D&D Story: The Hero Of Parnast (Part 1)

Welcome back for another story from my Dungeons and Dragons game! The players took a job in a rural town of Parnast and were forced to take along a kid who does nothing but get into trouble and hinder them. Enjoy!
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[@davitto01]

Fairy: "That Stag is my friend! What if I hurt one of your friends I return?" Group: "Deal." Fairy: ".....wait. What?" Group: "You offered to trade Wallace for the Stag. We accepted."

[@makaramuss]

"Oh... so its ok when you, fey, make word play and trick us in their deal but when its US its bad?" "I... wasn't... expecting you to agree" "well we did so... if you excuse us you blocking my view"

[@trise2033]

My "deer" friend. Get it?

[@mullerpotgieter]

I can only imagine that 30 years down the line, our heroes reunite to reminisce about the old days, only to be swiftly captured by a small army of knights and mages. When they are brought before their leader, he asks them if they think he is being serious. To their confused responses, he has his men beat them within an inch of their lives. Broken and battered, our heroes ask who he is. The man holds up a single copper penny. "Do you remember how much I was worth?" He drops the penny. Upon his orders, his men leave the broken adventurers in the filth. For Sir Wallace the Great is an arbiter of justice. They allowed him to live, so it was only right that he do the same

[@mehmeh5615]

Muller Potgieter omg yes

[@javierpowell4705]

Yes we truly need this as a module

[@bioshocker3206]

Yeah that's usually how I have a lot of games go whenever my group decides to try screwing over an important or powerful character for no other reason then they simply can.

[@threebucks]

Except for the character was -forced- upon them in the first place. This is why I can't DM for AL.

[@edcellwarrior]

Aceofspades3206 If I did that, I’m sure my players would just start killing people so that they can’t come back and get revenge later

[@mackenziedillon295]

Whole party: just straight up abuse an innocent child with no ill-intent Wallace: "You're warming up to me"

[@vincestewart32]

Villager: *is very kind, and friendly* Party: "These guys are clearly cannibals" XD

[@kana22693]

Workers are very precious in a society that's like 98% manual labor, the only way I'd buy a cannibal village in D&D would be if the whole nation was dealing with drought for the past 2-3 years or if they lived in a frozen tundra where grain didn't grow.

[@StealthMarmot_]

@@kana22693 That is...worryingly sociopathic utilitarianism there bud.

[@justasandvich7168]

@@kana22693 Sooooooo, Athas?

[@philipweber9545]

​@@kana22693 Sure, but in d&d it's the narrative that counts, so it's far more plausible

[@PRGME7]

@@StealthMarmot_so foreclamers?

[@vaspeter2600]

Aaaah, the pinnacle of fun: herding a useless, suicidal NPC on an escort mission.

[@skylerlarsen1866]

If you need this for story, at least make the NPC amusing. I've always wanted to do an escort with and extremely powerful, and INCREDIBLY senile wizard, who keeps forgetting who he is, who the party is, and what his spells do.

[@ari_dexel4288]

Skyler Larsen is about to cast a reality warping spell, Dentures fall out

[@danielgehring7437]

Skyler Larsen You've just described Paladine from the Dragonlance books.

[@vaspeter2600]

@@skylerlarsen1866 Okay, I'm gonna use that one in my current campaign.

[@skylerlarsen1866]

Recommendation: Go up to injure pc. Say " Don't worry, I shall heal you with the power of god." Cast grease on their head. Then fall asleep on them.

[@teletummy]

Wallace: *gets captured* Fairy: do you want to see this poor child hurt? Everyone In the party: the law requires that I say no

[@Trone2]

In the kids perspective he probably already knows what the party is going to say and what's about to happen. XD

[@NotASovietSpy1]

i personaly would have the fairy realize that the party was tormenting Wallace on purpose and fight the party for tormenting a child

[@LocalMaple]

How much HP must Wallace have in order to survive conscious?

