Dice Friends - Burning Bright Ep1

[@HellfireKitten25]

Stuff like Adam's "who let these idiots roll up a party?" makes me really glad that Dice Friends has a rotating cast of players, all of whom seem equally capable of holding their own in a room full of other comedians.

[@maltanno]

Next campaign: a party of Warlocks; brought to you by our Patrons.

[@jamesgray658]

*slow clap*

[@heyy13]

I've watched this campaign so many times. It's so good. Bless you Cameron.

[@ForsakenGrevas]

Saw this one on Twitch and just had to comment here: Adam is a goddamned delight. And Cam's descriptions of unsettling things are spot on.

[@bryceschug486]

SO many parallels with the bronze age collapse in that opening monologue. GGWP Cam!

[@threepoint14159265]

That and more directly the fall of Rome.

[@bryceschug486]

FDRpi I do see some similarities with the fall of the Roman Empire, but the agriculture angle is what points to more of a bronze age collapse. I'm Cam's story it was magic enabling the increased production of food, and then when magic failed it brought famine. One theory about the bronze age collapse (it is all theories that far back until we invent time travel) is that irrigation provided the extra food, and also lead to nutrient depletion which brought famine.

[@burk6244]

Who else loves this channel!!! It has so much diversity... crapshots to d&d to gaming!!

[@Josh_Fredman]

LRR is the best! ^ _ ^

[@mattasmack]

So far, Cam's paladins remind me a lot of Elizabeth Moon's in the Deed of Paksenarrion. Whom the gods choose, they nudge in the direction of where they are needed; it's up to the chosen to pay attention to those nudges and then figure out and deal with whatever situation they find. Dice Friends is great so far. The rotating cast of players, DMs, and characters is working well. Also, wow, Cam can really set a scene.

[@Kuroukaze]

Graham - your Rapier absolutely could kill cleanly. Under the skull, back of the neck. There are actually treatise that talk about other "quick" death spots but they're more suffering than just, well, a pithing needle that went to far.

[@EldarLuin]

Just finished After the Flood. Came back in time to re-live what came before.

[@thisislesbomaya]

wow that into was amazing

[@timlothar7519]

Adam is awesome. He's one of those people who just makes you feel what he's feeling. He's infectious in the best dang sense of the word.

[@Josh_Fredman]

I've been watching Cam's new campaign in this setting before I went back to see Burning Bright, and it's awesome how I'm recognizing things that were first introduced here but which I first saw there--like this imperial officer (who is a hundred years older and emaciated and soldier-less in the new campaign) or the abandoned city itself, or the burning capital city (called "The Golden City" in the new campaign--an interesting euphemism). Interesting also how, having seen the new campaign first, I can take a good guess at the secret behind this one. Props to Cam for doing great worldbuilding the first time around, then doing so well with his own source material on the new campaign a year later!

[@chi7891]

This is so good. I’m so happy it’s getting continued!!!

[@Ventura031]

31:53 Adam listens to Cam's entire explanation on divine sense and got "He has stained undergarments!" Out of it. Lol gotta love him

[@RoseFleischman]

I want to know so much more about this world that Cam has created. This might be my favorite ark of dice friends so far.

[@mumafiedmustangs]

WE'RE HERE! Hell yeah I love Adam, I need a show with Adam and Ben and that will be just the my favorite show on this channel.

[@karinawestmoreland8268]

I come from the future; you'll like Road Quest

[@ayanbaqur571]

This is shaping up to be much better than the last Cameron campaign. Murder on the Semolo Plateau was good but I feel like this is much more in Cameron's wheelhouse.

[@Zara-Bari]

I think part of the problem with the last campaign was that he was using a world and characters designed by a different DM for a specific purpose. He seemed to flounder a bit because of that, especially with the characters the audience had already met previously. He's stylistically very different from Dale, which isn't a bad thing, but I think it made it more difficult for him to DM. That said, I miss Semolo Plateau already. I am enjoying this campaign a lot though, so it's a fair trade.

