The Roads Less Travelled | Altheya: The Dragon Empire #42

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  • Опубліковано 23 гру 2024

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  • @vondarkmoor_6478
    @vondarkmoor_6478 Місяць тому +24

    Watched this live, rewatched afterwards and watching again. Great episode guys!
    Spoiler warning
    You can almost see the sparkle in Katie’s eyes when she realised that her spell could allow communication with Percy!

  • @kevinshifflet6071
    @kevinshifflet6071 Місяць тому +57

    You realize you have to have a one shot now for the adventures of Percival and the Treeman!

    • @phoenix72999
      @phoenix72999 Місяць тому +1

      Small spoiler, by the way, don't read before watching!
      Actually I thought that the tree man could have gotten mad when they allowed Percy to defend himself. Making the pesky undead creature even more menacing and all. To him Percy is probably just some random monster who isn't supposed to exist. And he might have gone from "I am not protecting a monster (made from a corpse)" to "So now I have to travel with a scarier, more powerful monster, f*** me!"

    • @brittanyanderson97
      @brittanyanderson97 Місяць тому +4

      This should be their Jingle Jam Christmas one shot 😂 just a crazy side quest where they play a bunch of random creatures (using the stat blocks) but Rhi has to be Percival

    • @JA3dwards
      @JA3dwards Місяць тому +2

      ABSOLUTELY. Although almost certainly would have to be non-canon in case of TPK etc. 😬

  • @kevinshifflet6071
    @kevinshifflet6071 Місяць тому +46

    The basic science behind GPS involves Trigo-Gnometry.

  • @OrangeyChocolate
    @OrangeyChocolate Місяць тому +8

    Just commenting to say I love having High Rollers on in the background while I'm drawing. Helps keep me focused while letting me absorb the story at the same time.

  • @brianmcguirk8416
    @brianmcguirk8416 Місяць тому +14

    Please use that haunted wood to make a crown for Percy, make him a damn undead king 😂

    • @redoxxed
      @redoxxed Місяць тому +1

      imagine if they made him a voice box with it so he can speak omg

  • @fuzzball4599
    @fuzzball4599 Місяць тому +22

    If Rowan multi classes into cleric he can be Chapel Rowan

  • @telboy007
    @telboy007 Місяць тому +18

    Was the earth elemental actually the archer guy from the roof covered in dried mud?

    • @weezact7
      @weezact7 Місяць тому

      No, he didn't use a crossbow

  • @avantsnail
    @avantsnail Місяць тому +3

    The destroy water incantation bit actually destroyed all the water in my body.

  • @ms-dosman7722
    @ms-dosman7722 Місяць тому +5

    Mark got me good with his "Gnoming device". That was hilarious.

  • @marias8472
    @marias8472 Місяць тому +1

    Percival’s telepathy chat was the best thing that happened this episode ahhh

  • @JmsD80
    @JmsD80 Місяць тому

    Thanks!

  • @peppermint9777
    @peppermint9777 Місяць тому +3

    For the empress! For the algorithm!

  • @isaacb4229
    @isaacb4229 6 днів тому

    The GPS bit was great and also super plausible. I would absolutely buy it if gnome artificers created a networked mapping system. Bonus points if there is a 10% chance that it fails in some hilarious, maybe whimsical way.

  • @NMXP
    @NMXP Місяць тому +3

    So I have aphantasia, but have also been artistic for most of my life, I tell you what when I learned that people actually had the ability to picture things in their mind/ imagine things that was mind blowing... Like I didn't realize that my mind didn't work that way until I finally understood that other people's did.

    • @TonksTheFool
      @TonksTheFool 29 днів тому +1

      Same! It rocked my world. I thought people were exaggerating, especially in things like meditation when they tell you to picture a tree. I can't picture anything and would always confused dog head tilt.

    • @NMXP
      @NMXP 29 днів тому

      @TonksTheFool I was interested in hypnosis when I was younger and tried to listen to a lot of self hypnosis stuff and when a lot of the inductions are visualization I realized quickly it wouldn't ever work.

    • @TonksTheFool
      @TonksTheFool 28 днів тому +1

      @@NMXP Wait does this make us immune to hypnosis?

    • @NMXP
      @NMXP 28 днів тому

      @TonksTheFool makes it a lot more difficult from research I've done

  • @Crispi1260
    @Crispi1260 Місяць тому +1

    1:40:14 Trott’s amazing powers of prescience

  • @magley64
    @magley64 Місяць тому +3

    FOR THE EMPRESS!!!! FOR THE ALGORITHM!!!!!

  • @derek2297
    @derek2297 Місяць тому

    Rhi should wear a ring pop ring every session. That would make it impossible to forget that magic item.

  • @Kerrigore2
    @Kerrigore2 Місяць тому +5

    Percy has Skelepathy!

  • @leeterryjr
    @leeterryjr Місяць тому

    Not doing the burning hands was a good decision, the fire ignites any flammable objects in the area that aren't being worn or carried, and the boat isn't worn or carried. There is also the oxygen factor, since I am unsure if filling your known oxygen source with smoke is a factor or not. The only viable ways I can think of to use burning hands is to put your hand in the creature's mouth/bum to fire it off and hope the creature does not explode. Or aim at the roof (putting your back to the deck of the boat) and pray it does enough to deal with the ones above without damaging the boat (seems like a bad plan, but it is there if needed in the future) lol.