[@triforceofcourage100]

Yes

[@feiwnakausvkaxbdkebkswowbq8331]

@@NotASovietSpy1 Why? Are you expecting brownie points? Fuck you

[@sananaryon4061]

I expected Wallace to turn out as a crazy powerful magician, and totally wreck the party when he eventually couldn't take the abuse anymore

[@dankmatter4067]

Lil Wallace would have slayed them if he could

[@monokumaprincipalofhopespe8295]

He would be possessed by the spirit of Abserd

[@DiploRaptor]

No he's like a level 2 ranger so not actually this bad.

[@forkittens]

"...my *deer* friend" an audible grown is heard overcoming the party

[@Royal__Kitsune]

im ashamed to admit that the stag and deer pun took me longer then necessary

[@meme0taker87]

@An Accessory to Mordor are you a moron? he used it as a joke which is WHY it was highlighted he was referencing the fey prince in the video that was talking about the deer being his "*deer* friend"

[@aspectsonps553]

Love your D&D stories! ❤️❤️ Hope people start collaborating with you more often.

[@nozomiritter5048]

I think I played this once, and I think I circumvented Wallace by actively saying yes he can come and then using it as a way to teach him to hunt. And my character was a high elf Ranger.😀

[@matthewsarson6934]

This is why i feel my characters will always end up being evil even if they start out good. It only takes running into a few NPC's like this before 'casual murder' no longer seems like such a bad thing.

[@jamesanthony8438]

I usually just make them Chaotic Neutral so they can go any way the wind blows. Little Wallace would've gotten beaten like a pinata when he was hanging from the trap because he was a sweet child... maybe TOO sweet... mmmm.... candy.... :)

[@andrebranco494]

Better art, better animation, better voice work... Puffin is really stepping up his game! Awesome work!

[@biocode4478]

what's the name of the module? Edit: It is Uninvited Guests from season 5 of adventurer's league

[@clericofchaos1]

...so, there's really nothing in the module that lets them leave without the npc? that seems awful railroady, what module is it?

[@CrimsonRaptors]

It's an Adventurer's League Module of DDAL05-03 Uninvited guests with a loose sequel where you meet Wallace again in DDAL5-12 Bad Business in Parnast.

[@nickwilliams8302]

And there is nothing in the module that forces the characters to take Wallace along. There are just no prepared responses for choosing not to take Wallace along. But so what?

[@TheBloodypimp]

@@nickwilliams8302 yea... i'd have wallace follow them regardless... oh you wanna stealth? But wallace, following you does not know that and he triggers the trap/ the senses of the monster. Oh you want to run? Wallace sees his chance to be a hero so he jumps in between you and the monster saying he'll delay it... just... tell his parents he loves them. (One way to villafy or humanize the npc) Or... just have him leave the city on his own. And then when you come back you see a city in mourning. you are met with untrusting eyes, looking you over like an animal looks at a predator that it hates but also fears. (If a character rolls perception or has a pasive perception of x+: As you are about to turn the corner you hear: "Ah... those bastards are back. Wallace only wanted to help, he didn't deserve to die. * you stop your party and listen closely* It's all because of them... showing up, putting dreams of greatness and heroism in the lad's head. We need to get them out before they corrupt any more of our kids. " You find out that wallace left after you but met with a fearful fate at the hands of a pack of wolves you avoided on the way... (or something relatively low level they missed, skipped etc...) And when they come back later wallace story grows until towards end of the campaign it becomes... wallace: the brave man that protected a band of adventurers from clear death, giving his life against a dragon to save the village and allow the pitiful adventurers to escape. You can even have a + 25% penalty for any goods/ potions they want to buy from there and a -4 penalty to investigation in the city area. Since now they are looked upon with disgust and hate.