[@Grimwear]

I mean I brought it up during the last campaign and I don't mean to be beating a dead horse but I think it was last campaign they'd set it to 3 sessions then had a murder mystery setting which forced Cameron to take control of the campaign to get it done on time. And that made the campaign very railroady but more importantly didn't give the players time to interact as a group. I'm not super far in this campaign but so far I haven't heard anything of a session limit and more importantly everyone is interacting and roleplaying as a group making it an ideal situation where Cam can do his DMing without feeling obliged to force everyone to move along at a brisk pace.

[@Zara-Bari]

Didn't they say two sessions? Personally, I like knowing how many sessions a campaign is supposed to go for. I think Cam's style is just different from Dale's. Based solely on the campaigns in Dice Friends so far, Cam seems to enjoy the storytelling part most, and so tends to keep the players going along the way he wants them to, whereas Dale seems to like to sit back and watch the fireworks as the players cheerfully ignore the plot and do whatever. I suspect Dale is also more experienced as a DM, but that may be my imagination.

[@Grimwear]

Darn maybe I selectively ignored that piece of information. I don't disagree with you about how Cam DMs (he did the same with his campaign from years ago where he dictated how the party was to be split) but the problem is that with time constraints you're then forced into 2 avenues. Either the players have freedom and the dm makes the story fit for the time allowed or the dm has control and the players follow along as the dm makes sure they hit every beat in time. The problem with the second and what we got last session is that until the last session it devolved into Cam as an npc talking to 1 party member and the others sitting on the sidelines, then doing it again with another. It's boring to watch and boring to play. It was brutal last campaign especially with Ian and Cori having a 1000 yard stare where they barely said a word. So far this new campaign is a lot better but if I were to choose I'd much rather have a campaign like the first where everyone got to contribute and be involved than one where 2/5 people are involved at a time while the other 3 sit on their hands.

[@Zara-Bari]

That doesn't really have anything to do with the limit though, I don't think. The ten session limit was established from the beginning of the first campaign. These are just shorter campaigns, which I think are probably easier to run in a way as there's less to keep track of for less time, and you have to get five people together fewer sessions in a row. And I think Ben basically put himself in jail, so the split was because of player action, not DM railroading. But maybe that's just my perception.

[@KingHeadbang]

Damn. I'm stoked for episode two.

[@sanityisrelative]

Just gotta say, I'm loving this intro!

[@MyShadowstrike]

So high magic society meets the Bronze Age collapse by way of a low magic apocalypse inspired, at least in part, by Horizon Zero Dawn? This is a damn good start to a campaign, can't wait for the next session. Cam's style of world building is fantastic

[@MadMontyMN]

I happened to pause at 17:21. Everyone's expressions cracked me up.

[@Secretasianman888]

Can't breathe! Dying from the Krang bit!

[@masonstohler5208]

nice to see graham playing a bloodborne character

[@jeffreydenenberg7101]

1:29:51 love the princess bride reference

[@Ahrpigi]

Still loving Cam's style, still having trouble hearing him. :)

[@BiGDaDeJoe]

Dice Friends should play a Supers games. M.A.S.K.S. is a great system for this.

[@Malzra]

I'm a little bummed no Ben. He was absolutely delightful on the last campaign. 😁

[@josh___something]

drew tuthill adam is loud innocent ben.

[@Zara-Bari]

I like Ben, but I find that I appreciate him more when there's a break between Ben sightings. Sort of like how tourists on Safari get excited to see something like a kudu, but not so excited about impala, because impala are plentiful and out in the open where you can see them all the time and (no matter how beautiful they are) they sort of lose their interest when you see too many of them for too many days in a row. Basically what I'm saying is that Ben is like a big, stripy (plaid is like stripes, right?) antelope with a loud voice and fancy spiraling horns.

