The intrepid heroes bamboozling their DMs for

All clips from Dropout.tv's Dimension 20
I've only included the clips from the seasons I've watched and the ones I remembered
Fantasy High Junior Year Ep 12
A Starstruck Odyssey EP 13, 14
Coffin Run Ep 4
A Crown of Candy Ep 4, 9, 12
Neverafter Ep 20

[@gwacie98]

i adore the fact that brennan didn't at ALL find ally suspicious and just thought they were doing yet another incomprehensible bit alskjdfalkjd

[@goshi013]

Its ally, you never know what they're thinking

[@ninjablade2]

That's why you ALWAYS keep em' guessing! xD It's just a nonsensical bit... until it isn't!

[@annamartin5923]

Lou even said that's what they were doing--but he said it into his hands. (Thank you to the person who corrected me. I midgendered Ally and--though unintentional--I should have realized it sooner)

[@CMonty]

My favorite part is that Lou absolutely understood what Ally was doing, but everyone was talking over each other so none of them heard him explaining it.

[@goshi013]

@@CMonty wait, what did lou said?

[@keithkent366]

"Hey! Them's the breaks! 🤷‍♂" Will never not be funny

[@jonathanjernigan3865]

Right up there with Ally’s ‘I don’t know what to tell you’

[@candyh4284]

@@jonathanjernigan3865 "I don't know how else I can say it." "You don't know how else you can say it... besides 'meat mama'?"

[@AceBobcat]

"They/Them's the breaks!"

[@barbarabeatriz6504]

I'm not a native English speaker, can someone explain this expression to me?

[@candyh4284]

@@barbarabeatriz6504 Sure! So, "Them's the breaks" is incorrect, grammatically, by intention. We do this with aphorisms (turns-of-phrase) sometimes, not really sure why, but a similar example would be the phrase "How 'bout them apples?" as popularized in the movie Good Will Hunting. "Show [someone] the breaks" is a phrase in reference to pool (billiards) where you'd "rack" the balls into a formation and then "break" them with the cue ball, and it's sort of random. So when you say "Them's the breaks," you're saying, in effect, "Bad luck, nothing you can do about it."

[@vaxis7994]

"How did you know there'd be a plinth in this fight" has got to be one of my favorite lines of all time

[@whynaut1]

Seriously though, how did they?

[@Reverse_Hood]

@@whynaut1 Probably in case she wanted to breach a wall and escape the arena

[@RememberTheRays]

@@whynaut1 i don't remember exactly who said it, but i think it was Siobhan who answered something along the lines of "we read the books! or, emily did". i think maybe battle of the brands is in canon, and brennan says the plinth is a returning champion.

[@aleeysaurasrex]

"Am I getting Ocean's 11'd? On my OWN show?" is truly the funniest most bamboozled he's been and it kills me every time

[@chancematters]

And he sounds so wimpy and defeated too. Like, he fully WHINES it.

[@ktmac8]

Watching D20 and Critical Role is such a wild juxtaposition. Matt Mercer is one of the sweetest human beings and the CR cast are rarely, if ever, out to "beat" him at D&D. Brennan also seems like a genuinely nice person, but then there's the Intrepid Heroes: "We read the book this time", "I'm trying to kill you, Brennan. You specifically ", "Reddit's gonna eat your ass", "🖕🖕", "Eat your dice, dude", "You are sick. Think about it", etc... Both dynamics are wonderful, but the contrast never fails to make me laugh

[@cinderlord4950]

I think what makes this dynamic work so well is that matt is substantially more willing to pull punches Brennen actively tells his players that he is out to fuck them this combat and they take that as a challenge. which works with who they are as friends the jokes and jests carry out of the game. but when asked to list positives about each other they just melt into positivity over how much they love and care about each other

[@StealthMarmot_]

I love the difference in dynamic and style. Matt is much more of a background player while Brennan is more of actively antagonizing, but in a friendly way. Matt is the Yin to Brennan's Yang.

