The Chain of Acheron: Ep. 20 - Ringwell Awaits | Matt Colville's D&D Campaign

The Chain of Acheron venture into the basement of the abandoned butcher shop. They find an assortment of foes delaying their arrival to the entrance of Ringwell.
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[@bigcolor584]

Stronghold and Followers is shipped The tequilla in the background has disappeared Everything seems to be in order

[@ApathyParabellum]

I was going to like this, but it has 100 likes!

[@helloMCDM]

Critical "Blimey!" Counter: +1

[@DesmondDentresti]

There were at least 3, lets be honest.

[@chedc28]

"What about Buts?" Phil: "she's in the back end." *grins and looks around as no one responds :)*

[@Timby_]

I can’t wait to hear the intro at episode 67 “We are MCDM productions, and we had a pretty good lunch today”

[@supremeleadersmeagol6345]

RIP

[@jonathanjtrask]

O'D: "I didn't even get a chance to get my rod out." MC: "The night is young." LOLOLOLOLOL

[@frontline989]

Phill is my favorite owner of a major video game developing company that also plays D&D. By far!

[@Slywyn]

The part about 2:49 where they're talking about the healing spirit/rain(whatever it is) spell amuses me so much because Colville is like "wait how does that spell work, I thought it healed more" and Copper's like "no you only get so many dice" or whatever he says. It's really, really funny because they 'only' get so many dice because Colville told them it was overpowered and changed how the spell worked, and then he's now forgotten that he changed it and is wondering why they're doing it different. This is great.

[@IndigoWraithe]

3:11:40 - Inappropriate Corridor Description. This part cracked me up so hard. Everyone's reactions, and then Lars just totally stone-faced. XDD

[@adammetc]

Even Lars cracked a grin the first time around! (3:09:42)

[@philipcollier4883]

Drow: Shisno! Judge: What does that mean? Leech: It means, sir, that negotiations have broken down... Slim: Now we do it MY way!

[@dyslegein]

Wait did Matt make an Rvb reference

[@philipcollier4883]

@@dyslegein haha no I don't think it was intentional 6:56 decide for yourself if it totally doesn't remind you of that scene

[@CountsDigGraves]

Around 3:15:00 a great Larx-Anna sibling moment. "Yes, I mess with Anna all the time, but you don't get to mess with her when she's not here... because she'll stab me."

[@azuraben5128]

Hasta la vista, SPOILERS ! 0:00:00 We are MCDM productions 0:00:03 Intro 0:00:27 Welcome to the show 0:01:09 When last we left our heroes 0:01:40 Battle placement 0:02:23 Please drink responsibly people 0:03:25 Initiative 0:05:37 Matt? Now. 0:23:50 Hlan down 0:24:50 Marquis of Hell riffling through pockets 0:27:00 Ring get 0:36:57 Battlemap marching order 0:39:50 Underground crossroads 0:41:30 Big pile 'o shit 0:43:10 Initiative 0:44:43 Otyugh 0:46:15 King of D&D 0:49:30 Seen this, done that 0:50:07 Initiative 0:52:20 Do you trust me? 0:55:40 “Friendly” fire; Leech down 1:05:50 First otyugh down 1:16:45 Deadly riposte, #2 1:18:36 50 subs! 1:20:00 Slim conversion 1:20:40 J'accuse! 1:22:30 If we had a copy... 1:25:20 Otyugh #3 down 1:29:50 Dadummm, dadummm 1:35:15 Rip treasury die 1:37:44 Another 50 subs! 1:39:33 Announcements 1:41:10 Feature Fanart 1:44:09 Back to the game 1:44:47 Random die roll 1:53:59 Secret purple worm attack! 1:57:19 Initiative 1:58:08 338 shirts preorders in very few minutes 2:01:44 Classic D&D 2:03:04 Wall of fire 2:09:39 Chomp 2:13:49 Matt squee in 3... 2:20:49 Non-Euclidean universe 2:26:34 Barf 2:36:54 Purple worm no more 2:38:14 Alchemy check 2:50:24 Exploring ahead 2:55:21 Miraneth's message 3:05:54 New battlemap 3:07:32 Cats always land on their feet 3:16:44 Wall forbiddance 3:25:26 Inspiration 3:26:58 Tomb of the sun elf 3:28:11 Another 50 subs! 3:30:59 Welcome to the Chain, junior officer Frost 3:32:54 Voices of another party 3:34:27 Command check (Kingdoms & Warfare) Apologies for the late comment, but apparently this video was uploaded at 2 am for me at the only day I sleep in. Anyway! Let me know if I missed anything or wrote too much/little, happy travels!