  • @HerzogZAK
    @HerzogZAK Місяць тому +1

    1:34:15 - ohhhhhh it's like the Hag's Well in BG3 - sick.

  • @hmmurdockofids
    @hmmurdockofids Місяць тому

    Boy oh boy they could have asked Percival ANYTHING about Ossius and he'd probably have told them.

  • @TonksTheFool
    @TonksTheFool 22 дні тому

    If anything happens to Percival I will cease to remain on this plane.

  • @CoffeeDragon111
    @CoffeeDragon111 Місяць тому +1

    Loved this. Thanks for taking me away from the reality of being a USA citizen for a time. ❤

    • @kwirkxx
      @kwirkxx Місяць тому

      What's so bad about being a USA citizen right now?

  • @daeins
    @daeins Місяць тому +1

    Feeeeeeding the algorithm 🗣️

  • @quixoticsavior
    @quixoticsavior Місяць тому

    Best intro

  • @alexandergreen9480
    @alexandergreen9480 Місяць тому +2

    Is it even really a cave if it doesn't have ropers and darkmantles? :P

  • @Seleukos1209
    @Seleukos1209 Місяць тому

    I think the darkmantle actually does have to maintain concentration for the darkness to stay up

    • @Seleukos1209
      @Seleukos1209 Місяць тому

      Although tbh I prefer Mark's implementation where they don't

  • @Darkben139
    @Darkben139 Місяць тому +2

    Bloody Mark now i got the Pokemon theme in my head B*****D

  • @exaggeratedhistory
    @exaggeratedhistory Місяць тому +10

    Spoiler barrier!

    • @djdak857
      @djdak857 18 днів тому

      Where is the birb though?

  • @efromm23
    @efromm23 Місяць тому

    love rhi's hair !!!!!!!

  • @shenkyeirambo5601
    @shenkyeirambo5601 Місяць тому

    NARWHALS narwhals
    swimmin' in the ocean

  • @magley64
    @magley64 Місяць тому +3

    Where is the birb?

  • @TheFacelessEvil
    @TheFacelessEvil Місяць тому

    The Skyrim accent was actually GIVING! ❤

  • @HerzogZAK
    @HerzogZAK Місяць тому

    Is it next week yet?..

  • @agretlam5943
    @agretlam5943 Місяць тому +1

    I hate the new rules for grappling they are so confusing. For the record, you do NOT need to make an attack roll to grapple. The horribly complicated logic goes like this:
    You make an unarmed strike, which is a strike without a weapon. You can now do 3 things.
    1) Damage - you make an attack roll as usual.
    2) Grapple - You attempt to grapple the target, you must have a free hand
    3) Shove - You shove the target, this doesn't require a free hand.
    Grappling and shoving have the same rules: The defender makes a SAVING THROW (Str or Dex, defenders choice) based on the attackers str (8 + proficiency + Str Mod). If the targets fails they are now grappled. To break an established grapple the target makes an Athletic or Acrobatics CHECK using their action.
    It's so needlessly complicated, I hate it.

  • @NerdParaphernalia
    @NerdParaphernalia Місяць тому

    If they tried to copyright strike you for that remind them about parity laws. Also sue them for breaking parity laws... 😅

  • @gyrrakavian
    @gyrrakavian Місяць тому +1

    Life and Death and Rodry.

  • @terryotoole3265
    @terryotoole3265 Місяць тому +1

    Is the live show cannon?

    • @weezact7
      @weezact7 Місяць тому +1

      sort of. They've said it IS canon, but they have not yet specifically placed it in time.

  • @notthesonofwilliam788
    @notthesonofwilliam788 Місяць тому +1

    🔖 2:50:27

  • @ZandyrBier004
    @ZandyrBier004 Місяць тому

    Hic Sunt Dracones!

  • @stevenmckenna745
    @stevenmckenna745 24 дні тому

    2:00:00 I am persable in cloak

  • @themastigosqueen3280
    @themastigosqueen3280 Місяць тому +4

    It doesn't matter if you're "looking out for my best interest." If you throw out something I wanted and didn't ask, or explain why first i get to be mad. Regardless of weather or not you replace it

    • @tenebraebr
      @tenebraebr Місяць тому +3

      yeah, not a good move, that one.

  • @mojimobunny
    @mojimobunny Місяць тому

    I'm gonna be HATING the new 2024 druid.

  • @weezact7
    @weezact7 Місяць тому +8

    Uhm, ACTUALLY, Mark! A Roper only has a reach of 50ft with its tendrils. So, really, this encounter should never have happened. *adjusts glasses*

    • @OrangeyChocolate
      @OrangeyChocolate Місяць тому

      Thenk yew!

    • @AmbitDM
      @AmbitDM Місяць тому +5

      A DM reserves the right to change any stat block as they see fit.

    • @Markcrazeer
      @Markcrazeer Місяць тому +3

      Well yea? But also counter point. My ropers can have as much reach as i damn well need them to.

    • @EnzymaticCatalysis
      @EnzymaticCatalysis Місяць тому +1

      Ackshually, Are there stats for crown steel ropers? ☝🏾🤓

  • @aod.42091
    @aod.42091 Місяць тому +5

    this whole crown steel approach by the others and being pushy with their opinions on the others is a bit irksome. this is my opinion but they make choices for themselves, especially when they can have interesting consequences

  • @Flummiification
    @Flummiification 18 днів тому

    very American to measure the water in days rather than liters.

  • @Eviticus-Maximus
    @Eviticus-Maximus 20 днів тому

    “None and a half men”