[@ericeves1180]

Part may just be that Brennan is _able_ to go all out a little more because he has a group who can hit back. Obviously Emily Axford is a terror, but everyone's good. Once they get a feel for D&D, Beardsley's one of the best support players I've ever seen. Zac both has moments of ad hoc brilliance but also just has a knack for always picking the right place to be to share a buff or stop an enemy with Sentinel. Murph is conventional but solid, even though he has the dice luck of a man who pissed off two witches on the same day. And Lou and Siobhan just never miss a beat - look at how Lou instantly understands what's going on with the Call The Guards play even though Brennan has all the same information and doesn't see it. Past the early seasons, Brennan _has_ to play the enemies aggressively, because otherwise that group of players would just cakewalk through everything. From a mechanical perspective there was no way in hell they should have survived the brutally overleveled opposition in the Battle of the Brands. But despite the fact that Brennan didn't go easy on them at all, they _still_ squeaked out a win.

[@plotbunnies]

​@@ericeves1180I laughed so hard at 'the luck of a man who pissed of two witches on the same day'. But not this season. It's a new season it's a new Murph~~

[@clover2309]

​@@cinderlord4950 i think the idea that matt frequently "pulls punches" is a little overblown (ESPECIALLY if you watched c3e91 today lmfao💀) and that the dynamic difference is entirely down to the casts being fundamentally different people. the intrepid heroes are all comedians so naturally they gravitate more towards loud, boisterous jokes at each other's expense while matt is a lot more soft-spoken and gentle, even when he's absolutely destroying the party, so the cast takes the same tone with him in turn for the most part (cause if you make too many aggressive jokes against someone not reciprocating the hater energy it just feels like bullying lol 😭😭)

[@evelynlamoy8483]

So funny to me that Gorgug has mindless rage and is an artificer. "Don't THINK about applying your knowledge! just apply it you knucklehead!" Honestly relatable.

[@jasonninja55]

No he just thinks so hard he gets angry about it

[@Hypersaiyanike]

That's so Warhammer orc of him

[@tovabra1]

Mechanics vs engineers

[@solidmoon8266]

​@@jasonninja55no, he's so angry, he goes full circle back to calm enough to concentrate. Like how you get so mad, everything is just a blue, then something boils over and now you have damn near perfect clarity, you have no distractions, no worries, no pounding in your head. Its a temper so strong that your consciousness becomes the eye on the storm. The rage is as powerful as can be, but you aren't buffeted by its force, able to direct it exactly as you want.

[@noorsager5835]

​@@jasonninja55 maybe im a barbaficer

[@enbyharvey1417]

Crown of candy when murph leaps into ocean with heavy armor but then gets to use the homebrewed magic weapon to teleport back up to boat protect the king is another legendary moment

[@hms21793]

“Are you using the weapon I homebrewed for you to fuck me??” (Or something like that, I forget the exact quote)

[@drewjones7735]

I’m honestly surprised that wasn’t in here.

[@Onedepressedgamer]

@@drewjones7735it wasn’t bambozoling it was just a epic moment

[@justine6116]

Ally "if you miss, he gets an immediate attack on the corn" Emily "and you're rolling with disadvantage because of the net" Murph "and I'm gonna go ahead and do a shove attack" now THAT's what I call teamwork!

[@M.Datura]

It's beautiful.

[@trailblazer225]

I love the shift on Brennan's face at 2:58 when he realizes that Zac's line was too good to keep going after and that he simply has to end the episode now lmao

[@TheNaturalnuke]

‘Shit that was good. Shit that’s better than what I got.’ “Alight we’re gonna end it here!”

[@thethreemuskateens4674]

“Leap? No, I FALL.” Will forever be my favorite Margaret moment

[@argentum909]

I'm so glad you included Ally's "Call to the Guards" play. Even though it didn't pay off as well as the rest, the set up still got me so good

[@ericeves1180]

The dice didn't cooperate, but it was still a great move. Anyone can roll lucky. It's more impressive to do something where even if it doesn't work it was still clearly the right choice.

