Arcade Ambush (Ep. 14) | Fantasy High
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2019
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Nerdy ghosts storm the mall. Riz takes extreme measures to gather info. Fabian does the impossible.
D20 is a series from CollegeHumor and DROPOUT.TV, created and DM'd by Brennan Lee Mulligan. It includes includes Fantasy High, Escape from the Bloodkeep and The Unsleeping City.
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riz IMMEDIATELY trying to shoot biz for being a creep and insinuating he was gonna try to take adaine......we love a man who drinks respect women juice
while i agree you have set the bar so low
@@absolutcabbagery3661 HE WAS WILLING TO COMMIT MURDER, WHAT DO YOU MEAN A LOW BAR
@@festivepybro he's an adventurer, its been clearly established the goal of the augefort academy was to produce violent lunatics who recklessly deal out justice and seek gold and glory with no regard for the law. Besides this creep kidnapped 7 women and at the end of his control over them was going to sacrifice them to start a new age of darkness over the land. In addition to justified murder you could also probably call it a form of self defense. Also biz hurt Penny, his good friend, and was about to hurt/kill his only other friends. What I'm saying is that while he took the shot in part because biz is a creep I'm like 60% sure that he would take the shot anyways if biz hadn't been an incel creep about it.
@@Limepopsicle07 a lot of the suprise in the moment for me was that Riz pulled the gun came from how intense and immediate the action was rather than how it was simply the right thing to do. I'm unsure what bearing your anecdote about all men has on what Riz did, are you saying that an amount of moral behavior out of a man should given special attention rather than be what is at minimum expected from any member of a given society?
@@Limepopsicle07 also you act like this is about Biz being creepy like this is about his vibes or something, he was explicitly expressing intent to kidnap Adaine
This is a small thing in the video, but HUGE in my opinion (as a long time DM)
Zac rolled to hit the wires at the arcade, and a 17 didn't hit. The table was surprised, and he was immediately hesitant about if it was even a good idea after all.
A bad DM would have thought nothing of it, or even worse, been tickled that their players were struggling, or that it was "mysterious". Brennan picked up on the hesitance immediately, and broke the "illusion" to straight up tell him what the AC and HP of the wires were, because it was a weird, unknown element to the game. The players got it, Zac tried again, nailed it, and the fun picked back up.
Big ups to Brennan for spotting that hiccup and smoothing it over like that.
I'm a fellow DM and longtime dungeon delver and it's crazy how people can have such different opinions. I don't think someone who doesn't offer up AC's is by any means a bad DM for instance. Doing so doesn't make you against the PCs nor does it mean you're being mysterious and intentionally concealing information. I adore Brennan, no dm i've ever seen has as much gusto and just raw passion as he does (including great DMs like Matt Mercer and Chris Perkins) but his constant quoting of what DC's need to be met, quoting what attack rolls need to be, what armor classes are to hit and various other meta stats is hard to look past sometime. I think it's a really bad DM habit/trap that a lot of folks fall into thinking it's good.
Constantly referring to those kinds of info yanks people way outa the moment. It shatters the flow of gameplay and makes it about just the dice and #'s instead of a roleplay experience. If Zac wailed on those wires, delivered it a solid chop with his 17 and saw no visible effect I think it'd be even COOLER if as a PC he stuck to his guns/gut read and kept swinging outa desperation to save their friends. Or maybe if he gave up on that course of action he coulda tried something different like taking out Bizz. The moment DMs go, oh dont worry you just got a 17 it's got AC 19 you can try again, you got a 9 on that attack so you just need an 11 or higher it's just a huge red flag for a lot of players and DMs.
@@henrymcculloch I think it depends on the group. This group definitely could've spent the whole episode trying to figure out the wires, just think of all the times they focused on something completely unimportant, so I think he does that just to save time.
You have to remember that this isn't just a campaign, but a show, so he can't really just let them dilly dally on things as much as he might otherwise, because it makes the video harder to edit and longer to put out.
@@henrymcculloch I think it really depends! If narrative immersion is super important at your table, you could still convey the info Brennan does here, phrasing it like "you swing at the wires and your axe is tilted /just/ the wrong way, it slides along them without really doing damage, but you think you could damage them if you hit them at the right angle." That's something that this group does less of, they have a lighter feel to the game overall, so it's fine and more expedient for Brennan to just tell them the AC. But the point stands I think--it's an important DM skill to realize when the players are interpreting something incorrectly and guide them a little bit rather than letting them get super frustrated.
