How the Lich King Raises his Army

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BBEG: Kendall Drury - @kendallthehuman
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[@grim9590]

“Nothing like a necromancer to raise your spirits.” That joke is fkn underrated

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Strong +1

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[@deoxyplasmic]

Yeah he killed with that one.😊

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Not sure to understand the pun.

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[@Dreamfox-df6bg]

You know, I haven't considered this before and I wonder why, but this is an excellent way to deal with murder hobos in your party. Player: "Where do all these undead come from?" GM: "Most look familiar. Looking closer you would say that you killed about about three quarter of them yourself. The last quarter look more decomposed."

[@alexkoder1982]

Party: I'm sure those undead had to have been killed by someone else. **Assassin spots and retrieves one of their knives from an undead.**

[@darknlight88]

The ranger: (pulls an arrow with his personal feathered tips) "Someone been using my arrows."

[@hieronymusnervig8712]

Wizard: "I didn't kill any of those!" *Fireballs charred zombie.*

[@Tennouseijin]

The big question is, can you loot the corpses AGAIN. Also, do you get EXP again for killing them a second time.

[@buschmenschhelmutderzersto9232]

@@Tennouseijin most importent to know

[@fattuscattus2200]

Tom saying “old man noises” while cleaning was absolutely hilarious, that had to have been ad-libbed.

[@M_Alexander]

Or it was the scripted stage direction that was funnier if read aloud

[@AnoAssassin]

@@M_Alexander DISAPPOINTED

[@marauderdz]

@@AnoAssassin I see what you did there.

[@rouxanlerouxchevalier9026]

Raised Peasant: "So do you just follow them around?" Necromancer: "Hm. Excellent source for new recruits." Had me dying of laughter! It's genius, and it explains so much why they would follow the chaotic crazy party!🤣

[@cp1cupcake]

I would have liked it a lot more except I had been expecting it from the start.

[@bloeckmoep]

Idk, I wouldn't want to follow a chaotic good adventurer party, that's gonna end in blood sweat and tears. Chaotic good is essentially the same as chaotic evil, both believe in their pov until they don't... hence chaotic.

[@hanneskarlbom6644]

Then I guess you're their next recruit!

[@nicholaskehler9169]

If he is following Ivandra and raising her victims as an army of the dead, why hasn’t he conquered the kingdom yet? His army must number in the millions by now.

[@ciervoray]

​@@nicholaskehler9169because nobody let him finish his Fighting-text

[@JacobL228]

This is a great way to punish murderhobos. The lich king final boss gets another minion for every innocent person they kill. If they die, you can reveal that the reason they don't have the plot armor they probably thought they have was because, after slaying so many innocent people, they stopped being the hero of the story. Instead, the person who's been reviving those people became the hero.

[@jackielinde7568]

Matt Coville kind of has that built into one of his BBEG that he loves to throw at new players.

[@abbunnies9784]

That would make a beautiful superhero movie

[@knightofnightknightmare3140]

Unless of course they have a good strategy and build and win then they just get to mock you

[@karlthorsten9118]

I actually had that happen. All but me were pretty much going genocide. The lich of the campaign froze my character, making the batyle unwinnable for my mates, then spared my char after killing and raising the others. Now, my old char and that lich justly runs an entire kingdom.

[@osa236harca6]

@@knightofnightknightmare3140 yeah planing shit with both the good kingdom and the bbeg pilling resources againt you is totally realistic lmao

[@seanbissett-powell5916]

Evandra and the Necromancer are clearly building a beautiful partnership ;) Although I continue to think of necromancers as just healers with a really, really poor initiative roll....

[@deerstalkerpictures]

This is great lmao

[@WynneL]

As someone who loves playing healers, this SLAYED me. So creative. 😂

[@nooctip]

Oh sure a Cleric brings someone back from the dead everybody things them. I bring someones skeleton back from the dead I'm "evil"

[@Leshantra]

In my experience from playing a healer in one group and having to deal with the initiative roles of the healer in another party... healers tend to roll low. I don't know why.

[@TheBluestflamingos]

​@@LeshantraTruuuueeee. My dear Diona, one of Ankou's shepherds, healer of the sick and tender of the dying had only one weakness. Terrible initiative rolls.

[@Ass4ss1n83r]

I mean, with a party of 'heroes' like that, the BBEG would be stupid not to raise undead minions in their wake.

