Game Masters of Exandria Roundtable
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Жыл бұрынExandrian GMs Matthew Mercer, Aabria Iyengar, and Brennan Lee Mulligan sit down for a roundtable discussion of their experiences and best practices for game mastering in Critical Role’s world of Exandria!
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@RJtheCoolGuy Жыл бұрын
I am convinced Brennan is being co-piloted by a two people, one is very philosophical and analytical the other is a wizard that has been driven mad by the secrets of the universe
@sarar4901 Жыл бұрын
"You have two wizards inside you..."
@dark_neverland Жыл бұрын
Welcome to the world to being extremely neurodivergent
@AlasdairGR Жыл бұрын
Is Arthur Aguefort just a self insert?
@michaelallen3195 Жыл бұрын
He has probably always been the first one. The second is just the inevitable result of the first one going off the deep end.
@thermo_ Жыл бұрын
This is my favorite comment ever
@humbleguardsman5885 7 ай бұрын
Brennan lee mulligan is the defining character of "there are two wolves in all of us", but both of those wolves happen to be piloted by a team of racoons.
@neodav00001 3 ай бұрын
...Had Burrow's End started being released when you wrote that, or is it just a wild coincidence?
@arielb8304 Ай бұрын
@@neodav00001 Hardcore Apollo's Gift
@JamesTGresham Ай бұрын
NO MOON MOON!!! THE HELL MOON MOON!!
@Khailward Жыл бұрын
Matt: *Tries to be humble* Aabria and Brennan: "No the fuck you will not."
@helenchen6308 Жыл бұрын
Where
@jacker2110 Жыл бұрын
@@helenchen6308 around 1:01:10, its when matt was being like "ooh its not a big deal, i just created a whole lore and world and yada yada, its not even done yet" and brennan instantly goes "This mf really just said that huh?!" and abbria backs brennan up
@theoverlandvibe Жыл бұрын
@@helenchen6308 everywhere 😂
@yew2oob954 Жыл бұрын
At about 4:00...when Matt says "better people" in reference to them and they say (equal) or (f*cking lies) Again at 1:03:40...when they call Matt incredible and ask him to "roll around in the compliment."
@helenchen6308 Жыл бұрын
@@yew2oob954 tyyyyyy
@traxathon4464 Жыл бұрын
DnD community: railroad vs sandbox Brennan: waterslide
@itwasidio1736 5 ай бұрын
have fun together while still following the story
@essendossev362 18 күн бұрын
'waterslide' is such a good summary of his whole shpiel
@Scorned Жыл бұрын
"There are real people that don't even have 40 pages of backstory" that fucking killed me
@Scorned Жыл бұрын
@ZebraManno1 with people like this in the world so feel like we are all mostly NPCs
@Tropicoboy Жыл бұрын
Lol i feel like 40 pages is like you built a village and explained everyone important, families, laws, myths. To deep 2 pages is Plenty IMO.
@z0is0i Жыл бұрын
The 1 page vibe backstory is the life you wanna live, not the life you wanna LIVE, yknow
@maxisenholt873 Жыл бұрын
Not too late to start writing it.
@quinnsinclair7028 Жыл бұрын
@ZebraManno1 I'm a PC. I'm the type where the player went "how much trauma can I pack into one character".
@QueenViolet6969 Жыл бұрын
brennan: "I don't know which dimension 20 main cast member to call out" also brennan: "Emily was sent from hell to kill me"
@CareyGrace Жыл бұрын
I feel like that I was earlier in the timeline and they have all reached new levels of chaos
@kristenrose7596 Жыл бұрын
*Ally Beardsley has entered the chat*
@Liide12 Жыл бұрын
@@kristenrose7596 SNAKE EYES!
@TheJasonmanguy Жыл бұрын
@@CareyGrace Murph and Lou betting their guns at the casino because THE BALL IS ROLLING UP!
@blazerheata6479 Жыл бұрын
Siobhan about to use her body carcass as a bomb
@Roe97 Жыл бұрын
Brennan’s running joke of “I said something amazing and now I’m being complimented on it… must shake coffee mug” made me laugh out loud every time
@Charles-dg2gk Жыл бұрын
Where’s the comment chad with all the time stamps?
@1337AceOfSpades1337 Жыл бұрын
@@Charles-dg2gk be the change you want to see in the world
@UniverseCity17 Жыл бұрын
@@Charles-dg2gk 23:10 is one
@aratathekingx1401 Жыл бұрын
1:30:30 right here
@hotelmario510 Жыл бұрын
"You wackity-schmackity doo, 10 episodes. HELP me." Brennan's delivery is, as ever, impeccable
@Ivoryace83 Жыл бұрын
Since I came to this vid looking for this clip and spent forever looking for it- 1:01:35 😂
@optimistprime3192 Жыл бұрын
“Welcome to Biggityburg!”
@ziwuri Жыл бұрын
there are literally multiple compilations of brennan delivering lines perfectly, and most of those clips aren't even from actual play shows
@StreetFighterFan777 8 ай бұрын
Brennan Lee Mulligan is a Patton Oswalt fan? As if I couldn’t love him any more.
@Jiggerjaw 6 ай бұрын
He's never off.
@charlesyung5049 Жыл бұрын
50% DMing masterclass 25% Besties lovefest 20% Stories from the actual play trenches 5% Brennan realllllly likes almonds
@misguidance__ Жыл бұрын
What a great breakdown! 🤣
@TheKirbyT Жыл бұрын
100% BATHROOM VOICES TIME!!!
@misguidance__ Жыл бұрын
@@TheKirbyT we need a ‘bathroom voices’ podcast 🔥
@zackgeldhof1206 Жыл бұрын
@@misguidance__ I'm still up for a voice-off between all of them. Matt's worm trill vs Brennan's scream vs Aabria's sultry fekkin Spider Queen voice. DAMN.
@Lngbrdninjamasta Жыл бұрын
As a voice heavy DM myself, I am so glad I am not the only bathroom vocal time 💯😂😂😎👍
@joshuacollison6706 Жыл бұрын
"There are real life humans who don't have 40 pages of backstory. " Real talk right there.
@haileyweitzel3778 Жыл бұрын
I love that i found this comment exactly as he said that line
@lucassmart1473 Жыл бұрын
I don't care for being called out like this.
@empire23 Жыл бұрын
timestamp? thanks!
@myrmidonmamori Жыл бұрын
@@empire23 17:52
@robertramage9331 Жыл бұрын
Then you got people like me who’ve seen/experienced/been through some real shit. Lots of close calls and near falls.
@QNCSFT Жыл бұрын
Brennan's rants and tangents are my favorite thing right now. Because there's like a switch flip and the monologuing just kicks off, and it's so funny.
@valorie1559 Жыл бұрын
The extrovert whos scared to bother people so they just sit quiet until talked too and then they just send it and 9/10 they are the most fun people to be with
@Jessie_Helms Жыл бұрын
I _wish_ I could be Brennan but I’m not quite there on the smart side and not extroverted enough to randomly rant about the maze master getting the horns 😂
@grey8288 Жыл бұрын
It gets better knowing there's many accounts of people saying he's like this off camera. Him going on tangents or monologuing or the like are his true self.
@seansilence2697 Жыл бұрын
@@grey8288 Brennan himself has stated that he struggles not to talk like that all the time lmao
@ferrous719 Жыл бұрын
I'm back here rewatching it mostly for Brennan's rants
@patricks2645 Жыл бұрын
We need a "GM Significant Other" podcast with marisha, izzy, and aabria's husband to expose the bathroom voices time LMAO
@sylvan44 11 ай бұрын
s e c o n d e d
@shiro4833 6 ай бұрын
T h i r d e d
@bristol907 6 ай бұрын
F o u r t h d e d
@tomesofawesome8041 6 ай бұрын
Fifthded
@speghetatouie1218 6 ай бұрын
@@tomesofawesome8041sixihed
@Subforum Жыл бұрын
Whatever problems I face in my life, I can take comfort in the fact that I live in a world where Brennan Lee Mulligan uses his powers for good. Somewhere in the multiverse, Evil Brennan’s subjects must sing the Oath of Obedience thrice daily.
