D&D Story: Hopeful or Helpless?

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  • @DingoDoodles
    @DingoDoodles  2 роки тому +802

    WE GOT A DISCORD!! So you can go discuss and shit: bit.ly/3SCX9Mf
    Well time for more angst and more decisions.
    I don't know if you guys can tell, but at this point in the campaign each of us were feeling the anxiety at the table with every session :'D
    This episode really kicked my ass. I think it’s because it’s the end of the year and I’m pretty tired. I’m off for the rest of December then I can get back at it in January for episode 29 :’3
    RIDE THE WAVE OF DRAMA MY FRIENDS BECAUSE THAT’S DND SOMETIMES!!
    Happy holidays and keep safe out there

    • @rempsa
      @rempsa 2 роки тому +6

      I cant wait for the next part

    • @shanewarrior2507
      @shanewarrior2507 2 роки тому +4

      you totally deserve the break!

    • @grandcommander1140
      @grandcommander1140 2 роки тому +4

      Can i feel a romance in the air perhaps? Ya' know between Mr. Jack and Miss Mesika

    • @jeffmcbuckets2780
      @jeffmcbuckets2780 2 роки тому +1

      @@grandcommander1140 for sure!

    • @agentk5991
      @agentk5991 2 роки тому +3

      NO! DON'T GET ME IMMERSED THEN LEAVE!! AAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHH!
      Edit: this was amazing 👏. Your storytelling is something I aspire to. I hope you and Felix are doing well. Take care :)

  • @matakm8749
    @matakm8749 2 роки тому +2573

    "Stella's Children have decided to use their empathy instead."
    (10 seconds later)
    "so a lot of people... starved"
    "Eh, what ca you do, happens."

    • @orsolyafekete7485
      @orsolyafekete7485 2 роки тому +355

      Well, they only said they use their empathy, not that they are good at it

    • @kalypso4133
      @kalypso4133 2 роки тому +166

      They have a point though. It was an inevitability. When there is no food, people die. Does it suck? Sure, but feeling bad doesn't make it so it didn't happen. In hard times, empathy is worse for you. It does nothing but hurt you, over and over. Can easily cause severe depression.

    • @bernatsaenz5100
      @bernatsaenz5100 2 роки тому +68

      She never said they were good with the empathy stuff.

    • @knightmare6229
      @knightmare6229 2 роки тому +43

      Ehhh they are trying.

    • @Nerdnumberone
      @Nerdnumberone 2 роки тому +65

      @@kalypso4133 Also this is ancient history. Foreclaimers might live long enough that some lived through it, but after a couple of centuries you get over it.

  • @thatgirllll1133
    @thatgirllll1133 2 роки тому +1772

    I love the contrast of:
    Episode 1: Sips accidentally does wacky Hijinx during drunk karaoke
    Episode 28: The group gets torn as Sips is committed to carry out the will of an ancient artificial god inhabiting his body, as Gothi struggles to convince him to not commit genocide against her people

    • @Starfloofle
      @Starfloofle 2 роки тому +77

      that's dnd for ya!

    • @gilgameshdevourerofworldsg4101
      @gilgameshdevourerofworldsg4101 2 роки тому +92

      @@Starfloofle yeah dnd is weird, like I made a criminal character who went from picking pockets for extra cash and only helping the party cause there was money involved to blowing up the hideout of a Mafia and killing several gang leaders cause they hurt a child.

    • @IslandFenix
      @IslandFenix 2 роки тому +51

      It's almost like JRPG:
      Level 1: Kill rats to stop them from eating the inn's food stores
      Level 99: Kill a god to protect all of existence from being erased. 🤣

    • @LordOfLove69
      @LordOfLove69 2 роки тому +40

      Session 1:
      "Hehe lmao, I'm gonna hit my teammate cause its funny"
      Session 24:
      "... I need to kill him... He's become... Something else"

    • @isabelleneckel1153
      @isabelleneckel1153 2 роки тому +18

      Session 1: alley cat Tabaxi stowing away on a ship in a barrel (for 2 weeks apparently, found this out later) to “start a new life off the streets”
      Session 30 or so: elven undercover agent has memory suppression and Tabaxi transformation fading while the rest of the party is liberating a village from the elves
      My character died two sessions later and the only option for resurrection made me not an elf, so I just made a new character. It’s a shame, I really wanted to play it out.

  • @ethanemerson4862
    @ethanemerson4862 2 роки тому +7401

    If Xanu can’t have empathy for Stella’s Children, then he’s no better then the old society.

    • @gamershadow8
      @gamershadow8 2 роки тому +660

      EXACTLY...lets just hope that sips makes the RIGHT decision

    • @meekyocrann6506
      @meekyocrann6506 2 роки тому +75

      True

    • @misaka-342
      @misaka-342 2 роки тому +5

      Looks like he have empathy.
      BUT he is a psycho.
      Cares for himself and Guthi, but not for anybody else.

    • @nananutdreamers4644
      @nananutdreamers4644 2 роки тому +290

      Lmao me reading comments before vid "who the f*ck is stella-"

    • @connortg5
      @connortg5 2 роки тому +353

      he really is just out for revenge, not for the greater good, and at this point i think this campaign is gonna end with either sips turning on Xanu at the last moment, possibly sacrificing himself to stop him from wiping out the foreclaimers...
      or... more worryingly...
      sips embracing the role Xanu claims he is to fill... and committing a genocide

  • @hopesndreams5033
    @hopesndreams5033 2 роки тому +592

    Obsessed with the fact that the rebels called themselves "Stella's Children". Stella, as we know, is the star they used to create the power crystals as well as Xanu. They don't use the power crystals anymore because they regret what they did to Xanu and want to be better. Their society is built out of the idea that they shouldn't have reduced Stella to a tool... no, they were never meant to be its masters, they were meant to be its children.

    • @gratuitouslurking8610
      @gratuitouslurking8610 Рік тому +30

      Even more ironic/horrifying, that the other child of Stella is willing to ignore that for the 'chance' they may return to the Old Ways and condemn them as well. At this rate, just add Gothi to the pile Xanu, you can't be sure of her not having an infandecimal change of heart too *eyeroll*

  • @keegandaurity304
    @keegandaurity304 2 роки тому +1619

    "I fear no man"
    "But that...thing..."
    **Felix asking for a Will Save**
    "It scares me."

