A Deep & Creeping Darkness #2 | Candlekeep Mysteries | Dungeons & Dragons Campaign [DnD 5e]

[@alwaysturtle9472]

Super hyped to be back! The warm welcome back from everyone has been amazing. Cant wait to get into more shenanigans in the future!

[@lydiaktravels]

You were so good AlwaysTurtle! Are you in any other D&D videos?

[@MrLysymaster]

Turtle is suspiciously good at roleplaying a deranged old lady, just saying. (WELCOME BACK!)

[@EstTheGreat]

Welcome back Alwaysturtle! Also please do not murder John's char in a basement, I like this gnome

[@thepronto1961]

ditto :)

[@JarrenDrahn]

I appreciate Justins eclectic music choice for his bard.

[@nikoboivin]

A huge welcome back to AlwaysTurtle!!!! Also John, god damn it you're on fire with that character

[@alexandrudobrescu5571]

Nice to see Alwaysturtle! Brings back memories of Black blades and Curse of Strahd! :D

[@Litvi90]

An edge-of-the-seat episode, superbly played/DMed by everyone; sooo many highlights, just really well done. Given the presence "mine" and "dynamite" in this one, I'm glad that "rocks fall, everybody dies" was just about avoided (and twice, at that)! And happy to see that Turtle is back!

[@lordvoldemort1115]

The return of Always Turtle has long been foretold and it is glorious

[@arthurjonesiii6348]

I so love u guys playing DnD....u guys play superbly

[@chasemazur9596]

Nice to see always turtle back

[@thepronto1961]

Yeah, Turtle is back!

[@lindas2219]

Obligatory celebratory "Turtle is back!!" comment. Let's gooooo.

[@SimonDouville1]

"Scary Tentacle Moss" is a new nickname

[@joshuamangnall]

I was just wondering when the next episode would be! I have been loving this so much, especially with the lack of being able to play as much recently! Thank you for doing this, and I hope you guys are enjoying yourselves as much as I am!

[@haydenhoupt4772]

Wally is amazing 👏

[@Rhoi77]

1000% agree.

[@paperbagxd6980]

I'm about to finish running this module for my group. I've listened to your adventure twice now to prep and get back in the game before finishing. From a newbie DM, thanks for the ideas and inspiration I got from listening to you guys play.

[@jeffreyjohnson3687]

Good lord wildfire druids are fun. I went kenku so.... also a bird nuke.

[@ScoffMathews]

Hold up I just realized wally sounds exactly like wikibear

[@kylewilson7777]

Loving this series! Wally has to be one of my favorite characters in a long time

[@RossMKitson]

This was great. Such good interaction between the players.

[@nexttothebadger]

Hey! Turtle's back!! This just keeps getting better!

[@axelbostrom3606]

Welcome back Turtle!! Awesome to see you back!

[@stephencaveney4840]

I love you guys this adventure, it has everything from fantasy to everything very emotional especially. Love Justin's Wind Rose moment with his diggy diggy hole comment. My sides were splitting. Keep it up guys brilliant.🤘🤘

[@salvadortoscano2534]

"Your rolls have been better than other campaigns" Don't jinx it, Justin!

[@guilo3605]

Loving this series, Lavinias character is so cool too

[@DidierPilon]

the players are great of course, but as someone who is prepping this adventure, I really appreciate the GM's extra effort and flair.

[@Woddawic]

Great episode, really looking forward to the rest of this campaign. I hate to be that guy but, Solaris' Wildfire Spirit would normally roll for it's Flame Seed attack and add her spell attack mod to the roll

[@MerchantTV]

She knows, was just first combat with new characters

[@Woddawic]

@@MerchantTV We've all been there. Keep up the good work

[@mikkelehtonen2467]

Sweet episode, and really sweet backround music.

[@joshuacampion4274]

John you lied to me! You aren't a ladder! I can't forgive you....

[@jonathanallport8346]

The ladder completed its Mitosis and I am not looking back now that I’m free from that ladder

[@joshuacampion4274]

@@jonathanallport8346 please put it in the back of the next video. Please. Or could the ladder being a character?

[@mikestrouse]

Yay video of faces. Now i got people to accociate with voices.

[@XCrawlFan]

"Last time we saw the party..." lol, you mean today?

[@bardoorble6045]

Eyyyyyy go on get it

[@mattipaarni8594]

Very late to the party, but finally hot around to this. Nice to see AlwaysTurtle back with her ”exceptional” rolls ;). Welcome back!!

[@carlbuford1513]

Great episode!

[@cham888]

Wooo, beware the spooky non-euclidean shapes. :D

[@MMKMatthews]

Hi everyone, love all your DnD content! Been watching for a while, seen all of Critical Role, and DM:ed myself for over two years. I also ran this adventure for a group of players new to dnd and you can really tell that your experience playing together and great DMing from Merchant pays off! The setting really came alive in these two episodes, and the characters were great. You guys probably have your own way of knowing each other and I hope this is not a problem in general, but for me Thyrixsyx comes off a bit metagamy sometimes, like the character instantly deduced from DM:s description of the wavering portal and not having any idea of what time it was, that the portal could have some connection with the moon cycle. Also just a personal preference, but for me when playing online, I find that a player silently jamming and lipsyncing to songs they listen to while other characters are having a serious discussion about whether they should blow the portal to prevent similar horrors from happening put me off a little. I mean this with absolutely no disrespect, just a thought.

[@S.R.Yejan28]

As a new viewer to Marchant´s campaigns, Alwaysturtle is an amazing (and gorgeous) addition to the team! I will miss Alias, tho. :/ I hope we can continue seeing Alias in the Avernus adventures!

