Brennan Shows Us How to DESTROY the Party

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This clip comes to you from Critical Role's EXU: Calamity Ep. 4.
SPOILERS! You have been warned!
Brennan proceeds to open an unholy can of whup upon the party for a scene of devastation I have yet to see replicated! Not only that, but Brennan manages to do this with his patented smirk emblazoned on his face =)
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@Jeffry_Ab Жыл бұрын

Lou's reactions throughout this entire mini series can be compacted to "Brennan please stop, they are not gonna invite us to play again"

@ianheinke1405 Жыл бұрын

Lou said “ I’m gunna throw up” lol

@ashstar7495 Жыл бұрын

This is my favorite comment ever and I'm high so you know I'm not lying

@t76a2d Жыл бұрын

@@ashstar7495 I wanna roll insight to see if this guy’s lying. :D

@hyperjump1169 Жыл бұрын

@@ashstar7495 ok go ahead and role a persuasion check

@Morbidity100 Жыл бұрын

@@ashstar7495 high on what

@brigwe616 Жыл бұрын

"Thankfully you failed your constitution save" is an unbelievably terrifying sentence

@zeddwulfen7737 Жыл бұрын

WTF would have happened if hey had! YEESH.

@chaosismyjam8187 Жыл бұрын

@@zeddwulfen7737 Death. Arm is stuck in the tree and so is Paisha unable to escape the following explosion. Instadeath.

@raeg1100 Жыл бұрын

It is horrifying and so good at the same time. It absolutely makes me want to create scenarios in scarier games I run that failing some saves is the better option

@mustangwolf1997 Жыл бұрын

My DM did this to me with a wisdom save in a Star Wars 5e campaign. The result is my character that just died couldn't find peace, and continued to exist as a force ghost. I still had to make a new character, so now I had to play both whenever the dead dude was relevant.

@chaosismyjam8187 Жыл бұрын

@@mustangwolf1997 Chuckles?

@13sampepper Жыл бұрын

"are you weakest at the elbow or the shoulder". IMMEDIATE sweating

@JKSSubstandard Жыл бұрын

Ha ha. I'm in danger

@davidbycroft Жыл бұрын

The one thing that bugged me about this sequence and how they resurrected each other afterwards, is that some of them suffered catastrophic damage to limbs and lower tier resurrections don't restore missing limbs. I was expecting, at least, Patia to be missing an arm for the rest of the session/campaign due to that explosion.

@apawhite Жыл бұрын

@@davidbycroft Yeah, that would have been cool, but to be fair we would all screw up some stuff if we were trying to do this much over a six-hour televised session, with six players and countless NPCs. Even demigods like Brennan can fail.

@davidbycroft Жыл бұрын

@@apawhite I agree that's fair. It was minor and I didn't lose sleep over it but it would have been a cool complication for her character.

@behindthesmile1276 Жыл бұрын

@@davidbycroft didn't they lose almost all of their magic items in the process, or were they able to recover them?

@CarpeDonnelly Жыл бұрын

"Is this a spell effect?" "Nah, this is physics"

@yayabouhamal8293 Жыл бұрын

this made me laugh so hard in the midst of all this chaos

@nicholaskehler9169 Жыл бұрын

Don't wizards have resistance to physics?

@aquawoelfly Жыл бұрын

Has it been a second yet?

@Mijal15 Жыл бұрын

@@nicholaskehler9169 Physics is vulnerable to wizard damage but wizards don't resist physics.

@xiataima378 Жыл бұрын

@@yayabouhamal8293 😊

@soph0429 Жыл бұрын

"are you weakest at the elbow or shoulder" has the same energy as "ok lets go down the line, everyone tell me what you're most afraid of" in fantasy high sophomore year

@dominictemple 10 ай бұрын

What I always love is Travis' squeaking fear laughter straight afterwards.

@smoogieboogie1694 9 ай бұрын

@@dominictemple Every time Travis does his high pitched laugh/scream with his mouth closed I lose it.

@ShardtheWolf Жыл бұрын

The amazing thing about this, is that at no point does brennan seem to be vindictive. He's sadistic, but not vindictive, it never feels like a DM spite killing players. This isn't "Rocks fall, everybody dies"

@mndlessdrwer Жыл бұрын

Not having watched what led to this happening, my guess is that this is just one of the possible scenarios that Brennan had for if someone decided to play fast and loose with an end-game interaction. It's not spiteful, as he foresaw this possibility, it is merely the outcome of the lore playing out to its conclusion. Pretty awesome though.

@kennethmorgan8795 Жыл бұрын

@@mndlessdrwer essentially, it helps everyone went in knowing that "they couldn't win this"... they could have and Matt had contingency lore but they knew they weren't supposed to... it was more of a "fight to not loose" sort of thing.