@chrism6315 Жыл бұрын
Only thrice?
@gallavanting2041 Жыл бұрын
@@chrism6315 he's as nice guy about it.
@Jaros Жыл бұрын
Ah, you speak of Wennan Wee Wulligan
@jaysabol1821 Жыл бұрын
@@Jaros "iiii hate dungeons and dwagons"
@tzviizaksonas8572 Жыл бұрын
@@Jaros that is the funniest shit ive read today.
@jaypinjp Жыл бұрын
Marisha...for the love of everything, make this a monthly show with the three of them. This is GOLD.
@yew2oob954 Жыл бұрын
I would travel all the way to Biggityburg and back for this to happen!!
@Megameatloaf Жыл бұрын
Where abouts do they each live? I wonder if its actually feasible to have them all in the same room on a weekly basis. Also I wonder if Brennan could commit to something like that contractually since I'm sure he contractual obligations with Dimension 20 of some kind. Though they've had Matt Mercer on their show before and now Brennan on CR, and both companies have clearly benefited heavily from the appearances so it certainly is looking good for a future where we see more of each company making guest appearances within the other. I mean I don't know for sure how much of this stuff comes down to 'companies and contracts' but I feel like that must play a part.
@coorzbahk8859 Жыл бұрын
@@Megameatloaf I lb
@moonscurse Жыл бұрын
bi-monthly wozld be fine as well, I would also take online, but honestly, this is AMAZING
@allnighter_boy8850 Жыл бұрын
Lets start a pole to start a Critical Role roundtable show, Name Ideas: Critical Roundtable, The Roll Roundtable.
@juliawhitmore3991 Жыл бұрын
What Brennan and Matt say about Aabria as a GM player is so true. She understands the assignment. Never have I seen her as a player not understand the assignment. Her characters are so incredibly built/played that even their most selfish choices are completely in line with the necessary story beats. Aabria will never derail a session; she's _making_ the rails with the GM.
@smolbluegoblin 7 ай бұрын
and somehow she never makes it feel as if she's building the rails. She always has characters with personalities and stories that have a great impact, while working sort of backstage to build the world with the GM. My favorite example is Karna from The Ravening War (spoilers ahead!) where her character brings a connexion to the Hungry One, and during the 5 years break, she goes to Ceresia and allows Matt to develop Deli's love interest (can't remember her name for the life of me) and the opposite side of the war. It allows for different perspectives to color the conflict and make her dynamic with the group so interesting! In a world where your sort of affiliation is determined by the food group your character falls into, Karna went to almost all of the countries and allowed Matt to develop them further
@MoriGreaves-cs3gy 11 ай бұрын
I love Brennan’s “profundity and absurdity are deeply in love, they go hand in hand” (at 44:38) because I heard that, and the first thought that entered my silly mind was “profoundness and absurdism are kissing with tongue” and I started giggling at my own joke before realizing that I had created absurdity from Brennans profoundness and it really intrigued me, and I thought about it for a bit before realizing I was being profound about my own absurd thought about a profound notion which made me laugh at the absurdity of the situation, and I realized how right he was about the relationship between profoundness and absurdness.
@issaraptorsaysrawrr 6 ай бұрын
This comment needs more hype, this is fantastic
@goolgepl2112 5 ай бұрын
Albert Camus is rattling his coffin right now
@AshAtropos 4 ай бұрын
@@goolgepl2112cartwheeling in that bitch
@agustinvenegas5238 3 ай бұрын
@@goolgepl2112straight up sounding like a vibrating phone in a drawer
@neruneri 2 ай бұрын
@@goolgepl2112 That's a beautifully absurd image in its own right.
@AncientSkullKid Жыл бұрын
I love how this starts. Matt & Aabria: sticking to the script, asking and answering the prepared questions. Brennan: but what if chaos? Perfect.
@VincentWinkler Жыл бұрын
A+ move from Brennan. Got them all to a more comfortable spot immediately.
@weegleman6917 Жыл бұрын
Can't be dramatic without the drama. He is the drama Lol
@mojojomoo Жыл бұрын
That is just Brennan Brennaning. He is the best embodiment of chaos. He should've been Jesters Patron I think lmao
@highlivin1917 Жыл бұрын
Brennan’s DMing style in a nutshell lmao.
@gljames24 Жыл бұрын
@@mojojomoo I need this!
@ianpaulkenchington4311 Жыл бұрын
"Death is not a punchline, but is the perfect setup. Death renders everything around it absurd" Thank you so much Brennan
@aurorasyreen863 Жыл бұрын
As someome who just had a person in my rather close circle die VERY unexpectedly this just made me bawl and laugh at the same time because it is sooo true...
@ianpaulkenchington4311 Жыл бұрын
@@aurorasyreen863 I'm am very sorry for your loss, but I am happy that we all understand each other.
@benthomson1132 Жыл бұрын
Brennan on death (as Citizen Doctor Abraham Mehermblur): "Existence is a riddle whose ultimate answer is a laugh in the face of all beings. We must conquer death, and only then will we be able to understand this riddle, this joke, this ultimate distraction." Also Brennan (as Evan Kelmp): "HELL IS A DARK FOREST WHERE YOUR DAD OPENS HIS RIBCAGE AND INVITES YOU TO DANCE." Love it.
@ethane_236 Жыл бұрын
This philosophy feels very Fleabag and I really like it
@smallghosts Жыл бұрын
it sounds like a terry Pratchett quote
@LuneWatcher Жыл бұрын
1:37:22 Matt says "I have not had the opportunity yet to properly GM for you yet" to them, and now he gets to DM for both Aabria and Brennan in The Ravening War!
@Frreak0zoid 9 ай бұрын
Starts with "fire". Laughter ensues
@iainoftheizzetleague9850 9 ай бұрын
@@Frreak0zoid Water, actually.
@romanterry7215 7 ай бұрын
@@iainoftheizzetleague9850Earth now
@jedinxf7 3 ай бұрын
the ravening war was just incredible. Matt's story, everyone's role play, and Brennan's absolutely next level improv of a character descending into madness
@robertstarnes6878 7 ай бұрын
I know this is over a year old now, but I keep coming back & rewatching it, because seeing 3 friends & colleagues get giddy with how talented they each think the others are, while simultaneously humbly downplaying their own talents, is such a rare & beautiful thing. I wish this roundtable was an annual event.
@meaypie11 7 ай бұрын
Likewise. Any time I'm on YT looking for something nice to listen to, I can't say no to this. They're so fun to sit with. ❤
@rebeccafindlay6176 5 ай бұрын
Truly unmatched energy, they have so much to admire and inspire in each other and I’m so happy for them and the world that they’re friends and can share their work with us like they do :)
@michaelturvey8658 Жыл бұрын
Matt: "OK, so your wizard is good with fire magic. But what's something they regret from their childhood?" Liam: "Well..."
@MichaelJones-ld9cn Жыл бұрын
“Well… We don’t have to find out what happened to my parents…”
@xXSakuraTearsXx Жыл бұрын
*Nott:* He killed his whole family. Uhh- that’s a figure of speech. *Yasha:* Don’t worry. I won’t throw you under the bridge. *Nott:* _What is wrong with you?!?!?_
@wolfbanefist111 Жыл бұрын
It all started with a fireball.
@wouldiwasshookspeared4087 Жыл бұрын
@@wolfbanefist111 it's always a fireball with wizard...
@Squeekysquid 11 ай бұрын
@@wouldiwasshookspeared4087 This comment reads like a parent of four who is scolding her 2 "problem" children.
