring him back), that makes way more sense.

[@Luboffin]

Yeah agreed, I wish she had a chance to explain this to Cerrit last week when he questioned her about it but glad we got some of this info out of game.

[@elbruces]

Sending Evandrin reminds me of superpower space programs recruiting from the military for the first astronauts.

[@jakeholmes9296]

That “I didn’t do anything wrong” was so damn good!

[@Luboffin]

Yeah I got chills

[@victoraviles4265]

I'm so glad that the main group came up with exu, to see different story tellers and new players is awesome. I can't wait to see what story they come up with and who's next at the table. This was awesome

[@Luboffin]

Agreed, it's wonderful to see the expanding universe of CR in this way

[@flooferdoofer]

Maybe we'll see the end of the calamity next to come full circle

[@punctualwizard]

“Hope will return as many times as it needs to” Hard pressed for proper words to describe how good this live play was. Instant classic.

[@Luboffin]

Yeah it was wonderful and I think is going to stay with me for a long time.

[@wilsonfisher5011]

I have a theory. Cerrit would have trained Maya and Kir. Eventually, through Maya’s intelligence and knowledge from the memories of Pasha along with the spy/expositor knowledge of Kir, the two of them could have founded the Cobalt Soul. It’d be crazy if Matt would add that as a Easter egg. They don’t have to be the recorded/remembered founders but I think they would have had at least a hand in the foundation of some of the Cobalt Soul principles even if they didn’t start everything. This may not come to pass but it’s going to live as my head canon. Love this series and this cast.

[@SweetDeath777]

I think even if it's not directly founding the Cobalt soul the fact that the eye symbology from this ancient order of godless rogues uncovering the truth and protecting people and then after the calamity for which she was present being the symbol of Ioun the goddess of knowledge prophecy and SKILL being this order of non magic user investigators is just amazing

[@michaellauer8181]

I just wrote this a second ago! Could not agree more

[@Luboffin]

I think it's been stated in EGTW that the Cobalt Soul was founded well after the Calamity, I don't remember how long bird folk live. It's a really neat idea though and it would be interesting to see more about it.

[@jamiereid7428]

@@Luboffin bird folk have much shorter life spans than people. They reach maturity by like 4-5, and I don’t think they live past 40, but I’m fuzzy on the details

[@SMon42]

I love this series, and it's a great place to introduce people to Exandria, and critical role. The story is self contained, but set in a very historic time, doesn't spoil anything from the other campaigns, and it's comparatively short. Not to mention it clearly shows how post apocalyptic modern Exandria is, something I didn't truely understand untill EXU:C.

[@rhylin26]

“Now that’s just not cool.” I hope to have this kind of moment as a DM 😈

[@Luboffin]

Hahah no! Bad DM! 😂

[@kaizen5023]

14:24 "and he rips the skin off your skull." The entire cast is all of us in this moment

[@rantdmc]

that is storytelling genius from brennan - a classic inclusion between episode 1 and 4 - "fire, time slows, movement and heat". thank you for pointing this out luna, i missed it! awesome breakdown! that's also the genius of aabria that she was willing to play such a flawed character, when some people on the internet would attack her for being flawed and "causing the Calamity", and using her black female identity as a stick to beat her with. it took a lot of guts for aabria to do that I think. amazing job by her among so many others!

[@Luboffin]

I loved how Sam called back to the "fire" line as well!

[@Cromenick]

17:30 - Ghir Dranas theory. About Ghor Dranas, it was built by the Betrayer gods on the material plane over in Xorus. What happened when Vespim summoned The Lord of the Nine Hells [TLNH], was that he broke the barrier the Pime Deities set for the Betrayers. Because he specifically used TLNH name it scribes it to the tree trapping him. The others were free to walk through the gate and went ahead to build the city in preparation for TLNH. Side Theory, TLNH manipulated Zerxus using his beliefs of redemption to free himself when he realised he got caught by the tree.

[@corneliusdwyer1824]

Marsha called her Staff of Power an Orb of Power at some point, I think the orb was her staff of power.

[@Juice1984]

Yes, her staff of power was reskinned as an orb.

