Heroes & Halfwits: Episode One
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- Опубліковано 25 жов 2024
- Dare ye cross over into a realm of mystery and intrigue? Methinks ye shall. Join Geoff, Griffon, Gus, Ryan, Michael, and Dungeon Master Frank for the first episode of the official Heroes & Halfwits adventure. Join FIRST to watch episodes early: bit.ly/2eHXQn0
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Heroes & Halfwits: Episode One
/ achievementhunter
Dnd, where a 5 hour Journey takes 5 minutes and a 5 minute battle takes 5 hours
and a 2-hour murder mystery takes 2 hours.
i just spent 6 hr getting my party to move half a day worth of travel mind you they did not search any thing at all and i had an npc tell them they need to search the forest for scared weapons that will help them and they where like ok and did not do it im running this campaign best i can and we'er at the cave after 3 six hr campains
Blue J Wolf and a two minute shopping stop takes an hour
Correct, welcome to our lives.
That is the most accurate thing ive ever heard
"Tiefling Bard, how stereotypical."
Says the Human Paladin.
I tried playing D&D with my friends in high school but they all had the attention spans of a fish....I would love to try playing this again
Nina LaPres Nerd
Nina LaPres I have the friends to play but I don't have the game or time
Nina LaPres You should try to find a local game store that runs dungeons and dragons games.
Ava Reed use roll20
Star Platinum I've used roll20 inthe past and I personally enjoy playing irl. but roll20 in probably easier.
As a fan of D&D, I expect both spectacular failures and surprising victories from this. Anyone else hyped to see their misadventures?
The different camera angles while he is giving exposition are well done.
And the descriptions of different concepts and terminology at the bottom of the screen are incredibly helpful, as well. I can imagine how confusing and frustrating it would be to watch this without actually knowing what any of that stuff is.
+Personmanisawesome I like the camera angles too. The fade ins and outs are cool too.
I'm hyped, just wondering if this is the same version as another D&D Series I watch.
+WizardOf which series critical role, acquisitions in, or some other series
I thought this was going to be Sponsor only content from the trailer. God bless you RT for making it public
Only the test episode. You should consider becoming a sponsor though.
+Neji360Airstrike 2 and 3 are on YT
Michael Raspini 1-19 are on UA-cam :)
Michael Raspini q
David Clapp they all are
"you're going to back stab him.. with a ballista?" "yeah" "a fucking siege weapon?"
Gamers?
When do they say that?
+smileyman17 in Gamers or in this show?
Fluffy Buddy This one
That reminds me of ProJared's Ballista Bat story.
I have no idea what they are saying, how the game is played or what is going on.... But i'll watch it anyway!
Same!
If you would like to learn D&D, i highly recommend that you go to a local gaming shop and see if they have any games that run there. If there are, you might be able to convince them to teach you and let you join a campaign. If that's not possible, you should make an account on roll20.net and try to find a campaign there to play online. The game they are playing is 5th edition D&D and is very popular right now.
They do a decent job explaining things with little pop-ups. Is nice.
I won't. This is garbbbbb
Might check that site out, ever since I watched Community play this it kind of peaked my interest.
Crit Role on thursday.
This on Friday.
Personal Game on Saturdays.
High Rollers on Sundays.
D&D is slowly taking over my life.
Dice, Camera, Action on Tuesdays and Acquisitions Incorporated on Wednesdays! :D
*****
Its true.
TheFutureViking
Oh, and Force Grey is gonna be on Sundays too.
You should check out "Urealms Live" on the channel brucewillakers. Their next campaign is at 3pm eastern tommorow
+Ender slayer it's mostly dnd inspired but they have their own rules and lore but it's hilarious
You know what would make this show awesome? If they released live action or animated version of what they actually did during the episodes. Sounds like it would be an amazing RTAA or Live Action series.
