Trashtalk on Lancer (Long Rim): Lich

[@lazydroidproductions1087]

Honestly it sounds to me almost like lich was not created by Horus, but merely obtained by them, which is somehow even more terrifying

[@lead6231]

I thought that’s how they got most of their mech patterns. Like it found them Instead of the other way around

[@lazydroidproductions1087]

@@lead6231 well Balrog I think was invented by someone in the baronies, and Kobold was invented by rebels basically adapting to what they had to work with, but I believe most of the others were invented by them. May have to reread thougu

[@Mythtic]

I figured since the Lich is able to manipulate time(and also the console log saying that the horus members were the authors, just in the future), that it was invented by them, but not yet

[@masterzoroark6664]

@@Mythtic so basically USHABTI but it's a fkin mech

[@masterzoroark6664]

​@@lazydroidproductions1087 kobold apparently wasn the mining equipment these rebels injected with Horus code they got their hands on (apparently) You basicslly make an excavator molt into a kobold

[@krakerbox1108]

Every video I watch on Lancer leaves me more and more convinced that its game design is "You can't have an OP mech if every mech is OP."

[@SektionEi8ht]

We are all Red Comets here.

[@scmh1288]

Accurate

[@jaxwarp8373]

It is true

[@masterzoroark6664]

Well yes, but actually no- your OP is the way you decide to go with your mech as in- Manticore, there are far more ways to use it than just deciding to CASTIGATE and explode violently on thy enemies You can become bait for the enemy, or single one enemy out for your team to kick while you become an emp grenade so someone can gun down the rest of their goons (Mourning cloak will probably thank you for getting that one enemy separate from their buddies so it can shank it in the dead of night)

[@DaniRadriendil]

Syndrome would be proud.

[@joshuasmyth3115]

Lich: _The cockroach on your wall has now ascended time, reality and possibility, and you control what that cockroach does._

[@franciscorui]

I Command it to eat grime

[@lead6231]

Idk why but that’s makes it sound I’m the cockroach

[@masterzoroark6664]

and you just gave me ideas on what style of looks I will give to my Lich if I play lancer (I already obliged to myself to make all my mech look like insects, and Kobold definetly gonna be a MOLE CRICKET)

[@nickgrout2502]

The Flea always jumps...

[@devindeocharan8323]

And if get uppity you suplex the little shit

[@hollowedshadow2822]

*_ENEMY LICH HAS BEEN SPOTTED_* Me in a barb: " Dear grid coordinates "

[@devindeocharan8323]

*ENEMY LICH HAS BEEN SPOTTED* Me: RUSH'EM LADS! LET'S GOOOOOOO

[@Attaxalotl]

My lich pilot gets his mech and license upgrades from his future self. He gets those things specifically when he does because that's when his future self remembers getting them, so that's when his future self sends them to.

[@Levyafan]

As a meme once described it, the Lich is a personification of that one meme with Reverse Flash. "Remember when you tried to heal your friend Blackbeard but it somehow restored zero HP and they died next turn? IT WAS ME, LANNY! I stopped time and moved under your servos so that it would be MYSELF you'd repair instead of Blackbeard!"

[@NVK-qb2rx]

Never been jumpscared by Initial D before but I guess there's a first time for everything.

[@Tsukistar1]

I also love the use of XCOM music in the intro before the jumpscare, lol

[@wisherboy25]

I know this isn't intentional, but this text-to-speech voice is the same voice the Ultrakill community uses for V1, which is strangely incredibly fitting

[@Aevum13th]

It is also eerily similar to the main protagonist of the Faith series.

[@devindeocharan8323]

​@@Aevum13ththat because it's same TTS system

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

​@@Aevum13th*M̸̪̫̆̽O̴̙̽R̷̖͘͝T̴̢͂Ḯ̵̼S̵̛̲*

[@starbomber]

Lich isn't The World he's gods damned Limbo!