    • @P-man_XD
      @P-man_XD Рік тому +5

      XD

    • @p0tatoa1m
      @p0tatoa1m Рік тому +14

      Any dm asking for a will save is scary.

    • @benjaminbrowne7126
      @benjaminbrowne7126 Рік тому +3

      @@p0tatoa1m true

    • @minestar2247
      @minestar2247 Рік тому +4

      You aren't afraid of the will save, you are afraid that the rng gods would make you unlucky in your rolls, making you loose your character

  • @leonmercury3732
    @leonmercury3732 2 роки тому +1523

    "This one is named Johnson"
    "God, these really are my people"
    After having just rewatched the Dwayne scenes, this one hit me like a bag of rocks that caused me to chuckle.

  • @SilverCrowSoul
    @SilverCrowSoul 2 роки тому +1460

    "You're not defective because you have empathy. You're defective cause you have too much." I could only imagine what the silence at the original table must have been like.

    • @mah1na
      @mah1na 2 роки тому +175

      god imagine how this would've been like to play there's so many mind blowing moments

    • @tanknomaniac
      @tanknomaniac 2 роки тому +130

      "... So I roll to attack..."

    • @TheRealAlpha2
      @TheRealAlpha2 2 роки тому +124

      @@tanknomaniac Roll for emotional damage.

    • @NotMe6044
      @NotMe6044 2 роки тому +96

      "I didn't think sorcerers had Cutting Words, yet here we are..."

    • @steadfastscout4606
      @steadfastscout4606 2 роки тому +33

      I don't get moments like these at my Table someone always has something smart to say (90% of the time it's not even clever)

  • @Practicallypreposterous
    @Practicallypreposterous 2 роки тому +959

    I really love how Felix didn't take the easy route, and simply gave the Foreclaimers empathy, but neither did he paint them as still pretty bad for lacking that empathy. He acknowledges the difficulties in lacking it (social awkwardness, only helping out because the enemy's sickness is interesting, only letting them in under threat, casually threatening with death, etc.) but also shows that smart people are willing to be introspective and to learn, and yearn for self betterment even if it will make their road a bumpy one. I don't think he should've done it any other way, giving them empathy would make Xanu overly vengeful and keeping them cruel would've made the party besides Sips naive. Just such a simple solution, but Felix really executed it so well

    • @alexinfinite7142
      @alexinfinite7142 2 роки тому +41

      Watching their clumsy steps to be better should have inspired xanu

    • @acespades2387
      @acespades2387 2 роки тому +45

      I really love things that don't portray empathy as the end-all be-all of whether or not you deserve to exist. Empathy does not make you kind. You ACTIONS make you kind. As a very low empathy person I spend a lot of time doing my best to help the people around me because that's what I should do, not because I feel how bad other people feel. I don't need to UNDERSTAND and FEEL other people's pain to want to DO something about it

    • @quinnholloway5400
      @quinnholloway5400 Рік тому +6

      They are learning
      They have the capacity to be good like any race does
      But they are also overly logical, and thus can be more Pragmatic

  • @dy4914
    @dy4914 2 роки тому +396

    TLDR:
    gothi: "i can fix him"
    xanu: "i can make him worse"

    • @laugebylovnielsen8777
      @laugebylovnielsen8777 Рік тому +10

      *crying after Ep 30*

    • @dy4914
      @dy4914 Рік тому +12

      @@laugebylovnielsen8777 dont tell me shit im still gathering strength to watch 29

  • @psyxypher3881
    @psyxypher3881 2 роки тому +282

    "You're not defective because you have empathy...you're defective because you have too much."
    What a line.

  • @GZilla311
    @GZilla311 2 роки тому +520

    "We have determined that you are all… weirdos."
    Ah, so they realized they’re dealing with a DnD party.

  • @lolli_popples
    @lolli_popples 2 роки тому +293

    “You are fine to stay, unless you do something stupid, then we kill you.”
    Group: Oh no! Our weakness!

  • @alexi4829
    @alexi4829 2 роки тому +1028

    I like how even Xanu says "what..?" when Felix asks for a Will save, like normally, when Felix asks for a save out of the blue it's Xanu and it just throws you off and honestly is good writing!

    • @lumberluc
      @lumberluc 2 роки тому +18

      It was the murder hobo... I thought we were past that

    • @glitchyfox8706
      @glitchyfox8706 2 роки тому +46

      @@lumberluc I don't know... There is another being in with sips and xanu isn't there? Sips gets a boost after xanu gets up and around so it stands to reason the other guy might aswell

    • @lumberluc
      @lumberluc 2 роки тому +25

      @@glitchyfox8706 The Cursed Being. The primal manifestation of murder

    • @Faeonify
      @Faeonify 2 роки тому +9

      @@lumberluc Naw fam, it's the Spirit of Harambe throwing the empathy into the mix again.

    • @vantharion
      @vantharion 2 роки тому +11

      I think it was the chaos monkey pushing back against Xanu

  • @Tr0lliPop
    @Tr0lliPop 2 роки тому +614

    **Elowen hands Gothi a rock** This one is named Johnson.
    Gothi: God, these really ARE my people.
    💀

    • @EdgedPixie
      @EdgedPixie Рік тому +45

      She remembers Dwayne.

    • @marcialeijen8897
      @marcialeijen8897 Рік тому +23

      Legende say She still has dwayne to this day

    • @Stonedoestuff
      @Stonedoestuff Рік тому +15

      Do you liek my rock? His name is Dwayne

    • @localpyromaniac.
      @localpyromaniac. Рік тому +9

      grandma foreclaimer is just none senile gothi

    • @Angelikaliu1331
      @Angelikaliu1331 10 місяців тому +2

      **crazy old lady Gothi days flashback**

  • @patdav56
    @patdav56 2 роки тому +311

    I cant wait for a conversation of Sips "Whose curse was it that got your city overrun?"
    Erina: "whose hairbrush was it that saved an entire city and changed the baron for the better?!"