[@nickwilliams8302]

TheBloodypimp "i'd have wallace follow them regardless" WHY? For God's sake _why?_ How is that remotely fun for anyone involved? It's the _textbook_ example of railroading. If the players want to take some commoner with no weapon proficiencies with them, cool. If they don't, _why in the name of all that's decent would you try to force them?_ Respect the players' decision and move the fuck on with the adventure. You're practically _begging_ the players to shift into "murder hobo" mode. Or did you not watch the video? Did you not _see_ the players fury towards this unwanted imposition rise? This is how it happens, Pimpboy. This is how a campaign derails into senseless violence. Because, of course, the problem with railroading is not the railroad itself; it's the players' attempts to get off it. If an adventure requires that the PCs bring an NPC along for the ride (which, by the way, this one doesn't; it just looks like it does), then it's the DM's responsibility to sell that to the players. Fucking raise Wallace's game. Make him the village marksman (ie. Archer Fighter) rather than just a commoner. Have Wallace's Daddy offer them a fuckload of coin to take the little shit out into the wild and make a man of him. Give the players a _reason_ to take this person along with them. Just presenting the players with a useless NPC then punishing them for realising that they're useless - and behaving accordingly - is a sure sign of an utterly shit DM. You would be literally punishing your players for roleplaying. Then a couple of sessions later, you're hitting up D&D channels for advice on how to deal with "problem players" when the problem is _you._

[@princekyros]

@@TheBloodypimp that's blatantly horrible GMing

[@solahaze8948]

This is exactly how my second campaign began... "Are you guys... cannibals?" *quietly squeaks* And... exactly how it ended.

[@MarcLucksch]

If the players don’t want to bring him along, you are free to change the module as long as you keep the spirit of it alive (The DM is empowered) Wallace is not needed, and even if he would be he could follow the party anyway at a distance or set out on his own to meet them back later. This was a funny video though.

[@Elamdri]

Marc Lucksch if you watch the video it's clear that puffins didn't read the adventure beforehand, because he didn't know that the town would praise Wallace. Which means he was probably reading it from page to page, which probably why he didn't let them not take Wallace, because he didn't know how significant or insignificant he would be.

[@Xhawk777]

I can’t get enough of these stories

[@JacobSky5110]

Puffin, your animations are superb, and you definitely got me back into DnD with my party. Happy to see you producing more content all the time! Keep it up!

[@ProfessorZtar]

Hmm... it sounds like using the pre-made adventures for DnD would be a good way to start learning how to make your own adventures. They leave out important parts such as "What if the party does not want to bring along the NPC with no redeeming qualities?" for you to make up yourself. Maybe leaving Wallace behind would cause him to snap from all the years of rejection with this being the last straw, so when you return to the village, there's a swarm of demons ransacking the place because Wallace went and performed some dark ritual to "gain the power to never be rejected again" or something like that. :P

[@project_adderall4139]

I remember this mod... it caused the birth of Thok, and his love of hitting people with other people, we also cared about the kid... rather than the murderhobo route... just saying... gave him armor, and a bow, and stuff... Thok liked the little kid

[@digishade7583]

Start of video: me- why does that green eyed munchkin seem so evil End of video: me- well never mind the munchkin was completely inconsequential to the story moving on

[@654pedro123]

Don't wanna take an extra NPC? No problem. "Oh no, so many bandits!" When players are on their last breath "Looks who came to the rescue!"

[@HerrLokiZockt]

