Dungeons & Dragons All-Stars

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[@CivilWarMan]

"I'd like to cast Gaslight as a level 4 spell." Um, actually, Modify Memory is a 5th level spell.

[@legna.r5696]

Oh you're so smart, knowing what is and isn't a 5th level spell

[@arithemama4336]

Brilliant!

[@elyseguziewicz5702]

no it isn't... you're being crazy again....

[@puffyhowler615]

No it's not

[@sourwitch2340]

imagine you could cast spells on the DM. that'd be neat.

[@JDescafeinado]

Would it be possible to have a Dnd-only contest where it's just a 1v1 between Matt Mercer and Brennan Lee Mulligan?

[@cedricwade2792]

Nah a 1v1v1 with Matt Mercer, Brennan Lee Mulligan and Abrria Iyengar

[@JDescafeinado]

@@cedricwade2792 Even better!

[@nicholast.4933]

"Um Actually, Duels"

[@romxxii]

who would write the statements? Brennan usually writes the D&D ones.

[@stonethered]

@@romxxii Griffon McElroy would certainly be willing I'm sure

[@vicithetenoroon]

Ummm actually, we need an episode of this with Brennan, Matt and Chris Perkins

[@DanPren]

Oh goodness yes

[@proviliax]

oh my god yes.

[@thomaspetrucka9173]

Murph would be an acceptable substitute.

[@link090909]

@@thomaspetrucka9173 we just have to come up with a third panel that includes Murph. Then have a champion of champions of dungeons and dragons where the winners of the three D&D episodes face off

[@chrzzzzz]

Perkins would win

[@toericabaker]

28:52 Gus guessing "Large Luigi" accidentally was the craziest moment lmao

[@DeathnoteBB]

Finally someone timestamps the Large Luigi!!!

[@philaphacado9999]

He just nat 20’d his persuasion check

[@DanS044]

Why on Earth was no one else stunned by that?

[@tortle9336]

They still refuse to pit Matt and Brennan against each other

[@aaronjjacques]

Aabra matt brennan would be ultimate um actually

[@littleleakyleakythere]

@@aaronjjacques she's a very good dm but much less rules-y than Brennan or mercer, I feel like her style is a lot closer to the mcelroys (who I also wouldn't pit against mercer or Brennan) and so it wouldn't really be fair

[@tohon]

Gotta save something for sweeps

[@TitaniaBird]

It'd be a brutal battle to shame the Blood War, so best to keep them separate. :D

[@aaronjjacques]

@@littleleakyleakythere but her sense of humor would be very entertaining between each question. I wouldn't expect her to win but she would take the competitive tension down a bit.

[@FishoD]

Uhm, Actually, Brennan belongs to every episode named “All-Stars” no matter the theme.

[@qweronot]

You got into comments without him being here

[@csukscari]

GET IN THE COMMENTS

[@Giganfan2k1]

COMMENTS!!!

[@vickylikesthis]

Can we stop with this brennan worship? I like the guy a lot but these 3 people are in no way less deserving

[@mishtamoose8308]

@@vickylikesthis Ngl, when I read the title and it said "All-Stars", I thought it would have been the best of the past Um actually guests, but we got someone who's never even been on the show. I knew Matt Mercer would have been in, and I was guessing that Brennan, the main DM (that I know of) of college humour's D&D show, dimension 20, would be in the D&D only episode.

[@sabbathjackal]

Let's take a moment to appreciate that the large Luigi question was basically a perfect question.

[@krabkit]

i am mildly disappointed that "Chill touch" was not on the spell ranges list. it is not a touch spell and does not do cold damage

[@undine120]

I often refer to it as 'necrotic reach' for this reason.

[@elbruces]

@@undine120 I like that, thank you.

[@TheCinderfang]

@@undine120 lich slap is a fun one

[@kevinbarnard355]

That's because it was a touch spell in all previous editions. It would have been a weird one to add for that reason. It used to give you lots of "bad touch" charges. WotC kept the name for legacy purposes, I think.

[@TheSpencermacdougall]

@@undine120 my name for it is "Necrotic Grasp" cause a skeletal hand grasps the enemy from afar.

[@umactually]

You may have seen an incorrect upload about an hour ago. Just consider that a meta reference where we were testing you to say "Um actually, isn't this the wrong episode?"

[@SensibleMinded]

Um actually it’s gone now. Does that mean Christmas is canceled?

[@DrLennieSmall]

Where is the intern who made the mistake buried?

