Rotgrind - Episode 6 - We Hate Taverns

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- ZoranTheBear as Oran the Druid:
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- SpeakerD as Tannhauser the Magus:
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- Earndil as Baldric the Alchemist:
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- HulkyKrow as Rehua the Cleric:
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- Odoroshirider as Valli the Swashbuckler:
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- OnCallGM as the Game Master: / oncallgm
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Intro Music by artist: studio1703
#DungeonsAndDragons #Rotgrind #Pathfinder2E

[@DarkEmperorRay13]

"WHY IS THERE A BEAR" *Moments before being mauled* -French Elf man who kept closing a door on a murderous cyborg moments ago.

[@harbringerboredom2353]

"i would like to use my action to maul a Frenchman" The best humor it out of context

[@fhantum6519]

Yeah he was in a REALLY BAD situation from a position standpoint

[@TonyRedgrave]

"Are you prepared for the death you've earned, little man?" I'm gonna steal that line. It's really good.

[@WoobooRidesAgain]

Would it ruin it for you if I told you it was a Star Trek reference?

[@TonyRedgrave]

@@WoobooRidesAgain Not particularly. If anything that just improves my opinion of Star Trek.

[@zoushaomenohu]

And the owl in the back said "Everyone attack (hoot hoot)!" and IT TURNED INTO A BARROOM BLITZ!

[@Natacomb]

And the girl in the chair, did a back flip in the air; And it turned into a Barroom Blitz!

[@alexanderfrederick-preece9770]

Barroom blitz! Barroom blitz!

[@RinAldrin]

And the girl in the corner was melted in horror and it turned into a barroom blitz

[@connerbixby6532]

And this kid turned into a bear, tried to make it a little fair; and it turned into a ballroom blitz!

[@connormcconnell7805]

And the owner opened a door, the bear roared; and it turned into a barroom blitz

[@kommissarslake6561]

Baldric: Okay, here's the carefully, meticulously laid out plan I have down to the last detail if we're gonna succeed. Nothing will go wrong if we approach this logically. Rehua: That bird called me a bad word after I was nice to it and now I'm going to go follow it into a dark alley to murder it, get ambushed by more of them, and drag the entire party into a three hour combat session. Thurston: Eeeeexcellent. This was seriously the best episode.

[@JDFisher0415]

1:48:16 Tannehauser having a mental breakdown literally left me in tears, especially the last line, "and I'm going to find out how many licks it takes, TO GET TO THE CENTER OF A TOOTSY-POP!"

[@thedazzolator3670]

Was half expecting Tannhauser at the start to open the bar door and just scream "FELICITATIONS, MALEFACTORS"

[@MCLefka]

"There's a circle of life and I want that thing dead!" Never change Oran

[@bionicdragon5]

1:26:07 "HulkyKrow is the great equalizer; he's like Henry Kissinger if Henry Kissinger was a tactical nuclear weapon." Fucking legendary quote.

[@rhogardelmirev3530]

Put it on a tshirt!

[@Natacomb]

Ahem: And this years award for "Derailing a campaign so hard Thurston probably cried himself to sleep" is....Rehua with "I Have Made Mistakes : Hoot Hoot!" *Hands him an award of a bronzed trainwreck.* He now joins the greats with Reeb with "May I switch this for blue?" and Pi-Braine with "One who hasnt moved; The Child." Had to do it. XP anyway, keep up the disasters. :)

[@TocloseamI]

What's the Reeb one with May I switch this for blue?

[@Natacomb]

@@TocloseamI It's the line he uttered In the Warhams episode that split the party into a pvp event that ended up with Reeb being one-shotted by Pi.

[@TocloseamI]

@@Natacomb oh yeahhhh, poor Reeb hahaha

[@AceDan-gc9po]

Moral of the story anything trying to talk smack will get a wack and send things of track

[@Natacomb]

@@AceDan-gc9po Thats a fact, Jack!

[@RisaxTheImp]

This was the episode I joined Zoran's Twitch for so I could watch the VOD early. Hulky squaring up with some shit talking owls and throwing the whole session into chaos, ruining Baldric plans while Speaker couldn't roll above a ten for most of the night. ...worth every fucking penny.

[@RinAldrin]

Nobody could roll that day and it was glorious

[@joenap17]

"I had a PLLAAAAAN" needs to become a meme.

[@JDFisher0415]

Yeah, just a general meme of D&D.

[@spritemon98]

They should make merch with these phrases

[@Amarok1886]

this was said with the exact same energy as my party's paladin, the utter chaos it takes to make a paladin slam his head on a desk is just one of the things that makes DND so fun

[@NarrativeDeclaration]

I'm ruining the thumbnail for you just by mentioning it.

[@lordfelidae4505]

Ruined? It’s beautiful!