@killerchansey4938 Жыл бұрын
To whoever made Matt feel bad to where he can't snack whilst dming anymore, I just wanna talk to you.
@davidparkes7741 Жыл бұрын
I as well want to talk to them.
@Mattchuu95 Жыл бұрын
Let's hope Brennen's amazing speech convinced him to start again.
@TheBlueSuperDude Жыл бұрын
As someone who has only followed Matt's campaigns loosely (being generous), has interacted mostly through his side cameo content, I too want to know who the fuck is policing this nice human being about his snacking habbits
@francesteixeira9454 Жыл бұрын
Matt, you can snack!
@13vatra Жыл бұрын
Yes, "talk"
@adammoffat6797 Жыл бұрын
I thought when Aabria called Matt on "rolling around the compliment" and he said he was "trying to get better at that" was a really simple yet beautiful moment.
@thirtyfirst2731 5 ай бұрын
It's a fun thing from the Seven campaign on D20, it's wholesome to see how that stuck with them. roll around in the compliment!
@InsertCleverNameHere0 Жыл бұрын
Brennan starts this video by quoting Voltaire and ends it by talking about stress eating a whole pizza and a half. Just the perfect man.
@josiemcmillan Жыл бұрын
"Find you a man who can do both?"
@pointynoodle Жыл бұрын
I think he’s trying to quote Mark Twain who said “I would have written you a shorter letter but I didn't have the time.”
@DustyStarrs Жыл бұрын
@@pointynoodle thank you for introducing me to this quote I think it just explained my whole fucking life
@pointynoodle Жыл бұрын
@@DustyStarrs Mark Twain has a lot of good quotes like that. As does Lenin
@braydenchadwick9836 Жыл бұрын
@@pointynoodle my favourite is “if you’ve gotta eat two frogs in a day, eat the bigger one”
@patrickmcisaac3142 Жыл бұрын
I love how Matt tries to set up an serious panel type vibe and Brennan immediately says "NOPE, THIS WILL BE CHAOS" and that is exactly what we get.
@imOverWhere Жыл бұрын
He gives back what he's given in adventuring party
@romxxii Жыл бұрын
To be fair, Brennan is quite capable in sticking to a standard panel format, as he's done so with his own Adventuring Academy series. He just chose chaos this time, and I absolutely love it.
@josephmontoya5822 Жыл бұрын
It was a, “am I in the same moment as everyone else?”, moment and it was very necessary this is an amazing group sitting here and it needed to be freaked out about
@patrickkail502 Жыл бұрын
Yo Aabria was like "pounce!" as soon as the concept of chaos started up
@bright-vision8766 Жыл бұрын
And those are the best episodes
@Superawesomevids549 Жыл бұрын
the part where Aabria says "I'm pretending to watch Moulan Rouge, but really I'm thinking about dnd", and both Matt and Brennan nod knowingly, absolutely sent me.
@matthijsclaessen8152 Жыл бұрын
Or in the shower. Or in the car. Or at work…
@tiringsarcasm Жыл бұрын
I’ve heard the same happen to writers in general.
@MostLikelyMortal Жыл бұрын
It’s constant. I’ve caught myself no less than five times today. There’s no escape
@gaminggambeson6553 Жыл бұрын
Timestamp? 1:19:44
@Cruxispal Жыл бұрын
I've never related so much. I often go on late night walks and talk to myself in NPC voices and monologues, but inevitably there will be that one other person out at 11pm who sees you and stares at you like you're some shady dude about to break into a house.
@Hakasedess Жыл бұрын
The "smile of exandria" -> "shattered teeth" connection that was made in the cataclysm game was actually incredible. It was so low-key and seemed like an offhand comment when it happened, but then at the end I was like "Holy... shit"
@pagenein 9 ай бұрын
WAIT i didnt realise that until now holy shit!!!! thats awesome
@Landis963 9 ай бұрын
I think I twigged to it immediately - I remember going on my friends' Discord server and going "Oh no, that poor continent" the moment I heard Asmodeus call Domunas "The Smile of Exandria." It was still rad as heck to hear Brennan make that connection explicit both through Asmodeus' gloating ("...let's shatter her teeth!") and through the omniscient narrator-voice guiding the epilogue ("The continent of Domunas will be unfamiliar...").
@Ellimist000 8 ай бұрын
I've only watched EXU and calamity (about to watch CR2 I think) so had no idea what the shattered teeth were. But the whole setup was still *so* sick 😁
@vikingshark2634 Жыл бұрын
Voice time in the bathroom is 100% accurate. But I live alone so when a squeaky Gnome voice trying three different versions of "I didn't mean for you to *literally* kill them. I was just.... being.... DRAMATIC!" echoes down the hall, it's only my dogs that hear it.
@merlin9240 Жыл бұрын
I've never related so hard to a weird habit
@Achridian Жыл бұрын
Living in a College dorm makes it very hard, I am almost never in the room alone. So voices time becomes either in the shower or while walking around campus. I’m certain there are people who think I’m just insane because I’m muttering to myself in an evil wizard voice as I walk to my calculus class
@williamross6477 Жыл бұрын
@@Achridian Book a practice room in the music building and go nuts!
@imjang2430 Жыл бұрын
I live with friends, but when i do my Queasy Kobold voice, they call back as strangely as me
@TG-nd9rj Жыл бұрын
"THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE IN MY GM'ING IS THAT THE SAME PLACE I TALK FROM IS WHERE THE FOOD NEEDS TO GO!" That got me, that put tears in my eyes. God I love these three so much.
@LeighWesleyMusic Жыл бұрын
I immediately sent that quote to my DM had me in stitches
@RiskPig Жыл бұрын
I regularly quote what Brennan said in Dimension 20. "They'll RP, and I'm like 'It’s snack time,' but then they'll ask me a question and then it's not time."
@LordBeerus1031 Жыл бұрын
Someone please timestamp this!
@the_pleasant_potter Ай бұрын
@@LordBeerus1031 1:42:57 is the time stamp for the “Biggest obstacle in my GMing” bit. Hope that’s helpful!
@kristian9955 Жыл бұрын
I absolutely adore Brennans aggressive positivity "When did the world feel done?" "'It doesnt'" *picks up book* "With This, RIGHT here" "take it man!"
@quattromat8404 Жыл бұрын
1:01:10 for those looking
@thefriendlyknight Жыл бұрын
HELP me
@emcaco Жыл бұрын
Knowing Matt is humble to a fault, he needs a shoulder Brennan.
@Bentbrokentheory Жыл бұрын
“Ya wackity smackity” 😂😂😂
@thevoidlord1796 Жыл бұрын
"Take it man! What the fuck!"
@TheSolitaryGrape Жыл бұрын
1:24:34 The way Aabria says "Oh, you don't try to do the voices while you're in bed? Come on now, *come on now*. You *gotta* bang it out as an NPC every now and then, what?" Fucking sends me to Ruidis 💀
@rebeccafindlay6176 5 ай бұрын
If I was good at voices I totally would too tbh sounds like good old fashion rp without the tt and g.
@saterade 3 ай бұрын
Well… maybe keep the tt sometimes
@auradmg Ай бұрын
Two words: Chungledown Bim
@bethanytruman6456 Жыл бұрын
I love how Matt at some point his life decided to put a vest over a tee shirt and has stuck to it, that is his thing. He has updated it beautifully and keeps it feeling modern but it is just nice to have that consistency in life. The sky is blue, grass is green and Matthew Mercer is wearing a vest
@GoldenCrow Жыл бұрын
Brennan exclaiming "It's not done!" about the setting/book and "Almonds!" just fucking killed me. The man has such energy, and I love him for it.
@ackimdead Жыл бұрын
@@TheRealCrimdor Why does matt wear that vest? what does it matter? why comment on that post with your broken pencil opinion?
