I would also love to see what implications the latest HTP audiolog has on Qosmic’s theories, especially the draughts concept. There are so many possibilities that open up in the murder mystery with those revelations
theres something really funny about fredrik saying hes a forever gm who never gets to play and the second he does he makes a deeply unsatisfied man who has finally been given some control over his life
The comical genius of juxtaposing a high adrenaline scene with casual antique shop chatter cannot be understated. This series single-handedly pulled me into WoD and I look forward to the next installment.
I run a VTM chronicle and I am in awe at how Speaker D handled that whole sequence so deftly. It's so well paced and manages to strike a perfect balance as it bounced back and forth.
I especially love the end to the bit when samson gets the image and Parker goes, "Oh, what is this?😃" and the phone immediately explodes, releasing the rest of the crew.
Its so abrupt I burst out laughing and woke up my entire house. It was so grounded, the narration and he said it WITH SUCH CONFIDENCE. "THE MONKEY HAS A DEAGLE!"
@@fumarc4501 Yeah, but what you gonna do if a gray alien shows up at your door with a TEC-9 after getting your messages from your homemade radar dish putting off a signal you didn't account for and he tells you " MAN I CAN'T THINK NO MORE WITH THAT THING MAKIN' NOISE MAN. GET OUTTA ME HEAD- " - What you gonna do then?
Considering how batshit insane Mage is, I would not be surprised in the slightest if “Magic James” turns out to be Samson from the future time-travelling backwards to become the Basketball Champion his awakening denied him.
It’s hilarious that Sybil has wound up being the most normal person in all of this. Bill was already a conspiracy nut, and is now running around with a gun-toting monkey. Samson hangs around with a bonafide wizard, and is utterly nonplussed by the revelation of the supernatural world in favor of wanting to know who screwed with his Basketball career. Parker looked like a fairly normal guy, who then proceeded to instantly get a god complex and seemingly kill a guy the second he got magic powers. So we’re left with Sybil, the spindly goth creature. She’s a struggling artist who had a close encounter with the supernatural, and had the very reasonable reaction of being freaked out and hunkering down in her room and asking her friends to bring her snacks.
Odoroshi has a knack for playing relatively "normal" characters, WITHOUT falling into Earndil's usual role of being the logical one, I think. She doesn't play boring characters when she does this, but they are usually well-adjusted in temperament.
To be fair parker didn t kill the guy. he did much worse. pretty sure he is still alive and trapped in concrete like in a stasis. Aware of everything but unable to do anything.
Bill and Sybill: kooky nerds with weird interests just stumbling through the situation Samson: guy so determined to play basketball that he doesn't even care that magic is real Parker "nice guy antique shop clerk nerd" Knickerbocker: somehow the most likely person to turn evil and try to conquer the world.
@@kaminsod4077 Unlikely. He doesn't seem like someone who already has an inverted avatar, and I doubt he would willingly descend. He's definitely a sadistic motherfucker, but I don't think he would want to destroy the universe.
@kaminsod4077 Ehhh, I doubt it. Widderslainte (Mages who were *born* with a Qlippothic Avatar) usually show signs of their Nephandic influence even before their Awakening. If his obsession with history isn't grounded well enough in time, he *might* step through a Caul and become a Barrabus (a Mage who inverts their Avatar to become Nephandus).
@@GooglyGook12 I love how absolutely incomprehensible your comment is to most people, who probably haven't read the cursed tome that is the mage corebook.
the juggalo parent being incredibly wholesome by both informing sybil of his affairs with the building but also saying that he will not be interfering with what she has going on... chef kiss. so wholesome.
So far the monkey has wielded a pump-action shotgun, a 9mm pistol, and now a deagle presumably chambered in .50 action express. Where's he getting all these guns?!
@@ChiotVulgaire G-space. It's similar to L-space or Hammer-Space, but only accessible to true gun enthusiasts. America has a particularly weak walls because the high density of gun nuts. So a chimp being able to reach inside the mind's armory shouldn't be surprising.
Bill) Being chased by government agents. Sybil) On the radar of a vampire likely concerned about a mascarade breach. Sam) On everyone's radar by being the guy who threw a ball of granite at a guy. Parker) Along for the ride.
Sybil was most likely attacked by a Tzimtche or however it's spelt, so I doubt she has to worry about vampire society as a whole. That specific vamp, however, might not be too happy about losing a potential childe/art piece.
"Lemme introduce myself my name's Ringmaster Nasty" The way I had to just pause the video and sit with myself for a moment. God, yeah, that sure is his name.
The fact that Samson interacts with his flip phone like he would a smart phone, like flicking his thumb to scroll down completely breaks my immersion, how dare you not consider my 90's sensibilities.
I like that Bill doesn't just default to throwing the monkey at everything. There are times and places for monkey deployment. Infiltration attempts in public areas are not among them.
Clippy shall die for the sins of our mages. Also, a monkey is there. Correction: Clippy shall die *because of the sins of our mages. I don't think that's even a spoiler. Just something to expect going in.
I think the most impressive thing about Alfa Busa and Co. the past few years is how I never get disappointed when they upload something that isn’t what I’m the most eager for. I’ll be sitting there, eagerly awaiting new HTP episodes, but then they put out a neat Half Life (secretly GMOD) series, an audiolog of the family, a battle report of a bizarre root vegetable based war game, and now a whole-ass Mage playthrough. And every single one of them has been a hit in their own weird way.