I'm picturing an animated Gus in the stereotypical Merlin the wizard hat with stars and shit.
kinda like what yogscast did which made the series they did amazing
Isn't Ryan the wizard tho? Gus is a paladin
Emmet B I know. I just think Gus would look funnier
I would love this but that would be a LOT of man hours dedicated to animating something this long. Even going with highlights it would be a lot.
Bojangles singing like an idiot while slowly backing away from the danger is an amazing image.
rewatching this show, when he says "take notes there's a quiz at the end" and in couple episodes they have to have remembered some details to gain exp while asleep
The Production value of this show is absolutely amazing, I wish my gaming room looked like this!
Im so happy to see Frank again, its been so long.
in what have you seen him before? just curious
Daniel M
The GTA car Immersion.
I've never seen him but god he's great
Jimmies Rustled I know right? the description of situations is amazing
in my opinion I don't think he is a good dm
Holy Hell this is 7 years old lmao. Coming back to enjoy some OG goodness while Baldurs Gate 3 rots my mind lol.
Same lmao
@@YaksenPushMongoeven more now lol
Back when Geoff and Griffon were together and my favorite couple 😢 I was so sad when they split.
"At one point running away from your team into the jungle is going to hurt you!"
Little did Bo Jingles know Yakshashamoo was watching....
Trogdor Tibbles oof
“I tell bojingles to put out the fire or the snakes come back”
Bojingles, in a horrible fit of fear, swings his lute into Ryan’s crotch
5 minutes and i have no idea whats going but i like it
you're profile pic amazing XD
lena moore thanks :D
+lena moore well i hate it
25 mins in and just as interesting
+Orionar McGibblestein Jr. yours is good, but youre right, his sucks
Michael should have thrown his pommel at that snake, could have ended it rightly.
OMG! This comment is SO welcomed
I understand this reference.. I love this comment
Skallagrim would be disappointed
DND 5d murder strokes end beasts rightly
Boo
Hopefully Geoff can roll better than he did on Off Topic
What roll were they even trying for?
The trailer
Any
So... Geoff just kept rolling like 1's?
I haven't watched it yet but I remember them mentioning something about Geoff not liking dice because he spent a lot of his time stuck under a tree. Hopefully that's this episode.
Gus saying he will tell the boss... all i thought was "Good job Simmons. you continue to be a kissass"
30 ART 5 Simmons?
Nuke Warz Gus voices Simmons in RvB
He really does deserve that Brown Nose medal
Frank's a pretty rad dude, never played DnD but it seems fun with the only stipulation being friends
Gus is just literally Simmons from RvB isn't he?
Minus the ass kissing. I don't think Gus would ever kiss anyone's ass.
Do you know who voice acts Simmons BTW
+The Glitch Explorer no, do tell. sorry, didn't mean to be horrible, but it is pretty obvious he knew that.
+nicklenickle9steele I'm just oblivious
A speciesist simmons yes
I hope they get better with paying attention to the DM and not talking over him.
Did you just suggest that not only Geoff but MICHAEL act like RESPONSIBLE ADULTS?!?!? you don't belong here..
Makes it unwatchable. I quit after 12 minutes. Back to Critical Role.
This happens. I've had to be the go-between for our DM and the rude players in a campaign before. It got me quite a bit of inspiration.
yup. they walked all over him. sad to watch. No respect for your DM means you're gonna just talk over him and disregard the environment and premise. I'll stop the game flat out in a non dickish way, and wait until I have their focus to keep moving. I didn't put the work in to get walked on. you're either participating in the story or you're a static character constantly cracking jokes and not capable of carrying the arc.
@@TimParker1 stay mad
I am a 2'4 halfling, I just started. I tried to "pole vault" over a puddle with a 10 inch long stick. It worked.
love this video, not even usually in to this stuff but this grabbed me for some reason.
probably it being rt also for me having the mad king in a dnd game playing the most anarchist alinment
Looking forward to more of this. :)
Looking forward to more of your animations :D
Xander Farrell Animations Thanks! I'm working on a Destiny animation right now. :)
Something very silly.
