Gilear's First Time in Combat - Fantasy High: Sophomore Year - Dimension 20: LIVE

Gilear Faeth (The Chosen One) dying, being revivified, getting knocked unconscious (right after being revivified), and being healed again in the Hotel Cavalier fight.
Sources:
Havoc at the Hotel Cavalier Part 1: • Havoc at the Hotel Cav...
Havoc at the Hotel Cavalier Part 2: • Havoc at the Hotel Cav...
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[@haydenhernandez2895]

“hE’s NoT cUrSeD hE’s JuSt A gUy” - Brennan Lee Mulligan, knowing full well that Gilear is the chosen one

[@chiffon788]

Any DM knows that it's the first page of his DM binder.

[@pikazooka]

If there is a chosen ONE in a party, it must be the npc so no one player has the spotlight over the others

[@TAP7a]

Gilear is cursed Cursed by the attention of a party of adventurers

[@the_exodusrex3385]

Timestamp?

[@ethanthamouse6695]

@@pikazooka no it must be the most weakling and normal average guy in the world most player characters dont want to be that so then you give it to some npc

[@Maurenriques]

Brennan: reading Gilear awful modifiers for a D&D character but also a very real person Brennan: +1 to inteligente Multiple people, sympathetically: oh!

[@raul13339]

That's because there is only two people in the party who are smarter than him, Riz(the detective of the party) and Adaine(the wizard that can see the future).

[@fernandotrevinocastro1018]

It's also such a "hey look at you go champ!"

[@sithguy20awesome]

to be completely fair gilear's not dumb, him being mildly above average intelligence but physically unimpressive seems about accurate to how he's portrayed

[@LucidProtean]

"I also have a suitcase, Gilear. It's really big." "I could see myself fitting very easily in that suitcase." Brennan you genius.

[@matthewhubka6350]

It’s so funny because Riz came up with it, and then at the end of the season Brennan went “hmm, how do I get all of the side characters into nightmare forest for the finale. Remember that thing said way back in episode like 3”

[@null9546]

@@matthewhubka6350 oh my gosh thats right I didnt realize that until just now!!

[@icecreamchick45]

that time fabian made ally so mad that their stitches broke haha

[@neschat-mobiniphotography7833]

I just realised that was probably right after they had top surgery

[@moosedraw3731]

@@neschat-mobiniphotography7833 yea it’s a couple months after, they said that the stitches are mostly healed.

[@Lucifersfursona]

That’s the best friendship injury I ever heard

[@alloypaulson7520]

@@Lucifersfursona Your friends may make you bust a gut laughing, but have you ever popped a stitch?

[@evanc.1591]

Man, hearing that made me so sad for her. She seems like a lovely person, I hate that she's going through this without anyone telling her "Hey, I love you, and your body isn't broken. It doesn't need radical surgery. You're wonderful exactly as you were made."

[@phi7534]

Ally's scream of primal rage when Fabian almost killed Gilear is one of the rawest expressions of emotion I've ever seen

[@turner15]

“I had to ask you.” “You didn’t.”

[@bicarbonat1]

The crew laughing is just 👌🏾

[@DuncanDisordely]

Too Cursed to live, Too Chosen to die.

[@stephanieventura7389]

I’m a big fan of this comment and need to listen to this album now

[@hotelmario510]

Fun fact: Brennan says that Gilear is destined to be a planetar after he dies, but the Bad Kids keep revivifying him.

[@aidenmiller3832]

That would explain why he wants to kill Gilear so bad lmao

[@PyrotechNick77]

Where has he said this?

[@serofed]

@@PyrotechNick77 in an AMA posted to the DND subreddit ~3 yrs ago, "Also, I keep trying to make Gilear a Planetar, but the Bad Kids keep revivifying him, so what can I do?"

[@blkfoxninja]

I never realized how audible the laughing of the crew in the background is...makes it sooo much funnier

[@abidoesnerdstuff]

"HES NOT CURSED HES JUST A GUY!" is my favorite line in all of D20

[@the_exodusrex3385]

Timestamp?

