Input: first pure experience I've had uh this is my first campaign also I was a Magic the Gathering fan uh actually had [CHAR] as my first DM way before all this started so I played a few other games and then now I'm back to the OG master uh I saw when and how did you all start playing together the reason this started is because I directed [CHAR] as Leon Kennedy in Resident Evil 6 and every time he came in he would say hey you know I'm running a game you can come in and just do a one off and I was like oh I got babies I can't do that I can't do that I can't do that and then finally once for my birthday I thought I can do a one off it'll be the only time we'll do it just see how it goes uh [CHAR] and I did a podcast together and every week we would do some new thing and we're like fuck it let's play D&D we all did it and everybody got snake bit and it's been the best thing that ever happened to me at least yep our character alignments do matter on how we play the characters an earlier question uh yeah they do definitely matter a couple quick answers here the conversion from Pathfinder to Fifth Edition was decided because as we're going on to this show and we had so many players combat tends to get bogged down and a lot of floating modifiers in Pathfindin' uh for large groups like this it's difficult to keep it flowing and moving I felt once I had taken a look at Fifth Edition that the combat system was a little more simplified and a little easier to make freeform and just roll with it so that was a much better decision plus Dungeons & Dragons generally has a better name recognition than Pathfinder so when you're putting a show out there it's probably easier to do with very minimal transition it took a little bit of customizing like for [CHAR]'s gunslinger uh we just had to customize it we made it ourselves we sat down took a day took a day and we worked out some of the stuff we wanted to keep some of the things that didn't break it we wanted to make it interesting it is a martial archetype for the fighter class so it does give the bonus a fighter class does nothing is too overpowered about it other than just having custom weapons and some cool grit-based abilities that we kinda transferred over from Pathfinder uh it's interesting it's a good challenge to see how it works out it is it's working out I'm digging it I keep reading and finding things I'm not doing that could be more interesting so uh keeping your hand and firing into the mouth of a bulette is fun that felt great uh [CHAR] everybody's asking about your shirt oh I think it's a website called redbubble.com I just googled [CHAR] and there was that just google [CHAR] I needed it right away right right uh I'm also seeing why did we switch from Pathfinder to Fifth Edition I answered that a second ago oh you did yeah the idea being that the reason we switched was it was easier for large-scale combat and the system was a little more simplified and I felt for such a large party it'd be easier to do plus character creation for any guests we have in the future so that was the main reason I love Pathfinder but at this size it's good answering your earlier question too I saw someone ask a good party size legitimately my preference is between four and six players this works because they're amazing players and because we keep it very freeform and not getting bogged down in minutia too often the four to six players I think is a good sweet spot uh I see does [CHAR] have limitations on what animals she can transform into yeah for the most part I can only transform into beasts and I have to be under a certain challenge rating so right now at my level I can only turn into beasts that are a challenge reading of three or lower uh a third of your druid level right yeah a third of my druid level which is nine right now but for the most part I can change into almost anything as long as it's under a challenge rating of three uh [CHAR] how do you feel about [CHAR] do you return his affections oh well I'm on the fence about him he's really

Output: The party reflected on their custom-made gunslinger class for [CHAR], noting its balanced grit-based abilities. [CHAR] explained her druidic limitations, able to transform only into beasts of a low challenge rating. A moment of personal tension arose as [CHAR] expressed uncertainty about her feelings for [CHAR]. The group also reaffirmed their decision to use the Fifth Edition ruleset, chosen for its streamlined combat better suited to their large party size.


Input: transform into beasts and I have to be under a certain challenging so right now at my level I can only turn into beasts that are a challenge reading of three or lower uh a third of your drew it level right yeah a third of my druid level which is nine right now but for the most part I can change into almost anything as long as it's under a challenge rating of three uh [CHAR] how do you feel about [CHAR] do you return his affections oh well I'm on the fence about him he's really pretty great but I don't know I'm not really sold yet you know [CHAR] I feel like we haven't actually girl talked about this I know we never girl talked about it we should I know we should talk I just I really like him I think he's really funny I really the fact that he's a musician but that's hot I don't know I'm not really sold on him yet I'm just concerned if he could treat you well oh no you know what he's got bad habits he likes to frequent brothels and things like that which you know I'd wanna give him his freedom and his space I don't know if I'm into it if I say it so you can understand it what's the point someone's asking if we like presents I think we'd all like fan art fan art's awesome we love it immortalize our shitheadedness that'd be good oh it's true another couple people on there were asking about my ears and I really like supporting small businesses and there's a store on Etsy called Tiny Tangerines and she makes these by hand and makes like deer and bears she makes a ton of stuff that's really cute check her out we still got that little one Socrates asked what was a favorite moment before we started streaming the show our first game was pretty amazing our first game was great I've got some good memories from that one most of us I was giggling uncontrollably I couldn't believe we were doing it and just watching my friends who I work with all the time just dropping into character there was no like oh let's see what will I do what am I doing I will move I will roll like Bailey Bailey dropped into character from the get-go and was a ringer but the moment I was thinking of was when [CHAR] died [CHAR] died like died died shortly before we switched from private to public it was emotional a couple people started crying I teared up we put two and a half years into this and we're all very connected to it I'm not gonna get into it but I've had a hard couple of years personally everything's fine but this was like therapy for me and to see one of my friends go down it was sad it was fucking emotional I don't think a few people were crying I think everyone was crying I was crying I was definitely crying I was like no I love doing this so much I don't wanna I mean when you spend that much time with people over two and a half years you get so attached and attached to characters we know these characters almost as well as we know each other now factoids the tower you made for us in Minecraft is awesome seriously well done look at the pictures it's great we're gonna have to actually go through it wait we have a tower a guy built an entire tower for the group no way they built a castle Greyskull essentially on the Geek and Sundry Minecraft server no wait no I did see that it was huge it towers over the entire of what of him someone made a sculpture of did you make that or somebody else you made that oh no okay somebody else made it for you do we have fifty dollars in the budget to go on eBay and get a Castle of Greyskull set put it on the set somewhere let's do that there we go I see a couple quick questions to answer your question there is an origin of Tiberius fully written I won't say it all right now but he comes from a political family and there's a whole bunch of layers to him he is a thought-out character the buffoonery is half-planned I mean we're all really

Output: The party's druid explained the limits of their wild shape ability, currently restricted to beasts with a challenge rating of three or lower. During a moment of downtime, [CHAR] confided her mixed feelings about [CHAR], expressing affection but concern over his habits, and the two agreed they needed to talk more about it. The group then reminisced about a pivotal past session where [CHAR]'s character death had deeply affected everyone, leading to an emotional moment for the entire party. They also acknowledged fan creations, including a detailed Minecraft tower built for them by a fan.


Input: so oh no okay somebody else made it for you uh do we have like fifty dollars in the budget to go on eBay and get a castle of gray skull set put it on the set somewhere let's do that there we go I see a couple quick questions to answer your question there is an origin of Tiberius fully written I won't say it all right now but he comes from a political family and there's a whole bunch of layers to him he is a thought out character the buffoonery is half planned I mean we're all really deep thought out characters well they asked if I actually thought out a story for him he does have a thing for this character named [CHAR] yeah Arcanist [CHAR] the one that actually sent them on this mission he has kind of a thing for she's super awesome hot I think she's hot she's pretty hot super hot the gunslinger class info I actually posted on Twitter a few days ago it's in my Dropbox if you look through my Twitter it's on there otherwise we'll probably put it up on the website when all the website stuff is up there I'm happy to release it now it's pretty balanced it's fun might have some tweaks down the road depending on how things play out you should go to my Twitter you'll find it there we're gonna have a website with all our characters yeah we're working towards that working on it yeah like a lot of things right now it's a work in progress someone asked what kind of food would everyone like ooh like Thai food I like Indian ooh Indian is good I really noticed let them know not to order food don't that's a terrible idea we just had a bunch of chicken oh you mean like right now yeah don't do it right now if you tell them what you want all of a sudden I'll get a call like your food is on the way yeah no not right now maybe next week [CHAR] you're going to Wizard World in Philly but we will not be joining because we don't own a private fucking plane but I'll be there is anybody else gonna be there oh really we'll be there somebody asked something like what do we hope is the result of this show I can't remember the wording obviously we're doing this because we love each other and we're having fun together but I also hope D&D has been its entire history has been like oh it's this weird thing that guys do with dice in a room anyone can do this I love video games I work in video games but D&D has changed my life it is social it is person to person it is real because it's people in a room doing shit together and that's kind of lacking a little bit in our world and I would say find some friends I mean I love that there are sort of online tools to play with people across the country but if you can find three or four people in your town to do this I'd say do it do it yeah do it there's something really amazing about the fact that we're all essentially kind of building and communally developing a story together and that's something that not a whole lot of things can grant you and we don't really get in today's society much we're all kind of creating this as a thing and I think it's good that we're like hey this is socially acceptable D&D's cool everyone should play D&D actually the IT Crowd episode of D&D is one of the best on camera examples of a D&D game night thing that is an awesome episode fucking hilarious and a great truncated version of this is kind of what the game is so good on you cut to them weeping so many questions going so quickly I know I want a [CHAR] shirt that says do it and the kitty shirts were an accident this was not planned oh yeah our kitty shirts someone's saying what edition to start with I would start with the most recent because you know they're gonna keep updating it over the years fifth is great fifth is a great entry point it's really loose I feel like all of us felt like we were doing Pathfinder and fucking loved it otherwise we wouldn't be doing it but it was really intricate and we

Output: The party had been sent on their current mission by Arcanist [CHAR], an NPC for whom the character Tiberius held a romantic interest. It was revealed that Tiberius came from a political family, with his buffoonish demeanor being partly a calculated persona. The group discussed the existence of a fully written origin story for him and referenced a "gunslinger" class document that had been shared online. They also considered, but ultimately decided against, purchasing a "Castle of Gray Skull" set for their game space. The session included meta-discussion about the collaborative storytelling nature of D&D and its social benefits.