@TheRealCrimdor Жыл бұрын
@@ackimdead - because I can? You okay?
@blueshoals Жыл бұрын
and "You can DO that?!?"
@grey8288 Жыл бұрын
@@TheRealCrimdor Because she likes it
@MammalianCreature Жыл бұрын
@@TheRealCrimdor Where'd your comment go, and why do you like your own comments?
@romxxii Жыл бұрын
Please make this a regular series. Just these three people shootin the shit, having voice time, Brennan ranting about how snacking isn't a weird thing, and just so much great DMing advice.
@taosterlord157 Жыл бұрын
I would pay $$$ for this to be a thing!
@chrisbrown6952 Жыл бұрын
Seriously, I would love a weekly series of just high level DMs/GMs having wide-ranging conversations about the game.
@mokovec Жыл бұрын
@WebDM was mostly like that, I suggest you check their channel out.
@xicarus8141 Жыл бұрын
We can call it "Bathroom Buddies"
@delightfulbanana Жыл бұрын
I would seriously pay money to have this even like once every two months
@constantlycomic1290 Жыл бұрын
Shoutout to Brennan for helping Matt and Aabria relax and setting a really fun tone for the roundtable.
@feliix88 Жыл бұрын
I kinda want a podcast / roundtable with Marisha, Izzy, and Aabria's Husband just talking about the many ways they've handled and dealt with their DM partners who suddenly find themselves starting out into the distance, mind literally filled with fantasy races and rolling dice XD
@irdairda514 Жыл бұрын
my husband is a forever GM, I get asked the strangest questions sometimes. And as I am not playing in his games, I get to hear all the stuff.
@imjang2430 Жыл бұрын
"How do you feel about land-dwelling sharks?"
@blkfoxninja Жыл бұрын
“Death is not a punchline…but it is the perfect setup” - good god, there’s so much wisdom and absolutely hilarity in that statement. I’m gonna have to remember that
@B1gLupu Жыл бұрын
It is indeed very insightful
@fredslipknot9 Жыл бұрын
So true.
@MOOOTH Жыл бұрын
I sincerely hope Brennan sticks around, even as a player. I wanna see him and Taliesin embody unstoppable force vs immovable object
@Caiphex Жыл бұрын
From a vibe standpoint I really want to see him play with Taliesin but from a cerebral character alongside character standpoint I want to see him with Laura bailey. She can simultaneously be fucking brilliant and also laugh at the absurdity of what brilliant ideas Brennan would come up with.
@catwhowalksbyhimself Жыл бұрын
I believe he already runs his own D&D show as the GM, so he wouldn't be available often.
@MOOOTH Жыл бұрын
@@catwhowalksbyhimself dimension 20, yeah, but as he put it, he has three months between seasons
@pedroscoponi4905 Жыл бұрын
One thing I really need to see is Emily Axford and Laura Bailey in the same room. I feel like no GM can survive that.
@stefanandrews5098 Жыл бұрын
Brennan and Sam on the same side of the table… I don’t know if Exandria can handle that, but the Nordverse though
@dimwarlock Жыл бұрын
I remember watching Aabria doing that cinematic thing of "in a far place, this character is reacting to what you did" And I was like: no... yes...? no...? yeah... YEAH!!! I CAN DO THAT!
@bright-vision8766 Жыл бұрын
I feel like Aabria plays to the Audience the most out of these three Gm's and I absolutely love it. Especially with her like after-credit outros that are just for our eyes. Makes me feel like I am watching a greek tragedy play going like: I know something you doont, and you will never find out!
@doxull Жыл бұрын
I love the way Brennan actually kind of breaks the ice in the room? or like it felt so serious and a little idk tight when Matt introduced it and the whole mood SHIFTED when Brennan talked about Matt and just gassing him up. love these people so much.
@fishbananas Жыл бұрын
This feels like its oversimplified, but after Brennan's "every GM gets a betrayer god" comment, I can't help myself from seeing comparisons of why they respectively went for Lolth, Vecna, and Asmodeus. Like Aabria's proclivity for wanting to provoke and follow the impulse and the drama, Matt's whole thing about how he keeps all of this secret lore chronicled away until its needed, and Brennan's focus on optimising his PC's emotional ties, tight turnaround and scheduling numerous, smaller shows - like, am I overthinking or do their GM styles fit with the betrayer gods they've portrayed?
@valasafantastic1055 Жыл бұрын
You are correct!
@enzoarweq4525 Жыл бұрын
omg as an avid viewer of Brennan, i have to agree, esp after his performance as Adrian in LA by Night, i so totally see it
@lejandario7779 Жыл бұрын
I'd say they subconsciously took on the Betrayers they were most similar to so they could play them well.
@Animefan1803 Жыл бұрын
To be fair, what Betrayer God would fit Brennan "It´ll be a cold day in hell before i go out like a chump" Lee Mulligan better than Asmodeus? Dude is basically a walking Lord of Lies on a daily basis.
@lautarosola386 Жыл бұрын
I'm not giving a like because I don't wanna be the one ruining the "nice" you got there, but yeah man totally!
@Saluno375 Жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ, I haven't laughed as hard at anything in months as I did at "Smackity whackity do, 10 episodes, HELP ME."
@13mungoman13 Жыл бұрын
I'm just gonna post the timecode for posterity right here 1:01:09
@driftnick7022 Жыл бұрын
I've had that part on loop for a solid minute because it's amazing and it broke me. I'm still cracking up just thinking about it.
@aidanduerr8535 Жыл бұрын
When Brennan said “Weirdly Spiritually affirming to me” after Matt said Exandria was an accident I really felt that
@mcscotch6178 Жыл бұрын
"Welcome to Biggityburg. It's the new town. It's the new season. Here we go - Wackity-Schmackity-DO! Ten episodes... HELP ME!" - This had me almost out of my chair laughing. As a DM, I am in awe of what Brennan brings to the table, but when witnessing the height and breadth of Matt Mercer's creativity, I am very nearly without words. Brennan's words come the closest to describing it.
@Frownlandia Жыл бұрын
Brennan has so clearly developed the skill of teaching. He's so good at getting right to the theoretical core of what he's talking about in a way that never strays from application, as he fully incapacitates everyone laughing.
@Hallucin0g3n Жыл бұрын
UCB improv teacher background 😜
@jimle1370 Жыл бұрын
Also a camp councilor for a improv larp camp!
@moondustace5310 Жыл бұрын
Let’s bask in this for a moment and try to forget that these are the same people who said: Aabria: “His hair goes stark white, and he snaps his own wand. He will never cast another spell again” Matt: “I broke the world for us!” Brennan: “Patia, is your arm weakest, do you feel, at the elbow or the shoulder?” But on the other side, they’re also the creators of: Aabria: Owls ringing like phones Matt: Tusk Love Brennan: Chungledown Bim
@spacetearable Жыл бұрын
Wait, you gave a serious and a silly for Aabria and Matt, but you only gave 2 seriouses for Brennen (cuz Chungledown Bim is nightmare fuel)!
@francy_pw3369 Жыл бұрын
The duality of humanity
@Fityfo54 Жыл бұрын
Ohh I prefer “what do you want me to tell your family”. Misfits and magic is what got me back into TTRPGs
@user-xb5bz4fu9o Жыл бұрын
Implying chungledown bim isn't nightmare fuel
@elbruces Жыл бұрын
@@spacetearable Okay, let's swap out Chungledown Bim for Plug's Butt-Ugly Stuff Hut. There, it's fixed.
@RPG_Angie Жыл бұрын
Favorite quotes: 41:36 Aabria: "Nature heals. And sometimes it heals a little stupid, but it does heal." 44:37 Brennan: "Profundity and absurdity are deeply in love. They go hand in hand." But my favorite moment is the group-therapy segment starting at 1:19:39. They were so happy that their experience was shared by the others. And I straight up act out scenes at home, for both RPG games and fanfic.