[@robysword12]

@@the_exodusrex3385 1:10

[@albertoluizreyes1584]

"SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO BE NORMAL"

[@superaja3361]

plot twist 3 years later he was cursed

[@MrDalek1999]

underrated moment, sandra lynne faeth screaming out “my ex-husband!” as Gilear is dragged outside by demons, one of my favourite jokes in D20 history

[@Nelski11401]

fig saying "i knew you still loved him" is the cherry on top of it

[@mariesmith3217]

When Murph takes off his glasses and puts his head in his hands when another party member makes a batshit decision

[@jadync.5971]

he's like "I leave for one session and you people are out of control"

[@pattyofurniture694]

So fucking good

[@misti-step]

hearing the crew laugh at "nearly 100 percent of ppl punched in the back of the head by a demon would die" !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@OkamiG15]

“I’ve had a bad day.” “You can’t say that every day!” God that’s a mood...

[@kaikennedy7058]

Gilear is gonna single handily defeat the night yorb

[@ArkRedpanda]

Speak not of the Night Yorb

[@rikimaru700]

....you might be right

[@moonwukong1024]

Brennen expierenced so much pain at hearing the words, "Gilear is the chosen one,"

[@jhart6764]

Cut to "I HAVE NO PRIDE!"

[@logicaloverdrive8197]

@@jhart6764 Even when giving him such a huge win, an even greater dub than him turning down Sandra Lynn, he still gets killed

[@jackwack5402]

22:14 “Incredible dunk on me by my own daughter at my lowest moment.” is my fav Gilear moment ever

[@coolkid92223]

Lou shouting “what are you eating??” at Gilear like he’s an unruly pet is very good and funny.

[@Sillylittlebaby69]

UNRULY HEISGEIR

[@adysenmckay3428]

“✨prophecy✨” said quietly by Zac/Gorgug after Gilear says he’s gonna speak up is my favorite thing.

[@e.keough2975]

I like how Zac is at first like "I don't think that's right at all..." and gives very legitimate reasoning before just folding thirty seconds later and saying with conviction "Gilear is the chosen one"

[@Morhek]

"Nearly 100% of people punched in the head by a demon would die." I love how you can hear even the crew cracking up over that.

[@paragonjones13]

19:08

[@abjaaksm]

It kills me that tracker brought him up to full health with a level one cure wounds 😂

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

1d8 plus modifier. He has 10hp, all she needs is a +2 on a max roll. Not impossible but certainly very funny.

[@abjaaksm]

He actually has 5HP, it’s 10HP that renders him full dead!

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

@@abjaaksm even easier. Still hilarious.

[@8Rincewind]

Gilear has worse stats than a commoner, but has 1 more hitpoint than a commoner.

[@BlackHeart1216]

The lowest hit die is a d6, it looks like brennan just gave him max hp 6 - 1 from con.

[@julimaki3437]

tanky commoner

[@KumaoftheForest]

That 1 additional hit point is from the Yogurt

[@kizukun001]

@@KumaoftheForest they did say it was powerful yogurt.

[@drewbg333]

At first level you get your hit die Max plus con mod.

[@jackdog06]

“It didn’t even hurt. It was just a feeling of ‘oh I’ve never experienced *anything* until this very moment because I’ve been hit so hard’.... *W I L D ”*

[@bicarbonat1]

Something about the line "I'm gonna say some stuff" is so hilarious He sounds absolutely blasted by misfortune

[@emerz3530]

Lou's absolute obsession with Gilear is just incredible

[@whateverjackson]

This would have been an incredible LOTR spoof if it was just a pathetic Frodo who unwillingly went along the whole time.

[@asimplemoth5342]

“Gilear is going home!” Gilear: remains until the last three episodes.

[@McDoobis]

"I had to ask" "You didn't" Kills me every time

[@kashtrey]

This whole thing is funny but the "you didn't" is the best because it's 100% Brennan speaking to the whole cast.

[@C.V317]

I need a shirt of Gilear that says, “I died today...”

[@animecrunchtime]

That or a shirt with “bean stains” saying “I have beans on my shirt”.

[@Krensharpaw]

Reminds me of what the dad said in Suburban Commando. "I WAS FROZEN TODAY!"

[@pauciloquentflibbertigibbe5217]

There is just something so brutal about Brennan shouting 'BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM' to indicate the demons beating Gilear to death.

[@hotscottrulz]

Gilear is genuinely one of my favourite NPCs in *any* RPG campaign, let alone Fantasy High. He’s just a guy!

[@missingbobsburgers]

Can you imagine if he ever was cursed. His stats might improve.

