Nott and Caduceus Discuss Adventuring

[@NaivokWolves]

"Between you and me..." Laura literally between Sam and Talesin lol!

[@AMorphicTool]

"This other feller in the group Mollymauk, he sort of, showed us all that... By dying." A really great way of bringing the character and player up to speed with how the group sees the player's previous character. A little touch of levity to iron out the sting of a tense and dramatic moment, without spoiling the mood of the overall scene. Sam is always a masterclass in group bonding.

[@robinmatz6686]

"Your family is all scattered about, isnt that right?" Well.........

[@Darict]

They're at a rock concert.

[@isaacnikolic5895]

Theres so much of Veth showing here with how hopeful Nott was. Caduceus the goat. Seeing the potential here and realizing the role he can play in the future of helping this group find its potential.

[@skylaralley2465]

1:47 Matt’s facial journey😂😂😂

[@FlannelManiac]

his what now?

[@FlowersForVax]

Sam and Tal tend to sit so it's kind of hard for them to see each other and really talk, but when they do? Always a banger

[@JnEricsonx]

So happy I met all of them. Finished M9 couple months ago. 18 months ride..

[@ryanschramm8147]

Laura in campaign 1: (screeching because her friends are dying and Ashley isn't there) WE NEED A CLERIC!!!!!!! Laura in campaign 2: I might technically be a cleric but don't put me in a box where I'm supposed to heal people! (Laura wanted to play a warlock but let Travis have it and never wanted to be a cleric)

[@beangrff]

God, I miss old CR

[@user-microburst]

Is it not the same now? Im watching campaign 2, and so many episodes at 4h per episode will take me months and months. How’s campaign 3?

[@jakubzachnik1070]

@@user-microburst not as good as campaign 1 and 2. I'm still watching but my gf and friends stopped long ago entirely. Doesn't feel right for some reason.

[@user-microburst]

Like it’s just a day job?

[@NinjaOfLU]

​@@user-microburst I don't personally think it's as simple as that. I'm still watching, and quite enjoy C3, but I've asked myself what precisely is less engaging for many people. I think each campaign has had quite a different tone, and I don't think the cast has ever been totally in control of that. I think a lot of the strengths of previous campaigns have been in largely unexpected or unintended dynamics unfolding, whether directly between players, or between players and Matt/the world. And I have a suspicion that part of why C3 doesn't resonate as much with people is that we haven't had quite as powerful dynamics. To oversimplify, I see VM as bonded by positivity (they feel far more fairy-tale to me); MN as bounded by trauma (which Matt noted wasn't something he expected). But I don't know if I could say something similar for BH. To me, it feels like, if anything, they're kept together by being swept up in the plot. This isn't to say that characters don't have emotional reasons for caring about the plot (almost every character has some deep connection to the plot), but I feel like these often don't interact in interesting ways. I personally feel as though the plot is kind of overpowering the characters (in a story sense, rather than a gameplay sense, although quite often the latter, too). I think it's perhaps telling that one of my friends who stopped watching early in C3 actually started again recently, because the point isn't that the overarching plot of the world is bad; it's just the mismatch between characters and plot. And now that the plot is really pushing in interesting cosmic directions, he's back to watching, but I think more for the evolution of a world he cares about than for how the PCs are interacting with that world. Tbh, this is just me trying to work out people's feelings here. I still enjoy C3; and I think that disappointed fans can point quite a bleak picture. I personally _do_ feel a difference, but I find it hard to tell what people feel is its underlying problem. I really enjoy it, and hopefully fan discourse surrounding it doesn't tint your view of C3 negatively. Best of luck on catching up, friend, and enjoy C2. For me, I think C1 is uncomplicated, and in C2 we get some really quite complex emotions (and no, I'm not classing unresolved disagreement as a complex emotion; in a D&D setting, I think it's arguably the _simplest_ emotion).

[@cardimelech2258]

I love your point about the plot overshadowing the characters. I think you really hit on something I’ve been trying to figure out myself.