[@MetFreak42]

That entire section with Cerrit (Travis) and Brennan... Esp. Cerrit seeing the toy hand axes under the bed... 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@Luboffin]

It RUINED me

[@alladinsane7313]

This series has been absolutely insane, and I havent cried this much since "so big, so small" from dear evan hansen. Kudos to everyone on the staff of cr and kudos to you for trying to abridge this absolute monster of a 4 part series

[@Luboffin]

It was wild, so dense and absolutely packed with details. The worldbuilding was incredible.

[@alladinsane7313]

@@Luboffin I cant wait to see how, and if, this impacts future games

[@Dani_77709]

I think Patia is an Order of the scribes wizard. I think she casted a spell through her orb which order of the scribes wizards can do as they have this thing (they can customise how it looks) they can use like a familiar.

[@noahtoomey7527]

You missed my favorite real life Deus ex machina with the spell slot crystal saving loquacious(sp??) with revivify. Seriously an amazing moment but I get that you can't cover every lil detail. Really appreciate the content you make here

[@Luboffin]

Oh yes that was such a good moment!!!

[@Jodariel.]

Matt HAS to put in SOMETHING about Cerrit's daughter with all the knowledge she had. I can't believe that it just went lost in time and nobody did anything with it.

[@jpgamer9197]

The change from "bumbling fool" to "F-You" for "Lord of Hells" is amazing for - definitely one of the most amazing points of the series. I know I had seen a few things about Brennan's "Lord of Hellls" being weak and not what folks thought of for this character, and I think this just reveals what is happening and by who in the truest nature

[@SweetDeath777]

Whoever thought Brennan wouldn't deliver on the philosophical and theological theory of the nature of the Devil Himself simply don't know Brennan

[@Luboffin]

Yeah I was waiting every episode for the Lord of Hells to truly reveal himself and Brennan absolutely delivered 👏🏻

[@Caitydid561]

Regarding Ghor Dranas, according to the CR wiki, the city/stronghold was constructed in that first night of the Calamity. I think from that information it's safe to say that Ghor Dranas was entirely on the Prime Material plane.

[@BrendanPatrickGrace]

This is not really a theory but a nice graphical touch from the intros. The earlier episodes (1&2, I believe) had the gold chains connecting the stories be bright and shiny. But, during both episodes 3 and 4, they progressively got not only grey and blacken but the trees around the pictures started to lose color and some of the leaves would fall off along with other just awesome little touches.

[@Luboffin]

Yes such a great detail, I love how all the graphics for this series really complemented it.

[@lidular]

I may be wrong but I just assumed that Patia is a scribes wizard and the orb is her spell book.

[@Luboffin]

Yeah it could be! I’m still curious though about her ability to store all of her memories in it

[@lidular]

@@Luboffin the level 14 ability that scribes wizards get is "one with the word". You mind becomes entwined with the book and it helps you remember magical lore. She may have keen mind aswell, but I think it is manly just flavour. I also seem to remember it being described as glowing which the awakened spellbook also does.

[@dalenorthladuk503]

Yes this was definitely my view of the orb and her subclass as well. It also fit with title and her role in the city.

[@KrazyFlower]

Interestingly, the copyright name thing may have become a in-lore mechanic. Even though Asmodeus, Pelor and the like are names that we know, there's a good chance that those are not their *true* names. In fact, there's a chance that the god's true name has been erased. The Raven Queen accepted this when she ascended, but Vespin did not. If he had accepted that his name would be erased, and didn't try to keep it, his ritual would have succeeded. Whatever Vespin did would have worked if it wasn't for his own faults. To tie this in to C1, Vecna is the name we know. There is no way in the nine hells that the god of secrets would go by his true name.

[@MasterChef5311]

god i love the "to reach a hand down to someone, they need to be BENEATH YOU" god that shit was good

[@Luboffin]

Yeah it gave me chills

[@nox503]

" has it been one second now?" is what really got to me as the beginning of the episode unfolded

[@Luboffin]

Haha I live for any time Lou is heckling Brennan 😆

[@AweHitero]

Just gotta say.. I think I've seen Sam *this* broken only once (closer to the end of CR1) before.. We need more great stories like this.