@cricket98741 Жыл бұрын
I see you, and raise you 16:38 ‘Buddy that’s enlightenment.’
@DarlingMissDarling Жыл бұрын
Watching Aabria pantomime "being deeply weird in the bathtub" made me cackle like a cartoon halloween witch. And that cackle is turning maniacal real fast if I actually imagine her creating and then _practicing_ the voices for the salt goblins of ACOFAF in exactly that way??? lol Yeah full scream-laugh, ya'll. I just heart Aabria »so« gd much.
@VanNessy97 Жыл бұрын
1:04:56 "Why do you make villains hot?"
@emthatyourefuse2494 Жыл бұрын
I absolutely want a kitschy little word art sign that says "sometimes it heals a little stupid, but it does heal." That's *legitimately* kind of inspiring.
@The_Black_Rose_94 11 ай бұрын
I want "profundity and absurdity are deeply in Love; they go hand in hand."
@SebastianWeinberg 7 ай бұрын
I love how it starts out as a mutual admiration society, and an hour in, it has turned into a self-help group for people who do weird voices in the bathroom.
@LunaKing Жыл бұрын
Brennan apologizing for going on about his answers is so endearing and unnecessary lol. I would listen to each of these GMs talk about their craft for HOURS, give me that director's cut extended edition!!
@InLiquidColor Жыл бұрын
This. I didnt want it to end!
@GerardInandan Жыл бұрын
Yeah. Hearing them talk shop is such a treat. I have maintained for the longest time that the best DnD conversation was Brennans adventuring academy podcast with Matt. Now this is the best, by leagues!
@leauxgan Жыл бұрын
@@GerardInandan the rest of Adventuring Academy is just as good! It’s such a great dive into different people in tabletop and the variety of skills they bring to the table (no pun intended)
@nemovi5379 Жыл бұрын
Go from just shy of 2hrs to just under 3.5 days nonstop. Just replace all water with coffee 😌☕
@sadicalradness6927 Жыл бұрын
"I am lazy" Brennan says, having GM'ed 11 seasons of D20 in like 5 years.
@YasaiTsume Жыл бұрын
Laziest people are also the most effective and efficient people. Laziness =/= sloth
@ldragon8480 Жыл бұрын
@@YasaiTsume work smarter not harder
@g4mm47 Жыл бұрын
@@ldragon8480 yup yuup
@KeyMasterX Жыл бұрын
When you're smart and lazy, you can achieve big goals with minimal effort on your end. Also it's not really considered work if you're doing something you have a lot of fun in.
@matthewhughes1950 Жыл бұрын
More likely that he is labor adverse, so he finds the most efficient use of his energy possible. E.g. he preps 30% and knows what to flesh out vs not
@kaycee1076 Жыл бұрын
1:36:03 THAT WASN'T PLANNED?! Brennan, dude!!! Take some of the credit for that because you rolled with that so fucking well I thought you and Aabria had planned that in the fucking character creation!!
@guydude6919 11 ай бұрын
Brennan's 13 year old campaign that "just started up a game with some friends" happened for me 4 weeks ago and it's going great. I will now add Biggityburg as a neighboring town to my starting town of Larken in The Shattered Nation of Auranor. Wackity-schmackity doo will now be a song an NPC sings when they walk around Biggityburg.
@brightestlight9462 Жыл бұрын
this made me realize that brennan's bursts of insanity are NOT HIS CHOICE
@agustinvenegas5238 Жыл бұрын
Can't remember where but I vividly remember him saying that he's actually that unhinged and reigns it in for interactions with other people
@felixbostley5358 Жыл бұрын
@@agustinvenegas5238 game changer, the episode where he cannot win.
@ldragon8480 Жыл бұрын
@@felixbostley5358 I don't think he says it in that episode but rather in a tweet in relation to that episode where someone asks him about his monologue.
@felixbostley5358 Жыл бұрын
@@ldragon8480 Perhaps, I don't quite remember
@djgreyjoy1495 Жыл бұрын
I can't agree more with Brennan. He nailed it: "what I am looking as a player is full immersion. As a player I don't want to be a storyteller, I want to be living in a story immersed into a character who does not know he is living in a story."
@Drekromancer Жыл бұрын
That line hit so hard. Because that's what separates realistic characters from shitty ones: the real ones take their circumstances seriously. There's no immersion in a 3rd person omniscient perspective. There's immersion in the narrow, limited, subjective scope of mortal life. And that's what makes it special. So if you want to capture that in a realistic character, then that character has to have a limited perspective and skin in the game. For them, it's not about confronting their inner demons so they can fulfill their arc - this shit is REAL! It's about fighting desperately to save themselves and the people they love from encroaching evil. If they had a chance to take the easy way out and solve all their problems instantly, they would - because they're attached to their _goals,_ not the plot. But just like Brennan said so elegantly: The best path for the plot to take is the winding, convoluted path, resulting from PCs who navigate obstacles while trying their best to move in a straight line. Ugh. Pure poetry. ❤️
@TRyan152010 Жыл бұрын
It's so comforting to know that other gm's do the Toreador trance thing of "forget that task what if this was true about mimics?"
@skylark7921 3 ай бұрын
Dude I do this all the time as a writer. Just standing halfway through a doorway completely unaware of my surroundings, lost in the realm of characters and plot
@Blobby90 Жыл бұрын
Until EXU I had never watched Brennan DM anything but he is a joy. Funny, witty, scary and so damn fun to listen too
@Caymeryn Жыл бұрын
i just got into dnd videoss a month ago and i love mathew to death prolly the best dm ever. but Brennan and Aabria did such an AMAZING job adding on to the story. gotta love them.
@sevans8784 Жыл бұрын
Agreed, he's an absolute delight! If you ever get the chance to watch Dimension 20, I highly recommend it. He DMs most of the campains and I can't pick a favorite, they're all wonderful
@fml1233 Жыл бұрын
The full kescape from bloodkeep’ series is on the d20 KZfaq channel and Matt is a pc in it, it’s so good
@Noobie2k7 Жыл бұрын
Like once the Vox Machina and now Mighty Nein animated series have wrapped up I'd love if they did feature animated movies they'd be the EXU stories. A whole movie based around the Calamity would be epic.
@Kyosumari Жыл бұрын
Welcome to the club!!! Highly recommend his work!!
@kamcalste Жыл бұрын
that "I'm a snacker" rant goes up there in the top five Brennan rage-monologues
@EightThreeEight Жыл бұрын
1:01:15 Is this one in there too?
@draconiskittensweetie9765 Жыл бұрын
I had already seen it a couple times prior to sitting down to watch the whole thing cause I loved it so much and said half of it with him lmao
@curtisholsinger6023 Жыл бұрын
The idea that "On the Day of Death, we still get hungry, and some of us have to poop" is absolute gold. It really drives home how fundamentally absurd life and death can be, and how we treat it. Just brilliant.
@Miglow Жыл бұрын
This has a somewhat Monty Python-esque approach to death that I appreciate
@curtisholsinger6023 Жыл бұрын
@@Miglow Mitchell and Webb, but yeah
@curtisholsinger6023 Жыл бұрын
@Miglow it took me way too many months to realize you were referring to "The Meaning of Life" Monty Python and not The Flying Circus, my bad
@Liatriss Жыл бұрын
9:45 Emily and Lou as cousins in A Court of Fey and Flowers is another great example of how inter-character can change dynamics
@cvbecelaere Жыл бұрын
Rewatching for the 50th time.... Matt mentions how he hasn't had the chance to properly DM for Aabria..... D20 releases the new trailer with Brennan, Aabria, and Lou all at the table together with Matt as the DM... oh boy.
@Landis963 9 ай бұрын
"Water..."
