The Chain of Acheron: Ep. 8 - Arrival | Matt Colville's D&D Campaign

[@gcollins1992]

I love Matt playing the bored, dead-end job bureaucrat who clearly doesn't give a SHIT. Capital's DMV-equivalent had me rolling.

[@helloMCDM]

The longest session yet! We hope you enjoy watching as much as we did playing.

[@dreadmorg]

First 30 seconds "HOLY CRAP IT SOUNDS SO GOOD!" Great job MCDM!

[@Mike-gz8gy]

Sounded great! Loved this one!

[@tdog4423]

MCDM I love you from Alabama.🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🤪

[@tdog4423]

MCDM how do you make those chain company cards.

[@tennesseeponderer3146]

23:44 so that’s why powerful dragons have gold hoards, it’s XP for them

[@MCXL1140]

Friends, you gotta announce your rolls, (or your lies, Matt) for those hard workers at MCDM Stats!

[@geoffdewitt6845]

I love how much fun Phil has with Slim - this is great!!!!

[@whythecows]

I like that he didn't just make him Sweet Mark II.

[@redtippedthrobrobin6053]

I miss Sweet a lot but I'm glad Phil has a character he really likes now

[@tobiasreaper1443]

"Occupation?" "No, just visiting..."

[@franzluggin398]

Ooohhh, I just realized I didn't get/misunderstood the joke until now! Thanks for writing it down, so I could have another laugh out of it!

[@rcschmidt668]

Ha! “Siege” you later. 🤣

[@Zmapes89]

RETURN OF THE APPLE CART!! Game just went up a notch.

[@topherrobeson4446]

The cabbage merchants long lost cousin

[@Balcamion79]

It's a MIMIC!

[@bunnythekid]

I can just imagine Copper pouring out his pockets onto the clerks desk in big handfuls. One hearty bag of gold pieces, one lollipop with a silver piece and cat hair stuck to it, one squeaky rubber duck, some loose buttons, an old birthday card, several bent keys, a stuffed six-legged cat cuddly toy - worn and stained with sleep, a yo-yo, a leather mouse filled with catnip, a bag wet-through on the bottom but sealed shut with aged pudding, a penny whistle, some out of date olbas oil and countless tissues and one of those thing you hold up to your eye, look into the light and click the button and it shows you some images of famous events or places.

[@invisibledooley]

This is head-canon now.

[@azuraben5128]

I sure do love the smell of spoilers in the morning... 0:00:00 Trust no one 0:00:20 Intro 0:00:42 When last we left our heroes 0:01:19 Docking procedures 0:06:57 Ship logistics 0:12:07 Vikings 0:20:04 Capitol Customs 0:21:57 King 0:23:07 Old D&D 0:24:32 Casting spells 0:26:52 King, continued 0:27:52 Boots 0:29:07 Judge 0:31:11 Slim 0:36:57 Copper & Big Cat 0:42:05 To the exchange! 0:51:20 Dwarven undercity 0:55:12 Licences 0:56:42 Waiting for the sunset 1:00:55 Triple prices 1:07:16 Place to stay 1:09:37 Spreading the word 1:11:27 Broadsheets 1:19:22 Weird people 1:23:29 Friendly interrogations 1:28:34 The actual cop 1:33:47 Seal discussion 1:37:07 Feature Fanart 1:40:58 Street vendor 1:48:23 Stolen Chronicle 1:50:32 Dice 1:54:49 Chronicle chase 1:54:53 You are prey 1:56:36 What you can do I can do too 1:58:29 Jump 'n Jive 2:02:41 Move or be flayed 2:06:21 Street smarts 2:07:48 Feline agility 2:09:36 Battlemap 2:25:31 Big brother 2:37:17 Rock 'em Shock 'em 2:41:51 Ditch 'em! 2:48:25 Magic and mundane stuff 3:02:43 Shatter 3:19:12 You hurt. Our friend. 3:37:10 Charm proof fool proof 3:51:45 Picking up the Chronicle 3:57:45 Rock 'em, Shock 'em, and beyond! 4:00:45 Drop attack 4:17:20 Battlecry 4:31:00 Last one Let me know if I missed anything, happy travels!