  • @NinJenna
    @NinJenna 2 роки тому +942

    So much irony in Xanu basically becoming the things he hates.

    • @dindapriska
      @dindapriska 2 роки тому +116

      Gothi said it best: his goal is pretty much revenge at this point. Deep down, Sips probably want this to stop, but what can he do to convince Xanu? A(n artificial) god who still doesn't want to accept the fact there are foreclaimers who are learning to feel emotions, to be like Gothi?

    • @maplepainttube8158
      @maplepainttube8158 2 роки тому +52

      @@dindapriska Especially when Sips has this inner conflict about needing help and wanting the power to not feel helpless. Xanu has promised him that power, and Sips is so desperate to not be a helpless burden, or to not be taken advantage of ever again, so he convinces himself that helping Xanu is what he wants, missing that Xanu is just using him as a tool to get what he wants, just like Kinora.

    • @masterreaper115
      @masterreaper115 2 роки тому +13

      @@dindapriska I mean this keeps being said but....Xanu doesnt control sips. Sips still has more control that Xanu does. He doesnt need to convince him of literally anything. Xanu cannot cast without Sips's permission.

    • @masterreaper115
      @masterreaper115 2 роки тому +11

      Except hes not..this is the same comparison that would say that a judge sentencing a murderer to death is no better than the murderer. Same with the jury that found them guilty. Same with the lawyer that won and the one that lost. That isnt how it works though. Xanu IS a higher power than them.

    • @gilgameshdevourerofworldsg4101
      @gilgameshdevourerofworldsg4101 2 роки тому

      @@masterreaper115 no this specific situation is more like killing a kid cause their father did something bad, the kid is different but could possibly do the same cause of who their father is. It's like saying it's okay to kill white Americans cause a couple hundred years ago their ancestors did fucked up shit like murder and slavery

  • @joselynvifquain9406
    @joselynvifquain9406 2 роки тому +447

    holy. fucking. shit.
    that confrontation between Sips and Gothi!
    "You're not defective because you have empathy, you're defective because you have too much"
    DAMN Sips, going straight for the throat I see

    • @something-from-elsewhere
      @something-from-elsewhere 2 роки тому +51

      Honestly, I feel like there's some amount of projection going on there. Sips is having doubts, and is responding by very harshly pushing against anything that resembles them

    • @Blizz3112
      @Blizz3112 2 роки тому +1

      To be fair... Sips might feel himself defective as well, considering he's no longer acting like a normal monkey, let alone looks anything close to a monkey anymore... and now with a god inside of his head, he is really losing his own identity as a person...

    • @isabellarobinson6082
      @isabellarobinson6082 2 роки тому +21

      Yeah, but he's not fully himself at the moment. If ep 13 sips was their in that moment, he probably would've choked out 60% curse sips for saying that to his friend.

  • @thesupernaturalhouse
    @thesupernaturalhouse 2 роки тому +1528

    Leader: this on is named Johnsen *holds up rock*
    Gothi getting flahsbacksto dwan: damn....these really are my people-

    • @owenburns730
      @owenburns730 2 роки тому +87

      Crazy Gothi = Best Gothi!

    • @ReverieNightengale
      @ReverieNightengale 2 роки тому +47

      Dingo's voice for the elder sounds like the old senile Gothi, too.

    • @riven5677
      @riven5677 2 роки тому +6

      Yup

    • @damiennightmaresx7950
      @damiennightmaresx7950 2 роки тому +14

      i didnt even notice that we finally have dwayne the rock johnson it just took so long xDD

    • @dragonboom88
      @dragonboom88 2 роки тому +15

      Loved the callback; and the parallel of "Dwayne" and "Johnson" couldn't be better

  • @naproupi
    @naproupi 2 роки тому +267

    "So I guess we can trust you or at least fear you enough to share our story"
    is the most D&D NPC sentence I ever heard

  • @StupidCatLady
    @StupidCatLady 2 роки тому +207

    I got such chills when Sips and Gothi were talking. It's always interesting when a player ends up being the villain of the campaign. Like yea, technically it's Xanu, but Sips is actively participating in this. Angst doesn't feel like the right word because there's so much more to Sips. Well done

  • @MasterZeus94
    @MasterZeus94 2 роки тому +1994

    "Jack is going to check on Masika"
    ...Jack is gonna land himself a piece of that 'crystal', won't he?

  • @AntProxy
    @AntProxy 2 роки тому +682

    "So yeah, Forclaimer's did 'Big Whoopsie' of peesing off an artificial god" I liked her before, but now she's my favorite character.
    Also holy hell Sips, that was uncalled for.

    • @lumberluc
      @lumberluc 2 роки тому +27

      He did it because he's in pain.
      Hurt people hurt people

    • @AntProxy
      @AntProxy 2 роки тому +22

      @@lumberluc I know. That doesn't mean it wasn't horrible

    • @SeaBunnny
      @SeaBunnny 2 роки тому +3

      That frog witch is amazing

    • @AntProxy
      @AntProxy 2 роки тому +2

      @@SeaBunnny Indeed

    • @lunnaflame12
      @lunnaflame12 2 роки тому +1

      I KNOW RIGHT!?

  • @angel30382
    @angel30382 2 роки тому +2113

    Sips' speech hit so hard.
    The yelling, the raw emotion, the restraint trying to hold back even *more* emotion.
    Just....outdid yourself Dingo. It was an amazing episode.

    • @TheCart54321
      @TheCart54321 2 роки тому +41

      I know right, Make this women a voice actor for Sips sake!

    • @trickortreat0755
      @trickortreat0755 2 роки тому +14

      Agreed "I'm built for this!" Hit hard

    • @DrBunnyMedicinal
      @DrBunnyMedicinal 2 роки тому +12

      Wasn't it just? All of the misadventures of this ship of fools have been wonderful, but this one is well above the pack.