[@bloodychunker]

Glad I made it to the comments in time on that one

[@PhilipLautinJackson]

Honestly just glad to see Amy getting some points now.

[@DrAndyShick]

@@SensibleMinded They will probably put it up next week. They had to put the S5 Holiday one up on dropout last week, but that's because episodes get uploaded there every other week. For the episodes going on youtube, they will still be able to put the S4 Holiday episode up a few days before Christmas

[@user-xj9qw4ic8i]

Matt had no chance in 1st shiny question- chairs were "legit" enemies of party in CR 2nd campaign.

[@Chillzer95]

Furniture continues to kick the cast's ass.

[@IceMetalPunk]

@@Chillzer95 And walls.

[@wittwashere]

@@IceMetalPunk inanimate objects in general

[@theemadpupil110]

I laughed way to hard at this just because of how true that is for critical role in general I mean doors were the enemies of the first campaign

[@creativedesignation7880]

I was convinced they were real, because aggressive furniture was part of the Oxventure, until I remembered it was just a spell that animated it. So while montrous chairs may not exist in DnD, there is clearly a need for them in the fanbase.

[@Savory_mama]

the best part of this episode is that trapp gives a question about Drizz't and his swords, and not only does Matt obviously get it, but he most obviously gets it cause he literally voices Drizz't in one of the newer dnd video games. And he doesn't even say anything about it lol. nothing like "i may be accidentally cheating tho cause i literally voice him"

[@malcolmrowe9003]

In the British panel show QI, David Mitchell once got a question on a subject that he had written about for an official QI book. When the purpose is comedy, I don't think this sort of 'cheating' matters too much.

[@swedsteve93]

@@malcolmrowe9003 I hope David brought it up so he could show his preplanned superiority or something equally ridiculous

[@audoldends6799]

Nah he’s just got advantage *ba dum tish*

[@blugobln85]

Um, actually, in the BOOKS the sword is still called Vidrinath, as it absorbed Twinkle's powers but Vidrinath was the more powerful of the two. I would argue that the sword could be called by either name, but since this show wanted to be nitpicky I'm gonna point out its more wrong than right here.

[@RuneKatashima]

@@blugobln85 They covered this. Drizz't uses Twinkle again when they reforged it with Vidrinath's powers. It's actually literally called Twinkle, and therefore they are more right than wrong here.

[@zelamorre1126]

Worth watching the episode just to see Matt Mercer slowly having a meltdown because he keeps guessing wrong on spell ranges. lol.

[@apawhite]

He never guessed Sending's range wrong though, he knows that one well by now. You cannot escape Sending. "I never thought of it in the wrong hands until it was in the wrong hands, and it's fascinating."

[@Pidgeonpeep]

@@apawhite I had this exact thought ahaha

[@anitaardi4456]

@@apawhite you pooping? (if you know, you know)

[@JulianCommodus]

@@apawhite And we thank god that the wrong hands were Jester's that had it and not Caduceus's. Do you know how long it would have taken Cad to get to twenty five words?!?

[@jw__11]

@@JulianCommodus Jes and Cad are like polar opposites on the Cleric spectrum

[@ryeguiboche1046]

I was really hoping to see Matt face off with Brennan, but this panel is too good

[@evanbell]

I'm guessing they needed Brennan to write the questions

[@mirtos39]

we so need the brennan/matt dnd episode.

[@carsomyr8276]

Me too, but I'm thinking they needed Brennan to write all the questions :P

[@tink2724]

I really think the only reason Brennan isn’t in this episode is because Trapp couldn’t have done it without his help on questions 😂

[@DvirPick]

I love Gus' subdued reaction on getting it right with Large Luigi. He must have thought Trapp was joking along.

[@MrSamTealeaf]

"Large Luigi is the most popular beholder" Xanathar: "I am right here you know"

[@paradoxxis8612]

Xanathar isn't known across the entire multiverse like Large Luigi is.

[@MitchellHang]

The “Belt of Impossible Girth” sounds like something Harry Pancake would be terrified to find out it existed.

[@Your_Native_Mothman]

Harry pancake lol

[@FourLetterLWord]

Its actually similar in phrasing to a joke Brennan made in his CEO of tumblr skit

[@daaawnzoom]

I was really hoping it was a real item that would be hilarious

[@srhall79]

Um actually, the invisible stalker art was credited to some of the editors. One of my favorite art jokes over the editions.