Something that Alfa and Co. really excel at when it comes to their WoD stuff is homing in on that human element to all this bizarre stuff that happens. Over in HTP it’s things like a whodunnit about vampiric infiltration being interrupted by old lovers’ quarrels, or bumping into someone from your old esoteric order at their day job at the 99p store. Here in NFWG, I think it’s best exemplified in the scene where Whitney is trying to explain things to Samson. You have a woman attempting to make a friend understand the sheer magnitude of what he’s stumbled into, the true nature of reality itself! But she fumbles her words a bit and gets embarrassed, and wishes someone else who was better at speaking was there to handle it. It’s like working in retail and having a customer ask a question you really need the manager to answer, but they’re out on a smoke break and nobody knows where they went.
I wouldn't be surprised if Hulkykrow invested in both the Manifest Avatar and Allies backgrounds, and that monkey is the form it takes. It helped them escape with a Correspondence spell, to a place aligned with his Paradigm and is naturally protective of Bill. Given that he is likely a Virtual Adept, that would make it a literal code monkey.
@@Killerrpg123 A paradigm is the personal framework the mage has of reality, which they use to figure out how to do magic. The Avatar is like a cosmic spirit, which both allows the mage to use magic and drives them to be a better person as they progress. Normally they are incorporeal, or show up through visions, etc. But I think Bill's manifested a physical vessel, which would be the monkey.
@@rokkraljkolesa9317 Yep, but I think the monkey is its manifest form. You can have a physical Avatar with both those merits, but it needs to be in a form that makes sense in Sleeper society.
To anyone new to this series, go back and watch the 4 awakening episodes. They're really vital context to how these characters got started. One might say they're even Quintessential to the experience. ;D
I really love the absolute whiplash of parker getting into this dark vibe of petrifying a horrid enemy, realizing an empowering potential and believing that he is a "chosen one" in such a way that almost gives him a god complex... and then suddenly the fucking scooby-doo cast zap into his shop that are basically in the same boat as him; Amazing episode, stellar storytelling from speakerD and great performance from the players, thank you ogre poppenang and co!
Many people have pointed out the talent, but I gotta point out the technical side of the show. The production level is OUT OF THIS WORLD! It is not too distracting, very thematic and masterfully composited/arranged! Props to you guys and definitely setting the plank for all the other actual play shows.
I look forward to the CORRESPONDENCE + MIND spell [Motion of the JuggalOcean] which transports someone to the Dark Carnival mentally until they complete a quest within it.
As someone who is neither familiar with Juggalos nor the World of Darkness, I'm not sure which one the Dark Carnival is from but honestly it seems like it could easily be either one.
@@Zero_01084 Make sure to go the full Pinnocio & Island of Misfit Children. The target gets a cursed invite to a rave/party/kegger somewhere isolated. Touching the invite doesn't activate it, setting out to go there does.
The Digital Web was created by Alan Turing, the British Mathematican who helped decode the Nazi encryptions (Yes, he Awakened in the World of Darkness). The Digital World or Digital Web in WoD is tied to the Umbra, so theoretically, Werecreatures "can" enter it. A vampire, on the other hand, has a snowball chance in Hell of escaping.
You say no chance of escaping, which just make me imagine a vampire getting thrown in by a mage and being stuck living in it. I’m telling you that must be what computer virus really are, trapped vampires draining your cpu and spreading the curse to your computer programs!
This was the best fucking thing ever. This gives me a newfound appreciation of TTRPGs (not that I didn't appreciate them before, but you know, newfound, *awakened*, perhaps) and I am so looking forward to my copy of MTA.
Ok so basically 1) Bill's monke is epic 2) Parker is on Demon Time 3) Samson needs a refund on his spells 4) and Sybil just needs a fucking spa day man, the juggalos were probably the point where she realized she needs to Foken Sleiep M8
Si the Weaver in Mage the Ascension and Werewolf the Apocalypse represents Stasis, Science, Order, Technology and so on. She is the Primal Manifestation of Order in Werewolf but Mages see her as the Physical Incarnation of Stasis in the Metaphysic Trinity. The Technocracy reveres her due to her ultimate goal creating perpetual Order. The Weaver has three Incarna: The Machine (the manifestation of her gift of Technology), the Patriarch (the manifestation of Dogma), and Science (the manifestation of Science)
So . . . A conspiracy theorist cryptid hunter with a monkey and a Goth struggling artist walk into the internet Meanwhile . . . A disgraced college basketball player walks into a skinny smart mans store
God, i don't know who else could make me so invested in a story set in the universe i literally know nothing about in the language i don't speak. It's such an intense story lined with a comedy gold and every character is so charming and loveable. I've been saying this about HTP and now i feel the same about NWG. This is overwhelming in the best way possible. Amen
you know I was wondering how things would go in a campaign without SpeakerD's beautifully chaotic character in the party. I am pleasantly surprised to see that him being behind the DM screen means that every single NPC can be a SpeakerD work of unhinged art. also Odo's tiny squeak of "stop" at the mention of Jugglettes is priceless edit: the wine the dad has, it's the wine from the commercial that Orson Wells got absolutely hammered making
Gotta say, love SpeakerD's norfolk design here, how the goofy red avatar was turned into a creepy floating head/mask in the mirrow, it just feels adequate to the story.
i have been obsessed with this + the awakening vids for like a week straight, the RP and storytelling on display is absolutely SCRUMPTIOUS... singlehandedly convinced me to actually look in to learning how to play WoD, lol. 10/10, goth critter Sybil is my favorite, but everyone at the table is like their own unique 5-star buffet of strange idiosyncrasies and enthralling chemistry and insane wizardry, love it!!!