[@keirbird5900]

I think Calendula is a better limbo lol

[@Arigiske]

WARFRAME MENTIONED

[@AbsoluteMongoloid]

I can't believe that no one has mentioned that Slow and Haste are also D&D references, being spells that can be cast in the game. Unsurprisingly, they're on the more popular side, too, especially Haste, being one of the top spells of almost every edition.

[@Hearty1100]

"How do you kill something that's already dead?" Kill it again!

[@ethanemerson4862]

Cremate it!

[@garrettcolon20]

Interesting that Lich can tear Firmament, something we've only seen the Aun do, and that in itself was a tech granted by Metat Aun

[@wormwoodbecomedelphinus4131]

Lich is not a machine. Lich has not been printed or built. Lich is one with .

[@namikazenara9379]

The other one is only Mourning Cloak, whose made from material from DHYED, which, probably made from Lich

[@FanOfMostEverything]

Rule 0 of Time Travel: Don't Rule -1 of Time Travel: The rules of time travel were made to be broken. (Also, I guess you could talk about the setting?)

[@olive6942]

A Sunzi and a lich fighting would just involve both mechs forcing the other to teleport and move around.

[@berniebroig8745]

Is Lich meant to be a physical representation of guilt-perpetuated selfishness?

[@synonym4cat]

I know this comment is a year old, but can I please get an explanation for this? This sounds cool

[@berniebroig8745]

@@synonym4cat Upon revisiting this content, I may have intended something more along the lines of self-sacrifice or martyrdom, but with the motivation being a compulsion to be in a state of suffering or negativity. That, or some manner of attention whore where the "attention" is negative conditions and harm (at least that's what the Core Passive and Power sounded like). "Other people are feeling bad? Nuh uh. No way. Only *I* get to feel bad and be in pain. *No* one else. *ME* and *ONLY* me can feel this bad!" One thing's for sure: I want to go back in time (Lich style, bb) and ask my past self to properly clarify my thought process.

[@DaBlueIghuana]

I know this comment is two years old, but can I please get an explanation for this? This sounds cool

[@berniebroig8745]

@@DaBlueIghuana Because Lich can juggle the fabric of continuity (more or less) and the possibilities present therein, it can choose to maximize it's potential benefit from a situation (positioning, damage avoidance, opponent neutralization, etc.). However, in doing so it and its pilot becomes intimately aware of the drawbacks of their interference, seeing how their actions or lack of them will shake the future, forcing the observer (you) to begin to question their relevance and importance. Simultaneously you are subject to the gravity of your decisions and their subjective/relative importance in the ongoing cosmic play of the universe. An example: you are a Lich pilot, and you're on deployment with a Goblin and Monarch pilot, tasked to stop a combative wing of a militant group planning an insurrection. On the field, a grunt has just leveled out their rocket launcher and has fired on your heavily-damaged Goblin ally. If you and your piloted Lich decide to let that be that, that same grunt will allow their squad to carry on to their next objective, securing a safe position, at which point you and your group's efforts will be finished and you can leave, one less person in your entourage, but the grunt and their group will go on to make history and save their colony from a ruthless tyrant whose goals were all soaked in blood and greed. But you choose that moment -- where the grunt begins to level out their launcher -- to stutter the continuity, preserving your Goblin and allowing your Monarch compatriot to level the bunker the grunt and their squad were fortifying. Your team secure the position, this wing of the insurrection becomes neutralized, your tasks completed. The tyrant goes on to crush this small rebellion, and his status quo is restored. Three years hence, and the colony is a smoldering stretch of craters with buildings reduced to the most pristine, bloodied marble and space-worthy steel. Innumerable corpses line the streets, all who are left alive either weep openly or imprison their cries as tears stream their faces until the wells run dry. All because you had the chance to make a choice, and you took it. You had the power to keep something from happening. You don't know whether it mattered at all, and no one will ever look at you and think "this was *your* fault". No one will ever know. Except you. You'll know. Summing up: in a Lich, you become able to make the choices you want, and change the outcomes of the ones you don't. You get the chance to do a double take on your own decisions in case you don't like the initial turnout. Everything gets sort of detached, and you don't know how to feel. But somehow, "sorrowful" seems to always find its way to you. (Wow. Uh, my bad, b. That was a bit much. Also, mostly me talking out my ass, so only take it as seriously as you feel like. Plus, my recollection of the thoughts I was having at the time of writing the main comment on Lich are long gone, so I was guessing what my own meaning it interpretation may have been. Regardless, thanks for asking, and have fun!)