[@agelatinouscube930]

ayyy the Flando of MCDM! Dog Bless!

[@nikhilhibare1938]

1:02:30 Whole new world

[@noblestrings]

The Flando of mcdm

[@tennesseeponderer3146]

53:40 420

[@soshp]

around 3:15:00 there was a cut to a weird video

[@17joren]

"We're a very musical city, we do everything with notes." Consider that line STOLEN!

[@oz_jones]

I said "thats nice!" out loud, a couple of times.

[@topherrobeson4446]

I got impatient and watched the vod on twitch last night. Slim is freaking amazing. Got to love him blabbing to anyone who will listen and enlightening us mortals to the glory that is caramel sausage

[@greatturning]

"Get your own. This one is MINE." XD

[@ProfessorNogginify]

Slim went from "maybe not gonna gel" to "100% best character in the group" in one session in my book

[@cj719521]

Calum Briggs he’s awesome! I’ve been on board from the start, but Capital is way more of an interesting backdrop for him. Love it!

[@toshomni9478]

I couldn't get a handle on him. He went from not telling anyone anything to blurting out all their secrets to a random stranger he didn't trust. Unless his whole cluelessness is a ruse just to mess with the party his actions make no real sense.

[@ProfessorNogginify]

@@toshomni9478 I think a better explanation is the player is just taking time getting into character

[@mcolville]

@@toshomni9478 He went from "who is this person!?" To "Oh, a storyteller! YOU MUST TELL THE TALE OF OUR DEEDS!"

[@nintendoaddict12]

Vanity might just be one of his character traits.

[@shawngifford]

I feel like you’ve done a great job of introducing the feel of Capital in one session. NPCs are on point, as always!

[@jamesfisher9594]

That's my emotional support displacer beast sir.

[@milgram12]

This one had me rolling laughing. The reporter nearly killed me. The customs agent was awesome, and I never would have thought there would be an amazing RP moment determining what Gith like to eat.

[@ianhanley1213]

"as a kid, having a lot of gold and spending it was this amazing fantasy" As an impoverished adult, I can assure you that fantasy of finding a big pile of imaginary gold has not diminished 😂

[@BKets4ever]

"We're a very musical city. We do everything with notes" This phrase combined with Matt's expression is pure gold. I actually laughed out loud. Nice work sir, nice work

[@calvincotton1998]

Seriously! I fucking died. I'm really surprised no one at the table laughed.

[@janrudzki5651]

I have to say, I get a bit giddy every time Phil speaks in character. Slim is just such an awesome PC

[@Marcos-dg6gj]

*hands out note to slim* matt --we're a very musical city, we do everything with notes loved it 33:18

[@xStahlx]

That cold open is just spectacular, Matt. Replayed it ten times. Such great writing.

[@fnglert]

"Name?" "King." "Occupation?" " .... King."

[@Bluecho4]

"Second verse, same as the first."

[@TheSanlerBrothers]

What would happen if King became a King???

[@pbtenchi]

Gami Gaming King King first of his name.

[@ShadowRyutoji]

@@TheSanlerBrothers King would become king, but I think he would be recorded under his "real" name. The names are more like handles within the chain, right? They *have* other names, i.e. Nails' true name that depowers him.

[@aenorist2431]

@@ShadowRyutoji They do not use their old, dead names. A magical "true name" is a special thing.