God, I hope that monkey's gun changes EVERY time. Finally catching up with this series, the editing and animation quality is top notch and appreciated.
Delusions vindicated, hopes and dreams shattered, the horrors of modernity, the wonders of history... and the Monkey with a gun. We're breaking out the archetypal compass with this one! After a poorly scheduled double shift, that is.. TT
The way SpeakerD interjects the monkey into scenes is genius, first it makes you laugh then everyone is fearing for their lives! SpeakerD is an awesome dm I love Fred's part in this. Serious and foreboding with a great descriptive flow. His paced reality grounding moments really amplify the hillarious whiplash back to chaotic Hulky&Odo shenannigans. The grounding really helps with the feeling of it being a real place and a building a feeling of serious concerning and creeping dread. Such a good contrast of feelings, pacing and moments created by these different approaches making an emotional rollercoaster. Props to SpeakerD weaving it all together!
I have to say , I found this channel while in the Barracks. Me and the guys used to laugh at TTS all the time. I didn’t know where yall were gonna take the channel but this is amazing and I hope yall keep it up. Cause after all these years yall are still keeping us rolling laughing 😆!
Man whatever it is you guys commit to, it becomes gold , I and my son are still fans from way back and are still cheering you guys on . Keep up the amazing work! I'm dedicated to whom I support always .keep winning brother .
This is absolutely fantastic. Been a fan of Vampire the Mascarad for awhile now and have really wanted to see more media from the other WoD materials. The performances, production value, and shear care put into this shows and shines. DEEPLY invested in the story and thoroughly looking forward to seeing more from our new mages and watching Parker the Infinite expand the Knickerbocker Galleries. . .
I've had a hard time listening to TTRPG podcasts for a long time now but oh my gosh both Narrative Declaration and Norfolk Wizard Game have such a vibe I can absolutely get behind, this is SOOO fun I cannot wait for more.
I'm absolutely in *AWE* at SpeakerD solution for pulling the team together (and in general, honestly). Absolutely brilliant. Loud clap all around, and I CANT WAIT for next episode
I don't know how spicy of a take this is but Parker is absolutely my favorite one to watch, that calm fury he spoke when Samson and Bill were fighting since shivers. And the character defining line "none will care for history the way I will" goes hard.
SpeakerD is an incredible story teller, i had a inkling about this all the way from warhams episode 0, the way he described, voiced, and how much soul he puts into everything. SpeakerD, and all of people collaborating on this, rotgrind, and alfabusa projects, are simply incredible people, the real da Vinci-s , Picassos, and other ancient masters of arts, of the current era. Simply incredible, i lack words
I absolutely loved the backforths between the antique shop and the internet free fall scene, the bavkground music for the shop made it all the more hilarious
This whole bit was like watching antiques roadshow, Matrix trilogy, and Scooby Doo Adventures having a shared acid trip, and I am enjoying the whole ride!
I really really appreciate the player-gm banter at the end, love hearing both sides of a tabletop, the fantastical events and the real feelings behind them.
The fact that this takes place in 2006 and Clippy was discontinued within a year means that this is his canon death.
🤣🤣🤣
It would take months, but all iterations, every last scrap of code, the very source of it’s being.. would cease to be.
Oh my god they really did kill Clippy...
50:05
“The door opens wide,
*THE MONKEY HAS A DEAGLE.”*
Accompanied by ape-shrieking simply unmade me on the molecular level
"The monkey has a deagle." That's a hell of a sentence.
“He knows how to use a gun”
To
“The monkey puts the barrel in his mouth”
he's gonna make you respect his authority
@@Umberman someone is quietly singing about a littlest church with a voice forged by depression
Use it? Yes. Safley? No.
"it tastes like Iron, and The Zoo"
I understood that reference @@Umberman
I love how their voices sound like they're in an old 8-Bit game when they're in the digital web. That's such a good touch.
Gonna make a video about this comrade?
@user-yy4yu1ox4z don't tempt me for the love of God I have too much other stuff to do
I would also love to see what implications the latest HTP audiolog has on Qosmic’s theories, especially the draughts concept. There are so many possibilities that open up in the murder mystery with those revelations
YOU. KEVIN-MAN. YOU DO GOOD JOB.
@@Mx123-p4r For the love of God don't tempt me
theres something really funny about fredrik saying hes a forever gm who never gets to play and the second he does he makes a deeply unsatisfied man who has finally been given some control over his life
The comical genius of juxtaposing a high adrenaline scene with casual antique shop chatter cannot be understated.
This series single-handedly pulled me into WoD and I look forward to the next installment.
I run a VTM chronicle and I am in awe at how Speaker D handled that whole sequence so deftly. It's so well paced and manages to strike a perfect balance as it bounced back and forth.
