Oxventure Blades in the Dark | THE HORRORS OF CASTLE WISENSHIRE | Season 2 Episode 5
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It's amazing to think that a few years ago, Mike had no clue what a role-playing game really was, and now he's a spectacular role player.
He is really good at it
Only Barnaby would manage to take level 2 harm and lose a small fortune before the episode has even really started 🤣
Would of been surprising though how easy it happened and he didn’t learn the first time 😂🤣😂🤣 If it wasn’t idiot in best way Mike playing Barnaby
And then bust his ankle, via a huge prat fall, and still litrally walk away harm free!
I rewatched the very first episode recently and I think Barnaby, having taken level 2 damage by over indulging, and then taking another level 2 falling thru the roof, may have actually been close to dying. I might be wrong, but I was definitely scared for him when that fall happened!
@@MCTicTac Nothing bad has ever happened to Barnaby in his life and that's not going to change now.
Surprised the mugger didn't take Barnaby's coat
In which Luke has to find a way to repeatedly say that this castle smells strongly of old people but without saying it in a way that gives up the goat.
He could have just said there are bowls full of Werther's Original.
😂 just check in any draw if there's none on the side
*Barnaby* : "I'm sure the reclusiveness has nothing to do with the secret society!"
*Narrator later* : "And to Barnaby's greatest surprise, it *wasn't.* It was something much worse."
"Six and a half foot of pure butler, bursting at the seams of his uniform" is some absolutely chef's-kiss-worthy narration 😂👏🏼
That is a far more smoldering thumbnail than I was prepared for today. Give me a moment...
frankly I'm shook and will need more than a minute ty.
Butcher me Barnaby
Barnaby is...
Wow
It really does go hard though.
As a straight (introverted) male, it is only now I understand what people mean when they say "we exchanged looks across the bar"
All thanks to this thumbnail XD
I love the bit where Luke is listing all the ways Zillah can gain bonuses and dice in the desperate hope of not having her torn limb from limb by the Bloodborne Opening Wolf.
It feels like a really long time since anyone has asked for a devil's bargain; even johnny hasn't in a while and iirc *they* used them a lot to avoid taking so much stress.
@@haravikk And you can see from the curse damage how well that devil's bargain abstinence has worked out for them.
@@haravikk I don't mean to be that guy but Johnny goes by They/Them pronouns now, sorry if this comes across as dick-ish 😊
@@Mr_J_Ralph Not at all, absolutely a mistake on my part! Usually I get it right but sadly until my evil plan reaches its culmination, I am forced to remain only human. 😄
@@haravikk you should try and speak to Jane about that, I'm fairly sure she has something in the works 😂
It's going to remain my headcanon that at the end, Super Saiyan Zillah tossed the goats onto the driver's seat of the carriage and towed it all the way home herself, leaving a trail of dust in her wake.
Headcanon accepted!
…At least by me. I can perfectly picture that scene in my mind. :P
I love this, and can totally see Barnaby trying to share a drink with the goats inside the carriage.
Like Hercules from the Disney animated movie 🤣
Luke's storytelling is truly top notch, especially how he left out clues without actually steering the PCs too obviously... This one is so creepy and I love it.
He does have great practise from reading spooky stories on his own UA-cam channel.
@Noah Sheehan Funnily enough it’s just called Luke Westaway
who would have known that Barbaby's enticing thumbnail with his collar raised is really just him in his cone of shame lol
Mike plays barnaby so well it’s always a joy to see him in character. Lol
Luke's history with gothic horror tales really shined through here
Zillah slayed a demon. She'll be a regular Belmont before long.
Well the ritual did make her demi-goddess like instead of just nearly superhuman
Jane gets too many god modes when they play ttrpgs. Also she said that the demon retreated, so no slaying here.