[@emmanuelacosta5371]

Re: Falling unconscious from damage 1. If the attack brings you to 0 hit points, AND the remaining damage is equal to or exceeds your current maximum hit points, you're dead. 2. If the attack doesn't kill you as per rule 1, you are "unconscious" at 0 hit points. 3. At the TOP of your turn, you roll a death saving throw: 1-9 equals one failed death saving throw; 10-20 equals a successful death saving throw. 4. If you are attacked while unconscious, then you gain one failed death saving throw; attacks within 5 ft. of you are automatic critical hits, AND they count as two failed death saving throws. Additionally, if any damage taken while unconscious equals to or exceeds your maximum hit points, you're dead. Otherwise, refer to rule 3. 5. If you accumulate 3 failed death saving throws before 3 successful ones, you're dead. If the opposite is correct, you are stable and will wake up with 1 hit point in 1d4 hours, unless you are healed by other means. Rolling a 1 on a death saving throw equals 2 failed death saving throw; if you roll a 20, you regain 1 hit point and are conscious again. Hope this helped.

[@toddrobinson8449]

Actually in 4. “attacked” should be replaced by the word “damaged” and “attacks” should be “hits”. It’s also worth noting that attackers have advantage against unconscious targets.

[@RoyalFusilier]

I loved the encounter with the reporter. I absolutely adore when the players get into situations that aren't actual rolling-dice combat... but which can still be handled well or poorly.

[@invisibledooley]

The Skill Challenge was cool and very cinematic, I also liked the clockwork soldiers battle, lots of interesting attacks and tactics being used by both sides.

[@AramilsMusic]

The music and the genuine "bunch of friends hanging out" atmosphere is so relaxing and enjoyable. Thank you!!

[@billhenry7213]

And always nice to have a woman in the group. Plus Anna is super cute.

[@LemanRussVanquisher]

Props to Tom for knowing that a rapier is a long and heavy sword, most RPGs treat them like they are feather light.

[@voxlknight2155]

Well, its just as heavy as any other sword... i.e. a kilo at most.

[@MindAndMyth]

Yep, the great thing about the rapier is that the point of balance is much further back than in any other sword.

[@OmniGSage]

Ha! Judge reenacted that scene from "The Princess Bride" where Íñigo AND Fezzik were trying to get through a crowd and Fezzik was like "EVERYBODY MOVE!"

[@nerdgarage]

I love that Phil rolls to see whether he likes the food. This is how I prefer to play - almost anything where I need to make a non-obvious choice, especially when there's potential fun/trouble to be had/made, I like to leave it to the dice. That is, after all, the whole reason they exist.

[@TR-pk6sq]

"Puts the sausage in the caramel" is gonna be my new life moto. when life gives you sausage put it in caramel, there's always more sausage fish in the caramel sea.

[@ianhanley1213]

I am astounded how engaged and immersed I was by 10 minutes of passing through customs, bravo!

[@Nasha842]

Wow, the reaction the mecha-kids had to Slim's misty step was awesome and got a good laugh out of me.

[@lord6617]

"I mean, Devils are Evil, but we have standards" That was comic gold right there.

[@oz_jones]

"At least we're not fiends."

[@Providence83]

During the end, as soon as Matt described them as having mechanical components inside I was so frantically going "please, someone have heat metal! *Please!"* because that would have fuuuuucked up all the components inside them. Different metals have different thermal expansion coefficients, springs would be hooped, oils and grease have an optimal temperature range for their purposes AND their outer shell was ceramic so that heat would have been insulated inside them! Then you could have had it to where they needed to like open up their skin to vent the heat giving an opportunity to get up in there... That's all probably outside the scope of D&D to consider but studying to be a mechanical engineer, I can't help myself. XP

[@a.morphous66]

“I am D’jelek the Impious. These creatures call me Slim.”

[@trequor]

Slim's voice is fantastic. The resonance makes him sound super-human/extra-terrestial

[@Alex-fn2hl]

As per suggestion, for the curious. Crawford says: "Verbal components are mystic words (PH, 203). The spell’s suggestion is a separate, intelligible utterance."

[@shinniehildebrand]

Actually, the exact wording in the PHB is "Most spells require the chanting of mystic words. The words themselves aren't the source of the spell's power; rather, the particular combination of sounds, with specific pitch and resonance, sets the threads of magic in motion. Thus, a character who is gagged or in an area of silence, such as one created by the silence spell, can't cast a spell with a verbal component." Which means, MOST spells have some special mystic words but as the words themselves aren't the source of power but the way they sound and the order and pitch, the Suggestion spell Verbal component could be as simple as "I suggest" said in a certain way followed by the actual suggestion. At which point it is subtle and unless the person knows the Suggestion spell and how it works I'd argue (as a GM) that they won't know it was cast. Not to mention that the Material component for Suggestion can be replaced by a spell focus.