[@popasquat5022]

"I'm sitting in the van, swaddled by a blanket, shaking, so hard" I'm fucking dying lmaooooooo

[@robysword12]

at 3:58 I love how no one realizes the seriousness of the situation until Brennan says the words "immediately dead" and then you can everyone's faces just drop, and the tone shifts

[@garrettcarter5622]

To be fair, Brennan only has himself to blame for that insight description. I had the exact same idea as Emily in the moment.

[@the_exodusrex3385]

Timestamp?

[@DuncanDisordely]

@@the_exodusrex3385 6:10

[@chuckwagon3718]

Honestly feels like he was just trying to teach them a lesson not to bring weak characters they care about into battle but pulled his punch because the game is being broadcast.

[@doctorstaples4947]

“That made me so mad it burst my stitches!” Makes me laugh every time I love them so much.

[@KumaoftheForest]

It took me a moment to remember about Ally’s surgery

[@thatmaninthevan3858]

“I’ve had a bad day.” “You can’t say that every day Gilear”

[@NerdAlert8910]

"Gilear is full of yogurt!" "Retrieve the yogurt man!" Two very underrated quotes

[@1inchfemur]

The fighter does something stupid, the cleric gets pissed they have to clean up the fighters mess, the npc life continues to be a god dammed nightmare. Classic dnd

[@bigdrew565]

Or the "I have an Intelligence of 6, I know what I'm doing" Barbarian. Both interchangeable.

[@rabpanz6145]

"An incredible dunk on me by my own daughter in my lowest moment" GOD I love Gilear so much

[@ryanadkins6816]

Ive said this on multiple occasions and I'll bring it up next time on adventuring party, but I have a gilear theory, a gileary, if you will, the reason why gilear becomes planetar, because it's cannon that he does, is that in his adventures with the bad kids he has been revivified so often that his life force becomes mostly celestial energy, converting him into an angelic being over the years of the bad kids' various highschool adventures

[@favedave88]

how is this canon? did i miss something in a talkback?

[@ryanadkins6816]

Let me rephrase, its basically cannon, I think there was a thing that happened on Twitter, I never actually read it but I remember someone confirming this for me in a differant comment section on a differant video and on a differant channel

[@ryanadkins6816]

But that was months ago

[@bepis602]

Wait what? He's a planetar???

[@jasperxalicecullen]

A GILEARY

[@harrygrupper9981]

" i could see myself living in a briefcase very easily"

[@AwellPackagedFellow]

When Galier is explaining that he's just a normal guy it's so funny that you can hear the production crew in the back laughing

[@dkcsi9256]

“He’s just a guy” no normal man lives such a cursed existence

[@mitchellwilliam95]

12:01 love how Brennan instantly needs to make sure Ally is alright. Such a great group

[@cathalnolan8007]

I nearly cried laughing when Brennan made the honk sound as he played Gilear dying

[@abjaaksm]

You know, when a rat honks when it flips on the ground

[@QuestionableKenz]

I love how Fig uses the jacket of many things more than Adine

[@explolsivecake2045]

‘It’s gonna be a good year!’ The only good thing about 2020 (know it was released in 2019 but *s h u t* it ended in 2020) was that Gilear rolled a Nat 20 in his first combat

[@matthewcooper4248]

Also I like to think Gilear wasn't actually the chosen one to get the armor of sin but after this Brennan just said "I mean now I HAVE to".

[@ldragon8480]

I love murph's dedication to calling out the badkids and their bullying

[@EyebrowsGaming]

Gilear becoming the chosen one actually gives a really nice moral to a story about a group of teenagers: You don't have to be young when you find greatness - be patient and your time will come.

[@repulser93]

Unfortunately if you get it old, that greatness will be quickly undermined and you’ll wind up worse than ever.

[@dominosbech2883]

Gilear:“I’m not the nightmare king” Fig: “ I had to ask” Gilear: “No you didn’t” 18:42 I never noticed how the whole background crew just breaks down laughing

[@druid_the_lizard_wizard]

19:09 I love that you can hear the crew laughing in the background lmao

[@queenofvermin]

I love how Brennan genuinely worried when ally mentioned their stitches

[@aes2621]

18:51 the Gilear line that broke the backstage crew

[@RLmediashow]

ally: can we just put gilear in that ruby and tell him that's the vacation? put him in that sapphire! murph: what HAPPENED to you? two separate deaths, murph. two separate deaths happened to them.