At the level they were at an ac of 17 is not a huge deal, that probably only about a 45% miss chance. It shouldn't be a surprise.
@@henrymcculloch DC, AC, that sort of thing is stuff that the characters would roughly know, and specifying stuff after the attack for enemies or before trying something difficult to get a feel for how hard it looks makes sense. you should know when it's really hard to figure out a spell or something. Though of course it's up to the indvidals involved, and the situation.
I love how Brennan portrays short-sleeved button-ups as inherently nerdy only for the camera to pan towards Zack, who is wearing a short-sleeved button-up lol
That was hilarious, but Lous got one too and Brennans rolled up sleeve pole shirt isn't much better lol
I think brennan’s worn them in the past too but I could be wrong. I died at the t-shirts with references on them but because that’s all I wore as a nerdy high schooler 😂
Anyone have the time stamp for that?
zach, brennan, and lou all have short-sleeved button-ups on
or how bizz and rizz sounds identical and he emphatically does a familiar voice for him lmao
I like how Brennan made that one super buff, toga-wearing philosopher. Most people don’t know that Plato was his wrestler name and that he was super strong. Props to Brennan.
He mentions a couple of times in the series there's a lot of work the dm puts in that either doesn't get recognized or just doesn't end up being relevant- glad you caught this, good eye
I knew instantly it was Plato, such a cool little easter egg by Brennan
Brennan mentioned he studied philosophy right? He probably knew this just as general knowledge XD
I also caught this and I chuckled
I didn't know that, so when I read your comment I was like... "That's... a joke, right? No way freaking Plato was a wrestler... right?" And then I looked it up and boy, oh boy was I surprised. That's a pretty funny bit of trivia.
you know your D&D campaign is getting intense when everyone, including the DM, is screaming when you crit
Im just imagining this set is like 2 rooms away from like real office cubicals and ppl doing work, then out of nowhere ALL THE YELLING and nobody bats an eye haha.
Yes. Yes you do.
Also when the DM asks for more die lol
@@The_Only_Baba_Yaga I never even thought about where this room is lmao; man I sincerely hope that you’re correct in your description
@@rubenmichaels6722 there a behind the scenes videos from this series, and it looks like they're pretty close.
i love how invested murph is like he looks alternatively genuinely heartbroken and genuinely pissed off when he gets a bad roll
I love how invested he is. He has made this series great.
But I love how Zac has been as well. Love how they are playing their characters.
But I love them all. It's been a fun DnD series
Especially when his wife’s rolls are consistently amazing
@@danieljp9694 Wife?
Baby Dragon yeah, Murph and Emily are married
@@danieljp9694 Which kinda blows my mind, because everyone except maybe Murph looks like they could be high schoolers. Maybe it's the clothing though.
The episode where Riz literally gets put in a ball and nobody says anything about it.
The ball^2
Balls on balls. Balls for days. Ball is life.
His luck keeps absolutely failing him, I feel so bad for him!
😮🤯
You talking about THE ball?
no one gon talk about Kristen technically hallucinating the entire time cause she drunk a ritual hallucinogen that the satyrs gave to her last episode which means she's tripping tf while all the walls are stretching out and in and rapidly changing colours n shit
Kristen being the healer and constantly being impaired in some way is just so so funnt
Would be sick if it counteracted the trippy room effect and it was just normal for her
@@zakmartin718 Any Discworld fans here? This would be a full Dried Frog Pill effect.
and she was the one unscathed in this fight. I think they should all do drugs more.
@@thelastcube. wait until this square watches starstruck odyssey
Pick your Brennan line:
“Awesome”
“Hell yeah”
“Umm that’s gonna be...”
“That’s not good”
“Say hi, intrepid heroes”
Hell yeah
Take a shot everytime you hear awesome
Hell yeah!
"This guy.. _might_ be your dad"
Lydia you forgot about “Rad!”
these guys restraining their revived bad guys and fucking wailing on them verbally and physically at the end of the fight gets me every time
Don’t forget emotionally helping them be a substantially better person overall
Consistently...
They may need some time with Jawbone.