    • @senritsujumpsuit6021
      @senritsujumpsuit6021 2 роки тому +11

      @@trickortreat0755 moments like that line is why I never stop fighting for an losing myself in Dubs I will never forget how they can shift tone so fast an naturally

    • @g1hannamax514
      @g1hannamax514 2 роки тому

      Man, the story that Dingo and Felix have made hits like a truck at times. The final outcome seems uncertain.

  • @Iblitnes
    @Iblitnes 2 роки тому +756

    Jack giving Masika glasses is cute. Her thinking for a bit before asking him why he’s wasting recourses on her is adorable. I’m calling it now
    Masika x Jack❤

    • @harrisonmillar8399
      @harrisonmillar8399 2 роки тому +46

      THATS WHAT IM SAYING

    • @OneEyedRyu
      @OneEyedRyu 2 роки тому +34

      I am HERE for it

    • @Iblitnes
      @Iblitnes 2 роки тому +19

      @@OneEyedRyu I see a man of culture

    • @Redshaw-w3o
      @Redshaw-w3o 2 роки тому +21

      I swear to god if Felix does a damn thing to either of them!

    • @robotoorigato7288
      @robotoorigato7288 2 роки тому +24

      GOD, I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO THOUGHT THERE WAS CHEMISTRY! They'd be so cute!

  • @lanterngacha1777
    @lanterngacha1777 2 роки тому +175

    OMG I just remembered something from the previous eps. Didn't Xanu say that if him and sips aren't alligned to control the curse, the curse can spread? So if sips wanted to save the foreclaimer on the floor, and Xanu wanted to kill it, then there goals arent alligned! One of them would stop pushing the door in fighting the curse, so the will save is just the curse taking the opportunity to push against the door. Which is why Xanu and sips were confused.

    • @MrKideon
      @MrKideon 2 роки тому +16

      Right that way sips is ok because they already come to terms to have control of themselves he must kill the foreclaimers because if they don't alligned the curse will do what they want and I like how sips tell about in the story the bad things he did as sips see himself as a destructive and not a helper because he watch squeeze die help get the little get back and the other good thing was saving Vicky he chooses genocide because perfection is something they may desire again in a rich economy of technology and material and will kill those not pure.

  • @jorgegurrola7783
    @jorgegurrola7783 2 роки тому +1441

    Let’s be honest, dingo could make a tv show out of this story, and we’d all watch it

    • @marcialhd
      @marcialhd 2 роки тому +36

      personally i hope that they do it at some point (or even just a show about another of their dnd campaigns).

    • @Slugcatsam
      @Slugcatsam 2 роки тому +36

      Critical role did it, who says dingo can't (granted critical role was one of the largest campaigns of all time)

    • @Debatra.
      @Debatra. 2 роки тому +27

      I mean... she pretty much *is*.

    • @ArmadaX1
      @ArmadaX1 2 роки тому +5

      Fuck YEEEEEEEESSSSSS

    • @serenitythelightone7541
      @serenitythelightone7541 2 роки тому +15

      If a tv show actually happened, I would 100% watch it, and pay whatever I would need to watch just it-

  • @BvzSA
    @BvzSA 2 роки тому +405

    Xanu talking about Sips' purpose is pretty damn telling. He clearly views Sips as a tool to be used, not a person going through something extremely difficult. How ironic that he still advocates the death of all Foreclaimers because there's the *potential* that Stella's Children will revert, even though they've managed to achieve a level of empathy that he himself hasn't been able to in hundreds or thousands of years.

    • @janeenschultz8502
      @janeenschultz8502 2 роки тому +26

      All Skyrim players have flashbacks to the Blades.

    • @mlodykasztelan
      @mlodykasztelan 2 роки тому +31

      Im suprised that Sips dont Jump on that mention of "purpose". One this smell "you outlived your usefullness" second Sips dont like Talking about that stuff

    • @MaximusChivus
      @MaximusChivus 2 роки тому

      So I don't think Xanu would be right to kill Stella's Children, but try and think about it this way
      The foreclaimers literally removed their own empathy to be better at science
      They create an immortal near unkillable being to torture
      Said being tries to wipe them out for obvious reasons
      Only after that do some of them decide to try and use empathy, which has given them minimal empathy after thousands of years
      Meanwhile the being has been languishing in hatred for said society after having been tortured for who knows how long
      Being sees the empathetic society, having held the belief for an impossible to comprehend amount of time that their species should be wiped out. Have you ever had someone try and convince you that a fundamental belief of yours is wrong, after you having had it for over a decade? Imagine someone trying to change a belief you've held for literal thousands of years.

    • @flyingturret208thecannon5
      @flyingturret208thecannon5 2 роки тому +13

      @@mlodykasztelan I think it's because of how much Xanu has poisoned Sips' mind.

    • @oversecus833
      @oversecus833 2 роки тому +3

      I still hope Xanu succeeds though, that would be way more interesting compared to if the "good guys" just won, and everybody lived happily ever after.

  • @SketchingPandaRen
    @SketchingPandaRen 2 роки тому +614

    Dang Sips! That... wow.
    Also Sips' speech is the exact type of speech a person says to convince THEMSELVES that they are actually bad and that they are actually capable of doing the horrendous thing.

    • @MrKideon
      @MrKideon 2 роки тому +15

      But remember before joining the group he cruse objects and sell them to others he brought all kinds of pain and suffering without zaun then let go of control the cruse and become more apart of it thinking being bad all he can do. I know he can do good he save Vicky from her cruse. He save his friends when there needed he care for squeeze is the good in him but with the artificial god whispering the olny choice he wants as sips mostly olny done bad deeds and the small good doesn't make a difference.

    • @callmev3531
      @callmev3531 2 роки тому +26

      Furthermore, harming others and intentionally causing chaos are the only ways he consistently demonstrates having control over his situation rather than waiting for some new development he wasn’t prepared for or should have seen coming as a result of his prior antics. At this stage, he’d rather deny any evidence that he’s not in control because of how outwardly bleak his situation is starting to look. Zanu IS the one in charge and IS using his insecurities against him, as much as he pretends otherwise to not have to face his helplessness. With his prior bout of hesitation, either he will falter and Zanu will attempt to steal more control from him, something incredibly tragic will have to occur in order for him to decide to abandon his goal, or he will fully commit to genocide to continue his narrative of being a villain that had to sacrifice his conscience to make a difficult choice to benefit others.

