Episode 10 - Acquisitions Incorporated The Series

[@emimonsterlicious]

I feel Mike earned inspiration for doing non-beneficial, RP action counterspelling the fireball and feeling all great about it in character.

[@JarlDM]

Scott Kurtz gives some credit to Perkins for always letting them do the fun thing. Nice little moment.

[@Justpastawesome]

The Jim-Percival rivalry is pure magic.

[@eczemazem7334]

Justpastawesome Correction, it's Darkmagic

[@broken12smiles]

@@eczemazem7334 Sorry you're both right it's pure Darkmagic.

[@jmarriottc]

Honestly as a life long D&D player who hasn't been able to find a group for a few years this series is something I look forward to every Wednesday. Chris is just an amazing DM and you guys look like you're have a blast!

[@Lanternman2814]

Try finding a group on roll20.

[@Docclememta]

you should watch critical role it blow this out of the watter

[@Lanternman2814]

roll20.net/

[@RUdigitized]

go to roll20.net you'll find a game in an afternoon.

[@lostcause78]

It is relatiely difficult to find a "good" group on roll20. I must have tried over a dozen different groups and they mostly fall apart after the first few sessions - or it becomes a little too weird for me.

[@Ixisu]

"I'm better than you." I seriously belly laughed at that one.

[@SuperWoodgod]

This is what I look forward to the most every week. I'll be genuinely sad when it ends.

[@onyxmp321]

im with you. i wait all week for these episodes where i can drink a beer and watch some great o D&D.

[@ArtMadeUnderground]

Me too!!

[@MittyPoots]

There are two other rods that, when combined, can make BBQ pork spicy, and their names are "Tex" and "Mex"

[@Mat23]

Binwin is a level six fighter/ level two barbarian. He has two attacks from attack action. When he decides to use two weapon fighting, he can make an off hand attack as a bonus action once per turn after his attack action. He if decides to use his Fighter ability called "Action Surge" he can use the attack action again, and swing twice. But can't use a bonus action cause he had already used one this turn. Since Binwin has the Fighter feature " Two Weapon fighting style" he gets to add his strength to all off hand attacks. Where he normally he would only add just a dice roll. And because he has the Dual wielder feat he can use ANY one handed weapon to use with Two Weapon Fighting. He regains Action Surge when he takes a short rest. Hope that clears up any confusion or if anyone wanted to know.

[@PJBxx]

NERD! :)

[@Chatedh]

So many nerds watching DnD games... Who would've thought?

[@MrAndrewk84]

He should only be getting four attacks with an Action Surge, and three attacks without. Two-weapon fighting requires the use of a bonus attack to make the off-hand attack and a player only gets one of those per round. Action surge does NOT give an additional bonus action. So that is 1 attack, 1 Extra Attack, 1 bonus action attack (off-hand), and 1 Action Surge attack.

[@the_amazing_el]

Perkins has reiterated several times (usually in the live games) that they "kind of just make stuff up as they go along" and only use the RAW as a guideline. The original Acquisitions Inc. podcast was done right after 4E came out as more of an exposition of the system than an actual game, and it's always been a comedy-driven series above all else.

[@PJBxx]

Nobody cares about the rules, it's about having fun.

[@FFXI_Addict]

"Once you get enough paper in a stack, it's a tree again."

[@Alicechan3]

Look at how delighted Chris is at 36:40 - for a moment he thought they'd figured it out but no! What a great mystery it turned out to be!

[@garivelthecleric]

Finish playing D&D just in time to watch some D&D. What a great day.

[@thrashd]

Personally, I think this is a great use of Pat Rothfuss's time. I'm not even kidding. This is way better than writing those boring books.

[@mikellwehrer]

Rothfuss' Beard and general appearance always makes me think he's playing a dwarf. Have to remind myself he's not.

[@ZolRoyce]

Hah, I'm with you on that, I always imagine him as someone who looks like him but then remember, oh right, he's a nimbly spry guy.

[@absurdantiquity5240]

Compensating for something.

[@BostonDeadHead]

3am can't sleep. I can think of nothing more awesome than catching this instead of sleep. one hour long yea I'm excited. NO SLEEP TELL PAX.

[@RyogaHibiki0]

Just about too sleep, then I see a new episode of Acquisitions Inc just came out. Best birthday yet!

[@TerrorBlades]

Congrats!

[@RyogaHibiki0]

+terrorblades Thanks!