Knowing when to cut back between scenes is a very powerful skill to have. It keeps both the active and passive players e gaged, which is vital.
The gang does an excellent job capturing the vibe of WoD, it’s so much fun to read and play.
I especially love the end to the bit when samson gets the image and Parker goes, "Oh, what is this?😃" and the phone immediately explodes, releasing the rest of the crew.
Same
"The monkey has a deagle." is not a phrase I thought I'd hear when I got up this morning
"monkey with a gun" TM
Deagle Chimp has made me spit out my drink twice so far. He does love that deagle.
When you see Deagle Chimp, it's time to stop asking questions.
OOOOOOOOO!!!! OOOOO-OOO-OOO!!!!!!!!
🔫🐵
i lost my SHIT laughing at this bit
Its so abrupt I burst out laughing and woke up my entire house. It was so grounded, the narration and he said it WITH SUCH CONFIDENCE.
"THE MONKEY HAS A DEAGLE!"
The high school athlete sees a writhing afront to creation and asks, "that's great but how's it gonna help me play basketball."
… The man knows what he wants, and he doesn’t want that eldritch meatball. It ain’t bouncy enough. >)X^D
You'd think he'd be more broken up after having, y'know, _fucking killed_ a dude, even if it was by accident.
@@PeterDivine he just broke his spine. He will be fine.
"We call it a coach."
Excuse me, that's a *college* athlete thank you very much. Way more reasonable response. 😅
The most unbelievable thing about this is that Bill, a conspiracy theorist in Virginia, does not have a firearm in his bug out bag
Probably couldn’t afford one.
The moneky has them all
@@AngryStickBoi So far the monkey has wielded a pump-action shotgun, a 9mm pistol, and now a deagle presumably chambered in .50 action express.
Might be a personal preference. Being paranoid doesn’t always mean prepared for violence. Just looking for the unexpected.
@@fumarc4501 Yeah, but what you gonna do if a gray alien shows up at your door with a TEC-9 after getting your messages from your homemade radar dish putting off a signal you didn't account for and he tells you " MAN I CAN'T THINK NO MORE WITH THAT THING MAKIN' NOISE MAN. GET OUTTA ME HEAD- " - What you gonna do then?
Considering how batshit insane Mage is, I would not be surprised in the slightest if “Magic James” turns out to be Samson from the future time-travelling backwards to become the Basketball Champion his awakening denied him.
That would be one hell of a twist. Or, maybe, it's his father
... Write that down, WRITE THAT DOWN!
@@vivian-alexandrarivers897 "write" that down. "WRITE". Holy hell please, PLEASE stay in school. You desperately need it.
@@elijahgrimm8052 Well you don't have to be a dick about pointing out a typo like that, I was tired.
Bro thats so uncalled for @elijahgrimm8052
It’s hilarious that Sybil has wound up being the most normal person in all of this. Bill was already a conspiracy nut, and is now running around with a gun-toting monkey. Samson hangs around with a bonafide wizard, and is utterly nonplussed by the revelation of the supernatural world in favor of wanting to know who screwed with his Basketball career. Parker looked like a fairly normal guy, who then proceeded to instantly get a god complex and seemingly kill a guy the second he got magic powers.
So we’re left with Sybil, the spindly goth creature. She’s a struggling artist who had a close encounter with the supernatural, and had the very reasonable reaction of being freaked out and hunkering down in her room and asking her friends to bring her snacks.
She didn't really "hunker down" as much as she had to rest to recover from the blood loss.
Odoroshi has a knack for playing relatively "normal" characters, WITHOUT falling into Earndil's usual role of being the logical one, I think.
She doesn't play boring characters when she does this, but they are usually well-adjusted in temperament.
The "crazy girls when they meet actually crazy girls" meme
To be fair parker didn t kill the guy. he did much worse. pretty sure he is still alive and trapped in concrete like in a stasis. Aware of everything but unable to do anything.
Eh seemed justified, dude seemed like a complete douche
Bill and Sybill: kooky nerds with weird interests just stumbling through the situation
Samson: guy so determined to play basketball that he doesn't even care that magic is real
Parker "nice guy antique shop clerk nerd" Knickerbocker: somehow the most likely person to turn evil and try to conquer the world.
Trust me man it’s always the quiet ones… that’s why I’m purposely loud so people don’t suspect me.
Here's hoping Knickerbocker isn't a Nephandus.
@@kaminsod4077 Unlikely. He doesn't seem like someone who already has an inverted avatar, and I doubt he would willingly descend. He's definitely a sadistic motherfucker, but I don't think he would want to destroy the universe.
@kaminsod4077
Ehhh, I doubt it. Widderslainte (Mages who were *born* with a Qlippothic Avatar) usually show signs of their Nephandic influence even before their Awakening. If his obsession with history isn't grounded well enough in time, he *might* step through a Caul and become a Barrabus (a Mage who inverts their Avatar to become Nephandus).
@@GooglyGook12 I love how absolutely incomprehensible your comment is to most people, who probably haven't read the cursed tome that is the mage corebook.
I love how the monkey is basically a Jokaero. He is animal like yet intelligent, tech savvy and can pull guns out of nowhere.
the juggalo parent being incredibly wholesome by both informing sybil of his affairs with the building but also saying that he will not be interfering with what she has going on... chef kiss. so wholesome.