Input: I know uh I want a groove shirt that says do it and the kitty shirts were an accident this was not planned oh yeah our kitty shirts someone's saying what edition to start with I would start with the most recent because you know they're gonna keep updating it over the years fifth is great fifth is a great entry point it's really loose I feel like all of us felt like we were doing path finder and fucking loved it otherwise we wouldn't be doing it but it was really intricate and we were doing it every six or seven weeks when we were off-air so we felt like the rules were really complicated and we'd lose track of it we loved doing it obviously but fifth edition is really fast and loose I recommend that and [CHAR] just stuck his finger in my ear he kinda does that he hits me in the nads a lot this is a homebrew campaign I wrote it all just kind of for the hell of it custom don't really base it on anything existing I feel like I'm playing more in that world and I always hate the idea of in the middle of DMing having to go to a module or having to look for a rule that wasn't my own it feels more detached there are modules that are great and I've run great modules but for me personally with the pacing and the flow of the game I prefer to do homebrew connected to that someone asked if you had any tips and I'd like to know the answer to this too because I'm running a game for my eight-year-old son and his friends who are about to start do you have any tips for new DMs yes let's see I could do a whole panel on that tips for new DMs preparation is important you wanna outline cities come up with ideas for NPCs that you think would be essential to a story or like people that really run elements of the town simple notes can be like they're this race this is their disposition if you have a particular voice you wanna try for make a note of this kind of voice so whenever you come back to them you have a reminder and spend a lot of time building that structure you don't have to be too detailed always leave room to play in the world because you never know what your players are gonna do be prepared to improve I prefer loose preparation and then just kinda rolling where the players take you although you wrote a monologue for Clarence right because that was very intricate we were all just ready yeah there's no way you just thought that up there are certain elements part of the notes I take is for certain NPCs I'll write down key information that they know and depending on how you ask them what you say to them and what you try and extract from them they might give you some of the information they might not if you coerce them or intimidate them or if they're willing to give up the information I have all that written down so for that information today you guys were asking him and since you allied with Clarence he was willing to discuss with you so I had all that pre-written but depending on how much you said it was what you guys asked do you have random encounters ready in case we're like ah fuck it I don't wanna go down to the dungeon I wanna go back up and beat up some dwarves do you have shit kind of ready yep I have a stack of different creature and encounters already pre-built based on what you guys may encounter tonight was an example of players being able to pick what happened but also it's one of those things where it depended I don't know where you guys are gonna go I present a story I present an idea of a general through-line but how you guys go from point A to point B that's entirely up to you sometimes that can be a very long meandering line sometimes it could be a direct ray so there was a question how much do you improve and when is it appropriate to improve a lot and always always yeah the answer is yes I've had whole games where I've prepared a session and none of it happened because people just put an entirely wrong direction not wrong but a different direction so the whole game was just me pulling everything out of

Output: The party allied with the NPC Clarence, which allowed them to extract key information from him during their questioning. They discussed their preference for the current homebrew campaign and the fifth edition ruleset for its flexibility. The Dungeon Master shared preparation tips for new DMs, emphasizing the importance of outlining cities, noting essential NPCs, and leaving room for improvisation. It was revealed that the DM prepares random encounters and pre-built creature stats to accommodate unpredictable player choices. The session underscored that while a general story through-line is planned, the path from point A to point B is entirely determined by the players' actions.


Input: so guys go from point a to point b and that's entirely up to you sometimes it's a long meandering line sometimes it's a direct ray so uh there was a question about how much do you improvise and when is it appropriate to improvise and the answer is a lot and always like always yeah the answer is yes i've had whole games where i've prepared a session and none of it happened because people just put it in a different direction not wrong but different so the whole game was just me pulling everything out of my ass like that time we walked through the back door of the theives guild that was fun yeah there was that like what's up theives guild sup donkey kong pikachu what somebody asked me what my favorite smash brothers character is oh somebody asked how we pick the character class that we picked when we first started this game and i said hey it's my birthday i wanna play a game and [CHAR] really likes rogues as well but i made sure that as fast as i could she was pissed so she plays rogue in like dragon age and everything that shit's a favorite class of hers so i know i got it out there also the reason that we're twins is because [CHAR] and i have the exact same birthday may twenty eighth i didn't know that i didn't know that either that's why we're twins that's cool i knew i came in late to the game and there were only a couple options left and i had never played so i picked gnome because i was like oh that's funny and then cleric i didn't really realize what a cleric was and how detailed it can be if you've never played and important to the game so when i started i was like well shit this is a little tougher than i thought it would be but it's been awesome i love being a cleric i'm so glad we pulled you in me too man me too oh also someone asked who is [CHAR]'s deity and it's sarenrae the goddess of healing and redemption among other things which is carried over actually from pathfinder fifth edition has its own suggested there's never a definitive pantheon but they have the deity pantheon but we're carrying over pathfinder deities that were prominently in the campaign up to this certain point because why the hell not we're not gonna make her change her deity that would be weird [CHAR] how did you pick your character what oh i asked what the biggest playable character was i think one that liked to fight drink and fight one of the greatest pleasures for me and i'm obviously a huge nerdlinger and this is just me reliving high school when i was talking to [CHAR] about starting all this and saying hey let's get together it's what i wanna do for my birthday we pulled [CHAR] in [CHAR] is fucking tight look at him he's not the stereotypical d and d player and he was as snake bitten as the rest of us play dungeons and dragons please play dungeons and dragons it was so good it's the best it'll make you so happy what about you [CHAR] i remember at the time i had a we were playing another campaign and i had like a rogue assassin that you were in with me and i had a kind of assassin character who was super seductress and really high charisma and i remember when i joined this game i didn't really know any of you guys really all that well and i was kind of new to this world so i ended up going with a kind of druid and i deliberately made her introvert in a weird way to kind of reflect my newcoming to the group but i was like whoa it'll be like i can be quiet so [CHAR] has a really low charisma but i kind of spin it in that she's naive and doesn't really know and that's why she says things like but clarence you're just special because she's naive and kind of quiet so she was just different than anything i've played before but i really love being a druid druids are great i played a lot in school other than [CHAR] i probably had the most experience playing d and d and playing roleplaying games yeah you did genius so i was really excited by the gunslinger in pathfinder just cause it was something

Output: The party took a moment to reflect on their origins, sharing how each chose their character class and background. They discussed [CHAR]'s devotion to the goddess Sarenrae and the in-game reason for two characters being twins, based on the players' shared birthday. The group revealed their varying levels of experience with tabletop role-playing games, from newcomers to veterans. No active quest or NPC interaction occurred during this exchange; it was a moment of character backstory and player camaraderie.


Input: charisma but i kind of spin it in that she's naive and doesn't really know and that's why she says things like but Clarence everyone laughs you're just special because she's naive and kind of quiet so she was just different than anything I've played before but I really love being a druid druids are great I played a lot in school other than [CHAR] I probably had the most experience playing D&D and playing roleplaying games yeah you did genius so I was really excited by the gunslinger in Pathfinder just cause it was something I hadn't done before so I found it the most interesting and unusual but I was not and I also felt it was a hole within the group that could be filled very well uh thedouginator keeps asking you [CHAR] how you brought the party together the first day of play wait we haven't heard Tiberius story as sorcerer then we can answer that question when this was going on I asked [CHAR] if there was a caster yet like any glass cannons and he said no so I debated between a wizard and sorcerer when we went over the different mechanics how a wizard and a sorcerer works I was more drawn to that and I'm a huge RPG guy you're so entertaining to piggyback a quick question to seal off the Tiberius thing somebody asked if any of our voice acting influences our characters Tiberius absolutely I played Elminster Aumar in the Neverwinter MMO which is a D&D MMO and when we started this I'm essentially doing Elminster but I made him super bubbly no someone asked how the group yeah we got together first session essentially was in a swamp town named Stillben and the group at the time had for their own separate reasons been in this town needing money and had kind of come together as a mercenary group out of necessity so the first session was them having known each other from a circumstance where they all ended up helping out an individual in the city long story short they had a small rapport and knew at least each other were useful and needed cash and there was a job board in the town so the first session was them being hired to look into a conspiracy within this swamp port town Stillben that was their first real adventure together and when that finished they kept going from there uh troll penis story troll penis everyone laughs that's fair I know you guys keep asking take it away [CHAR] there was a battle subterranean battle that involved the party sneaking upon a group of two trolls that were around a fire the idea to work past this came to Tiberius to transform himself visually into a female troll so he could Bugs Bunny them hey boys you know that thing not knowing the temperament of trolls especially ones that are deep underground and don't get to see female trolls very often they immediately just got extremely aggressive and he found himself almost between a rock and a hard place I was getting raped by trolls the party then descended upon these trolls and in the middle of battle at numerous times I believe [CHAR] once and [CHAR] the other both took specific shots at each troll's dick rolled a good shot with enough damage to blow them off now being a troll they regenerate but it was still a good effect and when the battle was over it was decided by the party to at least take one as a trophy and place it in the bag of holding that was decided by me thank you by [CHAR] and as such it stayed for a while until it was used as an implement of distraction in another encounter I believe it worked yeah it worked that was where troll dick came from it was spit roasting Jake Bodro asked what's it like playing for three hours in front of 2,500 people I think our games have gotten a little bit better only because when we play privately there were sometimes lulls where we weren't sure what to do we would go off to bathroom we would take a break but now there's a little bit of the element of theater to it just a sprinkle of it and it kinda of gooses the energy up I'm doing the same thing for the record I keep seeing this one for the 11 year old Sadie the son of Odin shall have that cookie aw that's sweet there you go there is

