Morag - BECMI D&D Recap

[@Jimmyinvictus]

I absolutely love the conceptualization of Morag as a living, breathing ecological disaster; echoes of the desolation of Smaug or the Worm of Lambton. Cheers Father Aaron! Edit: typo!

[@TheDungeonMinister]

Thanks! That is, indeed, where I got the idea. The desolation of the dragon!

[@macoppy6571]

The editing is a special flare, but the combat play calling is better than most college football radio play callers.

[@TheDungeonMinister]

Fauxfire goes long. She releases. Oh, that's a hard hit after the pass! The ball is in the air...Touchberry reels it in! Bob Johnny and Fleetwood throw blocks and the little Halfling dives into the endzone - Touchberry Touchdown!!! Heh. Thanks!

[@rcgunner7086]

That was so awesome that even my oldest daughter, who is Fleetwood's age, had to watch!!!!!!

[@TheDungeonMinister]

Woot! Thank you!

[@Fnordathoth]

That was awesome! I love this series, your narrative skills are great!

[@TheDungeonMinister]

Thank you very much!

[@stevefugatt7075]

Truly a battle for the ages! I was driving home from work and listening.....my hands were "white knuckling" the steering wheel the whole time! Great job! ✝️📿🧙☮️

[@TheDungeonMinister]

Thank you! I'm glad you arrived safely home!

[@Lightmane]

9:20 and I quote "We have a Christmas Tree bonfire, where we set fire to everyone... anyone who has a natural tree" Sarcasm: See, this is what happens when a Priest plays D&D. One day they're all just playing a fun game, and the next thing you know they're setting fire to everyone. Well... anyone who has a natural tree. Priest: Her tree is made of wood. Do you know what this means? It means she's a witch, and what do we do with WITCHES? Parishioners: We BURN WITCHES! 🧙‍♀🧹🔥 And THIS is how "The Satanic Panic" actually started 😱😈

[@TheDungeonMinister]

Dang! You found me out!

[@steveblunden2295]

"How do you know she's a witch?"

[@TheDungeonMinister]

Down to the river!

[@Lightmane]

@@steveblunden2295 we weighed her 😏

[@michealmcnicholas6185]

HAIL TO THE HEROES OF HONEYWOOD!!

[@TheDungeonMinister]

Huzzah!

[@Decado1628]

What an epic battle! It is one they will remember. Great recap and story telling.

[@TheDungeonMinister]

Thanks!

[@robpetrone2459]

Is Touchberry o'clock the time for Second Breakfast? That was fantastically epic.

[@TheDungeonMinister]

It's ALWAYS time for more breakfast! And thanks!

[@ianlamont9434]

Epic final(?) battle but boy do the party need access to some more healing magic.

[@TheDungeonMinister]

Thanks! Yeah, someone should have played a Cleric.

[@steveblunden2295]

😂

[@TJ-pk3wl]

Great episode. Love this campaign!

[@TheDungeonMinister]

Thanks, TJ!

[@joshmccloskey570]

It is finished, the dragons have been slain. Now the Ice Dwarves can be the true lords of the north! And hopefully our party gets some sweet loot!

[@TheDungeonMinister]

The Ice Dwarves thank you for your support!

[@joshmccloskey570]

@@TheDungeonMinister how can't ya love them lil guy's

[@steveblunden2295]

But who else might want that loot? 😉

[@toddnorthcrux1120]

I never thought anyone still kept this blessed tradition-My parish of St Mary’s in Ottawa Diocese ,did the same :) blessed memories back in 1980’s !

[@TheDungeonMinister]

That's awesome! Yeah, we have a good time with it. Epiphany mass beforehand, hot chocolate and cookies as we watch the blaze, snowball fights when there's snow. It's a nice way to cap off the twelve days!

[@dirtybasementterrain]

OK I admit it, when St. BECMI said the ewok village I laughed so much I had to go back to that point in the video to watch what I missed while laughing.

[@TheDungeonMinister]

Heh!

[@unclebrat]

Wonderful as always!

[@TheDungeonMinister]

Thanks, Uncle!

[@henrycaltagirone3959]

I don't know if you realized it or not, but when you started talking about the Christmas tree bon fire , your initial statement was ," we set fire to everyone " 🤣

[@TheDungeonMinister]

Are we not supposed to do that? 😬🔥

[@themonkslair]

Every one as in each one. 🤦

[@bobhastings6464]

Hey there Father Aaron Loved the video , very suspenseful actually. You needed some Dwarves to fight that dragon. Fight for the memory of Trebor! lol Good stuff as always! Cheers Bob

[@TheDungeonMinister]

Thank you, Bob!