[@srhall79]

Um actually, Tim Beach and Doug Stewart were developers on the book, and got the invisible stalker art cred.

[@thomashartwell4335]

@@srhall79 genuinely love that you just pedantically corrected yourself here

[@peskybee4332]

5:04 Matthew Mercer having an existencial crisis and a moment of intense reflection over the fact that studded leather armor doesn't have any historical basis

[@DeathnoteBB]

Another comment says it does actually and now I’m confused :(

[@thehappyaipom6302]

Gus and Matt Mercer together is a real vibe. I'd love to see him on crit role

[@SkoloT]

Wow, never thought about Gus as a CR guest but I’d love that!

[@thehappyaipom6302]

@@SkoloT honestly I didn't either bit the more of this episode I watched, the more I was like "Yo he would fit in so well the the CR cast."

[@IrisCorven]

Dear god, Gus Surola and Sam Riegel bouncing comedy off of eachother would be a dream come true.

[@thehappyaipom6302]

@@IrisCorven I fear they'd never make it past the ad read....

[@primoridalspatula663]

Shoot, I've actually seen so much stuff about how studded leather armor doesn't exists, but I was too caught up on the seven-league boots thing that I didn't catch it. And putting tridents right after it also diverts your attention. Very well designed question!

[@grahamslover2834]

Um, actually, Seven League Boots (AKA 7 League Boots) are a spin on boots of speed, which is a spin on magical boots. Aside from existing in many tales and folklore, I personally know them from Howl's Moving Castle. But they can be kinda game breaking, since their speed is only limited to the wearer, and therefore be potentially overpowered in the hands of any crafty party memebrs.

[@primoridalspatula663]

@@grahamslover2834 huh, good to know!

[@DauntlessChaos]

I bet studded armor could be effective for fist fights... but thats about it.

[@ashtonhoward5582]

@@grahamslover2834 they're also in the Discworld series.

[@bluchismoon]

@@grahamslover2834 I know them from the Pulgarcito (Tom thumb) movie.

[@beastninjai8251]

"You made a joke and got it right?" is cockbite's-- I mean roosterteeth's whole creation story. Gotta love Gus

[@DustinIsHappy]

Holy fuck rooster teeth is cockbite…I never pieced that together

[@DylanGarcia1619]

Reading this comment made me finally understand RoosterTeeth's name. Thanks for that.

[@thembill8246]

There is 1,000% a gaslight spell in D&D: it's called "modify memory." You literally change how the people affected remember what has happened, and can just fuck with them. Also mimic chairs are totally a thing, but they wouldn't have eyes like that.

[@JadeXeno]

Oh no.

[@minaDesuDesu]

You forgot "Umm.. actually" no points for you

[@DauntlessChaos]

Works best with a muffin and magic sugar.

[@jdizon]

no there isn't

[@quantumofzentrix2748]

They were just talking about the illustration of mimics

[@kev_whatev]

Should have had Chill Touch in the spell range Shiny. Despite the word “touch” in the name, it um actually has a range of 120’.

[@hoodiesticks]

Not only that, but it doesn't do cold damage, despite having "chill" in the name.

[@portmantologist]

Saw Matt in the thumbnail and immediately thought, "doesn't matter who else is on the show, Matt's going to win".

[@elettramelodia8990]

Matt always wins...even when he isn't in the video!

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

He's a cutie, but honestly if I'd seen Gus on the thumbnail I'd have watched hours earlier. After double-taking to make sure it wasn't a thumbnail for a Rooster Teeth podcast.

[@sevenseasago6901]

Brennan definitely could've given Matt a run for his money

[@dreadpiratedan]

that "belt of impossible birth" quip is the funniest pun anyone has ever made at any point ever, and we all get to be alive at the time it was made thank you gus

[@oldvlognewtricks]

Immediately followed by an inadvertent Large Luigi victory. Magnificent.

[@anschutz00]

I feel like Gus should have been awarded an inspiration for that first joke since he couldn't get the point.

[@gerardmarques649]

Barbara must have been so proud of him after that

[@dmarsub]

Can someone explain the joke :)?

[@oldvlognewtricks]

@@dmarsub Amy suggested the made-up item ‘Belt of Impossible Girth’ might be a condom - making some kind of penis thickness/erection joke. Gus then immediately noticed the pun that ‘girth’ rhymes with ‘birth’, and condoms make birth impossible - a much better line. Also in the spirit of correcting people. It’s would otherwise be just a gentle pun, but he was exceptionally quick and he was the only one who saw the perfect set-up Amy had left.