    • @oversecus833
      @oversecus833 2 роки тому

      Let's just hope (I at least do) that Xanu succeeds and commits genocide.

  • @elprimo8639
    @elprimo8639 2 роки тому +77

    Trauma and drama aside, we NEED a foreclaimer outfit variant for Erina’s magical girl form!

  • @ghennahforde382
    @ghennahforde382 2 роки тому +112

    "Don't be cliche" "Don't be naive."
    Gurl you been WRITING MY GOSH

  • @Someloser3232
    @Someloser3232 2 роки тому +612

    So glad Zanu has completed his irredeemable villain arc by losing empathy to become no better than the people he hates ❤️

    • @colinz226
      @colinz226 2 роки тому

      °-°

    • @masterreaper115
      @masterreaper115 2 роки тому +9

      Its odd that so many of you are missing the point...

    • @masterminer176
      @masterminer176 2 роки тому +35

      @@masterreaper115 ...then what *is* the point? This seems to be what's going on so far

    • @peterbrasier1450
      @peterbrasier1450 2 роки тому +23

      I think it isn't irredeemable I think Xanu can't let another person be harmed by the foreclaimers (a if nothing exist then everything is at peace philosophy) what I look forward to is the big reveal of Xanu 2.0. She pointed it out the old society built a new god. We are tots gonna get a god fight. The question is who is Xanu 2.0 gonna possess.(my bet is jack)

    • @masterreaper115
      @masterreaper115 2 роки тому +6

      @@peterbrasier1450 they didn't say there was a second God though?

  • @amevlia
    @amevlia 2 роки тому +591

    "Oh good we start at juicy part!" Is killing me lol

  • @disableddragonborn
    @disableddragonborn 2 роки тому +248

    I love that Felix's "Make a will save." caused both Sips _and_ Xanu to both say, "What?" 🤣

    • @callmev3531
      @callmev3531 2 роки тому +32

      It really adds character to Xanu that even at his most manipulative, even he can’t predict every possible outcome of this situation, especially having an increasingly erratic and unstable cursed monkey as the main vehicle for his plans.

    • @hopesndreams5033
      @hopesndreams5033 2 роки тому +18

      And it proves that the will struggle wasn't against Xanu, but was from some other source.

    • @disableddragonborn
      @disableddragonborn 2 роки тому +10

      @@hopesndreams5033 I assume it's The Curse, seeing as it has a habit of doing fucked up shit such as eating a heart.

    • @Autizm_factory
      @Autizm_factory 2 роки тому +7

      @@disableddragonborn well that was xanu who made sips do that

    • @disableddragonborn
      @disableddragonborn 2 роки тому +2

      @@Autizm_factory I disagree. I checked the video, and that does not look like Xanu controlling him. It looks like whatever the thing Xanu is helping Sips restrain.

  • @thedanishcatgirl3205
    @thedanishcatgirl3205 2 роки тому +161

    As a person with a lot of empathy it can sometimes feel like that making me “defective”. It’s certainly sometimes a burden that makes me overreact to things but having a lot of empathy is also mostly a gift. Empathy is a very important thing that can bring forth good changes

    • @echonvoid
      @echonvoid Рік тому +3

      Oh good god yes! And it sometimes feels like it switches from low empathy to high empathy! Like I am an empath with zero people/ social skills

    • @derrtyworks
      @derrtyworks Рік тому +1

      In DND or irl? Cause if it’s in real life then I can relate to you guys

    • @thedanishcatgirl3205
      @thedanishcatgirl3205 Рік тому

      @@derrtyworks real life. The joys of autism

  • @Kazu-don
    @Kazu-don 2 роки тому +34

    The more the story goes on, the more I feel like Sips's going to be the last boss and I love it. The image of him realizing he is going to hurt the ones that once were his friends but having to do so any ways because he is too far gone, it pains me and I love it.

  • @monke7914
    @monke7914 2 роки тому +121

    Even though Zanu is helping Sips fight off the curse, in a way he's also using the curse (The source of Sip's of mental instability) to manipulate Sips. Making Sips second guess himself and rely on Zanu. WOW I love this series!

  • @xpearl_heartx
    @xpearl_heartx 2 роки тому +277

    So my theory is: sips’s mind has been tainted/fused with the curse permanently. In broad strokes, *it* is pretty much in control at this point, trying to play like sips is still driving, when really, he’s tied up in the backseat. What does it want? Nobody knows. But maybe it’s trying to hide its bloodthirst by playing smart. Pretending that it has a plan, while really, it’s waiting to be in the right position to obliterate, annihilate, and eradicate. Even Xanu might have been tainted slightly. Obviously, a curse from a random witch can’t take over an artificial god, but maybe it had just enough power to push Xanu to keep on the path of genocide, no matter what is lost in the process.
    Sips is still there, though. He’s stuck in the backseat, but he can still try to break free. Every now and then, he gets a moment to stop himself just enough to doubt his motives.
    By now, the monkey/crocodile is basically just a host/corpse for three people fighting for control. Xanu, the artificial god, Sips, the poor monkey caught between it all…
    and *it.*

    • @moonwolf6540
      @moonwolf6540 2 роки тому +52

      THE WILL SAVE

    • @chaincat33
      @chaincat33 2 роки тому +55

      I don't think it's necessarily that. But you're close to what I think. The curse alters Sips' judgement. His perception of himself. Once Sips experienced continuity of consciousness after the curse reached both his hands, he felt as though he would always be himself. But in reality, it is affecting him. Warping his mind, influencing him toward evil, instilling within him... Helplessness. Xanu isn't working with Sips to hold beck the curse. He's working with the curse to influence Sips. To force Sips to accept that the genocide must happen. And what can Sips do? Xanu is a god. It's learned helplessness

    • @nikki607
      @nikki607 2 роки тому +7

      Yup was thinking the same

    • @duncaneigg8819
      @duncaneigg8819 2 роки тому +17

      If the current theory applies then that means the will save was imposed by the real Sips against the curse who’s in control. The curse failed the save so it couldn’t bring Sips to kill the NPC. That’s why Xanu’s confused, the curse shouldn’t be restraining Sips from going murder-hobo, so what happened? And if Xanu realizes he’s working with the curse, what will he do? Will he work with the curse to get his revenge at any cost, or will he realize the curse is a danger to Gothi before it’s too late?