+Xander Farrell Animations aw
ChrisOfTheDead i
My group has devised a plan for our dragonborn to throw our halfling (who is 3 foot 1) as a weapon. this plan has saved us multiple times.
I DMed a group who had the same concept, but they did it with an enemy goblin they had incapacitated and tied to the fighter's shield as an extra layer of shielding.
My character is a half giant and I throw my teammates like projectiles. Extremely useful as a ranged attack
Get Help!
@@captainbritain7379 we had a giant with a spiked shield, enemies he ran into would get stuck and take 3 points of damage each round until they perform a saving throw. the more enemies impaled the slower he was but the more defense he got.
@@Pheatan Umm.. that's disturbingly satistying, thank you.
They should do an animated chapter summary.
Yes!
I have never actually seen a D&D game played before. I think it's really cool.
"You have been sailing across the opium sea for three months now". Wow, talk about a trip.
simple suggestion, DnD is made much more palatable to those of us that have no experience with it through the use of slight occasional animation. RT has the assets to do that, for instance when the Dungeon Master (i think) describes a setting we could be given a simple picture or animation of it set to themed music. So far i really enjoy this though just hard to wrap my mind around alot of the fantasy aspects without having ever played WOW or DnD.
Node's D&D does small animations and has bg music as well
Node's D&D kinda veered off regular dnd
I agree. Buncha nerds playing a nerd game.
#ignorance
+TheKingJay nahhhh
Lu
Gus is basically Simmons in this
K S and Geoff is basically Grif, except the bats are now snakes.
I mean is Simmons a racist?
I know this is long over with, but this series is one of the reasons I got into DnD. I like to come back and watch it every so often.
I love how Gus is right back to being Simmons.
That moment when you realize their biggest achievement in more than half of the video's runtime was killing a sickly snake. 🐍
I'm here for two reasons.
1. Craig told me to support the best channel around
And
2. Bring back old school fantasy heroes and halfwits, Ryan roaming around saying "I guess I'll eldritch blast" is the basis of any good dnd campaign
I've rewatched this about 4 times cos I keep falling asleep
Me too! I fell asleep like 2-3 times. Sourcefed Nerd's D&D show is way more fun and entertaining.
I might just write exactly what this guy is saying and hand it in to my english teacher
If they're any good, they'll tell you it's excessive and flowery. Most of the reading made me want to stop the video and watch something else--the writing's slow, really not that great.
Careful. Now that Fullscreen owns Rooter Teeth, and this is a product of the company as a whole, they don't take kindly to plagiarism.
+XxBulletproofxX1 i think he means the overall plot, not the deliverance of it
agreed lmfao. as fun as the story is, the prose itself (if you can call it that) is so purple I actually rolled my eyes a few times. you can always tell when someone is a pro vs amateur
I remember starting with this series to get into D&D years ago, didn't even know Critical Role existed at the time.
always come back to this because I love frank's world and lore with shapeshifters and the crazy fun the groups gets into in the cave and casino arcs
None of them will ever be as amazing as my Wizard, Tim the Enchanter.
Is that a Monty Python reference?
+TheDieThrower you know it is.
I see your Tim and raise you my Pathfinder Magical Girl, the Crimson Chin.
+Bainbow my paladin Sterling Archer, will back up Tim the Enchanter.
+Jfreak why is Archer a paladin -_-. Plus I would OBVIOUSLY be a rogue or archer.
DAM this DM has patience!
WTF
Well the players are all his boss, so he cant exactly snap at them to pay attention
KingCurry in this company with these people he 100% can snap at them to pay attention lol. He’s just aware of what they’re all like lmao. It would just make them talk over him even more out of spite
he's also very cut and dry and set a tone for complete player ownership of what's happening... there should always be give and take, but he just gets walked on.
@@TimParker1 At least he seems to have just as much fun with it as them.
was really hoping dragon breath was fire so Michael would start a forest fire.