[@LednacekZ]

The face that Matt had when the non-evil beholder was mentioned makes me believe it will come up in the campaign on critical role.

[@MtgArdeen]

The ring of bureaucratic wizardly seems like a cool item to keep a mage in check after you can knock them unconscious but don't want to kill them or keep a silence spell forever

[@WhimsicalINTP]

Just put them in any armor.

[@nyxadkins8389]

Give me Matt, Brennan, and Aabria. THAT would be a hell of an episode

[@yam3946]

omg this

[@VanNessy97]

I second this movement

[@cinnamonzor7043]

Ah yes. The Holy Trinity.

[@daimonclarke]

Umm actually, this is the correct episode now.

[@umactually]

That point goes to Daimon

[@NickSchneiderChannel]

Well jokes on y’all and points to me!!!! I got to watch BOTH!!!! Lolololol

[@risottopose9970]

@@NickSchneiderChannel Same

[@amalaspina]

@@NickSchneiderChannel same, I was so confused why this episode was posted

[@JaWick_WitaStick]

Yeah I was very excited to see Matt back and then I saw... well not him

[@cloudbroken]

Oh man, I haven't watched Gus in anything in what feels like forever, I forgot how delightful he is. This whole episode rocked!

[@PlayPodOG]

same. i left the RT community cause its one of the worst communities and even some RT staff is unbearable. but i sometimes do miss watching their content as well

[@DeeevTV]

@@PlayPodOG We're never going to get more Heroes and Halfwits :( Even if we did, Ryan wouldn't be in it. I'm sure there are better timelines out there.

[@MinecraftepicnessNOT]

@@DeeevTV they have a new show where gus dms called Tales from the stinky Dragon

[@Narifamen]

Watching Matt periodically break down into giggles was just what I needed today.

[@TheDarksaphira]

Seeing Matt break down into giggles is generally something that'll make any day better I believe!

[@powersofdestruction5694]

Um actually, Mordenkainen’s Magnificent Mansion creates a pocket dimension with a mansion inside of it, not a physical mansion that can be seen from the outside.

[@lassejustesen5318]

True, you hear Matt go “that’s a magnificent door” as reply to Trapps joke, but of course he has too much yes-and energy to stop him.

[@FullmetalNinja25]

I'm so used to seeing Amy lose her fucking mind on No Laugh Newsroom its weird seeing her string together 2 sentences without laughing lol.

[@MarskiLark]

Um Actually, it's called Breaking News :)

[@RabblesTheBinx]

@@MarskiLark Um, Actually, they use both names interchangeably.

[@TheOriginalYaski]

Having known of Drizzt for a long time, but never actually reading any of the books, the fact that his swords are names IcyDeath and Twinkle is the most D&D thing ever. Nothing has convinced me more of the idea that this is set in a D&D campaign than the idea that the DM saw this edgy drow ranger name one of his swords IcyDeath, and then deciding to make their next magic sword already have a name and that name is Twinkle.

[@FrankiePeanuts]

Um actually, it's Icingdeath, not IcyDeath.

[@srellison561]

R. A. Salvatore got his start writing AD&D adventures for TSR, who owned D&D at that time. Along with Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. The adventure modules of that era were epic.

[@GeneralNickles]

Putting Matt Mercer against two semi-normal people in a DnD quiz is like fighting ant with an orbital bombardment.

[@Vaishino]

I once played a tiefling who was making a slow character arc toward good alignment, and when the cleric cast holy word on some demons it blinded his boyfriend and sister, but my tiefling had turned good the week prior and was absolutely fine. Needless to say, everyone was shocked when the horned girl was perfectly fine.

[@DeathnoteBB]

“Had turned good the week prior” I love that phrasing, like she finally popped out for a Good Alignment Amulet last week

[@johnjohnson8575]

Before the first shiny I was hoping they were gonna show (or not) the invisible stalker. I was so happy to not see it there.

[@zxwhitcomb]

I would love an Umm, Actually one shot in which Trapp periodically messes up DMing and the players must rules lawyer him.

[@bobwilson679]

10:45 And one year later DnD: Honor Among Thieves is one of the best movies made in the past 3 years. Genuinely an amazing work of art.