Output: The party first came together as a mercenary group in the swamp town of Stillben, united by a need for coin and taking on a job to investigate a local conspiracy. Their first major encounter involved a subterranean battle with two trolls, initiated after Tiberius's ill-fated attempt at a diversion using a female troll disguise. During the fight, [CHAR] and [CHAR] deliberately targeted the trolls' genitals, successfully severing them despite the creatures' regeneration. Following the battle, [CHAR] decided to keep one of the severed troll parts as a trophy, storing it in the bag of holding. This grotesque item was later used as a successful distraction in a subsequent encounter.


Input: uh yeah they've gotten a little better only because when we play privately there were sometimes lulls where we weren't sure what to do we would go off to the bathroom or take a break but now there's a little bit of that element of theater to it just a sprinkle of it and it kinda gooses the energy up i'm doing the same thing for the record i keep seeing this one for the 11-year-old Sadie the son of Odin shall have that cookie oh that's sweet there you go there's one bag of holding in the group and [CHAR] always has it a troll dick and a bulette tongue there are many things that go into the bag it hasn't gone in that bag is there still a cow in the bag no Dork the ox Dork the ox is probably not that's when we first learned its limitations why does [CHAR] have so many awesome spells uh bards in Fifth Edition have one of the options they can choose as they level up can choose a couple of spells from any spellcasting class which is great and the boon that bards kinda needed to be more combat-effective and you can choose the School of Lore or the School of Combat I think for the bard he chose the School of Lore which allows you even more spells from other classes to boost your repertoire so he became a fucking amazing bard also [CHAR] Riegel did a lot of acapella in college he did he really did he helped write several seasons of The Voice which was all about acapella so [CHAR] is sort of a ringer for the bard class yeah kinda had to happen that way can [CHAR] do her dwarf impersonation nope yordee yorda yorda youree yourdee yourd someone asked if [CHAR] could keep one of his women in the bag of holding you can't put living things in the bag of holding as we've learned you can with Dork they just die there's no air it's like a vacuum a magical vacuum Dork the ox did not survive one giant dead ox came out of the bag someone keeps asking if any of us have hirelings or henchmen and the simple answer to that is no that's not true just Trinket at our Keep we do oh that's right yeah we battle-tested them we have a Keep back in right before we started the game before we came here after they saved the kingdom of Eman the sovereign Uriel Tal'Dorei III as part of his gift to the group for essentially saving his family and the city itself had a Keep constructed for them and took about six months or so and the Keep was finished and then the party's first session was them finding who they're going to hire to take care of the Keep for them it was like one episode of the Sims kind of it was great too 'cause [CHAR]'s whole idea of making them to see who would be the better hire was to break the pool cue and be like "who survives?" make them fight it was pretty great for Tone17 I played a modified Malkavian and a Smetty if you can believe such a thing which was badass there you go we've been playing for two and a half years someone wanted to know how long oh my God really did we tell them about your podcast with the recording of the very first one if you want [CHAR] and I it's kind of languishing but we have a podcast together called AllWorkNoPlay it's amazing we're both parents we have kids so we have no time to do anything enough time to take a shit the first or second episode the first episode is about us playing the first game and there's audio from the first game again go to iTunes or to AllWorkNoPlay on Pod Bean and you'll hear about two minutes of us dealing with a puzzle that [CHAR] threw at us it was timed yeah it was timed there was an hourglass going off it was us discovering D&D really for the first time AllWorkNoPlay all one word actually one of my favorite stories that I tell all the time is about you from our first game 'cause if you remember I didn't play I just kinda helped [CHAR] help you guys I was like a D&D minion and

Output: The party acquired a Keep as a reward from Sovereign Uriel Tal'Dorei III after saving the kingdom of Emon, and they held a rather violent contest to select hirelings to staff it. During their adventures, they discovered the lethal limitation of their bag of holding—that it cannot sustain living creatures—after the ox Dork perished inside it. The group's bard, [CHAR], was noted for his exceptional versatility, having learned spells from other classes through his College of Lore training. It was also confirmed that the party currently has no henchmen beyond their hirelings and Trinket the bear.


Input: first game yeah go to iTunes or to AllWorkNoPlay on Pod Bean and you'll hear about uh... two minutes of us dealing with a puzzle that [CHAR] threw at us it was timed... yeah it was timed there was an hourglass going off it was us discovering D&D really for the first time AllWorkNoPlay all one word... actually one of my favorite stories that I tell all the time is about you from our first game 'cause if you remember I didn't play I just kinda helped [CHAR] help you guys I was like a D&D minion... and I remember I was helping you and I remember you were like uh so if I just wanted to go up and punch those guards I could do that? and I was like yeah well you would go up and you would punch them and then [CHAR] would tell you how you'd do that... and then you went like this you were like computing... yeah you were like so we can do anything?... and I was like yeah... Taliesin on game one was actually not [CHAR] he was a dragonborn paladin? I was a dragonborn paladin... you fucking blew our minds we were like what do I do? Can I do damage points to stop this puzzle... there was this tunnel with all these moving parts we thought we were gonna be crushed and he was a dragonborn for the first episode it's in the recording on the the AllWorkNoPlay podcast... and he just breathed ice on this water-based uh contraption and froze it and everyone was like you can do that? You can't just roll dice and hit it?... and that's when we kind of understood oh it's whatever the fuck you want... that was such a good game for learning the basic mechanics such a well put together game... [CHAR] does control the music while we play yes I have playlists they were much more broad playlists before unfortunately on the stream we have to use only approved royalty-free music so it took me a while to figure it out previous to this... I do miss those Madonna songs... I know I used to play a lot of Bush... hey would that count as fan art? if fans made us music? Yeah... could we then use that? Yeah? He's nodding... they can send us whatever they want... some consent forms? Yeah... if one of your characters died would you roll a new character? music people out there... any music people anything atmospheric... no no that's an important question ignore it no it's important someone's asking if we die would we roll in a new character? and plus we just started this show so part of us were wondering like what if we die the second episode? what happens? we recorded this opening to the show that's coming... so here's how I run the world I feel that one of the problems in some RPGs is that death becomes flippant when magic allows you to completely undo it... in my campaigns certain powerful spells like Greater Restoration Resurrection things like that are a challenge meaning you can definitely undo death but a lot of it is based on your capabilities as a spellcaster your attachment to the people you've been traveling with... so if ever a character does die a resurrection can be attempted but it is a challenge which means there's a possibility of it failing... in which case if the resurrection fails the soul is lost the character is permanently dead... the player then can leave and never come back if they want to but they have the option to create a new character and be reintroduced to the campaign like half a level lower than the rest... that would suck so much... when [CHAR] died we had all of us many series of dice rolls to do and it was very story-based... yeah people are asking how she came back... yeah I mean luckily we were in a big city there was a huge temple there were very wise clerics who were good at bringing people back but still we all had to roll there was three rounds we had to roll he might have fudged numbers I don't know but we were all still scared we had to all the majority of us had to have good rolls three times in a row [CHAR] had to put the tears of three women in the room the tears [CHAR] had to kiss her on the head he put a figure that he carved of her

Output: The party faced a timed puzzle involving a tunnel with moving, water-based contraptions. Taliesin, playing a dragonborn paladin, creatively used his ice breath to freeze the mechanism, surprising everyone. This action led to the group's key realization that D&D allows for open-ended problem-solving beyond just dice rolls. Later, they discussed the campaign's resurrection rules, noting that bringing back a dead character would be a challenging, story-based ritual with a risk of permanent failure.