Biz had it coming though, what a creep
@@SeanLaMontagne nahhhhh they good
@@thelastcube. he is the personafication of all of r/niceguys
(I know I’m way late to this vid and nobody will see this but) I find it hilarious how Emily says “I would like to kill Biz” and they just pan over to Ally nodding deviously
Watching this series for the first time. I See Your Comment. I agree
I saw your comment
Hey! :D
I saw
hello
Gorgug corkscrewing, landing right in front of Biz, and saying, “‘Sup, nerd?” all to his music blasting is iconic
the contrast between him outside of combat and him inside of it is amazing and i love it
Also "I'M GONNA CUT YOUR HEAD OFF!!" Gorgug really doesn't like Biz.
Well, yeah, he zapped Zelda away and almost Rizz too
1:03:30 - Preamble
I love how, if you're just looking at Gorgug in this fight - he's just marching through the arcade to chop Biz's head off, music blasting through his headphones, smashing through every obstacle as they come. At no point does he get turned around or completely derailed like the others did - he's just on a mission to save Zelda and not letting anything stop him.
Dude someone give the sound effect guy a raise
IKR, for example: 1:35:04
Except fire him for making the 274 beeps so damn loud for no reason.
@@grantdixson1442" oh yeah because next time the *BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*-en work anymore."
Ikr
I'm not sure. The beeps hurt my ears
Fabian: *gets Nat one looking at prizes*
DM: that could be gorgugs dad
"You are filled with this strange intrusive thought, you always gave gorgug crap for it, but maybe, just maybe, his father is in the prize pool."
@@FatalHog "Excuse me, is there a father of Gorgug there? He's my friend, you see."
The stuffed teddy bear could be Fabian's second dad.
Time stamp?
@@joosepher9435 It isn't a thing that actually happened, it's just a fun thought
I’m posting it on this episode to not spoil the last, but Riz taking the crystal by acting on board was such good a good performance that not making him roll a deception check seemed completely fair
i KNOW i thought exactly the same thing. murph really did bury riz's reaction under glee
Best part about that? Earlier that episode Riz found out that his father acted as a spy, infiltrating the armies of evil people because everyone assumed that of course the goblin would be evil. Riz did almost exactly that by pretending to be on board with Biz, thus following in his badass father's footsteps.
I loved that whole bit. I was excited to see how it played out. I loved the Box of Doom roll for a surprise round too! Unfortunately though Murph's poor luck with rolls ended up making the whole moment a real dud,
@@turnerthekilledgamer6995 that so true and cute
Shouldn’t he have gotten advantage on the attack roll since it was a surprise? Also, how are everyone’s hit points so high, or is it just Gorgug?
Gorgug's parents casually being like, "well the fusebox is probably at the front of the store" after everyone has gone to great lengths to fight their way to back, is just hilarious
That ghost was totally Mr. Gibbons and the fact that it went right over their heads has me miffed.
Me too! But, to be fair, it’s probably been a couple months real-time since they heard about Mr. Gibbons. They’re not binge playing like we’re all binge watching.
Brennan has to spell out SO much shit for his players, it's ridiculous!
@@stormcloudsabound at least it makes an enjoyable experience for everyone.
@@stormcloudsabound looks like they're first time though, it's understandable
@@iambuttdix9692 : Ally and Lou I think are the only newbie players. Brian Murphy DMs a great campaign called 'Not Another D&D Podcast' in which plays Emily Axford (his wife). Zac Oyama and Siobhan Thompson and Brennan Lee Mulligan have all been guest star players on that podcast as well, though I don't think they play very often. NADDPOD is really worth a listen, it's excellent. The other players in it are also former Collegehumor actors.
Riz shooting off Biz's fingers, and just the whole torturing of Biz, is disconcertingly satisfying.
Pissed off Riz is not kidding around. I want to see more of that.
Was still mad about those bad rolls. :P
Same he should have gotten nat 20s at the beginning that would have made my day
But I also totally got the idea that Kirsten had - alternating between healing and hitting him, over and over, I'm willing to take bets that that's what she was planning to do before she reproached
Yeah, he went Percival De Rolo on Biz, and Biz deserved it.
Espionage is a brutal world to live in.
"We all have dad stuff."
Fig: "Except for me, I have 2 dads, they're both great."