[@Luboffin]

Yeah it was a masterpiece.

[@VictorVonGrooove]

I was SO wrong about this series. Holy crap! I need to have a jug of water near me so I can keep hydrated because of the uncontrollable sobbing sometimes.

[@Luboffin]

Same 😩

[@trantigone]

I actually think that here focus was her staff of power? Later in the episode she sends what she refers to as "a sphere of power" to maya, so I was under the impression that she just called it 'staff of power' while looking at her DnDBeyond

[@drokangel]

They have no right making this many feels for imaginary characters WE’VE ONLY JUST MET A MONTH AGO. Thanks to the cast and The Mulligan for this ride through a window in time. It was In. Credible.

[@Luboffin]

I'm so sad to say goodbye to them 😢

[@tehmpus]

Love your recap episodes. I use creativity to come up with the possibilities of the future, the theories, the speculations, but your recaps bring back the memories and relive the moments. It's special. This is Tehmpus.

[@Luboffin]

Thankyou, I am glad you enjoy them!

[@jbw065]

Watching this and seeing the bit about Cerrit’s kids again reinforces my post on your discord that Cerrit’s family are the founders of the Cobalt Soul.

[@leahwilton785]

There is a lot to love about Calamity, but like you were talking about with them having families, I really appreciated how integrated all of the characters were in their world. So often, our adventurer's have to leave home to adventure. Seeing Nitus run his guild or Cerrit with his family... it really felt like we were approaching them on their home turf. And even with every advantage staked in their corner, the Calamity came. A true tragedy

[@brandonshepard5303]

I would like to point out a cool tidbit. I believe that the explosion of the tree of names was an equivalent to the 9th level meteor swarm spell

[@SMon42]

That first second was amazing. Hearing what happens to Porsha makes made me wince. (I've never used winch before, I hope I used it right. )

[@druid_zephyrus]

I felt very attacked by the refusal and then claim of hubris and need for humbling from The Lord of Hells by Xerxus attempting to Attone The Lord of the Hells. My Duergar, Runeknight Fighter War Cleric, _just_ made a deal, after freeing an Aboleth, to have the Aboleths assist him in returning Lolth to her former self as Arashnee. And my plan is also "Ceremony". I must now do everything in my power to prevent my DM/player from seeing ExU. - Your Friendly Neighborhood -Druid- Duergar

[@elbruces]

I mean that could work, since Lolth did have a former self & alignment. Asmodeus never did though.

[@Luboffin]

Hahah good luck with that! 😅

[@druid_zephyrus]

@@Luboffin at least 20 aboleths can keep her in my Ceremony for a hour I am suuuuuuuure 🙄🤪

[@druid_zephyrus]

@@elbruces all I gotta do is figure out how to get her over her ex. I mean, irl, I've always been the rebound anyway so it's gonna be fiiiiiiiiine 😜

[@-Xabash-]

Production value upgrades, I love it! Video is looking great to match the content quality!

[@Luboffin]

Thankyou! :)

[@deweyck6820]

That super minor and weird Protection from Good and Evil in Ep.2 actually might have been for if/when Evandrin was talking to Zerxus. If Evandrin had ascended to a Celestial It was either.. a big hint to Luis that Evandrin could escape by possessing Zerxus (I think it was).. or it was a straight up DM denial to stop it from happening at all. Both of which, you just have to give it to Brennan. That man laid plans on plans. Thanks for compiling so many of these great parts together and the summary!! it was such a ride.

[@alonsotoon]

Still watching the episode so ill watch this another day, but just wanted to say, 100% agree with the title

[@alonsotoon]

Finished the episode. Dammit Brennan i didnt have tissues

[@Luboffin]

He really did a number on us 😭

[@psyberian]

This needs an animated show like legends of Vox Machina. Oh god it needs one.

[@Luboffin]

I would love to see that!