Ran a modified version of this adventure as a prequel to Tyranny of Dragons to explain how the Kobold Bard and Dragonborn Paladin met. In doing so, I took my cue from Puffin's two Parnast videos and gave Wallace a -1 modifier on all modifiers and 8 HP. Wallace and the group got lost, and then they got the Satyr. When Parnast was attacked by the gnolls, both the bard and the paladin were temporarily unconscious, and the satyr and Wallace had to defeat the gnolls, which the satyr, who had stayed out of all conflicts until then, actually did quite well. Both PCs actually managed to survive and Parnast erected a statue in honor of Wallace. Part of the statue display also showed the Paladin kneeling before Wallace. Funny thing about this is that Wallace, thanks to his -1 modifier actually managed to do 0 damage a few times even IF he hit once with his attack roll. Both the player and the character to this day have a dislike for Wallace and also for Parnast. In the meantime, within the campaign, the group moved to Parnast, which was now controlled by the Dragon Cult. The Paladin saw the statue for the first time and decided to destroy it. This attracted the attention of the cultists and resulted in a conversation with the captain. In fact, the paladin and the captain of the cult had mutual respect for a short time, because both agreed on the point of view that no one really cares about Parnast.

[@SycomMC]

This just sounds like child abuse with extra steps

[@RoseInTheWeeds]

Oh wow, someone's getting laid in college.

[@tach5884]

School isn't for smart people.

[@scottgill2643]

I think pre-made modules can be good if done right. More specifically, One-shot modules with a clear goal, character choices, and encounter choices is probably the way to go for starting an adventure. My example of a good One-shot would be a Helms Deep style setting, where an attack is imminent on a fortress that MUST HOLD STRONG in order to prevent an enemy's eventual conquest. Between Swords, Arrows, Spells, Tactics, and Intrigue, the Helm's Deep One-Shot could easily become something special if a GM creates an interesting story with it.

[@planexshifter]

My favorite D&D memory is when infiltrating a meeting of nobles, my and a friend sit down at the meeting table in disguise. Our other party member strolls in the room in his armor, sword in hand and yells “hey fellas” and waves. He then proceeds to sit down next to us. We barely escaped with our lives!

[@BlackFalcon269]

So essentially, Dungeons & Dragons turned into Rick & Morty.

[@Barnicalsify]

I was definitely getting a Morty vibe from the NPC.

[@aconcernedcommissar6261]

'dear friend' That had to be intetional

[@PurpleFistPictures]

Wow this group is brutal towards poor little Wallace. I'm glad he got some sort of a reward. Now I just want to be super nice to every NPC I encounter.

[@cvaivods4421]

Sometimes it's these moments that make D&D too much fun

[@jlirving]

This was one of the best episodes to date.

[@shadowofShawn]

The animations in this video were a lot better, I'm glad to see you improving. Also freaking hilarious story, keep up the awesome work

[@Miroku2235]

Even three years later, here we are, celebrating the Hero of Parnast.... Young Wallace!

[@gho5trun3r68]

See the thing with making a good npc is that they have to be useful or interesting enough for the party to care about. One of my players acquired a bar and so attracted a follower in the form of a sage. Only she was still going to school and was working at the bar part time to pay for tuition. The party really liked her because she wasn't strong, but she was sarcastic, unphased by their weirdness, and super knowledgeable in history and religion. Anytime they felt over their heads in lore, they could turn to her to get an answer or at least several plausible ideas of an answer. When the young sage got kidnapped because of an affair she had been having with some noble, the party were super invested in getting her back. They skipped out on their main quest, just to make sure their sage was alright.

[@DASBIGUN]

You....you..........Motry'ed their Rick dude. thats....thats wrong.

[@SGAman123_]

I’m gonna make Wallace my first homebrewed BBEG

[@bretsheeley4034]

Player: "Then we burn the town to ashes. The End." DM: "Um... aren't you chaotic good?" Player: "Oh right. We rob them of their gold and THEN burn the town to ashes." DM: *sigh* "At least they're improving."

[@LordNumbnutsthe1st]

*lectures to crowd of maniacal little murderhoboes/PFS/ALD&D characters*: So remember, boys and girls, when you are adventuring, PILLAGE FIIIIRST, THHENNNN burn. Otherwise, the fat loot gets annihilated. *receives nods and applause from crowd*

[@lauraj5469]

After scanning through these comments I really just want to bring up that in the module Wallace is written as being 19 years old, impressively tall, and though naïve, motivated to make a difference. He's hardly a kid. He actually became a favourite in our group and played a big role in the siege of parnast!