Gorgug as well
Fig had dad stuff for a while, tbf. She just met her real dad and accepted her stepdad
Gorgug has infinite dads, and he's just working his way down the list whittling it down
“Hot Topic nerds hate A.V. club nerds”
i mean, gorgug and fig at most are the hot topic nerds, fabian and adaine are rich kids, and like, kristen isn't exactly hot topic, neither is riz.
The two genders
@@willnelson9906 kristen doesnt match the aesthetic but collects funkos like they’re religious idols, riz is 100% a gamer/anime hot topic nerd
Having been both I can confirm this is true
They're natural enemies, like Englishman and Scots!
The Nat 20 in this episode is so iconic
had no idea which nat 20 you were talking about and then i Got to it and fucking screamed
@@joeysnowy4110 same. I read this just as it happened
1:28:28
I screen recorded it. It was way too epic to ever forget
I legitimately screeched into a pillow
42:39
In love with the idea of Fabian expressing fear by saying, “Are you terrified? I’m quite terrified,” at an above-average volume.
Lou's complete shock and disbelief at the amount of dice Brennan rolled to attack Gorgug is one of my favorite parts of this episode
I love that "I think I have Mommy Issues" is a plot twist for THIS show
do you have the time stamp for that?
@Malik Barker I mean, not with Fabian’s mom being an alcoholic
@@mickey567 and riz’ mom is out of the house a lot,,,
@@detectivepigeon8699 I’d say that Riz’s relationship with his mom is definitely positive in a weird way. They don’t interact much day-to-day I’d imagine but when they do interact it’s a good thing for the both of them
dimension 20 ep 2: the gang fights corn!
dimension 20 ep 14: *so. here me out. these 14-15 year old's have to fight the idea of being in the real world while getting attacked by ghost nerds that want to put them in video games, all while a maniacal fairy is, y'know, maniacal... thoughts?*
all of this is happening the same day the an elven strike force broke a 14-15 year old elf girl with diplomatic immunity out of jail. which caused a war.
This is all like a month after they defeated fantasy doomsday kkk
No it’s been months like 4 months would be my estimate
@@pokeman-jl8wi also add that their second fight was a car chase.
*Vomits*
I frickin DIED when ostentacia was like "somebody help! Is that The Ball?"
Okay, I'ma say it, can we PLEASE get Fantasy High as a graphic novel? This would be so fucking dope to see all these 80s D&D chars prancing about the pages, and the encounters are begging for artwork!
Maybe Drawfee could get involved.
@@lavalampoondesign
Omg yes
Or, even better, a high budget series.
@@hmulford3851 That's what I was thinking - like an awesome adult animated show.
@@hmulford3851 I’ve been thinking for months that this would make the BEST adult cartoon
*me:* This arcade concept is okay but I'm not sure why it's so special
*Brennan:* You disappear from the arcade. You look at your body and your hands. You are made of light and pixels, and you see an endless expanse of tunnels and coins spreading out in all directions.
*me:* ...Okay, dope, carry on
So dope!
RAD
Brennan is such a wordsmith! Even without the (absolutely amazing) minis and terrain, I’d still be able to picture it perfectly
Good guy Zach playing the game so honest even if it's not good for him.
Good Guy Gorgug
I just want to know what he said after “a Bebe, like on the internet”
@@JH-md1tu "GOD DAMMIT."
@@JH-md1tu - You can play the audio uncensored on spotify while playing the video through youtube. Use the youtube keyboard shortcuts for seek and speedup / slowdown to get them synced up, then mute youtube.
@@Peter_Cordes omg you’re awesome thanks, hate the constant censor bleeps
“Is it good to get into a game?”
Riz: _Is currently trapped in a palimpsest after failing a game._
gorgug calling his mom and adaine taking a video of biz shooting colors out of his stomach all while riz is trapped and trying to free all of the girls just sums up this entire show in a way
Emily has the best rolls every time and Murphe is like "Nat 1"
truly, a match made in heaven
especially since both of them are the ones rolling like, insane bs. rogues and bards y'all, rogues and bards
Emily is Fig, is Murpe Gorgug? I know Siobhan is Adaine and Ally is Kristen
no Zac is Gorgug Murphe is Riz
@@snowleopard064 And they’re married in real life!
“Man is condemned for be free” French philosopher followed by biz getting decked said spirit guardian was so satisfying
Timestamp?