That would be funny as hell
You know what would be cool imo, if they animated the adventure to make them all their character and show all of the actions they do in the show.
They apparently looked into some animation and live-action sequences but they thought it'd push this back too much from being a weekly show to like, a monthly show.
I'm hoping for some rtaa's on it in the future. they just need a really great funny moment.
the pilot episode would be awsome its full of great moments
I like the idea but animating an hour or so would make it so an episode comes out every other year
+Jon Well, they only really need to animate the action and maybe just record voices for it. It could be like some kind of animated show based on this game. For this video it would only really be like 5 minutes long.
I love Ryan type players when I'm the DM... so easy to do things to.
Top tip for people only just starting the series - take a drink every time Frank says "he/she/it looks pretty messed up". Hardcore mode, drink anytime someone says "what do I add to that?"
Whispering Mischief monster
This lends it self so good to the animated shorts.
One fast note. Please don't let gavin anywhere near this
Frank: Okay, what's your character, Gavin?
Gavin: He's a Elvin Ranger named...
Geoff: Don't fuckin' say it...
Gavin: ... MARK NUUUUUUTT!!!
+Joseph Favela OMG.... amazing
Gavin won't be in Heroes and Halfwits - he wouldn't have the patience for it. 15 minutes in and he'll be on his phone. Same reason he's not in Theater Mode.
+GrazerMagic I mean I was on my phone for half of it.....
+Summer Rose And I was on my phone for all of it. Though that might be because I do all my internet stuff through my phone.
This is why I watch Achievement Hunter. Swearing and Geoff fighting dumb snakes before making a reference to classic literature.
"Roll for burn" *rolls dice* "Half burn"-Ryan Haywood 2016
I chuckled to myself when Gus said "I'm going to finish off the snake" and made a jerkoff motion.
That shiny egg is a good dungeon master
Paladins in 5e don't have to be Lawful Good any longer.
dm has the ruling and dm says paladins have to be lawful good
+Armageddon Folfy oh shoot nice call
First of all this is homebrew and the DM might (like me) think a bit stupid what they did with that. Second how do we know they're playing 5e?
The proficiency bonus for the spear throw during the snake fight (can't quite recall the time) but the proficiency mechanic started at +2 for level 1, assuming that they are starting at level 1 instead of level 2 (as a 3.5 barbarian would have +2 BAB at level 2) then it is fair enough to assume that they are playing 5e.
As for the DM forcing paladin to be LG that could be because of prior editions forcing that and he doesn't believe that Paladins should be any other alignment because of past experience.
+Armageddon Folfy ikr? what a dick.
I hate that Frank is making Michael be Lawful Good, Paladin alignment restrictions aren't mechanically enforced anymore and assuming that Michael would take the Oath of Vengeance (because let's be honest, he's Michael) it would make plenty of sense for him to be Neutral.
I’ve always found Paladins are always Good but lawful, neutral, or chaotic depends on what oath they choose, Vengeance literally sounds like Chaotic Good, etc.
In campaigns I run, Paladins are whatever alignment their deity is. E.g. A paladin of Asmodeus would be evil.
I have a different way of explaining the "Lawful Good" enforcement, and it has everything to do with perception (not the skill, the concept). A Paladin MUST be Lawful, because they HAVE to follow the tenets of their deity. To the Paladin, those tenets ARE ALWAYS MORALLY RIGHT, and are therefore GOOD. If the tenets of their deity say "all goblins are evil, and their kind must not be allowed to exist", the Paladin would be more than happy to slaughter, torture and otherwise commit total genocide on every single goblin man, woman, and child, down to the last infant, and they would absolutely believe what they were doing was right and just...Lawful Good. Goblins are unworthy of mercy or humane treatment because that deity ordains it to be so.
+Matthew Birkett I am of the opposite opinion...Paladins must ALWAYS be Lawful...they HAVE to follow the tenets of their deity or they lose their power. I can usually bend the moral alignment based on outside or inside perception. To the Paladin, he is always Good because he does his deity's bidding. To the people he slaughters in the name of that deity, however...