Shout out to "Loud and seemingly scary person, that turns out to be very poilte and nice"-Character archetypes. Must be my favorite gender.
It works really well with what I've seen on insane clown posse, aren't they a similar deal?
@@nobody-pr7fg I can confirm, I can also confirm that they’d adopt the armed monkey in a heartbeat.
@@nobody-pr7fg Google says they are the same.
Juggalo apparently is what the fans of Insane Clown Posse call themselves.
I’ve only known one juggalo, but he was one of the kindest dudes I knew
So far the monkey has wielded a pump-action shotgun, a 9mm pistol, and now a deagle presumably chambered in .50 action express. Where's he getting all these guns?!
@@ChiotVulgaire G-space. It's similar to L-space or Hammer-Space, but only accessible to true gun enthusiasts. America has a particularly weak walls because the high density of gun nuts. So a chimp being able to reach inside the mind's armory shouldn't be surprising.
His arse.
The chimpanzee is an awakened mage
If it helps, in Hunter the Reckoning 5e, one of the sample characters is a mage who materializes firearms from thin air. Soooo…
It's magic, Speaker ain't gotta explain shit
Clippy: "HEY KIDS, WANNA SEE A DEAD BODY?!"
Our Main Protagonists: "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Same energy as "WANNA SEE ME DRINK THIS GUY!?"
*IS THAT A HELLSING ABRIDGED REFFERENCE?!?*
"ARE THESE GUYS FRENCH!!??"
**"Horrified Howling"**
*COMPARTMENTALIZING*
LOVE the way Speaker does jump cuts, just suddenly saying another character's name and they go "AH!"
It's so crisp. Too crisp, I have assumed there was a tidy bit of editing magic in them.
@@DD-th5tu there is some editing but it’s mainly just to add some sound effects and stuff. The less edited version is on Spotify
"There's an explosion, Clippy dies!" Will never not be funny to me.
Shoutout to Mackerre by the way. That intro theme is a MASSIVE earworm and I am DELIGHTED by it.
It's genuinely fantastic.
It truly is!
Friendship ended with Stringstorm. Now mackerre is my favorite artist
@@guardsmanlars6797 you can both.
I promise.
@@Archibaldh1pp0 nah Stringstorm did the irredeemable
Spoiler alert: Alfa DID indeed keep it in
“Does no one give a shit bout sports around here cept me?”
Winchester and Dave: “No.”
💀 😂
Loved this bit!
Bill) Being chased by government agents.
Sybil) On the radar of a vampire likely concerned about a mascarade breach.
Sam) On everyone's radar by being the guy who threw a ball of granite at a guy.
Parker) Along for the ride.
Parker) Voted in highschool "Most likely to become a supervillain."
A couple of chantries might be after Parker for "killing" Cyrus
Sybil was most likely attacked by a Tzimtche or however it's spelt, so I doubt she has to worry about vampire society as a whole. That specific vamp, however, might not be too happy about losing a potential childe/art piece.
@@ryguy9876 Tzimisce
@@vaclavsoukup7302 Carl
"Lemme introduce myself my name's Ringmaster Nasty"
The way I had to just pause the video and sit with myself for a moment. God, yeah, that sure is his name.
Give me eat orange give me YOU🫵
I think Parker may be Trazyn the Infinite in a turtle neck sweater
… -Trench Coat- Concerningly tight fitting turtle neck sweater. >)X^D
@@toryumau6798 True!
The fact that Samson interacts with his flip phone like he would a smart phone, like flicking his thumb to scroll down completely breaks my immersion, how dare you not consider my 90's sensibilities.
just go sit in the corner and commiserate with the basketball fans
He's just subconsciously using his wizard powers on it, obviously
Parker sowing: I AM A GENIUS!!!
Parker reaping: Well this fucking sucks what the fuck
I like that Bill doesn't just default to throwing the monkey at everything.
There are times and places for monkey deployment. Infiltration attempts in public areas are not among them.
But it's perfect for stopping a pursuit across a 4-lane highway.
I cast chimp.
@@korstmahler Very true
SpeakerD: “he’s cooked you a SoU P”
Odo: “a soop”
Mmm... eÄgg
Oooo oooo….monstrone….ooohohahh
good soop
Clippy shall die for the sins of our mages. Also, a monkey is there.
Correction: Clippy shall die *because of the sins of our mages. I don't think that's even a spoiler. Just something to expect going in.
Also, a monkey is there *with a gun.
Hes a _NOBLE_ *APE*
Don't ya ever mix this shit!
The sins of Sybil caused Clippy’s end
I think the most impressive thing about Alfa Busa and Co. the past few years is how I never get disappointed when they upload something that isn’t what I’m the most eager for. I’ll be sitting there, eagerly awaiting new HTP episodes, but then they put out a neat Half Life (secretly GMOD) series, an audiolog of the family, a battle report of a bizarre root vegetable based war game, and now a whole-ass Mage playthrough. And every single one of them has been a hit in their own weird way.
Something that Alfa and Co. really excel at when it comes to their WoD stuff is homing in on that human element to all this bizarre stuff that happens. Over in HTP it’s things like a whodunnit about vampiric infiltration being interrupted by old lovers’ quarrels, or bumping into someone from your old esoteric order at their day job at the 99p store.