[@jackielinde7568]

With a party of heroes like that, the BBEG shouldn't have any problems arguing their point.

[@Bananabanana347]

At that point they’re a BBGG

[@kurtlindner]

I need this to actually be Antrius' Father in world. A: "I am Antrius, you killed my Father, prepare to die." DK: "Actually, I livened your Father, Evandra killed your Father." ...the plot thickens. A: "Evandra, why did you kill my dad?" E: "Well, I mean, he was standing there... and... I was killing stuff... how was I supposed to _not_ kill him?"

[@Neion8]

Evandra took 'killing anyone who stands in her way' just a little too literally.

[@user-ft7fq4ou4v]

Two of my favourite things about this sketch: 1) The idea of a BBEG who's spent the whole campaign following the party, and raising an army of the consequences of their actions. 2) The lich king's shock and confusion at Tom somehow teleporting at 1:25

[@lordnerdracula]

"Nothing like a necromancer to raise your spirits" - Arthas

[@danjoy2]

Nixie looks great as a barbarian.

[@darkpaul1uxgaming269]

Bruh, I didn't realized it was Nixie!

[@steveross8364]

She looks good as anything!

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@steveross8364 You're not wrong. Eva was pushing some distraction too.

[@steveross8364]

@@Thurgosh_OG That she was 😍

[@ATMBelthazor]

For sure! I do detect a certain theme with her characters though...

[@jottabobis5956]

Death is not the end!!! Life begins after death. Join your local undead army today, and live your afterlife to the fullest! Simply marvelous.

[@lambentlamprey]

Be all you couldn't be in your previous life! Eat new people, learn new (s)kills! Undead Army Strong!

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[@ATakTakTak]

What a polite evil villain.

[@AlexanderVRadev]

Evil? You truly think he is the evil one? Nahhh. He is just you typical friendly neighborhood necromancer.

[@Lillyluri]

I really enjoy the Lich. He's such a source of calm and reason in this series.

[@moondaiandtrashpandadeluxe]

And good lookin

[@DuskSunDawn]

Lich is an amazing character.

[@WynneL]

I already loved the necromancer and Evandra's weird friendship, but wow, he's TRULY the perfect foil for this party! What better way to have their actions come back to haunt them? And the necromancer is *almost* ethically sourcing his bodies! Other than the whole forcible recruiting thing and whatever his evil goals may be, but y'know, BBEG. Old Mantrius was so much fun, and I don't know if it was just for the advertisement, but the other party was really fun to watch as well.

[@DungeonAlchemist]

If it's up to us, we aim to keep the party going! :D

[@Diresilence]

"How did the lich king such a massive army?" *DM recalls all the murder hobo shinanigans* "How indeed..."

[@someguywithajacksparrowicon]

Fallcosplay looking absolutely badass in that redhead barbarian outfit 💪

[@DungeonAlchemist]

"Find its family, kill its entire bloodline. I like it." Can we take a moment to appreciate just how epic that line is? 😆

[@marcosantonio-hj7vp]

Same opinion Eve to with that medieval dress Maybe they could start a secondary story with that group

[@Syurtpiutha]

Facepaint! Facepaint! Always a fan of face paint.

[@alexkoder1982]

I'd still love to see a video where DM Patrick is running a game for the sane players. And just gets more and more frustrated as they follow the plot and don't go off the rails. Him coming to the realization that he's enjoyed the antics and chaos of: Evandra, Nixie and Andrius.

[@jackthorton10]

Sometimes a little chaos never hurts, just as the Fair Tail Guild :)

[@GrubSlime]

I love this idea. Perfect BBEG for a party of murderhobos. The more npcs they kill, the more undead they have to fight in the final battle.

[@That80sGuy1972]

I wish I read this before my comment. I was right there with you, brother!

[@Senok13]

No, not really - except if the necromancer has some personal feud against at least one of them, prior to becoming to a BBEG. Otherwise it would look the group of murderhobos as a 'natural ally', which helps him reach his goal, whitout any trickery or deceive, as they create him perfect resources by their own will. He wouldn't kill or hurt any of them, as long, as their way doesn't cross his own goals. It could even turn a blind eye against some smaller losses, if in the long run it could get something much valuable in return - like losing one or two hundreds of regular zombies to get a fresh corpse of an adult dragon. If there are previous hatred toward one or more members of the team, then it could act a bit hastly to eradicate the team, but then again, it shouldn't necessarily should we call it a BBEG... In this (neutral) viewpoint, the evil one could be the party, while the NPC take the role of the 'Hero'. (To the team, they might still believe, that they are the good guys.)