Input: but now there is uh Castle Greyskull on there and how do we feel about like Team Demi-hooman and inspiring them to play D&D for the first time I think the number one reason we all want to do this is because we love each other and we love this game the second thing is we all knew we kind of felt like we're gonna make Dungeons and Dragons cool again try at least and make it open for anyone to do there's no reason not to do this if there's someone you know who doesn't understand it don't worry about it just find some friends and connect with them I find one of the difficult things is explaining to somebody who has never played an RPG or a game of D&D at all they're like uh how does it work what is it and it's hard to explain so if anything now we have an example with this show other than the IT Crowd episode or the Community episode which are both great examples for quick little succinct things if we had the power to bring one guest player for one session oh that's easy Tom Hanks for sure and everyone laughs and Mazes and Madness everyone is asking for you guys to somehow get Vin Diesel I was gonna say Vin Diesel he lives for this shit Vin Diesel's good top of my list is Stephen Colbert because I know he also plays that would be amazing I would love to see Joss Whedon do this I admit I would like to see Joss Whedon play D&D that'd be interesting that might be possible okay I'm throwing that one out there what Tom Hanks isn't Felicia's got some but he's also a super fucking busy man guys tweet at Tom Hanks to come play with us I'm Morgan Freeman and I rolled a one right now Critical Role Hanks see if we can make it trend uh Patton Oswalt would be great that'd be hilarious what about Dan Harmon just so I can get fired can we do that and everyone laughs yeah Hardwick used to play D&D with Patton Oswalt in the mid-2000s I can't even imagine what those games were like I'd like to like Amy Poehler I'd like to have one of those she might be open to that she's a partner with Legendary I'd love her Tina Tina Fey someone keeps asking about Troy I don't know if Troy Baker is ready I don't think he's ready for this jelly you guys think he's ready for this jelly I don't think so whenever it comes up in conversation Troy always gives me that look of like all right you can see him swimming in the infinity of that's not cool he has some preconceived notions my scarves are cooler than you once we get him like a proper plus two enchanted scarf can we ship [CHAR] and [CHAR] [CHAR] and [CHAR] no I'm here to annoy [CHAR] by smacking her bear around and she's here to tell me not to kill myself don't jump into the crevasse it's a thousand feet deep Troy Baker is [CHAR]'s distanced dad and everyone laughs that's pretty funny uh answer this question I like I saw it a couple times how did you guys get involved in streaming for Geek and Sundry virgin sacrifice the best way I know that happened was we had been playing for a while and we all work in the industry people began to hear about our voiceover D&D game weirdly like I'd come into sessions with directors I've never worked with before they'd be like oh yeah you're the guy that runs that D&D game how did that happen how is that my thing I'm cool with it like heck yeah my little high school self is like I'm okay with being known about that but then over time eventually Geek and Sundry contacted us Felicia had heard about it they called me in for a meeting and we spent a number of months trying to figure out what format we were gonna try if we wanna do it like multi camera filmed canned episodes then eventually the Twitch possibility came up and we were like no this is a much better format for us and that's kind of how it happened are you kosher with me you took this film there's a video of you breaking the news to us that Geek and Sundry came to you about it are you kosher with me sharing that video yeah

Output: The party discussed their shared desire to make Dungeons & Dragons more accessible and appealing to newcomers, reflecting on how their own game began. They considered which famous guests might join a session, naming several actors and comedians they admired. The group also recalled how their private game gained attention in the industry, leading to a meeting with Felicia and the team at Geek & Sundry. After discussions about format, they decided to stream their sessions live on Twitch, which they felt was a better fit than a pre-recorded show.


Input: called me in for a meeting and we spent a number of months trying to figure out what format we were gonna try if we want to do it like multi camera filmed canned episodes and then eventually the twitch possibility came up and we were like no this is a much better format for us and that's kind of how it happened are you kosher with me you took this film there's a video of you breaking the news to us that geek and sundry came to you about it are you kosher with me sharing that video yeah i don't see why not all right i'll find a way to put it through my twitter so just keep your eye on my twitter wait what are you sharing there was a video that orion took when [CHAR] told us about geek and sundry coming to him and us all sort of toasting and laughing reacting giggling like idiots why is d and d pathetic making you so much more attached to the characters than a regular rpg if you mean like a video game rpg i mean you get attached either way but with this because you are so much more fluid with how you can influence the world and the character and the way the character reacts to the world and how it can influence it is so much more personal a good way of putting it it's just that much more involving and you invest so much into that atmosphere and it depends on the group some people just like to do dungeon crawls and kill and get loot and experience and that's totally cool too for me at least i like them both for different reasons i still play the crap out of video game rpgs someone asked if given the chance would we like to do a live game at a convention like acquisition inc i'd like to do although there's nine of us so that'd be kind of that'd be a long game we may be asking you guys to do that soon oh good then yes as long as you're handling the tech i think we'd be fine with that i'd like to do it we may be streaming from comic con i don't know we may be asking if you guys are gonna go through that hell hole the answer is yes can we get a jib i like cranium shots ooh a helicopter a helicopter shot put it on the wishlist put it on the wishlist a jib how many of you aside from [CHAR] have run a game of d and d or another rpg in high school i ran a d and d game i ran a rifts game for a little while rifts yes i ran a cyberpunk game for a little while really yes the last two months i have been helping my eight year old son and two of his friends from school create characters and i wouldn't have done this if [CHAR] had not forced this shit into my life i wouldn't have done this but i'm about to start running a game for my son the half elf druid and his two friends the dragonborn fighter and the dragonborn rogue what if they die that's just how the cookie crumbles motherfucker oh man you are teaching life lessons gotta teach lessons go fish and then d and d i ran a rifts game as well in high school then i ran a game of vampire the masquerade and i was in a bunch of them of course you did couple rounds of paranoia and hole because that's funny hole was amazing which you gave me books for for my birthday which was awesome i was a part of a buffy the vampire slayer tabletop rpg for a while yeah it's actually quite fun i was a pyromancer somebody asked a fun one they asked if we play what's our favorite video game what's our favorite video games oh that's a hard question is it there's so many well we can skip it metal gear dragon age probably portal portal or dragon age portal's great castlevania symphony of the night i played till i had blisters on my thumbs symphony of the night yeah dude what is a man borderlands two and i'm happy borderlands two pool of radiance on my commodore sixty four oh shit baldur's gate which i played again on my ipad a year or two ago somebody oh go ahead

Output: The party spent time reflecting on their history with tabletop RPGs, sharing stories of past campaigns they had run or played in various systems. They discussed the potential of streaming their games and the appeal of D&D's collaborative storytelling compared to video game RPGs. The group also considered the possibility of running a live game at a convention, with one member noting they were preparing to DM a game for their son and his friends. No in-game actions or NPC interactions occurred during this conversation.


Input: video games? uh oh that's a hard question is it there's so many well we can skip it metal gear dragon age probably portal portal or dragon age portal's great castlevania symphony of the night i played til i had blisters on my thumbs symphony of the night yeah dude what is a man borderlands two and i'm happy borderlands two pool of radios on my commodore sixty four oh baldur's gate which i played again on my ipad a year or two ago somebody oh go ahead i was just saying somebody asked how we focus in the room with the sexual magnetism that is [CHAR] shorthalt ooh it's tough man i don't know i wear a codpiece i wear a codpiece that keeps everything in check i'm heavily sedated most of the game just for that reason otherwise the clothes would just come right off i just let myself get a gigantic boner every week does anyone play league generally sometimes we're playing heroes of the storm more now i'm a big final fantasy fan i like all kinds of games i definitely would say if i had to pick one rpg cause i'm an rpg guy i love chrono cross that'd be my favorite game i've played that more than i have chrono trigger which is way too many times dragon age race class ash anybody that plays elf rogue human fighter always the mage [CHAR] stupid question thor odinson or hulk in a knock down drag out oh type zero also contractually thor realistically hulk i mean i am thor i can't say any other guy hulk's on a scaling power level cause he just gets too mad yeah let's just be real about that that's hulk tried new final fantasy yet chocolatesweets a bunch of times has asked would you guys consider cosplay for the games well technically we already did you'll see maybe next week he's trying the best he can we have an intro coming up some point soon halfway done halfway done we all shot loosely in character costumes inspired by everyone's characters so you'll be able to see that soon if anyone would like to make us costumes one man doing it all a million arms i think it would be kinda hard for me to play the game in cosplay cause i have probably the most armor now you do you wear the most armor that's a cool question if you had to switch characters [CHAR] if you had to switch characters which one would you be if you had to trade places with one of us yeah if you would switch characters that question was [CHAR] included question was for everyone if you guys could switch characters with anyone who would you pick including [CHAR] i would probably switch with [CHAR] or [CHAR] tiberius would be mine i'd take tiberius [CHAR] i would be [CHAR] i would be [CHAR] bards man bards are my favorite class i'd be probably either [CHAR] or [CHAR] i'd be trinket yeah you would why are you peeing on everything bards and clerics are great i'd definitely be [CHAR] just the complete opposite of what i can do i'm a wow player on occasion i haven't played in ages for the horde player wants to play a lizardfolk monk what's my opinion about the idea that's fine i mean a player can play whatever they want to as long as you as the dm want it in your campaign just make sure they have more to their character besides i'm a lizard monk have a good reason why they trained as a monk if they make a cool personality behind it work it into the social structure of their lizardfolk people and see whether the monks will be shunned or accepted are they an outcast of the society think of those ideas and make a cool character based on the story from a fighting standpoint that'd be cool i used to play a lizard monk in ruins of kunark back in the old eq days oh man that was a while back someone asked when trinket came into the mix day one day one she had that shit like that she knew she wanted a pet bear he hasn't died yet he hasn't died it's amazing this thing has not died he should have died so many times

Output: The party took a break from adventuring to discuss their characters and potential cosplay plans for an upcoming intro video. Several members expressed interest in switching characters, with [CHAR] and [CHAR] being popular choices, while others wished to play bards like [CHAR]. A player inquired about playing a lizardfolk monk, and the DM advised creating a compelling backstory integrated into the society's structure. They also reflected on the remarkable survival of [CHAR]'s companion bear, Trinket, who has avoided death despite numerous close calls.


