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Sestze posted:There were a lot of moments that hit pretty hard during that episode. "Chaos stops being cute" is such a hammerblow after how Ally's played Kristen for several seasons, which if that was how it was played on the long term was just a masterstroke. I don't get the sense that it was planned, just that this season seems to have been designed around looking back at the decisions and outcomes of previous seasons and actually extrapolating all of the less happy what-happened-nexts and forcing the characters to face up to consequences.
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The theme this year seems to be "Yeah, all those fun jokes you kept making the past two season? Here are the logical consequences of that". Fig's constantly skipping class and loving off to go on shenanigans in town? You're failing out of school. Kristen changes her deity once a season? You're also failing out of school. Gorgug's multiclassing to Artificer? That doesn't make sense in-game and none of your class features work with each other. Porter's right; you can be an Artificer, or you can be a Barbarian, but you can't be both. Adaine killed her parents? Cool, you're broke and being a Wizard is unbelievably expensive. Fabian's finally found himself? That means there are stakes now, and you have to start taking classes seriously rather than sleepwalking your way through them while trusting daddy's money to carry you. Riz at least I feel bad for, because while he's always been poor, he running into the fact that if you're poor and want go to a good college you need to be perfect. My sweet goblin boy did nothing wrong, but that's kind of the point. I love it and look forward to getting my heart broken over and over this season Froghammer fucked around with this message at 15:15 on Jan 26, 2024 |
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I totally dig the general theme, but wasn't the Nightmare King thing worth 65% of their sophomore year grade and they were described as absolutely crushing all their classes prior to that? I get like Fig still failing on attendance, but part of the reason Ragh was hype to join in Sophomore year is because it basically guaranteed he'd pass.
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Yes but grades, in my experience, don't transfer from one school year to the next
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Froghammer posted:Gorgug's multiclassing to Artificer? That doesn't make sense in-game and none of your class features work with each other. Porter's right; you can be an Artificer, or you can be a Barbarian, but you can't be both. you may be overreading this one at least, as in the talkback they were directly talking about how this is an example of those teachers you have that project something onto you that no longer fits as your interests change, then really inappropriately feel like they can punish you for not meeting their perceptions. "you're such an amazing student at [thing they do], i can't believe you're throwing it away by focusing on [other thing] instead" eke out fucked around with this message at 18:44 on Jan 26, 2024 |
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Can’t wait for the Jacob Wysocki/Kimia VIP tonight. Also going to another improv show this weekend featuring Vic, Jacob, Izzy and Jacquis. Excited to see what that’s like.
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Froghammer posted:The theme this year seems to be "Yeah, all those fun jokes you kept making the past two season? Here are the logical consequences of that". The thing I really love (so far) about this season is that while all of this is true, none of it is guaranteed to be bad. Just not necessarily the path that everyone thinks is "right." Appropriate for a show on "Dropout". The tight rope that Brennan and Ally walk as players but also their characters is so fascinating to me. Ally is always ready to make a joke, even when Brennan doesn't think it's narratively appropriate for them to do so, and that has manifested itself into Kristen becoming a character whose defining characteristic is that they don't let consequences inflicted by other people (or gravity) dictate their actions or emotions. I think a lot of the time Brennan will not so subtly say "Hey, this is a sad situation." Everyone else will say "Okay, here's how my character would respond to a sad situation." Ally doesn't hear the "sad" part and makes their own decision about how they want to feel about it. It rules. "That's what you think." Sudden Loud Noise fucked around with this message at 19:11 on Jan 26, 2024 |
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eke out posted:you may be overreading this one at least, as in the talkback they were directly talking about how this is an example of those teachers you have that project something onto you that no longer fits as your interests change, then really inappropriately feel like they can punish you for not meeting their perceptions. "you're such an amazing student at [thing they do], i can't believe you're throwing it away by focusing on [other thing] instead"
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porters just wants gorgug to get relentless rage
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porter is an interesting character because he's being a bad teacher but in the weird mechanical meta world of d&d he isn't wrong that its a pretty bad multiclass
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Farg posted:porter is an interesting character because he's being a bad teacher but in the weird mechanical meta world of d&d he isn't wrong that its a pretty bad multiclass then hes a minmaxer and gorgugs arc will be intentionally making suboptimal choices that end up saving everyone because the dm is good
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tbh i also thought porter was baiting gorgug into getting really pissed off and raging at him as a secret test
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its a pretty farcical circumstance considering some of gorgugs enthusiasm for uhh artifice is due to misapprehensions and deceptions
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Farg posted:tbh i also thought porter was baiting gorgug into getting really pissed off and raging at him as a secret test he totally was and gorgug failed
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every new thing I learn about Brennen is wild. He didn't go to high school? Are Americans allowed to not go to high school? He worked at a LARP camp, which is something I didn't know existed until like an hour ago.