[@pibscuite]

That's honestly one of my favourite moment in that episode, coupled with Brennan's "NOo!!" and Murph and Em not missing a beat to explain what's about to happen

[@howdyitsren]

this is one of the few i saw coming! it was so exciting to know what was coming and watch it bamboozle the table

[@kailiogden6820]

Knock is one of my favorite moments. The quiet rage on Murph/Theo's face and the simple "I cast knock on the door" is so freaking powerful and chilling. I can't get enough of it

[@EsquilaxM]

After confirming there's ONLY 3 guards outside. Like "I can take 'em"

[@galaxyblade111]

I also love how candias secret of magic is what saves him here. They don’t know Sur Theobold has this power and then ge just busts out there with his knightly chivalry to save the crown family!

[@Cheeseman822]

I know exactly what you mean. There’s such raw emotion, like Murph is feeling all of Theo’s adrenaline and nerves and reckless badass abandon, it literally gives me the chills. More human and emotional/serious than they usually get, but it was a wild time. So, so good, I’ve watched it on repeat.

[@jimmy_the_squid9456]

Everyone talks about Emily and Ally wrecking Brennan's shit but Zac is the silent killer of the group

[@wowdogememe1541]

Emily fucks Brenan up in combat, Ally is a consistent wild card whos luck will put Brennan on the backfoot, Zac is a Rouge at the table, almost everything he does has a purpose.

[@BonesCapone]

"Why would that be mine? You pulled it out of YOUR pocket." from Starstruck is so great

[@lucaswickmansound]

I love that Zac has the most moments. It feels so fitting that he can come up with clever solutions and choices that Brennan doesn’t expect

[@eaglefan2569]

Honestly the biggest reason it works so well for Zac is because he usually doesn't play spotlight characters. Most of his characters tend to fade into the background to let others shine, and then have their breakout moments shine harder because they're less remembered. Gorgug is one of the least, if not THE least notable members of the Bad Kids due to his life's overall relative stability compared to the others, which in turn means all the cool things Gorgug can do tend to slip Brennan's mind. Lapin, Cumulus, Ricky, Pib, and Colin also tend to fall into that same niche. Lapin and Cumulus don't stand out or make themselves prominently known nearly as much as the rest of the Rocks do, but Lapin helped massively on the political side of things and would've been an absolute unit of a character had he lived longer. Cumulus is also rather understated and seems a bit distant, but he's the biggest reason they got out with so few injuries from the Dairy Sea. Pib's entire story *_was_* assisting others with his own talents for "his own profit", but he continued to do things that benefited others more than himself. Colin wasn't as notable as his other counterparts in the Ravening War, but that allowed him more leeway to make an impact. Ricky's arguably the most normal of both Unsleeping City parties comparatively and for the most part is just there to help the team when they need him. Squinge and Skip are probably Zac's boldest characters, and even then Squinge still prefers the sidelines. Skip's by FAR Zac's most spotlighted character, yet still ends up being support just as much as a mainline fighter. All of Zac's characters work like his comedy style- understated till they whack you in the face. It overall leads to less standout moments, but in turn it means Zac helps others have more frequent standout moments (like telling Lou to roll against the Nat 20 in the arcade, which does save Fabian, or jokingly telling Margaret to bank when they were escaping Rec 91) and that makes Brennan forget about Zac's own cool stuff until it whacks him in the face.

[@iesika7387]

Emily and Ally deserve their reputations but Zach is such a sleeper agent of chaos

[@yake222]

'I cast knock' is one of my favorite Murph moments

[@octave38]

It’s kinda hard to get without context, can somebody explain?