[@DaBlueIghuana]

@@berniebroig8745 I know this comment is 20 minutes old, but can I please get an explanation for this? This sounds cool

[@totallynotdelinquent5933]

"Drink deep and descend..." Alright, that's pretty cool. "The water is warm and well. It is very busy here, though you cannot see it." Uh, okay... "The swimmers are curious. *OPEN YOUR MOUTH*" Alright fuck that.

[@Clausemonaut]

"Suplex the fucker" what a wonderful way to finish this binge. I found you a day ago and I just want to thank you for making this series. Your videos are brief, digestible, and funny. And has really skyrocketed my interest in GM'ing for this. I will be sending my players to this channel when they have questions. Please do not stop as Lancer content still seems to be in it's infancy and I think you could really carve out a corner for yourself here. I would love to see more videos on the Lore and Npc mechs as well. Keep up the great work!

[@InchonDM]

DM'S GUIDE TO HORUS MECHS: LICH Dragonkid has fully covered this one, of course, though I'd like to note with interest just _how much_ the concept of a lich took root after D&D. It might genuinely be the most influential and well-known D&D monster creation, more than the Beholder, the Gelatinous Cube, or even the Kobold -- almost certainly because unlike almost all the others, "lich" has just enough pre-D&D roots that they couldn't copyright it. It's also, of course, a very evocative concept with basically no limit on its applications, as you can see without a doubt in the Lich mech. This particular take on the necromancer can fit into just about any story with themes of death, immortality, and hubris, which have been with humanity pretty much since we evolved enough to understand death as a concept.

[@gwendalhuet7311]

I thought the stas were missing, but no. My brain just swept that part under the rug. I think it was a ruse from the Lich to force me to watch the video a second time to verify ^^"

[@joshuawiener5003]

I HAVE NOT BEEN HERE. I DO NOT KNOW WHERE HE IS.

[@EnigmaResearchTeam]

“F*ck It.” JOOOOO JOOOOO

[@berserkape1014]

These sound effects. Now, you've gotten me in the mood for my ALIEN Roleplaying game I GM tomorrow.

[@sgregory0753]

Perhaps you could make a series explaining the Lancer lore and history.

[@berserkape1014]

THIS! Specifically the Power Groups. Go with Union, The Baronies, The Aun, and etc. Short, simple like you've been doing.

[@velocevisrin5060]

He has begun

[@jamwrightiam]

God it would be incomprehensible but I'd love it

[@Sorain1]

Wow you really put in the time to edit this one to perfection. Total respect to you for this. Lich is one of those 'Wait, are you sure that isn't magic? Because that looks a lot like fething magic to me!' situations which keeps popping up in Lancer and makes it stand out.

[@Seektheday]

This is one of my favorite things about the setting, especially Horus mechs. In current campaign it just so happened that the players mostly have SSC and Horus licenses. So we just fluffed it out that they wanted to print one frame and just got Horus loot boxes

[@AzureIV]

One thing to note about Soul Vessel is that if the triggering event would cause Jammed/Stunned/Grappled, it can be negated by this specific reaction, allowing the Lich to teleport even if it wouldn't normally be able to in any other situation. However, if they are already Jammed/Stunned/Grappled before the triggering event, then they can't.

[@butterscotchbeelzebumblebe5425]

I think the Horus mechs are still named after mythological entities as the Lich does originate from mythology with beings like "Koschei the deathless" from Slavic folklore being the epitome of a lich. Then there's the problem where, if they were named after D&D, the Gorgon mech would be more like the weird poison metal bull from the game rather than the petrifying gaze mechanic from Medusa. Great video, love to see what you do next

[@Bastit3hman]

I mean Medusa was according to myth just one of 3 gorgons. Or was it that there were more than 3, but only the three were named in the myth? I forget.