[@flotilha935]

I think Patia was a Scribe Wizard, and the ball was a class feature (aka. Awakened Mind Spellbook or something like that)

[@Luboffin]

Oh neat! I am unfamiliar, I will go and have a look at the subclass 👀

[@flotilha935]

@@Luboffin go ahead, it is actually pretty good

[@SMon42]

@@Luboffin Scribe is my favorite wizard subclass, for reasons you'll soon find out. (Second would be Bladesinger, and 3rd is transmutation, 4th is necromancy.)

[@VisJordanMusic]

Yeah, definitely on the page of it was either the reflavoured staff or a class feature (or a melding of both into a single representation). Same reason Sam didn't roll for his talisman, as it was his Pact boon for his Warlock levels.

[@flotilha935]

@@VisJordanMusic yep

[@therobotFrom94]

Travis and Lou freaking out so much was just every single one of us watching

[@neintales1224]

Aren't the ruins of Ghordranas that outpost with all the temples in Xorhaus (I can never remember real spelling) that the Kryn are guarding/reclaiming and the Laughing Hand is found near in Mighty Nein campaign?

[@noseknows2834]

one of the exandrian theories on how tiefiings came into the world was the lord of the hells turning people in Ghor Dranas which would lead me to believe that Zerxus was the first tiefling in the universe which is pretty cool. I also always got the feeling that Luis was confused as to what he was pulling from the tree. To me it felt like he thought there was some of Evandrin there that he was trying to cleanse but was just flat out wrong. I may be wrong about that but it seemed that way to me when watching him try to reason with the lord of the hells

[@jonathansolberg5072]

In episode 1 when the news is broadcasted over the city the Guy who owns the shop for the glue was a tiefling no? The person had horns on his head right? Or am I wrong?

[@noseknows2834]

@@jonathansolberg5072 looks like you are right! Totally missed that one and is much less fun haha could have been Sam doing something random and not realizing that Tieflings would not be as plentiful and accepted as they are in modern Exandria

[@Luboffin]

Oh neat, I'm not familiar with that bit of lore.

[@martino6925]

Love the Mace of the Black Crown and Xartaza. Running a campaign in Tal'Dorei right now and she has spoken to the party through the mace on more than one occasion. I like to imagine that this moment in episode four where Asmodeus kills her is the moment he ties her soul to the mace trapping her inside. Of course this episode also opens up the possibility of Zerxus showing up as a redemptive npc in my future...

[@Luboffin]

That's so cool! I can't wait to run a game in Exandria one day

[@Ricardo-zo1ti]

The best part of this 4-part miniseries was the Lord of the Hells. He seemed to be weak and redeemable at the beginning, but of course he's the God of Lies, and when he showed his true colors it was so horrifying yet satisfactory

[@Luboffin]

Yeah Brennan was chilling in that role

[@Blaed13]

i believe the orb IS the staff of power re-skinned for calamity. thanks for the awesome breakdown!

[@xano2663]

Patia gave her chronicle away last episode , she teleported it to cerrits daughter.

[@mattball8622]

I can just imagine Travis outlining his adorable family in session zero and Brennan cracking his knuckles and thinking 'it's on'. I'm with you, everything with Cerrit messed me up.

[@Luboffin]

Yeah he had to know going into it he was setting himself and us for heartbreak

[@killjoy8745]

I think Patia's orb is the staff of power just re-flavored, when she sends it to Cerrit's daughter she calls it her "orb of power"

[@ericboswell7439]

Patia's Orb could have been the manifestation (Manifest Mind feature of the Awakened Spellbook) of her spellbook if she was a order of scribes wizard

[@thenosieyartist6924]

I just realized the reason why sam has his character shift his face to the "raven queen." Its the last face he sees

[@Luboffin]

Oh that makes sense!

[@kibert135]

Also we know Ghor Dranis is where Rosahna is in the present. The Betrayers probably let their new followers build the city so that they have a place to gather. They also probably talked through their followers in this place because I don't think the Betrayers were trapped in the same planes.

[@Luboffin]

Yeah I did mention that in the video (about Roshana). I would just love a little more detail about how it worked…next ExU series in Ghor Dranas? 😅

[@jaywhite6]

Patia sent her orb to Maia (Cerrit's daughter) in the third episode with her memories and a lot of history and knowledge. That is why she didn't roll for that particular item. because it wasn't on her person anymore.

