"They can't keep every plate spinning. If they could, I would add more plates." This is a fantastic line.

"... Yeah, that's why we don't sell calendars." I don't know why, but that tickled me.

Matt: I love playing these world-weary cop characters. Also Matt: Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown.

I love how Matt is still playing Sumat Pol even when he’s just doing a campaign diary

Nero's description of Boots ("apparently acting as the Chain's intelligence officer") has come true!

Angel's semi-frantic mostly frustrated description of Capital's political landscape was my favorite part of the episode. It reminded me a lot of the Pepe Silvia scene from It's Always Sunny.

Just wanted you to know that I love these diaries, as a learning GM I love to see the mindset you have. Mostlyas I dont have the time to watch the stream but more because of the behind the scenes vibe. TYVM Matt keep up the fantastic work.

I’m really waiting for the dramatic moment when someone pays for a flying carpet, gets a special coin and is immediately shuttled off somewhere they weren’t expecting

I actually really like having campaign diaries day of the stream, gets me hyped to stay up to midnight.

I could listen to Matt fantasy technobabble in Sumat's voice for hours. It's so fun

“The Incident at the Inn” Do you mean: The *INN*-cident?

Matt starts with a recap of part 1 (Broadsheets ask about the shadows attack, cop asks about shadows attack, Angel's report) 15:25 Behind the scenes insight on Matt's plans for the spy network 17:45 Recap of part 2 (shopping at Sumat Pol's) 23:05 Behind the scenes insight on homage 25:35 Back into recounting the shopping 31:52 Overall Reflection on how the session went There are a lot of interesting little reflections throughout the recaps too.

I think going forward, we should refer to the Shadow attack on the Footstool as the “Inn-cident”.

If they're treants, maybe you could have named them Sumac Pol

"Magic resistance is very powerful and hard to come by." Yeah, right... *laughs in yuan-ti*

On this edition of the best content on youtube: more awesome content! I love how easy it is to follow along with your rich plot in an episodic format. Sure, you lose the immersive player element, but as a DM with a job and not enough time to watch the full stream... this video format is a GODSEND.

Moving out of my college dorm today for the summer. This is a great video to listen to while i pack up. Thank you matt.

I got accused of being derivative on Saturday, derivative of game of thrones. I don’t watch game of thrones. Hurts, man.

I'm going to rip off the Treant character and name mine after you: Kumat Col :D I love the idea of a million campaigns each with their own version of Pumat Sol!

You can tell how much Matt likes roleplaying the character when he keeps dropping into character in the middle of the recap.

I loved this last session.

I love these diaries; it's lovely to see an experienced DM show their work and how they think. This combined with me not having time to watch the actual stream it's a great inspiration for my own campaigns and sessions.

11:00 missed opportunity for a monty python "Bring out your Dead!" clip

I LOVED Sumat Pol. I loved when you were playing Angel. Your acting chops are tops! YES!

Matt I really enjoy the recap and your insight into the sessions. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos.

Thanks for taking the time to do these videos. I watch the adventure on Twitch, usually on Thursday since my AL DnD game is Wed night, but these are very informative and help me catch things I may have missed. Really enjoying the campaign so far. Keep up the great work.

Dont always have time to watch the whole session every week. Your weekly synopsis is priceless!

I loved the lore - I listened to that section 3 times just to make sure I got everything down! And the curator was hilarious! Thanks for doing the campaign diaries, Matt!

Thanks for still doing a steady stream of these, it's been hard to keep up with the stream at times and I genuinely like to know your top line takeaways

I love the campaign and players! You're doing a great job, Matt!

I loved this episode and didn't begrudge at all both sequences being smusched into one session. Bravo.

I'm I crazy that I got really excited when I clicked on this and saw a 40 minute run time??

My favorite part of the behind-the-screen episodes, is watching the campaign and then hearing what you though when well and what didn't. Then remembering how watching those looked to me and how I thought they players felt about them. It really helps me realize how hard we are on are selfs as dms and how the players are having fun. Not realizing how I messed up and they BB was supposed to do this or that

Thanks again for making these! Commenting to help boost vid

I just wanted to let you know that while I've enjoyed every episode of The Chain so far, this was probably my favorite episode yet because I really enjoyed Angel's actual report. I thought you did a great job of laying the report out in character and Angel is one of my favorite Chain junior officers. I really like Angel's attitude.