[@Hazel-xl8in]

Azur Aben where’s the smooth shaft time stamp?

[@azuraben5128]

@@Hazel-xl8in Must have missed that, can you tell me?

[@inplfw]

@@azuraben5128 3:09:35

[@goatatfloat4317]

You’re a saint

[@invisibledooley]

"Behold! The Adamantium Sword!" AdamAntium Sword: "Stand and Deliver, your money or your life!"

[@rich_2739]

37:01 Phil's subtle "She's in the back end" 😂 😂 😂

[@NPDGX]

MMMMH this upload speed! Super happy to have another episode so quickly to give more hours of my life to!

[@WilliamSlayer]

Tipsy Matt = wacky DM shenanigans I've been there Matt! Fun episode. The Purple Worm is one of my all time favorite D&D monsters. A true classic!

[@ibulleti7948]

1:42:52 'that's his cousin, Wide' ahahahah

[@archer111000]

4:00 Dusk! It’s all connected!

[@johnlowkey359]

Matt: I might not have enough d6s Anna: Noooooo!

[@GrynLin]

The piercing & poison damage is one attack, so it should be combined as one total for the concentration check on the wall of fire

[@Hazel-xl8in]

GrynLin well i’m not sure it would have mattered cause Anna didn’t make the check at 19 also make your own comment why you hijacking someone else’s

[@masondeross]

@@Hazel-xl8in "hijacking" is a strange way to think of replies to a KZbin comment. No one is really making private threads when they make a public comment to a video, so I think everyone knows what to expect and therefore disables notifications on replies. Comments are more a communal mural that people add to as they go, and then the next person, and so on, while we move on to the next video, than a static entity.

[@andrewweisbrod4506]

2:44:41 Hearing Matt allude to the ventral nervous system of a land invertebrate was a delightfully unexpected detail. He could have had Buts spout some pseudoscientific jargon, but the fact that the detail is grounded in actual high school-level biology, and that even an avid scholar might be uncertain of this with a rare magical creature, is just too perfect.

[@zachhill2831]

Nice, love these. The group has a good dynamic together and I’m looking forward for I seeing some more of the Strongholds and Followers mechanics.

[@StarWindEnergin]

I think having some sauce before this episode started was a good idea. Great flow right out the gate. Well played.

[@NathienSK]

That smug looking bard blowing up a wall to avoid conversation about how they are going to dismantle it manually, so good.

[@StalinMcRally]

When the Purple Worm regurgitates Slim I just see the scene with Drax in GoG2 infront of me.

[@mandodelorian4668]

OK plenty of fun and funny stuff but Judge/Anna really did make me laugh @1:52:46 "It's very important to me that I survive". Discretion vs Valour and all that, lol

[@Postdotfuzz]

"We're not even in Ringwell yet and things are already getting weird."

[@Zonalar]

Oh boy. Ive been waiting all week for this. So excited to watch myself some more chain:D

[@bigklu4756]

Is it just me or did "A laurel and hardy handshake" go completely over the heads of Matt's players? That one had me laughing out loud.

[@nateesterline8733]

Me too! Always good to hear Blazing Saddles references

[@maxherzog3287]

I was loving this moment

[@smilerat8070]

Finally caught up!!!! You guys are legitimately amazing. Waiting for the Copper rp to open up a bit more since he is possibly my favortie member of the Chain, but i think Tom (not Tom) is juat a quiter person, like how Lars never smiles. You can tell Lars is having fun because how much he picks at O'D, my friends are the same.