[@yake222]

@@octave38 Spoilers The family was betrayed by a close ally and Theobold (Murph) was locked in a room while the rest of the players were attacked. What Brennan didn't know is that Theo could cast knock a kinda niche spell that can immediately open any non-magical lock allowing him to kill some of his would be captors and protect the royal family

[@redk1ng75]

I still love Zac having the utter balls to pickpocket the Baba Yaga in the epilogue.

[@richardmiddaugh9749]

I love the confused "Okayyyy?" right before the Plinth destruction. He can't think of any possible way for her to be doing this, but he knows Emily is sneaky enough to somehow pull it off. So he is just waiting for the explanation of her shenanigan.

[@aloe8078]

The “should I rage” bit absolutely killed me when I watched that scene, I had to rewind just to watch Brennan’s face when he realized he fucked himself over again a couple times. It was absolute gold

[@spillymcspillmore3426]

I love Erika's face 100% knowing what's coming but trying not to tip off Jasmine XD

[@Hypersaiyanike]

For real! Jasmine handed him that bit and still suspected nothing.

[@steveoconnivo9666]

Zac's "where is your bulb now" line was absolutely legendary.

[@psyberian]

That and "what should I tell your family" are probably two of the coldest lines to come out of D20

[@daphneglasurus7886]

Zac: 4 Emily: 2 Murph: 1 Ally: 1 Brennan: 0 Jasmine: 0

[@branecollision]

Murph's move with Swirlwarden to keep from drowning should have been in here.

[@samlewis5171]

@@branecollisionas too Emily’s thunder step rescue of Joren

[@kitschking]

lol

[@EchoEndeavors]

Lou also has one with the rematch Daybreak fight

[@CM-yz3ze]

​@@branecollision literally started cheering while watching alone in my apt at 2am!

[@RoCrown]

"I quit! Brennan come back. I don't want 'em anymore." Is very funny.

[@galaxyblade111]

I FORGOT ABOUT THE PAPER EATING IN COFFIN RUN! That one really was on Jasmine XD

[@Mirjen12]

Zac was laughing and trying to hide his glee when he asked if he should go into a rage? And Brennan still didn't catch on lol

[@SharinganMan]

sorry to ruin the magic but brennan totally knew. in most of these he knows. he's playing into the villain dm character. he's setting these up for the party.

[@wowdogememe1541]

@@SharinganMan that "no wait" was the sound of a man who just got tricked

[@SharinganMan]

@@wowdogememe1541 no, it was acting from a happy dm

[@kai325d3]

@@SharinganMan He has repeatedly said he doesn't know

[@SharinganMan]

@@kai325d3 doesn't know what

[@kamillakilambayeva3819]

FINE I’ll rewatch Crown of Candy

[@kamillakilambayeva3819]

FINE, I’ll rewatch the Starstruck Odyssey

[@FictionWeavile]

FINE! I'll watch Crown Of Candy then rewatch Starstruck Odyssey.

[@sebastienvondoom8615]

I just love how Emily has her pointing fingers CHAMBERED while Zac is describing rage

[@math9172]

You could also have added Siobhan's play in the 1st part of the Starstruck finale when she teleported into an ennemy ship to destroy the crew instead of the ship itself.

[@solidmoon8266]

Don't forget the time Ally and Lou got back into the worst, Ally hoping on the gun, and Lou supercharging the weapons systems, just to atomize the Vercadian with 560 damage.

[@pibscuite]

god you are so right!!! I was just going by my memory of most memorable episodes per each season and completely missed that bit. yes also a legendary moment

[@samsthemank]

@@pibscuite oh no I guess you have to make part 2 now. sorry, but them's the breaks

[@gedaliahkrasner2820]

I always think of Emily and Ally as the chaos monsters.... I forget about what a sly mother Zacky is.

[@quarternipp]

I had a moment like that with my old DnD group where an evil wizard conjured a balrog and I'm new to DnD so I didn't think i would have outsmarted the DM without even knowing it. I cast dispel magic since the balrog was summoned using magic and after a little bit of reading the rules on his part, he sighed and said "And the Balrog vanishes" and you have no idea how proud of myself I was.