    • @mah1na
      @mah1na 2 роки тому +5

      @@duncaneigg8819 ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i'm not ready for next epeisode

  • @lpskittymaker
    @lpskittymaker 2 роки тому +531

    The progress in this series is CRAZY. From going to a silly little story about a tarsque to voice acting that gave me chills is insane!

  • @boilingpot
    @boilingpot Рік тому +28

    The fact that this WHOLE CAMPAIGN has gotten me into DnD and soon I'll be making my own campaign, I love this series so much.

  • @TheOblivionsGamer
    @TheOblivionsGamer 2 роки тому +39

    I'm loving Dingo voice over, with every episode she's improving more and more at a point that I can't hear her voice anymore, all the characters feel unique, as they are voiced by different people, congrats Dingo you are amazing!!

  • @disableddragonborn
    @disableddragonborn 2 роки тому +96

    This series has completely altered how I react to certain phrases in these videos. "Party time" made me literally jump because there has not been a single party/ball/gala that *_hasn't_* gone terribly. The Tarrasque, the blood moon berries, etc.

  • @limesparrow
    @limesparrow 2 роки тому +89

    "I'M BUILT FOR THIS, AND YOU KNOW IT" i got CHILLS. the voice acting for that monologue was ON POINT.

  • @mariopanczel8581
    @mariopanczel8581 2 роки тому +674

    My dude!
    Why are you so good at voice acting?
    I'm kinda jealous!
    Eyes? Teary.
    Heartstrings? Pulled.
    Emotions? Pressed.
    Wig? Snatched.
    On a serious note, you are amazing and this whole campaign and everyone in it is awesome.
    Props to all y'all!!

    • @liviapearls6436
      @liviapearls6436 2 роки тому +21

      Hotel? Trivago.

    • @ICARUSpartharmony
      @ICARUSpartharmony 2 роки тому +4

      hotel: travago

    • @JetAnimates329
      @JetAnimates329 2 роки тому +2

      Wait
      What do you mean by wig

    • @mariopanczel8581
      @mariopanczel8581 2 роки тому +6

      @@JetAnimates329 Urban dictionary defines it as follows:
      Wig Snatching
      A term used mainly by gay men and women to express extreme happiness or excitement when their diva has done something amazing, shocking, or gives life by any means.

    • @notme3603
      @notme3603 2 роки тому +4

      For real though
      Shut wouldn’t be as intense as it is if dingo wasn’t a god at the mic
      She really know how to get the tension up

  • @Tr0lliPop
    @Tr0lliPop 2 роки тому +17

    I just binged the whole series so far in the span of 2 days and HOLY SHIT THIS ESCALATED. From accidentally summoning a tarasque during karaoke to trying to convince an artificial god inside you that some of these people might not be worth killing and also being bound by deal to commit a genocide

  • @Hybridcrows
    @Hybridcrows 2 роки тому +44

    DAMN the voice acting is absolutely ON POINT! You can feel the emotion and GOD DAMNNN this is amazing

  • @confderatechocolate4645
    @confderatechocolate4645 2 роки тому +41

    That “I forgot” about the dragon: most realistic DND moment ever

  • @azazelreeds
    @azazelreeds 2 роки тому +96

    I'm not sure what hurts more. The fact I used to be as vindictive as Sips, or the fact later on I've been in Gothi's shoes trying to reason with someone just like that too.

  • @Nuggette
    @Nuggette 2 роки тому +74

    Everyone is talking about the story so let me just tell you Dingo. Those outfits? They are amazing! Especially Erina's, that one is so adorable

  • @thehistoryandbooknerd8979
    @thehistoryandbooknerd8979 Рік тому +10

    “Because tomorrow… is decision day.” WOOOOOO EPISODE 29 is coming out tomorrow let’s GOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! (Just finished my binge of the whole series again, love it!!!!!)

  • @grayson-nerd
    @grayson-nerd Рік тому +13

    This series should be made into a movie. (Not live action.) The emotional highs are high, and so are the action scenes, and the comedy is interlaced in the campaign without being unnatural. It’s perfection!

  • @izzy4125
    @izzy4125 2 роки тому +73

    I was prepared for a lot of horrible things, but Sipps saying THAT to Gothi was not one of them

  • @kristyrivera4559
    @kristyrivera4559 2 роки тому +71

    Top tier voice acting especially when Sips and Gothy were arguing ! Can’t wait for the next episode! As the old lady, Elloen once said, "OOOH GOOD, STRAIGHT TO THE JUICY PART!"

  • @disableddragonborn
    @disableddragonborn 2 роки тому +271

    "Masika, drop it."
    "She's not a dog."
    "I'm a druid, people skills aren't my strong suit."
    From now on, I shall blame my lack of social skills/social anxiety with that line from Gothi. 🤣

    • @titan8019
      @titan8019 2 роки тому +9

      eh cant do it before you've cast 15 nature rituals saved 26 injured animals and decimated a lich with the power of N A T U R E (yes im gatekeeping druids sue me) /joke

    • @1stCallipostle
      @1stCallipostle 2 роки тому +7

      Druid players can pull that
      Us Wizard players can't, because then we just sound like the Turbovirgin kind

    • @titan8019
      @titan8019 2 роки тому +3

      @@1stCallipostle 🤓🤓🤓 umm yeth ith you want to be a wizard🤓🤓 you have to cast fireball🤓🤓 read 30 books a day and have a 2nd degree in theoretical physics🤓🤓 /joke wizard is my 2nd favorite class

    • @disableddragonborn
      @disableddragonborn 2 роки тому +2

      @@1stCallipostle I've only played a few sessions and one-offs (I left the group) and I've played a warlock, a rogue, and a druid lmao.

