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ArmyOfMidgets posted:Jesus. I thought the T-Rex was gonna be the dopest poo poo that Griffin was talking about. I WAS SO WRONG. You summon an angel, a demon, or otherwise other-planar being to you, who you can then request to do something for you (but it's under no compulsion to do so, so you typically have to bargain for it).
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I get the sense that the astral plane bit is something Griffin had ready to deploy at any point, in case any of the boys died earlier on (which was a real mechanical possibility). Since they lived, it got deployed now as a backup-- but then Taako and Merle just had to go and get in the way. Womp womp. One thing that struck me as odd and is still kind of bugging me is how the liches didn't express any surprise at the cheating; they just treated it like a normal wonderland "victory". It feels kind of like a plot hole, and also a missed opportunity to see them really flip out at their game being broken. And I don't think that was due to any shenanigans the boys pulled, because the redrobe creating the doorway was something Griffin did on his own as the DM.
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Supercar Gautier posted:I get the sense that the astral plane bit is something Griffin had ready to deploy at any point, in case any of the boys died earlier on (which was a real mechanical possibility). Since they lived, it got deployed now as a backup-- but then Taako and Merle just had to go and get in the way. Womp womp. Perhaps the real test was finding a way to escape the wonderland boxes, rather than to simply endure it long enough that they decided you could have your prize.
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Feb 10, 2017 15:28
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I wouldn't be surprised if it was something like that. I'm surprised all the RR was doing was getting a door conjured up. I had expected a bit more for whatever reason, but I suppose breaking whatever magic nonsense had Wonderland operating the way it did is pretty substantial.
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Feb 10, 2017 15:56
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It's Always Adventure in Zone, starring: Glenn Howerton as Taako; Rob McElhenney as Magnus; and Danny DeVito as Merle. ... Title card: "Magnus 2: On the Move"
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Ziggy Tzardust posted:I'm starting to wonder if saving Magnus had completely screwed up what Griffin had planned. Given that Magnus had the entire red robe history to go on, I think the plan was to have him die. Noelle and the three dead bosses all regained their memories after they died and came back so this was the big chance to give him back his big backstory. I mean, if Griffin wanted/needed to kill Magnus, he could have killed Magnus. Obviously he always makes allowances to let them get away with poo poo, but he said himself on Twitter that he let them bend the rules to the absolute breaking point this time. If his plan required Magnus to die right then, he could have just followed the rules, and turned it into this heartbreakingly tragic thing where the guys tried everything to save him and it still wasn't enough.
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inthesto posted:You summon an angel, a demon, or otherwise other-planar being to you, who you can then request to do something for you (but it's under no compulsion to do so, so you typically have to bargain for it). It was kind of funny that Clint started reading out what the spell did, stopped exactly where it became something else, then just started making up what he wanted it to do. Papa McElroy is catching on to Justin's style of magic use.
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Feb 10, 2017 17:23
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Watching Peacecraft, I have question about WoW - when you're a dead spirit, how far away from the spot where you died can you resurrect? I mean there must be SOME limit or else this game would just be 'a dwarf takes a very long uneventful greyscale walk' but it seemed like Griffin had a lot of freedom to pick where he respawned?
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showbiz_liz posted:Watching Peacecraft, I have question about WoW - when you're a dead spirit, how far away from the spot where you died can you resurrect? I mean there must be SOME limit or else this game would just be 'a dwarf takes a very long uneventful greyscale walk' but it seemed like Griffin had a lot of freedom to pick where he respawned? It's not far. Like 100 yards or something like that, if not closer.
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showbiz_liz posted:Watching Peacecraft, I have question about WoW - when you're a dead spirit, how far away from the spot where you died can you resurrect? I mean there must be SOME limit or else this game would just be 'a dwarf takes a very long uneventful greyscale walk' but it seemed like Griffin had a lot of freedom to pick where he respawned? It's a small radius, maybe a few seconds of walking in any direction. That's why he was shuffling forwards and backwards to get that "resurrect now" option to appear. And also why he was getting a running start and trying to press it at the last second.
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Peacecraft is pretty lame so far. I hope fans start showing up to turn it into Knife Dad/Boy Mayor soon.
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I really enjoyed Cam's departure, when everyone was so angry at him for not actually helping much at all
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Zeeman posted:I really enjoyed Cam's departure, when everyone was so angry at him for not actually helping much at all I wish they'd thrown him in a sack and kept going with him.
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Feb 10, 2017 17:32
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I'm enjoying Peacecraft, but I do agree that there's not a lot for Griffin to really play off of and maybe some fans coming in as escorts would be fun.