[@lauraj5469]

@8:05 From the module, "Many of them come up to each of you to express their gratitude. Wallace is hoisted aloft and proclaimed the "Pursuer of Parnast!" But suuuuuuuure you read that aloud about little wallace okay. You did Wallace dirty lol.

[@RelativelyBest]

This makes me wonder if they would have liked him more if he was this really competent badass.

[@amememachine8974]

Was that kid *me* by chance?

[@Darthquackius]

As an idea for a less railroaded way to handle the module not having a clause for refusing him. You could have him sneak after them and follow them into the woods, only to be revealed when it's too late and too dangerous to send him back alone.

[@MrJostur]

"I'm a valuable member of the team" *lol*

[@sub2captainsauce527]

Do you Love or hate Wallace

[@CT-4421]

We need a petition to have Wallace as the channels mascot

[@giantturtlecat2959]

Your animations are getting better! Good work Puffin!

[@goncaotico]

I was waiting for little wallace to be the bad guy :D

[@NightKnight527]

This would've been better if Wallace was actually one of the party's deities and totally shut them all up.

[@confloashton3617]

Walks away, sees the house Wallace is carried into, and throws a fireball.

[@whatstdiggn]

If this group is still a thing or even just some of the same players when they ask "have these people heard of us?" You can at "oh you helped little Wallace the hero of Parnast!"

[@ddqfpluskick]

It's weird but we rarely had a NPC that either the DM allowed us to ignore or we somehow made into a likable character for one or more PC 1. Curse of Strahd we just dropped off Irena with a wizard...who turns out was Strahd in disguise. 2. Out of the Abyss. Stool a mushroom creature became a follower of Helm and was taken as a protege by the cleric and paladin. Kinny our elf ranger npc hooked up with our PC fighter 3. Tomb of Annihilation was interesting. We stopped this kid from commiting a petty theft and he was to be taken to executioner's run which was a race down a long hall while captors jumped out and chased you. So most of the party was 'he got what he deserved' but the cleric felt it was too harsh of a punishment for the kid and took his place on the run. The remaining PCs were not happy but did what they could to keep the cleric live. Later the cleric took the kid to his temple to be raised thereso the Zhentirum could not get to him as they were the ones who told the kid to commit the crime in the first place. So after the party heads into the jungle the Zhents show up and force the temple to give them back the kid. So after an encounter in the jungle in which the cleric rescues the kid again he makes the kid his apprentice/acolyte. So later the cleric pisses off the princess of Ohm and the DM make a me roll for the kid to defuse the situation after the princess sees him and develops a crush. I roll a Nat 20 and the kid becomes the high priestess to the princess and the cleric lives. So sometimes I think players should make the most of an NPC and not be so hard up when a DM introduces one.

[@rock7343]

I hate this module and I don't even play D&D

[@veng3r663]

The trick is to avoid playing Pukefling.. er, I mean D&D as it is now and create a new & BETTER game system... :)

[@ichigoeater]

The more videos I watch by you, the more glad I am that I stopped spending money on modules and homebrew everything.

[@mordred2460]

At 6:30 his left arm is broken and at 7:25 his right is

[@OnEiNsAnEmOtHeRfUcKa]

Clearly he's from the Street Fighter school of conveniently switching which side of your body your injuries are on whenever you turn around.