  • @keithjohnson7893
    @keithjohnson7893 2 роки тому +18

    Considering my own dnd group, I wonder how many running gags and table jokes we miss since we only see the main story of Fool’s Gold. For example, Felix probably put in the Rock-Named-Johnson joke because of Gothi’s player naming a rock Dwane. I’m pretty certain about this because I, as Mr. God Master DM himself, would totally do the same exact thing.

  • @redmaxxs
    @redmaxxs 2 роки тому +32

    The Queen of cliffhangers 🙇 has gotten a new title of Queen of heartbreak. Oh My my ❤️. Also for The Good Evil DM award goes to Felix. For making people think about their characters and different way good and bad. Also fun enough to have everyone back for next time. 👏

  • @nickolasrealmjumper5172
    @nickolasrealmjumper5172 2 роки тому +80

    11:45 Please Don't kill the toad, Don't kill the toad, Don't kill the toad, Don't kill the toad, Talk to the shaman, Talk to the shaman, TALK TO TGHE SHAMAN!! I've sat here at 11:45 for 15 minutes in terror.

    • @thelegendofrosetyler
      @thelegendofrosetyler 2 роки тому +15

      You just known he's probably going to do it anyway before he leaves, this is Sips we're talking about... 60% cursed, Xanu-influnced Sips.

    • @Daioblis
      @Daioblis 2 роки тому +11

      He won't have to, Jack had a shard in his gut and it popped out harmlessly.

    • @nickolasrealmjumper5172
      @nickolasrealmjumper5172 2 роки тому +1

      @@Daioblis oh yeah... forgot about that.

  • @nigeldepledge3790
    @nigeldepledge3790 2 роки тому +49

    This has been an astonishing story arc.
    It's hard to reconcile that this deeply emotional moral crossroads is where we've got to from clicking on "Karaoke = Death".
    Great storytelling.

  • @moneyman2256
    @moneyman2256 2 роки тому +40

    The “You have too much” line from sips and the “I don’t know…I don’t know” from gothi…it got me and I love it

  • @adude6910
    @adude6910 Рік тому +11

    Masika: holds knife to Jack’s throat
    Me: “So this is my new ship, huh?”

  • @nathanielgrindstaff4909
    @nathanielgrindstaff4909 2 роки тому +14

    You know things are more super intense than usual when Erina is reading the room.

  • @MurderTwink
    @MurderTwink 2 роки тому +406

    Wow, can believe the episode ended with that big a cliffhanger

    • @12ratsinatrenchcoat
      @12ratsinatrenchcoat 2 роки тому +2

      This was commented one minute after the upload?

    • @taekwonditto
      @taekwonditto 2 роки тому +30

      Please every episode of Fools Gold had a Cliffhanger ending

    • @stlchucko
      @stlchucko 2 роки тому +7

      First time, eh

    • @BroodingEdgelord
      @BroodingEdgelord 2 роки тому +12

      In my opinion it's not a cliffhanger. It's satysfying for me because I know what to expect

    • @aadenclark6394
      @aadenclark6394 2 роки тому

      @@12ratsinatrenchcoat was he wrong?

  • @qberrygamz7049
    @qberrygamz7049 2 роки тому +39

    "I'M BUILT FOR THIS!!" Hot Damn
    This story is getting real and its giving me chills.

  • @patrickmorrey8722
    @patrickmorrey8722 2 роки тому +39

    Seeing Sips with his cursed eye taking the focus as he talks about what he is and what he'll do... Just wow.

  • @ObsidianOx-GM
    @ObsidianOx-GM Рік тому +1

    The best character arc is Dingo's constantly improving voice acting skills.
    I got chills during the line read for "I'M BUILT FOR THIS, and you know it." 15:20

  • @LunarEclipsedd
    @LunarEclipsedd 2 роки тому +8

    I honestly forgot this was the same person voice acting each character it was so good I couldn’t tell

  • @silvertheelf
    @silvertheelf 2 роки тому +59

    What in the 9 hells of Bator is this?
    I didn’t watch this series for movie level acting and one of the the most amazing stories I’ve ever heard.
    The effort
    The drama
    The action
    It’s driving me insane because of how good it is!

    • @madfox7758
      @madfox7758 2 роки тому +2

      I get more out of this than Hollywood these days.

    • @silvertheelf
      @silvertheelf 2 роки тому

      @@madfox7758 same

  • @notoriousgoblin83
    @notoriousgoblin83 2 роки тому +58

    I routinely make my players suffer. I have never done anything as unimaginably sadistic as making someone make a save and having ABSOLUTELY NOTHING happen, at least... for a while.

  • @zakuraRabbit
    @zakuraRabbit 2 роки тому +46

    My boys already arrived last week... and the delivery note got buried in the bottom of my mailbox so I didn't discover it until a few days later. They are lovely new roomates. They have only attempted to stab me twice.

  • @mirapantic9813
    @mirapantic9813 2 роки тому +4

    5:04 Ship? I THINK YES

  • @Hypnobard6115
    @Hypnobard6115 2 роки тому +9

    7:08 she's just too funny
    10:37 I really like the rock forest outfits

  • @THE_STORM_THATS_APPROCHING
    @THE_STORM_THATS_APPROCHING 2 роки тому +132

    This entire episode was E M O T I N A L D A M A G E

    • @tyrekerobinson2394
      @tyrekerobinson2394 2 роки тому +2

      Yep

    • @LookItsBaz
      @LookItsBaz 2 роки тому +1

      tbf with the artistry of episode endings most of them are in some fashion. I can't wait for what happens next

    • @THE_STORM_THATS_APPROCHING
      @THE_STORM_THATS_APPROCHING 2 роки тому +1

      @MAXYMUS121 TV your going to need to make a wisdom saving throw to not cry but you'll still get hit in the feels

  • @ren_suzugamori1427
    @ren_suzugamori1427 2 роки тому +175

    AND THE SPIRAL KEEPS SPIRALLING! Honestly a great story so far. The conclusion of the campaign is almost upon us! I really love this story. If it ends, have it end on a high note. And, when this story ends, what campaign do you want to talk about next?