@@skyfox5010 1:27:32
"Don't blame it on the bard!" -every bard in every campaign
shush
tiefling bards, am I right?
I don’t know why, but Kristen’s sinister nod agreeing with Fig to kill Biz just slayed me.
LITERALLY im in tears abt it rn
1:23:52 *"You can thank God. Which God? I don't know yet."* - had me rolling
at that line, i was wondering if ally was genuinely high on something
@@Astralixewell i mean kristen was
I like that he took the hangman to the surprise (I assume) of brennan but hes just such a fucking incredible D.M. that it became a pivotal part of his arsenal and didnt affect the game negatively
The Hangman has been such an essential character this season and we have Brennan to thank for it
I love that Brennan seems to have made it a “Hangman arrives 3 rounds after Fabian calls for it” kind of thing, so it almost always shows up “in the nick of time”
After I noticed the regular calling for the Hangman, I was worried that it would start to interfere with things and I wondered if reasons would be contrived to keep it away. But it has definitely turned out just fine.
@@BradTheAmerican I think it would definitely be problematic if the party were powergaming but it's just such a nice flavourful artifact to have for a party doing their first campaign and getting a taste for fantasy RP. I'm glad it stuck around because the character in the bike is such a gem.
He rolls for rounds I think. Before the hangman can come. But I do love the hangman, because it’s a good way for crazy things to happen
Everyone just slapping Biz the moment he says 'morsel' to the point he immediately passes out had me in stitches. The entire interrogation scene killed me 🤣
“can I cast Detect Thoughts on myself?”
I felt that, you felt that, your anxiety disorders felt that. I only just found this series but I’m having the time of my life lol
I know the Nat 20 is iconic but my favorite part of the episode is Gorgug telling Biz "Blow your damn nose."
CURSE YOUR SUDDEN BUT INEVITABLE BETRAYAL!
CGOL Chris WASH 😢
We shall call it... This Land.
I THINK WE SHOULD CALL IT YOUR GRAVE!
Lot of strong emotions
Me: omg it’s mr gibbons
The players: uh that’s a weird threat
I know!!! So funny and kinda sad. Brennan has such amazing detail
I was like “HOW YALL DIDNT CATCH THAT?!?”
@@Just_Tyree To them it’s been weeks since Mr Gibbons
@@DeathnoteBB i mean it has been almost an entire school year since Mr Gibbons died
Oh, I just got it!
The image of Fabian and Adaine running past each other in opposite directions, both terrified of whatever's behind them... Can't stop lol'ing at that.
I just realized, if Zac never owned up to them having advantage, then his hair never would have changed color like it did. It’s the small things that can change everything.
i was so sad he took damage but then immediately imagined it and was like “fuckin metal, honesty wins again”
Who tf is zac?
@@ThriftStoreTalent Zac is playing Gorgug
@@ThriftStoreTalent the guy who plays gorgug
OH
Something about the consistent camaraderie between Adeine and Riz is pretty sweet. They were last two standing in the first fight and destroyed the page together, and have been mostly joined at the hip for investigative action. So Adeine choosing to save Riz and not Zelda is very much in character.
Yeah but she doesn't really know zelda
Riz rolling well in down time and insanely badly every combat is just iconic
Ik but the first few episodes he was doing well and it's kinda ;(
i know this was a devastating, serious episode, but god Biz getting too excited and counting with the party is just so fucking funny to me and is one of my favorite bits
"Looks like you guys are free to go!"
"(Exhales smoke) Man is cursed to be free."
That nat 20 was epic. I could see the look on everybody's faces and it brought me joy.
Brang
Brang
Brang
Brang
Brang
"A nat 1. Brennan."
"You think this video game might be Gorgugs dad."
I love the idea that Fabian just fucking busted it down in a dancing game, like I'm just imaging him playing just dance and taking it so seriously and I love it
Gorgug should get the teddy bear for that girl he was with
Yes
My hope has been that the teddy bear gives the holder immunity to fear. Imagine Fabian and Gorgug tossing it back and forth at the ends of each of their turns to stay brave and fighting.
When the ghosts both got crit on gorgug and grabbed his heart I got genuinely scared for our baby boi
I know! (I’m late sorry) makes me sad they never used a Greater Restoration spell on him.