[@Ashtor1337]

It was perfect. I was so confused and then...

[@YourLocalLesbian37]

Your timing is impeccable.

[@spritemon98]

I love it

[@C4bx732]

So I was listening to this on Spotify at work and when i got to the part where hulky was fighting the asshole birds I imagined it as him fighting a bunch of porgs (those little bird creatures from the Last Jedi/Rise of Skywalker) and that made it 100x funnier when they started kicking the party's collective asses

[@fishpop]

And now i'm imagining shit-talking Porgs...

[@acrophobia2025]

I never expected to see an adventuring party get assaulted by an entire parliament of shit-talking Cedric the Owls.

[@clownwig3]

Owl: "Hoot hoot, pick up that can hoot hoot." Rehua: "No fuck off." Owl: Explodes into meat

[@alphaandomega4422]

Never did I think a bunch of nightmare owls would be the thing that came close to wiping the whole party. God I love this series, can't wait to see what FUBAR situation happens next

[@gothpunkboy89]

This was hilarious. For once Speaker wasn't the one to derail everything. The one I am really waiting for is when Odo is the one that derails everything. When the least chaotic person embraces chaos it will be a glorious cluster fuck.

[@thedude4840]

Has zoran derailed anything?

[@gothpunkboy89]

@@thedude4840 Not in this series but Fantasy and 40k he has. Helping Phillip cheat the hobbit out of money that ended up with Mercuion shot.

[@TITAN_101]

Glad the guards are corrupt & the citizens are dumb, otherwise this "Hoot" of a bar-brawl might have drawn a larger body count

[@DrMDHyde]

When you are so done with a situation you’re entire worldview changes. I feel that on a fundamental level.

[@eglewether5523]

Sawsoarers are absolutely golden xD .. we need that as a talking plushie hoot hoot PS: Theres new tyranid teaser from GW just now and there is shadow that is 99,9% Reeb Van Horne ..

[@wrathfulcoma4357]

I would buy 12

[@cthulwho9125]

I really do wonder how different this Session would have gone If Rahua Had succeeded in His attempt to heal the bird Bastard.

[@richardpaxford5792]

You have now befriended the Sawsoarer. Would you like to meet his king? 😅

[@freelancerthe2561]

I love how so many of these seasons just go off the rails on the simplest parts of the story. Its the story of Lord Buckethead again, and I love every moment of it.

[@slayer0235]

So glad that the proud tradition of SpeakerD fucking up Earndil’s attempts to negotiate lives on. 🤣

[@alanblaylock9328]

Did Baldric go full Oblivion NPC and murder an innocent?

[@RinAldrin]

Almost a year later and the chaotic energy of this ep is amazing

[@Shrilack]

God that train wreck of an episode even beats the whole Pi Hard arc of war hams. By the way, can we all agree that Oran was the MVP of that whole mess? XD

[@hudhouse99]

"THERES A FUCKING BEAR IN HERE!" "I'm tempted to just *shut the door*."

[@Shrilack]

@@hudhouse99 RAWR!

[@jeffreyfox7338]

Absolute best episode yet, I love a good narrative but these slapstick comedy brawls are hard to beat. Hoot hoot!

[@saphirone8030]

Hulky, Never change. God damn it that was hilarious

[@fangspecter2232]

this entire time i just imagined hooty from the owl house if he decided to roast everyone he sees also rehua derailing the campaign to chase a shit talking owl is priceless lol

[@joshua41175]

SpeakerD: I won't be making any lame jokes >immediately makes a lame joke.

[@levrapport2033]

I'd say this fight was… eggs-aspirating. (puts on sunglasses and leaves the room)

[@gilliam8897]

Ayeee, just as I was about to get some eats. Couldn't have been a better time to release this episode!

[@aCatNamedGarbage]

GILLIAM QUIT WATCHING ROTGRIND WHILE YOU'RE GRINDING IN THE TOWER!

[@ananonymousnerd.2179]

Ah, Worf, son of Mogh... fighting honorless toilets to this very day. You have no idea how happy I am for the Trek references.

[@Dutch_is_a_Weird_Language]

I love that we now have the "I can be your Angel, or your Demon" - equivalent for Rehua, you just replace it with "I will call you: Jeremy!", and "Are you prepared for the death you've earned, little man?" respectively.

[@davesmith3330]

This may be the best comment yet.😆

[@ubersasquatch2135]

38:49 "HI I'm Oran, I'm a bear."