[@Krensharpaw]

I really hope he is the chosen one. But as a DM myself...I know what it's like when your players decide to do something like... kidnap a goblin and force them to join the party.

[@sammykenny]

Or when they decide to adopt an axe beak egg and make plans to train and ride it

[@MOOOTH]

Or when they seduce the rising sun and roll a nat 20 so now the sun goddess is dtf

[@kevinomalley1090]

Or when they save a random rat and then somehow it becomes the God of honour killings.

[@Pokemanking12]

This happened with my first character pick pocket went wrong and I end up as a slave to a party member

[@emhoj97]

I tried to "kidnap" (just forcibly drag along to ensure they didn't get back on a death machine) a gnome. I was solidly admonished by the rest of my party. That gnome proceeded to die from a mimic, and I make sure to rub that in my partys face frequently

[@djwarrior5150]

Oooo epic foreshadowing with the briefcase

[@CarlosRIOS777]

The crew laughing in the background is excellent. And you can tell Brennan really just wants Gilear to bite the bullet 😂

[@hotelmario510]

Still extremely funny that Lou makes Beardsley so mad by re-killing Gilear that their top surgery stitches burst, lmao.

[@LargeMcBottoms]

Fig's realization that she killed her dad and her losing her mind as everyone else is talking is glorious.

[@beansinsuits]

*rolls nat 20* "its gonna be a good year." Homie....We're in the middle of a pandemic.

[@druid_the_lizard_wizard]

This aired back in 2019 but honestly still stands lmao

[@KumaoftheForest]

And THAT was a Nat 20, imagine what a 19 would of gotten us

[@pattyofurniture694]

Not to be THAT GUY but i think Fabian meant Sophomore Year

[@EthalaRide]

Rewatching this whole scene, and then seeing his LAST combat encounter and how that goes, pretty great. a lot of talk about locking Gilear in a metal container or box and such... interesting.

[@accountN6942]

Spoiler but the fact he does actually does kick ass in a fight in the future is amazing

[@MenachemSchmuel]

Lol, i mean if you count his dying and the armor manipulating his dead body... Sure he kicked ass!

[@aeoscampaignsetting8489]

I CAN ASSURE YOU!!! I HAVE NO PRIDE!!!

[@jhart6764]

11:47 feels important to remember. Gilear is so loved that it broke Ally's heart broke.

[@cam-mercy]

18:52 the laughter from off-screen is always unexpected but delightful

[@WatchingVideos107]

“It’s gonna be a good year!” -Lou Wilson (Dec 19, 2019)

[@atticusbiggay]

“He’s not cursed he’s just a guy!” Sounding real different after Junior year…

[@anseladdams]

Fabian: I need to know why they attacked Gilear and not me… DM: Give me an insight check. Fabian: 19 DM: You see that the ape did it for the XP and the LOL

[@KumaoftheForest]

They did it to attack a full elf, not a half elf

[@bigdrew565]

​@@KumaoftheForestwatch the video again. It was hilarious when Brennan gave his reasoning for why the Barlgura targeted Gilear.

[@shridharbiju7370]

The moment Brennan said "I dont think i will ever be the GUY" was the moment he decided he was going somehow make him the guy.

[@koreymackey684]

“He’s not cursed! He’s just a guy!!!” gets me everytime

[@mariesmith3217]

“I can capture their soul” “ohhh nooooo 🤦‍♂️”

[@Nixahma]

12:00 Ally, with the resistance to physical damage while raging.

[@way2dead4u]

“this frog is very good” right mate i’ll take it

[@octodaddy1602]

Fig: "i had to ask" Gilear: "you didn't" Entire cast and crew: dissolves into laughter

[@Rosy2468]

18:48 - is that the crew cracking up in the background? I'm crying edit: and 19:16

[@ciaradoesmusic5201]

THIS FROG IS VERY GOOD

[@theauthorii1751]

"He's not cursed he's just a guy" has massive Timmy was an average kid vibes and I dig it

[@BixmoPanda96]

The loud laughing in the background from 18:54 - 19:26 brings me so much joy. It makes me bust out laughing everytime.

[@jocosesonata]

1:10 - *_"He's not cursed, he's just a guy!"_* You know what... It's played comedically, but I feel like we all need that kind of reassurance once in a while.

[@GamerGrovyle]

Lou getting Ally so mad they tore their stitches is just so amazing. I cried laughing.