Here in NFWG, I think it’s best exemplified in the scene where Whitney is trying to explain things to Samson. You have a woman attempting to make a friend understand the sheer magnitude of what he’s stumbled into, the true nature of reality itself! But she fumbles her words a bit and gets embarrassed, and wishes someone else who was better at speaking was there to handle it. It’s like working in retail and having a customer ask a question you really need the manager to answer, but they’re out on a smoke break and nobody knows where they went.
I wouldn't be surprised if Hulkykrow invested in both the Manifest Avatar and Allies backgrounds, and that monkey is the form it takes. It helped them escape with a Correspondence spell, to a place aligned with his Paradigm and is naturally protective of Bill. Given that he is likely a Virtual Adept, that would make it a literal code monkey.
Whats the spell do? Whats a paradim?
@@Killerrpg123 A paradigm is the personal framework the mage has of reality, which they use to figure out how to do magic.
The Avatar is like a cosmic spirit, which both allows the mage to use magic and drives them to be a better person as they progress. Normally they are incorporeal, or show up through visions, etc. But I think Bill's manifested a physical vessel, which would be the monkey.
CODE MONKEY!!!
as far as I'm aware, the stringsquatch from his prologue is his Avatar
@@rokkraljkolesa9317 Yep, but I think the monkey is its manifest form. You can have a physical Avatar with both those merits, but it needs to be in a form that makes sense in Sleeper society.
We need an animated Parker throwing it back at the petrified statue of a man. Immediately.
... And a slow zoom-in to Cyrus' petrified face of abject horror, unable to look away from this cognito hazard and forever screaming in silence. >)X^D
@@toryumau6798you are EVIL. I love your ideas.
Gotta loop it to Kitten's ring tone from HtP: "Get it! Get it! Get it! Get it!"
the duality of WoD: scooby doo cyber chase alongside antiques roadhouse and it makes perfect immersive sense.
Human language will never be adequate enough to describe how thankful I am for both this channel and every single person that is a part of it
"This is my Daughter"
"WHASSUP FOOL"
Holy shit that made me laugh harder than i would have expected
To anyone new to this series, go back and watch the 4 awakening episodes. They're really vital context to how these characters got started. One might say they're even Quintessential to the experience. ;D
They establish a sort of Paradigm, if you will. They're important if you and the series are to be in Consensus.
Like, legit, go back and watch the Awakenings. They're amazing.
Ahhhhhhh iseewhatyoudidthere.
You really gotta Nephilim/Lahand it to this guy, they know how to land a Joke.
I learned about that word through comments and now I understand that this is very funny
I really love the absolute whiplash of parker getting into this dark vibe of petrifying a horrid enemy, realizing an empowering potential and believing that he is a "chosen one" in such a way that almost gives him a god complex... and then suddenly the fucking scooby-doo cast zap into his shop that are basically in the same boat as him;
Amazing episode, stellar storytelling from speakerD and great performance from the players, thank you ogre poppenang and co!
A word of warning. None of you are ready for what’s about to happen, none of you are.
YOU ARE NOT PREPARED
Hah!, _normies_
@@The_loathsome_Dung_Eater1 That's the point, Illidan! Being prepared means somebody spoiled the story to me, silly!
@@Stefano.M i gave you one youtube credit point for catching on the reference so quick
So...an average game of Mage then?
I'm gonna call it right now, Clippy is an agent of the Wyrm.
Semi unrelated but I think Samson's mom’s got a case of Wyrm taint
Clippy is probably part of an NWO info gathering operation. I love that in the context of WoD I can say that and not immediately be called a schizo
Agreed
I would've thought he was connected to the Weaver but that's also possible.
Ehhhhh, the spider like beings that attack them later kinda makes me feel like the clipster wanted some stagnation.
Many people have pointed out the talent, but I gotta point out the technical side of the show. The production level is OUT OF THIS WORLD! It is not too distracting, very thematic and masterfully composited/arranged! Props to you guys and definitely setting the plank for all the other actual play shows.
I look forward to the CORRESPONDENCE + MIND spell [Motion of the JuggalOcean] which transports someone to the Dark Carnival mentally until they complete a quest within it.
That is an amazing idea.
As someone who is neither familiar with Juggalos nor the World of Darkness, I'm not sure which one the Dark Carnival is from but honestly it seems like it could easily be either one.
@@roguedruid
Fun fact: it's both.
I am stealing that for a chronicle. Well done!
@@Zero_01084 Make sure to go the full Pinnocio & Island of Misfit Children. The target gets a cursed invite to a rave/party/kegger somewhere isolated. Touching the invite doesn't activate it, setting out to go there does.
I appreciate that whenever Samson raises his voice in-character you can hear THE GREAT AND MIGHTY KEVIN start creeping his way into his delivery.
The Digital Web was created by Alan Turing, the British Mathematican who helped decode the Nazi encryptions (Yes, he Awakened in the World of Darkness).
The Digital World or Digital Web in WoD is tied to the Umbra, so theoretically, Werecreatures "can" enter it. A vampire, on the other hand, has a snowball chance in Hell of escaping.
Now I can just picture a werewolf falling into a computer and being very confused.
I mean, isn't entering the digital web via the Umbra part of the Glasswalkers' whole shtick?