@@razgriz821 they all do really. It's beer and pretzel style ttrpg with an emphasis on comedy. Like a ttrpg sitcom really. Everything's gotta return to a baseline in the end. I believe they have yet to realize that a character death isn't that likely to tank the show. Although there's also the cost angle of a character death. New art for a new character will have to be commissioned, a new costume will have to be produced, and we don't really know how long they actually spend creating a character. With their other responsibilities, it could take em a month.
i can't believe that Barneby overindulged twice to clear stress he never even needed to clear to begin with because it was low
yeah watching them still not get the rules is kinda painful to watch. and I didn't even read the rules until after they started playing. however I still prefer these videos over something like critical role. these guys seem like they're having more fun
Oh come on, it's absolutely within Barnaby's character traits to do something completely unnecessary and ridiculous that makes everything worse for himself! 😆
@@dee... a few weeks ago Zillah tried to clear 1 stress. Against all odds she succeeded but still.
@@dee... Luke didn't call him a glorious liability for nothing.
They need to start some extended projects, because without them they all end up trying to clear stress just so they use their downtime actions even when they don't need to
I really like the variety of heists we've had so far this season, as well as getting to see the full spectrum of Blades in the Dark lore - from steampunk inventions to vampires.
Nothing more scary than listening to something in the background before suddenly "Who says we use Cyrus's blood" when your name is Cyrus.
I used to be a Yeoman at a Renaissance Faire and I was named Barnaby, so the name trips me up sometimes.
Oh come now, Cyrus, you had a good innings!
@@dee... Nooooo my friend
Tbh i absolitely love the way the gang treats barnaby. They all know hes incredibly rich, all their money trouble could be solved in a minute. Yet they all absolutely accept that barnaby is doing this for fun and isnt a career criminal lol
I was soooo convinced Barnaby accidently told the lads to use HIM. XD
Luke: I really like the boldness of this plan.
Also Luke, moments later: Is this particularly bold or daring? No, I don't think so.
😂
Overindulging does actually clear all of your stress - I remember that distinctly because a character in my campaign lost his vice purveyor after the first score due to it
Edit: Nine stress also clears your stress and gives you a point of trauma - it isn't nine plus one to tip you over
Was just gonna ask the hive mind about it, I can't see anything in the book about not clearing the stress. It says "if you clear more stress levels than you had marked, you overindulge". I take that to mean that you still clear the stress.
@@veselinnedkov643 if your over-indulged i swear you would not be stressing - in life and not a rulebook 🙂
Ooh! Barnaby and Zillah is such a fun combo
Especially since they seem to have a relationship like Jane and Mike where Barnaby gets on Zillah’s nerves 😂🤣😂🤣 but she’ll rescue him from a baddie
Pure chaos
Except last time we had this duo, Barnaby got kidnapped by the Dimmer Sisters.
I love how much Barnaby is basically Bruce Wayne if he was an idiot lmaooo
Bruce Wayne except he’s not secretly Batman
I love the way Mike plays Barnaby, what a great character.
Here I was thinking the castle was (once) Necropolis-on-the-Sea.
Ooh! That would’ve been fun! But I think it’s on a different landmass, or the other side of one, relative to Volisport.
@@Storyman09 yeap... it's a fare distance from what i can recall from memory
1:40:35 okay, that clinched it, Mike = MVP! That whole "I see that Zillah is about to fight a god, so I tick a box of load [at this point I'm getting excited, thinking Mike has some big-brain, outside-the-box idea to solve this problem...] to take another drink and pull out another hip flask." Freaking killed me! I'm done! It doesn't get better than that.
That is a sultry Barnaby right there.
This is just the best series ever. I love how no matter what Barnaby does, success for failure, it always fits his character believably. Such a great series!
that was so well played, loved all the role playing choices. but most importantly BARNABY'S COAT SURVIVED A WHOLE EPISODE!!!!!
The coat he was *wearing,* maybe - but what of the coat(s) left behind in the abandoned steamer trunk in his guest room at the castle?
Perhaps falling through the roof tore it somehow lol (to keep up with the tradition)
Zilla was covered in the gore and viscera of a defeated demon lord when she picked Barnaby up to cheese it… Just saying, probably not _great_ for Barnaby’s coat.
Love the image of Zillah hanging from one arm and trying to read the diary one handed. Every London commuter who has every tried to read a book on the tube recognised that pose.