Fukken hell, I am legit crying with every heartfelt conversation; Penny's "I don't blame you" *physically hurts*
Honestly surprised it took 14 episodes for someone to be in active battle and be like "I'm gonna call my mom."
If I was in HS, I'd be on my crystal like, "uh, mom, there's a corn monster in the cafeteria...?"
after daybreak, bizz, adaines sister, and miss. doreen (sorta), i dont trust ANYONE.
like, even the slightest creepy-ness in the music when the character shows up makes me scream and cover myself with a crucifix
NOT CRUSIFEXS! GET YOU A RELIGIOUS SCHOLARLY JOURNAL
You forgot Zayn as well as the appellbees were both kinda bad and even though the party didn't fight them it was still kinda a betrayal
@@jakobdeakin142 I still think zayn was cool
Like he got out of the foster care system only to get caught up in a cult and the darkness of the world. The happiness he had was probably limited to his pet rat
To this day, I still don't get why they didn't kill Adaine's sister after getting information out of her.
You know, casualy push her off the roof, tied up and with a sock in her mouth.
She can't talk, so she is useless... I would have killed her XD
more like a cornifix
43:43 Was that Mr. Gibbons possessing Fig? Oh dang!
A lot of feelings
That's a lot of strong feelings, yeah.
And they didn't get it... Boof
@@handfulmousefly Remember that they have to keep track of tons and tons of things, and that there's a lot of time between each episode where they aren't playing. We can only see this from our point of view, and then it's more obvious.
@@bettievw on top of that, they take a while between when they play. They still have jobs a college humor to do.
That nat 20 is the EXACT reason D&D is so fucking addictive. That feeling of triumphing against all the odds.
I am extremely happy that they were calling the set of the game beautiful, while also saying they were hella mad. Just makes me happy to see people appreciate the time and sweat it took to make them.
"Do you have any idea how to get out of here?"
"Clearly I don't!!"
47:25 Zac: *"You're not my bud!"*
For sure was expecting a *'You're not my dad'* to be thrown in there.
_"Imma go,"_ man I feel so bad for Lou in this combat at that moment. He'd spent _so many turns_ being unable to control his character at all (worst feeling), then gets trapped, then goes up against a nat-20 roll!
Thankfully the gods of RNG were with him on this day...
Emily: *counting current hit points*
Emily: “I’m super bad at math...”
Emily: *looks into camera like Jim from The Office*
“Surrounded by ghosts, looking at a game(looks over) what is this, Dig Dug?” Most underrated joke of this episode 😂😂
"blow your goddamn nose" is the most scathing thing Gorog has ever said
1:30:42 "I would like to kill Biz." *the most hell yeah look you've ever seen from Kristen followed by Fig's ego being inflated 10,000 times*
“That’s really cool but I’m so mad”
I have to agree with this quote, the people who make the minis deserve an insane amount of credit.
So I just started binging this a few days ago after watching the "Are you my dad?" compilation. That muscular philosopher in a toga and sandals? That was Plato. Plato was a famous philosopher who actually wrestled, and it is believed now that Plato was his wrestling name, since the name means Broad Shouldered.
Yeah, a lot of people forget that Plato was fucking shredded.
Honestly 'Plato' is just a nickname that means 'broad' so it could have very well been that he had a broad forhead.
*it means 'the broad'
@@248Name He got the name as a wrestler because he was notably wide
I can’t believe I’m not the only person who saw the “are u my dad” compilation and then binged the entire series
1:28:47-1:29:13
The single biggest freakout I've heard in ANY D&D session
Riz and Fig: *start torturing a man Hostel style*
Fabian: "We're turning into real bullies."
Man if Riz had hit that first shot on Biz, it would’ve straight up just been “Sorry Biz, but the game was rigged from the start”
I love how as the Life Cleric, Kristen is the designated healer, yet still deals the most reliable damage in almost every combat, except maybe for gorgug
And fabian
No concentration checks on spirit guardians makes her a walking storm of radiant damage
Clerics are banned from a lot of tables for a reason
@@unexardiximarion1920no concentration checks AND no concentration limits. She is running bless, spirit guardians and beacon of hope at the same time here.