[@Alex-fn2hl]

​@@shinniehildebrand, I'm just repeating what Crawford says. I would argue, however, that the 'most spells' refers to 'all spells with verbal components', which is indeed most spells. I think it's reasonable to say that you can't disguise verbal components of spells as part of regular speech, though I'd prefer a more specific ruling in the book proper.

[@shinniehildebrand]

@@Alex-fn2hl Of course, there is always the difference between RAW (Rules As Written) and RAI (Rules As Intended). However, there is also the ages old golden rule of D&D that says: whatever you guys find fun, just go and do it as long as everyone's happy. It's ultimately up to the GM. I personally treat Suggestion as a very subtle thing. Just like the surface thought reading of Detect Thoughts. But other GMs may rule that the caster speaks a few mystical words and THEN speaks the suggestion, similar to Command. I prefer the subtle version because I like seeing the player trying to integrate it naturally into their IC speech.

[@tylerweitzel7768]

@@shinniehildebrand well, you still have to wave around an arcane focus or a severed snake's tongue covered in honey lol

[@shinniehildebrand]

@@tylerweitzel7768 Yeeeeah... can't explain away the snake tongue... xD

[@RobinBaggett]

What an amazing session. One of the best D&D sessions I've ever watched. Fun role-playing, skill challenges, combat...It has everything!

[@DoomRice]

The audio sounds a lot better !

[@ripper1157]

Agreed

[@terryfan15]

I feel like "100% authentic meat. Put mustard on it and you can´t tell the difference" is a Terry Pratchet reference.

[@mortenb-c8764]

Courtesy of Cut-me-own-throat Dibbler.

[@eleintblood]

I know this is late af, but Capital gives me strong Ankh-Morpork vibes

[@SkurgeOfCaprica]

The PC in me was thinking of ways I could counterfeit the notes, and I'm not even playing. Simulated immersion achieved xD

[@thedarkinfj4998]

This intro is just so good. Can't get enough

[@thomaswhitehouse8701]

"But I would like a sausage, it looks delicious!" "Buy your own! This one belongs to me." Fucking slayed me.

[@momqabt]

Wow, Phil has come a long way from the half dwarf to this gith. He plays a fish outs water societally awkward alien mind very good. I love it!

[@randeedraper9273]

I know this was a year ago, but, I love watching everyone figure out new characters. It helps people at home learn at home how it works too.

[@eddieblake4039]

You can still step on heads to make sure you're dead. Melee attacks against an unconscious target are automatically critical hits if made from within 5ft. And crits are two failed death saves.

[@nickwilliams8302]

@24:00 The Primeval Thule campaign setting (by Sasquatch Games) actually advises DMs to hand out XP for treasure. It's a heavily pulp-inspired setting (drawing particular inspiration from Robert E Howard's stuff) and the idea is to encourage the players to be very acquisitive and greedy in their outlook. Which is really the key thing: XP is pretty much the most valuable thing in the game. Players will tend to pursue that which grants XP. If you want your players to favour a certain style of play, give them XP for it. This is why most modern DMs make sure they hand out the same XP for resolving an encounter using social interaction or creative thinking as they would for resolving it with brute force.

[@Savaris96]

Everyone: Turns into a master acrobat Judge: Screams King: Takes a stroll to cut them off

[@hisscout]

What a neat combat in the back alley. Lots of fun. Matt clearly found a way to interject conflict in the parts which could have been pretty boring what with the vikings in front of them, then the homunculus and then the pick pockets. Nice way to open it up, Matt.