[@luhrsen8105]

1:19:55 Graham "Murder is Bad" Stark

[@jessesaunders7043]

Shiro would love this

[@MarsPhoenix63]

This is great stuff, but if I have to make one complaint it's that it's really hard to listen to this while doing absolutely anything that requires any volume or while anything producing sound in general is going on. Cam talks sooooo incredibly quiet sometimes that it's impossible to hear him. Increase his mic volume in the future perhaps?

[@Pastshelfdate]

Hi, LRR people, ... Okay, as you're improv people, you make more use of your talents and experience by playing a different group of characters in each story arc. I miss the previous characters, settings and stories, which i hope you take as a complimen. I can get used to this, and it is fun. Thanks for always being good company.

[@halimlorette2742]

Cam is terrifying. He should DM everything forever.

[@proto303]

I have a gun! :) -Coriander Dickinson

[@Kuroukaze]

Honestly one of the things I miss in the podcast version is the running commentary of the producer.

[@KingHeadbang]

I would love to see you play any PbtA game. Or even better yet In a Wicked Age.

[@honetaoinshrdlu]

Cori's shirt! Now i wish for Cam's campaign in Sigil!

[@EricChoiniere]

Is Commoner some kind of homebrew class? I'm guessing it's weak (ie low hit dice) to justify Worth being a lower level Paladin without being effectively weaker than the rest of the party. Also really excited to see the next session!

[@LadyLunarSatine]

No familiarity with 5E, but common has been an NPC class in 3E, 3.5E and Pathfinder.

[@tipulsar85]

Cam, have you read Dresden files, because your detect evil is how a Night of the Cross works.

[@idlemessiah]

LRR guys never read youtube comments, so someone reading this shoot it to one of their twitters. Cam, as lovely as he is, can be very, very quiet at times. Somebody compress the audio a little so we can hear him properly!

[@loadingreadyrun]

We do read the comments! Thanks for the feedback.

[@wolfleopard808]

Hey, electrum doesn't need magic! This is a lie. Electrum is a gold and silver alloy

[@riolufistofmight]

can we get a recap, cuz i was multitasking and didnt catch most of it

[@ericpaisley8501]

MOAR CORI

[@abj136]

Love the setting but slightly confused. There was an age of greatness, then collapse, then dragons, then these paladins arise 3 years after the collapse? Doesn't add up.

[@martinsegur7173]

I think the "dragon states" thing doesn't refer to literal dragons, plus i also think it happens after the events of this campaign.

[@ijustchangedmyname]

The beginning monologue is a presentation from the future and the campaign happens in the past that the presentation was talking about

[@kraztar]

I wasn’t super into this campaign when I first saw the cast “don’t get me wrong I love everyone but it wasn’t my top picks except for graham” but then I saw Cameron was running it and I’m all in

[@FlameI7]

Father Ironlung?

[@AllFlimmits]

Was looking through for info in what peasant rules cam used and I found this gem.

[@Zara-Bari]

Hmm, people not being aware that they're supposed to be living in a Republic, or what that word means, or even that it IS a word? That sounds suspiciously familiar >.> I'm enjoying this, and especially how the group interacts. I haven't seen much of y'all's stuff with Adam, so I didn't know what to expect. Turns out he seems to be a hoopy frood, and I wouldn't mind him turning up in more videos. I'm excited for the next session.

[@EricChoiniere]

Zara Bari Even if you're not into wrestling, watching Sidewalk Slam is so much fun just for Adam & Graham talking about stuff. He's a great dude.

[@Zara-Bari]

I might look into that someday. I do watch some LRR stuff involving things I don't otherwise care about, and I certainly don't care about wrestling (the only thing I know anything about is John Cena, and that's because of Desert Bus).

[@ThePaleKing89]

Wasting all your good rolls early! D:

[@symonjefferson708]

Dat show me potatoe salad ref doh

[@josephsawczyn1145]

Western Theme? --- Paladin Party!

[@jasonakin1553]

Best d and d ever...

[@billengle4471]

Adam is a cutie!

[@dergutechtd-air209]

You guy are just copies of overwatch XD