  • @timwoods2852
    @timwoods2852 2 роки тому +33

    I think I've said it before, but it needs saying again. I'm both impressed and very grateful for your injections of humor into this very emotional and heavy story! It really helps balance out the tension, gives the characters more depth, and helps the truly emotional moments hit harder and stick better. Most cartoons geared toward older audiences seem to view humor as holding them back and they phase it out slowly. But, that causes the characters to become one note, depressing, and actually desensitizes the audience to the deeper parts because it's all deep and just more of the same. If you just give someone a plate of brussels sprouts they aren't going to touch it, but if you tell them you managed to hide candy in the middle of a few, they're going to dig into them with vigor to find the enjoyable parts.

  • @DarkEmerald47
    @DarkEmerald47 2 роки тому +17

    To think sips feels empathy for Stella’s children yet he can’t do anything about it

  • @starsilverinfinity
    @starsilverinfinity 2 роки тому +9

    This story has always felt like an epic but now it feels even more prevalent

  • @animalgirl8181
    @animalgirl8181 2 роки тому +150

    Gothi: I'm a druid people skills aren't my strong suit
    As someone who relates to animals and struggles with talking to people I relate to this 😂

  • @LeahLovesNature
    @LeahLovesNature 2 роки тому +16

    To think this all started as a silly story about D&D karaoke gone wrong… I remain in awe of how far you have carried this series and managed to keep us invested in all of these characters.

  • @disableddragonborn
    @disableddragonborn 2 роки тому +31

    Xanu wants to kill all of the Foreclaimers, but it sounds like they may do that for him themselves, considering Masika's attitude and Elowen's hostility towards Masika. 😂

  • @Legozanman
    @Legozanman 2 роки тому +3

    Felix casually giving us a moment between Masika and Jack. Like you know Felix that we will definitely ship them and I swear he is a mastermind who will bathe in our sadness when he enviably kills one of them.

  • @thomashernandez6536
    @thomashernandez6536 2 роки тому +8

    Guess who just ordered their daughter a Sips and Sneeze for Christmas this year! She is going to FLIP THE TABLE!

  • @kateorgera5907
    @kateorgera5907 2 роки тому +15

    "Big whoopsie of pissing off an artificial god" "These really are my people" XDDD

  • @danielhale1
    @danielhale1 2 роки тому +20

    This series is brilliant. Most of the previous villains served to show what a person becomes and does when they don't have empathy, and now they're having to decide whether to wipe out a society for not having empathy, because of what that society will likely do.

  • @deucesommerfeld1248
    @deucesommerfeld1248 2 роки тому +28

    Wow... Sips and Xanu make such an interesting comparison and duality. Xanu was built to be a god, to be perfect. But because of the abuse he has taken, and the love he received from Gothi helping to balance it sure, but at the end of the day, Xanu is angry. He feels like this is the only choice, to eradicate those who wronged him. Sips... did the same thing

  • @leonardosolis2217
    @leonardosolis2217 2 роки тому

    15:20 absolutely my favorite part. I love how much anger u can express in your voice.

  • @RobertHartleyGM
    @RobertHartleyGM 2 роки тому +6

    I would kill to play in a campaign with you guys some day. You're such a fantastic storyteller, Dingo, and Felix is an incredible DM. Bees and Carson are excellent players. You're all so fun!

  • @alexdefire
    @alexdefire 2 роки тому +28

    Those... Words from a crocomonkey to an old lady princess... Why did they make ME fell to much empathy. And cry, but thats another story

  • @degenerateangel6891
    @degenerateangel6891 2 роки тому +11

    That argument with Sips and Gothi almost had me in tears. That was so freaking raw.
    Well done, Dingo!

  • @PaxPiper
    @PaxPiper 2 роки тому +30

    dude I felt the years of following this story in that speech . I am so excited and scared for whatever happens next.

  • @PigBoy99
    @PigBoy99 2 роки тому +1

    16:00 “you need help” YOU ALL NEED HELP

  • @zude_theguyiguess1095
    @zude_theguyiguess1095 2 роки тому +1

    how did this start from "haha look at this stupid thing that happened in my dnd campaign" to "GENOCIDE AND INTERPARTY CONFLICTS LETS GO WOOOOOO"

  • @disableddragonborn
    @disableddragonborn 2 роки тому +13

    This has been the most emotional whiplash so far. From Elowen acting like Old Gothi to Sips being angsty to "This video is sponsored by Hit Point Press." Funny, angsty/tragic, enthusiastic. I am so glad I saw this before going to bed.

  • @mckayleepugmire9947
    @mckayleepugmire9947 2 роки тому +14

    My favorite part is Gothi realizing she's found her people

  • @BrooklyKnight
    @BrooklyKnight 2 роки тому +17

    This needs to be a TV show I swear. I binge watch other shows but omg... the way I wait every month for another episode of this masterpiece. It's so good.

  • @JujuWalker-zw7gf
    @JujuWalker-zw7gf 5 місяців тому +1

    I swear Felix was basically Gorden Ramsy when cooking this masterpiece

  • @Matex200
    @Matex200 2 роки тому

    I just love to see how you play this vilain, who is known to be the vilain, yet the party keeps helping him... jeez! I Love this party dynamic.

  • @Squirtally
    @Squirtally 2 роки тому +13

    Dingo's voice acting is legitimately so incredible, I love it!

  • @just-everything-at-once
    @just-everything-at-once 2 роки тому +73

    don't usually comment on these but i physically had to keep taking breaks between scenes from how hyped i was and how fast my heart is beating lmao 😭💕
    literally have no words for how damn amazing this is going so far, hope anyone reading this to enjoy/enjoyed the episode

  • @Rixec2
    @Rixec2 2 роки тому +12

    Poor Sips thinks he has no choice but to be the bad guy after everything, and Xanu's need for vengeance really isn't helping. It's gonna be tense to see how the next part goes.

  • @drcowbell
    @drcowbell 2 роки тому

    I’ve got to respect a team that are so opposed to one another and still function as a play group. I’ve seen many ttrpg groups crumble because people actively go against the rest of the group. It’s clear how much your group trusts you and Felix to make a “fun” and strong story