[@etherealdragon207]

So he raises the victims of the "good guys" as the undead.

[@ChanceDrive]

"Do you just follow them around?" A confrontation of the players to the raised army of their victims would be awesome. Now that's how you fix murder hobos!

[@fattuscattus2200]

@@ChanceDrive the actors of this series actually did a stream of a campaign like that, it was called “Sins of the Past” or something.

[@demonkingbadger6689]

Well, it is hard to raise most of Nixie's victims.

[@rayclawicefire2503]

@@demonkingbadger6689 I mean about half the army is crispy skeletons

[@thatHARVguy]

@@rayclawicefire2503 Not rotting meat to stick up the place.

[@christopherg2347]

"So you just follow them around?" "Excellent source of new recruits."

[@AmalyaHunter]

The necromancer looks so gorgeous!!!

[@thatHARVguy]

He's dead sexy.

[@VivaLaDnDLogs]

Took me to the very end to realize Antrius was the Old Man, that's some impressive makeup! Having the Big Bad's army be composed entirely of NPCs your players have killed is honestly such a smart way to hit your players with the consequences of their own actions. Also, who else wants to see more of Fall's super angry new character?

[@alexkoder1982]

Her Barbarian is probably just that Maiden who hates Bards and saved themselves from that monster. She channeled her anger against Bards into Rage and now roams the land hunting for Bards who are useless. She is...The Bard Barian Hunter.

[@VivaLaDnDLogs]

@@alexkoder1982 YES.

[@sammiller6631]

Wait...Antrius was the Old Man?!?

[@sammiller6631]

@@alexkoder1982 Fall's super angry new character would be a good foil for Mogdar. It's a Barbarian Odd Couple.

[@luaraujo3416]

Haha, I didn't realize until the ending! I was thinking "I like this new actor, he's great".

[@gregorycroff7443]

Oh my. Seeing them dressed as different characters was soo cool. Even if it was just for a comercial! LOL Keep having fun you all!

[@DungeonAlchemist]

Just a commercial? JUST a commercial?

[@sammiller6631]

@@DungeonAlchemist Just a commercial. With a hot barbarian.

[@gaelofariandel6747]

Love to see that the Necromancer is taking Evandra's words and sword to heart. Putting together a wonderful new commune together, brick by brick & corpse by corpse. I honestly think that if he promised an entire village second, third and fourth chances at life with three murder hobos running around in exchange for obedience then he'd have a brand new cult in no time.

[@adamstanisaw2892]

Now i demand , more 'fallcosplay aka nixie' ginger barbarian materials in skits. She looks nice in in outfit. Evandra also looks good in hers.

[@RamblinRick_]

Love the outro where our peasant explains how to ring the notification bell. Now, were I some kind of pervert, I'd interpret everything he said to have some sort of sexual innuendo. Given the Lich King finally loses it, perhaps I'm on the right track.

[@Grubleafeater]

"He's corpsed." XD

[@TheRealMirCat]

So, the lich is the good guy, after all.

[@sebastiancoar1991]

He became a Lich by sacrificing the previous party of Murder Hobos.

[@Comicsluvr]

Okay...the Necromancer outfit was badass. The Peasant deserves an award for his acting talent as well.

[@Janora00]

As a German that old man waking up from being dead and going straight back to work spoke to my soul

[@shadexdemarr]

I love how this series continues to poke fun at the fact that most D&D characters are really just serial killers.

[@deandupont5503]

This is like something out of a Terry Pratchett book... And I love it.

[@Books_BrewsandBeyond]

This was a fun episode- kendall looked awesome as a necromancer and Nixie made an insanely intimidating Barbarian. You guys just keep getting better and better.

[@Jedimeister17]

Given the fact, that fantasy usually has a medieval setting to it, the undead army has better health care than the living. Would join 👍

[@blackmage471]

2:40 BRILLIANT!! I'm making this happen! Every time my players kill something, I get to add another zombie to the BBEG's zombie army!

[@marcosantonio-hj7vp]

2:55 that barbarian outfits looks great on her!

[@MrMortull]

I'm sorry, the sketch itself and the ad are both pretty good but the thing that got me, absolutely sent my sides for some reason, was the "he's corpsed..." crack right in the call to action at the end. Good lord, that was some top-notch improvised comedy.