[@rich_2739]

Invoke authority as an action works really well. If I understand it correctly, it allows you to cast action spells as a bonus action until the end of your next round. That means you can do the following: Action 1: Invoke Authority BA 1: Action spell as BA A 2: Non-spell action (say, attack) BA 2: Action spell as BA You get to take an extra casting action overall. The only way it doesn't work is if you want to attack every turn.

[@john-lenin]

So when is the bureaucracy supplement coming out?

[@HavardBlackmoor]

Reminded me a bit about the D&D Sourcebook Gaz 3 The Principalities of Glantri

[@harry_ord]

Can't wait to read about fantasy Byzantine rules.

[@Nick-dc6ix]

@@harry_ord the Taxes and Paperwork supplement for 5th edition?

[@harry_ord]

@@Nick-dc6ix yes! I'm looking forward to the part about party expenses and how to use donations to lower my tax contributions if they're done before I finalise the invoices.

[@thonktank1239]

D&D 5e's Asmodeus' encyclopedia of byzantine bureaucracy.

[@igotsmeakabob]

There is so much Ankh-Morpork in Capital. Love it.

[@fanmale97]

I agree and this is only 'the mundane' quarter

[@igotsmeakabob]

@@fanmale97 The way the cop was dealing with the reporter and the party screamed Vimes-commanded Watch to me.

[@eleintblood]

Yes! You can tell Matt is a fan

[@quantumofzentrix2748]

slim is now one of my favourite dnd characters ever, and that reporter scene was hilarious!

[@voidlayern9368]

3:15:13 This is a great way to say you need a healing potion.

[@Hellnagel82]

So they went from one dream (the ship) to another (the inn).

[@cartercopeland1956]

Great fun watching the stream! Keep it up!

[@skyskelton97]

Im far more emotionally invested in the "slim and the sausage cart guy discover what slim likes" plot line the the whole nails becoming a god plot line

[@geoffdewitt6845]

THE MARQUIS TABASCO!!!! Oh, I love the look on Matt's face. That is the face of every DM being like, "I put waaaay more work into that name than I needed to."

[@ianhanley1213]

I love this Matt smith doctor who esque moment for Slim trying to figure out what food is good for him 😂

[@TwoGoblinsInATrenchCoat]

Probably my favorite part.

[@smilerat8070]

Slim so good! Edit: OMG! Huge props to Tom (Boots) for knowing that rapiers were actually very heavy weapons.

[@greatturning]

This was so great! I was worried it was going to be a slog because it seemed like customs was taking f o r e v e r but that turned out to be part of the charm. I feel like I'm really starting to understand Capital conceptually now.

[@gassmanet]

They are The Chain and they play Dungeons and Dragons!!

[@theshadowavatar]

That was an exceptional intro. I love it, nice job on the editing there!

[@rezende.leo.anoder]

There was a time here in Brazil where everyone had a freakin' vuvuzela... After some world cup or something like that, I hated that time, I hated and still hate the vuvuzelas. What a horrible sound. Great session btw.

[@zacharyharwell351]

Thinking about that intro for a few seconds, I decided very quickly that, while no doubt beautiful and bountiful, Capital sounds absolutely terrifying from that perspective; can I go ahead and join the Chain BEFORE everyone is trying to kill me?

[@fhuber7507]

RE the intro: What is fun is when the circle of people being hired gets back to someone hiring the very people that they want to have the assassins kill.

[@knight.paladin1214]

Watched it live, gonna watch it again, better than Netflix.

[@mrskkrueger]

I agree!!!

[@johncross5339]

Me too!

[@Theonlytocavlogs]

This episode is getting me through filing taxes. THANK YOU!!!!

[@adamdoleman7815]

I absolutely love the depth and detail of this campaign. You guys are rocking it!!

[@ripper1157]

"you play your character!" Lars to Anna. Priceless and appropriate

[@Umdur]

So harsh and yet, I get the feeling, it's their relationship as friends or buddies that makes it special instead of rude.