@@hectorryan7591 Si. It is mostly the Glass Walkers who can do it but any Fera with enough Magical knowhow can do it.
@@nalrashido would be totally badass for a W:tA vidya to be about that kinda action
You say no chance of escaping, which just make me imagine a vampire getting thrown in by a mage and being stuck living in it. I’m telling you that must be what computer virus really are, trapped vampires draining your cpu and spreading the curse to your computer programs!
Well, this does take place in 2006… *ahem*
“Oh my god! They killed clippy”
@@MatthewCSnow You bar-stewards!
Wider society will collapse!
I can't believe they had the balls to kill off clippy
(Giggles in Basic kill code)
Hail the heroes of humanity!
Sybil: Is that a monkey?
Bill: HE'S GOT A GUN!
**BLAM!** **BLAM!**
I love the hellboy reference!
@@fleshdadbot6852 Thanks! ☺
When i see hell boy reference i hit Like
@@HeartOfNull Thanks!😁
This was the best fucking thing ever.
This gives me a newfound appreciation of TTRPGs (not that I didn't appreciate them before, but you know, newfound, *awakened*, perhaps) and I am so looking forward to my copy of MTA.
Follow the monke. Trust the monke. HE KNOWS!
He will find the answers or something interesting... Maybe even cheese who knows?
… Monke Sees; Monke Knows. [ Nods Knowingly ] >)B^]
Immaculate thumbnail
praise beyond words for thy thumbnail
literally peak
Peak
They sadly changed the immaculate thumbnail.
@@RoseAltro noooooooo
Ok so basically
1) Bill's monke is epic
2) Parker is on Demon Time
3) Samson needs a refund on his spells
4) and Sybil just needs a fucking spa day man, the juggalos were probably the point where she realized she needs to Foken Sleiep M8
Weaknesses: federal agents.
That implies guns, physical injury, torture, interrogation, psyops, bureacratic loops?
Nope. He’s immune to those things, but the existence of federal agents prevent him from achieving godhood.
(Mostly joking haven’t watched it)
This is more of a narrative weakness, given how there are federal agents on Bill's tail...
So long as he doesn't start talking about land reform he should be ok
Probably PSTD response due to dealing with legimate MIB that killed his friends and captured him.
@@waterpicker6879 post stress traumatic disorder?
I mean that does make sense...
"The monkey HAS a DEagle" is my new favourite line from this
I guess it makes sense that the weaver likes the WORLD WIDE WEB.
Si the Weaver in Mage the Ascension and Werewolf the Apocalypse represents Stasis, Science, Order, Technology and so on. She is the Primal Manifestation of Order in Werewolf but Mages see her as the Physical Incarnation of Stasis in the Metaphysic Trinity.
The Technocracy reveres her due to her ultimate goal creating perpetual Order. The Weaver has three Incarna: The Machine (the manifestation of her gift of Technology), the Patriarch (the manifestation of Dogma), and Science (the manifestation of Science)
@@nalrashido
Hm. You'd think the latter two Incarna would contradict.
@@festethephule7553You shouldn't think that.
There is a ridiculous amount of overlap
It’s easier to not think about it and just assume that even the metaphysical aspects of this world are hypocrites. Well intentioned or otherwise.
So . . .
A conspiracy theorist cryptid hunter with a monkey and a Goth struggling artist walk into the internet
Meanwhile . . .
A disgraced college basketball player walks into a skinny smart mans store
Never expected that the artist, a chimp and the conspiracy theorist would have such a good vibe together.
Couldn't stop laughing for the entire antique store phone incident, couldn't hope for a better gm than speaker D for this series
Ringmasta Nasty was surprisingly considerate.
Juggalos be like that.
Juggalos are surprisingly cool.
God, i don't know who else could make me so invested in a story set in the universe i literally know nothing about in the language i don't speak. It's such an intense story lined with a comedy gold and every character is so charming and loveable. I've been saying this about HTP and now i feel the same about NWG. This is overwhelming in the best way possible. Amen
you know I was wondering how things would go in a campaign without SpeakerD's beautifully chaotic character in the party. I am pleasantly surprised to see that him being behind the DM screen means that every single NPC can be a SpeakerD work of unhinged art. also Odo's tiny squeak of "stop" at the mention of Jugglettes is priceless
edit: the wine the dad has, it's the wine from the commercial that Orson Wells got absolutely hammered making
Gotta say, love SpeakerD's norfolk design here, how the goofy red avatar was turned into a creepy floating head/mask in the mirrow, it just feels adequate to the story.
SpeakerD was always some strange flesh creature I perfer the clay theater mask
i have been obsessed with this + the awakening vids for like a week straight, the RP and storytelling on display is absolutely SCRUMPTIOUS... singlehandedly convinced me to actually look in to learning how to play WoD, lol. 10/10, goth critter Sybil is my favorite, but everyone at the table is like their own unique 5-star buffet of strange idiosyncrasies and enthralling chemistry and insane wizardry, love it!!!
"This is not a system in the game, this is just funny."
Those are the best systems in any RPG. xD
Motion of the Jugallocean
God, I hope that monkey's gun changes EVERY time. Finally catching up with this series, the editing and animation quality is top notch and appreciated.
Delusions vindicated, hopes and dreams shattered, the horrors of modernity, the wonders of history... and the Monkey with a gun.