[@adzi6164]

hmmm Koschei looking at it from the Polish perspective an *absolutely literal, word-for-word* translation, disregarding *any and all* cultural implications and memery would be *BONER*

[@adamlyders7901]

Considering that the Pegasus was originally gonna be called the Beholder (& still kept a lot of eye-themed motif in it's core power & some of the licences,) I'm pretty sure the D&D referencing was intentional (& so was having enough plausible deniability incorporated into the naming convention so they didn't get sued.) Besides, who's to say one of the progenitors of HORUS didn't stumble across the full text of "D&D 50th Edition" in some old archive somewhere & got inspired...?

[@paulmahoney7619]

@@adamlyders7901 The names of HORUS mechs are actually Union reporting names, so some Union bureaucrat is a D&D nerd.

[@DashingSteel]

More like THE BONED ONE Fuck, still funny

[@AzureIV]

Topics you could cover: - The two Long Rim Talents: Spaceborn and Black Thumb. - The White Witch and Emperor Licenses (still in development). - Each of the NPC enemy unit types, their classifications and templates. - How one prints a mech. Including a step-by-step tutorial on how one picks a frame, how HASE and Grit modifies the frame's stats, and how you arm it with weapons, systems, and core bonuses. - Narrative Play, Downtime, and Reserves. - Lore and World Building

[@kategrant2728]

Emperor License?

[@AzureIV]

​@@kategrant2728 massif-press.itch.io/the-emperor It is currently in development with the White Witch license.

[@Arcyguana]

Black Thumb: You think Titanfall is cool, actually.

[@HeavensRipper-he4sz]

Your videos are extremely well written. I regret to admit that I had doubts on the quality of your content because you used text-to-speech, but I've been proven totally wrong. You're jokes are interesting, your information is concise, and even your graphics are smooth and charming. I hope you get more popularity in the future, as LANCER becomes more popular. Because you definitely deserve it.

[@MrSupertrooper1]

A show for GM's on the NPC mechs! How to use them. What are challenging combos, how to run an ultra.

[@SuperiorFanBase]

This!!!

[@rancidrance875]

Unfortunately unlike the player mechs, the NPCs are paid content, so it is unlikely he can do a video on them.

[@frito1625]

This is the water And this is the well

[@tecguySD]

Drink deep!

[@a-blivvy-yus]

Fun fact: RAW, if you died *before* the LIch, it can still bring you back when it dies. So you can jump out of your Lich and set it to AI piloting, then rush in and get yourself killed, and hope the Lich dies before the mission ends.

[@inkbot5672]

A series on NPC mechs for GMs would be cool if you haven't done one already

[@cloudforest4087]

I enjoyed the references, music, anime, movies and detailed view of each mech.

[@lusar626]

I love the effects for this video it makes really engaging

[@richmcgee434]

Named for D&D mantsers? I eagerly await the dreaded Flumph frame. :)

[@magicrainbowkitties1023]

I imagine a Flumph is a non-combatant mech

[@rhyzvanic3660]

Damn, all of this seems really good for my manticore pilot. If I ever get tired from dying I can even swap the frame out!

[@philopoemen1806]

If they add another mech with time manipulation you can always go Homura Akemi instead.

[@ramironunezborjas967]

I think I speak for most of us when I say: Keep talking about the rules Talk about the Lancer setting

[@michaelvittori948]

What is “Drink Deep, and Descend” a reference to? I saw it on the Lich pages in Long Rim but don’t know the source

[@11dragonkid11]

It's from Lich.

[@Cha-Khia]

Twin Peaks probably... "This is the water and this is the well, drink full and descend. The horse is the white of the eyes, the dark within."

[@Eji1700]

Small examples for ideas/builds on more complicated/clever systems would be nice. You briefly touch on some of the obvious use cases (like in this video) but some specific clever setups showing off exactly how some of this would work in practice would be neat.

[@mobgabriel1767]

TIME TRAVEL! i see this as an absolute win!

[@svenabel2987]

I always forget the fucking jumpscare at the beginning

[@meantforu222]

Makes me want to run it even more.