Law and Chaos are Objective alignments...if you follow a code of conduct, you are lawful. If you do whatever the Hell you feel like, you are chaotic. If you try to balance following laws in some areas, but are a free spirit in others, then you are Neutral.
Good and Evil are 100% Subjective...to the mouse, the cat is evil, but to the farmer, the cat is doing good by removing pests. The cat thinks he's just doing what he needs to survive...he is neutral.
I use the gods that have all alignments then you can be whatever you want in when I play a paladin at least in 5e
"can you lean hands on yourself?"
"I do it all the time"
bow-chicka-bow-bow
He's a decent DM. But after watching Critical Role it's hard to size up against Matthew Mercer. Plus Mats hair
Yeah Matt is an awesome DM
He's more than decent imo, Matt is just the best though.
+Blenk Matt has nothing on Chris Perkins
Different styles. Matt is story and world. Perkins has less of that, but more comedy and "Hell yeah you can!"
Part of it is just how their sessions are build; Perkins has discrete storylines in an established world that have to semi-resolve. Matt has his own setting.
Matt is love #nohomo
Obviously not for everyone, but still so damn cool. I appreciate them even trying this.
Uneasy trade agreements? I swear to god, if this campaign has a pod race in it I'm done
Richard Ackerman that would be awesome
Haha very funny joke Good job
"Do they speak deep"
IT BEGINS!
I hope they release the DM notes for this. only a little bit into the video so far, and I'm already loving the setting and everything. The fact that AH is involved just makes it better
Maybe not this episode, but under the right circumstances this series could make for a great RTAA source.
I don't know what I'm watching... but I'm enjoying it :)
same
Dungeons and Dragons
I'm gonna assume you guys are awfully young
An Than Van Man Tan Nah, I knew it was D&D I just never really got into it and don't know the rules.
Honestly I am just happy to hear the voice of Simmons once again
06/01/2020
Time to start a old journey again
Love this,hope it returns
Gus is really embracing his RvB character xD
Taking notes for Sergeant xD
Oh shit this is awesome! I hope they eventually expand to other table top games
Would love to see them play axis and allies
Warhammer 40k would be dope too
I just want someone to acknowledge the existence of Heroclix
I'd love to see them play 40k but I doubt any of them have the time to build and paint that stuff, commissioning that would be expensive and they don't even know how many people would watch it.
Shadowrun would be awesome.
Re-watching this for the third time because it is one of the best DnD series on here.
Geoff is a lucky dude. Who doesn't want a wife that will play D&D with you?
he is lucky. Thanks captain obvious
That's awesome!! All praise be to Wife!!
+karst96 We have different definitions of the word lucky.
Don't forget the fact that she is extremely attractive.
+Karst96 I thought I was the only one who remembered that.
did ryan just say "alright natsu?" 30:20
Yep. Michael's whole character is a reference to Fairy Tail.
in the dub he voices sting
+samwell54 I know that
No Michael voices sting
mabman54890 dude ... obviously i was refereeing to Michael
Ryan: What's a tiefling?
Geoff: It's a mythical species. Unlike a fucking PUMA!
It's hard to watch after seeing critical role playing for so long at such a high caliber, them being voice actors an all just make it so more immersive
That's the pro league, this is like amateur which is not a bad thing.
Amateur? This is barely Little League xD
But not in a bad way, it's still very entertaining
This feels much more like how most D&D sessions for most players would go; basically a bunch of people cracking jokes and having a good time while also occasionally playing some D&D.
Totally. While I like Critical Role for being so professional, and it is fun to watch, this game feels a bit more genuine. Almost all of my games wind up derailed by in-jokes and conversation over and over again, but that's half the fun. Especially if drinking gets involved. I'm lucky I take good notes, or half my party's progress would get lost in a fuzz of good drinks and bad jokes.