@MeonLights Жыл бұрын

@@mndlessdrwer they basically did destroy an incredibly powerful thing that was both divine and magic. It's like they kicked a sea mine that also could rend their mines.

@PoeticElysium Жыл бұрын

The universe does not have malice, but it does have a sick sense of humor and sometimes people end up walking into the punchline.

@kelseycain3469 Жыл бұрын

This is just Brennan establishing stakes.

@jessy5241 Жыл бұрын

“Wait, you have healing spells?” “NO, I’M A FULL ASS WIZARD!” I love Aabria with my entire heart.

@darkestlight660 Жыл бұрын

As we all should

@elianasites Жыл бұрын

I was gonna like this comment, but it's at 666 right now and brennan is the devil so I'm leaving it as is

@CJ-ur3fx Жыл бұрын

12:58 For anyone interested.

@jlinkous05 Жыл бұрын

Within a one second of bullet time it couldn't really be done. Instant reaction sent the shielding effect to someone, and maybe a cleric or paladin could have a similar reaction for sending healing somewhere but without properly targetting it to exactly to who it needed to go based on the sudden surge of saving throws and damage.

@moviebad109 10 ай бұрын

@@ShannonBarber78unless it’s a bonus action that happens immediately, I doubt she’d have the time to do that AND the arcane barrier she threw up.

@Dragonz401 Жыл бұрын

Are we still under 1 second?! Brennan sure knows how to make the fun last forever =)

@JudgementFish Жыл бұрын

And yet...by the end of this video...they still haven't reached 1 second ha!

@250-daffazhafrank3 Жыл бұрын

Yeah the entire episode is nineteen second lol, the hour-long one second and the 18 second of fight :)

@optimistprime3192 Жыл бұрын

@@250-daffazhafrank3 There is the time between that one bullet-time second and the last 18 before the city lands, where everyone is off doing their last thing before gathering for the final battle. I think in in-game time, this entire episode is only an hour and some change.

@carlwitt3934 Жыл бұрын

"Fun", he says.

@ZacGames3 Жыл бұрын

@@250-daffazhafrank3 Sounds like DIO's stop time in the anime...

@romxxii Жыл бұрын

It's crazy how compressing this "second" into a greatest hits clip still takes over 15 minutes. Brennan Lee "Emotional Damage" Mulligan.

@ZombiePilot420 Жыл бұрын

Brennan "emotionaLee damage" mulligan

@DevilWearsAdidas Жыл бұрын

Know whats worse? The single second took 2 hours in the show.

@G.F.SF55 Жыл бұрын

@@DevilWearsAdidas I love how it's both the worst and the best part about it XD

@EnzoFoove 7 ай бұрын

Ah yes, the worst kind of damage in DnD, emotional

@atlander4204 5 ай бұрын

It makes you feel things in the best/worst way possible. That’s tragedy, baybee!

@patton_3605 Жыл бұрын

"Is this a spell effect" "No , this is PHYSICS" best moment right there

@strdseraph2765 Жыл бұрын

Lou: You survived the spells just to be killed by science. 💀

@TheRand0mG4mer Жыл бұрын

it gets worse cause shes asks like 7 times for brennen to remind her that it is in fact not spell damage lmao

@atlander4204 5 ай бұрын

@@TheRand0mG4merIt’s like she’s praying for mercy from an uncaring god.

@Lyonatan Жыл бұрын

"Thankfully you failed your constitution save."

@optimistprime3192 Жыл бұрын

Tree of Names, sundering in its dispelling: *explosion go brrrrrrr*

@nerolisk7630 Жыл бұрын

@@optimistprime3192 love a good tree sundering

@SirChris314 Жыл бұрын

I love the care put into the absolute gargantuam damage numbers done here. He could have just said "the tree explodes and everyone takes 30d6 fire damage" but the sadistic *deliberateness* put into every effect really sells how fucking insane the moment really is.

@dashiellgillingham4579 9 ай бұрын

Description always increases the brutality of any action.

@lukijez 21 күн бұрын

Not only that, but the number of dice is also meticulously chosen so that some characters get instakilled while others avoid getting downed

@bastiwen Жыл бұрын

I love Lou's reactions. Brennan and Lou together in a game is probably one of my favourite combination of people ever.

@godemperorofmemes992 Жыл бұрын

Their Bromance is truly something worth aspiring to. You love to see it

@cl8855 Жыл бұрын

totally agree with this

@CarpeDonnelly Жыл бұрын

They are the greatest duo in the game. Like Jordan and Pippen, or Montana and Rice, or Hull and Oates. The two of them together are a force of nature

@M3H8014 Жыл бұрын

Misfits of magic is truly amazing

@bastiwen Жыл бұрын

@@M3H8014 yes it is and I still want a GOAT HOUSE shirt so bad

@tycol322 Жыл бұрын

"It's not called EXU Super Happy Fun Party Time" "It's not too late..."