[@Luboffin]

That happened in part 2 of this episode, straight after the break. I’ll talk about it in my next video.

[@jaywhite6]

@@Luboffin right, you're correct. So much happened that I forgot, lol. My guess is that she rolled her proper save on the orb, and just didn't mention it by name, cause there were other things happening.

[@Luboffin]

@@jaywhite6 Absolutely, it was like 10 episodes worth of stuff that happened in 1! 😅

[@Dickythemainman]

Also shout out to the Three Black Halflings Podcast enamel pin that Brennan is sporting in the episode

[@Luboffin]

I still haven't listened to that! It's on my list

[@MikeM-hf1qk]

Just a note on having to rename gods for copyright reasons: I'm pretty certain Asmodeus pre-dates D&D copyright by around 1800 years.

[@Luboffin]

Of course, but you can still copyright names in context specific situations like a D&D setting for example.

[@elbruces]

​@@Luboffin Not really. When D&D was new (early 70's) the Tolkien estate tried to sue them over the concept of a magical ring that makes you invisible in a fantasy setting. Also "orcs" and a few other things. They lost on those counts, but won one: that's why D&D has to call its hobbits "halflings." If you didn't make up the name of the thing, you don't get to claim copyright on the name of the thing. Context does matter for trademark law, but not copyright. Also, the CR streams have used D&D copyrighted terms plenty of times, it's fine. Also, WotC is letting Stranger things use "Demogorgon" and "Vecna" (and completely mangle their original meaning) so it's not like it would be impossible to get permission if they needed it.

[@Luboffin]

@@elbruces Fair enough, I'm not a lawyer. I just think it's probably the most logical explanation for why, moving forward, all the CR content is using updated, different names for things from D&D lore 🤷🏻‍♀

[@infinitedm5396]

Just to jump in real quick. It would be legal and fine for them to use the name but then they could not themselves copyright/trademark the name for their own branding purposes. So it's probably less a "can we use this" and more a "can we own this"

[@sillyking1991]

@@elbruces isnt vecna originally from a book back that vance guy (the orignator of vanciam magic)? If so, im mot sure wotc has a copyright on the name

[@guamae]

Later in the episode Marisha refers to the Staff of Power and also calls it her orb. I suspect her floating orb was a reskinned Staff of Power.

[@Argonaut1ka]

The on Wednesday dub was so natural.

[@Luboffin]

Hahaha, I got the day wrong in my initial recording 😂

[@biaruppini9091]

I cannot wait to see if we maybe will be getting more form the Ring of Brass as references in C3 or maybe future campaigns. Who knows, maybe Zerxus will come back! That being said, I hope we get more answers about Aeor as well (which I assume we will, considering the whole Fearn thing) because I cannot stop thinking about it! How did it get to the Astral Sea? Who did it? What happened? Since I finished C2 honestly, it lives in my mind the way it lived in the Astral Sea: Rent. Free.

[@Luboffin]

Yes I hope we learn more about Aeor too, and how the Luxon was connected!

[@jonmon454]

another great "god damnit Brennan" moment was in fantasy high season 2 when *Spoilers* Riz's dad's tell him he can hear everything he says to him at his grave. i felt that one in the chest!

[@Luboffin]

Yesss 😭

[@madclancrew]

I'm still of the impression that Vespin didn't want to take the place of a god. I think he attempted to destroy them and failed, becoming a slave to the gods instead of destroying them. We know that trying to do the regular ritual is incredibly difficult, imagine how much harder and how much more room for error there is in one that tries to destroy a god. I think Vespin was working with people who were on the side of the betrayers or swayed by them and they messed it up somehow.

[@Luboffin]

Interesting! I loved seeing that little glimpse we got of him

[@madclancrew]

@@Luboffin me too. Super interesting. I wonder if during the DM chat we'll get a few more answers.

[@bludfyre]

I had the impression (a commenter above wrote the same thing) it was even worse than that: the name of whatever mage attempts the ritual is erased during their success (an example is the Raven Queen) and Vespin couldn't handle that so he allowed the ritual to fail. His vanity, his need to have been known to have done it, caused his downfall.