[@phatman9762]

I cannot WAIT to see fan art of Big Cat and the Autiyug(hope I'm spelling that right) playing tug-o-war with Leech's unconscious body. LMAO

[@Hazel-xl8in]

Phat Kid it’s uh... Otyugh

[@radicaledward2981]

I love Phil - "if we're all retching and vomiting we're not attacking." 🤣

[@dkail08]

With one swell foop. Lol. He's my spirit animal. I do this all the time too

[@BarokaiRein]

3:09:36 Even Lars smiled at that joke

[@matthewturner5178]

I feel like the W's are just specific wands the enemy group has access to that they use shorthand when mentioning. Don't want enemies to know what kind of wands you have in stock. Loved how Lars fire-balled Leech when Leech has previously fire-balled O.D. It's the circle of life.

[@ivanshubin7231]

I totally thought "W" stood for "wizard" like they used expendable fodder wizards to trip the wards

[@firpishable]

I miss The Chain so much.

[@Fatallityhug]

Thoroughly enjoyed the video :) watching combat was (To my surprise) very engaging and a lot of fun!

[@chaddixon9764]

I am in a pretty good mood too, now that this is out.

[@JaredMC82]

Perfect for Friday Night consumption

[@shawngillogly6873]

Drunken DMing+crazy rolls=much shenanigans. Great fun.

[@alexas1173]

Yay Drunk Matt! Im so excited, watching this after i just ran my own game. Cant get enough d&d

[@johannvelez5768]

Gotta love when Matt sings the Purple Worm song 🤣🤣🤣

[@preacherman01]

I like how much Matt cracks himself up.

[@Ajmes]

That figure is amazing btw, nice scary nurpley boi.

[@teddyturner13]

ffs someone gift these guys some area effect spell templates lol jk love you guys keep it up

[@BrandonSmith-in7eo]

Love everything! Sorry I can't be there live!

[@Nemo2342]

Another fantastic episode! Going to pre-order one of those sweet shirts too to show my support!

[@just_a_foxhound4682]

I preordered a physical copy of Strongholds & Followers, any chance the MCDM crew could sign it? Lol jk but in all seriousness this is my favorite D&D stream, Matt reminds me so much of my first DM that introduced me to the game. May the Chain never break!

[@Lastburn]

Bring it to gen con

[@ourkarate]

THANK YOU for the Sweeny Todd reference!

[@Thenarratorofsecrets]

Was JUST LAST NIGHT thinking about a sweeney todd NPC to add to my game. Fleeney Bahd.

[@Eneisher]

Hell yeah !!! The chain 2 days later Nice (I cant watch in wednesday D: )

[@aarondavis7391]

Thank God for more of the Chain!

[@MrTrilbe]

Waiting for the O'D, Kennith William's "Oh Matron" moment

[@zainredding3476]

Aww I miss the Motorhead intro.

[@jaredatkinson1071]

Judgen Butts sounds like a good time.

[@TAPgiles]

Matt: "Well well well..." Anna: (smirks) "Why can't you let us make the joke?" Matt: "I wanted to save you the embarrassment."

[@clinthazzard7397]

Slim is a Superior Being, with superiority dice.

[@Griffiana]

Glad to hear it MCDM Productions. I'm in a good mood too.

[@spellderon5025]

Tom's "Slim." at 2:34:26 is the best joke and everyone missed it.

[@magicprime5135]

Got my Strongholds shipping confirmation today!

[@inomad1313]

2:33:00 I just see the worm guys from MIB following the purple worm. Lol.

[@curvy4655]

*Potential Spoilers about those 'W's* I bet the 'W's are Wishes. Whoever got sent in had an item with 2 uses of it, which should be powerful enough to defeat the Forbidences. Also a nice way for Mat to say "Hey, these guys have access to crazy strong stuff, be afraid."

[@zanderthegreen2385]

Butts used stinking CLoud! It was ineffective!

[@michael7671]

Matt's reaction at 2:12:28 just makes me wheeze XD

[@vaapad7261]

The whole time I was watching I could only see the 'una' on Anna's can and I couldn't help but think she was drinking straight tuna juice.

[@Hazel-xl8in]

sad that the purple worm didn’t have anything of value inside. the monster manual says that often times precious metals and gems get stuck inside.