[@Mizazazarul]

God I remember that stream, I was busting my entire gut

[@ksrknwht300klls]

Anytime I see a Rotgrind notification I can't help but sing it like the "Map men" ditty. ROT GRIND ROT GRIND ROT ROT ROT GRIND GRIND

[@sanstheskeleton8104]

I can't help but think this of a chaotic version of Guardians of the Galaxy: Vaali=Gamora Rehua=Groot Baldric=Star Lord Tannhauser=Drax Oran=Rocket Racoon

[@hudhouse99]

I'd swap Baldric and Oran personally. Rocket was the smart ass tinkerer done with everyone's shit, and Star Lord generally was confident but confused with fits Oran a bit stronger, with a weird relationship to a powerful entity.

[@shinigamijack4208]

Vaali is Starlord Baldric is Gamora

[@AimlessSavant]

1:59:06 it helps to remember in this moment Vaali is slightly Inebriated.

[@smjsuperscott]

That Paris-ite line was delivered so quick and so well tho... almost like he had it ready, hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@bigbadbob7070]

I just realized that they never brought up the fact that Prance paid off the Architect’s guild to move the demolition to ASAP instead of months away. Seems pretty suspicious to be playing cards in a building you paid to be demolished soon.

[@jefferycrouse4652]

Yeah. Almost like they did a ritual there to summon the amalgamate or draw it out. But that's a theory

[@WASDLeftClick]

I think they literally forgot to ask about that due to the huge fight clusterfuck with the sawsoarers.

[@MrGosty-bk9ec]

​@@jefferycrouse4652 a game theory (im extremely sorry)

[@Deridus]

​@@MrGosty-bk9ecYou aren't sorry; that was a hoot. Hoot.

[@toxictaro]

I genuinely love how they all tell Hulky that they love him. Even though his character made a decision that caused them problems they communicate that they're still friends. Love it

[@slagged3713]

Wait... so you're telling g me that they're fighting chainsaw owls...!

[@defies4626]

I guess you could say Thurston's plans asked: "*WHAT THE HOOT?*" The entirely unwarranted comparison to kissinger, the politest mauling, all of it. Best episode, the point where the destined chuckled fluckle-clucked to legend

[@Snowfox572]

Thurston has realized that the party's greatest weakness is their commitment to the bit.

[@brightdarknesspresent]

The Evil Fae Owls Were not what I was expecting!

[@evelynlamoy8483]

After "Kill the french" Speaker D: "They're not gauls, their from Paris" My dude, the Parisii were literally a Gaulic tribe!

[@R3v1091]

I dont think ive screamed "GO INSIDE" as much as i have here

[@gingerbead7919]

Can't say I'm a fan of Rehua throwing that Goatsee in the thumbnail

[@Overlord-es8pq]

This has definitely been my favourite episode so far!!!!

[@squeethemog213]

Been catching up on these at work and with this I'm all caught up. I'm enjoying the hell out of this series. Y'all are awesome 😎

[@halladall1]

Erandil is always salty... today he is extra salty XD

[@DierraveN]

I love watching a pirate legend, a massive tree, a bear, a mechanical mage, and a legend alchemist get their shit rocked by an elf and owls

[@captainflapjax7240]

Perfect timing! I just started grinding the Jubilee festival in ESO and I need something to listen to!!

[@moxtordoki96]

Whats ESO?

[@captainflapjax7240]

@@moxtordoki96 Elder Scrolls Online

[@LeuvahkTrigger]

You might hate them. We love what happens in them.

[@CommissarMitch]

Been sick the whole weekend. I needed this.

[@TheRealFrozenRain]

Fun episode! Super impressed of the fanart at the end too. Those hoot hoots will haunt Rehua for a while

[@SquigglesZero]

I simply love this so much!

[@braveherogreenleaf6256]

I'm surprised no one said "Fuck you, Shoresy" to the owls.

[@johnoneil9188]

What a complete chaos session.

[@GarrettFruge]

The dice gods were definitely not very generous with Speaker in this episode. He had a rough time of it.

[@mrquackadoodlemoo]

"Fuck you, there are no pickled eggs in Rotgrind" What a quote

[@councilofcringe5520]

Guess I know what I'm listen to while stocking the shelfs

[@demicus]

"HOOT THE FUC-" Yep. It's gonna be one of those campaigns~

[@travisstephens2062]

"Certified Zedic moment"

[@_eggtart_]

Aaaaah, finally able to continue watching some Rotgrind after... a year...

[@VermilionMage]

No campaign ever survives contact with the PCs, Thurston.

[@liamerolduffy7738]

We need more murderhobos. Any shows that have pcs that stick to killing everyone in a room?

[@blatvis5710]

Here here. Bring forth the slaughter. The blood god will be pleased.

[@Chromeberd]

Whitest kids you know did a DnD campaign with a lot of murdering. Buckerson & Meyers.

[@liamerolduffy7738]

@@Chromeberd Yeah, watched it, thanks. But are there any other shows that have players kill a lot of people but are not so easily switching or abandoning goals.