I never realized how fucking dark this episode is. TURN ON A GODDAMN LIGHT!
love how much went into the description of the fleet, only for the ships to be destroyed immediately
I just found out about this, and within 6 minutes developed a burning hatred for the "I collect samples" guy.
time to catch up on 24 episodes in 6 hours...i got this
Jason Hogan try 34
Try 42
Elias Skinner try 45
Matthew Spencer Try 46
49 now
I wish a had friends to play this with
Cozzi same
Roll 20?
Family?
I used to think people who played d&d were losers. Now I'm watching a video of people playing d&d to entertain myself... What does that make me?
Quite a fool.
Someone who need to play D&D
Older
Can't really say he's TOO much of an asshole. After all, pop culture has never been kind to "nerds" and "geeks" that play these games, reiterating the stereotype of being losers. I mean, just look at Big Bang Theory. That show gives a bad name to a whole rainbow of "nerds" and "geeks", from those who play WoW and read comic books, to those who play D&D and watch Star Trek.
When there hasn't been any heroes and halfwits content for too damn long and you gotta re-watch the whole thing to get that fix.
whelp... time to watch this again.
as someone who's never played D&D i would have liked to see the pilot episode to learn how the game works.
If you are listening to the audio only version Frank sounds exactly like Trevor and I thought I was being tricked the entire time
"I don't think we're gonna find many allies over here" ~Orma
Famous last words
"Running into the jungle without your party is gonna backfire on you one day" oh boy that aged like fine wine
"Do I add my ac?" Yes Geoff, yes you do lol xD
it's hard to go from critical role to this but that being said I'm very excited about this going forward I wanted an achievement hunter D&D game for YEARS.
Just started watching and “you’re a Paladin, you have to be lawful good”
Michael didn’t say who he was a paladin of so he could be any alignment that fits the character
DM:“You’re a paladin? Oh great we’ve got some to keep everyone in check!!!”
Player: “Sorry to burst your bubble but I’m a Paladin of Gruumsh The Ruiner”
A wizard, with a -2 to int? The fuck.
I think they were going for more comedy than an actually good character.
I think he said he was a warlock (when talking about samples). Warlock magic comes gr8 ok m higher power, wizard from books and learning, sorcerer from within.
49:23
Unless I've forgotten & that this "green faced humanoid" was taken care of in this part or the next...wow can't believe that THIS character knew about the group so early on.
Just rewatching these as I only listened to them as podcasts.
Vol. 1 is done. TIME TO WATCH IT ALL AGAIN!
“Someday running into the jungle without your team is going to backfire.”
"There are more snakes on you" to get him to flee back in the correct direction lol. Well played!
Their next movie should be based off this series.
The best part of this is that Griffon is back in videos again. #GriffonMakeAchievementHunterGreatAgain
I love the guy peeking around the cabinet in the beginning.
Does anyone else hear Trevor's voice when Frank speaks?
Wow I just noticed now
Why is that a thing😂
Oh god, what have you done to me?! Now that's all i'm gonna hear.
You know i've been waiting for something like this to happen.
Watching this before playing d&d, versus watching this after is a whole other experience
Is that a screen they're playing on? That's... really freaking clever. I've gotten so used to vertical, digital screens that I never thought to sit one on it's side.
starting at around 48 mins, does someone hear some weird mic noises or is that just on my side?
It's Griffons mic, it isn't sticking to her cheek and the hair messes with it.
+Simon Eliasson it's kinda annoying 😂
Simon Eliasson ah, okay
***** what?
***** it ends after a bit, don't worry
"I'm struggling to keep up" - Michael Jones and also Me
Not to be that guy, but they don't get three minutes in without screwing up. Paladins can be any alignment as of 5E.
Are they playing fith edition?
I'm pretty sure those are 5th edition handbooks
they look like theyre using 5e books so yeah i would geuss so
this isnt 5e, it's RTe
consider this though, the number of people that will notice or care is so small. Like when Ryan flubs, oh wait. And yeah they are playing the fifth.