[@Antonicane]

Brennan seems like a super cool guy, but there's something about watching him get his shit rocked that is just consistently delightful.

[@kjsmart1924]

Brennan SCREAMING 'nooooo!' as Ally says they call the guards is so good

[@solidmoon8266]

When everyone was perfectly silent for someone's bit instead of their usually quips and gags with eachother. They're up to something BIG. One of the best bits with Ally's charged Fragmentation, is that structures and constructs that fail, take the MAXIMUM damage. So that's 80 damage

[@wolfofsummerbreeze]

Emily's *

[@JosefinaQB]

this is how dnd should be played, keep your DM on their toes

[@kirbyhasagun9261]

i love how during the call to the guards play you can hear lou say "its a trigger so that murph.." and no one else hears it

[@shadowpsykie]

I LOVE Jasmine’s reaction lol

[@CassReidIsSomeone]

The shortening of the cigarette holder so so good😂

[@kiwisocks]

"YOUR CHILDREN ARE MENACES I AM NO LONGER BABYSITTING" energy

[@WinningSidekick]

Zac is so smart! It's not always obvious because he clearly enjoys playing less overtly intelligent characters, but he's such a brilliant player! If I ever got to have him at one of my tables, I'd be honored and terrified :D

[@rowdyrobgaming8726]

I love how 2/3 of this is just Zac bein Zac

[@llamadramaramadftba]

Brennan’s confused face is incredible

[@winterrose7094]

I love Zac's 'Does that work?'s lol

[@SuperAdventuretime10]

I’m so happy that most of these Zac, what a MVP

[@howdyitsren]

the playful yet very real antagonism is why i love d20

[@iesika7387]

I do truly love how much Brennan honors it when the players pull cool shit even or especially when it fucks his plans.

[@rovaan57]

I love seeing crown of candy clips along with the other seasons. They’ve all had some intense moments, but watching CoC you can just feel it in the room how high the stakes are.

[@jaybeeme]

I forgot how good the Plinth Heist was. Edit: The whole friggin' Battle of the Brands

[@daekieisms]

0:00 Gorgug's Mindless Rage, Fantasy High Junior Year 1:15 "Where is your Bulb now?", A Crown of Candy 3:07 Saccharina rescues Grissini (& obliterates the entire enemy mob in the process), A Crown of Candy 4:36 "I cast Knock on the door", A Crown of Candy 5:13 Operation Slippery Puppet, A Starstruck Odyssey 7:04 Margaret's Call to the Guards vs the Corn Cuties, A Starstruck Odyssey 8:56 WELCOME TO THE STREETS, FOOL, Coffin Run 9:43 Pib pulls the ultimate theft on Baba Yaga, Neverafter

[@daydreamer8344]

"Brennan come back I don't want them anymore" will always be my fav.

[@mahdielkhatib]

This needs Emily saving Joren Jawbreaker and the Gift of Gab moment from ACOFAF

[@piequals314]

just found your channel- new sub for sure. love this

[@pibscuite]

thank you so much!!

[@KaelWrit]

4:33 face gets me lmao

[@HellInternAKACandyMD]

Oh, how the graphics and models evolved! 🤘

[@Zelmel]

Crown of Candy is one of the best D&D actual play moments ever TBH. So solid, so grim, so fun.

[@VintageBeauty1313]

I forgot how AMAZING Crown of Candy was!!

[@goingevilmode]

so good!!

[@sorrenflyin]

Zac is truly a trickster spirit irl

[@elizabeths2797]

Is this currently one of my favorite videos? Yes. Have I watched it multiple times? Yes. Is that the point of this post? Yes.