@octopoDEEZ_NUTS 7 ай бұрын
I bet the discussion about being a guest GM for a prequel in someone else's established setting is the primary reason The Ravening War was PRECISELY that
@rebeccafindlay6176 5 ай бұрын
@@octopoDEEZ_NUTSomg I never even put that together but it’s so cute. It’s like they’re giving each other the gift of the of fleshing out small picture lore, allowing each other a chance to be a PC in their own worlds.
@Jessie_Helms Жыл бұрын
“It’s delicious when the players realize they’re in a line.” Players were fighting a dragon with a _beam_ breath weapon and _twice_ during the combat 3 of them got in a straight line. I LOVED it.
@JinbaHGS Жыл бұрын
I dropped my entire party in one Lightning Bolt. It ranks in the top 3 best DMing moments I've had.
@yuki97kira Жыл бұрын
My fucking tank rogue did this. I forgot the caster goes slower than the opponent can can use petrifying breath and I went in front of it, hoping to AOO it before it got to caster... I didnt realised it until the player was like "really? " and im like OH SHIT
@kaneo1 Жыл бұрын
Playing _Chrono Trigger,_ they blatently pointed out 'some orientations allow group attacks'. Stayed in the back of my mind for nearly 30 years.
@sweypheonix 6 ай бұрын
To be fair isn't it pretty hard to not be in a line if there's 3 of you? Like just by default a lot of 3 points on a graph will be in a line.. or am I missing something simple that shows that like 98%of 3 points won't make a line. I'm gonna get a piece of paper and see...
@Jessie_Helms 6 ай бұрын
@@sweypheonix a triangle is 3 points that are not in a line. Same with a sine wave. It’s nearly impossible for _two_ people to not form a line, though.
@LunaKing Жыл бұрын
"wizards are yuppies. Wizards wear their shoes to bed" -another gem from aabria
@deaththekidluv8 Жыл бұрын
Brennan talking about how being a GM is really a position of service hit me so hard. I’ve played with too many GMs who were more interested in their own worlds and NPCs to focus on the players. And the truly great GMs know that you’re really just the background. It’s the players who are the focus and they need to enjoy themselves and feel cool and have fun. The best way I’ve heard it described is that the villains should want to win, but the GM should want to lose.
@evanc.1591 9 ай бұрын
"It shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant" Matthew 20:26 Wisdom indeed
@Riako Жыл бұрын
Aabria Iyengar genuinely sounds like the name of a Dungeons and Dragons character... and I love it.
@rebeccafindlay6176 5 ай бұрын
Born to play wizards.
@riddle.me.this. 4 ай бұрын
matt mercer, too. a rogue character name
@StevenJQuinlan Жыл бұрын
I would honestly watch a regular DM's round table with Aabriya, Matt and Brennan talking about how to be a good DM. They're all bringing so much to the table, and there is so much to learn.
@gamergeek322 Жыл бұрын
Brennan hosts a podcast called Adventuring Academy. A one on one chat with a ttrpg personality. Its on dropout, but some have been uploaded on YT
@jonathonbartos3061 Жыл бұрын
Honestly, doesn't just need to be these three. Would love to see other major live-stream DM's/GM's come on to talk. Would love to see the opinions of people like Chris Perkins and Matt Colville on this type of show.
@stefanandrews5098 Жыл бұрын
Colville to moderate
@Mediados Жыл бұрын
Aabria: "Session 0 is very important." Matt: "It's good to make things clear." Brennan: "WHAT HAPPENED TO GREAT TIME?"
@Jessie_Helms Жыл бұрын
“Death renders everything around it absurd.” Not a month after this came out my cousin passed away. She’d lived with us- I helped raise her children. I hadn’t seen her in a few years, but it was still such a shock. I remember finding out I was getting no time off- and worse yet, if I was scheduled for the day of the funeral I’d have to swap shifts just to attend. And I remembered what was said in this video. It felt so utterly absurd to me that I was helping others through their grief- as I was a wardrobe consultant so often had people for funerals- and yet here I was in the middle of that same grief and because she wasn’t _immediate_ family I had to just… keep going. And maybe a day later I got a job offer for my literal dream job. I had absolutely nothing holding me to that old job- seeing how cold and utilitarian they treated me in the face of death, I knew I could never keep that old job. And I haven’t looked back. It’s amazing how death shapes our world and perspectives.
@twojuiceman 22 күн бұрын
Very well said
@lunarobinson5331 Жыл бұрын
Everytime Aabria speaks I'm stunned by how incredibly eloquent and engaging she is. She has an unbelievable way with words. Even within her body language you can see how intent and passionate she is about everything she is saying. You can really see why Laerryn was such a personal character for her. She obviously is immensely intelligent and has a million thoughts bouncing around in her head. I'm always so inspired by these people who use their incredible brain power and eloquence to tell us fun stories online
@buttsmcgee50 Жыл бұрын
Her third bit of dialogue she can't even finishe a sentence without interrupting herself for the first half of it, eloquent and intentional are not words to describe that.
@Blackthorne369 11 ай бұрын
To quote “…takes forty minutes to answer a question”, but we love them!! I’ve noticed highly intelligent people have this issue. I learn so much!
@kiarraburd 7 ай бұрын
@@buttsmcgee50OED defines 'eloquent' as "fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing". id say that the latter adjective is right on target.
@buttsmcgee50 7 ай бұрын
@@kiarraburd by that definition the vast majority of the population is eloquent
@Nick-ib3hw 7 ай бұрын
@@buttsmcgee50 sorry but you are trying to discredit a person with a single sentence they spoke, a person that is talking amongst friends, so yeah, she is eloquent, she is human
@fangwulf Жыл бұрын
"Nature heals, but it sometimes it heals a lil stupid" AABRIA YOU MAD GENIUS
@z-beeblebrox Жыл бұрын
47:50 on this topic, the way Brennan introduced Vespin in ExU through Cerrit's intro, as not this troubling villain but just yet another fool trying to ascend to godhood like the Mother of Ravens. It drove home very efficiently that this is a world where a person like Vespin was waiting to happen. If not him then someone else. That was very smart storytelling
@13vatra Жыл бұрын
Exactly. In a few lore nuggets he took "the impossible happened" to "hubris got the ball rolling on some horrible events" and made it seem not only entirely plausible, but even unavoidable.
@maverickpearson9212 Жыл бұрын
"No clerics...don't develop gods" is EXACTLY what I did in my Ravnica/MTG Planescape campaign I recently started. Such a clever point from Brennan that seems obvious but really whacks new DMs over the head if they get it wrong, ending in wayyy too much overprep
@thiswayjose Жыл бұрын
Brennan bringing Adventuring Party energy to this very professional serious setting was the highlight
@VivaLaDnDLogs Жыл бұрын
I love listening to them bond over where they practice their voices! Also Brennan came harder at Tolkien than I thought was ever possible. And he's freaking right, too.... "10,000 years ago, the best sword ever was made." *Every Blacksmith for Next 10,000 Years:* "Well, fuck my whole career, I guess."
@VanNessy97 Жыл бұрын
I like to think of that as the best sword that could ever be made 10,000 years ago, truly a product of its time
@VivaLaDnDLogs Жыл бұрын
@@VanNessy97 that would work!
@Lucifronz Жыл бұрын
I like to think that tons of blacksmiths would see it as a challenge. "Yeah, yours was great... but we'll see how long they're talking about that stupid bread cutter once I make mine!" And they'll be wrong, but that's how people are.
@Ventilator313 Жыл бұрын
LotR is post-apocalyptic
@VivaLaDnDLogs Жыл бұрын
@@Ventilator313 I think it's post, pre, and present apocalyptic. Never a dull age in Middle Earth.