Input: so like an outcast of the society right think of those ideas and make a cool character based on the story from a fighting standpoint that'd be cool i used to play a lizard monk in ruins of kunark back in the old equinox days oh man that was a while back um someone asked when trinket came into the mix day one day one she had that she knew she wanted a pet bear he hasn't died yet he hasn't died it's amazing this thing has not died he should have died so many times she spent all of her character focus in having a pet from combat and then never puts it in combat because she doesn't want it to get killed and it's fucking hilarious we put it in jeopardy situations before yeah you have every time she goes never again and i'm like all right well the day that bear dies it's gonna get ugly it's gonna be bad it's good to change her as a character alignment shift so much black to wear um douginator asked me a super detailed question so i don't wanna blow over it cause it was awesome he asked me how my path has gone and my personal aramente journey and how working with the group has helped and slowed it down for the air ashari and for [CHAR]'s journey it's kind of expected to take her maybe ten maybe twenty years it takes her like the aramente is expected to take a long time and part of it is her kind of proving herself a hero so she kind of ended up tagging along with this motley crew in order to kind of help her so she's not doing it alone so it's a good thing that she's tagging along but she also has to deal with sometimes the moral dilemma of maybe choices that she might not normally make if she wasn't with the group that she has to go with i see two questions i wanna address one is what is each of our favorite kill i was gonna say that was a good one and the second one is what's the story behind the super high intensity team let's start with the kills and then we'll get to the shits my favorite kill i finished off a blue dragon we faced we all chipped away at this dragon someone who had disguised himself as human for a long time then we came to their secret cubbyhole and they revealed themselves we chipped away and chipped away then at the end i sort of parkour ran up a wall and shoved the daggers into its neck and just slid down its entire body and finished it my favorite kill is actually until today when [CHAR] kicked the bucket and that moment all of us realized what happened and there was an instant shift in real emotion where whatever the hell i don't even remember who we were fighting because i went like fucking cast this and everyone's just kill this thing because we all cared so much in a real life situation where we hated this thing with real emotion and we just slaughtered it the demon possessed royal family was my favorite that was the same thing yeah that was my favorite fight just using the light also we were shooting i was getting to shoot holes in the glass the entire throne room had a glass dome overtop but because the family had been possessed by the shades these shadow entities it was all covered they were able to force these spirits out of the physical bodies without killing them by being able to tear off the cloth or shoot holes in it to allow sunlight in and use that as part of the battle tactic it worked out really cool yeah that was fun my favorite kill wasn't even an enemy it was when [CHAR] summoned that pony when we were facing those five wizards he summoned this pony and then i turned and abruptly cut its fucking head off and reached in and grabbed its organs and smeared its gore all over myself and started screaming and [CHAR] was like okay the fight ended there roll intimidation with a bonus butchered a pony for intimidation yeah it worked i think one of my favorite [CHAR] moments it wasn't a kill but when we were in the crazy michael jackson neverland ranch sorcerer dude's plane of existence the dread emperor yeah when we were in his plane of existence and we

Output: The party reflected on their journey, noting how [CHAR]'s aramente was progressing with the group's help, though their sometimes morally ambiguous choices presented challenges. They also discussed Trinket, the pet bear who had miraculously survived numerous perilous situations despite the party's protective instincts. The group shared stories of their favorite past kills, including a blue dragon, a demon-possessed royal family, and a pony used for a dramatic intimidation tactic. The conversation trailed off as someone began recalling an experience in the dread emperor's plane of existence.


Input: so yeah pony and then I turned and like abruptly cut its head off and reached in and grabbed its organs and smeared its gore all over me and started screaming and [CHAR] was like okay uh the fight ended there roll intimidation with a bonus butchered a pony for intimidation yeah it worked I think one of my favorite [CHAR] moments it wasn't a kill but when we were in the crazy Michael Jackson Neverland Ranch sorcerer dude's plane of existence uh the Dread Emperor yeah when we were in his plane of existence and we encountered that big tree rock monster and I just happened to take Command Plants and he happened to be a plant monster so it just worked out perfectly and I was just like like we don't want to fight you back down and avoided an entire battle getting the magic carpet was also pretty badass oh yeah that was a good story another fabulous moment that you guys have to know about is we wanted to get into a tower at one point and there was a very intelligent sort of right hand man to whoever owned the tower [CHAR] just started fast talking which is his defining characteristic took his finger and put it right here as a mustache and said hi I'm Bert Reynolds and he rolled either [CHAR] rolled a twenty I think it was a natural he rolled a natural twenty and you weren't expecting it to work in any way shape or form and you went okay Mr. Reynolds Bert Reynolds just announced that he's gonna be at Philly Wizard World with us so we could theoretically tell him that story I have to Burt Reynolds would be a dream guest him and Tom Hanks he'd have to play on a bearskin carpet the whole family history organized I've only had one kill but it was what and it was a dragon yeah dragonslayer but the thing that I probably the whole battle with the family that was sort of possessed when I actually died that was probably one of my favorite battles maybe not after I died prior to when I got to finish off the dragon was that on Christmas the dragon yes that night was so amazing because we had we made it a winter festival so we all came in our pajamas it was close to Christmas that's why it was a winter festival it was like our little Christmas party our holiday episode that was sad for me because it was my idea but I had health problems at the time and I had to bow out and I was very very very sad but you made it to this year's I made it the following year yeah yeah we had a whole little thing it was really nice I would love to play D and D with Dame Judy Dench heck yeah you guys can tweet at her so you can get her to agree the SHITs how did we become the SHITs yes so the party had run into a debearded actually shaven dwarf named Grimthorn who wanted to represent them for what is occasionally a roving brawling guild essentially like underground fighting rings that happen around the world at different points throughout the year it may come up again we'll see but they had to think of a team name and [CHAR] recommended the Super High Intensity Team which stuck for a while so the group name against the better judgment of I think a lot of the group became The SHITs so their name for a while was The SHITs they were announced as The SHITs in the ring when they won the tournament that was when the pony was cut in half to intimidate the opposing team [CHAR]'s idea also Tiberius and [CHAR] were not happy SHITs stuck for a while until eventually they got rid of the SHITs as all of a sudden they were about to go to the winter festival parade in their honor for saving the entire city of Eman and the Sovereign Uriel said what should we announce you as and it was decided not to announce you guys in front of the city at your parade as The SHITs I was super into it still love The SHITs instead the name became Vox Machina so if you've heard them say that that's the official team name they've created for themselves as a group with credit to [CHAR] as well which was voted down was also the Brotherhood

Output: The party engaged in a memorable battle where one member brutally dispatched a pony to intimidate their opponents, a tactic that succeeded. Later, in the Dread Emperor's plane, [CHAR] used her Command Plants ability to peacefully resolve a confrontation with a tree rock monster. Separately, [CHAR] employed fast-talking deception, impersonating "Bert Reynolds" to gain access to a guarded tower. The group's identity evolved from their initial, contentious team name "The SHITs" to the more dignified "Vox Machina" ahead of a public parade.