[@ridetheyak]

id kill for a step by step intro to lancer video for players and GM s

[@redmiles5634]

Once you fully unlock a license you can use its components on other licenses, right? If that's how it works you could do a series on good/dangerously cheesy combinations.

[@Xenneth0102]

You can use any part of any license on any mech as soon as you have them. So at LL1 you can use the stuff from your first mech license on your Everest. Or at LL4, you can have 3 in Lich and 1 in Goblin and use the stuff from Goblin on Lich and vice versa.

[@TV-qm8ob]

You probably know this by now but he has custom works now.

[@WendyOfTheWoods]

You could do Battle Scenarios. People vote on a few Mechs and some baddies(maybe at random) then go through the best way to use the tool kits to come out on top. Lancer History and current in Universe stuff, This week in the universe kinda thing.

[@Evilawn]

After going through the better suggestions everywhere in the comments, maybe GM tips? Like map size, balancing encounters, etc.

[@Taractis]

I think he should go back and redo the Goblin video like this. OSIRIS didn't get NEARLY enough attention for what it could potentially do!

[@Alexandragon1]

Thx for the video!

[@evangardner8960]

Drink deep, and descend.

[@oracletx]

Future idea: Trashtalk the talents? Maybe for each pick a mech, weapon, or role that it is awesome for, and another where it is a complete waste.

[@mrpowershield]

Do the 2 talent in long rim! Do a couple of your mech build! Like ll3, 6, 9 and 12!

[@salty1201]

Was not expecting grand dragon jumpscare.

[@selevan4185]

the video was great kid!

[@SuperiorFanBase]

It... hasn't come out yet?

[@xalrath]

drink deep, and descend

[@UltimaOmega777]

@@SuperiorFanBase but it has will it?

[@shampooeddog1453]

Anybody know what the spooky music at the beginning is?

[@reneoliver4080]

What’s the name of the text to speech voice you were using for the compendium entries?

[@11dragonkid11]

If it's what I think it is, Microsoft SAM. simulationcorner.net/index.php?page=sam

[@hellokev6645]

What was that song you used at the start with the transcript? 0:11 onwards?

[@11dragonkid11]

It was a X Com Battlescape ost, the very first one.

[@hellokev6645]

@11dragonkid Thanks, mate

[@maurivanscoelho]

Tou could do a serie of How to GM Lancer or Lancer Lore, id prefer the Second one, but pick whats easy for you. I'll love your work anyway

[@genericname42]

Ahh lich the stealer of heals.

[@conwaysquest6961]

What TTS are you using for the lore entries?

[@mobgabriel1767]

young xehanort is that you?

[@antigrav6004]

anyone know where i can find that text to speech he's using for the creepy parts?

[@Lettucem3n]

Commodore Sam

[@Hasteaguy]

SSC White Witch + Emperor WHEN.

[@Haru-spicy]

What if you jumped out of your Lich, then jumped into an enemy (or friendly) Manticore and self-destructed with you still inside it, and then your AI-driven Lich self destructed and used Immortal to bring itself and its pilot (you) back to life in the same scene? You basically now have a free Castigate once per scene.

[@11dragonkid11]

Except that really wouldn't work because the pilot has to be the original Manticore pilot.

[@lusar626]

I know this vid is old but ca Could please make a vid of you reading the whole excerpt of this transcripts? It is so cool when. You do it in that voice. Or what tool did you use to do it it? I may have near project for later.

[@11dragonkid11]

I use this simulationcorner.net/index.php?page=sam

[@Asmodeus696]

There are a few myths/folk-tales that do feature a lich or similar. The one I know best is Koshchei the Deathless; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koshchei

[@NimbleJack3]

you gotta do Girls Frontline next, of course I've always wondered what that game is about

[@rancidrance875]

When are you going to cover the new Horus Bugbear from the IPS-N Field Guide?

[@jakecoverdale462]

Where could I find that? I hadn't heard of it before.

[@rancidrance875]

@@jakecoverdale462 (I'm joking, cos of the lich's time travel lore)

[@mr.g1672]

Anyone knows where all those glitching quotes that play between the descriptions are from?