@zararose7194 Жыл бұрын

The fact that this sequence took about an hour in the actual stream still blows my mind this whole campaign was unbelievably incredible to watch

@linds7076 Жыл бұрын

And Lou continually asking “Has it been a second YET?!?”

@agent00puffball 11 ай бұрын

Calamity was such a brilliant miniseries, and this was the height of it. I knew Brennan was good at storytelling, but this is what really proved it to me.

@ashleydavidson6365 6 ай бұрын

What was this campaign and where can I watch it

@chaxinitus 6 ай бұрын

@@ashleydavidson6365 Exandria Unlimited: Calamity - it's all available on Critical Role's KZfaq Channel for free

@atlander4204 5 ай бұрын

@@ashleydavidson6365 It’s “Exandria Unlimited: Calamity” on the Critical Role KZfaq channel. 4 part miniseries.

@AbhorrentDelight Жыл бұрын

The narrative poetry that happened BY CHANCE: Patia and the ring's mind damage, Nydas and the bag's damage via lost wealth, Loquatius' only success being an item he didn't choose but received from Laerryn...!

@pretentiousname01 Жыл бұрын

Damn. Thats good. The dice really do want to tell a story

@Pluto137 Жыл бұрын

It is wonderful when ya can work the chaos of dice into an amazing story

@ColieBear18 Жыл бұрын

Its the best part of the damn game. Its absurd how all of those story beats fell where they did and its so satisfying when they do.

@jacksonmagas9698 Жыл бұрын

also just choosing to take blight in character creation just because it seemed cool, and then ending up using it on the super important magical guardian tree

@satsudead 5 ай бұрын

and then the protector of Avalir, Xerxes's *only* item to break was his shield! because he broke his vow to protect the city even if unintentionally

@Nyrufa Жыл бұрын

When the DM gets a look of excitement at the player rolling a natural 20 against them, you should probably just have your character lay down and accept death at that point.

@JudgementFish Жыл бұрын

Oh you rolled a nat 20 and you think that's actually going to help you? Oh how cute... =p

@traditionalnative 10 ай бұрын

@@JudgementFish literally the most anxiety I've ever felt, and I've been stabbed multiple times 😂😂😂

@traditionalnative 10 ай бұрын

@@JudgementFish DMs do that psychological damage (it was very effective!)

@gabrielamedeirosribeiro3223 6 ай бұрын

“Are you weakest at the elbow or the shoulder” has very similar energy to “What do you want me to tell your family”

@shiekatyt4635 Жыл бұрын

"you, in frozen time, will have a front row seat to see what happen to them" HOLY SHIT THAT'S RAW

@michaelmcarthur2944 Жыл бұрын

Idk what's going on here, but him asking if she feels weaker at the elbow or the shoulder and seeing the immense dread in their reaction is fucking golden

@jonsimpson6240 Жыл бұрын

Her arm was somewhat fused to the thing that exploded. Because her arm got ripped off she didn't do a terminator 2 fence nuke scene and got thrown away as the explosion hits.

@SteveWhipp Жыл бұрын

I still consider this mini campaign one of, if not the, finest Actual Play D&D streamed, anywhere. Every episode was amazing, exciting and so well played.

@guttyjip Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@dialog_box Жыл бұрын

agreed

@MagnusGuard Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@raeg1100 Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@ConcaCon Жыл бұрын

Agreed and this was my introduction to Critical Role. Couldn't've had a better one.

@santino7470 Жыл бұрын

10:39 the raw “MARISHA!” cracks me up every damn time

@vincentbechard-ouellet1581 Жыл бұрын

The "Le ten" kills me

@chiffon788 Жыл бұрын

I love when someone makes a comment with a timestamp and that second becomes the most replayed second of the video. You're an influencer!

@JediJess1 11 ай бұрын

"I got a natural 20." "*Gasp* Natural 20!" "That's two natural 20s in a row! If we roll two more, we win." "Yes. If you do roll two more nat' 20s, we avert the calamity." "Ok. Four natural 20s in a row and we win. What'd you roll?" "... ehlah uuh 'le- ten." "MARISHA!"

@ATaleOfMenAndWolves 4 ай бұрын

@@JediJess1NOW WE KNOW WHOS FAULT THIS IS

@TheMythicalDemon Жыл бұрын

Jesus, almost a TPKO in under a second. That's talent.

@JudgementFish Жыл бұрын

It takes a special kind of monster to do that to a party....Brennan is that monster and man is it a joy to watch

@Landis963 Жыл бұрын

What's even more impressive is, even through the constraints imposed by the random magic item explosions, he was able to leave _just enough_ for them all to come back.