Speaking of "ripping things off" I totally used the "You are not the changeling" cards in my campaign, and man it was one of the best sessions we had in a long time! Brilliant stuff! It's so cool to have other DMs to look to and employ masterful things they've done in their campaigns. Thanks for the grand idea Matt!

I love these videos it is very inspiring. Thank you for your time.

Are Brass Men made of Sin Metal? Also Matt... I was in love with the Teeth Of The Dragon... BUT WHAT IN THE WARDS OF THE EMPEROR.

This was one of my favorite episodes! I love some good solid role play! This episode was full of that.

Great content as allways, Matt!

Gee thanks, Matt. Now I have to make mine a bugbear and call him Pumal Sot.

As a Wisconsinite, the Sumat Pol accent is hilarious. It's just like going back home and talking to the locals.

“The players remember, I don’t know if the characters know this though.” ... Sumat literally explained the properties of Sin Metal to the party.

I really enjoyed the world building and RP'ing that happened in this session.

Hey Matt, I finally got through Priest. Left a review via Amazon. Solid 8 out of 10, one of the most enjoyable reading experiences I've had. Will be purchasing Thief when I get paid.

Don't know exactly what it is but Matt is looking pretty fresh today

I love the Matt version as it is a different perspective/ interpretation to what I may have seen

I think the way that Matt played both Angel and the Sumat Pols was very well done! I realized on some level that it was a lot of DM talking and players not doing a whole lot, but I was super interested in what Angel had to say and the way that Matt played him kept me hooked. And Sumat Pol had me cracking up. I loved that he started arguing with himself to the point that the party had to keep him on subject! I honestly could have sat there and listened to the Sumat Pols argue.

Campaign diaries are the best!

Not sure what it is but Matt is looking particularly dapper in this video.

Ok, I really like you describing the Su Mat Poll stuff. Great voices

I like the idea of 3 ents that may or may not be from minnesota running a magic club where you can buy demon hearts and magic swords.

Hey matt great video as always! I want to know more about the ancient ores you mentioned. Can you give us rest of the info on them or where we can find them?

I can't wait to unveil my new shopkeepers, the Tumat Gols!

I enjoy the episode of the chain, I love the introduction of Sumat Pol, is like his inspiration but it also has his diference that make him unique and enjoyable...

I work in insurance restoration, I feel like that makes me a gnoll...

Thanks for making these videos for us Matt!

"if they don't take this other job something crazy is going to happen and there is never a right answer" - you gotta be careful with that as a DM, I've had players disengage because they didn't think they were ever getting clear wins. Love these diaries btw, thanks for putting them out.

Can confirm if you label an opera house on your map a player will check it out, not sure why but hey it works!

Make a Video with Mercer where Pumat sol and Sumat pol meet! Would be hillarious i think!

I loved the Pumat Sol homage. It was similar but different from Matt Merecers. And that's what Matt Colville has been telling us:rip off the things you like and make them your own. And he did really great last Wednesday

I really miss the campaign diaries, a great way to sum up episodes for someone not able to watch the stream

In a lighthearted context, people use "trolling" to just mean "messing with", even in quite a friendly way sometimes.

I would totally tune in for short solo episodes of a single character enjoying the city. Obviously is hard to pull of because adult time is limited, but just for you to know, you would have a watcher that would enjoy that FOR SURE! So tell the players that it's okey!

The Adventures of Big Cat in the Big City

Appreciate the 1440p resolution!

I'm gonna need a cameo from the Radenwights, my man. I'm reading Thief and I love them!

I loved angel. Personally I like the RP heavy episodes, combat is combat (although there are tricks to learn) but the grand-strategy feel of your campaigns are what get me hooked.

Matt you are so good man

Sumat Pol - this brings me joy - now I have a great name for my version - Pumat was already taken lol . Rock on, sir.

I just hope leech makes some cool sunglasses with the sin metal

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My word, the fact that the world moves in real time like this really must require some stage keeping elements like a time line and the sort.

Peace, out!!! :) feels like home

I think this is the first time Matt has dropped an f-bomb outside of the livestreams.

I need to know more about Ringwell!

