Elf Hazard | Oxventure D&D | Season 2, Episode 18

[@torgranael]

"Where's the lie, Merilwen? Where's the lie?" - Johnny nailed mom-voice.

[@BooGhosty]

There's something magical about watching the game master push aside and distort a stone wall to exit the room.

[@macgyver42563]

2:12:26 Corazon's quiet, "Why are you a Paladin?", still makes me chuckle. Just something about the exasperated and almost pleading way he asks the question is absolutely brilliant.

[@BogeyTheBear]

Nonetheless, it kept Egbert consistent in the fact that he doesn't believe that ghosts exists. Fighting the banshees directly would have meant acknowledging them directly.

[@macgyver42563]

@@BogeyTheBear Very true

[@Malkontent1003]

@@BogeyTheBear No, because that's a banshee, not a ghost. Obviously.

[@SinSacrifice]

You can also tell Johnny is so happy Egbert doesn't know what he can do lol

[@sageygaygey]

egbert could probably end this combat in a few goes of it but all of his attacks are three stooges roufines. I miss the bombs.

[@Rubrickety]

Wood elves: Elegance, grace, and the intellect of stormtroopers.

[@JackSilver1410]

The house, much like Dogbert, says woof. Fecking brilliant!

[@aegresen]

'Crime Sindarinvestigators' has to be one of the best jokes ever made in Oxventure. Gets me every time.

[@StormhavenGaming]

Surely a department within the Elf-BI?

[@RobCrowley85]

​@@StormhavenGamingNice!

[@somniumisdreaming]

I love how Corazon has gone from Jack Sparrow to Guybrush Threepwood. Suits his new skills in insult fights.

[@ellbent]

DnD players who enjoy Monkey Island + Pirate swash-rogues = Fine wine 🍷 For me, it’s Assassin’s Creed Black Flag

[@cosmicdan5907]

Merilwen bracing herself for Prudence to eldritch blast chieftains casual insult was great

[@Lumberjack_king]

I like the name "moralwen" because it sounds like "morals when?" Merilwen has basically abandoned all moral code

[@banditbanzai3197]

She is nailing it, then. Merilwen's canon dnd alignment is "true neutral," which is often interpreted to mean a character that is neither particularly good nor particularly evil, who has no strong preference for abiding by a code or rejecting codes in favor of case-by-case adaptability. Basically, she's not supposed to have a moral code--she's just a force of nature who'll protect her own and is pretty easygoing about going along with the group.

[@Lumberjack_king]

@@banditbanzai3197 yeah

[@baseballjustin5]

@Bandit Banzai she's also with Prudence... who's Chaotic Evil? So she def gets pulled in that direction lol

[@banditbanzai3197]

@@baseballjustin5 Good point. We've definitely seen Prudence drag her in that direction.

[@Malkontent1003]

Wait until the war crime episode. ;)

[@majorkhajiit]

Corazon's nonsense mixed with the amazing rolls is just the best thing.

[@SolaScientia]

The whole section about 30 minutes in with Corazon singing constantly with the others trying to get him to stop had me laughing so hard. I had the misfortune to finally catch Covid, so I really shouldn't be laughing, but I couldn't help it. I'm working my way through all the Oxventure sessions since I've never watched them before, and I'm a bit mad at myself for not watching them sooner.

[@theinternetshavecome1640]

Only Oxventure could have an elven elder go 'Will you consult... the tombola?' and it work really well.

[@BeardslapRadio]

1:40:20 Merilwen’s ‘Shooting Stars’ reference is seriously underappreciated here.

[@mavvh1054]

"I try counter charm!"-It didn't work, and we never heard that again lol

[@jonrice9509]

Evil Mimosa’s would probably be the cocktail “Death in the Afternoon” which is a mimosa plus absinth. Very on brand.

[@BogeyTheBear]

13:36 Merilwen probably should have asked for an Evil Mimosa at this point...