I love that for the "oohwee we gots a demon and a cult" quest, they brought the puncher and the drinker. I love ghost puncher characters
GHOST PUNCHA!
PUNCHER OF GHOSTS!
I love how the moral lesson is ‘Hey, maybe this Blood Ritual thing isn’t all that bad actually.’
Love how luke said he loved the boldness of barnaby just going straight into the house of his brightener uncle and requesting a visit, and then not adding the "particularly bold or daring" dice on the engagement roll.
I am waiting for the day when Jane runs a game of Call of Cthulhu or Vampire: The Masquerade.
Or when Andy runs a game of 7th Sea.
Blood Oceans.
@@BlackMoonHowls Pardon?
well. this is probably gonna be fun. we got punchy and talky teaming up again. lets hope this time goes smoother than the last.
I really love how Mike plays Barnaby.
On a side note, it is fun seeing you guys put together, mostly, what is going on while playing your characters as if they haven't put the pieces together at all.
I like the thought of Barnaby getting punched by the same person two nights in a row.
This is so giving me Lovecraftian vibes, and Darkest Dungeon with the mansion and dubious Ancestor.
Bravo to Luke, the atmosphere is amazing.
I was thinking Luke had been getting into the Bloodborne again.
Luke read a whole bunch of horror stories on his personal UA-cam channel, so he's a pro at this.
Mike's dating profile pic somehow ends up on the thumbnail.
(clicks skyrocket)
You’re not wrong lol
He's looking like the Dos Equis guy
I feel like the moment Zilla jumped out to attack a god with 8 stress should have been the age old classic GM moment of "are you sure?" in a serious tone
I mean, what was she supposed to do? The situation had gotten more than a bit out of hand. As they tend to… With Barnaby around. 😅
Like with fellow basically near demi-goddess Lilith since she basically chose a Thor-esque power up would of been foolish if she wasn’t able to become like a goddess too
I mean the ex machina Luke had pull out of nowhere to save Zillah was plain as day! And the sacrafice dude died anyway. But yes you're right. Rock and hard place. Barnaby will create chaos wherever he goes 😂
When I saw the look on Luke's face right around then, I did wonder if he was thinking something along the lines of "Dear god, how am I going to get us out of this one safely?" But he kept it together brilliantly. I was so relieved that Zillah thought to pull out that mirror shard and gave them both something to work with.
@@dominicberesford-webb2603 i think the mirror room could've been a hint, these are all people who sacrifice on a monthly basis to look good, why were all mirrors in that room? And why were some smashed? My gm's wouldve put this in as a hint is all I'm saying.
What tragedy will befall Barnaby's coat this week?
Since they had to leave Barnaby’s luggage behind, I can only assume it was full of his finest clothes.
Zilla was pretty freshly blood covered when she grabbed Barnaby and ran, so I assume it’s spattered in blood and ruined. Probably smells like a musty, old castle too.
those dots in sway are doing something
Flashback: I think that fox is coming onto me.
I’m really amused that Barnaby managed to take two level two harm and then clear them all in the same episode. Talk about blind squirrels finding acorns….
This episode is exactly why I want oxtra to do some call of cthulhu, I know they are busy but I can have dreams
Oooh! It’s another Barnaby heist! Excellent!
:-D
And Zilla too, yeah? Barnaby should be careful, last time it was a Barnaby-Zilla situation he got got by a pair of spooky sisters… As Barnaby and Zilla presumably heist in a… spooky… castle…
*Oh dear.*
So my theory is he was saving the chaotic energy up from not being in the Hitman stream. The Full Mike Energy Charge Pack is fully operational huh.
Shame Kasimir didn't come and get his crippling injury cured lol. Wonder how he'll feel about that.
Lol 😂 He’ll probably be pleased but jealous the ritual beefed up Zillah even closer to a demi-goddess
I have to say I am loving season two. I look forward to seeing how season two shakes out and what/if season 3 happens what comes of it. I look forward to zilla becoming able to cast magic or edvard accidently becoming a necromancer making wonderful mechanical undead.... the possiblitys are endless!
Well its a good thing Zillah killed off that demon god.
Between Kasimir and Edvard, they would have fired their vet, and just taken the heat for monthly sacrifices.