@user-xb5bz4fu9o Жыл бұрын

@@Landis963 idk how brennan is so clutch at balancing encounters or at least making them feel balanced bc man. the amount of times this guy took a party to what felt like their last hit points only to get that roll or that idea to entirely win back over the battle, is insane. he left just enough juice in their tanks that the spell slot based automatons wouldn't slaughter them at the end, but they still had enough to hold on just long enough. man it's impressive to watch

@Landis963 Жыл бұрын

@@user-xb5bz4fu9o Resurrections may have helped with that, depending on how death affects active spell slots.

@Drraagh Жыл бұрын

I see Brennan is as a narrative DM. He wants to tell a story, Dimension 20 lets him do that with a group of comedians, and their usual approach is take a dramatic beat and turn it comedic. It's not 'bad', Robin Williams made a career out of that, as did Jim Carey and others. But, as we see in EXU or even when Brennan plays like Evan Kelmp in Misfits and Magic, he is a great storyteller, he can weave the dramatic side of things, the intrigue. He sets the stage with something for the players to do, having a rough idea how tough the encounter can be with D20's Challenge Ratings, whether one big boss or a bunch of single enemies. Then adapt on the fly for what makes a great narrative. TL;DR: Why are Brennan's encounters so balanced? He runs it like a movie, giving a cool looking showdown, and then if things start getting hard for the players... lower the HP of a monster, have enemies do something less than the optimal move, perhaps even fudging the rolls of the enemies when not in Box of Doom for the 'Dramatic Moments', maybe the 'reinforcements' don't show up...

@beesbrownies Жыл бұрын

For those who want to mimic a bit of storytelling here, be it for a party or writing: Notice how Brennan slowly zooms in. The large things, like being thrown back. Then the objects around you breaking, what does it look like? What does THAT make you feel? Then, finally, the debris, the damage, inside of you. Immediate impact, things in front of you, you.

@vincentbalinos4114 Жыл бұрын

Thqnka

@cadetstar 11 ай бұрын

"Luis, you do not need to roll for your Holy Avenger" Luis: "Whew, I'll still have that! " Brennan: *internal evil laughter*

@aakash2868 Жыл бұрын

Love how Brennan flavored each person's force damage from the explosion of magic items.

@alexspain9103 Жыл бұрын

"Is this a spell?" "No, this is physics."

@ImThe1stCoolest Жыл бұрын

Is this the Krusty Krab?

@theyonlycomeoutwhenitsquiet Жыл бұрын

@@ImThe1stCoolest No, this is physics!

@pretentiousname01 Жыл бұрын

Best part being that it wasnt even Brennan that said that

@ryanmcintyre5639 Жыл бұрын

“Would you say your arm is weakest at the shoulder or the elbow?” I like to think I can get pretty nasty as a DM, but that is just a whole other level

@efbless Жыл бұрын

Watching this clip again after the finale of A Court of Fey & Flowers, it's utterly unbelievable that the two campaigns were filmed around the same time. The amount of whiplash that Aabria, Lou and Brennan must have experiencing going from one tone to the other is incomprehensible!

@druid_the_lizard_wizard Жыл бұрын

That's so funny to me. From horny Regency where characters are *so* horny that it turns into a major plot point to "Are you weakest at your elbow or shoulder"

@SSJKenpachiZaraki Жыл бұрын

@@druid_the_lizard_wizard "Thankfully you failed your constitution save."

@ethanchapman969 Жыл бұрын

Idk one is dnd 5e and the other is improv with performative dice rolling. Though both are very good.

@efbless Жыл бұрын

For Fey & Flowers, Aabria combined dnd 5e with Good Society. The latter has more narrative mechanics to emphasize the importance of social interactions and reputation in their world. So yes, Aabria intentionally cultivated a very different feel for the gameplay in addition to the tone!

@Verylengthyapple Жыл бұрын

so crazy, from comedy and happy and love to ANGRY FIRE DEATH SGDHFJFJF

@MysterySteve Жыл бұрын

"Are we still under one second!?" is one of my favourite reactions someone's ever given to something Brennan said

@donniek5187 Жыл бұрын

Gif of Aabria with "I'm a full-ass wizard" is now in my repertoire.

@gordonhenderson1969 Жыл бұрын

Please share

@JudgementFish Жыл бұрын

The new definition of raw magical power..."I'm a full-ass wizard!"

@galgrunfeld9954 Жыл бұрын

If this is what Brennan can come up with (with the help of rules) in real time, imagine what if he wrote for fantasy shows like Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings.