[@sarahfinch1808]

the chosen one RISES

[@grimki11er]

Gilear is simply the best part of the whole show

[@BrandonTschetter]

23:11 And then He saves the day in the finale by jumping out of that same briefcase. What great foreshadowing. This truly is Gilear's story, His hero's journey. He is the Chosen One.

[@DarkHarlequin]

Gilear is just the best 🤗 How can you not relate to a man who's just a guy who it seems the world has it out for. Who could be done for in seconds and whos constantly scared, yet not a single moment did he consider not supporting or being there for Fig 💕

[@draxiss1577]

Riz coming in with the foreshadowing of the briefcase is pretty good.

[@ZachsMind]

Gilear Faeth is me if I were taken from this world and stripped into the math of the D&D probable reality. Actually, my stats would probably be worse than that but just below him, and I'd have maybe two or three hit points. I can so relate. I wouldn't last a day in a D&D campaign. I'd be wondering where all the dollar menu fast food joints disappeared to and longing for a milkshake, even tho as I grow older I've discovered I'm now lactose intolerant, and others insist I have no bald spot but I can feel it just where the mirrors refuse to show me. I can feel there is less hair in one place and I imagine it's very fine pale hair that looks like a bald spot from a short distance. I miss yogurt because I used to enjoy discovering fruit at the bottom of the cup. Now dairy products do horrendous things to my insides which should not be described in detail among mixed company, and yet I've been known to do that at length, emptying rooms in the process. I am a sad pathetic shadow of the man I once was, not that i was much of a man to begin with. Gilear is my spirit animal. I look up to Gilear to give me hope as he traverses this fictitious plane of surreality that I can only fathom from my lofty perch as I eat this salad, as I can only eat vegetables now, for fear of being allergic to everything else. Oh but to have elven pointed ears and an ability to carry an oversized stomach with a regal poise that defies logic. Gilear once had a woman leave him for a demon and a werewolf. I've had a woman leave me for a cannery in Alaska. It's roughly the same thing.

[@ZachsMind]

@@stm7810 what does skin color have to do with spirit animals?

[@stm7810]

@@ZachsMind Spirit animals is a specific cultural thing, hence why it has the word spirit in it, it's not just feeling like a character, at most that might be kinning.

[@blazekeaveny645]

Don't know how this random comment just made me chuckle aloud, got to say I agree completely Zachs mind

[@qazwsx014jsbd8]

This is the best comment I've seen in a while

[@ryanstewart2289]

I love that Fabien IMMEDIATELY jumps to "he must be the chosen one to be more important than me."

[@misti-step]

also the ending is perf ❤

[@electricgauntlet]

lol thank you it was fun to make 😄

[@sidhackney8831]

Brennan took so much glee in murdering this ordinary man they had made into the party pet

[@apkphantom2122]

Galier is the Night Yorb

[@imafish3215]

Do not speak of the NIGHT YORB

[@hollowlive690]

@@imafish3215 ironic given that you also mentioned the Night Y’s name

[@imafish3215]

@@hollowlive690 OH DEAR GOD

[@_peachjam_]

Imagine how different the story would have been if Fig had succeeded on the persuasion check to get Gilear to take a vacation

[@mattblack9161]

“HE’S JUST A GUY” was so funny omg my sides are still hurting

[@rikimaru700]

Gilear is a lovable pathetic guy

[@BlastoiseBaller]

"That made me so mad it burst my stitches" is this the first time in D20 that Lou's nat 1 did damage to a player irl

[@mitchellsmith746]

18:45 something about the timing of that "you didn't" is just magic. I love how you can hear the entire crew laugh in the background too

[@TehConqueror]

Gilear having 4 odd stats is actually very *chef's kiss*

[@vante2]

going over this before Junior Year, my absolute favorite bit of this whole thing is that Fabian rolled a bad insight, and Lou was narrated that the only reason they went for Gilear and not the "obvious threat", Fabian, was because Gilear was the Chosen One, as it was the only way Fabian could cope with the fact that he was ignored. And Lou just *rolls with it* for the rest of the season, with his opinion on Gilear doing a 180.

[@matthewcooper4248]

We don't deserve Gilear.

[@trueaidooo]

Gilear stuck to the plan of staying in big metal boxes and the briefcase

[@TransmutedCuppyCake]

Technically this was his second time, in season 1 he smacked a demon over the head with a table leg and pissed himself.