Input: about to go to the winter festival parade in their honor for saving the entire city of Eman and uh the Sovereign Uriel said what should we announce you as and it was decided not to announce you guys in front of the city at your parade as The SHITs I was super into it still love The SHITs um instead the name became Vox Machine so if you've heard them say that that's the official team name they've created for themselves as a group like with credit to [CHAR] as well which was voted down was also the Brotherhood of the Sisterhood which I was a huge fan of I really wanted it to be the Brotherhood of the Sisterhood but Vox Machina sounded cooler the Brotherhood of the Sisterhood of the Order or something like that um the Order of the Brotherhood of the Sisterhood so Tiberius recognizes as the Vox Machina or Brotherhood of the Sisterhood LargoSensei keeps asking what are your most uh pathetic voice acting experiences I'm gonna guess for Ashley that's The Last of Us since that's your fucking heart ripped out of your chest probably yeah Gollum was pretty sad for me because he's a miserable bastard also Angel from Wolverine the X-Men wait does cathartic mean sad um well it just means get your fucking demons out chew it up mine's really old it's probably either Monster or Paranoia Agent I'm gonna go that far back yeah all the way back Fate Zero for me had a moment that was pretty intense emotionally that I really enjoyed Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic uh Sonic Boom yo boom Sonic Boom what's that Infamous maybe oh yeah pretty fucking sad brothers Brotherhood brotherly love I'd say for me it was doing Type O not so much the actual lines 'cause I had a lot of fun I don't know if that's empathic but um completing an actual real life dream goal I've said this a couple times before but the last day I was recording the last stuff I was literally crying on the way home because I finally got to level myself up and this thing kept it up and it was really cool [CHAR] who were you in Fate zero uh I'm Kiritsugu Kiritsugu Emiya bless you thank you that's the dark assassin character saw a question about [CHAR]'s home and his family [CHAR] has a really really big family that I don't mention in the video and he has not been home yet he has no interest in going home yet 'cause that's terrifying so we have not dealt with that um that's going to be interesting when that comes around What's under the freakin lake uh what's under the freakin lake [CHAR] yeah what's under the lake you were told yeah it's one of those big a bowl of oh yeah that's right I did write it down which you encountered one underground yes I was a shark put the slime into the water you could only breathe water and couldn't breathe air remember 'cause I was like I'm gonna be crafty and turn into a shark and then I started immediately drowning How do you keep players from getting OP [CHAR] uh make the monsters more powerful behind the scenes I'm always constantly up his ass trying to make Tiberius as OP as possible and he's always stopping me a lot balance is important I mean the characters everyone here has really good characters that have a lot of cool abilities but they also have a lot of challenges that come at them that make them not only use those abilities but also monsters can have cool abilities too Bracheon89 you said Stephen King plays D and D yes that's what I was trying to say what um Bracheon we're going to wait for your answer how do you know he plays D and D are you sure let's get him in here I'd love that The group's worst decision in D and D was the dragon I think oh yeah [CHAR] [CHAR] listen there was a shitload of gold I still don't think that was a bad idea oh when he started hoarding all the gold we still don't know if that takes a lot of stupid he might have been an ally we might have killed someone who was valuable you were still freaking out like a month later you were feeling really bad well I did almost get us killed I feel like it was a good decision

Output: The party prepared to attend a winter festival parade in their honor for saving the city of Eman. When Sovereign Uriel asked what they should be announced as, they rejected the informal "The SHITs" and officially chose the name Vox Machina. This decision followed the humorous suggestion of "The Brotherhood of the Sisterhood," which was voted down. The session also recalled a past underwater encounter where a party member transformed into a shark but began drowning due to magical effects. The group reflected on this and other challenging encounters that kept their powerful abilities in balance.


Input: uh in D and D was the dragon I think oh yeah [CHAR] [CHAR] listen there was a shitload of gold uh I still don't think that was a bad idea um when he started hoarding all the gold we still don't know if that takes a lot of stupid he might have been an ally we might have killed someone who was valuable you were still freaking out like a month later you were feeling really bad well I did almost get us killed I feel like it was a good decision to be fair it's the only time I've ever had a player rage loot before all laugh you went into a rage and used it to just loot more and then the dragon revealed itself and you looked at it and you just kept looting all laugh you guys take care of this that was hilarious that's [CHAR] somebody keeps asking and we'll do a show of hands here Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones oh come on ooh that's tough what do you prefer 10 seconds to think about it and then I'll that's like Star Trek or Star Wars yeah hard they're asking the question don't be afraid come on that's tough Lord of the Rings fuckin Lord of the Rings there you go there's the answer I don't know man Lord of the Rings but I see Game of Thrones on the side I love Game of Thrones of course we do Lord of the Rings we wouldn't have Game of Thrones without Lord of the Rings that's the thing maybe possibly not Dungeons and Dragons without Lord of the Rings this is true it's the OG I don't know what that even you said that that just came out of your mouth please let's leave it alone moving on that's the OG what is this what do we have over here well who was the old gnome that [CHAR] saved in his intro video uh [CHAR]'s daddy no that was my great great grandfather that's right yes great great grandfather Wilhand Wilhelm hand Wilhand that's right Wilhand the money uh [CHAR] has an intelligence of six he's gonna get names wrong from time to time everybody if you could choose whatever fantasy world to live in what would it be Marvel ooh I would live in the Next Generation world universe you had me at Marvel yeah here's the thing you could live in Marvel what you live in if you couldn't live in that world as a superhero just as a normal person right not in New York anybody that lives in New York in the Marvel universe is just stupid like rent's gotta be a buck fifty terrible idea I'd say Myst so I can just write my own worlds to infinity from there Lord of the Rings or Amber as well I was gonna say Lord of the Rings maybe Rivendell I'm gonna say Final Fantasy 10 Grey Havens if you're gonna do Lord of the Rings do Grey Havens 'cause you're far enough away from Morder where it's generally not gonna be a problem I wanna be one of the Fellowship Ashley Johnson lived in a Marvel universe already right that's true see and it's a big hassle it was a big hassle yeah before the stream our D and D session high insurance rates before the stream our D and D sessions would happen once every month to month and a half more like month and a half why is [CHAR] Scarlet Witch I'm down with it 'cause I alter reality power makes sense our sessions used to be once every month or month and a half and they would be about six to eight hours but the problem is we'd play so infrequently every session I'd have to remind everyone what happened and it was hard to schedule part of the reason we're even doing this show is because it's technically work which allows those of us who have families and children more of an excuse to come more often so yeah Googoo17 Arkazey keeps asking what's your favorite nerdy t-shirt you own mine is one that says Mordor World Tour it looks like a rock 'n' roll t-shirt but it says Mordor World Tour that's cool favorite nerdy t-shirt I've got a Sons of Anarchy Doctor Who t-shirt I'm a really

Output: The party recalled a tense encounter where [CHAR] entered a rage to continue looting gold even as a dragon revealed itself, leading to a debate about whether slaying the creature was a mistake, as it might have been a potential ally. They also discussed [CHAR]'s backstory, confirming he saved a gnome named Wilhand (though [CHAR] misremembered the name). The group made no new discoveries during this reflective conversation, primarily rehashing past decisions and character details.


Input: uh i'd have to remind everyone what happened and it was hard to schedule part of the reason we're even doing this show is because it's technically work which allows those of us who have families and children more of an excuse to come more often so yeah um Googoo17 Arkazey keeps asking whats your favorite nerdy t-shirt you own mine is one that says Morder World Tour it looks like a rock and roll t-shirt but it says Morder World Tour thats cool favorite nerdy t-shirt i've got a Sons of Anarchy Doctor Who t-shirt i'm a really big fan of i'll wear it next week i've got like an army kind of soldiery looking t-shirt that says Kemera like Kemera Corps thats actually the one i was gonna say thats my favorite shirt too i like your displacer kitty youve got displacer kittys kind of cool adorable i like your shine on me shirt oh god if you guys havent watched Chris Dane Owens on YouTube Chris Dane Owens Shine on Me its a music video watch it Chris Dane Owens Shine or Shine on Me YouTube do it i love that you own the shirt from it i bought a shirt from it cuz its that amazing i had to did anyone tell [CHAR] that [CHAR] killed the naga for her i dont think someones done it yet [CHAR] had his first kill you saw it right you saw it on the stream i saw it me Ashley saw it but [CHAR] did not hear about it yet who knows that could be the thing that seals the deal ill be like you killed the naga okay lets do this all laugh any betrayals in the game no betrayals disagreements and occasional trippings and beat downs and stealing of flying carpets i actually did step i kind of did hurt [CHAR] one game or [CHAR] the game we played together we did just the two of us one night there were some of the girls changing in a room i forgot about this i was very curious to see you naked but thats kinda fallen on the wayside [CHAR] was very curious to see what a gnome looked like naked never seen it before so you did a little peeping tom why wouldnt i wanna expand my horizons so he rolled stealth so he rolled stealth and he did and saw or whatever and then when i came back out and i found out about it looked good it was compact it was just a small human and i think i stepped on your foot and gave you some damage maybe a hit point yeah a hit point or two you earned it i earned it somebody seagullblaster no [CHAR] didnt spy on [CHAR] sorry go ahead asked Tiberius said something about the Palestone and what it is and this is somebody asked a different question this is kinda gonna answer both i and everybody else wrote backstories for Matthew to essentially give him so he could construct our universe Tiberius particular quest is looking for particular artifacts essentially i made him like Mulder nobody believes in the city that these things exist except him so the truth is out there kinda thing so i made up these five different artifacts that do different things and i dont know what they do until i might maybe find them and if i do its up to him to [CHAR] to determine what they are if they are anything they might be nothing i dont know ive found one item so far and its awesome and all of us have given him bits and pieces and thats how he constructs our story with things that you throw in yourself yeah and each player all their story lines work into the world not all of them will happen immediately of course some people have had personal encounters and story encounters already some are yet to occur and there will be points throughout the campaign where the party will probably have to move and individually deal with each persons story to some extent dealt a little bit with each person touched a little bit like in Eman weve seen [CHAR] and Vaxs father [CHAR] and i ran into to our father again for the first time in many years it was a little frosty had a new family have a little half sister [CHAR] you have a favorite voice and does it hurt to do the gnarly

Output: The party learned that [CHAR] had slain the naga for [CHAR], though she remained unaware of the deed. In a separate incident, [CHAR] attempted to spy on the changing party members using stealth, but was discovered and stepped on by one of them, taking minor damage. Tiberius discussed his personal quest to find mysterious artifacts, including the Palestone, which he had introduced into the world through his backstory. The group also recounted a recent encounter where [CHAR] and [CHAR] confronted their estranged father, who had started a new family with a half-sister.