Yeah I'm honestly annoyed by Kristen stacking concentration and never do any checks to remain concentrated... guess they decided to cut her some slack due to her being a first time player but damn, she's gotta learn
I love how Fig always plays a sick riff which is accompanied by Emily's nerdiest impression of a bass.
riz getting out of the palimsest and INSTANTLY threating and blowing off biz's fingers is possibly one of my favourite fantasy high moments. just counting down and not letting anyone even get a word in
In this episode Fabian succumbs to his pirate blood and loots the prices instead of helping his friends /j
brennan dropping a “verily” as an old time philosopher ghost was so good lmao
I gotta point out my favorite moment in Fantasy High, Riz just losing it and full on torturing Biz. Cause I for one can absolutely see how Riz gets so close to saving the girls, has to say goodbye to Penelope like that, and he feels like he was so close. I feel with Riz where he has all this knowledge of how interrogation works, and when he was put in front of Biz, which is another factor you really can't deny, who likes that guy, and decided "The Ball is current on break right, you'll be dealing with Bad-ss Goblin"
plus he was being protective of adaine. it's so sweet (in a dark way) 😭😭
God okay so Biz is 100% a mega creep and awful and Adaine was so right about him, but I'm so glad that they didn't leave him dead. Especially with them finding out that his memory had been modified. I love the complicated and layered characters Brennan creates so seemingly effortlessly. Because I bet you Biz really was on their side when they were first working together and was happy to be their hacker, but then his memory got modified so he thought that trapping the girls in crystals had been his scheme all along. And it speaks volumes that he didn't question it and went forward with it and kidnapped more girls, but it also doesn't erase that he still felt he was on the team's side before and after the memory mod.
I feel like that wasn't acknowledged by everyone in the group but then again Biz is a creep who needed a HUGE wakeup call so it doesn't really matter lol
I don't think him not questioning his "new plan" should reflect on his character. The spell is extremely potent it seems, especially as it's shown in sophomore year. It's way more insidious than being dominated or charmed, because how often does one question their own memories without them being challenged first?
Adaine telling off Biz for being cringy (which was as far as it went until he was memory spelled) was mostly warranted, but ultimately unhelpful for correcting that behavior. You can't tell someone that they are awful and unappealing and leave it at that if you want them to change, because without direction they'll fall into their old behavior or become even worse out of bitterness. In the end it came off as her just being mean to him instead of actually trying to help him (which I'm sure is what she wanted). Somewhere there's a world where they got Biz to talk to Jawbone and improve his attitude.
@@Cmbtsnpr Well said. I also sympathized with Adaine, but the way she approached him didn't seem constructive. (Although, that was very in character for her.) I hope they find Biz the help he needs.
@@Cmbtsnpr I mean you can't exactly expect a 14yo girl with an anxiety disorder being creeped on by a 17-18yo (he's a senior at the school) fedora tipping proto-incel to constructively be his therapist and deradicalise him. Would someone constructively being his therapist have helped him? yes. can adaine be reasonably faulted fro not doing it? no. Also when she was like "actually you dont have much to offer" she was cancelling the team's tentative plan to exploit his crush on her to manipulate him, and that plan would have been much worse for his ability to trust people and have positive relationships in the long run
@@voidify3 exactly, why is it adaine's responsibility????? i get so annoyed at these takes. yes, we can feel bad for biz in this situation, but that doesn't mean we have to blame adaine (who has done nothing wrong), or even the gang's more extreme actions as they were UNDERSTANDABLY horrified given the information they had
I mean, i doubt most people know biz was fucking 18, i just learned that listening to this messages😮😮😮😮@@hinasakukimi
God 3 years of philosophy courses and seeing the god father of philosophy himself Plato kicking their asses filled me with oh so much happiness
36:10
You can tell they're all artists because they compliment the aesthetic design of the very instruments of their [intended] demise.
I was hoping Gorgug would roll a Nat 1 when he looked at the prize case because all I can picture is...
The prizes... Are my dad?
I can't help but admire how, while he's literally being tortured, Biz is still salivating at the idea of getting Adaine into a crystal like she's some sort of sex Pokémon.
That's one dedicated little perv.
*s e x p o k e m o n*
Dude thinks he's Ash Fuckem.
so like Gardevoir?
@@Kamirasu I hate that I know exactly which pokemon that is.
@@Kamirasuactually (and don't worry, I hate myself for saying this too) more accurately Vaporeon
I love Riz in this episode. Him being mad is genuinely something I wish there was more of
Fury of The Ball!