[@baconbro304]

Merilwen: *gets really upset, eventually leading to chaos in the village and killing the elder, all because she doesn't wanna change her name* Also merilwen: *chooses new name at the end anyway*

[@Malkontent1003]

Well, yeah. It's the principle of the thing! Can't do it because someone's forcing you- only if you want to do it.

[@stevenharper9108]

12:20 Merlwen blatantly gaslighting the party for missing her birthday when she's been saying she's 99 for 3 years.

[@alexanderzhmurov9624]

😂 such an Elf thing to do 😅

[@sageygaygey]

she did mention that she was over a hundred during the whole Emerald Tear debacle.

[@pinkcowqueen]

@@sageygaygeyShe actally said "I'm nearly 100", so yeah, she did say she was 99 for a while

[@Malkontent1003]

It's like turning thirty, it lasts forever until it doesn't.

[@crystalsilence2559]

Corazón: I pin the brooche to him! Johnny: ☝️ We'll come back to you. He's plotting something.

[@RobCrowley85]

"We don't have time for stick sword fighting..." You're (mostly) immortal elves, you have more time than anyone else! 😂😂😂

[@adiemuller5422]

I'm re-watching all of these and for some reason the Elf teasing in this one really made me laugh outloud; I'd forgotten how funny this one is. Also whenever I write "Merilwen" I always want to add a "y" somewhere for some reason xD

[@Malkontent1003]

I, too, wonder Y, Merilwen? But nah, Marilwen sounds close to Marilyn.

[@monke7919]

Only Egbert could get an illusion of a nose ring caught on a branch and completely melt the branch

[@joshuahadams]

Prestidigitation can make actual objects, they disappear after a while, but they’re real.

[@sambridgett]

A moment of appreciation for Jane's little boogie around the 1:54:20 mark

[@AdrianTresk]

Am I to understand that Egbert could have ended the combat encounter with the Banshees with a simple Paladin move? Still love how the Oxventures always stubbornly go against the grain throughout their adventures.

[@zacharystuits3606]

I don't think Egbert has used a smite ever

[@sageygaygey]

​@@zacharystuits3606He used one smite on his breath weapon against some random goblins. and has never done it again.

[@Malkontent1003]

​@@sageygaygey I think he was just saying smite to bits, rather than ACTUALLY smiting.

[@frye-er]

A shame that some of the videos have to be reuploaded! I always loved reading the live chat replay while watching the stream sessions. Quick suggestion, though: It would be nice if you guys can write down the original stream date somewhere in the description. Edit: You did it! Thanks!

[@NickFrustration]

srsly, if the chat replay can be transfered over then pls do it!

[@BogeyTheBear]

@@NickFrustration Seems an impossible task. Have you ever wondered why the VOD of some livestreams have ten minutes on a holding screen at the beginning? Because if they trim or edit the livestream video, you lose the entire chat that went along with it.

[@angstbringer2992]

Same. The chat is often hilarious and/or wholesome

[@alexanderzhmurov9624]

​@@BogeyTheBear ahhh... is that why? 😮

[@aearon]

Original Air Date: May 29, 2020

[@RobbyTheBelgian]

53:24 No one went for the obvious "the party is such sweet sorrow" pun? It's right there!

[@xamazingxethanx]

I normally feel bad for Ellen getting steamrolled by this lot but good lord does this one take the cake.

[@Frederic_S]

Merilwen .. you always have your charismatic cheat friends to back you up ♥☺ Also - these guys are running Blades in the Dark scores all the time, but with DnD rules.

[@emilyauld8622]

Omg egbert cracking that tinnie made me lose it

[@crisc0city]

God I love the Merilwen episodes :3

[@tootiredforthis1]

The sass it generates in the party is UNREAL. its great lol

[@davidhand9721]

I'm almost impressed that Dob still doesn't know how thunder wave works.

[@RhapsosProductions]

I love how the auto-generated subs keep naming Merilwen a particular recreationally-associated plant...