[@gemberkoekje]

One thing I missed was that Patia should've done the rest of the episode without an arm and another few fingers. But that was kind of forgotten in the entire coaster ride. This was also the first DnD session I cried about, and for a good 45 minutes too...

[@Luboffin]

Yeah I wonder if it was just something they forgot or if they counted the Reivify spell as healing (which I don't think it does RAW, but hey its the Age of Arcanum I guess).

[@gemberkoekje]

@@Luboffin well, if it's the age of Arcanum they could also have just thrown around true resurrection or something. Oh well, it's a minor thing in an otherwise great mini series

[@Anomaly3117]

I feel like he thought asmodaous was evandrin and that's why he was doing all that

[@raymonschuurman5431]

I'm not gonna cry.... I'm not gonna cry! How....? Just... I'm emotionele old, know this is a game, fake name race every thing made me cry about that scène, staring with" why is your ring glowing dad???? "

[@Luboffin]

I was sobbing 😭

[@Dani_77709]

However Patia theoretically being Order of the scribes wizard would mean that when she teleports her orb it's for nothing because I think the orb would be destroyed once she dies

[@PedroRuiz3]

But what happened to Bolo?!

[@Tavviferret]

Bolo is the original leader of Dolorav tribe in the Iothia Moorland}:>

[@flaminyawn]

My headcanon is that she got in and out of Laerynn's workshop without anybody noticing, and took notes about the Leywright back to the Somnovem in Aeor.

[@Luboffin]

We NEED to know

[@bipolar_bear9588]

Regarding Ghor Dranas and where it could be. I mean if one level 14 wizard can find a way to bamf a city from plain to plain it’s likely that the BG did as well. Made the city in their prison plain and when the time was right moved it to Exandria. This EXU was amazballs and I can wait to see the next time Brennan gets to be on the show!

[@Luboffin]

True!

[@Oriansenshi]

Such an emotional story! Great video!

[@Luboffin]

Thankyou!

[@jadespades4237]

I'm pretty sure DM said she didnt have to roll for her orb because it was her arcane focus? Maybe I'm misremembering.

[@Luboffin]

Hmm I might have missed that, I'll have to go back and have another listen

[@jadespades4237]

@@Luboffin I did misremember. It was Louis who didn't have to roll for his holy avenger. Patia didn't roll for her orb at all. 14:48

[@madDjakni]

I love Sam, Brennan may be the dm but Sam is the god of trolling so Brennan has no power over him

[@madDjakni]

also minor detail but the party reconvened before going to the Hall of Prophecy and not after, Cerrit got there just after Zerxus revived the 2 party members and healed Nydas.

[@Micaerys]

I got so absolutely destroyed and amazed with this episode, really (and yeah, it's so massive a full video of it would be so long XD) Of this half of the episode I guess I would highlight two things: The first is how manipulative Asmodeus is and how proud deep down was Zerxus. The Lord of the Hells lured him with a small sight of Evandrin and a glimpse of the look himself would have as the angel he once was, and Zerxus was too convinced about the possibility of redeeming that poor celestial (also, it was interesting to see that he, unlike Aeorians, didn't thought that mortals created deities, but instead, that they called them here) The other thing that I found interesting is that Evandrin is sort of alive as an astral being now, and technically he could be alive by the time of Campaign Three, since in the Astral Sea time is... Not there exactly XD

[@Luboffin]

Yess I would love to see Evandrin and Elias pop up at some point!

[@Micaerys]

@@Luboffin Indeed!!

[@luc-i-guess]

I appreciate you getting emotional while speaking of Cerrit, I started actually crying when trying to explain what happened to my room mate lmao

[@Luboffin]

Haha critters get it!

[@luc-i-guess]

@@Luboffin Gotta get some snacks and tissues to watch the final part you just posted! Aaaahh!

[@TheTaratee]

Brennan Mulligan "I'm *all* the bad guys" at least there were no real pets to kill in this one shot...