I knew Viz was a creep, but I didn't know he was that level of incel
Wait, i dont remember, what was Biz doing/trying to do?
@@ragglerock2682 well, he was asked by these guys to get the girls out of the palempsests, BUT his memories were altered by Aluein to download the girls from the crystals and into their bodies in the A.V. club. She might have gotten to him the day he got beat up with Penelope etc.
@@jhubeJELLO actually he changed his memories on purpose to not give up info on their "mysterious benefactor"
The nasal breathy “My Lady.” Lol
Forgive me if I'm remembering the line incorrectly. "Calm down incel Icarus, you're flying to close to the light in your mother's basement"
A NAT 20 TIE on a BOX OF DOOM roll?!?!?
That's insane!
2 of them!!!
@UCqxuHSvkDtUbtbnNHBwIAgw Oh haha I didn’t see the word tie
This makes me realize how strict my DM is about concentration spells
Mostly I's because concentration spells is pretty powerfull.
@@veterOKK93 yeah like spirit guardians is fucking powerful but it's sonmewhat balanced by being a concentration spell. But cleric get some good non concentration spells nonetheless
@@liminalsoup also some concentration spells can stuck very dangerous on top of eachother and break the game.
I was starting to notice this and wondering if anyone else did. Cleric gets away with so much overlapping concentration
@@kuldros457 I think they just didn’t read or didn’t understand the concentration rules, and Brennan is too busy running the game to manage that aspect. He caught it once, but then everyone went back to ignoring it.
"I would like to kill biz"
*Kirsten nodding*
That Natural 20 on escaping on the Motorcycle LOL
1:32:45 BRENNAN AS BIZ’S DEAD BODY WHILE THEY ALL YELL AT EACH OTHER FUCKING KILLS ME
When Lou said to Murph “you have it. It just didn’t show that time.” Got me right in the feels. You have it!
1:09:42 I know that Brennan says 'the other three illusory doubles', but the fact that it's subtitled as 'the other three loser doubles' in relation to Biz is peak comedy
not gonna lie, id play the hell out of some fantasy high
find a DM to set u up
Its pretty dope
I kind of want to do a short game of it for my group.
time stamps:
SPOILERS
0:01 - Recap
1:59 - Episode starts
3:01 - Misfire
5:58 - ghosts
14:58 - describing prizes
16:26 - “Trust me.”
24:41 - Clerics are badass
27:17 - “Welcome Player One,”
34:24 - Riz loses the game
39:06 - Fabian beats the game
43:52 - Emily’s most “threatening” voice
47:27 - Gorgug beats the game
53:53 - “My friendship burns bright!”
59:35 - Adaine goes down
1:05:24 - “What’s up, nerd?”
1:10:01 - “You suck SO hard.”
1:14:44 - Penny downloaded
1:22:16 - a valiant effort
1:28:47 - THE roll
1:32:28 - “We can kill him again if we want to,”
1:35:10 - Biz gets slapped unconscious
1:37:13 - glowing dick
I think Goregug's "Sup nerd?" Is the best part of this episode
THANK YOU!!!!
Beautiful, thank you.
Hot Topic nerds HATE A.v club nerds
49:07 Plato beats up some ghost nerds
Calling your mom as an action in the middle of a combat encounter would be so on-brand for me lmao I love Gorgug
"im gonna need everybody to roll initiative" is the most terrifying yet exciting thing a dm can say
In my experience as noth player & DM there is 1 thing more terrifying to hear/say:
"(name) I need you & only you to roll initiative" whilst the rest of the group are JUST far enough away to cause panik.
1:28:44 Honestly after that the machine would probably spit out enough credits for him to have got the sword from the prize corner anyway.
This series is amazing, and i swear to god Brennan is 60% of why i watch this, such a good dm.
He is amazing! He keeps me invested! And I can lose interest quickly!! Brennan is amazing, love his characters and his voices
He's the reason I started watching this series. What an amazing dm
I'll be honest. Brennan kind of makes me sad. Not because of anything in particular that he does, but because I know I'm never gonna find a DM as good as him to play with. He really is someone I would consider to be the gold standard.
"I have zero charisma"
-Gogug, but also me
Lou comforting Murph after he got a bad roll... i love this gang 35:07