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Anyone been reading the a crystal Kingdom graphic novel? About 2/3 through and I’m really enjoying the changes they made, although the fights with the crystal golem were very difficult to follow.
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Jul 24, 2021 15:57
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VaultAggie posted:Anyone been reading the a crystal Kingdom graphic novel? About 2/3 through and I’m really enjoying the changes they made, although the fights with the crystal golem were very difficult to follow. Haven't picked up CK yet, but yeah I have had trouble following action sequences in previous installments. The art style can be kind of messy, and the creative use of panel formatting doesn't help sometimes.
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Jul 24, 2021 17:46
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TL posted:I was thinking earlier about how the party is going to fare without a healer, then I remembered what lovely cleric Merle was, and realized they'll probably be fine. 5e doesn't really need a dedicated healer all that much anyway unless you have a pretty ruthless DM. It's pretty easy to keep yourself topped up and cheat death if you get taken down. The RPG party of one-trick specialists is mostly a video game thing in TYOOL 2021.
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Jul 24, 2021 21:08
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VaultAggie posted:Anyone been reading the a crystal Kingdom graphic novel? About 2/3 through and I’m really enjoying the changes they made, although the fights with the crystal golem were very difficult to follow. I just finished it. I think it was better put together than the previous ones, which I don't know that I would have enjoyed without knowledge of the podcast. This felt like it stood on its own better.
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Jul 24, 2021 21:12
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I only ever bought the first one and didn't think it worked very well in a single volume graphic novel format. The art was good though!
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Jul 26, 2021 02:34
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I am laughing my rear end off that Griffin got inspired by the Wild Magic table from Graduation to actually use a random encounter table while traveling. I have listened to a number of actual-play podcasts and this is now the only one that actually uses the rule, or at least doesn't lampshade it.
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Jul 26, 2021 15:11
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That might be the hardest I’ve ever laughed at the number six.
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Jul 26, 2021 15:41
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Ariong posted:That might be the hardest I’ve ever laughed at the number six. They're still counting while I'm listening but the fact that they rolled A SIX PLUS NINE on the very first encounter roll is so loving unintentionally on brand for Griffin running D&D considering they ended Balance on episode 69
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Jul 26, 2021 15:45
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I'm going to wait three or four episodes to see if it's received well before I start listening, then I'm going to wait three or four more episodes cause I'm busy and forgot to start listening, then I'm not going to listen because there's too much of a backlog
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Jul 26, 2021 15:52
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From the first two episodes + the vibe of the TQY worldbuilding, my impression is that Griffin isn't going to bog down the campaign too much like Amnesty or Stolen Century, but we are not going to get that Rockport Express lightning back in the bottle. This is pretty squarely in Crystal Kingdom-era Balance for tone and storytelling, but I think that's going to hinge on whether they maintain being cooperative with telling a story vs. absolutely loving dunking on Griffin for extended periods of time. Some of the best payoffs from Balance were Griffin taking some stupid bullshit from arcs 1 or 2 and having them land on their feet toward the end, like the Taco/Taako Truck
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Jul 26, 2021 16:02
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I really didn't like the taako truck, in hindsight. Just didn't land for me. That's my story, see ya later.
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Jul 26, 2021 16:22
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I didn't understand what the gently caress the deal was with the taco truck until Griffin admitted he was scared that having one of them "invent" a common Mexican food item would come across as racist to the Tumblr crowd and then I thought it was hilarious
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Jul 26, 2021 16:33
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i think it’s silly that he bothered to go back and finish the taco quest subplot but also i’m glad he did it Story and Song honestly kinda sucks in general, all of griffins narration and plot beats go from winky and funny to genuinely up their own rear end. but I’m an idiot who got invested in this dorky family dungeon and dragons game so i can’t help but like a lot of it. It’s very final fantasy big stupid melodramatic finale and that’s appropriate at least John Wick of Dogs posted:I'm going to wait three or four episodes to see if it's received well before I start listening, then I'm going to wait three or four more episodes cause I'm busy and forgot to start listening, then I'm not going to listen because there's too much of a backlog Honestly same lol. I’m still trying to psychically get over the large unlistened to swaths of Graduation in my library. It clangs against my broken brain but gently caress if I’m going to binge a dozen episodes of Graduation, that’d be like trying to binge a bag of cornmeal
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Jul 26, 2021 16:44
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Graduation is honestly best binged. I listened to a lot of it on a road trip and it made it much easier to stomach, since there's often three episodes in a row where they're planning how they're going to get ready to plan to do the thing. That gets real old when it's 2 months, it's not as bad when it's 3 hours and you're driving anyway.
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Jul 26, 2021 16:47
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Ethersea is good so far, moving along at a reasonable clip with fun characters and concepts. I guess the format of "you are newbie adventurers who need money so here is a beginner quest for you to do with an npc who ~may not be telling the whole truth~ is a typical d&d adventure format for a reason. I was surprised by how well the players avoided metagaming the random encounter given that they knew that lower number = worse result. I guess there wasn't much else they could have done though aside from trying to find an IC reason to ignore the nice tempting thing and that would have been boring anyway.