[@bunnythekid]

Around 2:45:12 it looks like Matt rolls for it quickly

[@Illusory-Script]

After Matt’s terrible pun: Anna: “Turn it off Jerry!” That killed me.

[@amireliad]

Hey nice! I've also just unleashed two of these bad boys (otyughs) at my players yesterday! Was a blast

[@DrowNemdas]

WE AH MOTUH-HEAD. AND WE are in a pretty good mood :)

[@ProfessorNogginify]

Hey! its a shadow elf from the 4e game. (Oh no apparently Hlan just look like shadow elves)

[@StevoM08]

If Red means advantage then do The Chain always have advantage? Red is always in their hearts. RIP.

[@Boxvoko]

2:38:56 Medicine Chest. Quicksilver flask intensifies!

[@psachickennugget8617]

They should sell the worm meat at the butcher shop.

[@josephmort4039]

When Matt proclaimed himself the king of D&D, Matt Mercer suddenly perked up and said "Something horrible has happened."

[@aarondavis7391]

"I sense something, a presence I have not felt since..."

[@paulmiller6431]

Yay!!! More chain!

[@CBusschaert]

I'm with Phil on the "writing" thing. Matt's response as "what letter is it" kinda tells you how skewed his vision of written languages work. Chinese ideograms are not letters, they convey more meaning than sound, and it's a writing system for a language. A triangle with an exclamation mark in it is not a letter, it conveys meaning more than sound, it's a writing system for a language that doesn't have a spoken language associated.

[@celeborn_of_lorien]

Anna looking at the camera 😂

[@Thenarratorofsecrets]

ahhh good ol drinking and dragons.

[@joesayre7267]

Episode title should have been, “A Slim is Born”.

[@SinnycoolGames]

i know this is from 4 years ago but Matt always talking about how the battles are boring to us but i disagree i came to this channel for the extra fighting and less of the playing touch butt in the park. The fighting is only boring if the Pc's WALK everything easily. If you make it dangerous and something they have to actually think about and someone goes down or maybe 2 people go down that is very exciting. Now slim just blendering everything isnt exciting but you killed a couple PC's early and that was a good way to set the tone that its going to be dangerous and i like that. Give them more tough fights, knock them on their butts, but dont just straight murder all of them with a TPK or on the other hand dont just let them walk through cutting everything in half. It has to be somewhere in the middle where any fight could lead to a death but there is also always a chance it doesnt too.

[@danspencer1281]

They said it couldn't be done but I have caught up. No one said that actually but I have caught up.

[@theophrastusbombastus1359]

Okay. Now try catching up on critical role seasons 1 & 2 And then, whilst you're at it, all episodes of the Adventure Zone (",)

[@danspencer1281]

@@theophrastusbombastus1359 easy tiger,

[@RJ_Ehlert]

Would it be helpful to game play if imp O'D goes on the same Initiative as Leech?

[@RJ_Ehlert]

In the same way Big Cat goes with Copper.

[@LagunaDaeron]

It's different for familiars as they have their own initiative for some reason per the rules. There's nothing that says you can't delay either turn in the round to be right behind eachother though.

[@RJ_Ehlert]

@@LagunaDaeron Indeed. I interpret D&D and its rules as a living game, where the DM at each table is able to adjusted the Rules As Written to allow play at their table to function better for their group and be more enjoyable for their group.

[@LagunaDaeron]

@@RJ_Ehlert As a Warlock in several campaigns, I definitely agree. Having to track two different initiatives for effectively, a partial character (the familiar) is just annoying.

[@reyoscuro5381]

when the npc said its probably magic i knew it was not and the it got me the W.

[@a2pabmb2]

Phil tryin'a re-enact The Shawshank Redemption over here...

[@benjaminmoroni]

Buzzed Matt is pretty fun.

[@JesperoTV]

It's weird to hear "and we play Dungeons and Dragons" without hearing "WEPLAUYDUNGONSANDRAGOUNSH" in a booming Willingham voice after

[@russ4024]

I MISS DA CHAIN SO MUCH WAAAHHHHH

[@KMan661]

Didn’t they forget Big Cat was too big to fit through the door? They had him waiting out front.