[@Laberlampe]

Thanks for the episode. Slim gets ever more interesting. Looking forward to them getting thrown out of their Inn. Also the reporter was a really nice trick. Just some rule things: 1. Paladins do not get ritual casting, so i think Illrigger does not get it either. 2. Jump lasts for a minute. 3. Shoving does only consume one of your attacks, same as the grapple. 4. Hex requires concentration. (I may have gotten this wrong, but Anna had it up on two creatures?) 5. Technically fall damage is 1d6 per 10 feet, but i like Matts rule much more, since it makes falling damage a much more dangerous thing. 6. Maybe Tom does not know that you do not need advantage to get your sneak attack. It sometimes seems that way.

[@randallbrock8489]

I get anxious because Lars always looks so intense.

[@markdudevad]

I love how fun getting something to eat is. This is great D&D

[@Hrorwulf]

Man, I love the intro monologues. That's an awesome idea, is so cool.

[@MrNolz]

More, more and more this great stuff. I hope you keep doing this for years...

[@SladePate]

I’m so happy Lars is playing a Zeal Cleric cause I’m about to start playing one and I’m excited to see him play one and maybe if he does something more effectively than I do I can maybe improve myself.

[@antoniomontez5796]

Listening to this video, while the party was going though customs I felt like I was at the DMV.

[@jft4820]

What a fun fight! I realized I haven't been using banter in my encounters near enough!

[@UberQfunK]

It is sorta funny how quickly those like Boots and Slim have taken to leadership positions in the Chain. The weird juxtaposition of players and characters make me laugh. Or maybe those characters have always thought of themselves as naturally born leaders.

[@UberQfunK]

@Dooley Versus I agree with these statements. I was talking in more of a narrative mindset. We have seen this cast of characters change at a rate that would have made a tabletop wargamer make a roll for group morale. The core of my statement was about the way which the people at the table, like you also see, have a group dynamic, but I would think that the characters' group dynamic to be a little different. This falls under the way that RPGs are game we play with those at the table and not a controlled fiction i.e. movie, book.

[@federpen]

"You'll end up with a bag with 420 coins" "Yeah I think he'd like that" Hahah, it's the best when choices are purely based on the characters personality and thoughts (even if they might seem unreasonable to someone else)

[@matthewneuendorf5763]

Some rules questions and comments, as of my having watched through around three and a half hours in, without respect to corrections or rulings from later in the episode: Did Phil double the dice from using Menacing Strike on his crit? If not, he should. Fall damage is generally 1d6 per 10 feet, capped at... 20d6 IIRC. Swapping an attack for a shove, when done as part of an Attack Action with the Extra Attack feature (or as part of a Multiattack Action) only replaces a single attack, so you can do multiple shoves, or a mix of shoves and attacks. This is especially important for Fighters with Action Surge and Extra Attack. Edit from c. 3:46, HP stops at 0. It never goes negative. But if you take a single hit that does as much or more damage as your total HP after it reduces you to 0 then you die instantly. Otherwise it's just knocking you unconscious (if it drops you to 0) or causing automatic death save failures (1 if it's a ranged hit, 2 due to automatically critically hitting if within 5 feet). Edit 2 c 4:30: Apparently magic missile has been ruled to only roll a single die and then apply it to each missile. This has implications for some abilities (such as Wizard things that add damage to one damage roll), but it's also one of the most ignored rules because it's simply more fun to roll each missile separately.

[@talscorner3696]

YES! Somebody who knows something actually true about swords!

[@BomberSteve]

i LOVE how matt runs skill challenges. so well done and awesome. inspiring me to do more in my game.

[@Mathizsias]

Audio is much improved! For me, as a hearing impaired person, that is great news!

[@wildghost69007]

shoot and scoot is a real tactic "Shoot-and-scoot is an artillery tactic of firing at a target and then immediately moving away from the location from where the shots were fired to avoid counter-battery fire"

[@CountsDigGraves]

well he is the best dang ranger

[@alexandreboutaudvalarini5638]

3:21:00 Reach (PHB, p. 147): This weapon adds 5 feet to your reach when you attack with it. + errata v1.0: This property also determines your reach for opportunity attacks with a reach weapon.