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YggiDee posted:every new thing I learn about Brennen is wild. He didn't go to high school? Are Americans allowed to not go to high school? He worked at a LARP camp, which is something I didn't know existed until like an hour ago. His giant skull houses a giant brain. He started college at age 14 or something
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I didn't go to high school. I was homeschooled until I was 14 (because the schools where I lived sucked and my parents were both college educated) and then I started taking classes at a nearby university.
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Porter's position is also understandable because according to the school's multiclass rules you basically have to do 150% of the normal load, under which it only makes sense to do multiclasses that synergize with each other and make the other class more effective. Fabian's bard/fighter combo is odd but there are martial maneuvers that can boost his charisma checks and swords bard has flourishes which convert bardic inspiration into combat stuff. Gorgug has to choose in every fight between being an artificer or barbarian.YggiDee posted:every new thing I learn about Brennen is wild. He didn't go to high school? Are Americans allowed to not go to high school? He worked at a LARP camp, which is something I didn't know existed until like an hour ago. I don't know the specifics but in the US you can get out of certain educational levels either by 1) testing your way through them, which is how you get like 14 year old in college or 2) using some weird farm exception where you don't go to school because you're part of the family farm. Morrow fucked around with this message at 15:29 on Jan 27, 2024 |
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fighter is probably one of the best multiclass adds because of the many proficiencies it grants even just at level 1. just two levels of fighter gets you fighting styles, second wind and action surge, and if you add one more level you can be a champion fighter and crit on 19 and 20. if you use weapons at all it’s a pro move. i bet probably half of the students in the fighter courses are multiclassing
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Hey so in this week's VIP was that a real skull? I've never seen a loving tooth fall out of a prop skull before.
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Definitely a real skull 100%
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CatstropheWaitress posted:Definitely a real skull 100% It's pat's skull. They got it from Trapp's green room
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I'm slowly making my way through all of Dimension 20's past seasons. I just finished episode 1 of Shriek Week. Is there any conflict, or mystery or drama which isn't about relationships, because if not then I'm okay skipping the remaining episodes.
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:I'm slowly making my way through all of Dimension 20's past seasons. I just finished episode 1 of Shriek Week. Is there any conflict, or mystery or drama which isn't about relationships, because if not then I'm okay skipping the remaining episodes. yes but if you already don't like it then skip it
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Shriek week was monsterhearts right? It's one of those systems that are extremely love it or hate it. I didn't watch it but I also fully recognize that that I've wasn't for me.
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lemonadesweetheart posted:yes but if you already don't like it then skip it Stabbey_the_Clown fucked around with this message at 02:18 on Jan 30, 2024 |
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DeathSandwich posted:Shriek week was monsterhearts right? It's one of those systems that are extremely love it or hate it. I didn't watch it but I also fully recognize that that I've wasn't for me. It's Gabe's home-brew system; Monsterhearts would have been dope
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Xand_Man posted:It's Gabe's home-brew system; Monsterhearts would have been dope Incomplete list of systems I’d like to see: - Monsterhearts - Glitch/Chuubo’s Marvelous Wish Granting Engine - Pasion de las Pasiones - mork borg - Night Witches
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MrQueasy posted:Incomplete list of systems I’d like to see: I don't think OSRs would work very well for the usual format they do, though I'd love to see some sort of anthology setup.
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MrQueasy posted:- Pasion de las Pasiones YES PLEASE
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I would kill to see the intrepid heroes playing Blades in the Dark. Imagine the shenanigans Emily could get up to with flashbacks!
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I wouldn't mind seeing the kind of bonkers combos the Intrepid Heroes could get up to in Lancer, tbh.
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Captain_Person posted:I would kill to see the intrepid heroes playing Blades in the Dark. Imagine the shenanigans Emily could get up to with flashbacks! Glass Cannon's Haunted City is what John Harper considers the best BitD AP, apparently, and it has Ross Bryant as one of the players. (I really should get around to watching some of it.)
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