[@nick2037]

Corazon is a Disney princess confirmed

[@ethanp1348]

Can you imagine if Ellen actually took Andy up on Scrimbleshanks? And from this point forward, everyone had to call Merilwen Scrimbleshanks with a straight face?

[@devanandhl8677]

Andy has finally completed his transformation into a Disney Princess 😂😂😂

[@shonin2002]

amazing episode 💕 thanks

[@revolver265]

I just had an utterly massive epiphany about this whole quest while half-listening to it for the 5th time: it's basically an exact analogue to trying to come out of the closet when you know the faux-acceptance atmosphere is there and you can already tell the people who claim they'll love you "no matter what you are" turn their backs on you when you show who you really are and are at your most vulnerable. Something's wrong. You can feel it (the rejection). Except at least this time friends have your back and it's all some institutional curse and not internalized hostility towards people like you. Hopefully whoever feels that too can use this episode to try to let go of it.

[@shard7549]

No I think you’re just looking too deep into this.

[@vanguardbreaker8826]

​@@shard7549 That's the fun part of narrative interpretation- even if a story is written one way, the audience can infer it another, completely different way.

[@Malkontent1003]

​@shard7549 That's what makes it an analog rather than an analysis.

[@Connor_299]

2:04:46 innuendo and a half

[@bearyboy1932]

1:18:18

[@thomasdavidson5827]

assuming the broach acts as a "hunters mark" giving advantage on the attack. the invisibility granted by Dob's invisibility spell, imposes disadvantage making it a straight roll on the attack a high enough roll would indeed hit. Also Sneak Attack bonus Rogue damage only works if the Rogue has advantage on the roll, the Rogue was hidden, or another enemy of the target is within 5 feet of the target... sorry to be a rules lawyer...

[@SirStanleytheStumbler]

at this time he had levels in swashbuckler rogue which granted him... Rakish Audacity Starting at 3rd level, your confidence propels you into battle. You can give yourself a bonus to your initiative rolls equal to your Charisma modifier. You also gain an additional way to use your Sneak Attack; you don't need advantage on the attack roll to use your Sneak Attack against a creature if you are within 5 feet of it, no other creatures are within 5 feet of you, and you don't have disadvantage on the attack roll. All the other rules for Sneak Attack still apply to you.

[@No_Name_Provided]

That doesn't seem right. Hunter's mark grants advantage on wisdom checks, not attacks. And being invisible gives automatic advantage on attack rolls. An obligatory quote from dndbeyond: "INVISIBLE... Attack rolls against the creature have disadvantage, and the creature’s attack rolls have advantage."

[@jacobmittel2925]

Al Gore rhythm

[@626games]

Banshee cus she be ban ned 😂

[@GwenStephens-e4m]

Moore Brenda Miller Ruth Davis Angela

[@UlyssesSean]

Williams Jeffrey Lopez Jeffrey Lewis Susan

[@Matt.Walker]

i used to really enjoy listening to oxventure as i work, but with the amount of adverts on these videos you have made it impossible and it is no longer enjoyable to do so. Greed is the biggest fault in humanity

[@oxventure]

Hey Matt! You're right! There are way too many mid-rolls on some of these episodes. To give you a bit of insight on this, when we moved over to the Oxventure Channel, we had to re-upload a fair few videos. It was a huge effort! Seems like KZbin automatically placed ads on a lot of videos and put WAY too many into some and barely any at all in some others. We're going through and manually fixing this now. Hope you continue enjoying Oxventure!

[@Matt.Walker]

ah i see well if its not totally down to you and it will be improved i apologise, i wasnt in the best mood when i wrote that id spent half the morning listening to adverts instead of oxventure and some of the ads were 45 mins long i can pause work to skip the long ads but not every 5 mins

[@Malkontent1003]

​@@Matt.WalkerThey're pretty much fixed now, if you want to do a rewatch/listen?