[@Joy-zp3bt]

I love murph’s reaction at 6:54 he is just utterly impressed and in love with Emily they’re so cute

[@Devlerbat]

Unless my memory is falty I am pretty sure that last one isn't the DM being bamboozled. That was what the Baba Yaga wanted to happen.

[@epsilon497]

And now in the most recent episode of FH, Brennan made a hazzard that only affects his guys

[@iitstre_4550]

“Fookin GOT ‘EEM!” 😂😂 Absolute mad lad! Zac is Nuts! Also, friggin Emily and Siobhan are so damn pretty! 😭😭😭

[@EtoYoshimura3652]

That thats all of em his facedrop omg and the look of disbelief as she counted damage i was crying 😂😂😂

[@Zelmel]

That first clip is one of my favorite player barbarian moments ever. Just such a huge "GET FUCKED, DM!" moments.

[@laurenpaus7608]

i just noticed that lou could tell what ally was doing as Margaret when NO ONE ELSE DID 😂😂😂

[@josh-cz3ey]

Emily is such a chaos demon!!!! Love it!!!

[@ploopyfudgewink9207]

love that a rage gave zac clarity 😂

[@sowiejose5712]

Late to the party but I want to add one of my favs which is Griffin McElroy removing his banana peel robe to Mario Kart 64 a car

[@Robocoloku]

7:56 Ally is really in their Tim Heidecker era here

[@emaus9398]

Shame Siobhan's Last Stand play came too late to be included!

[@dnd_jamaica5542]

Had me rolling from the first scene

[@kayleighlehrman9566]

My my my. How the turntables.

[@rearct8844]

Why did Ally specify that they rolled out of the nest instead of jumping?

[@debran940]

Mostly humor. Margaret was canonically not an athletic person and a businesswoman in a pencil skirt, so it's unlikely that she would be athletic or brave enough to leap out of a crow's nest 30 ft in the air.

[@ericeves1180]

Plus, doing it that way helped con Brennan into thinking it was a bit rather than a play.

[@abjaaksm]

It’s so that she has enough movement to get to the corn guy then move away. Leaping would use movement

[@M.Datura]

I love BLeeM, as Caradin,'s delivery of "Apostate!". To the point where it distracts me so much I never really get the brunt of Lapin.

[@eleftheriak.8889]

4:31 Brennan's face during this whole thing , i kinda feel bad for him . Emily the icon that you are

[@mila.smiles6772]

the fact that "do you get advantage if you attack yourself" isn't here

[@gracereads2917]

How did you miss Ylfa's Bottleneck?

[@reefstoutdasilva2343]

You had one job….

[@grankmisguided]

I always used to forget to use Sentinel. Then I made a card. Now it is my DM who forgets about Sentinel. 😁

[@A_T216]

Cards and flow charts are genuinely (characters') lifesavers. Can't play smart until you can remember what you can do.

[@redirectiontime]

How dare you cut out "I EAT YOUR PAPER"

[@themobiustripper]

Why pluralize DM?

[@themobiustripper]

Ahhh - Coffin Run isn't an "Intrepid Heroes" season

[@riverr.659]

(insert mandatory um actually joke before someone replies with it) intrepid heroes only refers to the original/main d20 cast-ally, emily, lou, murph, siobhan, and zac :3

[@pibscuite]

thanks for pointing it out! yes i def know it tho when I finally made the clip it was all IH seasons and one coffin run ep which also was just zac so i wasn't sure how to name it, and just went with IH haha

[@Dmrgamingdoesgames]

I like the outsmarting but just knowing what encounter is gonna come up next comes across as cheap and kinda underminey. Meta gaming is never the answer

[@fictionmyth]

Should have titled it "Miscreants versus the misanthrope." or "How I learned to stop rolling and trust the DM". I don't know why you should have named it either of those things, since they're both terrible, but you don't have to be mean about it.

[@alyssatheexcellent]

What crappy editing cutting it off at the end. Booooo

[@Arkham33]

0:21 I absolutely love Emily's witch cackle.