Input: oh yeah Gilmore's that wonderful magician who owns a shop was that the fancy one yeah in the city of Eman he's got a big friggin crush on me and wants me wants me and some day you and I will actualize that we'll have to roleplay that maybe in a game maybe not what do we think is taking over the hive mind what do you guys think is taking over the hive mind well we know it's named obviously some butthole I think I might have an idea yeah you had a vision that we don't even know about yet right well taking those mushrooms having those visions taking those mushrooms someone asked how do game devs find us for acting work we all audition hundreds of people audition for every role in Los Angeles we all just try today I worked on a superhero game and the guy who was directing me for voiceover said hey so what are you doing for the rest of the day and I said well I'm gonna go to the gym I'm gonna do this then I'm gonna go do that do you know about that D&D show that a couple of us are doing and he's like yeah I heard about that and the guy who had written the game went yeah I've watched every episode all laugh so awesome that's so cool someone wants to hear Gilmore's voice I think we should save that for wait until they actually meet Gilmore yeah we can't give it away Gilmore's a fun one Gilmore's awesome Gilmore is very Broadway he's very not the gargoyle no no I could see him being a character in a John Waters film oh my God yeah totally give him a pencil-thin mustache yeah I'm trying to catch up greater overall motivations that may or may not be secret depending on the characters what is each person's favorite D&D monster a dead one uh I liked it when [CHAR] got it on with a what was it a nymph what yeah you don't know man I went through the portal handled my business like a champ in the air I don't kiss and tell nobody knows I got what we were supposed to get a nymph could have attacked us but [CHAR] looked her in the eye and she liked what she saw then he disappeared for a little while and he came back and he was in a really good mood I flashed her the look man she was mine what can I say I like the little green gelatinous cubes I think they're fun and then if you make em right you can just make em out of jello and eat them when you're done that's awesome I don't wanna answer that question necessarily because I might be using them in the campaign at some point which one nothing so that means we haven't used em yet but overall I just love the terask because it's like the game ender it's the godzilla it's the one DMs move where

Output: The party discussed the enigmatic magician Gilmore, who runs a shop in Eman and has shown a clear romantic interest in one of the adventurers. They then turned their attention to the ongoing mystery of the hive mind's corruption, with one member hinting at a private vision they had yet to share. The conversation shifted as [CHAR] recounted an off-screen encounter with a nymph, claiming he successfully navigated the interaction and obtained something for the group. The session concluded with the players sharing their personal favorite D&D monsters, though one DM remained coy to avoid spoiling future encounters.


Input: so um she was mine what can I say i like the little green gelatinous cubes i think theyre fun and then if you make em right you can just make em out of jello and eat them when youre done thats awesome i dont wanna answer that question necessarily because i might be using them in the campaign at some point which one nothing so that means we havent used em yet but overall i just love the tarrasque because its like the game ender its the godzilla its the one dms move where hes like im done with this campaign hey guys youre gonna fight a tarrasque either youre all gonna die or you beat it and you beat the game so the tarask is always fun is it the final boss i ive always been fascinated with the mind flyers youre fucking throwing an army of them at us cause theyre dangerous yeah theyre terrible and theyre so outside of the norm and hey you stealthed up and pretty much killed one in one round today that was insane when the mud on the face and the stab in the fucking back of the head you guys black ops that entire barracks im proud of the knife i know what youre talking about [CHAR] and [CHAR] have no bastard children that we know of or that you can prove other streamed d and d games like rollplay hosted by itmejp no no maybe we will though i wont everyone play dungeons and dragons my favorite npc character is a little butler who i think became yes hes the cutest little thing you will ever see and i think now he works at he works for us now yep you guys hired him and hes currently helping keep your keep in good shape whats his name the old fellow right im trying to remember ill have to go look at the list again i have so many npcs i have a hard time hes just the sweetest little thing you ever did see grogs flatlined intelligence anything like that happen before that was the first of that type of situation i went unconscious once cause i fell how far did i fall wow you fell oh that was a crazy one too they were there fighting in an underground cavern and at the very very top of this giant like 170 foot ceiling which they had all kinda floated up to and put a rope anchor in i was ready to toro the bull the first umber hulk you guys ever encountered ended up pushing [CHAR] out of the hole bullrushing him had the rope tied around his waist but unfortunately [CHAR] weighs about 600 pounds rope snapped and he took enough damage to go from full health to unconscious and bleeding out in one round cause he confused you right and you just hari karied off the hole i was gonna dodge and be all awesome and say ole or some shit but i was just out that was when i was a spider tiger cause i cast spider climb on myself and i was in tiger form so i was spider climbing all over the place thats also one of my favorite risky rolls which was after that happened tiberius you pushed the umber hulk onto the ground or through the hole it fell i had this amazing spell with pathfinder called aquasphere orb and you can like capture large creatures i literally can waterbend a sphere and carry this dude and drop them down it was amazing i miss it so much continue the story so essentially tiberius decided cause [CHAR] was unconscious and the creature was down there all of them were stuck 170 feet up in this little hive essentially tiberius said fuck it he jumped out of the hole swan dove down and cast feather fall on himself at the last minute had to make a concentration check because of the wind rushing past and having to cast a spell while falling its a very difficult thing he had about a 40% chance of success 60% chance of instant death and he made the roll i love risky moments like that so much i love em it was pretty legit i did it again and held that fucker it was intense im wondering when were gonna face a beholder thatll be nasty thats my favorite d and d monster with all the eyes theyre like a big floating head with a

Output: The party successfully executed a stealth assault on a mind flayer barracks, eliminating one with surprising efficiency. They discussed their hired NPC, a beloved butler who now maintains their keep, though his specific name temporarily escaped recall. The group reminisced about a past perilous encounter where [CHAR] was knocked unconscious and fell 170 feet after a rope snapped during a fight with an umber hulk. In a dramatic decision, Tiberius then dove after him, risking instant death to cast feather fall at the last moment and successfully passed the critical concentration check.


Input: concentration check uh because of the wind rushing past and having to cast a spell while falling it's a very difficult thing he had about a forty percent chance of success sixty percent chance of instant death and he made the roll i love risky moments like that so much i love them it was pretty legit i did it again and held that fucker it was intense um i'm wondering when we're gonna face a behoulder that'll be nasty that's my favorite d and d monster with all the eyes they're like a big floating head with a giant eye and they've got tentacles with eyes on the end of them and each eyeball does a different ray of effect a behoulder nasty you know what that is too yeah they're nasty bad news bears they're super awesome one of these days we're gonna fight one one of these days they're a signature character of dungeons and dragons they represent d and d what made the dwarves get bigger today in the battle that's actually an ability of the duergar viagra yeah they can summon through sheer force of will and just the way they've been bred over time they can increase their form for a short time to increase their damage and be just a general asshole so it's an ability the duergar have long lost son i'm gonna guess that none of us have been to sweden i have my dad was from sweden that's awesome i've been to gothenburg that's not surprising i have not but i would like to go yeah who wouldn't want to go to sweden makes sense pale and blonde have you been never been it's beautiful i spent two weeks in gothenburg sweden on business years ago it was gorgeous food was amazing nothing like walking down the street and seeing a giant gothic stone structure with an archway and a gargoyle perched and you walk in and it's a seven eleven it's pretty hilarious all the architecture there is old but it's been repurposed it's great if you had to choose would you pick to receive an extra level or [CHAR]'s hair god damn it [CHAR]'s hair hair obviously receive an extra level or [CHAR]'s hair you can't get hair like this without unicorn blood my god i'm gonna shave my head one of these days shave his head he can't dm anymore i'd wither it's like sampson i would just like become this little raisin i'd be david tennant the behoulder strikes for the mawp mawp let's see what are the questions we got up there it is eleven thirty eight by the way what is the most outrageous and unexpected thing to come from a natural twenty that was [CHAR] probably the [CHAR] as burt reynolds oh right we'll take about five more minutes of questions five or ten more minutes of questions then we gotta take off how long will you be doing this show thirty years considering we've been playing for two and a half years and everyone's level nine we can keep going for quite some time whether or not we continue past that means either we do a new campaign or we go into epic or mythic levels we'll cross that bridge when we get to it i mean i'd love to keep playing for as long as people wanna play but also people get busy life changes we'll see how it goes i'm in for the long haul as much as everyone else is [CHAR] multiple people are asking what the music is that we're hearing on the show what you hear in the show is a combination of a gentlemen named kevin macleod who has a website called incompetech which he produces really amazing royalty-free musical tracks i've used them for many web series for many years he's very talented and i contacted him and asked him permission to use on the stream he's like yeah anything on twitch go for it and the other half are a lot of soundscapes i use from a company called platemail games which make great custom rpg soundscapes and some tracks that are just creepy and dwarf cityscapes and dark forest night it's a great great resource those are my two big ones for this twitch stream and yes we did roll for our starting stats yeah it was four d six drop the lowest arrange as desired so it was a powerful campaign what was the most nail-biting moment

Output: The party's spellcaster successfully maintained concentration on a spell while falling, narrowly avoiding instant death with a difficult roll. During the encounter, they observed the duergar using an innate ability to enlarge themselves, increasing their size and damage. The group discussed the terrifying nature of the beholder, a classic D&D monster they anticipate facing in the future. No major decisions were made, but they gained tactical knowledge about their duergar foes' capabilities.