[@Hoffmannempire0]

Grats

[@sanddry738]

Anyone else really enjoyed just all the looting and such that happened?

[@faeriehearthwitch6185]

Loving this so much! Thank you for adding so much loot and treasure like old school AD&D. Was always my favourite part dishing out the goodies as a DM! :)

[@AnduinKurion]

I love you guys soooo much :) Thank you very much for being Acquisitions Incorporated for all these years!!! Greetings from Germany ^^

[@AceDRoses]

This is so much better then game of thrones!!

[@voiceofreason1629]

I enjoy Perkins accurate description of the castle. The portcullises, murder holes, that stuff just adds a layer of believability to his storytelling!

[@mikegould6590]

I feel like how Kurtz's attacks works changes every time he plays. I can recall an update by Mearls regarding this "attacks per round" thing. Back in Pax 2014, he had this sorted...but it's not anymore. level 1-4: 1 attack/round. Level 5-10: 2 attacks/round. Action Surge means you get another Action. So if you use the Attack action you can another number attacks as if you were using a new round. You only ever get one Bonus action/turn, regardless. From "Sage Advice" regarding Action Surge: "No it doesn't give you another bonus action. The optional part is that if you haven't used your bonus action that turn you can still use it after the action surge". Not sure if he has the Dual Weilder Feat to use a Battle Axe in one hand and a Hand Axe in the other, or if he has the Two-Handed fighting style, or if House Rules are in play. So his actual attack bonus and damage bonus per round is a complete mystery. I think Chris is just letting him wing it just to keep things moving. So as I read it, he *should* get 5 attacks/round IF he uses Action Surge. Four with the main hand and One with the off-hand, like Feylauer (sp?) said.

[@Nerdarchy]

Hey Mike! Yeah, Action Surge only grants an extra Action, so it should be 5 attacks in an round where Kurtz surges. -Nerdarchist Ryan

[@mikegould6590]

Nerdarchy Hey Ryan! :) Thanks for confirming that.

[@blugobln85]

It is also worth noting that it takes a bonus action to rage, so you can't rage the same round as you get that bonus action attack.

[@mikegould6590]

blugobln85 Also true

[@sk8rdman]

And on that note, I think he forgot to add his rage damage to his hits. Assuming he's got a 5 str mod, he'd have to roll a 1 to only deal 8 damage, unless that was his offhand and he didn't take the Two-Weapon Fighting ability from fighter. I'm pretty sure he's not a full barbarian.

[@bew1977]

I'm assuming Chris has remembered that Jim got the level boosting books and lost them in the house. The question is did Percy find all 3 or just one?

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

If he got all three then he would be significantly better then Jim and that isn't the case. I just think he would have to have been pretty bad for a single book to make him slightly better. Comparing the original fight and how powerful the books were said to be really doesn't work out based on what I've seen.

[@CopernicusNerdicus2020]

I cant get over how epic of a DM Chris is. I would kill to be in a session like this. It's so well coordinated and it's like every conceivable situation is planned ahead. Unreal!!!!

[@Br0teas]

What happened to the three books of awesome Jim inherited from his grandpa at the Darkmagic estate? Did Jim use all three?

[@joemzd]

They play these things so sporadically, I doubt they keep track of all those details. Last year they completely forgot about the drow Aeofel branded in the forehead.

[@zacharoninoodle]

@@joemzd they didn’t forget about Danielle, they let Drizzt shred her to bits with his scimitars.

[@stevenjabour4288]

There's only one person who held a symbol of Melora and he was Eladrin... They called him, "Al."

[@amahashadow]

HIS NAME IS AEOFEL !

[@xthexpunisherx]

yup yup

[@deseedy9660]

it may be aspica. its a double setup

[@MittyPoots]

I swear to Melora, if it's not Al, Imma flip out

[@deseedy9660]

its probably not him sadly.

[@Chernobog34]

I'm betting when they figure out its Al, Scott will immediately say, "double axe to the face."

[@deseedy9660]

whos all.

[@LordFhalkyn]

Aeofel, an eldarin avenger (paladin of vengeance, in 5e), was a founding member of Acquisitions Inc. He supposedly died in a pit of acid, back in the halcyon days of 4e.

[@evelynmiller439]

Wil Wheatons character, Aeofel. Al for short.

[@deseedy9660]

i know who al is he was my fav. i meant which person did you think. now i know its mask guy.