[@bobhastings6464]

@@TheDungeonMinister Father Aaron Bob Hastings again. I just rewatched the video and had a question .. you always said that you would not kill the PCs because they are your family. I wonder, would you have done it in the boss fight here? I just watched the latest video by the Alexandrian , it was about player immunity , does that still hold with you Cheers Bob

[@TheDungeonMinister]

@@bobhastings6464 Death immunity ended a while ago. I still don't purposely or even randomly throw things at the party that are simply too much - if I roll a random encounter and it comes up three Purple Worms...no. Not doing it. Modules were sold with advice for what levels it would be appropriate for. I essentially write for their level and party composition to be challenging but not impossible. And I will say, "You know you only have five hit points, right?" But if they ignore me (as some of my FLGS players do) that's on them. So if Fauxfire, after getting hit, had elected to leap on the dragon with her sword drawn...well...she'd be a goner. And Touchberry was in actual danger when he charged Morag with 7 or 8hp. They're just playing smart, using tactics and plans, and always willing to withdraw if necessary.

[@bobhastings6464]

Sounds good to me. Still looking forward to Clericon 2024 Cheers

[@shaunhall6834]

Boom!

[@TheDungeonMinister]

De yada!

[@sharpmountaingames9303]

We have a dragon fight coming up this week, so nice to here your recap.

[@TheDungeonMinister]

I hope it goes well! Or at least excitingly!

[@mykediemart]

Congrats to the heroes of Honeywood, the realm is safer now. I was worried there was goona be a PC death

[@TheDungeonMinister]

We came close! We'll come closer still...

[@TheBattlinBarrowGaming]

Whoa. What an exciting episode. Took me a while towards the end to realise two things. 1) I had stopped painting what I was painting and B) I hadnt taken a breath in a while!

[@TheDungeonMinister]

Thank you! But don't let the paint dry up!

[@TheBattlinBarrowGaming]

@@TheDungeonMinister I did manage to finish the dolphins I was painting not before knocking the blue paint over....

[@nordicmaelstrom4714]

Father Aaron is this Sparta? Couldn't resist that one! Wouldn't be an episode without Touchberry lighting something on fire! I suggest fighting the battle around a volcanic island. Okay.. I just want to get away from the blasted snow piling up outside and thought a trip to a nice and warm tropical island would be fun! Morag is dead but there shall be blood when the Revenge of Morag's Children cometh!

[@TheDungeonMinister]

I'm hoping they'll head south, but they keep going north!

[@nordicmaelstrom4714]

Well Id like to head south.. we got ten inches of snow last night and over twenty inches this week! More snow coming.@@TheDungeonMinister

[@Eruidraith]

oh man this dragon mini rules!!! That was a really harrowing battle! The talk of "one of our characters really might die here" is always a curious moment, especially when its in a situation where the death would be fitting or heroic or legendary. Part of you almost wants it to happen, to see someone pass into legend, but then also you don't! You like playing them. I had this recently. My mercenary ranger, a 30-years war analog army brat all but raised in siegeworks with sapping tools in her hands, on the run trying to save some dumb newbie adventurers. We're holding off the magitech automatons, spells and bolts flying past us. Acrobatics rolls to get from roof to roof, tied together in case one of us falls. I fail once, twice, and third time I look at the dice, look up, and say that I think its possible Adeline might die here. She didn't, the fighter hauled my butt up and kept me alive, but to look at a character death is always a really fascinating experience. Its a fun thing abut fiction, is that it lets us live in moments we can't otherwise experience. Not everybody has a moment where they have to choose bodily harm to rescue someone, or a sudden burst of insane bravery at just the right moment. Fiction lets us feel a tiny taste of what it might feel like. D&D is a great game. Touchberry has the right idea about how to handle a dragon IMO!

[@TheDungeonMinister]

Thanks! It is an awesome mini...though almost doesn't qualify as mini! Yes, the opportunity to explore ideas, feelings, etc. is a great side-effect of the game.

[@grumpyoldslan]

Epic!

[@TheDungeonMinister]

Thanks!

[@jaybakata5566]

Great episode as always. The professional speaker never disappoints. I do have one question though, did the players keep taking cold damage from Morag, you know, from being so close to her? If so, you did not mention it during the battle. Just wondering, not harping or complaining. It seemed like the battle did not take that many rounds.

[@TheDungeonMinister]

Right you are! I've actually already recorded the next episode, and I do mention that. They take damage, but if course it's less time then slogging there on horseback. So they each take a further 3hp, which is what I decided being in her immediate presence would do. Fauxfire gets down to 2hp! And thanks!

[@jaybakata5566]

@@TheDungeonMinister So brutal, trying to kill off Fauxfire... I love it though. Can't wait for the next episode! Thanks for the quick reply.

[@chiefstewart]

That was really great.

[@TheDungeonMinister]

Thanks!

[@chiefstewart]

@@TheDungeonMinister Imagine how great it would be to have a Cleric in the party. I know you had one in the beginning. I am just poking fun.

[@TheDungeonMinister]

Heh. I know. But then we wouldn't have Touchberry, so I guess it's worth it!

[@DMTalesTTRPG]

NICE!!

[@DMTalesTTRPG]

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[@TheDungeonMinister]

It's unbelievably difficult to find picture of an old, first wave G.I. Joe figure on card, with a picture that lends itself to that sort of thing.