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Jul 26, 2021 16:58
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I think the whole enterprise so far has been worth it for Justin's reaction to yumnut.
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Jul 26, 2021 17:45
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i'd never gotten around to watching Tiny Heist, the dimension 20 season the mcelroys did with a few other people, and it's such a delight, both justin and griffin absolutely killing it 24/7 and even travis being surprisingly good as the straight man
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Jul 26, 2021 17:50
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eke out posted:i'd never gotten around to watching Tiny Heist, the dimension 20 season the mcelroys did with a few other people, and it's such a delight, both justin and griffin absolutely killing it 24/7 and even travis being surprisingly good as the straight man Clint is such a loving wildcard in that series only to be out-wildcarded by Justin.
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Jul 26, 2021 17:52
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https://twitter.com/tuckwoodstock/status/1419691753691500544 that's certainly a way to drive up your listener numbers
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Jul 26, 2021 18:17
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Man hope that's not the case when MLB just gave them a perfect baby to ruin. Also ep 2 of CK3 
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Jul 26, 2021 19:14
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Skip to 22:30 if you want to hear Justin's thoughts on it.
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Jul 26, 2021 19:27
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that was a good podcast
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Jul 26, 2021 19:31
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Space Jam 2: They've Got a Lot of Murderers in There, Huh? Thanks, Travis
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Jul 26, 2021 19:39
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wizzardstaff posted:https://twitter.com/tuckwoodstock/status/1419691753691500544 Yes, as if we couldn't guess by the number of months they just... didn't actually do the thing
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Jul 26, 2021 19:55
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I just got to the end of episode 2 of Ethersea and Griffin narrating a cliffhanger moment, then getting hit with that new theme song, I felt like I was listening to Balance again. 
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Jul 26, 2021 20:06
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wizzardstaff posted:https://twitter.com/tuckwoodstock/status/1419691753691500544 Oh great, well rip to their best content
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Jul 26, 2021 20:11
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Dog Dick did the dirty deed--Monster Factory dead definitively
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Jul 26, 2021 20:32
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I think it's completely valid to say Monster Factory was their best content, and they basically used up that comedy well.
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Jul 26, 2021 20:35
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They've seemed pretty burnt out on monster factory for a while.
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Jul 26, 2021 20:39
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They should just go back to Second Life and see how the boy mayor's city is faring. I feel like that's a far more exhaustible resource because of the miles and miles of inscrutable content/servers made for the game.
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Jul 26, 2021 20:56
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I imagine they all three got growing kids and babies, and it would nice if it ends on a high note.
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Jul 26, 2021 21:46
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It’s pretty disappointing that they could quite easily do some kind of video game related content considering that’s their background and has generated some of their best stuff, but they just…don’t. I would like to see the three of them and maybe some Polygon or former Polygon people stream some games at least, maybe bring back awful squad in some form if they’re burnt out on Monster Factory. Travis’ twitch channel doesn’t really cut the mustard without the others involved. That’s just me whining, obviously they’re going to do what they enjoy, it just seems like a no-brainer to me, especially through the whole pandemic.
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Jul 26, 2021 22:39
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Frankly I think Travis enjoyed the Awful Squad streams more than anyone else when he'd actually get an invite, lmao
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Jul 26, 2021 22:51
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Justin actually gives a surprising and pretty thoughtful answer about why. He sounds open to continuing it, just needs to be the right game for them to make something seriously bizarre, not just “an ugly guy” It’s a great interview in general! It’s funny that people sometimes think they get raked over the coals and acquiesce to fans too much, he talks a bit about that and has an honestly good healthy attitude about it
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Jul 27, 2021 02:05
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The NPR voice reserved hosts trying not to break thing at the end was so good
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Jul 27, 2021 02:29
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John Wick of Dogs posted:The NPR voice reserved hosts trying not to break thing at the end was so good The Republican Icon Shrek Shinjobi fucked around with this message at 07:48 on Jul 27, 2021 |
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Jul 27, 2021 03:19
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I just finished re-listening to Balance. Even knowing exactly what was going to happen, it still made me cry multiple times. The end of Stolen Century with the "This is it. This is it." also gave me chills. Don't look forward to commuting again, I started with two 12-hour driving days in a row and they just sailed past while I listened.
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Jul 27, 2021 04:39
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Shinjobi posted:Frankly I think Travis enjoyed the Awful Squad streams more than anyone else when he'd actually get an invite, lmao The gag in the very final Awful Squad with Travis joining the group call announcing that he's so happy to finally join his brothers on the Awful Squad roster got a good laugh out of me.
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Jul 27, 2021 11:51
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I'd be perfectly fine with Monster Factory showing up, once, twice a year to completely blow me away before retreating back to hibernate. That's fine. These guys are busy and the well is drying up, they can save it for when a really good game candidate shows up.
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Jul 27, 2021 12:46
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Did anyone listen to the cryptoast of the town bit? I don't really wanna even hear funny jokes about crypto currency atm so unsure if it's worth it.
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Jul 27, 2021 15:57
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