[@alistairetheblu]

Sadly still kinda bombed. $208M vs $150M budget (not including promotion etc). :(

[@adrianoverbury4949]

Um, actually (it's really early in the morning for me so I could be about to make a total fool of myself) the real life skills question quoted the initial poverty line figure as roughly $13,000, then said for a single adult and child it was "adjusted upwards by 50% to $26,000". The money figure there was taken to be the thing that's wrong, but that's also an upwards adjustment of 100%, not 50%. 50% would be somewhere around $19,500

[@bobbyhanson346]

Um, Actually, I really enjoyed the Christmas episode. I laughed out loud throughout!

[@anjobanjo1221]

I think I was halfway through when they swapped. It was so good! Can't wait to finish it.

[@Bobodia4444]

@@anjobanjo1221 lol, same!

[@waymaker1994]

I was laughing so hard coz the subtitles were for this episode when it was the Christmas special and I loved it!

[@DrakeAurum]

Me too. Got all the way through, then wondered why the comments wouldn't load. One refresh, and it was gone. :)

[@LittleAcoustic_YT]

Made sure I watched the Xmas one first knowing they would pull it down lol

[@demonprincess5714]

Um, actually- Slaad reproduction is actually a bit more complicated than you said. Red Slaad produce Blue Slaad and Blue Slaad produce Red Slaad from ANY humanoids. However, both can produce Green Slaad from humanoids that can cast spells of 3rd level or higher

[@giorgiomauceri410]

The moral of this episode: "Wanna know why we play DnD? Look at the world we live in, and tell me you wouldn't prefer one where you have to fight demons and tyrants"

[@cbpd89]

At least in DnD you can fight the demons. No "aggravated assault" and "murder in the 3rd degree" accusations getting thrown around.

[@elbruces]

*get to

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@cbpd89 Tell that to Critical Role Campaign 2. They almost got sent to jail for a Fiend attacking a circus and turning an old guy into a zombie!

[@TheAlexandrian]

Although "studded leather" is now widely understood not to have historically existed, it's a misapprehension that it was invented for D&D. It actually dates to questionable Victorian scholarship, which persisted well into the 20th century. For example, the National/Collier's Encyclopedia's article on historical armor would have read, "Arms, legs, and feet were cased in steel or studded leather." It was also in Britannica, but I believe Britannica's article was revised before the '60s. Gygax's first recorded use of "studded leather" (in a 1971 article) notably describes it as armoring the legs. As such, it was added to the armor tables for Chainmail and, from there, made its way into D&D.

[@WaxierWarrior]

Dude you forgot to say ‘Um Actually’ king

[@julianweir3030]

@@WaxierWarrior Seeing the same subject referred to as both dude and king in a single sentence amuses me greatly

[@artie9940]

It's always the fucking victorians

[@chastermief839]

Woah!! The Alexandrian has a KZbin channel?! I love your articles about node based design!

[@DeathnoteBB]

So it was real?

[@jeramos409]

Brennan must have written all the questions if he’s not participating lol

[@brisingr1001]

It's great to see Gus finally join a game. I'd love to see more of the rooster teeth family get involved!

[@thexalon]

13:30 Um, actually, the artistic credits for the early edition Invisible Stalker pictures were used as a general acknowledgement to somebody they wanted to thank. They plainly were planning on a blank space. Although in one game I was playing, we faced enough of those bastards that we came up with a good solution for dealing with them: Throw flour in the general direction, making them visible stalkers.

[@Kiwicrack]

I once bluffed a train clerk into believing our tiefling party member did not exist. The dm granted us a level for gaslighting the clerk so hard they had an existential crisis and nervous breakdown.

[@cosmoniums5990]

That is amazing. I once accidentally convinced a hag that our sorcerer was just a disembodied voice

[@MMallon425]

I had a Werewolf: Wild West game where something similar happened except it was the train itself the party bamboozled and the spirit flew away, leaving everyone aboard in the real world stranded.

[@TerrorNoctis]

Hey I get to watch two um, actually episodes today. Christmas and D&D

[@jamesaditya5254]

Christmas (special) DO come early this year

[@vincentpelletier57]

@@jamesaditya5254 Though apparently Christmas is now canceled (or maybe just postponed to its intended date, next week).

[@lordbaconweeb]

"I'd like to cast gaslight as a level 4 spell please" legit made me almost fall it was so funny!

[@cheapshot2842]

This should just be D&D every episode. What a great way to learn the rules and intricacies.