[@4203105]

+LordFhalkyn no, they brought him back after that. there was that whole thing where somebody raised him from the dead before they could and they had to get him back. I actually don't remember what the explanation was as to why he left the party. not even sure there was one.

[@ODDaKilla015]

Another 1 hour episode, this is fantastic!

[@NoHairD0ntCare]

After Binwin said "I just keep chopping" I instantly pictured him trying to carve an ice sculpture out of the giants body. 🤣

[@AronGreenspan]

Just FYI, You get 2 attacks with your attack action, then 1 attack with your bonus action. If you Action Surge you get another attack action - so 2 more attacks.

[@xulore4403]

I look forward to these every Wednesday. Keep up the great work you guys.

[@mellowroot714]

Loving the hour long episodes, hating that I have to wait a week for the next one.

[@littleredsubmarine]

Loving this series so much. Thank you for extending the episode times out to an hour.

[@bmike3000]

so happy these episodes have been getting longer, i love watching you guys every week

[@arthurmatematica]

Two episodes of ~1 hour. What did we do to deserve this? Thank you so much 😢

[@BaronVonFiend]

Aww yeah. Off work, time to crack a beer and nerd out :D

[@sonicrising6614]

As much as I love this series, it seems more fun when they do it at PAX. The audience adds something more to the experience. On an nerdy note, a portcullis comes from the french porte coleice which translates directly as "sliding door".

[@valandil7454]

I think that's the most respect that the team's had for Al...ever 😄

[@earthdragon1174]

I really believe it's Al behind that mask. I have been mulling this over all day, but could it be possible that Al is somehow behind Dran Enterprises? It wouldn't be too difficult for him I imagine to pose as a long lost sister to get back at Omin?

[@unchartedexe]

THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT AN HOUR. I loved it. Great as always.

[@mindofneeko]

One of the best ones yet, the problem solving, top notch

[@kirbyalex2002]

Dang guys! Check what the potions do! I'd be filling all my water skins with whatever I can find.

[@acezar2644]

this series is getting better and better

[@sk8rdman]

I love the idea of letting your players roll their loot when they find it. Of course, I wouldn't do that all of the time, because it really breaks that 4th wall and makes it hard to as a DM plant an item as a plot-hook. It's still a cool option though if your players are into it!

[@johnmarcampbell]

That ecstatic squeal @ 45:37.

[@nsnick199]

@39:30 Speaking of Blams-- everytime I see the commercials on Rick & Morty, I can't help but think of Blamimations

[@thecastironidiot]

Scott kept forgetting to add his strength bonus to his attack damage

[@x3dfritz0]

9:00 it's situations like this that make me not only love DnD more but these guys, i have tears in my eyes from laughing so much xD

[@drpaedan2099]

Did Binwin add his Strength Bonus to his attacks? It looks like he only added his Rage damage bonus.

[@minload]

Should have just used Jim's rope trick. He could throw the scrolls into the magic space and come back for it later.

[@theouterlimits7788]

I am waiting for this every week so freaked awsone.

[@JaredPryor87]

The counterspell...I loved it lmao

[@theshade11]

Hate to point this out but jim is in possession of a portable hole and a bag of holding. BoH from Ark line, and portable hole from Dragon eggs. So much loot lost because of poor inventory management. And also a secret magical chest.

[@MisterTingles]

interesting twist on loot, with everything giant size the heroes will be having a hard time hauling without a Bog o' holding or a Handy Haversack or something...

[@jameslkerr]

48:00 ... I cannot count how many times I yelled "JIM'S INTER-DIMENSIONAL SPACE!!"

[@nathanrico4851]

Chris Perkins. Awesome shirt/shirts man. Limited Edition Todd James DnD shirts...so cool! Also great job DM'ing so far! Keepin' it fresh!

[@MrFForger]

Think they got Binwin's attacks wrong. A lvl 5 Barbarian, lvl 3 fighter would have - Attack action --> multi-attack = 2 attacks - Bonus action --> off hand swing = 1 attack (potential Action Surge to get one standard action once per short rest) The multi-attack only works with attacks made using the Attack action, not the attacks granted by dual wielding feat using the bonus action.

[@kirbyalex2002]

Dang guys! Check what the potions do! I'd be filling all my water skins with whatever I can find. God I love this series. Perfect balance of good humor and jokes and intriguing story telling. I want to see what happens and I'm laughing all the way til the mystery's solved!