[@Hazel-xl8in]

he squeeze

[@curvy4655]

I think it was more like Big Cat would be a very awkward fit so he cant charge in with the party, but if they want to bring him through to the other side it just takes a bit of effort.

[@Lastburn]

If I remember correctly, bigcat does fit but can't move around

[@desperatemeasur]

Dang! Cr 15 is no joke! I threw my lvl 6 party of 7 up against 2 blue slaad (cr 7), 1 green slaad (cr 8), and a death slaad (cr 10) and pulled no punches. Only one PC died...

[@ninjapirate31]

The action economy changes how those two encounters go down. The purple worm only gets 1 turn and there were 7ish people who are basically all built to murder the shit out of it. And then when they all go nova their damage output increases dramatically. The weapon master ability also has increased the damage floor of the characters with the most attacks and so the chain arguably had an advantage going into the battle.

[@siavashpakdel5429]

God the deadwood refrence made me so happy and excited. i have half of the cast of Deadwood in my campaign as NPCs. Al is a tabaxi.lol.

[@matthewneuendorf5763]

The Worm found Slim... indigestible.

[@jimmyhill5079]

I feel like every character is super buffed except ODs either through buffed classes or magic items. Maybe a buff to ODs familiar.

[@charlieelding5909]

Jimmy Hill I don’t know whether you’ve seen the magic item Matt gave him (the Sin Metal Rod) but it is BONKERS. +2 to spell attack, DC, regain a spell slot at will (once), absorb a spell slot when targeted (once) can cast thunder step? Yes please. Leech could be a HUGE damage dealer, as big as Slim, if played right - Hexblade Patron, Devil’s Sight, Elven Accuracy - but that’s not the character he wants. He picked Celestial for support (and backstory I assume), and he doesn’t use his spells in an optimal way, nor does he assign his Eldritch Invocations or ASIs. Which is totally fine it’s a valid way to play.

[@jimmyhill5079]

@@charlieelding5909 I did not see that. I thought it was just a rod of the pact keeper. Thanks for the reply.

[@Strilar667]

It'd be really cool if Frost was from Vanigar, the clans are really cool

[@darthvadersassassin]

i really want to know where the quote Matt says is from. "you and your sister may go". its killing me because i feel like ive heard it before.

[@kristopherostling5100]

Romancing the stone

[@chuckallerston9997]

I used a rubber fishing worm molded as a purple worm.

[@mikegould6590]

Judge should be at least Lieutenant, if not Commander. Anna has an natural sense of tactics, command and is almost always correct on every decision, despite Lars hand waving her decisions. She spotted the changeling on a guess, knew about the purple worm, and has a great sense of whom make great allies.

[@Meteor2022]

There is a reason that Lars and Phil were leading. That is their playstyle and they are comfortable with it. I won't put words in Matt's mouth but it seems predetermined off camera who will be commander and lieutenant. Töm was a curveball though. Matt O'Driscoll would make an excellent spymaster as it seems he comprehends, remembers, and knows what to ask about Capital affairs very well.

[@mikegould6590]

o0mpALoompA Man The reason Lars is leading has to do with his relationship with Matt. Period.

[@lawrencekenworthy8918]

Pretty sure I got a gifted sub during this episode, and I've never seen a single episode live coz I'm in the UK

[@juanin989]

King's fireball was a masterful move. I don't get why people are complaining down here.

[@dittmar104]

He burned a bunch of resources from high level spells to hit dice. If he let boots hypnotic pattern first, then they could have pulled slim out and targeted them one at a time- since they don’t get to repeat the save for HP. That was the perfect chance for hypnotic pattern and therefore boots to shine but decided friendly fire was the right idea

[@ZigZagPaddyWag]

Always go left because right is wrong

[@fhuber7507]

Forgot to charge damage when he cut off his finger....

[@RiderOmega]

Oh god, I paused at 3:32:27 and Matt's face is killing me!

[@jfarrar19]

No. Astral Chainsaw isn't his wrestler name. It's his signature move.

[@1n20DnD]

[1:47:07] "Got some potions? Got some lotions, don't you?" Anyone know what this clip is from? Or maybe @MatthewColville will enlighten us?

[@DankSausage]

the mighty boosh