[@Chromeberd]

@@liamerolduffy7738 Well Please Stop Talking is coming out with a Sci-Fi based campaign soonish. In their last (unfinished) campaign they kill more than often. Usually to people who don't deserve it.

[@liamerolduffy7738]

@@Chromeberd Just saw the show, is there any dnd shows where there is hilarious chaos, the players don’t have moral hissy fits, and are not cancelled due to controversy or death?

[@shmee123ful]

There is the choas I've being waiting for

[@lukegilbert8033]

the true enemy was the birds we met along the way.

[@zombiefolklore]

Rehua and they're no good very bad day involving the birb mafia.

[@richardpaxford5792]

"I am Rehua Kissinger, und zis is mein Magic Murder Bag" 😅

[@jefferycrouse4652]

"Compromise is the essence of diplomacy and diplomacy is the cornerstone of love." Unfortunately for the Sawsoarers Rehua loves murder more than nature and compromised with a pickaxe to the back of it's skull

[@benkay7634]

These owls have very strong Shoresy from Letterkenny energy : D

[@GarrettFruge]

I loved the Henry Kissinger reference! 😆

[@TomOfTheDon]

Does anyone know which module they were using for the spells animations? Was trying to figure it out but I could not find it for the life of me.

[@breakkid144]

my god, I was laughing so much my cheeks are hurting.

[@Darkness09ization]

The way Thurston played these owls had me cackling😆😂

[@maceyvaughan3498]

I shared this campaign with my DnD group and they started watching it to in between sessions 😆

[@blatvis5710]

I just started up the show but.... the chainsaw car. Those are circular saws.

[@Voice_of_p]

Psst, don't tell him. We still working to make speakerd a functional member of society .

[@blatvis5710]

@@Voice_of_p Oh but do tell me about society. Vile aristocracy with their pompous presence above the causual filth. No doubt such a fine machine is used to clean trash from the streets so they walk uninterrupted by beggers. All of them leaches who would drain the coffers for unearned bread. *Breaths in heavy of the torrid air* Yes, this is a place where a man of violence could be superior.

[@Alexander_the_dumb]

I love this episode

[@MisterManTheBestMan]

At the end there it would've been way funnier if he kept that 1, it was hilarious it even landed on it. Like, he was so bad with it that he lightly smacked a man and it looked more like a scene from Twilight rather than a fight.

[@AlexWithington]

Good to know earndil is a bit of a fallout nerd with the nuka grenade comment

[@AROBASPARK]

This Episode was a Total "HOOT"! Okay, I'm out!

[@docthemad5493]

Damn you Thurston for making Saw Soarers! I'm playing Hogwarts Legacy now, and I keep thinking of those flying bastards whenever an owl flies by!

[@acolytetojippity]

Earndil sounds legitimately upset, I hope that he's not like, actually pissed with everyone.

[@platypusbuk]

Hoot Hoot! the new phrase the Harbinger of doom says

[@KumaoftheForest]

When Rehua was sticking his head through the hole in the wall all I could picture was the TikTok of the hole in the door and then you hear a yell and Elmo’s face slams into the hole and he says “Hi”

[@atomicpenguin074]

What a fucking insane episode

[@spindogg8814]

Vaali is the best pirate mom and I can’t be convince otherwise.

[@internetzenmaster8952]

"E-G-G-B-O-N-U-S..."

[@assassain0425]

19:39 this is where the hoot hoot saga begins, if anyone is coming back to rewatch.

[@RandomPerson-tn2ck]

Absolutely love your stuff, I wish I could support you on patreon but moneys tight for me right now.

[@artyomsaveli9681]

So wait, burning down taverns is a common thing? Huh. Here I thought we just had a pyromaniac in my party.

[@beardyben7848]

I'm half-way through this episode and I am not surprised, I am Utterly Flabbergasted that this campaign survived a whole season. This nonsense is epic, and they are an utter menace to poor Thurston.

[@Todasul47]

keep loving that intro soundtrack, I cant find a full example of it though...if there is....

[@brothercaptainaurelian1386]

I watched this wile sick in bed. Thx guys, it realy helps to laught your ass of XD

[@yahyamusseb]

45:14 battlefield expanded

[@somenerd3515]

I read this in the voice of the old Command and Conquer EVA unit and it's just so goddamn fitting

[@CaseyOwO285]

2:48:25 "look man, i tried making tartar sauce and this shit came out, you really wanna see what happens if i TRY to make a bad thing?"

[@CommissarMitch]

I kinda want to know what the origonal event was.

[@BlackShadow1991]

Of course, it was a tavern so something obviously had to happen and the escalation, especially because of the saw-owls, was hilarious *lmao* Alas, poor SpeakerD and his rolls. Anyways, great session and for the algorithm! :D