[@zan917]

"We're a very musical city. We do everything with notes."

[@tankatim13]

Man I wished for a DM journal on this episode. What Matt was thinking when slim leaped so close in the first round of the chase. 😂😂😂

[@JasperKazai]

Pre-rolling initiative is great; I do it when possible. It's not like it really matters. Hell, you can still pre-roll for unplanned/random encounters if you wanted to. Just have a pool of initiatives ready to go and add the modifier when the time comes.

[@jakeholmes9296]

Loved the whole scene with the Hotdog Vendor particularly Slim and the Caramel Hot Dog

[@MrZeyami]

Super upset that I had to go to sleep before the mighty boosh reference. Also, Episode 9: Lars learns about automatic failed death saves

[@WreckerR]

Why didn't anyone heal him before he almost died???

[@dirk_gently]

Last Star Fighter reference? I'm even more on board and I didn't think that was possible.

[@jadxq]

It took me a few episodes to get into this campaign, but this episode has solidified me as a fan.

[@ItsXenixo]

Really enjoy the last combat. I tuned in to learn how to be a better DM, and unsurprisingly, am also enjoying the hell out of the gaming sessions!

[@Shane-The-Pain]

I suddenly and delightfully noticed the Fiend Folio behind Phil's head... with a githyanki just staring at the back of his head.

[@acalin121]

Slim is amazing.

[@danielsimonson3484]

I really tried to watch CR season 2 when it started. i slogged through 6 episodes. I have been hook on this from the first second. Love you guys.

[@RJ_Ehlert]

I agree that CR S2 had a slow start, but it's much better now.

[@charlesjones1535]

It panders to audience demand more than s1, and everyone is trying to have an arc as dramatic as percy

[@mattmark94]

yep, I still like CR, but the second campaign is way worse than the first one.

[@steveeriksen7652]

I feel like the CR season 2 lacks of things that the CR campaign 1 and The Chain have. In the Matt Colville world i can sense the danger for every PC (Hell we lost most of the original Chain members) and with the CR campaign 2 history i don't feel like the world is in war at all. And also ''The Mighty Nein'' don't have a main objective (here the objective is rebuild The Chain) and is making weak the story because is a group that goes random with no goal to be together. More than 50 eps and i don't remember any memorable arc or villain (maybe the dragon was the most dramatic one) in the history this far.. If you compare that with the CR campaign 1 and the Briarwoods arc or with the ep 1 of The Chain with the fall of them and the apparence of the main villain well you will understand why people feel like the campaign 2 is the worst or not interesting.

[@pistolshr1mp]

Watched 52 episodes of CR and it didn't get better - I was really hopeful. The plot armor is so strong that the characters feel they can do anything without any repurcussions - the stealing a ship and murdering an entire dock of officers was the start of a slippery slope into a complete loss of emersion. Slap to the face was returning to the docks without anyone so much as blinking. The Chain just feels alive.

[@dannyantunes]

During the chase skill challenge, if I were Copper I would tell Matt, "I lean forward in my saddle on big cat, whisper in his ear in Goblin. . . . Thruck (HIM). And big cat gets down low and Purrs (it sounds like a crocodile's below) and the he leaps after the thief. I'd roll Animal Handling check.

[@dco901]

Matt, 2:22:30 pun was excellent. Never leave one of those behind. Keep them coming all day!

[@FeralXethx]

@ 51:08 Praise the sun! @ 2:09:27 I'm with Phil, "Big Cat enters Naurto-Run"

[@TwoGoblinsInATrenchCoat]

If I take away one thing from this episode, it's that sausage dipped in caramel actually sounds pretty damn good.

[@ATbierer]

Matt has high charisma IRL. Must be a bard.

[@Brokensnowball]

or a sorcerer. or a paladin. or a warlock.

[@ATbierer]

Parker Broderick natural performer. Check ☑️ Interest in music. Check ☑️ Flair for the dramatic. Check ☑️ Our boy is a bard through and through