[@MaestroMagnifico21]

Im so glad they had a question of one of my favorite obscure characters Large Luigi. Hopefully this video can spread knowledge of him through the D&D community

[@idunnobouthat7092]

I'm really digging this two episodes in a day thing that's going on here. That's 1 point to whoever uploaded the wrong episode. Keep it up!

[@risottopose9970]

Unfortunately the previous episode is probably gonna get uploaded next week meaning no new episode

[@Raptor213]

I made it half way through the Christmas episode before it got cut off.

[@timberwolf2468]

@@Raptor213 Oh it never even cut off for me. I was just very confused where matt and d&d was.

[@graysonrall]

Um actually, Twinkle also deals damage to intangible/astral enemies

[@alecklabunde6748]

I'm fucking dying. Mike said, "let's take a look at these monsters." And immediately a health insurance ad popped up.

[@godfreemorals]

Sometimes the universe just knows 😂😂😂

[@_snowylil]

Um actually, I believe Matt was correct about the seven-league boots not being a thing because I straight up can't find them in any of my D&D resources

[@WukongTheMonkeyKing]

They were, and even had a joke cursed item, the seven hundred league books, that reference the seven league boots. The seven hundred league boots transport the wearer hundreds of leagues in a single step, but also stretch them out in the process, instantly killing them. The boot arrives unharmed, though.

[@malcolmrowe9003]

@@WukongTheMonkeyKing , I don't know about their presence in D&D but something like that was in Warhammer back when I used to attempt to play it with my brother (late 80s/early 90s?).

[@bramvanduijn8086]

@@WukongTheMonkeyKing Didn't TES: Morrowwind have something similar with a character falling from the sky dead wearing similar boots?

[@WukongTheMonkeyKing]

@@bramvanduijn8086 I know there were the boots of Springheel Jack, in one of the elder scrolls games. In Morrowind, I vaguely remember something like that, but they were fakes, or boots of jumping that didn't help on the landing or similar.

[@paradoxxis8612]

Wikipedia says that apparently in some editions Boots of Speed were occasionally referred to as Seven-League Boots.

[@fenixmeaney6170]

I love that the animated series transports them off an amusement park ride and not actually playing the game That's a BIG middle finger to Mazes and Minotaurs

[@IceMetalPunk]

Between chaotic neutral and chaotic evil lies the lesser-known chaotic petty. The reason it's so rare is because anyone who plays that alignment dies after one session. No, their character doesn't die; they, the player, are brutally murdered by a frustrated party of gamers.

[@romxxii]

I find lawful evil to be pettier, as nothing is more petty than bureaucracy.

[@MSte21]

Amy is always such a delight. I was surprised by how many I, a total amateur, got right on these.

[@dodobean7620]

i could see the ring of contrariness being usefull for a battle rager to wear, that way its companions could "keep them in line" example - rager meets annoying kid in town, kid accidently injures rager. companion "suggests" that the rager should "teach that kid a lesson!" and the ring makes the rager decline that course of action for a less aggressive/violent one. *looks at homie that keeps fighting innkeepers on our campaign* lol

[@obviousalias132]

I feel that could still be monkey pawed. "I was going to donate money to send the kid to cotillion where he could learn etiquette skills but since I'm a contrarian I'll just punch him."

[@Faespen]

Fun fact of the day, the invisible stalker art from this episode is credited to two separate artists collaborating in the 2nd edition monster manual!

[@mikeymoose1986]

Fun piece of trivia about the Invisible Stalker: in the AD&D 2e Monstrous Manual, the illustration for the Invisible Stalker (which is blank), is credited to the Project Coordinator and Editor of the book!

[@akj1600]

I believe I speak for all nerds when I say I want to see Brennan and Matt together. If possible with the couch but I'm fine even if they're only together virtually.

[@Phelnoth]

Um, Actually, Drizzt doesn’t have an apostrophe like it was spelled in the question, only Do’Urden does.

[@TDrudley]

"Are you shopping for family members.." No, I'm good, I have enough of them...

[@Funkythulhu]

"No studios can crack the code of good D&D-based shows." Legend of Vox Machina: HOLD MY ALE!

[@Tacobell1384]

I think it would be fun to have another D&D only episode but with the 3 critical role exandria DMs (Matt Mercer, Brennan Lee Mulligan, and Aabria Iyengar).

[@TuberTugger]

Makes sense for the ending to be how shitty the world is in an episode revolving around escaping the real world.

[@faithharrison5047]

Um actually, Brennan isn't here, so this isn't the TRUE D&D all-stars episode

[@chalibar]

I was confused. Why is it an All Stars and there's a guy that never played before?