[@thesonofdormammu5475]

I am super impressed, I didn't recognize Tom Taufin until near the end. It makes me wonder how many times I've missed him in a video.

[@sammiller6631]

Mmmmmaster Thespian!

[@Alakazzam09]

Death assurance salesman would make a... killing with this group.

[@anna_in_aotearoa3166]

As always the humour's on point, but the COSTUMING & MAKEUP!! 🤩🥰 I loooove the all-round excellence of the Deerstalker team, both in front of & behind the camera!! Also, Old Mantrius completely slid by me until somebody flagged him in the comments, whoops 😂Between that & Tom's wizard in the ad party, really impressed at the difference a change in costume and mannerisms can make!!

[@antwan1357]

I really like seeing the actors try out different roles it is refreshing like cold water on a hot day.

[@Magbys1]

Oooh Nixie as a barbarien .. Do it more. It was really interesting costume in the end 😀

[@DrWickermoon]

I can relate to the poor BBEG. :/ Also, I didn't know that I needed Barbarian Nixie in my life. Kill, Maim, Burn!

[@MonkeyD.LuffyTheStrawHat]

Whoever came up with this deserves praise. Good stuff

[@djazel5525]

"Death is not the End"... Nice Nick Cave reference ;-) Oh, also have to say kudos on the "1ForAll" Critical Role DM Screen in the Ad And the Bloopers comment of "He's Corpsed"... to a Necromancer... BRILLIANT!!!

[@RabiezDeWorgen]

The necromancer losing it was the best clip ever. I love him so much.

[@demnix6210]

Old man making 'old man noises' is my new spirit animal.

[@Paulfroe]

loved it. esp Evandra just runs in- kills- runs off, doesnt even bother looting, thats our girl

[@DchanZockt]

As a necromancer, you could actually earn something on the side by getting the reanimated person to pay out their life insurance.

[@dma-rising8876]

You had me at “old man noises”

[@gendor5199]

Reminds me of Discworld whenever Death collects someone. "That could have really hurt!" "I am afraid that it did."

[@dirkalpha3895]

"Old man Noises" :D

[@Tyrannosaurus_Hec]

Thomas accent of an old man is awesome. I love this episode

[@Raz.C]

There's a game i LOVE called Dominions 4 (though i also LOVE Dominions 3 and i like dominions 2). There's a ritual spell spell you can cast against heroes (commanders) where the enemy hero is haunted in a dream by the spirits of all the living beings that hero has killed. If the hero dies during the dream (during the attack), they die in real life, too (well, in the 'real life' of the game world). This is a fantastic spell that is almost always 100% lethal against enemy heroes with high body counts. Conversely, it's utterly useless against heroes who have never killed anyone/ anything before. Those heroes with single-digit body counts have a chance at coming out of the battle alive. But those heroes who are really good at killing, those heroes that are troublesome, those heroes who can take on a small army by themselves (and win), those are the heroes who don't have a chance in hell!! Anyway, this sketch reminded me of that spell, in a way. It's not a perfect parallel, of course, but the similarities are striking (pun not intended). The more people your hero kills, the more enemies that will eventual be lined up against him/ her.

[@kieran10202]

I want to see that old man in his new position as an unholy walking corpse in future.

[@user-rk1fw2pq5i]

The lich king is seriously an adorable character ! I hope he will stay a long time in those episodes.

[@drewstratton1256]

Thomas at the end there... My *gosh* is that a good character. Brilliant, brilliant work.

[@daltonslayton6766]

Me seeing Fall in norse make-up. "By the gods"

[@braingrid111]

WOBLIN THE GOBLIN IS THE BEST CHARACTER EVER I WOULD DIE FOR THEM

[@timothycarney9652]

I am sure I read a greentext story or something like that about a DM having the BBEG's undead army being primarily composed of people the players had killed. I like that sort of thing in games, like Dishonored had the difficulty of certain areas change depending on how many quests you ended with violence, due to public order breaking down- specifically the more violent you were, the more plague victims were around in certain areas.