[@mosquitomange]

If I'm remembering correctly they're all quotes from those abilities! Each weapon/trait/system/etc comes with a bit of flavor text, and each one played corresponds with the one described. If you upload the Long Rim lcp to COMP/CON you can take a look :^)

[@TheBlackAshTree]

/Since I recently learned of it. It seems fitting to include with the context./// -1736u_more..//learn / you dont recognize the bodies. The water. You dont recognize the bodies in the You recognize the _//bodies. //>

[@Lettucem3n]

I don’t recognize the bodies I don’t recognize the bodies I don’t recognize the bodies I will not enter the water I don’t recognize the bodies

[@KrazyKaiser]

What is the secondary text to speech you use in this video? I fucking love it so much. I want it to read a book to me.

[@11dragonkid11]

simulationcorner.net/index.php?page=sam Right here but are you sure? I pick this specifically because it sounded painful to my ears.

[@electricblackattack]

How about builds!

[@udin.4294]

Soundtrack used in the intro sequence?

[@VoiceQuills]

How do you do the Microsoft SAM text to speech? I've tried looking around for a way to do it but never seem to find a way! Love the series, been binging it for a while now

[@11dragonkid11]

i just go here for the magic. simulationcorner.net/index.php?page=sam

[@VoiceQuills]

@@11dragonkid11 Thank you! How do you record it? I'm thinking of using it in the future for running my own campaigns

[@11dragonkid11]

@@VoiceQuills I used Audacity to record the sound.

[@VoiceQuills]

@@11dragonkid11 Awesome, thank you!

[@nora6611]

Could have made a DMC3 reference for the time stop.

[@icarusreaver3184]

I came back here looking for an old comment with someone’s quick little bit of writing ‘I drank of the Lethe and forgot my mortality I drank of the phlegathon and burned away my weakness… etc’ But I can’t seem to find it anymore, anyone remember seeing it?

[@11dragonkid11]

I don't think that was here? At least that's what I remembered

[@spazzdude9493]

Hey how were you able to do the initial scene where it looked like a command prompt communication id like to do something similar for my players game

[@11dragonkid11]

Frustratingly slowly on Davinci Resolve

[@spazzdude9493]

@@11dragonkid11 Seems I gotta buy that and do a few tutorials next paycheck, either way good job it was really immersive

[@11dragonkid11]

@@spazzdude9493 don't worry, davinci resolve is free

[@adzi6164]

0:07 oh fuck, it's the X-Com Battlescape theme! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE 4:14 BUT WAS HIM, DIO

[@rhyzvanic3660]

4:19 there's madoka?

[@NoOne-us9os]

Mix lich and calendula or Minotaur and become the master of time and space

[@mostlyjoe]

A lancer fight on mission types and terrain, please!

[@jwavs39]

how do u get the text to speech like that?

[@11dragonkid11]

If you mean the Lich speech, it's from here simulationcorner.net/index.php?page=sam

[@Attaxalotl]

A Tank with the lowest health in the game Epic

[@Chaoslizard]

Idea for video series: Maybe some original fiction? You probably have a great handle on the lore and general feel of the Lancer setting by making all these videos. That's a great place to begin for making your own stories!

[@abbasjradi5001]

Wtf i am doing in here

[@genericname42]

Vibeing

[@carlosjcsxd12]

It is not clear to me this is one of the mechs that they put in later. Is it in the base manual or in the pdf that they put later? in the discord you can request pdf or it goes against the rules

[@11dragonkid11]

It's in the title, it came from the Long Rim supplement

[@namikazenara9379]

Can you use Haste on yourself?

[@11dragonkid11]

Only through Glitch Time

[@namikazenara9379]

​@@11dragonkid11ahh, that's a good trick. Giving it to ally and then taking it back. Thanks.

[@namikazenara9379]

This system would be very useful for Mourning Cloak Skirmisher.

[@fugitiveunknown7806]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqHIXn2lfN6Dqbs This mech makes me think of Zilean.