@Khaoscntrl Жыл бұрын

Shockingly he’s done something like that on dimension 20 called ‘a crown of candy’ and it is just as brutal with a very unconcerning title like it has lol

@jonsimpson6240 Жыл бұрын

@@Khaoscntrl I love the juxtaposition of "brutal murder, and callous intrigue" with "this mans is a cake in very fine pants"

@NevTheDeranged Жыл бұрын

He wrote the Strong Female Protagonist webcomic, and it's extremely good, but sadly on indefinite hiatus, and I doubt he'll ever get back to it with all his current projects.

@KangarooKommando Жыл бұрын

@@jonsimpson6240 Brutal betrayals, interspersed with jokes about watching each other take a dump in battle

@ShawnLevasseur Жыл бұрын

The tree of names opening > the Red Wedding

@blitzwinger999wright6 Жыл бұрын

“You’ll have a front row seat to see what happens to them!” **proceeds to pour out what can only be described as an UNHOLY amount of dice**

@tauIrrydah Жыл бұрын

We have fun here.

@JudgementFish Жыл бұрын

All types of fun going on here! Especially if that fun includes grinding the majority of the party into little bloody nubs =p

@jomiran1000 Жыл бұрын

Without a doubt, EXU: Calamity is the best Actual Play I have ever seen. I'm a old ass guy who's not that into D&D high fantasy and I cried my ass off.

@Liquessen Жыл бұрын

I think I cried during the last hour, non stop, sobbing and snotty. Glorious emotions!

@chcklfckl Жыл бұрын

5:57 this is why i love brennan. his reaction to one of the players getting a nat 20 wasnt “oh shit, im losing” he was genuinely excited and happy. 11:05 “thats just the fire damage

@HaloInverse 9 ай бұрын

"How wonderful! You will live to see _the entirety_ of your annihilation!"

@HelplessTeno Жыл бұрын

Watching Calamity as someone who knows very little about DnD was a wild fucking experience. I've never watched a full campaign and I've never played so I went into this not knowing what to expect. The story told through Calamity is one of my favorites told in media, right along with Vox Machina. Another stellar story that I never saw the campaign for. There were so many moments that felt like fate, like all of Loquacious' items being destroyed except for what his wife gave him. It's those poetic moments and the perfectly timed natural 20s that kept me hooked through dozens of hours of the campaign.

@Danlows1 Жыл бұрын

You need to watch Dimenision 20 Fantasy High and the Unsleeping City, amazing stuff. A Starstruck Odyssey is also amazing with their new space travel battles

@keiganbenny3008 Жыл бұрын

The more you know the scarier the whole story is, the staff for example if it broke it was gunna be a TPK. It has a special effect just for breaking it

@HelplessTeno Жыл бұрын

@@Danlows1 I ended up giving some D20 content a try after I saw this comment and it just wasn't for me. I really like Brennan and Lou, but the vibe of the cast wasn't my speed.

@Danlows1 Жыл бұрын

@@HelplessTeno that’s fair enough. You can also try Critical Role, they have a (VERY) long running campaign on youtube

@SSJKenpachiZaraki Жыл бұрын

And I have to say, I really believe their latest campaign is the best one yet.

@Darmathecaster Жыл бұрын

I feel like Lou was getting flash backs to all those poisoned water daggers in crown of candy

@havvik3505 Жыл бұрын

I require this to be an animated scene.

@GrassPokeKing Жыл бұрын

If they start immediately, I give it seven years!

@Psykko_ Жыл бұрын

If you like Anime, Hunter X Hunter has a similar situation where around 15 episodes(+ or - 10) represent just a few seconds of time in the series.

@Bobstew68 Жыл бұрын

A one second long animated scene.

@jonsimpson6240 Жыл бұрын

Should be extremely easy. A fraction of a second of a cascade of explosions. Shouldn't be that difficult to animate.

@kooziekami Жыл бұрын

@@Psykko_ which episode ?

@imhappy3173 Жыл бұрын

Lehren's arcane ward on Loquacious makes me weep every single time

@ITLLBGRAND Жыл бұрын

My mate is running a spin off mini-campaign of our DMs and I asked what'll the story/plot be like. He mentioned this series. He's letting us pick whatever magical items we want. We're not safe.

@JudgementFish Жыл бұрын

Dear God....it's happening again! Hold onto your butts, you are in for a wild ride! Definitely let us know what happens! lol

@ASuspiciousCrab Жыл бұрын

Take the ring of wishes :)) First wish is to remove any and all curses, with no strings attached

@laurentaylor346 Жыл бұрын

Oh God, you have a Mini-Mulligan in the making.

@megarotom1590 Жыл бұрын

@@ASuspiciousCrab annihilates the entire zone with holy light eliminating all curses including the "curse of life" bc whatever genie or dark god or whatever that is granting your wishes is a nihilist

@ASuspiciousCrab Жыл бұрын

@@megarotom1590 "I wish to remove all curses afflicting this ring, without inhibiting it's power to grant wishes, and without affecting me, or anyone around me in a negative way"

@AssortedJade Жыл бұрын

This whole campaign and episode are so incredible. I love the heartbreaking part when Cerritt uses his detective skills to uncover the story of his own children’s lives.