[@_barrow]

They needed him to write the questions

[@JarrekAsF]

@@chalibar it’s Gus Sorola!! I would have loved to see Brennan be here obviously, but I love Gus and Brennan definitely was writing all these questions😂

[@williamwhite3111]

Brennan not being here is a crime and Trapp knows it.

[@petarmilchev1220]

@@williamwhite3111 Trapp didn't want to deal with Brennan's bullshit and accusations this time :D

[@lochthefox6397]

Um actually, Twinkle was a defender, able to transfer part of its magical bonus to the owner's armour class.

[@thehappyaipom6302]

It feels sacrilegious to have a dnd only episode with Matt but no Brennan for an epic showdown

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

I was so sad to see this one end. i could've enjoyed another hour.

[@patrickmcisaac3142]

As much as i love Matt dominating every dnd episode I feel like it's a bit unfair. I'd love to see him in another just generic episode (the love actually one was cute but the teams thing makes it different)

[@karateman302]

Oh you think this is bad...if you are familiar with Mythical Kitchen at all, Smosh had Josh on for a food trivia show. It turned into a 3 vs 1 with the other contestants just trying to beat his score together and they were not even close.

[@patrickmcisaac3142]

@@karateman302 ohhh I could imagine that, haha. Josh is an awkward goofball but he knows his stuff for sure

[@_nicolefwong]

on Dropout in a later season (S5 E20) they have him on a “generic” episode with Haley Mancini and Matthew Kelly! I got dropout to seek more CR x CH content and wasn’t disappointed when I found it 🥳

[@mimipare1696]

Or they could put him up against Brennan and Matt would actually have a shot at losing

[@derAlphabet]

@@karateman302 oh my god. Thanks for sending me there. It was glorious

[@noahmitchell460]

Um actually, the brooch of number numbing would be a sick item to include in thief builds. With a high enough persuasion or deception, one could incentivize shop owners to wear it and then proceed to buy items at incredibly low prices. Also allows for a backstory of being a known criminal with a bounty in regions that caught you in this scam.

[@dorianr4770]

brlliant

[@roacheboii6158]

18:03 um actually, if I'm not mistaken, in 5e, alignment still has mechanical value in items such as the talisman of ultimate evil, and the talisman of pure good. it has value in which you get damaged whenever you touch it if you are of a certain alignment as well.

[@TheGIJew.]

That's literally what Amy said. The question said alignment "mostly" used for flavor in 5e, which is still true.

[@_grumpytoad]

Amy: "No one has ever said 'Thank God for THAC0.'" Took the worlds right out of my mouth when Gus said that! 😂

[@hqueso]

Everyone I know who played a lot of 1E said "Thank God for THAC0," followed a decade later by "What were we thinking?"

[@thetruth-hl7ct]

THAC0 was a brilliant system. But it required a non-moron level of intelligence to use, so obviously millennials hated it.

[@mcpherson1222]

@@thetruth-hl7ct bullshit. As a proud millennial I *loved* Thaco

[@hqueso]

@@thetruth-hl7ct Sorry for not replying immediately, but I had to wait until my hysterical laughter diminished to the point I could type again. THAC0 was neither brilliant nor a system. It was a patch slapped on the inherently inelegant and unwieldy system in 1st ed, which for all its innovation was a mess of conflicting and contradicting systems. Hit tables were clunky, but a streamlined version had the problem of attack rolls getting better as they go up and AC getting better as it went down. A full reimagining in which these were complementary was beyond the scope of 2E, which was essentially a reorganization of 1E with some things smoothed out and a lot of supplemental material worked in. So they applied a hot-fix in THAC0 to remove the need for tables without rehashing the whole system. Those of us that have experience with 1E before 2E came out think of it as elegant, because 1E was such a mess. A brilliant mess, but a mess nonetheless. We experienced THAC0 being wildly better than the old tables. To those that joined the game in later editions that had a more unified and consistent system, it seems confusing and unnecessary. This has nothing to do with millennials or stupidity; it's merely the fact that we experienced the transition first hand, while others came in with a more advanced system. THAC0 was the bungie cord you use to hold your car's busted trunk shut until you can get a permanent solution. Someone who's never had to deal with a busted trunk may not understand that it's vital for getting things done until you can get things fixed, but that doesn't make them stupid for realizing a functioning trunk is better than a bungie cord. THAC0 was brilliant and made play easier for everyone at the time. But is was a patch. The real fix came in later editions.