[@kyleangus]

Wow. Jim bullying Percival looks like it really has a personal effect on Chris! Like, that's secondhand bullying! It's amazing :D

[@ChristianRuppelt]

A list of all the podcasts and live shows by AI: www.crplt.de/dnd-ai/ I know, nobody asked for it, I did it anyway. I was looking for something like that, could not find a decent source, so I made my own. Feel free to share. :) It’s a complete list of all the Acquisitions Incorporated adventures, both the podcasts and the videos (live-shows and the series)

[@megaj9175]

Sweet a new episode! Thank you penny arcade.

[@jonbaird8835]

the fact that Jim Darkmagic would protect the life of the Frost Giant trying to kill him and his party members, JUST to make sure his incestuous cousin doesn't have ANY glory made me laugh so god damn hard

[@Niko__01]

18:56 in Calling it now. Visor dude is Wheaton's former character...

[@doubleru]

About damn time, too. :D

[@amahashadow]

that would be awesome ! Aoefel Lives

[@sovereignundead]

I'm inclined to heavily agree. I was concerned that Aeofel was just forgotten about for a few years, now.

[@Niko__01]

And I just looked it up (was harder than I thought it would be). Aeofel was an Avenger of Melora in 4e and converted to a Cleric for 5e...

[@AmazingMrMe]

Drow levitate dude. Explains the helm because of sensitivity to light.

[@nordknotwork]

welcome to the Binwin Blender. It slices, it dices, it makes Julien Fries.

[@trulygenericname]

This is why you always hire a bunch of teamsters to haul stuff back to your ship.

[@bad4ursanity470]

wish my dms were as good as Chris Perkins..love watching this, ill be sad when it ends

[@RUdigitized]

I've been waiting for years... Aeofel Returns!!!

[@ClericOfPholtus]

RIGHT??

[@sethrasmussenmusic]

Please no.

[@maxissixam6049]

as have I though honestly does this mean a return of Will Wheaton?

[@ClericOfPholtus]

Hey guess what it was.

[@castlewise]

The Darkmagic feud is so gd petty and I love it.

[@AlexS-xh6ud]

I love your Blams Scott!!! We need more Blams pleasssseeee

[@PeterWDawson]

Were there audio issues around the 28 minute mark or something? I mean great episode but those pops really messed with my headphones, switched to speakers.

[@lostcause78]

I think it is Rothfuss' beard messing with his mic. Happened last episode too.

[@theboomhouse7236]

43:06 calling it now, one chest is a mimic

[@helvitisdrasl]

According to PHB pg 114, it should take 14 hours (and cost 350 gp) to copy a 7th-level spell to your spellbook. Half that if the spell's school matches your Arcane Tradition. So to copy those scrolls should take Jim 24 hours and cost him 600 gp.

[@unknownuser3000]

this is my favorite thing in 2016 and if i had any friends i woild play d and d thanks to youu guys buut i dont so i enjoh seeing this everh week

[@OkAIok]

So much love for you 5!

[@KevinKnowles]

Is there a place where we can see all of their sketches from this? Would love to see some!

[@FreqElite]

Thank you so much for the longer eps.... Aeofel lives!!! What do we think people??

[@stationkj]

If I remember correctly there was some stuff that went down personally between Wil and Scott which is why he doesn't do the A.I. stuff anymore... so if it was Aeofel he'd probably be NPC and I dont think they'd use him unless Wil was coming back, which I dont think will happen unless he and Scott patched up whatever beef went down between them.

[@Thefonzehhh]

Is that certified or is it hearsay? Cause I heard he just didnt have time or something and cut out to do his own thing

[@jafarthebarmecide3677]

wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/120140274049/ive-been-watching-some-older-acquisitions-inc so somehow I don't think it will happen unless they've patched things up.

[@FreqElite]

Fair enough, one can only hope

[@moxiebees]

Why does Tycho not use 'guidance' more often to help with the simple checks?

[@moxiebees]

That d4!

[@567Archie]

I know it won't happen but they should totally slide back down the mountain on top of the big chests back to the airship that would be so cool and they'd get the gold.

[@AdmiralPrice]

Chris just made a huge ruling on an ongoing debate about how dual weapons work with multi-attack. It seems you get 2 attacks PER attack action, meaning that you dual wield on each attack action. That's insanely good.

[@krylongeek286]

No, if you have a weapon in your off hand, you can use a bonus action to attack with it, it even says that in the PHB.