[@TinyGiraffes]

Wallace: *falls of cliff* Party: *fails to convince the town*

[@lunapaw997]

i watched this video about a month ago and i just ran this module last week for my group. i was just sitting here and randomly was thinking about this video and burst out laughing as i realized that this video was of the feast module

[@coolcaution8799]

The little kid sounded like Morty from Rick and Morty

[@Paulthored]

Puffin Forest : You know... I keep thinking that Lil-Wallace is actually a cursed NPC. The town is required by a Eldritch being/evil curse to Have a "Hero". Who is compelled to act like Lil-Wallace, and is replaced by transforming one of the party that allows the "Hero of Parnast" to be killed, or the one who actually kills him, into the Next Lil-Wallace. Meanwhile... I'm torn between total party kill that powers the whole thing with the soul's of the remaining party members, or having the party need to make saving throws versus waking up elsewhere (with no memory of events beyond vague impressions)/blaming the New Hero for all the actions of the pervious Hero. I'm also torn between the NPC townsfolk being soulless meatsacks pretending to be real to sell the whole thing, Eldritch beings like the fish people of Lovecraftian lore, or the original townsfolk trapped for the eternity that it's taking for the evil plans to come to fruition/just for the torture. Or that maybe they really are cannibals, because the animals that they are hunting in the nearby forest(that is suspiciously inaccessible to any other place), are actually people. Maybe what it takes to meaningfully discover all this is either casting similar detection magic/skills to the ones used in your obelisk video, or coming back to the town and noticing things that now seem off. Like maybe they noticed that Lil-Wallace is not ageing or showing any scars from the last time they were there. Or on second application, so long removed from the last/first time the notice-nothing-wrong wish level spell was applied, that the special conditions necessary for success are glitched. Etc, etc...

[@LoganCralle]

I took a phat sip of tea right at the end and nearly spit it all out.

[@charliehoke1956]

so that is a party of middle schooler bullies

[@threebucks]

No, it's a party of players who don't like that they're being railroaded. Railroading is almost always _bad_.

[@Zulk_RS]

But Videogames are different from DnD though... In video games, you are playing through the heroic story of someone else's character in their setting. In DnD you're playing through the heroic story of your character in the DMs setting.

[@vaughnhelthira1704]

@MrJohnny56789 That doesn't mean a player should simply accept being railroaded. A DnD is normally not ran like a videogame. Sure, a certain level of railroading is required, so as long as the adventure gives an acceptable level of the illusion of choice. Also, if a protion of the game doesn't work for the players, the DM should chance that aspect. Fun isn't just within the perview of the DM only, man. The game is a cooperative one for a reason😐

[@McGee4531]

MrJohnny56789 with a pregen character, it still becomes an extension of you. It's your story still. It's horrible to be stuck with NPC's in D&D. They're almost always useless, force the story in ways the rest of the party doesn't wan't to take it, and often fuck things up making life hard for others. It just isn't a recipe for a good time/

[@morimajo]

My adventure league group did this one today, it was so fun to do all of this stuff and no matter how much we tried and how useless he was our gm wouldn't let wallace be killed and he got all of the credit.

[@thediethrower1803]

This is the difference between me and you I guess. You decided to make a character who was supposed to be a masculine, armed 19 year old into a kid while citing the module as reason to keep him around, so you could get a fun story. Meanwhile I saw a railroad plot in one of the few modules I've ever ran (the basic storyline and continuation from the Warhammer roleplaying game's second edition) and tried to my hardest to make it less shit, then as I noticed the players taking issue with it went off the rails for the rest of the session so I could get them to decent cutoff point and give them a new adventure of my own design they could actually move around in.

[@tylerdurham6091]

This is his AL group dude, he can't just say fuck it and throw the module out.

[@donatodiniccolodibettobardi842]

Situations, like this one is as good reason as any to read modules beforehand and adapt them to your party (or discard completely).

[@sploderguy3539]

Wallace deserved so much better

[@nicor3612]

aww im glad little wallace never realised he was useless

[@mammaspizza1234]

Could you make a series where you animate our stories?

[@sananaryon4061]

Ten years later. The party have been hired by a mighty wizard. They go to his great tower. And who do they find but lil' Wallace?

[@cowinjapanese6896]

I had a DM run this today. Wallace died by getting dissolved by acid when the feast was attacked by giant bugs.