[@MerchantTV]

Alias was just away this week, they’ll both be playing when possible :)

[@S.R.Yejan28]

@@MerchantTV That is great! I was a bit sad for a moment!

[@racierramkumar2987]

Fantastic episode, as as always!

[@the_repugnant_gamer]

Great use of "The Deadmines" music from World of Warcraft? 🎶😄

[@monodescarado]

I’m sure you already sorted it, but Solaris’ Wildfire’s attack does require an attack roll. There’s very few things in 5e that just do auto damage.

[@chrisodom259]

I think the Meenlocks have light sensitivity. They should have had disadvantage on all attacks due to daylight right? Great episode BTW. I'm liking this story.

[@r.a.9215]

Exploding pillars, Pump Up the Jam, and a derogatory term for male anatomy only applies to Chiron (not Justin!). Welcome back, Turtle!

[@sasquatchthesquatch3357]

Hoping to find out what the title of the music track you used for much of the mystery section of this episode! It's very atmospheric.

[@markj9282]

Nice one :) What would you have done, if they had entered the portal? :D I would be quite fun to see the rooms, which you all are sitting in, I don't know if I am the only one being curious. :)

[@MerchantTV]

I actually have stuff prepared for the feywild, in case they went in haha

[@markj9282]

Leading to a Meanlock nest, surely tpk? ;) I actually thought you would have end the session if they went through, and the prepared it for next session - were you considering the black ooze? I am looking forward to the next session Merchant. I am however a little puzzled how the group will go from hired mercenaries to a solid group. Especially the Bard (Justin) seems more interested in gold.

[@MerchantTV]

@@markj9282 Meenlock nests manifest primarily in the material plane when meenlocks venture through - they would have got dumped in the middle of nowhere essentially, and found by a Dryad, who would show them to an Eladrin settlement. It's a session 1 I generally have ideas of for a Feywild campaign, which would be my next homebrew.

[@markj9282]

@@MerchantTV That is true, feywild also haven endless possibilities with the weave acting differently, and more unstable wild-magic. I have a tendency to make all my campaigns going 'all in' on the horror, especially with Rime of the Frostmaiden. Feywild holds both the magical giant mushroom Forrest with displacer beasts, pixies, dryads, etc. and then where my players would eventually end up... the twisted dark forest, swamp, marsh, or like. With hags, meanlocks, and then my take on it, which would prolly be creatures that look a bit like the monster from 'The Ritual'. The feywild is for sure a nice place to run a homebrew. Well I hope for many more sessions Merchant, hopefully the great group will have many more to stream :) - and I still state that it could be fun to the rooms where all of you are sitting - I believe I saw a magic poster at Justin walls, and the ramblings about the ladder is still on-going ;)

[@richdeangelis5401]

1:30:16 did she accidentally summon the doggo instead of her wildfire spirit? is the doggo the wildfire spirit? or is it just a wonderful coincidence. either way good boy 10/10

[@jameswalker8157]

So they throw the rock in and it disappeared, what would have happened had they done the same with the dynamite? Just wondering?

[@JackKastor]

What is the rather lovely background music that you use throughout this episode? The eerie one with the plinky harps and the sad minor key?

[@MerchantTV]

Deionarras theme from Planescape Torment, really nice bit of music

[@JackKastor]

@@MerchantTV Cheers, dude!

[@thomasford4716]

Can you link in episode 1? I can't find it.

[@EstTheGreat]

literally in the description

[@thomasford4716]

I see it now. Thank you for the assist.

[@OkosHugPillow]

Wally please! This place is sketchy. Get out while you can sweet little gnome!

[@destinyquestgame]

Great stuff, but what happened to the other pc - the female ranger. Agatha Royce I think it was? Sorry I’m OCD lol 😂

[@svennikolajsen6624]

Great show, but they should have entered the pools...

[@jamessparrow]

Alwaysturtle :D

[@braydenknudsen7977]

Wait what just happened? It takes two got changed to private as I was watching it. You good?

[@MerchantTV]

Just posted on community tab about it, moving it over to my second channel to keep this one clearer :) it’ll be back up there tomorrow. Link on my main page if you aren’t subbed.

[@smartkaboose3806]

TURTLE 😄😄😄😄

[@ArmyofRed1]

Where is the next icewind dale??? Or did you all just quit the adventure?

[@heroofRaven]

Please finish curse of strahd.

[@MerchantTV]

It’s been what, nearly 2 years at this point? Please let it go lol.

[@heroofRaven]

Sadness but true. Thank you for the highly entertaining show. Love watching all of your content and the crew.

[@codiehennigan6007]

@Juggled Lotus this is a miraculous idea Curse of Strahd is my second favorite campaign of merchants to date and the number one was the Ravnica Campaign, Strahd would be a nice reboot even if without Godfrey, may he RIP 😭

[@heroofRaven]

@Juggled Lotus not at all as a dm who's run it your very wrong strahd is an intriguing part of the story that adds so much to the story. He can be merciless hunter or a tragic individual the party has to put down out of pity it is my favorite campaign to do. And merchant campaign helped get me that love of it.

[@heroofRaven]

@Juggled Lotus curse of strahd isn't about the world ending, its about the tragedy of lack of self control and the curse that obsession can be. Tatiana trapped and stalked by strahd is the real victim and the horrors the party must face to free her and Sergei from this loop is some of the best moments in d&d. It's better in my opinion then any other world shattering story. Also nothing I said was negging you. Just hoping to show you the depths the story has. And the power a good dm can use such a powerful and tragic charecter to touch the life's of the players. I have made entire parties weep in the quest to free these tragic souls.