I'm having a hard time to keep up with this. I miss mercer's dm style. Also the episodes are surprisingly long.

I feel like there is just a lot of rolls just to roll.

Also this was designed as a stand alone story but it has so much lore ties in campaign one that I'm having trouble even remembering and I watched all of that.
Like I can tell Matt is trying to make it its own thing but almost everything Liam says is a reference to the cast of campaign one lol

When I found out these characters were coming back I hunkered down and finished this thing... And oof. Like it's mostly just ok (it does get better tho)

Lemme just say I'm super glad Opal isn't returning in campaign 3 sheesh. An impressive mix of stubborn and aimless

Curtis @ 8/11/2021 23:02

Curtis @ 8/11/2021 22:59 For sure. Not to keep knocking Aabria but the Mister interactions were not half as amusing as they thought they were From the other thread just now and it reminded me what I meant to post earlier (Im gonna continue to knock Aabria), the Opal and Ted scenes make me cringe so hard, they are horrible. I hate how modern their language is when they talk to each other. Halfway through ep4 and there was a good stretch of that and I hated it

Oh yeah for sure. I don't know if it's dm or player led but everytime ted has to interact with opal... Or honestly any charter interacts with opal it's either very modern Californian vibes or disappointed parent? I think some of it is a disconnect in the improv that is painting the dm into a corner though? If that makes sense. The Opal character doesn't give a lot to work with sometimes.

Although the characterizations Abria does for the fully established dieties of the world leaves a lot to be desired as well... Not to spoil too much but one appears who previously was characterized as being mostly silent or implied words but here she is just like "yo gurl you cray"

I did like all the one off characters everyone played. But yeah she really likes rolls but also railroading. It's weird.

This is the part where I tell you it gets better

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But keep going so we can really hash it out in the post game Convo

That whole last battle is rough. Like it doesn't even seem like the series should end there but it does and she's like use the circlet there are no downsides at all it's literally the best option ever do it goddamnit and the players are just like "no" but she keeps pushing it. And then she finally does it and that's just the end of it lol. Also everyone doing sentimental rolls a lot. It was definitely a weird experience. But I'm glad I listened so I cared about the PCs more?

Exactly why I went back to listen to it before c3 I didn't want any spoilers... Not that any of it really mattered I guess.

Just started the new mini-series and there is already a weird charisma saving throw to stop thinking about sad thoughts.
Here we go.

Ok I finished the two parts and I have to say this was way more tolerable than the original run. All the characters who annoyed me weren't as annoying (looking at you fy'ra'rai) and Dorian and Dariax are a delight as always.

Also the plot being grounded and straightforward really helped a lot. Worth a listen if you're curious about the future of the crown keepers. Also the new player was actually really good.

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