[@ilikepie219]

Yeah.... no..... if this was my party, if the kid hadn’t already been “accidentally” killed in the woods, at the end moment when he was seen as a hero, my part would have burned the entire village to the ground, and then left wallace alive just so that he could see what his actions of being useless would have caused

[@Elamdri]

Ethan Atwood lol, you have been slaughtered most likely unless you were at the top of the tier. There are tons of people in the town and I am pretty sure some have class levels. Granted a party might kill quite a few of them but they're eventually going to Zerg you down

[@therattleinthebook397]

Elamdri eh, not necessarily. He said he would burn down the village, not engage in a battle, so he has multiple options. 1. Go to the fairy king and tell them that the town is his enemy and their encroaching on his territory. 2 take some vodka, pretending to be good natured drunks, douse the town and fireball once everyone is in position, etc.

[@Elamdri]

The Rattle in the Book The party are not 5th level. They don't have access to fireball. Also, I'm pretty sure that there a hundreds of people in Parnast. Its hard to kill that many with one fireball

[@therattleinthebook397]

Elamdri that's why you coat everything in flammable alchohol first, also in that case use firebolt

[@Elamdri]

The Rattle in the Book okay the party spends days and hundreds of gold on flammable alcohol, only to discover by the end of the first day that most of the alcohol that they had spread in the morning has dried Alternatively I guess you could use flask of oil, which will effectively set fire to one square of a building. However it would take you a lot of so oil and a lot of time a lot of casting a fire Firebolt to burn the whole village down By that point the guards in the village would probably have like enough discover you and surrounded you and killed you

[@theforevergamemaster]

That Stag is my Deer Friend 😝

[@mimlikesbread]

I ran this tonight... Wallace was basically useless but our druid basically decided to give him all of the credit! Sang his praises and let him be the village hero. There will be fallout to this but 🤷🏽‍♀️ 😁

[@iamflow2111]

This guy is litterally Morty. I love it.

[@neeb.]

I played this adventure in Adventures League, it was just one adventure and not part of a module. Though it was very much the same. Including how unless Wallace is. And I also thought the town might be cannibals at first.

[@roaringthunder115]

Are you guys Cannibals? Have us for the feast! Lol

[@Herowebcomics]

Oh Wallace! Don't ever change!

[@sapphirewingthefurrycritic985]

I played the Black road in DADL and when the DM said we were on our way to Parnast, the first thing I said is "Oh fuck, are we gonna meet Wallace?"

[@quietdignityandgrace]

NPC is code for "The DM wants to play too".

[@maxuniverse6002]

this kid makes me wanna scream:"shut up Morty!"

[@XanosKnyghtshade]

Wallace comes back as a Death Knight to kill the party for treating him horribly.

[@Rockiestmage]

ive been playing d&d for about the last 18 years. I have only ever been this enranged at an npc twice in my career.... this marks thrice....

[@SnakeChkn]

A true christmas classic

[@arbiterskiss6692]

My Party was to play Tyranny of Dragons, and Parnast was an available town to see/visit. I hoped the DM would run us by them and we would meet Wallace, and I would be ready. I was going to play a Dragonborn Paladin lady, I planned on befriending Little Wallace as if he were a little favorite brother, and if he were old enough, befriend him like a favorite little brother...in an anime.

[@Dracomut]

This is why whenever I make/run adventures, I keep them as open as possible. If people want a linear RPG with specific very plot points and forced characters they are going to play a video game like Final Fantasy or Elder Scrolls, situations where those WORK. The main strength of D&D and other tabletop RPGs is how open-ended they are. It's thoroughly disappointed how many official adventures railroad players like this. And if you are going to force an NPC into the party, at least make them so that the party wants to be with and can hold their own. For example from my campaign, two words: wereshark pirate.

[@1987MartinT]

This is one of the worst cases of railroading I've ever seen. An NPC that tags along with the party, and the party doesn't get a say in the matter. They're just chained to him.