I see where you got the gnolls there. Now you just need some enterprising fellow to show up and start selling sausages, inna bun!

@Matt, love the diaries, don't stop. Anyone know a resource for all of Matt's cool metals?

I see no problems with ripping characters and ideas off in games you plan to run just for friends. I say kudos to you for giving them references that some folks can connect with.

I’ve been waiting for this campaign diary!!! Such a great session Matt, and I really want to know your thoughts on it.

Missed the opportunity to call your treants Sumac Pole

Any chance we could get a PDF of the list of fantasy techno-babble? I'd love to use some of that.

Please do let the players know we want to see them do the single activities also. I love seeing character progression and the little bits for them

Because every campaing can always have MORE Discworld references! XDD

The whole not able to do everything at once bugged me a bit at the start, because of how the players were doing things. They haven't really utilized their assets much in Capitol. When they took the underdark Job, the other jobs sounded like something the junior officers might have been able to take care of off screen. Now, with some of The Chain employed as guards and others working with Angel to set up a spy network, the non PC members of the Chain are finally, actually doing something, and I think that's great.

I really keep hoping they'll decide to try to take over one of the murdered Prince's districts. Especially now that they're starting up Angel as a master spy. Start feeling out some of those districts and see what those people need or want and slowly start making yourselves important to those people!

I never knew CR's Pumat Sol, and I assure you Sumat Pol was a campaign highlight for me so far. Such a memorable NPC!

I loved angels report mostly cause I love angel

May the Timerider bleep on without us!

Sumat pol, "Get the things you love, stick into your game"

Is anyone else singing in their head, 'Angel's report, Angel's report...'? A la 'Creature report' from Octonauts. Just me?

Hey Matt. Loved the episode. Couple points concerning Leech's requests to Sumat Pol (nice job there BTW). 1. There _is_ in fact a magic item that makes Warlocks better at being Warlocks. The Rod of the Pact Keeper. Available in handy +1, +2 and +3 versions for the relevant tiers of play. 2. A Tome of Leadership and Influence would have also met OD's _very specific and clear_ request to you for an item that would make Leech a better Warlock. 3. "SInmetal" is an awesome idea (memories of playing a Drow yourself?), but Leech can't wear metal armor (even the lightest is Medium). You're not allowing feats (I think?), so he can't get the proficiency that way (and wouldn't qualify for one for another three levels anyway). He doesn't meet the prerequisites for multiclassing into a class that would grant the proficiency, so no luck there. Possibly your best bet is your observation that it takes the same amount of Sinmetal to make weapon as it does a suit of armor. This implies that there is some way to refine the Sinmetal into a more concentrated form, which allows for the possibility of it being used as the studs on a suit of studded leather (the heaviest armor a Warlock can wear). Sounds kind of plausible to me anyway. Sorry. Played a Warlock a little while back. As for Angel's report, I really can't see what more you can do to emphasise the importance of the broadsheets in Capital short of outright grabbing your players by the shoulders, shaking them and screaming in their faces, "Hey, people! You need to be able to control people's perceptions of The Chain! I've been telling you about the broadsheets since Sweet was the Commander!" Given that some of the players are your employees, I think there's probably a law prohibiting this particular method of exposition anyway. And Lars might punch you. Also, it should be "In order to _effect_ the death of ..." not "affect". Because that still bothers me 14 episodes in. I just can't unsee it.

ahah the permanent transient, that is brilliant!

Loving what you're doing with Sumat Pol, but I feel just a touch sad that your treant isn't named "Sumac Pole"

I'd love to see how you come up with the "key" or "menu" for the city. I've been pondering how to do this for the campaign I'm planning. There are lots of options, but I'm not sure how to make the players aware of them.

Matt says think in this situation youd've loved my conquest hexadin siege master, quartermaster, logistics officer

Idea for my campaign: every time they enter a magic store, it's the SAME store, with the SAME pet basilisk, and a different set of Musat Lop who thinks they are new customers.

Sup notification gang?

Can you upload the audio of these to your podcasts? I love hearing your soothing voice while I drive, but I go into withdrawals between Chain episodes.

Now I'm wondering if Matt and Matt bounce ideaa off each other. It's always nice a DM to be able to confide your plans with someone.