@Xjere Жыл бұрын
"The world was fair, the mountains tall, In Elder Days before the fall ...The world is grey, the mountains old, The forge's fire is ashen-cold;" -Song of Durin; JRR Tolkein Translation: "Shit was dope back in the day, and then it stopped being dope"
@biggrayalien4791 Жыл бұрын
I think that's why so many people like D&D, because you can have stuff like, "Shit was dope back in the day," but then follow it up with, "Now it's dope, just in a different way."
@beardedemperor Жыл бұрын
@@biggrayalien4791 "All shit was dope in bygone, faded days, And 'tis still so, but in new, diff'rent ways. Once forged the arcane races artefacts That sundered souls and lay to waste vast tracts. Such powers lost to time and cosmic war, Now thank thy gods we do that shit no more." - Hymn of the Luddite Sages, probably.
@biggrayalien4791 Жыл бұрын
@@beardedemperor I like it
@GreeneyedApe Жыл бұрын
@@biggrayalien4791 In what way is that specific to D&D?
@biggrayalien4791 Жыл бұрын
@@GreeneyedApe And here we go...
@shimacatta Жыл бұрын
To me, what all three GMs really, really, underlined was that there is a tremendous benefit when everyone involved trusts one another. That they collectively know they are there to tell a beautiful story together. Everything that follows is them then working together to best enable that.
@flawlix Жыл бұрын
Aabria’s “here’s what you don’t see” also knocked my socks off the first time I saw it because OF COURSE you can do that and WHY HAVEN’T I BEEN DOING THAT
@JinbaHGS Жыл бұрын
Can you point me to a scene I can watch where she does this?
@flawlix 11 ай бұрын
Just now seeing this, but the games she did for CR, she did this for like the last minute or so of every episode
@flippinkamikaze8738 5 ай бұрын
Brennan may also be referencing Misfits and Magic, the series Aabria GM'ed on Dimension 20, which is the Actual play series he runs. In the first episode, during Brennan's intro scene, Aabria specifically said "...and what you don't see is..." and provided a little narrative info for Brennan and the other players (but NOT the PCs) to note.
@kossowankenobi Жыл бұрын
We need a podcast. No stress, just sit around and shoot the shit about this. Matt's point about the modern era of learning from others is so on point. I used to have to go to cons to meet great GMs and take home a tip or two. Now you can spend most of your free time learning from others' games. What an age.
@Therealbearden Жыл бұрын
Brennan has "advenduring academy" which the others have guested on, it's great
@Bannedd567 Жыл бұрын
What I'm getting from this is that Aimee could have singlehandedly stopped the Calamity by girlbossing Asmodeus
@TheEmerald97 Жыл бұрын
We are Here for it! Opal teaches the Spider Queen how to Girlboss to get back at Asmodeus.
@kaelalist9656 Жыл бұрын
That sounds very much like unstoppable force (Aimee) vs immovable object (Brennan) and I would be very interested to see where that would go
@Bannedd567 Жыл бұрын
@@TheEmerald97 Zerxus: wait, you redeemed a betrayer god? Opal: what, like it's hard?
@haniyajamshed6334 Жыл бұрын
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@LetTheBodyFall Жыл бұрын
@@Bannedd567 god now i want Opal and Zerxus to meet. idk how but i want it
@kmgenius Жыл бұрын
Would love to watch one of Brennons session 0s. The roots of the stories and characters would be the most useful to see as a DM. I'd love to run games like Brennons
@thevisualkiwi Жыл бұрын
welp now you will get the chance!
@kmgenius Жыл бұрын
@@thevisualkiwi how is that?
@thevisualkiwi Жыл бұрын
@@kmgenius look up worlds beyond numbers!
@Miathebestdogever Жыл бұрын
@Kiw I literally opened this comment to talk about that, I'm so excited for it
@Kyshakk Жыл бұрын
16:15 purpose of a backstory 16:29 Enlightenment 20:56 30% worldbuilding 21:38 Bolo 25:41 Squints of the struggle to read a prompter 31:40 Fantasy is bad with time 33:00 Tolkien quote: sh*t was dope back then. And it stopped being dope, anyway… 36:31 Don’t cut off BLM 37:25 Child-proofed the house 40:05, the hubris of slightly disliking hippies 41:12, nature heals and sometimes it heals a little stupid 43:00, oh do you do funny stuff? and Bolo 43:45 Death is not a punchline, but it is the perfect setup 47:14 Vespin Chloras and hubris 51:57 Story Dad 52:05 more squinting 55:50 And now there are dwarves 1:00:41 The what did I just say panic 1:01:10 classic BLM rant 1:01:48 Welcome to Biggityburg 1:04:56 The MOST important question 1:07:58 Most important question answered 1:11:21 Other uses for Othello 1:12:29 in combat and Emily Axford 1:19:40 Realities of living with a GM 1:20:53 Finding your ‘voice space/time’ 1:22:50 Shout out to GM spouses 1:24:34 Doing voices in bed, anyone? 1:26:01 Bathroom buddies 1:26:21 Hi concierge? 1:28:58 Full immersion- player vs character 1:35:07 Aabria the great player-GM/Laeryn blighting the tree 1:39:28 “I’m stealing that and using it forever” 1:41:39 What are your favorite GM snacks 1:42:08 Some of our bodies are betraying us constantly 1:44:14 My body went “Hey, check it out…” 1:47:32 BLM’s Car crash story/Processing shock differently
@johannfunn6962 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this!!
@imjang2430 Жыл бұрын
Man, in the way you name Brennan, at first glance i thoight you said 'Black Lives Matter' and i was soooo confuser lol
@burntpotatoes999 11 ай бұрын
Fyi Brennan has mentioned he prefers BLeeM if you want to shorten his full name as to not take away from the BLM movement
@katiem7733 9 ай бұрын
thank u so much you are my hero
@JDWindtPlaysGuitar 8 ай бұрын
Love the timestamp names tho
@m0sifer Жыл бұрын
Brennan's energy is pure lightning. I can't comprehend how he isn't everywhere. He is the Tom Cruise of DnD.
@RickBomhof Жыл бұрын
EXU : C was absolutely insane
@klaytonrocks Жыл бұрын
DON’T CURSE HIM LIKE THAT!
@elijahpark5344 Жыл бұрын
He's more like the Ryan Reynolds, precious, actually funny, and beginning to be really appreciated
@seanayres5 Жыл бұрын
I don't think Brennan's mortal form can handle more than short bursts of his full energy, that's why we don't see him as often.
@HunterMayer Жыл бұрын
@@seanayres5 there simply aren't enough almonds to go around. Luv this guy.
@jamescanjuggle Жыл бұрын
matt describing how exandria happened sounds exactly like what a god would say who canonically created exandria
@trinity6302 Жыл бұрын
"It was all an accident"
@ravenna6543 Жыл бұрын
@@trinity6302 "Well it was a coworker's birthday and he really wanted to explore a new world...."
@Lutielledi2k Жыл бұрын
Truly I would kill for these three to have a podcast together.
@ack131 Жыл бұрын
For the love of GOD please do more of these the chemistry and knowledge between Aabria Matt and Brennan is phenomenal
@elijahpark5344 Жыл бұрын
As someone else mentioned, they should make a podcast together, call it “Bathroom Buddies”, and have other DMs come in every so often to talk about weird DMing stuff and giving advice. The community would love this, and it would help the community of newbie GMs who need help DMing for the first time.
@audreygilmore7408 Жыл бұрын
Brennan has one called Adventuring academy both of them have been on it, it's really good!