[@KiddBlack]

Woah great upgrade to the animation and art.

[@philswaim392]

Lol youtube has me in an auto play loop with 4 of your videos loool

[@Veckoza]

Wallace: AH SHUCKS, GUYS. Lol it's Morty.

[@numatruehome100]

As Wallace gets captured, I go into a barbaric rage as a Goliath and use my sword of sharpness +3 to swing with all my might… at Wallace

[@Eddiember]

We had a similar NPC in our sessions: As a Druid, I cast Sleep on him at every single time he shown up.

[@jesternario]

Welcome to Adventure League (and living games in general). You are led by the nose HARD.

[@rudolfaligierski3043]

wow. That is my favourite module to run. Funny, how every party hates Wallace. My party acrually pitched him against gnoll survivor in one on one duel...

[@jeashead5916]

I don't really like you let him stay as a punching bag, without having him hate them or creating revenge. Easiest way to create revenge is if they don't expect you possible of it haha

[@brianbays867]

Sounds like Ascenders league 05. Only not the cannables 😅. Ran this with my wife recently.

[@derfalschelennox365]

Am I the only one who kept waiting for Wallace to do something amazing in this story? Like that he turns out to be a super powerful magician who either helps the Heros or kills them off for being assholes or something along that line.

[@thedarkesteros]

I've DM'd too much AL. I remembered ever detail of this module.

[@emeraldpichu1]

Did they really expect Wallace to vouch for them after they spent an hour of torturing him with a ent.

[@trapscancreate5760]

"Ah shucks Rick" -Wallace Hero of Parnast

[@truegoldstruck3028]

“ Sense he’s up on their shoulders, that gives me a nice, clean, shot with my crossbow.”

[@That80sGuy1972]

Time to sneak into Parnast under the cover of night, steal a bunch of tinder, hay and lamp oil, and set Parnast ablaze and watch from a safe distance as the entire town burns to death in their homes.

[@CptPhilippnes]

Is this part of Abserd's origin story? Lol

[@Audiotrocious]

Cpt.Philippines YES! Real name is Wallace

[@Phantom1356]

If so, then I consider his annoyance of all his party members(and his mere existence) to be revenge for this single party's actions against him in his youth.

[@goldfish6525]

I know right XD

[@mutajin7701]

So i am not the only one who wants to hear more stories from Abserd? Abserd is my hero! Maybe the most fun character ever ^^

[@justseffstuff3308]

Lol, perfect

[@joeywarren60]

Here's a story with the worst pun ever. I was in a campaign of a friend of mine, we were all level 4. We had been told a strange man was walking around, we hunted him down. We encountered him, and he shouted "I am the Beholder!" I thought we were gonna die, because beholder, but then he took off his cloak, revealing tattoos of a homebrew goddess in this campaign: Marunia, Queen of Swarms. His cloak proceeded to turn into... a swarm of bees. He wasn't a beholder. He was a f***ing Bee Holder.

[@nvfury13]

Joey Warren That...is a terrible pun. However, a Vermin Lord of bees could be a really terrifying encounter, depending on the players/characters.

[@adrianlangen6700]

I don´t know what you mean. I LOVE that pun!

[@dustinsangrey6091]

*s l o w c l a p*

[@14o1chan]

@@dustinsangrey6091 *slow clap*

[@Gammera2000]

I have a Kenku Warlock who uses a Crowbar

[@themettking]

PF: There's no clause saying what happens if you don't take him. Sooo...he's going. Sword of Warning: I WARNED YOU!

[@dreadpiratedan4664]

themettking this is underrated comment

[@roanxx]

defective sword of warning

[@bezretmet]

As a Dm i'm really against this. doing something you players say they don't want to do just because it's in the module is a sin i find. dnd is not about following a book, it's about having fun.

[@aronestone100]

It’s adventure league

[@km1dash6]

😂