We're breaking out the archetypal compass with this one!
After a poorly scheduled double shift, that is.. TT
I was not prepared. Not in the slightest. My compass is shattered and stained with Faygo.
The way SpeakerD interjects the monkey into scenes is genius, first it makes you laugh then everyone is fearing for their lives!
SpeakerD is an awesome dm
I love Fred's part in this. Serious and foreboding with a great descriptive flow. His paced reality grounding moments really amplify the hillarious whiplash back to chaotic Hulky&Odo shenannigans. The grounding really helps with the feeling of it being a real place and a building a feeling of serious concerning and creeping dread.
Such a good contrast of feelings, pacing and moments created by these different approaches making an emotional rollercoaster. Props to SpeakerD weaving it all together!
I have to say , I found this channel while in the Barracks. Me and the guys used to laugh at TTS all the time. I didn’t know where yall were gonna take the channel but this is amazing and I hope yall keep it up. Cause after all these years yall are still keeping us rolling laughing 😆!
I love how Bill and Sybil were trauma bonding over their world being turned upside down
Antiques Roadshow Time
Scooby doo Cyberchase go crazy
A fantastic and apt summary. Lmao
I need to find my copy of Neuromancer
Antiques Mageshow
The fact this takes place in 2006 means that we're just one year too early to have a fight with Hatsune Miku.
"I'm Sybil. I'm a person, believe it or not."
She's my favourite
She's so adorable and cheeky I can hardly take it.
"Thought you were talking about the news, not sports." I like this bouncer.
The Assassination of Clippy by the Coward Sybil Innswood.
Man whatever it is you guys commit to, it becomes gold , I and my son are still fans from way back and are still cheering you guys on . Keep up the amazing work! I'm dedicated to whom I support always .keep winning brother .
This is absolutely fantastic. Been a fan of Vampire the Mascarad for awhile now and have really wanted to see more media from the other WoD materials. The performances, production value, and shear care put into this shows and shines. DEEPLY invested in the story and thoroughly looking forward to seeing more from our new mages and watching Parker the Infinite expand the Knickerbocker Galleries. . .
I just love Bill and Sybil's little arms flailing about as they fall in the digital web, they're so sillyyyy
I've had a hard time listening to TTRPG podcasts for a long time now but oh my gosh both Narrative Declaration and Norfolk Wizard Game have such a vibe I can absolutely get behind, this is SOOO fun I cannot wait for more.
2:16:33 "This feels like reading Neuromancer while Antiques Road Show is playing on the TV." Quote of the video.
I can't wait for this epilogue with Karl. I hope his many warcrimes are still unaccounted for.
Listening to the post credits, it's good to know that a DM as fucking amazing as Speaker is, still gets imposter syndrome and nerves.
Samson: "I do not want Magic. I Want BASKETBALL, ALWAYS!!!!"
Major respect for the texting bit in the last third. Genius, 11/10 Storyteller move.
"In this episode, Speaker pronounces 'demesne' wrong"
Thank you Karl, I was worried nobody would mention that.
As always, your service is impeccable.
I'm absolutely in *AWE* at SpeakerD solution for pulling the team together (and in general, honestly). Absolutely brilliant.
Loud clap all around, and I CANT WAIT for next episode
He's absurdly talented in just about everything.
This is hands down the greatest piece of content I’ve ever seen on this website. Thank you guys so much for the passion and dedication to this project
SALSA VERDE & ALIEN GUY VS PAPERCLIP
WHO WILL WIN???
The monke with a shotgun
Acceptable levels of 'am I on drugs'. Well done, 10/10
Missed opportunity to have Samson say he hates mondays
I don't know how spicy of a take this is but Parker is absolutely my favorite one to watch, that calm fury he spoke when Samson and Bill were fighting since shivers. And the character defining line "none will care for history the way I will" goes hard.
SpeakerD is an incredible story teller, i had a inkling about this all the way from warhams episode 0, the way he described, voiced, and how much soul he puts into everything. SpeakerD, and all of people collaborating on this, rotgrind, and alfabusa projects, are simply incredible people, the real da Vinci-s , Picassos, and other ancient masters of arts, of the current era.
Simply incredible, i lack words
The juggalos really made this episode pop off
I absolutely loved the backforths between the antique shop and the internet free fall scene, the bavkground music for the shop made it all the more hilarious
Well, this certainly beats: "You meet in a tavern because only one table was free"
This whole bit was like watching antiques roadshow, Matrix trilogy, and Scooby Doo Adventures having a shared acid trip, and I am enjoying the whole ride!
why is all the content produced on this channel so high quality? really a fantastic confluence of talent
passionate creators funded by passionate fans
the switching from calm Samson and Parker to Matrix insanity with Bill and Sybil is too funny
I really really appreciate the player-gm banter at the end, love hearing both sides of a tabletop, the fantastical events and the real feelings behind them.
SpeakerD's "Let the game begin" hits *so goddamn hard*. I love this man's sense of drama and presentation.
I’ve bin waiting for this one Let’s goo!
P.s the og title of the audiolog was Oh god, Clippy is DEAD.
Some madmen said that it can't be killed... I dont trust dat spindly bastard
Bill and Parker, these two are such amazing characters and quite opposite to each other.
It makes me want to see them solve problems together.