@elijahpark5344 Жыл бұрын
@@audreygilmore7408 Not exactly a podcast lmao, more like the show after the show, similar in format to CR's. I mean a real podcast, where it's just the three of them talking about life
@audreygilmore7408 Жыл бұрын
@@elijahpark5344 adventuring party=the show after the show with the PC's Adventuring academy = the podcast that Brennan did on dropout with other dm's (some of whom are PC's in D20 but mostly others including Matt and Aabria)
@elijahpark5344 Жыл бұрын
@@audreygilmore7408 OH I never made that distinction, huh. I just read “Adventuring” and though they were the same. Still, we need a podcast with all three gms hosting, not just brennan 🙃
@audreygilmore7408 Жыл бұрын
@@elijahpark5344 agreed! That would be amazing, I could listen to them talk all day lol
@Norezion Жыл бұрын
This is halarious... Seeing Brennan unhinged and just being open, and being himself and just being open with his bit of a stutter and his mind going a million miles a second, and Matt and Aabria, throwing things around and bouncing off one another is so nice to see. This is hands down one of my favourite videos in a while. I hope to see more!
@steegen101 Жыл бұрын
Brennan has a lot more funny and insightful and candid D&D chatting moments in the Adventuring Academy series on the Dimension 20 youtube channel :)
@felixhamel1853 Жыл бұрын
He also did a 4h30 hour interview on a pod cast which is THIS but just Brennan and twice as long
@c0niferal Жыл бұрын
@@felixhamel1853 if you happen to remember a name for that it'd be much appreciated :)
@felixhamel1853 Жыл бұрын
@@c0niferal it’s called 99 questions
@c0niferal Жыл бұрын
@@felixhamel1853 found it, awesome ty :)
@jeny8748 Жыл бұрын
Does Brennan realize that the last 5 seconds of Exandria Calamity 4 shows an overhead shot of him that includes the scene behind the screen. The first time I saw it I was like O.o but now it makes more sense.
@kohakuaiko Жыл бұрын
Now I have to go back and watch that again.
@AzureSkyStudios Жыл бұрын
Holy shit, I one hundred percent feel Aabria on the "I am not in my home/I am doing a Thing™, I do not have a human body with needs." I forget to drink water, I feel no sensation in my body, what is a bathroom? When I was running a game the other day I realized after the session ended I had been standing lock-still for six hours at my convertible standing/sitting desk, and literally had to ice my knees and feet they were so sore. I feel seen.
@tomsparrow1823 Жыл бұрын
Aabria and Brennan's "turn the cameras off" I'm just dead now
@ginorvdw Жыл бұрын
these are just three great people, period. disregard their fame and DM'ing prowess. so humble, so grateful for anything they do together. god damnit I love this hobby.
@xrivenx137 Жыл бұрын
"I'm a Podling!!! and I need to SNACK!!!" Never in my life have I ever related to something so much. 😂😂 Such wonderful dms each and everyone of em.
@AmirGM Жыл бұрын
If anything, right, I just love how Aabria and Matt were trying to be very serious, and then Brennan just totally changed the tone of the conversation. They both seemed to relax and really start to enjoy the round table at that point. The energy he brings is amazing, and this is coming from someone who before Calamity knew nothing about him. 10/10 round table all the way through, ive never lost almost 2 hours of my life quite like I did with this, and I hope you guys do something similar in the future.
@Kiki-uu6pc Жыл бұрын
First time I saw him was Calamity. Struggled to get into it for the first 20 min. After that I was hooked.
@jeremybuckets Жыл бұрын
I finished the episode, read this comment, restarted the video to see if I could see what you're talking about, and, immediately coming off of Brennan's rant about snacks, see Matt look over at him at 1:23 as he's slamming whatever is in that mug. holy fuck I lost it
@apjtv2540 Жыл бұрын
3:30 love how humble Matt is about all this that you see him implode when Brennan and Aabria start talking about how amazing Exandria is. I mean, it absolutely is amazing, but it's always nice to see it hasn't gone to his head.
@EightThreeEight Жыл бұрын
Matthew Mercer is exactly the kind of man I aspire to be.
@Wryyyyyyyyyyyyu Жыл бұрын
Matt is both the face of voice acting and DMing, so he has double the reasons to have a big ego, but the fact that he doesn’t just shows how humble he really is Edit: Well one of the faces of voice acting at least lmao
@loganfields159 Жыл бұрын
I actually disagree. Respectfully, I think Matt should acknowledge his own achievement. No one is worried about Matt Mercer becoming an egomaniac. A certain degree of pride is earned and appropriate.
@EightThreeEight Жыл бұрын
@@loganfields159 I never got the impression that Matt isn't proud of his accomplishments.
@loganfields159 Жыл бұрын
@@EightThreeEight he deflects praise like a Jedi in stormtrooper town. A better way to make my point would be to say Matt needs to learn to accept positive reactions to his work. Let the pride he does feel come through.
@Tangential101 Жыл бұрын
I hope that you three get together and do more GM roundtables again because this was delightful to watch the first time and *continues* to be delightful to watch each and every time. :)
@braydenchadwick9836 Жыл бұрын
I’d love that, this is my comfort video
@julianaayu Жыл бұрын
"Nature heals. Sometimes it heals a little stupid, but it does heal" - Aabria Iyengar
@ZombieInvader Жыл бұрын
Brennan came SO close to just straight up saying that GMs are service tops.
@brad7504 Жыл бұрын
Is that a euphemism?
@ZombieInvader Жыл бұрын
@@brad7504 it’s a BDSM term 🤣
@garagebandarchive Жыл бұрын
when??
@Pablo360able Жыл бұрын
does that mean powergamers are power bottoms
@ZombieInvader Жыл бұрын
@@Pablo360able 🤣
@shadowfirec1681 Жыл бұрын
I wish 4-Sided Dive was like this. All those minigames and segments just take the focus away from more interesting conversations. Brennan kept apologizing for taking too long on the questions, but both his and Matt's more in-depth answers are exactly what has been missing from the campaign 3 discussions.
@Drekromancer Жыл бұрын
This. This, so much. I don't fucking care about watching the group play Mario Kart. If you like that, fine, but I don't think it should be part of the same video. The deepest, most insightful conversations are the best part of the CR behind-the-scenes catalog, and the current structure of 4-Sided Dive is just too scattered to allow for that much focus. If you're reading this, CR crew, please: give us more talks like this.
@patrickmcisaac3142 Жыл бұрын
I could listen to these three talk for 10 hours and it wouldn't be enough.
@davidschmidt5507 Жыл бұрын
YES!!!
@delilahkreitz822 Жыл бұрын
That’s what I’ve been saying! In fact I loved it so much when Sam was a host and when they were playing video games he was like “look I’m not even interested and I don’t even think people care.” Or he said something like that. For me at least it’s true! I wanted a talk show that kept on talking about well the events going on. The thing that I didn’t mind was the tower of inquiry. That one makes sense and so do the tankard questions, everything else though- why do I want to watch them play Mario kart or Exploding kittens? Please talk about it. Also DOES DORIAN HAVE A CRUSH ON ORYM?! P.S. feel like they should learn from The Adventure Zone. They have a thing during the beginning, middle, and end show called The Adventure Zone Zone. All the do is answer questions and talk about events.
@Kaiser8361N Жыл бұрын
100%
@archerstown Жыл бұрын
I love it when Brennan hard geo-locates himself by mentioning Buca di Beppo. He's seen the Pope room and he knows it is the best place to eat.
@thenareynater8210 Жыл бұрын
"Death isn't the punchline, but it is a great set up." - Brennan Lee Mulligan I love this sentence so much. It gives me chills and I don't know why.
@ColieBear18 Жыл бұрын
That whole section felt so profound and I had never thought of it that way. It's when Brennan says shit like that I go aha, theres the philosophy degree.
@DeadDrunk2 Жыл бұрын
As a fellow GM, "Bathroom-voices-time" and "GM-spouses are the realest" really gave me one of those hearty, grunty chuckles. There should be more of this content!
@pluck9488 Жыл бұрын
SAME! “Sometimes you need to dang it out as an NPC” pushed me over the edge
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