My take at 38:25 is that Barnaby is a normal man in a room full of vampires (thank you, Julia). Now to see if I'm correct.
I got that reference 🥰
Me too! ^^
Ah, a fellow drawfee fan.
I would argue they technically didn't kill anybody that time. The cult sent out a sacrifice and the demon killed them, which apparently happens monthly?, and would have happened whether our crew was there or not. The heat, if any, should be on them.
Not finished watching yet but they were either in the castle or were seen entering not long before the death so I imagine the guards would still want to look into them.
It’s gain 2 heat if killing was at all involved rather than if the crew do it. Also, it would make up for the guy Lilith lightning stuck last week.
Both true, but in the rpg world building spirit of the concept of being wanted by the police, it seems unlikely they would be connected to anything, seeing that the spirit wardens rarely come out there for deaths anyway, and the man who died was a 95yo recluse who lived in the castle for years, and the obviously frequent deaths in this place mean that if they were seen around there, which I don't recall they really were, they were more likely intended to be killed rather than to kill. I don't think the bluecoats would ever look into them for this. And the guy Lilith struck last week was also a double of a reclusive man who still has more copies, so did he even really die? Although that did happen right in the middle of a city street. But to each his own interpretation of course.
Cyrus had a good innings, they shouldn't take heat for his death 😆
It's important there was some serious consequence to that 4 on attacking a *demon*, for the general game to work. I'll take two heat over level 3 harm (if Zillah had been hit instead of Cyrus) or trauma (from resisting the harm with no stress left) any day!
This might be my favorite episode yet! I’m a bit sad Barnaby didn’t turn into a vampire. Zillah is living her best Hitman/Lara Croft life being a badass, love it. Luke did an incredible job with this episode.
Please tell me we will get more seasons, this can’t possibly be the end, right?
Also, Fontleroy (sp?)… this couldn’t possibly be the same manor from Necropolis on Sea? Hmm…
Since they genuinely seem to enjoy playing blades as much as we do watching. Don’t see why it won’t return next year 🙂
Volisport is already a place in Geth (distinct and distant from Necropolis on Sea). But I did wonder about the Fauntleroy connection too.
@@dee... I feel like Luke is connecting Oxventure D&D and BitD somehow, can’t wait to see how it pans out
1:42:35
Me, stressfully snacking while watching:
HECK EVEN I'M STRESSED, NOW
(Also Barnaby and Zillah are such a fun combo)
Barnaby melting more than ice with tht look there...good grief...
I can only see Mike as Egbert holding a juice box.
I'm about a half way through, and decided to pause just to inform you that this is a perfect episode to listen to during a thunderstorm.
Also, I love how committed Mike is to the clueless posh person character that is Barnaby. Great roleplaying while still keeping the story going forward.
If there's one thing missing in this session, is the sound of thunder and scared horses Everytime the name of the castle is mentioned.
*scared goats.
I love the running gag of Luke being a voice in their head
Luke going Bloodborn was the horror I did not know I needed.
A really good one. Barnaby and Zilla failing forward with glory is just amazing. Thank you!
I’m really enjoying that we get to see Volisport’s more spooky side this season.
38:56 - Considering how Zillah's backstory is having a family to support, I gladly present the headcanon that her peak PJ layout is due to doing it for her younger siblings so many times.
Which is so wholesome, that in the posh world, something as sweet and humble as that is seen with great reputation.
The biggest take away from this episode: W.W.L.D. - What Would Lilith Do
am i the only one that thought this was going to be one of those parties where all the rich people eat the poor?
14:15 When describing the painting of the castle, I was expecting it to include a wedding scene with a tabaxi chasing a cockatrice. Alas, no.
Just checked “Wedded Redemption”, the wedding was at the Featherby place rather than the Fortescue one.
I can't believe i doubted Mike's ability to play a Barnaby at the beginning, now Barnaby is my favorite character!
Any bets on whether Barnaby is getting kidnapped again at the end of this one?
If that happens he may end up with a trauma for Zillah missions
I vote yes
After their last mission together, I'm placing No bets lol
This is honestly better than anything on Netflix or amazon prime.