[@Luboffin]

Hahah true!

[@Mr911superstar]

I think the faces Loquatious revealed on death were the faces he used to cover for Lauren

[@Luboffin]

Oh good idea!

[@frodomolecule779]

FIRE!

[@georgewilley2853]

is quay a warlock of the matron of ravens

[@Luboffin]

Yeah I'm wondering that too!

[@davrosdavros7198]

How did the city actually blowup? Was a little confused at that

[@Luboffin]

I think the city was both destroyed by the release of energy as the primordials were banished and by the lord of hells smashing it to bits

[@ryanjohnstone8957]

I'm deeply interested to find out who\what Xersus has become.

[@Luboffin]

Same!

[@kibert135]

Or the Orb is represented as the Staff of Power.

[@springbreak3900]

10d10 Dad-Damage

[@Luboffin]

😭

[@stevencavanagh7990]

please correct me if I'm wrong, but did Paita manage to do a hell of a lot for someone with only one Arm? I have a feeling they might have forgot.

[@Luboffin]

Yeah I think they might have, although I think Patia was mostly spellcasting

[@noahdaglio9362]

Patia, are you weaker at the elbow or the shoulder?

[@Luboffin]

Aghhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@HenriqueErzinger]

I think the cast only rolled for their attuned magic items

[@BananaManDrew]

I don't think this is the case - +x armor and shields don't require attunement but Luis still had to roll for his +2 armor and +2 shield

[@hhylobates4098]

I don't thinks so, not with poor Loquacious who lost 2 magic items that had no mechanical/battle use that definitely didn't need attunement.

[@minipaintingforyou]

Yes, he is evil! But the episode was pure fire, beginning to end!

[@Luboffin]

He is phenomenal!

[@chipsalom]

My issues with Laeryn are less about the greater motivation or an issue with her life's work. Those seem perfectly fine. It is with the behavior in the MOMENT... a brilliant, calculating genius who casts blight at a tree she knows is of massive, almost holy importance WITHOUT A MOMENT to consider, discuss, and even against a companion urging her NO. Without even knowing or discussing back and forth. Knowing full we that SHE had every reason to believe it could even damage her, and no reason to believe it would do anything to help or further her cause. She sees it caught her toy... she rushes to cast a harmful spell against it. WIth friends connected to it appearing to commune with it? I think she was built and played brilliantly. And showed the behavior of chaotic or neutral evil... at the very least in those moments. But to act so quickly and without a moment's consideration to rush to Blight rather than use her cleverness? Acts of selfishness without consideration for consequence, price of outcome. I mean, totally understandable. I don't think, given the whole theme of pride and hubris that Laerryn lived among, that Laerryn herself could be considered "evil", we certainly don't get enough of look at her beyond this story to make a judgement like that... Impulsive regarding this? Absolutely. But then again, a'la Lady Briarwood, who isn't willing to destroy a world or two, and in the end, have it be an angle of a love story? :) Personally, I love an interpretation of her and Loq as potentially evil characters on some level. I think some of that is inevitable among those who lived in Avalir.

[@samuelerrington754]

In the interest of fairness, she allowed herself to be grappled and held back from casting blight initially. It was when the tree shot out and stabbed Patia and Loquatious that she cast blight as an effort to save them from being killed by the tree. She stopped the casting out of rational thought, then cast blight out of fear for her loved ones. Not exactly flawed character motivation, IMO.

[@Luboffin]

Yeah I agree, a brilliantly flawed character, Aabria was so good in this role.

[@peterboudreaux4041]

Waiting

[@acretzla]

Just putting this here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXrZlaJugceggJI

[@Luboffin]

Bahah I love that compilation

[@kylebernard7755]

A very flawed group of characters, brilliantly played by the cast, have made a major mistake and do their best to minimize the destructive results. Heroes or villains, we each have to decide for ourselves.

[@Luboffin]

Agreed, they were all such a joy to watch.

[@brendanreeves6785]

Asmodeus is fair game, it's the name of particularly powerful Devil from Christian demonology.

[@Luboffin]

Of course, but you can still copyright names in context specific situations like a D&D setting for example.