[@thetruth-hl7ct]

@@hqueso I'm sorry you're not bright enough to understand how great THAC0 was.

[@bmas44]

im impressed matt didnt sweep them as hard as i thought he would. I mean he still won of course but, good show

[@TheDarksaphira]

Sooo, Matt knows the pain of trying to breed the animal crossing flowers, ey? xD Also, I do love Matts weird face at times, like when he's thinking or having a memory or whatever. The spell range round was pretty amazing actually. Matt just losing it over the wrong ones.

[@picklenik9658]

Umm actually, I feel like Matt saying “I believe you said that…” is like a next level way of saying “umm actually”

[@WhatsAGoodName42069]

Um Actually, alignment does have mechanical effects in 5e. Spells like Spirit Guardians do different damage types based on the casters alignment.

[@HugSeal42]

Which probably is why they have the wording "mostly used for"

[@danilooliveira6580]

and the outer planes have different effects depending on your alignment, though in this case I think its optional rules.

[@elbruces]

And there are a few higher powered magic items that require an alignment to attune. There, we've listed all the exceptions covered by the "mostly" in the question.

[@KAT4N4]

The deck of many things can change alignment I think and a few other spells have effects as well

[@ninnusridhar]

Btw twinkle is exactly why I name all my named weapons like "fluffy bunny" or "cute kitten". Imagine buff bbegs meeting in the 9 hells. "Hey so how did you die?" "The wizard held me down with hold person while a giant dinosaur mauled me" "A druid summoned a world ending thunderstorm" "I was killed by fluffy bunny"

[@bethanyscarbrough3416]

It's nice to see Amy Vorpahl not laughing so hard it might be a medical emergency.

[@katiehenderson4862]

4:19 Trapp's soul leaving his body because he has to tell Mercer he's wrong about DnD for the first time ever 🤣

[@elcheshireilustracion9396]

Umm, actually, two episodes a day would be amazing.

[@S481N]

So very excited for this one! Glad it's the proper episode now. I wish Brennen was in this too.

[@Shadowmib]

Kind of proud that I knew the one about the studded leather. I attribute that to my SCA hobby

[@lagautmd]

The use for some of these is trickery against an enemy. The high level spellcaster you need to fight is also terribly vain(?). So, you give them the gift of the ring of bureaucratic wizardry, all beautified. They put it on and Roll Initiative! Now, their high level spells take several rounds to go off, meanwhile, you hack away.

[@paradoxxis8612]

Well no, the Ring of Bureaucratic Wizardry was a cursed item. It's for the DM to deceive you into thinking it's a Ring of Wizardry, and has all the effects of a Ring of Wizardry (an item that doubles the amount of spells you can prepare per day). You also, of course, can't remove it. Like many cursed magic items, it's a joke at the player's expense.

[@chromatos7428]

I'm seeing double! Four episodes of Um, Actually. It truly is a christmas miracle.

[@Crystal_Remorhaz]

Rolls a 20 on Deception, "Large Luigi" "Yes"

[@PeoplePleaser578]

Large Luigi is also one of the only beholders to ascend the Spindle and in doing so is one of the only characters that knows of the “Roleplayers” meaning he is one of the few characters in Main D&D that knows he is in a board game 🤣.

[@kev_whatev]

I really appreciate your shooting the ad reads in a different room, makes them much easier to skip.

[@portmantologist]

Um, actually the final question says that the the number is adjusted upward by about 50% for a single adult with one child, but the number you gave is doubled, which is 100% higher.

[@leojones1964]

This Gus guy is funny as heck

[@adityaagarwal6640]

Honor Among Thieves just came out, and I can confirm: they did indeed crack it

[@MadamFoogie]

I unironically want that D21. It would make a great conversation piece amongst my other nerdy knick knacks.

[@AbominableBigfoot]

Great to see Gus. I was really into RT when I was younger and it's great to see him. Didn't know he was into DnD.

[@RealBradMiller]

I just enjoyed watching On The Spot.

[@AbominableBigfoot]

@@RealBradMiller Me too

[@adamushu]

RT recorded a game of their own, gus was in it, i think he was dm but i dont remember.

[@roolulucrow555]

Jokes on you, I watched the whole Christmas episode 🤣

[@BeardedDragonite]

The lack of brennan vs matt in this episode is criminal

[@ME-rt8pw]

Um, Actually the chair is the main villain in Critical Role's campaign 2.