@sw8228 Жыл бұрын

Which campaign is this?

@Yashi8384 Жыл бұрын

@@sw8228 Exandria Unlimited: Calamity

@conormartin3757 Жыл бұрын

And people say the namek saga was bad, my man spent like 2 hours describing a second.

@arthurgangnon3504 Жыл бұрын

? You have to. Noone knows what's going on, DnD games like this aren't a videogame or show or movie where you get to watch it unfold, they have to calculate everything to determine everything that happens, and then describe it so that the players actually know what's going on. 🤔 Sorry your little mind couldn't wrap around something that lasted longer than a 20 second KZfaq short 🤣

@bobbirdsong6825 Жыл бұрын

@@arthurgangnon3504 pretty sure the guy was making a comparison between a campaign that is known for being brutal to this one, not that they were saying the 2 hours for one second was a bad thing

@meursaultroquentin Жыл бұрын

@@arthurgangnon3504 Jesus, calm down.

@onilink134 Жыл бұрын

@@bobbirdsong6825 He's actually comparing it to Dragon Ball Z's Planet Namek arc, which at its most egregious stretches a (stated) 5-minute fight to something like 17 episodes.

@bobbirdsong6825 Жыл бұрын

@@onilink134 Thanks, don't watch DB.

@solidmoon8266 Жыл бұрын

I can see now why Lou gets so upset when Brennan pulls out a lot of dice during his campaigns on Drop-out. Brennan has seriously dialed it back on Drop Out.

@JudgementFish Жыл бұрын

Lou....he knows when chaos is afoot =)

@JaydedWun Жыл бұрын

I dunno there are some pretty brutal moments on drop out, I think this one is just especially brutal

@michaelfels4742 Жыл бұрын

Cut to neverafter gameplay on drop out 😅

@solidmoon8266 Жыл бұрын

@@michaelfels4742 ya, that was more part of the story though. It was done on purpose for plot development.

@jpereda97 Жыл бұрын

@@solidmoon8266 so was it here :) Also, A crown of candy (my favourite d20 setting and the one Matt's gonna DM a spin off fron soon) was very brutal as well

@umarrosman Жыл бұрын

Brennan doesn't let down with the sound effects and the brutality detailed description of the unnecessary destruction, all that after overpowering them with so much equipment🤒🤒🤒🤒

@vlrze Ай бұрын

Anytime someone says "Thankfully your arm was dismembered", you know it's about to go down.

@Linsquip_ Жыл бұрын

Fun fact, bones are weaker than tendons so its likely the arm coming off included the breaking of the bone between the tree and the joint.

@greatturning Жыл бұрын

Respectfully, that fact was not fun.

@limepop340 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for this information; now I can horrify my party with factual accuracy

@rebeccabarnet6746 2 ай бұрын

Okay that's really cool addition to this but also holy heck man! The emotional damage

@seleternal3442 Жыл бұрын

The time 1 second took nearly 2 hours >.> good times

@Jarvolo27 Жыл бұрын

Lou around the 3:20 time is having flashbacks to Brennan saying he's all the bad guys

@Kalimatai17 6 ай бұрын

A year later and this is still so satisfying to watch. “You gotta cut this shit out man” 😂😂😂

@4elementstudios Жыл бұрын

lou sitting there like I asked my friend to be a visiting prof and now he's going get us killed when the students riot, "I Knew better, I knew better"

@lemnajcavite Жыл бұрын

How does his eyes look soulless and with soul at the same damn time tho? It scares but also draws you in, esp. with his DMing.

@13vatra Жыл бұрын

His focus is inward. He's giving most of his attention to narrative and game rules so he can run the scene properly. Very little of his focus is outside his own head during this scene. The soulless look in his eyes just shows how hard he's actually working.

@robspirko7383 Жыл бұрын

Simple. He's a ginger.

@Van-dq4sw 10 ай бұрын

Aabria looking over at Travis with the "where ARE you right now" is a very important moment of levity before it continues to roll downhill.

@lizabee484 8 ай бұрын

The dichotomy between Brennan’s terrifying “Hannibal” -esque monologue and the ridiculous clipart tree stabbings is complete gold

@Stellaform Жыл бұрын

Yo Lou gives THOSE hugs. Lou gives the kind of hugs that make you feel like you're gonna cry even if you dont feel like you need to.

@frigginresulrum Жыл бұрын

Brennan: "We are resolving everything that happens in response..." My Nerd-Ass: "Stack resolves top-down."

@dopeyiceman Жыл бұрын

Abbria needed a split-second spell during all that.