Input: so we use on the stream he's like yeah anything on Twitch go for it and uh the other half are a lot of soundscapes I use from a company called Platemail Games which make great custom RPG soundscapes and some tracks that are just creepy and like dwarf cityscapes and dark forest night it's a great great resource those are my two big ones for this Twitch stream and uh yes we did roll for our starting stats yeah it was 4d6 drop the lowest arrange as desired so it was a powerful campaign um what was the most nail-biting moment the group has seen it was [CHAR]'s death [CHAR] dying definitely um do you prefer being the DM or do you like mixing it up and being characters I never get a chance to play games really it's kind of one of those always a DM never a bride circumstance uh you wanna play with my kid yeah I'll be an evil character and murder them all you're going to regret it immediately make em just cry um listen that's the game suck it up yeah turn it into Mazes and Monsters is that why you play so much War Machine is because for once you don't have to be responsible probably I occasionally I got to play a game of Diaspora for a while with Philip Eisner the guy who wrote Event Horizon or something so playing a sci-fi kind of horror-based universe with him running that was great that was very brief um [CHAR] can you give us any teasers of things to come no see as they happen man that's part of the fun the mystery of it all I know what's coming I got stuff planned for years it's gonna be fun uh do you have any advice to get into voice acting learn to act study acting go to where the work is keep acting in anything in fucking anything go to where the work is act what age did you play your first tabletop RPG game for me it was Second Edition Dungeons and Dragons and it was freshman year of high school GURPS 13 I was yeah 13 years old GURPS favorite tabletop games not D&D get Hulk Hogan to play that's not D&D Mansions of Madness Mansions of Madness is great uh is MTG Magic the Gathering a tabletop is that considered tabletop it's a card building game Magic War Machine War Machine is really fun I'm a Cryx player it's awesome I'm just starting you're the awesome Retribution I'm Circle of Orboros we played with [CHAR] of course we do uh it said do you ever think about sexuality while playing besides [CHAR] of course [CHAR] does I'm sure other people have it's hard not to think about it with [CHAR] we just pay for it uh are we gonna release more background information of your campaign yes actually we are time has been hard but I'm trudging through what I'm gonna make essentially is a video recap of the previous two and a half years of the campaign I'm gonna narrate it it's gonna be very simple it's gonna be just information with the occasional slides of stuff in the background but I'm working on a video kind of like your guys intros that'll be a synopsis of the story up until this stream started claymation that's awesome man I will destroy you I will fucking stab you if you want it's not much but I have a Vine account that's under the name VoiceofOBrien and I took a lot of Vine videos from our private game so it's not a ton but you'll see us acting like shitheads that's seven seconds at a time seven seconds at a time yeah I think I still have the video of you trying to woo the nymph lady try that was a good video it's basically just you flirting with my boyfriend I have some videos of the tarot game and a couple of us [CHAR] is now a nymph yeah we sat there and hey man I've had to flirt with quite a few of these people as characters it's interesting uh who's your favorite NPC that you brought to life for us oh that's a tough one there's been a lot of good ones I really enjoyed Grimthorn the dwarf that was Clarota is pretty good yeah Clarota is great he was the one eyed dwarf with the shave that was taking you guys to the fighting ring he was

Output: The party began their session by establishing their starting statistics using the 4d6-drop-the-lowest method, arranging them as desired for a powerful campaign. They recalled the death of [CHAR] as their most nail-biting moment. During their travels, they interacted with the dwarf Grimthorn and the one-eyed dwarf Clarota, who was guiding them to a fighting ring. The group also discussed their use of Twitch and Platemail Games soundscapes to enhance the game's atmosphere. They decided to keep future story developments a mystery to preserve the fun.


Input: the tarot game and uh a couple of us [CHAR] is now a nymph yeah we sat there and hey man I’ve had to flirt with quite a few of these people as characters it’s interesting who’s your favorite NPC that you brought to life for us oh that’s a tough one there’s been a lot of good ones I really enjoyed Grimthorn the dwarf that was Clarota is pretty good yeah Clarota is great he was the one eyed dwarf with the shave that was taking you guys to the fighting ring he was fun I’m enjoying Balgus as well he’s a good one Ballsack Ballsack do we have nicknames for all of our NPCs you know I really enjoy Arcanist [CHAR] Visoren so do I she’s an awesome powerful headstrong elven sorceress who is part of a not a secret but a very powerful circle of magic practitioners around the world and also a member of the council of Tal’Dorei she’s one of the largest allies that this group has had through a lot of the adventure arcs and I love playing her she’s great [CHAR] have you even thrown a gnome as an attack the very first time we played I picked up [CHAR] and chucked him across a room that was full of a trap fastball special and it worked it was awesome what character type would I play if I ever got a chance to play I would probably be a bard I wanna make a bard that actually conducts the battle meaning sits there and watches the fight and he’s conducting like music happens when other people attack cymbals go off and drum beats

Output: The party took a moment to reflect on their journey, noting that [CHAR] had recently undergone a transformation into a nymph. They reminisced about several key NPCs, including the powerful elven sorceress [CHAR] Vysoren, the one-eyed dwarf Grimthorn, and the dwarf Clarota who once led them to a fighting ring. The group also recalled an early, successful tactic where [CHAR] hurled a gnome ally across a trapped room. Their conversation turned to future possibilities, with one member expressing a desire to play a bard who conducts the party's combat like an orchestra.


Input: and fighter distant third on the battlefield he'll support his allies but rarely draws blood unless it's to protect fellow gnome [CHAR] count on [CHAR] for a hearty laugh a rollicking song and a twinkle in his eye that melts hearts and makes the females swoon uh greetings and salutations i am tiberius stormwind i hail from a town called like ty'rex located in the heart of draconia born from a politically respected family at the age of 15 i succeeded in passing the sorcerer's rite showing prodigy-like control of my magic um the judges and the draconian high council were amazed at how powerful my spells were for how long i had been training at 20 years old i was the youngest appointed member of the magic guild in draconian history for the next few years i almost went mad from the malaise of being a guild member as it's rather boring however one day i happened upon a chamber unused for quite some time in the room were stacks of books and maps of the surrounding cities and areas around the known world for months i would frequent the chamber and learned of artifacts from legend after a long period of research i made a list of artifacts that caught my eye i brought these findings to the high council and was told that all of the information in the chamber i had stumbled upon was either believed to be fiction or unsolvable mysteries and hence were lost forever i found those answers to be unacceptable a year later i devised a ruse and managed to convince the city council to lend support in me leaving draconia on a mission of peace and diplomacy for the surrounding kingdoms going from town to town and making friends and allies in and for the name of draconia being a red dragonborn i had quite the task on my hands in that respect but it was exactly what i needed so i could explore the world and find these artifacts as i felt the truth was out there some may describe me as buffalo-ish but i say poppy-cock to all that i am much sharper than most give me credit for i just don't pay attention to things sometimes i've also been known to be rather cunning loyal happy-go-lucky and well dangerous i can't help but show my true skulls every now and then but overall i think i'm quite friendly for a dragonborn never entirely welcome in the company of elves or men [CHAR]'ildan learned at a young age to skip past formality preferring instead to invite himself in your door along with twin sister vexahlia [CHAR] was born by a chance encounter between elven royalty and human peasantry raised by their mother in their early years the twins were eventually sent off to their father in the elven capital of syngorn but their cool reception among the elves there never warmed and their time in the capital didn't last the siblings stole away one autumn night and set out on the open road after a few years of wandering they eventually decided to return to their mother and journeyed back to the lands of their youth but instead of finding their childhood home they returned to a pile of rubble their mother was gone their home burned to ash pressing the townspeople for answers they learned of the day the dragon came with their ties all severed [CHAR]'ildan and his sister set out to find their fortune together in tal'dorei an outsider since birth [CHAR] quickly learned to solve life's challenges in his own particular way often by sidestepping them entirely and when his knack for circumventing adversity isn't enough the way of blades the elves schooled him in more than makes up the difference like so many half-elves vexahlia has spent most of her life suffering the cool reception of a people who don't fully accept her born of a human mother and an elven father who only later in life took an interest in their existence vexahlia and her twin brother [CHAR]'ildan quickly realized the only people they could truly rely on in this world were each other it was at the age of ten when the two were taken from their mother and brought to live in syngorn the isolated elven city for which their father was an ambassador he quietly took them in but always kept an icy distance and after too many years of disdainful looks the pair decided to leave his indifference behind and set out on their own [CHAR] took to the cities stealing small trinkets and learning the ways of the thief while [CHAR] kept to the woods she preferred the isolation always the keen observer she learned to hunt and

Output: The party introduced themselves and shared their personal histories. Tiberius Stormwind, a red dragonborn sorcerer from Draconia, explained his academic background and secret mission to find legendary artifacts. [CHAR]'ildan and [CHAR]'ahlia, half-elf twins, recounted their difficult upbringing and the loss of their mother to a dragon. No active NPCs were interacted with, and no decisions were made or discoveries uncovered during this exchange of backstories.