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Zeeman posted:I really enjoyed Cam's departure, when everyone was so angry at him for not actually helping much at all i think griffin expected him to die in the fight, but kept rolling twenties
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Zeeman posted:I really enjoyed Cam's departure, when everyone was so angry at him for not actually helping much at all I feel like he might be back. It would be weird if he only showed up to deliver some backstory about the Director, fire off one cool spell, and then unceremoniously vanish - the NPCs in this game tend to get their stories resolved more completely than that. I also still don't trust that dude. His whole backstory is 'guy who is bitter he was betrayed and also now assumes that the only way to escape Wonderland is betrayal.' He can't know about the bell specifically, but now that he's out of the suffering chamber I wouldn't be surprised if he tried to pull some shenanigans in order to get his body back (or someone else's).
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Feb 10, 2017 17:40
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It only now occurs to me to wonder - if you never actually leave the one chamber you're in, then this whole time, the guys must have been in the same one that the Director and Cam originally went to, right? Can that possibly be a coincidence?
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Feb 10, 2017 17:44
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AriadneThread posted:i think griffin expected him to die in the fight, but kept rolling twenties This sounds about right. He has 4 (or was it 2?) HP, anything that actually hit him would've ended his life. I hope they somehow take him to the BoB against his will, surely there's a spell or a jar they can use.
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Poop. Well you win some, you lose some.
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Feb 10, 2017 22:23
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Hope there's a new Monster Factory anyway. (At this point I don't follow any TV show as closely as I follow like three or four discrete McElProducts.)
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The two times I've put in suggestions for the podcast have been the lost episode (I got a twitter fav on that one) and this week, haha
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I was iffy on Peacecraft due to the comments here in the thread but I liked it. Griffin's stress is pretty funny, and the way he reacts to things in the game that seem old to me is pretty refreshing. It makes me want to start a new character and just go back through the world leveling again.
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Supercar Gautier posted:One thing that struck me as odd and is still kind of bugging me is how the liches didn't express any surprise at the cheating; they just treated it like a normal wonderland "victory".
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I wonder how the director got out. Her being controlled by a lich this whole time doesn't make sense, so I guess she legit escaped somehow.
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PostNouveau posted:I wonder how the director got out. Her being controlled by a lich this whole time doesn't make sense, so I guess she legit escaped somehow. Seems like the "escape game" she played against Cam was legitimate, is all. The rules of Wonderland are cruel and often concealed and only lead to a false victory, but I guess there is some tiny semblance of fair play.
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Or she's not destroying the grand relics like she claims. Having all those would make you a god. Add on having the Voidfish on your side means nothing could possibly stop you because no one would know about your actions.
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Supercar Gautier posted:Seems like the "escape game" she played against Cam was legitimate, is all. The rules of Wonderland are cruel and often concealed and only lead to a false victory, but I guess there is some tiny semblance of fair play. Director Escapes, Director's obsession with the Grand Relics sends more sacrifices into Wonderland. Seems like a pretty good deal.
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She didn't win she just escaped, so I can see her just losing a game.
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Aren't the grand relics all pieces of a wizard that broke their soul into pieces to imbue them? In that case, destroying them would return that power back to them. Or they're not being destroyed. I think that's unlikely though. Unless it's been Davenport all along with the long con.
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Supercar Gautier posted:Seems like the "escape game" she played against Cam was legitimate, is all. The rules of Wonderland are cruel and often concealed and only lead to a false victory, but I guess there is some tiny semblance of fair play. You can get more suffering out of Cam having been betrayed than you can out of keeping the two around.
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graham cracker posted:Aren't the grand relics all pieces of a wizard that broke their soul into pieces to imbue them? The Grand Relics are just powerful magic items that were created by the Red Robes. The Chalice implied that they were once part of some sort of powerful entity but they're creation wasn't explicitly stated.
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Improbable Lobster posted:The Grand Relics are just powerful magic items that were created by the Red Robes. The Chalice implied that they were once part of some sort of powerful entity but they're creation wasn't explicitly stated. Specifically, an entity that had the ability to reshape reality.  
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graham cracker posted:Aren't the grand relics all pieces of a wizard that broke their soul into pieces to imbue them? That would just be the best. A little weird Gnome that can only say his own name is the mastermind behind this whole ordeal. Plus he's named after the #1 outside contributor to the McElroy empire. I'd love to see Davenport reveal himself clad in all the items but he's still only able to shout, "DAVENPORT!"
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So wait, that KFC pizza abomination is only available in Singapore? What gives!? But, but... I wanna munch...  e: VVV But does it have pineapple? Visual Sneeze fucked around with this message at 22:16 on Feb 11, 2017 |
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Visual Sneeze posted:So wait, that KFC pizza abomination is only available in Singapore? What gives!? lemmie tell you about a thing called chicken parm son
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It's like if René Magritte liked watching two guys play a glitchy car game.
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mythomanic posted:I had assumed that was because it was the prize they set out to get. Thats what I figured at first, but if they are using the Animus Bell to get into their brains and undead beings are immune to the Void Fish's magic, wouldn't Edward and Lydia have access to the whole parts of their memories that are scrambled?
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