[@Firebird4Life]

"He's corpsed" is the line that got me

[@dalewilson4329]

The bit after the end rings so true. "Well, I won't be needing that anymore." It came to a point where I just didn't make a "that" anymore. Just made up a bunch of npcs and jumped in

[@Raaslen]

"old man noises" said out "loud" made my day

[@UrvineSpiegel]

That backstab scared the crap out of me

[@anikanele7958]

I like to imagine that the group from the sponsor section of the video is a parallel universe version of the actual 1 for all group that is actually functional

[@NedMcPhie]

I'd become part of the undead army just so I could hang out with BBEG. He seems like a good fella :D

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"Old man noises"... omg, you had me right there!

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[@sammiller6631]

What would Vlithryn think of the old man's comment about Tritons?

[@happamanbob]

I can hear the scream already.

[@709mash]

The costume and makup you guys have is ON POINT! Well done!

[@melissahughes4205]

Show of hands for anyone who recognized Old Mantrius right away. Kudos to Tom for his excellent geezer acting =D Reminded me of Tim Conway just a tiny bit (especially at the end making the other actor crack up).

[@jackielinde7568]

I see someone leveled up their writing skills at least twice. Good job!

[@angelusdemorte3]

I am loving their cosplay at the end! Great backup characts... Tom reminds me of Willow.

[@nicholaskehler9169]

I can just imagine the DM keeping a list of every random person they kill just so they can tell them at the final battle that they quite literally brought this on themselves. Anyone else remembering the episode where they slaughtered a few hundred people on the highway all because Evandra wanted an apple without paying for it. That one is really going to come back to bite them later (and with excellent dental no less)

[@MrGrampaman]

show wobblin the goblin!

[@silverdust4197]

Its fun seeing Antreus as an NPC , Has it happened before (A party member playing an NPC) and i have just missed it ?

[@FlameWLKR]

In "When two bards meet" the maiden is played by Fall AKA Nixxie.

[@Rixec2]

I feel like the Lich King is gonna end up the true hero by the end of this. He's patient (as much as one can be) with the recently undead, have pamphlets ready to help them through the process, fixes the party's mistakes - killing innocents - and has great health insurance in this economy.

[@avibernshaw793]

"kill entire bloodline, I like it!" LOL The characters in the Dungeon Alchemist should get some spin off videos

[@jackcarson5401]

"He's run down the curtain and joined the Choir Invisible!" 😂

[@kitwayne4891]

I like the new characters for the actors. More of them, please. ❤

[@Belis84]

I like that the colours faded in the necromancer part

[@snapbaxtoytalk]

The out take of the Necromancer corpsing is everything 🤣

[@JudithOpdebeeck]

id love to see Evandra, Nixie, and Antrius face off against that new party at some point

[@JC-gv6sq]

Great video, so glad that you all are still having fun making these!

[@joshkyllo3111]

This is truly one of the best! Keep them coming.

[@chainsawsubtlety9828]

Lancelot: "Well, I didn't mean to." King: "'Didn't mean to?' You put your sword through his bloody head!"

[@whaleofdarkness]

Let's stop bickering and arguing about who killed who...

[@Pandor25]

Good old necromancer. Those guy are real good doctor, nothing stop them, even death.

[@Isusia]

I like this new peasant character and how good Thomas acting hin 😃

[@mercofrevenge1]

I like that it was the biting that won him over

[@shybard]

This makes a lot of sense and answers a lot of questions. An excellent recruitment strategy.

[@morrigankasa570]

I unfortunately don't have a group to play with:( But, I have created 12 different lvl 1 "Chaotic Neutral" characters in case I found a group. What's funny, of the 12 characters 4 of them are Undead related types. A Death Domain Cleric. A Wizard planning School of Necromancy. A Druid planning Circle of Spores. An Undying Warlock. There is also a Paladin planning Oath of Conquest. If I found a group & DM allowed it, she would also incorporate Undead into her Army to aid her Conquests.

[@ratholin]

that no more cranberry juice. Great Pratchett reference. The time of cake is ended!

[@MrOberon22]

Gotta say, that's the most sympathetic Necromancer I've seen so far.

[@FWAMUG]

ok, I gotta say, the jokes during the credits were the best

[@chrisharris6425]

Best part is the post credits bell jokes literally got choked laughing

[@Qwentar]

I never expected to see a necromancer break up and laugh about an anatomy based joke.

[@alexotlthegreat4450]

Thanks for posting, I’ve been feeling very existential, glad I got to see your new video!

[@shadowofhawk55]

The idea of a Murder Hobo party being used by a Lich to do his work for him sounds like a fun campaign