@TheComicBookJoker Жыл бұрын

@@dopeyiceman Split Second spell got countered by a morph creature getting flipped face-up. Twenty-three damage.

@dopeyiceman Жыл бұрын

@@TheComicBookJoker Hahaha. Love it. Forgot to mention that I have a Stuffy Doll enchanted with Pariah. I will redirect all the damage to it and hit you for 23.

@Micsma Жыл бұрын

I love Brennan. He's a beautiful goblin and his brain is wonderful.

@Eothr Жыл бұрын

Matt Mercer off screen going "Write that down! Write that down!"

@grantsvoiceongames1992 Жыл бұрын

Sam: “Who’s alive?!” *Travis and Aabriya raise hands* *Aabriya just high fives Travis*

@XxEvolutionxX23 Жыл бұрын

This is the type of shit Brennan gets off to, if you have never seen all the games he DMs on his show I HIGHLY suggest you watch them. I really wasn't sure how I felt about them at first, but I absolutely LOVE the man. He is the best at storytelling improv and being funny at the same time. A lot harder than most people think. Also the world's the man comes up with for just a small campaign is nutty AF. I would love to see what some of his real, long term games look like.

@ChristopherFeeken Жыл бұрын

Brennan is a monster and must be protected at all costs.

@BEEDRILL303 Жыл бұрын

I love that she felt the high five behind her and reacted immediately I also love Tavis's squealing it's so good it gives me so much serotonin.

@Slyphantom 8 ай бұрын

By the blessings of the Raven Queen i hope they animate this. It could be a stand alone movie or special on prime. And obviously Brennan must voice Asmodeus and Bolo.

@flaminyawn Жыл бұрын

Considering the absolute devastation that was wrought on the Ring of Brass, you also have to respect the luck (or scripting if you're a conspiracy theorist tool) that gave them just enough time and resources to bring back those who died so the full party could participate in the last stand.

@pokefreak004 Жыл бұрын

Brennan is a good enough DM that he would have known both what resources they have available and how to push them to use all of them to keep going. Love it!

@RukeFarvrey Жыл бұрын

It's not a conspiracy or scripting. Brennan has explicitly stated on multiple occasions that he will keep the party up if there is absolutely any meaningful way to do it. He obviously tailors his encounters as any good DM would. Watch Brennan's face when Patia tells him that she is fully dead, he's actually a little surprised and you can tell he didn't mean to go that far. He probably thought the healer would still be up as well, but he built in a way for him to get the paladin up if he was down due to shit rolls.

@Blue_Lunacy Жыл бұрын

The Nat20 miracle by Quay that let him saved the ether energy from his ex, to be given to Zerxus for the revivify spell. Sometime the dice just write good story.

@thomaschapman9112 Жыл бұрын

8:35 Travis is emitting BIG Big Brother Energy 🤣

@fatcoyote2 Жыл бұрын

When you set off a car bomb with a sledgehammer

@badroady 7 ай бұрын

The fact that Brennan can make the players dread regardless wheather or not they passed a save is enormous. Honestly I'm just curious how this scene would look from an animators perspective, going from character to character or all at once. And then the sound of a clock restarting.

@chrisnowlin7882 3 ай бұрын

I'm late to the party but what I have seen from Mr. Brennan says I will turn your worst nightmares into your best case scenario.

@ferrous719 2 ай бұрын

That is incredibly apt

@sherylramon3250 Жыл бұрын

AAAHAH I had to go back and watch EACH of their reactions in turn to the severing of Patia's elbow. Brennan is SUCH an amazing storyteller, you are FULLY immersed and captivated, hanging on his every word. THE SOUND EFFECTS! OMG I love it. And Aabria's reactions~ ♥HeheHEh! Are we at a second YET? ...No This is Physics! AMAZING!

@capnstewy55 3 ай бұрын

Now we can deal with the fire made me laugh.

@johnnysizemore5797 Жыл бұрын

"Is this a spell effect?" "No this is Physics." Priceless Man

@hms21793 Жыл бұрын

“Patia, do you feel you are weakest at the shoulder or the elbow?” I screamed

@p0lar_bear 5 ай бұрын

ExU was low key the best DnD ever.

@milly7843 Жыл бұрын

To me, this campaign will forever go down as one of the best I have ever had the pleasure of watching and one of the best I have ever seen Brennan DM, and as you all know, he is phenomenal! All of the Party were incredible, too! I can't tell you the number of times I had to pause each episode because I burst into tears, the raw emotions evoked hit me hard every single time. *Especially* when Lou gets loud and emotional. Oh, and don't even get me started with all of the Evandrian stuff, that *killed* me! Again, this Campaign will go down in history for all of us D&D Nerds 💞

@bjornterlegard Жыл бұрын

Yes yes and yes!