[@AdmiralPrice]

Not what I'm saying. There's significant disagreement on whether a Dual wielding character gets 3 attacks (2 main hand, one off hand) or 4 attacks (2 main hand, two ff hand) with the Extra Attack ability (at lvl 5 for a lot of classes). The reason is because it requires a bonus action to attack with the off hand weapon, which might mean you only attack ONCE with it, because you can only use a bonus action once. Chris' ruling is that you use the off hand weapon twice as well, which is insanely good.

[@Smetanol_]

@pennyarcadeTV I have question to Chris Perkins: I wanted to make small adventure for my friends. They don't minmax and I wanted to make adventure kinda easy. What difficulty (aka numbers) should I make my check rolls, saving throws, etc. for things such as falling boulders, unexpected investigations, charisma checks? Preferably with examples. Thank you in advance.

[@lynnwalkerkelly]

I'm calling it now guy in the red is Aeofel. He prays to malora and we last see him retrieving a magical sword. He is also a elf with a potty mouth It would also explain his reaction to binwin.

[@dunderhill]

Perkins! Bruh. You're forgetting to add the proficiency bonus to thieves' tools checks.

[@Spindlegrind]

I love these. been a fan of Aq Inc since the very early days. Sadly these episodes are recorded so quietly I have to watch them on my PC with the speakers high, cannot hear them well on tablet or phone at all.Regardless of this minor tech issue....keep up the awesome adventures guys.Jim winks. x

[@KorgothTheDestroyer]

IT'S HIM! HE'S BACK!

[@sellsbrosdnd]

GO GET HIM!!!

[@TerrorBlades]

Oh god! Whill he appear at the live show?!

[@Navith132]

nonono, we really don't want Wheaton back here. He was so annoying in the past, always taking all the attention from the others

[@psilopsychopath294]

+Navith132 I miss Wil..

[@krausier]

I doubt it, chris did not like it when will was playing with the group and he when out of his way to show him no mercy over the whole acid trap murder hole.

[@Efreeti]

Anyone know which Blamimation had the "frozen bones" thing?

[@oneclipleft]

It was the Christmas/Alliday episode :D

[@es-mq4th]

Loving the episodes :D Keep em coming~!

[@churchskiz]

Lol I died on this one. Jim in his baby bjorn yelling pussy.

[@ThatBritishMexican]

Melora????? Aeofel's return!!!!!

[@themightiestjoe]

Couldn't Jim use his extra-dimensional room to store items?

[@Randommarcher]

I wish I could be a great DM like Mr. Perkins. :(

[@Maltechr]

Shoulda used the dark magic unicorn to carry stuff to the robot! :p

[@icedcool]

1 hour. Awesome.

[@Davetookthewave]

what's the ''frozen booooones'' - thing from? can anybody help?

[@SuperCharlesWidmore]

Anybody? Please!

[@ShantupWOG]

Sunday actually is the beginning of the week though.

[@RedHandedBandit11]

It makes me feel relieved that even Chris Perkins himself can screw up the rules so often. Binwin you only get to make an offhand attack as a bonus action when you dual wield, according to RAW. Which makes dual wielding rather underpowered once you start getting other options for your bonus action.

[@KorgothTheDestroyer]

Could always be a house rule

[@RedHandedBandit11]

+KorgothTheDestroyer could. be, but Perkins rarely makes permanent house rules in his broadcasted games and besides? They made an effort to look it up implying that it wasn't something they intentionally changed.

[@Tensen01]

we had this exact same problem with our own Barbarian, had to explain that's not how dual wield works after he made like 7 attack in a round(he's a minotaur so also has horn attacks)

[@beowar]

I thought as much, been playing a dual wielding dwarf ranger and I was totally confused when they started saying 2 hits per attack, would be a lot better incentive for dual wielding though

[@thefracturedbutwhole5475]

he was dual wielding and i also think he has the dual-wielder feat . . . were you not paying attention when Binwin was using his 2 battleaxes to climb with?

[@milesmatheson1142]

When the GM says "No, that wasn't a Freudian slip!"... "I stab every NPC in the back, immediately, to death!"

[@milesmatheson1142]

Forgive me, I'm a bit confused. Which sister is the "evil" one, and which is basically switching sides?

[@Insanity_Inc]

Awesome 3 am and the new episode is out :D

[@spookydood3965]

Does Jim still have the manuals of awesome

[@erwinbogumil207]

48:53 what about just doing ropetrick and getting it all in the pocket dimension?

[@_faythene]

The time has come finally!

[@deseedy9660]

binwin has a ring of feather fall