I was kind of expecting that Barnaby would be the one to be sacrificed when he started going on about the benefits of noble blood.
I can't wait to see what happens to Barnaby's coat this episode
Oddly they didn't mention it.
That IS weird.
"Industrial strength poke-around"
"Is that your favourite... haunt?" Barnaby is such a wonderful character.
So all caught up from season one episode one.
Looking forward to more shenanigans.
With the Isle of Sgàil meets Zillah in Elden Ring vibes and Barnaby’s arc, this might be my favorite so far.
The butler feels a bit like a reincarnation of Henry Charles Fauntleroy Stripworth Colqhoun III At-your-service
Barnaby; Who is _amazed_ that I only have two--
Me: legs. Ha ha
Barnaby: nipples
Me: (spits out cereal milk)
Aaaand we're off!
Getting some strong Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court vibes
I love it
I think that zillah has actually gained a trauma if I’m not misreading the rules 😂
She came close since her stress was 9 😂 But she did have to change into her demi-goddess form to fight a evil demi-god
@@oxfanblink4115 I think 9 is maxed out stress. You get trauma at 9 stress, if I'm not mistaken.
When you overindulge you in fact clear all your stress.
1:30:55 - Barnaby having a moral crisis.
1:31:15 - Jane, your Prudence is showing.
I demand WWLD merch!!!😆
(What Would Lilith Do?)
The Butler should have been Henry Charles Fauntleroy Stripworth Colquhoun The Third At Your Service.
Would have been so funny .
It would have probably been Henry Charles Fauntleroy Stripworth Colquhoun the Thirteenth At Your Service as it would have been an ancestor
Erasmus Simes, Erasmus Astor... 'Erasmus' is the name of not good guys in Luke's games, huh? lol
also, Percival Fauntleroy? hmm....
I cannot help but feel personally attacked somehow xD
@@rasmusn.e.m1064 just don't add an e in front of your name XD
And Cyrus? Being crushed by a demon, or blasted off a cliff...
Barnaby went full Chad in that thumbnail
I love the way Mike plays Barnaby, he just so easily slips into the role
Anyone else thinking that the way the speech talked about humanity, combined with the fact that every humanoid is a human (or, very rarely, a demon), implies that the other races of Geth were wiped out when magic began to be drained from the world?
How does this keep getting better??
Lilith the Ghost Assassin, and now Zillah the Demon-Slayer, whos next?
Barnaby the spirit drinker!
That sultry look in the thumbnail /swoon
Barnaby got that pay to win lifestyle
This just keeps getting stronger and better... amazing!
I wonder if the mirror thing was actually planned by luke or just him adjusting and being considerate to jane?
Barnaby and Zillah take on Hotel California… I mean Hotel Transylvania… I mean Castle Wisenshire
Don't feel bad for Cyrus, he had a good innings. I'm sure falling onto an alter and getting torn in half by a demon wouldn't hurt _that_ much. He was just being dramatic!
Zillah doing her best 47 at Dartmoor.
What a great episode! Zillah absolutely tanking that blood-wolf demon (we see you, Bloodborne easter egg), Barnaby in his social element. Luke clearly having fun with the gothic aspects and storytelling. Thanks so much for the lovely episode!
This was my favorite 2 person episode so far! Hilarious combo. Absolutely love Mikes commitment to do what Barnaby would, (usually).
I wonder what the heavy thing was, that the uncle wanted to give Barnaby... It can't just be the red robe? Those can be heavy, but so heavy, that they had to bring an extra large trunk?
Since Zillah was their first choice of sacrifice, I think it was just a lie to get Barnaby to bring a sacrifice.
@@AngryAragami hm. I didn't think of that. Makes sense.
Was just an enticement for Barnaby to bring a young, strong, servant to sacrifice...the maid even said noone leaves the castle.
I suppose a large trunk would be a great place to put a body once all the blood is drained.
I'm an hour in and my every instinct is screaming at them to get the hell out of there
Lmao I think only Zillah can match Barnaby's wavelength
Gods I love this series so much, I wanna draw stuff from it so badly