@aakash2868 Жыл бұрын

The sound/visual effects you added are on point

@JudgementFish Жыл бұрын

Thanks Aakash!

@patriciomendoza19 11 ай бұрын

Someone, a long, long time ago must have bet Brennan, he couldn't wipe a party out in a single instance, and he has just been slowly perfecting a method to do just that for 15 years, and this is him at half power.

@gabrielamedeirosribeiro3223 6 ай бұрын

12:40 this whole bit from “down, down, dead” through the “yay we’re alive” high five al the way to “I’m a full-ass wizard!” Is pure gold. 13:50 also “nah this is Physics” 😂

@gabrielamedeirosribeiro3223 6 ай бұрын

4:03 Also also “SAFE!”

@itsthegoose11 Жыл бұрын

*Matt Mercer before episode 33*: WRITE THIS DOWN

@SeventhGod77 Жыл бұрын

Good job you beat the campaign! On another note you have summoned an eldritch outer god that c’thulu calls “grandpa”.

@sirken2 Жыл бұрын

once you pop the fun won't stop.

@Achloryn 8 ай бұрын

I am not used to seeing such physical reactions from Sam starting at 2:50. The whole bottom row is completely aghast, but I don't ever remember Sam losing poker face that hard.

@ephemispriest8069 10 ай бұрын

Travis just poking them the entire time is amazing.

@chrisbrown6952 6 ай бұрын

coming back to this a year later and Sam/Quay's "I *did* roll a Natural 20 [Wisdom save] for the thing that [Laerynn] gave me, but I don't know what it is" is frecking WILD

@ethanhorn6093 3 ай бұрын

This was a fifteen minute long second. Fantastic.

@ferrous719 2 ай бұрын

It was well over an hour in actual game play. Phenomenal table to watch

@tamnker8465 2 ай бұрын

I can imagine this happening in slow-mo with opera music playing in the background As it all falls down

@mndlessdrwer Жыл бұрын

I'm guessing they did the thing that Brennan was secretly hoping they'd do this whole time. Like, final stage party wipes are brutal. I was hearing those damage figures and going "They must either be playing high-level characters or they've modified the rules for this one if they can tank more than 40 cumulative damage.

@optimistprime3192 Жыл бұрын

Since this was a 4-part prequel series in an age of powerful and incredible magic leading up to a guaranteed apocalyptic event, the player characters are level 14 or thereabouts. Watch the whole Calamity campaign if you can, they can do some crazy stuff in battle, let alone the storytelling of it all.

@duskodair309 9 ай бұрын

It's the apocalypse!!

@BeAsTMoDE528 7 ай бұрын

A group of level 6 players can rank 40 damage it’s not really dramatic

@johnhagala3622 Жыл бұрын

“IF WE GET 4 NAT 20S IN A ROW WE WIN What’d you roll?” “I-uh-uh-uh eh- a 10.” “MARISHA!!!” 10:26

@rachelclaw 2 ай бұрын

I've seen this like 10 times, and I still react like I did the first time. It's so intense.

@moviebad109 11 ай бұрын

Brennan: Luis, you do not need to roll for your holy avenger. Luis: oh I don’t? *shows visible relief* Brennan: BUT WAIT…THERES MORE!

@shannononeill482 Жыл бұрын

The entire series was a massive rollercoaster...but there was so much to emotionally unpack after this final episode. OMG. Brennan is an amazing storyteller...all of them are.

@michaelmcnamara1839 4 ай бұрын

Some of the most amazing tabletop moments I've ever seen in this series!

@Flushedfox Жыл бұрын

12:59 the best line, do you have healing spells? NO! IM A FULL-ASS WIZARD!

@RinSyuveil Жыл бұрын

Love Travis yelling at M for not getting a Nat 20 as a joking dad

@FORGOTTENMINDFREAK23 6 ай бұрын

It gave PATRICIAAAAA vibes 😂

@josephhernandez3824 Ай бұрын

My favorite part of this entire very short campaign was the building resentment as an audience member I felt growing towards the PC’s and their actions. And watching this scene unravel from the very start of this episode had me ABSOLUTELY enthralled for the hour + it took for this to unfold. By far my absolute favorite D&D moment I’ve ever had, without question

@ColieBear18 Жыл бұрын

Honestly one of the most menacing things is Brennan staring at them as he pours BAGS of dice onto a tray. The sound of all those dice freaked me out cuz that's never ever a good sound for a dm to make lol

@pieterpuk7684 9 ай бұрын

Brennan's number crunching is more cinematic and dramatic than any narrative high points of any campaign I've ever been in.

@zach1972 Жыл бұрын

This was the most epic magical IED ever, none of them actually witnessed what went down, besides Xersus, the rest of them were fine one second, then the IED went off, and very not fine the next second.